| Earth is currently in the midst of a
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| | reflection of what is inside you, and
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| massive change cycle that will affect
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| | therefore it is your creation. There is
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| every form of life on the planet by the
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| | no "out there" there - what you perceive
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| end of 2012. This period, which is also
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| | as out there is simply a reflection of
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| known as the ending of a 25,920-year
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| | what is in your heart and in your
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| cosmic cycle (or Cosmic Year in
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| | consciousness.
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| astrology), is a time when polarities
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| | This concept can be hard to swallow.
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| merge, dimensions shift, humans evolve in
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| | Being responsible for what I say or do is
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| remarkable ways, and earth rearranges
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| | one thing. Being responsible for what
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| boundaries once thought to be solid. It
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| | everyone in my life says or does is quite
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| is a time of great karmic opportunity and
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| | another, right! Yet you can only heal
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| unprecedented growth for everyone.
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| | that which you take responsibility for.
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| Across the globe, deep wounds in the
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| | If you take complete responsibility for
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| collective psyche of mankind are
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| | your life, then everything you see, hear,
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| surfacing to be healed. Societies hunger
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| | taste, touch or experience is your
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| not for war or peace, but for Truth to
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| | responsibility because it is in your
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| cut through the illusions of polarity and
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| | life.
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| to bring about healing at the deepest
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| | This means terrorist activity, the
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| levels of being.
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| | government, the crime rate, the economy -
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| The clarion call is sounding, calling us
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| | everything you experience and don't like
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| to action. If we wish to have a future on
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| | - is up to you to heal. Seen from the
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| this planet, the time to heal our world
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| | world of consciousness, they only exist
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| is now.
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| | as projections from inside of you. The
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| How do we do that?
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| | problem isn't with them, it's with you,
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| Dr. David R. Hawkins, perhaps the most
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| | and to change them, you have to change
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| profound teacher on the evolution of
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| | you!
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| human consciousness today, says that
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| | This concept is central to understanding
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| everything we see happening around us, is
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| | the field of human consciousness. We
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| the consequence of that which we are.
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| | change the world not by what we say or
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| "Every thought, action, decision or
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| | do, but as a consequence of what we have
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| feeling creates an eddy in the
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| | become.
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| interlocking, inter-balancing,
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| | The Course In Miracles teaches the same
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| ever-moving energy fields of life,
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| | principle when it says, "Seek not to
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| leaving a permanent record for all time,"
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| | change the world, but choose to change
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| he says.
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| | your mind about the world. What you see
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| We therefore change the world not by what
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| | reflects your thinking. And your thinking
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| we say or do, but as a consequence of
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| | but reflects your choice of what you want
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| what we become.
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| | to see." Why is it difficult for us to
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| This realization, when fully grasped,
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| | grasp this truth, let alone accept or
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| offers a springboard for rapid evolution
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| | actually live it? Because blaming another
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| in consciousness. As did Gandhi and other
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| | is far easier than taking total
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| evolved bings, Hawkins teaches that the
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| | responsibility. To change the world, we
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| most effective way of bringing about
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| | need to first stop blaming others!
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| change in the world around us, is by
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| | In his work with the criminally insane,
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| living our lives like a prayer and
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| | Dr. Len never focused on blame. Instead,
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| becoming the very change we wish to see.
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| | his radical practice of total
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| To illustrate the power of becoming, I'd
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| | responsibility was rooted in a deep sense
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| like to tell you about one man in Hawaii
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| | of compassionate self-love. Dr. Len
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| who changed his world simply by living
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| | believed that if you want to improve your
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| his life like a prayer, becoming the
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| | life, you have to first heal your life.
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| highest expression of being that he was
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| | If you want to heal anyone - even a
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| capable of.
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| | mentally ill criminal - you do it by
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| This man, Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len, cured a
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| | healing yourself.
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| complete ward of criminally insane
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| | He recognized the Divinity within himself
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| patients - without ever seeing any of
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| | as well as within every other person that
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| them! He simply studied each inmate's
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| | crossed his path. And just as the Course
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| chart and then looked within himself to
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| | in Miracles teaches, Dr. Len recognized
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| see how he created that person's illness.
