The Law Of Attraction - Manifest Happiness And So Much More By Living In The Now
By : Maria Westcott
I'm sure I'm not alone when I say that I'm often striving to get somewhere that I am not. I just know that when I get to that place, I will be happy.
* I'll be happy when I lose 20 lbs.* I'll be happy when I have more money.* I'll be happy when I go on vacation.* I'll be happy when I get that promotion at work.* I'll be happy when I can quit my job and work for myself.* I'll be happy when I have achieved financial freedom and can retire.
I could go on and on, but hopefully you've got the idea and I'm sure you could add a few more items of your own to the list.
Think back now to what things might have been on your list 10 years ago, 5 years ago or 1 year ago that have now happened or that you have since achieved. By achieving whatever was on your list at that time, you are now content, right? You have reached nirvana! You are now happy, eh?
No? Instead I would bet that you now just have another new list of things you need to achieve in order to be happy. You are still striving to get somewhere that you are not.
True happiness and contentment will never be achieved in this manner because there will always be something else that you'll want. You will forever be running and chasing after something if you are not living in the now. And when you are at the end of your life, you will still feel as if you never quite got to where you wanted to be.
The only path to true happiness is by living in the NOW, for NOW is all that you have. The past is gone and the future may never come, but the only certainty is that you have NOW; you have today. How would you live this day if you knew it would be your last? What would you do? Who would you spend time with? How would you make every minute count?
Rather than dwell on what you want or need or hope the future will bring, just be grateful for everything that you have today. Be grateful for the money you have, however much. Be thankful for friends and family. Be appreciative of the work or job that you have. Be grateful for the food on the table. Be thankful for your health and love your body.
Give your all today by living in the now! Do the best you can do at your job. Be the best friend you can be. Do what you enjoy today and don't put it off. Live as if today were your last day on this earth.
Rather than asking, "What's in it for me?", ask the Universe, "How can I serve?" Go out of your way to help others, give and radiate love in all that you do.
If you live each day in this manner, you will be amazed at how happy and content you will be. You will no longer be striving to get somewhere in order to experience happiness. You will have arrived! You'll be living in the now!
And there is an additional benefit. If you are happy and content with what you have today in the now, the Law of Attraction will begin to work for you like it has never worked before. Suddenly, all of those things you have wanted will show up in your life. Why? Because you are no longer desperate for them. Because you know longer focus on them. Because you are content with what you have and you would remain content even if you didn't receive them. This is the secret to the Law of Attraction!
Copyright 2007 Maria Westcott All rights reserved
Maria Westcott is a life coach, successful businesswoman and an author who has earned a BA Psychology, Dip. L. Coach, Dip. Couns, Dip. NLP, MBA International Business and MBA Finance. She is registered in the National UK Therapists Register. Maria specializes in helping others achieve their dreams and manifest abundance in their lives. Find out more by visiting her website The Secrets of the Law of Attraction at http://www.the-secrets-of-the-law-of-attraction.com/
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Sunday, 29 August 2010
Thursday, 26 August 2010
Broadband Consciousness
Broadband Consciousness (BC)
If you have not heard of (BC) check out my video bar.
Richard Wilkins and Liz Ivory are the co-founders.
I highly recommend this, as I have done this for myself.
In gratitude and Love.
Mark
If you have not heard of (BC) check out my video bar.
Richard Wilkins and Liz Ivory are the co-founders.
I highly recommend this, as I have done this for myself.
In gratitude and Love.
Mark
Saturday, 21 August 2010
Being Yourself - How to Live an Authentic Life
Being Yourself - How to Live an Authentic Life
By... MeKila Herring
All over the media, day after day, we see this official or that official being exposed for some heinous misrepresentation or inappropriate behavior. To live authentically has become the new chosen goal. But, how do we do that exactly? How do we live an authentic life? Simply by being yourself.
So often I hear, "I do not even know what it means to be myself anymore."
Society has molded us from the time we were very young to act appropriately and to behave this or that particular way. It is no wonder that we have lost ourselves in the midst of all of that training.
Now, as adults, we find ourselves wondering, "What the heck happened to me?" "Where did I go?" "Why is it so hard to uncover the real me?"
It is really not hard to uncover "the real me"... we have just forgotten how and the muscles to do so have become somewhat atrophied.
We were each born with an internal guidance system that is the best navigation system in existence for helping us travel through life. Unfortunately, we have developed habits that override that innate guidance system. We have trained ourselves to do what is expected from us. Often this training has come at the cost of deadening our inner voices.
