Good Vibrations

I love the Claude M. Bristol book “The Magic of Believing’ and I highly recommend it to everyone. I am currently rereading  the book and came across a part that talks about vibrations so I wanted to share a bit of it-but in my own words.

Everything puts out a vibration and like attracts like. Your senses take in information by vibration; you hear sound waves or vibrations and your brain ‘translates’ them into something you can understand (at least most of the time ha-ha) and its the same for what you see, light pulses or vibrations and voila, the brain interprets. All living beings take in vibrations and emanate vibrations so how you feel at any given time has much to do with how things are going for you. You might think things are going bad so that's why you feel bad but no-the ‘bad’ feeling started before the ‘bad’ things happened.

I was reminded of this today as I watched one of my Facebook friends post a status update this morning. She wrote; things started off bad today but it seems to be getting better. I read that and I thought, great, she is focusing on what can go right and then I read the next line; I guess there’s always tomorrow. I knew at that moment her day was not going to be getting any better because she had already written it off and sure enough later on she posted an update asking if it was possible for things to get worse so yeah her day did not get better.

No one has perfect days every day but most of us usually have at least one thing that is less than pleasing happen on any given day. The challenge is to let that go and stay in the positive place and if you are wondering how to do that here are some examples; use music to keep a good mood or bring it back, use photos of happy times to remind you of how good your life is, affirm frequently the things that move you forward and forgive those that annoy you because it is likely they don’t annoy you on purpose not to mention that annoyance is a vibration that doesn’t attract positive stuff or count your blessings because when you do that it makes it really hard to complain. And these are just a few ways to work on a good vibration-try to think of some more-like right now.

Are We There Yet?

So I did a bit of a review to help new readers with an overview of personal development and some of you may be wondering if this is everything. Of course it is not everything! This is an overview and there is much more to this and yet if you apply what I have gone over, you will have good results. You never arrive, you are always in the process of growing. Every day of your life you need to be feeding your mind with the positive messages and information that keep you focused on your goals because the world is only too happy to feed you negative information and you have to counter that.

This doesn’t mean that you must spend every moment studying, a mere twenty or thirty minutes a day is enough. So if you are interested in seeing where this can take you why not start right now by checking out James Allen’s book “As A Man Thinketh”. It’s available free online and is just a few pages so even a slow reader can do this in less than a month reading only two pages a day although I advise you to study it not just read it. Here’s the link;

http://jamesallen.wwwhubs.com/think.htm

Funny How Things Work Out

I usually post on Monday and Wednesday. This week I had to leave town for a couple of days so I had my post in my draft folder all ready to go-but I forgot to post it before I left. Funny thing is, I realized that I had neglected  something important in my overview so it ended up being a good thing that I forgot to post that draft.

And that is how things generally work out in real life too. It may seem like a mistake, it may seem like a bad thing but often it happens just the way it is supposed to and works out for the best. That said, let’s get on to what I forgot; persistence & confidence.

If you never give up you can never fail, if you quit you will never ‘arrive’. Rome wasn’t built in a day and it wasn’t built without a challenge or two so understand that if you persist sooner or later you will achieve what you want to achieve.

I could say that while you are persisting, do so with confidence but you should do everything with confidence and many people have an insufficient supply of that so instead I will say pretend! Sometimes you just have to ‘act’ the part before you get it. The first time that I was told to ‘act as if’ I had absolutely no idea of how to do that. And you might not either, so you might be sitting there saying something like, I am not wealthy and I never have been so first of all how do I act like something I don’t know how to act like and second, how do you act rich if you are not? Good question and easy answer; it’s not about spending a lot of money, it’s not about acting like what you think wealthy people act like, it’s about confidence. Wealthy people do not sit around and think about money, bills and debt all of the time. Well, okay, some of the wealthy people think about money all of the time but not the same way people with little or no money do. They are thinking about how to grow their capital while poor people are thinking about, worrying about, fretting about, how to get more of the stuff. When you lack something that you want, you tend to think about that lack constantly and when you have what you want, you tend to think about your life, almost taking for granted that what you want is in abundant supply-that is confidence. So to pretend or act as if is simply being confident that your supply is there-no need to constantly think about it.

And that is the key to acting as if; be confident that what you need is in abundant supply whenever you need it.

Of Course There Is More!

Yes, I am writing more about the ‘bits’ and today that includes Attitude, Interest & Habits.

