Destiny - Leslie Fieger

Destiny
By
Leslie Fieger
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From The Author
You are already living your destiny. Of course, you can change that at any time you
choose.
Likewise, you are already leaving your legacy and you can also choose, in each new
moment, to create something more, something different.
Why not choose now to take control of who you are becoming, what you are
enacting and what you will have as a result?
Destiny; it is yours by design or by default.
This little book is written to help you take charge of your life, to design your
destiny.
Leslie Fieger
January 2004
Table of Contents
Preamble
Part One: Destiny
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Chapter
Chapter
Chapter
Chapter
1:
2:
3:
4:
Attention
Intention
The Prosperity Formula
Goal Scoring
Part Two: Legacy
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Chapter
Chapter
Chapter
Chapter
5:
6:
7:
8:
Presents
Little Things
Big Things
Pasts
Part Three: Immortality
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Chapter 9: Memes, Dreams & Schemes
Chapter 10: Presence
Chapter 11: Prescience
Preamble
"The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life
by altering his attitudes of mind." ~ William James
Your ultimate physical destiny is pretty much known and unavoidable.
At least, the preponderance of evidence points that way. Although there are a few
rumors about select individuals to the contrary, it is plain that everyone who is
born, dies. So, your physical destiny is pretty much guaranteed to be death.
I would have said 100% guaranteed instead of, pretty much guaranteed, if not for
recent advances in bio-technology that point possible extreme life extension and
other possibilities being hyped by extropians and transhumanists.
However, since all these possibilities are still only very remote and unlikely to occur
soon, I will ignore them in this work. That does not mean you should rule them out.
Things are changing quickly now.
Since your physical destiny is pretty much settled, we can deal here with the 3
other kinds of destiny you have the ability to shape. They are:
1. Your meta-physical destiny,
2. Your legacy,
3. Your immediate day-to-day destiny.
Since most people are most concerned on a daily basis with the third item on the
list or "what will I end up having in this life", I will deal with that subject first. It
leads naturally into legacy, so I will deal with that second and, finally, I will get to
what is ultimately the most important of all, your metaphysical destiny.
This last topic is surely a tough and complex subject and it has been the issue that
many people, much smarter than I, have addressed throughout history. It is
normally the purview of theology and philosophy and I am no expert in either field;
but nevertheless, I will provide my advice and insight for your consideration.
Destiny and destination both refer to a place to go or to end up. Neither is attained
without first embarking on the journey. Of course, if you just set off on a journey
without a destination in mind and without a map to follow or directions on how to
get to the destination, you will end up who knows where. This is simple advice, so
simple, it is not even necessary to impart.
Nevertheless, for some reason, that is exactly how most people live their lives…
without following a road map or specific directions. Some are offered maps and
directions and perversely, refuse or fail to follow the certain path to their stated
destination and choose instead to wander around for years, hoping that they will
stumble upon their destiny.
That approach may result in some exciting adventures and discoveries of unknown
places, but seldom results in arrival at the chosen destination.
In order to successfully arrive at a chosen destination, there are three critical pieces
of information you must have:
Your point of embarkation: You must know where you are starting from—where
you are at. If you, say a native of Sydney, Australia, were knocked unconscious,
kidnapped and deposited in the middle of the jungle somewhere on this planet and
when you awoke, decided that you wanted to travel to Des Moines in the USA,
(your destination), the very first piece of information you would need is your
present location. Without knowing where you are at, it is impossible to chart your
journey even with the best of maps.
Your destiny: You must also know the location of your destination. If you do not
know where Des Moines is located, you cannot arrive, except by some very remote
chance or unless you happen to stumble across someone who knows where Des
Moines is and is willing to lead you or tell you how to get there.
A plotted course or directions: Even if you, in this jungle, were to discover a
perfect topological globe of the world with a big red X marking your location, but
without roads, towns and airports marked on it and without a compass to guide
you, you would likely never escape the jungle. You must have and follow a specific
plotted course. You must be able to know what direction you are traveling. OR, you
must have a guide who does know the way and you must be willing to follow the
guide.
Again, this is very simple stuff. Strangely, in this journey through life, most people
do NOT know where they are at, do NOT have a map to follow (or stubbornly refuse
to refer to a map that may have been provided) and do NOT have a clear idea of
where they are headed, where their chosen destination is actually located.
Let's see if we can remedy that. That is, if you desire to have your destiny be a
matter of choice rather than of chance, of design rather than default, and if you
actually desire to arrive at your chosen destination.
Where you are at; where you are going; how to get there… I am not going to tell
you the answer to any of these three critical pieces of information.
I will tell you how to get the answers for yourself and, hopefully, thus empower you
to become your own guide as you light your own path and enjoy your own journey.
You will likely have heard much of this before. You may need reminding or
encouragement. This may serve you.
What you leave behind as you travel through life and what you eventually leave
behind when you depart life on planet Earth is your legacy. It is an important part
of your destiny. It is almost always said of those who leave behind a lasting legacy
that "they were destined for greatness" or that they "took their destiny into their
own hands". Of those who leave no measurable or remarkable legacy, nothing is
said of their destiny.
One individual who left us a profound legacy, Benjamin Franklin, had this to say…
"If you would not be forgotten
as soon as you are dead and rotten,
either write things worth reading,
or do things worth the writing."
Many millions of people have departed this planet leaving behind no lasting legacy,
except, perhaps a bit of their genetic code in equally forgotten offspring. Millions
have departed this life leaving behind a legacy of having contributed to the lives of
those around them in ways that may not be immediately measurable or recorded
for prosperity's sake but nevertheless is a valuable contribution.
There are but a few million human beings who have left a legacy that is both
measurable and meaningful, and thus, get to be part of the historical archive of
humanity. Old Ben was one of them. He did both; wrote things worth reading and
did things worth the writing. Authors, artists, inventors, scientists, frontiersmen
(and women), explorers, sages, leaders, philanthropists, humanitarians,
entrepreneurs and other rebels leave their mark.
What culture would we have without the legacies left by Alexander, Bach, Bacon,
Bardeen, Beethoven, Bell, Carnegie, Cook, Copernicus, Cosimo de Medici, Da Vinci,
Dickens, Einstein, Emerson, Euclid, Fibonacci, Fleming, Ford, Franklin, Galileo,
Gautama Buddha, Gutenberg, Jeshua ben Joseph, Jobs & Wozniak, Lao Tzu,
Magellan, Maimonides, Marco Polo, Michelangelo, Mozart, Newton, Niepce, Pasteur,
Plato, Shakespeare, Socrates, Tolstoy, Vermeer, Voltaire and the many others who
have gone down in history for leaving their mark?
