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    Self-Empowerment Journal: A Companion to The Mind of the Soul: Responsible Choice
    Self-Empowerment Journal: A Companion to The Mind of the Soul: Responsible Choice
    Self-Empowerment Journal: A Companion to The Mind of the Soul: Responsible Choice
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    Self-Empowerment Journal: A Companion to The Mind of the Soul: Responsible Choice

    By Gary Zukav and Linda Francis

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    The journal that transforms a reading book into a life-changing personal experience.

    The Self-Empowerment Journal is the perfect companion to Gary Zukav and Linda Francis's The Mind of the Soul: Responsible Choice, a groundbreaking new book that explains how to take responsibility for the choices you make in life and to liberate yourself from the illusion that you are victim to your own circumstances. The journal contains empowering new material specifically developed to help you to actively apply the authors' suggested exercises and discover for yourself new ways of being that will bring satisfaction and wholeness into your life.

    There is a special magic to journal writing. It is not enough to merely read about ways to improve your life. Working through the practical exercises and recording them in your journal becomes a genuine process of self-examination and self-discovery, a way of asking yourself meaningful questions and keeping track of your progress in spiritual growth.

    By looking deeply into yourself, you can determine what works best for you. You will discover countless new opportunities and develop the freedom to experiment, decisively taking charge of your actions. You will also find ways to overcome the problems that hold you back, and practice new ways of achieving authentic power and spiritual growth. The journal is a crucial tool that will keep you focused on your journey, helping to make wise and empowering choices in life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFree Press
    Release dateJun 30, 2008
    ISBN9781439104989
    Self-Empowerment Journal: A Companion to The Mind of the Soul: Responsible Choice
    Author

    Gary Zukav

    Gary Zukav is the author of Universal Human, the #1 New York Times bestseller The Seat of the Soul, and The Dancing Wu Li Masters, winner of the American Book Award for Science. His books have sold millions of copies and are published in thirty languages. He is a graduate of Harvard and a former US Army Special Forces officer. He lives in Oregon with his spiritual partner, Linda Francis.

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      This book is dedicated to my parents,

      Teresa Compton and the late Hugh Compton,

      with love and appreciation.

      —Linda Francis

      Welcome

      Welcome to this special Self-Empowerment Journal. It is designed to accompany our book The Mind of the Soul: Responsible Choice.

      Our intention for creating this Journal is very specific: We want to help you create authentic power—the alignment of your personality with your soul. Responsible choice is one of the essential skills you will need to create authentic power. As you develop the ability to choose responsibly, you will simultaneously become more powerful.

      In this Journal we will do what we can to:

      Show you the difference between authentic power and external power, and the role of responsible choice in creating authentic power.

      Help you understand responsible choice intellectually, experientially, and, especially, emotionally.

      Provide exercises, practices, and opportunities to create authentic power both while you are using this Journal and long after you complete it.

      We do not ask you to accept what we write as true, but instead to notice what resonates with you and, when something does, experiment with it. If you like what your experiment produces, continue to experiment. If we present something with which you do not resonate, let it go. Don’t try to wear a shoe that pinches. The Mind of the Soul: Responsible Choice and this Self-Empowerment Journal present a window through which we have come to see the world. This window has been helpful to us and we hope it will be helpful to you, too.

      Love,

      Gary Zukav and Linda Francis

      PART 1

      Choice

      On a Personal Note

      —Gary

      I did not realize how important my choices are until I made the effort to look at what they had created. Even then, it took several more years for me to make the connection between what I choose and what I experience.

      For example, when I graduated from Harvard I was angry, insecure, and violent. It seemed natural for me to enlist in the infantry and volunteer for the Green Berets. I was not drafted. I volunteered for more and more specialized training, bringing myself into contact with an increasingly homogeneous group of angry, insecure, and violent people. We did not look at ourselves that way. We admired ourselves and our jobs. That was because we shared the same consciousness, even though we had unique histories and challenges, and even though we sometimes did not like one another. Our skin colors, families, religious backgrounds, and the reasons that brought us together—such as running away from home, playing a heroic role, patriotism, and so forth—were different, but our energy was the same. It did not occur to me at the time that my choices about who I was and what I needed were bringing me into the company of others who were making similar choices.

      Now when I look around me, I do not see any individuals like those I knew in the military. Instead I see individuals who are like me, as I am now—striving to take responsibility for their decisions, create wisely, learn from their experiences, and grow spiritually. Each of us is unique, but we share those qualities. I am no longer attracted to weapons, and I no longer have the desire to wear the uniform that once meant so much to me. I make different choices now, and so do the people who are in my life. In retrospect, I can see that the people in my life have changed, because I have changed.

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      The Power of Choice

      Each choice you make creates experiences for you and others. In fact, the way you perceive yourself is a choice. Choice equals creation.

      How Do You Perceive Yourself?

      Do you consider yourself:

      Beautiful

      Smart

      Handsome

      Inferior

      Competent

      Outgoing

      Brave

      Open

      Emotional

      Ugly

      Stupid

      Plain

      Superior

      Incompetent

      Introverted

      Cowardly

      Closed

      Unfeeling

      Do you feel somewhere in between? Or do you feel one way sometimes, and other times another way?

      Think about your characteristics. Write down the words that describe you. Take five or ten minutes to make this list.

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      Now look at each word on your list and, after each word, say to yourself, I perceive myself as _____, and this is a choice I have made.

      Focusing on what you cannot do, instead of what you can do, creates a picture of yourself that is narrow and incomplete. When you focus on your strengths, you see yourself as a competent person, because your desires and strengths are aligned.

      When you make the connection between your choices and your experiences, you do not have to create the same experiences again. You can create different experiences by choosing differently. There is no limit to your creative capacity.

      A Second Look

      Let’s look at your list again. After each word, decide if you want to continue looking at yourself that way. If not, circle that word.

      Speak each circled

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