I have been thinking about this off in on all week. The Pyramid Of Life. A simple
yet profound and powerful tool that helps us realize we are Co-creators of our own world; our reality; our Life.
In the coming weeks I am going o speak of this process. The Path from the Unmanifested into the manifested. What starts as an Idea ends up a reality.
Before we begin I feel the need to tell you a little bit about my Philosophy about
manifesting what we what in our lives. Think of it as a Garden. Lets call it our very own personal Soul Garden. you take an Idea. a Goal A Desire. Something you Want to happen in your Life . this starts very small like a seed. you plant this seed in the garden of your soul. Next you water this seed with lots of love,positive thoughts, positive energy. As this idea begins to grow you protect it. you make sure that no outside forces hinder it in any way. You nurture it. you fertilize it giving it every opportunity that it needs to grow and thrive. As it gets even bigger Prune it, cutting away what is nolonger needed or useful. experimenting trying different things to see what might work the best to meet your particular wants and needs. Finally the seed has grown into a tree and you share its fruit with the world. people come from miles around to see and partake of its fruit being nourished and strengthened thereby. This is the process we are going to talk about over the next several weeks. It is my hope that the end result will help you achieve that which you want in your life. You will find that the end result will not only help you. but all those around you
that are paying attention. You will heal Yourself and by doing so you will help
heal the world.
What You Believe Affects What You Think
What You Think Affects What You Say
What You Say Affects What You Do
What you Do Affects Your Character
Your Character Affects your Reputation
Your Reputation Affects Your Legacy
I need to start by saying. I’m not quite sure where this saying came from. That is
to say I am not going to take credit for the saying itself, only that God/Spirit has helped me understand it a little bit better. I have read a lot of books. there was a time where I was reading everything I could get my hands on about achieving peace. I thought it was Albert Einstein that said this saying originally but Now I’m not so sure. So for now we will have to give credit for this saying to that famous Author we all know... Anonymous
WHAT YOU BELIEVE AFFECTS WHAT YOU THINK.
Seems easy enough right. many things start racing through my head. The little engine that could. HIGH HOPES. The silly song my mom would sing to me as a kid. I can hear the words in my head “..Whoops there there goes another rubber tree
plant..”But really, stop and think about it. Everything that is in our life today started as a belief; an idea in someone's heart/soul. In time it came to be real in our world.
This begs the Question?
What Do You Believe?
Do you believe You are:
Smart or Dumb
Rich Or Poor
Worthy of Success or Bound to failure
feel free to make a list of what you really believe about yourself and your world.
After you have made the list go down the items one by one and ask yourself a few
simple questions. Is this a positive thing (something that is for my highest
and best good) ? Is this a Negative thing ( something that no longer serves
my highest and best good and therefore is no longer needed in my life) Next ask
Yourself Why do I believe it? Lastly ask yourself How can I change this Believe
in order to better myself?
All of us have a Belief system that we were taught as a child and this is primarily
what we rely on as we navigate our way through the world. The Great thing About
God/Spirit. is that every day is a new day and we can put yesterday behind us
and move forward in a positive Loving way. In fact you will find that Every
Moment is a New Moment and we can change and Grow Every moment of our lives.
So lets take a look at that list shall we. Now To be fair I have a list of my own. To ask you to do something that i was not willing to do Myself would be rude. Don’t you agree???
I believe I am Healer
I believe I am an Intuitive Tarot reader
I believe I get lost easy
I believe I am a good server (waiter)
So the Positive things should be self evident so Im not going to insult your
intelligence. but I am going to say a little about the the obvious negative one
and the one that could go either way.
I believe I get Lost easy?
Is this Positive.? NO
does this serve my highest and greatest good ? NO
Why do I believe it?
When I was a kid we would drive into an area and I would say stuff like “ I remember
being here MOM….there is the school right here and the big building over there.
Most of the time when I said these things we had NEVER BEEN THERE before. My
family would make fun of me for these silly statements which grew into the
famous saying. MIKE CAN’T FIND HIS WAY OUT OF A PAPER BAG. Truth be told looking back on the instances now I think I was having DEJAVU’s but could not articulate as a child what I was experiencing ,but, this is just my opinion
What can I do to change it?
First I believed I would not get lost.I began to study maps of my area. this is gonna
sound silly but here in seattle THE WATER (THE OCEAN) IS ALWAYS WEST. I never
understood why when someone gives you directions they say turn east here and
north at the big tree. but now I understand. In time I began to get the hang of
it. Today when in doubt god bless smart phones. I just use my GPS Navigator
I Believe I am a good Server(waiter)
Is it Positive? Yea
Is it Negative? NO
Does it serve My highest and greatest good? kinda
Why di I believe this and how can I change it?
I changed it to I BELIEVE I AM AN EXCEPTIONAL SERVER this was a hard one for me for a while. I left the restaurant business for over fifteen years and went into sales. I was making GREAT MONEY. I thought I had made it. Than the Economy Tanked and I found myself out of work. this brought me back to the restaurant business. although I was grateful to have a job. I felt like I was a failure in a way. HERE I AM AGAIN. When I made a mistake on a ticket I would be really hard on myself.. GGGGRRRRRRRRRRRR Why can't I get this right I would think . I CAN’T DO ANYTHING RIGHT...GGGRRRRRRRRRRRR. and yes those who have worked with me have indeed heard me growl. It was not until I started to see the goodness of my job that it started to turn around for me. Only when I began to truly embrace it and enjoy it did I truely become good Uhm I mean EXCEPTIONAL at it. Even now I do still get stressed out at work, every now and than but, I take it one table at a time and let life run its course. This is my way to have a positive affect on the world around me. I Love my job and seeing many diferent people each day keeps life unperdictable. Once again I must say I’m a work in progress. Im NOT PERFECT. I just want to enjoy live and be happy and peaceful. sounds like a cliche doesn't it. but If I can do It SO CAN YOU.
Now I am going to get a little esoteric on you for a moment. and talk about the
concept of believe. WHAT IS BELIEF?????? How can I do It??? Belief it is what you know to be true. NOT What You Think. NOT even what you want. WHAT DO YOU KNOW. Its like the quote from the matrix Movie. DONT THINK THAT YOUR
FASTER……. KNOW IT. I’m a Sports guy so let me give you a few sports Analogies.
Tiger Woods Believes he can make every putt. Michael Jordan Believed he could
make every Shot. Russell Wilson BELIEVES he can play Quarterback. I’m sure the
Wright Brothers BELIEVED that could fly. Picasso BELIEVED he could Paint. Mozart
BELIEVED he could be an Amazing Composer of GREAT MUSIC.Now look at the work it took to get to their goal they did not just sit on their hands waiting for the
world to give it to them. It took working hard and focussing on getting better.
There is a saying. “the road to success is paved by failure” I am confident that
each of these examples had their share of heartache and failure. but they kept
going until they reached their goal. they didn’t give up.
BELIEF is this Divine Inner Knowing. you may not know how you are going to accomplish your goal but you somehow know you will. To me Belief and knowing are interchangeable in this instance. it comes from that place deep inside yourself.
That place where you and the Universe meet. No person can take it away from you,
because its yours and yours alone.
WHAT YOU BELIEVE AFFECTS WHAT YOU THINK
Put this to the test. Here is my challenge to you this week. make a commitment this
week to focus on believing positive things about yourself and the world around
you. Do this simple thing. Watch how this will affect what you think in Profound
Positive way.
As always My hope is that this helps you as much as it helps me.
LOVE AND LIGHT
MICHAEL