GOALS GUIDANCE

 

                        

                           TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF THE STEERING WHEEL

                    TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF THE STEERING WHEEL. BE ABLE TO SAY TO THE UNIVERSE, THY WILL BE DONE. AND TO KNOW IT WITHIN YOUR INTENTIONS. SPEND TIME IN THIS THOUGHT. CONSIDER WHAT IT MEANS TO SAY, "THY WILL BE DONE", AND ALLOW YOUR LIFE TO GO INTO THE HANDS OF THE UNIVERSE COMPLETELY.

                   TO RESTORE YOUR CONNECTION TO THE GUIDANCE OF THE UNIVERSE, YOU HAVE TO LOOSEN YOUR GRIP. WHEN YOU SURRENDER YOUR PLANS AND RELEASE CONTROL, YOU STOP PURSUING THE PATH OF YOUR MISGUIDED EGO. YOU ALLOW THE VOICE OF YOUR INTUITION AND THE ENERGY OF LOVE TO BE YOUR GUIDE.

                 THE WAY TO TAKE YOUR HANDSOFF THE WHEEL IS THROUGH PRAYER. IF YOU'RE IN NEED OF SURRENDER, BEGIN EACH DAY WITH THESE WORDS ;

                        TODAY I SURRENDER MY GOALS AND PLANS TO THE 

                        CARE OF THE UNIVERSE. I OFFER UP MY AGENDA AND 

                        ACCEPT SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE. I TRUST THAT THERE IS A

                        PLAN FAR GREATER THAN MINE. I KNOW THAT WHERE

                       THERE ONCE WAS LACK AND LIMITATION THERE ARE 

                       SPIRITUAL SOLUTIONS AND CREATIVE IDEAS. I STEP BACK

                       AND LET LOVE LEAD THE WAY. THY WILL BE DONE

         

                 THESE WORDS WILL HELP YOU HUMBLY SURRENDER TO THE GUIDANCE OF THE UNIVERSE. SOMETHING MIRACULOUS HAPPENS WHEN YOU LET GO AND ALLOW. YOU OPEN UP TO AN INFINITE FIELD OF POSSIBILITIES. THE MOMENT I SURRENDERED MY DESIRE TO BE A MOTHER, I FELT TAKEN CARE OF, I KNEW THAT THE UNIVERSE WAS GUIDING ME IN THE PERFECT DIRECTION, THE UNIVERSE WAS GUIDANCE ME IN THE PART OF THE UNIVERSE GAVE ME FREEDOM AND HAPPINESS IN THE MIDST OF UNCERTAINLY.

                                                         TURN OVER TIME

                    THE BIGGEST BLOCK OF LIVING WITH FAITH IS TIME. THERE ARE MANY SITUATIONS IN OUR LIVES THAT WE CANNOT CONTROL. YOU CAN'T DECIDE THE EXACT DAY YOU'LL CONCEIVE, THE MOMENT THAT YOUR LOVER WILL PROPOSE, OR A MILLION OTHER THINGS. BUT YOU CAN CONTROL HOW YOU EXPERIENCE EACH MOMENT OF EACH DAY. THE WAY TO SURRENDER YOU NEED TO CONTROL TIME IS TO EMBRACE THE PRESENT MOMENT. IN ANY MOMENT YOU CAN RECEIVE A MIRACLE WITH THE DECISION TO CHOOSE LOVE. THAT SIMPLE CHOICE, TO CHOOSE LOVE OVER FEAR, CAN RELEASE YOU OF TIME AND RESTORE YOUR HOPE AND FAITH. LOVE IS A DECISION, AND ALL THAT IS ASKED OF YOU IS THE WILLINGNESS TO CHOOSE IT. EACH TIME YOU DO IS A MIRACLE. AND WITH TOTAL WILLINGNESS YOUR OBSESSION WITH TIME WILL END. THE MIRACLE IS NOW.

                    A COURSE IN MIRACLES LESSON BEFORE. THE LIGHT HAS COME. I ONCE HAD A DEEP CONVERSATION WITH MY FRIEND AND MENTOR ROBERT HOLDEN. WE BOTH HAVE A SHARED LOVE FOR THIS LESSON. FOR ROBERT IT'S A GENTLE REMINDER THAT THE LIGHT ISN'T COMING WHEN YOU GET THE JOB OR THE BABY IS BORN. THE LIGHT HAS COME. IT'S ALREADY HERE. IN ANY GIVEN MOMENT, YOU CAN SURRENDER TO THE LIGHT AND LIVE IN THE MIRACLE. 

                   TO GIVE UP OUR OBSESSION WITH TIME, WE MUST ACCEPT THAT THE LIGHT HAS COME. WE ALREADY EMBODY ALL THE LOVE, JOY, AND PEACE WE LONG FOR. IN ANY MOMENT, WHEN YOU FIND YOURSELF CAUGHT UP IN TIME, YOU CAN RETURN TO THE MIRACLE OF THE MOMENT. ACCEPT THAT THE LIGHT HAS COME, AND LIVE IN THE MIRACLE. IMAGINE HOW FREE YOU WOULD FEEL IF YOU LIVED YOUR LIFE MOMENT TO MOMENT RATHER THAN MILESTONE TO MILESTONE.

                  WHEN YOU TURN OVER TIME, YOU CAN TRUST IN THE ORDER OF THE UNIVERSE. YOU HAVE FAITH THAT EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING TO YOU IN THE PERFECT TIME SO THAT YOU CAN GROW AND HEAL. EMBRACE THE MIRACLE AVAILABLE IN EVERY MOMENT, AND EACH STEP WILL BE PERFECTLY LAID OUT BEFORE YOU. DON'T TRUST YOUR SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION, ENJOY IT. IT'S THE JOURNEY THAT MATTERS, NOT THE DESTINATION.

                                                    SURRENDER YOUR GOAL

                                              AND LET FAITH TAKE THE LEAD

                    WE MUST LEARN TO GIVE UP GOALS AND EMBRACE HOPE AND FAITH. GOALS OFTEN IMPLY THAT YOU NEED TO  ACHIEVE SOMETHING ELSE TO BE HAPPY. REMEMBER, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH VISIONS, DREAMS, AND DESIRES AS LONG AS YOU'RE WILLING TO SURRENDER THEM. THE KEY IS TO GENTLY HOLD GREAT VISION AND THEN RELEASE THEM TO THE UNIVERSE.

                     TO FEEL FREE AND SURRENDERED, WE MUST LEARN TO RELEASE OUR ATTACHMENTS, DEEPAK CHOPRA SAYS, "WHEN YOU'RE HAPPY FOR SOME REASON YOU'RE STILL IN MISERY BECAUSE THAT REASON CAN BE TAKEN FROM YOU TOMORROW. INSTEAD OF SEEKING SOME REASON OR OUTCOME TO MAKE US HAPPY, WE MUST LEARN TO TRUST IN THE WONDERS OF THE UNIVERSE. EACH DAY BRINGS NEW MIRACLES TO CELEBRATE. EACH MOMENT CAN BE A MIRACLE IF WE CHOOSE TO PERCEIVE IT THAT WAY.

 

                   INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON GOALS AND OUTCOMES, REDIRECT YOUR FOCUS INTO CELEBRATING WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE . TAKE TIME EACH DAY TO DEVOTE YOUR ATTENTION TO WHAT IS THRIVTING PREGNANT ON A SPECIFIC DATE AND CHOSE INSTEAD TO FOCUS ON THE DEEP LOVE I HAVE FOR MY HUSBAND. I MADE IT MY INTENTION TO FEEL CONNECTED AND IN LOVE. I REDIRECTED MY ENERGY INTO MY BODY AND THE HEALTH I AM BLESSED TO ENJOY. I CONCENTRATED ON MY HOME AND THE SPACE I AM CREATING FOR THE BABY I AM READY TO CALL INTO MY LIFE. INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON WHEN I WILL HAVE SOMETHING (OR SOMEONE) NEW, I FOCUSED ON WHAT I ALREADY HAVE.

                  WHEN YOU RETURN YOUR FOCUS TO WHAT YOU ALREADY EMBODY AND ENJOY IN YOUR LIFE, YOU CAN LET GO OF WHAT YOU THINK YOU NEED. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CUT OFF YOUR DESIRE. INFACT, IT'S QUITE THE OPPOSITE. YOU BRING FAR MORE LOVE AND ENERGY TO YOUR DESIRE WHEN YOU TAKE THE PRESSURE OFF. FOCUSING ON WHAT YOU DO HAVE CREATES MORE OF WHAT YOU WANT.

