THEM AGAINST THEM

Let's tear right into the subject, as this post is about something many can relate to, toxic people. But is a toxic person truly toxic? how would we define a toxic person? The answer could surprise you because a ''toxic person'' is just a label that is used for someone who is generally negative and tends to bring others down, misery loves company right? Whether it's family or co-workers, none of us are immune from toxic people, but should they really be called toxic? Let's dissect this a little, if a man/woman has taken personal responsibility for their life and wants to make more positive changes in their reality, they'll eventually garner a more positive outlook on their life and reality as a whole, but how would that affect those that they work with, or those who are close to them [friends/family] that generally have a negative outlook on life and reality? This may be why the term ''toxic people'' is so widely used in personal development circles, that is, anyone who feels angry, bitter, or envious of happy/successful people. The more positive changes you make, the more others close to you may resent you, but in a more better case scenario, they could follow your lead, with your own success you've inspired them. Let's get back on course here though, when you begin to make drastic changes in the success department it could have a major effect on those close to you, either they will support you or they'll begin to resent you, often they'll try to protect you from failure by telling you that you need to be realistic, that your desire for success is delusional, they fear that if you succeed, it would shed some light upon them and their failures. Another thing is they're afraid your success would leave them behind, that they could lose a very close friend, so they would enter ''protection mode'' and subconsciously try to sabotage your efforts. Of course they would believe that they mean well, but it's not really you they're protecting but themselves. These issues could intensify with conscious creators who are manifesting success at home or in the workplace, and it can get downright tense with people. The important thing to remember is that no matter how much others resent, try to discourage, or outright lash out at you because of your wanting bigger and better things in life, you can't take it personal because it's not about you, it's about them. For a period, everybody who embarks on the journey of personal development will encounter those that go with the grain of society, your new empowered beliefs will clash with the old limited beliefs of others, including those that are close to you, and that in and of itself can be a challenge. I'm very fortunate that those close to me are supportive of my goals, but I sense deep down that they worry of my changes and fear that I may move on without them, yes, it's possible, to move forward could mean that we may have to leave others behind but we're just doing what's best for ourselves and if we're around others that are holding us back, we have to let go of them no matter how painful it can be. People will remain where they remain as long as they settle for where they are and expect nothing more, but when we believe we deserve more and decide to aim for success and KNOW that we'll achieve it, we can't remain with those that, well, simply choose to remain, remember that like attracts like. I guess it's safe to say that deliberate creators could go through a persecution period of sorts, and with rising success will come the doubters and the naysayers, those that mean well and want to protect you from failure, and those that become jealous and resentful. The important thing is no matter what these people say to you or what actions they take against you, it is best not to take it personal, again, it's not about you, it's about them. Who knows, in some cases you may lead by example, you could inspire those close to you, they could get on board and support your success and follow you along, they might see how well you accomplish things, and look up to you. You've planted your garden of success, but weeds will grow too, and you'll need to get rid of them because they can impede the growth and delay the harvest, so it's paramount to surround yourself with successful like-minded people who can support and even help you achieve your success.

