the Journaling for Transformation Process
Step 1:
Journaling for Awareness
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To begin the Journaling for Awareness process I write 'I see...' and continue to write for the purpose of gaining Awareness in a situation that is irritating me. I explore what is irritating me with the intent to discover a lower realm choice that I am making.
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This is always a seeking about me. Over and over I must resist the temptation to react like a detective in a crime scene peeling away the layers of the past looking for evidence of who is to blame. I must resist the temptation of focusing on what others have done in the lower realm.
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I write 'I see…' and continue to journal seeking Awareness of my own lower realm choices of mind, body and/or spirit. The Upper and Lower Realm Illustrations have been a useful tool for Awareness. (See pages 13-15 of Live Beautifully: A Book to Sit With)
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A lower realm choice is usually accompanied
by a sense of feeling justified, defensive, or offended.
Journaling for Transformation p. 18
Live Beautifully: A Book to Sit With
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For example, I might be aware of a lower realm circumstance and be in a pattern of blaming the other person for their lower realm choices. This is a seeking of Awareness of my lower realm choices. It's easy to get distracted from our own transformative work by focusing on others or expecting them to change first. |
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Lower realm thinking may sound like this:
'I think I should do this... because I've seen others succeed this way.' 'I think I should do this... because I would get approval from...' 'I will be accepted and belong if I...' 'Everyone expects me to...' 'I'm afraid of being a failure so I will...' 'Everything would be better if they would just change.' |
Awareness followed by believing I am justified
is an indication
that I am staying stuck in a rut
in the lower realm.
Journaling for Transformation p. 18
Live Beautifully: A Book to Sit With
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Awareness followed by Acceptance is the necessary leap of faith that creates the bridge from the lower to the Upper Realm. This is the step that requires the most effort. Sometimes I have to do alot of journaling to move through the transformative process that gets me to the bridge of Acceptance. When I have journaled to a point where I have isolated a lower realm pattern in myself that I am willing to accept, I am ready for the next step of the journaling process.
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Awareness followed by Acceptance
is the necessary leap of faith
that creates the bridge
from the lower to the Upper Realm.