Interest is the things that you focus on and that means the good, bad or indifferent thing you focus on. When you give thought to the things you don’t understand-like why would anyone ever allow themselves to become overweight for example, you are inviting the universe to show you exactly how that can happen. This is true whether or not you accept this & you know you can always try it out for yourself for ‘proof’. Just remember that if you are not careful about what you are interested in you might not like the result. Instead of trying to understand why someone is the way that they are, spend you thought where it can do you the most benefit-like in being interested in what wealthy or healthy people do for fun. Wonder how they spend their idle hours, wish you could understand how Warren Buffet decides what to invest in.

The benefit of being interested in things, events and people that focus your thoughts on positive things is that it affects your attitude. As the saying goes; what’s in the projector is what is playing on the screen! If the people that you have attracted into your life are crabby, unhealthy, miserable, or any other negative you can think of that is because you have that in common with them. Sure they might be less or more unhealthy, crabby, depressed, or whatever than you but birds of a feather! Sometimes  you just have to change the film and keep an eye on it because mysteriously, that old negative film can creep back in so you might have to keep changing it for the good film.

Why does that film mysteriously change itself back? Habit. Your attitude is a habit and just like all habits, you must be vigilant in the application of new habits or else the old habits will creep back in.You change a habit a little at a time and very rarely overnight and the good news is that you can change any habit at any time you choose. And if you find that old film in the projector, don’t get upset, just put in the new film as many times as it takes until that positive film is your attitude.

And More Bits

No overview or review of self growth is complete without including all of the aspects of personal development and that includes today's subjects; forgiveness and praise.

You should already know what forgiveness is so I won’t have to go into much detail on that one but I will say that forgiveness is not forgetting, it’s not allowing yourself to be a doormat but it is freeing yourself of the negative emotion that hurts you and not the person or situation that caused you any upset. And you do that for yourself not for someone else because you are the one that suffers if you don’t and you are the one that benefits if you do. If you want to read more on forgiveness, look back thru my posts because I know I have written about this before.

And this brings us to praise; when you learn to praise prior to an event or interaction you will find that things go much better than you ever imagined possible. Why is that? I can’t say for a fact but I would guess it is because you create an expectation of a good result. It’s kind of like appreciating before receiving, being grateful for what you are about to receive puts you into a better vibration so that the universe can match that with its own good vibration. When I know that I am about to contact someone, maybe a company that I am not on the same page with, I always take a minute to self talk, saying things like, I am so blessed by doing business with company X, I always get fast, efficient service and they correct any problems immediately. And guess what? I have found that this works like a charm nine times out of ten. But you be the judge; next time you need to contact a company, next time you are standing in line at the store, next time you go out to eat, praise the people that work for the company, be grateful you will be interacting with a good company and the best, fastest, nicest people that work for that company and then keep track of your results.

The Bits

You might be asking what is left? We have covered what some say is the formula for success; ask, believe and receive, but many are surprised when this is not enough so today I want to go over allowing and resisting.

Now, you might be thinking that when you stop resisting you are allowing and that these are flip sides to the same coin but no this is not true.

Resisting is a sort of default position for most people, we are often looking for the other shoe to drop. Things might be going good but its too good to be true because in our family nobody gets those good breaks, because I never win anything, because nothing ever lasts, because it never worked out in the past or because fill in the blank.

Resisting comes from deep inside and it comes from a secret feeling of being unworthy, from not believing or from a feeling of fear. And it will not go away until the day that you wake up and realize that you are worthy just because you are or that the only thing to fear is fear itself (a great quote that I couldn’t resist! Thanks FDR) & you believe what you choose to believe because you always have and you always will. Resistance creates roadblocks out of thin air but you can let go of resistance whenever you want by remembering to affirm what you want and why you deserve it.

Now for allowing; if you find yourself saying he should, she should, they should on a regular basis then you are not allowing. A great quote for this is by Jim Rohn; “I used to say that liars shouldn’t lie. I no longer do that. Why? They’re liars, that's what they do!” Jim would have been the first to tell you to allow people to be who they are. That doesn’t mean that you let a liar lie to you it means that you don’t expect them to tell the truth, you don’t ask them to be something that they are not. It’s not that they cannot change-if they choose-it’s that they get to be the one to decide if they will change. Of course, you can always direct them to materials that you feel may influence them toward a more positive direction. And I mean that for anyone that is in your life, whether they are a liar or not, you allow them to be who they are without judgment (yes, of course if they are like serial killers, drug addicts or whatever you’re not going to want to allow them to do that but really truly how many of those kinds of people are in your life & why have you attracted that if the answer is one or more?) because it is not your job to judge (unless you are actually a judge-hahaha) and judging people hurts you & them (and if you don’t know why that is send me an email & I will explain it) & slows, in not stops, your progress.

