| Peril, catastrophe and disaster.These are
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| | oncoming auto. With both cars going sixty
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| our friends, allies and mentors.Appearing
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| | miles per hour, my next stop in five feet
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| as enemies on the surface, these seeming
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| | and two seconds was the Pearly Gates.
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| threats are our most helpful teachers on
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| | Each time, I instinctively let go-of the
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| our Earth adventure. These apparent foes
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| | steering wheel, my projected scenario and
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| repeatedly demonstrate how we humans have
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| | my programmed ideas of physics. Voila! I
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| awesome power over our fate and
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| | ended up rattled but untouched on the
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| circumstances in life.When faced with an
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| | side of the road.When Up Against the
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| expected outcome we don't like, we have
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| | Wall, Choose MagicIn my young twenties,
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| an option. We can open to an alternative
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| | as a professional journalist covering
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| scenario, another framework, a different
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| | floods, hurricanes, earthquakes,
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| set of rules. I jokingly call this handy
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| | accidents and assorted disasters, I
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| ploy "switching channels."I discovered
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| | observed this miraculous dynamic of
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| that we all have the ability to change
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| | super-natural powers on countless
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| the channel or perspective from which we
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| | occasions. When confronted with a choice
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| are viewing-and creating!-our Earthvision
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| | between the dire prognosis of their
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| series. When the plot line goes from
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| | current belief system and an unknown
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| situation comedy to melodramatic soap
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| | outcome if they let go of those beliefs,
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| opera, we can do something about it!We
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| | people will often choose to let go. They
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| can simply let go of our old way of
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| | release their preconceptions of how the
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| viewing the world and allow a fresh point
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| | physical universe works. They let go of
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| of view to emerge. When we decide to turn
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| | their need to have events fit their
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| the dial, we find ourselves shifted into
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| | expectations of cause and effect. The
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| a new reality-a different station with a
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| | reward for such surrender of one's rigid
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| new story line that has a much better
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| | beliefs and expectations is a much
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| ending!Grace to the RescueI first noticed
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| | preferable outcome-in fact, a miracle-or,
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| this saving gift of grace when I was a
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| | at least, what we call a miracle: an
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| kid. I've always enjoyed the thrill and
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| | occurrence outside our box, our paradigm,
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| challenge of dangerous situations.On the
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| | beyond what we think or believe is
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| ice rink, I discovered that if I
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| | possible.Your Beliefs, or Your Life!I've
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| completely collapsed into a fall, I came
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| | witnessed people lifting two-ton trucks,
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| out unscathed. Caught in a precarious
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| | ripping open steel elevator doors, and
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| position when tackled on the football
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| | performing medical procedures they had no
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| field, I went with the force of the hit
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| | way of knowing how to conduct. How? By
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| to tumble out of harm's way. When in a
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| | choosing to go with an unknown future
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| sharp skid while driving, I embraced the
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| | instead of a known past. When a person's
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| skid by turning directly into it to
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| | own life, or the well-being of another,
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| straighten the car. When my feet slipped
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| | is at stake, people often decide to drop
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| on a rocky trail, I went with the twist
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| | the limitations taught by our
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| or slide and landed-like a cat-upright
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| | culture.When it's dramatically obvious
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| and stable. Like the proverbial drunk
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| | that a known past will lead to a
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| falling safely down the staircase, I used
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| | known-but fatal-future, people will often
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| to sled down a steep set of wooden stairs
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| | choose to give up their familiar, current
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| on a makeshift cardboard toboggan,
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| | beliefs and allow something fresh and new
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| deliberately crashing at the bottom and
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| | to occur.There Is No Quota on MiraclesAs
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| never getting hurt.I practiced the knack
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| | a young journalist, a light bulb lit up
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| of letting go in everyday situations, so
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| | inside my head: If we can tap these
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| that I was able to successfully apply the
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| | super-normal abilities in a crisis, why
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| skill in much more urgent and crucial
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| | can't we access these extraordinary
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| predicaments.The Alchemy of AbandonmentAs
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| | powers at will, whenever we want? Thus
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| a teenager, the art of "abandonment to
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| | began my lifelong quest for the Holy
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| the moment" saved my neck in several
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| | Grail-the sacred vessel that holds the
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| near-miss car encounters. Attempting to
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| | nectar of the gods, the knowledge of how
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| pass a vehicle on the winding mountain
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| | to recapture our true nature of grace.(c)
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| roads of my home state of Pennsylvania, I
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| | 2004, Keith Varnum. All rights in all
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| found myself on several occasions
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| | media reserved.
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| eyeball-to-eyeball with the driver of an
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