Basic Life Alignment: Star's Edge International
Basic Life Alignment: Star's Edge International
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The Avatar® Basic Life Alignment MiniCourse
OBJECTIVE:
To explore the relationship between attention, motivation, and goal setting for
the purpose of aligning with your life’s purpose.
EXPECTED RESULTS:
Insights, a recovery of purpose and self-determinism, recognition and alignment
with your life purpose.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Complete the checklist below.
DEBRIEF
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Inspiration: Part I
(From The Avatar Master’s Handbook)
From a talk by Harry Palmer at the discreate a belief or impression, the ques-
Grand Hotel in Gardone Riviera, Italy, tion of whether an idea is reasonable or
on April 19, 1997. unreasonable may change.
Trainers see this all the time. Someone
Something is reasonable as long as it fits comes to do The Master Course and within
with the way you structure your the structure of consciousness they come
consciousness. This is very important. This with, it seems unreasonable to them that
is the most important thing I am going to they will ever deliver Avatar. Or maybe it
say tonight. Something is reasonable as seems unreasonable to them that they will
long as it fits with the way you structure ever do The Wizard Course. Or maybe it
your consciousness. seems unreasonable to them that they are
This is a principle that is explored in participating in the creation of an enlight-
depth on The Wizard Course. ened planetary civilization. Then they do
The Master Course, and suddenly these
ideas do not seem quite so unreasonable.
What you think of as an impossible dream might Someone does Avatar with you, and
be reasonable if you thought differently. they start the course with some limitation
that to them is entirely reasonable. “Oh, I
can’t do that. I can’t make myself happy.”
Consciousness is structured by the And what happens? After the course, the
assumptions you make, by the beliefs you same limitation that they had when they
accept without question, and by the deci- began now seems entirely unreasonable.
sions you make. Have you seen this? There has been a
The same idea may seem reasonable to change of mind.
one person, or it may seem unreasonable Maybe you are asking yourself, “Is there
to another person. It depends on how it something that I consider beyond my
fits into the structure of the consciousness ability that in fact is reasonably within
that views it. You could call this structure my ability?” Well is there? What you
of assumptions, beliefs, and decisions a think of as an impossible dream
mind. might be reasonable if you
Some people look at an idea and say, thought differ-
“Oh, that’s very reasonable.” Why? ently.
Because it fits into the structure of con- Let’s look at
sciousness they think with. this idea of
Other people look at the same idea and creating an
*primary: a creation or say, “That’s completely crazy.” Why? enlightened
communication invested Because it does not fit into the structure of planetary
with sufficient intention and consciousness that they think with. civilization.
effort to create a reality. But it is the same idea.
When you change the structure of con- • continues
sciousness, which is exactly what you are
doing when you create a primary* or
Behavior of Attention
In the Basic Attention Management Advertising firms have spent millions of
mini-course (available in the Publications dollars studying what items and events
Archive at www.AvatarEPC.com) you were hold people’s attention the longest, giving
asked to shift your attention around the the advertisers an opportunity to promote
room and notice how it sticks for a few their products. Curiosity and interest
moments on certain things and slides by draw a person’s attention, but what makes
other things. If you were to place a news- it stick? Two things: desire (like) and resis-
paper, a keyboard, and a pile of hundred tance (dislike). A person will look longer
dollar bills on a table and you asked peo- at something they like, or at something
ple to look at them without touching, most they dislike, than at something that they
people would spend more time looking at have no opinion about. Of course, not
the hundred dollar bills than at the news- everyone likes or dislikes the same things,
paper or keyboard. What if you replaced so advertisers have to know their audi-
the keyboard with a rattlesnake and the ence.
newspaper with a loaded gun? That might
change people’s focus.
Here are a few more concepts that can be represented with vectors:
Problem
Worry Martial Arts
Confusion Indecision
What is Motivation?
The energy vectors that put your life drawing an arrow in the direction of the
(physical and/or mental) in motion can be thing you are trying to achieve (direction)
referred to as motivation. To examine and making the arrow lighter or darker
motivation, you need only ask, Why am I (magnitude) depending upon how
doing this? strongly you wish to achieve that thing. At
Your answer would depend upon what any moment, many different motivational
you are doing and how you are experienc- vectors may affect your behavior and state
ing “I” at the moment of asking. You of mind.
could analyze your motivation vectors by • continues
“I” defined as: A biological A viewpoint Identities (how A role (social A leader (some-
organism (an unexamined people define category, e.g., one with a plan)
(a body) sense of me) themselves) student, doctor,
fireman, teacher,
etc.)
1 2 3 4
Projects Type of Motivation: What level of Importance Score
Internal or External defined “I” 5 (very important)
1 (not important)
3.