Still, all is not lost. This inner guidance system is an innate mechanism that never truly is lost. Just because we have quieted our abilities to listen to it, does not mean that it has stopped working. We need only to reawaken our senses to the messages we are constantly exposed to.
The first thing to do is take a deep breath. It is never as dire as it first appears. This is going to be fun. With a little exercise and forethought you will be surprising yourself with your inner knowing in no time. When you think about it, what could be easier than "being yourself?"
Now that you have calmed your mind down a bit by taking a few deep breaths, listen up as I give you the biggest clue to being yourself. Stay in touch with how you feel.
In any given moment, be aware of whether you feel good or bad, happy or sad, confident or fearful. In the moments that you are feeling good, happy and confident, you are being yourself. In those moments that you are feeling bad, sad, or fearful, you are doing something that takes you away from being yourself.
Deep down we all know what is good for us. We all know who we are. When we think or act outside of that inner deep self knowing, our emotions kick in to jar us back onto the path that will allow us to express ourselves authentically. When we are reacting or operating from places that do not feel good, we have lost our authenticity and are being warned about it through the very nature of our feelings.
So, be aware of how you feel. In each moment reach for the thoughts that help you feel better. When faced with an unpleasant thought... or you simply become aware of being in an unpleasant feeling, shift to a better feeling thought or activity. Soon you will find yourself walking through your days with a perpetual smile on your face. Then you will know that you are living authentically.
Visit http://www.mekilaherring.com/ if you would like to learn more about your internal guidance system. You can download a 13 Tip Quick Start Guide to Jumpstarting Your Intuition. Along with it you will receive an eleven page report on Trusting Your Intuition. Become more confident of the intuitive aspect of your inner guidance system today.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=MeKila_Herring
By... MeKila Herring
All over the media, day after day, we see this official or that official being exposed for some heinous misrepresentation or inappropriate behavior. To live authentically has become the new chosen goal. But, how do we do that exactly? How do we live an authentic life? Simply by being yourself.
So often I hear, "I do not even know what it means to be myself anymore."
Society has molded us from the time we were very young to act appropriately and to behave this or that particular way. It is no wonder that we have lost ourselves in the midst of all of that training.
Now, as adults, we find ourselves wondering, "What the heck happened to me?" "Where did I go?" "Why is it so hard to uncover the real me?"
It is really not hard to uncover "the real me"... we have just forgotten how and the muscles to do so have become somewhat atrophied.
We were each born with an internal guidance system that is the best navigation system in existence for helping us travel through life. Unfortunately, we have developed habits that override that innate guidance system. We have trained ourselves to do what is expected from us. Often this training has come at the cost of deadening our inner voices.
Still, all is not lost. This inner guidance system is an innate mechanism that never truly is lost. Just because we have quieted our abilities to listen to it, does not mean that it has stopped working. We need only to reawaken our senses to the messages we are constantly exposed to.
The first thing to do is take a deep breath. It is never as dire as it first appears. This is going to be fun. With a little exercise and forethought you will be surprising yourself with your inner knowing in no time. When you think about it, what could be easier than "being yourself?"
Now that you have calmed your mind down a bit by taking a few deep breaths, listen up as I give you the biggest clue to being yourself. Stay in touch with how you feel.
In any given moment, be aware of whether you feel good or bad, happy or sad, confident or fearful. In the moments that you are feeling good, happy and confident, you are being yourself. In those moments that you are feeling bad, sad, or fearful, you are doing something that takes you away from being yourself.
Deep down we all know what is good for us. We all know who we are. When we think or act outside of that inner deep self knowing, our emotions kick in to jar us back onto the path that will allow us to express ourselves authentically. When we are reacting or operating from places that do not feel good, we have lost our authenticity and are being warned about it through the very nature of our feelings.
So, be aware of how you feel. In each moment reach for the thoughts that help you feel better. When faced with an unpleasant thought... or you simply become aware of being in an unpleasant feeling, shift to a better feeling thought or activity. Soon you will find yourself walking through your days with a perpetual smile on your face. Then you will know that you are living authentically.
