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| | Post New Topic | | question regarding "Looking Back" | Views: 1306 | | Apr 07, 2006 8:19 pm | | question regarding "Looking Back" | # |
Alison Wilcox | | Hello everyone,
I have a question about prosperity being blocked by "looking back" or analyzing our past actions.
In spirituality texts, there is much discussion on teaching people not to "look back" such as Lot's wife in the Bible, and in a modern film "Spirited Away", a little girl is told to not look back and keep her sights on the path in front of her, and then she has her heart's desire.
So, my question is: Can we block our prosperity from finding us, if we are looking behind us and analyzing our past actions?
I had a situation happen in which this became very real for me.
I'm interested in your thoughts.
Take care, Alison
Private Reply to Alison Wilcox | | Apr 07, 2006 8:40 pm | | re: question regarding "Looking Back" | # |
Kathy Browning | | Hi Alison,
Believe it or not, I experienced this same thing earlier today. A situation recently occured that I have been feeling guilty about. In reality, I know there is no reason for me to feel guilty, but it was a bad situation that I wish had never had to happen.
The thing is, I've had similar situations occur in the past, so I decided I better have a long talk with myself and find out why I keep creating these dramas. What is the root of the matter?
I realized that every single person I have ever had a major problem with are people who are not being true to themselves. Lightbulb! There have been many times in my life where I have not lived my truth. Because of a series of events, I have fallen back into that trap and I don't like it.
When I am not being true to myself and attempting to be what everyone else expects me to be, then I block my prosperity. I'm so busy focusing on what I need to make everything comfy cozy for everyone else, that I forget ME.
I think the only way to move forward IS to analyze your past actions so that you can rewire those thoughts that are holding you back. Sometimes you have to dig deep and re-open a wound in order for it to fully heal. This prosperity stuff isn't always easy to get through, but it's worth it!
Many Blessings,
Kathy Browning
"Live Like a Diva!"
http://www.HealthyDivas.com
Private Reply to Kathy Browning | | Apr 07, 2006 9:23 pm | | re: re: question regarding "Looking Back" | # | 
DR ~ | | This subject intrigues me. If we take a good look at Metaphysical Reality, we can see there really is no "Past".
So...if there is No Past, how can we "Look Back"?
It is the same with "The Future". It does not exist.
Only through the Mind*
DR
Author of "7"
Private Reply to DR ~ | | Apr 08, 2006 6:54 am | | re: question regarding "Looking Back" | # | 
Marilyn Jenett | |
I agree with the "no looking back" philosophy...here are some notable thoughts you may enjoy...
"This one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the mark (goal) for the prize..."
~ Philipians
‘Twixt optimist and pessimist
The difference is droll;
The optimist the doughnut sees –
The pessimist the hole.
~ Poem that pre-dates the Mayflower
"When you make a mistake, don't look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind, and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power."
~ Phyllis Bottome
Forget past mistakes. Forget failures.
Forget everything except what you going to do now and do it.
~ William Durant, founder of General Motors
Past is past and we must live the present to survive the future.
~ Martin Ducavne
You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest, that it
leaves your arms too full to embrace the present.
~ Jan Glidewell
If past history was all there was to the game,
the richest people would be librarians.
~Warren Buffett
Always choose the future over the past. What do we do now?
~ Brian Tracy
If you want to know your past, look into your present conditions. If you want to know your future, look into your present actions.
~ Buddhist Saying
Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
~ Charles Dickens
We cannot let the past cloud our perception of the future.
~ Karen Chikodroff
Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves -
regret for the past and fear of the future.
~ Unknown
The past is a guidepost, not a hitching post.
~ L. Thomas Holdcroft
The past is history; The future is a mystery; This moment is a gift; That is why this moment is called the present; Enjoy it
~ Allan Johnson
Genealogists live in the past lane.
~ Unknown
Private Reply to Marilyn Jenett | | Apr 08, 2006 1:09 pm | | re: re: question regarding "Looking Back" | # |
Alison Wilcox | | Kathy, DR and Marilyn,
Thank-you for your answers to my question. That really helps. Just like peeling the layers off of an onion, I am feeling that I am shedding layers of my past consciousness. This was a new lesson for me this week.
Take care, Alison
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