Archives for: July 2008
What Medicine Knows about Manifesting
July 25th, 2008Link: http://www.getthedream.com/more_info.php
Realize what medicine has known since the early 20th century about the power that expectation and belief has on the body. Use these powerful concepts to manifest more of what you want in your life!
A placebo is Latin for I will please. It’s defined by Wikipedia as “a substance or procedure which a patient accepts as a medicine or therapy but which has no specific therapeutic activity for the condition. Any effect is thought to be based on the power of suggestion”.
The placebo effect is when, after a treatment, a patient’s symptoms become better or worse due to their expectation or belief that the treatment would work. The placebo effect occurs when a patient is treated in conjunction with the suggestion from an authority figure or from acquired information that the treatment will aid in healing and the patient’s condition improves. This effect has been known since the early 20th century”.
The word nocebo is Latin for I will harm. The nocebo effect is defined by Wikipedia as, “(occurring when) a patient who disbelieves in a treatment may experience a worsening of symptoms. This effect … can be measured in the same way as the placebo effect, e.g., when members of a control group receiving an inert substance report a worsening of symptoms”.
So why discuss medicine in an article about manifesting your desires? I would encourage all readers to be mindful of what medicine has known since the early 20th century!
Medical science has demonstrated that what we believe has a massive impact on what happens in our bodies. If we believe that good things will come to us, they will show up. If we believe the opposite, then undesirable things manifest in our lives.
Just as we protect against putting toxic substances into our bodies, we should also protect against any toxins entering our minds. This would be any of the many things that are able to negatively impact our belief system.
I experienced a downright attack on my own belief system earlier this week. I walked into the bank to make a deposit and stepped into line. One of the major news channels (possibly the worst attack on our belief systems), playing on a monitor over the teller, was detailing the decline of our housing market.
One of the ways that I generate revenue is by flipping houses; so I took the bait. I listened to every painful detail about how many people are being affected, how bad the market has been, and that the outlook for housing is very dismal.
After making the deposit I realized that I was experiencing doubt about a house I was to purchase later that day. I called a friend to discuss my fears. He asked, “how many houses have you sold in this down market?” I replied, “I’ve sold six in the last year.” He responded, “were they profitable?” Almost embarrassed, I said, “of course they were.”
My belief system had just been set back on the right track. If we are not diligent about taking in information that serves us, we will absorb information that harms us. Is the information you are feeding your brain a placebo or a nocebo?
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Manage Your Thoughts, Manifest Success
July 19th, 2008Link: http://getthedream.com/more_info.php
The economic analysts are “living large” right now. Everyone is looking to them to project what’s going to happen to interest rates, the price of gas, the housing market, the stock market, shall I go further?
I’ve been around numbers all my life and am a fair to good analyst. If you gave me enough time on a computer, without my 3 and 5 year old daughters begging to see Hannah Montana, even I could make the numbers tell you wide variety of predictions that we’ve been hearing lately:
• that interest rates will rise
• that interest rates will fall
• that housing prices have bottomed out and will be rising soon
• that housing prices have only just started their decline
• that the stock market has seen the dead cat bounce
• that the price of gas will drop to 5 year lows in the near future
• that the price of gas will reach double digits for the first time in history over the next three years.
So what I conclude from the analysts is not their specific predictions, but an understanding of the message within their message…
We cannot be certain about where the economy or the universe in general is headed.
Nor do we have control over what happens in the economy or the universe.
Instead of focusing on those things that are beyond my control, I choose to look at the things that are within my control.
Many a word has been written about recognizing and quieting negative thoughts. Less is said about the positive thoughts that come into our consciousness. Whether negative or positive, I believe it’s a myth that we can control our thoughts.
Instead, I believe that what we do with our thoughts, once they arrive in our mind, is well within our control. How we manage our thoughts dictates what happens in our lives and how we fit with the universe. This is certainly a critical component to the life that we are manifesting for ourselves.
I have a very dear friend that has helped me grow in all aspects of my life. His simple way of thinking about how to deal with thoughts can benefit each of us. He believes that thoughts are like fire, and the tools that he has to manage these thoughts are a can of water and a can of gas.
He puts the water to the negative thoughts as they arise, dousing them immediately. But just as importantly, he puts the gas to the positive thoughts when they show up to help them multiply.
How can we manifest more good results in our lives? Praise yourself for your positive thoughts. Let them reside in your mind. Feed them fuel until they spawn new positive thoughts.
Make sure you’ve got plenty of gas, even if the price goes to double digits! Your investment in yourself will pay handsomely in the future.
Understand Manifestation - Step by Step
July 14th, 2008Link: http://getthedream.com/more_info.php
Manifesting results we want in our lives–like more wealth, better health, happier relationships, etc.–can happen in two different ways.
(1) We can simply do nothing, wait, and hope that they arrive by pure happenstance, or
(2) we can be diligent each and every day to put effort into bringing the results we want closer to us.
I don’t know about you, but I’m setting up my tent in the second camp! This is because I know that manifestation is not a mystery. Manifesting our desires, which begin as fuzzy thoughts, into our everyday reality is a process we can master.
