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Fast-Forward At A Mellow Pace

For over 30 years, I’ve been teaching a street-wise form of Zen-based metaphysics. I also live this philosophy/lifestyle, because if I didn’t, I wouldn’t be able to keep up with myself. The old me would have tossed in the towel at my current pace and lifestyle.

As an example, in the last month I’ve maintained a regular schedule of counseling clients over the phone and in person in my Westlake, CA office. I also plan and conduct a weekly radio show and write this column. I’ve created new seminar processes and have written several mind-programming scripts to be studio recorded next month. In July, I participated in a hypnosis conference in New Orleans with healer Patti Conklin, came home, turned around and went right back out to Lily Dale, NY to conduct a professional training. I was home long enough to wash my clothes and re-pack before flying to Boston to teach for days at the National Guild of Hypnotists Conference.

Along the way, I visited Walden’s Pond near Boston. I most enjoyed seeing the replica of Henry David Thoreau’s  6’ x 6’ cabin on the edge of the pond (actually it’s a beautiful lake) where he lived for two years as an experiment in “simplicity.” Inside the tiny cabin was a small bed, a fireplace, a wood-burning stove, a writing desk and three chairs.

I sat down at the desk and tried to imagine myself writing a book with a quill pen and looking up to see the frozen lake and snow-covered landscape. “What a contrast to my life,” I thought. “But would I trade that simple existence for my current fast-forward reality?” The answer came quickly: “No way.”

I already apply a “keep it simple, mellow pace” viewpoint, which is supported by my philosophy.

If you accept reincarnation and karma, you accept self-responsibility. So there is no one to blame for anything that happens to you. You set up the situation as an opportunity to learn and grow. When you accept all the blame, life is much simpler.

Another key is to accept that “what is, is.” There are things you can change and there are things you cannot change (what is). Life gets simpler when you accept, opposed to resist, the things you cannot change.

A Zen goal is to develop “Detached Mind,” which is key to moving fast at a mellow pace. This means your state of mind fluctuates only from positive to neutral as outside conditions change. You accept all the warmth and joy and happiness that life has to offer while detaching from negativity by allowing it to flow through you without affecting you. In other words, your state of mind drops no further than neutral.

To develop detached mind means to detach only from the negativity in your life. It is detachment based upon refusing to make matters worse than they already are. The moment you get upset or into drama, you are programming your mind for more of the same, thus you make matters worse.

Being on the road offers a constant opportunity to develop detached mind. Planes are late, flights canceled, luggage lost, hotels screw up, healthy food choices are few and far between, travelers are tired and stressed and tend to have short fuses. There is an old adage that says if you want to quickly experience someone’s true personality, travel with them.

I don’t want to say I’m above getting upset but if I do, it usually only lasts a few moments before I catch myself. In response to resistance or impending drama, I touch the tip of my index fingers to the tips of my thumbs, which is my mind-programmed trigger to observe without responding. It is your resistance to what is that causes your suffering, so it makes sense not to immediately resist what is unfolding.

Resistance is a fear-based emotion causing you to accept feelings of anger. You identify with the feeling and say, “I’m angry.” You don’t separate what you feel from who your really are. You’re not the anger. The anger is old programming.

Simply observing your reactions allows you to de-personalize negative feelings. Instead of saying, “I’m angry,” say, “It is angry.” By separating yourself from the feeling, you detach from the stress the feeling creates. Plus, by stepping back to observe, you give yourself time to react in your own best interest. 

Or as a karate Sensi I once trained with used to say, “By pausing to observe, you can react with a calm mind and in your own best interest. If you decide to act, act fast and decisively. You may decide it’s in your best interest to break your adversary’s* kneecap, but do it quickly and calmly.”

As I write this, I’ve been home three days and leave in the morning to go to Sedona to conduct the “Shift” seminar before driving to Denver to headline the “Celebration Fair” at the Merchandise Mart over Labor Day. I will do many private sessions along the way. And the road trip will unfold at a mellow pace. I hope.

I’ll be discussing how to develop Detached Mind with Carol Morgan, Ph.D. on next weeks radio show (described below).

