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That's funny, my hubby was just watching his videos. He says some crazy stuff (maybe i'm just not on that level yet) but my husband likes him. The weird part is I think they erased him from the internet or don't promote him because I can't find anything about Donahue at all other than his website. The other 2 William Donahue on search engines aren't him, a Catholic priest and some younger life coach.
Yeah... I kinda stumbled upon him last night. The video I linked was particularly good because he didn't go too much into dogma and stayed relevant to the topic.
I've been fighting myself with certain things, and seeking a breakthrough. Sometimes you just aren't ready for certain information you've heard ad nauseum, and then suddenly you are because it's do or die - or your desperate enough or finally just surrender to your own ascension.
I think we're all addicted to too much thinking, negative thoughts and emotions and don't fully realize the implications of that. I think part if that happens at a certain age and even things like illnesses play a part.
This week's take away was: You don't need a reason to be happy. You don't need a reason to feel joy. You have all of this (look around) and you can't be happy? Happiness is a choice. (Even if you're experiencing hell at the moment)
From that video - Lie to your subconscious - It will manifest whatever you tell it good or bad. (Echoes of Maxwell Maltz, Psycho-Cybernetics I read 35 years ago) I haven't read the Jung book mentioned in that video yet, but intend to.
While I don't agree with the bs that, "You chose this life and everything traumatic you'd endure" bs, I do believe I am responsible for my thoughts and emotions I put out there - that like a magnet ir tuning fork, attract the same resonance back to me... garbage out, garbage in!
I hear ya. I used to have serious anxiety and had to seek all sorts of knowledge and I think I was in my early 20s, went to Hare Krishna gathering in NYC, behind the old CBGB club.. haha.. I read so many self help books too. In the end it was Jesus Christ who gives me true peace..weird to say now.. but I remember a preacher who said Faith is like a muscle and you have to practice calm amidst the storm little by little until it becomes the norm.
The hubby still gets anxious, can't blame him, because his mother drives him nuts, and he watches William Donahue to make sense of the Bible and this channel Be Something Wonderful, if you want to check it out. It's just like a daily reminder to basically control your thoughts and visualize what you want instead of negative thinking and constantly worrying and thinking of things you don't want to happen. Good luck!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0pauieg-fE
Thanks I'll check it out!