The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear.~ Brian Tracy
Focus on the things we desire, not the things we fear. How utterly simple and to the point. If we spend our time focusing on what we don’t want, and what we’re afraid of, chances are we’ll end up getting the things we don’t want and getting hit smack dab in the face by the things that bother us the most. It makes sense, and it
sounds so simple, but I think a lot of us find it to be very challenging.
I am a MASTER at doing exactly the opposite. My mantra all my life was hope for the best but plan for the worst – and when I say all my life, I seriously mean ALL. MY. LIFE. Even as a child I was this way. I had all these grandiose plans and dreams – and back up plans for when they didn’t happen. I would spend so much time, effort and energy focusing on my back up plan, that was usually what came into being.
Even now, with my kids planning for college, I am encouraging them to apply to their dream schools, and at the same time saying they need to have back up schools. Don’t get me wrong, they absolutely DO need back up schools, but they have them, now we need to not focus on them – just focus on getting into the dream schools (fully funded of course).
If you are like me and find yourself focusing on the not so good more often than the good, try and find something – ANYTHING that will help distract you from those negative thoughts. Do whatever it takes to focus on the good and the positive and the things you want. Set your sights on the target and aim for the bullseye.
The Key to Success
How to Order From the Universe
By Steve Pavlina / Source: StevePavlina.com
The universe you live in works very much like a popular restaurant. You go in, you decide what you want, you order it, you receive it, and you digest it.
Unfortunately, a lot of people don’t seem to know how to order. Some are downright inept at it. They walk into this restaurant, behave like complete idiots, and they end up hungry and disappointed. Then they complain about the restaurant and post negative reviews online, despite the fact that the restaurant has received rave reviews from the most experienced food critics.
The Universal Restaurant
I can’t tell you how many times I encounter people who set goals like, “I want a romantic partner,” or “I want a stable job that pays more money,” or “I want to lose weight.” I’ve heard enough of this drivel to last a lifetime. It’s reached the point where I may start carrying around a squirt gun and shoot people in the eye when they say stuff like this.
Those are crap goals. Don’t waste your time on them. And definitely don’t say them within earshot of me.
Setting such goals is the equivalent of walking into a restaurant and proclaiming, “I’m hungry. I want some food.”
First, people will look at you like you’re an idiot. They’re only doing that because you are.
Second, you won’t get fed.
If you’re lucky, someone might hand you a menu and ask you what you’d like to order. You can order off the menu, or you can concoct something creative, but either way you have to be specific. If you stand there asking for food, you’ll remain hungry. Continue reading “How to Order From the Universe” »
Affirmations – Open Your Heart and Find Happiness – Jeff Staniforth
Today’s affirmations are in the areas of – “Open Your Heart And Find Happiness” – Jeff Staniforth
— Open Your Heart And Find Happiness:
* I find great happiness in everything I do
* Happiness is at the core of my very being
* When I love others, they love me back
* I have all the abundance I need to live a wonderful life
* My potential for happiness is unlimited
* I am now happier and more joyful than ever before
* I now give and receive love easily and effortlessly
* My higher self is taking care of all my needs
* I have an abundance of happiness in my life right now
* I love and accept myself just the way I am
* My heart opens when I tune into it’s feeling nature
Wherever You Are is the Center of the Universe
By Enock Tan / Creator of MindReality.com
The entire universe is a projection of consciousness. We experience the universe as a projection through us because each of us is a center of consciousness. Therefore we are all centers of the universe.
There really is no here or there because everything is at one point where consciousness is. We all do not exist in different places but are all present at one point. The reality of here and there is all created and experienced within the singularity of consciousness itself. Where you are is the center of the universe.
Consciousness is the dimensionless program that simulates dimensions. It is the omnipresent dot that creates the illusion of everywhere when there is nowhere but here and now. There is only one true place consciousness exists in and that is here. There is only one true time where consciousness exists in and that is now. Everything else that is experienced as there and then is only a simulation that is experienced from here and now. When you think of a time and place, you instantly travel there mentally.
