The 123's Of Me

     The 1,2,3’s of Me, is a technique that combines 3 well known methods; journaling,
recording dreams and meditation. The purpose is to bring emotional harmony into all aspects of ones life and to realize your glorious self. This is possible through achieving balance between,
the emotional impact of past events and the emotional maturity of the your present strengthens.
The harmonizing occurs at an energetic level rather than in the range of intellectual analysis or
recalled emotional events. "

     As one brings consistency to the technique, a clearing out process begins unexpectedly.

     You will move through the maze of significant memories, as you write, as dreams stimulate
clues to your unconscious behaviour and as meditation opens the energy pathways illuminating
new insights. Memories can turn into treasures, people into teachers, confusion into
understanding and discomfort into the pleasures of knowing. With continued practice,
uncontrolled / undesirable cycles will loss their power and the glory of your being will reveal
itself and the world you know will never be the same.

The #1 - Journaling

     The purpose here is to direct your attention away from conscious thought and allow
subconscious emotions to surface onto paper. The entire process, is similar to an active
mediation, in that the active left side of your brain gets to have a rest, while the right side has
time to play. What you write is for your eyes only, and you need to establish confidence that no
one will ever find, open or even touch your journal. "

     It will become the personal manifestation of all the things you would not want others to
know. It will become your personal record of some of the most creative thinking you can
imagine, which you may want to share, but the book itself will always remain private.

      You will put down on paper whatever thoughts you have. You don't have to spell
correctly, or write between lines, or finish sentences, or even be able to read it afterwards. The
intent is getting emotions on paper rather than any coherent thoughts. Since the brain is not
equipped to deal with emotions, trying to apply logic to emotions is a complete waist of energy.
Emotions resolve themselves through expression. The rational understanding automatically
becomes obvious after the emotion is expressed.

The Exercise:

• Find yourself a journaling book and pen that you feel comfortable with and use them solely for
this purpose.

• Choice a room that provides the privacy and quite. Make it you sanctuary at the same time
each day without interruption.

• Select a chair that is the most comfortable to sit upright

• Find a time, each day that you can dedicate 15 minutes to being in your chair and in your
room to do this exercise.

• Place the open book on your lap, lay the pen on the pages and close your eyes.

• Breathing normally, feel your feet on the floor, your body against the chair. Feel your arms and
legs as they rest, and the material against them. (if at anytime you feel distracted, return to
this portion of the exercise and focus on your body feeling itself in its’ surroundings)!

• Establish your presence in the chair and during a couple of breaths, congratulate yourself for
having the discipline to be there.

• Hear the sounds within the room. Hear the sounds beyond the walls and throughout the house.

• Acknowledge the sounds outside and accept all for what it is. (There is no need to shoot them
out, for they do exist)!

• Focus on your breath for a few seconds to become aware of any odours.

• (Now you are back centred in your space, and your brain has been distracted while you
focused your attention on your senses.) !

• What ever thought enters your mind, you will begin to write without censorship.

• You write as long as it gives you satisfaction (Ideally you will be in your chair a minimum of 15
minutes)!

 The #2 - Recording Dreams

     Everybody dreams whether remembered or not. The early portion of sleep is usually
spend working through the bombardment to the senses during the day. It's similar to a computer
doing its’ backup, where the days input is filled according to designated categories. When a new
experience is had, the dream world makes the adjustments needed to tidy up the files so we
don’t have to wake up with unfinished business. Of course, often we do, especially if we have
had a poor night sleep leading to insufficient time to completed the filling.

     Once that portion of filling is complete, then our energy level alters into a higher
frequency. Such changes in frequency are well documented, by various interests, using
electromagnetic instrumentation. The higher frequency portion of our night are considered the
inspirational portion of our sleep, where creative ideas are born and insights into what is needed
or is missing in our daily life will surface. These are the dreams we are most apt to remember as
they play out in vivid colour and wild mysterious theatrics, often defying the laws of nature, like
falling without injury, or flying, or playing with imaginary beings. The scripts have no end to their
verity. Their value rests in first remembering them, second getting them on paper, and 3rd
examining the emotions during the experience.

