Understanding Right Now.....

Focusing on the way you want your life to be when things not going
your way in the present moment, is not the easiest thing to do.
But if you have the determination to focus your attention in every
area of your life as you want it to be, rather than as it is, your
life will change dramatically.

As you begin to notice the instant, benevolent, cooperative
response of the universe responding to your desires, you will and
very quickly be one who is willing to let go of everything and
anything that is not part of your vibration. You will let bygones
be bygones, ex-partners be ex-partners, grudges and mistakes of
others and your own, complaints and ill wishes, injustice and bad
behavior all become non-issues.

You will purify your vibration from the stuff you don't like and
will replace it with the things you do like, appreciate and want.
And with far less trouble than you think and in far
less time and effort than you think. You will begin to offer a
vibration that will net you evidence of your thoughts. That
evidence is nothing more than the indication of the improved story
you are telling.

Remember, you are Source Energy that has come here to create and
you are worthy of every idea that comes to you. The resources of
the universe are here to assist you in your creation just
as surely as they assist the earth in spinning in its orbit in
perfect proximity to other planets.

There is no greater creator than you and no greater reason to
create than the things you desire in your life. Everything you
create is for the purpose of the joyous satisfaction that it gives
you as the Source within you expands.

It is my desire that you think enough of yourself to want to feel
good and do whatever it takes to feel good.  Even if that means
ignoring those who lie to you, ignoring those things that you
disapprove of, and turning your undivided attention to the things
you desire.

With every thought you think and with every desire you give birth
to the universe expands. And it is only through your joyous quest
that all is possible.

Today will bring you a new awareness

Do as you will

Having the courage and patience to put out the vibrations of what
you desire to be, as to opposed to where you are in the present, is
the hardest thing you will ever have to do.  Keep in mind WHERE you
are and WHO you are in your life right now is based on your past
intentions, thoughts, feeling and actions.  But you can change your
future by changing your thoughts, feelings and actions.
Your current level of results is nothing more than the residual
outcome of your past thoughts, feelings and actions. They have
nothing to do with what you are capable of or who you are capable
of becoming unless you continue to make decisions based on those
results. If you do, you will continue to create the same things
over and over again in your life.
Here is an interesting way of looking at your life. If you look at
your current results, you can see what you have been up to for the
past five years or so. What you have been thinking, feeling and
acting upon is reflected in your current results. Look at your
body, your bank account, your house, your car, your relationships,
your job or lack thereof and what vibrations you have been
offering, because your results are nothing more than a feedback
mechanism - a mirror of what you have been thinking, feeling and
acting.
Think about a mirror for a moment. A mirror does not judge, it does
not say if something is "good" or "bad", "right" or "wrong". It
does not edit or delete. A mirror just reflects back whatever is
put in front of it. Do you follow this metaphor?
The universal mirror is exciting because when you get what you
desire you know you are on your game. When you have less than
pleasing results, that's just the universal mirror reflecting back
to you where you have the opportunity to adjust your thinking,
feeling and actions.  Getting upset because you have messed up your
life in any area is wasting precious time. The mirror is there to
give you a wake-up call. It is saying "Hey, you're broke. Are you
ready to do something about it?"
Do I get upset when I experience less than pleasing results?
Absolutely. But the difference between now and my past is I am
willing to let it go. I use the experience as a wake-up call to
find a better way.  And I always find a better way, because I am
looking for it.  You can do the same.
Today will bring you a new awareness,

What is your level of awarness

No more effort or energy is required in order to aim high in life, to demand abundance and prosperity, than is required to accept misery and poverty. The difference between the two lay in your level of awareness.

The information I'm about to share with you is extremely powerful and, in many cases, could set you free from the constraints that keep you from realizing your full potential and release you into the freedom and all of the good you desire. Yet you cannot be free until you know exactly what it is that governs, shapes, and directs your behavior and ultimately, your results. If you're not careful, your thinking and results can be controlled by your paradigms.

Your thoughts create your life. And, for many people, paradigms can be the foundation upon which your thoughts are created.
Paradigms are your mindsets. Your ideas, the little habits that your brain has developed over the years. The "operating system" on which your mental processes run. Your paradigms create the prism through which most people view and make sense of the world around them. Information is presented to your mind in one-way or another. Your mind runs through all of the things it already knows about that piece of information and figures out where it fits in with the bigger picture. Then your mind makes a determination whether the information is good or bad, desirable or undesirable, possible or not -- all of which can be influenced by your existing paradigms.

