Summary of Martha Beck's Steering by Starlight

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#1 The first person to go into a situation is often carrying a shotgun. This is because the suspects have a very intense fight-or-flight reaction when they first see law enforcement officials. They are usually doing drugs as well as selling them, and this makes them about as violent and unpredictable as humans get.

#2 You should be able to identify and dissolve most of the mind clouds that keep you from seeing your own North Star. This takes a lot of practice, but it will bring you inner peace and help you build your outward empire.

#3 What we think would bring us happiness often won’t bring us the satisfaction we seek. What we’re really after when we yearn for something is a feeling state. In the spaces below, write a word or two that best describes the feeling state you’d get from having each of the things you want.

#4 The four feeling states we all desire are peace, security, belonging, and comfort. We think we’ll get these feelings by getting anything from an Olympic gold medal to our parents’ approval. But external circumstances do not create feeling states. Feeling states create external circumstances.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 4, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822506206

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Insights on Martha Beck's Steering by Starlight

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The first person to go into a situation is often carrying a shotgun. This is because the suspects have a very intense fight-or-flight reaction when they first see law enforcement officials. They are usually doing drugs as well as selling them, and this makes them about as violent and unpredictable as humans get.

#2

You should be able to identify and dissolve most of the mind clouds that keep you from seeing your own North Star. This takes a lot of practice, but it will bring you inner peace and help you build your outward empire.

#3

What we think would bring us happiness often won’t bring us the satisfaction we seek. What we’re really after when we yearn for something is a feeling state. In the spaces below, write a word or two that best describes the feeling state you’d get from having each of the things you want.

#4

The four feeling states we all desire are peace, security, belonging, and comfort. We think we’ll get these feelings by getting anything from an Olympic gold medal to our parents’ approval. But external circumstances do not create feeling states. Feeling states create external circumstances.

#5

It's easy to see that in everyday human interactions, most situations come from feeling states rather than feeling states coming from situations. When you push, grab, manipulate, or pursue people, they start to feel as though you're a huge mutant version of the bird-flu virus.

#6

To test your Stargazer mindset, go into a public place and think of someone you need to get approval from. Notice how people interact with you. Then, go into that same place the next day and think of everyone loving and adoring you.

#7

The more you use your imagination to go to an end-state, the more you will realize that you are experiencing life from the perspective of the Stargazer. You will not have created an illusion that life is good and your real dreams will come true; you will have dispelled the illusion that life is a bitch and then you die.

#8

You can rewire your brain by forming positive associations instead of negative ones. It’s like driving a car down a rutted road, but refusing to let the tires skid into the old ruts. You have to deliberately steer yourself into positive associations to wear new ruts into your brain.

#9

I stumbled upon the practice of treasuring when I was suffering from multiple diseases. I would imagine what it