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True Measure Of Change Responding Differently

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Part 1

All right. John. To you, good day. Good day to you. Question. Answer. Most definitely. All right. All right, here we go. I'm a musician, and I've been playing for some years since I've been 11 years old. I'm 28 now. Very exciting. Oh, yes, very exciting. And I just had a question about where's my music going to go and how I'll be able to. Where is you're going to go? Is that what you're asking? Well, what I really mean says I want to perform to the world. I don't want to just do music just at a certain spot, but I also want to project my music globally and what I can do to help that. Just continue to do what excites you. Do you understand that it's not about doing what excites you because of where you think it'll get? you or specifically how it must be expressed. If that is truly exciting, then act on whatever opportunities in your imagination are available for you to act on in that direction. But you need to act on them with absolutely zero expectation as to what the outcome actually has to be. Otherwise, you're putting conditions on your excitement and actually limiting it and preventing it from going where it could. That's the paradox. You do what excites you for its own sake, and you act on whatever opportunities. you can that are exciting. At the same time, we have many times describe the idea of how to visualize, how to mock up the reality, but you must understand that these are just permission slips to put you in the state of being that you need to be in. It's not about that visualization specifically having to come true. It's about the idea of doing things and acting on things that are representative of that reality so that you will allow yourself to go into the state of excitement that is symbolically representative of that vision, that image, that reality, but then you must let that reality, that vision, that specific image go. It's only the state of being that matters. And when you allow that particular visualization or state of being or expression or outcome to simply be a reflection of the excitement, a reflection of the state itself, and just stay in the state and let the specifics go, then you allow your higher mind to bring you whatever manifestation is actually representative of that state of being, which is not necessarily what your physical mind has imagined it ought to be. Because what to your physical mind might seem to be the ultimate to the higher mind is just the beginning. And if you insist on a particular outcome, a particular visualization as having to come true in order for you to feel fulfilled, you're actually limiting your higher mind's ability to bring you something even greater than your physical mind was capable of envisioning. You see the paradox? I see.

Part 2

imagined it ought to be. Because what to your physical mind might seem to be the ultimate to the higher mind is just the beginning. And if you insist on a particular outcome, a particular visualization as having to come true in order for you to feel fulfilled, you're actually limiting your higher mind's ability to bring you something even greater than your physical mind was capable of envisioning. You see the paradox? I see. So the idea is to simply create the visualization, if you wish, create the mock up physically if you wish. In other words, if you say that it's exciting to be performing before the masses, and you do not see any particular opportunity right now by which to act on to do so, then get as close as you possibly can. Go to an auditorium, even if it's a auditorium. empty. Stand on the stage and sing and know that there's an audience there. You must train your body consciousness to know that that's real. You understand? And then when you are in that flow, it won't matter whether there's actually an audience there because you'll be in the appropriate state of being. Let the picture go and just stay in the state and then let your higher mind bring you the manifestation that is truly most representative of that state. of being right now. Does that make sense? Yes. Just remember, visualization, mocking it up, all these things are just permission slips for the purpose of generating the state of being because circumstances don't really matter. Only the state of being does. Circumstances are determined by state of being. State of being is not determined by circumstances. Does that make sense? Yes. In other words, if you wish to be happy, be happy. Be happy. Not I'll be happy if. I'll be happy when this occurs. Because then you're making your happiness conditional on an exterior reality that doesn't actually exist. You decide to be happy or not. Remember, the true measure of change is not whether the outside reality reflection changes. The true measure of change is if you respond different. to the outer reflection, even if it stays the same. That's how you prove you've changed. And when you prove you have changed, then the outer reality can reflect it. But if you need the outer reality to change in order to prove it, it will never change because you haven't proven that you've changed. By needing the outer reality to change to prove it, you have never changed. Thus, then the outer reality knows you haven't changed and will not change to reflect it. You see the physics in this. It's like a physical mirror. Literally. Physical reality is a reflection, shall we put it this way, from your higher mind mirror. It's literally like a glass mirror.

Part 3

it will never change because you haven't proven that you've changed. By needing the outer reality to change to prove it, you have never changed. Thus, then the outer reality knows you haven't changed and will not change to reflect it. You see the physics in this. It's like a physical mirror. Literally. Physical reality is a reflection, shall we put it this way, from your higher mind mirror. It's literally like a glass mirror. If you look in a mirror and you see your reflection frowning, you don't go over to the reflection and force the reflection to smile. It will never happen. And you don't say to the reflection, well, I'll smile if you do first. you'll be standing there frowning forever. But when you decide to smile regardless of what you see in the mirror, the reflection has no choice but to smile back. Do you understand the analogy? Yes. Thank you. Is this helping you understand the nature and structure of existence more clearly? Yes. All right.