The universe is so miraculous that there can never be a moment when we don’t have the opportunity to be grateful. Right now I hear a bird singing, I see the sunlight shining through my window. And outside the window I see trees and flowers.
We live in a culture that that conditions our thinking that we don’t have enough. We are told over and over again in media messages and advertising that we need bigger, better, and faster things to be happy. I remember reading the words of poet, Francis Brabazon, who picked up on this theme by writing [...]
Greatness is possible for every person because there is Power in every person. There are no exceptions. This power exists not only in every person, but in everything. It is consciousness. Through an understanding of how this power of consciousness operates and continuously expands, man transcends the limitations of life and lives in the realm [...]
“If you accept your thoughts as inspirations from the Supreme Intelligence, obey them when they prescribe difficult duties, because they come only so long as they are used; or if your skepticism reaches to the last verge, and you have no confidence in any foreign mind, then be brave, because there is one good opinion [...]
The lessons of life are awaiting us all. To the impatient come opportunities for patience. To the cowardly, opportunities for bravery. To the distracted, opportunities for focus. Whatever the defect, life steers us in the requirerd direction so that we may transcend it. We need but pay attention to what the lessons are.
Why else would [...]
Words have power, and by giving shape to thoughts, can determine the tenor of a person’s life. Whatever the purpose and whatever the form — written, spoken, or silent – thoughts, as words, leave their impressions on the mind. And in so doing, they become the primary force in the shaping of our lives. Consider [...]
To explore how we can increase the power within I want to revisit a quote from Rumi: “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” These few words hold one of the greatest keys to unlocking the [...]
I’m always looking for new personal development resources and I just came across a couple good ones. Jarle Husefest is putting out some great content and resources like free ebooks and generating some serious traffic. Do yourself a favor and check out his site. I have really enjoyed reading his free download of The [...]
Saying yes to life can make such a difference in its unfoldment. For instance, I am swimming in abundance this week. After a less than desirable start to the week with someone stealing over $3,000 from our checking account, things quickly turned around. After accepting the fact that it happened, I took the necessary [...]
True success isn’t luck. Doyle Brunson, the famed poker player who has won numerous World Series of Poker titles in his career, recently said that he would risk everything he owned on a single bet if he felt it was a reasonable bet. He wasn’t afraid of losing everything. He said that was because if [...]
The other day I received an e-mail, asking for advice, which forced me to reflect back on an earlier chapter of my life. As a young man graduating from college, could I could have benefited from any words of advice? A simple question that provided me with some invaluable soul searching.
I have reprinted the [...]
Energy is the foundation of abundance. Positive energy increases it, negative energy decreases it. When we can get free of all the negative, hurtful, limiting, and binding energy inside us, we can become attractors of positive energy.
When we are able to smile, we get smiles back. When we are no longer afraid to talk [...]
What if all of your desires came true? Better than that, what if they came true instantly? It would be sort of like having unlimited wishes from a genie in a bottle. Do you think you would be happy?
You would probably have the house of your dreams to live in, the most exotic car to [...]
Unlimited potential is our birthright. For we are sons and daughters of the infinite and our true essence is consciousness. Our only limitation can come from our thinking.
Look at Helen Keller. She was as wild as any animal in the Amazon rainforest before Anne Sullivan was able to help her make the association of [...]
When we live life more than skin deep, with all of our heart, beautiful things happen. Years and years ago, in Cincinnati, Ohio, I was the only white musician in what was otherwise a 10 piece black band. And we played at nightclubs that had all black clientele. But the fact that I was white [...]
Activating intention is the key to unlocking the life of unlimited abundance. I remember when this first happened to me. I had just turned 21. My energy and inspiration were operating non-stop. This experience of energy was so new and exhilarating that for three months I hardly slept. I would doze off at 2 am [...]
Before I share with you about making an identity shift to joy, I want to touch on identity shifts in general. Making an identity shift was a key component in Steve Pavlina’s recent and excellent piece on how to be a millionaire. For instance, instead of carrying $20 in your wallet, you would carry $400 [...]
In the zone, everything flows. We get beyond the mind and our preconceptions of how things are and we become participants in the flow of life, or perhaps you might call it, the dance of life. The Indian sage Patanjali is credited to having said over 2000 years ago, “Dormant forces, faculties, and [...]
Moving beyond ordinary is as simple as choosing to do so. We need to abandon the world of finite imagination and begin the process of infinite imagination. Just because we lived life a certain way yesterday, and the day before that doesn’t mean that we are limited in our choices to living it the [...]
Meaning of life is everything. Without it, there would be no purpose in being alive. When I look back on the course of my life I see that it was my perception of meaning that shaped everything I did–whether is was becoming a musician, a writer, a photographer, having a family, traveling to India on [...]
People who are familiar with the Law of Attraction know that we attract to ourselves everything that we have in our life, good and bad. The secret of attracting what is positive into our life is being aligned with the highest energies and principles.
One of the most important factors in our ability [...]
One of the most important and attitude enhancing practices you can do is the practice of gratitude. It has the power to lift the mind from despondency to optimism by helping to change the mind’s perspective. It can lift your spirits so high that you can get beyond the mind into the expansiveness of being. [...]
“I am a hole in a flute that the Christ’s breath moves through–Listen to this Music.” –Hafiz (from The Gift — Translations of Hafiz by Daniel Ladinsky)
It’s great to know about Hafiz. He puts everything in perspective. Over the course of my life, I’ve had some ups and downs. Nothing too major, but big enough, [...]
Higher level functioning is a possibility for everyone. It only takes a commitment.
The late Admiral Rickover once asked Jimmy Carter (before Carter became President) if he was doing his best. Carter responded that he wasn’t. Then Rickover asked him, “Why not?” It prompted Carter to search within himself for the answer, and then step up his [...]
Attractor energy patterns are why alcoholics prone to staying in the state of alcoholism. And that’s why people stay in relationships that are painful and difficult. And also why some people go through their entire life complaining how unfair life is. But it is also how some people detach from all the allurements of the [...]