Stay Active After PTSD - Overcome Your Post-Trauma Predicament in 5 Easy Steps

Introduction

According to the National Comorbidity Survey Reports over 7.5 million people are diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder every year in the United States alone. Most of them suffer from the post-trauma predicament. A predicament is a security system developed by our instinct which prevents us from further trauma. We make a mistake when we think it is an unmanageable disease. Yes, it's definitely a complicated health and mental issue but we can bypass it using simple techniques.

What is a trauma?

A trauma is condensed stress. When an event of our life or a chain of events pile up a huge amount of insecurity within our subconscious mind, we experience a trauma. The major characteristic of a trauma is that it is more of a subconscious affair than a conscious matter. So, to deal with trauma we need to specifically work on our subconscious mind and generate a habit of feeling protected. To do that we need to understand that our subconscious mind is connected to a few things, like- our body, our memory, our environment and the community we live in. If we can manage all these aspects then we'll be able to balance rejuvenate our subconscious mind.

How does post-trauma predicament behave?

The post-trauma predicament is a security system developed by our instinct which protects us from further trauma. Yes, it's a security system that saves our butts. But in this process, it ruins us the other way. In a post-trauma condition, our body cuts the connection between our nerves and muscles. It stops the flow of oxygen in the Neuromuscular junction and we cannot move our limbs. We know this situation as a predicament.

Let's understand this in an example; suppose you want to check your email and you turned on the email app on your mobile phone but there's no internet connection. You can see the "loading circle" on the screen. Your device is trying to synchronize the app with your email account. And, it fails. You try again and the same thing happens. The email app in your mobile phone cannot load the inbox page because the connection between your mobile phone and the internet is broken.

Same thing happens with us when we go through a predicament. We try to do some activity, our brain initiates the process but the muscles cannot perform it because the connection between our nerves and the muscles is broken.

How to stay active?

Most of the P.T.S.D. challengers spend a good amount of time lying in bed and sleeping. They get out of bed, have some food and go back to sleep. If you are one of them then don't feel ashamed. It's totally okay. Your body needs that rest. You need to give yourself a minimum time to recover from the immediate shocks of the trauma.

1. Start with 'No-brain Activities':

(Use your sensory organs)

You should start by doing the 'no brain-activities'. After the immediate shocks of trauma, our body develops a practice of feeling stressed all the time. While feeling stressed there is more blood flow to the back part of our brain (mainly in the hypothalamus) and less blood flow on the frontal lobe. The frontal lobe executes all logical and analytic processes. So, it's difficult for us to perform actions. That's why we should start with no-brain activities.

Use your sensory organs to start working. Use your eyes, your ears, your tongue. You can start by simply watching TV or listening to music.

2. Engagement Is The Key

(Use your hands)

Next, you need to do physical tasks. It's the time when you introduce your hands with your eyes and ears. You need to practice what you have learned so far. Simply start singing, start dancing, try to enact your favorite scenes from your favorite TV shows, start cooking, start drawing, do make ups, start working out, literally anything that involves physical engagement. Just keep in mind you should pick one or two of the tasks you like. Do not overwhelm yourself. If you overwhelm yourself with a bunch of projects and cannot finish any of them then you might end up sabotaging yourself. You can schedule a routine that you'll cook in the morning and paint at night or whatever suits you.

Remember, you still do not have enough blood flow to your logical brain so your brain cannot handle more than one or two tasks. Don't set goals, don't pressurize yourself. Just hang out with your task and try to create a relationship with it.

3. Join a community

(Utilize The Power of Collective Humanity)

Next, you'll need to join a community. A community is always helpful. You get to meet a lot of people dealing with similar challenges like yours. You also meet people who have survived similar situations. You'll get to talk to them, you'll get to listen to them. They'll empathize with your pain. And, most importantly they'll recognize your achievements. Also, when we are around people who support us we feel more protected. It is a good therapy for a PTSD challenger.

So, join a community that shares similar beliefs and interest. The community should be a physical community and not an online community.

4. Start a Venture

(Use your legs)

Starting a venture is more of an advanced stage and probably the most difficult one. Most of the challengers fail to nail this one. But, the fact is if you are able to execute stage 4 you'll never look back. It's like a reward to yourself, it's a gift from the Universe. So, you have to start a venture.

Now, what is venture? Anything that is dedicated to a purpose and requires consistent engagement is a venture. If someone has a family he is a member of a venture, if someone works for a company then he is a member of a venture if someone works for a nonprofit group he is a member of a venture. Now you also need to be a part of a venture.

Either join an existing venture or create a new one. It's the best way to attract gratitude which will bring you recognition and empowerment. And, empowerment is one of the best remedies for a post-trauma condition.

5. Keep the ball rolling

(Maintain Continuity)

Now, you have to maintain the continuity. It is said that most of the trauma challengers fail to stay active because they fail to continue the process. It's a secret how to keep the ball rolling.

a. You Need A Strong 'Why'- define a purpose of your life. It's a way to hack the rules of the Universe. As a human being, we tend to stay active if there are people depending on us. If you can convince yourself that there are a few people depending on you, you'll more likely to stay active than if not.

b. Create a Community of Yours- create a support group of your own. They'll keep you motivated and even help you to start a venture. Your community should contain a core and a buffer group to help you in different situations.

c. Establish your actions with rituals- you have to establish the activities I taught previously. Rituals are the best way to do that. A personal 'Mantra' or 'Japa' can help you. Even lighting up a candle can help you to continue your journey.

JUST BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

It's all about what you believe. A trauma has a two-way effect. It affects our physics and our psyche. We do not have much control over our physics but we can control our psyche. And, by controlling the psyche we can govern our physics to some extent. The goal of a PTSD-challenger should be to get full command over their psyche and guide their physics to recovery.

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Message From the Universe: Be Guided by the Traffic Lights of Your Life

"You are not on earth to make things happen. You are not on earth to spread the love. You are not on earth to make it a better place or to learn acceptance of the things you cannot change. You are not on earth to find your soul mate or your purpose. You are not on earth to put the needs of others before your own. And you are most certainly not on earth to suffer, pay penance, be tested, or judged.

