Thursday, March 6, 2008

Habit Banks and Some other Useful Note Tangents

Habit banks! Once those synaptical indentations are made, it's very hard to undo them. But you don't need to undo them. Simply change their purpose. Its like building a house on land - you don't need to destroy the house once the initial owner is gone. That is, unless you want too. Know that it's going to take good effort to build another house. It can be certainly done, but think of the effort. If the effort is not a stopping factor for you, then you have a chance at success.

So to change your habits, change the labels they associate with. If you want to wake up earlier, for example, you would discover why. In this and every major discovery in your life, it is good to have an Internal frame of reference. Many people tend to have an External frame of reference, and this is why there is much discontent in their lives. What good is having the thoughts of another person to be used for the inside of you? It's like having a key to the wrong lock. You can damage the lock to fit the key, or simply find the key that fits. That key is with the locksmith inside of you, and nowhere else.

To run with the metaphor, ask yourself also this: Do you want this locksmith to make random keys out of boredom or confusion, or do you want a precious set of master keys? The latter is going to take diligence, and a keen understanding of what you want. Ask your locksmith. Ask your heart. Ask your mind. Ask your soul. Ask Jesus. Ask God. Ask. Ask within and know the answer is available. It is. But it takes effort to change your point of reference from outside to inside. Stay with it. Giving up is silly. Get yourself together and invest in your future. Make good records. Keep good records. Document key steps daily. Do these things, and your locksmith will know what rooms to make the master keys for. And then have those keys ready for you. These master keys open the doors to the most powerful rooms. So decide what these keys open.

Have a good one,

-Jules