"Letting Go" Chapter 20

CHAPTER 20-   "PHYSICIAN, HEAL THYSELF"

958. The personal expierence of SELF-HEALING has been shared
many times at Lectures, Talks, & Workshops.
959. When all hope has been given up, the person is now ready for "A Paradigm Shift,"
a WILLINGNESS TO SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY & to be OPEN-MINDED.
960. A thought is a "thing."
961. To heal the body, THOUGHTS & FEELINGS NEED TO BE CHANGED.
962. The BODY is CONTROLLED BY THE MIND.
963. BELIEFS that are UNCONSCIOUS can MANIFEST as ILLNESS.
964. An ILLNESS tends to result from SUPPRESSED & REPRESSED NEGATIVE EMOTIONS.
965. We SURRENDER a feeling by ALLOWING IT TO BE THERE
without CONDEMNING, JUDGING, or RESISTING IT.
966. We OBSERVE IT, & ALLOW IT to be felt WITHOUT TRYING TO MODIFY IT.
Those feelings will run out in TIME.
967. Sometimes it is necessary to LET GO of the underlying payoff
(ex: the "thrill of anger & the "juice" of sympathy from being a helpless victim).
968. FEELINGS ARE PROGRAMS.
969. IGNORE THOUGHTS. They are merely endless rationalizations of inner feelings.
970. No matter what is going on, SURRENDER NEGATIVE FEELINGS as they arise.
971. Make a DECISION that FREEDOM is more DESIRABLE than having a NEGATIVE FEELING.
972. CHOOSE to SURRENDER NEGATIVE FEELINGS. (You have a choice)
973. SURRENDER RESISTANCE to POSITIVE FEELINGS.
974. LETTING GO is accompanied by an overall LIGHTER FEELING WITHIN yourself.
975. RELINQUISHING A DESIRE does not mean that you WON'T GET WHAT YOU WANT.
It merely clears the way for it to happen.
976. "Like goes to like." Associate with people who have the INTENTION
to EXPAND THEIR CONSCIOUSNESS & to heal.
977. BE AWARE that your inner state is known & transmitted.
978. PERSISTENCE PAYS OFF. Some symptoms may disappear promptly;
Others may take MONTHS or YEARS if the condition is VERY CHRONIC.
979. LET GO OF RESISTING THE TECHNIQUE. Start the day with it.
RELINQUISH ANY NEGATIVE FEELINGS.
980. You are only subject to a negative thought if you consciously say that it applies to you.
981. STOP GIVING THE DISORDER A NAME: DO NOT LABEL IT.
982. SURRENDER the sensations themselves.
983. The process of SELF-HEALING goes more QUICKLY when we LET GO OF LABELING
or GIVING A NAME TO the various physical SENSATIONS.
984. "A COURSE IN MIRACLES" brings alleviation of GUILT
by using the mechanism of FORGIVENESS.
985. EVERY NEGATIVE FEELING or THOUGHT IS ASSOCIATED WITH GUILT.
986. There is GUILT EVERY TIME we have a CRITICAL THOUGHT ABOUT SOMEONE.
987. The mind's constant JUDGING & CRITICIZING OF THE WORLD
is an UNENDING SOURCE OF GUILT.
988. GUILT engenders NEGATIVE FEELINGS, & NEGATIVE FEELINGS engender GUILT.
989. That deadly combination PULLS US DOWN
& creates widespread ILLNESS & UNHAPPINESS.
990. MOST PEOPLE need an "ENEMY"- An object on which to project their INNER GUILT.
991. At the beginning of working with the LETTING GO technique,
there was a PERIOD OF REBELLION & actually HATING THE FEELINGS
& EXPIERENCING DREAD over having to deal with them.
992. It can initially be difficult to face feelings in ourselves.
993. Many symptoms have been active for years, even decades,
began to diminish as the months went by.
994. LOWER BACK PAINS disappeared. The body began to FEEL LIGHTER & STRONGER.
995. The expierence of "KNOWING" REPLACED THINKING.
996. We are only subject to those things we hold in mind.
IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BE A SLAVE OR VICTIM IN THE WORLD.
997. NECK PAINS were progessively DISAPPEARING.
998. The condition would HEAL ITSELF with sufficient FAITH & TRUST.
999. There was a great deal of ANXIETY, with a CONSTANT SURRENDERING OF FEAR.
1000. By the end of 6 weeks, the fear seemed to run out.
A deep surrender took place.
1001. A profound sense of INNER STILLNESS & PEACE occured
& a FEELING OF ONENESS with whatever it is that runs the universe.
1002. VISION returned totally & PERFECTLY.
1003. It is with the mind itself that we see, not the eyeballs!
1004. Within 2 days, she began to expierence a RETURN OF VISION.
1005. There is a SELF-HEALING POWER WITHIN that is
ACTIVATED by CONTINUAL SURRENDER.