Just between life and death
Timeless void before the sacrosanct journey
It all comes back to me
I can say the words
I can hum the songs
Which passed many centuries
I can see the sights
I can touch the forms
Things that have gone before
I can smell the fragrance
I can taste the sweetness
Objects long turned to dust
I can sense the love
I can re-experience the connection
We shared in the past
Feeling mellow; a reader recently bought a copy of my poetry book: Ethereal Presence, Volume II
Do the ‘right things’ to achieve success
Most believe that they do everything that they can possible do ‘right’ by thinking, talking, and doing the ‘right’ things. And, no doubt, they are correct in their assumptions that doing the ‘right’ things will manifest what is ‘right’ for them, after all, like vibrations attract like vibrations and unlike vibrations repel unlike vibrations, this is a Natural Law of the universe.
Tap into Positive Expectancy
However, they also may overlook a valuable resource at their fingertips which can seal the deal in a more fulfilling and more efficient way. This resource, which is innate in all of us, it merely needs to be tapped into to receive and enjoy the full benefit is – Positive Expectancy.
Leverage your present success to achieve future success
In real estate investing, the toughest property to purchase is your first property. Once you have that first property bought and it runs smoothly every month, it is then easier to purchase a second and then a third and fourth and so on and so on. This process is made easier since the wise real estate investor leverages one property to buy the next and then leverages the next to buy the next and so on and so on. They make use of what they have achieved, buying brick and mortar in this case, to reach their next goal with less effort than they required to reach their initial goal.
Learn from your first success
And so it is when you attempt to reach that first goal based upon your knowledge and application of the Natural Laws of the universe. You have the belief and the faith in your ability to achieve your goal with the guidance of the Source, however, you also have the Law of Positive Expectancy on your side.
Don’t worry how to achieve your goal
The critical part of achieving any goal is to think, say, and do what you know you should do to accomplish your goal. What you know you should do is passed along to us by the Source through each cell in our physical body. The sum total of our cells surrounding our souls are forever receiving and either accepting or rejecting what is needed to be done to achieve our goals.
What is ‘enough?’
Although it is ‘enough’ to think and say and do, you can leverage these by having Positive Expectancy. Compare this idea of utilizing Positive Expectancy for reaching your goals and not using it to the petrol you buy for your automobile: both 91 and 95 octane petrol will start your automobile and carry you along to your final destination, being either for work or for pleasure. While both work to insure that you reach that final destination you have in mind, the 95 octane petrol has more power in it that 91. And so it is with Positive Expectancy, this is the extra power to get you where you want to go faster and more efficiently.
Positive Expectancy is the fuel to achieve success
Thinking, talking, and doing what you need and have to do will attract the same back to you – this is the Law. Still, to add extra power to the means of accomplishing your goal is achieved by Positive Expectancy – this is also the Law.
The ancients appeared to have a sense of responsibility to future generations
The ancients lived their lives centered upon spiritual beliefs and customs which formed the very underpinnings of their societies. While the majority of these ancient civilizations have long passed through a portal of extinction, nevertheless, it seems that they have granted us their beliefs and customs out of a sense of responsibility to the future generations of humankind.
We have been given a road-map for success in this life
However, while we have been fortunate to receive a road-map to achieve a joyous and fulfilled life, many in today’s contemporary world are less than grateful for the wisdom which has been freely and openly handed to us for our own benefit.
Supreme Intelligence; if there’s a design, there must be a designer
As the ancients spoke and wrote of an omnipotent One with the power and wisdom to create and sustain the physical environment of the past, present, and future, it is only in recent times that modern-day science is beginning to support the notion that this Being exists. In general, science and scientists alike have arrived at the conclusion that Supreme Intelligence is responsible for the creation and maintenance of the universe and every beast and creature which inhabits this immeasurable domain of space.
We are stardust, and we are connected to the Source
Since we as humankind are part of the cosmos, we are made-up of the same elements which comprise the cosmos itself. And since the Source created everything and everyone in the universe, we are divinely connected to the Source and to each and everything that exists within the universe. We are connected by the shared elements that exist throughout the cosmos and by vibrational energy…vibrational energy which causes everything and everyone to vibrate at a quantum level and hence, everything and everyone is not a solid object as it appears before our eyes. And, this pool of vibrational energy attracts like and repels unlike.
