Can't find your keys? They're right in front of you.
Sunday, 26 April 2009 14:45
Author: Andrew Goodman
"I can't find my keys". How often does this happen to you? You lose your keys and turn the contents of your bag or house over only to find that they were on the table, in plain view, all along.
"I can't find my keys". How often does this happen to you? You lose your keys and turn the contents of your bag or house over only to find that they were on the table, in plain view, all along.
Why couldn't you see what you were looking for? It was right in front of you. Or perhaps something you knew was in your pocket, and even though you've emptied your pockets, you still can't find it, and then you find it in your pocket.
It's really all about belief and expectation. Belief and expectation is what makes your life happen the way it does. In the same way that if you believe your keys are lost you wont see them, if you do not believe something, you will not see the evidence to back it up. Your beliefs have not come to you overnight, they are the process of years of life and millions of thoughts, the same is true of your expectations.
Even a brief attempt at distraction from the 'fact' that you've lost your keys would help them to show up on your radar. Easier said than done when it's your house keys and you're late for an appointment, but the missing object would appear before your eyes. If you continue to hold the belief that they are lost, then you will not be able to see them.
People rarely make the jump from this simple example, which everyone has lived, to the more important and serious beliefs they hold on the important subjects in their lives. Of course, we're talking about health, love, and money. For example, if you believe you are fat, ugly, unlovable, or poor, you will never be other than these, and you will miss the opportunities that life gives you to improve your situation, even if they are right in front of your nose, as you won't recognise them when they come.
If you think that as you get older, your body is going to age and wrinkle and deteriorate until you are in hospital with plastic tubes up your nose, this will probably be your experience. It needn't be this way, however. If, because of a string of bad relationship, you are always left by your lover for someone else, your belief will attract men who help you to reinforce this belief. Admittedly some of our beliefs are formed by the lives that we live, but we can can change them with a little effort. What kind of beliefs do you hold on the subjects that are important to you? Do you believe that to become rich you have to put others down, that you must work long and hard at a job that you dislike? Do you like these beliefs and where they're leading you?
You really do get to choose. Life is a blank slate. Decide what you want and give it your full attention. Not where you're standing, but where you want to go. All men are born equal; they have equal access to the abundance of life. Some are trained into believing that they are not free, and in the same way that the small elephant tied to the post when young never breaks away even when an adult, people remain imprisoned by their own limiting beliefs. No-one can hold you against your will. Great business leaders understand the formula for success. Focus, determination and very little regard for what anyone else thinks. The formula is dynamite. No-one can stand in your way.
If what I'm saying is true (and of course it is), then we can decide what we want to believe, and live it. It is true that you will end up living your beliefs, but beliefs are formed over a long period of time and it takes focus and training of the mind over time to change beliefs, and as the majority spend most of their time focussed upon what is happening around them rather than what they would prefer, the evolutionary progress of society as individuals, is inevitably slowed.
The world will give you constant evidence to back up your beliefs. If you have no money in you bank account, your current belief or vibe on money is probably that you don't have any money. If you believe that your relationship sucks, it probably does. Now you might say, "Oh that's obvious, it does suck, that's why I believe it." Actually it works the other way round. The world responds to your beliefs. Change how you see the world and the world will change.
In hard times, keeping the mindset of mass consciousness in an optimistic place is very important for the economy. If you are looking predominantly at where you want to go, you will get there. If you are looking at where you are standing, you'll stay there. Sure. come up with excuses as to why you can't do something, even what's written in this article, but understand that they are your excuses, and your limitations, and that they come from you and no-one else. If you can take that leap of faith, you'll start to see that it's you who's in charge, and no-one else.
If most of the UK believe we're in a recession, then we are in recession. If most believe that we're recovering, then the economy is on the mend. What is economy if not the people's perception of value? It may be happening on a grass roots level, with individuals living their own lives, their own little recessions, but if millions think similarly, you have a recession. That doesn't mean that there is no money available, but that through their beliefs, people literally cannot see opportunities that lie right in front of them, because their beliefs say otherwise. If you're convinced that nobody loves you, your ideal life partner could come up to you, showing clear interest in you, and you wouldn't have a clue what was going on. You wouldn't be able to see it, even if it was right in front of your nose.
