BROKEN AS GOLD

Good day and I hope you are having a great week.  Eckhart Tolle in his book The Power of Now states that if we were in Heaven, we would say after a while, this is great, but.  This is something that makes us who we are.  We are constantly looking for the next desire, and that is a great thing.  It is not a bad thing.  This is a bountiful Universe and we should be looking for our hearts content.  What does this have to with brokenness?

There is a Japanese art called Kintsugi or Kintsukuroi that is the art of repairing broken ceramic and china by filling and sticking the pieces together with a resin which has gold dust in it.  The moral of the story being that what is broken is actually more beautiful than the original.  As we dare to go after our desires instead of sitting back, we risk being broken.  We risk, to gain. We go beyond what is comfortable to gain new successes.  We push our boundaries, to experience the new opportunities.  This risk will come with stumbles, setbacks,  and what many may call “failure”.  In reality though has there been anything that we have achieved without failing and trying again? Imagine if you had stopped trying to walk because you fell down the first time you tried.  Ridiculous right?

There is a great beauty and I would go as far as saying power to someone who perseveres in the face of setbacks and prevails.  Many coaches will say “ you are not beaten until you quit”. Motivational speakers are fond of saying “you are the only one who can stop you”.  These are not just tweetable quotes, although feel free to tweet them. 

Do not hide behind your mistakes. Do not run from failure. Why do we let our failures and stumbles define our actions? It is called Shame.  Shame is different from guilt.  Guilt is an action that you did that was wrong. Shame is an identity; you believe there is something wrong with you.  There could not be anything further from the truth.  You recall Thomas Edison tried and failed 10,000 times to perfect the light bulb.  Do you think he was ashamed after each try.  Oh sure people were readily available to ridicule him, but imagine if he had stopped trying to invent his inventions.  

Remember people are always ready to bring you down. It is not always from a place of malice, it can actually be from a place of love.  Loved ones fear for your wounds.  When you experience brokenness, it hurts those who love you as well and they want to protect you from experiencing scars. Or it maybe they have experienced some brokenness and have not persevered to overcome and have not reached their goals.  Since this is a point of pain for them they “think” they can save you from experiencing the same results.  Success is not something we can want for others. You have to want it.  If you want it enough you will achieve it.  If your desires change then you can move on. In either case the brokenness or scars have taught you a valuable lesson that more than likely you will use and benefit from in the future.

I hope this makes sense. Please feel free to comment and ask questions on my Facebook Page and do not forget to tweet me and follow me onTweeter.  Until next week, to your continued success.  

IS LOA THE NEW COMMUNISM

Good day and I hope you are having a wonderful week.  Why doesn’t the concept of communism work in reality? Doesn’t believing in no scarcity, and everyone prospering as The Law  of Attraction (LOA) teaches the same as communism? These are the topics I want to discuss this week in this post. I hope it will clarify what LOA is and more importantly what it is not. 

The simple answer to the question, is LOA the new communism is no.  In fact it is exactly because of this Universal law called The Law of Attraction that communism does not work in reality.  In theory communism would be a society that works to help everyone achieve a certain equality in every aspects of their lives.  The caveat is that some people are more ambitious in different categories of their lives and some people are just lazy and don’t want to do anything but want to have all the benefits of those who are working. Some people like to accumulate more money.  Some people like to give more love. Some people are more of an intellectual.  Because of LOA when you start gravitating and releasing the vibration that gets you in tune with what you want, there will always be different levels of success in different categories of life, and hence no matter how much a governing authority tries to push down those who are successful in an attempt  to raise those who are not successful, the Universals laws will counter act that, and result in the failure of the concept as we have seen throughout the history of the world.  This in turn will just feed fuel to the belief that something is wrong with this system and the by The Law of Attraction more opportunities will manifest to prove what a failure the system is. It is law. It has to be that way.  You cannot help those who are not successful by taking away from those who are successful.  It just does not work in reality.  It is a pipe dream and frankly it is not fair.

What makes LOA different from communism is that The Law of Attraction is not something that can be forced on a society or people.  As you have seen me write in this blog post you CANNOT want it for someone else.  LOA is a personal choice and in that respect it also requires 100% personal responsibility.   No blaming your parents, the government, the economy, the media, the rich, the poor or whatever the fill in the blank. The underlying concept of LOA and law of  prosperity is that, Source does nothing with scarcity. Which means that if you actually follow the principles of the LOA, prosperity is your results.  What these principles dictate is that competition comes from a place of scarcity.  Everyone can have everything they want as long as they match their vibration to it.  How do you go about matching your vibration to something you want? You visualize it. You become extremely clear on exactly what it is that you want and then as opportunities are opened for you by the Universe, you take action on those.  These seems very simple in principle, but because by our innate nature human beings tend to concentrate on negativity and human beings are lazy, it make the practice of this law difficult but not impossible.  