                                   TURN IT OVER TO THE HOLY TRIANGLE

                A BEAUTIFUL ELEMENT OF MY SPIRITUAL PRACTICE IS MY HOLY TRIANGLE. IT'S A WOODEN TRIANGLE THAT HANGS ABOVE MY ALTAR. EACH EDGE OF THE TRIANGLE HAS A MEANING, FAITH, LOVE, AND CHARITY. THE TRIANGLE IS A SYMBOL USED IN THE JOHN OF GOD COMMUNITY TO FACILITATE SPIRITUAL SURRENDER. THE IDEA IS THAT WHEN YOU WRITE DOWN YOUR DESIRE AND PLACE IT IN THE HOLY TRIANGEL, THE DESIRE WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF. YOU LEAVE YOUR DESIRE IN THE TRIANGLE FOR A WEEK, AND THEN AT THE END OF THE WEEK YOU REMOVE THE PIECE OF PAPER AND BURN IT. 

                        THE ACT OF BURNING THE PAPER SYMBOLIZES YOUR FAITH AND TRUST THAT YOUR DESIRE IS BEING SUPPORTED. (I BURN MY PAPER OVER THE KITCHEN SINK. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BURN IT, YOU CAN FLUSH IT DOWN THE TOILET).

                      WHEN I WAS WRAPPING UP THIS CHAPTER, I REALIZED THAT I HADN'T PLACED MY DESIRE TO BE A MOTHER INTO THE HOLY TRIANGLE. ALL THIS TIME I'D BEEN SO CONTROLLING THAT I'D FORGOTTEN THIS CRUCIAL STEP. PLACING MY DESIRE INTO THE TRIANGLE ALLOWED ME TO THE UNIVERSE THAT I KNOW IT'S BEING HANDLED.

                    YOU TOO CAN HAVE A HOLY TRIANGLE. YOU CAN MAKE ONE, OR IF THAT ISN'T YOU, SIMPLY USE A BOX. I'VE TAUGHT MANY PEOPLE TO CREATE THEIR OWN GOD BOX, AND IT OFFER THE SAME WAY THAT EMPOWERS YOU. ONCE YOU HAVE THE TRIANGLE OR BOX. TRY IT OUT. WRITE DOWN YOUR DESIRE AND PLACE IT IN THE HANDS OF THE UNIVERSE. AT THE END OF ONE WEEK, TAKE IT OUT AND BURN IT. (BE SURE TO BURN IT SAFELY IN THE SINK) 

                  THAT'S ALL IT TAKES. AT YOU CONTINUE ON WITH THIS PRACTICE. BE MINDFUL NOT TO PUT THE SAME DESIRE BACK IN THE BOX. THAT WOULD IMPLY THAT YOU DIDN'T TRUST IT WAS BEING TAKEN CARE OF.

                 THIS IS A POWERFUL PRACTICE OF SURRENDERING. PRACTICE THE THREE STEPS ABOVE AND THEN OFF UP YOUR DESIRE TO THE HOLY TRIANGLE (OR BOX) PLACE YOUR DESIRE IN YOUR TRIANGLE, AND SAY A SILENT PRAYER TO SURRENDER IT TO THE UNIVERSE. TURN IT OVER ONCE AND FOR ALL, AND KNOW YOUR REQUEST IS BEING HEARD.

                       THESE FOUR STEPS WILL GREATLY HELP YOU SURRENDER WHAT YOU THINK YOU NEED AND EMBRACE WHAT IS OF THE HIGHEST GOOD FOR ALL. FOCUS ON THE SUBTLE, MOMENT-TO-MOMENT SHIFTS. AS A COURSE IN MIRACLES REMINDS US, "EACH SMALL STEP WILL CLEAR A LITTLE OF THE DARKNESS AWAY".

                            YOU MAY BE WONDERING HOW YOU'LL KNOW WHEN YOU'VE TRULY SURRENDERED. YOU KNOW YOU'VE SURRENDERED WHEN YOU TRUST THAT THE UNIVERSE HAS A BETTER PLAN THAN YOU DO. YOU'VE SURRENDERED WHEN YOU NO LONGER MANIPULATE AND FORCE OUTCOMES. YOU'VE SURRENDERED WHEN YOU LET GO OF THE NEED TO BE IN CHARGE OF YOUR LIFE AND LET THE UNIVERSE GET TO WORK INSTEAD. FINALLY, YOU KNOW YOU'VE SURRENDERED WHEN YOU DON'T DEFEND YOUR NEED TO CONTROL.

                  FOLLOW THIS PATH, AND SURRENDER YOUR GOALS. HERE'S THE RECAP OF THE STEPS TO SURRENDER:

                      1. TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF THE WHEEL THROUGH PRAYER.

                      2. TURN OVER TIME BY ACCEPTING THE PRESENT MOMENT AS A                                          MIRACLE.

                     3. SURRENDER YOUR GOALS AND LET FAITH TAKE THE LEAD.

                     4. RELEASE YOUR DESIRE TO YOUR GOD BOX OR HOLY TRIANGLE.                                     TRUST IT IS BEING TAKEN CARE OF.

                     THESE STEPS WILL CLEAR EVEN MORE SPACE FOR THE UNIVERSE TO SERVE AS YOUR GUIDE. ONCE AGAIN I'M REMINDED OF THE WISDOM OF A COURSE IN MIRACLES. "THERE IS A WAY OF LIVING THAT IS NOT HERE THROUGH IT SEEMS TO BE. YOU DO NOT CHANGE APPEARANCE BUT YOU SMILE MORE FREQUENTLY. YOUR FOREHEAD IS SOFT AND YOUR EYES ARE SERENE".

                     SURRENDER OFFERS YOU THIS KIND OF SERENITY. WHEN YOU PRACTICE SURRENDER, YOU'LL BEGIN TO LEAN ON A POWER GREATER THAN YOU. IN TIME YOU'LL KNOW IT'S ALWAYS THERE, AND YOU'LL RELY ON IT.

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LOVE INSTRUMENTS

 

                                                                 WAKE UP

                I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF WITNESSING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE EMBRACE THEIR SPIRITUAL NATURES. IT'S INCREDIBLE TO SEE POEPLE WAKE UP TO THEIR CONNECTION TO LOVE. BUT FAR TOO OFTEN, I ALSO SEE THAT THESE SPIRITUALLY CONSCIOUS PEOPLE ARE EXTREMELY UNCONSCIOUS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD. OR MAYBE THEY'RE AWARE BECAUSE THEY WATCH THE NEWS AND READ THE PAPER. BUT THEY ARE APATHETIC THAN HIGHLY SPIRITUAL PEOPLE WHO ARE DISENGAGED FROM TEH WORLD AROUND THEM.

                  WHILE I DO NOT RECOMMEND GETTING SUCKED INTO THE DRAMAS OF THE NEWS, I FEEL IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CONSCIOUSLY WAKE UP TO WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND US. IF WE IGNORE WHAT'S HAPPENING, WE'LL FALL INTO THE TRAP OF APATHY AND FORGET THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR LIGHT. BEING CONSCIOUS OF THE DARKNESS IN THE WORLD FUELS OUR DESIRE TO BRING MORE LIGHT. CONSCIOUSNESS INSPIRES US TO SPEAK UP WHEN IT'S NECESSARY AND DEVOTE OUR PRAYERS TO THOSE WHO NEED THEM MOST. CONSCIOUSNESS CONNECTS US TO ALL THE SOULS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WHO DO NOT HAVE THE PRIVILEGES WE MAY HAVE. CONSCIOUSNESS REMINDS US TO BE GRATEFUL, JOYFUL, AND KIND.

                 WITHOUT THIS CONSCIOUSNESS IT'S EASY TO GET CAUGHT UP IN THE LITTLENESS OF OUR LIVES. THE INSANE AND RIDICULOUS STORIES WE MAKE UP, THE SILLY PROBLEMS WE FOCUS ON, WHICH CAN MAKE US VERY SELFISH.

                  IF YOU DO IDENTIFY IN ANY WAY WITH BEING APATHETIC OR UNCONSCIOUS, FORGIVE YOURSELF IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER THAT IN AN INSTANT YOU CAN DISSOLVE THE PATTERNS OF YOUR PAST AN STEP INTO THE POWER OF THIS PRESENT MOMENT. RIGHT NOW, MAKE THE COMMITMENT TO SHIFT YOUR FOCUS FROM YOUR LITTLENESS AND TO THE WORLD AROUND YOU.

