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We are all the creators of our own life.  Nothing happens by chance.  Everything that has happened to us is a result of conscious or subconscious thoughts.  We create our own lives by perpetuating thoughts of wealth, health, greed, selfishness, selflessness, and many others.  We only experience things because we believe they are possible.  So if we have this sort of power, how do we unleash it to the fullest extent to create a life that fills us with joy and passion?  How can we get out of a scarcity mindset when we’re certain we won’t have enough money to pay this month’s mortgage payment?  How do you create the life you want without sabotaging yourself with limiting beliefs?

One useful tool, as discussed in the blog entry, Gratitude, states that being thankful for what you already have incorporates a definite higher vibrational intention in your mind.  If you spend your time worrying about what you don’t have, you’ll start a string of negative thoughts that will eventually manifest in your reality.  If you start to bethankful for your life, your family, what material possessions you do have, then you will start to realize that acknowledging what you already have and putting a positive emotion on that will allow you to attain more of what you want.  Here’s the logic behind this:  If you show you appreciate a gift from someone, it brings them joy, doesn’t it?  It will make them feel more inclined to do this again, correct?  He/she knows that if he/she gets you a gift, then you will appreciate it.  I believe the universe works the same way.  So, if you appreciate what the universe has already handed to you,then you open yourself up for new gifts.

I remember reading a book three or four years ago that, at the time, completely dissipated my residual cancer effects.  It was called Creating Power.  and it really showed me the power of positive thought, but I had already suspected this.  But one thing the book introduced to me was thanking the universe for something you want, even if you haven’t received it yet.  Show gratitude for the things you have not yet gotten, and it sort of guilt-trips the universe into giving it to you.

Affirmations are another way to attract the things you want into your life, but they are time-consuming and repetitive, so if you don’t have that sort of time, I’d suggest just using visualization of what you want whnever you are doing nothing.  Think clearly about what you want and imagine that you already have this.  Then put out the intention to have what you just visualized and you will be on your way to receiving it.  It may take five minutes a day, but don’t sabotage yourself by thinking the opposite the rest of the day.  If you want financial abundance in your life, don’t spend five minutes concentrating on that and the rest of your time concentrating on how you never have enough money.  Your dominant thoughts will manifest.

This is why it is important to not focus on what you don’t have.  Focusing on what you don’t have will create more of not having.  Focusing on what you do have and the intention to expand what you do have, while being thankful for what you have and the opportunity to expand is what will allow you to create more.   But don’t deny what you are already getting.  Don’t do affirmations like, “I am a millionaire,” if you are not a millionaire, because doing that lowers your consciousness.  Say something like, “Every moment I am allowing one million dollars to come to me, as I am thankful for it.”  Something along those lines.  It’s a very intersting process as I have witnesses some truly bizarre ways for money to come into my life.  I may go over these in a future post.

If you got everything you wanted, what would you do with it?  Would you end up wanting more and more and more, until you completely got out of whack with yourself?  Or would you remain thankful and be content with what you’re already getting?  Here’s what I have noticed:  It is a long process to get what you want completely, sometimes lasting an entire lifetime.  You may say it takes too long sometimes, but how boring would life be if the second you thought about something, it came to you?  And once you had everything, then what?  So, what I am saying is that even though it may take longer than you want to get what you want, allow it to come to you and be patient, even if nothing happens, because eventually, you’ll get what you deserve.  The key is knowing it is on its way, believing that you will attain the things you desire.

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Intuition is a tool everyone possesses but not everyone really uses it to it’s fullest extent. I believe it is something most people don’t usually trust very much, but it is something that can be very useful. It’s about trusting your intuition that is the key. Without trust, it will not work properly, just as a friend who you do not trust will not help you as much as someone who does trust you. Intuition is a guiding force, something that will get you on your life’s path. Something that will allow you to be at peace while passionately pursuing your purpose, whether or not you succeed by the “external world’s” standards.

Sure, you may think you know what you want in life. A house, a car, a jacuzzi, maybe a two-car garage, a wife/husband, a secure job that pays well, among other things, but it’s what inspires the being inside of you that should really be what you want in life. I am so tired of talking to people who are doing well financially, but absolutely hate their job, their living situation, and many other aspects of their life, but they remain silenced because they are making big money, but at what risk? Burnout, irritablility, exhaustion, hate for authority (I’m guilty of this one), and lack of motivation. Their only real motivation is not geting fired, and that will only make them work hard enough so they don’t get canned. But most people never question how they got to that state in the first place and almost verify that they cannot change this situation, either because of fear or lack of understanding of their true passion.

When I was in college, I had thought I wanted to be a Math teacher. I really did. I had no real experience to back me up, but I did enjoy math. So I go to college and I absolutely loathe the education courses deeply. They have no real staying power in my brain. I often zone out in these classes, imagining I’m on the beach, with a glass of water in a lounge chair, just relaxing to the point of sleepiness. Then, when the class was over, I would zone back in, sometimes a little late, to the point where I’d be the only person left sitting in the classroom, completely unaware of the lesson that took place. But I did not want to change my major or minor then and there because I don’t think I wanted to lose all the money and credits I had gotten, not to mention the loss of job security as a teacher has one of the better job retentions as the career is in high demand. To make a long story short, I ended up leaving that university because I could no longer take all of the pressures of such a limiting place.