What will you leave behind? What will you contribute?
After you have completed your journey through this life, achieved your milestones
and left your legacy, where then shall you decide to embark upon? What new
destination will you choose?
All three subjects, temporal destiny, legacy and metaphysical future are here in the
pages that follow. Your destiny awaits you.
Part One: DESTINY
"Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to he
waited for; it is a thing to be achieved." ~ William Jennings Bryan
Chapter 1: Paying Attention
"Each of us literally chooses, by his way of attending to things, what sort of
universe he shall appear to himself to inhabit." ~ William James
No matter where you want to go, you can only get there by starting from where
you are.
No matter how good a map you might have, you must know your present starting
point.
Until you know exactly where you are going and exactly where you are starting
from, you cannot know if you are headed in the right direction.
Simple observations. Common sense. And yet, not one person in ten can tell you
where they are at. Many prefer to remain ignorant, perhaps fearing that facing the
reality of their circumstances may lead to unhappiness. Many are in denial, out of a
conviction that it is preferable to be optimistic rather than realistic. Many simply
lack the courage, the will or the integrity to achieve the self-knowledge necessary
to make an honest self-appraisal.
Yet, most will claim to want more from life or even claim to want to become more.
They draw up imaginary roadmaps to wonderful destinies and make optimistic goals
for their future.
But, what good is a road map with a destination clearly marked if you do not know
where you are starting from? And, of what purpose is the desire to become more if
you do not understand who you are already?
Until you know the answer to those most important questions, you will not be able
to get to any desired destination. There is no point in setting and embarking
towards any goal until you have precisely defined your point of embarkation.
Every good financial advisor will tell you that if your desired goal or destination is
retirement in financial security, then you need to know where you are starting
from; and you need to have specific map or plan in addition to having the specified
destination.
And so it is with all the aspects of your life: material and financial; physical and
environmental; emotional and relationship, mental and educational; spiritual and
ethical.
Others with more experience or insight may be able to provide some clues or advice
to help you figure out where approximately you are at; but only you can decide and
define, through critical self-examination, exactly where you are at now.
If you are serious about desiring to live a life of purpose and meaning and to have a
destiny that is a matter of choice not chance, then you will make the honest
assessment right now.
Each of our lives has five main components. In order to achieve any real sense of
personal fulfillment in life, you will need to design a balanced abundance in each of
these five areas of your life:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Material and Financial ($$$ and Things)
Physical and Environmental (Health of Body, Home and World)
Emotional and Relationship (Happiness, Love, Social Contact)
Mental and Educational (Learning, Awareness, Self-Knowledge)
Spiritual and Ethical (Unity, Life Purpose, Values, Sacredness)
The following chart may help you to define the various aspects that make up the
whole you…
Material &
Financial
Physical &
Environmental
Emotional &
Relationship
Mental &
Educational
Spiritual &
Ethical
Overall Health
Current
Circumstances
Current
Related
Beliefs
Current
Related
Thoughts
Current
Related
Feelings
About
Current
Related
Actions
Current
Distractions,
Frustrations,
Detours, etc
Specific
Ideal
Destination
Distance From
Ideal?
Specific Road
Map or Guide
Estimated
Time of
Arrival
Obviously your answers cannot fit into the spaces provided. This chart is just a
guide to help you. You will need to flesh it out for yourself, but I offer the following
suggestions that may assist you.
Overall health: It is not enough to just say good or fair or poor or great or even to
rate each of the five categories on a scale of 1 to 10. You must get specific.
If you believe that your overall financial health is good (or 7 out of ten), then
explain why. List assets and liabilities. Do the same in all five categories; create a
balance sheet. Do it for each category.
Current circumstances: Again, generalities do not provide sufficient insight for
awareness. You must be specific. If you feel that your overall physical health is
good, but you have the flu and you did not sleep well last night, then say so and
then explain why the current circumstances exist. Don't attempt to explain them
away. What have you done to create the way things are? Accept responsibility. Do
the same for all circumstances in each of the five categories.
Current related beliefs: This is no time for platitudes or denials. What exactly are
your foundational beliefs about your current circumstances and your core beliefs
about your self in each of the five categories? Napoleon Hill reminded us that
'anything the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve'; I like to take it
a step further to say that everything the mind of man can conceive and believe, it
does achieve. If your core belief is in lack and limitation, how do you imagine that
you can achieve abundance?
Current related thoughts: It is your predominant recurring thoughts that create
your reality picture. You have about 60,000 thoughts per day. What are they?
Where do they come from? How have they created what you have? What
percentage are intentional, purposely chosen thoughts and what percentage are
just subconscious background noise? What exactly are you thinking? Why? Does
your thinking serve you?
Current related feelings: Maybe you cannot instantly change your circumstances,
but you can instantly change the way you feel about them. Since emotions are the
power that attracts the necessary elements to your predominant recurring thoughts
to create your reality picture, your choice of emotional output is very important.
Pay close attention to your feelings as you examine your circumstances. Most
people are reactive emoters. Are you proactive?
Current related actions: This should be the easy one to identify and analyze.
What is it that you are doing that has contributed and is continuing to contribute to
the way things are? Why are you doing what you are doing? Habit? Purpose?
Intent?
Current distractions, frustrations and detours: Like most people, your life is
likely less than ideal (your own ideal). Why? Determine how you are allowing
yourself to be distracted. Identify the source of your frustrations. Stop pretending
that any detours you have taken are just shortcuts or scenic routes.
Specific ideal or destination: Once you know where you are, then you need to
know if you have a clearly defined destination. Without a specific goal, you will end
up who knows where. No better description exists than the snippet of conversation
between Alice and the cat… One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a
Cheshire cat in a tree.
"Which road do I take?" she asked.
"Where do you want to go?" was his response.
"I don't know," Alice answered.
"Then," said the cat, "it doesn't matter."
Distance from ideal: How far do you need to go in order to reach your chosen
destination? If it is 1,000 miles and you plan on walking, step-by-step, you know it
is going to take some time to arrive. If you want to arrive sooner, you will need to
choose another mode of transportation. If your ideal is to become a millionaire and
you plan to arrive by working at a $50,000 per year job, you know it will take your
whole adult life to get there (without detours or roadblocks). If you want to be a
millionaire within the next five years, find another method to get you there.
Defined map or game plan to reach ideal: Just as it is with traveling to any
destination, there are specific routes that will take you there (and others that will
not). Have you mapped out your journey? Have the checked out the routes taken
by those who have already successfully arrived? Is your game plan written down?