HAPPY HOUR

Monday, here we go again with a new week, so lets get it started! In the early stages of my practice with all things deliberate creation, I took this self mastery stuff way too seriously, and unfortunately, for quite some time I'll add, I just had to nail it down so I could manifest my goals ASAP! I think at some point, usually in the beginning stage, we'll all take the law of attraction a little too serious, after all, this is our life for god's sake and we're very serious about making it better. If there were any written disclaimers with conscious creation, one of them would read ''do not take this stuff seriously'' and it's easy to see why with this one single word, RESISTANCE, and as long as it's present in our energy, we're blocking the goods! Yes, it would seem that the more serious you were about changing your reality the faster it would happen, but with this approach you're swimming against the current of the life stream, and you are literally doing things the hard way. Going WITH the stream is effortless, and so is manifestation as well, as you are allowing a natural force to assist you as well as work in your favor, and since it has everything already figured out, your only job is to enjoy life, yes, I said it, I know, I know, this goes against the grain of conventional thinking, but let me remind you that it's conventional thinking that goes against the life stream, and we've all had it backwards for a long time. This is where beliefs and perceptions must change, and going with the flow becomes a predominant way of life rather than an occasional one, ever noticed how well everything is going when you're in the flow? You may ask ''what am I supposed to do to stay in my flow?'' and my question to you would be this, ''what do you love to do? Just keep doing that'' because doing what you enjoy on a consistent basis is alignment, and the goods come more frequent and faster. It doesn't matter what it is you do, as long as it makes you feel good, a favorite hobby, a walk in the woods, bird watching, blasting your favorite tunes, hanging out with your kids/pets, a night on the town with friends chasing girls and tipping pints, bungee jumping, a roll in the hay with your significant other, I could go on, there's a whole lot of good stuff to do here, so much so, it doesn't leave any time left to do something that sucks! For those who have jobs, compensate, leave work where it belongs, AT WORK! life is too short to live with a job 24/7, put your despised bosses' picture on a dartboard and toss away! find ways to do what you love and get paid for that instead, times are changing! It's time to break the rules of the conventional status quo and it's ideas, it's time to go against the grain of society and think outside of the box, it's time to follow the joy instead of the so-called leaders who get to determine what we're worth! It's time to take inspired actions instead of fear/future based actions! Now that I'm pumped, I'm headed to the nearest local pub to celebrate the victory, anyone want to join me? I'm buying!

PRIVILEGE OF EXISTENCE

All too often we set limits upon ourselves, we've been conditioned to believe there are certain things that we can have, and other things that we can't have. With life energy everything is effortless and this includes co-creation, yet we see something ''big'' and assume that it's out of our scope of possibility, without a second thought we tune back into the ''real world'' and struggle on. I'll remind friends of the simplicity of co-creation and they'll seem to get it intellectually, but very soon after it's back to business as usual and they're off and running, chasing after the mundane and mediocre. I cannot fault anyone for their beliefs nor can I force them to believe what I know now, as this is how I'm certain that I've finally reached a shift in my perception when it comes to how easy it is to create our reality. Yes, it is easy, and we all are doing it effortlessly, of course most of us are doing it in opposition of what we really want, because we are focused predominantly on the things we don't want, and the all obeying Universe conspires to make it so. I could type until my fingers cramp telling you how easy it is to create your desired reality, that the very fact you are in this matrix called physical reality, you deserve everything it has to offer, and you're getting it right now by what you are thinking and believing, good or bad. To reach this truth you must go up against everything you thought you knew, you'll need to make a great shift in your perception and understand that things are occurring behind the scenes instead of what the eyes are seeing and basing reality upon. This cannot happen overnight as it would be far too much of a leap of faith, a buffer of time is required for harmony and alignment towards a desired reality. On yesterday's post I discussed that knowing the basics of reality creation are all you really need to understand and create your desired reality, and while this is true we still need to develop the faith and knowing that the Universal laws are unwavering and precise, they are always in operation, and what we are thinking and believing we are always getting. When you've accepted responsibility for everything you've created and continue to create in your physical reality, you've opened the door to being a deliberate creator, but it goes much further than that, as much as you've focused on what you didn't want, you've gotten exactly what you ''didn't'' want, did you deserve it? from your own perspective of course not, why would you want something you did not prefer? This is how obedient the Universe is, and why it is very crucial to accept responsibility for everything that happens in your reality, and how empowering this can be! Look at those who have everything, and yet more and more comes to them, so much so, that they have more than enough of everything, why is this? Because they know that they deserve more due to the very fact that they exist, it's that simple, they don't allow themselves to be swayed by other's views and opinions let alone the ideas of the status quo, they simply believe that their very existence entitles them to whatever they desire. This entitlement I speak of comes from a very different perspective than how most view entitlement in our society, as entitlement with the status quo is mostly based on lack, believing that hard work is required to be entitled to something, whereas entitlement by simply existing, is a Universal truth, and once knowing and believing in this Universal truth, effortless creation is born. It would seem that from the beginning we strive to learn and understand how everything operates with conscious creation, we'll want to dissect the whole process so that we can understand how it REALLY works, and as mentioned in the last post there will be periods of confusion and frustration as the mind itself will search for answers and proof that the law of attraction is real and valid. Maybe it's required to do so, but after some time we'll learn and understand that we really don't need to understand every last detail of how we create our reality, it's not the mind's job to figure everything out, and finally realizing this, after much confusion and frustration, we'll let go of the specifics and get ''back to basics'' in our approach. In closing, we exist for a reason and the reason is simple yet complicated, but at some point we'll begin to learn and understand that our very existence entitles us to our own birthrights, to live the life we choose and have whatever we want, because we simply exist!