Visit http://www.mekilaherring.com/ if you would like to learn more about your internal guidance system. You can download a 13 Tip Quick Start Guide to Jumpstarting Your Intuition. Along with it you will receive an eleven page report on Trusting Your Intuition. Become more confident of the intuitive aspect of your inner guidance system today.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=MeKila_Herring
Thursday, 19 August 2010
Living Consciously
Living Consciously
By Ray Gross
Quantum mechanics evokes a universe where the fundamental building blocks of existence are enabled in such a way as to accommodate the observer. For example, an electron spinning in an atom can be seen at every conceivable location by multiple observers simultaneously! Defying both common sense and logic, an electron can be anywhere and everywhere when it's called upon. Einstein's Theory of Relativity enforces this concept by proving nature treats each observer uniquely and that an accurate perception of space and time ultimately lies with the beholder. Furthermore, the Heisenberg Principle holds that the behavior of matter can be affected merely by observing it!
To "live consciously" in this universe is to live in the present and to be intimately aware of what makes up your surroundings and the effect your presence has upon it. If you ponder it deeply, the "present" is all there really is. The past only exists in the stored memory of the human mind. If there were no human mind, there would be no past. The same "illusion of time" applies to the future as well, which is but a projection of what may occur in the future present. The present is all there is, and the most significant aspect of our awareness is the capacity to understand the concept of space.
The distance between an electron and the outer shell of an atom is proportionate to the distance between the Earth and the outer rim of the galaxy. In reality, everything that contains matter, including the human body, is made almost entirely of empty space! Space enables all things to be. It's the stage that showcases all life and experience and without it, nothing can exist. Yet space, in itself, is nothing. There is no mystical substance within it, no magical formula that spawns existence.
Since the laws of thermodynamics suggest "you can't get something from nothing", perhaps the logical conclusion is this; space is pure consciousness - an infinitely vast reservoir of knowledge and creativity and we, along with everything around us, are simply a manifestation of it. Dwelling silently behind the industrious human mind may exist the reality of what we truly are - eternal, indestructible presence.
The universe readily responds to us because, in fact, it is us. We are the crown jewel of life, the ultimate gift from God, and our purpose as intellectual beings is to simply accept this reality and embrace our role as the divine facilitators of a blossoming universe.
Ray Gross is a web journalist and author of the inspirational audio feature Chrysalis now available at SpokenNetwork.com.
http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Ray_Gross
By Ray Gross
Quantum mechanics evokes a universe where the fundamental building blocks of existence are enabled in such a way as to accommodate the observer. For example, an electron spinning in an atom can be seen at every conceivable location by multiple observers simultaneously! Defying both common sense and logic, an electron can be anywhere and everywhere when it's called upon. Einstein's Theory of Relativity enforces this concept by proving nature treats each observer uniquely and that an accurate perception of space and time ultimately lies with the beholder. Furthermore, the Heisenberg Principle holds that the behavior of matter can be affected merely by observing it!
To "live consciously" in this universe is to live in the present and to be intimately aware of what makes up your surroundings and the effect your presence has upon it. If you ponder it deeply, the "present" is all there really is. The past only exists in the stored memory of the human mind. If there were no human mind, there would be no past. The same "illusion of time" applies to the future as well, which is but a projection of what may occur in the future present. The present is all there is, and the most significant aspect of our awareness is the capacity to understand the concept of space.
The distance between an electron and the outer shell of an atom is proportionate to the distance between the Earth and the outer rim of the galaxy. In reality, everything that contains matter, including the human body, is made almost entirely of empty space! Space enables all things to be. It's the stage that showcases all life and experience and without it, nothing can exist. Yet space, in itself, is nothing. There is no mystical substance within it, no magical formula that spawns existence.
Since the laws of thermodynamics suggest "you can't get something from nothing", perhaps the logical conclusion is this; space is pure consciousness - an infinitely vast reservoir of knowledge and creativity and we, along with everything around us, are simply a manifestation of it. Dwelling silently behind the industrious human mind may exist the reality of what we truly are - eternal, indestructible presence.
The universe readily responds to us because, in fact, it is us. We are the crown jewel of life, the ultimate gift from God, and our purpose as intellectual beings is to simply accept this reality and embrace our role as the divine facilitators of a blossoming universe.
Ray Gross is a web journalist and author of the inspirational audio feature Chrysalis now available at SpokenNetwork.com.
http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Ray_Gross
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
CREATING A COMMUNITY, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND GENERATING INCOMES...
CREATING A COMMUNITY, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND GENERATING INCOMES...
I am totally committed to making the complicated simple in my life and for others. You see what I want for myself I truly want for others.
If you to feel the same way, why not take a leap of faith and join me at The Awakening Alliance...
In Gratitude & Love...
Mark....
I am totally committed to making the complicated simple in my life and for others. You see what I want for myself I truly want for others.
