In our lives, we are continuously exposed to a variety of new ideas, experiences, ways of thinking, distractions, and new information. We, as humans, are always discovering more, pushing our limits and boundaries, and continuously creating new or alternate realities through our thoughts, perspectives, words, and actions.
It has been calculated that we are CONSTANTLY being bombarded by information coming at us at a rate of 40 BILLION bits of data per second, through our five senses. As children, for the first six to seven years, we navigate the world in a different brainwave state than AFTER this time, allowing us to absorb ALL of that information. Once the switch is flipped to another brainwave state, the RAS (Reticular Activating System) is turned on, and to protect our minds from constant overwhelm, it filters out EVERYTHING that we are NOT focused on and thinking about, and only allows in what we DO focus on and think about. WE ARE IN CHARGE OF THIS.
EVERY MOMENT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PIVOT, RE-ADJUST, RE-CALLIBRATE, RE-ALIGN, AND BEGIN AGAIN.
Mark Dawes created a BRILLIANT 8-minute YouTube video explaining the importance of this device, called, “Your Reticular Activating System.”
I believe that every very thought, word, feeling, and action sends out a vibrational frequency, creating an energetic ripple effect, which lasts forever, being attracted to, and strongly affecting those, who vibrate on that same frequency through thought, as well as ALL OTHER sources of energy absolutely EVERYWHERE. If space and time collapses, or if it is possible that the universe folds over onto itself infinitely, ANYTHING is possible.
WE ARE ALL CO-CREATORS OF THE COLLECTIVE REALITY WE ARE LIVING IN. EVERY THOUGHT, FEELING, WORD AND ACTION EACH PERSON PARTICIPATES IN IS A PERSONAL CREATION OF A PROJECTED PERSONAL REALITY. EVERY PERSONAL CREATION CONTRIBUTES TO THE COLLECTIVE WHOLE AND THE COLLECTIVE CONSTRUCT OR COLLECTIVE REALITY WE ARE ALL CREATING AND INTERACTING WITHIN EVERY MOMENT.
Can you imagine if we were able to shed this body, with its limiting 5 senses, and temporarily wear a different suit with MANY more capabilities and sensory devices, thereby being capable of experiencing the ENTIRE array of colors, the FULL potentiality of ALL sounds, being able to sense vibrations, magnetic attractions, energetic waves, underwater living, MUCH more incredible binocular vision, and so much more? I assert that it is possible that we would realize HOW we are all ONE, and that our energies, vibrational frequencies, thought projection, remote viewing, and many other capabilities we may be temporarily unable to practice while in this human body would be easier to observe and experience, and we would realize that we truly ARE all interconnected and intertwined one with another, being of the same essence, materials, and energy, no longer being separated by the physicality of this body.
For now, we are blessed with THESE 5 senses, and THIS HUMAN BODY. As we learn and experience more in this human body, we each have the opportunity as “separate “ entities for continuous and added growth and progress. This is the way it is supposed to be. We can choose to regress or progress. I think this life was designed to provide us with MANY opportunities to regress and progress, in ALL areas of life. Through experience, we learn, expand, acquire new skills and wisdom, and we grow.
CONSCIOUSNESS INFORMS ITSELF THROUGH ITS CREATIONS. -Gregg Braden
If consciousness truly does inform itself through its creations, what better way to inform itself than by simultaneously inhabiting LIMITLESS physical bodies through which to inform itself?
In today’s world, remaining as we are is almost impossible. Our states of mind and feeling are in constant flux, ever-changing, ever-flowing. Maintaining, navigating, and controlling our moods and personal chemistry can be a challenge. Life is ever-changing and can be extremely difficult, as we do the best we can to respond or react to it in progressively more intelligent ways.
IT WAS DESIGNED THIS WAY FROM THE BEGINNING FOR US, ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY WITHIN EACH MOMENT TO CONTINUE PLAYING THE GAME OF LIFE IN PROGRESSIVE, EXPANSIVE WAYS.
I LOVE Peter Crone’s definition of success: “TRUE success is consistently being as peace amidst the chaos.”
