This website is a place for transformation. That includes physical transformation, and the falsity sometimes with spiritual journeys is that they give the impression that one day you will wake up and all your troubles and addictions will have miraculously disappeared.
But in my own experience, it’s not like that.
In my own experience, you have to CONSCIOUSLY DECIDE to stop your addictions, and let your problems go.
You have to say, “Okay, that’s enough of that. Time to put my toys away”
So let’s turn up the heat in here:
Starting on Monday, I want you to let an addiction go. It can be anything. This gives you the weekend to prepare yourself.
You already know what it is.
For me, years ago, I wanted to give up drinking and cigarettes. I tried everything. I prayed about it every day. I couldn’t do it. I was powerless. I tried to find causes for the reasons I drank and smoke. I tried to quit, only to start again several days later. And then one day, a miracle occurred: someone told me to STOP IT and said that I COULDN’T DRINK OR SMOKE and that was 7 years ago.
Somehow, having someone other than myself telling me to STOP IT did the trick for me.
It’s a miracle. The desire to drink and smoke was lifted from me forever.
So here I am, offering you a miracle now.
STOP ABUSING YOURSELF.
I want you stop it.
Whatever it is you’re doing that is harming you, I want you to stop it.
I mean it. I’m not kidding. This is not a game. I want you to put your toys away and grow up.
You’re playing in the big leagues now.
It can be drinking, cigarettes, gossiping, overspending, overeating, sugar, soda, tv, cheating, lying, laziness, bitchiness. Whatever. You know what your stumbling block is … and I want you to let it go.
I’m not preaching on high over here because I have a huge huge huge addiction, and I’m about to give it up: SUGAR.
So, I’ll be right here with you.
You don’t need the thing that is holding you back. You don’t need years in therapy talking about it. You don’t need to look at childhood causes of WHY you overeat, drink, smoke, whatever.
You already know what your particular problem or addiction is, you’ve tried giving it up in the past, you’ve failed, and now is the new beginning.
Forget about your past failures. Ignore your fear. Step right into a new space.
Let go. Let God.
We’re taking this journey, together.
If you are doing the workbook lessons with me, it’s means that you want to be brand new. You want something to change in your life. You’d like to be different.
And now is the time.
We’re moving into new territory. We’re together. We’ll help each other.
You can write me anytime:
lisanatoli2@gmail.com
And for more simple (hilarious) advice:
Really funny Bob Newhart skit on Youtube, click to watch.
Facebook comments:
that is so funny ! we wrote that clip! so funny and so true . just stop it!
maxi
I have been trying to give up my addiction to thinking for a couple of years now so I can hear the Other Voice. No success. If some one has a technique I’d love to hear it . I realize techniques are merely paths to where we already are, but still……….
Two koans I use that I made up are “What do I say when I want to stop talking? What do I think when I want to stop thinking?” and “Stillness; it’s right here. FIND IT!”
Hope this wasn’t too long. Thank you Lisa for this site and what you do.
Hi Eric- thanks for the message.
It’s impossible to stop thinking, so it’s not even worth trying. A course in Miracles teaches how to think differently, and how to think with the Mind of God. God knows only love, so to think with God, like God, as God, is to think about love, gratitude and appreciation. One of the earlier lessons in ACIM says when you are thinking about things in the world (things past and future), your mind is already blank, so you’re already NOT thinking. Plus there is nothing in the course that says to stop talking. In fact, it says the Holy Spirit needs your eyes, your ears, your hands, your mouth.
So, now the question is not “how should I stop thinking and talking” but rather to ask the Holy Spirit: “what would you have me say? What would you have me do? Where would you have me go?”
Then you are thinking and talking with God.
Let God’s thoughts and words replace your own.
See the difference?
I hope this is helpful.
Good morning, the old me would do one of 2 things… nothing or maybe there is only 1 thing. Today I am going to ask God what He would like me to give up. We have lots to choose from… Oh there is the other thing, I can’t decide, that is my racket,so then I do nothing… there is the honesty I am looking for. I have spent my whole life in indecision to avoid everything.. and it seems quite acceptable to the world… ( all important to make me ” appear ” to be successful in baffling you with my bullshit.) What comes up for me is laziness, give up laziness…is that what fatigue masks itself as? Pure laziness.. love Jayme