What we think, do, and say manifest our past, present, and future
Since vibrational energy is attracted to a similar vibrational resonance and it is repelled by a dissimilar vibrational resonance, humankind has been given a miraculous method to achieve what they want from life. The thoughts, words, and actions which result from our predominate thoughts and feelings experienced on a day-to-day basis manifest what we truly love or what we truly abhor.
You need to achieve Vibrational Accord to be successful
There cannot be vibrational harmony when you want a loving relationship and then think that everyone is a liar and a cheat. You cannot be in vibrational harmony when you want abundance and then think that there is lack everywhere around you. You cannot be in vibrational harmony when you want a higher paying job when you then think that your present job is hopeless and meaningless. Your thoughts are incongruent with your wants and you cannot experience change living this state of Vibrational Discord. You must attain and sustain a state of Vibrational Accord to make meaningful changes in your life.
A never ending cycle of reincarnation should eliminate our fear of death and our fear of life
It is also known that this vibrational energy can neither be destroyed nor created; as a result of this Universal Law, each and every one of us does not cease to exist time immortal, we only cease to exist in the physical form that we have assumed at the present moment. Rather than just be hurdled into oblivion when we pass this earthly existence, we live a multitude of lives and as such are eternal beings as we shed this physical form and return to the Source as pure energy and then return as physical beings only to return to the Source as pure energy again. This never ending cycle of reincarnation should eliminate our fear of death and our fear of life. There can be no severing of the vibrational energy that connects us to the Source.
Vibrational energy is our divine connection
Vibrational energy, the very essence of our inner and outer being of existence, is the divine connection we experience with and to the Source. This divine bond ensures a multitude of lives in many physical forms and a unique opportunity to achieve what we want to achieve while experiencing those many forms of existence.
Resistance is a negative vibratory state
Resistance is a vibrational state of being that manifests from negative feelings such as envy, jealousy, and fury. When one inhabits this unenviable state of being, they lack true connection with the Source and with their Self, in fact, this state is diametrically opposed to the Source and to their Self since we naturally inhabit a positive vibratory state where we think, say, and do good things which then manifest our wants and desires.
Gratitude is a positive vibratory state
Expressing gratitude to the Source every day for your life, no matter how good or how bad you may perceive your life at the present moment, inhibits the flow of resistance that you may face when your life is not as you truly want it to be.
Gratitude is seeing your life through the eyes of the Source
Expressing your gratitude regularly results in experiencing your life through the Source. You cannot become closer to the Source than when you express gratitude, in essence, you are living this physical life seeing things through the eyes of the Source. As such, you are at work and see all the wonderful things about those around you; you are in a traffic jam and see all the wonderful things about your commute; and you are home with your family and see all the wonderful things about your family.
Your awareness creates Source-like experiences in your life
While others may see aggressive, untrustworthy colleagues, or dangerous and noisy roads, or an irresponsible teenager listening to loud music, you only see the good in those people and things surrounding you in business and social situations. This is truly experiencing a Source-like existence. And with this elevated sense of awareness of the wonderful things that abound in and around your life, your positive vibrational state can only attract more abundance and more happiness as you create a natural barrier which blocks out lack and sorrow from your Self.
Gratitude is not inhabiting a state of want or lack
While gratitude is a positive thought, word, and action, some may believe to the contrary that gratitude is a state of being in want or lack, in other words, they still have not achieved what they have focused their attention upon and are still striving for that elusive goal. They think that they are still fighting an uphill battle to achieve what they want to achieve. This perception of gratitude is erroneous and this type of thinking can only lead you down a path that is incongruent with your goal. If you believe that gratitude accompanies lack, then you are in a negative vibrational state which can only lead to more lack and this forms a natural barrier to keep you in your unpleasant present – this is a Natural law.
Be sincerely grateful for what you have, where you are, and who you are
Expressing gratitude simply means that you are truly joyous of what you have in your life at the present moment; this does not mean that you are do not want to achieve more in the future, far from it since we are meant to achieve more and continually expand as the universe itself does. So, if you have an old car and are truly grateful for it, or you live in a small home on the wrong side of town and are truly grateful for it, or if you have a job which just does not provide enough income for the goals you want to achieve but are truly grateful for it anyway, you will surely put all these things behind you since your expression of true gratefulness can only manifest as a positive vibratory state where all that you think, say, and do reflects your inner state of being.
