Are You Prepared

According to the Law of Attraction we are part of the single universal force that holds the universe together. Whether it is because of subatomic resonance or simply the idea that thoughts are things our entire life is said to be a product of our thoughts and feelings. We are what we think about, or more precisely the feelings generated by our thoughts.

Then why does living a life that attracts wealth seem so foreign to most of us? Why does it seem so hard?

Some of us are about to begin a journey – another challenge to enhance our lives – but why take training if greatness is already part of us?

We have lost our sensitivity to listen to our hearts.

We live in a world where everything is measured outside of ourselves. Many of these values are important and worthy because of the potential to achieve that they represent. Yet everything about us draws our attention to the external world.

However, t he Law of Attraction reminds us that the outer world is a reflection of the inner world.

It requires us to feed our inner being and to recognise the richness within.

All major religions teach we are made in the image of God. The divine therefore has the potential to be reflected through man. The problem is in us. A mirror is designed to shine and must be clear of all dirt and obstruction.

Sadly, we have done a good job of covering up our spark of divinity.

We have done a brilliant job of covering up our hearts most secret yearnings.

There is always another thing to do, another responsibility to fulfil and our inner world, the seed of our greatness, and who we are truly, is pushed aside.

We have our outer responsibilities which must not be ignored and we also have a responsibility to our inner world.

How can that seed of potential be encouraged to grow?

To grow a good crop of seeds more than hope is required. Even if the weather, rain and seasons were right good success depends on preparation.

A seed thrown on hard uncultivated ground, or a seed amidst weeds or just out of the way gobbled up by passing birds has little chance.

Do we listen to the leadings of our heart? Or are we to busy, running over the soil of our heart, crushing down our desires underfoot packing them down hard never allowed to be expressed. Are we always pushing our hearts aside, never allowing time to reflect on our desires and let them take root in our soul before the dry heat of life's dramas shrivel them from our soul ?

Do we live in a world of distractions, each little anxiety and pressure, choking out our desires before they mature, like weeds choking out the seeds of a valuable crop?

Or do we simply ignore our desires and simply let someone take away the seeds of our hope as does a bird take seeds laying on the ground?

We need to dig away all the obstacles we have layered on our hearts to see the valuable gem within.

If we are to succeed in drawing success to ourselves then the seed of desire must be planted deep in our hearts, ploughed cultivated, watered and fertilized like a well prepared crop.

 

It is easy to become discouraged and to view ourselves as too insignificant.

'How important am I anyway?' you may ask.

At the Oxonian Institute, on May 11, 2007, writer Deepak Chopra related how he and his brother travelled to India to cremate their father. In The ashes were taken to the Ganges at Rishikesh where the Chopra's had their fathers details recorded. The dates of their grandparents, great grandparents, and great-great-grandparents were recorded.

Deepak asked how far back did the family records go?

"How far back do you want to go?" asked the priest. "This place has been keeping records since 323 BCE when Alexander the Great invaded India."

This caused Deepak Chopra to ask himself about all the tens of millions of people required for his birth to occur. You have 2 parents, 4 grandparents, 8 Great grandparents, 16 Great Great Grand-parents and if any one of those people were missing in the chain – if any one of them had not been in an amorous mood at a precise time he would not exist.

Think. Compared to the universe we are but a speck of dust on a speck of dust that rotates around a slightly bigger speck of dust in a giant dust bowl.

It is east to feel dwarfed.

Yet oh what a magnificent speck of dust! An infinite number of events have made your life possible. I believe this is far more than random coincidence.

We are a speck of dust that experiences the union of the finite and the infinite all at once, a speck of dust that can appreciate the finite world and be open to the divine intelligence that moves this universe.

We have the ability to appreciate beyond what is. We have a remarkable gift called consciousness. Either this spark of divinity within us is simply a by product of the brains chemical activity – an epi-phenomenon, or we are influenced by the divine. How you describe that divine intelligence I leave to your belief system. You may disagree and I respect your opinion.

