Comments on Benjamin Franklin's appreciation and gratitude trait

"Notice the blessing in everything, big and small. Dwell on the beauty in all I see, hear, touch, taste and smell. Realize that everything is a gift from the Almighty and is put there in order to enjoy and learn from" (Benjamin Franklin).

This advice on appreciation and gratitude is Benjamin Franklin's first self mastery trait among the thirteen he developed during his lifetime. Personally, I don't know whether or not the author left some insights in relation with the outcomes attached to this advice, except the enjoyment and learning he states to be  the purpose of everything. But, one thing is sure, a deep understanding of this subtile idea is necessary in order to grasp its profound meaning. Otherwise, you would focus only on the visible part of the iceberg and completely miss the hidden and most important one.

When looking closely at this formula, it seems to gather most of the ingredients known today by almost the entire globe to be necessary in order to make the law of attraction work for you and not against you, although, as far as I know, the author didn't specifically refer to this law in his advice.

For me, this is a very powerful formula that, if applied systematically by anyone, can unlock in any area the doors of succees which, from my point  of view, means first to overcome the ego with all its demands. Second, success is also about being resistance free and totally in peace and loving, no matter how threatening or challenging the illusory environment you live in could appear in the dream you call life. That is what success means to me in the first place. It's about self mastery and die while you live; no more no less.

The first advice given by the author in this formula is to "notice the blessing in everything, big and small"; why? Let's try to look more closely at the idea and attempt to understand its profound meaning, always from our personal point of view which, anyway, could not be shared by many people and even by the author himself.

To begin, it is known that what you like, you appreciate and what you don't, makes you prefer and chose something else. In other words, without what you dislike, you wouldn't prefer something different. The teachings or Abraham refer to this as being the contrast whose purpose is to serve you and help you chose what you really want by exclusively focusing your attention on it and no longer on what you don't want. Isn't this true? And isn't it a sufficient reason to consider what you disliked before as a blessing to appreciate and be greateful for finally?

Notice also that concerning everything in this first advice, reference is made to big and small and not to good and bad. Why is that? When you see only the blessing in small things and are grateful for them constantly and consistently, due to the law of attraction, you begin to attract more and more things you are grateful for. In addition, when you pay attention and appreciate the smallest quality anyone or anything may present despite all their defaults, they change positively from your perspective.

Wayne Dyer is right when declaring that "when you change the way you look at things (appreciation, gratitude and love), the things you look at change also". It's like bringing a spark of light into a dark room. And the fact is that not only what you perceive changes, but you begin to change also in your state of mind.That's the truth!

So, you don't have to wait for big things to happen in order to be grateful, because big things don't come every day. But, little ones do almost every split second if you pay attention carefully to everything in your present environment. Thus, only small things will make the law of attraction work consistently for you. Now, when big ones come, your gratitude increases even more.

It's important to note also that, in fact, true gratitude precedes everything we could experience with our physical body, considering that we are not really our body first, but spiritual  beings. In this regard, true gratitude is first about our direct relationship with the Father. It's our connecting link with God, in response to His uncontional love for His Son (human kind), for Who We Really Are.

Now, why didn't the author refer to good and bad? The fact is that if he did, this would have created resistance among lots of people not ready yet for this kind of truth. Who would easily accept without resistance the idea that the bad condition in front of them can at the same time include the good? Wouldn't it be pure nonsense for most people?

Therefore, in order to avoid this useless resistance, to which the teachings of Abraham refer also as being the source of most of our trouble in life, the author, I assume, deliberately didn't make any mention about good and bad.

The second advice in this idea to "dwell on the beauty in all I see, hear, touch, taste and smell" is the process that helps you attract and manifest what you prefer and chose in everything using your imagination in the laboratory of your mind. In effect, every condition or situation you perceive is like a coin with its two faces, and what you get back depends on which face you focus your attention on.

In imagination when you dwell on the beauty in all you see, hear, touch, taste and smell, your five physical senses become so involved in the process in such a way that no difference exists between what you imagine and the objective reality. You start really believing that you have received what you chose and it has to manifest.

Also, the fact that you focus only on the positive aspect or dwell only on the beauty in every perception helps you release the resistance you would have experienced in your experience if it was the opposite.

"Realize that everything is a gift from the Almighty and is put there in order to enjoy and learn from" is another advice in this idea of appreciation and gratitude and suggests that even desires are part of everything. As such, they must be enjoyed like their manifested form and, in my opinion, even more.

Desires are like seeds, for which you must take care of and give all your attention, so that they may grow, expand and manifest in the physical form. When you have a desire, it is an indicator that what you want is already yours. Therefore, you should be grateful and joyful first at this stage, before manifestation occurs. Doing so, "you believe that you have received" and it would manifest soon or later. Therefore, don't wait for manifestations to occur in order to be grateful. Gratitude must come first and later, you could finally learn from experience, when time comes.