Our inner state creates our vibratory state…cultivate it wisely
Our inner state of being is what manifests our goals and we cannot escape what state we are in even if that state cannot be detected by those around us. Carefully cultivate the state of being you desire since your decisions then manifest as your thoughts, words, and actions which are congruent with that state of being and ultimately your results.
You have complete control of your vibratory state
Gratitude is the absence of resistance while resistance is the absence of gratitude. Both states cannot coexist within the same cosmic time or within the same physical space. Your feelings and your thoughts, and your feelings and your thoughts alone, determine if the state you inhabit is one of gratitude or one of resistance.
Massive action is part of the equation for success
We are often told to take ‘massive action’ when things are not progressing as we want them to when it comes to achieving our goals. The thought is that action, no matter the level of desire or sense of expectancy, will help propel you closer to your intended goal. Still, nothing can be further from the truth when it comes to achieving your goals.
Your vibrational state is a mirror of your results
While you make full or half-hearted efforts to progress to your goals, the major problem, your vibrational state, is not changed. Since your vibrational state remains the same, so your situation remains the same. Action is not the critical ingredient in your journey to achieve your goals, without a doubt, your vibrational state is the most important with your actions mirroring the vibrational state that you inhabit and not your vibrational state mirroring your actions.
You attract what you emit to the universe
The Natural Laws clearly indicate that you can only attract that which you send out and you send out what vibrations you are experiencing at each and every moment that you share this physical environment called Earth. There is no break, no holiday, no down time from inhabiting a vibrational state and even when you are sleeping, you are transmitting your vibrational state of good feelings, such as compassion and patience, or bad, such as jealousy and envy, out to the universe. And, you can only attract back that which you emit.
Change your state to change your results
So, if you are having a difficult time to achieve what you want from life, it seems that taking action to achieve that goal without being in the proper vibrational state is like shooting your Self in the foot since your expectations, thoughts, and words are what manifest your wants and not your actions which are backed by insecurity, envy, doubt, and disbelief.
Incongruent thoughts and words manifest your actions
Vibrational Discord occurs when your thoughts and words are incongruent with your actions. Hence, you may act as if you truly want to achieve your goal, writing to do lists, looking at pictures of your goals, and even imagining the benefits that you and your family will enjoy when you have achieved your goal. However, deep inside of you are thinking thoughts of disbelief, negative expectancy and a host of other negatives.
Your inner world of Vibrational Discord creates barriers to achieve your results
So, while you display a confident exterior to the world, your negative interior is forming a wall of resistance which is so formidable that no amount of action or strength of action can possible go around, go under, or go through the barrier that has been put before you by you and your own incongruent thoughts and feelings. Vibrational imbalance is not circumvented by action; it is corrected by positive thoughts and words, there is no other possible means to get back on track and shed vibrational imbalance than gain vibrational accord.
Vibrational Accord creates the level of success you envision
You need to change the inside, which ultimately changes the vibrational state you inhabit, before you can achieve that which you hold dear to your heart. Action, no matter the frequency or strength, in the presence of Vibrational Discord will never manifest that which you set your sights upon. Action, no matter the frequency or strength, in the presence of Vibrational Accord manifests that which you set your sights upon. Focus upon your vibrational balance to achieve your goals and not focus upon your action to achieve your goals.
Your connection with the Source tears down boundaries and limitations
The Source provides each of us with the innate ability and the natural means to live a fully connected life where we our physical health, our material wealth, and our spiritual Self can prosper without limits or boundaries. While our awareness permits us to live a fulfilling connected life, there are those family members and loved ones who may not be aware of the benefits that such a life provides to a committed follower of the Source and the Natural Laws.
Live by example to help those around you
Even though we want to help those around us who are less fortunate in life, rather than preach about the many physical, materially, and spiritual benefits that we can receive from the Source, it is our living by example that will do the most benefit to those around us who are not enjoying physical health, material wealth, or a spiritual Self.
