Most events and experiences have an entrance fee of some kind. A great Car/Bike & Truck show certainly does. If you want to go to the Races you have to pay, Concert or even Home Show have tickets. A ball game or a Play can get pretty costly. One thing we can all agree upon is that when we want to enjoy ourselves, we are willing to pay the freight.
In the world today there are millions of folk that are not enjoying LIFE as they should. A good percentage of them pay all kinds of fees to attend seminars, workshops, lectures and even trips that will teach them how to turn their lives around. This is the world of Personal Development. As an industry it was estimated to be valued at over 40 Billion in 2020. The recent pandemic has certainly added to that figure greatly. When you invest $1 on goods, you walk away with $1’ worth of widget. If you spend $1 on services, someone does something that you can see. The big question I have about Personal Development and the “Coaching” industry as a whole is: Do we all walk away with value for our dollar? If we believe we do, how do we measure it?
As far as personal Development; The Law of Attraction and Positive Thinking are 2 sub-groups that assist in turning negative life experiences into positive ones. These Genres certainly do draw their share of that $40 Billion. I have been writing, posting and at times speaking about them for over ten years and have never taken a dime of that because I do not believe people are paying for the right ticket. Much of that $40 Billion is going to the scalpers.
I believe, and have seen and personally experienced, that people suffering through negative experiences, will pay large amounts of money to have someone drag them out, but no one can, We all can only fix ourselves. The Law of Attraction field tells people that by believing in anything, regardless how grand, it MUST come true. So desperate, needy folk, living in turmoil and lack, scrape up all they can to listed, and read more about it. They then repeat affirmations in front of the mirror, create vision boards, and get into debt, all while feeling fearful and impatient, hoping to become rich, famous, healthy and joyful. Most of them only end up frustrated, in debt and disillusioned.
The price we must pay for these positive conditions and experiences is not financial, it is emotional. One cannot enter the Kingdom of Joy in a feeling of desperation, no one will be wealthy who feels poor and destitute and we cannot know Joy & Peace while we are in the stae of fear and panic. The conundrum is that everyone chasing these conditions is now in the opposite emotional state. Real Peace, Joy, Health, Success and Well Being are dichotomies. You will only get them when you no longer want them. The entrance fee to wealth is to feel the joy of abundance. The ticket price for health and healing is to know your body is perfect. What we need to pay for joy, peace and love, is a happy grateful disposition with unconditional love for life.
You see, most country clubs will not let you join until you have the net worth they feel is desirable to them, and the night clubs will not let you enter unless you have a certain look or notoriety. We need to be and feel like we are what we desire to be or it will not happen.
Remember the song: The sign said Long Haired Freaky People need not apply”, went on to say: You’ve got to have a membership card to get inside”. Everything in life has these requirements. The vibration our consciousness puts out, (our attitude and perspective), needs to be aligned with our desires. No experience of wealth will allow a consciousness of need, likewise, any life of joy will only manifest for a person of gratitude and positive intentions. The bible tells us we need to pray as though our prayers have already been answered and it is so. Faith dictates that we believe in the outcome we desire. The universe will know we believe by our emotional state. The easiest way to feel the feeling of our wishes fulfilled is act as if we are what we want to be, remain focused on our destination, not where we are now, be grateful for everything we do have and feel as though it is enough.
The entrance fee is to “be what we desire now, and the outward conditions of that state will surround us”. I understand that we have these desires due to being in the opposite place, but feeling as though we are in the opposite place is what keeps us away from where we want to go. Pay the price and you WILL be granted entry!
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