It is important to emphasize that joy, as such, is not limited only to human beings. It is extended to God Himself, Who is the bank of joy, happiness, all our good experiences and in Whom all this is amplified unlimitedly. All of us, without exception, contribute to the credit of this bank just as cells  in the body participate to the quality of our state of mind and our experiences of joy, peace, love, etc. Human kind, therefore, looks like a community of cells in the ultimate experience of life or God.

So, when we play our role as designed by God, our creator, we contribute effectively to this ultimate and unlimited experience of joy and, doing so, we get interests in our personal account and feel good in return. And, the more we contribute and get interests in our account of joy, the more we are joyful and feel good.

But if we don't contribute enough, even the little joy that was available for us is taken away (parable of talents in the bible). As a result,  we cannot feel good and receive our share from the bank of abundance, peace, joy, happiness, love and wealth all available available for us, but that we deprive ourselves most of the time due to our ignorance.

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It is all around you

Up to this moment, you have been looking at the same things always in the same way. Guess what? Your life has always been the same, also. Remember that what I call your life has nothing to do with your experiences, "good" or "bad", but with who ou are when you live them, or the way you live them instead.

When I say that it's all around you, I really mean it. When you are in your home, in your office, out with friends, in the street, what at you looking at? How are you looking at it? What do you focus on usually? What do you feel?

You see, it's just about that!

People can look at the same thing at the same time, but neither seeing the same thing nor experiencing the same feeling.

What do you feel when you see another person with the kind of new car or nice home you crave for? What do you feel when you see a nice guy or a beautiful women? What do you feel when you notice you don't have enough money in your purse? What do you experience in you when someone else is succeesful and you are not? How do you live these things? Why even do you notice them?

If you can change the way you look at things, or completelly choose to look at new ones instead of focusing on the same over and over, you would change everything in your life also. That does not mean things will change, which is by the way not important. What will happen is that you will change, regardless of what occurs around you, and this priceless.

Remember that everything is around you. Everything. You have the choice to put your attention where you want.

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There are no such things as problems or obstacles

Yes, that's true. Problems or obstacles are but merely opportunities for you to declare and choose who you are and who you want to be. They are not there to have grievance for, neither to be worried nor feared.

As opportunities, they should and must be met with gratitude, appreciation and love. Just as Benjamin Franklin said:" Notice the blessing in everything, big and small. Dwell on the beauty in all I see, hear, touch, taste and smell. Realize that everything is a gift from the almighty and is put there in order to enjoy and learn from".

As you see, gratitude, appreciation and love are the only answers which are to be given to any situation whatsover that seems to bother you. Because, as a creator of your own life and not a victim of it, you are given the chance through them to choose rightly, in order to become little by little Who You Really Are.

What you are creating is how you react to people, events and circumstances that come your way, and the way you feel about it is what is called your "life". The question is, how would you like this experience to be?

Yes, you've got it. Your life is based on your state of mind which is produced by your reaction to what you experience now as "good" and "bad". And this experience, in turn, is dictated by the way you judge everything that happens to you.

That's why you are often said: Judge not! You don't have enough clarity to do so and to really appreciate life as it is. Therefore, your only alternative is the one described above which consists of appreciating and being grateful about everything for the apportunity they give you to choose your true Self and thus, get back home.

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Be like de sun if you want to be happy

Most people believe that happiness is something to get outside of themselves. Something gained from or achieving a specific goal valuable to them. Such as getting a good job or a promotion, living romantic relationship, receiving lot of money, buying a new car or a big home, passing an important exam or receiving a degree, etc.

But, the truth is that happiness is not something you get from doing or achieving anything. Happiness is inherent to you, it's your nature, It's what you really are. The good feeling that emerges from you due to a particular event was already there in you, but not activated. It's only when a specific event is pleasant to you that this feeling is activated, which does not mean it comes from outside. Some time later, it is disactivated again.

The question is, if happiness is your natural state, why aren't you permanently happy?

Here are a few answers. First, you are unhappy because you do not focus enough on things that please you. People usually spend most of their time on things that generate in them feelings of worry, fear, anxiety, dispear and so on, instead of on those that make them feel good or make them happy.

They don't know how to use their existing environment as a pretext to activate the feeling of happiness in them, even for a moment. Instead, they let their attention wander everywhere and be focused on things they don't like, which generate only negative emotions and finaly make them feel bad. Thus, by not having the capacity to choose and focus only on what please them, they behave like victims of circumstances, instead of the conscious creators of their own life.

Second, you are unhappy because you are looking for happiness where it is not and can not be found. As stated earlier, happiness is not obtained in exchange of acquisitions, or achieved as a result of living specific circumstances or events. Happiness Is, already, in you, however dormant. What is required is merely your awareness of it, so that in time, little by little, it manifests in your life.