Your being unwell doesn’t help those who are unwell
If a loved one or a relative is sick, you cannot help that sick person by being sick yourself. No matter how unwell you may become in response to another’s sickness, your reaction to another’s illness will never help them escape nor your Self from the negative vibratory state that you both will inhabit at that particular moment. A person, who is sick, is sick by their own thoughts, their own beliefs, and their own actions. Somehow and for some reason they have severed their connection to the Source and they need to regain that connection to regain and maintain good health. Once you truly accept the idea that their sickness cannot get better by your sickness, there are things that can you do to truly help an unwell person.
Illness perpetuates illness
When we look at how most people react to a loved one’s sickness it is little wonder that the sickness continues to thrive and choke the life out from the ill person. Most will feel pity for the person and their thoughts, beliefs, and actions help support the negative vibratory state that surrounds the ill person. I’m not saying that you should be callous and uncaring for an ill person, especially when that person is a loved one, however, there is a great deal of difference between feeling pity for a sick person and felling empathy.
Envision good health to create a positive vibratory state
Instead of feeling pity, which maintains and sustains negative energy and continued illness, be a role model of good health to help your sick family member or friend to feel better, this act in and of itself will aid in reconnecting an unwell person to the Source. When you are in the presence of the person, envision them enjoying good health, envision them smiling, and enjoying life in a positive vibrational state. When you think and speak of them in their absence, again, only think positive, happy thoughts. In the end, your positive thoughts, beliefs, and actions can only result in the same for the ill person and when you emit positive energy, negative energy cannot exist in the same time and space.
You can escape from your unpleasant present
If a loved one or family member is poor, you cannot help that person out of poverty no matter how poor you become. They are existing within a realm of negative energy and your lack of abundance cannot help their lack of abundance, it can only prolong and sustain the lack of abundance that both of you share. A person, who is poor, is poor by their own thoughts, their own beliefs, and their own actions. Somehow and for some reason they have severed their connection to the Source and they need to regain that connection to escape from their present unpleasant situation and attain a life of abundance which each of us is entitled to from the Source.
Your lack of abundance won’t help others who suffer from a lack of abundance
Accept that your lack of abundance can never help another’s lack of abundance and rather than wallow in poverty and want, help that person reconnect with the Source which is the only way to escape from lack and a negative vibratory state. How we react to another’s poverty can help them escape or keep them shackled where there are at the unpleasant present.
Don’t offer pity…offer thoughts, feelings, words, and acts of abundance
Rather than give the poor person money, which is given out of pity and further supports and sustains a negative state, be a role-model of abundance and positive energy which the person can then emulate in their own life. In their presence, do not offer pity…offer abundance instead by your thoughts, your beliefs, and your actions. By witnessing and being surrounded by positive thoughts, beliefs, and actions, an impoverished person’s thoughts, beliefs, and actions can no longer compete with or occupy the same environment either mentally or physically as what is found throughout your positive vibrational state.
Take full responsibility for your present vibratory state
If a loved one or a family member is spiritually unwell or poor, your accompanying them in an equally unwell or poor spiritual state cannot and will not ever help them escape from this cycle of negative being. Do not take the blame for them and do not see your Self as selfish when you focus upon your spirituality; it is when you focus upon your spiritual growth and the results you achieve which ultimately can be a beacon of possibility for others. After all, they and they alone must take full responsibility for their spiritual illness and poorness and they alone must provide the opportunity to allow their present unpleasant state to manifest a state of spiritual wellness and abundance.
Be a billboard of positive energy to others around you
While they must move the mountain to gain a spiritual life, you can help them by being a billboard of spirituality for your family and friends. Others will notice as you set your goals based upon the non-physical world rather than the physical world. Others will notice when you measure the accomplishment of your goals based upon cosmic timelessness and not upon human time. Others will notice when you harbor no fear, jealousy, or envy and they will notice when you show love, compassion, and joy for the physical world that you exist within.
Positive energy attracts positive words, actions, feelings, and thoughts
In the end, being connected to the Source can help you enjoy a fulfilling life and it can help others enjoy a fulfilling life as well. There is something very assuring and therefore very appealing about a person who manifests a strong connection with the Source. The positive aura that follows this person as they go about their daily routines does not go unnoticed as others are drawn to the positive vibratory state which envelops such a soul. Being connected to the Source is the best you can do for your Self and for others.
