Relationships: Why Your Relationship Sucks – and What You Can Do To Fix It
Imagine the most complicated piece of technology you can think of. Maybe you’re thinking of a computer or some advanced weapons or medical technology, or something along those lines. Now imagine that I told you to fix one of those things you’re imagining - without tools or instruction. You’d be lost. Now consider that, no matter what your high-tech example was, the most complicated technology available to humans is humans; and making them interact harmoniously requires thought, effort, and communication.
Success Principles: Failure is Not an Option
Failure is not an option; it’s a judgment and a misunderstanding of where you are and what’s going on. Failure is simply what you have labeled a very necessary part of a very necessary process. And, failure can also be an idea used as an excuse to discontinue efforts or activities in a certain area of your life. But there is truly no such thing as a “failure,” only outcomes, misunderstandings, and judgments – which often lead to more of the same.
The Law of Attraction and Mundane Concerns
Concerns are thoughts, worries, or situations that give rise to thoughts and worries. The word, “mundane,” simply means, “Worldly,” “common,” or “commonplace.” The concept of “mundane concerns” should interest anyone interested in the Law of Attraction for the simple reason that our concerns are thoughts; and thoughts are at the heart of attraction. If, in other words, you get what you think about, it is your mundane concerns causing your mundane life. And we do get what we think about – in one way or another.
3-Reasons The Secret Isn’t "Working for You"
The Secret, or The Law of Attraction, isn’t "magic." It isn’t really even a "thing." The Law of Attraction is simply a way of talking about or describing how things seem to come together, or manifest into form from the world of the un-formed. The Law of Attraction is a law, not a tool; it isn’t something that works sometimes, or for some people, and not other times, or for other people. If you don’t think the Law of Attraction is working for you, it is almost certainly because the Law has brought you grief, loss, suffering, debt, unhappiness, or some other misfortune instead of something you think would be "better." The Law is "working" perfectly.
Common Sense — Follow Your Heart to the Right Answer
We commonly refer to sense, senses, or sensation, in the context of sight, hearing, touch, etc. We also use the word sense in reference to intelligence or logic. The fact is that the ears, eyes, nose, skin, and mouth/tongue, are not senses - they are "antennae," or receptors, that pick up specific types of energy or vibration. Sensing is a function of the brain and nervous system - the perception and processing of the information detected by the so-called "sense organs." Sense, in other words, is "what you have in your head."
Perfectionism Preempts Progress, Peace, & Pleasure
In the drive to success, it can be easy to forget your purpose. We seem to get so wrapped-up in keeping-up that we forget the real reason for waking-up. Life has only one purpose; and that purpose is LIFE. In life, we can choose between progress and stagnation, peace and war; and we can choose pleasure or suffering. But choices these are; and a choice must be made. Not choosing is still a choice.
Attracting What You Want
Everyone wants something. If you’re like me, you probably have two or three categories of wants – something like: Things I truly wish to experience (Peace, Health, etc…); Things that would be nice or even great to experience (Luxury, Expensive vacations and things, etc…); and maybe a BIG container labeled “Things I Definitely Don’t Want.” A “don’t want” is actually a “want” for an experience that lacks, or doesn’t include, this “negative” thing we have judged and are now focused or fixated on. Do you know what you want? If you know what you don’t want, turn it around; make a positive out of it, or you’ll find yourself continuing to attract versions of what you don’t want, or, “the things you greatly fear.”
Thinking About Attraction - There’s More To Thinking Than Meets The Eye
Many people complain that The Secret, or The Law of Attraction, just doesn’t work for them. They exclaim, "But I am thinking about what I want; and I DID try to believe in it — but nothing happened!" Well, there’s more to thinking than meets the eye. Most people spend most of their time thinking about things they see and hear; while people who actively create the things they want in life tune-out most of the "external noise" from their environment, and think about the things we will see in the future — things they will create. Imagine the Wright brothers knowing they could fly while everyone else knew that machines couldn’t fly. There were no textbooks on aeronautical engineering, and no working, physical models for the Wright brothers to copy; yet they "saw" their airplane long before it was built — in their mind’s eye, with their imaginations. As Eleanor Roosevelt said, "The future belongs to those who Believe in the beauty of their DREAMS."
Spirituality Simplified: Cause and Effect
The principle of Cause and Effect is more commonly known by the axiom “what you sow is what you reap,” and is also referred to by the slang saying, “what goes around, comes around.” It essentially means that every effect that you see or experience in the world had to have a cause. While at first glance this may appear to be a very simple and obvious concept, it has profound implications for every human being. What it means is that literally every single thought and feeling you experience is a cause that sets into motion an eventual effect. This insightful passage from Lynn Grabhorn builds upon this point:
"Every time we think of anything, we’re flowing some kind of positive or negative energy (feeling) toward whatever it is we’re thinking about, and the litany never changes: as we think, we feel; as we feel, we vibrate; as we vibrate, we attract. Then we get to live the results."
How Do I Make "The Secret" Work for Me?
The Secret isn’t a new idea; and it really isn’t even a secret. Everyone knows this: "As a man thinketh, so it is done to him." In every religion, culture, and philosophy, this is a fundamental truth; and, even science has come full-circle in its understanding of what they call, "the Observer Effect" ("Seek and you will find."). Not only do our thoughts create our experiences, our health, and our bodies; our thoughts and beliefs filter our perceptions and color the way we perceive and think about our experiences, health, body, and life in general. But consciously controlling your thoughts, and remaining conscious, are two different things; and you have to do them both — along with some other things — in order to really make "The Secret" work for you.
Thinking can be tricky business sometimes; and controlling your thoughts can be even more so. You might think you are thinking about getting money to pay debts, but all you seem to experience is more and more debt. Is your focus really on "more money," or is it on getting rid of "DEBT?" How much time do you spend thinking about what you want, as opposed to what you DON’T WANT? What you are thinking about matters; but so does HOW you are thinking, and WHY you are thinking it. Your feelings are much more important than you might have been told. Thinking about money while feeling stressed, for instance, will bring you a money-experience that makes you feel "stressed."
There are basically three-things you need to know about how those who teach the Secret (Law of Attraction) make it work for them:
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The Belief Formula
