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It is like a seminar with testimonials, philosophers, teachers, motivators, etc...Oprah has featured it a couple of times (not that I watch her show, but my sister had me Tivo it-
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I attend many seminars and bootcamps each year so this is a refresher for me and it still has been impactful for me.
This is for anyone looking to have and live the very best in life- health, wealth, relationships, spirituality, and to give back.
Many people wonder why bad thing always happen to them. Conversely, many great things happen to many people and people wonder why. This dvd will help break it down for you and show you why.
Take from it what you will.
You can buy this DVD (which I highly recommend) at WholeFoods or many other retailers, watch it online, or order it online.
And just so you know, The Secret was applied and is still constantly being applied to the Tpunk community- from the beginning .
A friend had me watch that a couple of weeks ago. I've heard the concept taught before, but the video was well done. I don't necessarily buy into the idea to the extent some of the speakers do, but I think there's a lot of truth in it.
It's why you have days when "nothing seems to go right," or you can wake up some mornings in a great mood and have everything come together perfectly all day. What we choose to focus our thoughts and attention on directly impacts whats happening (and how we perceive it) around us. Knowing that doesn't help though, it's one of those things you have to practice and stay mindful of.
Good stuff!
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"Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds."
-- FDR
Knowing that doesn't help though, it's one of those things you have to practice and stay mindful of
At the end of the day, this is how we will see the results we want.
Thanks for your input!
Many people want to see huge results in every aspect of their lives without taking any action. Then again, many people don't know how to take action.
Personally, I get my hands on anything and everything that will help me become a better person in every aspect of my life. I have many mentors whose material I constantly read, watch, or listen to- daily.
By the way, I was among the 40,000k (?) people at the Learning Annex all weekend and watched Tony Robbins and Donald Trump and many others.
About a half hour before The Donald came up to speak last night, I was sitting in the back row. A guy in a black suit silently came up to everyone sitting in the back row, one by one, and silently whispered- "Donald Trump wanted everyone in the back row to be upgraded to the VIP section!"
Wow! How cool is that??! A classy guy, The Donald is!
He gave me 2 passes (which 3 of us used- Carmen and my bro. First, 2 of you sit down, then one goes back with both passes to give to the third person! you know the trick!).
So there's a tip! Anyone going to the Learning Annex to see The Donald speak, sit in the back row for a full hour before he speaks and you just may be upgraded!
I wiki'd this instead of watching it (isn't it great that wikipedia is making a new verb just like google did)
It decribed the "secret" thus:
"the "Law of Attraction" principle posits that our feelings and thoughts attract real events in the world into our lives" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_%282006_film%29)
Is the idea kind of that if you want something you can make it happen/get it; that people have the power to change their lives through their thoughts? Or is there also a spiritual sort of aspect to it, that through wanting something you are connecting with a universal conciousness or so that can... oh I don't know what. I am a pretty cynical/skeptical person. But strangely also very positive and easily content.
There are infinite paths that our lives could take, infinite forked roads that branch out and out. And everything you do, every path you take, means that the other ones are blocked off. Perhaps permanently, perhaps you can get back there by detour. And the road behind me is just one long line... the path I have taken.
But everything we do or don't do affects our lives, and also indirectly other people and the world. We are composed of layers of our experiences, a result of our choices and actions.
So what I am trying to say, in a very long winded way, is that to me it seems that our perspective is a very important thing. I am very happy with where I now am.
I made a decision more than a year ago that has completely changed who I am. I am sitting here in Europe.
I could be back home, in my second year of university. I could be feeling that I made a great decision there. I would probably be loving uni. I would have grown and changed there too. You can't miss what you've never had so I wouldn't be sad that I hadn't gone travelling.
But I chose a different path. I think I grew more on this path. But that is just my perspective.
Instead of good and bad, I try to think of experiences as being simply * different*. Good things can come out of bad. I had a really bad day at work once that lead to me getting a week off... so I went to Berlin! And maybe it is not always so directly connected, but our experiences and the choices we make influence the course of our life.
I actually don't believe in fate at all, though it might sound connected. Because my philosophy is much more one of personal power to change, to physically chage your circumstances but also change your perspective.
