Recently someone said to me, "Mike, I read the best book of my life a few years ago. It only had four words in it, 'want what you have'."
As simple of a concept as this is, I was struck by its wisdom and began to think about it in my own life. Sadly, as I thought about it more deeply, I realized that I put more of my attention and energy than I'd like to admit on either wanting things I don't yet have or thinking that some of what I have isn't quite good enough the way it is. Can you relate?
How much of what you have in your life do you truly want (i.e. desire and choose)? How much time and energy do you spend wishing things were different, or that you had a little more of this and a little less of that?
Most of us, even those of us who "know better," spend and waste a lot of time thinking that things will be better when...we lose weight, get promoted, move into a nicer place, make more money, get married, have children, get out of debt, have more free time, start our own business, get the kids out of the house, retire, recover from a specific injury, illness, or setback, or whatever else it is we think needs to change in order for us to be happy and fulfilled.
While the circumstances of our lives - both "positive" and "negative" - do have an impact on us, the truth is that we always have a choice about how we relate to our circumstances and to ourselves in the process. A great job, big house, large amount of money, fit body, incredible relationship, or anything else we say we want, can't and won’t make us happy if we don't choose to be.
In other words, to create an authentic sense of fulfillment in life, we have to learn how to want what we already have in our lives with gratitude. One of my favorite and oft-used quotes is from author and teacher Byron Katie. She says, "When you argue with reality, you lose, but only one hundred percent of the time."
Wanting what we have doesn't mean everything is "perfect" in our lives, which is almost never the case, or that we can't desire for things to change or evolve in a way we deem positive. It simply means we choose to accept what we have in our life, right now, with a sense of gratitude and surrender.
Surrendering is not about complacency, weakness, or giving up - it's about learning to make peace with life as it is. It's important for us to remember that the passion, joy, and fulfillment we experience doesn't come from life itself, it comes from us and our ability to accept, appreciate, and celebrate what we have in our lives.
Here are some great questions to ask yourself when dealing with some of the most difficult and challenging aspects of your life (i.e. the stuff you say you don’t want):
What good is here that I'm currently not seeing?
What is this situation teaching me that I'm grateful for?
Why is this happening for (not to) me?
What would it look like if I surrendered to this instead of fighting against it?
What aspect of myself can I appreciate more deeply as a way of loosening the grip of this issue in my life?
By asking and answering these questions (and others like it), you'll give yourself an opportunity to look more deeply at some of the challenges in your life, realize that these things are here to instigate growth and expansion, and remind you that you have the ability to choose them consciously - which can take away much of the suffering you may currently experience.
By putting more of our attention on wanting what we already have, and less attention on fixing things or wanting what we don't yet have, we can create a deep sense of peace and joy in our lives, our work, and our relationships, which, more than most specific outcomes or material possessions, is what most of us truly want anyway.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
What to do
Imagine your life was a story
and you were the author.
what would you write?
what kind of friends would you have?
what adventures would you go on?
what challenges would you overcome?
if your life was a story and you were
the author, what would your life be like?
Have faith in you, honest to yourself what you
believe and materialize it with your own words.
and you were the author.
what would you write?
what kind of friends would you have?
what adventures would you go on?
what challenges would you overcome?
if your life was a story and you were
the author, what would your life be like?
Have faith in you, honest to yourself what you
believe and materialize it with your own words.
Quantum Physics
This week, I would like to mention briefly about something that's
quite important to manifestation, and that's quantum physics.
You're probably wondering why quantum physics is relevant in the
purposes of manifestation. Allow me to explain its relevance.
The first thing you have to realise, in the world of quantum
physics, is that nothing is solid. Now all objects appear solid on
the surface, obviously. However, Nobel Prize winning physicists
have proven beyond doubt that the physical world is one large sea
of energy that flashes into and out of being in milliseconds, over
and over again. They have proven that thoughts are what put
together and hold together this ever-changing energy field into the
'objects' that we see.
So why do we see a person instead of a flashing cluster of energy?
Well to further explain this let's take the analogy of the movie
reel. A movie is a collection of images that move at the rate of
approximately 24 frames a second, and each frame is separated by a
gap. However, because of the speed at which one frame replaces
another, our eyes get cheated into thinking that we see a
continuous and moving picture.