                  TAKE TIME EACH DAY TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE WORLD, AND DEVOTE YOUR LOVING THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO THOSE WHO NEED YOU MOST.

                            REMEMBER WHERE YOU TRUE POWER LIES

                BE MINDFUL OF THE POWER YOU CALL ON TO CREATE CHANGE. ARE YOU AN ANGRY PEACE ACTIVIST OR A LIGHTWORKER? KNOW THE DIFFERENCE. BECOME CONSCIOUS OF HOW YOU MAY USE FEAR AS POWER AND SEPERATION AS A WEAPON. WHEN WE BECOME MORE CONSCIOUS OF WHA'S HAPPENING IN THE WORLD, IT'S EASY TO GET SCARED AND ANGRY. MUCH LIKE WHAT HAPPENED WHEN I GOT SO FIERCELY OUTRAGED BY THE GUN VIOLENCE IN MY COUNTRY. IT'S OKAY TO GET MAD, AND IT'S NATURAL TO RAGE, BUT REMEMBER THAT ANGER IS NOT WHERE YOUR TRUE POWER LIES. THE KEY TO OUR POWER IS OUR CAPACITY TO LEAD FROM A PLACE OF LOVE.

                   SO FEEL THE ANGER, AND SHARE YOUR OUTRAGE WITH A FRIEND. HONOR YOUR ANGER AND FEAR AS GREAT TEACHERS ON THE PATH BACK TO PEACE. THEN, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, RETURN TO LOVE. RECONNECT TO YOUR POWER THROUGH PRAYER. HERE'S A PRAYER YOU CAN USE WHEN YOU NEED TO ACCESS YOUR TRUE POWER.

                    "  I RECOGNIZE MY ANGER AND I HONOR MY REACTION

                      TO THE DARKNESS. I KNOW MY TRUE POWER LIES IN MY

                      CAPACITY TO BE THE LIGHT. I CALL ON THE ENERGY AND 

                     THOUGHTS OF LOVE TO POUR THROUGH ME AND INSPIRE

                      ME TO TAKE ACTION FROM A PLACE OF TRUE POWER".

                     ACCEPT YOUR ROLE AS A SPIRITUAL ACTIVIST WHO SHOWS UP FOR THE FEARS OF THE WORLD WITH LOVE. LEAD FROM A PLACE OF FORGIVENESS AND CAMPASSION. KNOW THAT YOU CAN SPEAK UP, RISE UP, AND SHOW UP WITH GRACE. YOU HAVE THE POWER TO DISSOLVE ALL BOUNDARIES WITH LOVE.

                          THE PEACE OF LOVE IS SHINING IN YOU NOW

                DO YOU THINK YOU NEED TO CHANGE YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE? ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS CHANGE YOUR MIND AND REMEMBER LOVE. ACCEPT THE LIGHT WITHIN YOU, AND YOU'LL LIGHT UP THE WORLD. BELIEVE IN THIS LIGHT NO MATTER WHAT. YOUR CONVICTION AND CERTAINLY HELP OTHERS REMEMBER THEIR OWN. YOUR REMEMBRANCE ALONE HAS THE POWER TO HEAL.

               ACCEPT THE LOVETHAT SHINES THROUGH YOU NOW. DECLARE YOUR COMMITMENT TO LIVE IN THE LIGHT. HONOR THE WOUNDS THAT GET YOU HERE. THE SUFI POET RUMI SAID, " THE WOUND IS THE PLACE WHERE THE LIGHT ENTERS YOU". TRUST THAT YOUR WOUNDS ARE EXACTLY AS THE UNIVERSE PLANNED. THEY WERE DIVINELY PLACED IN YOUR LIFE IN THE PERFECT ORDER SO THAT YOU COULD SHOW UP FOR THEM WITH LOVE AN REMEMBER THE LIGHT WITHIN. AS DIFFICULT AS YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES MAY HAVE BEEN, TAKE A MOMENT TO HONOR THEM NOW. HONOR THE TRAUMA, HONOR THE PAIN, AND HONOR THE FEAR, KNOWING THAT ALL ALONG THE PEACE OF LOVE WAS ALWAYS SHINING THROUGH YOU. NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU IN THIS LIFETIME, THIS TRUTH WILL NEVER CHANGE. THE PEACE OF LOVE WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU.

                    WHEN THE FEARS OF THE WORLD TAKE YOU CUT, RETURN TO THE PRESENT MOMENT AND REMEMBER THAT THE PEACE OF LOVE STILL SHINES IN YOU NOW. GENTLY WITNESS THE STORIES AND FEARFUL THOUGHTS AS DISTRACTIONS FROM THIS TRUTH. IN THE PRESENT MOMENT, YOU CAN RETURN TO LOVE AND BE AT PEACE. IN THE PRESENT MOMENT, YOU CAN RESTORE YOUR CONNECTION TO THE UNIVERSE AND RELEASE YOURSELF FROM ALL SUFFERING.

                                    BECOME AN INSTRUMENT FOR LOVE

                   THERE IS NO GREATER EXPERIENCE THAN ALLOWING THE PRESENCE OF LOVE TO MOVE THROUGH YOU. AS YOU HEAL YOUR OWN LIFE THROUGH YOUR CONNECTION TO LOVE, YOU WILL BE GUIDED TO HELP OTHERS DO THE SAME. SOMETIMES THAT GUIDANCE WILL LEAD YOU IN DIRECTIONS YOU NEVER COULD HAVE IMAGINED.THE DIRECTION MAY NOT ALWAYS SEEM LOGICAL, BUT THE CALL WILL BE NDENIABLE.

                    THROUGHOUT MY LIFE I'VE WITNESSED MANY TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERS FOLLOW THAT UNDENIABLE CALL. ONE EXAMPLE IS OPRAH WINDREY. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING INVITED TO A SCREENING OF OPRAH'S OW SERIES BELEIF. THE SHOW FEATURED FROM AROUND THE WORLD, AND EACH STORY EVIDENCED THE POWER OF THE UNIVERSAL ENERGY OF LOVE. THE STORIES RELEASED ALL RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL SEPERATION AND PRESENTED US WITH A VISION OF WHAT TRUE ONENESS IS.

                     AT THE SCREENING, OPRAH SHARED THE STORY BEHIND WHY SHE CREATED BELIEF. SHE SAID THAT IN HER PRAYERS SHE ASKED GOD TO USE HER FOR THE HIGHEST GOOD, AND THE RESPONSE SHE RECEIVED WAS TO CREATE THIS SERIES. SHE PUT HER OWN MONEY, TIME, AND ENERGY INTO CREATING IT. AT THE END OF HER SPEECH, SHE TEARED UP AS SHE SHARED HER GRATITUDE FOR ALLOWING THE UNIVERSAL ENERGY OF LOVE TO WORK THROUGH HER IN THE CREATION OF SOMETHING SO TRANSFORMATIONAL.

                     WE ALL HAVE THE CAPACITY TO ALLOWTHE UNIVERSAL ENERGY OF LOVE TO USE US FOR THE HIGHEST GOOD. THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE, TO REMEMBER LOVE AND ALLOW IT TO MOVE THROUGH US, HEAL US, AND INSPIRE US TO SERVE.  WHEN SURRENDER TO THIS COMMITMENT, WE CAN TRULY CO-CREATE WITH THE UNIVERSE, WE CAN CREATE MOVEMENTS FAR BEYOND OUR LOGICAL MIND'S CAPACITY TO SEE. WE CAN HELP OTHERS HEAL AND SERVE PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD. THE SIMPLE ACT OF ASKING. " HOW WOULD YOU USE ME"? OPENS THE FLOODGATES FOR LOVE TO TRANSCEND ALL DOUBT AND LIMITATION. YOUR FEAR CANNOT CO-EXIST THE PRESENCE OF THIS LOVE.

                    THAT IS THE FINAL STEP OF THIS CHAPTER, BECOME AN INSTRUMENT FOR THE LOVE OF THE UNIVERSE.

                                  BEGIN EACH DAY WITH THIS SIMPLE PRAYER:

 

                                          HOW WOULD YOU USE ME?

         

                 THE STEP BACK AND ALLOW. LET LOVE DIRECT YOUR LIFE. THE COURSE SAYS, " YOU ARE AT PEACE AND YOU BRING PEACE WITH YOU WHEREVER YOU ARE". ALLOWING THE UNIVERSE TO GUIDE YOU, HEAL YOU, AND DIRECT YOU BRINGS THAT PEACE BACK INTO YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS. PEACE AND LOVE CAN NEVER BE LOST.