The problems I had with this particular university was it did not allow me to figure out what I wanted to do, it simply made you choose something. And if that decision was wrong, you would have to change, but also spend the money on the time you wasted studying the subject(s) you did not find interesting, which I did not find to be fair. Not only was I wasting a good deal of my time, now I also wasted a great deal of money. But then I realized that it is definitely in the university’s best interest for you to stay there as long as possible because they will make more money that way. And I’m not saying that this is a bad thing for the university, but it is for the individual student. So I left and decided to take some time off to “find myself.” I realize that most of the world is high-stress and high-pressure, but I am not someone who works well under pressure, but rather someone who works well in deep relaxation, so I decided to take a couple of semesters off to really delve at what it is I should do for a living.

I started reading all this information about personal development, health, fitness, different philosophies, Zen in particular stood out, the state of the planet, cosmic intelligence, and so forth. My real passion at that time was to be a stand-up comedian. I had written many, many jokes and even performed maybe ten or fifteen times total to a pretty good reception. I enjoyed it very much, but after reading all of these different texts, I realized that being a stand-up comedian was really limiting. I was much smarter than that. I have a much more intelligent part of my brain, so I had to realize that stand-up comedy would be a part of my life, but not as big a part as I had previously thought. I came to accept this, grudgingly, but it has now become existent.

So, how did I realize what my passion was? Well, I started journaling, blogging, soul searching, deep thinking, for days at a time, understanding, questioning, revamping, and I eventually came to an overall philosophy for myself and became very passionate about developing new ideas for this passion and philosophy, although I could not see how this really measured up to some sort of career title, except freelance philosopher, which I thought was pretty hip. But it doesn’t pay the bills, at least I don’t believe it can, just thinking. So I needed to develop a medium through which I could help other people along this path, as well as allow myself to earn a decent income from it. When I say decent, I mean enough to pay my bills and maybe a little bit extra. So I thought….

I’m not really the most vocal person. I’ve been working on improving my vocal skills immensely, but they are still a work in progress, but my writing skills are pretty honed as I’ve done a bit of reading and a bunch of writing in the past year and a half or so. My intuition was letting me know, through this introspection and journaling that I really did enjoy the process of writing. I loved to write down ideas and potentially share them with others, regardless of the monetary value I could extract from it. Even though I am still a fan of stand-up comedy and I enjoy listening to it, and will also perform it numerous times in my future, I realize that it is not a final destination, and it will not fulfill me the way writing does. But I had thought of how I could perform standup comedy, not in the way I was doing it then, but in a completely different way, a philosophical kind of way, most likely for a smarter audience, not that I’m excluding people here, but it would be a very slow-paced methodical, Zen-like performance and it would be the only way I could thoroughly enjoy myself. It would probably start something like this. “I like to think outside the box. It wasn’t my idea, the box was getting too crowded.”

The next obvious progressional step away from stand-up comedy is public speaking, motivational speaking, and the like. I believe, once I hone my verbal skills and body language to the point where I can triage ruthlessly onstage without skipping a beat, I will most likely have to put this on hold, although my speaking has improved significantly in the past three months, where I am enunciating much more and also speaking clearly and slowly, as if I am slowing down significantly. And I like it. I used to mumble quite a bit and now it’s becoming less like this. But I feel in the very core of me, the very foundation from which I come, this is what I need to do. I need to get these ideas out there, as they will most likely influence lives. It is no longer a question of “want to,” but a statement of “need to.” I believe this is the difference between want and need. If I don’t do these things, these writing and speaking, I feel as if I will not have a reason to live. I feel that, in helping people come to terms with some of the realizations I have come to, that I am making the world a better place. At least that’s my intention.

And you don’t have to agree with me. Feel free to comment if you don’t like my line of thinking. It will give me a chance to evaluate my thinking and possibly grow from the experience. I welcome all feedback and I wish that you question everything, even my own writing. I am here to help you think, not to have you follow what I write blindly because that’s no better than following Christianity just because you were brought up with it. I’m not saying all people like that follow their faith blindly, but there are some who do, not really believing it, but just doing it because it’s easy to do so, rather than figure out their own belief system. So I ask you to read, think, interperet, and follow you core feeling, what it is you really believe, really want to do with your life. And maybe you don’t know. Maybe it will take time. Just write about it. Try and figure it out.

And it’s not a life-long goal, either. Maybe your passion will fade after a few years or decades. Then you’re free to move to something else. You’re in control. There is no one stopping you except yourself. So if you want to pursue one thing for ten years, and another for the net ten years, do so. Life is about experiences and the value we bring to them. Don’t become the guy who works at a job he hates just for the employee benefits and job security. Please, you at least owe it to yourself to do what you love. Peace, love, and happiness to all.

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