THE PATH FOR WHAT YOU DESIRE
IN 2005, EARLY IN MY SOBER RECOVERY, I WAS BUSY READING ALL TYPES OF SELF-HELP BOOKS, WATCHING HAY HOUSE DVDS. LISTENING TO SPIRITUAL PODCASTS, AND SOAKING UP ALL THE GUIDANCE I COULD GET MY HANDS ON. THERE WAS ONE DVD IN PARTICULAR I JUST LOVED. THE DVD WAS CALLD YOU CAN HEAL YOUR LIFE, AND IT FEATURED MANY OF THE AUTHORS WHOSE FACES GRACED MY BOOKSHELVES, INCLUDING LOUISE HAY, CHRISTIANE NORTHRUP, AND THE AMAZING DR.WAYNE DYER. IT WAS WAYNE DYER'S PART OF THE FILM THAT I FOUND MOST MOVING, AND I WOULD WATCH HIM ON REPEAT. I FELL MADLY IN LOVE WITH HIS PROFOUND ONE-LINERS SUCH AS , "AS YOU THINK, SO SHALL YOU BE" AND "YOU SEE IT WHEN YOU BELIEVE IT". THESE BECAME MY MANTRAS, AND THROUGH WAYNE'S GUIDANCE I BEGN TO PLACE GREAT EMPHASIS ON CHOOSING THE THOUGHTS I DESIRED TO CO-CREATE MY OWN REALITY.
EACH DAY I TOOK WAYNE'S ADVICE AND WILLINGLY SUSPENDED MY DISBELIEF. I'D LET GO OF ALL LIMITATION AND ALLOW MY MIND TO DREAM. I HELD VISIONS OF WRITING SPIRITUAL BOOKS IN WHICH I WOULD EXPRESS THE INCREDIBLE HEALING AND GROWTH I WAS EXPERIENCING. I SAW MYSELF AS A SPEAKER AND TEACHER. I WOULD CREATE IMAGES OF MYSELF LEADING TALKS ALONGSIDE THESE GREAT TEACHERS AND OFFER GUIDANCE TO AUDIENCES WHO, LIKE ME, LONGED FOR PERSONAL GROWTH AND HEALING.
I STAYED TRUE TO MY VISION, STRENGTHENED MY CERTAINLY, AND TRUSTED THAT THE UNIVERSE WAS SUPPORTING MY WORK. MY CERTAINTY GAVE ME A SENSE OF PEACE. I NEVER FELT THE NEED TO PUSH MY CAREER AHEAD AND INSTEAD TRUSTED THERE WAS A PLAN. THE UNIVERSE RESPONDED WELL TO MY PEACE OF MIND. IN TIME MY CERTAINLY TURNED INTO FORM, AND MY VISION BECAME MY REALITY. IN 2009 I SIGNED MY FIRST BOOK DEAL FOR ADD MORE - ING TO YOUR LIFE. A HIP GUIDE TO HAPPINESS. AS SOON AS I RECEIVED A GALLERY OF THE BOOK I SENT A COPY TO WAYNE DYER. I MAILED THE BOOK TO AN ADDRESS MAUI WITH NO EXPECTATION OF GETTING A RESPONSE. ALONG WITH THE BOOK I ENCLOSED A THANK YOU NOTE TO WAYNE FOR HELPING ME TURN MY VISIONS INTO FORM. IT FELT AMAZING I HAD SENT THE BOOK, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER HE GO IT.
A FEW WEEKS LATER, I RECEIVED A LETTER IN THE MAIL POSTMARKED FROM MAUI. OPENED THE ENVELOP TO FIND A HANDWRITTEN NOTE FROM WAYNE DYER! HE THANKED ME FOR THE BOOK AND ENCOURAGED ME TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD WITH MY CAREER. I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY HIS GENEROSITY AND LOVE. I COULDN'T BELIEVE HE TOOK THE TIME TO RESPOND TO ME.
SEVERAL MONTHS LATER I ATTENDED A HAY HOUSE EVENT IN NEW YORK CITY WHERE WAYNE WAS THE HEADLINE SPEAKER. I WAS SITTING IN THE FRONT ROW, HANGING ON EVERY WORD. MIDWAY THROUGH HIS TALK, WAYNE GRABBED A BOOK FROM A TABLE ON THE STAGE AND STARTED TALKING ABOUT A YOUNG NEW AUTHOR WHO HAD PUBLISHED HER FIRST BOOK. HE SAID, "THIS YOUNG WOMAN WILL BE ON THIS STAGE ONE DAY SPEAKING TO AN AUDIENCE THIS LARGE. SHE WILL BE A FANTASTIC TEACHER, AND I WANT YOU ALL TO GO OUT AND BUY HER BOOK".
HE THEN SAID, "GABRIELLE BERNSTEIN, PLEASE STAND UP AND SAY HI TO THE AUDIENCE". I WAS SHOCKED - I HADN'T REALIZED THAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT ME ! I STOOD UP AND WAVED TO THE AUDIENCE AND THANKED WAYNE FOR HIS GENEROSITY. THAT MOMENTS WAS BETTER THAN ANYTHING I'D DREAMED ABOUT.