It’s a place where you can confidently trust Expected Result: To reveal a life
yourself to make right decisions and purpose vector.
others can rely on you. Instructions:
Divide your life into seven segments
It seems to be a wandering path of and do the following:
accomplishments and challenges bordered
by boredom and other negative emotions. Segment Approximate Age
Some say that when you are in it, it feels Preschool . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
like a current in an otherwise slow moving Elementary school . . . . . 6-12
stream. When you get close to it, you Junior high school . . . . . 12-14
begin to move faster, accomplishing High school . . . . . . . . . . 14-18
more. It feels like the right Young adult . . . . . . . . . . 18-21
track, something that you Mature adult. . . . . . . . . . 21-50
were born to do and Senior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50+
learn from.
Some have Step 1: One by one, imagine spreading
described it as the sticky memories of each of these seg-
“being in the ments of life out on a table, and pick the
zone,” or one or two from each segment that hold
“smooth your attention strongest. Add these to
sailing.” your sticky memory list. Note whether
It’s a place they are accomplishments (A), challenges
where you (C), or negative emotions, dislikes (NE).
can confi-
Challenges, dently Step 2: Contemplate your sticky mem-
Fear Anger Boredom Boredom Anger Fear Grief Apathy
Accomplishments
trust your- ory list as steering vectors for your life,
self to make right decisions and others can and see if you can extrapolate satisfactory
rely on you. answers to the following:
When you steer (intentionally or acci-
dentally) away from this life purpose cur- My life purpose is:
rent, you tend to bump into boredom and to learn to ____(ability)___,
then a descending hierarchy of chronic and to be more ___(characteristic)___,
negative emotions: anger, fear, grief, apa- and to be less ___(characteristic)___,
thy. These chronic emotions are signals so I can be a better ___(role)___.
that you’ve strayed off course.
5. What would you have to become to 19. What would you like to do just for the
do what you want? heck of it?
6. Where would you like to be in 20. What do you consider to be too late
two years? to start on?
7. Where would you like to be in 21. If it weren’t for __________, what
five years? would you do?
8. Where would you like to be in 22. What might not be impossible?
ten years?
Add the total score for each goal (35 is a If you had only goals that scored
perfect score). between 15 and 25, see if you can modify
If a goal scores between 25 and 35, it’s one of the goals to score higher.
probably an RFY goal. If you have several If all your goals scored below 15, you
goals that scored between 25 and 35, see if should take a walk and then repeat this
you can come up with a larger, more exercise.
expansive goal that encompasses and
aligns all your RFY goals.
Step 1. Make a list of your weekly Step 4. Revisit the list you made in Exer-
activities. cise 3: Prioritize by Importance and after
After each of the activities, note whether each project, note whether the activity is
the activity is helpful (H) or impeding (I) helpful (H) or impeding (I) to your align-
to your alignment with your RFY Goal. ment with your RFY Goal.
Inspiration: Part II
(From The Avatar Master’s Handbook)
I’ll tell you a story. There are three ing a great cathedral, only it will comfort
stonecutters, and they are all cutting everyone.
stones. The first stonecutter is asked, In 1987 chance favored a prepared mind,
“What are you doing?” and the route to enlightenment was devel-
He answers angrily, “I’m cutting stones oped into a path that all could travel eas-
as any idiot can see.” ily. Previous routes to enlightenment were
He is angry, because every day is the traveled with great suffering and sacrifice.
same. He gets up and cuts stones. By comparison, Avatar is
His life has no purpose that easy.
he can see, and he is There were many
unhappy. elements that had
The second stonecut- to be addressed
ter is asked, “What are before the real
you doing?” He is purpose of the
irritable. “I am cutting technology of
stones so I can raise a Avatar would be
family and afford a seen as creating an
nice house.” He will enlightened plane-
die an unhappy, tary civilization.
selfish man in a nice There were many
house. He has served decisions to be
only himself. made. A way had
The third stonecut- to be found to keep
ter is asked, “And the workers fed. Skills
what are you doing?” had to be learned.
He is happy. “I am Companions and helpers
cutting the stones for a great had to be found. Some contributed
cathedral that will give comfort to thou- for a few weeks or months and grew dis-
sands of people.” His life has purpose, couraged at the size of the job, but a few
and the purpose feeds him and feeds his stayed. A few noticed that just living to
family and makes him feel good. collect stuff was not really satisfying. They
needed a purpose.
The Purpose Of Avatar Pretty soon there were Avatars, there
An enlightened civilization is an idea were Masters, and there were Wizards.
that life has been working toward since And there were Star’s Edge Trainers.
the first creature appeared on this planet. Creating an enlightened planetary civi-
If you fired an arrow, stopped it in its lization is no longer an impossible dream.
flight, and sighted along the arrow, you Eventually every individual must decide
would see where it was going. If you stop where he or she stands in relation to this
life in flight and sight along it, you will idea of an enlightened planetary civiliza-
see that it is headed toward an enlight- tion. Is it reasonable to you?
ened planetary civilization. It is like build-
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Alignment
Would you like to be free of old restraints that make you unhappy?
Would you like to align your beliefs with the goals you want to accomplish?
Would you like to feel more secure about your ability to conduct your own life?
Would you like to experience a higher, wiser, more peaceful expression of self?
Would you like to be able to rise above the sorrows and struggles of the world and
see them for what they really are?