Of course, there is more to allowing and resisting but this is a good start.

A Penny For Your Thoughts

Okay, now that you have all read my last post, you understand that your thoughts have created the things and events of your life. Today it is all about creating by design instead of default.

How do you do that? It is simple; you stop thinking about anything you find less than pleasing and start thinking about what is good. Now, this is not to say that you ignore problems because that is not a very good idea but I am saying that if you are full of anger then what you will create is more things to be angry about. If you think about sickness instead of health then guess what, you will not be the healthiest person on the block. If you worry all he time, you will have plenty to worry about. And if you are sitting there thinking that you think about money all the time but it hasn’t shown up that is because you are thinking about not having enough and that has shown up.

So if you dwell on what is good, what is beautiful, what is special-in short all the things in life to be grateful for, then you will have many more things to be grateful for.

It’s the thoughts that you allow to dominate that create those things and events of your life. And when there are things and events that are less than pleasing you don’t think about the problems, you don’t think about what angers you, let that go, forgive and put it aside and remember that what you think about is the solutions for situations.

And one last thing, do not talk about problems-ever-talk about solutions because which do you always want to find? The problems or the solutions?

Give This Some Thought

For the past several posts I have been reviewing the process of creating a life you love and today is all about thinking, so I am sharing a long excerpt from the book The Magic of Believing by Claude M. Bristol.

You may ask why I am sharing this excerpt and the answer would be that I could have given this information in my own words but this is a book I have recommended before and if you have not already gotten the book you might decide to do so after you read this;

Your very life is your thinking-and the result of your thinking processes. Your flesh, bones, and muscles can be reduced to 70 percent water & a few chemicals of small value, but it is your mind & what you think that makes you what your are, The secret of success lies not outside, but within the thoughts of man.

Figuratively, thought makes giants out of pigmies, and often turns giants into pigmies. History is filed with accounts of how thought made weak men strong and strong men weak, & you see evidence of its working around you constantly.

You do not eat, wear clothes, run for a bus, drive your car, turn on a TV or read a newspaper-you don’t even raise you arm –without a preceding thought-impulse. While you may consider the motions you make as more of less automatic, perhaps caused by some physical reflexes, behind every single step you take in life, regardless of its direction, is that formidable and powerful force-thought

The very way you walk, the way you carry yourself, your talk, your manner of dress, all reflect your way of thinking. A slovenly carriage is an indication of slovenly thinking, whereas an alert upright carriage is the outward sign of inward strength & confidence. What you exhibit outwardly, you are inwardly. You are the product of your own thoughts. What you believe yourself to be, you are.

Thought is the original source of all wealth, all success, all material gain, all great discoveries & inventions, & of all achievement. Without it there would be no medicine, no great museums, no great plays or novels, no modern conveniences-in fact, there would be no advance over life in the most primitive ages.

Your thoughts-those that predominate-determine your character, your career, indeed, your everyday life. Thus it becomes easy to understand what is meant by the statement that “A man’s thoughts make or break him.” And when you realize that there can be no action or reaction, either good or bad, without the generating force of thought initiating it, then the Biblical saying “For whatever a man soweth, that also he shall reap” & Shakespeare’s words “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so” become more intelligible.

Undoubtedly, we become what we envisage. There was a time that I would have laughed at people who talked about the magnetic force of thought, how thought correlates with its object, how it can affect people & inanimate things even at great distances, But I no longer laugh, not do others who know something of its power, for anyone who has any intelligence sooner or later comes to realize that thought can change the entire surface of the globe.

George Russell, the famous Irish editor & poet was once quoted as saying that we become what we  contemplate; & he certainly demonstrated it in his own life by becoming a great writer, lecturer, painter & poet. However, it mist be kept in mind that many of the thoughts we think are not all outs at all, at least not of our originating. We are molded by the thoughts of others; but what we hear in conversation, what we read in newspapers, magazines & books, what we hear in the  movies, on TV, & on the radio, even chance remarks from bystanders, And these thoughts bombard us constantly. Some of them, which harmonize with our own inmost thoughts & open the way to greater visions in our life, are helpful. But too often these thoughts are upsetting, weaken out self-confidence, and turn us away from out higher purposes, It is these outside thoughts that are the trouble makers, and later I shall explain how you can keep free of them.

 

So that’s it folks, I trust you will find it as valuable and insightful as I do. The go get the book because it is a great read and you know you want to know how to keep free of those trouble maker thoughts.