Can you describe it to others? Do you need a guide, a mentor?
Following map or plan: So, you have a map, a game plan. Are you allowing
yourself to get distracted, delayed, detoured by events and circumstances? Well,
my plan was to go to Med school and become a pediatrician, but I met this great
guy and the next thing you know, I was a stay at home mom watching General
Hospital on TV. Have you been distracted or detoured? Do you need to get back on
track? Yes, you can change goals in mid-stream; but have you allowed others or
outside circumstances to change things for you? Destiny-by design or default?
Anticipated time of arrival: Everything (all things and events) exists in space and
time. People everywhere are waiting for their ship to come in but they end up
missing the boat. They may know the location of the port but they forgot to note
the arrival time. A goal without a date attached is no goal. It is merely a whim.
Some day, I'd like to see the pyramids. Yeah, right. In March, I am traveling to
Egypt. Now that's cool. Place and time specific.
For centuries, there has been one clear, simple and elegant piece of advice offered
by those who have achieved mastery to those who desire to… Know Thyself! Figure
out where you are at. Accept that and then… move on.
Have the courage and take the time to do an honest self-appraisal.
We all tend to be somewhat delusional when it comes to critical self-analysis. On
some issues, we tend to be overly critical; on others we tend to gloss over or deny
our shortcomings. Honesty is the best policy. Be true to your self. Accept the way
you are. Know that you can change.
Most of the time, I would remind you that the opinions of others are merely that…
opinions; and you should not allow them to have much influence on how you
choose to go about living your life. However, occasionally it serves to check in with
how other people see you and the way that you are living. This outside perspective
might supply you with some insight you have overlooked or are ignoring. Consider
using the services of a life coach to help achieve clarity.
Chapter 2: Intention
"Ultimately, human intentionality is the most powerful evolutionary force
on this planet." ~ George Leonard
"In the works of man as in those of nature,
it is the intention which is chiefly worth studying." ~ Goethe
Ok, so now you have some idea of where you are at now. Well, where exactly are
you headed?
Yes, it is adventuresome to head off on a journey and allow happenstance or
serendipity to determine where you go. The problem with that approach is that the
chances of ending up someplace exciting and fulfilling are about the same as the
chances of ending up someplace boring and frustrating. You may very well end up
some place you are not happy with.
It is also adventuresome to head off on a journey with a specific destination. The
benefit is that you will likely end up where you want to get to. And, if some newer,
better destination occurs to you along the way, you can always change the course
of your journey. You are not trapped. If you come to a crossroad, you can always
make a new choice.
Your intention is crucial. I did not intend for my life to turn out this way. What did
you intend? Uhh, well, I don't know, but it wasn't this.
If you live your life by default rather than by design, then the key to happiness is to
be satisfied with your lot in life.
If, on the other hand, you want a lot out of life, the key to happiness is to set and
follow a specific design, a game plan.
Something succinct again from our friend Ben Franklin, "Failing to plan is planning
to fail."
Nobody really ever specifically and intentionally plans to fail; but the majority fails
to plan and the result is the same.
Mansions have architectural plans. They are built according to design. Hovels are
thrown together out of whatever materials are at hand. They happen by default.
Great, successful lives are built according to plan, by design. Mediocre lives happen
without planning, by default.
The choice is yours to make.
Once you decide to live your life according to plan, then you have to make a further
clarifying decision. According to whose plan? Your parents' plan? Your society's
plan? Your feudal lord's plan? (just kidding) Your husband's plan? Perhaps even
your own plan?
If you want to have your life turn out the way you desire, you will have to formulate
your own plan to reach your own destination.
It will be your beliefs, your thoughts, your emotions and your actions that shape
your plans and thence, your destiny; just as it has been your beliefs, thoughts,
emotions and actions that have shaped your current reality picture. In order to
create the future you idealize, you will have to achieve some measure of control of
these.
Many people don't ever pay any attention to these crucial aspects of
personality/ego/self. They do not know why they hold the beliefs they do, why they
think what they think, why they feel what they feel, even why they do what they
do. Only the few who walk the path of personal mastery place any intent into these
choice points that determine who they are.
If you doubt the truth of this at all, try the following experiment… ask people these
questions:
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Why do you believe what you believe? Where did these beliefs come from?
Are you living your life according to beliefs you inherited or according to
beliefs that you fashioned on your own? What is your intention in holding a
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particular belief? Does it serve you? Does it contribute to you and your plan
for your life? If not, why continue to hold onto it?
Why do you think what you think? What is your intention in thinking like
that? Why do you feel what you feel? What is your intention in feeling that
way? Why do you do what you do? What is your intention in living your life
that way?
Then ask yourself…
How exactly did the very things that shape your reality (your beliefs, thoughts,
feelings and actions) come to be yours? By design or by default? According to your
plan or according to someone else's plan?
If you want to achieve some level of mastery over how your life unfolds, then you
must first achieve some level of mastery of yourself.
If you want to have some measure of control over how your life unfolds, then you
must first achieve some measure of control over yourself…your beliefs, your
thoughts, your emotions and your actions.
You must become proactive in choosing beliefs, thoughts, emotions and actions
that serve you and your plans.
First, identify your fundamental beliefs, your predominant thoughts, your recurring
emotions and your repetitive actions (habits).
Second, discard those that do not serve you or contribute to your plans.
Third, adopt new ones that do.
Continuing to hold onto beliefs, thoughts, feelings and actions just because you are
habituated to doing so and expecting to get newer and better results in your life is,
quite simply, delusional. It is insane to imagine that if you keep doing the same
thing, you can end up with a different result.
What you now have in your life is the result of how you have been (your beliefs,
your thoughts, your emotions and your actions). If you want more, you must
become more. If you want to have things be different in your life, you must become
different.
How do you become different? How do you become more? Get rid of beliefs,
thoughts, emotions and actions that limit you and produce results you are not
satisfied with; then take on new, bigger, better, more empowering beliefs,
thoughts, feelings and actions.
My
My
My
My
My
My
beliefs thoughts emotions actions intent results
My material &
financial reality
My material &
financial potential
My physical &
environmental
reality
My physical &
environmental
potential
My emotional &
relationship reality
My emotional &
relationship
potential
My mental &
emotional reality
My mental &
emotional
potential
My spiritual &
ethical reality
My spiritual &
ethical potential
Chapter 3: The Prosperity Formula
"To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity." ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
"The world has the habit of making room for the man whose words and actions
show that he knows where he is going." ~ Napoleon Hill
Purpose + Passion + Persistence = Prosperity.
