Thursday, 03 April 2008
What You Think is What You Create
Creativity requires courage and is therefore avoided by the majority of people. The creative process cannot take place until you are willing to let go of what you presently have and replace it with something new.
Often it requires confronting what you are currently holding on to (e.g. an unfulfilling relationship or an unfulfilling job), choosing to leave whatever it is, and then moving into a temporary void or chaos.
It is only then that sufficient space is created, allowing a new vision to begin taking form.
Most people lack the self-esteem, confidence and courage to pass through this experience of nothingness. Instead, they seek to avoid creativity and passively wait for the next predictable experience or event to happen in their lives.
People all over the planet are waiting. Waiting for their parents' approval, waiting for their boss to give them a pay rise, waiting for their lovers to bring them into a blissful orgasm... waiting, waiting and more waiting.
At a first glance it seems that 'waiting' is harmless. But whilst those in waiting complain, whine and make excuses—they infect others with their apathy and general avoidance of contributing to the planet.
Instead of participation, they simply suck off those who choose to create, complaining that 'they' have all the power, influence and fun. The bad news is that most of us, at some time, suffer from this 'waiting' illness.
The good news is that we all can change, and do it differently, if we are willing... Willingness is a key word. It is what creates the energy and courage to create.
Wanting, by itself, just isn't good enough.
In other words, wanting a better job, a loving relationship or a healthier body doesn't create them. Being willing to have them is what creates them. Being willing moves you beyond your limitations into greatness.
Wouldn't it be nice to be able to simply point your finger at an empty space in your room, whisper a magic word and...POOF... whatever you ask for is suddenly manifested?
Manifesting is the magic of transforming a thought into a physical reality. And you are capable of manifesting! Actually, this is how everything, both positive and negative, in your reality is created. Birds fly, fish swim and humans create. This is our nature.
Let's take this chair that you are sitting on. Someone had to think about it, design it and create it. First there was the thought, only later there was the chair.
You also had first to think, "I need a chair" before you went to the shop, looked around, chose and finally purchased the chair. First there was the thought, only later, the chair...
Whether you are consciously or unconsciously creating the thought, you are the cause and therefore the creator of your life.
We all are motivated by our currently dominant thoughts. We become what we dwell upon. You are what you think about most.
Unconscious people are motivated by their fears and obsessions (e.g. "I don't want to be sick", "I don't want to stay alone"). These are physically manifested in their lives, their living conditions, health, finances, etc... Simply, they become what they fear!
Conscious people are inspired and motivated by desires rather than fears and even see problems as opportunities. This is the most fundamental belief behind inventors, artists, innovative scientists, etc. They create their lives the way they choose to, expect to and are willing to—they are basically optimists. Eventually they receive what they are expecting. At the end of the day, both optimists and pessimists are proved to be right.
You become what you think...
The only thing that keeps you from realizing that you are the creator of your life is a lack of awareness of the creative process. When you become conscious of your ability to manifest thought as objective physical reality, you move beyond the concepts of fate and destiny, beyond being fortunate or unfortunate. You also joyously take responsibility for creating and having created your entire life.
Here are a few steps you can do in order to manifest successfully, anything you are willing to create:
1. Make a list of ten results you are willing to create.
- Commit it to paper. (Contemplation is not enough)
- Start by asking, "What am I willing to have?"
- Do not limit what you are willing to have, based on what you think is possible.
- This takes practice because we were often taught to censor our creativity and dreams and shrink our vision to 'realistic' results.
- Keep your results simple, clear and detailed.
- Instead of "making a lot of money" use "I earn xxx a month".
- Do not limit what you are willing to have based on how you will get it.
- Premature focus on the process, how they can manifest, will restrict the creation of your results.
- Ask yourself: "If I could have it, would I take it?"
- Involve all your senses in this picture (see it, smell it, touch it,...)
- Bring to the picture positive emotions such as joy, fun and excitement.
- It takes about 20-25 minutes a day, and is worth the investment of time.
- A daily step towards each result ensures that you are not unconsciously being amongst 'those who wait'.
- In addition, this daily step speeds up the realization of the desired result faster than you can imagine.
START TODAY!
Why wait when you can create?
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Tuesday, 14 August 2007
Throw Anxiety Off Your Back!
By Guy Finley
Allowing the rushed state of another person to push you into an anxious state of mind is like letting the horse you're about to ride convince you to wear the saddle!
A man who doesn't know his true identity does not know that he doesn't really know. The fact that he is confused, frightened and still searching for himself remains almost totally unsuspected by him because he has unknowingly assumed a false identity.
This temporary, false self feels real because it is animated and driven along by the man's reactions as he seeks himself. The fact that this lower nature is driven does not mean it is alive. A bulldozer rolls along too, but it cannot see or understand why it smashes into things. It is a machine. So, in many ways, is the false self.
The false self is fueled by negative emotional reactions which, in turn, are kept firing by habitual incorrect thinking. The very existence of the false self depends on keeping you off balance and looking in the wrong direction. Start seeing through its games by learning to let go of all the familiar but self-abandoning answers it wants you to believe in. Own your own life. Use the following special exercise for Higher Self-Recovery.
For True Self-Command Just Stop, Look, and Listen
The internal crimes of the false self routinely go on unchecked. This is why, if we ever want to arrest this inner thief of real life, we must learn to STOP, LOOK, and LISTEN. This inner-exercise for true self-command is guaranteed to shut down the covert answers and operation of the false self.
The next time that you are feeling anxious -- or afraid or worried about a problem you are facing -- before you do anything: STOP, LOOK, and LISTEN.
Remember that the false self is never far away when you are feeling bad. It knows that once it can get you running in the direction of its choice, sheer momentum will do the rest of its work. That is why you come to a STOP first. Dare to defy the inner-shouts that are trying to spur you on. Don't give them any authority. They are just noises; bad ones at that. Treat them as such.
Then LOOK. But be sure to look in the right direction. This is critical. Look at what is talking to you, not where it is pointing. This way you won't ever be fooled again and sent on another wild goose chase. So take a real good look. If it is an anxious or unhappy feeling that you are looking at, quietly determine from your own understanding that no negative state is interested in ending itself. This will help you to take the third and last step.
Now LISTEN. If you have done the first two steps correctly, you will soon witness the false self start having a fit. Let it rage. That is all it can do. It has no power. Its only strength was in your past ignorance of just how truly powerless it was. Just remain right there, inwardly alert and attentive. Your work is done. In the past you might have let these deceptive dark feelings guide you, but now you see through their tricks. In time their roar will dwindle to a whimper and then completely disappear.
You now know that for the first time in your life you have won a true victory for yourself. At last you have deposited something of true value in the most important bank of all -- the bank of your own understanding. And believe me, this account pays interest of the Highest kind.
And what about that nagging personal problem? To your great relief you will discover that it wasn't at all what the false self was trying to make you believe. The problem you are left to solve, assuming one still exists after this lying lower nature has been thrown out, doesn't even resemble the fearsome giant that had been stalking you earlier. The false self can throw terrifying shadows but now you can cast Inner Light. There is no contest.
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