                 WHEN YOU LEAD YOUR LIFE WITH GRACE AND LOVE, YOU BEGIN TO FEEL A SWELL OF ENERGY MOVE THROUGH YOU. YOU'RE GIVEN WORDS WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THEM. YOU'RE GIVEN STENGTH WHEN YOU ARE DOWN. YOU'RE GIVEN SYNCHRONICITY AND SUPPORT WHEN YOU FEEL LOST. YOU'RE GIVEN SAFETY WHEN YOU'RE UNCERTAIN.

                 AS I CONCLUDE THIS BOOK. I AM DAYS AWAY FROM CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF SOBER RECOVERY. THIS ANNIVERSARY MARKS THE DAY THAT I RETURNED TO LOVE, THE DAY THAT I SURRENDERED TO THE UNIVERSE FOR HELP. I AM IN AWE OF THE GIFTS I HAVE RECEIVED AS THE RESULT OF ALLOWING THE UNIVERSE TO BE MY GUIDE. I AM IN AWE OF THE TRANSFORMATION I HAVE UNDER GONE. I AM DEEPLY MOVED BY THE SUPPORT, LOVE, AND GUIDANCE I HAVE GROWN TO RELY ON. MOST IMPORTANT, I AM PROUD OF MY WILLINGNESS TO HEAL THE WORLD THROUGH LOVE. I THINK ABOUT WHERE I WAS 10 YEARS AGO, 25 YEARS OLD, STRUNG OUT ON DRUGS, AND SEVERELY INSECURE.  I WAS A GIRL WHO LIVED IN FEAR, DOUBT, AND UNCERTAINLY. TODAY I AM A WOMAN WHO LIVES IN THE LIGHT.

                     MY TRANSFORMATION IS YOURS. IT'S AVAILABLE TO YOU NOW. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CHOOSE LOVE, SPREAD LIGHT, AND KNOW THAT THE UNIVERSE HAS YOUR BACK.

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YOUR DESIRE PATH ARE CLEAR

 

                                       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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THE UNIVERSE WORKS FAST WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN

 

                                                    

                                                              HAVE FUN !

 

                              IN 2014 MY HUSBAND AND I SPENT NINE MONTHS HUNTING FOR A NEW APARTMENT. WE LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY, WHICH IS A COMPETITIVE MARKET THAT CAN MAKE RENTING OR BUYING REAL ESTATE CHALLENGING. IN ADDITION, OUR SEARCH HAPPENED TO COINCIDE WITH ONE OF THE BEST SELLER'S MARKETS IN RECENT HISTORY. CONSEQUENTLY, EACH NEW VIEWING WOULD LEAVE US MORE AND MORE DEPRESSED. OUR REACTION TO EVERYTHING WAS, "UGH, ANOTHER OVERPRICED, CRAPTASTIC LISTING!".

                          WE QUICKLY LOST SIGHT OF THE JOY THAT COMES WITH BUYING YOUR FIRST HOME. INSTEAD WE STARTED TO FEEL TERRIBLE BECAUSE WE WERE GETTING PRICED OUT OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO LIVE IN. THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE WAS BRINGING US DOWN. IN TIME WE STARTED TO GET SICK, FIGHT, AND LOSE FAITH IN OUR DREAM HOME.

                    THEN ONE NIGHT, AFTER SPENDING THREE HOURS IN BROOKLYN TOURING OVERPRICED APARTMENTS ALL IN NEED OF GUT RENOVATIONS, WE BOTH UNRAVELED. MY HUSBAND WAS ANGRY AND RECITING HIS MANTRA, "THIS IS UN-FUN. THIS IS UN-FUN".  I WAS GETTING FRUSTRATED BECAUSE WE'D SPEND SO MUCH TIME AND ENERGY TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T SEEM TO EXIST. THEN, IN THE MIDST OF A MINI MELTDOWN. I SAID THE MAGIC WORDS TO MY HUSBAND. "THERE HAS TO BE A BETTER WAY. LET'S PRAY FOR A CREATIVE SOLUTION". HE NODDED YES, AND WE PRAYED. I SAID, "THANK YOU, UNIVERSE, FOR OPENING US UP TO CREATIVE POSSIBILITIES. WE SURRENDER OUR PLANS TO YOU. SHOW US WHAT YOU'VE GOT". WITHIN SECONDS WE BOTH FELT LIGHTER. A SMILE CAME OVER ME AS I SETTLED INTO THE FEELING OF SURRENDER. AND MY HUNBAND WAS NOW SMILING TOO. HE WAS THRILLED THAT WE'D FINALLY RELEASED OUR NEED TO CONTROL. IN OUR SURRENDER WE'D REALIGNED WITH THE TRUE SOURCE OF POWER- THE UNIVERSE.

                 IN THAT SURRENDER, AN INSPIRED IDEA CAME FORTH. I SAID TO MY HUSBAND. "HONEY, YOU KNOW HOW WE ALWAYS DREAMED OF LIVING IN THE COUNTRY? WHY DON'T WE REVERSE OUR SEARCH AND CHECK OUT SOME HOUSES UPSTATE?". HE LOOKED AT ME WITH EXCITEMENT AND SAID, "THA SOUNDS FUN". WE WERE BACK IN ACTION! FORTY-FIVE MINUTES LATER, MY HUSBAND HAD FOUND FOUR LISTINGS IN THE COUNTRY. WITHIN 24 HOURS WE'D CONNECTED WITH A REAL ESTATE AGENT AND SET UP A TOUR OF ALL FOUR HOUSES, INCLUDING A REALLY AWESOME ONE ON A MOUNTAIN. THAT SUNDAY WE HEADED NORTH.

                          UNIVERSAL LESSON : THE UNIVERSE WORKS

                                      FAST WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN

                    THE FIRST HOUSE WE VISITED WAS THE MOUNTAIN HOUSE. AS WE APPOACHED IT, MY HUSBAND SAID, "THIS IS THE ONE. I CAN FEEL IT". WE PULLED INTO A MAGICAL DRIVEWAY, HUNDREDS OF YARDS LONG, THAT WOUND ITS WAY UP A STEEP PATH CUT THROUGH THE WOODS. THE DRIVE EMPTIED INTO A CHARMING WORLD OF ENGLISH GARDENS AND STONE WALLS. HERE AND THERE, MARBLE OBJECTS AND UNUSUAL PLANTINGS JOYFULLY PLAYED WITH THE BEAUTY OF THE NATURAL LANDSCAPING. SURROUNDINGS THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE WERE TREES DISPLAYING EVERY COLOR OF FOLIAGE. AND THE CENTERPIECE OF THE LIVING ROOM WAS A VIEW THAT STRETCHED FOR MILES. SEEING THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME WAS AT ONCE EXCITING AND CALMING. THE MOMENT WE WALKED INTO THE HOUSE, I FELT A RUSH OF LOVING ENERGY MOVE THROUGH MY BODY. I SAID TO MY HUSBAND AND THE AGENT, "THIS IS MAKES NO SENSE, BUT I FEEL AT HOME". WE WENT ON TO LOOK AT A FEW MORE HOUSES, BUT NONE OF THEM SEEMED TO MAKE US FEEL US GOOD AS THE MOUNTAIN HOUSE DID.

               OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, WE VISITED THE MOUNTAIN HOUSE SEVERAL MORE TIME TO GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPERTY. ON OUR FOURTH VISIT, WE INVITED OUR PARENTS ALONG TO GET THEIR OPINIONS. THE DAY BEFORE OUR PARENTS ALONG TO GET THEIR OPINIONS. THE DAY BEFORE OUR PARENTS VISIT, I WAS THE PHONE WITH MY DEAR FRIEND COLETTE BARON-REID, WHO HAPPENS TO BE A POWERFUL PSYCHIC MEDIUM. I WAS TELLING COLETTE ALL ABOUT THE MOUNTAIN HOUSE. I SHARED MY EXCITEMENT AND MY UNCERTAINLY. SHE SAID, "HAVE YOU ASKED FOR A SIGN?" I REPLIED, "A SIGN, WHAT'S THAT?", SHE WENT ON TO EXPLAIN THAT WHENVER SHE MOVES INTO A NEW HOME, SHE ASKS FOR A SIGN. HER SIGN IS A DRAGONFLY. SHE SAID THAT WHEN SHE FOUND HER LAST HOME, SHE KNEW IT WAS HERS WHEN SHE FOUND HER LAST HOME, SHE  KNEW IT WAS HERS WHEN SHE SAW A BOOK IN THE HOUSE WITH A DRAGONFLY ON THE COVER.