Like most things, paradigms in and of themselves are neutral. If your paradigms are positive, you will have a happy, growth-oriented life, a healthy self-image, and the ability to adapt successfully to changes, upsets, and unforeseen events. Conversely, negative paradigms can keep you stuck in old ways of thinking that can be very limiting. Negative paradigms keep you as imprisoned as does a cell and a set of iron bars. Maybe even more so, since it imprisons you in the place where all true freedom resides: the mind.

It follows, then, that if you want to create change in your life and start getting new and different results--you've got to change your paradigms. How do you go about that?

Step One: Write down one thing - that goal, that dream, that challenge that you have not yet resolved in your life. The subconscious mind thrives on detail so describe it to  yourself as vividly as you can.

Step Two: Write down every association that you connect to this thing; everything you think about it, good and bad, everything that the thought of it brings to your mind.
One approach I have found extremely effective is to "map" it in much the same way that writers come up with plot concepts.

Draw a circle around the words or sentence you came up with in Step One. Then, in the space around that circle, write down your associations as they come to you, encircling each one and connecting it with a line to the original encircled goal. When you feel like you've come up with a substantial number of associations, take a good look at what your mind has shown you. You're looking at your paradigms.

Step Three: It's time to address your paradigms and ask "why?" I suggest that you zero in on a few of the most powerful paradigms, the ones that have the biggest negative impact.
Ask yourself, "Why do I think this? Where does it come from? Where did I get such an idea?" Keep on digging until you've exhausted every possible scenario.
And finally, now that you know what your paradigm is on any given topic, create an affirmation that will assist you in re-programming your mind, something that is the
opposite of your paradigm.

For example, if your paradigm is you'll never earn a lot of money, your affirmation might be:
I am so happy and grateful now that money comes to me on a continual basis through multiple sources of income. I am a magnet to money; I now have all that I want.

Write your affirmation on a 3X5 card and repeat it daily, as many times as possible. In time, you'll begin to notice yourself thinking and acting in a different way. And, just when you think you've got it, it will be time to work on another paradigm

Today will bring you a new level of awareness. Look for something different, look for something that you want and when you find it write it down in your journel...

What is the most important relationship in your life?

 Is it with
your spouse, your partner, your lover, your parents, or your friends?
If you chose any of these, I would suggest you look
further. The most important relationship in your life is your
relationship with the PRESENT MOMENT.
More specifically, whatever
form the present moment takes, that is to say, what is happening or
"what is" right now.

If your relationship with the present moment is dysfunctional, that
dysfunction will be reflected in every relationship and every
situation you encounter.  All problems that we experience in life
are simply a dysfunctional relationship with the present moment.

Once you have reached a certain level of awareness (and if you are
reading this, you almost certainly have) you are able to decide
what kind of relationship you want to have with the present moment.

Ask yourself, "Do I want the present moment to be my friend or my
enemy?" The present moment is inseparable from Life so what you are
really deciding is what kind of relationship you want to have with
Life. Once you have decided you want the present moment to be your
friend, it's up to you to make the first move. Become friendly
toward it and welcome it no matter what disguise it may have.

If you do this, you will soon see the results. Life becomes
friendly toward you, people become helpful, and circumstances
cooperate with you. This one decision can change your entire
reality. But you have to make that one decision again and again and
again- until it becomes a new way of living.

Put yourself in flow by deciding to become friendly with the present moment.

Flying home free of gravity

As earthbound beings, humans have always had a fascination with winged creatures of all kinds. The idea of being able to spontaneously lift off from the earth and fly is so compelling to us that we invented airplanes and helicopters and myriad other flying machines in order to provide ourselves with the many gifts of being airborne. Flying high in the sky, we look down on the earth that is our home and see things from an entirely different perspective. We can see more, and we can see farther than we can when we're on the ground. As if all this weren't enough, the out-of-this-world feeling of freedom that comes with groundlessness inspires us to want to take flight again and again.

Metaphorically, we take flight whenever we break free of the gravity that holds us to a particular way of thinking or feeling or being. We take flight mentally when we rise above our habitual ways of thinking about things and experience new insights. This is what it means to open our minds. Emotionally, we take flight when the strength of our passion exceeds the strength of our blockages; the floodgates open and we are free to feel fully. Spiritually we take flight when we locate that part of ourselves that is beyond the constraint of linear time and the world of form. It is in this place that we experience the essential boundlessness that defines the experience of flight.