The Exercise:

• Find a small book that you would be proud to own.

• Set yourself up with a light, a pen and your book beside your bed.

• Before crawling under the covers, write the date even if you had nothing to include from the
night before, still write the date. (this is part of training the brain to follow through with your
intent)!

• As you lay your head on the pillow, tell yourself that you want to remember your dreams.
When specific items arise in your #1 that made you curious to understand better, ponder on it
for an instant and let it go.

• Now when you awake and recalling a dream don't lay there analyzing it, instead force
yourself to wake up enough to turn on the light, sit up and write. (you will fall back to sleep
knowing that the next day you can read what you wrote)!

• You don't have to reread your dreams the next morning or the next evening, but eventually
you will.

• At this stage in the technique the dreams may not have any clues, but as we incorporate the
meditation you will be returning to your dream book to compare bits and pieces of the mystery
of your internal wiring.

There are many books written on the symbology of dreams and I suggest that you rely
on your own symbology rather than general traits. There are characteristics within each culture
where symbology applies but not necessarily, for example; in North America bears are seen as
a symbol of danger and fear, but in my own experience a bear dream is warm and comforting,
because of being in northern Ontario where black bears where often encountered without
incident.

Dreaming about a death does not mean that the person is going to die. If you had
numerous pervious physic experiences then this might apply and you would already be aware of
your talent. Death dreams are a good example how symbolism can be generalized, for death
often suggests changes about to happen or the opposite. But you are in charge of your own
interpretations so keeping a separate record of your symbols can prove helpful.

The #3 - Meditation

 There are many methods of meditation each providing value, based on their intended
benefits. This method does not dictate a particular posture, or mantra. However there is the
objective of cleaning your subconscious of patterns that no longer serve you. Once the clearing
begins, the possibilities are endless.

This # 3 step works in conjunction with numbers 1 & 2. #1 identifies emotional obstacles
that need cleaning up, #2 provides clues to the mystery behind those obstacles and #3 provides
the necessary energy for obstacles to organize themselves from chaos to harmony. This is the
initial benefit to the 3 methods working as one. As you progress through the clearing of
unwanted obstructions, the 1,2,3 technique lead to new and quite different benefits, which we
discuss in other workshops such as Living Behind your Breath.

The Exercise:

     You can do this exercise anywhere, any time, and in any position, but not initially.

Since laying down is associated to sleeping we suggest you refrain from that position until you
are satisfied that you can mediate without falling asleep.

• Treat yourself to taking a segment out of your busy day that will removes you from outside
influences. Give that short internal in you life, the respect it deserves. This is not a fun
experiment, or something to pass time between TV shows. You have started an adventure,
that can take you places you never dreamed possible, where you can experience beauty to
such a degree that you may weep with joy, a place where you may taste the nectar of the
gods. Such experiences will not necessarily occur during meditations, rather due to
meditations. So give the #3 the respect it deserves and allow yourself 15 minutes each day,
same place, same chair, same time, until you feel comfortable that you can meditate and are
satisfied with the results.

• Sit upright, feet on the floor, arms at your side or use a previously learnt method, if you prefer.

• Close you eyes and allow your being to settle into its location.

• Bring forward the thought that best represents your primary obstacle, or event that has
surfaced in your #1 and/or where clues were provided in your # 2. Narrow it down to one
Desire for clarify or freedom from. (at this stage of the technique, meditative energies are
healing energies)

• Imagine placing your item in front of you as an offering to the unknown. You are ready to
abandon this item, let go of it, be free, or harmonize with it. ( in other words you abandon all
attachment to the outcome - you seek only clarity and/or harmony). You have carried it too
long, analyses it too many times, it’s a burden whose time has come and gone. You are ready
to step into the unknown of what it will be like to be free, to have clearer perspective, or you
are prepared to love it. (The point of the exercise is 1st - have a specific focus going into the
meditation, 2nd - to Desire growth around that focus. There is no need to imagine the outcome, for allowing the unknown to unfold as it will offers more flexibility and remains truer
to the intent of the ‘1,2,3 of me’.)!