In fact you do not really travel at all. The world around you shifts as your external environment and the things in it changes into the new one that you think of. It is because it is all a simulation. You never really move at all but it is everything else that moves. The center of anything never moves and therefore the whole world revolves around you. The physical world itself is also a simulation of consciousness. It is a simulation that you are walking and traveling from one place to another or moving along through time.
When you take a plane to another country which you last visited ten years ago, your change in experience is really a change in the simulation of reality. The simulated image of the city has changed as some buildings have been removed and new ones have appeared. The simulated images of the people you met before has also changed as the consciousness program reflects the effects of how people are effected by time. A few white hairs, wrinkled skin, height increase or sexual endowment has appeared. Continue reading “Wherever You Are is the Center of the Universe” »
The Possibilitess are Endless
We all have possibilities we don’t know about. We can do things we don’t even dream we can do. – Dale Carnegie
When we are young, we are told that the world is our oyster and other such phrases that are supposed to make us realize that we have all the opportunities in the world. As we get older, we seldom here phrases like that. It’s assumed that we are settled into our lives and into our careers and on our set in stone path. Guess
what? It’s so NOT true. Every day is a new opportunity and every day is filled with limitless potentials and possibilities.
The world is ALWAYS our oyster, and we have so many possibilities every day. We just have to open our eyes and open our minds to see them. I say open our minds because I think sometimes we become so focused on what IS that we forget to look for what MAY BE. Open your eyes and your mind to the possibilities. Explore the potential of what may be. Who knows, you may start off on a wonderful new adventure.
Jump-Starting Your Sense of Inner Wisdom
by Owen K Waters
Development takes time, whether it’s physical, mental or spiritual. Life is like taking a train ride to another place just for the experience, one where you just enjoy the passing scenery and never ask,“Are we there yet?”
At some point, you reach the destination and then move on to seeking out the next experience. The point of the ride is to learn along the way, knowing all the while that journeys of learning are undertaken for the process more than the destination.
Developing contact with your soul or inner being takes time, along with a delicate touch. Your soul exists at a more subtle level of consciousness than your conscious mind. While your conscious mind exists in the noise and clatter of a physical existence, your soul, by comparison, lives in a world of whispers. It is an enchanted land where the magical happens and wonders unfold at the speed of thought. Continue reading “Jump-Starting Your Sense of Inner Wisdom” »
Make Your World!
What we think, we become. All that we are arises with out thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world. – The Buddha
I’ll be the first to admit that the first time I watched The Secret movie I was more than skeptical. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVED the message, but I didn’t quite buy into it. I didn’t see how it could be possible. Then I read the book. I still loved the message, but I also still wasn’t totally and completely buying into the
message. Me being me, I did more research, and I found that this wasn’t some new age theory being spouted by Rhonda Byrne and the others. Yes, I know they that in the book, but I’m a figure it out on my own kind of person.
The whole concept of you get back what you put out there has been around, well, forever. It’s not a new teaching. I think, in fact, it’s pretty instinctual with us as kids, but as we grow and mature, we tend to push this natural instinct aside and assume the eat or be eaten persona of the animal kingdom.
I think, too, some people feel that this is a teaching of a particular religion. “Oh I can’t believe that, because Buddha said that quote and I’m Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu etc.” I think though, if you look you’ll find a similar message in the teachings of most, if not all major religions. More than that though, it’s a teaching of common sense, in my opinion. You get back what you put out. Put out positive thoughts and energy, you get back positive thoughts and energy. Why not try it for a while. You have nothing to lose and so much to win. Think yourself the greatest world you can imagine!
Affirmations for Acceptance – Jeff Staniforth
Today’s affirmations are in the areas of – “Acceptance”
by Jeff Staniforth
– Acceptance:
* It is okay to me, I am pure love.
* My higher self is showing my the best action to take.
* I use the power of my thoughts to create positive outcomes.
* I move forward in life knowing that I am divinely guided.
* I am whole and perfect just the way I am.
* I love and accept myself just the way I am.
* It is okay to be me.
* I now accept abundance as my birth right.
* The more I let go the easier life becomes.
* I now invite my higher self to manifest beauty in my life.
