Opening a Dialogue with the Universe
"The moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. 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 dreamt would have come his way."
--Scottish mountain-climber W.H. Murray in his book Evidence of Things Not Seen: a Mountaineer's Tale
Joe Dispenza made a similar comment in the film What the Bleep Do We Know?!, indicating that when you set your intentions and commit to creating your own reality (even for just one day, or for a few minutes of the day), interesting things begin to happen: small coincidences abound, information you can use is drawn to you, and people who can help are seemingly placed in your path.
Too often we're afraid to announce our intentions to the universe (or even ourselves). We don't want to commit ourselves to the possibility that what we want could actually happen--maybe we've heard too often the cautionary warning, "Be careful what you wish for." We're creatures of uncertainty and vacillation. We want to reserve the right to back out or change our minds.
But committing yourself to something you want or need to happen doesn't mean you aren't allowed to renegotiate later. The universe is flexible. Go ahead and tell it what you want (religions have been doing this for years--they call it prayer, magicians call it casting a spell, but it's the same principle--shh). You can fine-tune your ideas and hammer out the details as you go along.
Think of it as beginning a conversation with the universe. Clarify your intentions, and then watch and listen to see what happens as you go about your day; it could be in the form of a chance encounter, an enlightening dream, a interesting message in your voicemail--but something will happen. The universe is not a silent partner; it will communicate freely with you once you open a dialogue. What will you choose to discuss with it?
--Scottish mountain-climber W.H. Murray in his book Evidence of Things Not Seen: a Mountaineer's Tale
Joe Dispenza made a similar comment in the film What the Bleep Do We Know?!, indicating that when you set your intentions and commit to creating your own reality (even for just one day, or for a few minutes of the day), interesting things begin to happen: small coincidences abound, information you can use is drawn to you, and people who can help are seemingly placed in your path.
Too often we're afraid to announce our intentions to the universe (or even ourselves). We don't want to commit ourselves to the possibility that what we want could actually happen--maybe we've heard too often the cautionary warning, "Be careful what you wish for." We're creatures of uncertainty and vacillation. We want to reserve the right to back out or change our minds.
But committing yourself to something you want or need to happen doesn't mean you aren't allowed to renegotiate later. The universe is flexible. Go ahead and tell it what you want (religions have been doing this for years--they call it prayer, magicians call it casting a spell, but it's the same principle--shh). You can fine-tune your ideas and hammer out the details as you go along.
Think of it as beginning a conversation with the universe. Clarify your intentions, and then watch and listen to see what happens as you go about your day; it could be in the form of a chance encounter, an enlightening dream, a interesting message in your voicemail--but something will happen. The universe is not a silent partner; it will communicate freely with you once you open a dialogue. What will you choose to discuss with it?
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by Rob Colfax, Senior Editor @ 5/06/2007 01:21:00 PM
