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It’s Your Fault That You Feel Bad! February 14, 2007

Posted by The Probabilist in : [Articles], Consciousness, Emotions, Gratitude, Personal Growth, Psychology, Beliefs , 3 comments

It’s your fault that your inconsiderate boss irritates you. It’s your fault that you felt sad and abandoned when your girl/boyfriend left you. It’s your fault that you get angry in traffic jams. It’s your fault that you feel hurt about what others say to you. It’s your fault that you get depressed when you are diagnosed with cancer.

And yes, it’s all your fault that you feel offended and shocked about what you’re reading right now.

Nobody likes to get told that their thinking is wrong. Nobody likes to tell themselves that their thinking is wrong. And here I am doing exactly these two things in hopes that you break free from the internal chains of your own faulty mind. A snowball’s chance in hell, right?

It’s time for you to take control over your emotions. However, there is only one way of doing so and it starts with this revelation - that it’s your fault that you feel negative emotions inside of you. You want proof? The proof is inside you and it looks like you needed somebody to remind you of it. Yes, it’s time for you to stop playing the blame game and take full responsibility over what goes on inside your mind. And when you do so, the truth will set you free and give you unlimited power to create whatever state of mind you wish.

The first step is the most difficult one and it is exactly what I’m talking about here. Many people live their whole lives never truly getting it. Which means that you can consider yourself a very fortunate and happy person if you have already internalized what I want you to tell yourself.

Here’s the thing. No circumstance has the power to create, change, manipulate or control your emotions. No other human being has the power to create, change, manipulate or control your emotions. I can not control what you’re feeling right now, thousands of miles away in the form of digital bits that show up as a pixels on your screen that make up this text you’re reading. And neither can anyone you know either, no matter in what form they are communicating with you. If you think this statement is false, then you’re bound to live the life of a drone, walking around blaming the universe for your emotions. That doesn’t sound like a good fate for you now does it?

And oh my goodness what a liberating moment it is for you once you truly realize this!

Because the second and last step is simply choosing for yourself what kind of emotions you’ll start feeling. You are the unbeatable master of your own reality! You create, change, manipulate and control whatever you choose to feel. And if you’ve gone this far, I assume you’re a person smart enough to choose positive emotions from now on.

You realize how happy you are for not being as inconsiderate as your boss is. You feel good about your partner leaving you because it proves you that it wasn’t meant to be. You feel calm when you realize that you can’t control traffic. You understand that it’s your own level of self-esteem that defines how other people’s words affect you. You feel humbled about getting cancer because it teaches you to appreciate life and gives you the greatest challenge you’ve ever faced.

And yes, you feel good about what you’re reading right now because you internalize that I’m writing this to set you free - not to mock your thought patterns.

Are you still blaming external sources for what you feel or are you starting to realize how powerful your mind truly is in creating your own reality?

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Creative Visualization February 7, 2007

Posted by The Probabilist in : [Books], Consciousness, Creativity, Gratitude, Goals, Psychology, Purpose, Relationships, Beliefs, Vision, Abilities , 3 comments

Shakti 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.