Okay, so I didn't watch the movie, have no idea what the secret is. Maybe what I have been blathering on about it completly unrelated. But apparently it just sparked a whole lot of stuff in my head! It is hard to explain exactly what I mean and feel, and how I see the world. But I love talking about this sort of stuff. I just can never find anyone to do it with...
Ahhh, instead of just sitting here talking about making decisions I am actually going to do something. Or maybe a few things that I have been putting off. Right. Now.
Louse, I think you will like this dvd. I am a skeptic too. I need to be convince of most things. This movie was not one where I had to be convince of as I was more or less in tune with that thinking already.
Spiritual is one aspect of it. It goes through the gamut of things- health, wealth, your relationships, goals, work, family, basically everything.
Everything that happens in your life, you created. You had a bad day at work that lead to a week off. You created that. You decided to go to Berlin for a week and have a great time, you created that too.
Many people are reactive. They choose to let things affect them negatively.
It's raining outside and you tell yourself that it's going to be a shitty day, it will happen. You tell yourself everyday that it's going to be a fantastic day and nothing will get you down, and that's what it will be everyday.
Whether we believe this or not, that is what happens.
Every instance in my life that I put focus on, has happened.
On my first trip, I wanted to meet a beautiful Spanish lady. I literally had a picture of Madaeline Stowe from in my old checkbook wallet.
2 weeks ago, I found in a box my old wallet and in that wallet, I still had that picture! I am married to a beautiful Spanish lady that I met on my last day of my very first trip to Europe! I put that out there in the universe, so to speak, and took action.
Three years ago, I came back from living in Europe- broke. My credit score was 525. If you know anything about credit scores, I couldn't qualify for any kind of credit whatsoever! Everything was in collections because I chose to deal with it when I got home and just deal with it when I got back to the states after a year in Spain.
Right after I started a job, I said at the beginning of the year that by the end of the year, I will have 2 properties (real estate) and a new car. I said that if I got 2 out of the 3, I would be happy. At the end of the year, I had a new car and became a homeowner.
Within the next couple of years, I added multiple properties to that list with none of my own money still.
That year, I also decided to attck my credit- fiercely. Today, everything negative on my credit is gone, with the exception of two stanking little cable and electric bills that were paid, but they just won't remove, and my score is almost 700. The reason that is a big step for me is because for 15yrs, I went with the philosophy of "who cares about credit? I can still do whatever I want?!"
And so, I lived like that not caring about anything financial. All that was important was making money to survive. And though money was good, I just survived because that was my programming.
I have changed my programming on so many levels this past 8 months and I'm glad that I made a concious effort to do so. Better late than never!
I have always been very positive and proactive, but many aspects of my life was out of whack and definitely needed the adjustment.
People need to be careful of their environment. When you choose to be positive or healthy or wealthy or spiritual or comfortable, your environment and people you hang out with will reflect this. That is the law of attraction.
Ever wonder why Tpunks are the bomb?! Law of attraction, baby !
Haha that is an awesome story about how you met your wife. But I don't know...whenever I want something in particular it never seems to happen. Whereas when I think it won't happen, then it does! But that is just how I choose to interpret my life I guess. I focus on certain aspects more than others. Perspective, perspective.
And I know what you mean about programming yourself. And we can choose how people perceive us too. I have made a choice to be blatantly honest to the point of making people uncomfortable in the amount of things I reveal about myself. But I am just trying to let go, be a more peaceful person. And I have been having a great few days, better than all the months since that bad day at worked. What happened was that the kids I look after ran away. Totally not my fault, and the parents did not blame me at all, but it really screwed me up! I was physically shaking the next day, I think I had a sort of mental breakdown, and I still get twitches sometimes! Haha and I like to joke about it. Blame the sick aussie sense of humour, the art of self-deprecation.
So the months since then have been a bit crappy. But I am choosing to change. And this has to be a slow process so that when you get there you will stay changed. If you try to do it overnight, you will just be slowly changing back to where you came from.
I like the idea of placing yourself in a good environment. Like hostels! The atmosphere of a bunch of travellers just hanging around...ahhh.
It's sounds like you're really happy with where you are in life. That's great!
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