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	<title>The Way to the way &#187; Relationships</title>
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		<title>The Gift of Transcendence</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While you have no power over anyOne's perception of your individualized self, you Alone decide whether to give those perceptions creative power in your world.   As long as you are defining your self according to other people's perceptions and expectations, you are living through the same mental conditioning that has formed your self up [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While you have no power over anyOne's perception of your individualized self, you Alone decide whether to give those perceptions creative power in your world.   As long as you are defining your self according to other people's perceptions and expectations, you are living through the same mental conditioning that has formed your self up to this point in time - which may be effectively suppressing your own spirit/heart/higher truth.</p>
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<p><a href="http://thewaytotheway.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/transcendence.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3440" title="transcendence" src="http://thewaytotheway.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/transcendence-300x223.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="223" /></a>When you perceive someOne saying or doing something that makes you feel uncomfortable or disturbing emotion, you are essentially being offered a gift. You may accept said gift by allowing that person complete freedom and space to perceive your self in any way they choose.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Specifically, the discomfort or disturbance you feel is an indication that you believe something that’s misaligned with your spirit/heart/higher truth, and the person who ‘made you feel that way’ has very generously brought those beliefs to light for you. Said misalignment manifests in your experience as emotional dis-ease, your perception of which immediately causes your thought structure to project a vibratory signal for its opposite (the cure).</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>However, to the extent you are taking thought patterns that compulsively stream through your awareness in response to your perception of people's opinions to be true, your thought structure continues to move toward dis-ease.  Conversely, when you consciously recognize and release compulsive mind stream, your thought structure opens to awareness of what self beliefs are actually holding you back.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Through your willingness to allow the ‘other’ to be as they are, consciousness can penetrate through the illusion of separate self and recognize what gifts of self reflection are being offered. In this way, concepts of self are transcended - which leads to more harmonious relations with the ‘others’ in your world.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Set the 'other' free to create any perception they choose, and in turn you will be set free from mental habits that no longer serve your purpose - thus allowing the real You to determine your expression in this life-time.</p>
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		<title>Holiday Light</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What you think people think about you is a mental projection that keeps your perception in line with the beliefs you are holding. However, when you accept responsibility for all that you perceive, consciousness is allowed to penetrate the facade of there being a separate 'other - thus exposing whatever beliefs are being reflected through the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What you think people think about you is a mental projection that keeps your perception in line with the beliefs you are holding.</p>
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<div>However, when you accept responsibility for all that you perceive, consciousness is allowed to penetrate the facade of there being a separate 'other - thus exposing whatever beliefs are being reflected through the people that appear to be in your outer world.</div>
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<div>From there, you're invited to celebrate what's been exposed for having protected the self image you created out of thought; and to the extent those beliefs are no longer 'necessary' (re-created by outward projection), they will be released from your energy of awareness.</div>
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<div>In this way, new openings are created whereby concepts that transcend self limiting mindsets are made available to your perception.</div>
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<div>Practice perfectly, meaning be willing to see what's being masked by your outward projections in this moment in time, and Light up your world this holiday season.</div>
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<div>Hau’oli Lanui! (Happy Holidays!)</div>
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		<title>Let Them Be!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let them be, and you will be set free. You cannot control the experience of anyOne, so it's safe to let go of your personality's self righteous ideas about how their life should unfold. Worry or concern for another person is a form of delusion that is born out of emotional (conditional) love, and which [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let them be, and you will be set free. You cannot control the experience of anyOne, so it's safe to let go of your personality's self righteous ideas about how their life should unfold.</p>
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<div>Worry or concern for another person is a form of delusion that is born out of emotional (conditional) love, and which keeps energy of awareness bound to the experience of dis-ease.  This false love not only feels conflicted when it manifests as worry, but taking worrisome thoughts to be true is like 'asking' for their essence to manifest in your experience.</div>
