In t h e l at e 6 0 ?
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I w ent to college
at UC Ber keley. I w or ked at the local flow er shop
and lived in a household w ith my br other, my
boyfr iend, and another student, all of w hom , like
m e, w er e passionate about stopping the w ar in
Vietnam . For a lot of us in that er a, it w as a
pow er ful exper ience in m anifestation: w e
believed w e could help change the w or ld, and w e
did.
Riding the m om entum of the peace and fr ee
speech m ovem ents, w e w er e gaining aw ar eness of
pollution and w er e joining together to help stop
the gr ow th of coal and nuclear pow er plants in
favor of safe and clean alter natives. This w as a
par ticular passion of m ine. And this is w her e I
lear ned a big lesson about the law of attr action,
and especially about the connection betw een
intention and behavior.
Let
It
Be
W ith
the
Beatles?
new ly r eleased "Let it
Be" album playing on
my tape cassette, I can
r em em ber
dr iving
fr om w or k ever y other
Fr iday after noon to
attend a m eeting of
people w ho all shar ed
a concer n about the
toxicity of the nuclear and coal technologies and a
belief in our ability to m anifest healthy
alter natives. On my w ay to our gather ing, I w ould
often stop to deposit my paycheck at Bank of
Am er ica, w hich w as conveniently located ar ound
the cor ner fr om our m eeting spot.
I had no idea that Bank of Am er ica uses its
custom er ? deposits to m ake cheap loans to
s
nuclear pow er and coal com panies so they can
build their plants. And I didn? r ealize that
t
because of the kind of m oney system w e have
(w hich is based on w hat? called Fr actional
s
Reser ve), the bank w as allow ed to m ultiply my
deposits by ten to m ake those loans.
So ther e I w as, believing, visioning, and w or king to
help cr eate a clean and healthy planet w hile
inadver tently using my har d-ear ned m oney to fund
the cor por ations I w as other w ise w or king to stop.
This is w her e the law of attr action got fleshed out
for m e, and w her e I r ealized that to m anifest my
vision and the bounty that I believe is possible, I
need to be sur e that my behavior is not conflicted
w ith my vision. I need w hat I cam e to think of as a
com bination
of
passi on at e
i n t en t
an d
u n con f l i ct ed beh av i or .
Using my m oney to fund som ething that I am
w or king to stop is conflicted behavior. Just like
eating a pound of sugar w hen I w ant to feel
healthier, or dr inking espr esso w hen I am tr ying to
go to sleep. The behavior sim ply doesn? m atch the
t
intention. We actually need to par ticipate in
m anifesting the m ir acle, not just w ith our thoughts
and feelings, but also w ith our actions.
So how do w e figur e out w hat unconflicted behavior
is? And how do w e cr eate a pr actice w her e our
visions and our actions ar e tr uly aligned? I believe
accur ate infor m ation is the key to this, and to the
full m anifestation of the law of attr action. It? one of
s
the m ain r easons w e m ade THRI VE - to help coher e
facts, and connect the dots on seem ingly unr elated
but tr uly inter connected issues. And as those w ho
ar e am ong the 30+ m illion people w ho have seen
the m ovie know, w e do not hold back? .not because
w e like the discom for t that com es w ith being that
bold, but because an accur ate assessm ent of w hat?
s
going on is r equir ed to infor m our vision and align
our actions to tr uly cr eate a w or ld of abundance not just for our selves, but for ever yone.
So if infor m ation is key, how do w e r econcile
lear ning infor m ation that is negative w ith keeping
our thoughts positive? I believe this is w her e our
intention sets the context. If our intention is to be
healthy, under standing that GM O? and the
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