                I LOVED THE IDEA OF ASKING FOR A SIGN. I SAID TO COLETTE, "I REALLY DIG THE DRAGONFLY. BUT MY SIGN WILL BE AN OWL". I HAVE NO IDEA WHY I CHOSE THE OWL. MAYBE THE OWL CHOSE ME?

 

                 SO WE SET OFF TO VISIT THE HOUSE WITH OUR PARENTS. THE MOMENT WE ARRIVED, I NOTICED A GIFT CARD ON THE KITCHEN TABLE WITH A DRAGONFLY ON IT! I TOOK THAT AS A PRELIMINARY SIGN. THOUGH I'D FOUND COLETTE'S DRAGONFLY, I WAS STILL COMMITTED TO FINDING MY OWL. I SCOURED THE HOUSE SEARCHING FOR THE OWL. I WAS LOOKING FOR THE OWL EVERYWHERE - ON BOOKS, IN THE TREES, EVEN ON DISHWARE. BY THE TIME WE WERE READY TO LEAVE THE HOUSE,I STILL HADN'T FOUND MY OWL. I TEXTED COLETTE AND SAID, "I DIDN'T FIND MY OWL, BUT I FOUND YOUR DRAGONFLY"! SHE REPLIED, "GREAT! WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE DRAGONFLY SO THAT'S ENOUGH:.

                COLOETTE'S REPLY CALMED ME DOWN, AND WE GO IN THE CAR TO HEAD HOME. BEFORE WE GOT ON THE HIGHWAY, MY HUSBAND AND I STOPPED IN TOWN FOR A COFFEE. WHEN WE WERE WALKING BACK TO OUR CAR, I TURNED TO THE LEFT AND GLANCED AT THE BUMPER OF A CAR NEXT TO OURS. ON THE BUMBPER WAS  STICKER OF A MASSIVE FLYING OWL. I SCREAMED, " I FOUND OUR OWL!". IT WAS BIG SIGN THAT THE UNIVERSE HAD OUR BACK.

              A FEW WEEKS LATER, WE MADE AN OFFER ON THE HOUSE, AND IT WAS ACCEPTED INSTANTLY. AS EXCITED AS WE WERE, WE WERE ALSO NERVOUS. BECAUSE THIS WAS WE WERE, WE WERE ALSO VERY BOTH WARY OF GETTING TOO EXCITED BEFORE THE PAPERWORK WAS SIGNED.

              IN THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATING THE FINAL TERMS ON THE CONTRACT, WE TRAVELED LONDON BECAUSE I HAD SEVERAL SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS. WHILE I WAS IN LONDON. MY FEAR BEGAN CREEPING UP ON ME.

             RATHER THAN LEFT FEAR AND UNCERTAINLY GET THE BEST OF ME, I CHOSE TO PRAY ABOUT IT. I HAD AN INTIMATE CONVERSATION WITH THE UNIVERSE. I SAID, "THANK YOU FOR SHOWING ME ONCE AGAIN THAT I AM ON THE RIGHT PATH. UNIVERSE, I THINK I NEED MORE OWLS...."

              WHEN YOU'RE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE HIGHEST GOOD, THE UNIVERSE WORKS FAST. WITHIN AN HOUR OF SAYING THIS FITI STREET ART OWLS, OWL PILLOWS IN STORE WINDOWS, OWLS ON CLOTHIG. OWLS ALL OVER LONDON!

              LATER THAT NIGHT I HAD SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT AT A BEAUTIFUL CHURCH CALLED THE SAINT JAMES CATHEDRAL. THE LOVELY SOUNDMAN AT THE CHURCH ALWAYS GIVES THE SPEAKERS A POSTCARD ADORNED WITH ONE OF HIS PAINTINGS. IN THE PAST HE'S GIVEN ME A PAINTING OF A BEAR. THIS NIGHT HE WHOWED UP WITH TWO PAINTINGS. HE SAID, "I KNEW YOUR HUSBAND WAS COMING, SO I BROUGHT YOU BOTH A PIECE OF MY ART". HE HANDED THE FIRST PAINTING, A BEAR, TO MY HUSBAND. THEN HE SAID, " I 'M NOT SURE WHY, BUT I HAD A FEELING THIS ONE WAS FOR YOU.. THEN HE HANDED ME A PAINTING OF AN OWL! IN THIS MOMENT I SIGHED WITH RELIEF KNOWING THAT THE UNIVERSE TRULY HAD BY BACK. I THANKED HIM FOR THE GIFT AND THANKED THE UNIVERSE FOR THE SIGN.

                      TWO WEEKS LATER, MY HUSBAND AND I CLOSED ON OUR MOUNTAIN                            HOUSE.

                      THE MOMENT WE WERE WILLING TO SHIFT OUR INTERNAL PROJECTIONS, WE SHIFTED OUR PERCEPTIONS. WHEN WE TURNED TO PRAYER AND INNER GUIDANCE, WE WERE LED TO CREATIVE POSSIBILITIES.

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CALIBRATE YOUR ENERGY BY MEDITATING

                                                    

                                                               MEDITATION

                 I MEDITATE DAILY TO ENHANCE MY CONNECTION TO THE UNIVERSE AND FINE-TUNE MY ENERGY. IN MEDITATION, WE ACTIVATE SYNCHRONISTIC SUPPORT AND CONNECTION TO THE UNIVERSE. MEDITATION STRIPS AWAY DOUBT, LIMITATION, AND FEAR TO RECONNECT US WITH THE FLOW OF LOVE. WHILE SITTING IN THE DEEP STILLNESS OF MEDITATION, I NOTICE MY ENERGY SHIFT AS IT REORGANIZES WITH THE ENERGY OF THE UNIVERSE. CALIBRATING YOUR ENERGY IN THIS WAY LIKE A MUSICIAN TURNING AN INSTRUMENT. ONCE WE'RE TUNED-IN AND CONNECTED, WE BECOME AWARE OF THE SYNCHRONICITY AND SUPPORT THAT ARE AROUND US.

               ONCE, BEFORE I GAVE A TALK IN TORONTO, I SAT IN A 15-MINUTE MEDITATION TO PREPARE. IN THIS STILLNESS I FELT MY LIMBS TINGLE AND MY ENERGY SHIFT. THEN I STARTED TO RECEIVE A VISION OF MYSELF ON THE STAGE IN FRONT OF THE LARGE AUDIENCE. I SAW MY SMALL PHYSICAL FRAME WITH MASSIVE ANGEL WINGS EXTENDING FROM MY SHOULDERS. THESE WINGS WERE NEARLY 50 FEET IN LENGTH, AND THEY DOMINATED THE ENTIRE STAGE. THE IMAGE BROUGHT ME TO TEARS. SHORTLY AFTER MY MEDITATION, I STEPTED INTO THE STAGE, AND MY WINGS CAME WITH ME. THE WAY I FELT ONSTAGE WAS THE SAME FEELING I CONNECTED TO IN MY MEDITATION. I HAD A MAGICAL EXPERIENCE WITH THIS AUDIENCE. I SHOWED UP WITH MY PRESENCE AND HELPED AWAKEN THEM TO THEIR OWN. AFTERWARD, DURING THE CHAPTER SIGNING, A WOMAN CAME UP TO ME AND SAID, "GABBY, YOUR TALK WAS INCREDIBLY MOVING. I FELT AS THOUGH YOU HAD ANGEL WINGS SPREADING ACROSS THE STAGE". I SMILED AND SAID, "I DID". 

                   THE IMAGES WE RECEIVE IN MEDITATION CAN GUIDE US TO REMEMBER THE MAGNIFICENCE OF OUR TRUE SELVES. USE YOUR MEDITATION PRACTICE TO TUNE IN TO YOUR PRESENCE AND BRING FORTH YOUR GREATEST SOURCE OF POWER. YOU CAN ALSO LISTEN TO THE AUDIO MEDITATION AT GABBYBERNSTEIN.COM/UNIVERSE.

                  FOR SEVERAL YEARS I'VE BEEN A STUDENT A TEACHER OF KUNDALINI MEDITATION. KUNDALINI MEDITATIONS ARE VERY POWERFUL IN THAT THEY LOCK YOU INTO THE ENERGY OF THE UNIVERSE FAST. THERE IS A SIMPLE AND YET PROFOUND MEDITATION CALLED KIRTAN KRIYA THAT HAS THE CAPACITY TO REDIRECT YOUR FOCUS OFF FEAR AND DOUBT SO THAT YOU CAN FEEL DEEPLY CONNECTED TO LOVE.

