"The Secret" is a silly book ... let me correct myself, its not silly as there is no silly books .... Problem is that it is not finished... One law (The law of attraction) explained in a very poor manner ... It's like giving person a drill in the desert hoping it will help him. lame - right ! Or bringing awareness of empathy but not explaining altruism. There is also Laws of process, choice, discipline, balance, responsibilities, expectation, action, harmony etc ....most pple are not aware and not paying attention of those and how they work.
Our life is combination of state of mind , attention flow and cycles.
If humans are like machines ( just as an analogy ) then; the brain is a processor; thoughts are data; heart is motor; and emotions are fuel.
The mind cannot be idle; it needs to work.
Fundamentally our attention - space wise - flows in 2 different directions: outward ( observing world ) and inward ( observing ourself inside - thoughts ).
Time wise the source of thoughts comes from past ( memory ) , future ( imagination ) and there is present ( this moment ) - as you read this, that moment already passed
All of that helps us create our "state of mind" ( its spectrum from positive to negative) under which our thoughts are going to be processed. If we divide this spectrum on 5 stages, with 1st stage "life is all negative " to 5th " life is awesome", it's good to know that it's very hard to influence a person from stage 1 to move to higher stages with ideology of stage 5.
Emotions are hard to control, so it's better to accept them and acknowledge them knowing what we want to achieve and do what needs to be done
Life is a play of polarities. It's like constant battle between souls and egos ... Wanting and needing. Do we feed our soul or our ego or both in the same time?
We start free of meaning, but we are a meaning-making species so awareness is beginning of the growth, ( that's why we are growing our awareness ) as we grow awareness, the Law of Pattern starts to shape and judgment only holds patterns in its place ( there is a paradox as humans "resistant to change" ) , problem is that stress happens when the mind resists.
Obstructions are
1. Limited self concept
2. Fear of failure
3. Destructive criticism
4. Lack of concentrated attention
Its almost like we must to be curator of our thoughts.
Our decisions have 3 dimensional qualities , it is balance between
- rationality
- intuition ( what we train )
- gut instincts ( what we feel )
We are all ignorant, only on different subjects; however every task can be broken in a series of small steps; that's why focus is always on behaviour, with clear focus and strong will as foundation.
Evolution is shaped by collaboration and competition as nothing in this world is created by one person. That is the first principle of innovation ( exchanging ideas; when two brains come together - with same definite goal, intention or purpose - a third will appear ). So we use motivation, inspiration and will power to get us in flow with focus on behaviour through action.
Growth or improvement is not destroying (part of yourself - that part is usually referred to your ego), at least not without understanding what did not work and why ( is lesson learned from this roadblock, learning from negative to reach positive) Pain is inevitable but we can choose how we suffer. ...Growth and improvement is recalibrating wants and needs and placing ego in its place - not killing it.
Ok nuff said ...
Love, all ways, always