And then there's television. A TV tube is simply a tube with heaps
of electrons hitting the screen in a certain way, creating the
illusion of form and motion. This is what all objects are anyway.
You have 5 physical senses; sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste.
Each of these senses has a specific spectrum (for example, a dog
hears a different range of sound than you do; a snake sees a
different spectrum of light than you do; and so on). In other
words, your set of senses perceives the sea of energy from a
certain limited standpoint and makes up an image from that.
It is not complete, nor is it accurate. It is just an
interpretation. All of our interpretations are solely based on the
'internal map' of reality that we have, and not the real truth. Our
'map' is a result of our personal life's collective experiences.
Our thoughts are linked to this invisible energy and they determine
what the energy forms. Your thoughts literally shift the universe
on a particle-by-particle basis to create your physical life. Take
a second and look around you.
Everything you see in our physical world started as an idea, an
idea that grew as it was shared and expressed, until it grew enough
into a physical object through a number of steps. You literally
become what you think about most, and your life becomes what you
have imagined and believed in most.
The world is literally your mirror, enabling you to experience in
the physical plane what you hold as your truth...until you decide
to change it. Quantum physics shows us that the world is not the
hard and unchangeable thing it may appear to be. Instead, it is a
very fluid place continuously built up using our individual and
collective thoughts.
What we think is true is really an illusion, almost like a magic
trick. Fortunately we have begun to uncover the illusion and most
importantly, how to change it.
Want more evidence? OK, think about your body. What is it made of?
Nine systems comprise the human body including Circulatory,
Digestive, Endocrine, Muscular, Nervous, Reproductive, Respiratory,
Skeletal, and Urinary.
Now what are each of those systems made up of? Tissues and organs.
In turn tissues and organs are made of cells, which in turn are
made of molecules, which in turn are made of atoms, which in turn
are made of sub-atomic particles. And what are sub-atomic particles
made of? Energy!
You and I are pure energy; light in its most beautiful and
intelligent configuration. Energy that is constantly changing
beneath the surface and you control it all with your powerful mind.
The bottom line is you are one big stellar and powerful Human Being.
If you could see yourself under a powerful electron microscope and
conduct other experiments on yourself, you would see that you are
made up of a cluster of ever-changing energy in the form of
electrons, neutrons, photons and so on.
So is everything else around you. Quantum physics tells us that it
is the act of observing an object that causes it to be there where
and how we observe it. An object does not exist independently of
its observer! So, as you can see, your observation, your attention
to something, and your intention, literally creates that thing.
This is scientific and proven.
Your world is made of spirit, mind and body. Each of those three,
spirit, mind and body, has a function that is unique to it and not
shared with the other. What you see with your eyes and experience
with your body is the physical world, which we shall call Body.
Body is an effect, created by a cause. This cause is Thought.
Body cannot create. It can only experience and be experienced; that
is its unique function. Thought cannot experience; it can only make
up, create and interpret. It needs a world of relativity (the
physical world, Body) to experience itself. Spirit is All That Is,
that which gives Life to Thought and Body.
Body has no power to create, although it gives the illusion of
power to do so, and it is this illusion that serves as the cause of
much frustration. Body is purely an effect and has no power to
cause or create. The key with all of this information is how you
learn to see the universe differently than you do now so that you
can manifest everything you truly desire.
You may never look at the world in quite the same way again.
quite important to manifestation, and that's quantum physics.
You're probably wondering why quantum physics is relevant in the
purposes of manifestation. Allow me to explain its relevance.
The first thing you have to realise, in the world of quantum
physics, is that nothing is solid. Now all objects appear solid on
the surface, obviously. However, Nobel Prize winning physicists
have proven beyond doubt that the physical world is one large sea
of energy that flashes into and out of being in milliseconds, over
and over again. They have proven that thoughts are what put
together and hold together this ever-changing energy field into the
'objects' that we see.
So why do we see a person instead of a flashing cluster of energy?
Well to further explain this let's take the analogy of the movie
reel. A movie is a collection of images that move at the rate of
approximately 24 frames a second, and each frame is separated by a
gap. However, because of the speed at which one frame replaces
another, our eyes get cheated into thinking that we see a
continuous and moving picture.
And then there's television. A TV tube is simply a tube with heaps
of electrons hitting the screen in a certain way, creating the
illusion of form and motion. This is what all objects are anyway.