But, in order to be truly happy once you become aware of it as inherent to you, give happiness all over the places. Give it to every person you meet and love them all. Most of the time, people wait for something to happen in order to be happy. But, this is a big mistake. Happiness is not a reward. Don't wait for the change you desire in your environment to occur, so that you may be happy.

Doing so means that your happiness is external to you; which is not the case. Happiness implies proactivity. That means, being conscious of your natural happiness, you take it first with you wherever you go, and give it freely to the world, without expectations. Because as you give, so shall you receive. It is law. Expectations are one of our main obstacles to happiness, as they block the flow of positive energy flowing through us.

Look at the sun. Do you think that all over the world you see, there is something more happier than the sun? Day by day, it sends consistently its big smile and its light to all of us, unconditionally and without discrimination. That is true love.

Be like the sun, if you want to be happy. Become an unconditional giver, not a frenetic receiver. Give only the best that is in you, always, and you'll experience it in return in your life. There is no other way to happiness.

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Conviction about God's love

Question: Are you really convinced of God's love for you?

Answer: Yes, I think

Question: You think. But, are you truly convinced of that?

Answer: I don't know...

Question: Why don't you know?

Answer: Because it is beyond my understanding. I just can say yes or no, but without a firm conviction based on a personal experience.

Question: So, you need a personal experience?

Answer: I think it would help.

Question: I see. Tell me, have you ever been in a situation involving such experience? For example when you asked for something important and God answered?

Answer: Yes, many times. I asked God for my present job, and He answered. I had been threatened many times in this job and God protected me. I have been involved in many accidents and have always been safe. I live in perfect health and security with my family. In fact, it seems that God extends His protection on me every time and every circumstance.

Question: Good. Now, let's go back to our main question. Are you convinced that God loves you?

Answer: I know and believe that God loves me. And I ask God to help me to be convinced of this truth all the time.

Question: Why is it so difficult to be convinced of this truth?

Answer: One reason may be, because our mind is divided. We live between fear and love. If we could just live in love, our conviction would be strong. But we feel threatened all the time because we identify ourselves with our body. If we could forget our body and live completelly in spirit, may be things would be different. But as long as this body will be with us, the battle will remain also.

Question: I see. Now that you know it, can't you change your mind about it?

Answer: We try, but as I said, as long as we will live in this body, the battle will go on.

Question: This is something you are convinced of, instead of what you should.

Answer: I am sorry

Question: Don't mind. If you finally realized that your body is not real, either everything else that seems to threaten you, could this make any difference?

Answer: I think so.

Question: Good. From today, could you once and for all understand that nothing you perceive is real, no matter how it appears to you? And that who you really are is invulnerable?

Answer: I will try and do my best.

Question: Can you forgive the world for its nothingness, so that you are released from it?

Answer: With God's help

Question: Do you think you have got it?

Answer: I hope so. Thank you

Constant and consistent attention creates your experiences

Many of us have already heard about the power of attention in the creative process. It is said that our attention is what creates and maintains everything in existence, to such an extent that when this attention is withdrawn, the thing focused on litterally disappears.

Have you already tried it? If not, it's time to start. To do it, the first thing is to choose the thing you want to experience in your life. What is it? What is it that you want to see manifested in your life now, in order to be convinced of this truth?

The few things you need are your imagination and your will to maintain your focus or your attention on the image representing what you have choosen to experience. Once this image has been choosen, just focus your attention on it, constantly and consistanly, night and day.

Don't force to make anything happen. Proceed naturally and, if your focus is withdrawn for a moment, gently just get it back to your mental image. Have in mind that it is impossible to maintain your focus on something 24 hours a day. Always, it will be distracted by something else all day long.

However, never mind, these interruptions are part of the normal functioning of the mind. Whenever this happen, just get your attention back kindly to your point of focus, over and over, until a continuous focus is established; which later will be followed by the manifestation of your experience.

There is a common belief people have. It is that the experience of something will make you happy. Nevertheless, your happiness doesn't depend on something external. Your are happiness. It's your essence and your natural state.

Do not expect to be happy from your experience, or you will be disillusioned. Be happy in the first place, and experience whatever you wish, just for the fun of it and not with the objective to be happy.

Now, what kind of image can you hold in your imagination in order to maintain your attention on the the object you want to manifest?

First of all, this image should be clear, vivid, pleasant and, above all, joyful. In short, it is one which, when thinking about it or focusing on it, makes you feel good. When you have fun focus on it, you will like coming back to it again and again, until full connection is established.

In addition, be patient. Remember that you are not trying to get something behind your experience. You are playing and enjoying the process. It's for the fun of it, not for winning anything. Playing the game is in fact what you want; nothing else.

Everything in life grows, constantly and consistently. Think of a tree, a plant, a body, hair, etc. Physical growth stops only with death. Therefore, don't attempt to jump straight to the experience where there is no fun!

Manifestation is death, calling for a new beginning!

