LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS MAY 13, 2015 ADMIN Making Success Manifest You probably wonder what makes success apparently so easy to achieve for some people and so difficult for others (you, perhaps). Is it effort, is it determination, is it willpower? Well yes, to some degree it’s all of those things. And it’s also about intelligence and courage and vision. But then again, when you look at some people who’ve achieved success, it seems inconceivable that they could have done so using those qualities – because they don’t seem to possess them! (I think we all know somebody who seems to have achieved something in life that seems difficult to understand when we look at their talents and abilities.) So what is it that sets you apart form successful people? The answer is simple: their minds are somehow ready to attract abundance in a way that yours may not be. And this isn’t just about positive thinking, although that’s certainly major part of it. It’s actually about the Law of Attraction You see, the thing is that very few of us actually know how powerful the human mind is. And make no mistake about it. That power is available to each and everyone of us, including you. Which raises the interesting and obvious question of why we are not all as successful as Bill Gates or Richard Branson. And the first answer to that is: most people don’t focus on a particular objective. They may not even know what they want…. and if they do, they may not be able to stay focused on it. Manifestation - the universal connection You are connected to the Universe, and it will help you get what you want. Assuming you know what that is! People let opportunities slip by, or their minds jump from one topic or question to another, never making a decision to pursue one thing with single-mindedness, and perhaps never even identifying what it is that really drives their passion. (Often the thing about which a person is most passionate is the thing in which they could find fulfillment and success most easily.) Yet it’s no wonder so many people fail to achieve! Our society is stressful, and each of us is required to juggle many different balls, think of many different things, hold many different responsibilities, and the stresses and strains people experience go far beyond anything the world has known in previous generations. It’s no wonder that in this kind of environment people fail to use their minds in the way that their minds were, quite frankly, designed to be used. Because, make no mistake about it, manifestation isn’t a gift given to a few people. It’s potentially open to everybody. Law of Attraction Made Manifest The Law of Attraction – which is to say the law by which the universe responds to the thoughts and feelings that we put out into it – is exactly the same for everyone. I agree that it’s true you need a certain level of consciousness to be able to manifest what you want with Law of Attraction. But again, developing that level of consciousness is a possibility for every single human being on this planet. And the truth is, very few of them will ever do so. But so what? That’s their responsibility. Your responsibility is to take care of yourself, to learn how to use Law of Attraction as best you may, and benefit from it as is your natural right. Will you manifest your dreams Will you do whatever it takes to manifest your dreams? That leads us to a place where we can summarize the qualities necessary for manifestation to take place successfully: Learn to focus and relax. Deal with the beliefs and behaviors that inhibit you from achieving success. (Mostly negative beliefs about yourself and the world around you.) Find out what it is that you really desire more than anything else in life. Decide that you’re actually going to achieve it, come what may. Develop a state of mind in which you have absolutely no doubt whatever that you can achieve it. Expect it to manifest in your world. Take action immediately, no matter how small to take you in the general direction of what it is you want to achieve. Be grateful for everything and think positively. Don’t allow any negative thoughts to cross your mind and destroy your belief in the reality of your desires. Associate with other people who will support you and reinforce your self belief. And above all visualize what you want every day. It’s a simple list, or so it seems, but many people would say that actually it’s impossible to do those things – just because their environment is so disordered or chaotic or distracting… Or, no doubt, because of some other excuse. Yes, excuse! To me none of those are explanations for failure. They are simply excuses from people who are scared to succeed, or who don’t believe that they can succeed and who would rather “sit” in that belief than do something positive to change their lives better. Harsh? Well, you’ll probably be having a reaction if you see some truth for you in what I just said. In fact you’ll probably be denying the reality of what I’m saying! Positive thinking achieves your outcomes Positive thinking can achieve almost anything… And in fact it’s not easy to dispel negative beliefs about yourself – if it were, the world would be a much more positive place, and people would generally have a much higher opinion of themselves than they actually do. There are many obstacles to thinking positively. For some reason the mind seems to be programmed to move more rapidly and powerfully towards the negative than towards the positive. That’s an expression of human nature, sadly. It seems to be something about the fear response we have to so many people and situations. (It might even be a genetically programmed emotional response that is designed to keep us safe from strangers or novel situations.) Perhaps the way this hinders success is by causing us to diminish or deny possibilities and to find reasons not to pursue our aspirations. So when I talk about people having to have a certain level of consciousness what I really mean is that people have to be prepared to work at overcoming the obstacles that stand between them and success. And anything that takes hard work and a certain amount of effort doesn’t necessarily appeal to everyone! HOW EASY IS USING LAW OF ATTRACTION? Do you block yourself from success in manifesting what you want? Do you block yourself? Many people think that manifestation using Law of Attraction is an easy process, and that they can succeed simply by visualizing what they want for a few minutes twice a day. And of course there are a lot of people who have propagated that viewpoint. (The Secret, anyone heard of it?) But it isn’t true, for this reason. Most people have a vague idea of what they’d like. A bigger house, a big car, rate of financial wealth, perfect relationship… that kind of thing. But when they start visualizing it their minds immediately produce all kind