Our goals can be taken away from us when we’re young
When we are young, we often dream about what we will do in the future and more often than not our less than consistent Self caused us problems. So, if we dreamed about being an artist one day and then an actor the next and a pilot the day after that, we were often discouraged from having such childish thoughts and told to think about a real job, even though we lacked the desire to do so; one that would provide enough money to get married, raise children, and buy a home, the kind of jobs like our family and relatives had. While meaning well, our families and relatives were doing us a great injustice when they believed we should work just for money, or work just for prestige, or work just for a family business.
Follow your feelings to achieve harmony in your life
In the end, if we follow their advice, we will suffer disharmony and live in a negative vibratory state which can cause us emotional and financial harm. Rather than discourage such ideas, families would do much better, and we would as well, if they advise us to do what makes us happy rather than what we are obliged to do; finding what occupation will provide you with the greatest amount of genuine happiness first will then lead to you to your life’s labor. And finding genuine happiness for what you do results in a positive vibratory state which makes this life a sheer enjoyment.
Encourage…not discourage your children to travel a different path
When your child is growing-up, encourage them to think big and wonderful and wacky thoughts of being an artist, an actor, a policeman, an astronaut or whatever profession that really ignites a passion or curiosity within them. As you child goes about their daily activities, they will no doubt experience positive things that accompany such worthy occupations. They will see a comedian make an audience roar with laughter; they will see a policeman save a child from grave danger; they will see a scientist discover a new planet somewhere in the farthest reaches of the universe – witnessing these various good experiences can then transfer to become the true experiences they have in their adult lives.
Support your child’s unbridled curiosity
When you child is older and enters the workforce, let them experience as many occupations that their curiosity can handle and with your full support. Let them do menial tasks, let them apply for prestige jobs, let them travel abroad and live in a hut with natives who survive on little money and eat what nature provides for them. Let them experience as many different jobs as humanly possible with the full knowledge that they will find their true calling in life after their many experiences – both good and bad.
Experiencing different occupations is meaningful and not meaningless
Many might think that job surfing is a waste of time and time is wasted money, however, we have many years ahead of us and all these experiences are not wasted since each experience results in what we are and how we go about our life’s journey. So, let them not have to do what you think they should do with their life, instead let them align themselves with the real them which is deep inside their soul. And, if they keep an open mind and fully experience each new job that they work at, our children shall exist within a positive vibratory state which will then lead them to their life’s labor.
What makes you happy?
Now, at a certain stage of life, many find themselves trapped in a job which pays them a large salary, gives them little time to spend with their family, and puts a great deal of stress upon their health. Overall, it appears to be a recipe for an unfulfilled and unhappy life. What can a person do in this unpleasant present situation they find themselves in? Well, what makes you happy? This may not be an easy question to answer since the average person will make their decision based upon their monthly bills and unpaid obligations.
Your life’s purpose manifests when you are in a positive vibratory state
However, to break the cycle, one has to view what they really want…not based upon the present, but upon their true feelings. I am not advocating just going out and quitting your present job with little or no regard for your financial and personal obligations.
Don’t allow limits to provide answers to your questions
I am saying just the opposite; start by answering the question with a relaxed mind and body with no limiting thoughts about your present situation. If you feel anxiety, you can never find that ideal job since a negative vibratory state will not and cannot ever lead you to a positive vibratory state which includes the work that you want to spend your life doing. Your life’s purpose cannot manifest under stressful or fearful thoughts and conditions.
Achieving my positive vibrational state
I have experienced what I am writing about: I was working in financial services for many years and had wanted to enjoy a new career, but due to financial and personal obligations, my dream was always after this bill was paid or that bonus was received. I never gave-up on my dream, rather, I visualized my new career every day and experienced all the joys it brought me long before it ever brought them to me.
You may face many unpleasant presents before you live your passion
As a result, it took many years of unpleasant presents to pass before I finally made the leap to a new career. I went back to university full-time and was making as much money doing odd jobs each month – selling carpets and automobiles – as I made each week in my past job. However, my vibrational state was positive and great happiness has filled my life as an English instructor in a variety of foreign countries. After 15 years of never having a single sick day and still enjoying my work and my students, I know that I found my life’s labor and it wasn’t all about hard work; it was about finding and pursuing what I had a passion for.