Prosperity is the abundance of ALL things held ideal in mind and dear in heart.
Define your ideals. Get passionate about achieving them. Set and follow your plan.
The result will be a life of purpose and on purpose. The result will be a life of
passion and fulfillment. The result will be a life lived according to plan. The result
will be a life of abundance. Life is a journey that can be meaningful and purposeful
or meaningless and random.
As was stated in the introduction, on any purposeful journey, there are three things
you must have:
1. The knowledge of your point of embarkation, where you are starting from,
where you are at;
2. A specific destination, where you are headed;
3. A map or directions or plan to get there from here.
Material
&
Financial
My Current
Reality
(where I am at)
My Ideals
(my destination)
My Plans
(plotted course)
Physical &
Environmental
Emotional &
Relationship
Mental &
Educational
Spiritual &
Ethical
Once you break it down to the simplicity, it is simply a matter of embarking on the
journey; taking it step by step, knowing that if you simply keep on going,
persisting, you will end up arriving at your destination (or dying in the attempt).
Since you will more than likely die anyway, you might as well be living a meaningful
and purposeful life when you do, achieving a temporal destiny and leaving a legacy
as you do.
In constructing or creating anything, each step is meaningful. Pay attention to and
place intention into each step and you will end up living a purposeful, meaningful
and fulfilling life.
There are five basic steps for creating whatever you want to create in your life.
First, go within: Insight, imagination, idealization, intuition and intellectualization
are the mental assets you have at your disposal to enact your creative potential.
Understanding and control of these assets are the first critical step to personal
mastery and creativity.
Second, visualize: In order to have something manifest in your life exactly as you
wish it to be, you must first decide very clearly what it is that you want. You must
idealize it carefully and in full detail. Then, you must see it in its actual state, as
already existing. Imagine what it would look like and feel like if it were a tangible
reality in outer conscious awareness. Affirm its realness. Affirm your ownership of
it. Affirm its benefit to you and others. Visualize yourself already possessing it and
see the result of having it in your life.
Third, desire: Attach to your idealized and visualized thought seed an earnest
desire. Desire is a vibratory aspect of love and activates the law of attraction, which
will cause the elements necessary for actualization of the thought to gravitate to
you. The electromagnetic braid created by combining the thought with the desire
causes an attractive vibratory output which will harmonize with infinite potential
and attract the necessary elements to you to effectuate the materialization of your
creation; that which you are concentrating and focusing on.
Fourth, believe: It is necessary to believe in the result before it is manifest in
order for it to manifest. Without a full belief in your ability to create, your desire is
only a whim, a passing fancy. Faith and knowingness will take your thought seed
from inner conscious reality to make it real in outer conscious reality. Without this
full and complete belief, it is only wishful thinking. Belief is built through affirmation
and the selection of supportive information.
Fifth, be grateful: Gratitude is demonstration of your belief in your co-creative
ability to manifest the allowingness of universal consciousness. Additionally, if you
are grateful for having something in your life prior to it being manifest in outer
conscious reality, you have directed your subconscious to attract all the elements
necessary for its actualization to you. Gratitude is an act of faith. Grateful
appreciation produces results.
Like everything else on the path to mastery, gratitude is a choice. You can choose
to wait for some meaningfully pleasant situation to arise and then feel gratitude in
response, or you can choose to be grateful at all times, in all circumstances, and
watch as the world conspires to assist you in your path.
This is such a simple process (being at cause) that the rational mind, which is used
to struggling with effects, has trouble recognizing its validity. The rational mind
needs to be convinced by the accumulation of evidence. Exercising your will to
practice these techniques will accumulate the evidence that your rational mind
requires.
Knowing how the universal consciousness utilizes natural laws to create, sustain
and enliven the entire cosmos and all things that occur in it will empower you to
exercise your own creative power of causation.
You act on the universal by going within, entering the silence, idealizing and
visualizing what you want, attaching a passionate desire to this thought and
believing in its realness. You need then to only say thank you and enjoy the process
of it showing up in your life. It is that simple.
Then, you walk the self-designed roadmap to your destination, step-by-step.
Persist.
Purpose + Passion + Persistence = Prosperity.
Get your mojo working with Prosperity Mojo
"Personal mastery teaches us to choose. Choosing is a courageous act: picking the
results and actions which you will make into your destiny." ~ Peter Senge
Material &
Financial
Today’s
Actuality
My Destiny
(the ideal)
Today’s Goals
(steps)
Tomorrow’s
Goals
30 Day Goals
120 Day Goals
1 year goals
2 year goals
5 year goals
10 year goals
25 year goals
Lifetime Goals
Physical &
Environmental
Emotional &
Relationship
Mental &
Educational
Spiritual &
Ethical
Chapter 4: Scoring Goals
“If you're bored with life, if you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to
do things, you don't have enough goals.” ~ Lou Holtz
“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”
~ Albert Einstein
Everyone thinks that they should practice goal setting; that it is a necessary part of
success, personal fulfillment and happiness.
I agree that setting goals can provide a sense of purpose and direction to one’s life
It is my belief that the actual accomplishment of a goal provides at least as much
personal fulfilment as the process of setting goals and, more critically, a greater
sense of success than the actual setting of a goal. So, in the next few paragraphs, I
will be talking about scoring goals.
Every hockey or football player knows that you cannot win the game without
scoring goals. Winning the game of life is also about scoring goals that are
congruent with your purpose; material, physical, emotional, mental and spiritual
goals.
Every good athlete has a coach. Every great sports athlete visualizes the goal.
Every professional athlete practises. Every exceptional athlete believes he can and
will score goals.
So too does every successful entrepreneur visualize, rehearses to hone his skills
and believes in his goal and in himself. Many entrepreneurs have a coach or a
mentor; perhaps they have several coaches and mentors for different aspects of
their game.
And, of course, both successful athletes and people who lead successful lives have
a game plan that they follow. You can design your own winning game plan with the
technology in Prosperity Mojo.
How do you score goals?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
You must get in the game
You need a game plan
You must play by the rules
You must know what you are shooting for
Then, every action must be in tune with that game plan.
“Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.”
~ Viktor Frankl
1) Getting in the game
Just as in sports, it is my observation that in life, there are more spectators than
players. More people read People Magazine than become entrepreneurs. More
people let the world act on them than plan on how to change the world. Victims of
circumstance complain about the hand that life has dealt to them; creators of
circumstance figure out how to deal from their own deck.
