Creative Visualization February 7, 2007
Posted by The Probabilist in : [Books], Consciousness, Creativity, Gratitude, Goals, Psychology, Purpose, Relationships, Beliefs, Vision, Abilities , 3 commentsShakti Gawain’s Creative Visualization is more than the title indicates. In fact, how to visualize something in order to create what you desire is very briefly explained. The biggest portion delves into the different kinds of things you can accomplish or have in your life, what inner beliefs may be rooted in you that block you from using your creative power of the law of attraction, and also how to reach a meditative state that serves as the best way to have creative visualization work for you.
My own interpretation and what I thought of the book is that it’s 50 % about creative visualization and another 50 % of personal psychology and life lessons that help you to lead a more fulfilled life. To understand the power of intention-manifestation and have it work well, you need to first work on your inner beliefs of what you rightfully deserve, why your natural state is that of joy, prosperity and self-worth, and what the power of your own mind really includes and controls.
The richness found in the book is the many methods that aid and complete the art of successful creative visualization. Among them are meditation, using several senses to visualize, affirmations, the link to spirituality, acceptance, healing, energy flow and centers, sanctuary, invocations, writing a notebook, clearing, goal-setting, idealizing, treasure maps and creative visualization within relationships and groups.
I found it very interesting how much in common there is to this book and what I have been writing about in this blog. There’s the question of what you want, do or are, how the beliefs about yourself are more important than what others think of you, why prosperity is your birthright and how to use a positive attitude to get what you want in life instead of perpetuating what you don’t like about yourself and your circumstances.
Creative visualization has been in the bookstores for quite some time already and I can see that it has had quite an impact in the teachings of many great personal development coaches of today. My copy is a 25th anniversary edition and it also includes some examples of what kind of results the technique has manifested. This book is a worthwhile read and daily reference to visualization to anyone who isn’t yet totally satisfied with how their life has turned out or who don’t enjoy every minute of it.
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Doing too Much of What You Love? January 29, 2007
Posted by The Probabilist in : [Articles], Creativity, Personal Growth, Purpose, Responsibility, Work, Abilities , 7 commentsAre you one of those guys who do too much of what you love to do? You get yourself occupied with something and spend 12 hours straight at it and don’t even notice how hungry you’ve gotten? After you’ve personally mastered a given ability or interest you seem to find another thing that again completely occupies your mind. If there’s a gene for this behaviour then I certainly have it. And I see it runs in my family as well.
When I read and did the excellent mental exercise presented by Brian Kim (How to Find What You Love to Do) I soon noticed that it’s quite pointless for me to list my abilities and interests, mainly because there are so many of them and moreover because I just can’t see myself doing the same thing for more than a couple of years at a time. I have to experiment and experience. I have to go find a new field with greener grass once the old one starts to lose its flavour.
I’ve never kept a journal, but after thinking it through I was able to chronologically list every major point of interest I’ve had since I was a wee child. Some lasted one month and some up to a year and a half. There’s not really anything remarkably significant about these things, but it goes to show a bit how a person and his interests evolve and what I’ve been into. It’s like a chain of synchronicities where some things have definitely been leading to another.
A blog is a personal log so I don’t mind who reads this stuff. But yes, I’ve obviously been a handful. No parent should have to raise a child constantly incapable of automatically and spontaneously doing any work around the house. But I guess I turned out all right in the end (miraculously enough). Some say it’s part of becoming an adult that you stop doing what you love to do. My guess is still that I’ll never find a reason to apply that statement into my life.
So how does one make a living doing what they love to do? Heck, I’d be a very rich man if I knew the universally true answer to that question. But there is a distinction of mind-sets found within this issue as well. Some people, like Steve Pavlina go through the process of hating being an employee and that drives a person to become self-employed.
I’ve never had anything against being an employee.
But being a business owner and investor sounds way smarter than insecurely working and making somebody else rich. Still, happiness certainly doesn’t statistically follow one line of work more than another. That is in the mind of every individual person and goes beyond what kind of labour one performs. But everyone has to provide value in some way, whether we love doing it or not. That’s why I had to drop several of my previous interests and start to focus on matters that seriously and genuinely make a positive difference in others’ lives. The bonus of teaching personal development is that you get your own fair share of learning as well, both spiritually, mentally and bodily.
My father is a great role model both doing what he loves to do and always finishing the must-dos of life. And he has certainly shown me the benefit that comes from constantly shifting the focus of what you love to do - for getting the most experience and lessons out of life. In return I’ve been a role model of living without any kinds of worries. We all come with different sets of strengths and a unique list of interests and abilities that shape the way we are today. However, finding a balance both with what we love to do and have to do should be found. Currently, I’m at a great level of balance in this light as I have the pleasure that comes from combining them together.
If there’s only one thing in life that you can combine with both loving and having to do, then by all means do that for the rest of your life. If you can’t make a similar list of what you’ve done in the past 10-20 years then you’re most likely one of them. But make sure that you do find what it is and make sure it doesn’t completely blow your mind away, leaving your body without sufficient attention. It’s the only you’ve got so take good care of it too. This is one of the latest lessons I’ve had to learn and I hope it sounds meaningful for you to follow as well it has been for me. Remember that there are those of us who want to change the point of interest constantly and it’s just as natural as for those who find one true purpose that lasts a lifetime. Always having at least one thing in life that you love doing is a medicine for the soul that keeps you healthy, happy, fortunate, blessed and without worry.
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