Love your labor and not the money
Find your vibratory balance first and then this will undoubtedly lead you to your life’s passion. You can reach this level of awareness and achievement by first, not listening to the wisdom of others. Second, by listening to your Self and then third, act accordingly. At that point, you will never work another day in your life.
There are no limits imposed upon us because of our age, gender, or location
Whether young or old, female or male, rich or poor, we all have the means to achieve and receive what we desire from life. Still, there are some who would disagree with the idea that the Source does not limit possibilities for all of our species, rather, they believe that age, gender, and location prejudice their opportunities to reach the level of success they want from this earthly life.
Our minds manifest our desires
There are no earthly prejudices that can stand in the way of one’s success, however, even though we can freely access the means to manifest our desires, each and every experience that we manifest in our life is a result of the thoughts that we hold in our minds. As a result of this fact, there cannot possibly be anyone or anything that creates roadblocks to success except those which are Self-imposed.
Blame no one for your past, present, or future
If you do not enjoy the level of health that you desire in this life, you are fully responsible for the level of health that you are experiencing at this moment, in the past, and in the future. Your vibrational state equals your state of health. Hence, blame cannot be leveled at anyone or anything else; you are the originator of all your thoughts and you thereof, are the one held responsible for the maintenance of good health and prevention of ill health. As such, contracting a disease has everything to do with your thoughts and nothing to do with the illness; surviving a disease has nothing to do with the illness and has everything to do with your thoughts.
Our prophecy becomes our reality
Self-prophecy becomes Self-reality when those who are in an unhealthy state of vibration listen to and accept that which is told to them by professionals. If you are enjoying good health at the moment, then you have occupied a vibrational state that is positive and have attracted good health and have repelled ill health. There are no limitations or prejudices that stand in your way since the positive state that you enjoy supersedes all the other conditions that you can possible face in your life’s journey here at this state of being.
Your vibrational state creates lack or want…it’s your choice
If you are occupying an unpleasant present where all you are able to attract is lack and poverty, you must take full responsibility that your financial experiences are the results of your thoughts. Your thoughts and your thoughts alone create lack and want in the past, the present, and the future; lack can only result from a continuous occupation of a state of the same and there can be no progress away from this state since your experiences can only result from the vibrational state that you occupy.
Change your vibrational state to change your results
You must change your vibrational state to change your results. If you have experienced abundance in the past, as well as the present, then if you maintain the identical vibrational state, you can only enjoy more of the same in the future.
Defeat is only temporary…accept it as such and not as an end itself
Frequently, we experience delay when we set goals and they do not manifest upon our Self-imposed schedule, however, it is at this time that we must be strong and not accept defeat, it is only temporary. We must have an open heart as well as an open mind to accept the delays that manifest when we plan our big goals. If we feel fear, we can only manifest lack; if we feel gratitude we manifest plenty in our lives. In the end, your experience of abundance rests solely upon your thoughts of abundance – it is the Law.
Disconnect from the Source manifests negative experiences in life
If you feel isolated, alone, and without support of and for your earthly goals, it sounds like you have experienced disconnect from the Source. A lack of belief in the power of the Laws and the Source manifests as negative experiences in life; it can only be so. These negatives include fear, jealousy, envy, sadness, and can only result in earthly experiences that are identical in nature.
Harmony and alignment create the life you deserve to live
You cannot possibly expect to receive anything different than what vibrational state you occupy and emit to the universe. Your spiritual well-being cannot and will not change unless you change your thoughts from nonspiritual thoughts to spiritual thoughts. If you have experienced deep joy and fulfillment in your life, no doubt, you have experienced complete harmony and alignment with your Self and the Source. This powerful relationship and wonderful connection to and with your spiritual Self and the benevolent One, can only experience more of the same in the future as well as your past and your present. A spiritual Self is a life of joy, happiness, and fulfillment which cannot be equaled by any bright, shiny, and costly item found on a shelf.