If you want to win at the game of life, you must get in the game; not just go with
the flow of event and circumstance and allow life to unfold around you. Make the
decision to live a purposeful life, then jump in and get on with it.
Your goals do not have to be altruistic. If you want to make the world’s best
chocolate chip cookie, that is a worthwhile goal. Just ask Famous Amos or Debbie
Fields.
The point is: whatever you do, strive to be really good at it. Be the best parent your
child could ever have. Whatever you do, make a difference. Play hard. Do not be
timid. Don’t be afraid of failing.
Babe Ruth is famous for his home runs. He had many more strike outs than home
runs. Wayne Gretsky said, “You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.”
2) Having a game plan
Ok. So, you have decided to jump right in and play the game of life… what is your
plan? Without a plan, you are like a ship without a rudder adrift in the ocean going
where the currents and tides push or pull you. Set your course. If you need
navigational help, get my Prosperity Mojo course. Whatever you do, have a plan.
Planning without action is futile, action without planning is fatal.
3) Playing by the rules
I am not speaking of societal rules. Yes, you must give them tacit recognition and
perhaps obeisance; but the rules of life, the rules of the universe are what you
really need to know and follow if you desire to have a rewarding life.
Rule #1: Cause and effect. Every result has a cause. Most of the time, your results
are caused by your own thinking. Want different results? Think different thoughts.
And always remember what Einstein said…
If it isn’t turning out how you want it to turn out, do something different.
4) What exactly are you shooting for?
Imagine you are the most skilled hockey player ever; you can outskate everyone
else and you can handle the puck like no one else. Once you get the puck, no one
can take it away from you. What do you do? Do you enjoy your skills so much that
you just skate endlessly around the hockey rink showing off how great you are at
this game? Or do you shoot the puck at the net? What is your goal? Define it. Put it
in writing. Know exactly what you are shooting for and why. Commit.
5) Stay on track
There are so many distractions. Your peers and your family may think you are nuts
and try to convince you to be normal (mediocre). Your culture may attempt to mold
you into a compliant cog in the machine. Circumstances may arise that seemingly
make it difficult to follow your game plan. Perhaps you may need to adjust your
game plan, but do not stray. Commitment and perseverance are the qualities you
will need to stay on track.
“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not;
nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not;
the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."
~ Calvin Coolidge
“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back,
always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there
is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and
splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then
providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would
never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the
decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents,
meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would
have come his way. Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now.”
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Part Two: LEGACY
"The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it."
~ William James
Chapter 5: Presents
"The only thing you take with you when you're gone is what you leave behind."
~ John Allston
The common advice offered at eco-tourist destinations is, "Leave only footprints;
take only pictures." This is great advice… for eco-tourists.
Sadly, many people live their whole life this way. They leave no mark on the world,
except their footprints, which, as footprints in the sands of time, leave no more
lasting impression than footprints on a sandy beach.
As you journey through life, you can, if you choose, leave only your footprints on
the path you travel; or, you can choose to make a contribution, leave a legacy.
Perhaps, you can leave a signpost at a fork in the road for fellow travelers. Perhaps,
you can put up a shelter in which weary explorers can weather a storm. Perhaps
you can clear the path of some of the obstacles that appear. Perhaps, you can
provide some entertainment at the rest points along the way. Perhaps, you can act
as a guide for those who need leadership and vision. Perhaps, you can even forge a
new pathway through the wilderness.
You are unique. In the whole universe, with its infinite potentialities (manifest and
as yet unmanifest) there is only one you, with your particular attributes, qualities,
perceptions, experiences, insights, skills and capabilities. You can contribute
something unique; something that no one else can. Your life is a gift you have
received. It is also a gift you can give.
At some point, you will recognize that your life is your masterpiece. The sooner you
come to that realization, the more time you will have to make it as beautiful and
wondrous as you'd like it to be when it is done. I hope you don't eventually come to
that realization on your deathbed, or as you approach it. So many “what ifs”.
It is my assertion that the 'how' of life may be complex, but the 'why' of life is
simple; it is to revere, relish and contribute.
To revere is to honor; to relish is enjoy; and the contribution you make to this
world is your legacy.
You revere and honor life (yours and all other) by recognizing it as sacred and
treating it as such.
You relish and enjoy life by partaking wholeheartedly in all that it has to offer.
You contribute to life by giving the gift of yourself… what you are and what you do.
Almost everyone has some sense of or belief in the sacred. The problem that most
people have is that this sacredness is placed in a box, out of sight and out of mind,
while they get on with the necessity of dealing with the profane world of daily life.
In other words, the mundane is profane and the sacred is elsewhere.
As theologian Matthew Fox, physicist Albert Einstein and Buddhist Siddhartha
Gautama all have reminded us, "Either everything is sacred or nothing is." To
believe in the sacredness of a creator and not believe in the sacredness of creation
(all of it) is beyond stupidity and duplicity… it is insanity.
Most people are therefore insane. They might believe, for example, that marriage is
a sacrament (made sacred) but sex is profane. Forgive my language, but I can't
resist the pun… that is fucked up thinking. A piece of pizza is just as sacred as the
piece of bread blessed by the priest. Until you get that, you will never, in this life or
any other, experience the sacred.
Since most people don't recognize and appreciate the sacredness of all things that
exist within all creation, they are also incapable of fully relishing the experience of
being alive and participating in creation. The 'guilty pleasures' attitude interferes
with full out enjoyment of life. I find it extremely amusing that many of those who
aspire to an eternity of bliss in some imagined afterlife can't stand even two
minutes of bliss in this life without feeling guilty. Pleasure becomes a sin. What rot.
Life is a sacred gift to be fully relished. That cold beer on a hot day is sacred and
blissfully (not sinfully) delicious. Have two. It's twice as divine.
And finally, because so many people are so conflicted between their ideals and their
actualities, they are too crippled to make a decent contribution to life; and/or since
they don't hold life in the world to be of much value (after all, it's only mundane,
profane even), they really don't see much point in making a contribution.
Your purpose is to contribute. That's why you are here. So, get on with it. Be all
you can be and share that beingness with the rest of creation. Then become more
and share the more with the rest of creation. Creation therefore becomes more in
your becoming more.
The more you become, the more you can offer; so, in becoming more by revering
and relishing life more, you are enabled to contribute more. Your true wealth is not
measured by what you are able to accumulate, but by what you are enabled to
contribute.
