Not another Positive thinking cliché

Positive thinking has a billion clichés about glasses being half full, rainbows and all sorts of cute things. While wonderfully helpful as a child, when we become adults we must convince the rational mind to adopt this philosophy in a more direct and logical way. Take the Law of Attraction out of this argument as this spiritual aspect does not speak directly to the mind and is more of a symptom of a healthy mind than the cause of it. 

If we only take control of what we are in control of we would eliminate pretty much everything but thoughts. As this is where your true power and control of your physical life is formed. When the mind is under stressed thoughts it goes into fight or flight mode, releases high doses of the cortisol (a fat storing and physiologically damaging chemical released by the body) and will cause physical and mental havoc on your mind and body. This is why stress seems to age a person very rapidly and cause a very pessimistic and jaded attitude towards life.

The good news is; this is a choice and you can choose to start looking at the glass half full and start seeing the rainbow in the sky if you choose to see it.  It may take some time as you probably have lived your entire life not keeping track of better feeling thoughts but when you start to do so, it will get easier as time goes on until it eventually becomes second nature. Then your mind and body will become much healthier. And if you use the Law of Attraction to your benefit, this is when your manifestations will come into your physical existence.

Diversity is the Key to a New Earth

There is no debating there is a tremendous amount of diversity on this planet. You can go to any major city and see all different types of faces, theologies and interests.  Diversity is natural, as there are millions of species living on this planet, there have been millions of trillions of moments on this planet and collectively all of these moments of diverse experience makes up the life experience of a collective humanity.

There can be no uniformity in humanity nor should there be, as when faced with the same thought process everything becomes stagnant at best. If not for the free thinking Einstein’s, Galileo’s and Dr. Wayne Dyer’s of this world. We would be a much less knowledgeable planet. Great thoughts do not come from Uniformity and no one has ever heard of those who are just like the rest, because those who do not free their minds are nothing to mention.

This is not to say that we must reinvent the rocket to be great as there are many ways to find this outside the box mentality in our daily lives. Just by living a life of Joy and Happiness is breaking the cycle of the norm. If you look for purpose in every situation then you are undoubtedly great and one of a select group of thinkers who will be on the fore-front of what promises to be a new earth.

Develop your Progress Instincts

Positive thought leads to positive action which always leads to positive results. It doesn’t matter if your building a house or buying groceries a positive expectation will lead to a positive experience. Canceling out tendencies to let your mind wander in to the worst case scenario will allow your subconscious mind to free itself from limited outcomes.

If you think about the unlimited possibilities of life and the fraction of a second timing that is involved with circumstance. You can understand how leaving your house a minute earlier may lead to a chance encounter or a run in with good fortune. It is when someone limits the mind by assuming everything is not going to work out that day that they do not open themselves to the beautiful events that make up our daily life.

This barbaric mentality is a function of our savage past and our fight or flight tendencies but there must come a point where we must relax the survival instincts and develop the progress instincts. It serves no purpose to have the instincts of a cave man as we are far removed from our genetic roots. We are not in competition with our environment or our neighbors; we are in a never ending race for personal and global progress.

Happy Equinox: A lesson from nature

Today is the Fall Equinox and it is not only a day that has been observed by countless traditions as a Holiday. It’s a day of balance; as the day and night have equal shares of the day. Looking at this from a Yin and Yang perspective you can see why observing this balance was important to the ancients as the sky is all they knew.

Now we know many things and have many new technologies which has advanced our frontiers of science but it also made the sky less of an awe inspiring mystery as it once was. Just because we have a grasp on what the stars are and why the sun sets and rises in the way it does, does not mean it should be any less wondrous or celebrated.

It is when we appreciate what is natural that civilization truly becomes civilized. The admiration of the circumstances that has brought us to this place is what we lost when we quantified the cosmos. This brought man to a feeling of above the natural and not a part of it. Maybe the ancients were not so wrong by celebrating these natural events, maybe if we can appreciate the day for what it is then we will have an appreciation for ourselves and who we are.

It is time to let go of your mistakes

We carry many things with us throughout the day, our wallets, cell phones and keys which are helpful tools for our adult lifestyle. But what if we carried around a blender, microwave and toaster with us as well? It would be pointless as it is not only unnecessary but would be a huge burden to lug around every day.