               KIRTAN MEANS "SONG" IN SANSKRIT, AND KRIYA IS A SPECIFIC SET OF MOVEMENTS. A KRIYAS SET IS DESIGNED TO BRING THE BODY, MIND, AND EMOTIONS INTO BALANCE TO ELEVATE YOUR PRESENCE AND ENABLE HEALING.

             KIRTAN KRIYA COMBINES A MANTRA AND HAND GESTURES (MUDRAS) TO UPLIFE YOU AND DEEPLY CONNECT YOU TO THE DIVINE ENERGY OF THE UNIVERSE. WHILE PRACTICING KIRTAN KRIYA, YOU'LL CHANT THE MANTRA SAT NAM, WHICH MEANS TRUTH IDENTIFIED, OR TRUTH IS YOUR NAME.

                THE MUDRAS, OR FINGER POSITIONS, ARE IMPORTANT IN THIS KRIYA .

               HERE'S HOW YOU PRACTICE THE KIRTAN KRIYA:

              SIT COMFORTABLY IN A CHAIR OR CROSS-LEGGED ON THE FLOOR.

             ROLL YOUR SHOULDERS BACK AND STRAIGHTEN YOUR NECK. GET YOUR BODY INTO A STRAIGHT ALLIGNMENT TO BECOME A VESSEL TO RECEIVE THE LOVE OF THE UNIVERSE.

              REPEAT THE MANTRA SAA TAA NAA MAA AS YOU TAP YOUR THUMB ON YOUR POINTER, MIDDLE, RING, AND LITTLE FINGERS. WHILE YOU CHANT THE MANTRA, IMAGINE THE SOUND FLOWING IN THROUGH THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD AND OUT THE MIDDLE OF YOUR FOREHEAD (YOUR THIRD EYE POINT)

                FOR TWO MINUTES, SING IN YOUR NORMAL VOICE.

                FOR THE NEXT TWO MINUTES, SING IN A WHISPER.

 

                 FOR THE NEXT FOUR MINUTES, SAY THE SAOUND SILENTLY TO YOURSELF.

                THEN REVERSE THE ORDER, WHISPERING FOR TWO MINUTES, AND THEN OUR LOUD FOR TWO MINUTES, FOR A TOTAL OF 12 MINUTES.

                 TO END THE MEDITATION, INHALE VERY DEEPLY, STRETCH YOUR HANDS ABOVE YOUR HEAD, AND THEN BRING THEM DOWN SLOWLY, SWEEPING OUT TO THE SIDE.

            PRACTICE THIS KRIYA FOR 12 MINUTES (OR LESS) . I RECOMMEND THAT YOU CHANT ALONG TO THE MUSIC FOUND AT GABBYBERNSTEIN.COM/UNIVERSE.

             PRACTICING KIRTAN KRIYA FOR 12 MINUTES A DAY HAS BEEN SHOWN TO REDUCE STRESS LEVELS AND INCREASE ACTIVITY IN AREAS OF THE BRAIN THAT SUPPORT MEMORY. USE THIS MEDITATION PRACTICE TO SLOW DOWN AND TUNE IN.

           

                                            SET EMPOWERING INTENTIONS

               THE INTENTION TO BE IN YOUR PRESENCE IS ENOUGH TO REALIGN YOU TO LOVE. SETTING AN INTENTION CAN BE AS BASIC AS STATING TO YOURSELF (SILENTLY OR OUT LOUD) THAT YOU'RE READY TO RECONNECT TO YOUR PRESENCE. THIS STATEMENT SENDS A MESSAGE TO THE UNIVERSE THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO RELEASE FEAR AND ALIGN YOUR THOUGHTS AND ENERGY WITH LOVE. WHENEVER YOU NOTICE YOURSELF OUT OF ALIGNMENT, SET THE INTENTION TO COME BACK HOME. YOUR INTENTIONS ARE FAR MORE POWERFUL THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE.

                 THINK ABOUT THE INTENTIONS YOU ST THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY. ARE YOU INTENDING TO GET THINGS DONE QUICKLY? TO ACHIEVE AND ACCOMPLISH? TO AVOID NEGATIVE OUTCOME? TO JUST GET THROUGH THE DAY? WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF INSTEAD YOU INTENDED TO FEEL GOOD?

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YOUR VIBES SPEAK LOUDER THAN YOUR WORDS

 

                                                 

                                                        YOUR VIBES IS ALL

                           A COURSE IN MIRACLES SAYS, "THERE ARE NO "IDLE" THOUGHTS. ALL THINKING PRODUCES FORM AT SOME LEVEL". WHEN YOU THINK POSITIVE AND LOVING THOUGHTS AND USE EMPOWERING WORDS, YOU FEEL GOOD. BUT WHEN YOU FOCUS YOUR THOUGHTS AND WORDS ON LACK, JUDGMENT, AND SEPERATION, YOU FEEL TERRIBLE. YOUR THOUGHTS AND WORDS CAN AFFECT YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM, YOUR ENERGY, AND REALLY, YOUR ENTIRE LIFE EXPERIENCE.

                     BEGIN TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO HOW YOUR THOUGHTS AND WORDS AFFECT YOUR ENERGY. WHEN YOU VIBRATE A HIGH- VIBE, LOVING ENERGY, YOU WILL RECEIVE HIGH-VIBE, LOVING ENERGY REFLECTED BACK TO YOU. CONVERSELY WHEN YOU PUT OUT LOW-ENERGY, YOU'LL RECEIVE LOW-LEVEL ENERGY AND EXPERIENCES IN RETURN. THEREFORE, YOUR POWER LIES IN YOUR ABILITY TO CHANGE YOUR ENERGY AT ANY TIME TO INCREASE THE LIKEHOOD OF BEING THE RECIPIENT OF HIGH-VIBE, LOVING ENERGY.

                      YOGI BHAJAN, THE YOGA MASTER WHO BROUGHT THE KUNDALINI TEACHINGS TO THE WEST SAID, "IF YOUR PRESENCE DOESN'T WORK, NEITHER WILL YOUR WORD". BEING IN ALIGNMENT WITH YOUR PRESENCE MEANS THAT YOU ALLOW THE ENERGY OF THE UNIVERSE TO MOVE THROUGH YOU NATURALLY. IT MEANS THAT YOU'VE SET ASIDE ALL LIMITING BELIEFS AND SMALLNESS AND REALIGNED WITH THE THOUGHTS, WORDS, AND FEELINGS OF LOVE. SIMPLY PUT, YOUR ENERGY IS A FREE-FLOWING EXPRESSION OF LOVE.

                    THE PROMISE OF ALIGNING WITH YOUR ENERGY PRESENCE IS THAT YOU'LL BE MORE CONNECTED. THIS CONNECTION CREATES DEEPER RELATIONSHIPS, SYNCHRONISTIC SUPPORT FROM THE UNIVERSE, EASY ACCESS TO YOUR SOURCE OF INSPIRATION, AND SENSE OF SAFETY IN THE MIDST OF UNCERTAINTY.

                  THROUGHOUT MY SPEAKING CAREER, I'VE HAD MANY MAGICAL EXPERIENCES OF FEELING IN FULL ALIGNMENT WITH THE PRESENCE OF MY POWER. ONE TALK IN PARTICULAR TAUGHT ME THE MIRACLE OF BEING IN THE PRESENCE OF MY AUTHENTIC POWER. I WAS GIVING A LECTURE IN HAMBURG, AND MOST PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE SPOKE ONLY GERMAN. EIGHTY PERCENT OF THEM WERE WEARING HEADPHONES SO THEY COULD HEAR THE TRABSLATOR RECITE MY TALK IN GERMAN. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I'D HAD AN EXPERIENCE WITH A TRASLATOR. BEFORE WALKING INOT THE STAGE, I PRAYED AND MEDITATED AND I ASKED THE UNIVERSE FOR GUIDANCE ON HOW TO BE OF SERVICE TO THIS GROUP. THEN I SURRENDERED ON HOW TO BE OF SERVICE TO THIS GROUP. THEN I SURRENDED MY TALK TO THE CARE OF MY INNER GUIDE. THE MOMENT I HIT THE STAGE, I HEARD MY INNER GUIDE SAY, "DON'T RELY ON YOUR WORDS. RELY ON YOUR PRESENCE". THIS INSTUITION MOVED ME DEEPLY. I BEGAN BY SPEAKING VERY SLOWLY. I ALLOWED MYSELF TO BE MOVED BY THE STORIES I WAS TELLING. AND I TRUSTED THAT AS LONG AS I WAS MOVED BY MESSAGE, THE AUDIENCE WOULD BE MOVED TOO.

