The Sunday Morning

Church of ATTENTION

Many years ago there was a comic strip, the Katzenjammer Kids. They were eternal brats, who on occasion offered wisdom to us readers. They had an obnoxious Uncle with a whisk broom of a mustache who they loved to pull pranks on. The Uncle had punished the kids, so to get even they took some particularly ripe Limburger Cheese and while he slept they rubbed the cheese in his mustache. They next morning he awoke to such a stench that he leaped up and threw open the window, stuck out his head and the stench was still strong. The visual of a light bulb appeared above his head, and in the next comic pane he screamed out the window, “The whole world stinks.”

            Well he had it partially right, only it wasn’t the world it was inside his head. It was STINKIN THINKIN.

            There is a consommé, a soup, that began as children and for many it has consumed us. I have met elders who have fallen into this kettle of soup, called by the French P Ti Pot and translated as PITY POT. The odiferous mix from our own  PRIVATE SPEAKING, the ingredients of our mind.

            Most people have it.

Few recognize it

Fewer yet have begun the process of DEODORIZATION.

These are not the words TV censors listen for or that George Carlin has celebrated in his rants.

            These are not words of war, although they have instituted many battles.

These are generalization, nonsense, over used words that over time destroy our intentions, limit our creativity, annihilate relations, and keep us in the same patterns of doing the same thing and expecting different results, INSAMEITY.

Words that control us more than, sex, power, money, security, sensations, governments, religion or family.

 Words that are the building blocks to depression, discouragement, disease and defeat.

            Words are egos live by.

Words we want to believe are true, but are the gardens of our excuses, justifications’, agendas and our ultimate demise.

The words and phrases:

Should-If you should, then do it. Get on with it. Telling yourself you should acts as an excuse for procrastination, guilt or the consommé of the PITY POT. Should can be enthused with intention, but when used as YOU SHOULD it is the stinkin thinking of upset & blame. No one should, BUT everyone can if they choose too.

Ought-A little less forceful and more formal than should, and since it is usually coupled with YOU OUGHT it’s on the road to the dump.

Must-A disempowering word that implies a lack of choice, that someone or something else is in control.

Have to-A more forceful version of must. More at affect, more without a choice.

Never-Never ever use never. As close to never as never ever gets. Never not even once?

Always-Every time. Always can be a strong affirmation, but too often it is a generalization of blame. You always say that.

Doubt-Doubt is an excuse not to take action, not to affirm a belief, a way to escape responsibility.

Worry-Worry is useless. Have concerns and be specific. Worry is nonsense handled by such as MAD Magazine and sung- Don’t worry, be happy.

Can’t-Can’t never got anything done. Can’t stopped all progress, limiting choices & results.

Blame-Blame is giving up ownership of the moment. Blame is a tricky word that takes responsibility out of your hands and gives your power away.

Try-Just try and do something-anything. Another nonsense word, you are either doing it or not. Make an effort to eliminate try.

Excuses-One of the most selfish of words, only the excuser cares.

Hate-A word that should and ought to be flushed. We must, have to, rid our head of hate. Start early with children, let them prefer not to eat the peas.

               These words come together to form our three ego beliefs:

1.     I HAVE TO BE RIGHT

2.     I CAN’T MAKE A MISTAKE

3.     I ALREADY KNOW THAT.

The deodorant for STINKIN-THINKIN comes from the a very wise Bear-Winnie the Pooh

How can you get very far if you don’t know who you are?

How can you get what you want, if you don’t know what you got? 

And if you don’t know which to do of all the things in front of you,

then what you’ll have when you are through is just a mess without a clue.

Of all the best that can come true if you know what and which and who.

Pay attention to what goes into the consommé of your mind. By knowing the ingredients’ of STINKIN-THNKIN only you can deodorize your mind and keep you off the PITY POT and keep you PERCULATING to what you want.