Attractive Attraction

Within hours after posting A Dose of Caffeine for Your Consciousness, I went downstairs and saw that my wife was watching a movie. She was watching Mystery Men, which is about a group of inept but well-intentioned superheroes. This was a movie we’d seen when it first came out in 1999 but not since then it just happened to be showing on cable (USA channel). As I walked into the room, the scene that just happened to be on the screen was the one where Invisible Boy finally gets to show off his power the power to become invisible, but only when no one is looking directly at him. He uses it to bypass a deadly machine. That’s a fascinating interpretation of one of the concepts I just wrote about.

The movie that came on right after that one on the same channel was The Hulk, which is about a powerful superhero who comes to possess great powers which he’s unable to control. Hmmm A warning message?

Then later in the day I stumbled upon this article about an 8-year old Korean physics prodigy who’s entering university and says he wants to invent anti-gravity cars that can fly. I just happened to notice it on the del.icio.us popular list today. Another example of something I was just writing about this morning.

Then I happened to be watching The Matrix Reloaded during lunch (must be movie day here), and a scene came on where Neo and another character in Zion were discussing how little they slept just a few hours a day. Alrighty then

I interpret these kinds of things as bounceback reflections of my thoughts rippling through external reality. At first I would dismiss such events as my brain’s reticular activating system (RAS) at work, which can predispose us to notice what we’ve been thinking about. For example, you buy a new car and then see that same make and model everywhere on the road. But I became curious to see if I could push beyond the RAS explanation and start manifesting coincidences that would be really hard to explain merely as the result of subconscious programming. Letting go of that limiting belief seemed to have a big effect, and now I notice strange synchronicities happening almost every day, many of which require a serious stretch for me to explain purely as a result of subconscious action or random coincidence.

Then I started trying to consciously create such synchronous experiences by intending for them to manifest with greater abundance and intensity. Now I experience this kind of thing nearly every day, and sometimes there’s an avalanche of them within a compressed period of time (like 30-60 minutes). The coincidences described above are among the mildest.

Since I started this blog last year, these effects have been magnified tremendously. I think that may be due to the fact that via my writing, I’m able to influence the thinking of thousands of others. I suspect that when thousands of people think a certain thought within a short period of time (like 24 hours or so), it creates stronger ripples through reality than when just one person thinks the thought. So that may explain why when I write about something, I see a greater surge in synchronicities, even if I discount those that seem to be a direct result of people reading the blog and sending me feedback.

If this is indeed how reality works, then it means I need to be very cognizant of the thoughts I’m putting out into the world. I’m OK with accepting that responsibility because I’ve been consciously committing myself to serve the highest good of all and to develop a deeper understanding of what that means. The ability to influence the thoughts of thousands of people each day isn’t something I take lightly. I feel grateful for the privilege, and I’m dedicated to doing the best I can. Such a privilege can easily be abused though if one succumbs to fear-based thinking, as Adolf Hitler once did with his communication skills.

I think everyone has this innnate ability to use their thoughts to create ripples in external reality, but they don’t normally notice it because they mostly use their thoughts to recreate their past in the future. Most people think the same thoughts they did yesterday, so their experience of reality appears more rigid and less flexible. I will tell you that it’s been a major challenge for me to learn how to think consciously and proactively instead of merely reacting to external reality, to choose my thoughts instead of having them dictated by my environment. It took years to be able to do that with any consistency. Reactionary thinking is a hard habit to break.

This is Greatest American Hero territory, where we seem to possess some sort of curious power but lack the instruction manual. I’m deeply fascinated by the opportunity to explore such territory. I hope you find it equally fascinating as you continue to grow more conscious and aware.

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Steve is intensely growth-oriented. He trained in martial arts, ran the L.A. Marathon, and graduated from college in three semesters with two degrees. He can juggle, count cards at blackjack, and make damn good guacamole. Steve is also a polyphasic sleeper, sleeping just 2-3 hours per day and only 20 minutes at a time. So chances are good that he’s awake right now.