Stop trying to have what your neighbor has. Stop envying what others have in their relationships. Stop gossiping about where people go on their vacation or what they wear.  Be happy for people when you see them having what you want. Do you know why? Because when you envy, and gossip and are jealous you are sending the REQUEST to the UNIVERSE to bring you more and more opportunities to gossip, and envy and be jealous which does nothing to help you improve your situation.  When you are happy for people, guess what signal you are sending out? You are sending out the REQUEST to the UNIVERSE to bring you, yes, you got it, more opportunities to be happy which in turn means your situation has to have improved.   This is completely the opposite of take it from those who are happy and give it to those who are not to make them happy. What idiot came up with this stupid idea anyway.  I guess on paper it must have seemed great. NOT.

I am willing to bet in the next century, the LOA will be wide spread and routinely practiced.  It is exciting to see a new world where people are not trying to cheat each other out of a measly dollar.  It is exciting to see a future where animosity because so and so loved someone else is not an issue because everyone can attract the relationship that they desire.  We are not far from it.  As it is we are understanding why it is that some people are widely successful in their lives while others who seemingly should be successful are not. 

Let’s take money for example.  For the longest time it was believed that the higher you level of education, the more money you would make.  I am a great supporter of higher education so don’t mistake what I am trying to preach here, but there is a magic ceiling on top of that, and we notice people who are extremely successful in business usually come from very humble beginnings. The reason is that education is not everything.  As Napoleon Hill said, specialized knowledge is the cheapest form of commodity one can purchase.  If knowledge was power, then our academia would be the richest and most powerful segment of society.  Knowledge is great, but there is a behavior portion that comes with understanding how to use The Law of Attraction that will unleash the power within knowledge. 

Please start putting these concept into practice.  Start sharing your knowledge of the LOA with people because this is something that needs to be widespread.  This is something that needs to go viral.  The prosperity of our world depends on it. Even though we have come a long way from 2006 when the movie The Secret was released, there are so many misconception of what is and what is not considered The Law of Attraction.  Misconceptions turn people off and create stagnation in the propagation of this knowledge.  Spend time on this blog or others like it, and understand what exactly is the LOA. Understand how you can use it to your advantage, and then share those skills with others. 

I hope this post got you thinking. If you have any questions on this post please don’t forget to post it on our Facebook page or send me a tweet.  Until next week, as always to your success. 

WHY DO THE RIGHT THING?

Good day and I hope you are having a great week. This week I have a video blog for you. In this week's blog I make a reference to a previous blog post from last in which I explain that sometimes you actually think that negative actions are to your best interest. Here is the post http://successwithloa.blogspot.com/2014/07/cheating-law-of-attraction-is-it.html?_sm_au_=iVVjVsfvFjsv1Qrq




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DARKEST BEFORE DAWN

Good day and I hope you are having a great week. Often times I think about stuff that is happening around me in the present reality that I face as I travel through airports because even though I try to avoid the media news, it is all over the screens (that seem to be getting bigger and bigger) on airport monitors. These days airports have big screens that readily bring the chaos and negativity face to face to us.  Without exception these T.V screens are tuned to either CNN or Headline News, or Fox news or some station similar to them.  I have to remind myself that my world and my reality is not based on what I see right there and right now.  I have to remind myself that I have complete control to create the world as I want it.  I take a serene comfort in the fact that if people are afraid, and there is greater and greater chaos on this little blue planet, perhaps it is because we are on the verge of transcending into something even better and more magical.

I am not talking about some end of world crap either.  I am more practical and optimistic than that.  I am sure you have heard the saying that “it is darkest before dawn”. It is a scientific fact and it is often used to comfort people who are facing challenges.  I believe that humanity is on the verge of transcending the mere materialistic, and competitive nature that has brought so much chaos and at the same time comforts and technological advances that we could not have even dreamed of just a few decades ago.  I believe we are on the verge of truly Universal Love among all people. I believe we are on the verge of seeing a world where hate will be erased from our vocabulary.  Scarcity will be erased from our vocabulary.  The knowledge that the Universe is an abundant Universe is spreading.

More and more people are becoming conscious of the fact that we have complete control over our world and our reality.  More and more people are realizing that competition and scarcity are created by our own thoughts, hence can also be displaced and forgotten by changing our thought patterns. Competition is not the only way to achieve abundance and excellence. There are other ways. We just have to change what lies we have believed in thus far, and concentrate on the truth. The truth is that Universe does nothing with scarcity.