Fill your mind daily with thoughts of gratitude, joy, and belief
Our experiences can only manifest from our thoughts; rely upon the Source to guide you to your personal path of achievement and you can reciprocate this rewarding experience when you fill your mind with thoughts of gratitude and belief. Your life will be a full, gratifying experience that results from the thoughts that you hold in your heart.
We are magnificent manifesting machines
The Source created humankind, and as such we are magnificent manifesting machines with the ability to achieve what we want in life if we follow the Natural Laws. While each and every one of us that inhabit this terrestrial home has the capability to do so, nevertheless, some lack the ability to do so.
Lack does not originate from the Source
This lack does not originate from the Source; the benevolent One insures there are no exclusions based upon age, income, or intellect or any other variables that exist between the members of humankind. Any lack is based upon a lack of awareness in which manifesting depends entirely upon the vibrational state that you exist within; a positive state manifests progress and gain while a negative state manifests regress and loss. Ultimately, we each have in our facilities the ability to make the decision to end up where we ought to be and this is based upon our vibrational state.
There are equal opportunities for each of us to succeed
While each of us has the opportunity to manifest wonderful things and experiences in our lives, it appears that some do not share the belief that they have the Source given capability and ability to do so. These people simply do not believe that they can create that which they focus their thoughts upon, they view abundance as something that other people have achieved by chance or fate or lack, and they have no influence upon the abundance offered by the universe as rightfully theirs to attain.
Your gain is not someone else’s loss
They may even view abundance as one person’s loss while another person’s gain. They view abundance as a limited commodity which does not include them in the equation. They view their lack in the present as a sign that they will remain in a state of lack in the future. They view trying to be other than what they presently are as a futile and childlike fantasy, hence, they simply exist to endure a life of unpleasant presents. They exist within a negative state of vibration and attract and receive that which they emit to the universe.
Consistency of thought manifests success; inconsistency of thought manifests failure
Then we have the others who succeed at some of their ventures some of the time and fail at others the rest of the time. While they have focus upon abundance for short periods of time, they lack the consistency to maintain and sustain their focus of abundance over long periods of time. These people achieve what they set out to do since they are in a positive vibratory state, however, once they attempt to reach another one of their goals, they may falter (which is only temporary due to a delay), which then results in lower level of belief and faith which helps them shift into a negative vibratory state. In a sense, they follow the proverbial two steps forward and one step back. While they mainly believe in the Laws; when things are going as they expect and want, hence, feeling positive, they have setbacks due their fear of losing what they have achieved, hence, feeling negative.
The Dream Stealers create negative feelings
It is entirely possible that the positive emotions are pushed aside by the Dream Stealers of greed and fear and other negative induced feelings. If these people had maintained their belief and faith, they would not have to go through the fluctuations in life that they experience. Rather than enduring a roller coaster ride of highs and lows, they could attain and maintain a steady ride throughout their lives with a simple shift of vibrational state.
Feel abundance before you receive abundance
Finally, we have the ones who focus their full attention upon abundance and naturally, since they follow the Natural Laws and the Source, always appear to succeed at whatever they set their thoughts upon. They feel abundance long before they have achieved what they expect to receive. They feel abundance due to a surplus of positive feelings. They feel abundance in the face of temporary defeat since they realize that the Universal Laws are immutable and all results occur within cosmic timelessness and not human time. Since they have immovable faith and belief, they occupy a positive vibratory state which can only result in positives being returned to them – this is the Law.
Like attracts like; abundant thoughts, words, and actions manifest abundant results
When in doubt of achieving your goal, remain in a positive state of abundance. Do not wait until abundance arrives on your doorstep before you feel abundance, this is not going to take place since the Laws are precise and immutable and you can only attract that which you emit. Stay focused upon abundance and abundance shall find you.
Most don’t have an ‘ideal’ family life
When you develop good friendships and meaningful relationships with others, we frequently open-up to that trusted person about our family life and how we grew-up facing certain situations. While listening to the many stories that have been shared with me, I seldom have heard of anyone who has grown-up in an ‘ideal’ family life. There are the stories of physical and mental abuse which have left their scars upon our lives and shaped the futures of the people who have lived through such maladies.