(*NOTE: Because it can take a drunk 25 seconds to feel pain, Sensi referenced the kneecap as a way to instantly disable an attacker. His first advice was always, “Never fight if there is anyway to avoid it.”)

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"Dick Sutphen's Metaphysical World" airs on www.contacttalkradio.com 11 AM -- 12 Noon every Wednesday. Listen live or download an archive show. To visit Dick’s page at the site, click here: http://www.contacttalkradio.com/hosts/dicksutphen.htm   /

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NEXT WEEKS PROGRAM: Aug. 29: "Tips & Tricks -- Applying Human-Potential Awareness to Your Daily Life." Dick and Carol Morgan, Ph.D. will share ideas you can incorporate into your life. Some of these concepts will help you mellow out and develop detached mind, others can be applied to increasing your energy or to maximize your self-discipline. These are powerful ideas that can literally change your life, so record the show as you listen or have a pen and paper nearby to capture the information.

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PRIVATE SESSIONS: Dick is available for Private Sessions in Westlake Village, CA (Los Angeles area) and Lake Arrowhead, CA. Also a limited number of appointments while on the road. Upcoming: Scottsdale, AZ, Sedona, AZ, Denver, CO, Danbury, CT, Seattle, WA, Vienna, WV, and Las Vegas, NV in January, 2008, San Pedro, CA in February, 2008. Additional cities to be added.

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2007-08 SUTPHEN SEMINARS &
SPONSORED APPEARANCES:

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Tara Sutphen: “2-Day Mystic Training In Sedona”-- Nov. 3-4. More info at the following: http://www.dicksutphen.com/html/mysticsem.html

Aug. 31-Sept. 2: THE CELEBRATION FAIR, in Denver, CO. Dick will headline the event and conduct a workshop on both weekend days. More info: fair@celebrationfair.com

Sept. 15-16: 2-DAY HEALING SEMINAR conducted by Dick Sutphen and Patti Conklin. For the sixth time Dick & Patti will co-train a powerful healing seminar. Patti removes emotional energetic blockages of your life which have created physical dis-ease or illness. Full details, click on the following: http://www.dicksutphen.com/html/healsem.html

Sept. 28: LEARNING LIGHT CENTER in Anaheim, CA: Sept. 28-29, 6 to 10 PM on the 28th and 9 AM to 5 PM on the 29th. A 2-DAY PAST-LIFE REGRESSION & THERAPY CERTIFICATION. Learn how to hypnotize and past-life regress others. To learn more: www.learninglight.org

Oct. 6-7: TWO-DAY DICK SUTPHEN SEMINAR in Redmond, WA at the Maitreya Educational Foundation. 425-644-3263.

Oct. 12-14: IARRT, the International Association for Regression Research & Therapies Inc., in Danbury, Conn. Dick will present at the opening ceremonies. More info www.iarrt.org

Oct. 26-28: The SEDONA PSYCHIC SEMINAR Conducted by Dick & Tara Sutphen. Our all-time most popular seminar. Learn how psychic you can be. Full details, click on the following: http://www.dicksutphen.com/html/sedona_psychic.html

Nov. 5-9: Los Angeles, CA area. Dick Sutphen’s classic 5-Day PROFESSIONAL HYPNOSIS CERTIFICATION TRAINING, including Past-Life Therapy and Spirit-Contact Therapy instruction. Full details, click on the following: http://www.dicksutphen.com/html/hyptrain.html

Nov. 28-Dec. 2: Vienna, WV. Dick Sutphen’s classic 5-Day PROFESSIONAL HYPNOSIS CERTIFICATION TRAINING, including Past-Life Therapy and Spirit-Contact Therapy instruction. Vienna is a short drive from Columbus, OH. Location: The Self-Health & Awareness Center. www.selfhealthandawarenesscenter.com / deborahlindsey@earthlink.net

Jan. 25-27, 2008: Las Vegas, NV -- THE AMERICAN BOARD OF HYPNOTHERAPY CONVENTION. Dick is president of the organization and more information will be released soon.

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