Friday, February 11, 2011

Emotions May Mislead

Emotions tend to lead us to more emotions.
Emotions distort our perceptions.
Emotions come from thoughts.
Thoughts create perceptions and feelings.

When we allow emotions (energy in motion) to lead us, we usually confirm the perceived cause.
Emotions are meant to be a wakeup call, not to be dismissed or covered over, but noticed.
When we are emotionally upset, we are calling for Truth.
When we are emotionally judging, hurting and afraid, we have lost our center and our purpose.

It matters not how we name or diagnose our emotional state, except to acknowledge we have forgotten.
What matters is that we return to Love….love for ones Essence and Love for all.
What matters is that we remember our healing and Holy Purpose.
All relationships are for the purpose of healing.

Perfect Love casts out all fear.
Clearing out history, projections, limiting beliefs, attachments, fears and failures is the healing work.
Undoing what we misperceive as lack of love, opens the door to see situations and people differently.
Recognize lack of peace (emotional intensity) confirms we have healing work to be done.

When we feel an emotion, we tend to identify it and look for its cause.
When we express emotionally, we tend to justify and prove the reason for our feelings.
When we use our emotions to manipulate, threaten or blame another, we forget the Truth.
When we believe our emotions and let them lead our behaviors, we believe we are right.

Being “right” tends to get us stuck in mentally proving ourselves with lots of words.
Being “right” usually results in making the other person “wrong” and the cause.
Being “right” often creates conflict, disagreement, arguments and insoluble problems.
Being ‘right” renders us stuck and stubborn and defending our position, opinion or complaint.

Forgiving our righteousness begins to open the door to see more of the truth.
Forgiving our defensiveness allows us to listen and look for other perspectives.
Forgiving our attack thoughts helps us release our distorted thinking.
Forgiving our errors facilitates our forgiveness of everyone’s mistakes.

It is easy to judge.
We have been taught to judge as our defense.
It seems to be more difficult to forgive.
We may have believed forgiveness shows weakness.

With forgiveness comes patience, possibility, purpose and peace.
With forgiveness comes consciousness, compassion and true communication.
With forgiveness comes willingness to listen, let go, look within and learn.
With forgiveness come Love, healing Love, that ends all fear and separation.

Loving us all as we learn to heal our mistaken thoughts, perceptions and emotions,
Betty Lue


The 12 Principles of Attitudinal Healing


1.       The essence of our being is love.
2.       Health is inner peace, healing is letting go of fear.
3.       Giving and receiving are the same.
4.       We can let go of the past and of the future.
5.       Now is the only time there is, and each instant is for giving.
6.       We can learn to love ourselves and others by forgiving rather than by judging.
7.       We can become love finders rather than fault finders.
8.       We can choose and direct ourselves to be peaceful inside, regardless of what is happening outside.
9.       We are students and teachers to each other.
10.    We can focus on the whole of life, rather than the fragments.
11.    Since love is eternal, change need not be viewed as fearful.
12.    We can always perceive others as either extending love or giving a call for help.


Attitudinal Healing affirms that we are responsible for our thoughts and whatever feelings we experience.
Attitudinal Healing encourages us to re-examine our relationships, bringing them into the present by releasing past judgments and grievances.
Attitudinal Healing reminds us that perception is a mirror of what is in our mind.