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<div>The only moment that counts is Now, and by seeing worry for what it represents, you can allow its dissolution Now; and thus command the unfolding of your world from a perspective of liberation and wellbeing.</div>
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		<title>You Don&#8217;t Know Better</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You don't really know better than anyOne. Your world is only a reflection of your thought created self, and your worldly wisdom is nothing but a collection of self judgment that you have picked up along your unique journey through this and previous lifetimes. The need to influence or control the actions of any person [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You don't really know better than anyOne. Your world is only a reflection of your thought created self, and your worldly wisdom is nothing but a collection of self judgment that you have picked up along your unique journey through this and previous lifetimes.</p>
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<p><a href="http://thewaytotheway.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/controlling-people.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3411" title="controlling-people" src="http://thewaytotheway.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/controlling-people-192x300.jpg" alt="" width="192" height="300" /></a>The need to influence or control the actions of any person 'for their own good' is the mind's way of projecting repressed pain around your perceived past failures and worries about your impending failures onto the 'others' in your world. By directing your energy toward the betterment of any person, layers are added to the mental smokescreen that keeps you 'safe' from that which ego (energy of fear) has deemed too painful for you to observe.</p>
<p>When the urge to control or influence anyOne comes up, and you choose instead to allow space for the One to experience another perspective without interference, you open the mind to receive healing for the emotional pain that's been keeping your energy bound to the endless cycle of perceived failure and repression/control.</p>
<p>You help the other (who is really you) immensely when you release your personal ideas about what they 'should' and 'shouldn't do, because this allows acceptance to rise through your personality and become your dominant expression.  Acceptance eases the ego's grip on fearful concepts, so that patterns of pain that lurk in the recesses of mind may be observed by You, and thus dissolved.</p>
<p>As your personal pain dissolves, freedom prevails in your world, and the other perspectives within your field of influence are invited to evolve accordingly.</p>
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		<title>Beautiful People</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[People are to you however you are making them out to be. They are expressions of energy which you interpret according to your personal ideas (self image). So, instead of asking why someone acts the way they do, try this inquiry instead: how does seeing a person in this light build upon my self image? [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>People are to you however you are making them out to be. They are expressions of energy which you interpret according to your personal ideas (self image).</p>
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<p>So, instead of asking why someone acts the way they do, try this inquiry instead: how does seeing a person in this light build upon my self image?</p>
<p>This inquiry creates an opening in your thought structure so that you may see beyond the cloud of delusion, and discover what's been keeping you from being the love that you are.</p>
<p>As you make such discoveries, rejoice! And remember that it's okay to release whatever ideas of self are no longer necessary. As your personal ideas drop away, the beauty within all people becomes more apparent - which manifests as more harmony in your personal relations.</p>
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		<title>Fighting for Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Love is not something to fight for.  Love is simple and free - You always receive Love to the extent you offer Love. &#160; Fighting for love is a tool of ego (energy of fear) – it may result in what appear to be short term ‘wins’ – but in the long run it’s a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Love is not something to fight for.  Love is simple and free - You always receive Love to the extent you offer Love.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Fighting for love is a tool of ego (energy of fear) – it may result in what appear to be short term ‘wins’ – but in the long run it’s a recipe for intense personal suffering.</p>
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<p>Don’t worry about who’s going to Love you. Let Love flow generously from you without personal expectations, and Love will surprise and delight you in ways that are inconceivable to the gripping mind.</p>
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		<title>Relating with The One</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is no ‘we’ , ‘them’ or ‘us’ except as perceptual illusion. In reality, there is only One, and that One is You.  In this regard, your interpersonal relations are but a reflection of how your mind made (false) self relates with the true You. All people, things and circumstances are expressions of thought – [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.thewaytotheway.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Many-are-One.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3317" title="Many are One" src="http://www.thewaytotheway.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Many-are-One-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>There is no ‘we’ , ‘them’ or ‘us’ except as perceptual illusion. In reality, there is only One, and that One is You.  In this regard, your interpersonal relations are but a reflection of how your mind made (false) self relates with the true You.</p>
