Article 6: Wealth Begins With Your State of Mind

“You are today where your thoughts have brought you. You will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.” - James Allen, British author and poet

We all have several dimensions of mind that we work with and that work for us. Understanding the roles of your conscious, subconscious and superconscious minds is critical to becoming wealthy.

Our conscious mind is the day-to-day mind that deals with the “real” world of time and space (not to be confused with space-time because this starts us down the rabbit hole of quantum mechanics …. let’s stay away from there for now).

The subconscious mind is a kind of database for all the knowledge, experiences, trauma and triumphs that have ever occured in our lives. It supports the conscious mind by retrieving data based on the commands or needs of the conscious mind.

The superconscious mind is less familiar but the concept is broadly used. It has also been called the Read more

Resistance is Futile

You many know this line from Star Trek The Next Generation, uttered by The Borg to inform some soon to be conquered individual that they might as well give up because ‘resistance is futile.’

I agree, in principle but for a far different reason. I dont believe in giving in to a hostile force trying to bend my will to their way of thinking (Microsoft has been referred to as a corporate version of the Borg … sort of fits if you think about it in a monopolistic sort of way). I have a quote in my book that explains my perspective a little bit better:

“The root cause of anything that diminishes our wellbeing can be found in resistance.”
-Abraham-Hicks

This is from the teachings of Abraham, provided to us by Jerry and Esther Hicks, a couple of very leading edge thinkers and teachers in the area of the Law of Attraction and other metaphysics. The point is that when you are resisting, the universe is trying to tell you something: you should not be doing this, it is not the right time to be doing this, you are doing this for the wrong reasons, etc.

You emotions are how your subconscious communicates with the real world and your conscious mind. If you are pissed off about something, angry, sad … whatever … resistance is rearing it’s head. Listen to your feelings, explore all the possible sources of why you may be resisting the situation, activity, or person that is causing you to not go with the flow.

An example: I am in the process of writing news releases for my book coming out on May 9th (The Wealth Manifesto). I have been struggling with getting this done for the better part of a day and a half. I MUST send these out to all the major reviewers (everything from the New York Times to any magazine that has anything to do with my subject material) as this is free publicity and an essential part of my marketing campaign. I wont get into the reasons I uncovered for WHY I was resisting this (unless someone asks me to) but I finally figured out that it was not the right time to be writing these news releases, the flow was not there.

It’s not like I dont have plenty of other things to do in getting the promotion together for my book (dozens of things, many of which I really enjoy) - I was essentially wasting my time beating my head against the monitor trying to crank these out.

If you are having a hard time with something and it is causing you grief (”diminishing your wellbeing”), leave it and move on to something else that feels better for the time being. Your mood and your productivity will increase dramatically if you dont resist the subliminal messages you are getting from the superconscious mind.� There is great power there … we must learn to listen to it.

Cheers.

Article 5: Purpose is Not a Destination, It Lives Within You

Most everyone sort of “gets” this. We have been hearing for some time now that the journey is what it’s all about; this fits very nicely with the concept of being present and not being so concerned about what is going to happen in your life once something (fill in the blank) happens.

Things work out the way they are supposed to. How many instances in your life can you think of things where you DID NOT get something that you were just going to DIE if it did not happen for you (new girl/boyfriend, acceptance into a specific college, this or that job, house … whatever) only to find in retrospect that you were far better off without out it.

Or more specifically, better off with whatever, whoever or wherever you ended up instead of what you thought you wanted. This is the divine working in your life. This is the universe looking out for you.

This is how your purpose happens, and happens uniquely to you. This by itself is not a revolutionary idea; we all intuitively believe that we are special and that there is a “calling” awaiting us if we can just find it.

Typically your purpose will not turn out to be a singular function that you will perform for the rest of your life. I find that many people are forever searching for that one elusive activity that they can dedicate their lives to. Can such a singular “calling” happen? Sure. There are lots of famous examples of people who became single-mindedly tied to the causes they championed (Martin Luther King and Mother Theresa quickly come to mind).

But instead of searching for plagues to cure, tyrannies to overthrow or dragons to slay, the first place to look for purpose is within yourself. You don’t have to go searching for your purpose in some kind of Magic Forest; you just have to be Who You Are, fully and completely.

You are unique for a reason. Not only is your uniqueness of value to you as you create the wealthy life you deserve, it also simultaneously facilitates your contribution to the bigger picture – the value you add will be like no one else’s on Earth. The universe does not respond to anyone else the same way it responds to you. You share a one-of-a-kind connection with the infinite energy of Source.

In The Matrix Reloaded, the rogue artificial intelligence program (Agent) Smith tells Neo: “Without purpose, we would not exist.”

I would modify that slightly to “Without meaning, we might as well not exist.” That is what being wealthy will do for you: it takes you to the core of who you are, discovering what you value the most and helping to create that reality.