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You are looking in the wrong direction

You look at your present environment, all around you for something that is not there. You want to see something happen, but it doesn't. You are waiting for some experiences to come in your life which don't.

Why?

Because you are looking in the wrong direction.

You cannot see something outside of yourself that you don't first see in you. You would ask:

How can I do that?

How can I see a physical experience in myself?

And I would reply :

See it from your essence, your true nature, who you really are. Because everything, every experience, is made of the same stuff :

Energy and vibration.

You and anything thing else are the same. But, if you look at the world as separate, it will be separate from you, and it is what you will experience: separation.

Oneness is therefore the key.

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For a certain level of consciousness, certain experiences

Every living creature in this universe is intended to grow and evolve. Creatures of vegetable and animal kingdoms do it well, naturally and easily. Think of a tree, for example. Starting from a small seed , growing consistently moment to moment is its main task, until it becomes mature and produce fruits which later, will nourish other creatures.

Another good example is the butterfly. Its small egg develops to give birth to a caterpillar which, later also, will be transformed into a beautiful and colored butterfly. In these two examples, the process is operated with the great wisdom of the Infinite Intelligence that created worlds, without any slightest resistance.

The seed, in essence, "knows"what its final goal is: to be mature and produce fruits. Same thing for the egg, whose final goal is to achieve its full potential in the form of a butterfly, and become free, before spending time all day long, flying leisurely and joyously from one plant to another.

In their process of evolution, these two creatures do not worry, even for a moment, about how and when they will attain their mature state or respective goals. Never. They just keep growing and evolving in total abandonment to the infinite wisdom of the universe. They do not either get anxious or feared about the future, but instead, trust unconditionally the universe and its laws for everything.

That is the big difference between human beings and other creatures. Human beings live in doubts, worries, anxieties, frustrations and fears, while other creatures evolve in total confidence and unquestionned faith in the Infinite Intelligence that created them.

This attitude from human beings is pure nonsense. How hell can simple creatures like them have doubts about their creator? How could this be? Maybe human beings don't recognize God as their creator, and assume they created themselves as they are. Or, because they cannot perceive God directly, ideas about His infinite wisdom and powers seem too imaginary and, therefore, not credible.

This attitude is nothing else than a denial of God, their own source. They seem to have no other choice, but only count on their own forces. However, in times of difficulty, they get lost and feel desperate.

Why that? Why separate ourselves from our source by denying it, to be exposed to unnecessary sufferings in our life ?

The truth is, very often this attitude is not intentional. Something, call it ego or whatever name you give it, is standing between us and our creator. This thing prevents us from living in complete trust and confidence with our divine nature. It's the source of all our troubles and sufferings, and we can be free only by removing this impostor once and for all from our life.

Now, learning from example being one of the best known methods for acquiring knowledge, what lessons do we get from the seed and the egg?

Lesson1: As already discussed, the first lesson to learn is total, unconditional trust and faith in God, the Infinite Intelligence that knows and can everything. Because perceiving the all picture about your life, He knows exactly what is good for you or not, despite all appearances.

Your frustration and resentment for not getting something else, added to your strong will and persistance to obtain it, are only reactions from your limited ego. You cannot pretend, with such attitude, to trust God. On the contrary, it is a sign of pride on your part, meaning you know better than God about what is good for you.

Lesson2: It is patience and endurance ! My friend, do you know how to have everything you want? Do you know the secret for having all that you heart is longing for? Be patient. That's the secret.

If you look at your life now, you'll notice that many of the things you had desired in the past are already present in your life. Sometimes for years. You don't even remember having badly been craving for them. Today, they seem to have less importance. Because now, you are wanting something else that, one day, will also be yours, until it loses its value.

In life, many "obstacles" or "tests" may come your way, do not resist them. They are of great service to you, even when this seems difficult to accept at first. Don't complain and try to escape or run away from them.

Sometimes, problems persist because in your mind, you are not clear. It is as if your mind was troubled like troubled water. In this case, instead of resisting, just be still and wait. You will get clear, and in this clarity lies the truth.

The main intention of seemingly problems is to make you stronger than you now are. Therefore, be still and face them courageously. Let go of your ego completely and surrender to the Infininite Intelligence of All That Is to handle the situation, whatever it is. God's power wants to be expressed through you. Be open and release it.

Be no One ! The seed, for example, "knows" how to do it. When there is lack of water during the dry season, and not even a single drop of water can be found, can you imagine the seed complaining and crying all day long in front of its adversity? Never. The seed remains still and confident. It experiences calmly the permanent alternation of life's phenomenons, the "yin" and the "yang".

Lesson3: It is total abandonment to the infinite wisdom of the Infinite Intelligence. While faith and trust imply total confidence in God in achieving our goals, abandonment enables to completely let go and let God. In this state, you are carefree about details and outcomes. You know what you want, but don't care about whether or not you will get it. The result for you is the same. Because God's choice is already yours, and you accept it thanfully and joyfully.