This is much like the mistakes you made in the past events of your life that you carry around completely unnecessarily. Many people carry around a huge amount of baggage for mistakes of their past, most of that baggage have already served its purpose and should be filed in the lesson learned bin. Mistakes happen as they are supposed to; Thomas Edison failed thousands of times before harnessing electricity. Babe Ruth struck out thousands of times yet we all know of his successes. Neither of them accomplished these great tasks by focusing and dwelling on their failures. They learned from it, let it go and moved on.

For some, they wear mistakes like a scarlet letter and it may not be as easy to let go of this negative mental sludge, but there are ways to encourage this transition. Write a list of everything you feel you messed up with, look at it intently and write what positive things you took out of those experiences. Make peace with those events and thank them for bringing you to the moment you’re living right now. Then destroy the list and with that destruction of paper know that they are gone and forgiven forever in your heart. Now, it is time to let go and make a list of all the victories you have achieved as well as all the things you’re grateful for; feel free to carry that around, as that will fit easily in your pocket and will serve you well.

We all have the ability to choose Greatness

We all have the ability to love, no matter where you come from or what you have done. Even if you look at the worst among us you will find some love for something somewhere. As even Hitler loved dogs and we can all agree that he was a bit cranky to say the least. There is Love inside of each of us, but it is where we choose to place it that is important.

We all have the ability to do great things; we can look at a 6th grade educated man in Henry Ford and find that he accomplished so many things, that at his peak; He was the most powerful man of his time. There is a great power inside of us and it is summoned by our own will, it is when we choose to summon it that truly counts.

We all have the ability to laugh in the face of fear using the example of Jim Carrey who went from living in a van to being one of the biggest stars of TV and Movies. Crediting his ability to keep his heart light through those times he emerged into becoming a great success. There is great value as laughing in the face of fear and becoming great is always an option.

We all have the ability to do whatever it is we choose by looking at things differently. You can choose to love, be successful and brave, if you have the will to do so. As humanity comes to a cross road in their minds, what will you choose. Do you know there is a choice?

It is time to lose your reasoning and restore yourself to your truest form. The form we were always meant to take as Kings and Queens of our own lives. It is easy to count yourself amongst the walking dead and give in, but to those who choose to walk your own path, Bravo!

30 Days of Gratitude

We can have love in our hearts, peace and harmony. This is a birth right and not something we have to struggle for. Things like this are as simple as a thought, a kind gesture or a smile. We must center ourselves to find happiness and this all starts and ends with self-love.

I know that many people find it easy to love our children, our spouses and friends and this task is much easier then it is to love one’s self. This great love for our families is more than understood but Love is in abundance and there is more than enough room in your heart for yourself.

Start falling in love with yourself again; start by making a list of all the things you appreciate about yourself. Let the gratitude you feel for yourself shine today and then carry it over to the next day. Then make another list and find more things you love about yourself. Then once you have filled yourself with self love, make a list of what you appreciate in your home and then your city, country, world and Universe, always including the prior categories.

When we start to focus on what’s right we start to see our mind, body and spirits uplift and become in a greater state of peace. So, let’s call upon ourselves to take 30 days to write these gratitude lists and mark your results. See how much better your life becomes and how that being grateful sends a wave of more things to be grateful for in your life. This will imprint and run new thought patterns through your sub-conscious mind, which will in tern cause, all your actions to be the correct ones.

You have nothing to lose by doing this; and you have gratitude and a new positive frame of mind to gain. It seems that humanity has tried many things throughout history, and even more so, how many things have you personally tried to improve your life. Most, if not all of these things have cost you way more than 5 minutes and a piece of paper.

Humanity: The Importance of Unity

There are many ways to define the same thing and depending on where you are coming from, the light that reflects upon the situation will make the same thing look drastically different. Understanding this is one of the most important principles the learning experience called life can give to you. If we cannot respect the fact that each person goes through their journey individually then we must at least agree to keep our judgments to ourselves and allow future generations to see the world through their own eyes.

New Age Spirituality tells us that judgments do not serve man; it only prevents the unity needed to achieve amazing things. By focusing on differences instead of similarities we prove the ignorance of the self and intern separate each one of us from the foundation of civilization, grouping ourselves to accomplish greater tasks and thus encourage a higher rate of human survival.

