{"id":193,"date":"2013-03-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/benstarner1\/expanding-consciousness\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T11:39:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T11:39:03","slug":"expanding-consciousness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/benstarner1\/expanding-consciousness\/","title":{"rendered":"Expanding Consciousness and The Three Elements to Healing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In my local area, we have access to a free newspaper called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newspiritjournal.com\/\">\u201cNew spirit journal\u201d.<\/a> It can be a little over the top with<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"> new-age-hippies-madness<\/span> but every now and then, I stumble across an article in their that I really resonate with. The following article is from that publication.I am going to quote the entire article because it\u2019s so good. Here you go:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Be positive.<\/span> Check\u2026 got it. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Nurture myself.<\/span> Check\u2026 got it. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Have integrity<\/span>. Check\u2026 got it. <em>\u201cBut I did all that and still nothing is changing,\u201d<\/em> you may say to yourself.<em> \u201cI\u2019m saying my affirmations, I\u2019m taking good care of myself and I swear I\u2019m in integrity with myself.\u201d<\/em> To understand the three elements to healing takes much more than a short article, but here is an overview to get you started.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>What are the three elements to healing?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Positive future focus and continual appreciation for life.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Nourishment.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Integrity with oneself.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Why are these three elements essential to expansion of consciousness?<\/p>\n<p>The three elements to healing are integral to understanding where to focus to shift an area of your life where you may be stuck, or to take an active approach to achieving a goal. In realizing something new through expansion of your awareness of yourself or of life in general, you experience a shift in consciousness. If you have been attempting to change a specific part of your life and are unsuccessful, it is time to look more closely.<\/p>\n<p>First identify the chronic pattern that you want to change. Second, state a positive intention for what you are wanting (do this using only positive words). Then examine the questions for each of the following elements.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Positive future focus and\u00a0continual appreciation for life<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do you know what you want?<\/li>\n<li>Can you connect to the positive emotions of what you want? In other words, how you will feel in the achievement? (This is when you bring the future to the now and is more important then the details of what you want).<\/li>\n<li>Can you create a list of appreciation of past experiences that relate to the subject at-hand you wish to improve upon?<\/li>\n<li>Are you able to appreciate 10 things in any given moment?<\/li>\n<li>Can you commit to practicing appreciation every single day?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Nourishment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When making choices, are you aware if you are choosing from a place of fear or from a place of love?<\/li>\n<li>Are you able to remind yourself how precious you are and how proud you are of yourself regardless of any perceived errors?<\/li>\n<li>Are you able to make feeling good and self-nourishing activities your number one priority every day?<\/li>\n<li>Who decides your worthiness, you or outside sources?<\/li>\n<li>Are you able to forgive yourself for your imperfections and be gentle with yourself about it?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Integrity with oneself<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do you believe that you are eternal, worthy beyond measure, divine, talented, and an essential part to the whole of God\/The Universe\/Source energy?<\/li>\n<li>Are you able to speak words to yourself consistently that reflect knowledge of your worthiness and divine, eternal nature?<\/li>\n<li>When you are upset are you able to acknowledge and express your feelings in a safe manner without judgment of yourself?<\/li>\n<li>Are you able to identify your emotion in each moment? (I guarantee you are feeling something.)<\/li>\n<li>Despite having emotions such as rage, hostility, resentment, hate, fear and sadness, are you able to acknowledge that you are worthy?<\/li>\n<li>Are you able to understand that you are responsible for your life, your choices, and your reaction to your experiences in every moment and that this leads to empowerment?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>What is it that breathes life into your heart? Do you know your passions? Are you able to indulge in them and feed your dreams with positive thoughts and expectations?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Expanding Consciousness<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Once you identify the questions that seem to be where you struggle, make them into statements and implement daily with action steps. For instance if you discovered that you have difficulty making up your mind to whether you are acting and making decisions from a place of fear or from a place of love, make the following statement:<\/p>\n<p>I am learning to take notice of when I am acting from a place of love or fear by deliberately doing things that feel great to me as a reminder of what love based action feels like.<\/p>\n<p>Now, every day do something that feels great to you. It will soon become clear when you are forcing yourself to act despite it feeling not so good to you.<\/p>\n<p>Another example would be in reference to the inability to feel your emotions. Make the following statements:<\/p>\n<p>It is safe for me to acknowledge my emotion in any moment without any judgment. I am an emotional being and knowing my emotion is the greatest skill I can develop. My emotions matter and I am patient with myself as I learn to acknowledge my emotions on a day-to-day basis.<\/p>\n<p>Now, every day through-out the day take several minutes to check in with yourself with the intention of knowing what you are feeling in that moment. Feel your body as you do this. Is there tightness, pain or a feeling of emptiness? Or are you feeling expansive and energized? Take note and repeat. Journaling and meditation help tremendously with this as well.<\/p>\n<p>All of the questions regarding the three elements are best utilized when used not only on a specific subject, but generally as well for greatest expansion of consciousness. Please stay tuned for future articles on how this is intertwined with the cycle of reconnection, which helps us to understand how life and consciousness follow a cyclic pattern to deeper knowingness and understanding of oneself.<\/p>\n<p>There is no end to expansion of consciousness, so becoming aware that we never get it done and that we are always engaged in multiple aspects of multiple cycles helps us to come to peace within each moment. Then it\u2019s just about enjoying the ride.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newspiritjournal.com\/expanding-consciousness-and-the-three-elements-to-healing\/\"> (Original source here)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ben Starner<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"www.empowernetwork.com\/Benstarner1\/blog\/do-what-you-want\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>P.S.<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080\">Do what you want. Life is better that way. Those are both obvious statements but why is that exactly? Read on to find out.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smashyouralarm.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>P.P.S. <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000\">Tired of being broke? Would you rather sleep in, eat out every night and travel the world? Click here to find out how. It\u2019s easier then you think.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my local area, we have access to a free newspaper called \u201cNew spirit journal\u201d. It can be a little over the top with new-age-hippies-madness but every now and then, I stumble across an article in their that I really resonate with. 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