The Hey Yo Guy
At a job that I worked at for many years, there was a guy that I called the “Hey Yo Guy”. He was one of a bunch of supervisors. For a period of time, I worked in the main facility of the installation. In the capacity in which I worked at the time, I interacted with over 200 employees during the course of the day. The Hey Yo Guy moved around the building during the course of his work day. When ever he wanted to get someone’s attention about something, he would always start out by saying “Hey yo”. Some days I would hear him say it as many as a dozen times during the course of the day.
You continually walk into dead end after dead end in the endless maze of your life. It’s a horrible feeling isn’t it? It has been called the Sisyphus Syndrome. Sisyphus was the unfortunate from Greek mythology who was punished by Zeus. He was sentenced to roll a large boulder over a hill. Every single time that he got near the top of the hill, the boulder would jump. It would then roll back down to the bottom again and he was back at square one.
Pay attention to what I am going to say to you now. If you are just plain sick and tired of shuffling around and around endlessly in the maze, going nowhere, let me say to you “Hey yo, this is your way out”. If you are interested, then read on.
AKA Anonymous
Joseph Benner was an author of the early twentieth century. He lived from 1872 to 1938. The authorship of the Benner books was always listed as Anonymous. Benner wrote several books including, The Way Beyond, Wealth, Teacher, Brotherhood, The Way To The Kingdom and The Impersonal Life. The last book was a personal favorite of Elvis Presley. He would buy a couple hundred at a time. He would then hand them out to everybody he met. He was said to be clutching a copy when he died.
One other book written by Benner in 1931 was The Way Out. It is from that book that I am going to try and summarize some main ideas for you. The book is in the public domain. It is available for free on the internet if you choose to read the entire book. The contents of the book, as you might surmise, offers the reader “the way out”. The way out of ill health. The way out of financial lack. The way out of loneliness. The way out of marital unhappiness. The way out of discord in the workplace. The way out of legal problems. The way out of conflict with friends, family members or neighbors. The way out of that disgusting maze.
Get Out Of The F**king Maze
Stop for a moment. Take a couple of deep breaths. Think about the next questions very carefully. Don’t you think that it’s about time that you got out of that f**king maze? Don’t you think that you deserve to escape that f**king maze?
Take your time answering those questions. Refrain from any snap answers. Refrain from answering with what is called the “New Year’s Resolution” answer. That is where you do something to make your life better at the start of the new year. Then after a period of time, when things get difficult, you give up. That means you really did not want it after all. OK, if your answer is “you want out”, then open up your mind and read on.
Everything Is Consciousness
The first thing that you must realize is that everything in your life is a result of your state of consciousness. Everything that has manifested in your outer circumstances is a direct result of your inner state of consciousness.
If you have never heard this before, it is a tough pill to swallow. Your first inclination is to violently disagree and steadfastly refuse to accept it. You may point to this glaring injustice or that suffering of innocents (especially if it involves children) and say that the premise is both stupid and ridiculous. Or you may have heard it before but completely refuse to accept it. Or perhaps you may have come to an acceptance of this as Universal Law. Then you tried to put it into action in your own life and failed miserably. Your failure to achieve your desired results may then have caused you to lose your faith.
As you lost your faith, you then found yourself deeper than ever within the maze. Your old familiar way of doing things returned. You became more frustrated than ever. It is at that point that the blame game begins. It’s this one’s fault. It’s that one’s fault. It’s God’s fault. You yourself suck. And so on. Bitterness starts seeping in to your soul. Before you know it your deeper in the maze than you were before.
It Makes No Difference
It makes no difference if you do not accept that an inner state of consciousness brings about your outer state of circumstances. There are constantly things in play under the surface of your conscious reality that you simply cannot see or perceive. The Law is the Law is the Law. Universal Law is eternal, unchanging and impartial.
As Einstein aptly put it, God does not play dice. I am not God and do not pretend to have all the answers to worlwide suffering. I hate suffering. There is a causal reason however behind everything that happens, everywhere.
Discipline your inner state of consciousness. It is your personal dowser to get your ass out of the maze. The Law is thus – thoughts that you continue to hold onto in your consciousness, and then charge with the energy of belief, will manifest ultimately in your life’s outer circumstances.
Do You Or Don’t You
You say that changing the way that you think is too hard. I say that it is is not. It is your way out of the maze. This is the point in your life, where the bullshit is stripped away once and for all. You will discover if you really want out of the maze or if you are secretly content to just shuffle along in the maze for the balance of your lifetime. Without knowing a thing about you, I will tell you this – you…can…do… it BUT you must make the choice to do what is required of you. You must do what is necessary.
It all comes down to this – Do you or don’t you want to get out of the maze. If you don’t, fine, that is your choice. Stop reading this and go play a video game or watch tv or get a haircut or something. If you do want out of the maze however, then the concepts and ideas freely given to you will provide the way out. Read on.
Plug It In, Man, Plug It In
Thoughts, in and of themselves, are merely empty mental forms. They only take on energy and power to manifest by being charged with feeling. You supply the feeling. Thus, when you plug in your thoughts to the outlet, your imaginative belief (faith), you begin the process. What process? The process of leading you out of that suffocating maze.
What is outside the maze? Anything and everything that you desire. Every good desire of your mind has been patiently standing outside the maze waiting for you to make your move out of the maze, waiting to jump into your arms.
Are We There Yet?
Perhaps you have meandered deep into the bowels of the maze. Once you begin the process of getting out, it may take you some time to get to the exit. The time varies according to the person invoved. Your job in the process is not to worry about how far from the exit you are. Neither is your job to worry about how long it is going to take. Your entire job is remain free of worry by keeping your thoughts on God.