THREE MORE YEARS PASSED, AND IN THAT TIME I PUBLISHED ANOTHER THREE BOOKS. THE VISIONS I HELD OF BEING A SPEAKER, AUTHOR, AND SPIRITUAL TEACHER WERE COMING INTO FORM. THE MORE I ENJOYED THE PROCESS AND FOCUSED ON THE SERVICE AND JOY BEHIND MY WORK, THE MORE IT WAS SUPPORTED BY THE UNIVERSE. THEN, ONE DAY IN 2014 IN NEW YORK CITY, I WALKED INTO THE STAGE AT JAVITS CENTER TO GIVE A TALK. STEPPING INTO THE STAGE AND LOOKING OUT AT THE BIG AUDIENCE, I REALIZED THIS WAS THE EXACT STAGE WHERE WAYNE HAD STOOD YEARS BEFORE, FORESHADOWING THIS MOMENT. MY LONGTIME VISION HAD COME INTO TRUE FORM, ' AS YOU THINK, YOU SHALL BE".
HARD WORK, PASSION, AND COMMITMENT CAN BRING YOU ALL THESUPPORT YOU NEED TO FULLFILL YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE. CERTAINLY OF OUTCOME, HOWEVER, IS THE SECRET INGREDIENT. WHEN WE ARE CERTAIN, WE CAN RELAX INTO A KNOWING AND FAITH. MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE PASSAGE FROM A COURSE IN MIRACLES IS, "THOSE WHO ARE CERTAIN OF THE OUTCOME CAN AFFORD TO WAIT AND WAIT WITHOUT ANXIETY". THIS PASSAGE GIVES ME A SENSE OF POWER. WE ALL LONG FOR CERTAINLY IN OUR LIVES, BUT OUR WORLD FEELS ANYTHING BUT CERTAIN. WE HAVE GROWN TO BELIEVE IN FEAR, POWERLESSNESS, AND DOUBT. THE MESSAGES IN THIS BOOK ARE MEANT TO CHALLENGE THESE LIMITING BELIEFS AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE ON A NEW PERSPECTIVE - ONE THAT LETS YOU LEARN TO TRUST FULLY IN A PATH AND A POWER GREATER THAN YOU. WHEN YOU LET YOURSELF DREAM BIG DREAMS, AND LEARN TO RELY ON YOUR INNER WISDOM, YOU WILL RECEIVE THE GIFT OF CERTAINTY.
CERTAIN PATHWAY
1. THE FIRST STEP ON THE PATH TOWARD CERTAINLY IS YOUR READINESS. STAY WILLING TO BE FREE ON A MOMENT-TO-MOMENT BASIS.
2. TAP INTO THE FEELINGS YOU DESIRE THROUGH YOUR MEDITATION.
3. BEGIN A DIALOGUE WITH THE UNIVERSE THROUGH YOUR WRITING EXERCISE.
4. CONSCIOUSLY CO-CREATE YOUR REALITY BY TAPPING INOT THE FEELINGS YOU DESIRE AND CULTIVATING THOSE FEELINGS IN MOMENTS THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY.
5. STOP PRAYING FOR A OUTCOME AND INSTEAD, PRAY FOR THE HIGHEST GOOD FOR ALL.
6. ESTABLISH A SPIRITUAL RELATIONSHIP OF YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING. IT WILL CHANGE AND GROW, BUT FOR TODAY, HONOR YOUR OWN RELATIONSHIP TO THE UNIVERSE.
A COURSE IN MIRACLES SAYS, "I LOSE THE WORLD FROM ALL I THOUGHT IT WAS, AND CHOOSE MY OWN REALITY INSTEAD". WHEN YOU LEARN ON CERTAINLY AND FAITH, YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND ABOUT THE WORLD YOU SEE. YOUR FAITH HAS THE POWER TO TURN TRAUMA INTO HEALING, CONFLICT INTO GREAT GROWTH, AND FEAR INTO LOVE. DEEPEN YOUR CONNECTION TO THE UNIVERSE ONE MEDITATION, PRAYER, AND POSITIVE DESIRE AT A TIME. LET YOUR FAITH BE YOUR GUIDE AS YOU RELEASE THE PERCEPTION OF THE WORLD YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW AND EMBRACE TRUE FREEDOM AND PEACE.'
IN THE COMING CHAPTER WE BUILD ON YOUR FAITH AS YOU BEGIN TO RECOGNIZE HOW THE UNIVERSE TALKS TO YOU. THE PRACTICES AND STORIES IN CHAPTER 8 WILL GUIDE YOU TO DEEPEN YOUR DAILY DIALOGUE WITH THE UNIVERSE SO THAT THE PRESENCE OF LOVE TAKES ON A NEW ROLE IN YOUR LIFE. GET PSYCHED FOR WHAT'S IN STORE....
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