Power up

The world constantly bombards us with data from every possible angle. First there is all the commercials on TV with all of the latest fashion trends for make-up and clothing, not to mention the shows themselves.Then there are  infomercials, health alerts as well as local and world news. Then in our personal lives we have all of the relationships both ours and the statuses of others. Finally on the internet there are things like email, Facebook and Twitter. With all of these things combined, we are always being hit with tons of raw information. Informative as most if it is, it is also mostly useless junk, that serves no purpose other then to clog up our minds and keep us distracted from our goals.

If we are going to focus our minds on any one specific goal, we get to learn how to tune most of the noise out and feed our heads what we want going into it. What you put into your mind determines what you get out of it. So while it may not be possible to shut everything out, you can streamline things. IF, like me, your goal is to constantly improve your life and the lives of those around you, then whenever possible, what goes into your head should be positive and uplifting. You should watch, read and listen to things that support your vision.

Do not watch hours a day of uneducational television. Instead of watching all of the depressing things going on in the news, watch inspirational movies like Pay It Forward, The Freedom Writers, Dead Poet Society, Gran Turino or The Pursuit of Happiness.

Read books by authors that have accomplished things that you want to do. If you are into sports read books that were written by successful professional athletes. If you aspire to be a world renowned chef, read books by people like Gordon Ramsey or Wolfgang Puck. Whether you want to be a motivational speaker or even just to improve conditions in your own life, read books written by people who have accomplished these goals, people like Les Brown, Bob Proctor, Jim Rohn and W D Wattles to name a few.

I personally do not watch much television, but I do love to read. And I have started reading works by authors that have made their life about self improvement and empowerment. The ideas in these books have caused some changes in the way I think about things and have caused me to look for ways that I can make more positive change in my life.

Earlier today I was thinking about the impact that music has on my life and realizing that I should make a list of empowering motivational songs and then put them together into a playlist. It took me about two hours of online searching, through lists of songs that other people had put together, to create a list of around 85 songs that I both like and find motivational and empowering. While doing this I noticed a couple of things that I found amusing. First, many people were suggesting the same songs. Second, due to my eclectic taste in music, many of the songs people were suggesting I already have on my hard drive. And I am sure when I go through my music to build the playlist the size will probably double. This playlist will help me focus on my goals and assist me in creating the future I want for myself and my family.

I challenge you to make these same choices in your life. If you do, I promise you will see a massive shift in your ability to focus on the things that matter to you.

You ARE God pt1

Welcome Welcome. Come. Sit around the camp fire and be warmed by it's presence. What I want to talk about today may shock or offend you, especially if you are strongly attached to a Judeo-Christian religion. By the standards of their beliefs it could certainly be considered blasphemy. It is not my intent to cause unrest of any sort, but to open your eyes to a different possibility.

I am not a religious person. But, I am deeply spiritual. I do believe in good and evil and I believe that it is for each of us to decide what is good and what is not and to do our best to do good wherever possible. I do believe in a greater power than man. There are supernatural beings out there that outclass us by orders of magnitude. It just does not make any sense that they would care whether or not we worship them.

I mean think about it. Do you care when you wipe down a counter that had a bit of spilled liquid on it? No? Why not? You just wiped out  what was or could have become a tiny microcosm full of potentially many different kinds of micro-bacteria, single celled organisms and eventually maybe some mold. Perhaps there are things on an even smaller level that are so small that we  can not even perceive them, even with the enhancements that technology brings us. The thing is that such things are so far beneath our everyday notice that they never really even occur to us. We do not even think about them. I believe that is how these greater beings are in regard to us.

Does the sun care whether or not your plumbing works in your apartment, in New York? Does the Milky Way Galaxy care whether or not our sun exists? No, I don't think so. They are not living thinking beings you say? How do you know? Perhaps we are just so small and insignificant and different from what they are that there is no way of interfacing with them for communication purposes.

I do believe that there is a finite amount of energy in the universe, that energy can not be gained nor lost and is simply converted from one form to another, just as modern science tells us. But when I talk about energy, I am not talking about the physical forms of matter and energy or solids liquids and gases.  What I am referring to is love and not love. Confused? No worries I will explain.

There are two forms of energy that every living thinking being possesses.  You have an energy in you that keeps you alive and healthy, some call it chi or spirit. Others such as myself call it love. Love is a creative healing force. We use it to forge new bonds, to empower ourselves into getting what we want out of life and for all of the positive and "good" things that you can think of. Everything else is not love. It is destructive, dark and poisonous. It is anger, fear, jealousy, hate and prejudice. But what about neutrality? It is neither good nor evil right? Wrong. Neutrality generally means doing or deciding nothing, which simply leads to entropy, which leads to decay, a form of destruction. Hence even neutrality is an agent of darkness.

So there you have it, love and not love. Or white magick and black magick. Or as most people call it positive and negative energy. How do you know, other than by looking at your actions and choices, which form of energy there is more of in your body in general? When you are full of love your body will reap the benefits of your positive energy. You will generally feel as if you have more energy. You will be more open to new thoughts and ideas. You will be happier. What about when you are full of black magick? There will be more overall aches and pains, often chronic things that don't go away. Your body will be more prone to sickness and disease. You will often feel fatigued and you will be plagued by dark thoughts.

We are made of love. At birth it is all of what we are and all that we know. Unfortunately over time that changes. When we convert our love into darkness it begins to destroy us from within. We can easily see the signs of it within our minds and bodies. But how does it happen. And what can be done about it?

From an early age the seeds of mistrust and hate are placed.
And that's all the time I have for now. Join me later for part two.