Taking flight is always about freeing ourselves from form, if only temporarily. When we literally fly, in a plane or on a hang glider, we free ourselves from the strength of gravity's pull. As we open our minds and our hearts, we free ourselves from habitual patterns of thought and emotional blockages. As we remember our true nature, we free ourselves from identification with the temporary state of our physical forms. The more we stretch our wings, the clearer it becomes that taking flight is a state of grace that simply reminds us of who we really are.

FLOW

Iv always heard that you should go against the grain
be different go against the current, however the more I look at life the more Life is like taking a trip on the river and reacting to the FLOW.
It is always about the FLOW. The problem is most people take their
boat down to the river, put it in the river and then they
invariably turn it UPSTREAM and start paddling hard against the
current. It never occurs to them to go downstream because they
think they have to struggle to have what they want.

Here is a simple idea. Why not go WITH the current instead of
fighting AGAINST the current? But you may say, "Struggle and hard
work is the only way to get what you want." That's crazy! Here is
the important point - NOTHING YOU WANT IS UPSTREAM. Ever!

Every bit of struggle and determination, all that "I am going to
heal myself", "I am going to fix this", "I am going to make this
better", all of that has you focused UPSTREAM. What I want is for
you to feel the ease of letting go of struggle. You don't even
have to turn your boat around in the stream and begin paddling
downstream - just let go of the oars (struggle) and the current
will turn you automatically!

This is not about going with the stream because you
have no choice. This is about asking the question and helping you
answer it. Are you going willingly? Are you going toward your
natural unfolding willingly, or are you going to continue to paddle
upstream? In every moment the choice of which way you are going to
go is yours.

The Imagination

Have you ever wondered how children can sit through replays of their favorite Lion King or Little Mermaid video? It amazes me that they'll watch the same show every day without a single complaint or request for something new.

What's more amazing, though, is that adults do the very same thing with their days.  The majority of men and women play "movies" in their heads, day after day, relentlessly focusing on past events, most of which are unpleasant and disturbing experiences. If they're actually able to stop their contemplation of past events, then they allow impressions of their current surroundings and recent results to govern their thoughts. If they contemplate the future it is usually by worrying about it, or wishing that something better might come along. Then they wonder why bad things keep happening to them, or why they never rise above the issues and obstacles in their lives.

While it is true that people are free to think anything they please, as long as they remain set in their ways, there is very little that can be done to change the unpleasant experiences that keep cropping up in their lives.

Recently, the study of the mind, and its veritable unearthly power, is at last taking its proper place in modern civilization. Proper use of the mind and its various faculties will give you anything you choose - but the emphasis here is on the word "proper." To move in this direction requires study and focused, consistent effort with a good measure of creativity stirred in.

Just as the oak tree develops from the gene that lies within the acorn and a bird develops from the gene that lies asleep in the egg, so too will your achievements grow from the organized plans that first begin with your imagination. An image in your mind is the first stage of the creative process in life. From your imagination your visions and plans arise.

In his best selling book, Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill wrote, "You will never have a definite purpose in life; you will never have self confidence; you will never have initiative and leadership unless you first create these qualities in your imagination and see yourself in possession of them." He went on to say, "... imagination is the most marvelous, miraculous, inconceivably powerful force the world has ever known."

There is a concept called "Fantasy - Theory - Fact." The premise underlying this concept is that everything has its origination in the form of Fantasy, which some adventurous souls dare turn into a theory and then boldly turn into fact. Give this serious thought for a moment. The idea of moon landings, communicating by email, traveling on jets, cellular phones or wearing synthetic garments was, a very short time ago, sheer fantasy. Today, they are considered commonplace.

Your marvelous mind has factors that you can, with little effort, develop to use to improve the quality of life, not just for yourself, but for human kind. Imagination is one of those creative faculties. The individuals who were responsible for the conception and creation of the email, cell phones and any of the thousands of modern conveniences we enjoy today had a highly developed imagination.

Furthermore, they were not easily influenced by the opinions of the masses, the naysayers who historically have criticized and ridiculed anything they do not understand. These pioneers used their mental faculties to fantasize, to build wild and wonderful pictures in their mind. Then, holding their thought with their will, they watched their fantasy unfold into a theory and then into fact. They seemed to have an innate awareness that if they could visualize it, they could do it.

Use this power to let your mind play. Fantasize a much better life than you presently enjoy. Draft your future with imagination, ponder and calculate with intelligence and awareness, then knit it with care. Next, devise paths and find tools to help get you there.

Commit to reach new goals. The only barrier separating you from your goal is ignorance - ignorance of how simple, and simply powerful, your mind really is.