Inspired to Reality

Listen to yourself!

We spend so much time focusing in on what is happening on the outside that we rarely listen to what is going on in the inside. The outside world is only a reflection of what is happening to you on the inside. Don’t believe me…try listening to yourself. Are you saying things like, “I am so stupid!” every time something bad happens? How about my old favorite, “This always happens to me!” Well let me let you in on a little secret…you are always ab-so-lute-ly right!

Did you every look at the clock and say, “Man, time is just dragging.” Well how can this be since time is an absolutely impeccable measure of time? Everyone has experienced that 5 minutes that felt like an hour. See, what every we focus our attention on grows. If you look around and believe that everyone is against you, what do you believe you will see? If you think your relationships are falling apart what do you think will happen?

Am sure, just like I was when I first heard this concept, you are saying…”I am not crazy these things are really happening to me!” Well I am not suggesting they are not…I am trying to explain why they are happening.

The hardest thing to come to grips with this concept is the undeniable fact that we are always in the driver’s seat. Life is not happening to us…we happen in life and then everything around goes back into balance. That is important because it forces you to realize the only way you have control over the actions of others is by controlling yourself. Remember those old jungle movies where they would say, “If you fall into quicksand, don’t struggle it will only make you sink faster.” Well they were absolutely right. Struggling in our mind only makes us sink faster into depression and only makes matters worse in our life.

If you believe in destiny and that you do not have control over what happens to you then you may think things like: “I was born to suffer in this relationship. I’ll never be rich. Or, I’ll never meet my perfect mate.” Sorry to break this to you, but once again you are absolutely right. If you believe in destiny, then you are already a firm believe in cause and effect. The problem is what have you been asking for? The hard truth is you have actually been asking to prove to yourself that you do not have control. So then uncontrolled events always seem to just happen to you.

As you begin to listen to your thoughts, start to understand your beliefs. See beliefs are either self-taught because of experiences or learned through others such as religion, our upbringing, our peers or what we feed our minds in music, movies and books. Beliefs actually physically hard wire the brain. If you wish, you can research this on your own since I will not get into the detail here. The most important thing to remember here is your body is absolutely amazing. There is nothing wrong with you physically, that you cannot change with a little effort. You can actually rewire yourself at anytime.

See modern medicine, concentrates on the physical…what they can see. These brilliant researchers have actually developed pills that will shut some of these switches off…Problem is, what happens when you don’t have the pill? You go back to what your body considers normal. Worst of all, what other things happen when you try to stop your body from acting the way it is supposed to act? Why do you think people become addicted to certain drugs?

Listening to yourself takes no real effort. Your brain has the ability to process millions of things a second. Again whatever you focus your attention on grows. So take the time to listen and judge for yourself if you are in more control than you thought.

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