WHY DABBLE?

Good morning everyone, thank you very much for visiting this blog site, as I can see that more and more page views are lighting up on my dashboard, so much appreciation is expressed! I'm finally back from a little hiatus of fun and debauchery! But seriously friends, I've had my fill and now it's back to inspired action and another subject at hand, and while my Labor Day holiday was fun there were also some realizations that went with it, and those realizations were I'm in no big hurry to figure everything out spiritually. What do I mean by all of this? From my own experience I've made the mistake of mental micro-managing how all of this deliberate creation stuff works, I mean all those messed up beliefs clashing with all of these spiritual principles, and how we're SUPPOSED to think and feel to get the things we want. Through the past few years I searched and searched for more answers on HOW all this reality creation stuff REALLY works, my mind was actually looking for proof because it would not be satisfied until it found the validity of the law of attraction. My own wounded mind became involved in the process, and this brought about a lot of inner chaos within my own belief system, and for a few years there would be a lot of confusion trying to find proof and validation of the Universal laws, as well as what kind of person I would have to become to implement them successfully. The Universal laws are ALWAYS operating, we don't USE them at our own convenience when we want to change something, they are and will always be no matter where we are or what we're doing. We can really overthink things can't we? I did, my mind was always seeking answers, but I've come to learn now that with that futile approach, the search would be endless, and manifesting desired realities can't happen when we're trying to figure everything out. I believe NOW, that we don't need to know all of the answers about conscious creation and HOW it all works, the basics are just fine, but it's the very HOW that complicates the process and stalls manifestations, common questions that could arise would be [am I doing everything right?] [Am I spiritual enough?] [how much do I need to change?] [Is it selfish or bad to want bigger or more things?] [will past karma not allow anything good to come into my life?] [Isn't there a higher power that determines all outcomes in my life?] Questions such as these can lead to an endless search resulting in a life of confusion, the ''who am I and why am I here'' syndrome that keeps questioning and never finds the satisfying answer that it seeks. We're not supposed to have it all figured out, remember that this is a journey and not a destination, it's of no point to be in a hurry to reach a certain place because no one knows you better than yourself, hence my disagreement with religions as well as some spiritual teachings, that put forth these ideas that we all must REACH for the ultimate state of bliss and enlightenment, ascending towards who we truly are, to stray from the material world and strive for perfection, becoming the spiritual masters we were destined to be. While there are people through the ages and in modern times who have accomplished the levels of ascension I've mentioned above, the truth is that only a handful of humanity will accomplish such feats of enlightenment, ascension, and spiritual self mastery, and I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that, it's just that I'm in no hurry to get there, to reach such a place I would have to experience death, and I am by no means in a hurry to get THERE anytime soon! To put it all in a nutshell if you will, we don't have to become a ''spiritual guru'' to manifest the life of our dreams, we don't have to strive for perfection just so we can finally deserve that luxury car, dream house, or passive income that we've dreamed about for so many years, we deserve them just as we are, right here, right now. Why be in a hurry anyway? the unfolding is WAY better than the actual prize itself, and after five years of searching for the correct answers, I've found that the right answer was directly in front of me the whole time, that I am where I need to be AT this time, there is no pressure here, and it's certainly not a good idea to try to reach for perfection and become something I'm not, be it an enlightened spiritual master, or a Buddhist Monk, living in a temple [no offense guys!] I love the physical and material world and I enjoy experiencing both of them. Yes, after five years it's back to basics, I'm not looking for huge drastic changes, I'm going with the flow of life, that laid back no pressure approach that carries me downstream, trying to strive for perfection sounds upstream to me, and the law of attraction is always working whether we're perfect or not.