I want you to join me in thinking great thoughts.  Join me in believing the fact that humanity is taking a big step towards the better, instead of wallowing in our own pity that the world is in chaos and everything is going to hell in a hand basket.   After all this is not only a better thought and a better feeling, but if all of us start thinking that way, there is much more power to the vibration and it will exponentially manifest a world where everyone would love to live in.  We can do it.  Numerous studies have shown that even a small group of 100 to 300 people meditating in unison for common peace decreases crime and chaos in neighborhood and cities.  Imagine if we could do this throughout the world.  So the next time you are visualizing that thing that you want add a special visualization for a better, more loving world for yourself.  You cannot want it for anyone else, but you can create it for you.  It takes only you, and you, and you…

I don’t know how many people read this blog post, but please share this with your friends.  Do it for the betterment of our world. This is my plea to you this week. Thank you and until next week to your success.  Please follow me on Twitter, and make comments or questions on my Facebook page.  

WHY IS IT SO EASY TO HATE?

Good day and I hope you are having a wonderful week.  Have you noticed it is so much easier to get angry than it is to love? Seemingly little things trip us and we seem to get angry a lot more than we enjoy the finer moments of life.  Why do you suppose that is?  Today I want to explore that topic and how it relates to The Law of Attraction (LOA). 

If you really think about it, your capacity to love or to hate relies on, and is dependent on how much practice you give to each topic.  If you are someone that gets angry easily it is because you have practiced that emotion more than you have practiced love. It has nothing to do with your innate self.  It is not an identity. It is just something you do.  Because of the amount of attention you give to it, by the LOA you are going to attract more and more of it the more you get angry.  The good thing is that this is not a catch 22. Because of the mere fact that you control your thoughts, you can start to apply the LOA to attract more wonderful things into your life.  How do you do this? You have to do this consciously because subconsciously the world will throw things at you every second, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to get angry, upset, and feel sad.  Good news does not make the news.  Feel free to Tweet that. 

So what you have to do is you have to actually go about looking for things to make you happy.  Looking for things that make your heart move to joy.  Looking for things to love.  Start putting pictures of little children playing, beautiful scenery, flowers, puppies or kittens all over your phone, computer and your Facebook page. Get in the habit of looking for good things in every place.  Walking around, driving in traffic, or when surfing the internet start looking for things that will make you happy. This way you are actually practicing the vibration of being happy and by the LOA you will attract more and more opportunities to be happy, attract love, and be joyful. 

It is a practice and it is a skill set just like any other ability.  The more you give your attention to good things, the more good things will come about to take your attention and hence you will experience more joy than anger or hate.  Start practicing this and shut the door on negative reactions and negative news that surrounds you on a daily bases.  You have a choice of what you listen to.  You have the choice of what to watch.  Start putting those choices into good use. 

Successful people do the things that the general public and the average person does not.  It is easy to just go around and discuss what is on the news.  Specially right now.  It is so easy to get into the “locker room” discussion around the water cooler about what is wrong with this and what is wrong with that.  Everybody is doing it.  Well that is not really accurate is it? The people who are successful, who are joyous, and are manifesting the lives they actually want are absolutely NOT doing this.  They go about and take control of their thoughts. They go about and place themselves in situation that feels good. It is so simple.  You always have the choice of how you react to something even though you may not be able to control what happens.  You can only do what you can do.  100 % personal responsibility.  Control the person you can control.  Control the situations that you can control. When you cannot, you have 3 choices.  1) Remove yourself from the situation, 2) change the situation, and 3) or accept it and move on.  There is nothing to be gained by getting upset and angry as Eckhart Tolle states in his book The Power of Now. 

So take charge of your destiny.  Take actions that bring smiles to your face as much as you can so when challenges arise, you are already on a high vibration.  I hope this makes sense. Please feel free to comment on my Facebook Page if you have any questions or feedback, and do not forget to follow me on Twitter.  Until next week, to you success. 

WHERE DOES THE SHADOW COME FROM?

Good day and I hope you are having a great week. Is there a shadow looming in your life now? Do you have issues that you wonder where they came from, and why? Are you wondering what the heck are you supposed to do now? Then this week we are going to get some really good news for you from the field of Success as well as The Law of Attraction (LOA).

I am using the metaphor of shadow here to represent anything that is challenging you right now.  I want to let you know that in case you missed it, everyone has challenges and shadows in their lives.  Where do shadows come from? Let’s look at it from the scientific point of view.  Google search of what is a shadow gave this result

shad·ow

noun

1.    1.

a dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.

Do you see what I see in that definition.  A body “coming between rays of light”.   A shadow cannot exist unless there is light.  Can you see this.  Are you reading the same definition I am reading.  This means that if you have shadows in your life there is light shining just behind it.  Napoleon Hill said “success is a trickster that takes joy in tripping you just shy of triumph”. This is the way I want you to think about the challenges that are in your “now” reality.  If you are having challenges, it means you are going to the light. 