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We all know the saying, “There’s two things that are guaranteed in life, taxes and death.” As true as this is, there’s also another truth. Life will absolutely bring us things we wish didn’t happen to us in our daily lives. We’re faced with obstacles, challenges, painful experiences throughout our lifetime and I believe without those experiences, we wouldn’t grow. I believe each time we face something that may be out of our control or feel bigger than we can handle, we have an opportunity to become stronger.

A past coach of mine asked me the question, “What wants to be born from this,” during a time in my life when things weren’t exactly sailing along smoothly. That question actually stopped me dead in my tracks. I suddenly felt a shift that I hadn’t felt before and at that moment I knew I had the chance to create something better for myself.

So, it is because of that personal transformation that I share this question with you.

Whenever there’s a contrast in your life, ask yourself, out loud, “What wants to be born from this?” When you do this, a switch seems to get turned on allowing you to think beyond the pain, sadness, anger or fear. Even if it’s a baby step, a shift can take place. It doesn’t matter what the situation is, a problem with a relationship, job, children, health issue, there’s always something greater waiting to show up for you.

The question opens you up to believing there are other possibilities available to you. Even if you don’t come up with the answer right away, ‘What wants to be born from this?’ takes your attention away from the negative and moves you toward the positive.

Don’t be surprised if you get a rush of excitement when you ask yourself this question.

The excitement comes from a place in you that intuitively knows there is always something better in the wings. Just because you don’t know what that something better is, doesn’t mean it’s not hanging out there in the Universe just waiting for you to believe it’s yours for the taking.

So the trick is to trust that your ‘What wants to be born from this?’ is on its way.

The key to finding your answer lies in your heart, not in your head. Without a heart, nothing can be born. Without a heart, there is no life. It’s that simple and that profound.

Copyright 2005, Linda Salazar all rights reserved. This article may be reproduced in its entirety as long as all credits are included.

Linda Salazar
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I’ve been listening to some audio tapes that I have by Robert G. Allen and worked on one of his recommended exercises. It’s very effective if you really spend the time e.g. an hour or more and focus well in completing it, plus even repeat it a few times to gain yet greater clarity. Let me know how you go.

Draw up 4 large quadrants on a sheet of paper. In each quadrant, write one of each of these four questions: What is important to me? What do I love to do? What am I good at? What was I born to do?
Write your top 7 answers to each. Relax and do not make this a significant and serious exercise. Then rank each quadrant’s 7 answers in order of importance to you.

Finally, using the top 3 responses in each quadrant, write a paragraph or two of what you stand for, what your life will be about and to what/who you will make a difference.

Write the completed purpose statement over and over till you refine it down to a one or two sentence statement that is simple and powerful enough for you to want to enlarge and pin up, to easily repeat to yourself often or to carry around on a small card.

If you’d like the copy of my jottings when I did this exercise then click here to email me.

My version is not yet complete to my satisfaction. Here is what I finished with when I first did the exercise:

I collect, organise, simplify, share and exchange empowering self-help information that gives us all simple and easy access to many ideas for fulfilling personal life visions, accomplishing our life’s purpose and living inspired, satisfied lives.

As I ‘live’ with this statement and float with it for a while, other things and ideas begin to open up. Sometimes it’s good to give something like this a little rest and revisit it a few days later, or even weeks later.

Other questions that you could add to the list, may include the following questions from the book “Callings” by Greg Levoy to help you clarify what your gift or purpose is:

If money was no object, what would you do with your time? What do you keep hearing over and over from friends and family? What lesson are you intent on teaching your children? When you go to a bookstore, what section do you naturally gravitate towards? What kind of notes do you have on your refrigerator? What kind of task makes time fly for you? What topic can you speak about with complete authority?

Plus, from other sources:

What values/things are most important to you in your life? What are you currently tolerating? Where are you making compromises in your life? What areas of your life are being taken up by living up to your perception of what others expect of you?

©Thea Westra is an international life coach who resides in Perth, Western Australia. She is editor and publisher of a free, monthly newsletter at http://www.forwardsteps.com.au Thea also publishes a few blogs, visit here http://inspiration-daily.blogspot.com/ for directional links to each.

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