Re: Six Exercises for Discovering Hope (from Another Group)

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Excellent!! Thank you HH.. LIANE :~)

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KAREN~KARMA

>

> Six Exercises for Discovering Hope Adapted from A Way of Seeing,

> by (Lindisfarne Books, 2003).

> beth Kubler-Ross described five distinct stages before one can

> accept death: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.

>

> In an essay called " Discovering Hope " by Davy, the author served

> that Kubler-Ross's five stages to accepting death are actually very

> similar to six exercises by Rudolph Steiner that will lead a person to

> harmony and hope! If, like most of us, you need more of a sense of hope

> in your life, consider these thoughtful exercises: The first exercise

> concerns the life of thinking. We are asked to spend a few minutes each

> day (for about a month) focusing our attention upon a single thought. We

> must exclude from consciousness all thoughts which do not relate

> directly to the object of our thinking. This exercise can be seen as a

> fitness program

>

<http://www.care2.com/greenliving/six-exercises-for-discovering-hope.htm\

> l#> in the " soul-gym " for dealing with denial. Whenever we refuse to

> admit the possibility of something, our thinking skates and slithers

> about on the thin ice of rationality, inventing explanations and

> excuses. The second exercise brings self-disciple into the will. We

> choose to do a simple and quite unnecessary act at the same time each

> day (perhaps for a month). The task may consist of transferring keys

> from one pocket to another, or of untying and retying a shoelace. The

> value of this exercise is that it is essentially " useless " of no

> significance outwardly; it is then free of all compulsion. In

> disciplining our will-forces, we form a basis for the reining-in of

> anger, so that instead of lashing out we may attend to the issue. The

> third exercise requires us to find a relationship to personal

> experiences through which we can view them with complete equanimity. It

> is better at first to look at some event in the past than a present

> issue; but essentially we must learn to regard joys and sorrows equally

> as the weather of the soul. At each time each day a mood of inner

> tranquility is established in the soul, an din these moments we become

> able to contemplate reality without being swept back and forth

> emotionally. We then learn to " own " whatever is ours, and to let go of

> whatever is not. The fourth exercise is a challenge to view

> everything with positives, to say " Yes " to every experience which comes

> to us. This exercise aims toward the development of a positive gesture

> toward every aspect of life. Every situation is an opportunity for

> learning; even the deepest experience of depression

>

<http://www.care2.com/greenliving/six-exercises-for-discovering-hope.htm\

> l#> then becomes a parable. The fifth exercise extends this

> positivity further, to develop an open-minded attitude to the whole

> world. This implies having no prejudices, and being able to imagine that

> anything might be possible. Hence this particular exercise, through

> which we develop open-mindedness toward life in all its forms as it

> streams toward us. To arrive at acceptance requires such an open

> gesture. The sixth exercise involves balancing the soul's

> developmental needs through our continued practice of these exercises in

> relation with one another, an activity which is different in the case of

> every individual.

>

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Dearest Liane,

This is something we all need, my sweet friend! It is a part of

the human existence and this was so very helpful! Thank you much,

dear!! Namaste, love and light, Luna--

- In , " "

<butterflygris@...> wrote:

>

> Six Exercises for Discovering Hope Adapted from A Way of

Seeing,

> by (Lindisfarne Books, 2003).

> beth Kubler-Ross described five distinct stages before one can

> accept death: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.

>

> In an essay called " Discovering Hope " by Davy, the author

served

> that Kubler-Ross's five stages to accepting death are actually very

> similar to six exercises by Rudolph Steiner that will lead a person

to

> harmony and hope! If, like most of us, you need more of a sense of

hope

> in your life, consider these thoughtful exercises: The first

exercise

> concerns the life of thinking. We are asked to spend a few minutes

each

> day (for about a month) focusing our attention upon a single

thought. We

> must exclude from consciousness all thoughts which do not relate

> directly to the object of our thinking. This exercise can be seen

as a

> fitness program

> <http://www.care2.com/greenliving/six-exercises-for-discovering-

hope.htm\

> l#> in the " soul-gym " for dealing with denial. Whenever we refuse

to

> admit the possibility of something, our thinking skates and slithers

> about on the thin ice of rationality, inventing explanations and

> excuses. The second exercise brings self-disciple into the will.

We

> choose to do a simple and quite unnecessary act at the same time

each

> day (perhaps for a month). The task may consist of transferring keys

> from one pocket to another, or of untying and retying a shoelace.

The

> value of this exercise is that it is essentially " useless " of no

> significance outwardly; it is then free of all compulsion. In

> disciplining our will-forces, we form a basis for the reining-in of

> anger, so that instead of lashing out we may attend to the

issue. The

> third exercise requires us to find a relationship to personal

> experiences through which we can view them with complete

equanimity. It

> is better at first to look at some event in the past than a present

> issue; but essentially we must learn to regard joys and sorrows

equally

> as the weather of the soul. At each time each day a mood of inner

> tranquility is established in the soul, an din these moments we

become

> able to contemplate reality without being swept back and forth

> emotionally. We then learn to " own " whatever is ours, and to let go

of

> whatever is not. The fourth exercise is a challenge to view

> everything with positives, to say " Yes " to every experience which

comes

> to us. This exercise aims toward the development of a positive

gesture

> toward every aspect of life. Every situation is an opportunity for

> learning; even the deepest experience of depression

> <http://www.care2.com/greenliving/six-exercises-for-discovering-

hope.htm\

> l#> then becomes a parable. The fifth exercise extends this

> positivity further, to develop an open-minded attitude to the whole

> world. This implies having no prejudices, and being able to imagine

that

> anything might be possible. Hence this particular exercise, through

> which we develop open-mindedness toward life in all its forms as it

> streams toward us. To arrive at acceptance requires such an open

> gesture. The sixth exercise involves balancing the soul's

> developmental needs through our continued practice of these

exercises in

> relation with one another, an activity which is different in the

case of

> every individual.

>