{"id":18730,"date":"2013-09-25T08:27:53","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T13:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?p=18730"},"modified":"2013-09-25T08:39:48","modified_gmt":"2013-09-25T13:39:48","slug":"ill-take-god-in-a-can","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?p=18730","title":{"rendered":"I’ll take God in a can"},"content":{"rendered":"

Someone sent me a link to the Flow Market<\/a> that provides immaterial things to a needy public.<\/p>\n

This morning I woke from yet another restless night of sleep – my thoughts are running rampant, what if, what would, what should?<\/em> All night long.<\/p>\n

I went to sleep reading Inward Revolution: Bringing About Radical Change in the World by Jiddu Krishnamurti<\/a>. The book is yet another and ever present reminder in my life to stay in the present – the now.<\/p>\n

This morning, I meditated and tried to still my thoughts. Tin woke from a sound sleep and began his moaning about going to school. He asked: What day is it?<\/p>\n

Mom: It’s Hump Day.
\nTin: I don’t want to go to school on Hump Day!
\nMom: Know what happens on Hump Day?
\nTin: What?
\nMom: Well, who has a hump?
\nTin: A camel.
\nMom: Right, so we’re on a camel, riding on its hump and we’re in the desert and what do we see?
\nTin: Sand.
\nMom: [wow] Right, so are riding in the sand and there are dunes of sand everywhere and we come upon an oasis and what kind of tree do we see?
\nTin: Palm. Palm trees.
\nMom: [wow] Right, and we see a cool spring and we stop to drink and see other animals, what are they?
\nTin: Horses.
\nMom: Right, so we get off the camel and notice that its hump has gotten all mushy and soft and deflated. What makes the hump hard?
\nTin: Water.
\nMom: [wow] Yes and food because the hump stores fat and water. Now, let’s get ready for school.
\nTin: I want to go to the sand.<\/p>\n

It’s called diversion. Don’t focus on the moaning about yet another school day, but on something that is far more fun, more lively, more creative. It worked on a 4.5 year old who was able to call forth images that he learned not yesterday, but a year ago in a book, and so if it works for him. It could work for you.<\/p>\n

You don’t need God in a can, you need to flip the thought script.<\/p>\n

I can’t, it won’t, what if? – well no, not quite – try this instead:\u00a0I am<\/em> and then fill in the blanks.
\nManifest your destiny.
\nTry this one: I am God in a can<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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