Positively Speaking!
By John Rodgers
How did I end up in Jersey when I was heading for NY?

The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men, Gang aft agley, An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain, For promis’d joy!
Robert Burns poem “A Mouse”
In English: Best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.
We have all heard or perhaps proclaimed it ourselves when plans seem to fall apart. We tend to chalk it up to “Fate” or Providence” ( not the city in RI). And move on. But why? Why is it our lives do not go as planned. Hey, “I read The Secret” ! You get what you think about right! If you believe it, you receive it?? What happened here? Why Am I in Secaucus, and not Brooklyn?
As it is, many millions of folk are not aware that all form, condition, event, and circumstance is born from mind. Everything that we encounter and can experience was first thought. Thought is the birthplace of all creation. What you think about consistently and hold in your mind, manifests in your life, whether wanted or not!
For those of us that have discovered this truth of creation, and spend our days and night spewing affirmation after affirmation, visualizing the fruit of our desire, and still finding ourselves on the Jersey Turnpike instead of the Long Island expressway, here’s the deal: Feeling is the key! Absolute hard core conviction= wish fulfilled! Words are a good place to start, but it is our feelings that send the message to the cosmos, and rearranges the energy vibration causing events to occur and materials to manifest. Feeling, conviction, faith that is tantamount to knowing, will bring the desired result.
In The Bible, New Testament, Jesus is quoted as saying, “Ask, seek, knock” We all have heard that, but we are also told, “Seek first the kingdom of God and all these things will be added unto you”. There is the disclaimer! He covered his ass with that one. Also, There is a quote in the book of John where Jesus has said, “Pray as though your prayer has been answered and it surely will”. The point I am making is that just wishing, hoping, intending will produce only disappointment. Knowing, this is the catalyst for the fulfillment of desires.
When we plan for success, affirm it, pray for it, visualize it, but hold fear and trepidation, feel unworthy, do not really believe it possible,,,, we fail. It is our inner most belief that manifests, not our superficial desire.
For example: A household with 2 working parents, 2 good cars, a close nit family with love and values. The teen son asks the Father if he can use the car on Saturday night to take his girl out. The Father says “sure you can son, just don’t be late and drive carefully. It is now only Saturday morning so the event is not yet ocuuring, but the son is feeling the joy and jubilance of his request fulfilled because he KNOWS, nothing will prevent it.
Example 2: A family where both parents are unemployed, only 1 car, Father drinks on weekends with his friends, and car is in disrepair. Teen son asks the same question, and is told, “Yeah, whatever” That boy is still feeling tentative, probably thinking, “ he is going to take it and disappear before I go out, I just know it” What do you think the odds are for him? It is not the condition that causes the outcome, but the feeling behind it that does. The belief there is stronger on the side of disappointment than it is on the side of success. It is our aith that creates for us. The lesson here is to totally banish all negative thinking. When we have intent, plus faith and conviction, we have our dreams fulfilled. When we dwell on negativity, even though we are wishing for the opposite, the predominate feeling is the one that will be realized.

My advice; Seek ye first the Kingdom,,,,,. Come to know the reality of your own divinty. Look for only good in your experience. Dwell on the positive aspects of life. Embrace the simple joy of living, then you can wish, visualize, affirm and pray with conviction.
The student asked the master: “Master, there is an angry vicious dog, and a quiet gentle one that both come visit me in the court yard, which one is more likely to survive the cold harsh winter? The master relies;” The one you feed the most”
Positively Speaking, entertain only thoughts of a positive nature, banish doubt and complaining completely from your mind and The Law Of Attraction will work for you!
Namaste’
Realeyeslife

The Resolution Revolution

Resolution: Firmness of will, belief, and action; determination. Firm pledge or solemn commitment.

It’s that time of year again! Christmas has passed; we sit back and reflect upon the year gone by. What should I have done differently? What didn’t I do that I should have? Or even worse, what did I do that I’ll never do again??