Did I leave anything out?

You are on earth because in your loftiest state of being, perched high above the wonderment, at the pinnacle of your glory, you wondered what it would be like, even fleetingly, to believe in limits.

You sage,

The Universe"

There is no really any limits to your potential. We all ask ourselves:" What is my mission? What am I here for? What do I need to accomplish here in this Earth to fulfill God's wishes? Is there anything that I need to do so I can get closer and closer to fulfilling my duties as a human being? Where do I go from here? I am sure you have plenty more questions that you ask yourself on a regular basis and I am also sure that none of these questions could be answered. So what to do? Well, just live your life and not worry about what you need to do. It is believed that opportunities will arise that will direct you to what is your role for this planet. The Universe knows exactly how to align events the right way so it guides you exactly where you needed to be. If anyone remembers the movie "The Italian Job" with Mark Walhberg where around the end of the movie, the team was able to bring the Truck filled with Gold to a very specific destination where they wanted it by playing around with the traffic lights so they can detonate the bombs and drop the truck below the streets of Los Angeles and steal the gold. The same works with the Universe. It will change the traffic lights of your life and guide you where it wants you to be. So sometimes, when you are ready to travel that road at a hundred miles per hour, you might see a red light that will interrupt your momentum and require you to turn left or right, but that is OK, it is part of the plan. Don't get angry or depressed, and avoid road rage at all cost. Just follow the guided path and avoid any potential accidents that may occur.

We all pray to live a healthy and productive life. No one is immune to disaster. When it does strike, it can be painful for yourself and your whole family. So we wonder, if we follow the logic from this post, is sickness a part of these traffic lights? Are they meant to leave me at that stop light and keep me there or change the direction of my journey in life? Am I supposed to look at it as a sign that I need to change things so I can expect different outcome? What if I don't make it out of this sickness? Have I accomplished my mission and is this the end of me? You can go on and ask millions of questions and always try to figure out the best answers. There is no ultimate answers. It will depend on the moment you are living it. It will depend on what you did to make all these unforeseen events occurs in your life. As said, the best thing to do is to embrace whatever obstacles happens at any given time and just try to live in the moment and not for tomorrow or next week or next year. You need to live for TODAY and that is all. Everything else after today, you will figure it out tomorrow.

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Your Footprint in the Sands of Time

Does anyone's life really matter? If you didn't do anything that was recognized, world-changing or life altering, will the world ever know that you existed? There is a process in the life cycle on Earth that is true for every living form from the minutest to the most sophisticated, the human. Everything that lives leaves a significant footprint behind. Even the plants and trees live providing oxygen and a host of other services to the air, insects and animals; after they die the soil is forever altered by the composition of what it has absorbed, affecting the next thing that is planted. All of these things are true and amplified in human life and how it was lived, affecting all the things touched during life.

Why is this true? Humans have the strongest energy of any life form. A life that is lived lovingly, providing encouragement and hope to those who surround you increases the positive energy field that surrounds you and everyone you come into contact with. While it seems invisible, it penetrates everything you touch changing the energy around people, animals, plants and all living forms. It is almost impossible to know who and what your life has or will change in a positive way. Even though your life cycle comes to an end those positive contacts and touches continue on. Like the soil that is forever altered by the decomposition of the tree, everything you touched was transformed in some way. A light filled energy surrounds you and remains even after your death.

A life that is wasted through anger, fear, violence and hateful attributes creates an equally strong energy field that causes chaos and injures everything it touches. For many the damage may last a lifetime, witnessed by the scars left through child abuse and domestic violence. These patterns are frequently carried into several generations. A parents alcoholism can create a generational tendency that is not interrupted until the pattern is broken, the unborn child finally freed through a parent that fought the tendency and remained sober and alcohol free. Other behavior patterns including drug abuse, OCD and so many others affect everyone who comes into contact with it through learned behavior. The death of a person who has lived their live instilling pain and fear leaves a heavy footprint that takes much longer to dissolve and heal. There is great damage in the wake behind them. The energy field around these people is much like a destructive storm. The people whose lives you touched will always be picking up the pieces and hoping to mend. Many never will.

How you choose to live matters far more than you may imagine. You can love and be loved, inspire and be inspired, trust and instill faith, heal and be healed leaving a lasting and loving legacy. You can be hate filled, angry and violent and live a life of misery that destroys others far into the future. Whatever the energy you create will be picked up on the path of a sunbeam and transferred to everything around you continuing long after you depart. It's your life, your story, your legacy; it will be defined by how you lived it.

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Do You Know How Much Time You Have Left?

One day we are all going to die. I'm not trying to be negative here or a dooms-dayer but this is a simple life truth. The sad thing is that many people who think they have a lot more time may have a lot less than they know.

Do you know anyone who recently passed away and didn't see it coming? I did - several as a matter of fact, but again I don't want you to think that all I am going to do is this brief article is focus on the negative death stuff - I'm not. But I did want to get your attention on a very important topic - living life with two things in mind - your now and your eternity.

First of all - no one can answer this question cause no one knows the date and time and circumstances of their final earth moments. This has over the years, been proven to be a good thing. Think about it - if you knew exactly when your time here was finished - can you imagine how stressful life would be as you counted down the years, days and minutes?

So, in reality you really don't know how much time you have left but what you do know is that you have this moment as you are reading this article.

And if you are fortunate you have the next moment for the next thing on your to do list. And, you have your plans for this weekend or this summer or even later this year's trip to La La land. Sorry folks, you really don't have these - you just have the moment now as you read. Want me to be really negative - you don't know if you have enough time to finish this article just like I don't know if I have enough time to finish writing it.

OK Tim, I get it but what's your point? If I don't know how much time I have left, why should I waste any more valuable time reading this article so I can move on to something more important or meaningful. (Wow - that hurt! - kidding.)

My point is simply this - how are you living - like you have forever? Just now? Eternity? All three? None of them?