                 HALFWAY THOUGH MAY TALK I LOOKED AT THE AUDIENCE WITH THEIR HEADPHONES AND I SAID, " I HAVE A REQUEST, I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO TAKE OFF YOUR HEADPHONES AND EXPERIENCE MY TALK THROUGH MY ENERGY RATHER THAN MY WORDS". THEY ALL WERE WILLING TO PLAY ALONG, AND THEY TOOK THEM OFF. AT THAT MOMENT I BEGAN TO FEEL AS THOUGH I WAS IN AN ENERGETIC DANCE WITH THE AUDIENCE, COMMUNICATING THROUGH A VIBRATION, I NOTICED PEOPLE CRYING AND REACHING INTO THEIR BAGS FOR TISSUES. EVEN WITHOUT THE TRANSLATION OF THE WORDS THEY WERE ABLE TO FEEL THE VIBRATION OF MY INTENTIONS. I COMPLETED MY TALK, AND NOT ONE AUDIENCE MEMBER HAD PUT THEIR HEADPHONES BACK ON.

                 THE NEXT MORNING I FEW TO LONDON FOR ANOTHER SCHEDULED TALK. I WAS THE CLOSING SPEAKER AT THE END OF A FULL WEEKEND EVENT. THE AUDIENCE HAD SEEN DOZENS OF SPEAKERS FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. BY THE TIME I HIT THE STAGE. THEY WERE EXHAUSED. TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, I ARRIVED LATE TO A GREEN ROOM PACKED WITH PEOPLE. I STUCK AROUND TO CHAT AND BECAME DISTRACTED BY ALL THE OTHER SPEAKERS. AND SUDDENLY I WAS SHUFFLED INTO THE STAGE TO GIVE THE CLOSING TALK TO A TIRED GROUP THAT WAS READY TO HEAD HOME. BECAUSE I HADN'T PROPERLY PREPARED MY ENERGY, COUPLED WITH THE LOW ENERGY OF THE AUDIENCE, I WOUND UP GIVING A DISSAPPOINTING PRESENTATION. IT WASN'T THAT I DIDN'T HIT MY POINTS OR FOLLOW MY OUTLINE - I DID. THE ISSUE WAS THAT I HADN'T TUNED IN TO THE ENERGY OF THE UNIVERSE TO TEACH WITH MY PRESENCE. REMEMBER WHAT YOGI BHAJAN SAID, "IF YOUR PRESENCE DOESN'T WORK, NEITHER WILL YOUR WORD".

                   THAT DAY I MADE A COMMITMENT TO MYSELF AND TO MY LECTURE AUDIENCES THAT I WOULD NEVER STEP ON A STAGE WITHOUT MY CONNECTION TO MY PRESENCE.

                    UNIVERSAL LESSON : WHEN YOU EXPERIENCE SOMEONE'S TRUE PRESENCE, YOU'RE REMINDER OF YOUR OWN.

              TO ENSURE I SHOW UP FOR ALL AREAS OF MY LIFE WITH MY PRESENCE, I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL PRACTICE OF RELEASING FEAR AND ALINGNING WITH LOVE. HERE'S HOW IT WORKS.

                                                   GET OUT OF THE WAY.

                  THE GREATEST BLOCK TO OUR PRESENCE OF LOVE IS THE PRESENCE OF FEAR. WHEN OUR FEARFUL THOUGHTS TAKE OVER, WE GER CAUGHT UP ON THE LITTLENESS AND CUT OFF OUR CONNECTION TO OUR POWER. I OFTEN GET CAUGHT UP ON THOUGHT AND LET MY MIND WANDER INTO THE LITTLENESS OF FEAR. I SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF BIG-TIME, I'LL OBSESS OVER A FIGHT SCHEDULE THAT'S MONTHS AWAY, OR I'LL INTO A FEARFULL STORY ABOUT SOMETHING THAT COULD GO WRONG WITH AN E-MAIL BROADCAST.

                  SO WHAT DO I DO WHEN I'M CAUGHT UP IN MY CRAZY? I RECOGNIZE THE CHAOTIC THOUGHTS AS MY RESISTANCE TO LOVE. I WITNESS THE THOUGHTS AND REMEMBER THAT THEY ARE BLOCKING ME FROM MY TRUE CONNCETION TO THE UNIVERSE. THEN I GET OUT OF THE WAY.

                             

                THROUGH PRAYER, I ALLOW THE LOVING ENERGY OF THE UNIVERSE TO GUIDE MY THOUGHTS FROM LITTLENESS AND DOUT BACK TO LOVE.

                I USE THIS PRAYER, " I STEP BACK AND LET THE UNIVERSE LEAD THE WAY".

               THIS PRAYER IMMEDIATELY RELEASE ME FROM MEANINGLESS AND WANDERING AND BRINGS ME BACK TO THE PRESENCE OF MY POWER . I WAY THIS PRAYER ALL THOUGHOUT THE DAY TO KEEP ME IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH THE LOVE OF THE UNIVERSE. USE THIS PRAYER WHENEVER FEAR HAS YOU IN  HEADLOCK.

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THE CONVERSATION OF HILL AND CARNEGIE (IMAGINATION)

 

                                   CONVERSATION OF HILL AND CARNEGIE 

                                                             IMAGINATION

                         HILL : WILL YOU NAME THE PRINCIPLES WHICH ARE MOST COMMONLY USED BY THOSE WHO APPLY THE PRINCIPLES OF IMAGINATION?

                       CARNEGIE : WELL, THAT DEPENDS SOMEWHAT ON THE NATURE OF THE APPLICATION THAT IS TO BE MADE OF IMAGINATION, AND THE PERSON MAKING IT, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING THE FOLLOWING ARE THE PRINCIPLES WHICH ARE MORE OFTNE ALLIED WITH IMAGINATION.

                    (1) DEFITENESS OF PURPOSE, BASED ON AN OBSESSIONAL DESIRE GROWING OUT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE NINE BASIC MOTIVES. (SEE LIST OF THE NINE BASIC MOTIVES IN CHAPTER TWO) THE MOTIVE WHICH MORE COMMONLY SERVES TO STIMULATE THE IMAGINATION IS THAT OF DESIRE FOR FINANCIAL GAIN. THE PROFIT MOTIVE HAS BEEN WITHOUT A DOUBT THE GREATEST INSPIRATION TO THE MEN WHO HAVE DEVELOPED INDUSTRIAL AMERICA.

                    (2) THE MASTER MIND PRINCIPLE, THROUGH WHICH MEN GO INTO A HUDDLE AND FRANKLY EXCHANGE THOUGHTS WITH THE OBJECT OF SOLVING BUSINESS OR PROFESSIONAL PROBLEMS, IS ALSO A GREAT STIMULATION OF THE IMAGINATION. IT WAS THIS PRINCIPLE, MORE THAN ALL OTHERS, THROUGH WHICH THE TEEL INDUSTRY, OF WHICH I WAS THE FOUNDER, BECAME PROSPEROUS. THE SO-CALLED "ROUND TABLE" IS A GREAT INSTITUTION. WHEN MEN SIT DOWN AND BEGAN TO POOL THEIR IDEAS, IN A SPIRIT OF HARMONY AND ONENESS OF PURPOSE, THEY SOON FIND A SOLUTION TO MOST OF THE PROBLEMS THAT CONFRONT THEM, NO MATTER WHAT BUSINESS THEY MAY BE ENAGGED IN, OR WHAT MAY BE THE NATURE OF THEIR PROBLEMS.

                   (3) GOING THE EXTRA MILE COMES IN PROMINENTLY FOR ITS SHARE OF CREDIT AS A STIMULANT TO THE IMAGINATION. WHEN A MAN MAKES IT A HABIT TO DO MORE THAN HE IS PAID FOR, HE GENERALLY BEGINS TO DRAW UPON HIS IMAGINATION FOR NEW SOURCES THROUGH WHICH TO RENDER THIS SORT OF  SERVICE. THIS FACT ALONE WOULD BE SUFFICIENT COMPENSATION FOR GOING THE EXTRA MILE, EVEN IF THERE WERE NOT STILL GREATER BENEFITS AVAILABLE.

