Free Yourself of Criticism

There is plenty of room at the top of any profession or line of work IF you are daring enough to free yourself from the usual thoughts – bickering, jealousies and petty criticisms.

If you find yourself starting to participate in this, simply say to yourself “There is no criticism in me, for me or against me. Divine Harmony now reigns supreme in my life”. This will also protect you from any negative thoughts from others. It also helps when you give them your blessings and good thoughts – this helps turn their attitudes around without them even knowing it.

You have to be constructive in order to be successful. And you have to surround yourself with others who are successful too. You won’t see successful companies bickering and fighting. Do you think they have people at Apple or Microsoft that constantly sit there and say (or think) “that won’t work -that’s a really stupid idea”. Heck no. I think Apple is probably an exceptional company to model after no matter the size of yours. They couldn’t have come up with all those ideas if they weren’t a group of open-minded, enthusiastic and constructive people who feed off one-another.

Take a look in your life – do you find yourself criticizing? Don’t think that it doesn’t matter if it’s the news or some political figure that you’re criticizing – the effect on YOUR life will be the same. Criticism (not the constructive pointing out to people or children you are responsible for teaching) is negative and by being negative it “negates” the good you’re looking for and working so hard to produce in other areas of your life.

As I write this, I think of the many times during the day that I mutter discontent at the product I receive from other people far away – we review cases that are sent to us by various hospitals. And they are supposed to follow guidelines and checklists to ensure that we have all the info needed. Well, it seems that every other case is missing something. And I realize that my “nuts, why can’t they ever get it right” is destroying all the other good I’m trying to bring about in my life. So, Monday – I will start anew and just say that I know they are sending me a perfectly compiled case and they are happy with what they do. And of course I will start it with “there is no criticism in me, for me or against me”. It’s great to have revelations like this as I try to help you!

Terrie


The Saturation Technique

Saturate yourself in atmospheres of plenty and in association with successful people. When it seems that your greater success and prosperity are not coming, take time to walk through banks, observing successful people  who have plenty of money. Visit beautiful new buildings and stores. Move through the richest section of your city and countryside where the abundance of God and man are obvious. We have two specific neighborhoods here in San Antonio where you feel the vibration of abundance as soon as you cross the boundary into that neighborhood.

You should also associate with creative people and those with great talent. Do what makes you feel rich – attend the opera  or a concert, visit art galleries, go to plays, etc. For me it’s going to games at Yankee Stadium and getting seats right behind home plate!

Read success stories and autobiographies of famous people. You’ll see the challenges that they have dealt with and still became successful. This should renew our feeling that we can and shall achieve our goals.  If it’s the outdoors that gives you a feeling of richness, spend time outside – in your garden, walking, riding your bike, enjoy the sunshine and fresh air. Do whatever makes you feel rich and takes your mind away from the current job dissatisfaction you are experiencing.

Saturate your mind and body in rich ideas, rich associations, rich atmospheres and in any activity, inner or outer, which brings a feeling of richness to your inner being, especially during those times when it seems that success is slow in manifesting.

Make The Most of Your Present Situation

Whether it is more satisfaction in your present work, or another step up the ladder in your work; or whether it is a whole new career you desire, or financial freedom from all organized work – your goal can be attained. you need not feel “trapped” by present conditions. There is always something you can do about it. “Divine intelligence now works in me and my life to will and to do whatever is form y highest good, and divine intelligence cannot fail.”

Follow through on whatever ideas or events that present themselves to you for change. Stop thinking about or talking about present dissatisfaction. Forget it,let it go. Then begin to bring about order, harmony and beauty into your present job. if you are dissatisfied, set about doing everything possible to make your job more pleasant and orderly. Clean out file drawers, straighten up your desk. Give fellow workers the benefit of your praise, sincere appreciation, words of kindness as well as silent blessings. As you give the current situation the benefit of your highest thoughts and actions, you help to establish order, harmony and satisfaction for all concerned. when you make the best of your present situation, greater good will reveal itself.

Terrie

Your Real Work Lies Before You

Your new opportunity will open whenever you have gained all the discipline and knowledge that the old work has to offer you. Meanwhile remind yourself that there  is no work that is high or low, so long as it is essential to the welfare of anyone. Perform what you are doing as efficiently as possible while you are doing it. Live a normal life and make the most of your present work even if you’re not happy with that work. This helps you maintain a steady state while working toward your greater good.

In the face of discouragement you function is to concentrate on your higher ideals of more satisfying work. Then declare a divine solution for the experiences of the moment. James Allen said “Your circumstances may be uncongenial, but they shall not long remain so if you perceive an ideal and strive to reach it. You cannot travel within and stand still without.”

