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Monograph 3:
Dynamic Positive Thinking
Witchcraft, or The Craft, is both a religion and a system of magic.
As a religion its purpose is to put the individual in harmony with the divine creative
principle of the universe. As a system of magic its purpose is to achieve practical ends
by the use of mind power.
Have you ever wondered why some people are always lucky while others struggle on and
never seem to get anywhere? Have you ever thought there might just be a
fundamental cosmic law governing these things?
Well there is.
The ideas
contained in this monograph may seem revolutionary, even subversive, but when
fully mastered they will enable you to lead a charmed life!
Earlier I described Wicca as "Dynamic Positive Thinking". How we think
affects how we are and how our lives work out. This was understood
by the ancients who developed this wonderful system of belief that really works
by keepings up morale and making thing happen.
In this monograph I want to show you just how essential a positive, optimistic
attitude to life really is. Then, in later monographs, you will
learn how to use the various techniques of Witchcraft to empower your
life. This is where the "dynamic" bit comes in.
Wicca is a way of life, but more than that, it is a way to control your life.
The ideas contained in this one
lesson WILL transform your life if you let them.
For a very small minority of fortunate students, these first concepts are all they
will ever need. Others will require a bit more coaching, and is for them the rest of the
course has been written.
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Quote:
Our ordinary mind always tries to persuade us that we are nothing but acorns and that our
greatest happiness will be to become bigger, fatter, shinier acorns; but that
is of interest only to pigs.
Our faith gives us knowledge of something much better:
that we can become oak trees.
(E.F.Schumacher)
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Can you grasp the earth-shaking idea that reality is not fixed, that it does not
control us but we control it? For the
last three hundred years or so scientists have been telling us that
"matter" or "the solid stuff of the universe" is all there
was. Nothing else was important,
materialism with its two great constants, TIME and MATTER, ruled the day.
The closer we get to solid matter we find, not smaller and ever smaller sub-atomic
particles, but rather an interlocking web of energy fields.
What was once thought to be solid matter now
appears more like consciousness expressing itself in a myriad of different
forms.
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Quote:
The search for the ultimate stuff of the universe
ends with the discovery that there isn't any.
(Gary Zukav)
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Then along came Albert Einstein who told us that time was relative and that matter
and energy were interchangeable according to his law E=MC2.
More recently scientists have discovered the idea of Quantum Physics.
They were very surprised to discover
sub-atomic particles varying their behaviour according to the observer.
In a nutshell they saw MATTER obeying MIND.
It may have been a great shock to them but we Pagans had been saying the same
thing since the dawn of the human species.
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Quote:
The Universe begins to look more like a great thought than a great machine.
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(Sir James Jeans - 1930)
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These days we have the New Age movement saying much the same thing.
However there is nothing new about New Age philosophy.
It's just our old ideas being rehashed.
The truth is we all create are own reality according to our beliefs and
expectations. Our subconscious minds have one great purpose; to always prove us right.
If we expect pain and suffering we get pain and suffering.
But if we really expect a blessed life filed
with love and abundance, we get that instead.
Trouble is we have been programmed since childhood to be cynical, to believe that we
must labour hard to earn a crust of bread, that pleasure in sinful and that
pain will get us a place in the Kingdom of Heaven. Even some misguided
Pagans believe that "We must suffer to learn". What
poppycock! Our purpose on this Earth Plane is to be happy all the days of
our lives and to make others happy too.
If I can just get you to believe that, and to do that, then I can wish you good
journey and say goodbye. You will have no further use for this course.
But we have all taken a lot of brainwashing onboard.
The blocks usually take a good bit of shifting.
In this course you will find some really
good block shifting techniques that have stood the test of time.
You will learn how to cast spells to solve urgent problems, but to solve chronic,
long term situations, the best answer is to change your fundamental beliefs
about how the world works and what you can expect to enjoy during your time
here.
Life can be really great and you owe it to yourself to make it great! By working on
yourself you will come to realise that by reprogramming your mind you will
restructure your life. When practiced correctly, Wicca can help
you do just that.
All the happiness, wealth, love and success you want is yours by right. You can
have every good and wholesome thing you choose to have. The choice is entirely
your own. It always has been but perhaps you didn’t realise it until now.
You can build whatever life you want for yourself. You need not accept the
implied limitations of your past, your education, or the social conditions into
which you were born.
Thought is creative. The conditions and events of your life so far have been
the results of your past thinking. Now, with this course, you have the tools to
reprogram yourself for the future you really want.
You will no longer accept the limitations of your past, or those imposed on you by
others. Rather you will do your own thinking, not allowing the opinions
of others to hold you back.
You have the choice to only entertain thoughts that are helpful, creative and
uplifting. In this way you will build a dynamic, successfully life for yourself.
As you become more empowered
by these teachings it is important that you choose your goals carefully because
from now on you will achieve them. You can achieve every good and wholesome
thing you set out to achieve. You achieve what you choose to achieve.
However it is important for
we witches not to take ourselves too seriously. Life on this Earth Plain
is not reality. It is more like a cosmic game of badminton. While on
court it is easy to forget that our real life lies beyond. The game is not
reality; it’s just a game. Our lives on earth are like that game. When the game
is over we retire to the astral coach's office for a thorough debriefing. We
learn from our experiences and can apply the lessons in our other lives; other
games of badminton.
Knowing these things, how can we ever become disheartened or sad? With the knowledge
that life is only
a game we can play it any way we choose. We can change the rules. We can set
whatever limitations we want. And we are perfectly free to remove all the
limitations from our lives if we choose to do so. All we need to do is to
recognise that we have that choice, and have the courage to make it!
With this knowledge we can be free from all our former limitations, if we have the courage to do without
them.
Because we know that we create our own reality we know not to put obstacles in the way of our own
success and happiness.
Life is not reality so we can
feel safe and secure that nothing will happen to us without our consent. We
take absolute personal responsibility for every event and condition we
create. We can never be hurt by anything unless we choose to be. There is
nothing to fear except fear itself. We are the captains of our own
destiny.
These ideas give us a unique
perspective on life, a lofty viewpoint from which we can see ourselves and our
situations more clearly. Its almost as if its wasn't us at all by
some character on the stage. Using this new perspective you can see a
clear route to follow in order to achieve your goals.
We need never feel jealous or
envious of others. Whatever we want we are perfectly happy for everybody else
in the world to have as well. We do not need to benefit at the expense of
others. We can create what we want for ourselves.
Loving oneself is natural and
wholesome. All we have to do to increases our happiness is to love ourselves
enough to accept it. We have the right to be ecstatically happy for the rest of
our lives. The best is ours by right. It’s our game and we are free
to play it to win!
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