Now - Eternity - The present - Tomorrow - Yesterday - I could go on for pages defining or describing these simple words but in the end their meaning is very personal and unique to each of us.

Back to my point so I don't leave you totally frustrated with my writing style.

We have now - we know we do - we are present, aware, laughing, crying, thinking, listening, talking - etc.

We have yesterday - regrets, memories, stories, disappointments, mistakes, failures, achievements, successes - etc.

We don't have tomorrow, next week, next month, next year. It's that simple folks. So, let me ask you - what or how are you using what you have knowing you don't know when it will be over?

Are you spending time in - worry, stress, selfies, jealousy, disappointment, anxiety, anger, blame frustration, fear and/or regrets etc. OR are you spending it in peace, joy, growing, learning, worshiping, sharing, giving, laughing, praying and/or gratitude etc.?

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Making Changes In Your Life Made Easy In 4 Stepping Stone Actions

Ever had those lingering thoughts saying, "I need to change my life?" Here's how making changes in your life may be accomplished easier than you think.

Stepping Stone Action #1:

Take stock.

Creating a vision on your own for building a better future first needs you to ask yourself, "What it is that gives my life happiness, significance, and purpose?"

How to change your life around means aiming your skills to enhance your creative power. What makes you smile the instant you think of building a better future?

The Course in Miracles states, "Your creations belong in you, as you belong in God."

Stepping Stone Action #2:

Tap into your imagination.

Now that you have actually decided to act on building a better future by creating a list of your skills, interests, and delightful activities, it is time to form a vision around them.

How to change your life around is accomplished by doing exactly what every child on earth has the power to do at will:

Simply go deep into your imagination to begin creating and making changes in your life! Do not worry about making sense at this phase, simply dream as if you were a kid again.

The Course in Miracles asks us to, "Accept the miracle of healing, and it will go forth because of what it is."

Stepping Stone Action #3:

Set your goals.

As soon as you have decided exactly what you want to do to for a better life for yourself by developing a vision, the next action is to set goals that will function as stepping-stones towards building a better future and fulfillment of your vision.

When contemplating how to change your life around you can begin setting these goals by asking yourself questions like: What do I desire to achieve in my life? Be clear, significant, well-defined, and make sure your objectives EXCITE you!

Stepping Stone Action #4:

Enjoy the journey and pay attention as you say to yourself, "I need to change my life."

As you start a new day today, always bear in mind everything that you have jotted down and pictured for building a better future.

You most likely do not have the means to right away delve into your objectives and plans above, you can still start working towards making changes in your life by thinking of the outcomes while you are doing your best today.

Obviously, even after you've committed to, "Need to change my life," you will still have to go to work today in the task that you would rather not have, deal with some problems, and do the things you should do that you would rather not be doing, and so on.

Press Forward with thoughts of A Life of Purpose

Your job now is to do them with vigor, with excitement, with "knowing" that building a better future will be accomplished in line with your vision when you are prepared.

Remember, when you begin asking within you, "Help me change my life," you have the power to begin making changes in your life by doing exactly what every individual in this world has the power to do at will:

Simply dive into the reflective power of your imagination to produce a reality you can call yours!

To making changes in your life!

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Manifesting Money, Attracting Wealth And The Law Of Abundance Understood.

Is there a psychology of financial freedom and money and if so, what is your attitude to having wealth? Or do you believe that wealth and success are booked just for those other "fortunate" individuals in this world?

Take a good look at exactly what you have today; take a look at what does it cost? I mean the financial freedom you have, your possessions, and your investments if you have any.

Are you satisfied, or are you simply going through the motions, and settling for whatever the world tells you that you can have?

Take a look around at everything you have today, and then search in the mirror, and ask yourself is there any such thing as instant manifestation?

YOU have actually developed in your mind previously because everything you have today.

Now, this idea of the psychology of money may be a completely foreign idea to you; if so, I say open your mind and consider exactly what I have actually simply told you.

Maybe it will be a difficult thing to accept initially about manifesting money, but once you do, you will unleash an invincible force within you that is the law of abundance.

What are your money beliefs?

Previously I discussed more on how to develop a millionaire's mindset, become wealthy and get the life you want.

When we're not getting what we really desire, it's a lot easier to blame outdoor forces than to look inside ourselves, but by blaming others, we distribute our power for more lack!

The honest fact about psychology of money is that exactly what you put your attention on expands.

Do these seem familiar?

We've all heard things like, "The rich get richer and those don on their luck just get poorer, or "there's never enough to go around."

Or, "I can not pay for that our family has always been poor-- it's in our blood", or "money is tough to come by and that's how it's been since time began."

The law of abundance tells us that we will always get what we believe we're worthy of.

Have you heard stories about people who increase from a life of anguish and hardship and win huge amounts of financial freedom, say from the lotto, just to end up being flat broke once again after a few short years?

At the end of the day, it all comes down to attitude about money beliefs.

What is YOUR mindset towards the psychology of money, I mean, wealth and prosperity, or do you focus more on what you lack?

Do you think there's a secret to money?

Make a dedication today to alter your beliefs; it's all up to you.

If you want to be wealthy you merely have to leave behind your old scarcity mindset and establish a new idea about the secret of money.

Open your heart and be willing to receive prosperity and abundance, and it will be yours because you begin attracting it to you!

The Course in Miracles teaches us that, "As you thinketh so will you be."

I must mention my friend who as a newbie amateur made a killing from trading and following penny stocks, from just a tiny portion of his income.

Put some fun into your ideas about money!

It became a fun hobby he'd gotten obsessed over that turned into a golden nest egg for his golfing habit, and now he travels the world visiting golf resorts.

Again, as I conclude this article on the psychology of money, I ask you: Exactly what is your attitude to having wealth and manifesting money?

Or do you think that instant manifestation, where wealth and success are concerned, is only in the cards for those other "lucky" people in this world?

What is YOUR attitude to wealth and success and the law of abundance?

(BTW, there's some great material on the web for attracting wealth while having fun with safe investing like, just for example, penny stocks trading by understanding the laws of abundance and prosperity.)