"I can't find my keys". How often does this happen to you? You lose your keys and turn the contents of your bag or house over only to find that they were on the table, in plain view, all along.
Why couldn't you see what you were looking for? It was right in front of you. Or perhaps something you knew was in your pocket, and even though you've emptied your pockets, you still can't find it, and then you find it in your pocket.
It's really all about belief and expectation. Belief and expectation is what makes your life happen the way it does. In the same way that if you believe your keys are lost you wont see them, if you do not believe something, you will not see the evidence to back it up. Your beliefs have not come to you overnight, they are the process of years of life and millions of thoughts, the same is true of your expectations.
Even a brief attempt at distraction from the 'fact' that you've lost your keys would help them to show up on your radar. Easier said than done when it's your house keys and you're late for an appointment, but the missing object would appear before your eyes. If you continue to hold the belief that they are lost, then you will not be able to see them.
People rarely make the jump from this simple example, which everyone has lived, to the more important and serious beliefs they hold on the important subjects in their lives. Of course, we're talking about health, love, and money. For example, if you believe you are fat, ugly, unlovable, or poor, you will never be other than these, and you will miss the opportunities that life gives you to improve your situation, even if they are right in front of your nose, as you won't recognise them when they come.
If you think that as you get older, your body is going to age and wrinkle and deteriorate until you are in hospital with plastic tubes up your nose, this will probably be your experience. It needn't be this way, however. If, because of a string of bad relationship, you are always left by your lover for someone else, your belief will attract men who help you to reinforce this belief. Admittedly some of our beliefs are formed by the lives that we live, but we can can change them with a little effort. What kind of beliefs do you hold on the subjects that are important to you? Do you believe that to become rich you have to put others down, that you must work long and hard at a job that you dislike? Do you like these beliefs and where they're leading you?
You really do get to choose. Life is a blank slate. Decide what you want and give it your full attention. Not where you're standing, but where you want to go. All men are born equal; they have equal access to the abundance of life. Some are trained into believing that they are not free, and in the same way that the small elephant tied to the post when young never breaks away even when an adult, people remain imprisoned by their own limiting beliefs. No-one can hold you against your will. Great business leaders understand the formula for success. Focus, determination and very little regard for what anyone else thinks. The formula is dynamite. No-one can stand in your way.
If what I'm saying is true (and of course it is), then we can decide what we want to believe, and live it. It is true that you will end up living your beliefs, but beliefs are formed over a long period of time and it takes focus and training of the mind over time to change beliefs, and as the majority spend most of their time focussed upon what is happening around them rather than what they would prefer, the evolutionary progress of society as individuals, is inevitably slowed.
The world will give you constant evidence to back up your beliefs. If you have no money in you bank account, your current belief or vibe on money is probably that you don't have any money. If you believe that your relationship sucks, it probably does. Now you might say, "Oh that's obvious, it does suck, that's why I believe it." Actually it works the other way round. The world responds to your beliefs. Change how you see the world and the world will change.
In hard times, keeping the mindset of mass consciousness in an optimistic place is very important for the economy. If you are looking predominantly at where you want to go, you will get there. If you are looking at where you are standing, you'll stay there. Sure. come up with excuses as to why you can't do something, even what's written in this article, but understand that they are your excuses, and your limitations, and that they come from you and no-one else. If you can take that leap of faith, you'll start to see that it's you who's in charge, and no-one else.
If most of the UK believe we're in a recession, then we are in recession. If most believe that we're recovering, then the economy is on the mend. What is economy if not the people's perception of value? It may be happening on a grass roots level, with individuals living their own lives, their own little recessions, but if millions think similarly, you have a recession. That doesn't mean that there is no money available, but that through their beliefs, people literally cannot see opportunities that lie right in front of them, because their beliefs say otherwise. If you're convinced that nobody loves you, your ideal life partner could come up to you, showing clear interest in you, and you wouldn't have a clue what was going on. You wouldn't be able to see it, even if it was right in front of your nose.
Writer:
Andrew Goodman is a freelance chartered engineer with a love of all things spiritual. If you have enjoyed this article, visit Happyhappyhappynews.com for more of the same and some uplifting news stories, and subscribe to the blog for new weekly content.