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| | that every situation, properly perceived,
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| As he improved himself, the patient
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| | becomes an opportunity to heal. By
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| improved.
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| | recognizing the Divine nature of each
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| When I first heard this story, I thought
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| | being, he responded in compassion by
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| it was an urban legend. How could anyone
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| | taking responsibility for whatever did
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| heal anyone else by healing himself? How
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| | not reflect the purity of Divine
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| could even the best therapist cure the
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| | consciousness in himself.
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| criminally insane?
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| | This is what Gandhi implied when he said,
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| I had always understood "total
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| | "The only devils in this world are those
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| responsibility" to mean that I am
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| | running around inside our own hearts, and
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| responsible for what I think and do.
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| | that is where all our battles should be
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| Beyond that, it's out of my hands. Most
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| | fought."
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| people think of total responsibility that
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| | How did Dr. Len do this radical work?
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| way. We're responsible for what we do,
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| | Simply by looking at each patient's file
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| not for what anyone else does. Dr. Len
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| | with deep compassion, accepting
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| practiced radical responsibility and the
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| | responsibility for their condition and
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| miracles that followed, were ample proof
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| | saying, 'I'm sorry' and 'I love you' over
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| of the power in this perspective.
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| | and over again.
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| When Dr. Len joined the staff at the ward
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| | That's it!
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| for criminally insane at Hawaii State
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| | This simple response embodies the core of
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| Hospital, it was well-known as a
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| | all healing and evolution in
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| dangerous place. Psychologists quit on a
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| | consciousness. It starts from a place of
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| monthly basis. Staff called in sick a lot
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| | deep compassion for self, progresses to
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| or simply quit. Workers would scurry
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| | radical self-responsibility for
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| through that ward with their backs
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| | everything in one's life, moves into
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| against the wall, afraid of being
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| | forgiveness to dissolve false
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| attacked by patients. It was a
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| | perceptions, and ends with the healing
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| nightmarish place to live in, work at, or
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| | power of love to restore all to Divine
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| visit.
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| | perfection.
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| During his four-year tenure at the
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| | As we heal the wounds within ourselves
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| hospital, Dr. Len never saw patients. He
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| | that cause illusions of lack, duality,
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| simply agreed to have an office and to
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| | opposition and fear, our consciousness
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| review their files. While he looked at
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| | evolves to becoming a purer reflection of
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| those files, he would work on himself. As
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| | the indwelling Divinity. This work also
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| he worked on himself, patients began to
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| | raises the level of consciousness in the
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| heal.
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| | world around us. It is indeed through
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| "After a few months, patients that had to
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| | healing and transforming ourselves, that
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| be shackled were being allowed to walk
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| | we transform the world!
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| freely," he says. "Others who had to be
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| | When you start living from this place of
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| heavily medicated were getting off their
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| | radical responsibility as Dr. Len did,
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| medications. And those who had no chance
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| | your life becomes a prayer. Polarities
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| of ever being released, were being
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| | dissolve, archetypal shadows can be
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| freed."
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| | integrated, and the illusions of the mind
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| Not only that, but the staff began to
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| | yield to the freedom of your true, Divine
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| enjoy going to work. Absenteeism and
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| | nature.
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| turnover dropped. Eventually, there was
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| | This is the opportunity calling to every
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| no longer a need for the ward and it was
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| | soul on the planet today. We are asked to
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| closed.
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| | become the very change we wish to see. To
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| What work did Dr. Len do within himself
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| | heal our world and safely navigate
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| that caused those people to change?
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| | through coming changes, we are challenged
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| He was simply healing the part of himself
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| | to take full responsibility for
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| that created them.
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| | everything in our lives and to align with
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| To make sense of this radical concept,
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| | Higher Truth.
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| you need to understand that total
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| | It is this inner work of transformation
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| responsibility for your life means that
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| | that brings about higher levels of
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| everything in your life is your
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| | consciousness to end war, greed,
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| responsibility simply because it is in
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| | inequality and lack. In a world crying
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| your life. In a literal sense, the entire
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| | for healing, there is no greater service
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| world you perceive out there is simply a
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| | you can offer!
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