Stop focusing on what you don't have,

and shift your consciousness to an appreciation for all you are and all that you do have. 

Whatever the question,

 love is the answer.

Go beyond the idea of succeeding and failing - these are judgements.

Stay in the process and allow the universe to handle the details.

If you're going to follow your bliss and make a difference in the world,

 you'll soon discover you can't follow the herd.

I release the need to determine how things "should" be.

If you are suffering in your life right now, I guarantee that this condition is tied up with some kind of attachment to how you think things should be going.

When you trust in yourself

you trust in the wisdom that created you.
 

The first step in discarding a scarcity mentality involves

giving thanks for everything that you are and everything that you have.

When you dance

your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.

Let's tune in

The principles of abundance, synchronicity, detachment and oneness are operative in the universe. All you have to do is tune into them and let them work through you.
 

You choose

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice. 

The measure of your life will not be in what you accumulate

but in what you give away.
 

forgive

Those who injured us only did what they knew how to do, given the conditions of their lives. If you won't forgive, then you allow those ancient injuries to continue their hold on you.
 

live with purpose

When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous. 

Let go

All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you. The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for external reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration. You may succeed in making another feel guilty about something by blaming him, but you won't succeed in changing whatever it is about you that is making you unhappy.
 

learn how to use your brain

We don't attract wealth when we contemplate being broke. We don't get healthy by contemplating how sick we are and how bad we feel. Even if you talk about the event while mentioning a desire to change it, you're still reinforcing the negative event. For instance, you might keep saying to yourself and others, "I keep eating too much ice cream day after day and I need to stop doing that." Your mind hears "ice cream" and will want more ice cream! It's far better to think about having a healthy body and to start eating more fruits and vegetables.

Get Ego Out Of The way

 

I once asked Abraham Maslow, "What do you mean when you say self-actualization?" He said, "There are just two things to remember: One is to learn to become independent of the good opinion of other people, and the second is to master the art of being detached from the fruits of your labors."

When you become the observer, you detach yourself from the outcome. You get your ego and everything in the material world out of the picture, and you allow the highest part of you to observe the circumstance. You remove all that inner turbulence, anguish, fear, and anxiety, and you then replace it with the calmness of a detached observer. The minute you sense that calmness, the solution is at hand. You're not operating from adrenaline or fear or angst.

When you face a crisis or deadline from the perspective that you only have so much time and "have to hurry," you become one more person who brings stress and anxiety to the problem.

It's in the taming of the ego that you find the sacred in your life. You find greater strength when you can stop being so focused on you and your bottom line and start reaching out to others.

They said of Jesus and Buddha that when they went into a village, their very presence raised the consciousness of those around them. They radiated a blissful serenity. That kind of peace is where you can resolve virtually any difficulty.

Carl Jung wrote a book called Modern Man in Search of a Soul wherein he talked about four stages that people go through to reach maturity. The highest stage is that of the Spirit. This is when you finally recognize that you are not an athlete, a warrior, or a statesman. That you are in this world, but not of this world. You recognize that you are not a human being having a spiritual experience, but you are a spiritual being having a human experience. In a sense, this life is all very temporary. The mystery of that is what we call unconditional love. When you are able to live this unconditional love you will have achieved this final state.


It doesn't happen if you try to figure it out using logic or look for results in the material world. When you start taking your attention off of building your business so you can make more money instead put your attention on serving everyone who comes through your door as best you can, your energy begins to spread and more people become attracted to your office.


That energy becomes infectious, because it promotes more of that love. As it does, your bottom line becomes blacker and blacker. But your awareness is always focused on serving. You let the bottom line take care of itself. It has worked for me in my organization. My profits, my sales, my bookings have just gone up and up over the years, and I have less and less concern with how I am doing.
So, Lighten Up. You do not have to strive to prove anything--unless, of course, you choose to listen to your omnipresent false self, which stipulates that if you don't stay busy pursuing something you are a failure.


Each and every instant of your life takes place in the present moment. Using your present moments to chase after future moments is an ego-based activity. Your ego wants you to feel incomplete so that it can control your life. Your false self would keep you in perpetual motion chasing after more and more until your final breath.


Your higher self does not want you to be lazy or without purpose but to realize the power in knowing that this moment is your entire life. When you stop focusing on past or future moments, you release the stress and tension that accompany the striving lifestyle. With that release, you become more productive and peaceful than you are when you look behind or ahead of yourself and don't allow your mind to rest in the still center of the present moment.


Contrary to what your ego attempts to convince you, you will not simply vegetate, or become an irresponsible drifter when you stop striving. What will happen is that you will lighten up and become engrossed in your mission. When you stop striving and start knowing that you are on a divine mission, and that you are not alone, you will be guided to the experience of arriving. That experience will introduce you to the bliss of being in the realm of spirit. Where there is no worry or guilt.


When you encounter a personal dilemma about what you want to go after in your life, turn the decision over to your sacred self; let go and listen. Your answers will come as you develop the internal willingness to allow your higher self to guide you. By giving yourself moments for appreciation, you allow yourself the freedom to arrive rather than strive. You choose to be free of ego demands and allow the loving presence to be felt.

Think from the end

When you get into bed tonight, instead of using five minutes to review what you don't want, review everything that you've placed into your imagination. Ultimately, that's how you will attract it. You have to be able to see the wish fulfilled already in advance and call those things which do not yet exist as though they do.