Never, ever worry. Worry is not a neutral emotion. Worry is sin. Never give permission for worry to occupy your mind. The more that you let worry linger in your thoughts, the more you actually draw to you or a loved one that which you are worrying about. Hold God (I Am That I Am) in your consciousness instead.
Fort Knox
Guard your mind like it was Fort Knox. Your thoughts, charged with your imaginative belief, are in fact your personal Fort Knox. A Fort Knox that contains all the good that is just waiting to manifest itself in your life once you are out of the maze. You are the security guard of the entrance to your mind. There is only one way in and that is through you. Refuse to allow entry into your mind of any thought that is carrying the virus of fear or doubt or worry.
Keep the focus of your thoughts on God. As you do this, pay close attention to everything around you. Be alert. The guidance of the Kingdom of God within you will tell you where to walk, where to look and where to turn to get out of the maze.
Ready Or Not, Here It Is
Here is the way out. It is your way out of the maze. The simplicity of it may cause you to say “Is that it? Is that all there is?” I disagree with Benner when he states it is simple and easy. It is simple. It is most definitely not easy. It is hard. It involves you removing yourself away from your old familiar way of thinking. It involves a complete, unequivocal commitment by you to the process. Many are simply not willing to do that. They may think they are, but when push comes to shove, they lose faith.
No half-way efforts here. No just dipping your toes in the water. You must dive in and stay there until your faith brings your desires into fruition.
What you must do is say these words over and over again in your mind until you truly believe the words one hundred percent:
God loves me relentlessly.
God blesses me thru my inner beliefs.
I love God. I think God’s thoughts.
I live, I breathe in the Kingdom of God.
Alternate Fourth Or Fifth Line:
I Live In The Freedom Of The Kingdom Of God
Trusted Guide
Say these words over and over and over again in your mind. How long? Keep saying them. Say them day after day after day. Say them in your head or out loud. Say them until they have completely seeped in to every part of your soul. Keep saying them until the last smidgeon of doubt has left the building. If you put the emphasis on certain syllables, you will even create a rhythmic cadence. This allows it to stick in your mind more easily. You can even put music to the words if you wish.
A Change For The Better
If you just will stay with it and persist, you will ultimately feel a change in your consciousness. It will be a change for the better. This change of consciousness, according to Universal Law, will serve to guide you bit by bit out of the maze. It will serve to manifest good things into the circumstances of your life.
The words noted above are not the words that Benner used. I have paraphrased the same overall idea in words that I personally prefer. You may prefer to use Benner’s exact words. Or you may use your own words to translate the same idea. Feel free to go online if you wish and read Benner’s book for yourself. It is a quick read.
Methodology
You will observe that I included an alternate fourth and/or additional fifth line. Both lines represent the same idea. Use whatever format that resonates with you. If you wish to say each line more than once in sequence, feel free. Sometimes I say each line three times. Do you desire to say them slowly, feel free. If you wish to say the lines in reverse order, feel free.
Say the above words however you want, just make sure to say them on an everyday basis. Sometimes you can say them aloud. Sometimes you can say them silently. However you proceed, do your best to feel the words as you say them. As you say the words, just keep your focus on God. God comes first in your mind.
Refuse to give up if your mind does not respond quickly. Most likely, it will not. Persist. Giving up too soon is a common error. An error that sets you up for failure. Remember, your mind has formed the habit of including fear, doubt and worry in the creative process. Almost everybody, at one time or another, falls into the trap of giving up too soon. To hell with what your present negative circumstances are. Mind on God. Eyes on God. Heart on God. Persist. Persist. Persist.
A Done Deal
Summon up the courage that is within you to persist. Persist until your mind fully accepts your imaginative belief. Your imaginative belief is your faith. Faith is how God works through you. God is the Power. Your faith is the instrument that allows you to receive the power. If you will just do this, events will ultimately manifest your desires into your outer circumstances. It must happen. There can be no other outcome. It is Immutable Law. Read and fully absorb the parable from Jesus of the Persistent Widow (Luke 18:1-8).
Do you doubt that your heart beats in your chest or your lungs allow you to breathe? You don’t see them but you know they are within you. That is the level of belief that you are going for with regard to your imaginative belief. Faith is the concrete evidence of things unseen. You, free of fear. You, free of doubt. You, living free, living happy, living fulfilled, being “a done deal“. I can personally affirm to you that it is an indescribable feeling of joy. Make the choice to live each day in the Kingdom and get to feel it for yourself.
Rip out all of your old defective wiring. Replace it with new wiring in your mind. This is admittedly hard to do. It involves hard work on your part. What is so very much harder to do however, is to just continue shuffling along in the maze, going nowhere, until your very last breath on earth. At that point, it will then be too late to do anything.
It’s Hiding In Plain View
Hey yo, let me tell you something. Listen. You were meant to live free, outside of that sickening maze. You were meant to live in peace, in joy, in harmony, in power, manifesting all manner of good things. All those things unfold the glory of the Almighty. Bumbling along blindly in the maze, walking to dead end after dead end does not demonstrate the glory of God.
The answer that you have been searching for, longing for, has been hiding in plain view. Your way out is in your mind. The thoughts that you entertain and then cling to. The thoughts that you then supercharge with your imaginative belief, your faith.
Jesus Christ stated it quite clearly, “Whatsoever things you desire, believe that you have them and they will be yours.”
Conceive. Believe. Receive.