| July 17, 2000 Intention + Attention = Miracles This is the classic formula for spontaneous success.... You know, the kind of achievement of goals that seems nearly mixed with magic. Like that time you knew you needed a special widget to use with your gadget; then you bumped into an old classmate in the grocery who makes exactly that! Or the time you thought about going to Hawaii, and next thing you knew, your company offered a trip there as a sales incentive. Or the time you thought about someone and a moment later, over the phone line comes the desired voice... These things seem miraculous, personal, magic. Actually, coincidences like this are indeed happening all the time, just usually not attached to anything that has any real meaning to us, so we sometimes miss them. If you choose to consciously utilize the formula above, you will activate your awareness of miracles, and open to the power to make your goals come true. Intention is defined as a plan, or the aim of a plan. In other words, it is a specific goal. Intention can include material things, but at it's core usually consists of emotional states. For instance: we can intend to be helpful, intend to win a game, intend to own a Porshe. Each of these things has at it's core a specific feeling-state associated with attaining the goal. Knowing this state when you are clarifying your Intention super-charges it's power. It also makes its realization faster and more fulfilling, because you recognize the miracle more readily. Attention refers to consistent remembrance, and action taken on your goal's behalf. Examples of Attention include writing your intention, telling another person your goal, or taking the ever-powerful first step of action. The key to upping the power of Attention lies in maximizing your physical involvement. So, writing your intention carries a certain amount of physical juice, declaring it in front of a group still more juice, and running around the block in preparation for your first marathon has even more! The key to super-charging your Attention lies in utilizing as many aspects of your being as you can in relation to your intention. (note: the actions don't have to be rational, just as long as you maximize your involvement.) So what do you get when you super-charge your Intention and Attention? Something of awe or wonder, inexplicable by the laws of nature: a miracle. And yes, you can actually expect them! Just realize that "inexplicable" will remain a part of its nature. That is to say, we can talk about the law of miracles, but we cannot plan exactly how a miracle will transpire. What happens between your Intention + Attention, and the realization of your goal is the coincidence, the mind-blower, the magic of this pattern. So take charge of your Intention, super-charge you Attention, and recognize the answer to your aim when it comes to astonish you! What's the miracle you want to make today? Copyright 2000, 2001,2002 By Elizabeth M. Mullen. All rights reserved. May be duplicated for not-for-profit use only with complete copyright information intact. Contact: www.elizabethmullen.com
July 25, 2000 Instant Messaging Imagine for a moment that you have constant access to your own healthy sort of internal messaging system. It is simple to use, and gives answers to any questions you have about your life. The direction it offers always leads you to success and fulfillment. It is portable, discreet, and easy to use. What's more, is that you are under no obligation to heed its advice, even though it stands only for your best interest. Acting contrary to its suggestions promises no doom, merely limited success. All disclosure is poised in positive terms. Negative events are indicated only by the positive action you can take to avoid them ("drive slow here"). Your free will is exercised by its presence, and you are often surprised by its quirky advice and good humor. The messages come to you only in a way that you clearly understand. You can shut it off when you want to, and turn it back on at will too. Say you have this messaging available to you right this moment, and for the next hour you can ask any questions that you want about your life. The answers are forthcoming. Take a moment now to jot down the first 3 questions you would really want to have answered... Do you have 7 more questions? 17? 27? Give yourself pause to get a real count. (Are you still sure you are not comfortable with lots of uncertainty?!) Now take a moment to write down one mode of communication that you consistently understand: it might be English, or pictures; maybe symbols, or sensations, or stories. It may be something apart from any traditional mode of communication... whatever it is that makes you always "get it!" What do you think you are being led to here? If the method is transparent enough, I hope you see that there are specific ways that you are open to receive messages. This is where you need to look for clues as to your next direction, action or response. There is always at least one way that every person believes important messages can come to them. Big voices from the sky is a perennial favorite (albeit embarrassing to shy folks), as is the getting "in the zone," gut feeling, intuition, and signs & symbols. Dreams are another favorite mode for those expecting to sleep through the answer. Sometimes people call this messaging 'intuition', 'higher self', 'spiritual guidance', or 'knowing.' What do you call it? When will you call it? Copyright 2000, 2001,2002 By Elizabeth M. Mullen. All rights reserved. May be duplicated for not-for-profit use only with complete copyright information intact. Contact: www.elizabethmullen.com
The Top 10 Leisurely Luxuries that Cost Little Money
1. Lying in the grass
2. Reading aloud
3. A dip in the tub
4. Eating outdoors
5. Cloud counting
6. Library lounging
7. Make yourself a gift - of time - certificate
8. Daydream
9. A simple ritual
10. A stroll in the sun
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The Top 10 Limits to Liberation
1. beliefs about life
2. unhealthy relationships
3. the desire to be right
4. a sense of linear time
5. identifying oneself as being a body
6. behavior that clogs your bloodstream, colon, lungs, etc.
7. an unexamined life, mind, emotion, or motion
8. poverty, hunger, disease, and the like
9. unfinished business
10. addiction
August 2, 2000 What world do you walk in?
Subtitle: The Sensory Gate Someone asked me today how I changed from being a consumer in a consumer's world to being myself in an authentic way. It was a great question, and I realized that the answer may have relevance to you too. I decided several years ago to immerse my senses in those things that were of the "world" I wanted to walk in. So instead of watching soap operas, I read self-help literature. Instead of hanging around victim-thinking people, I hung around with players. I actively looked for beauty and saw it even in painful places. I decided that I wanted every bit of "data" going into me to be related to the life that I wanted to have. I hoped that in time, immersion alone would bring me to have the experience of an easier, more loving life. It has. And now I rarely watch TV or allow advertisements to enter my mental space. I don't engage with 'victim talk", unless someone seeks a way of empowerment. I do more for my community, and feel more compassion to those feeling trapped in an unfavorable place. I love more deeply people living in all worlds, and hopefully will develop the benefits of mine. I wouldn't go back to experiencing just any old "world" and accept the culture that is prevalent there. I decided that my senses serve as gatekeepers to the infinite experiences of life we can have, and am glad I chose to filter consciously. ...And so can you. What I want for you now, is to determine the kind of world you want to walk in. You could be an A+ player in a high-stakes game, or a believer in a world of doubt. You could be an artist in a hungry place, or bringer of humor to a world too serious. You could be of service to a world of fashion models, or useful in a world of saints. You can exist daily in a beautiful world of nature, or live powerless in a nightly-news world of violence. The question is, what world do you want, and who do you want to be in it? You choose, you've got the sensory gate. And if you think there is one objective 'Real World' that we all share than I recommend you discover it for yourself, stand up and act in it, and notice over time the material results... opyright 2000, 2001,2002 By Elizabeth M. Mullen. All rights reserved. May be duplicated for not-for-profit use only with complete copyright information intact. Contact: www.elizabethmullen.com |
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