If you to feel the same way, why not take a leap of faith and join me at The Awakening Alliance...
In Gratitude & Love...
Mark....
Saturday, 14 August 2010
A.C.T. ( Awareness...Choice...Transform...)
Whose is doing the choosing
Ask yourself this, is what your doing right now your conscious choice or are you doing it just because.
Look tell yourself the truth , did you really choose what your doing right now or did somebody or something do the choosing for you...
Only when you realize and gain the awareness, will you begin to have the understanding that you almost certainly are not choosing more or less anything you do in your life ( And That You Are Just Reacting On Autopilot)..
With these three magic words ( A.C.T.) first Awareness then Choice followed by Transform...
Applying these magic words, can and will be your ultimate Awakening and has the power to transform your life forever...
Ask yourself this, is what your doing right now your conscious choice or are you doing it just because.
Look tell yourself the truth , did you really choose what your doing right now or did somebody or something do the choosing for you...
Only when you realize and gain the awareness, will you begin to have the understanding that you almost certainly are not choosing more or less anything you do in your life ( And That You Are Just Reacting On Autopilot)..
With these three magic words ( A.C.T.) first Awareness then Choice followed by Transform...
Applying these magic words, can and will be your ultimate Awakening and has the power to transform your life forever...
Tuesday, 10 August 2010
The Awakening Alliance: Being Aware Of The Money Slavery...
The Awakening Alliance: Being Aware Of The Money Slavery...: "ARE YOU A SLAVE TO MONEY ?... No... Well Think Again And You May Well Find That You Are... The Awakening Alliance Is Dedicated To Raisin..."
Monday, 9 August 2010
Being Aware Of The Money Slavery...
ARE YOU A SLAVE TO MONEY ?...
No... Well Think Again And You May Well Find That You Are...
The Awakening Alliance Is Dedicated To Raising Your Awareness To This Very Fact , Amongst Many Other Things You May Be Totally Unware Of...
Mark Elliott (Dip Pt)... Founder Of The Awakening Alliance...
No... Well Think Again And You May Well Find That You Are...
The Awakening Alliance Is Dedicated To Raising Your Awareness To This Very Fact , Amongst Many Other Things You May Be Totally Unware Of...
Mark Elliott (Dip Pt)... Founder Of The Awakening Alliance...
Money, Debt and Recession - Mismanaged Earth
Report resumes...
Echelons of Power on Earth
At this time and due to the existence of the aforementioned money scam, government on Earth forms at best a second tier of administration, with a Corporate/Banking stratum as the senior echelon. Quite possibly there exists a further, as yet unidentified, echelon above the Corporate/Banking cartels - either terrestrial or extra-terrestrial in origin. This will require further study to verify.
Per the Natural Laws of Governance: "The avid concealment of power through the agencies of false reports and withheld information, always red-flags the presence of criminal activity." All evidence to date strongly indicate that Earth's situation is no exception.
Most of the inhabitants of Earth believe government to be the senior control echelon despite all evidence to the contrary. This misconception, coupled with a non-understanding of the money system - causes the population to endure a perpetual bafflement over the antics and apparent ineptitude of Earth's governments.
A Cruel and Audacious Scam
As a criminal scam, the money hoax is remarkable both for its audacity and for the damage one small minority of humans is prepared to inflict upon the majority of its fellows so as to achieve material wealth.
The victims of this scam - ninety nine percent of the inhabitants of the planet - have not spotted that they are being done. The extent of their obliviousness actually beggars belief. Careful examination of the situation nevertheless confirms that the obliviousness is factual.
Privilege
The slowness of the human community to notice the very obvious fact that it is attempting to use a dangerously unworkable system of debt as its means of exchange can be attributed to the efforts of the criminal elite to protect its privilege. That privilege is the right given to it by governments of creating money as interest bearing debt and getting it into circulation by lending it to people and governments at interest.
Smoke Screen of Waffle
The aforementioned criminal elite uses its control of lines of communication and information and its control of places of learning to erect a smoke screen of confusing waffle that renders its money hoax hard to see.
At the same time, control by the criminal elite of almost all economic life and its power to create economic strife, recession and the demise of entire sectors by manipulation of the money supply has created in the general population a sense of "forces at work beyond its control." This sense of hidden and insurmountable powers at work has engendered a general apathy.
Humans are prone to hysteria when threatened by influences they cannot see (such as radiation, diseases, global warming) and the hysteria can rapidly descend into apathy - the avoidance of pain through unawareness. Apathy has rendered the general population fatalistic and unmotivated even in the face of economic blight.
