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When "The Secret" movie became popular our ideas about our minds and its affect on our  reality changed.  Not that this idea was new, in fact the power of the mind has been studied for thousands of years. But, as so often occurs in our society, someone has an idea and a good marketing plan and we get to review this material again. Why do you think this occurs and why does it become such a phenomena?

The first reason I would consider is that the material is needed. I have found that many if not most people I encounter, do not realize how powerful their minds are in creating their reality. This led me to conclude that the masses have  not learned this basic principle, therefore it must be repeated so more people may "get it" and use the information to propel them forward in their own lives.

Although I believe the movie was a great reminder of the power we have within, I also feel that there were some important points not covered. I have found that our minds require almost constant monitoring of our thoughts. We might believe we are positive people, but when we start analylizing our thoughts, we quickly find there are many times in a day that our thoughts are not so positive. These are the thoughts we need to begin with. By catching ourselves in a non supportive, negative thought, we can start the process of turning our minds around and getting on the most "right" track.

This sounds so easy, yet it requires conscious effort, not only noticing the thought, but then changing it to a more appropriate truth, that ultimately lines up with our deeper desires. So often we claim we want a certain thing or have a certain goal and then our thoughts do not match the beliefs necessary to attain that goal.

Example: I desire to learn a language. I have the idea in my head for a long time, but I also have the idea that it is too difficult and I probably won't be able to learn it. Can you see how the desire and the individual thoughts clash? It is this clash we must learn to eliminate completely so the path to achieving our goals is smooth, open and more easily attainable.

A smoother example: I desire to learn a language. I am excited about the idea of being able to communicate with another culture. I see myself speaking to people of that culture or even visiting the country where they speak that language. Now as my thoughts are in complete alignment with my desire, I remain accutely aware of any supportive steps that I may come accross to assist me to create my goal. Such as: in the mail I get a list of adult education classes that includes the language class that I want to take.
Can you see how the process works?

Let's Talk about timing. Do you ever notice how sometimes the things we desire appear quickly in our lives and sometimes we seem to be waiting and waiting and waiting? Why is that. I know I ask this question quite often. I cannot help but believe that timing is everything. There are definite times when things are supposed to work out quickly and there are other times that all the pieces just haven't come together to make that dream a reality. So, what do we do in these instances? I have chosen to continually focus on the outcome I desire. I see the results in my mind. I also choose my wording very carefully when speaking of the desire. I will catch myself saying "I will, I want, some day or when it happens. You notice how this wording speaks about the future. I now realize I want to be very careful not to put my goals into the future. My best bet is to keep them in present time and be assured that my thoughts, ideas and wording about my goals is the clearest I can achieve. As I continue to focus clearly I keep knowing that all my desires are met even better than I imagined.

I will continue to add affirmations to my goals when I am visualizing them. I do my best to stay out of the way of timing and realize that I do not control life, I simply see it the way I want it in my mind. We are all doing this already, but I feel sometimes we are just doing it by accident. Now, I am consciously practicing this way of thinking and visualizing, as well as accepting this power I have and using it to achieve my goals.

Patience then for me has also come into play. While I am waiting for the physical world to catch up to my vision, I remain calm, peaceful and completely confident that my goals are always reached. This has been much more of an effort than any other part of the process. Keeping myself free from worry, anxiety and fear has turned out to be just as important if not more so than the rest of the process. I realize that any negative thoughts or emotions will prove to just get in the way of my goals and worst possibly create a health issue that will just waste more of my energy. By using my mind and filling it with all the desires, dreams and goals I want, I can be much more assured where my energy is directed.

Direct you thoughts wisely.