Take stock of your assets and see how wealthy you already are:
Make a list of your:
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Talents
Skills
Interests
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Experience
Accomplishments
Strengths
Passions
Insights
Ideals
Gifts
Then take a good look at your world and decide how you can offer your talents,
skills, passions et cetera to family, friends, community, humanity as a whole, life in
general, the world.
"If you have anything really valuable to contribute to the world, it will come through
the expression of your own personality, that single spark of divinity that sets you
off and makes you different from every other living creature." ~ Bruce Barton
Chapter 6: Little Things
"We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore
the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences
that we often cannot foresee." ~ Marian Wright Edelman
A child who picks up a caterpillar from the road so it does not get run over, or a
woman who rescues a stray kitten, leaves a superior mark on this world than the
great white hunter who murders some ferocious beast and hangs the trophy head
on his wall.
The shop clerk who smiles gently and compassionately at an elderly befuddled
customer makes a greater difference in this world than the executive who
maximizes the profit potential on arthritis medicine.
Little things, either in the individual act or in the accumulation, often have a more
far-reaching impact than those acts that are perceived to be big or important. Who
remembers the big audacious deeds of the kings and princes of the time of Lao
Tzu? Not I and not you. But the small daily actions and thoughtful words of the
sage of Taoism have had an effect on the lives of millions of people for many
centuries.
The little things that you do each and every day, usually without intent or thought,
leave their mark. Every action taken, every word spoken, has an effect.
Sometimes, the cumulative actions over years produce a remarkable effect;
sometimes, it is one the small action itself that creates a significant effect. The
intent, or lack of intent, that you bring to the way you live your life, the choice to
be contributory or not, the reverence or contempt you demonstrate for life, all have
an effect on your world.
The little daily things that you do habitually are a mark of your character and your
character determines, to a great extent, your destiny. As James Allen so succinctly
reminds us, "The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you
reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a
destiny."
There is no escaping the laws of nature; in this case the law of sowing and reaping
or reciprocity. You reap what you sow (and more). Every belief, every thought,
every feeling, every word and every deed is a seed sown and produces a crop. That
crop is your destiny and your legacy.
So pay attention to the little things that you do. Learn to bring your conscious
intent to all that you are and do and you will end up having a purposeful, fulfilling
and contributory life. Place your awareness into the full act of being in the here and
now, in reverence, in appreciation, relishing each moment and all that it brings, and
you will soon see that there are no lesser things. Everything is of equal moment.
It is the littlest things, gluons and quarks that create the biggest things like
galaxies and quasars. It is the itsy-bitsy, teeny-weenie photons that create the
glorious sunsets. It is the microscopic DNA molecule that forms the body of the
athlete who climbs to the top of the highest mountain. It is the small daily acts and
words of parents that forge the character of those who leave their mark on human
history.
It is those small persistent repetitive thoughts running through your mind that
control the big things you accomplish in life.
It is those small words like yes, or no, or love, or fear that makes a huge difference
in how things turn out.
Chapter 7: Big Things
"There can be no conquest to the man who dwells in the narrow and small
environment of a groveling life and there can be no inspiration to the man whose
horizon of vision is limited by the bounds of self. The great things of the world and
the great accomplishments of the world have been achieved by men who had high
ideals and who had received great visions. The path is not easy, the climbing is
rugged and hard, but the glory at the end is worthwhile." ~ Matt Henson
We are blessed to live in a period of time when it is both possible and necessary for
each individual human being to do great things.
The world that we have created for ourselves, through our actions and inactions,
through our thinking and lack of thinking, is perilously close to self-destructing.
The industrial society we have created is destroying our ecosystem… the air we
breathe, the water we drink, the creatures we share this habitat with, are all at
severe stress levels and are in great peril. The industrialization of the food
production systems necessary to feed an out-of-control population explosion is
turning our foods into poisons. Our freedom to think for ourselves and to choose for
ourselves is fast being co-opted by narrow-minded power addicts and by the
bureaucratic machinations of megalithic corporations.
The problems facing us are big problems. They require innovative solutions, but
more, they require that individual humans transform their method of thinking and
their method of approaching life. As Albert Einstein remarked, "The significant
problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we
created them."
We individuals cannot leave it to others to transform our thinking. We must do it
ourselves. Each of us. Since there is a consensual societal mode of thought, a
collective subconscious, a meta-meme, a mythos, within which we each have our
own thoughts, changing the way we think as individuals takes some work. It is not
a small thing; it is a great thing to transform your method of thinking.
It is a big thing to do for two reasons: first, because you must overcome the groupthink of your tribe, your culture and your collective humanity; and second, because
when you radically alter/expand your own thinking, you make it possible for others
to do the same and thus, you alter/expand the collective subconscious of all
humanity when you take intentional and purposeful control of your own thinking
processes.
Transforming your core belief and repetitive self-talk from that of paucity and
scarcity to prosperity and abundance will make it possible for others to do the
same, and when enough others also transform their core beliefs and thinking
patterns, the whole collective meta-meme of humanity will change.
This transformation will substitute peace for war, will substitute potential for
limitation, will substitute cooperation for competition, will substitute compassion for
indifference and will substitute love for fear. All because you undertook the
awesome task of transforming the way you think and what you believe.
The big things you can do are
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Transform your thinking. Be an individualist. Be an idealist.
Become successful. Have more influence. Be an example.
Become an activist. Take a stand. Make a difference.
Revere, relish and contribute. Leave a legacy.
Remember that you are a creator not merely a creature.
Idealize and enact your own memes, your own mythology.
Opt out of the cult of your culture. Create the future.
Inform others of their power and responsibility.
Chapter 8: Pasts
"Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the
present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future, without fear."
~ H.W. Longfellow
"Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never
happened and those which do not matter." ~ William R. Inge
Although there is a certain truth in George Santayana's observation that those who
are ignorant of the past are doomed to repeat it, the greater truth is that those who
focus on and rely upon the past are doomed to repeat it.
People become habituated to thinking and behaving a certain way. Their past
therefore creates their future just as it has created their present. For them, there
really is no future; there will only ever be just more of the same, an endless
repetition of the past. For them, there is even no present, since they are forever
emotionally occupied with and in the past, and can therefore neither fully enjoy nor
control their present moments.
The past, however, does not have to equal the future. You do not have to be a
creature of past habits. You are a choice enabled creature. That makes you capable
of being a conscious creator. The future will be what you make of it. If you continue
to do what you have always done, you'll continue to get what you've always got. Or
not. It is truly up to you.
If you are reading this, it is because, in some way, whether consciously and
intentionally, or because you have been motivated, either sub-consciously or superconsciously, to explore what you would not have consciously chosen, you have
already chosen the path of personal mastery.
