Repeated Undesired "Habits" - Completion

Barbara and anyone else who needs to "complete",

It seems that virtually all of us do not "complete" 'that which is not serving us.' If that is true for you, then I recommend you not do anymore of what doesn't work. (Duh!)

So many of us go 'gather knowledge' and never utilize it, so that we can talk a good game, but not play a truly good game. (See Authentic Learning, particularly "Know Can Do". Follow and live this way and your life will be infinitely better.)

Indeed, this saying is true: "What you do not complete, you are doomed to repeat."

So, the bottomline, if we want a better life, is that we need to find a new (and better) way, instead of repeating old unworkable ways, living a Groundhog Day life. (Google "Groundhog Day" and then watch the movie - then you decide what you want to do.)

The gradual way that works because it is so easy is the "Read Ten Pages A Day" commitment, where you read a mere ten pages, in the morning or before bed, of a book that will help you become more skillful about life.

The other key way I'd recommend for almost anyone is the "complete immersion" or "completion" approach, where you set aside time to complete something all in one block of time (or blocks of time). Read Completion, as a source of personal power and happiness.

Where there is continued "negative thinking" or retained problems from childhood, for example, you need something like the extended program at the toply reputed Hoffman Institute.

Another immersion is into the "mind training" disciplines. I like the content of the Buddhist teachings (dharma) if you pull out some of the extreme parts - the center of the teachings is the best wisdom I have seen in any discipline. You can google for a Buddhism center near you, where you can learn the type of thinking and choose the degree to which you do the mind training (including meditation) to fit you. Read about Buddhism, its usefulness, and how to use it, clicking on this link: Buddhism. Having a place to go and a sangha (community of like minded supportive people) is of immense impact.

May you "complete" what you need to know to live a skillful and happy life, without relics from old thinking.

Keith