REVISION
Pruning the True Vine (Revision)
This technique involves consciously and radically changing one's inner attitude and imaginal acts (thoughts, feelings, assumptions) towards any person or…
Step by step
- Identify an undesirable person or situation in your world ('a branch that bears no fruit').
- Recognize that this external reality is a reflection of your own imaginal activity ('yourself pushed out').
- Consciously change your inner attitude and thoughts towards that person or situation ('revise').
- Imagine the desired outcome or state for that person/situation as if it were already real ('accept this unseen imaginal act as reality').
- Persist in this revised imaginal act daily, knowing that your inner change will manifest externally.
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The True Vine
This technique involves consciously and radically changing one's inner attitude and imaginal acts (thoughts, feelings, assumptions) towards any person or situation that is not desired, recognizing that one's imagination is the 'true vine' and the sole cause of one's reality. This is done daily.
Your imagination is the true vine from which everything in your world is drawn. Any misuse of your imagination causes the deformities in your life. It is a shock, I know, to realize that you are the sole cause of your life; and what a responsibility you have, to prune this true vine of awareness! ... Called repentance in scripture, pruning is revision - which is a radical change of attitude towards an individual or a situation. I revised my thoughts relative to that seeming other and accepted this unseen imaginal act as reality. Then I watched, and in time I became aware of a change in my world relative to this person or that condition. Having found the true vine and the Father who pruned it, I know I must prune it every day; for if I do it will knot and form itself into these full, clean clusters to repay the hand of the vinedresser (the Father) who pruned it.
'Pruning' is the daily practice of 'revision,' where one actively changes their inner imaginal acts and attitudes, knowing that the outer world will then reflect this inner change. It is an act of self-responsibility and self-correction.