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title: "Instructions"
url: "https://books.drcassone.com/2/the-next-lesson/128/instructions"
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This section of the book is instructional. It
contains a 30 day workbook based on The
Daily Practice. There are actions you must take
every day and writing in the workbook is
essential. These actions represent the practical
use of the principles from part I of this book.
They are meant to move you from conflict
orientation to inspiration. It requires that you
take action which is simple in nature but life
changing in application.

There are three core aspects to **The Daily
Practice:**

1. Morning Intention: set the intention for
the day. Build inspiration into your life.
2. Clean as You Go: during the day, watch
for elements of darkness and rid yourself
of them immediately as they appear.
3. Evening Soul Surgery: take an
inventory of remaining dark spots.
Remove them.

The following section is a workbook called the
Daily Practice. Make a commitment to
completing it, without missing a single day, for
a total of 30 days. This will help to solidify the
principles of the daily practice internally and
adjust your mindset.

Remind yourself that you are never upset for
the reasons you think. We use reason to justify
our upsets but our upsets are driven internally
by the loss of Light; loss of God. In other
words, upsets are fueled by the darkness that
lives in us. Upsets show up more often and in
greater intensity when we are disconnected
from the Light.

The willingness to see life as a lesson plan takes
the emphasis off the situational matters of life
and places the focus back on our experience of
growth. The goal of have less dark and more
light. By following the guidance in this book,
you will shift from management of the external
world to management of the internal world.
Treasures of the external world can be taken
from you. Treasures of the internal world are
untouchable.

Elements of darkness accumulate within us
from based on upsets that are supported by
reasons. These reasons are not facts even
though they appear to be based on facts. The
reasons are created to justify the upset feelings
which create the darkness. It is the reasons that
hold the darkness inside us which eventually
strangle the sunlight of the spirit. Reasons are
perception based and build false rationale
structures that sustain elements of darkness.
The upsets, hurt, and pains from which the
darkness structures are built do not go away
with time or with age. They do not go away if
we suppress or ignore them. They only go away
with intention directed at their removal.

The Daily Practice will teach you to identify the
darkness and remove it. By following the
workbook you will identify elements of
darkness as they accumulate. Your daily practice
will also allow for elements of darkness based
on past experiences to surface, be exposed, and
removed so that they no longer keep you from
the light. Elements of darkness stick to us
internally like residue from past events that we
took personally. Factually, an event may have
happened but the pain always comes from our
self-centeredness which is the place within that
darkness grows. We take things personally and
therefore make it about us. Resentment, hurt
feelings, and fears make up the sticky residue
of internal darkness.

Every time a dark thought or feeling arises we
have an opportunity. If we think our
reasons for being upset are justifiable and that
we are right to be upset then we stay sick. The
elements of darkness will continue to grow and
eventually drown out the sunlight of the spirit.
However, if we stop ourselves and interrupt
the darkness pattern then we break the cycle.
We can intentionally remove and let go of the
upset regardless of our reasons. In this way, the
elements of darkness will be removed and with
each removal we experience greater freedom.
We become more present, more light.

This requires that all throughout the day you
check yourself for frustration, resentment,
worry, fear, insecurity, or upset. These emotions
are your tailor made lesson plan telling you
exactly what to remove and when it needs
removal. When they arise, it is your cue to take
action. If you miss the cue and do not take
action then the lesson will not be learned. It
will repeat again showing up in other situations
causing repeat patterns and unnecessary
suffering.

We must detangle the events of the real world
from how they affect us spiritually. When
upsets occur, acknowledge to yourself that
there is a fact level occurrence which may or
may not need to be addressed. However,
because there has been a negative emotional
reaction, you must prevent the situation from
affecting you spiritually. You must take action
in the moment to stop further accumulation of
darkness. In this way, clarity regarding the
situation will return and wasted efforts, based
on managing emotional pain, will be reduced.

Increasing the light in us and how it shows up
in our lives also requires intention. Creating a
spiritual shift for a passion based life can seem
like an overwhelming mission. The secret is
that we only need one day. One spiritually
appropriate day, where we follow the light and
drop the dark, is all it takes to live a purposeful
life. To heal the world we must first heal
ourselves and everything starts with one day.
An amazing life is simply a series of amazing
single days. This is why this is called the daily
practice.

By dropping the darkness we leave room for
the light. We are not used to having less
darkness as it used to be our full time job
managing it. This is why our Daily Practice
must equally place intention on cultivating the
light or we risk returning to the dark. We must
learn to play and create alongside the basic
responsibilities required of us in real life. When
we heal, we role model healing for others
including family, friends, coworkers, and
children. It is the design.

Heal yourself. That is your mission here on
Earth.