It is often
thought that reaching more positive states of being
must of necessity bring up old thought patterns and emotions
which then must be released or dealt with. This may make the
prospect of self-improvement seem daunting. Years of
therapy and work seem to loom on your personal horizon. But
this is not necessarily so.
A person’s
experiences are determined by his or her set of beliefs. If
you don’t believe you can do or have something, you can’t.
It’s as simple as that. Action follows thought.
This is not a
new concept! It has been known and understood for
millennia. Jesus the Christ said it well: "Ask and ye shall
receive. Knock, and it is opened to you."
A pure
vibration with no resistance in it will lead to
manifestation of the content of that vibration. This may
seem fanciful, but it is not. “But what of you’re not
talented enough?” Well, not everyone can play basketball
like Michael Jordan, or run the football like Barry Sanders.
In strictly physical endeavors, you're pretty much stuck
with the kind of body you were born with. A guy who’s 5’3”
and 130 pounds isn’t going to become an offensive lineman,
no matter how hard he works at it! But we’re not talking
about extreme situations like that. We’re talking about
using the Law of Attraction and other universal principles
to help you in your personal creative / manifestation
process.
The good news
is that there is not a source of negative energy; so there
are no evil beings or evil forces out there stopping you
from getting what you want. Lets talk about 'negative
energy' in terms of health.
Negative energy
is just resistance to the flow of life force.
All health
issues stem from a resistance to life force energy. That is
why some people can go to the same doctor for the same
illness and get well, while another remains sick. Because
medicine believes in the biological basis for consciousness,
there are always physical explanations for such. “Joe’s
immune system is better equipped to fight off this disease
than Pete’s.” These explanations, of course, do not lead to
a healthy Pete! They are descriptive only. Without including
the variable of consciousness into the equation, some health
conditions remain unsolvable. (See the books of Deepak
Chopra for more details on using your spiritual aspect to
improve your health).
Very often
resistance to well-being comes in the form of a belief, such
as "I have a weak constitution" (I have used that one
myself). The funny thing about life and health is that it is
responsive to your thoughts and your beliefs. The condition
of your body, your relationships, your job, all of it,
precisely corresponds with how you think and feel about
them.
People object
to this. They say, “Well what about genetic inheritance” or
“What about that contagious flu bug.” The root cause of
genetic inheritance is in the subtle energy field
surrounding the body, and that energy field is responsive to
thought. The contagious part of a contagious disease are the
thought forms (agreement) regarding it. That is why some
people are immune. That is why one person can go into a
contagious disease ward and work all day without getting
sick, while others succumb.
In these
essays, we explain everything in life by saying that
consciousness is the creator, the orchestrator, of its
experiences. This is an empowering philosophy that puts a
conscious being always at cause point. We don’t say that you
should abandon your course of medical treatment and think
yourself well! Because if you’re already sick, you have a
very strong vibrational toward illness. Nevertheless, we do
say that using the power of thought can augment any course
of treatment. And maintain a healthy body (see “Visualizing
Health”)
Self-limiting
beliefs attenuate your vibration toward illness and other
negative situations:
"Cancer is in
my family, and I'll probably get it sometime in my life."
“It’s just a
matter of time before the shit hits the fan.”
"Oh, that's too
expensive."
"Life isn't a
bowl of cherries."
"You have to
work hard for what you get."
"Nothing ever
comes easy for me."
"I always have
a hard time with money."
"You have to
take the bad with the good."
“I'm the dumb
one in the family."
"Things never
turn out in the real world the way you dream them up." Etc
etc etc.
These are a
minuscule sampling of the thought patterns (programming) of
self-denial that people activate within themselves. I'm sure
you can think of some personal ones! One of my favorites
used to be: "Nobody gives a darn about me. I'm just a zero".
Talk about self-limiting thought. With that kind of
programming, it's no wonder I never felt good about myself.
Self–limiting
beliefs block the well–being that would otherwise flow to
you. Self–limiting patterns of thought create stress and
anxiety and make one susceptible to illness. They are
essentially affirmations of self–denial and are the sole and
only reason for the lack of anything in your life! You are
in total control of your what you experience.
Life is a
self-fulfilling prophecy. For example, lets talk about self
improvement.
If you believe
that there will be negatives to deal with when reaching for
the positive, then there will be, by your very belief that
there will be. That is the approach most therapies use. In
order to feel good, you have to get rid of everything that
feels bad first. The only difficulty with this approach is
that every time you place your attention on an uncomfortable
belief or feeling or issue, you reactivate your old beliefs
and emotional programming. You can't get rid of anything.
Your attention to it, by Law of Attraction, makes it
bigger!
