Does The Work mean the death of ambition?

This is rather a specialised piece - for people who are already familiar with The Work of Byron Katie. If you aren't one of them, this is where to look: www.thework.com

Tip: The videos are a nice way to get to know Katie's stuff.

When I was at a Byron Katie event earlier this year, there was the usual life-changing breakthrough of paradigms that accompany this fantastic woman. However, I did notice some confusion on one point - if we are completely at peace with our circumstances, won't we lack the motivation to change it?

This is symptomatic of a society which is used to using carrot and stick motivational tactics, not just to manipulate others, but to manipulate themselves.

I elaborate on the carrot and stick in the introduction post of the The Dialogues here.

For now, let me say it a little differently:

The awakened paradigm is not about from pain to peace. It is about from peace to peace.

We do not go towards something because we are attempting to escape pain, or trying to grab onto a shadow of hope, but rather because we are already in love with reality, and choose to move into another loving reality, having no need for it, but moving towards it because. Just because.

The Work of Byron Katie may be described as "from love to love" or "from joy to joy". That is her way of moving through life, and there is no kinder way that I know of. Wonderful woman, that one.

What is the DIFFERENCE between successful and unsuccessful manifesters?

Well, the title should read "differences", really, but this is one key one:

Unsuccessful manifesters do not know the difference between Thinking OF and Thinking FROM their desired imaginal result.

Let me say that slightly differently:

Successful manifesters conduct their manifestational activities, whatever technique they use, sitting in the energy of the result already attained.

Unsuccessful manifesters conduct their manifestational activities, whatever technique they use, sitting in the energy of the result UNobtained.

This was very key to my work in 2005. At the time, I was still what I would call wet behind the ears spiritually. I had attained tons of successes using manifestation techniques of all kinds and was ready to really Nail IT (NIT). And nit is a rather appropriate description for myself in that era. It promptly collapsed on me. So why are we having this conversation about something that didn't work?

Looking back now, knowing what I know, and living in harmony with the so-called Law of Attraction myself (everyone lives in harmony with the Law, just as everyone lives in harmony with gravity, with varying degrees of satisfaction), I find that the statements are still correct. This is cutting edge stuff - most people in the industry will not even have heard of Neville, much less know about the crucial differences revealed in those statements. In fact, they are extremely accurate descriptions. And they are not mine. They belong to the chap in the picture - Neville Goddard. You can read about him on Wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neville_Goddard

To read Neville's take on this stuff:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/6408015/Neville-Goddard-The-Secret-of-Prayer-Lecture

He has tons of stuff which will be of value to people who are looking to deepen their understanding of the Law. However, I will caution that there is at least one serious flaw in his attitudinal paradigm which CAN and WILL cause the Law of Attraction to backfire in the long run! A colleague has told me that he discovered this flaw himself at the end of his life, but I have been up till now unable to verify that as historical fact.

What is that flaw?

Ahh...Now THERE is a secret worthy of masters. Ask me in The Dialogues. Coming?

The Dialogues: Paths to Discontinue Suffering (Not for the Spiritually Immature)

There are only 2 types of personal paradigms - paradigms that bring peace of mind, and paradigms that cause suffering. Yes, there are circumstances and situations which apparently cause pain in our lives, and there are lots of courses which teach people how to deal with them. This isn't one of them.

Why?

Because it takes too long to create a situation of peace for a paradigm of suffering. And even we apparently succeed, paradigms of suffering will soon find a way to suffer just the same.

Examples:

Finance: I'll only be happy if I have a really secure job.
Relationships: I'll only be happy if I have the perfect man or woman.
Work: If only my colleagues would treat me better...

The list goes on. The situations may change or they may not. But waiting for them to change is hopeless, if you want peace now. And yes, the bills have to be paid. Yes, the children have to be fed. Somehow there seems a wrongness to feel satisfied unless those things happen first. That's called motivational pain.

You know the carrot and the stick?


The popular belief is that the stick is pain motivation, and the carrot is pleasure motivation. In fact, they are BOTH pain motivators. One brings perceived pain into the present (the stick) and the other pushes permission for peace into the future (the carrot). Well, the absence of peace is the presence of suffering!


Can you be fully present and satisfied and still carry out your life?

I don't know. I can. Can you? That depends on your willingness. Switching from the paradigm of stress to the paradigm of fulfilment actually involves a journey into fear. When faced with the fear, the temptation is to turn back to the paradigm of stress, which why so many continue to live in it.

Want to know more? Come to The Dialogues, and dialogue with me about it. There is no one path to end pain. There is no one way to enlightenment. There is not just one road to freedom. There are many, and only you can find your own. I will show you the paths I and many before me took, and you can shape your own. It is truly a dialogue.

It is NOT a journey for the spiritually immature.

• This is NOT for you if you want the situations and circumstances of your life to change before experiencing peace, because that doesn't create peace.
  
• This is NOT for you if you don't want your beliefs questioned, because they are the pillars of your paradigm.
• This is NOT for you if you don't want your paradigms challenged, because it will be a waste of your time.
• This is NOT for you if you are not willing to experience the feelings and sensations of shifting paradigms, because you will.
• This is NOT for you if you want to control your life, because this is about peace, not control.

In short, this is not for the spiritually immature.



If, however, you fulfill two conditions, then you are invited and welcomed to The Dialogues.

Condition #1: You are committed to your own peace above all else. You desire it over everything else. This is not the time to be selfless. In fact, my experience is that in being completely selfish, you will also become completely selfless.

Condition #2: You are open to different ways of perceiving and thinking. That is how paradigms are defined and changed.

See you there!

Master Kaye