A TIME TO CHILL

Good morning from the valley of the sun, as you may have noticed, I've been on somewhat of a writing binge lately, and although I cannot explain why this is happening, the best reason I can come up with is the inspiration bug may have bitten me, but there has to be more to this, perhaps the real motivating factor is to pay it forward by helping others reach their full potential, as I believe in sharing the wealth of knowledge that's available to all of us. That was long, anyway, I'll be taking some time off from writing due to the upcoming holiday [Labor Day] to chill out, cut loose, and have some fun, the weather's beginning to change in Phoenix and that means my hibernation is coming to an end. This past summer has been very confining and difficult to endure, especially during my letting go phase, but I can finally see the meadow through the woods and it feels like positive changes will come along with the change of season [Fall] so with all of that, new posts and new chapters will come yet soon again, there is still much to experience and write about with this blog site, until then, happy Labor Day everyone!

Inward bound

Welcome back, this subject continues from the last article I've posted, [are you a match?] a sequel if you will, as there is much more to cover on the subject of being a vibrational match, and I wanted to cover this from my own perspective and personal experience. There is a stage in [allowing] where you must know beyond the shadow of a doubt, that your intention will manifest, and prior to this stage of allowing, you had undergone and completed the stage of letting go, and during this stage of letting go you've gotten used to seeing vibrational matches [signs] that you are aligning to your desires/intentions, remember that new car example? Something changes however when you've let go of your desire/intention and reached that stage of allowing it to manifest, you're no longer focused on a specific desire/intention anymore because when you are truly allowing, you no longer feel the need to focus upon it, you know it's already yours. Here's where things get tricky and people [like myself in the past]] get tripped up in their allowing stage, since you're no longer putting much focus towards your desires/intentions it will be obvious that the vibrational matches of your specific desires/intentions will dramatically decrease, so in the beginning you may get frustrated and assume nothing's happening, but you would be wrong to think that way because things ARE happening, but they are taking place behind the scenes. This is very critical to understand because most people will give up assuming that nothing's working and they'll quit just before the manifestation takes place. Call it faith or call it positive expectation, but it's required in the stage of allowing and if you're still looking for outside evidence of manifestation [vibrational matches] you won't be allowing your desire/intention to manifest, that's all in the past, during the intended focus stage. Take my own personal experience for example, five years ago I launched the desire for much, much more money, for several months to follow I'd see all things related to money, on billboards, television, license plates, I'd even see armored vehicles everywhere, plus I'd always find change on the ground constantly, and this went on for a few years! Eventually these things became less frequent and have decreased dramatically as I underwent the letting go stage, with the exception a few signs [matches] here and there, but nothing too frequent like before. The reason these ''signs'' decrease in time is a good thing, it means we are fully detached and we are allowing the Universe the space it needs to bring our desires into our physical reality, we'll no longer need ''proof'' of our desires manifesting, we'll KNOW they are already ours and since we're no longer focused on them, they won't be reflected back to us, instead, a physical manifestation takes place and the unfolding is happening behind the scenes, of course we may have to ''take action'' on it or, it could fall into our lap unexpectedly. Trust me as I write this, if you truly and fully believe that what you want is already yours, you won't feel the need to see any ''signs'' or outside evidence of manifestation, instead, you'll see the actual physical manifestation of your desire, you only SAW the signs early on because you were focused and ''aligning'' to your desire, and the Universe was simply ''reflecting'' that focus back to you, indicating that yes, the message [desire] had been received! As you progress with reality creation you no longer rely on ''outside'' experiences or proof to confirm your desires, you begin to turn inward and base your alignment on ''how you feel'' and the good feelings are your compass towards getting what you want. The process of learning reality creation will begin with ''seeing is believing'' but over time and through the stages of focusing, letting go, and finally allowing, we'll come to that final conclusion that ''believing is seeing''

ARE YOU A MATCH?