Life is
idiotically simple. If you simply reach for what you want,
and believe it purely, there will be no resistance, and you
can attain your dream. You can’t wave a magic wand and make
something appear in front of you, but who would want to? The
fun is getting there!
The easiest
thing in the world is to dream up something you really like.
It feels good! That's all you have to do. Just dream it up,
feel good about it, take action when you feel inspired to do
so, and stop putting up roadblocks to your own well-being.
If you do this, you will be successful. Roadblocks come
about through the vehicle of your own self–doubt. Remember,
the
operating system of the universe interfaces individually
with each one of us.
You don't have
to go through years of therapy, hunting down and resolving
old issues. All that is required is a decision in the now
moment to focus upon what you want, and to keep your focus
there. In this way you disable old, negative programming and
activate the default programming of well being.
Many people
will call this foolish, pie-in-the-sky new age delusional
dreaming, but we do not have to listen to such people! What
I’m saying has been said over and over by every great
master, and is a part of every mystery school and spiritual
tradition on our planet throughout history. There are lots
of people in our society (who have never heard of the Law of
Attraction) who know this instinctively and apply it in
their daily lives. I’ve met quite a few of them in my
contracting business.
All beliefs are
thought patterns that allow or resist the natural flow of
well-being to you.
Example:
Thorpe has a belief that life is a series of lessons. He
believes that when he has reached a good place, the universe
will bring him another lesson. Thorpe believes that this
lesson will be some sort of test, and if he passes he will
grow and expand, and then there will be another lesson.
Because of this belief, Thorpe is offering resistance to the
things he wants, and therefore his path will not be a steady
upward climb, but a series of two steps forward and one step
back. Thorpe knows this to be true, because whenever he
embarks on a new project, whether it be material or
spiritual, the same pattern emerges over and over again. He
always gets there, but never without struggle. Thorpe
naturally assumes that the universe is testing him, for his
own betterment. He thinks that maybe he has a 'spiritual
contract' to fulfill, or 'karma' to resolve, or that there
is just somebody up there that doesn't like him sometimes.
But this is not true at all. There is nothing outside of
Thorpe that is causing him to struggle, only his own
self-limiting beliefs about himself.
There is never
any reason to suffer (unless you want to, of course!) The
only reason suffering occurs is a belief that it must. It's
so simple it's almost idiotic. Each being is 100% in control
of his or her own life.
The universe
does not impose itself into your experience. There is no
one in the universe thinking your thoughts and feeling your
feelings, except you. The patterns of behavior in your life
that include struggle and suffering are always a result of
a belief (or beliefs) within you. The universe responds
precisely and accurately to the vibrational mix of your
beliefs about yourself and life. That's a cheering thought,
for it means you are in complete control.
It's too
simple, really, for most people to believe. People look
around and see evidence everywhere of struggle, hard work
and suffering and simply assume this is a natural part of
life. But it isn't!
Or, I should
say, it isn't unless you believe it is. If you believe it
is, then it will be.
It's that
simple. If you believe it is, you are creating a
vibrational pattern that the universe will answer. What
does it mean to say that “the universe answers?” It means
that every conscious being sends out a vibrational signal to
which everyone else responds. It means that those around you
respond to what you really believe, not the words that come
out of your mouth. It means that the criminal will always
experience what he or she is dishing out to others. It means
that the laws of the universe dispense justice far better
than any court of law!
If you would
like to experience suffering, or testing, then simply offer
a belief that it is so, and the Law of Attraction will go to
work matching up your vibration with all others who wish the
same thing, and you will experience it. However, if you are
tired of suffering and hard work, simply change your belief.
If you change your belief to one of “I can effortlessly be,
do, and have anything I would like” you can eliminate all of
your roadblocks and set your life for smooth sailing.
Unless, of course, you believe that it is impossible to
reach a goal without suffering or setbacks. Then you will
have suffering and setbacks. How simple is that? Too simple
for 99% of humanity. But if you are one of those intuitive
persons who can understand this message, your life can turn
around so quickly it will amaze you!
Of course, you
cannot look at something that is black and call it white. In
other words, the repeating of affirmations will not get you
anywhere if you don't really believe what you are saying;
empty words have no meaning. But the repeating of an
affirmation can be helpful in changing one's orientation.
When this
message is explained to people, they will listen for a short
time and then come up with their reasons for the
impossibility of it. “That's absurd,” he or she will say,
“no one can simply glide through life getting everything
they want.” But the reason they don't is not because of
"life", but because of the very belief that it cannot be.
