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POST 1 Excerpts from an article by Dr. Phil Shapiro on Spiritual Growth Habit/EXERCISES

1. Make a list of your good and bad habits. Which habits would you like to change now?
2. What barriers keep you from changing your bad habits?
3. Make a list of constructive, meaningful activities that you will use to avoid bad habits.
4. What spiritual methods would you like to practice?
5. What spiritual qualities would you like to develop?
6. What will you do when craving for a destructive habit returns?
7. Practice the ten steps for replacing bad habits with good and spiritual habits.Following is a technique for replacing bad habits with good spiritual habits:

1. Introspection
2. Avoid everything associated with the bad habit
3. Affirmations and will
4. Constructive meaningful activities
5. The habits of a seeker
6. The habits of a sage
7. Support
8. Solitude
9. Perseverance
10. Victory
11. Keep a log.

Each day you can inspect the status of your habits. Give yourself credit for your successes. Recognize your slips, but do not dwell on the bad habit; this only reinforces the associated brain groove. Instead, cultivate the mental habit of being gentle with yourself while you focus on the good habits you are creating.

POINTS TO REMEMBER

In the beginning of our spiritual work, it may be difficult to get traction. We can gain momentum by setting reasonable goals, taking small steps, achieving modest successes, and building from there.

The next step in our spiritual development is in the immediate moments of our lives. However, when we do not like what is going on, we leap out of the moment and back into an unhealthy habit. … choose constructive, meaningful activities and the spiritual methods of a seeker to develop the spiritual qualities of a sage.

Break bad habits of thought, attitude, emotion, desire, energy, and action so you can emerge from the past and find yourself renewed: fresh, spontaneous, and in the moment.
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1. What is a difficult or troubling situation in your life?
2. How are you creating it or allowing it to happen?
3. What are you pretending not to know?
4. What is the payoff for keeping it like it is?
5. What would you rather be experiencing?
6. What actions will you take to create that?
7. By when will you take that action?
from The Success Principles workbook -Jack Canfield…

There are only 3 responses (Rs) you have any control over:

1) Your behavior (including what you say and how you say it)
2) Your thoughts (self-talk) and beliefs (both conscious and unconscious)
3) Your visual imagery (including your images of the future) Jack Canfield…How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be