If you are following this blog, then you have probably seen The Secret, the hit movie that came out in the summer of 2006 on the Internet. It spawned an entirely new industry of positive psychology experts who teach the Law of Attraction and other related concepts. If you have not seen The Secret, you can download a copy from your computer by visiting www.thesecret.tv. or buying a copy from that same website.
The Law of Attraction simply states that like energy attracts like energy. Every person on the planet operates his own "broadcasting" station, which sends out signals or vibrations to the Universe. The Universe always responds and events, people and things will emerge in your life based on the matches made between your broadcast signal and the Universe.
But what are the broadcast signals made of? Your thoughts! What you think determines your life. If you think, "I want to be rich" you know what you get? More wanting to "be rich." The Universe does not differentiate between "a want" and "a need." It will fulfill the strongest emotional content of your thought. And if your emotions are centered on wanting, that is what you get - more wanting.
Do you see how powerful you are? You determine what you get in your life!
The basic concept is that you are the cause of the events in your life. You are not "the effect" of something acting on you. You are the reason your life is the way it is. And if you are the cause, then you can change it. But how?
It's simple - just change the channel!
When you change your thoughts and perspective from "bad things keep happening to me" to "I am prosperous and energetic," guess what happens? A shift occurs and you start broadcsating an entirely different set of signals to the Universe. You have just stepped from "victimhood" to "causation." And you will start seeing different results in your life.
"But I have tried that," you cry in frustration. "It didn't work!"
You might have think you tried it, but I can guarantee you that your old pattern of limited thinking was still operating in the background. We all have a voice inside our heads that judges our actions, our goals and our life, usually in a negative and self-defeating tone. This voice is the voice of the ego - that mind creation that allows us to filter the millions of pieces of information that constantly bombards us. Unfortunately, the ego also plays games with us to stay in control. If the ego feels threatened or powerless, the onslaught of thoughts it spews forth is similar to "Old Faithful."
So how do you turn off the ego and its negative thought train?
Will power is not enough. The ego draws its energy from will power and is very good at convincing you that it is correct. The only way to deal with the ego is to bypass it.
Focus on listening to your Spiritual Intelligence - that inner voice who is your source. Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith has just released his new book, called Spiritual Liberation. He describes this process beautifully and recommends that we ask the following questions when the ego is on a rampage:
1) What good can I find in this situation?
2) What good is trying to emerge from this situation?
3) What may I do to help it emerge?
Dr. Beckwith states that "your life unfolds, in part, according to the type of questions you place before yourself. By asking relevant questions...a whole new world of insight, beauty, intelligence and intuition will spring into expression through you."
Make a commitment to learn more about the Laws of the Universe and your place in it. As you change your perspective and begin to evolve more in consciousness, you will begin to "wake up" to your spiritual self. And your life will never be the same again!