I don’t know how this pastime got started, but the timing is perfect. As the summer draws to a close, I am too, too busy with yard work to look at my list of “ woulda’, shoulda’, coulda’ves. Than as we draw near Thanksgiving, there’s no point dieting or working out now! Only a fool would try to get control of vices between Thanksgiving, and Christmas. We are all spending too much, eating too much, and yes…partying too much. The week between Christmas, and New Years, is left to cleaning, more eating, laying on the couch scratching, and preparing for, “The Big Change”. I always get last licks in this week, because come January 1, it’s all over!

This year though, I looked up the word. There are a lot of tough words in that definition. If I had known New Years Resolutions were that serious I would never have attempted one. From what I see, most new years resolutions last at best two weeks. The two week ones were the ones I was always in awe of, as mine usually make it 3-4 days. Maybe I expect too much of myself. It seems every year as far back as I can recall, my resolutions have been the same. I’ll bet that is true for most folk. That is sad when you think of it. How many of us are living lives we do not want, acting in ways we do not like, and letting our dreams and expectations pass us by? Why is that? What is it about temptation that is so tempting? Why are we always tempted by things we do not want? Wouldn’t it be nice if it was tough to resist doing the things we know we should? At the start of every New Year, we all sit down and realize that we aren’t who we think we are, and vow to give it one more shot!

Well by golly, this year is going to be different! (I think I’ve said that every year also).But really, it doesn’t have to be this way. We are our own worst enemy. We do this to ourselves. When I think about it, nothing in my life has come at me by surprise. I do not believe life happens. I really believe we create our own situation. (As a man thinketh, so shall he be). Life is a reflection of how we react to the situations we are presented with. The occurrences around us are not to blame for any of our conditions. We choose how we will react to them. This is what creates the life we live; it is “Our Choices” that define us.

A ball player will get pitched 2 kinds of pitches; a ball, or a strike! If he lets the ball go by, he walks! If he swings properly at the strike; a good hit comes from it. You see, whether the outcome was good or bad was not determined by the type of pitch, but how he reacted to the pitch. We are in the batters box every day. All kinds of pitches come at us. They are not the reason for the conditions of our lives. The choices we make about how to react, they are the creators of our reality. Our choices are our own. Our thoughts begin with us. The thoughts we think create the results of life, which in turn, becomes who, and what we are.

This year, I am not going to make resolutions to fight the war on temptation. This time, I think, I will think better thoughts, create better results, and take responsibility for the outcomes of my choices. For now I will choose to drive my own bus!

I am going to attempt to follow these simple, POSITIVE, 5 steps/ beliefs:

1.There is only One Presence and One Power, God the Good, omnipotence
2. If God is everywhere, God is also within everyone
3. My thoughts create my reality

4. Pray affirmatively giving thanks for what I desire
5. Practice the four principles (above) to the best of my ability each and every day.

Positively Speaking; I am optimistic about the new year!

For those  that have experienced challenges and navigated successfully past them, the last thing you want to hear is: It makes you stronger, or it was all for a reason, Gods’ plan, yadayada. I’m sure we would agree that strength could have been developed without the pain.

Non the less, struggles endured and obstacles met stand as beacons in the night. For anyone facing new challenges, hope is gleaned from the example of those that have emerged victorious. All will agree that coming through pain, suffering, tragedy, and adversity leaves one with a renewed sense of purpose, and a personal power not previously realized.

Now it never feels good to think you suffered for a reason. It doesn’t make it worth it at all. But to the individual looking at challenges anew, the victories of those that have endured is the hope needed to hang on. Without the examples of strength to hold them up, pain & suffering is unbearable.  All action has value. Every experience serves a purpose. God is in Heaven all’s right with the world.

I AM

” Pain & suffering, adversity and strife are negligible with the strength displayed by others, without the power of example, hope is lost and suffering becomes desperation”

Namaste’