Don’t bury the past…resurrect the past
Still, these things have happened and we must not bury them deep within our Self, that would only prolong our suffering and stifle our spiritual and personal growth, rather, we must revisit them with a greater sense of awareness in order to create a future which is a more positive and more fulfilling experience.
Is there a ‘perfectly dysfunctional’ family?
Looking back, I now understand the influence that growing up in a ‘perfectly dysfunctional’ family had upon my life. My story may mirror what many have experienced. One parent was overbearing and wouldn’t allow me to try anything new or to think for myself since I wasn’t that capable or that smart. The constant put-downs and verbal innuendos about my ability and intellect left me with little confidence in both social and educational situations. I struggled to find who I was and what I was good at.
Success occurred, but at a cost
Finally, I made some progress, earned my university degree, and landed a good job which enabled me to buy a house and an expensive German sports car. However, instead of being given credit for attaining this level of success, these changes intimidated my parent and we never had a relationship or spoke thereafter, not even an impending death could we resolve these issues.
Money is the root of all evil
The other parent grew-up with an attitude that money was indeed the root of all evil and rich people were unhappy and had many more problems in life than poor people. And besides, you were meant to work hard and scrimp and save until you finally could enjoy the many years of hard labor when you retire. I now understand that always being bailed out of my economic problems was a sign of love and that was what a good parent would do; help their poor and struggling child when in difficulty. Growing-up in this kind of environment caused me pain and suffering for many years.
A revelation…with the appearance of Napoleon Hill, James Allen, and Raymond Holliwell
In my job, I was introduced to the masters and masterpieces of self-development: Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill; As a Man Thinketh by James Allen, and Working with the Law by Raymond Holliwell. These classics taught me that I certainly was not responsible for the thoughts of my parents, however, I was responsible for my own thoughts; I couldn’t change them, but I could change me. I could not change my past but I could change my future and it began with the thoughts that I held in my mind. I was aware of what happened and why it happened and what the results were of my upbringing, and to move forward and to change, I could not remain in the negative state of blame of how others had messed-up my life.
Take full responsibility to make huge changes
I took full responsibility to make the changes that I needed to make to become the person I truly wanted to be. I left the past behind as an experience, as a part of my life, and as a part of what I am today. There is no animosity or blame, just understanding from a distance which left me as a spectator to what had occurred and not as a victim.
Achieve a positive vibratory state to move forward…by being forgiving
Being in a positive vibratory state about the past is crucial to overcoming what has formed you earlier and now taking hold of your present life. In order to move to a positive state of vibration, there are a couple of ideas that can help you in the process. First, you must forgive the person or persons who had such influence upon your earlier life, this is a must. If you harbor bad feelings and apprehension towards the person or persons, you can only be held back where you are in a negative state since this is the predominate thoughts that occupy your mind.
This exercise will rid you of negative thoughts and ill feelings
Take a piece of paper and write the person’s name on it; then light a match and burn the name (it does not matter if the person has passed when doing this, in fact, it is even more important since the person is not on this physical plane of existence). As the name is burning, say the following and really mean what you say with all your senses; I want the best for you, (name of the person). I want the best for me (state your name). I forgive you (name of the person). I forgive me (state your name). Can you feel the negative energy dissipate? Can you feel lighter as the burden of all those years has just been lifted from your shoulders? Did you cry tears of joy? If you did not experience a sense of relief and bliss, perhaps you do not truthfully want the best for the person or your Self. And by the same token, past thinking and actions are difficult to overcome since they have been harbored deep within our souls for perhaps decades. Be patient and try this again until you receive the feelings of joy and happiness of true forgiveness for both you and the other person.
There’s an alternative way to achieve forgiveness
If you feel uncomfortable with the above, there is an alternative means for you to forgive the other person so both of you can move forward to repair the past injustices. Find a quiet, private place where you can say the following: I release you (state the name), from your responsibility, I release me (state your name), from my responsibility. I send the best of life to you (state the name), and I send the best of life to me (state your name). Once again, feel true forgiveness and you will occupy a positive state where the things that transpired in the past are neither good nor bad, they just are.
Forgiveness paves the way to your success
You have the immense power of the universe and the Source in your hands when you practice true forgiveness for those who were unjust to you in the past. Be patient and work at forgiving; the world will appear different to you when you succeed at coming to terms with your past.