1. Your mind is a giant warehouse filled with remnants and representations of direct experience.
2. In the warehouse, there dwells the monster of the mind - your Gremlin.
3. Your Heart is the home and the source of true love.
4. To help restore your emotional equilibrium after a shake-up, you might want to ask yourself four key questions: What's so? So what? So what? And, what now?
5. The Zen Theory of Change is: I free myself not by trying to free myself, but by simply noticing how I am imprisoning myself in the very moment I am imprisoning myself.
6. One powerful option to play with when freeing yourself from your Gremlin's grip is to accent the obvious.
7. The first six principles of the Gremlin-Taming Method, known as The Basics of Pleasure, comprise a means of establishing your sense of centeredness, even in the midst of upheaval.
8. The first Basic of Pleasure is: make being centered and feeling good a top priority.
9. The second is: remember that doing so is primarily an inside job.
10. The third Basic of Pleasure is: stay aware of where you end and all else begins, the miraculous sheath known as your skin.
11. The fourth Basic of Pleasure is: breathe, dammit, breathe.
12. The fifth Basic of Pleasure is: relax your pact to keep your act intact.
13. The sixth is: establish the here and now as your home base from which you consciously direct your spotlight of awareness.
14. The next three principles of Gremlin-Taming are called The Art of Graceful Change. This is a three-step process for freeing yourself from your hypnotic pre-convictions (HPCs), your outdated Habitual Behavior Patterns (HBPs), and your Gremlin's chatter.
15. The first step in the Art of Graceful Change is this: simply notice.
16. The second step is this: play with options.
17. The third step is this: Be in process.
18. The last seven principles of the Gremlin-Taming Method are represented in the acronym I CREATE. This acronym represents a system for creating rewarding relationships.
19. The I in I CREATE stands for Intention.
20. The C in I CREATE stands for Connection.
21. The R in I CREATE stands for Respect.
22. The first E in I CREATE stands for Environment.
23. The A in I CREATE stands for Authenticity.
24. The T in I CREATE stands for Trust.
25. The final E in I CREATE stands for Environment.
26. Using the phrase "until now" will serve as a helpful reminder of your ability to change an outdated belief or behavior.
27. Service and servitude are not the same thing.
28. SNDHBL (pronounced snidabul) is a system for simply and clearly and authentically reporting your experience. The H in SNDHBL stands for hush.
29. Your Heart is the core of the natural you.
30. Your Gremlin is not cute!
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