When I was in my early thirties and living in London, England, I walked into the Hilton Hotel at the same moment that the IRA had decided to detonate a bomb in the lobby of the hotel. My whole life came to a halt as I was rushed to hospital with a serious arm injury. As soon as I realized what was happening and that I would need several operations, including bone and skin grafts, and time to heal, I decided to call upon the qualities of strength and patience to survive the ordeal and come out of the experience without severe psychological and emotional side-effects.
People used to ask me if I was angry and bitter about what had happened to me. After all, I was scarred for life and would never be physically whole again. But I realized that if I became bitter, it would mean taking the energy of bitterness into myself and that the energy of bitterness can make a person miserable and resentful. I decided at that time that my life would be aimed at the energies of forgiveness, joy, and happiness. I also understood that if I became hateful, I would be taking into myself the very energy that the people who planted the bomb must have felt.
It was then that I realized that qualities are energetic properties that live within the energetic field of the planet. Up until that moment I was not a very patient person, and I needed to find the patience to allow the healing process to run its course. I thought of the people in history as well as in modern times who had the quality of patience and had become known for their strength and perseverance. Nelson Mandela, for example, had spent 27 years in prison and e
merged from captivity with his spirit unbroken and attended by the energy of forgiveness. This allowed him to lead his country to freedom from apartheid. Another person who came to my mind was the Dalai Lama who had to flee from Tibet after the Chinese invaded his country. Rather than seeking vengeance, he became a symbol of forgiveness and compassion, recognized and beloved the world over. People who are known for a specific quality can lead by example and within their energetic field another person can find it easier to become that quality.
Qualities are energies that exist in the world and throughout history there have been countless people who have developed these fine energetic properties and exhibited them in their behavior and deeds. In my own quest for courage and patience I could, therefore, connect to these already existing properties and work to bring them into my life and my energy field, also known as the aura.
Qualities are free and are all around us. Just look at the people you know and ask yourself: What qualities do they possess? How do they express them? Do they possess qualities you wish you had and if so, are there behavior patterns and thought processes you could adopt from them in order to invite these energies into your life? If you want to become trustworthy, for example, what behavior patterns would you need? Keeping your word is one behavior and turning up on time for appointments might be another. Adopt these two behaviors and soon you will see the result as other people begin to expect the quality of trustworthiness from you.
Throughout our lives, each person grows a garden of qualities within their energetic field. Once a quality takes root through repetitive behavior, a person can become known as generous, compassionate, kind or brave, depending on the nature of their garden of qualities. Within the process of living, growing, and aging a person develops the qualities they have adopted into their lives, whether learning from their parents, teachers, and people they associate with or by deliberately setting out to bring specific qualities into their energy field. A person might, for example, feel they need more patience or stamina and, thus, undertake deliberate exercises and behaviors to develop these.
My new book, A Garden of Qualities ($12.95), is a collection of essays, meditations, and exercises specifically designed to help people choose the qualities they would like to develop and bring more deeply into their lives so they can increase their personal potential and enhance the richness of experience they can achieve in their interaction with others.
During April, we are offering a special opportunity to receive A Garden of Qualities with an accompanying ten-part audio seminar I created entitled “Qualities”, (approximately 10 hours), for only $15.95. For a limited time only, you can receive the book and ten-part audio seminar for an amazing introductory price.This special book and seminar package is meant to encourage you to consciously develop who you want to be and more fully possess the qualities you wish to benefit from and be known for.
The “Qualities” audio seminar concentrates on nine qualities out of many that you can develop.
The “Qualities” ten-part recordings are:
1.Introduction – what is a quality and how do you connect to a quality?
2.Care
3.Hope
4.Humility
5.Patience
6.Belief
7.Understanding
8.Respect
9. Radiate – Radiating the qualities of your choice into your energy field.
10. Life – Living a life of quality.
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