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<p>All people, things and circumstances are expressions of thought – which you attract for your experience according your present vibratory offering (the culmination of energetic frequencies that the focus of your attention has caused you to emanate before).</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Attention focused through the preconception that self and others are separate activates egoic ‘need’ to idolize and demonize human behavior in order to define who you are and how you fit in with the others who appear to be around you.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>As you experience Life through the filter of a separate self, fear permeates your perception and the ego forms layers of self judgment in your energy of awareness for your protection against what you have determined to be 'out there'. As these layers of judgmental belief accumulate, the perceived need to control self and others is amplified, and relational tension is experienced.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>This egoic (fearful) need for control holds awareness in a patterned loop of mental manipulation intended to create that which is idolized, while unwittingly giving attention to (and thereby expanding the energy of) that which is demonized.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>In other words, when you (through your energy of awareness) give meaning to thought patterns that express the need to create happy experience and/or avoid unhappy experience, your attention is being focused upon the lack of what you enjoy – and manifestation follows accordingly.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>In this way, the experience of suffering has expanded and will continue to expand until awareness (‘who you are’, before any thought or thought form) is absolved of meaning imposed by belief in separation.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>This is not to say that you have to learn to tolerate any behavior or maintain any relations that do not support and uplift your energy of awareness.  Your self and the others in your experience are reflecting your state of mind, both for your enjoyment and to inspire creativity for the expansion of enjoyment; and you alone are responsible for speaking your relative ‘truth’ and setting boundaries that are conducive to your own enjoyment.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>By consciously allowing your self to feel intolerance when it comes up while observing the thoughts that cross your awareness, the judgment you are holding for you is being exposed to consciousness, and absolved thereby (but only to the extent you are not judging the judgment). In this way, your energy of awareness is effortlessly and gracefully uplifted toward the frequency of <a href="http://wp.me/pUnlJ-Qh">Divine Acceptance</a> - whereby attention focused on appreciation for that which you enjoy comes more natural to you.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>The more attention focused on appreciation/love/joy, the less energy available for focusing on the perception of lack. Sure, lackful thinking will continue to cross your awareness as long as you are focused in this material environment, but those thoughts can be recognized as creative influences, and attention refocused accordingly – thus leading your awareness in the direction of ever-expansive enjoyment.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>As your vibratory offering (state of mind) is transformed to resonate more with the frequency of enjoyment, your self and the others in your experience evolve to reflect that transformation - and the experience of abundantly joyful relations prevails.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>Self Acceptance Manifests Loving Relations</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Truly harmonious relations are cultivated by self acceptance, not self control. In every moment that you are trying to avoid hurting anyOne’s feelings, you are forcing an unnatural expression - which hinders authentic connection and manifests as disharmony in your relations. The key is not in controlling your behavior, it’s in expressing the truth of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.thewaytotheway.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/self-acceptance-150x150.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3229" title="self-acceptance-150x150" src="http://www.thewaytotheway.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/self-acceptance-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>Truly harmonious relations are cultivated by self acceptance, not self control. In every moment that you are trying to avoid hurting anyOne’s feelings, you are forcing an unnatural expression - which hinders authentic connection and manifests as disharmony in your relations.</p>
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<p>The key is not in controlling your behavior, it’s in expressing the truth of your present state of being and noticing how your emotions unfold. Your emotional response to the ‘other’s’ feedback reveals how you feel about the judgments you are holding, allowing you to relax those judgments and accept you, just as you are.</p>
<p>Total acceptance of your state of being (which includes all perceived others) engenders vulnerability which is the foundation for harmonious relations. However, when you are focused on manipulating the form of feedback you receive from the other, the cunning mind activates, and essentially rejects your present state of being - which magnetizes dysfunction, confusion and pain in your relations.</p>
<p>Trust that your natural expression is exactly what the ‘other’ needs according to their unique point of view and remain devoted to The One being expressed through your perception/field of awareness, and your relations will be easily and gracefully evolved to express the harmony that is the truth of ‘who you are’.</p>
<p>The mind intent on extracting a comfortable response from the other commands the Will to act in conflict with the heart, thus validating the separate self; but the mind intent on acceptance of ‘All that Is’ commands the Will to follow the direction of the Heart - and the self is allowed to be dissolved in Love...finally!</p>
