{"id":1205,"date":"2009-07-08T21:58:02","date_gmt":"2009-07-09T01:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lwlworldwide.com\/blog\/?p=1205"},"modified":"2009-07-08T22:25:56","modified_gmt":"2009-07-09T02:25:56","slug":"finally-a-self-growth-movie-that-gets-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lwlworldwide.com\/blog\/finally-a-self-growth-movie-that-gets-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Finally, a &#8220;Self-Growth&#8221; Movie That GETS IT!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Via our inaugural 2009 opening post, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lwlworldwide.com\/blog\/what-are-you-going-to-do-differently-in-2009\/\" target=\"_blank\">What Are You Going To Do Differently In 2009<\/a>?,&#8221; we made a pretty assertive and opinionated statement (rightly so \u2014 yup, some opinions we adore):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Self-awareness comes about by understanding and embracing the things you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">fear most<\/span>. We have community members who tell us they strive to FEEL a sense of constant happiness and positivity. In their mind, &#8216;feeling&#8217; okay all the time means &#8216;BEING&#8217; okay.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Then we simply asked:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;What&#8217;s the bright side of&#8230; trying to repress or ignore anything &#8216;outside of you&#8217; (Forest reality &#8212; if you click, the video explains it) that is controversial, negative, or emotionally\/mentally shocking? (&#8220;ignore it,&#8221; conventional spirituality says, &#8220;and you&#8217;ll grow stronger.&#8221; PUKE!)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">We hope it&#8217;s really obvious by now<\/span>: we (and the mentors you&#8217;re about to be introduced to via the video trailer below) DISAGREE with those who believe they should withdraw from the &#8220;world&#8221; for years, even a lifetime, to reach a point of spiritual transformation and inner awareness.<\/p>\n<p>We came into this world to experience a full range of emotions&#8230; feelings and mental imagery oscillating between bad\/dark and good\/light, derived from our constant experiences.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lwlworldwide.com\/GR\/070809.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Shawdow Effect<\/a> points out, INTENTIONALLY trying to masquerade the parts of you that you either THINK people don&#8217;t want to see or hear about, or constantly trying to APPEAR different than what you are, is a recipe for an inauthentic life, based off conditional control.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Pn9mqHQibq8&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999&amp;border=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Pn9mqHQibq8&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999&amp;border=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2666\u00a0 \u2666\u00a0 \u2666<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">To Learn More&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lwlworldwide.com\/GR\/070809.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read &#8220;The Dark Night of The Soul&#8221; Here<\/a><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Via our inaugural 2009 opening post, &#8220;What Are You Going To Do Differently In 2009?,&#8221; we made a pretty assertive and opinionated statement (rightly so \u2014 yup, some opinions we adore): &#8220;Self-awareness comes about by understanding and embracing the things you fear most. 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