Ignorance
In this way the general population through its acquiescence contributes to its own ignorance, its ignorance perpetuates the existence of a criminal system beyond its control and thus the criminal elite continues to operate its money scam and gorge with impunity upon the wealth created by others.
Recession
This scam at this time has been swung into its "recession" phase. A money shortage has been created, causing a recession, which in turn causes the failures of governments and industries, necessitating the selling off of or repossession of private and national assets.
The purpose of recession is to enable the banking elite and its symbiotes to cream off some of the wealth created by the honest endeavors of the global community and to fix the community at large more firmly in the vice of debt slavery. The ultimate objective of this elite is a slave society of "all work for no reward."
Consequences
The consequences of this global scam have been devastating. Poverty spreads epidemic-like through the global community and with it debt and debt slavery. Almost all economic life at this time has become debt-driven. In train, comes a gradual withering of the productive base and commercial infrastructure of nations.
This single factor alone is capable of bringing down the current civilization. In fact, the process of annihilation is more than 75% complete at this writing.
The ease with which the whole situation could be rectified by the introduction of a proper money system eludes the population and its puppet governments.
Please stand by for further updates.
Mission Operations, Confederation City, Arcturus IX to Earth Survey.
Eh?
Earth Survey to Mission Operations.
Do you require clarification?
Mission Operations to Earth Survey.
You lost us at "Greetings..."
We did not understand a word of your report.
Please start by explaining three things:
1. Who creates money on that planet? Is it not the government? How can money be created as debt?
2. What is a recession? We gather it is some kind of artificial money shortage. Please explain how this is done.
3. You alluded to other factors precipitating the manifest decline of that planet's civilization. What are those factors?
Earth Survey to Mission Ops.
Explanation will commence with next telemetric burst 141420 Galactic Standard...
Mission Ops to Earth Survey.
Standing by...
I want you to survive. Find my articles and FREE BOOKS at http://knowledge-is-freedom.blogspot.com and visit http://www.howdohub.com for a broad range of free articles and information.
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Echelons of Power on Earth
At this time and due to the existence of the aforementioned money scam, government on Earth forms at best a second tier of administration, with a Corporate/Banking stratum as the senior echelon. Quite possibly there exists a further, as yet unidentified, echelon above the Corporate/Banking cartels - either terrestrial or extra-terrestrial in origin. This will require further study to verify.
Per the Natural Laws of Governance: "The avid concealment of power through the agencies of false reports and withheld information, always red-flags the presence of criminal activity." All evidence to date strongly indicate that Earth's situation is no exception.
Most of the inhabitants of Earth believe government to be the senior control echelon despite all evidence to the contrary. This misconception, coupled with a non-understanding of the money system - causes the population to endure a perpetual bafflement over the antics and apparent ineptitude of Earth's governments.
A Cruel and Audacious Scam
As a criminal scam, the money hoax is remarkable both for its audacity and for the damage one small minority of humans is prepared to inflict upon the majority of its fellows so as to achieve material wealth.
The victims of this scam - ninety nine percent of the inhabitants of the planet - have not spotted that they are being done. The extent of their obliviousness actually beggars belief. Careful examination of the situation nevertheless confirms that the obliviousness is factual.
Privilege
The slowness of the human community to notice the very obvious fact that it is attempting to use a dangerously unworkable system of debt as its means of exchange can be attributed to the efforts of the criminal elite to protect its privilege. That privilege is the right given to it by governments of creating money as interest bearing debt and getting it into circulation by lending it to people and governments at interest.
Smoke Screen of Waffle
The aforementioned criminal elite uses its control of lines of communication and information and its control of places of learning to erect a smoke screen of confusing waffle that renders its money hoax hard to see.
At the same time, control by the criminal elite of almost all economic life and its power to create economic strife, recession and the demise of entire sectors by manipulation of the money supply has created in the general population a sense of "forces at work beyond its control." This sense of hidden and insurmountable powers at work has engendered a general apathy.
Humans are prone to hysteria when threatened by influences they cannot see (such as radiation, diseases, global warming) and the hysteria can rapidly descend into apathy - the avoidance of pain through unawareness. Apathy has rendered the general population fatalistic and unmotivated even in the face of economic blight.
Ignorance
In this way the general population through its acquiescence contributes to its own ignorance, its ignorance perpetuates the existence of a criminal system beyond its control and thus the criminal elite continues to operate its money scam and gorge with impunity upon the wealth created by others.