The master's way to deal with the past is to understand it, accept it, forgive it (if
necessary), be grateful for it and then let it go and move on. Get past the past.
Everything that has ever happened was necessary for you to be here now.
Everything, from the fusion of helium atoms into carbon molecules to the sexual
coupling of your parents, from the invention of human language to the invention of
the Internet, from the love your have received to the pains you have suffered, was
necessary for you to be who you are, right here and right now.
If you are in any way grateful for the experience of being alive, then you must learn
to be grateful for everything that has ever happened. Without it, you would not be
here, reading this and recognizing your capacity to take control of your life, you
attitudes, your beliefs, your thoughts, your feelings, your words and your deeds in
order to create the future you idealize and desire.
Part Three: Immortality
"The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one
which will last forever." ~ Anatole France
"Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a
rainy Sunday afternoon." ~ Susan Ertz
Chapter 9: Memes, Dreams & Schemes
"Eternity has nothing to do with the hereafter... This is it... If you don't get it here,
you won't get it anywhere. The experience of eternity right here and now is the
function of life. Heaven is not the place to have the experience; here's the place to
have the experience." ~ Joseph Campbell
What happens to me if and when I die? The second most oft asked question. (The
first being, 'what is the meaning of life?') You will not know for sure until you die,
but there are many common beliefs. These beliefs, though comforting for those who
fear death, are nothing more than memes.
One definition of a 'meme' is: an infectious belief that has become an assumed
cultural truth. Another definition is: an idea virus that has infected a sufficient
enough majority to cause denial of the infection. I like to think of a meme as a
virus program that runs in the background. We are unaware that it is there because
it does no obvious harm; but it actually controls the entire operating system.
The whole idea that there is life after death is a meme. There is no conclusive proof
that the individual human ego or the individual consciousness or even the individual
spirit survives the death of the physical body. Lack of conclusive proof does not
mean it is untrue, but just because millions of people believe it is true does not
make it true either. Unless…
It is consciousness and the activities of consciousness that create the reality
experienced by consciousness.
If, as I assert, it is the beliefs, thoughts, emotions (and actions) of the individual
that create the reality experienced by that individual during the experience of life,
then it is perfectly possible, probable even, that the beliefs, thoughts and emotions
that an individual holds about what happens after the death of the physical body
create that reality as well.
In other words, that which you believe to be true… is true… for you. That does not,
however, make it true for me, unless I hold the same belief.
Christians believe in eternal life in heaven or hell. Hindus and Buddhists believe in
reincarnation. There is no conclusive proof that either is true. Atheists believe in the
finality of the death of the physical body. There is no conclusive proof that is true
either.
In actuality, the elements that comprise your physical body survive the death of
that body just as they existed before the formation and birth of that body. They will
be recycled once again to become something else in the ongoing evolutionary
process of universe. They will be transformed into something else. The
metaphysical may well do the same.
If we bear in mind that the physical arises from the metaphysical, then it is a
natural assumption that the metaphysical survives the physical transformation. The
specifics of that survival are open to question and opinion.
Like all beliefs, mine are nothing more than my opinion. They may be as 'off the
wall' as some of the more common memes about life after death, but I offer them
in case they can be of some value to you.
I believe that consciousness is pervasive throughout the universe; that it is not
some biochemical accident that manifested in big-brained mammals. Consciousness
is not only resident in every part of the universe, not just biological entities. Every
electron self-references each time it changes position by releasing or taking on a
photon. It can even be said that the process of taking on and emitting light
(photons) is enlightenment.
Even our own much-touted self-awareness is not unique. My dog and my cats all
know their name and are aware of themselves as individuals. They are capable of
reason and have feelings. Plants have been shown to feel pain. To feel pain, there
must be some sense of self; after all, who is it that feels pain but self.
I have been blessed with moments of transcendent or cosmic consciousness
wherein one feels/senses/is conscious of the universality of consciousness. It is
often argued that this is a chemical reaction in brain, perhaps caused by the extranatural release of dimethyltryptamine and serotonin in the brain. This argument
misses the point.
Certainly, chemical changes in the brain can affect one's state of consciousness
(ask any user of psychotropic drugs); but changes in states in consciousness can
also cause changes in chemical processes in the brain. Just as chemical or
hormonal changes in the body can affect the moods or emotions (just ask any
teenager), so too can changes in emotions affect the chemical reactions in the
body. (The tears of joy have a different chemical composition than the tears of
anguish.)
The physical and the metaphysical are intertwined. It may very well be the change
in consciousness that causes the release of the chemical in the brain, rather than
the other way around. Just as it is your anger or fear that causes the release of
adrenalin, it is your transcendence of the physical sense of self that causes the
release of DMT, serotonin, dopamine and endorphins.
It is thought that causes neuronal electrochemical events to happen. It is NOT
neuronal electrochemical events that cause thought to happen. Sensory input, like
seeing light reflected, may also trigger electrochemical events, but until
consciousness validates these events by placing some judgment or categorization
on them, they are meaningless.
Many people, even those who are considered experts in the field of neurobiology
often confuse brain for mind and further confuse mind for consciousness. Take a
good look at this quote made by some highly educated idiot from the Wheeler
Center on Neurobiology,
"Your brain controls more than the way you think. The brain controls our physical
and emotional sensations, body movements, and sustains our life. How we
understand what we see, hear, smell, taste, and touch. Our sense of balance and
coordination. Memory. Feelings of pleasure and reward. The ability to make
judgments. The brain is the source of most qualities that make you who you are."
They have totally confused brain and mind. My brain does not control how, what or
why I think anything. My mind thinks. My brain does not understand anything, let
alone how I understand what I see, hear, smell, taste and touch. It is mind that
understands (or in the case of the person who wrote the above quote… fails to
understand). My brain is an organ of my body, like my heart or my kidney. It is ok
in poetic literature to say that it is my heart that controls how I feel or whether I
fall in love; but no self-respecting neurobiologist would assign the heart the power
to control how I feel, yet these same so-called experts claim such powers for the
brain.
Your mind is not your brain. It is not even a product of your brain. It is only
resident in your brain; and even that is only partially true. Your mind is resident not
only in your brain, but throughout your body and, it is my assertion, that it is, or
can be, resident elsewhere as well. Your thoughts are not encapsulated in your
brain. They are energetic vibratory events (waveforms) that take place in your
mind, are recorded in your brain and are emitted out into universe to become part
of universal consciousness.