                   (4) APPLIED FAITH IS A DEFINITE SOURCE OF STIMULATION OF THE IMAGINATION. MOREOVER, IT IS AN ESSENTIAL IN CONNECTION WITH THE STIMULATION AND APPLICATION OF CREATIVE IMAGINATION. MEN WITH OR NO FAITH WILL NEVER RECEIVE THE BENEFITS OF CREATIVE IMAGINATION.

                  (5) ORGANIZED INDIVIDUAL ENDEAVOR DEPENDS DIRECTLY UPON THE APPLICATION OF IMAGINATION FOR ITS EFFECTIVENES, AS ALL FORMS OF DEFINITE PLANNING ARE CALLED ON THROUGH IMAGINATION.

                   THERE ARE MANY OTHER SOURCES OF STIMULATION OF THE IMAGINATION, BUT THESE FIVE ARE ON THE "MUST" LIST.

                  FEAR SOMETIMES STIMULATES THE IMAGINATION, WHILE OF COURSE T OTHER TIMES IT PARALYZES THE IMAGINATION. WHEN A MAN IS IN GREAT DANGER HIS IMAGINATION OFTEN PERFORMS SEEMINGLY SUPERHUMAN FEATS, ESPECIALLY WHERE SELF-PRESERVATION IS THE MOTIVE.

                 FAILURE AND TEMPORARY DEFEAT SOMETIMES HAVE THE EFFECT OF STIRRING ONE'S IMAGINATION, ALTHOUGH MORE OFTEN THEY HAVE THE OPPOSITE EFFECT.

                  THE QUESTION METHOD WHICH MASTER MASTER SALESMAN OFTEN RESORT TO, HAS THE EFFECT OF AROUSING THE IMAGINATION AND PUTTING IT TO WORK, AND THE REACTION FOR THIS IS OBVIOUS. BY ASKING QUESTIONS THE SALEMAN FORCES HIS PERSPECTIVE BUYER TO THINK. MOREOVER, HE CHOOSES THE LINE OF THOUGHT TO BE ENGAGED IN, BY THE ADROITNESS OF HIS QUESTIONS.

 

                    CURIOSITY OFTEN STIMULATES IMAGINATION TO A HIGH PITCH, CURIOSITY, GROWING OUT OF DEATH AND THE UNCERTAINLY OF LIFE, AND THE UNKNOWN AND PERHAPS UNKNOWABLE FACTS OF IMMORTALITY, HAS BEEN THE CHIEF SOURCE OF INSPIRATION OUT OF WHICH ALL THE RELIGIOUS HAVE GROWN.

                 SELF-EXPRESSION, THROUGH SPEAKING AND WRITING, IT A NEVERENDING SOURCE OF STIMULATION OF IMAGINATION, AS ARE MANY OTHER FORMS OF ACTION. THE VERY MOMENT A MAN BEGINS TO ORGANIZE HIS THOUGHS FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXPRESSION, WHETHER THROUGH WORDS OR DEEDS, HE STARTS HIS IMAGINATION OT WORK. FOR THIS REASON CHILDREN SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO GIVE FREE EXPRESSION TO THEIR THOUGHTS, AS THIS DEVELOP IMAGINATION EARLY IN LIFE.

               HUNGER IS A UNIVERSAL SOURCE OF INSPIRATION OF IMAGINATION. WHEN A MAN NEES FOOD HIS IMAGINATION GOES TO WORK AUTOMATICALLY, WITHOUT ANY FORMS OF URGE. IN THE LOWER ORDER OF LIFE, INSTINCT GOES TO WORK IN THE FACE OF HUNGER, AND I HAVE KNOWN OF INGENIOUS APPLICATIONS OF INSTINCT UNDER SUCH AN URGE.

 

              THUS WE SEE THAT WHEREVER WE TOUCH LIFE, WHETHER IN MAN OR THE LOWER ORDERS OF ORGANIC LIFE, IMAGINATION AND INSTINCT MAY BE FOUND AS ESSENTIAL PARTS OF THE INDIVIDUALS WORKING QUIPMENT.

                CONCENTRATION OF ATTENTION ON A DEFINITE PROBLEM OR OBJECT TENDS TO PUT THE IMAGINATION TO WORK IMMEDIATELY. WITNESS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ASTOUNDING ACHIEVEMENTS OF DR. ELMER R GATES, WHO CREATED HUNDREDS OF USEFUL UNVENTIONS BY "SITTING FOR IDEAS". THE SAME PRINCIPLE WAS USED BY THOMAS A. EDISON AND DR. ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL. BY FIXING THEIR MIND ON DEFINITE OBJECTIVE, THROUGH DEFITENESS OF PURPOSE, THEY PUT CREATIVE IMAGINATION TO WORK WITH FAR-REACHING RESULTS.

                SCIENTISTS,  AND SOMETIMES LAYMEN, PUT THEIR IMAGINATION TO WORK BY SETTING UP HYPOTHESES OF FACTS OR IDEAS WHICH, FOR THE TIME BEING, THEY ASSUME TO EXIST, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENT WOURL HARDLY BE PRACTICAL IF HYPOTHETICAL CASES WERE NOT UTILIZED, AS OFTEN THE FACTS FOR WHICH THEY ARE SEARCHING ARE ENTIRELY UNKNOWN.

                 LAWYERS AND TRIAL JUDGE OFTEN RESORT TO THE USE OF HYPOTHESIS IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH FACTS THAT CANNOT BE UNCOVERED THROUGH ANY OTHER SOURCE. THE CHEMISTS AND THE PHYSICISTS RESORT TO TEH SAME METHOD WHEN SEARCHING FOR UNKNOWN FACTS. AND SO DOES THE DOCTOR, WHEN OTHER MEANS OF DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASE FAIL HIM. DETECTIVES OFTEN WORK ENTIRELY THROUGH THE AID OF HYPOTHESIS IN THE SOLUTION OF CRIME.

                    HILL : WHY IS IT THAT SO FEW PEOPLE APPEAR TO HAVE A WELL DEVELOPED IMAGINATION? IS THE CAPACITY FOR KEEN IMAGINATION A MATTER OF HEREDITY, MR. CARNEGIE?

                 CARNEGIE : NO, THE FACULTY OF IMAGINATION, LIKE ALL OTHER FACULTIES OF THE MIND, CAN BE DEVELOPTED THROUGH USE. THE REASON SO MANY PEOPLE SEEM NOT TO HAVE A KEEN IMAGINATION IS OBVIOUS. MOST PEOPLE ALLOW THE FACULTY OF IMAGINATION IS OBVIOUS, MOST PEOPLE ALLOW THE FACULTY OF IMAGINATION OT ATTROPHY, THROUGH NEGLECT.

                  HILL : IN AS MUCH AS EVERYONE MUST USE SALESMANSHIP, IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, WILL YOU ILLUSTRATE IMAGINATION CAN BE USED IN SELLING?

                CARNEGIE : I CAN GIVE YOU AN ENDLESS NUMBER OF EXAMPLES OF THIS SORT. TAKE THE CASE OF A LIFE INSURANCE WHOM I KNOW, FOR INSTANCE. HE BEGAN SELLING INSURANCE AFTER AN ACCIDENT WHICH INCAPACITATED HIM FOR ANY SORT OF HEAVY MANUAL LABOR, AND WITHIN A YEAR HE BECAME THE HIGH MAN FOR THE ENTIRE INITED STATES, IN THE AGENCY FORCE OF HIS COMPANY.

                  I WILL GIVE YOU ONE ILLUSTRATION THAT WILL TELL THE STORY OF HIS SUCCESS, BUT, BEFORE I DO SO I THINK I SHOULD TELL YOU THAT THIS MAN BECAME A MASTER AT APPLYING THE MASTER MIND PRINCIPLE. HE ALSO BECAME EQUALLY PROFICIENT IN APPLYING MANY OF THE OTHER PRINCIPLES OF ACHIEVEMENT, AMONG THEM CREATIVE VISION.

               ONE DAY HE WALKED INTO THE OFFICE OF A VERY DISTINGUISHED AND WEALTHY LAWYER AND CAME OUT, WITHIN HALF AN HOUR, WITH AN APPLICATION FOR A MILLION-DOLLAR POLICY ON THE LAWYER'S LIFE, ALTHOUGH THE LAWYER WAS KNOWN TO HAVE REFUSED TO PURCHASE INSURANCE FROM A HALF DOZEN OR  MORE OF THE ABLEST INSURANCE MEN IN THE CITY IN WHICH HE LIVED.

              

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