Recession
This scam at this time has been swung into its "recession" phase. A money shortage has been created, causing a recession, which in turn causes the failures of governments and industries, necessitating the selling off of or repossession of private and national assets.
The purpose of recession is to enable the banking elite and its symbiotes to cream off some of the wealth created by the honest endeavors of the global community and to fix the community at large more firmly in the vice of debt slavery. The ultimate objective of this elite is a slave society of "all work for no reward."
Consequences
The consequences of this global scam have been devastating. Poverty spreads epidemic-like through the global community and with it debt and debt slavery. Almost all economic life at this time has become debt-driven. In train, comes a gradual withering of the productive base and commercial infrastructure of nations.
This single factor alone is capable of bringing down the current civilization. In fact, the process of annihilation is more than 75% complete at this writing.
The ease with which the whole situation could be rectified by the introduction of a proper money system eludes the population and its puppet governments.
Please stand by for further updates.
Mission Operations, Confederation City, Arcturus IX to Earth Survey.
Eh?
Earth Survey to Mission Operations.
Do you require clarification?
Mission Operations to Earth Survey.
You lost us at "Greetings..."
We did not understand a word of your report.
Please start by explaining three things:
1. Who creates money on that planet? Is it not the government? How can money be created as debt?
2. What is a recession? We gather it is some kind of artificial money shortage. Please explain how this is done.
3. You alluded to other factors precipitating the manifest decline of that planet's civilization. What are those factors?
Earth Survey to Mission Ops.
Explanation will commence with next telemetric burst 141420 Galactic Standard...
Mission Ops to Earth Survey.
Standing by...
I want you to survive. Find my articles and FREE BOOKS at http://knowledge-is-freedom.blogspot.com and visit http://www.howdohub.com for a broad range of free articles and information.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Kieron_Mcfadden
Monday, 2 August 2010
The Awakening of Life
For me, in my mind each life on this planet has a choice which is an individual proposition for all to win or lose. Read into this article what you will, but life as a whole needs to change on this Earth in order to be a winning proposition for all who want a winning proposition. So, before I really begin, I would just like to say, I am not advocating irrational greed or total altruism, no. I am advocating the perfect balance of living to be a genuine winner. Not "perfect" or totally wrong, but to strike the genuine ideal balance to be a genuine winner.
Sure, in this respect, I say this: All I ask for people to do is think for themselves and think for themselves rationally, not fit any mold or be any conception of what I want them to be at all. When you come up with your own balance in that respect, you have awakened.
When I think of genuine sleeping, I think of idiotic imbalance, not necessarily even accidental happenings. Sure, I can tell you, life works only when you are awake and focused, even quantum physics says this in a sense. Especially when you deeply study the theory of relativity or genetic physics. I am not going to go into those particulars here, except to say: Find out for yourself, "the proof is in the pudding" and that is a reality. I do not have the effrontery to say my view is "it" and all of that kind of thing, but I will say that I worked and reasoned out my view over years of understanding and study. The understanding came first, and then I verified it with the study. Studying without questioning and understanding will lead you nowhere. After all, what is rote memorization of facts without using them productively? I can answer that, it is a useless encyclopedia collecting dust. That is my point. Applied knowledge is power.
Now going on with this article and pulling no punches and not playing any games, I say this: Knowledge has to be drawn out and used to have any value. It cannot sit on the trophy case in a box and be useful. To live, we must start by first productively thinking and then creatively taking action to genuinely win. Now that sounds simple until integration comes into play. That is where the power is at within that process. That is where the awakening is at within that process. Sure, I can sit here and say something unpredictable. But, all things being all things, all things are predictable in the sense that natural law cannot be broken, like gravity always working when things fall where there is gravity. Like a body in motion, tends to stay in motion and a body at rest tends to stay at rest until put into motion again even where there is not gravity. So, I repeat, natural law cannot be broken, it can be temporarily disobeyed, but never broken. This is what makes the natural law of reason the ultimate weapon that can be temporarily disarmed by irrationality but never really taken off of the guard. Indeed, reason is not a phenomena, it is what life works by, it is the calling card of rational existence as a law. If we try to break it, it will break us in the long run. I mean this not as anything to put fear into anyone, but as a reality that works for everyone. When you live in reality, you are awake. When you do not live in reality, you are asleep.
