If there is anything in your life, my friend, that is not bringing you joy or peace, ask yourself why it is that you continue to support that activity. Often you support it because you believe you deserve or need to experience it. You currently have in your life what you consciously or unconsciously want. But I offer you that if you have the power to bring to your life things that do not give you joy and peace, then know you also have to power to bring to your life things that do offer you joy and peace. You have an active imagination, and you have created what you want and think you need to experience. So if you choose not to experience joy in the moment, then go ahead, play in the mud all you want. This much is true: you do have another choice. You can choose joy and peace in every part of your life.

- James Blanchard Cisneros, You Have Chosen to Remember: A Journey From Perception to Knowledge, Peace of Mind and Joy, p. 22

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You can choose joy and peace in every part of your life. Currently, you believe that this is not possible, and thus you are not experiencing it.

Friend, have you ever taken five minutes to think about and write on a piece of paper what it is that brings you joy and peace? Do you know? You do have a mission to accomplish in this life, and what you take joy in doing and what brings you peace are both reminders of what that mission is. If you did not have a purpose for being on Earth, then you would not be here. Remind yourself, write down what it is you love and receive joy doing, and there you will find a key to the purpose of your visit.

- James Blanchard Cisneros, You Have Chosen to Remember: A Journey From Perception to Knowledge, Peace of Mind and Joy, p. 22

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Make your peace of mind and joy the goal in every situation possible. This is achieved by reacting to a brother or sister with forgiveness, love, peace and understanding, regardless of the illusion he or she might be buying into at that time. When they try to pull you into their illusions, remember that you are awake. Don't judge your brother or sister, for he or she is simply asleep and dreaming. Would you judge your child for screaming in his or her sleep, or would you hold and comfort him or her? Would you scold your child for kicking you while asleep, or would you simply turn him around? Would you laugh at your child if he described the monsters in his dream, or would you turn the light on and let him see for himself that there are no such things? Do this, and every time you succeed in remaining awake, congratulate yourself, for you have chosen peace.

- James Blanchard Cisneros, You Have Chosen to Remember: A Journey From Perception to Knowledge, Peace of Mind and Joy, p. 22 - 23

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A state of peace, harmony, joy and unconditional love allows you to recognize truth and reality. Practicing these states aligns your truth with your natural self.
 

- James Blanchard Cisneros, You Have Chosen to Remember: A Journey From Perception to Knowledge, Peace of Mind and Joy, p. 75

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My friend, you touch the world on a much deeper level than you currently perceive. Do not concern yourself with the number of people you believe you need to lead or serve at one time to make a difference. For knowingly or not, you change the world with every interaction you have with a fellow brother or sister. Lead by example, it is truly that simple. Offer love and you will find your world more loving. Serve the person in front of you and you will find the world a more caring and hopeful place. Smile and laugh with the person you interact with and you will experience a happier and more peaceful world. Do whatever brings you joy, and the same world that you once cried in, you will now smile and dance in.

- James Blanchard Cisneros, You Have Chosen to Remember: A Journey From Perception to Knowledge, Peace of Mind and Joy, p. 102 - 103

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I have mentioned before that the world you see outside yourself is simply a reflection of the world that you have shaped and supported within. As the ego has trained your mind to react in a judgmental and stressful manner, so too can you retrain your mind to act and react with peace and joy. There are four steps to retraining your mind in order to obtain and experience peace and joy in every situation. They are:

Thought - Align yourself with God and clarify the goal

Action - Act with unconditional love

Faith - Trust that the moment is perfect

Gratitude - Give thanks, enjoy and rejoice
 

- James Blanchard Cisneros, You Have Chosen to Remember: A Journey From Perception to Knowledge, Peace of Mind and Joy, p. 110

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In every circumstance, in every instant, you have been gifted with the free will to choose how you will react. You can choose to react with worry, conflict, chaos and confusion, or you can choose to react with trust, peace of mind, love and joy. Every instant, regardless of its manifestation, allows you the opportunity to begin anew, to experience life with peace of mind, love and joy. The knowledge that you have the power to react to any circumstance, any time, and in any way you desire, is the beginning of understanding the absolute power of free will.

- James Blanchard Cisneros, You Have Chosen to Remember: A Journey From Perception to Knowledge, Peace of Mind and Joy, p. 131

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If you have faith in your Godself's plan for your life, the effect will be one of trust, peace of mind and joy. When you are experiencing trust, peace of mind and joy, realize that you are having faith in your Godself's plan for your life. When you are experiencing worry, fear, disappointment, stress and despair, understand that you are having faith in your ego-self's plan for your life. Herein lies the one solution to the one problem.

- James Blanchard Cisneros, You Have Chosen to Remember: A Journey From Perception to Knowledge, Peace of Mind and Joy, p. 132 - 133

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Knowledge, peace of mind and joy are available in every situation. You can recognize this and obtain them through forgiveness or you can focus on judgment, their opposite, and obtain its result. The choice of which road you take and experience is yours. If you have obtained peace of mind and joy in a situation, congratulations-no further instruction is necessary. If you have not obtained peace of mind and joy in a situation, then the following 10 steps may be helpful to you in changing directions:

• Accept responsibility. Acknowledge to yourself that it is your perception at this moment in time that is resulting in your lack of peace.
   

• Acknowledge that your lack of peace is not due to the external environment but to your internal reaction to it.

• Acknowledge that thinking with the ego, and judging the situation, has brought about a lack of peace.

• Do not condemn yourself or your ego for feeling the way you do.

• Acknowledge to yourself that there is another way, a more peaceful way that you can perceive this situation.

• Choose to see it as a learning experience, an opportunity to once again better understand how to choose peace.

• Offer gratitude for the experience and your inner shift.

• Forgive yourself and everyone else involved in the situation.

• Send love to yourself, your ego and everyone else involved in the situation.

• Be grateful for the opportunity that you have offered yourself to once again choose peace.
   

- James Blanchard Cisneros, You Have Chosen to Remember: A Journey From Perception to Knowledge, Peace of Mind and Joy, p. 154

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Imagine, if only for a moment, how much more peace you could experience in your daily existence if you would only allow yourself to see all experiences, both positive and negative, regardless of lessons learned, as gifts. Imagine that instead of constantly analyzing and judging your experiences, you smile and are thankful for having them. My friend, listen carefully, for the beginning of knowledge lies in this simple shift in perception. Imagine a life where, instead of asking why or why me you simply trust and say "thank you." How much more peace and joy would this simple shift in perception bring to your life and to those around you? My dear friend, heaven is indeed now available on Earth.

- James Blanchard Cisneros, You Have Chosen to Remember: A Journey From Perception to Knowledge, Peace of Mind and Joy, p. 241 - 242

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Your purpose in life - your life's mission - will be something you love and take great joy in. Joy is a natural expression of one who is fulfilling his or her purpose. What offers you peace? What gives you joy? What do you love to do? All these are clues to the destiny that you're trying to reach, your life's mission. Believe in yourself and trust that the universe is in your corner. Reach within, listen to the whispers of your heart, and bring what is within into the world. This is how you will begin to manifest and live your wishes and dreams.

- James Blanchard Cisneros, You Have Chosen to Remember: A Journey From Perception to Knowledge, Peace of Mind and Joy, p. 246

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