OK … yeah, I was getting out there on the moonbeams with the AI stuff and all. But as The Boss once said. “Mama, that’s where the fun is!”

This Book Will Help You to Lose Weight, Find True Love and Make Money

…not necessarily in that order.

Awhile ago a friend of mine told me that nearly all self-improvement books talk about one of three things.

Guess which three things? If you took notice of the title, that would be a good guess. These are all dimensions of your overall wellbeing, which along with anything else that is important to you, is how we decide if we have a high quality of life or not.

If you are overweight, it is easy to perceive your life as miserable. However, in all but the most extreme situations, you can do something about it.

It is very simple - Eat better quality food, less food in general and exercise more.

Dont have any friends? Not yet hooked up with your soul mate? What are you going to do? Sit around and wish that these people walk into your life? No, you have to be a better friend, you have to be worth someone wanting to know you. You have to like and love yourself before someone else will.

Dont have any or enough money? I have seen several instances lately of people saying (to everyone they know, everyone that is listening): I dont have any money, please give me some.

I dont know how that is working out for them … I doubt very well. I think of money as another form of wealth for which, like the other examples above, it is required to offer some kind of value for what you want. This goes back to Articles 2 and 3 about energy exchange and our inherent potential for wealth. If you want money, you need to offer someone value (in any number of different forms to get it). You need to invest it and take the risks associated with the return you expect on your investment.

No matter what kind of wealth you are talking about, you need both the desire to change and be able to make the decision to change.� Then you need to take action.

The nice thing about developing your Wealth Manifesto is that all aspects of your life, everything you want, can be attained using one systematic approach.

The Wealth Manifesto: Try it, you’ll like it!

It IS All About You …NOW

There was a show on PBS awhile ago called Connections. The creator (and narrator) of the show, a science historian by the name of James Burke discussed how various discoveries, scientific achievements, and historical world events built off one another in an interconnected way to bring about particular aspects of modern technology. I absolutely love this kind of stuff - seemingly disconnected facts and the synergy that binds them.

This brings me to today’s epiphany. Actually, it was yesterday but that’s OK.

I’m a big fan of Eckhart Tolle. He is now well known to many more millions of people because Oprah Read more

Article 4: From Survive to Thrive …

I have always liked “wordplay.” This is everything from knowing and appreciating the origins of words, alliteration and rhyming, playing Scrabble, etc. This comes out in my writing because it makes it interesting to me and is a part of the challenge and joy that writing brings to me. My interest in this can be seen in one of the raison d’etre’s of my book regarding the word ‘wealth’ - when I discovered that it is derived from a word that meant ‘wellbeing,’ it moved me one more step down the path of discovering just what “being wealthy” was all about. The same process then evolved with another word that is getting a lot of use these days: thrive. This of course works out nicely with a word that contrasts with (and rhymes with) thrive: survive.

Damn … I’m having fun all over again.

Thriving is the ultimate attitude to adopt if you want to become wealthy. Here are some definitions of the word “thrive”:

- To grow vigorously: FLOURISH
- To gain in wealth or possessions: PROSPER (from the Latin prosperare meaning “to cause to succeed.”)
- To progress toward or realize a goal despite or because of circumstances, as in she thrives on challenges

I also believe that one of the crucial steps towards unlocking your purpose is learning to thrive rather than survive. Many people, as you know, are barely surviving; they will have a hard time seeing their life as wealthy, now or in the future. To experience and accelerate wealth, it’s important to get beyond focusing on lower-level needs and raise our sights towards growth and prosperity. In short, we must learn to thrive. This is the 4th Article of The Wealth Manifesto:

The journey to wealth will transform your life from Survive to Thrive.

Thriving is far better than merely surviving. Of course, thriving is pretty tough when you are having trouble surviving. Since it is often the case that money takes care of nearly any issue that has to do with the lower level, physiological needs associated with survival - food, shelter, security … even sex - I think money is important (within reason). This is why I make the connection between your Wealth Potential, your ability to be fulfilled as a person and the ability to generate income. It is going to be very difficult for you to fulfill the valuable role you have on this Earth if you are lacking in the physical needs common to all human beings. You are here for a much bigger reason than to live in scarcity.

The path from surviving in fear to thriving in love can be challenging but it is the path of least resistance that we all must ultimately find. You are moving towards wellness and grace and away from that which causes you pain. This will put you on the path to who you were meant to be. This means the path to wealth is not only consistent with finding your purpose, it is your purpose.

I’ll finish up today with a favorite quote (found of course in my book The Wealth Manifesto )

Love is the only wealth that man absolutely needs.
Love is the only wealth that God precisely is.

- Sri Chinmoy, Indian philosopher and guru