You have 5 physical senses; sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste.
Each of these senses has a specific spectrum (for example, a dog
hears a different range of sound than you do; a snake sees a
different spectrum of light than you do; and so on). In other
words, your set of senses perceives the sea of energy from a
certain limited standpoint and makes up an image from that.
It is not complete, nor is it accurate. It is just an
interpretation. All of our interpretations are solely based on the
'internal map' of reality that we have, and not the real truth. Our
'map' is a result of our personal life's collective experiences.
Our thoughts are linked to this invisible energy and they determine
what the energy forms. Your thoughts literally shift the universe
on a particle-by-particle basis to create your physical life. Take
a second and look around you.
Everything you see in our physical world started as an idea, an
idea that grew as it was shared and expressed, until it grew enough
into a physical object through a number of steps. You literally
become what you think about most, and your life becomes what you
have imagined and believed in most.
The world is literally your mirror, enabling you to experience in
the physical plane what you hold as your truth...until you decide
to change it. Quantum physics shows us that the world is not the
hard and unchangeable thing it may appear to be. Instead, it is a
very fluid place continuously built up using our individual and
collective thoughts.
What we think is true is really an illusion, almost like a magic
trick. Fortunately we have begun to uncover the illusion and most
importantly, how to change it.
Want more evidence? OK, think about your body. What is it made of?
Nine systems comprise the human body including Circulatory,
Digestive, Endocrine, Muscular, Nervous, Reproductive, Respiratory,
Skeletal, and Urinary.
Now what are each of those systems made up of? Tissues and organs.
In turn tissues and organs are made of cells, which in turn are
made of molecules, which in turn are made of atoms, which in turn
are made of sub-atomic particles. And what are sub-atomic particles
made of? Energy!
You and I are pure energy; light in its most beautiful and
intelligent configuration. Energy that is constantly changing
beneath the surface and you control it all with your powerful mind.
The bottom line is you are one big stellar and powerful Human Being.
If you could see yourself under a powerful electron microscope and
conduct other experiments on yourself, you would see that you are
made up of a cluster of ever-changing energy in the form of
electrons, neutrons, photons and so on.
So is everything else around you. Quantum physics tells us that it
is the act of observing an object that causes it to be there where
and how we observe it. An object does not exist independently of
its observer! So, as you can see, your observation, your attention
to something, and your intention, literally creates that thing.
This is scientific and proven.
Your world is made of spirit, mind and body. Each of those three,
spirit, mind and body, has a function that is unique to it and not
shared with the other. What you see with your eyes and experience
with your body is the physical world, which we shall call Body.
Body is an effect, created by a cause. This cause is Thought.
Body cannot create. It can only experience and be experienced; that
is its unique function. Thought cannot experience; it can only make
up, create and interpret. It needs a world of relativity (the
physical world, Body) to experience itself. Spirit is All That Is,
that which gives Life to Thought and Body.
Body has no power to create, although it gives the illusion of
power to do so, and it is this illusion that serves as the cause of
much frustration. Body is purely an effect and has no power to
cause or create. The key with all of this information is how you
learn to see the universe differently than you do now so that you
can manifest everything you truly desire.
You may never look at the world in quite the same way again.
Quantum physics
This week, I would like to mention briefly about something that's
quite important to manifestation, and that's quantum physics.
You're probably wondering why quantum physics is relevant in the
purposes of manifestation. Allow me to explain its relevance.
The first thing you have to realise, in the world of quantum
physics, is that nothing is solid. Now all objects appear solid on
the surface, obviously. However, Nobel Prize winning physicists
have proven beyond doubt that the physical world is one large sea
of energy that flashes into and out of being in milliseconds, over
and over again. They have proven that thoughts are what put
together and hold together this ever-changing energy field into the
'objects' that we see.
So why do we see a person instead of a flashing cluster of energy?
Well to further explain this let's take the analogy of the movie
reel. A movie is a collection of images that move at the rate of
approximately 24 frames a second, and each frame is separated by a
gap. However, because of the speed at which one frame replaces
another, our eyes get cheated into thinking that we see a
continuous and moving picture.
And then there's television. A TV tube is simply a tube with heaps
of electrons hitting the screen in a certain way, creating the
illusion of form and motion. This is what all objects are anyway.
You have 5 physical senses; sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste.
