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For or Against?

What are you for or against? I was reading Dr. Dyer's 12 principles for becoming a spiritual being and one is about how spiritual beings spend their time working toward what they are for rather than spend their energy fighting what they are against. 
The spiritual being knows that everything he hates and fights weakens him, and all that he is for, all that he supports, empowers him.

I like this. Why spend your time fighting against war when you could spend your time working for peace? Define yourself by what you are for not by what you are against. I think it is always wise to position yourself positively rather than antagonistically.

I am excited for 2018. I think it only fitting for me to state a few things I'm for:

Love
Peace
Acceptance
Reverence
Silence
Humility
Miracles
Learning
Service
Mindfulness
Infinite Possibilities
Imagination
Creativity
Creation
Dreaming
 
Some mantras I recite daily that reinforce what I'm for include:

God is love.
All you need is love.
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
Everything is always as it should be.
There is no one right way.
Everyone is doing the best they know how.
When you know better, do better.
Want for others more than you want for yourself.
We are all divine beings with infinite possibilities.
All things are possible to them that believeth.
How may I serve?
The precious present--NOW.
Be in your dreams awake.

I'd like to close with Wayne's words of wisdom:
Spiritual beings do not get tied up with hatred. They are focused thoughtfully on what they are for and they translate that into action. Spiritual beigs keep their thoughts on love and harmondy, in the face of things they would love to see changed. All that you fight weakens you. All that you are for empowers you. In order to manifest miracles you must be totally fcused on what you ar for. Real magic occurs in your life when you have eliminated the hatred that is in yoru life, even the hatred that you have against hatred.
So the question isn't anymore what you are for or against. The question is what are you for?  And the answer is, Show me what you are for by working for it!

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