To the secret of success!

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The Benefits of The Law of Attraction

There are a lot of books, blogs, and articles written about The Law of Attraction. These are fascinating elements, and each one is highlighting the beauty of going forward with the elements that confine the definition of attraction. Have you ever wanted success? What about a good relationship? There are things that everyone wants out of life and they find that it's difficult to grasp. To fix this, there are ways to emit attraction to the universe and bring back a lot of blessings. There are several benefits that come with focusing on positive attitudes, and adjusting affirmations to bring about true beauty. It all starts with making self-improvement fundamental changes. When you do this, the following benefits will start to come through.

You Will Become More Aware of Your World

The first major benefit is one that many people want, but don't know how to attain. It's in regards to becoming far more aware of your surroundings. You'll be able to know what your body is doing, what others are doing, and find a new way to live your life. You'll find that things will be brighter, your work will be easier, and things around you will be far more surreal.

Mood Elevation

Perhaps the most iconic thing that happens to those that are working with the Law of Attraction is that they will feel happier, more fulfilled, and feel mood enhancements. This is because the energy levels within are going to permeate to all areas of the body and mind. No more anxiety, no more depression, and a focus on changing things up for the positive. There's a great spring of positivity that comes through may affirmations, and it can be a fulfilling element to work through.

Navigating Negativity

Negative people, situations, and many other hurdles will no doubt come through life. However, instead of crashing and burning through them, people can jump over them and navigate the future with relative ease. When you attract good things to come to you, you won't be tripped up when life throws you a curveball. Instead, you'll be able to fight back with relative ease. This is something that everyone could use at some point in their life. You can manifest it through simple elements of positivity on a regular basis.

Seeing The Future

OK, this is a tough one to define, but you will start to see what is coming down the line. Simple things will not surprise you, and you'll be prepared to take them on. Whether it's a growing bill that will hit you, or it's a surprise in health, you will not be taken aback, because you will know when something is coming and will be well aware of what you are going to do to alleviate it. Some people consider this a factor of, "knowing why", but it's almost as though you will gain a crystal ball to navigate the future with relative ease. Simply put, this is a great manifestation of the benefits that come with attraction.

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Want To Avoid Failure? Move To A Log Cabin

Is it possible to fail consistently and achieve ultimate success? Ask anyone who has achieved success, however you choose to define it, and I'll guarantee the common answer will be - YES.

How is this possible? Well, there are two ways to define failure and there are multiple ways to respond to it. But first - from the sources - definitions:

Failure - something that falls short of what is required or expected. A breakdown or decline in the performance of something, or an occasion when something stops working or stops working adequately.

Success - something that turns out as planned or intended. Somebody who is wealthy, famous, or powerful because of a record of achievement. Agree with this one? Personally, I take issue with this definition as it leaves out so many achievements that may not end with wealth, fame or power.

In my world travels over the years speaking in 25 countries I have never met, to this day anyone who was successful who hadn't experienced failure in some or even many ways during their life or career. 

I believe there is only one way to avoid failure and this is to dig a hole and bury yourself in it.

I can't tell you how many articles and books I have read by people to espouse the concept of avoiding failure or people who say failure is bad or people who say failure is a sign of weakness - blah - blah - blah. These people are all nuts and I'll bet any of them who have not failed yet are nowhere near achieving their potential.

It's simple folks - if you want to succeed you must risk - to take a risk requires that you may make mistakes, make dumb decisions or do stupid things and the result - yes - failure.

The bottom line in all of them is this - you can't succeed without failure in your past. So, the question remains - do we all define failure the same? I would doubt it. Is there a common definition to it - yes - I gave it to you at the beginning of this article.

So, let me ask you - are you failing at anything right now? If no - what are you waiting for? If yes - what are you learning? Failure is a tool to grow, learn, improve and adapt and adjust. Without it you will tent to stay stuck in the past.

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Message From the Universe: Why Settle for Less?

"Has it occurred to you that you could ask for more?

Not just more than what you now have, but more than you're now asking for?

This is why I'm HOT,

The Universe"

The Universe is limitless, as far as the eyes or telescope can see or estimate. Beyond our Universe, we have other Universes, based on String Theory, and these parallel Universe are probably bigger and more vast than ours. Many planets in our solar system are 1000 times larger than Earth itself, which can allow to assume that the same applies to our galaxies or Universe. Our thoughts can control more than what you can imagine, so since this is the case, might as well ask for more than you can handle. What do you really have to lose? When you negotiate a contract, you always go for a high number and negotiate downward.

However, when asking for more in this case, you will aim for something bigger than you can grasp, which in return, will render the results that you would have never expected. Keep on dreaming big, keep on asking for more of the great things and whatever you get in return will always be more than what you ever dreamed of. If you are asking for a billion dollars but only get 100 000 000, it may only represent 10%, but it is still better if you allowed yourself to have limited expectations. You need to look at everything in your life with positive perspective, so even if the Universe negotiates with you at a lesser amount, it will still be spectacular.

Abundance is out there for all of us to grasp but it is up to us to know and believe what we deserve. There is a difference between being entitled and expect or wanting more. On the one hand, you feel entitled to have things that you didn't do much for it, expecting life to provide for you of the things that you believe should be given to you but not do much in return to show appreciation. On the other hand, wanting more is because you worked your butt off and learn to never settle for less, knowing for a fact that if you do not ask for more than what you are expecting, someone else will have that peace of the pie. There is enough for everyone, so just ask and never give up on asking the Universe for what you really want, and go above and beyond that at all times. You believe that your hard work and ethics deserve what's coming to you, and you want to be on the front row seat when you see your life change in the right direction.

It is said: "Be careful what you wish for", well my advice is DO NOT BE CAREFUL for what you wish for because this is a calculated step that you took to get to where you want to be in life. What do you need to be careful about abundance? Will you not be able to deal with a wealth of several hundred million dollars in your bank account? Are you afraid to drive a Lambo or Ferrari? Worrying about getting a 50 000 sq ft home instead of 25 000 and who will be maintaining it? Stop worrying and when you face this problem, if you can call this a problem, I am sure you will be happy enough to make a decision based on the wealth you possess. Keep on dreaming, and make sure your dreams are so big that they scare the hell out of you.