Now that we are no longer are in need of protecting ourselves from the beast of this planet and we do not needed to hunt for our own food anymore, it seems that there is no need for unity. When in fact there is a great need for unity of all people. When we come together and open our hearts and minds (not to accept others values as our own) but to hold a new respect; that a person holds their values close to their hearts in the same way that you do. Then we can break bread together and unity shall begin, and intern humanity will see a great reduction in conflict and a serious jump in technological, philosophical and social advancement.

Free your Mind

When you’re a little kid, your Mother or Father told you the boundaries of how far away from the house you can go. It is only valid if you observe these rules and stay on the designated street in which your parents would allow you to go that gives their words power. At that point in time they are the only authority and although these boundaries are set up for your protection, you never listened to them anyway.

This is much in the same way that traffic signs, street markings and parking lines work. They are only powerful if we choose to observe these boundaries and agree to use them. Those little yellow lines on the floor have no power, it is the observer who gives it power by not parking on top of them.

This is true for our minds as well, if we impose boundaries on our thoughts then we put boundaries upon what we can achieve as these boundaries become so embedded in our sub-conscious mind that it is no wonder so many people fear what they do not understand. Free thinking is a liberty that no one can take away and regardless of what you think thoughts actually are. You have complete control over your own thoughts and where you allow your mind to go, making your mind a sacred space in which no one but you can set the boundaries.

Spirituality and Finances: Are you yielding the wrong sword?

There was a point in human history when man took battle in armor and yielded their swords to defeat each other. Although barbaric, it was the way things were and if you did not pick up a sword and defend your homeland then you would be subject to an invasion.

In modern times although somewhat more civilized, the new battle game is played with finances as this time the sword that needs to be carried is not so easily identified. It is like competing in a game of chess while you are playing a game of checkers. The rules are not the same and there is no way to compete if you’re not even playing the right game.

This has been carried out and continued by mirroring this financial warfare which has taken place in more organizations than can be listed and scholars often say it dates back to roman times as taxes were forced upon it's citizens. Although, we cannot blame this financial warfare entirely on any organizations, as it has been allowed to go on through out many generations, who failed gain enough power to do things any other way.

Thus, the major flaw of new age spirituality, thinking that adapting to the rules of the game is not necessary. When it absolutely is, take a look at all the best, brightest and most influential names in spirituality; Dr. Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, Abraham Hicks, Bob Proctor, Dr. Fred Alan Wolf, each one is beyond wealthy as they are spiritually and bodily fulfilled (what is above as below). This is because they all know that it is important to make peace with where you are and play by the rules set forth, as a huge consensus would be needed to change the rules at this point.

A great example of this truth can be taken by the Mohegan Tribe, a culture whose spirituality is considered a great influence to New Age-ers, as they are responsible for many four-fathering notions of new thought. When the English invaded their territory, Chief Uncas was faced with the task of preserving the sovereignty of his nation. So instead of fighting with weapons he decided to go the path of cooperation.

The Mohegan tribe is still thriving till this day, and they have provided yet another new age lesson; that those who wish to make anything positive happen and wish to have any sort of power. Should play the game that is being played and not to play your own game and expect those who are playing and winning at their game, to come and play yours.

Lose your leaders and follow your own heart, this is true enlightenment

Spirituality is a huge title and encompasses a wide variety of eclectic views of faith. This is the basis of new age spirituality the freedom to walk one’s own path and be one’s own teacher. Although this definition is grossly misunderstood; what remains constant is the understanding to keeping one’s feet on one’s own path.

When someone is truly spiritual they realize that their only teacher is their inner self and that teacher will lead them to the appropriate information and life experiences needed for enlightenment. This is the most accurate definition of free will and if it was observed properly there would be no war or conflict and a mass library of human learning stretching across all faiths would be formed.

This is an issue that stretches across all continents and even those that call themselves enlightened are subject to this flaw. The feeling of living the truth is not confirmed by numbers nor is it something that a true enlightened master would take liberties with. Follow no one and ask no one to follow you, this is an individual journey made by individuals and no one can experience your life but you, and no one knows anything about you but you. Lose your leaders and follow your own heart, this is true enlightenment!