FINDING JOE is a beautiful movie, currently free on YouTube. It teaches about THE HEROES JOURNEY, and how we are ALL heroes, and we ALL shave a story. SHARING our stories, authentically, honestly, and transparently, is to empower others who want to hear our stories. “When the student is ready, the teacher will appear,” has been taught for centuries. Ram Dass taught that EVERYONE is our guru. I believe he taught that because he realized the great value in always remaining an open, unattached, non-judgmental student.
I believe this life has been designed to benefit us in EVERY way. We are exactly where we need to be in our lives for optimal growth opportunities to take place IN EVERY MOMENT. The universe is continuously and consistently conspiring on our behalf, even when we don’t recognize it or see things in this way, and we are simply temporarily rendered incapable of seeing anything but our own, personal, current, truths.
It is easy in this life to become overwhelmed, anxious, and unfocused. THIS ALTERS THE WAY WE SEE THINGS. We all need reminders and perspective checks along the way in order to re-focus. Meditation and yoga are MASSIVELY useful tools in this regard. Repetition of certain beliefs, mantras, or favorite quotes can be incredibly helpful, as well.
EVERY MOMENT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO UPGRADE OUR HABITUAL BELIEF PATTERS, OUR PERSPECTIVES, AND THE WAY WE CHOOSE TO SEE THINGS. THESE PRACTICES ARE LIKE INSTALLING ALTERNATE LENSES WITHIN THE GLASSES THROUGH WHICH WE SEE ALL THINGS, TO PLAY WITH, AND SEE IF WE CAN SEE EVEN BETTER.
In order to grow, improve, and progress, in the most effective ways possible, it is helpful to choose the methods which work the best for us, as unique individuals. One thing that may work well for most people may not work at all for others. We can choose to learn as much as we can and test new ways of thinking, speaking, and doing things for ourselves.
Experimenting with everything we possibly can results in REALLY FAST LEARNING, and if we are okay with learning through pain, EXPERIMENTATION is SUPER useful. Along the way, we may need to make course corrections, recalibrating at every step for optimization.
Each moment we are alive we have the opportunity to improve and progress through these course corrections. We periodically decide a new or different way of thinking is more effective for us, personally, and we try it out. If it works FOR us we continue. If it doesn’t work for us, we adopt a different way of thinking. Finding the way that is best for us is the trick.
FEAST UPON THE CONSTANT FEEDBACK!
We are all different and unique, and we all get to choose which ways are best for US.
DON’T TELL ME HOW TO LIVE MY LIFE! THAT IS FOR ME TO DECIDE.
The beauty of life is that we are all different. The best advice I have ever come across is to work so hard on myself that I have no opportunity or time to criticize others. Criticizing others is proof that we want to think we are better than them and believe they should change and become more like us. Criticism is a tool we sometimes use to feed our ego, so we can avoid the pain from feeling like we are not enough, or that we don’t measure up in some way.
Criticism steals away our energy, focus, time, and attention we could be using to do the deep, internal work necessary to upgrade OUR OWN progression and creations.
Criticizing can be really damaging. Recognizing that it is the differences in others that makes them unique and beautiful, and NOT trying to change them through the manipulation of criticism is a MAGICAL practice, and results in trust, appreciation, cooperation, kindness, and love.
As we learn and grow, and are exposed to new information and ideas, I think it is important for us to adopt a positive, growth mindset and change thoughts and habits accordingly. THIS IS A LIFE-LONG PRACTICE. It will add value to our lives through easy, automatic, personal reality upgrades, and will spill over into to the lives of those around us without effort. One of the most helpful books I have ever read, and currently one of my favorite books of all time, is Carol Dweck’s, MINDSET. I highly recommend buying and listening to the audio version today.
Today I will remember to be the best version of myself I can for today, and appreciate myself for always doing my very best. I will accept that where I am in my life is exactly where I need to be, and I will remember that life is not happening to me, but for me. I will work hard to adopt a Growth Mindset.
I will also learn to accept and love myself as I am, knowing I am exactly who and where I need to be for today, in this moment.
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Remember: Mindset matters. Character counts. That which we choose to consistently focus on is what EXPANDS in our lives. WE CREATE our personal realities.