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Bingo! (How Reality Comes Together)

Thinking about the nature of gratitude and positive attentiveness, that is the reality that counts for everything that works in life. I know that is a big statement, and this is a big article. It might even "get you across the river". I can only say a humble "keep reading". The dynamic and powerful qualities of gratitude and positive attentiveness are the most powerful techniques to be alive in existence. Indeed, though, they have one catch: We have to consistently practice them.

When we are fully on our game, it is like consistently winning a series of bingo games in a row. Winning in this sense is everything. Let me clarify what I mean by winning, though: I mean being grateful and attentive for every moment you can in life, seeing the promise within problems as genuine opportunities instead of seeing them as everything going wrong.

For example: Today, I saw everything as going wrong at first because I was a little "behind" on certain things, then I calmed down, took a few deep breaths and realized this problem is a solution in a different light of perception, and that all I have to do is do what I genuinely can. Oh, I got everything done right ultimately, but, that realization was a game changer for me and it made me realize that all of life can be good for us if we perceive it right. It can be wonderful for us. In fact, abstract creative thinking about problems, situations and solutions as a concept came to mind in this vein. So, realistically, I can say: The only real loss is within our perceptions, as is the only real win. All that matters is causes and results, not so much causes and effects and if we do not get the results we want, we can change the cause to create a new or better result. Like a game of bingo weeds out the losing numbers, so we need to weed out our bad causes in almost the same way.

So, as for what I said earlier in the last paragraph: I am all caught up now and I achieved what I wanted to achieve, but only after I saw things differently as a whole instead of seeing a fixed bad result. In short, I got creative instead of fearful. I stayed cool instead of getting hot. I played my best game.

What I mean by my best game is that real life is a game and usually a seemingly high stakes game. Our business, work and life seems like high stakes while we are doing them, right? So why not call life a seeming high stakes game in that sense. But what makes the stakes lower? Understanding how to succeed repeatedly instead of with chance or luck totally depended on or taking the time to understand a situation fully before action, during action and after action which comes down to what this article is about, the dynamic quality of gratitude and positive attentiveness. You will find that it is the most powerful idea you can live by. I can only end with: Try it and if it works, always do it.

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Conditional Trust Taking a Pass on Destiny

How human it is to set a goal, decide what we need to achieve it and offer up a prayer advising all the things we need for victory, one that claims advance victory only to learn that the rules were not, 'Let's make a deal, but rather 'This is the deal.' Conditional trust is common in our lives, this means we trust completely if we can see and control the outcome. With this approach the greatest good we can ever receive is limited by what we can see and believe. Thankfully the hand of one much more powerful than us guides us through life, one that can see much farther. This hand controls our destiny if we let go and allow it. And so, many times the answer is, 'No deal.'

Conditional trust, no matter where it is applied, attempts to control outcomes. Unconditional trust means we are mature enough to accept results even when we do not understand them. That resounding 'No' that was so disappointing was not random. It was a directive to be still and allow something much better to enter the scene. That something will launch you to a new level in your destiny; your life plan may be much bigger than you can imagine. It is also a reminder that the things your 'must haves' make you vulnerable to limiting wrong turns and can be used against you. Be careful when you make your 'must have' list in life.

It takes courage to accept a 'No' for something that seemed so perfect and is important. Yet difficulties challenge us to grow, to look beyond the obvious. Difficulties do not defeat, they promote. A part of great success is learning to trust the life process, to stand where we are with a good attitude.

Every person has a purpose, an opportunity to grow and something to do. We did not haplessly enter life to float about like an untethered canoe in the ocean of life. We are here to be bold, to snatch opportunity from the hands of fate and victory from the claws of defeat. We need to find joy in the journey. We came to win. We are encouraged to dream and to hold tightly to your dreams, even while we are asked to cling loosely to the method of realizing those dreams. We cannot have an attachment to the process of winning.

Destiny lies before you like a distant horizon line. When you approach it with conditional trust the expanse is narrowed to what you can see clearly leaving so many opportunities you could not see scattered to the winds. Dare to believe and you will be amazed at what you can achieve!

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Becoming Your Desires (By Kathy Wilson)

A while back I attended a workshop/retreat entitled "Let's Manifest". The information and exercises we were guided through were by far the most effective I've experienced of all the manifesting workshops and seminars I've experienced.

What made it different and more powerful was this one concept: Before you can manifest or create what you want to have in your life, you must become the person who already has it.

This is called "modeling" in some schools of life betterment. As you become that person who already has what you want, your vibration shifts to align with your desire. And, as The Law of Attraction demonstrates, those things of like frequency are magnetized to each other.

I'm here to tell you modeling is not always an easy accomplishment. Most of us don't have a clue about who already has what we want, let alone what that person is like. I'm in that group, and not the group of people who know who their model is and also knows all about them.

So after thinking about my model person until I gave myself a headache, I finally realized that my model didn't have to be a real person. That one fact made the project easier because most of the people I wanted to use as a model all had some trait or belief that I found was contrary to one of my own. This one detail then colored how I viewed all their other actions, beliefs, and values that I wanted to emulate... and usually not to the plus side.

That little obstacle handled, the next hurdle was to create my model so I'd have a guide. This was easier, since the method I came up with is something I'm very adept at - asking questions.

If you'd like to try this very powerful technique to manifest your ideal life - or any part of your ideal life - here are some of my questions that you, too, can use. They may spark new questions as you use them or you may wish to change them somehow. Well, you go right ahead. After all, this is about creating your desires, and this creation is unlimited. (This list is in the feminine so if your model is a male, of course you'll want to change the questions to reflect that.)

• Who is this person that has what I want?
• Is this person real or is she my creation?
• What are her top five core life values?
• How does she prioritize when she makes choices?
• What kinds of groups does she belong to... or does she belong to no groups?
• What are her friends like?
• What gives her delight? Makes her cry? Drives her to anger?
• How did she get what she wants?
• When she had setbacks, what did she do?

