There is an energy that exists inside of you, it is the most precious of all gifts in the universe … and even though it may be difficult to imagine at times … it is truly a gift, the present that was given to us without condition. If you need to experience this gift in a tangible way … just close your eyes and take a deep breath … and feel the life force enter your being.
And as you begin to feel that sense of ‘being alive’ you may understand how it is that we tend to take so much of life for granted, because it is only when there is a threat of losing something that we are awaked to the possibility … even the fear … of it being taken away. Consider for a moment … how much is a breath is worth to you? Now picture yourself stuck under water … your lungs about to explode … now how much is a breath worth to you?
Each breath that you take is an affirmation … a signal to the universe that you possess life force … and you are here to claim the inheritance of that life which belongs to you. You have been given many gifts, but you have to claim them … and the treasures that these gifts will unveil for you are unlimited. However, they will not look for you, you have to go get them … you have to recognise and own them.
Because we live our lives in an arbitrary way … like we just expect to wake up each morning … we don’t realize that we are born into the world each and every day … we are given a brand new day and we spend our time in it like it is an infinite commodity. There is almost an expectation of time being unaccountable, of being limitless … until we reach that moment when it dawns upon us that life has passed us by like a thief in the night. We have been waiting at the station of life and train after train has passed us by … and we just decided in each moment… I’ll take the next one … or the next one … or the next one … and we never actually get on for a ride … but we were busy watching the trains … sometimes we will even catch a train and get off at the next available stop.
So you need to stop and think about those moments of time … and be ready to jump on … climb aboard, and go where you want to go and if the train that stops at your station is the wrong one … is taking you to a destination that you don’t want to go to anymore, then get off and buy a ticket for the right one. But keep your eyes out for it, because you don’t want to miss that one.
In the chaos and confusion of life, its complexities … its raw and uncompromising ways …it can be difficult to see the part we play in it. And because life is not a creation of Mankind, there are no instructions showing us how to perform in it. How am I supposed to feel? … how am I supposed to act? … What is it that I am here to do? … What is my purpose? … What is my message? Having a reason to exist is the ultimate question that every single Human Being on the planet asks themselves at one time or another … and the truth is that very few find the answer, because they are not listening or they are preoccupied with distractions
And so it is, that we can simply drift in and out of living a conscious life. We can have fleeting moments of clarity when we are able to raise our vibration to a level that draws other people in … but you must understand, that this is by no means a sure fire way of attracting positive energy, in fact by raising your levels of energy you are guaranteed to attract people from all walks of life, positive and negative … it is purely by the choices you make consciously, that you are able to filter the results and make decisions that set your life stage, and life will play out its magical theatre.
Most people will have moments of conscious awareness perhaps a few times a day. Some people live complete out of awareness for most of their life, because they are creatures of emotion, or they live in effect … or even in the effect of others effect … for example … If you find yourself saying something like “He/She makes me so mad …” or “I can’t help but feel …” then yes, you are living in effect. No-one can ‘make you feel’ anything, you do that to yourself. Anything that is created internally, like emotions, persuasions, tendencies … even fear, anger, guilt, anxiety, depression etc. you have control over. Your internal representation of the world … how you ‘perceive’ things, which is a product of your filters, your values and beliefs … determines your state of mind, which in turn is displayed in all its glory … as your behaviour.
Ideally, we wish to make conscious decisions each and every waking moment. Living awareness in this manner however is no small feat. We are constantly distracted by the white noise of mainstream media, advertising and promotions of all things political, commercial and ultimately psychological … and because of this constant bombardment of unnecessary information, we tend to hook-up to a train of thought, that rides across the surface of our mind, like oil over water … and has very little to do with a conscious awareness, more rather automation or mechanics of the mind, unconscious thinking like driving a car, or riding a bike, even under persuasion of group think mentality like ‘ go along to get along’ type thinking.
So if you feel in yourself that you are being swept up by the crowd, take a moment to think about what your values are … the attributes that determine what kind of decisions you make … are you genuine? … do you value authenticity? … do you really care how other people are treated? … do you respect all people with equality? … are you living up to your own expectations or the expectations that other people place on you? … are you living your life or the life that other people project on to you?
