Sometimes adopting a spiritual intervention is primarily an act of "reframing." This technical word from psychology uses the metaphor of a picture frame to note the change in how we experience reality when we look at that reality from a different perspective. Today we might call it "spin."
Is your glass half full or half empty? When life gives you a lemon, do you make lemonade? Are you turning your stumbling blocks into stepping stones? When you can't be with the one you love, do you love the one you're with? Most generally, are you looking outward at the fixed circumstances, or are you looking inward to your options of response?
When
These examples, where we can see
how shifting our perspectives can
make all the difference in the world, is
a very common theme in
suggestions on how to
live a spiritual life. The
material world may be
fixed by its karmic law
of cause and effect. Yet
spiritual reality
retains its freedom of
choice.
In my work as a traveling speaker, for example, I often encounter unexpected situations. When I get to a workshop, I may discover that my handouts haven't arrived with me. I used to fret about how my presentation would be compromised. Now I look forward to how I'm going to discover a new way to present the material. Often it is a better way.
It is healthy to be able to make such shifts. Barbara Fredrickson, Ph.D., a psychologist at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, who received the Templeton Positive Psychology Prize for her research, has found that people who can reframe their negative experiences have more resiliance. They bounce back more quickly from stress. Look on the bright side!
Henry Reed, Ph.D., has been the prime designer of A.R.E.'s psychic development program, in its various aspects, for the past twenty some years. He is one of the trainers of A.R.E.'s most successful, and long running, psychic training conference, "The Edgar Cayce Legacy: Be Your Own Psychic." He developed A.R.E.'s program of evaluating psychics. He has published scientific articles on his research into intuition and psychic functioning. He is the author of Edgar Cayce on Awakening Your Psychic Powers, Edgar Cayce on Channeling Your Higher Self, and Your Intuitive Heart.
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