As you continue to get to know or to create your model of the one who already has what you so desire, more questions will no doubt arise. The more details you have, the easier it will be for you to know what you need to do in order to become the person who already has what you want.

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3 Keys to Living the Abundant Life That You Deserve

We all deserve to live an abundant life. And it is not wrong to have that desire. Abundance means "to have plenty of something." And that just doesn't mean money, even though we deserve to have enough of that too. Abundance means being supplied plentifully in every area of your life. If it is your desire to live a more abundant life then that opportunity is available for you.

This article will discuss three keys to living the abundant life you deserve. These are not the only three keys, but they are three keys that can get your abundance flowing in the right direction.

1. Practice Abundant Thinking:

Your thoughts are powerful and they magnetically attract things into your life or they act as a repellent and repel things. You have control over your thinking. You can choose to have thoughts of abundance or you can choose to have thoughts of scarcity. Often if scarcity is what you are experiencing then those are the thoughts that arise. But you have to make a conscious effort to think the thoughts that are going to attract abundance to flow to you and not away from you.

When you have abundant thinking it doesn't mean you are being greedy. It means that you just want a better quality of life. It means that you are not focusing on scarcity thinking, and it means that you are willing to bring about the necessary changes, because you are choosing to believe that better is available for you.

2. Live Authentically:

When you live authentically it brings about freedom which helps you to live an abundant life. It is extremely hard to manifest abundance when you are merely duplicating who someone else is, or trying to fit into a mold that other people try to put you in. When you are authentic your gifts and purpose can flow freely, and that allows you to create opportunities to live the abundant life you were born to live.

3. Don't Feel Guilty:

Feelings of guilt can block you from manifesting abundance. You should never feel guilty because you are living an amazing life. You deserve it. And there have probably been times that you wanted to give up but you didn't. Everything that you are blessed with you deserve to enjoy it. Living an abundant life doesn't mean that you are taking away from anyone else. So don't ever feel guilty about the abundance that you have been blessed with. Feel grateful not guilty.

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Learn The Only Reflective State Of Mind For Success In Your Life (By James Nussbaumer)

Now, some look at this as a pretty crazy idea. I may just write another book just about these people's lives.

All I know is when I follow this process, I create my own future. And the first step to living this way is by deciding to just start immediately.

These are the individuals of the world who do not see themselves as victims or lacking or afraid of success, and they know what they are capable of.

When you start speaking and visualizing your own world into existence, funny what happens. It's the most important power we have!

It's HOW did it happen.

What you believe, commit and feel to seems to happen, almost like magic.

The main question isn't IF it happened.

Call it the Law Of Attraction, or anything you wish that makes sense to you. I call this paradox creative because only those who recognize that they write the script to their own life story, have the courage and confidence to take action and actually make it happen.

They know how to live their true and full potential.

The moment you're seeing is when they made a declaration, set an intention, committed to the future by saying that because of this community, this family of entrepreneurs, their income had increased 300% in only 30 days.

My story and how I discovered opportunity as an entrepreneur is only part of much bigger stories--stories of a family, which is a community or movement, if you will, that can be considered a whole culture.

It's real and about good people helping others to be all they can be.

When I considered what the late Wayne W. Dyer had said, my life changed drastically: "If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.

Well, I'm not normal and neither is my team, because we are of a community, the movement that helps each other to continued success (as you've likely noticed).

And from what they and I and other team members, too, have learned, it would triple again within the next 30 days.

For example, at a golf resort for an early spring get away. This is what my team and I love to do, and because of their commitment to their daily business routine we play loads of good golf.

I guess we can say their freedom based online business indeed sets the stage for their time spent on the links.

I mean did these guy's income triple from a specific opportunity or strategy or tactic or team or anything outside of themselves?

Nope! Not at all!

Because of one thing, it tripled (twice).

Results are inevitable.

Too many people are focusing on the next "big idea" or "sign" to show up from the ether, or for a new company to launch that you can ride the wave, or the next team to pull you along, or the next system that does everything for you, rather than focusing on the ONLY thing that has ever made a difference.

Here's what I believe.

Their BELIEF became real and each of these guys helped each other become ALIGNED with their true potential and purpose.

As I say in my writings is that when you do this--believe, and align.

That one thing?

You got it within YOU.

No magic potion. It is only belief, alignment, dedication and doing the work.

You may just discover a formula for yourself where you may spend time around inspired souls just like you.

Look in the mirror and decide, commit and declare to what your life will look like 30, 60, 90 days from now, and then, wait for it!

And when you research or visit a website for opportunities, be certain to watch any videos available that explains that particular strategy with an open mind and how it may fit into your objective goals.

Do you agree?

You're going to LOVE the opportunities you can be a part of if you do.

DO THE WORK

I am building a business and have a life at the same time--and it's a to-the-point commitment I made to myself--which is perfect for busy people who want to engage with other busy people!

It's about living my true free will, and it makes me want to jump out of bed each morning!

To your own true free will!

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Let Freedom Ring - With Freedom Comes the Power to Choose Love or Hate

I am fixated with freedom, but with freedom comes the power to choose. The freedom to choose love or hate; move forward or stay stagnant; to be victorious or be a victim; to laugh or cry; to see good in every situation or not. You choose. Without the power to choose, we are not free; the power to choose requires responsibility. Choice is like breathing; you cannot avoid it.

When everything is working in our lives, we proudly take the credit. But when the events in our lives are forcing us out of our comfort zone into a growth zone, we blame everyone and everything surrounding us. We are quick to blame that "big bad Goliath" for causing our problems. Often in the midst of trouble, we see our inner David as being small and unprepared for such a great challenge. We tell ourselves that after all 1 Samuel 17 really does not have anything to do with us. So exercising our power to choose, we choose fear. When we do this we have actually underestimated the strength of our inner David.

