Conference Call with Joe Vitale 8-26-13

Questions discussed on this call:

1. What is “The Remembering Process”?
2. It seems to me that the word “clarity” or “getting clear” can mean two different things: 1) The concept of “knowing what you want” and 2) eliminating blocks and clearing that whiteboard of the unconscious mind. You’ve taught, in many different ways, that goals seem to be Ego’s past experience, attempting to define what is possible in the future. Can the first type of “clarity”, “knowing what you want” actually become a limitation, because it’s based only on what a person can currently conceive of?
3. I used to “call myself names” through the definitions I laid upon myself…the way I described myself. One of the Self Esteem building mantras, affirmations, that I have begun to love is that “God is ineffable, therefore, so am I!” I’ve heard you teach this principle when you say that “describing things is putting words on the white board.” Would you please explain this concept?
4. As you teach the practice of Ho’oponopono, “if you can spot it, you got it. “ The science of how we see supports this statement. The unconscious mind projects its stored impressions, and causes us to see things based on those impressions. It seems that we are always seeing our past. I like to say it this way, “We see only the past.” Can you discuss this further? I’ve heard you say, “My Ego cannot see the BIG PICTURE.” What’s the solution so we don’t just keep re-creating the past?
5. “It’s not the person; It’s the ‘program’.” I’ve heard you say, “When a person always asks the same question, it indicates they are running a program that they should clear on!” Can you explain how we can identify the programs we are running? (They sound like statements, perspectives, about the “way it is”, or the way we “are”; Definitions. Judgments!)
6. Explain the differences between “setting a goal”, “holding an intention”, and “inspirations”. The deeper I go in comprehending these principles, the more aware I am that every principle can be understood on three different levels. I see correlations between the allegory in the Old Testament as told in The Exodus of Canaan , The Wilderness, and The Promised Land, with Goals, Intentions, and Inspirations. On the surface, they appear incongruent! But with deeper contemplation, it seems that one builds into the other!
7. A student writes, “I’m not feeling inspired, and I don’t want to follow egoic fear, so should I just wait until I get an inspiration before I do anything? Do we just decide to have faith, even when we’re afraid inspirations won’t come? How do we suspend doubt, and start having faith?” Can you advise some ways for your students to “prime the pump” of inspiration, and fan the flame of faith?
8. In your book Faith, page 193, you encourage us to ask ourselves to write a list of the areas of our communities and our world where we don’t automatically feel at home. Why? Can you talk with us about that? What’s the potential benefit of writing such a list?