I don’t know if you did this but when I was a young child around 7 or 8 I used to go to friends birthday parties, and there was a game we used to always play called Pass The Parcel. How it works is that a gift is wrapped in dozens of layers of wrapping paper and you all sit in a circle with music playing and when the music stops whoever is holding the parcel gets to tear a layer of wrapping paper off and this goes on and on until the lucky child tears off the last layer of wrapping paper to claim their prize or gift.

It got me thinking because it reminds me of life, and consciousness. I have studied personal development and self help material for years now, it feels like my whole life in fact. As much as I didn’t like it at the time my parents were in a network marketing company since I was about 10 and as a result I had to listen to motivational tapes in the car whenever we drove any where and when I was going up we lived 30 minutes away from the closest town and a hour and a half away from the big city.

At the time as much as I used to complain as I wanted to listen to my music I am now very grateful as I now realise to some extent what a positive impact it has had on my life.

However I have a confession to make, after spending thousands of dollars and countless hours on personal development and self help material my life was still not working and it has only been recently that I have seen some real changes occur.

I don’t claim to have the answers as I feel like I am only starting my journey however I want to share some of my thoughts and insights.

If you have been following my blog I am sure you know that I mediate almost every day and I love it. It opens up your awareness so you can see things like patterns you run and beliefs that might be limiting that you would normally not recognize consciously.

Something I have noticed recently is that I used to focus on being a better person by saying affirmations, writing out an ideal day of my dreams and reading it every day, and when I feel a feeling I would associate as being negative I would do whatever I could to change it into something I would associate as positive.  I had the intention if I train my mind long enough it will begin to pay off for me.

Now I have to say this approach did work to some degree and I have gotten some good results this way, however what I have discover recently and so far it seems to get me better results is rather than focus on being a better person recognize I have all the power I need I just need to release and open up the energy block and dissolve the limiting beliefs I have.

It is like the Pass the Parcel game I was describing earlier, as you peel away the layers you come to a new understanding and new insight and as you keeping unwrapping the layers you get to the prize.

I am only at the start of this amazing journey however the progress I have made is remarkable. One of the exercises I have been practising is becoming more aware of my feelings without judgement and recognizing the power within them and ultimately within me.

Here is one exercise I have been practising it only takes 5 minutes and you can follow along.

First close your eyes and scan your body – Whatever you are feeling right now, whether good or bad or if you have a label for it or not don’t judge it just feel it.

Where is the feeling located? What colour is it? How dense is it? Good.

Now feel the power in the feeling, feel the vibration of the feeling. Good.

Now feel appreciation for the feeling.

And now feel appreciation for YOU feeling the feeling. Good.

I know this might sound a bit weird however it gets you in touch with your true power and the power of the universe. Everything is energy so feel the energy. This is where creation takes place, if you notice a limiting belief you have for example do this exercise, if you are worried about something do this exercise.

The more you do this simple exercise the more aware you will become and in some case this can be enough to lift and strip away certain limiting beliefs. Well this is my rants for today I hope it helps you on your journey.

As always I love to hear your thoughts, ideas and feedback so make sure to leave a comment and talk back to me.

Blessing

Sam

Are you telling yourself you can’t do something?

Seriously this is not a trick question. There are many people out there that will tell you that you cannot do this or that and that you should get your head out of the clouds, don’t tell yourself the same.

We all have desires and want bigger and better things in life, this is healthy, we all need to grow and keep expanding.

The biggest problem why many people don’t achieve greatness is simply because they don’t believe they can. We are too busy telling yourselves that you are not good enough, not smart enough, too old, too young of whatever.

Be careful what you tell yourself. You become what you talk about as much as what you think about.

Our beliefs are more powerful than our desires!

If you are not living the life you want right now change your beliefs and get them congruent with your desires, you owe it to yourself.

There are enough other people out there that will knock you down, who cares what they think, get knocked down and get back up! This is not a rehearsal.

If you want to change your beliefs, change what you are telling yourself,  create a list of empowering affirmations, start with ‘every day in every way I am getting better and better’

Sit for 15 minutes in silence with your eyes closed and visualize yourself living the way you want, do this every day for 30 days morning and night and you will experience changes, trick you mind and it will bring you anything you want.

You are magnificent and more powerful than you realize

We all want something?

Ask yourself the question “If you had no limitations what so ever what would you do?

The next question “Are you doing it?” why not? Ok, before you start with all the excuses and reasons why you are not doing what you are doing, think about this quote from peak performance coach Tony Robbins “The only thing standing in way of you and your goals is the story you have to tell why you don’t have them”

If you have read any self help book or program I am sure you have heard how important it is to decide on exactly what you want and write them down. If you have seen the movie the secret or heard about the law of attraction you have probably tried manifesting your goals by saying affirmations, visualisation or a number of other techniques.

So why don’t you still have what you desire?

This is a common problem for many in fact you may have even taken a closer look at you belief system to discover what beliefs are holding you back and what new empower beliefs you can install to get you closer to your dreams.

For years I did all of this and I did get some great results however nothing like I read about. My life didn’t all of a sudden change 180 degrees and all the money didn’t start falling out of the sky like many of these gurus claim happened to them.

Now before I go any further I am defiantly not saying that all the affirmations, visualisation, goals setting, etc is a waste of time. In fact it is extremely important and you need to get clear as Joe Vitale would say and remove your limiting beliefs and install more empowering ones. However what many people miss or like I was too afraid to do was to take impulsive inspired action.

Think back to when you were a child, if you wanted to do something you did it. If you felt like playing with the cat you did, if you felt like throwing the cat out the window you did, if you got the impulse to put peanut butter on your hand and stick it in the DVD player you did.

As we get older we get conditioned by parents, teachers, siblings and almost everyone around us. Don’t do this don’t do that? And the problem is over time as you want to do something you begin to think is this ok? Instead of just doing it.

This is where the key to the lock really is. Once you have set your intentions and gotten clear on exactly what you want. Visualize and really get the feelings of having it and then ACT! Take action and take action NOW!

Take impulsive inspired action! How do you know it is inspired action, it will feel right, ask your body or heart. Your body will always tell y9ou the truth, if you feel comfort, ease, excitement, etc then it is the right action, even if it doesn’t seem logical. If your body or heart feels weak, not at ease, etc then it probably is not the right action. Have faith in yourself and expect your desires and dreams to come true and they will.

If you take impulsive inspired action you will have achieve your desires and dreams quicker than you ever thought possible.

With Love and Thanks

Sam