Personal Responsibility
You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself – Jim Rohn
The school where I work is BIG on personal responsibility and in fact, one of the principals frequently makes personal responsibility messages. I wish there could be personal responsibility directed to the world. So often people will blame all the things that are going wrong in their lives on others. “I don’t have
this because he did that,” or “If she would stop doing this, then I wouldn’t do that.”
Sure the things people do will impact us, but it’s up to us to work though it, past it and around it. We have to do whatever it takes to get OUR stuff done. Don’t get caught up on what others are doing. Their choices are just that, THEIR CHOICES. They are NOT yours, or they shouldn’t be yours. It’s up to you to do what you need to do and get done what you need to get done. Focus on you and what you need to do. Accept responsibility for you and don’t get caught up in the drama of anybody else.
Why Your AHA Moments Don’t Stick – Chris Cade
by Chris Cade
You’ve most certainly seen this in your life, and possible the lives of those you know about. It’s happened to me. The story starts out the same. You have one of those “amazingly super-duper spiritually enlightening aha moment experiences.”
You may have walked around for a few hours or even days without an ego…
It was mind-blowing to feel empty and spacious yet full…
For a night, it was inspiring to have the courage of a lion…
And for a moment, your consciousness expanded exponentially when you saw the entire Universe in a grain of sand.
But then something else happened. It wore off. The realization didn’t stick, and you realize something more immediate: you’re “just” you. Whoever you were before that incredible experience has returned to the present moment.
You hoped that the experience would transform your life forever. You hoped that if you had enough of those experiences, if you sought and found them, if you cherished them, they’d add up to enough realizations that you’d get to keep them all forever.
The thing is, transformation doesn’t work that way.
Realization is one thing. It’s the starting point. Realizations like those open us up to experiencing the world in new ways. Until we discover that the real challenge is not when we attain those realizations, but rather, living them in your daily life. That’s called “actualization.”
Actualization is when your realizations are so integrated into your being, that you live them naturally. You no longer have to “discover” the Truth of yourself because simply by existing you are an expression of that Truth.
It doesn’t matter if that Truth is as simple as having the courage to face your fears, or a deeper awareness such as the Universal interconnectedness we all share. Truth is Truth. And it’s a Truth you live without having to try and without having to alter your state of being to experience and live that Truth.
To simplify: Realization is the awareness. Actualization is the living embodiment of that awareness.
The thing is, few people experience real transformation in their lives because they spend more time chasing realizations than they do trying to actualize those realizations.
What good is awareness if you can’t bring it with you at the end of the experience?
Unfortunately, like all great spiritual Truths… the answer is simple, but not easy. In fact, to make your “aha” moments stick, you only have to do two things:
(1) Put into action what you realize
(2) Repeat step 1.
Or phrased another way: Practice the art of living.
It really is that simple. And yet, we have decades of historical conditioning, difficult experiences, and lack of spiritual support, many of which have been us practicing the art of non-living. The art of surviving. And while that was a necessary art to practice as a child, it’s not necessary to practice it in exactly the same ways as an adult.
We as adults have different needs than we did as chidlren. As such, our practices have to evolve, grow, and deepen. They can’t be based on our past — our practices must be based on the present. And therein lies the true secret to the two-step process above.
When you put your realizations into action, when you truly live them, you are living in the present moment. And the present moment is the only place where our practices can be integrated into our being such that they become actualizations.
Your Partner In Transformation,
Chris Cade
Liberate Your Life
P.S. When it comes to realizations…
One of the most difficult ones to live is around our “Self Worth.” Simply put… do we have value? And more importantly, is our value inherent to our being or is it something we have to earn?
If you’re like me and everybody I’ve ever met, there’s at least some aspect of you that feels you have to “earn” your worth. We do this by striving for the approval of others and avoiding rejection. Sometimes it’s in obvious big ways, and other times it’s so subtle or subconscious that you might not even be aware you’re doing it.
And if self worth is an area you’re still wanting to work on in your own life, then please feel free to join me on the free “Self Worth Summit.” I’ll be speaking alongside nearly 60 other speakers about this exact topic: How can we live, in our daily lives, with the experience of knowing that we matter?