This is so very important to understand, because if you have no point of reference to your own identity … who you are … this leads you to live with uncertainty, which is the cause of much of our dis-comfort, disstress and finally dis-ease. If we end up living our lives based on the opinions of others instead of our own carefully nurtured thoughts and feelings about ourselves as powerful individuals, the future is not only difficult to see, but we live a life out of control, because in playing out the expectations of others who are yet to present their latest version of who they believe we are, we are prone to fear of the unknown which leads to distrust of everything and everyone.
And it is within this uncertainty that our inner most thoughts wreak havoc on our lives. The self-talk that we foster speaks to us in ways that reflect our inner dis-harmony and so the consequent behaviours that we outwardly manifest become toxic, even life threatening. It is this ‘inner voice’ that is the cause of much of our experience in life. It can serve us well or it can destroy us from the inside out … because what you feel on the inside, is what you project to the outside … if there is no enemy within, the enemy outside can do us no harm.
So we must take back control of that inner voice. You must be strong within yourself in what you let that inner voice say … and how it speaks to you. You must be firm and commanding as you begin to change the negative neurological wiring that has been slowly but surely reinforcing itself over time. As strange as it may seem … it is all in your mind. You exist inside the most incredible piece of machinery in the universe … from the feelings from your gut to the inside of your head and throughout the entire physical expanse of your body … it is more powerful than you can possibly begin to imagine. The latest scientific discoveries that have been observed in the brain regarding neuroplasticity and the structure of communications that happen between every single cell in our body, have unveiled magnificence on a
scale never before thought possible. With regard to our thoughts and feelings, how we are selfprogrammed by the conscious and unconscious mind … it is little wonder that our planet is in such turmoil when you look at the value and content of mental stimulation and programming that many of our institutions serve us daily.
It is paramount that we start to purposefully administer the content of our mind … how we speak to ourselves and what information we allow in. It shapes our energy ... our being ... our humanity and our destiny. It is the storyline behind the movie of our life and it requires editing correctly so that the final projection on the screen of life’s stage portrays a gripping story that faithfully displays your true selfimage to the world … and people will want to see this movie and each episode of your series again and again and again.
Consider each thought that you entertain as a seed that is planted in the fertile soil of your mind. Now the soil does not care what is planted … so long as the seed is watered and attention is given, it will grow and mature and the fruit that it will provide you with will be bountiful. Notice that the soil of your mind has no opinion, its job is to produce what it is instructed to produce … and that is determined by the seeds that you pant. It is therefore necessary to ensure that the most authoritive inner voice … the voice that has the greatest power and influence over you … is the inner voice that supports what, who and how you would like to be.
And this is the essence of conquering your life … because its ability to grow and the direction it takes is ultimately determined by the sustenance that you provide. It is one of the most important of life’s instructions. All of lifes experiences are shaped by this single factor. What you put in is what you get out and whether or not you can understand the complexities of living in a quantum world … where we are intimately connected to each other … you really need to experience this as a universal truth, because this one single instruction will determine the outcome of your life.
Make a conscious decision today to change your thinking habits. If you are sick and tired of being sick and tired …. repeating the same old experiences day in and day out … lacking motivation to even get out of bed … wandering through life aimlessly not knowing which way to turn … searching for answers to the question of why you are even here … please understand that this is temporary and it will drastically change and soon as you adapt a new mind model. A mind model that allows you to be in control of your thoughts, your decisions and dreams of what you choose to be, who you want to become and where it is that you want to go.
And over a short period of time, when you have dislodged the old neuro connections that have been causing you so much uncertainty … as the old mind set shifts into a new gear and you start to live a more conscious life, by installing the good thought patterns that encourage positive growth and direction, not only will you feel a whole lot better about life and about yourself, you will begin to see your unique purpose … your story will unfold … your gift, that special gift that only you can provide the world will shine out from you and life will take on new meaning. Your vision will open out … you will see things differently … colours will become brighter … your senses will spring into action as if you are only just waking from a long slumber … days will become increasingly better for you and the greatest version of yourself will begin to appear. I promise you … your inner light will shine a brightness that will cause you to live like never before. And as you share this experience … by living each day with your truth … you will, by your actions, quite literally change the world around you.
