will realize that you are doing exactly what you need to do to provide
yourself with experiences to grow into higher consciousness。
How can you love others if you do not love yourself？ The love you have for
yourself and the love you have for “another” are building blocks joining
together within you to create the beautiful edifice of real love。
Learning to love unconditionally means getting free of interference from our
programmed addictions those emotion…backed demanding instructions to
our bioputer。 This enables us to perceive clearly what is here and now
to evaluate wisely and to act effectively to do whatever we want to do
about it。 They key to this is the instant emotional acceptance of the here and
now the emotional acceptance of the previously unacceptable。
When our emotions are triggered； we cannot perceive clearly our actual life
situation。 Our bioputer then sends a flow of information to our
consciousness in which separation and alienation are emphasized。 We create
a horribly warped evaluation of the here and now based on our addictive
programming。 When this happens； we magnify differences and suppress
similarities between ourselves and “others。” And this destroys our ability to
love unconditionally。
We all know that just having the desire to love is not enough。 As far back as
we can remember we have been aware of the importance of love in our lives。
We know that lack of love is responsible for most of the unhappiness in the
world for difficulties in getting along with other people； for pollution；
prejudice； wars； and other individual and group crimes against humanity。 but
what can we do about it？
The Law of Higher Consciousness suggests a practical guide for the Aquarian
Age ：
You add suffering to the world
just as much when you take offense
as when you give offense。
The Living Love Way to Higher Consciousness can show you step by step
why you find it so difficult to love and exactly what to do about it。 The
Twelve Pathways given in the following chapter tell you what you need to do
to live in the Oneness Ocean of Love all of the time。
Chapter 4
The Twelve Pathways
The Twelve Pathways
To the Higher Consciousness Planes of Unconditional Love and Oneness
Freeing Myself
1。 I am freeing myself from security； sensation； and power addictions that
make me try to forcefully control situations in my life； and thus destroy my
serenity and keep me from loving myself and others。
2。 I am discovering how my consciousness…dominating addictions create my
illusory version of the changing world of people and situations around me。
3。 I wele the opportunity （even if painful） that my minute…to…minute
experience offers me to bee aware of the addictions I must reprogram to
be liberated from my robot…like emotional patterns。
Being Here Now
4。 I always remember that I have everything I need to enjoy my here and
now unless I am letting my consciousness be dominated by demands and
expectations based on the dead past or the imagined future。
5。 I take full responsibility here and now for everything I experience； for it is
my own programming that creates my actions and also influences the
reactions of people around me。
6。 I accept myself pletely here and now and consciously experience
everything I feel； think； say； and do （including my emotion…backed addictions）
as a necessary part of my growth into higher consciousness。
Interacting with Others
7。 I open myself genuinely to all people by being willing to fully
municate my deepest feelings； since hiding in any degree keeps me stuck
in my illusion of separateness from other people。
8。 I feel with loving passion the problems of others without getting
caught up emotionally in their predicaments that are offering them messages
they need for their growth。
9。 I act freely when I am tuned in； centered； and loving； but if possible I
avoid acting when I am emotionally upset and depriving myself of the
wisdom that flows from love and expanded consciousness。
Discovering my Conscious…Awareness
10。 I am continually calming the restless scanning of my rational mind in
order to perceive the finer energies that enable me to unitively merge with
everything around me。
11。 I am constantly aware of which of the Seven Centers of Consciousness I
am using； and I feel my energy； perceptiveness； love； and inner peace growing
as I open all of the Centers of Consciousness。
12。 I am perceiving everyone； including myself； as an awakening being who
is here to claim his or her birthright to the higher consciousness planes of
unconditional love and oneness。
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The Twelve Pathways were formulated in 1972； and since that time they have
changed the lives of countless numbers of people。 The Twelve Pathways are
a modern； practical condensation of thousands of years of accumulated
wisdom。 They give you a minute…to…minute guide for operating your
consciousness while you interact with the world around you。 They will
enable you to live a continuously happy； conscious； loving； joyous； fulfilled
life。 If you’ve had enough of the up…and…down roller…coastering between
pleasure and pain； and are really ready to enjoy and get the most out of your
life all of the time； then you are ready to use and apply the Twelve Pathways
to make a dramatic change in your life。 In the following four chapters； we
will discuss each of the Twelve Pathways in detail。
The Twelve Pathways to Higher Consciousness can show you how to
accelerate your spiritual development and enable you to begin a new life of
Living Love。 These Pathways can show you the way to find the beauty and
happiness that is hidden within you。 You were erroneously taught that
happiness lies in getting people and things outside of you lined up exactly to
suit your desires。 But our desires multiply so much faster than our capacity to
satisfy them！ In the Living Love System； an addiction is any desire that
makes you upset or unhappy if it is not satisfied。 Life is warning you to get
rid of an addiction every time you are emotionally unfortable in any way。
Even if an addiction brings you pleasure； that pleasure is usually short…lived。
For you will then begin to perceive threats to that pleasure； and you will
worry about changes in your life that will deprive you of the pleasure。 And
you pare today’s pleasure with yesterday’s pleasure and often find
today’s pleasure is not quite as satisfying。 All of this keeps you out of the
here and now。 You make a giant step toward higher consciousness when you
bee fully aware of the price in happiness you must pay for each addiction。
You can enjoy the same actions and experiences pletely when you
uplevel the addiction to the status of a preference。
As you bee increasingly aware of how your consciousness operates； you
will be able to distinguish between your bioputer and the programming
that your bioputer uses。 For example； a million…dollar IBM puter
may work perfectly； but if you put garbage…type programming in it； you will
get garbage…type results from this splendid machine。 puter specialists
use the word “GIGO” to refer to this problem “Garbage in … Garbage out。”
If you are not continuously loving everyone around you and continuously
enjoying the here…and…now situations in your life； it means that your
magnificent bioputer has been operating from “garbage…type”
programming。 When you see yourself consciously and clearly； you realize
that you are perfect your only problem is to change some of the
programming from which you are operating。
Your ego also plays a crucial part in the operation of your bioputer。
Based on past pleasure and pain programming； your ego selects which of the
thousands of programs will be used to generate your feelings and experience
of what is happening。 Your ego is like a master controller that directs which
emotional feelings will be triggered （joy； pleasure； anger； grief； fear；
disappointment； irritation； etc。） Your ego also chooses exactly what will be
projected onto the screen of your consciousness。 You are aware only of what
your ego permits you to be aware of。 When your ego is busy reacting to the
people and things around you from the lower three Centers of Consciousness；
your primary awaren