When things seem down,it helps to remember that tit is darkest just before the dawn of new good. despair is usually an emotional indication that the tide is turning and that the dawn is coming sooner than you think.

If necessary, use the mental law of reversal on the situation. In the mental realm, thought can conceive of opposites and produce them more easily than thought can accept a gradual degree of good and product it. A radical change of view often clears the mind or cluttered, limited ideas, so that the mental swing to the opposite can produce and opposite result quickly.

Build the pictures in your mind – those of increased good and think about them as you go about your daily activities. Affirm rich, unlimited success for yourself no matter what is happening around you.

Expect Changes For The Better

Remind yourself f that you do not make things better by fighting present unhappy working conditions. Take a non-resistant attitude toward existing conditions and know that they already are changing for the better. 

When things appear to be at a stand-still, remember the principle of physics which says that the entire universe is in constant motion;that we live, move and have our being in an “ocean of motion”. This is the case even thought with our five senses we don’t realize that. Nothing stands still; everything is constantly changing, whether it seems to or not. Expect such changes and they will come about.

Don’t be misled by fear thoughts which try to convince you that your higher ideas are too good to be true, too wonderful to happen, or too good to last. When fear or doubt arise, put your best foot forward and do something definite to effect the successful feeling and the successful look so as to convince not only yourself but others that you are succeeding. He who conquers fear and doubt conquer failure. It helps tremendously to think you are succeeding, whether your success seems evident to you at the moment or not. 

Terrie

Direct Your Energies Toward A Goal

When your energies are constructively directed to a specific end,non-essentials have a way of falling aside. All the petty thoughts, useless relationships, ill tempers, destructive emotions that often results in ill health, discouragement and failure have no place in your life when you begin thinking of how you want your life to really be.

Things cannot improve in an outer way until things change in an inner way, because the inner processes of the mind control all of the outer experiences of our lives. if you are in the midst of apparent failure, financial difficulties, or restlessness and dissatisfaction with your work, none of these conditions should prevent you from thinking thoughts of abundance, plans for riches, and mental images of the success you seek. Nothing can stop you from moving toward your goals mentally. You should then ask Divine Intelligence what next steps you are to take to bring forth your desires.

Remember that we live in a sea of energy and intelligence and we have constant access to its benefits – if we ask for them.

There is an Answer

This is a friendly universe but people who don’t realize that continue to be in confusion and dissatisfaction. They don’t realize that the supreme intelligence will loving answer their call for guidance IF WE ASK FOR IT!

Here’s a lengthy affirmation “Divine intelligence, what positive, constructive, creative thought, word, attitude or action is my next step to improve my present work? What is the next step into the abundance, satisfaction and freedom that is mine by divine right?”

There once was a man  who got out a job that no longer satisfied him by doing this: He bought a little black book and began putting into it the biggest, richest, most successful ideas and statements he could find. This helped expand his thinking and helped him remain peaceful, poised and inspired in the face of job dissatisfaction. After this the biggest job of his life opened to him.

He began his day by opening his little black book and meditating on those ideas. He would affirm “I proclaim  this day and all of its activities good. My own right and perfect work await me this day.”

When discouragement crept in or some upsetting experience arose he said “Nothing can defeat me. I give thanks for the perfect,immediate right results. I rejoice that I am now successful in all my ways.”

Terrie

Perfect Your Attitudes Toward Work

We talked about learning how to discipline or perfect your attitudes and reactions towards work. Here are a few suggestions:

Your entire outlook may be wrong. You may resent everything and because of this you’re poison yourself with the thought of bitter injustice. Do you (or others around you) talk about how others are keeping you at the bottom? Do you (or others) go into detail about things that happened years ago and claim they are the reason you still haven’t succeeded? You may be in a rut because you haven’t made sufficient effort to move out of that rut.

Remind yourself that there is a divine plan for every life, a plan that will make man healthier, happier and more successful than he’s ever been. Declare this “The Divine Plan of my life now unfolds
step by step. I happily  recognize each phase of it, accept it in my present and future and let it show me how to make the most of my life.”

What Are You Doing About Dissatisfaction?

If you aren’t satisfied with your present circumstances, what are you doing to prepare yourself for better ones? Do you have a concrete goal in mind? Are you willing to spend your leisure time taking night courses or attending special lectures or reading particular books or engaging in constructive activities that would prepare you for greater success?

Instead, most people spend their time speaking in critical terms about their work, their associates, the boss and the world in general. They believe that by tearing down the other fellow, their own failures and dissatisfaction wont’ show quite so much. When you find yourself tempted to do that, change your thinking. Affirm “I do NOT condemn anything. The divine law of justice and freedom is at work for all, in all, through all, and i rejoice in this. Nobody or no set of circumstances can keep my God-given good away from me and I rejoice in this knowledge.”

Terrie