LIFE TECHNIQUE #1 – CONTROL OF THE INNER VOICE
Firstly … you actually have two brains and I’m not speaking of the left and right hemispheres of your brain but something rather surprisingly different. It is well known in research circles that you also have a ‘heartbrain’. It is like a separate neurological pathway … the intuitive nervous system if you will … and it interacts in a special way with the ‘head-brain’ to produce acute functions of awareness, understanding and intuition.
There is a difference between your inner voice and what your ‘gut’ is telling you. It is important to distinguish the difference. So, as you might now understand, we must continue to listen inwardly to ourselves, but also be able to separate the ‘Heart-Brain’ inner voice from the ‘Head Brain’ inner voice
Whenever, and I mean every time you hear an ‘inner voice’ speak to you in a negative way … repeat the phrase in your mind using a voice that sounds funny or stupid to you and turn the volume right down. For example if you hear yourself saying in your head “I’m such an idiot” repeat it internally in the voice of micky mouse, donald duck or goofy or any voice that give the words a comical flavour … and make that voice much quieter. Now, go ahead and notice how ridiculous it sounds. Repeat it as much as you like for full effect.
It doesn’t take long before that inner voice loses its authority and you will have freed up the space needed to begin planting the seeds of your personal development. This exercise may sound weird and a little bit eccentric, but it is guaranteed to work after a short period of time, so don’t give up.
Now that we have some fertile soil available on the rich landscape of our mind, lets go ahead and start planting some fresh seeds. Seeds that are going to empower us to accept ourselves as able humans, being all we are supposed to be and building the superstructure that will reinforce our plants because we are going to need as much support as possible. We need to ensure that your character is able to support the weight of the fruit that your behaviour is going to harvest.
I want you to write out the following list in your own writing. There’s something about the art of writing that helps us to internalize things in a more complete way, so although you can just type these lines out, I feel you will get better value by writing them by hand and please do add as many more as you wish, I’ve just provided this list as a starter. When you have finished … put the list somewhere where you can see it every morning ... on the mirror as you brush your teeth … on the doorway as you leave your bedroom … on the refrigerator as you reach for your breakfast … anywhere you can see it first thing to remind yourself to speak these words to yourself as a morning ritual.
I guarantee that after just one week of practising LIFE TECHNIQUE #1 – CONTROL OF THE INNER VOICE … your soul will start to sing … your heart will begin to smile and your life will never be the same again
I AM SPECIAL I AM COURAGEOUS
I AM BEAUTIFUL I AM BOLD
I AM WISE I AM HONEST
I AM GIFTED I AM HUMBLE
I AM LIFE I AM ALIVE
I AM NEEDED I AM NECESSARY
I AM REQUIRED I AM TOUGHER THAN LIFE
I AM COMPASSIONATE I AM CHANGING
I AM A LEADER I AM AN ACHEIVER
I AM LIVING PROOF I AM A GOOD PERSON
I AM GRATEFUL I AM THANKFUL
I AM A GOOD EXAMPLE I AM A ROLE MODEL
I AM A VISIONARY I AM CAPABLE
I AM A GOOD FRIEND I AM A GOOD LOVER
I AM CARING I AM AWARE OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF MY ACTIONS
I AM SURROUNDED BY LOVE I AM CONSCIOUSLY AWARE OF MY CHOICES
I AM LIVING WITH PURPOSE I AM CHALLENGING MYSELF
I AM PREPARED TO FAIL IN ORDER TO SUCCED I AM ABLE TO LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES
I AM PATIENT I AM GLAD TO BE ALIVE
I AM HAPPY INSIDE MY HEART BRAIN I AM IN CONTROL OF MY EMOTIONS
I AM ACCEPTING OF OTHERS DIFFERENCES I AM A PART OF EVERYTHING
I AM INTIMATELY CONNECTED TO EVERYONE I AM HERE FOR A PURPOSE
I AM UNIQUE I AM CREATIVE
I AM LOVING I AM PERFEC T IN MY IMPERFECTIONS