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Questions to begin to explore our mind |
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A Releasing Your Unlimited Creativity discussion topic | |
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Caveats on this exercise Two caveats need to be made about this exercise and doing this exercise. This exercise is from workshops where their intended purpose was to create discussions in specific areas and to help the attendees to focus their attention and awareness in a given direction in a given way. Much of what was exactly done with this exercise is unique to the attendees and the information they provided through the exercises. A key part of the exercise was in the attendees sharing their results. As such, using the exercise by oneself or even with another will lose some of the power of the exercise. However, as a starting point to being an inquiry in the topic which this exercise addresses, many insights can still be obtained. This exercise is best done in a small group where you can share and discuss your results with another. Either another individual doing the exercises with you or a trusted individual who is supporting your efforts at exploring what you believe. Some starting considerations Below are series of question that can be used to begin to explore our mind and it needs to be emphasized, it is a starting point. In responding to these questions, become aware of any feelings or thoughts that arise about your answers. You may wish to note your feelings and response in a note book. In answering these questions, we need to realize our mind is much like an iceberg. Maybe only ten percent is above the surface and ninety percent is below the surface in our nonconscious mind. In this regard, we need to pull the string on any answer we get and pursue why that answer as opposed to any other answer and/or pull the string to understand from where did we get the belief or understanding what gave rise to the answer. For example, if the question is, "What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?" Your response may be chocolate. But we can pull the string and ask, "Why is chocolate my favorite flavor?" Our answer to this question may be, "It is the only flavor I have ever had?" Or, the response my be, "I had chocolate on my greatest birthday ever and chocolate ice cream always reminds me of that experience." Or, the response could be, "My mother said chocolate was better for me than other flavors - so I like chocolate best." In any case, our response to the question as to what flavor we like best totally depends on what flavors we have allowed ourselves to try and whether or not we are free of judgments biasing us in one direction or another to rely solely on the taste we prefer. In responding to any of these questions, what is important in these questions is to see what we think and believe and how what we think and believe does or does not compare to another. It is not that we are right or wrong. It is to see that we perceive things differently than another. Questions to begin to explore the mind The following questions only being to explore the depth and breadth of what we think and believe. There should be no illusion that answering these questions come anywhere close to exploring the true depth and breadth of our mind. They are only a minimum starting point. For each question, allow some time to contemplate and write a short response. If done within a group, allow some discussion on each - as little or as much time as desired can be spend on each. Questions What is your very first memory? Do not dismiss anything that arises. Just look to see which is the first. (You are free to change your response if an earlier memory than the one you identify suddenly pops into your mind.) What is your very first memory in this life? (Become aware if you have dismissed memories in part one of this question that seem to exist beyond this current life - you may need to go back are revisit the answer to part one of this question) What does success in life look like to you? How or where did this concept of success come from or what is its basis? What does spiritual success look like? What thoughts do you have on the statement that, "What success in life looks life should be one and the same a what spiritual success looks like." What is God to you? Describe He/She/It What does creative power - that ability and energy to make things happen - look like to you? Do you have the ability to make things happen? - give five examples of where you have made something happen and what did you do to make it happen? How do you access the creative power to make things happen? Use one or more of responses to question #9 to show how you accessed the creative power What is the relationship between your understanding of God and your creative power? What is the purpose of life? From were did you come to have that idea as to the purpose of life? What is the purpose of your life? What is the difference between spiritual and physical? How do you know? What proof can you offer? What does it mean to be a male? What does it mean to be a female What does the masculine concept look like to you - what does it mean to be masculine What does the feminine concept look like to you - what does it mean to be feminine?
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