If you think
you will have difficulty, you will. If you believe that you
can always accomplish your goals, you will. The degree of
resistance you have to life will be the degree of struggle
you will experience in life. The degree of well-being you
allow yourself to have will be the degree of well-being you
experience. I have seen this over and over in the 30 years
that I have been involved in my contracting work, and in
other self-improvement activities. Fortunately, my life
mission has always been to discover the secrets behind the
Big Picture, and so I have carefully observed people and
have taken a lot of mental notes. Mostly, I have been my own
test case, for as my friends and family will tell you, I
have not always been a shining beacon of light! And, like
everyone else, I still backslide a little. But I’m getting
better and better at following the practical philosophy I’ve
introduced in these essays, and in fact, all of the articles
I’ve written are based on my personal experiences. (That’s
the good thing about writing essays like these. You have to
practice what you preach).
I'm trying to
explain something that so many have explained before me.
The NOW moment
is your point of attraction. It doesn't matter how many
negative decisions you have made in your life up to this
point. At ANY point in time, no matter how negative you
have been up to this point, you can decide to live life
effortlessly.
All it takes is
the decision to do so.
All it takes is
the decision to do so. I repeated that because it is so
important. Just decide, and it will be.
If you try
this, more than likely a million thoughts counter to it ,
and probably several yucky feelings, will come forth. Those
are the old beliefs you have (and are continuously creating)
clamoring for attention. Don't give them any attention. Just
keep choosing what you want. What you want feels good. Those
old yucky feelings and beliefs feel bad. Choose what feels
good!
Example:
"Did you know
you can have anything you want just by deciding you want
it?"
"That's crazy.
Nobody gets what they want all of the time."
"The reason you
don't get what you want all of the time is that belief you
can't."
"That's
airy-fairy nonsense."
"What's
airy-fairy about it?"
"You can't get
what you want just by imagining it. You got to go out in the
real world and make it happen."
"That belief
you have is why you have to work so hard for what you get."
"I have to work
hard because that's the way the world is."
"You have to
work hard, because you believe you have to work hard."
"That's crazy."
"Every single
thing you have in your life is as a result of your feelings
and beliefs about it, not the other way around."
"Wrong! I think
that way because that's the way it is, and I have observed
it to be true over and over again."
"Your belief
that it is that way, causes you to experience that way. You
are creating your life in every moment, and as long as you
keep creating your life from what you are observing, nothing
will ever change."
"That's right.
My life never changes."
"It never
changes because you never offer another belief or feeling
that is different, for a long enough time to make a
difference. You always create your life from what you see
around you, from what-is. So nothing ever changes. It's a
vicious circle. Your beliefs are based on what you observe,
which then causes you to attract more of what you are
observing. It's not reality that creates your life, it is
you who create your reality. You are a powerful magnetic
attractor which the universe is responding to, in every
instant. Try imagining a life that you like better and see
what happens in your experience. The worst that can happen
is you'll feel better for a while, imagining a life you like
a whole lot more than the one you have now."
"Daydreaming is
a waste of time."
"But it can
make you feel better. What's more important than that? Would
you rather think negatively about yourself, or positively?
What feels better to you?"
"Do you really
think I can change my life?"
"I know you
can. But you have to know it. The only way that can happen
is to start the ball rolling by imagining something better,
something different from what you now are living. That will
make you feel better, at least, and will draw to you people
and situations which match your new feelings and beliefs
about yourself."
This little
conversation is just an example of what a lot of people
think about their lives. It is ingrained in the
consciousness of mankind that reality 'just is.' That
reality is solid, unchanging, immutable. That to change
reality requires really hard work. That your thoughts and
feelings are always a result of 'what is', instead of the
other way around. It's so bad here on planet earth that
people think suffering and hard work is a natural part of
living. There is a great fear on our planet of the inherent
creative power within each one of us. The idea that the
life we lead and the reality we observe is a direct result
of our own beliefs is laughed at! It's called
'pie-in-the-sky dreaming'. It's called 'being divorced from
reality.' It's contemptuously referred to as being 'nuts' or
'crazy' or 'weird.' Why is it that human beings believe
that it's only OK to have prosperity after a lot of hard
work and struggle? If you don't 'work hard' for your money,
you are considered to be lazy, useless, a slacker. If you
are rich you are practically considered evil, even though
most of us would welcome prosperity.
Suffering and
hard work are thought to be so natural to life, that it
becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Life IS a
self-fulfilling prophecy! You get what you get in your life
because of your beliefs and feelings about life. Your
reality is in one-to-one correspondence with what you
believe about your reality. If you don't believe this, pick
an area of life and write down all of the thoughts that come
to you about it, without censoring them, or editing them, or
b.s.ing yourself. You will be amazed. You will find that
your reality is an exact match to all of your thoughts and
feelings about it.
Consciousness
is cause point, matter and energy are at effect point. The
cart does not draw the horse, the horse draws the cart.
If you desire a
better life experience, choose again and see what happens!
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