Each of these senses has a specific spectrum (for example, a dog
hears a different range of sound than you do; a snake sees a
different spectrum of light than you do; and so on). In other
words, your set of senses perceives the sea of energy from a
certain limited standpoint and makes up an image from that.
It is not complete, nor is it accurate. It is just an
interpretation. All of our interpretations are solely based on the
'internal map' of reality that we have, and not the real truth. Our
'map' is a result of our personal life's collective experiences.
Our thoughts are linked to this invisible energy and they determine
what the energy forms. Your thoughts literally shift the universe
on a particle-by-particle basis to create your physical life. Take
a second and look around you.
Everything you see in our physical world started as an idea, an
idea that grew as it was shared and expressed, until it grew enough
into a physical object through a number of steps. You literally
become what you think about most, and your life becomes what you
have imagined and believed in most.
The world is literally your mirror, enabling you to experience in
the physical plane what you hold as your truth...until you decide
to change it. Quantum physics shows us that the world is not the
hard and unchangeable thing it may appear to be. Instead, it is a
very fluid place continuously built up using our individual and
collective thoughts.
What we think is true is really an illusion, almost like a magic
trick. Fortunately we have begun to uncover the illusion and most
importantly, how to change it.
Want more evidence? OK, think about your body. What is it made of?
Nine systems comprise the human body including Circulatory,
Digestive, Endocrine, Muscular, Nervous, Reproductive, Respiratory,
Skeletal, and Urinary.
Now what are each of those systems made up of? Tissues and organs.
In turn tissues and organs are made of cells, which in turn are
made of molecules, which in turn are made of atoms, which in turn
are made of sub-atomic particles. And what are sub-atomic particles
made of? Energy!
You and I are pure energy; light in its most beautiful and
intelligent configuration. Energy that is constantly changing
beneath the surface and you control it all with your powerful mind.
The bottom line is you are one big stellar and powerful Human Being.
If you could see yourself under a powerful electron microscope and
conduct other experiments on yourself, you would see that you are
made up of a cluster of ever-changing energy in the form of
electrons, neutrons, photons and so on.
So is everything else around you. Quantum physics tells us that it
is the act of observing an object that causes it to be there where
and how we observe it. An object does not exist independently of
its observer! So, as you can see, your observation, your attention
to something, and your intention, literally creates that thing.
This is scientific and proven.
Your world is made of spirit, mind and body. Each of those three,
spirit, mind and body, has a function that is unique to it and not
shared with the other. What you see with your eyes and experience
with your body is the physical world, which we shall call Body.
Body is an effect, created by a cause. This cause is Thought.
Body cannot create. It can only experience and be experienced; that
is its unique function. Thought cannot experience; it can only make
up, create and interpret. It needs a world of relativity (the
physical world, Body) to experience itself. Spirit is All That Is,
that which gives Life to Thought and Body.
Body has no power to create, although it gives the illusion of
power to do so, and it is this illusion that serves as the cause of
much frustration. Body is purely an effect and has no power to
cause or create. The key with all of this information is how you
learn to see the universe differently than you do now so that you
can manifest everything you truly desire.
You may never look at the world in quite the same way again.
quite important to manifestation, and that's quantum physics.
You're probably wondering why quantum physics is relevant in the
purposes of manifestation. Allow me to explain its relevance.
The first thing you have to realise, in the world of quantum
physics, is that nothing is solid. Now all objects appear solid on
the surface, obviously. However, Nobel Prize winning physicists
have proven beyond doubt that the physical world is one large sea
of energy that flashes into and out of being in milliseconds, over
and over again. They have proven that thoughts are what put
together and hold together this ever-changing energy field into the
'objects' that we see.
So why do we see a person instead of a flashing cluster of energy?
Well to further explain this let's take the analogy of the movie
reel. A movie is a collection of images that move at the rate of
approximately 24 frames a second, and each frame is separated by a
gap. However, because of the speed at which one frame replaces
another, our eyes get cheated into thinking that we see a
continuous and moving picture.
And then there's television. A TV tube is simply a tube with heaps
of electrons hitting the screen in a certain way, creating the
illusion of form and motion. This is what all objects are anyway.
You have 5 physical senses; sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste.
Each of these senses has a specific spectrum (for example, a dog
hears a different range of sound than you do; a snake sees a
different spectrum of light than you do; and so on). In other
words, your set of senses perceives the sea of energy from a
certain limited standpoint and makes up an image from that.