Now, even science is coming around, as only one of the 12 schools of thought that describe mans proposed evolution view it as an entirely random phenomenon.

Do we truly appreciate how great a gift we have been given?

With all the things that must have occurred for us to be alive - with all the things that have occurred to grant us consciousness we have so much to be grateful for.

That gratitude can propel us to want to appreciate every second of our existence.

Do we take every opportunity to enhance and empower our lives and to learn both what it is we truly desire and what skills and tools can enhance our pursuit of an Empowered life style.

One of the biggest problems in achieving our goals is knowing on what to set our aspirations.

To know our vision we must take a very personal journey that no one else can take for us. The journey into our soul.

This is why the great writers of the past constantly emphasize the need of silence – stilling the self talk. If your religion discourages meditation then quietly reflect on a scene from a scene consistent with your views. I like a scene that reminds me of the 23^rd Psalm of sheep as I remember them in my Tasmanian childhood.
Once we understand what it is that we so hungrily desire within then looking for a means to manifest it is more readily achieved.
A few months back I attended an arts awards night. The judge spoke highly of the artistic skill of the entrants but made an interesting observation. She encouraged the artists to spend far more time working within and finding what was the message they wanted their work to convey. An Empowered, meaningful Life is far more than the skilful use of techniques. We must have a vision to people us forward otherwise we will not fully use all; the gifts available to us.
Our vision gives us a reason to strive, to overcome obstacles and allows us the satisfaction to look back over our life with a sense of deep satisfaction.
At the end of your days what will be the message people will write as your epitaph? If you can write it now what would you want people to remember? What is it that is truly you? What is it that is to be your destiny?
Brian
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No! That’s not going to Happen

This month I decided I would put an extra effort forward to lead the way, forge a path in encouraging a budding forum I am a member of.

I wrote blogs, which now suddenly seemed inferior to their purpose, I wrote and rewrote – suddenly 10 different themes in 10 separate files all suddenly full of facts and figures. Yet something was missing.

What was wrong?

I have made incredible, almost unbelievable progress in my health and prospects in the last few months. So why?

Suddenly the obvious reality coalesced.

I had lost sight of my purpose.

Purpose, or vision, is that very thing that propels us forward to move ahead to want to be above mediocrity. Vision - which propels us to be great. Vision - to overcome obstacles. Vision - to give meaning and purpose to all who we meet in this world.

As potential Empowered Millionaires we have to be able to make money. 'To make a buck' as some put it. There is no escaping the fact that an entrepreneur must make a profit.

But that is not enough. We can reach a financial goal and at its realization suddenly wonder 'Is that all there is?" Without vision the journey to success may in itself be weak, pointless and not worth continuing.

Impotent goals are often the source of non achievement. One of the main reasons people fail to achieve their goals is that the goals were never really formed in their mind.

Importantly, a worthwhile vision adds value to others.

A product worthy of success adds value. A product of value generates return custom. A product of value promotes loyalty.

The same is true of a Visionary person. A Visionary businessman is successful because he is directed by vision. A Visionary parent does not allow distractions take his or her mind away from the family. A successful husband is focused on the needs of his spouse and is a blessing to her. A Visionary wife is a blessing to her husband.

Similarly, an Empowered Millionaire more is required than a seven figure bank account. An Empowered life is a Visionary life that compels the Empowered Millionaire to help others live Empowered lives.

Whether you believe God has a purpose for you or you decide your purpose what is it? Is your goal real to you or a fuzzy haze?

Either you know your life's script or the script is being written for you.

Your parents want to write your script for you. Your friends want to write your script for you, Your workmates, your neighbours, society wants to write your script for you.

Let me emphasize an important distinction. Goals and visions are often very different.

A goal of $1,000,000 may be the means to finance a vision. Money is potential power. A power that can be used for good or bad, and the choice depends on vision.

Be it Lakhes and Crores, Ponds and Shiilings, Yen, Peso's or Dollars you can't eat them but they can allow you to enjoy the luxury and feeling of a delicious meal.

