18. Self-Parenting

Learn to become your own parent - to listen to your own inner signals and to trust what your inner guide, your instincts tell you. This is what it means to be autonomous. It is a big part of self-reliance. Once you establish it, it will serve you all your life. That part of your mind that knows what is true is called Buddhi in Sanskrit. It is the parent part of your mind and always wants what is best for your higher good.The key to being a healthy self parent is to develop the "Adult" part of your personality as set out in the books "Games People Play", "TA Today" by Eric Berne and "I'm OK, You're OK" by Thomas A. Harris.

http://www.internet-of-the-mind.com/im_ok.html

http://www.paulstips.com/brainbox/pt/home.nsf/link/13082006-Understanding-the-games-people-play

8. Welcome Change

The one unchanging fact of the Universe is change itself. In this creation, everything is born, grows old, dies and is reborn. This is the great cycle of life and death, the wheel of karma. The only unchanging element in all that is that which observes, your Self. Change is a natural phenomenon and you should embrace it, trusting that the changes that befall you are for your higher good.