• Breathing: Focus your attention on the breathing for 3 complete slow breaths and afterward
return to normal concentrated breath.

• During the 3 breaths, you are directing the activity of the brain away from interrupting thought
and to performing the simple function of breathing while increasing oxygen to the brain, which
raises the level of awareness."

• Inhale through your nose, exhale through your mouth. (If you leave your mouth slightly open
through out these 3 steps, you can control the direction of air by placing your tongue on the
roof of your mouth on the inhale and dropping it on the exhale. If this doesn't work for you
develop your own method.)

• The rhythm is - breath in for 7 counts - hold for 3 counts - out for 7 counts - hold for 3 counts
and repeat 3 times. Establish an equal rhythm of duration suitable to you. The deeper you
inhale the more you use your entire lung capacity and the longer the 7 counts takes.

• Play with this process and don't be eager to get through it so you can start meditation. While
you are perfecting this portion you are training the brain to cooperate with your intent and
meditating will be easier in the future.

• After the 3rd breath, return to breath normally yet focused on nothing but the breath and take
comfort in the relaxed feeling. If thoughts cause distraction, then return your attention to 1
deep breath or more until the brain chatter stops. (meditation only occurs when the monkeys
in the brain stop the chatter)!

• Remember that what ever happens while breathing just is. Accept it and do it again the next
day, same time and place and you will know when something of value occurs. You may want
to document your feelings or experiences in your journal for future reference.

Background:

The technique of combining the 3 disciplines into one, was given to Winifred Barton
through the challenging of her husband Ernest. He was in contact with an Atlantean known as
Loliad R Kahn. The year was 1966 and soon it would be affectionately referred to as ‘the 1, 2, 3’.
We retain the name 1,2,3 out of appreciation for combining 3 into 1. Thousands globally
continue to use their own personalized version of the 1, 2, 3, with confidence.

The original objective was to open the door to the richness of ones being, at a time when
the worlds’ greatest need was for people to resolve issues within themselves so their wisdom
could sign forth into the world. A generations’ focus on self improvement is reflected in all the
social and environmental alternatives established today. The tools needed for sustainability in
the world are now all known to us and are activity being establish in varying degrees. The
manifestation is occurring at astonishing speed and those in harmony with this force of change
are celebrating their participation in its’creation.

     The concept behind the ’Secret’, reminded us of our ability to cultivate events in our life,
and achieve carnal goals primarily based on wants/likes. In my experience the wants are an
outward reflection of what is needed, or what is truly desired. The 1,2 3’s of me, is designed for
the later, which will never fail to be a prefect fit with what are your real needs. For example,
although one may what a sports car, it may be the sense of freedom, that a sports car is
perceived to provide, which we seek. Such freedom can be revealed in many unexpected ways, and this is how our emotional needs are satisfied. So what we need is often rapped in a thin disguise of what we want.

      Our wants are more a reflection from others than they are of our self. They are built out
of observed the heroics of those we admired from childhood through to the present. Since we
are energy beings we instinctively recognize the movement of energy between one person to
the next. Tracking that energy leads us to formulate ways of coping aspects of them for our own
social skills and self preservation. It is in this way that we formulate our outward personality, our
ways of communicating and relating with the world around us. These borrowed attributes are
not an honest portrayal of ourselves and it is for this reason that many live with the inner
knowing, that they are more than they are able to portrayed. They long for a clear reflection of
what they know themselves to be, and yet it can be an ordeal of endless searching or worse,
abandonment. Better if it were a voyage of discovery equipped with personalized tools and
loving support that we deserve.

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