Human beings are too attached to outcomes. Always wanting to achieve final results almost overnight, by transcending the natural laws of growhth and evolution. And when some delays are experienced in manifesting their desires, they get frustrated and mad.

Again, can you imagine the seed behaving this way for not producing fruits instantaneously? Or the egg, for not flying overnight? Only human beings do that! They cannot understand and accept that until they grow and evolve up to a certain level of consciousness, they are not yet ready for certain experiences. This would defy the natural laws of the universe.

Lesson4: It is about consciously living and accepting fully the present moment, without expectations. The seed or the egg do not care about whether they will achieve their respective goal or not.

Will the egg grow and be tranformed into a caterpillar that will one day become a beautiful butterfly? Noboby know. Maybe it will be eaten by another insect or animal. Will the seed grow and evolve to a big tree providing fruits to people and animals? Nobody knows. But the seed doesn't care about what will happen to its life the next moment.

The only thing that matters for both the egg and the seed is where their focus is NOW, and, moment to moment, evolve towards their goal. The question you, as human being, must ask yourself over and over and moment to moment, is this :

"Is what I am thinking, feeling and doing in this moment in harmony with my main goal in life, which is to grow and evolve to high levels of consciousness"? If the answer is no, correct the the course of your thoughts, feelings and actions immediatly, and align them with your life purpose. To be successful, do this inquiry many times a day.

Lesson5: It relates to the consciousness of perfection behind every step of our process of evolution. When growing or evolving to higher levels of consciousness, no step in the journey is more important than another. All are interdependent and perfect in their stage and at their time. Without the egg, no caterpillar; and no caterpillar, no butterfly. The same truth applies to the seed and the tree.

That means, every step in life is whole in its nature and perfect as it is. Applying to human beings, this truth can bring great relief to the resistance they have in their day-to-day life. In fact, they rarely accept fully their current point in life. Always, wanting to be somewhere "else" or have something "better". They never agree with their now, specially when some of its aspects are not as they would prefer.

For example, if they want a better car, a better home or a better job, they see the one they have as imperfect. If they are on the dole or single, they see their condition as imperfect. They judge it negatively. But you know what? This attitude is what maintains things as such, without any improvement.

Human beings have decided in advance that what they desire is "better" than what they have now. Therefore, they live with too much expectations for future changes in their life. Forgetting that where they are now is a necessary step to get where they want to be, and even when they get there, they will still be moving forwards, but always in their wholeness.

Have in mind that only perfection is, has always been and will ever be, despite all appearances. Our true nature, and the nature of everything, is perfect. For this reason, when God looks at you, the only thing He sees like in a mirror, is: perfection. That's all. If the reflected image was different, God would not be perfect. Because what we perceive is only the reflection of what we are. As God is perfect, He can only see perfection.

Refuse to be attached to outcomes or live with expectations for the future. That will release you from useless resistance and sufferings. Know that your life is already perfect the way it is, now. Nothing is missing to you in this very moment. Nothing is missing to an egg, nor to a caterpillar. Even the butterfly is still evolving by giving birth to new eggs.

Only your ego always tries to convince you of the contrary. Unfortunately, you let it win most of the time. But, if you had already a certain level of consciousness, this truth would be more clear to you. You are already perfect exactly where you are.

Another truth to remember is that this process has no end. As someone said: "you will never get it done". You will never reach a point where you will be said: "stop". Your life is an infinite journey in which every single step is whole and complete in itself.

Lesson6: It is about your ultimate goal in life, and also the ultimate goal of every creature and everything in existence : unconditional service. Whatever the conscious level you may achieve, it is intended to help and serve others.

But, the main point here is that, this service must be unconditional. Look at the nature, and you will agree that everything serves unconditionally. The fruit tree, the sun, the rain, etc. All of them serve the universe without reserve or condition.

Some people, even at an advanced stage of their life, always consider themselves as small seed. They always want to be served by others and keep willing to take, over and over, not realizing that time has already come for them to give in return.

They even don't wonder why, despite all their attempts to get more, they can no longer receive as they wish. The thing is, when a container is already full of water, it cannot take more of it. Make rooms in yourself by giving out something good to others, whatever it is. Then, they will be filled by good things also.

Stop for a moment and analyse yourself. Do you think you are already mature? If your answer is yes, then start giving more, instead of asking. There are so many things you can give, I assure you. Money and stuff aren't the only things to give.

What about your good will, your love, your kindness, your work, your smile, your help or support, your encouragement, your compliment, your time, your devotion, your advice, etc. Anybody can give something, no matter what.

To go even farther, know that the only thing we do in life in: giving!

Yes. It's the only thing we do, moment to moment all day long. But, we do it unconsciously. Our thoughts, feelings, emotions and deeds are sent out constanly in the form of energy and vibrations, which bring back to us corresponding experiences. Therefore, why not chosing by ourselves what we decide to send out?

