CHAPTER ELEVEN: BELIEFS Exercise 23 TRANSPARENT B に FS A belief is transparent when you are operating through the belief without noticing it. Transparent beliefs are seldom helpful and, ⅲ fact, can be fatally debilitating. Most are self-sabotaging, adopted ⅲ a moment when you were something less than rational. The first impression you have of a transparent belief is that it is unquestionably true. That's just the way life is. That's the way I am. Here's the proof! But then something funny happens: you discover that the proof for holding the belief is actually produced by the belief itself. A pattern begins to unfold. Transparent beliefs are discovered by tricking yourself into expressing them and then stepping back and looking at what you said. Transparent beliefs are often hidden under the desire to be right, so finding transparent beliefs requires a degree of vulnerability. OBJECTIVE: TO discover transparent beliefs. EXPECTED RESULTS: lnsights, personal transformation. EX 23 exerczse CO れれ〃ビ S

CHAPTER NINE: BEC 〇 MING REAL R 地四 g ぉ 83 ー 88 可〃肥 0 た Living Deliberately. We are each born with a spark of divinity. When this spark glows brightly, we experience our best and noblest aspects. We cooperate and are real for each other. This condition occurs instinctively during times Of crisis, but it can alSO be deliberately created tO accomplish great works. On the other hand, when the spark disappears we feel separation, and the egoistic and rapacious aspects Of our natures appear. Custom and pretense replace realness in our relationships. Conflicts, quar- rels, fear, and mistrust become commonplace. What determines if our spark of divinity glows brightly, sharing its light and blessing with other divine sparks, or fades t0 black? Honesty. Honesty is the measure Of our willingness for Others tO know our actions, our thoughts, our feelings, and our intentions. Anything that reduces this willingness separates us further from source. When we are dishonest, we prOJect ontO those around us the actions, thoughts, feelings, and inten- tions that we are reluctant tO express. They, the others, become the cheaters, swindlers, robbers, liars, or cowards that we will not admit ⅲ ourselves. We deny the worst by projecting it into the world where some broken soul, desperate for any attention, acts Ot1t our secret. Then we point an accusing finger wash our hands of responsibility. We project onto the BECOMING REAL み 0 es ー having 0 sense 0 on having nora 確往″四 5 , mo es 0 「 p 巾た free from 施 ( e ″ 0 「 po ⅲ true, ( 側 d 勗 叩ん 0 「ル 5 ⅱ n speech and 0 け ion ・ん i 「 in 施 0 ″ ng 0 「 sincere 加 Utterance; Ⅳ 0 「舫 / な us ′記 i eg 「 0 bring 劬部ⅲ 0 0 確 「″ / unimpaired COII 市 011 Ⅳわ房 eness entireness, purity, ( omp 卲 e55 市 0 引 having 0 「 exercising 0 市 5P05 ⅲ 011 deceive, 訪 e 可 市 Si eg 「 0 se 胆 ra ⅲ 0 component 胆 , ・ dlJ ( 0 gme 席肥 0 々叩 施 5 加 / the ( 0 sion 劬 05 50u / 5 are 市 Sin ね - gra 6 / 0 わ 0n0 「 み 0 " e け blended ⅵ some degree reverence; ・ esteem due Ⅳ 0

89 CHAPTER NINE: BEC 〇 MING REAL AVATAR 550N5 FOR A BETTER WORLD 1. When I am quick to find the error ⅲ others, I have failed to correct myself. 2. When my acts are designed to persuade another, I doubt myself. 3. When I experience struggle with the world, I have denied responsibility for my own creations. 4. When I feel separate and alone, I have failed to forgive. 5. When events repeat themselves in my life, there is a lesson I need to learn. ー c の 7 れ地梔 4 地 my OW 〃 se 虎 c 罕 t われ . ー can learn 地 cog ⅲビ signals 〃〃肥ー am losing my ⅲ gl y.

142 Sometimes 0 p 部 50n may Ⅳ側 ifhe 訪記 end 市 se ″読叩 m 加〃 and 翫 市ⅷ記肥 5 舫可 Se け加 5 〃 and Ⅲ 加 0 計 e is easy た 市 / 側 / 肥 5i5 n ( e creating exactly 酣 YOU 0 experiencing? reluctance 060 answering 舫 e 肥 iS ″ 0 Ⅷ / 引 0 go. RESURFACING only when they are conveyed by a Master. Properly presented, they attune you tO your own umque world lessons, which ⅲ the final analysis are what really create the Avatar. Life, understood, is the teacher. You will be provided with a personal folder that contains additional materials and is used tO store your write-ups, liStS, and summaries. The personal folder also contains the course checklist, which lists the sequence ⅲ which the materials are tO be studied and the exercises and programs are tO be done. Each item on the checklist is completed tO your satisfaction and then initialed off by you with time and date. The checklist will help both you and the Master keep track of progress. Checked-0ff items may be reviewed by the students, and on occasion, may be reassigned by the Master. (G00d Masters are caring and unreasonab ly insis tent that you achieve the expected results. )

イ 8 RESURFACING ( ON 祚 MPLA 第 ON AND 0 儁 ( リ 5 引 0N5 Contemplate means to study something carefully, to observe or imagine it from different angles and viewpoints. lt is done repeatedly for a period 0f time ⅲ a two-stage process: first you place attention on the problem, question, or concept and then, after a few minutes, you relax and shift your attention tO S01 れ e - thing else. Concentrating, relaxing, concentrating, relaxing, etc. Possibilities form and reform, progress- ing toward a moment Of clarity ⅲ which you achieve insights and realizations. Contemplation can take you beyond the familiar consciousness that you define as intO several levels Of impersonal consciousness culminating in the fabled "akashic record," depository of all life experi- ence. ln similar fashion, group discussions explore an idea from different angles and viewpoints. When the participants are ⅲ alignment, a synergetic effect is created and the collective attention achieves insights and realizations. Pa たゆ 4 れ ts ⅲ group discussions s 〃 0 履 〃 4 ひビビ co 〃川 g ビ地ビ ss e 耘 ideas, s 加〃梔地 I ビ川厩可明 t viewpoints, の should 〃 s れⅲ 4 〃 la れれ t 〃 assists the evol 怩襯群社可砌ビ answers being ビエ〃 SS ビ d.

