Dance Lesson 1

Over the course of the lessons we will examine some new and some rather old concepts. Each contains elements of the steps required to Dance with Your Soul (Source)... this first step is critical. As I have learned and my teachers have said many times... You have to understand and be able to apply the basics of dance in order to progress.

In order to create new things, in new ways, you have to clean up the old, and get rid of (release) those things that don’t serve you, (they only prevent moving forward). This includes emotional energy and attachment to our pain and suffering we experienced as children.

A powerful part of that is awareness, often we become aware of our past experiences and try to process them as if our mind can resolve the pain and suffering. Conventional teaching is we have to talk about and feel all of our emotions, sometimes for years. I know people that have been in therapy most of their lives and still haven’t resolved their issues. Perhaps they have not found the right place to tap.

Here is a story that explains what I mean.

Once a giant ship’s engine failed. The ship's owners tried one expert after another, but none of them could figure out how to fix the engine. Then they brought in an old man who had been fixing ships since he was a youngster. He carried a large bag of tools with him, and when he arrived, he immediately went to work. He inspected the engine very carefully, top to bottom. Two of the ship's owners were there, watching this man, hoping he would know what to do. After looking things over, the old man reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer. He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine lurched into life. He carefully put his hammer away. The engine was fixed!

A week later, the owners received a bill from the old man for ten thousand dollars."What?!" the owners exclaimed. "He hardly did anything!"

So they wrote the old man a note saying, "Please send us an itemized bill"

The man sent a bill that read,
Tapping with a hammer...................................$2
Knowing where to tap................................$9998

So it is not that the process that is wrong, perhaps it simply means that you have to know where to tap.Knowing how to release the past is vital and can save hours, days, even years of struggle.We all have past issues, we all have childhood pain and suffering, some more intense, some ingrained deeper, and some truly devastating. What we choose to do with it and how we deal with it is what makes the difference between staying stuck and being able to move into valuing ourselves enough to have what we want currently.

Trying to move emotional trauma and childhood fears is nearly impossible using just the mind and your thoughts, when you cannot control your mind consistently.

Step one is learning how to control your own mind.

This is why many people have watched the Secret and other positive programs and still struggle with being unable to make any of it work. I have been there and tried it. I can tell you it is nearly impossible. Your mind and your own thoughts are your greatest challenge to overcome, and yet they are the most powerful tools to create what you want.

Try holding a fire hose that is turned on full force, one man cannot do it himself, it takes several people to control the force that is flowing through the hose. You cannot manage nor control your thoughts, until you take control of your mind. As you are reading this, even now your mind is arguing with the validity of these statements, unless you know and understand the power and truth of what I am saying. Until you agree and are willing to do the work, you will struggle and be frustrated.

Secondly, Each thought creates emotion, emotion then rises up through the body to the conscious mind, which then generates additional thoughts and feelings related to this emotion, creating an endless loop that drags you into the swamp of emotional chaos.

The Secret to controlling your mind is being in the now.. anytime ANY thought rises in your mind that doesn't support what you truly want, the way to stop your mind from going there is to tell your self to be present, to BE RIGHT HERE, Right Now, and keep doing that until you can maintain that state at any moment.

Once you are able to achieve this on a regular basis you will be Present and will be able to move gracefully.. for your own benefit, it is to your advantage if you don't progress to the next lesson until you Master this one...