Unconditional living is one of the keys to happiness. This way, you live without expectations from anybody or anything. You become totally whole in yourself and totally free. Your life does no longer depend on external events and circumatances.

With an unconditional life, you decide to live the way you wish. That is, you are happy for nothing, you are abundant for nothing, you give for nothing, you are kind for nothing, you love for nothing, etc. In a word, you live for nothing. No expections in return!

All these lessons, in fact, apply to every creature, and only human beings are not able to live in total obedience to their creator, due to the interferences of their egos. These interferences are what jams and retards the normal process of their evolution.

Ego creates doubts, worries, anxieties, frustrations and fears in human beings. For this reason, they must always pay attention to what is happening in their mind, moment to moment, so that when noticed, these negativities are automatically rejected and thrown away.

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Want and appreciate mostly what you are and have

You imagine that, because all the supposed knowledge you've got from your self improvement materials, books and CDs, you have already attained a certain level of spiritual development and power. Thus, you are now entitled to create your life experiences at will, or should be able to create your life the way you want it, more easily.

You do not understand how some people you judge undeserving, can manage quite well in their life, and sometimes far better than you who are supposed to be, according to yourself, a master capable of producing miracles, or at least fantastic results, almost immediately.

You even wonder why making all these efforts, why wasting your time learning these things, if there is not any sort of visible improvement in your life. Yes, that’s it. You’d like to measure your spiritual advancement with material, social or financial indicators such as the level of success you have, the amount of money in your bank account, the kind of home you live in, the car you drive, your relationships, etc.

To the eyes of other people, you want to be seen as a guru, the person who knows everything and has an answer for every situation. But, your frustration grows, more and more, when you realize that you are neither capable of demonstrating what you teach, nor experiencing yourself the life you describe to others.

Today, you have the feeling that some of your relationships which were seeing you as someone exceptional, are changing their mind about you, and are becoming reluctant to listen to you again.

You’d like, above anything else, demonstrate your power to their face, so that they change their mind about you and appreciate you again. Until they do, you'll feel guilty and unworthy.

If we go deeper in our investigations, we will discover that it’s only about a few people. And who knows, maybe it's one person, just only one, who makes you feel uncomfortable. Maybe some people around you appreciate what you have realized so far, but until this one recognizes your value, you will not be happy. Your frustration, therefore, increases again and again.

Are you wondering why you aren't experiencing the life you want for yourself and for all the persons you care about?

First, this question is wrong and not appropriate. Because when you know some truths about life and how the universe works, such a question should not be asked. It's like someone who wonders why it's dark in the room during a sunny day, while there is light outside. He forgets that he has just either to switch the light on, or open the windows to get light.

Anyway, to answer this question the way it is formulated, although it is pure nonsense, I’d say, you aren’t experiencing the life you want (a happy life) because you aren’t experiencing the life you want, period. The reverse is also true. You are experiencing the life you are experiencing (a unhappy life), because you are experiencing the life you are experiencing. This sounds like "Conversations with God" by N.D.Walsch!.

A bit tricky, isn’t it? But not really at all, when you look at it more closely. Why do you feel frustrated, powerless, or whatever the kind of feeling you experience in your life right now? The only reason you feel that way is because you feel that way, period!

You feel frustrated only because you feel frustrated, you feel angry because you feel angry, and you feel good because you feel good. You cannot expect feeling happy when the thoughts you are entertaining in your mind are negative. That would defy the natural laws of mind.

Your negative thoughts produce negative feelings, such as frustration, shame, resentment, anger, etc. And your positive thoughts produce feelings of the same nature. In life, you have only two choices. First, you live in a state of gratitude and appreciation for what you are and have now; second, you live with frustration, sadness, anger and resistance for what you want, but is not there yet. There is no other choice.

Life is like the wind. It blows in the direction it wants. You cannot predict it in advance or do anything about it. You have, but only two choices: to align yourself with the flow of life or resist it. In other words, you accept to follow the current, or swim against it.

Let’s go back to your question. As said earlier, this question does not make sense, if we know how the universe works. Because when we do, we become more humble, and only this humility before life can restore us to our true place in relationship with the Universe.

Therefore, instead of wondering why you are not experiencing the life you want, become humble before Life, turn this question around into its more appropriate and significant sense, for example:

Why aren’t you appreciating the life “life wants” for you and the persons you care about?

You see, many issues look like problems, but in reality they are not ones at all. That’s why, very often, they remain unresolved. You cannot solve any problem if you do not first identify its true origin and its root causes.

In front of any challenge or obstacle, take first the time to identify where the problem really resides. Because in your confusion, you can imagine that the problem is where or what it is not in reality. Turn around the situation, to find the true issue behind it. Do not rush to find the solution before you know the true problem, and you will discover the true problem, only by asking the right question, according to the knowledge you have about life, the universe and its laws.