When life forces us out of our comfort zone, we are forced to come face to face with all that needs to be healed in our own lives. The murkiness that we have covered up for such a long time begins to ooze into our world requiring us to finally conquer it before we can move toward our goals.

Coming face to face with what we fear is hard work but it is necessary if we are going to fulfill our destiny. Where to start is what causes the most angst. So I advise starting where you are. Using the power of your inner David is a great beginning.

First, make the decision to do whatever it takes to conquer your fear. Without out a decision to move forward, no matter what, you will never meet your success.

Then create a plan for your new life. How many hours, days will you work? How will you spend your evenings and weekdays? What are your new friends like? Where will you vacation? If these images are difficult for you to maintain, then create a Vision Board, but remember Vision Boards are no substitution for taking action. Vision Boards are useful for helping to organize your thoughts and ideas.

Next, identify all the things you have for which to be grateful. When you are in the midst of a challenge, we complain about what is wrong with our life. It is doing this time of crisis that we must remember just how many good things nestled in our life.

Forgiveness is one of the most precious gifts we can give ourselves. Before we can move forward negative emotions must be resolved. Come to terms with any anger you feel about any event, circumstance or person. This is a radical step, but choosing to find the good which is the lesson buried in the midst of your anger will reveal what story to which you are tied. Once identified, you can take the steps to unbind yourself from the worn-out story.

Now move your vision into action. Make a list of actions that must be taken. You must take 3 to 5 actions a day to achieve your goals.

Now untie yourself from anything holding you back. Go forth and create.

Remember, life is too short to drink cheap champagne. Live the life you have imagined. Dream Big!

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Wealth and Abundance - There Are Many Simple Ways To Improve Your Life Starting Now

There are many simple ways to improve your life and manifest wealth and abundance. At this very moment, people from all over the world are creating mass amounts of money and living the most abundant lives imaginable.

Applying simple things into your life such as: The law of attraction, mindset techniques, visualization and even subliminal messaging are ways that you can begin to improve your life quickly.

We were not taught in school how to use the Law Of Attraction or even what it was. We have everything we need to be wealthy and abundant, but we have not learned how to use our minds for manifesting our dream life.

Our culture now has been introduced to the easiest method of self - transformation which is highly effective - This method uses subliminal videos and mp3's. These are a very popular choice because of its simplicity. Imagine having to watch videos or listen to sound waves for a variety of needs - How simple is that?

Our minds are the only tool we have ever needed in order to achieve success and manifest abundance, but we often need to work with someone who can teach us how to use our minds for our greatest good.

We sometimes come across people who have such a positive outlook on life and wish that we could be that happy. Well, is not hard to do once you have learned how to alter your mind - set.

Many people are held back because they think that something is too hard to do, or they fear the unknown, they are afraid of change.

Change is great! - being stagnant, not so much.

I used to hope and wish until I realized that wishing and hoping for something does not provide results. So, I turned to my inner wisdom and used the Law Of Attraction, meditation, and an assortment of methods that completely turned my life around.

My change took a bit of time, but I stuck with the process of learning and found out how simple it really is to manifest abundance and live a fantastic life.

You need to know that everything you want and need in your life is so close. You Only need to learn how to use your mind for improving your life. You can even begin today, because wishing and hoping will only disappoint you in the long run.

Our lives were not meant to be stressed - out, our bank accounts were not meant to be empty, our minds were not meant to go un - used.

Learn to use your mind for a wealthy and abundant life now, because you deserve it.

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The Formula For Fast Wealth Creation

Poverty is a state of mind. We are what we think. Most people think negative thoughts, such as the mounting bills they have to pay, the mortgage and car payments, the student loan that never seem to disappear, and so forth. We think those thoughts and we create that reality. Rarely do wealthy people allow negative thoughts to creep into their consciousness. Just ask any of them. Changing our thoughts from negative to positive does not cost any money, yet many of us struggle to do this.

Then there is emotion, the other part of the equation. We know what emotion is but we rarely think about its role in creation. Emotion is as important as thoughts. If we can control our emotions and let only the positive ones radiate, then we have the most potent power of creation. When we combine emotions with thoughts, we create feelings. Feelings is the language that the universe understands and feelings emanate from the heart, our most powerful organ. Feelings is the formula for creating fast wealth. Feelings create the energy that triggers the source field, or the soup of creation, in the cosmos.

There is the saying 'I love you from the bottom of my heart'. This is the most sincere and honest statement a person can make, and the most powerful. Whether we realize it or not, the heart is the most powerful organ and it creates the most powerful energy - feelings, thus love is feelings. We don't say 'I love you from the bottom of my mind' because nobody will believe us. The mind is negative and judgmental. The heart is not.

So, the formula for creating fast wealth is through moving our thoughts from the mind and emotions from the sex center, into the heart which is known as cakra meditation. Cakras are energy points within the body that has specific functions. Putting wealth thoughts such as having a million dollars and the emotions associated with having that one million dollars and converging them in the heart cakra, is the formula for fast wealth. Unlike the mind, the heart does not judge so whatever feelings that emanate from the heart, is purest in its form.

Cakra meditation holds the key to your wealth and happiness. It is a simple formula and one that has been written in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the spiritual texts of the Coptic Christians and Tibetan monks. With practice, wealth becomes fast and easy.

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The Tiny Small Decisions Leading Right Up To Destiny (By Dash Trembley)

So exactly 1 year ago, I walked right into a swimming marathon competition and it was one of the best "accidental moments" of my life.

I was deciding whether to join a yoga competition for many weeks then. I participated the year before, and I really wanted to see my progress for my second year of practice. But I wasn't attached to or practicing at any affiliate studio at that time and it would be necessary to do so and my schedule did not permit me to come home early to do that.

So that Saturday morning, just two days before the yoga competition's deadline, I felt like taking a long walk to the swimming complex near my house and go for a swim and it was a really uncanny and unusual decision because I would never deliberately plan to carry out my physical routines on a weekend. It was always between Mondays to Fridays. Period.

