The Universe Works If You Get Out of the Way

Controlling Dreams :

Sometimes, things just go our way. We get the job we have been dreaming of, an unexpected check comes in the mail, or things just seem to effortlessly fall into place for no apparent reason. We call it luck or attribute it to simply having a good day, but in truth, we have been given a glimpse of the actual nature of the universe.

The Universe Works If You Get Out of the Way

We tend to think the timing was right, never realizing that we are an innate part of the process. We are not random recipients of bounty. If only for the moment, our state of being pulls to us this divine experience of synchronicity. There is rhyme and reason to the way the universe unfolds. When we are "in the flow," we have released the illusion that we can protect ourselves by being in control. We have gotten out of the way long enough to experience how effortlessly this process takes place. We must be willing to stop pushing and allow the universe to send us the things we truly need rather than what we keep asking for.

When a bird looks for food, it makes an implicit assumption that it will find the worm and all will be okay. It does not get up and start thinking "What if I can't find food? What will happen to me?" It does not anticipate that there will be a problem. There is an ease with which it moves through its day, an underlying instinct that is minutely in keeping with life's basic nature. It does not think anything. Its being trusts that all will be provided for, and it does not question how.

To be in that state is to observe the precise timing in which all things fall into place and to simultaneously marvel at the exquisite manifestations of an ever changing universe. When we are fortunate enough to have an experience of this wholeness, we are filled with humility and compassion. We never know when we will be the recipients of such grace - that is part of the wonder.

I never thought a trip to the corner drugstore would deliver such an experience. I had gone there for the sole purpose of buying mascara and found myself wheeling the cart up and down each aisle looking for what else I could buy. On a top shelf, I spotted a box with a picture of a green birdfeeder. I liked the green color, but knew the last thing I needed was another birdfeeder. One had been hanging on my balcony for the past year. It had taken the doves close to three months to find it, but now they came every day. I looked at the box again and put it into my cart. I started to think about why I was purchasing it, and stopped myself. I was just going to buy it, and that was it.

Purchases in hand, I walked through my front door and headed out toward the balcony. There, lying on the ground, was the birdfeeder. My heart stopped. It looked like the wire that had been holding it had snapped. All I could do was stare at the broken feeder. A sense of wonder and wholeness filled my being. I felt disoriented, out of time and space, and yet at the same time I knew exactly where I was. I was 100 percent present. I could feel the intricacy of the process, every tiny little piece falling into place. Feeling it work, I intuitively knew that the birdfeeder had fallen the moment I had opened the door!

The universe operates with speed and efficiency in direct relation to our degree of trust. When we feel stuck, we need to get out of our own way. This does not mean that we simply sit back and do nothing, but rather that we know when to let go, when we have done enough. When we move through the world knowing that we will be provided for, magic happens.

Chapter 12 from Reality Works Copyright © 2002 Chandra Alexander

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Not Motivated To Achieve Your Goals?

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Here is what I believe: Goals are our motivational stepping-stones to the future. I am saddened when new coaching client's say to me: "I don't feel motivated by my goals."

Not Motivated To Achieve Your Goals?

If you've ever felt discouraged by the goals you've set, here are a few activities and suggestions to bring back the thrill and excitement of writing achievable goals:

1. Revisit your personal and professional mission statements. It's easy to lose sight of what's important when you lose sight of your "Why" for going forward.

2. Check to make sure your values and beliefs are compatible with the goals you've set. If there is an emotional disconnect between your goals and your values and beliefs, then it will be difficult to keep motivated and enthused.

3. Ask yourself, "Are my goals really my goals or did I write them to please others?"

4. Have you made time to create a vision board? Placing motivating and inspiring pictures and words on your "dream/goal" board can serve as a positive visual reminder of your goals.

5. Have you developed a powerful inner motion picture and visualization of your future as if it were already reality?

6. Have you written present-tense affirmations to affirm why you want to achieve your goals? Day-to-day, are you focusing on the positives of making goals reality?

7. Is your day-to-day self-talk upbeat and encouraging? Do you speak about your goals becoming reality with unshakable certainty and confidence?

You are in control of setting your goals! Take a good look at why you want to achieve the goals you have written. You'll only be motivated to the extent that your goals are emotionally, physically, spiritually and financially meaningful and important to you.

Remember too, goals are not etched in stone. If after you do the activities and are still not motivated by your goals, these may not be the right goals for you at this time in your life. It's probably time to start over with a new set of exciting and motivating goals for the future.

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Are You a Victim of This?

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Today, I was going to record a couple of videos for web 2.0 marketing while my son was at school.

Are You a Victim of This?

But, I didn't do it until this evening. Why?

I spent a lot of my time thinking about what I wanted to say, how I wanted to say it and I worried whether it would work for the audience I was targeting.

See, I got caught up in something called "analysis paralysis"

Analysis paralysis is a disease common among home based entrepreneurs. Instead of taking action, they analyze and let fear stop them.

They tend to over think something and never make head way in anything.

This is very dangerous ground if you want to make some serious moolah. You need to watch yourself and don't fall into this very often.

Here's how it works ...

You learn about a new marketing strategy and you see that it is a very good one and can help you your business. But, instead of biting the bullet and taking action, you talk your way out of it. You over think it.

You learn that you need to create a lead capture page. Do you immediately go out and get one? No! You have a pity party and complain that it's too hard and you never get it done.

Then someone brings you a system you can plug into, which they can help you promote and all you do is follow the simple marketing plan which they show you.

Again, you sit and moan about not understanding, and worse of all, you do nothing!

This, my friend, is the highly dangerous and business killing analysis paralysis. It's all the excuses that we make that stop us from achieving our full potential.

Good news is, we have control over it and can stop it through the right actions we take consistently and persistently.

So, after I made dinner and everyone ate, I left my husband to the dishes and settled down in my office to get those videos done.

I stopped worrying about them and just did them.

I stopped analysis paralysis from hurting my production! I did what I set out to do.

Can you say the same for you and your business? What did you do today to advance your team? Or did you let analysis paralysis stop you?

Don't let it be the case tomorrow. You must do today what others won't, to have tomorrow what they only dream of.

"Lucid Dreaming Made Easy™" is a digital program that teaches you how to Lucid Dream from the very basics up to expert level.

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