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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 awareness will be focused on what you desire and what you fear
thereby creating in you the feeling of an urgent priority。 Most of these
lower consciousness programs represent the urgent priorities you had at the
age of two years old。 Until you reprogram and change these inappropriate
childhood programs； you will continually turn off the energy of the world
around you that you need in order to live in a beautiful world of higher
consciousness。
There are five stages in learning to use these Pathways。 Each stage enables
you to be progressively more aware of how these Pathways produce beautiful
and sometimes “miraculous” changes in your life。
1。 In the first stage； you are unaware of the Pathways。 You are
unconsciously playing out the drama of your life。 You are going through
your daily patterns of desiring and rejecting people and things in a
mechanical and unconscious way。
2。 In the second stage； when something happens or when someone says
something that you don’t like； you upset yourself even though you are
aware of the Twelve Pathways。 You are beginning to see how they can
make your life work when you use them at the programming level where
they will facilitate your interpretation of the here and now。 However； you
are still susceptible to your old programming which makes you
automatically angry if someone criticizes you or automatically afraid if
someone triggers your security addictions。 The great thing about this
second stage is that you are being aware of the lower consciousness
programming that your tend to automatically run off； and you realize that
there is a programming that you can use to create continuous enjoyment
and happiness in your life。
3。 In the third stage of learning to use the Pathways； you find that as soon
as you are aware of any unfortable feelings； such as fear； anger；
jealousy； grief； etc。； you can pinpoint which of the Pathways you are
violating。 By thus engaging your rational mind and interpreting your
experience by using a Pathway； you find that you progressively cut down
on the period of unconsciousness in which you are a slave to your older；
lower consciousness programming。 In the third stage it may take several
hours for you to dispel the negative emotions you are experiencing； But
you now begin to find that the amount of time that you are upset is being
gradually reduced so that you experience negative emotions only for a
period of minutes； or even seconds。 You can still trigger negative
emotional feelings； but you are getting free from them faster and faster。
4。 In the fourth stage； you find that if someone does something you do not
like； you may start to get angry； but at that same instant one or two
Pathways flash into your consciousness。 These give you an insight which
does not allow the anger response to develop。 You experience an
increasing freedom。 Your ability to love； accept； and interact flowingly
with other people increases enormously。
5。 At the fifth stage； you have eliminated all of the lower consciousness
programming which triggered your negative emotional responses。 You
simply respond to whatever is happening here and now by using one of the
Pathways （either consciously or unconsciously） in interpreting what is
happening。 You may be aware that you used to get angry or jealous in
this type of situation； but the feeling of anger or jealousy is no longer
triggered。 You realize that you are the master of your mind； for you have
determined the programming with which you want your mind to operate。
This is one of the most fulfilling things that you can do。
As soon as you begin to use the Twelve Pathways in your everyday life
situations； you will find that your life takes on a beautiful new dimension。
Things that were previously nagging problems now bee vital experiences
that you confidently use in the important job of reprogramming your
bioputer。 You are beginning to realize that everything that happens to you
is really perfect； for you experience either happiness because it fits the
pattern