As for goals and visualizing and working rationally toward what you want, that is the most powerful and awake thing that you or anyone can do in life and existence. Indeed, strength and efficacy is created, not given. This is what it is, this is what it comes down to. There may be many smaller laws that run existence, but when I mentioned that one in this paragraph, that is the big law behind all of the laws: Strength and efficacy is created, not given. That is the rational key to the awakening of life.
My name is Joshua Clayton, I am a freelance writer based in Inglewood, California. I also write under a few pen-names and aliases, but Joshua Clayton is my real name, and I write by that for the most part now. I am a philosophical writer and objective thinker and honest action taker.I also work at a senior center in Gardena, California as my day job, among other things, but primarily I am a writer.
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Sure, in this respect, I say this: All I ask for people to do is think for themselves and think for themselves rationally, not fit any mold or be any conception of what I want them to be at all. When you come up with your own balance in that respect, you have awakened.
When I think of genuine sleeping, I think of idiotic imbalance, not necessarily even accidental happenings. Sure, I can tell you, life works only when you are awake and focused, even quantum physics says this in a sense. Especially when you deeply study the theory of relativity or genetic physics. I am not going to go into those particulars here, except to say: Find out for yourself, "the proof is in the pudding" and that is a reality. I do not have the effrontery to say my view is "it" and all of that kind of thing, but I will say that I worked and reasoned out my view over years of understanding and study. The understanding came first, and then I verified it with the study. Studying without questioning and understanding will lead you nowhere. After all, what is rote memorization of facts without using them productively? I can answer that, it is a useless encyclopedia collecting dust. That is my point. Applied knowledge is power.
Now going on with this article and pulling no punches and not playing any games, I say this: Knowledge has to be drawn out and used to have any value. It cannot sit on the trophy case in a box and be useful. To live, we must start by first productively thinking and then creatively taking action to genuinely win. Now that sounds simple until integration comes into play. That is where the power is at within that process. That is where the awakening is at within that process. Sure, I can sit here and say something unpredictable. But, all things being all things, all things are predictable in the sense that natural law cannot be broken, like gravity always working when things fall where there is gravity. Like a body in motion, tends to stay in motion and a body at rest tends to stay at rest until put into motion again even where there is not gravity. So, I repeat, natural law cannot be broken, it can be temporarily disobeyed, but never broken. This is what makes the natural law of reason the ultimate weapon that can be temporarily disarmed by irrationality but never really taken off of the guard. Indeed, reason is not a phenomena, it is what life works by, it is the calling card of rational existence as a law. If we try to break it, it will break us in the long run. I mean this not as anything to put fear into anyone, but as a reality that works for everyone. When you live in reality, you are awake. When you do not live in reality, you are asleep.
As for goals and visualizing and working rationally toward what you want, that is the most powerful and awake thing that you or anyone can do in life and existence. Indeed, strength and efficacy is created, not given. This is what it is, this is what it comes down to. There may be many smaller laws that run existence, but when I mentioned that one in this paragraph, that is the big law behind all of the laws: Strength and efficacy is created, not given. That is the rational key to the awakening of life.
My name is Joshua Clayton, I am a freelance writer based in Inglewood, California. I also write under a few pen-names and aliases, but Joshua Clayton is my real name, and I write by that for the most part now. I am a philosophical writer and objective thinker and honest action taker.I also work at a senior center in Gardena, California as my day job, among other things, but primarily I am a writer.
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Baby Boomers - It's Time to Awaken Your Life Purpose
Baby Boomer who focus on their God-given purpose live longer than those who don't. This is not very surprising. Everyone has seen someone slide into depression and isolation because their purpose in life - the thing that gives his/her life meaning - suddenly vanishes for some reason. This does not need to happen to baby boomers when they retire!
Many people define their life purpose in terms of their career, especially if they understand it as something of a calling. Many others define their sense of purpose in terms of their family - a strong marriage and raising healthy, happy children. Despite all of the humor that surrounds the idea of a mid-life crisis, many people do experience a crisis at mid-life. And the reason for the crisis is often either that they no longer need to focus on the same things. Whether it is the person who has devoted a life to a career and suddenly awakens to the thought that there must be more in life or that the career really doesn't bring any sense of fulfillment to life, or it is the person who suddenly recognizes a large void in life because the children are grown and gone and the marriage is different, life changes and our sense of purpose and meaning changes.
While I firmly believe more baby boomers have centered their careers around their sense of purpose than did their parents, retirement brings a significant lifestyle change. Those who followed their purpose in their careers will suddenly need to find new ways to fulfill their purpose. Those whose careers were not tied to their sense of purpose need to awaken their life purpose and pursue it in order to find meaning and fulfillment in their lives.