46 RESURFACING attention on the right wall. 28. Thank you. Now with your eyes closed, put your dO it. 27. Thank you. When you are sure you have decided, place your attention. going t0 100k next and where you are going t0 26. Thank you. Decide ⅲ which direction you are do it. 25. Thank you. When you are sure you have decided, place your attention. going tO lOOk next and where you are going tO 24. Thank you. Decide ⅲ which direction you are dO it. 23. Thank you. When you are sure you have decided, place your attention. going t0 100k next and where you are going t0 22. Thank you. Decide ⅲ which direction you are decided, look ⅲ that direction. 21. Thank you.When you are sure you have going t0 100k next. 20. Thank you. Decide ⅲ which direction you are 33. Thank you. Shift it to the front wall. Shift it to the back wall. 31. Thank you. Shift it back to the left wall. 30. Thank you. Shift it back to the right wall. Shift it to the left wall. 32. Thank you. 29. Thank you.

RESURFACING As you become more and more solidly defined, the window tO definitionless awareness shrinks smaller and smaller. Living requires a flow of attention. The flOW Of attention must C01 れ e fror . somewhere, so when you can no longer sustain life by an inward connection tO source, you turn outward for the attention. This leads tO pretense, courting displays, and people-pleasing behaviors. The pursuit of fame, wealth, and power ensue. Reputation, money, and influence are synthetic attention p articles. You feel starved for attention and begin borrowing heavily from others tO sustain your creations. ln place Of the guileless, selfless "I" close to source, an ego- identity appears. Because the identity uses thought and emotion to attract attention, the attention it receives is highly alloyed with thought and emo- tion—more particles than waves. AS the ego-identity attracts particles of attention, it grows more and more solid. lt calculates for the maximum attention advantage for its collection Of particles. When attention cannot be attracted from others, it will be imagined. The imagination is a bypass conduit between the identity and source awareness. The identity can rece1Ve a sustaining flOW of attention by imagining others who would, if present and informed, be fascinated by this or that accomplishment. Many lone-wolf types are actually sustaming their creations by acquiring attention through imaginary figures, e ・ g ・ , comic-book heroes, fictional heroes, dead relatives, dead pets, defeated enemles, victimizers. When attention cannot be inwardly sustained, attracted, or imagined, it will be demanded. This is the motivation behind premeditated antisocial behav- ior. Criminals are demanding attention particles. After exhausting the attention of their victims, they

58 RESURFACING QUESTION 10 What events, behaviors or relationships decrease your attention supply? QUESTION 1 1 VVhat events, behaviors or relationship S increase your attention supply? QUESTION 1 2 Why do the symptoms of chronic becomes exhausted? conditions shOW up when attention

59 CHAPTER FIVE: ÄTTENTI 〇 N How people habitually react to running out of attention determines their success ⅲ life. With this observation and using the attention exhaustion demonstration, an employer can quickly evaluate a potential employee's value or a potential participant can evaluate the success Of any cooperative opera- tion. For example, when attention is exhausted: ・ Sometimes people become victims; they react by asserting a disability as an excuse. They succeed by failing. ・ Sometimes people give up; they react by criticiz- ing the task. They seldom succeed. ・ Sometimes people scheme and seek shortcuts; they react by rationalizing or altering procedures. TO succeed, they need accurate instructions and constant superVIS1011. ・ Sometimes people become angry or irritable; they react by blaming or joking. TO succeed, their responsi- bility needs to be clearly defined. 0 Sometimes people acknowledge the overwhelm without taking it personally; they react by trying again. They succeed. The best course Of action for anyone tO take when experiencing an exhaustion Of iS tO compart- mentalize the task intO doable steps (prioritized lists) and tO work on each step until it is complete or until it can be done correctly and with minimal attention drain. This is the value Of practice.

45 CHAPTER FIVE: ÄTTENTI 〇 N 7. Thank you. Look at the front wall, and place your attention on the left wall. 8. Thank you. Look at the front wall, and place your attention on the back wall. 9. Thank you. Look at the front wall, and place your attention on the right wall. 10. Thank you. Look at the front wall, and place your attention on the ceiling. 11. Thank you. Look at the front wall, and place your attention on the flO or. 12. Thank you. Look at the front wall, and place your attention on yourself. 13. Thank you. Look at the front wall, and place your attention on the sounds you hear. 14. Thank you. Look at the front wall, and place your attention on the bones ⅲ your bOdy. 15. Thank you. Look at the front wall, and place your attention on the front wall. 16. Thank you. Decide ⅲ which direction you are going t0 100k next. 17. Thank you.When you are sure you have decided, look ⅲ that direction. 18. Thank you. Decide ⅲ which direction you are going t0 100k next. 19. Thank you. When you are sure you have decided, look ⅲ that direction. ビエビ r ロ S ビ CO 〃〃〃 es