But I knew it was inspired action so I went ahead anyway. When I arrived at the entrance, the entire complex was sealed off. There was a charity event going on and hence the 3-hour marathon was organized to attract sponsors. I guess it was no accident that I walked right into another one.

I was given 2 choices. I either sign up and join the competition and enter the pool as a competitor, or I had to turn around and go back home and not be allowed to have my swim that day. When I say I took a long walk, I really meant it in a literal way. I have taken a whole forty-five minutes walk to reach there, so of course, the choice was pretty obvious.

I even bought new goggles the day before! I haven't swam with goggles since I was 10. I always thought it jammed my eye sockets too much that I would much rather swim with my head above water or attempt to breathe under it like a fish.

This was planned for me and pre-paved before I even realize that the manifestation was taking place. So how could I possibly turn around?

At first thought, it came across a little daunting for a fleeting moment because there was going to be a full range of categories for seniors, men, women and even children swimming in 1 pool. I think I was more resistant about the amount of germs inside the pool that day, more so than countering the fear of competing.

I've done a lot of other sports back in school and my teacher always sign me up for every event. But this, by far, was the best sports challenge I've ever had in my entire life. It made the 2 sessions of back-to-back 40 degrees hot yoga I took, look and feel like fluff and icing. Even though it comes up to a duration length of 3 hours too, yoga is static in nature, swimming on the other hand, is a whole new different layer of the cake.

So instead of a 3 minute 6 postures yoga routine, I ended up swimming for 3 hours straight and completed one hundred and two laps! I went home that day with a medal and a ten-shades darker self from not having any sunscreen on, all burnt out but.. happy and fulfilled.

I practically skipped back home.

Sometimes life closes certain doors in your face but has already prepared another one for you to enter even before you can see it with your naked eye. You just got to trust the process and know that it will be revealed to you in its own perfect timing.

So the universe brought me something else on my plate.

An answer, a bigger challenge for a larger purpose.

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How To Become Filled With The Freedom Of Entreprenership

If you are considering the world of entrepreneurship you should first take a good look at how you think for change.

Are you afraid of change? Because many are afraid of failure, many people don't make changes.

To me, it's the one thing everybody needs more of. People are afraid of it.

Just decide to change, and you'll find how easy it can be.

That fear is still there.

The F word?

In wonderful book I recently read on self-healing the author tells us, "If you really want to know how stubborn you are, just approach the idea of being willing to change."

It's true! I decided to love the F word, rather than fear it.

They almost shudder at the thought. Deep down they know they want it.

FREEDOM

You want it?

You lust for it, the thought of having more, and crave it like a smoker longs for their next glorious drag.

You don't have it! You'll need to change thoughts of failure into thoughts and visions of FREEDOM.

Here's what freedom is:

Enjoy all the work you do, and pick and choose your clients.

Have enough income, so you never worry about where your next paycheck is coming from.

When YOU want to, you only work.

You travel the world and earn money at the same time.

Make more money than you ever would working for "the man."

In my writing style I like to share how this freedom can become a reality.

One day you might be answering emails from your favorite local coffee shop, the next you're messaging a client from the beach, or perhaps you're just sitting in your kitchen, drafting product ideas while playing with your kids.

Freedom is whatever you want it to be, but ultimately it means you.

Have a scalable business, that can be multiplied to whatever extent you wish.

Sound too good to be true?

Want to find out how?

Don't be afraid to find everything you need to leverage a skillset that you already have to make a very comfortable living (I don't want to guarantee making millions, but it is possible to have all the freedom you've really always wanted) all from the comfort of your own home.

Here's what you will have to do if you are thinking about starting an online business:

While you research many opportunities available look for the ones that are exciting and where you see a rewarding self breaking through the clouds of fear and doubt.

I mean, something that is going to make you be kind to yourself. You want a business that will extend the love you have in you--and this is where the freedom and excitement stems from.

Once you begin planting some serious seeds of success you will inevitably have an abundant harvest.

You gotta understand that Golden Opportunities are everywhere for you, as long as you truly believe you are a magnet for Divine Prosperity. You must establish a new awareness of success, by understanding there is plenty for everyone, including you.

To your inner freedom and success!


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Double Vision Filtering What We See

How clearly can you see people, events and situations? 'Crystal clear' most people will say' 'I was there, I know what I saw!' But do they, really? Why then are there so many interpretations of the same event by the same audience. When our eyes complete processing of any object it is transmitted to our brain, that amazing storage bank that houses every life experience, everything we have learned and even the memory of the emotions that were involved in what we learned. Suddenly what we 'saw' has been filtered through what we know or believe is true and even our emotions impacted what we saw and believed. Therein are the differences in what people see.

When we are unclear about what we see we do a comparison analysis of events, equating it to things we have witnessed or experienced in the past and what we believed was true about those things. A seasoned traveller will have an entirely different perspective than the person who has never left their city or state. One who has been exposed to abuse or dysfunctional behavior has been trained to deny what they see, to excuse the inexcusable in many cases. They see things differently than those who have been exposed to a loving balanced environment. In fact, most simply accept their environment as normal without question. We are at a far greater disadvantage when we are unaware that things are way off kilter, far more prone to interpret events that are dangerous or horrific with less emotion. We can't call a spade a spade because we don't see it as a spade; we imagine we are a survivor and act accordingly.

By the time most people say, 'that might not have been normal' they imagine it is too late to change and continue through life peering through broken lens. Every deduction is likely to be skewered; many spend a lifetime feeling misunderstood and rarely voice their opinion imagining it will be criticized. Others spend their life being angry because others just cannot see what they see. When we are caught up in these behavior patterns releasing them requires a retraining process to understand what we really see. Until we complete that process we must interrupt the normal progression of interpretation by not accepting the first response. Instead, we have to run the image back through again paying careful attention to the details in the images. It is much like converting a photo from color to black and white so as not to be distracted. This allows us to focus only on what is before us without emotion, without attachment to the outcome.

Practicing this on events and personal involvement with anyone or anything has an added bonus. You can kick your old companions named denial and delusion to the curb because you can correctly identify what you see! Doing so carries the promise of a brand new life.

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