Wise Turtle of Sophia Lake, talk about ways to evolve.
And O. Turtle answered:
Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself to be the best and happiest you can be. Where there are a few traits we are born with, just about everything we like and do, our favorite colors, food, clothes, etc., are programed into our brain from our childhood and environment, and we have very little control over our day to day biases. Most people live their whole lives as a robot letting the environment control them.
In fact everything we do happens about a half-second before we become aware we did it. This is how slight-of hand magic works. The magician does the trick in the half-second before we became aware it was done. This is why some say we have no free-will, but that is because they never evolved them selfs, and used the free-will they have to stop being a robot. We do have the free-will to recognize when our programing isn’t working for us, and set out to change that programing to what does work for us.
To change our programing we first have to understand that everything we do in our day to day life adds to that programing. If you have a negative attitude towards life you are reinforcing negative things into your life. In fact negative programing will over the years change your genes and make you unhealthy. If you work to look at the Good you will, over time, make yourself healthier. I now practice gratitude. Every time something goes right I say thank you in my mind reenforcing the good. For more on reprograming see Conscious Living. #19