When you discover or awaken your purpose in life, you discover new meaning in everything you do. You might want to think of the various aspects of your life - marriage, family, friends, fun, finances, or work - as points on a circle. The center of the circle should be your life purpose. When purpose is the center of your life and the center of your focus, purpose reaches into all of the other aspects of your life like the spokes on a wheel. When everything is connected in this way, life runs smoother and feels safer, more secure, and more stable. This centeredness in life brings peace of mind and fulfillment and satisfaction. It brings happiness.
When you awaken and live your inherent purpose in life, you are centered and focused and you are able to do less and achieve more. Focus allows you to concentrate your energy and your time on what is most important in your life. Understanding and living your life purpose also defines your values and your actions. Purpose makes it easier to make decisions about what you will or will not do.
So, baby boomers, if you awaken your life purpose you will live longer and live better in the second phase of life. Discover your God-given purpose and discover a life of inner peace, direction, and passion.
My retreats and seminars focus on helping boomers awaken their life purpose so that they could live a longer, more fulfilled and happier life. Stay tuned for my upcoming 1 day seminar on Awakening and Living Your Life Purpose.
Dr. Cynthia Barnett is a "refired" educator who had reinvented her life moving from the school house to an entrepreneurial venue.. She is the author of "Stop Singing the Blues: 10 Powerful Strategies for Hitting the high Notes in Your Life, and RE-FIRE, Don't Retire: 7 Secrets of Highly Successful Retirees She was featured by Time magazine for their article on women in mid-life who have reinvented themselves.
If you are ready to "RE-FIRE" your life sign up for my free 7 day audio mini course on the 7 biggest mistakes retires make and how to avoid them for an extraordinary life at http://www.refiredontretire.com
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Many people define their life purpose in terms of their career, especially if they understand it as something of a calling. Many others define their sense of purpose in terms of their family - a strong marriage and raising healthy, happy children. Despite all of the humor that surrounds the idea of a mid-life crisis, many people do experience a crisis at mid-life. And the reason for the crisis is often either that they no longer need to focus on the same things. Whether it is the person who has devoted a life to a career and suddenly awakens to the thought that there must be more in life or that the career really doesn't bring any sense of fulfillment to life, or it is the person who suddenly recognizes a large void in life because the children are grown and gone and the marriage is different, life changes and our sense of purpose and meaning changes.
While I firmly believe more baby boomers have centered their careers around their sense of purpose than did their parents, retirement brings a significant lifestyle change. Those who followed their purpose in their careers will suddenly need to find new ways to fulfill their purpose. Those whose careers were not tied to their sense of purpose need to awaken their life purpose and pursue it in order to find meaning and fulfillment in their lives.
When you discover or awaken your purpose in life, you discover new meaning in everything you do. You might want to think of the various aspects of your life - marriage, family, friends, fun, finances, or work - as points on a circle. The center of the circle should be your life purpose. When purpose is the center of your life and the center of your focus, purpose reaches into all of the other aspects of your life like the spokes on a wheel. When everything is connected in this way, life runs smoother and feels safer, more secure, and more stable. This centeredness in life brings peace of mind and fulfillment and satisfaction. It brings happiness.
When you awaken and live your inherent purpose in life, you are centered and focused and you are able to do less and achieve more. Focus allows you to concentrate your energy and your time on what is most important in your life. Understanding and living your life purpose also defines your values and your actions. Purpose makes it easier to make decisions about what you will or will not do.
So, baby boomers, if you awaken your life purpose you will live longer and live better in the second phase of life. Discover your God-given purpose and discover a life of inner peace, direction, and passion.
My retreats and seminars focus on helping boomers awaken their life purpose so that they could live a longer, more fulfilled and happier life. Stay tuned for my upcoming 1 day seminar on Awakening and Living Your Life Purpose.
Dr. Cynthia Barnett is a "refired" educator who had reinvented her life moving from the school house to an entrepreneurial venue.. She is the author of "Stop Singing the Blues: 10 Powerful Strategies for Hitting the high Notes in Your Life, and RE-FIRE, Don't Retire: 7 Secrets of Highly Successful Retirees She was featured by Time magazine for their article on women in mid-life who have reinvented themselves.
If you are ready to "RE-FIRE" your life sign up for my free 7 day audio mini course on the 7 biggest mistakes retires make and how to avoid them for an extraordinary life at http://www.refiredontretire.com
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