It is not complete, nor is it accurate. It is just an
interpretation. All of our interpretations are solely based on the
'internal map' of reality that we have, and not the real truth. Our
'map' is a result of our personal life's collective experiences.
Our thoughts are linked to this invisible energy and they determine
what the energy forms. Your thoughts literally shift the universe
on a particle-by-particle basis to create your physical life. Take
a second and look around you.
Everything you see in our physical world started as an idea, an
idea that grew as it was shared and expressed, until it grew enough
into a physical object through a number of steps. You literally
become what you think about most, and your life becomes what you
have imagined and believed in most.
The world is literally your mirror, enabling you to experience in
the physical plane what you hold as your truth...until you decide
to change it. Quantum physics shows us that the world is not the
hard and unchangeable thing it may appear to be. Instead, it is a
very fluid place continuously built up using our individual and
collective thoughts.
What we think is true is really an illusion, almost like a magic
trick. Fortunately we have begun to uncover the illusion and most
importantly, how to change it.
Want more evidence? OK, think about your body. What is it made of?
Nine systems comprise the human body including Circulatory,
Digestive, Endocrine, Muscular, Nervous, Reproductive, Respiratory,
Skeletal, and Urinary.
Now what are each of those systems made up of? Tissues and organs.
In turn tissues and organs are made of cells, which in turn are
made of molecules, which in turn are made of atoms, which in turn
are made of sub-atomic particles. And what are sub-atomic particles
made of? Energy!
You and I are pure energy; light in its most beautiful and
intelligent configuration. Energy that is constantly changing
beneath the surface and you control it all with your powerful mind.
The bottom line is you are one big stellar and powerful Human Being.
If you could see yourself under a powerful electron microscope and
conduct other experiments on yourself, you would see that you are
made up of a cluster of ever-changing energy in the form of
electrons, neutrons, photons and so on.
So is everything else around you. Quantum physics tells us that it
is the act of observing an object that causes it to be there where
and how we observe it. An object does not exist independently of
its observer! So, as you can see, your observation, your attention
to something, and your intention, literally creates that thing.
This is scientific and proven.
Your world is made of spirit, mind and body. Each of those three,
spirit, mind and body, has a function that is unique to it and not
shared with the other. What you see with your eyes and experience
with your body is the physical world, which we shall call Body.
Body is an effect, created by a cause. This cause is Thought.
Body cannot create. It can only experience and be experienced; that
is its unique function. Thought cannot experience; it can only make
up, create and interpret. It needs a world of relativity (the
physical world, Body) to experience itself. Spirit is All That Is,
that which gives Life to Thought and Body.
Body has no power to create, although it gives the illusion of
power to do so, and it is this illusion that serves as the cause of
much frustration. Body is purely an effect and has no power to
cause or create. The key with all of this information is how you
learn to see the universe differently than you do now so that you
can manifest everything you truly desire.
You may never look at the world in quite the same way again.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Aura cleaning
There are 7 layers in our aura. When we use meditation and try to 'clean' it, we have to clean every layer. Many new age mystics just tell you imagine and visualise a white light coming down and engulfing your whole aura, this sometimes does't work well. I usually clean every layer as I go along. Start by doing some kind of relaxation procedure like counting 1 to 10 or say to yourself, upstairs, downstairs, over and over again until you feel bored and sleepy,or you can get some relaxation music to help you get to alpha or theta brain states. Once you done that, mentally say to yourself " I am at level 1' and move your awareness from head to toe or vice versa, the idea is to scan your level 1 for blockages, once you sense 'something there', move your awareness to it, it should 'melt' or disperse. If it is still there, try breathing it colors, you have to experiment with the color that will remove the block, repeat the same procedure with all other level, eg. I am level 2, I am in Level 3, When you say this, you are telling your mind to adjust to the next level using intent, Intent is the force that changes the level. Some times if you are at level 1, and you sense something 1 feel in front of you and you cannot get it off, and you try the usual color breathing method, This could be due to the fact that this blockage is actually at some other level eg. Level 3 and you can usualy remove the block if you move your awareness to level 3. Sometimes when you move your awareness into the blockages, you get 'impression' like a past event or sometimes it plays like a movie in your mind's eye, this is usually the reason for the block.
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