If you were just sitting doing nothing there would not be any challenges.  Challenges by their definitions come to those that are expanding, evolving, and making themselves better. The people who are going after the opportunities.  Do you recall the saying “nothing ventured, nothing gained”.  Well this is the point dude. You are having challenges and shadows because you are almost there. And when I say almost, you have no idea how close you are.  Keep on taking the opportunities. Keep on stepping one foot in front of the other. The light is there, just over the challenge you are facing.

From a success point of view, this concept is an unprecedented fact.  Very few people or companies achieved success without going through challenges and shadows in the process or in their careers.  The greatest “heroes”  are those who faced their shadows and came out on the other side basking in the sunshine in the face of all kinds of obstacles.  They were persistent (see my post here ) with proper motivation.  They took action (see my post on action ) .

From The Law of Attraction point of view you have to be feeding your mind the positivity that is the TRUTH in every challenge.  You know that when you are in the middle of a challenging situation, or in the shadow you are not seeing the forest for the trees.  You have to feed yourself the positivity to know and believe with your whole core that there is success over the hill. This is the point where you are going to doubt yourself. When people are going to tell you “I told you so”.  But that is not the TRUTH people. There is light on the other side. SAY THIS WITH ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY.   You have to be open minded and maybe understand that sometimes you have to slow down to go further.  To take a breather and come back and look at the situation with a fresh perspective.  Most important point of all is the fact that you have to continually see yourself in the final, completed, successful position you want in your visualization.  That type of visualization and thinking is what is going to increase your vibration and attract the opportunities and people that will be able to help you get over this hump. 

I hope this makes sense to you and gives you the hope you need to get up and get going again if you are feeling down, and frazzled. If the shadow is freezing you, I hope you can see that the warmth of the sunshine is just around the corner. Do not quit. Do not give up. You are so close. You are almost there. Please feel free to comment or ask me any questions if this is not clear on my Facebook page and follow me on Twitter.  I engage with you all over the place, so pass this along to anyone who may benefit from it. 

I DON’T HAVE TIME TO…PLAN MY DAY !!! REALLY?

Good day and I hope you are having a blessed day.  The topic of this week’s blog post will be reading like a satire to some readers who are students of success principles, and even some hard core Law of Attraction (LOA) students. To the majority of the society though, this will be an eye opening post. I hope it will be educational, and more importantly something that you will take action on. 

What is the single most important step to take towards success? Arguably knowing where you are and where you want to go.  In addition to writing down your goals, the majority of highly successful people have another habit in common.  Taking time to plan their day the FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.   What do I mean by this?  Simply this, start your day by taking 15 to 30 minutes to QUIETLY plan the rest of your day.   Better yet, get this done the last thing the night before and spend  15 minutes fine tuning it in the morning. FRIST THING. 

Many people tell me they don’t have the time to plan every morning.  The response of you the success students to this is most likely “whhhaaaatttt?”. So I ask you to read it again out loud and see how ridiculous it sounds saying it out loud. Because I want this to have an impact.  “I don’t have time to plan first thing in the morning”. Sometimes when we internally dialogue with ourselves it sounds reasonable. When said out loud it will have a different effect.  This just sounds backwards.  Your success cannot happen without planning.

 

From a LOA point of view,  you have to visualize daily and as you take steps to accomplishing your goals you cannot afford not to start your day with at least positive inputs to your subconscious.  All throughout  your day, you will in all likelihood be bombarded with negative propaganda.  That is just what is out there.  You have to feed your mind appropriate fuel first thing in the morning just as you feed your body a healthy breakfast.  

If breakfast is the most important meal of the day for your body, the 15 to 30 minutes you take before doing anything else is the most important “meal” for your brain.  Most of us and I include myself, have a tendency to grab some tea or coffee, and hit the e-mails first.  Before you know it, the time is past and it is noon.  If you are disciplined, maybe you get a work out in before, which is much better alternative.  Your 15-30 minutes of planning though has to happen preferably before that or right after your workout.

Imagine trying to navigate a path you have not taken before.  Would you just start walking as you check a few e-mails, sipping coffee?  You would walk into trees, or fall of the face of the cliff.  You would take out your map or GPS, or compass and plan your rout carefully considering options, milestones, and  landmarks to keep you on track.  Once you are done planning your route, then you eat your breakfast and get moving. 

You cannot afford not to take time at the start of your day to at least plan the rest of the day.  In fact you should do this every day, every week, every month, and every year depending on the time frame of your goals.  If may seem like you are wasting time and I assure you nothing could be further from the truth.  Once you get into a habit of doing this for a month or so, you will ask yourself how you could have survived not doing this?  So please humor me and try this for a couple of weeks. Give it a honest effort and you will see that it will streamline your day, make you more effective, and will increase your vibration from start which can only attract more opportunity to you. 

I hope you enjoyed and gained something from this post. If something is unclear or you have any comments don’t hesitate to click this link to my Facebook Page and / or my Twitter feed and leave me a comment. Till next week, to your success.