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		<title>Seeing Only Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EveryOne is pure Love and desirous of experiencing mutually Loving interaction with You. However, the mind can only create perception of ‘others’ according to the cumulative of that which has already been considered from your perspective and taken to be true. &#160; In this way, you can’t really harm or offend anyOne; and you are [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.thewaytotheway.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Eyes-of-Love.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3094" title="Eyes of Love" src="http://www.thewaytotheway.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Eyes-of-Love-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>EveryOne is pure Love and desirous of experiencing mutually Loving interaction with You. However, the mind can only create perception of ‘others’ according to the cumulative of that which has already been considered from your perspective and taken to be true.</p>
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<p>In this way, you can’t really harm or offend anyOne; and you are in no real danger of being harmed or offended by anyOne. Nevertheless, individualized forms of awareness (people) may make themselves feel harmed or offended by their perception of you; and likewise you may feel harmed or offended by your perception of them.</p>
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<p>However, every expression emerges from the One that is only Love, and what’s perceived is just a story made up in the mind.</p>
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<p>To the extent you are afraid that your behavior may harm or offend anyOne (or that their behavior may harm or offend you), your pure essence (Love) is being distorted by mental concepts - which creates the feeling of confinement and emotional dis-ease - and is expressed in the material world as such.</p>
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<p>The energetic connection between people who have shared relations is such that when thoughts of the ‘other’ cross your awareness, the emotional energy that you project is a force that not only affects your life experience, but it influences the ‘other’ to see their self from the same emotional point of view - especially as it relates to their interactions with you.</p>
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<p>Make it your intent to recognize that, despite what you perceive, the ‘other’ can only Love you to the best of their ability according to what you are allowing; and that your only offering is Love. If you are uncomfortable or afraid of anyOne, make physical space, and as thoughts of them arise in your awareness, be receptive to seeing them in the mind’s eye as only Loving - whatever mental imagery feels Loving from your unique perspective.</p>
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<p>In this way, you are using your energetic connection with individual forms to transcend layers of mind, while vibrationally inviting them to do the same - thus allowing for the experience of Loving relations to expand in your perception and in the perception of everyOne within your sphere of influence.</p>
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		<title>EveryOne is Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EveryOne is your Lover at the level of source, and if you think you’re not getting what you want from them, it’s only because you’re allowing less Truth than you want through the doorway of your perception. Beneath the perception of ‘we’, there is only One consciousness forming infinite perspectives through the mind’s interpretation of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>EveryOne is your Lover at the level of source, and if you think you’re not getting what you want from them, it’s only because you’re allowing less Truth than you want through the doorway of your perception.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.thewaytotheway.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/a_star_is_born_lg.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2999" title="a_star_is_born_lg" src="http://www.thewaytotheway.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/a_star_is_born_lg-300x223.jpg" alt="omra-art.com" width="300" height="223" /></a>Beneath the perception of ‘we’, there is only One consciousness forming infinite perspectives through the mind’s interpretation of energetic frequencies in rhythmic patterns. Each person in your experience is an extension of ‘who you are’ - and noBody is separate.</p>
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<p>Each one (through individualized energy of awareness) magnetizes certain energetic frequencies which they perceive as other people. In this way, the ‘other’ is there for you, just acting out the script you have ‘prepared’ according to the vibrational path you have traveled through the mind thus far.</p>
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<p>While it may not serve you to endure anyOne’s company, or to otherwise unnecessarily focus your energy on manifestations that distract you from the Truth - you and your world is glorified when you allow everyOne to be exactly as they are. This means allowing mental commentary about them without taking any of it to be true.</p>
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<p>If you are not particularly enjoying someOne’s expression, watch your thoughts and notice how they are dividing you from the ‘other’ (who is really you - in another form). That division is the foundation for the sense of separate self, and as divisive thoughts are taken as true, they are propagated in the mind. In this way, the delusion of separate self is reinforced and re-activated in your vibration.</p>
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<p>Every expression is born of infinite Love, and through the practice of recognizing divisive thoughts as they cross your awareness, it becomes clearer that every expression is a Divine Gift whereby you may discern truth from illusion, and allow a more authentic expression of Love into your world.</p>
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<p>As one continues to recognize and receive the Gifts being presented to awareness in the form of other peoples’ expressions, the energetic bond that connects all forms is brought to Light, a sense of enthusiasm and playfulness emerges throughout interpersonal exchanges - and fun prevails!</p>
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