The first and most basic learning on this journey is how to put what we want and hope for, our aspirations, into words. The Ready for Better Method enables you to get clearer on how to express in words what is really important for you.
As you silently refined the wording of your goal(s) during movement in the basic stage, you naturally checked how well your word choice fit. As a result of that checking, you likely revised the wording of your affirmation. Over time, your situation and circumstances may have changed. Your goals may have shifted. Your world evolved.
It’s better for you to be confident that you have precisely nailed the wording of your aerobic affirmation before moving into the Intermediate Stage. During this stage you are sending a more powerful message out into the Universe. Your individual Journey tends to speed up when you aerobically express your aspiration aloud, so you need to be very clear about what it is. As stated earlier, the specific wording is important.
When you reach a point that the wording of your aspirational goal consistently remains the same, you are ready to advance to the Intermediate Stage in your practical use of the method. In this stage you add an important element: repeating your aspiration aloud, in rhythm with your movement and breathing.
There are two ways to do this. The simpler way is to say it aloud only during the exhale portion of your breathing cycle. You may have progressed to multiple breathing cycles for a complete affirmation. Use whatever number of exhales are required to express your goal and then repeat.
The second way to repeat your affirmation aloud is to use both your exhale and your inhale to express your aspiration.
Making a word sound during your inhale may be a new experience. Try this now. Speaking normally, say the word “hello” on your exhale. When you speak normally you send air out from your lungs through your vocal chords. The vocal chords vibrate making a sound that comes out of your mouth.
When you inhale and say hello, it may sound more like a whisper, but you can still hear it. Try that now. Can you do that? If not, you can work on figuring out how to do it while you are still, then figure out how to do it during movement. Otherwise, just repeat it aloud with movement during your exhales.
This is a critical aspect of the Intermediate Stage. As you aerobically program yourself for effective action in achieving your aspiration(s) you are increasing your personal energy and motivation. As that motivation increases, your commitment to a better future also increases. You’ve been programming yourself about what’s important, right? You’ve been jogging or briskly walking or doing some other repetitive exercise as you say your intention to yourself. Your aspiration for a better future has been firmly put into your consciousness.
There are several results from the Ready for Better Method during the intermediate stage.
The first result of aerobic goal programming in the intermediate stage tends to be increased awareness of what’s going on in your life that is related to your aspiration for a better future. You begin to increasingly notice people, events and information that are related to what you’ve been programming. This is a notable aspect of aerobic aspiration programming – enhanced perception.
If you are paying attention, you can translate what you notice into guidance for practical action in what we call the “real world”. As you take that action, it is important for you to notice the result.
This leads to a second possible result of aerobic aspiration programming during the intermediate stage: adjustments in the wording of your intention. Consider the results you notice in relation to the specific wording of your aerobic aspiration.
This observe and adjust cycle can be repeated as long as you continue using the method. I’ve been doing it for more than thirty years, testing various principles and hypotheses for how to create a better future for myself and those I care about.
The third result of aerobic goal programming during the intermediate stage is increased acceptance of responsibility for improving the quality of your own life and those you care about. This arises as you begin to more deeply explore the power of the method. That exploration carries with it an openness to the possibility that your own actions and your own intention can make a positive difference in your life. As you observe the results and adjust, you are taking more responsibility for your life. This shift cultivates enormous power for creating a better future for yourself and those you care about.
Intermediate Stage Variation 1: Multiple Goals
As your progress and understanding increase during the Intermediate Stage, you may consider adding more than one goal to your aerobic aspiration programming. Your ability to maintain focus and concentration during use of the method expands into other aspects of your daily life. Your ability to notice what is going on and consider how events might be related continues to improve.
As this growth in your brain/mind/consciousness expands you may naturally consider how you can expand or accelerate your progress toward a better future. If you have not already done so, you will be able to expand your aerobic aspiration beyond one complete breathing cycle. Should you choose to do so, you will be able to add more goals to your aerobic intention programming.
May you choose carefully and wisely!
As your brain/mind/consciousness and your learning expand and deepen, you may naturally go beyond specific goal programming to consideration of the direction your life is going. This can stimulate more reflection about who you are, what you are about and what you want to do with your life.
As you use the basic Ready for Better Method and progress into the intermediate stage, improvements begin unfolding in multiple areas: raw intelligence, focus, awareness, commitment and strategic learning.
In the intermediate stage the strategic learning may progress in additional areas that are perceptual and intangible. Let’s call this learning The Game of Life. We can play this game in a way that supports a better future for ourselves, as well as humanity and our biosphere. Let’s consider if we are playing this game to win for ourselves and those we care about, we can test or even rely on several principles for guidance.
As we clear out the negativity in our lives, we open up more space in our consciousness for cultivating more positive feelings and better external circumstances. As we shift our feelings, awareness and expectations toward a better future by using the Method, our life begins to smooth out with less severe ups and downs, and eventually more consistent ups. This progress prepares us for entering into the advanced stage of the method.
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