Well I know all that, it's nothing new, so why was I stuck?

I realize I had begun to replay the mental tapes calling me to stay in my comfort zone – and the reality stung me, to replay the mind games of my past.
No! That's not going to Happen. No more that's past. Never again.

Some years back I was part of Michael Skye's Vision Force Academy. I was only beginning the course and beginning to experience an emotional re-awakening – but also beginning was a major health decline and a resulting marriage failure. Coincidental timing but a scaring jolt.

Ivan Pavlov demonstrated that when a dog was fed food at the time he heard a bell he would be 'conditioned' (Pavlov's own term) to salivate when only the bell was heard. This happens with any repeated peak emotion, good or bad.

I am now, again, making major changes in my life. Right on cue, at the point of moving toward its serious application suddenly the same unease – brainwashed into me from past trauma began to replay in my head.

Yet there are differences - Major differences.

I am improving in my health in ways I had not imagined only months ago. I am nearly off medication that has left me sedated for over two decades.

I feel so alive at times I am like an overcharged battery, trying to learn to balance my containment.

Relationships, well I don't have to find the perfect lady of my life- I've found her. She is the best motivator on the planet.

She will probably want to kill me for telling you, but then she is much a part of who I have become and who I am becoming.

<i>So how do we determine our Vision?</i>

How do you know what your purpose in life is? How can you leave planet earth a better place than you found it?

The principles have been written up everywhere I will borrow from writer Kate Fergeson.
Quiet time, reflection and journaling

Take time to know yourself. Write a journal and notice recurring patterns.

Watch your responses.

Our vision will be expressed in accord to our environment. A Vision does not occur in isolation. Ghandi and Martin Luther King were successful because they expressed their vision according to the situation of their times.

Another trick I use is when watching a movie or reading a book. If I am particularly moved or even frustrated by the plot or a character I have a clue of something meaningful to me.

Perhaps the plot expresses a situation in the world that I could help change.

As you journal ask yourself:

What Do I Love? Remember you want to 'Follow your Bliss' and live 'Life with passion'.

So begin to daily ask yourself 'What do i love?' and let that realization open
Know Thy-Self!

With a wonderful list of things liked recorded in your look for a pattern. Categorize them

Look at the things contained in your journal, group them, categorise them.

"Are they good for you or bad for you? How do they serve you in your life? What are the common characteristics contained within these groupings?" are questions we should ask according to Kate Fergeson in 'Finding Your Life's Purpose.

Reflect on your responses and journal your thoughts.
Rewrite the script!

You will now know what you Love, and reflecting on this will 'help you understand you understand the role they play in your life and you are beginning to see a picture unfold as to how they can assist you to create a whole new life of Bliss, Passion and Joy'

Now take all these parts and take the images and like Picasso merge these little pictures into your own giant masterpiece. Don't rush; take time, days, weeks even, as you build, refine and readjust the perfection of your future. Constantly improve upon it as your life evolves.

Create a new vision for yourself that incorporates all of these elements. Write your new story. This can take quite a while so let it evolve over time. Write and rewrite as you desire 'until it feels absolutely perfect and makes your heart sings.'
Inspiration

There are two parts to this. Personal inspiration and connection

a) Find things that inspire you to hold onto your new understanding about what your Life Purpose is and how it is manifesting in your life.

Pictures from the internet or magazines. Make a 'Mindmovie' of your vision and play and replay it. Make it your mantra – write a song. Whatever excites you. Read books on it, watch movies about it.

Do anything that makes you feel good about your vision

b) Connect, network with anyone who shares your vision. The Empowered Millionaires Institute gives us the opportunity to inspire and be inspired. To gain we must be an active part of the fun.

Are there organizations that share what makes you happy?

Join them and enjoy your quest for Happiness.

Spend time with your dreams, goals and passions everyday so that your connection remains strong, your inspiration remains with you and your vision remains clear.

So go for it! Your vision is your future. Will you write your script? Or will you let someone else steal your destiny.

Brian

Brian
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