Your brain may serve as a tool for your mind to receive sensory input, to store and
manage data and to manage body processes, but brain is not mind. Mind is distinct
from brain. And mind is not limited to brain.
Likewise, consciousness is not mind or a product of mind. Your consciousness is
resident in your mind, but not wholly in your mind. And, your consciousness,
although it generally prefers to imagine itself to be a unique and distinct thing,
cannot be considered to be separate from the consciousness that pervades the
entire cosmos any more than your body can be considered to be apart from the
universe. Your body, your mind and your consciousness are contained within and
are an indivisible part of the universal.
Since this is the case, it is entirely possible that your consciousness survives the
death of your physical body. For me, it is more than a possibility, it is a given; it is
only the way in which it survives that is open to interpretation.
Chapter 10: Presence
"Just because Shirley McLean had a near death experience and saw a beautiful
white light and all her long since gone friends and relatives does not mean that this
is how it is. It does not account for the fact that there are some that never want to
visit those people again." ~ Ralph Minogue
"Death makes your entire life bullshit. Don't you see?
That's the problem; you build up this whole lifetime of endeavors, of attachments,
of things you own, things you do, things you're known for, things you know, things
you know about… on and on and on. And it all passes.
But in the meantime, you bullshit one another… effectively. The same profundity
that exists in death is right now. The vortex of fire exists right now. And the
fundamental Light exists right now." ~ Avatar Adi Da Samraj
Be here now. Eternity is not some place or time that exists only for the dead.
Eternity is now. This moment is all there is or all there ever will be. You can only be
in this moment. Whether you are alive in the physical or not alive in the physical,
all you can ever have is the experience of being in the present moment.
What is truly mind-boggling is the aspiration to achieve spiritual immortality in
death by those who can find no glory or divinity in life. If you devalue this present
moment, what makes you imagine that you will find value in any future present
moment or even in an eternity of present moments? If you are now forbidding
yourself from feeling bliss and joy, what makes you think it will be granted just
because you die?
Here is what I suspect may happen for many.
Those who fervently believe and constantly affirm that death brings a judgment and
a resulting eternity in hell or heaven, will get to experience that, each according to
their own judgment as to what they merit, until they get bored enough or sick and
tired enough of being creatures of circumstance and decide to become creators of
circumstance.
Those who fervently believe in endless cycles of reincarnation will get to experience
that until they get bored or wake up to the fact that they have other choices.
Those who believe that death brings an end to individual existence and awareness
will get to experience that. Those who don't believe anything in particular will not
get to experience anything particular, except perhaps a gentle passage into the sea
of beingness.
Imagine a great sea of all that is all and all that could be. You are as a drop of
water in that sea. In non-existence, you are a subsurface drop of water, unaware of
yourself as an individual droplet. In life, brief and fleeting, you are as a drop of
surface water that has been blown by a breeze at it kisses a wave. Now you have
become an individual and experience yourself as separate from the sea. Dying is
simply your return to the sea.
It is up to you how to experience that return to the great sea, just as it is up to you
how to experience the brief interlude as a separate drop. If you imagine you will be
annihilated in that return, so shall you be. If you believe you will be rewarded like
some prodigal son returned home, so shall you be. If you believe you shall be
punished for the pleasures you took in being apart, so shall you be. If you believe
that you will be returned once again to experience life as a droplet until you get it
right, so shall you be.
No matter what will be proven true for you, what matters is the experience you are
having right now, right here. This is your eternity. This is it. And so it will be in the
next moment and in an eternity of moments. If you choose not to revere, relish and
contribute now, what makes you imagine that will be revering, relishing and
contributory in any future now just because the elements that make up your
physical body have decided to move on to do something besides provide you with a
place to hang out?
The more that you are present in the here and now, the more you are able to
experience eternity. Those who fervently believe that their individual consciousness
will survive and continue to revere, relish and contribute to the all that is all will get
to experience that just as they are now experiencing that.
Life is not a test you must pass to achieve some reward. Life is the reward for some
test you have already taken. You can decide whether you passed or failed. Dying
will likely prove to be as wondrous as being born or as awful as being born. You
decide. Just as you do with everything else.
The present is your gift, your reward. Not the past. Not the future. Now.
Chapter 11: Prescience
"So we are all fundamentally depressed with the knowledge of our mortality and
realization that there is nothing to 'get' out of life, and as a result think up fantasies
about what is going to happen to us when we are dead, and try to make ourselves
feel better about it. But if you are essentially the universe, you never were born
and you will never die. We have been bamboozled, however, by religionists, by
politicians, by our fathers and mothers, by all sorts of people who tell us, 'You're
not it.' And we believed it." ~ Alan Watts
There may very well be nothing to get out of life except the experience of being
alive, but there is a lot that you can put into life. Strangely enough, what you put
into life is exactly what you will end up getting out of life.
Your temporal destiny, your legacy and your metaphysical existence are all
dependent upon what you are and what you contribute. If you desire more, become
more. That is true on all levels of existence. Your success in life and your success in
what happens after life are totally dependent on you and your choice of beliefs,
thoughts, emotions and actions.
You will have abundance when you believe in abundance, when you think
abundance, when you feel abundance and when you act abundance.
Acting abundantly means being contributory.
Your true wealth is not measured by what you are able to accumulate but what you
are enabled to contribute.
So, if you want to know what the future holds for you, simply examine how you are
being in the here and now. There is no reason to let the future, in this life or after,
concern you at all, for you will bring to that time exactly what you are putting into
this time. Want more? Be more. Contribute more.
Contribute more to yourself so that you can then contribute more to the world
around you. Become more. Expand your beliefs. Drop the ones that no longer serve
you. Expand your thinking. Get rid of limiting thoughts. Expand your emotions.
Desire more. Be more passionate about life. Drop the ennui. Expand your
doingness. Get rid of the habits that limit your full self-actualization. Your destiny
depends on it.
Be what you will. Be what you love. Do what you will. Do what you love. Have what
you will. Have what you love. You deserve it.
After all, you are the universe and you are the universal.
Leslie Fieger is the author of several books, including the best-selling DELFIN Trilogy; and
the originator the empowerment course called Prosperity Mojo.
He is also an entrepreneur who has launched several successful companies including DELFIN
International Inc and Learning Frontier Technologies Inc.
His understanding of universal wisdom is concise, clear and practical; sometimes, it is also
amusing or controversial.
Additionally, he is an accomplished and dynamic public speaker and seminar facilitator who
has spoken to audiences in a dozen countries.
He is also selectively available for personal coaching.
LeslieFieger.com
Your Wealth and Empowerment Specialist