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An Experimental Hypothesis

Einstein said that theory that determines what we can see.

So let’s use Infinity Theory as a "suppose it were true" kind of hypothesis. It might be worth it to make your life a scientific experiment in order to test out this hypothesis thoroughly. You don’t need to take my word for it because it is going to cost you your so-called sanity when you do believe it, and it is going to seem too good to be true, and no one will believe you, and if you stick with it, you won’t care what other people think. The fear of rejection will no longer control your consciousness. You will be a "fool for Christ’s sake," and by that I mean for your own sake and everyone else’s.

And what is this experimental hypothesis?

That I am Infinite, and that all of my past, present and future symptoms (troubles) are clues to that Infinity.

And there are several sub-hypotheses to this grand thesis:

  • If you take total responsibility for everything that happens to you, it will not be a burden, but a relief, and you will recover the power you have always been looking for and thought you never had. Responsibility = power.
  • What you thought were real problems were just states of mind that can be changed
  • Every event in this universe is designed for your benefit
  • This ingenious universe is attempting to communicate to you every moment important clues about your lost treasure
  • Being right is not getting you what you want
  • Desire is not about getting entertaining goodies in your prison cell, but it is about release from the whole notion of deprivation and imprisonment.
  • My self-image and my reputation is not who I am.
  • I don’t need to change the world or anyone or anything in it in order to to discover my Infinite Self.
  • In Infinite awareness, "control" becomes a non-issue, whereas in the self-image belief system control is everything.
  • In Infinite Vision, all things are possible
  • What appears to be emptiness is actually infinite potentiality, or invisible Spirit.
  • That the inheritance of Infinity is already mine and I cannot lose it. I can only speed up or slow down its arrival by my attachment to my present beliefs and suffering.
  • That past and future are states of mind that can be completely re-visioned and transformed without a scar left.

How to identify and uproot inner unconscious beliefs that control your outer world?

  • Observe self-talk
  • Notice when you are telling yourself what you don’t want and turn that statement into what you do want
  • Analyze the essential element in what you do want, and see what it represents. You can get this essential meaning by asking "What for?" Let’s say you want a new Cadillac. What for? To feel important and respected. Do you not feel important and do you not respect yourself? Why not? Do you hold a belief that you are not important and respected unless other people think so or unless you have a Cadillac? Do outward things control your sense of importance and self-respect?
  • Is the belief which is driving you one of the unholy trinity: (1) the belief in separation (2) the belief in lack (3) the belief in victimization and entrapment?
  • Confront that belief directly and deny its power to control you any longer. I am never alone. I am not empty or lacking in any Good Thing. I am not a victim. I am not trapped.
  • Confess: I am connected to everything. I am full of God’s love, peace, prosperity, bliss, health, and energy. I am free.
  • Every time you feel prone to excuse or blame, drop it.
  • Look for something good in every situation
  • Remind yourself that you are an Infinite Being in a finite world.
  • Remind yourself that all things are possible, and that all things work together for Good.
  • Any time that you are upset or anxious, start looking for the belief that triggered it. What was I just now telling myself?
  • You will usually find a "justifiable" reason for your upset, but no reason is good enough. Do not allow yourself to dwell upon finite beliefs and to create mis-qualified energy again.
  • Be playful with yourself about your motives and goals. All of our motives and goals are driven by beliefs about avoiding something or desiring something. And so whether what we seek to avoid or to obtain seems "good" or "bad" it is still useful because in the final analysis, for we are only seeking the Infinite.
  • All fears and wishes are about the Infinite. All behaviors are forms of the search for the Infinite. All symptoms and symbols refer to the Infinite. Although almost none of our conscious motives seem to be about the Infinite, they are all about the Infinite. Infinity Theory does not say that we should be Infinite, it says that we are Infinite.

All of the above steps flow in a natural progression from one to another, but I noticed that between just before the last step, there was a gap, a jump, and apparently the necessity for that leap cannot be removed.

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Our story of loneliness, abandonment, separateness

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The truth of belonging, oneness, unity

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Our story of lack, deprivation, "not enough"

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The truth of abundance, wholeness, holiness

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Our story of entrapment, stuckness, victimization

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The truth of release, freedom, individuality