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1 Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life Aspiritually-basedguidedesignedtostimulatethethinkingofpeople whowanttogetonwithlivingandnotjustexisting. Howtore-findyourselfandyour purpose. For disillusionedor depressedindividuals, couples, parents, families, corporationsandorganizations. For spiritualseekersonallpaths. by CliveSimpkins (Authorof theConciseCommunicator) CSSC Publications PublishedbyCSSCPublications POBox783861,Sandton, 2146,SouthAfrica Websitewww.imbizo.com [email protected] Mobileinternational+27827744011 Mobilelocal0827744011 Firstpublished2003 Thisfree, Internete-bookversionmadeavailable for1st October2005 tocommemoratetheMahasamadhi(passingon, October 1st 1994) of mybelovedandreveredspiritualPreceptor, HisHolinessSwamiShivapadananda Copyright©CliveSimpkins2003onwards Allrightsreserved Themoralrightoftheauthor hasbeenasserted ISBNNUMBER0-620-29930-4 Hardcopyversion: TypesetinTimesNewRoman PrintedandboundbyCreda Press 21SchoolStreet, Cityand Suburban,Johannesburg, SouthAfrica Cover layoutbySandyArrenbrecht082.558.6682(local) 2 Contents Page number Dedication andacknowledgements 4 Forewordby PsychiatristDr. DoraWynchank 5 Preface 9 Theseventhingsyouneedtoacknowledge 11 SettingtheChangeTruthscene 16 ChangeTruth#1 27 Truthfulness andsincerityarethe foundationstones. ChangeTruth#2 42 Seekbalance –not happiness. ChangeTruth#3 52 Fulfilmentrequireslivingyourpurpose. ChangeTruth#4 58 ‘Motivation’byanyoneelse, is amyth. ChangeTruth#5 66 Knowwhereyou’re headed. ChangeTruth#6 82 Don’tblameyourgenes. ChangeTruth#7 96 Responses are habits, notblueprints. ChangeTruth#8 107 Painproducesbadbehaviour. ChangeTruth#9 121 EmotionalIntelligence meansrelationshipsuccess. ChangeTruth#10 142 Youcanonlyleadwhereyouhavebeen. ChangeTruth#11 165 Mostvulnerable meansstrongest. ChangeTruth#12 176 Manypeople, as manysolutions. ChangeTruth#13 188 Perfectionismisperfectpain. 3 Change Truth# 14 199 Beyond independence lies growth. ChangeTruth#15 212 Youdon’t learnfromtheexperienceofothers. ChangeTruth#16 220 Beworthyoflearning andchange. ChangeTruth#17 232 Perceptionisreality. ChangeTruth#18 239 Don’t fighttheold– focusonthe new. ChangeTruth#19 252 Letgoofbaggage. ChangeTruth#20 265 Firepseudo-mentor Conclusion 276 Rehearsals are over. Nowstart living! 4 Dedication ToSrimatiJayantiDevi, myreveredandbeloved‘Mummy.’ TwamevaMata,chaPitatwameva. (ThouartmyMother andThouartmyFather) Acknowledgements ToTimSikyeaandNdithembileKonqobe NativeCanadianYellowknifeMedicineMan. ‘Helper,’ asheprefers. AndhisSouthAfricancounterpart, Sangoma (traditionalhealer), NdithembileKonqobe. For thesoul-refreshingmountainexperiencethatre-kindledthesparkfor thisbook. TofellowwordsmithCathyPark Whoreada fewpages ofthisdraftmanuscriptanda fewpagesofa parallelproject andsuggestedincludingsomeautobiographicalmaterialinthisbook. I’vedoneso. Ihopeit willaddtoyour experienceinthereading. Inspirationandaffirmation “Youare calledbytheancestorstohealpeople. Youwillhealthemthroughwhatcomesoutofyour mouth. Becausewhatcomesoutofyour mouth, willremove theirconfusion.” NdithembileKonqobe–duringa bone-throwing, predictionceremonyfor theauthor, atRustler’sValleyintheMalutiMountains, SouthAfrica,February1996. 5 6 7 8 9 Preface I started writing this book in 1997. Having completed a sizeable chunk of the manuscript, theproject went ontoa backburner. Partlybecausea Publisher readthe draft and said, “It’s superficial.” Like many authors I suppose, I simply decided she didn’t understand the true intent of the book. But the gods conspired. I had a computer hard drive crash, forgot that I had the manuscript backed up elsewhere and couldonly find a reallybittyversionoftheoriginal. Iabandonedtheproject. I was delighted when fiddling with my computer onthe full moon day of 28th December 2001, todiscover thefull manuscript, vintage1997, backedupunder another filename. I set to working immediately. What started out as a business book on communication and change with subtleunderlyingspiritualprinciples, is now explicitlya bookonspirituality in life and business. I think the passage of time will have added value. I hope you enjoy readingitasmuchasIhaveenjoyedbeingtheinstrumentfor writingit. What isthisbook? It’sasharingof someinsightsandthoughts, for peoplewhohaveaninterestinspiritualityandself-development, and whowanttolivemorepurposefully. Itcombines muchof whatI’velearnedwitha little ofwhatI’velived. 10 Whatdoesitcover? Lookatthevisualbelow. Itcoversmostlytheitems ontheright handside. Referredtoasthe ‘intrinsic’partofus,whichothersseldomgettosee. What aretheobjectivesofthebook? It’sintendedtostimulatethinking and encouragemeaningfulpurposetolive, notsimply toexist. Toconveythat onlySpiritualAwareness createsauthenticpurpose.