| The other day I received an email that said, "The | | | | fears, and limiting beliefs to clouds that are blocking out |
| shortcut to anything you want in your life is to be and | | | | the sunlight of your Expanded Self. |
| feel happy now." It seems inspirational on the surface, | | | | Just like the sun on a cloudy day, the sun of who you |
| and virtually everyone wants happiness, inner peace, | | | | really are (and all that it includes) is there right now. It |
| and spiritual abundance, but a statement like that is just | | | | has always been there. It has just been blocked from |
| another example of a success technique or | | | | view (and your direct experience). But you can drill |
| "prescription" that doesn't work - or that you can't | | | | holes through, knock out the cloud cover, and |
| actually take action on, no matter how hard you try. | | | | re-experience the sun of who you really are shining |
| There are many methods to help you experience | | | | into every aspect of your life (business and personal) |
| success and happiness, from setting goals to hypnosis | | | | Eat Your Cake ... Slowly |
| to repeating affirmations to focusing on what you | | | | Your spiritual path of expansion slowly unfolds over |
| want and having it appear, to visualization and using | | | | time. On your path, you will begin to see The Truth |
| the so-called Law of Attraction. All of these | | | | about illusions you once believed were real, and those |
| approaches assume that you are in control of your life. | | | | illusions will no longer hold any power over you. You |
| They assume you can dictate what happens to you | | | | can really appreciate how you fooled yourself into |
| and how it happens. | | | | thinking you weren't happy or enlightened, and there |
| Although it would be great to simply focus on, visualize, | | | | was no expanded state of Consciousness readily |
| intend, or really desire what you want and have it | | | | available to you. |
| appear, it doesn't actually work that way. The reason it | | | | You convinced yourself you weren't powerful, wise, |
| doesn't work is because what you perceive as reality | | | | and abundant, that you did not have inner peace and |
| is an illusion created by another aspect of your | | | | happiness, but as you expand, you will Know just how |
| Consciousness, what I call your "Expanded Self." | | | | powerful you really are, and you'll be able to tap that |
| Very often, within the mainstream and even the | | | | power fully to recreate every aspect of your life. As |
| esoteric and metaphysical self-help systems, the | | | | you begin to expand into a direct experience of who |
| assumption is that you, what I call the "Player" of "The | | | | you really are, more appreciation and pleasure comes. |
| Human Game," are driving the bus and are in control -- | | | | You enjoy each breakthrough as your limitations |
| determining what happens in your life. | | | | slowly fade away. |
| The truth is your Expanded Self, which is The Real | | | | It's easy to get impatient or want it to happen |
| You, the "Infinite Being" you, is managing everything | | | | immediately at first. But it can't be forced. Once you |
| that's going on in your life from behind the scenes -- | | | | experience a small glimpse of your Infinite Being Self, |
| like the Director of a movie. And there's almost always | | | | your tendency to hurry up the process will subside and |
| a HUGE difference between what you think you want, | | | | you'll begin enjoying every step of your spiritual |
| from the limited perspective of your conscious mind, | | | | awakening and enlightenment. |
| and you REALLY want from the perspective of your | | | | I compare it to your favorite food. If you love your |
| Expanded Self and your life mission and purpose. | | | | mother's coconut cake and she gives you a piece, |
| It's what you really want that's what you always get, | | | | you're not going to shove the whole thing in your |
| not what you think you want. | | | | mouth and gulp it down in thirty seconds. You're going |
| Are You Thinking Too Hard? | | | | to savor every bite. Chew slowly. Feel the texture in |
| Another prevalent belief held by many self-help gurus | | | | your mouth. You want to extend the enjoyable |
| is that you can think your way, or intend your way, into | | | | experience instead of it being over in an instant. |
| expanded states of Consciousness and True inner | | | | The expansion process is similar. It can be a |
| peace, happiness and success. Based on my | | | | pleasurable experience that you'll want to savor, slowly |
| experience and the experiences of thousands of | | | | and over time. Of course, as an Infinite Being, you can |
| others I've worked with, that's not possible. | | | | choose how you move through the expansion |
| You can't think, willpower, intend or self-discipline your | | | | process. Just as you could eat your favorite cake |
| way into expanded states of Consciousness and True | | | | quickly, your Expanded Self could choose to do the |
| inner peace, happiness and success. In order to | | | | same with the expansion process. |
| experience higher Consciousness -- True Joy, True | | | | I have found, however, that it's much more rewarding |
| Success and True Happiness -- you must travel a | | | | to savor the experience as well as appreciate how |
| unique path. There is a set of tools you must use and | | | | you got yourself so restricted and limited and |
| a series of experiences you must have, over time, | | | | convinced you're the opposite of who you really are -- |
| which allow you to expand back into a direct and | | | | and the illusion called the physical universe was so real |
| consistent experience of your natural state of Infinite | | | | and held so much power over you. |
| Power, Infinite Wisdom, Infinite Abundance and Infinite | | | | Although popular self-help techniques may work some |
| Joy. | | | | of the time for some of the people, it's an illusion that |
| In my work, I call this "knocking out the cloud cover." I | | | | they will lead you to True inner peace, happiness and |
| compare your Infinite Being Self, and your natural state | | | | success. Attaining True inner peace, happiness and |
| of Infinite Power, Wisdom, Abundance and Joy, to the | | | | success is a journey from clouded consciousness to |
| sun. I compare the illusions you believe to be real, your | | | | basking in the light of your Infinite Being Self. |