Without that, you will waste all your time, beating the wall in front of you with your head, and not seeing the door largely open just two feet behind you.

Again, ask yourself the right question.

Why is your initial question a nonsense? Simply because, in relationship with life, the group words “you want” is wrong. Life works as it works, and nobody has any kind of power over it. Any affirmation contrary to that is pure lie and manipulation.

So, when you have a question in mind, analyse it deeply and ensure that it is right, both in its form and in its sense, according to what you know to be true.

The fact is that, right now, in this moment, you are experiencing Life, in its multiple forms. But, it is also evident that you are not appreciating it as you should, because in your mind, you desire something else .

So, if a question is to be asked, I mean a right one, according to what you know about the universe, it could be:

Why aren’t you appreciating what you are experiencing in your life now? Why aren’t you grateful for what Life has brought to you up to this moment?

That’s the true question which is to be asked, and which I think, makes more sense, doesn’t it?

Life is Infinite intelligence, Omnipresent, Omniscient and Omnipotent. Therefore, it knows better than us what is suitable to us. And according to that, it brings to us, moment to moment, what it choses, which is not necessarily what we want.

The contrary would mean that we have the hability to place orders to life and a power over it, which is false. Otherwise, we would be able to predict our own future, and avoid all obstacles that arise on our path everyday.

Don’t think, only one moment, that life is unfair, and that some people have more favour than others. Never believe that it is so. All the people you see around you, no exception, have their
personal challenges and everyone manages the best he can. Your problems may even be insignificant, compared to the difficulties others are experiencing.

In addition, don’t live with the illusion that the people you admire have no problems in their life. That’s a false perception about the universe also. If you hadn’t any problems, you would'nt surely be here, in this planet, any longer.

Some people may have nice surroundings, lots of money, relationships, power, nice homes, cars and all kind of stuff. However, none of them, I say none, is really as you imagine them to be: entirely fulfilled and happy. Even when they want you to believe that it is so, never agree.

Someone who is truly happy will never try to convince you that he is. Happiness emanates from him, and you can sense it. Money and stuff are good, but they do not represent an indicator of happiness, which is related to something abstract and different, the core of our being. Happiness has nothing to do with external things.

Faith and trust are the only things required from you by life. Remember that the universe loves you, even though this seems difficult to believe, when you consider some difficult circumstances you often find yourselve in. However, all you experience, no matter what, is for your highest good.

That's the truth.

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Chose your own beliefs

Generally, we behave according to what we have learned in the past from other people, our family, our parents, our friends, our society, our environment and so on, but rarelly from what we trully believe, or think to be true for ourselves.

As a result, what we experience in life becomes in alignment to social or traditional beliefs, and not to our true nature as individuals, or the core of our being.

Me, as individual, I have nothing to do with another individual. I have a personal focus on life, different from others's. Therefore, my reality shouldn't be the same as everybody's reality. I stand in life from a specific perspective that has nothing to do with the perspective from which other people stand in like.

That's why I must chose my own beliefs, and live according to them. As this has been stated by many people, the law of life is the law of belief. Your life is a mirror, a projection or a reflection of your beliefs. That's why in order to change your life, you must change your beliefs, not the outer world.

You cannot remove something on your face from the mirror you have in hand, no. The mirror just reflects what you have on your face, so that you decide to remove it or not. In the same way, you cannot extinguish fire in a house by fighting against the smoke outside the house, no. You do it by extinguishing the fire itself, in the house. The smoke is just a signal for you that your house is burning, so that you take action.

You see, you must change your beliefs, in order to change your current experiences. Let's say for example that you think you are stuck in some difficulty. You will remain stuck in this difficulty as long as you will believe that you are stuck.

If you think you have not enough of something, your reality will be the same as long as you do not change your mind about it; and this is true for everything you experience in your life. You think like this, because your environment is doing the same, according to what their physical senses have been telling them over and over.

Things have been working like that for centuries. But today, you can decide to chose your own beliefs, according to what you want to be true for yourself, and no longer live from the opinion of the mass.

For example, if it is about money, what you have just to do is believe that money if flowing to you abundantly. Believe it, no matter what your senses or people suggest to you. Do it over and over, even though nothing happens, believe it anyway, because it is your own choice.

If it is about health, job, promotion, relationship or whatever, do the same. Your beliefs are yours and they are personal. Live from them, always, and see them be reflected in your experiences.

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Decide to not suffer anymore

Which is better, to suffer or not suffer ?

In my opinion, the second option is far better than the first. Because I notice that When I am angry, worried, afraid, or anxious about something, I feel bad inside of me and experience lot of suffering at the same time.

When I am happy about something, I feel good and delighted. Why is that ? and what that means ?