Knowledge, by itself, produces nothing. It’s the combination of knowledge, intent, desire, and action that really starts to make things happen.
It’s like having knowledge about how to grow a garden. If you want big, healthy vegetables, you certainly must have gardening knowledge. But only when you see yourself picking ripe fresh tomatoes and enjoying them so much, will the desire move you.
The desire to fulfill your vision takes you straight to the actions of buying, planting, and watering the seeds. Once this process is complete, the vegetable garden can become a reality.
There is a technique available right now for manifesting our dream life. Here’s the step-by-step process revealed for you:
1. Determine the Ideal
Ask yourself, “in the ideal world, what would be different about my current situation” or “if I could have absolutely any outcome I wanted for this particular problem, what would that look like”. Be very specific and don’t get bogged down with you think may not be possible. Brainstorm at least 3 different answers. If you catch that little voice in the back of your head saying, “no, that’s not possible”, you must ignore it. Choose your favorite ideal.
2. Virtual-ize the Ideal
Pretend the ideal has occurred. Close you eyes and imagine that it’s about to happen, that it does happen, and that it already happened. Feel grateful that the ideal did happen, and understand how it changes your life.
Of course you know that your ideal scenario did not happen in your “real” life, but that it is working in your “virtual” life. When you can exist in both your “real” life and your “virtual” life simultaneously, you are making progress. The more consistently you can exist with one foot in both worlds, the closer they will move toward each other.
3. Realize the Ideal
As your “virtual” life gets very close to your “real” life, you will feel it so powerfully that you have no choice but to speak about it as truth. You will have no choice but to take actions toward your “virtual” life that begin to place it in your reality. You start to look forward to it so much that the joy of having your “virtual” life soaks through you.
4. Manifest the Ideal
This is the point at which your “virtual” and “real” lives merge completely.
The real trick to Step #2, Virtual-ize the Ideal, is to spend time focusing on exactly what you want. Many people are so frustrated and upset about not having what they want, that they focus on their lack. This, of course, creates the complete opposite result that we want.
There are some powerful visualization tools that can be used to imprint your “virtual” life into your subconscious. This will speed up the time it takes to move into Step #3 and to accomplish Step #4.
So be sure to catch your mind sneaking off to think about the wrong things, and pull it back into concentration on the right things. For instance, always believe:
• that you have a right to have what you want
• that you are personally worthy of anything you want
• that the world has plenty of whatever you want to go around
• that there is a higher purpose in having what you want
• that having what you want is attainable
• that you are already grateful for your future abundance
• that negative thoughts never serve you
Master the 4-step manifestation process, keep your thoughts focused on what is positive and productive, and you’ll be surprised how quickly you can manifest your dream life.
The New Rules of Wealth Manifestation
July 7th, 2008Link: http://www.getthedream.com/more_info.php
There’s a lot of information, suggestions, and tips available for successfully manifesting the wealth that you want to have in your life. There are books, articles, blog posts, movies, audio programs, podcasts, radio shows, (too many to name) that focus on money manifestation.
Why is the topic of wealth manifestation so darn popular? Could it be that as humans, we are genetically programmed to always be seeking our financial “highest and best use”? This is actually a real estate term that refers to what will generate the highest net monetary return to a property owner over a period of time.
For some properties, “highest and best use” could be a 20 story apartment building that generates lots of rental income. For other properties it could be a subdivision comprised of 100 small lots. These types of options may be extremely profitable for the property owner; but what if he or she simply wants to build a single home to live in and enjoy the surroundings and views offered there?
Our lives are similar in that we have to balance our personal “highest and best use”, with what we truly desire. Many of us are capable of working 80 hours a week at one, two, or three jobs to create more disposable income. This has become the cultural norm for many Americans. But whether this suits our ultimate life purpose and deepest desires must be carefully analyzed.
We all need money to survive and I would argue that we all need money to thrive. Money is a solution and a tool to carry us through our unique life journey.
But the new rules of wealth manifestation require that we become much more introspective about why we want wealth. I know many people who mistakenly believe that becoming super-wealthy would solve all their problems. One in particular has said to me about a friend who retired early after selling a company for many millions, “look at him, he doesn’t have a care in the world”.
If we think that wealth will bring us more peace, freedom from all worry, great health, and perfect relationships, we’re going to be sorely disappointed! Any wealthy person, who has reached a high level of self-development, will tell you that money gives you the opportunity to move your focus away from the mundane. What I mean is that when you don’t have to spend precious mental energy worrying about how to get food or pay for the roof over your head, you can focus on higher purposes. Most importantly, having money gives you the chance to make a difference in other people’s lives.
So getting clear on what money will and will not do for you is important. I realize that this can be a difficult exercise if your point-of-view is and has always been one of lack.
The new rules wealth manifestation of indicate that you must concentrate your energies on a higher purpose in order to attract riches into your life. Discover how your talents and passions can be used to solve a problem for others. Think about what you already do well that could add value to what other successful people are doing well.
Lack of money equals a lack of problem-solving. When you find a way to serve others and fulfill their needs, you can’t help but reap the rewards.