So you've discovered the secret [not the book or movie] that you can have anything your heart desires, and at this point you've grasped the whole concept of L.O.A. intellectually, so you're eager to get to work on focusing/visualizing your desired reality. As you begin to focus more intently on the things you want, the Universe begins to ''mirror'' those things back to you, an example would be a specific car you want to manifest, and when you are focused on that specific car, you'll begin to see that same car everywhere in your outer reality. This gets you excited because you'll begin to see that your focused intention is working and you begin to expect your desired car to manifest soon. As you continue to focus more intently on your new car your expectation for it's manifestation grows and your excitement continues to build, but as time passes you begin to notice that it hasn't manifested yet, the initial excitement weakens and the resistance begins to surface, ''dude, where's my car?'' In the meantime you increase your focus on your desired car, and the Universe continues to mirror back the car you're focused on, you see it everywhere, even multiple times on some days, your hope builds and builds as you hold your focus but as more time passes still no car. Now, instead of feeling good about the car you begin to feel negative about it, and although you still see the desired car frequently in your outer reality, you can't help but notice the ''lack'' of having your car. You amp up your visualizing/focus routine and yet the lack of having your car outweighs the ''already having'' of it, you generate some positive feelings, but soon after you go back to noticing the lack of it. At this point your resistance begins to increase around your desired car and yet you continue to see it, but you notice that someone else has it and you still don't, you may generate feelings of jealousy or resentment towards others that have the very car you want. Questions arise such as ''is the Universe messing with me? What's happening here, I asked, why am I not receiving?'' If anyone reading this post is frustratingly going through the above scenario, take comfort, as I too have gone through this experience for a few years, and there IS a perfect explanation for why this happens. It starts with the creation process, when you desire something your higher self has already expanded into it, let's say that car you really want for example, yes it has already been created, that part is done, so seeing that car everywhere would be a confirmation that your higher self is already ''living'' in the vibration of that car you desire, so in a sense it's already done. Now, your job, that physical aspect of you, has to get up to speed with higher self/Universe, and become the person who ''already'' has the car, you must close the gap by aligning to higher self directly, or becoming a ''vibrational match'' to your desired car. Any time you're focused on the lack of your car, [noticing it hasn't arrived yet] there is still a considerable gap between you and that car, that's why you feel bad, so you must close that gap, and the best way to do this is to let go of that car and ''allow'' it to manifest itself. I know it may sound counter-productive to use this approach, but I want to help you get that thing you want. Let's examine it this way by using the desired car example above, say you've already manifested this car into your physical reality, it's yours now, and the initial excitement of getting in and driving this car makes you look forward to getting out of bed every day, but after a considerable amount of time passes the initial excitement turns into routine, you're still glad you have the car, but now it just feels like an ordinary part of your life and even more, you have to keep it insured, serviced regularly, and maintained on the outside to keep it looking new. Put into another perspective, if you already have what you want, why would you be ''excited'' about getting something you already have? I use to believe that ''fist pumping excitement'' was all you needed to manifest your desires quickly, but the vibration of excitement only implies that you're anticipating something that's yet to arrive, thus your energy says that it isn't exactly there, so there's still a gap between you and what you want. So how do you reach this place of ''no big thing'' regarding your desired car? First by examining what limited beliefs you may have about co-creation and how it really operates, plus a whole lot of letting go and allowing must take place, to higher self a mansion is no different than a dollhouse, a toy car is no different than an actual real car, it is only our own perceptions and beliefs that make the distinctions. The time it takes to become a vibrational match to a desired thing or reality will vary depending on the individual, the amount of limiting beliefs they've held on to, and for how long of course as well, put simply however, when you've reached that space of relaxed awareness, KNOWING that your desire is already yours, it'll feel like a natural thing that just ''happens'' and nothing more, just like grabbing an orange juice from your refrigerator when you desire it, it's there waiting for you and so is that car you desire.