As many people have already found, all feelings are inside of us, good and bad, positive and negative. Feelings do not come from the outside, external events and circumstances are only pretexts for us to bring dormant feelings in us to life. But, they always have been, are always, and will always be there, in us.

The good news is that, we have the choice. Yes, no matter what happens to us, we have the choice to suffer or not. I am not talking about happiness here. I am talking about deciding not to suffer anymore, no matter what may happens to us.

There is one simple reason to that. When you experience something "bad", then get angry, worried, sad, or whatever. Do you, through those reactions, change anything to what is ? I don't think so. Instead, you suffer in your heart and your body, which is by the way, the source of many of your diseases.

However, when you decide to react differently, things may not change either, but at least, your health will be safe and you will not feel bad, or suffer uselessly. When you do that, chances are that you will experience less resistance about what is and feel good, which is far better that feeling bad.

The thing to remember therefore is this : all feelings are inside of you, they do not come from outside. When you know that, you chose the ones you want to experience now, instead of being driven by automatic feelings and reactions coming from you and often created by external events and circumstances .

Refuse to be a puppet. Chose, no matter what, to not suffer again, and be free !

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Happy new year 2009

This is one of our last posts for 2008, and an opportunity for us to wish you all a happy, healthy and prosperous new year 2009. It is our wish for you. But, the result depends on you. Only.

When we look a few months back , we notice that many dreams we would like to have realized during this year, didn't come true. And we hope that the upcoming year will bring us the opportunities to live these dreams.

But, the thing is, the truth is : nothing is missing in your life. Nothing. Except, experiences. That is the only thing we need. Your hope for a better future is a direction to Who You Really Are. Reason why the experience of hope just perpetuates, over and over again in your life. Recognizing, assuming and accepting that you have it all already in abundance, potentially, is an important step in the direction of creating the reality you chose in your life.

How is that ?
According to quantum physisists, energy is at the core of everything in existence. Everything. Without exception. And this energy exists in abundance in the universe, and beyond. Now, if you are-and you are- yourself this energy, everything else around you, including the object of your dream, is, also.

The only difference that exists between you and objects around you, is the frequency of their vibration. Yes. That's it. Every form of energy vibrates at a specific frequency. When you reach the same frequency level as something, you vibrate at the same frequency and are aligned with it. Then, it can manifest in your life, almost litterally.

Why is that ? The answer is simple : like attracts like. When you form a specific image in your imagination, a mental image, it projects itself, at fruition, in the physical world. With the law of attraction, the mental image in your imagination will attract to itself anything of the same vibration, subatomic particles, particles, atoms and so on, in order to take its physical form. Such as a car, a home, etc. Still as energy, this mental image will use its infinite intelligence to synchronize events, circumstance or people to project itself into the physical world.

How then can you reach the same frequency level of anything else ? Through your attention. When you put your attention on something, you start vibrating at the same frequency. Your thoughts and feelings are some of the tools that help crystallize your attention on something. And many techniques , such as visualisation, and so on, can produce the same result, also.

One thing to know and remember is that this energy is infinitely intelligent, in such a way that it does not need your help to reorganize itself into the object of your thought. The only thing that is required from you is, direction, and trust. Unfortunately, most people get confused in this process between their role, and the role of the Infinite Intelligence. And when this confusion occurs, the creation process is jammed. Often, they give direction and attempt to create or manifest at the same time. As a result, they fail, get frustrated and finally give up.

Coming back to our main idea, what we want to emphasize is this. You, as energy, are and have already everything. You just want to experience it. The energy you are exists in abundance in the universe, which is by the way all energy itself. It can take any form, according to the direction you give it. No direction, no movement, no movement, no creation, no creation, no experience.

When you are in the elevator for example, you must press a button, corresponding to the number of the floor you want to go to. If you don't, you won't move, and will just stay there. But, potentially, you can be taken to whatever floor you'd like to move to.

Energy, spirit, is like that. Potentially, il enables you to experience anything, whatsoever. But, to do that, it needs direction and trust, also.

One thing to bear in mind is that energy or spirit is, not only infinite intelligence, but highly sensitive, also. Any thought, feeling or emotion given out is a direction that will lead to an experience of the same nature. That is why most people have experiences they didn't ask for, but were produced by default, often unconsciously.

But, there is many ways to experience purposely and consciously. One of them is by exercising your imagination. That means, you experience first in your imagination the thing you desire, until it becomes real, so to speak. In your imagination, the experience must feel as if it was real, now. At the point that you even no longer need to experience it physically. That is very important. For that, all your five senses must be engaged in the process. That's the real meaning of acting as if.

Thank you for your attention.

Do you know what I am doing right now? I am putting my attention on you, and imagine you applying successfully the process and enjoying your experiences. I do not hope. Because I undersatnd that hope, will only produce more hope. And nothing else. I give direction to the universal and infinite intelligence energy, which always follows and manifests itself in the physical form, according to the direction given by all of us.

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