Something is Happening

This powerful, albeit overused phrase has always reminded me of steel faced, grim warriors, preparing to storm third world dictatorships and rescue fallen comrades. As I matured, and gathered more education and life experiences, I began to adopt a slightly different mindset about this simple phrase. My new mindset came more from a place of “absence of” vs. a sense of power or resolve. What I mean is that in situations where “quitting was not an option”, the option of quitting was simply, beautifully, conspicuously … absent.

The freedom that this state of being brings is almost indescribable. In fact, I’m having a hard time describing it. So the way I explain it to people is that when encountering a difficulty or challenge in some area of your life, you have a mental “list” of options that you begin to assemble. Quitting is not an option simply means that quitting never even shows up on that list. when it IS on the list, the other options are almost always less attractive and more difficult to pursue. Why? Because they require action, delay of gratification and often times, hard work. Because quitting, in contrast, is almost ALWAYS the easiest, quickest option, requiring nothing more than a talent for justification and a willingness to move into “victimhood”. Now of course, quitting really SHOULD be a viable option in some cases. Picking the wrong stock, moving to a job that more suits your purpose in life, etc. But how about your children? Would you put them up for adoption if they got a c on their report card? How about if one came home pregnant at 14? You and your wife or husband arguing about the best school to send junior? Most likely your answer is a quick, brow furrowed “no”. It doesn’t even come up on the “list”.

“Quitting is not an Option” is really about freedom and surrender, not really having a choice and accepting that you don’t really have a choice. The freedom to choose which of the other options will work, and then pursue them with all your energy. Surrendering to your path, knowing there’s no going back, no quitting. Accepting that you really “don’t have a choice”. Not having a choice about something simply means that you know in your heart of hearts that this is what you “must” do, and to do differently means living a life of regret …

Note About These Tools
Really, all these tools seek to accomplish one or both of 2 things;
1. Increased clarity about what you want.
2. Less resistance so it will come into your life. (surrender, non-attachment, child-like attitude, focus on what you want vs. the lack of it, believing it can be, etc.)
Keep this in mind when seeking the “value” of any of these tools.

Letting go of the old baggage can be challenging but the actual action
required is surprisingly simple and quick.
- Pay attention (be present, aware)
- Allow feelings, then let them go.
- Favour the higher view or position.

The Intention Experiment Instructions
Meditate, get into “alpha” state or “power up”
State intention specifically. VERY specifically in present tense - use what where when why who how
Visualize with all 5 senses in present tense with you as subject NOT observing self.
Believe as much as possible
Move aside. let go of “I” and “ego” and just allow, release attachment to outcome
Timing - check www.sec.noaa.gov for activity. Do intention when k index is 5 above and or a index above 200

Question Journaling
Use “General Journal” and ask question. Then keep journaling the answers, either daily or just once. Use different contexts … “If I knew the answer, what would it be?”, or “What would (Keith Richards, Jesus Christ, My Dad, Skip, Stan Snow) say?”

Belief
Read, listen and watch material that fosters belief in law of attraction and getting what you want, stuff that makes you feel good and helps you “believe in the magic” that life is!

Attitude
I think it’s worth mentioning at the very TOP of this page that one element of “all this” seems to be an overriding attitude of “whimsicality” if you will. My definition of that is “A pure innocent, wide eyed, slightly mischievous desire mixed with a healthy degree of not caring (un attachment)”. The times that the law of attraction has worked almost flawlessly in my life is when I’ve had a degree of surrender or care and attachment, and also when I’ve approached it playfully. This playfulness almost seemed to allow me to move to “knowing”. Like the “playfulness” attitude was childlike, so therefore it moved me to the context of child, with which comes “believing”. It’s almost like the playfulness transported me back to a state where I believed in magic …….. You know, it just occurred to me that this is really the crux and strength of all this. To be a child. To play and be in your imagination. To go there it is almost impossible to experience doubt and fear.

Balance the Equation
Basically, intentions should match your belief. If your intentions extend beyond your beliefs you will experience negative emotion, which simply means you’re not a “vibrational match” for your intention (you don’t believe you can get, have, be it!). Nothing wrong with this. Does NOT mean you shouldn’t dream big, just use this knowledge to “work” toward higher and bigger beliefs. Great way to do this is simply to spend SOME time working small. Parking spots, movies being available, etc. The more little successes you have, the easier to believe that the big ones are available too.

Meditate
Simply stopping thoughts completely raises your vibration

Ho`oponopono

Polar Beliefs
Write down unwanted belief (I’m so unlucky, unworthy, etc.) and then write the desired belief at bottom (or keep it in mind) then write down as many things as you can that undermine the old belief, write questions, question it, write a belief that’s one degree better that you can “buy” until you can arrive at the new belief. (sp forum) - as time goes on, keep filling in new references that support the new belief to strengthen it. (i.e. not good at carpentry, built elissa’s playhouse, etc.)

Give away what you want
Whatever you want, either give it or help someone else get it.

“Little Checks”
Use the “set it and forget it” mode to simply intend small things and pay attention to them coming in. This helps with the desire/allowing ratio. Much easier to “believe” you can get a few $5 checks or $500 checks than $5,000 checks. Same with happiness, success in business, relationships, etc.

Get into receiving mode
Just a reminder. This is the actual “work”. Getting into the mode of really believing you can receive this thing you desire, that you deserve it, that it can really come this easily. That’s why sometimes it’s also good to wish for “little” things. God doesn’t work any harder giving you a million dollars than one, but your belief about it might slow down the million more than the one.

The Feeling
Eager, anticipation, optimistic, rubbing hands together. No impatience, doubt or unworthiness. This is the complete state of “allowing”. Get there and stay there. Think about times you’ve been there. (planning our vacations, etc.)

Reach for Feeling instead of Thought
Instead of trying to control thoughts, reach for how you’d like to feel.

Getting your fears outta the way! (StevePavlina.com)
Spend 10 minutes visualizing all the changes that come with the intention
1. Accept: When you just accept your fears (like I did with being afraid of women), the fear turns into a
“consequence” instead of a fear.
2. Turn it into a positive thought (or solution) - Like a “yeah, that’s true but …. ”

Inducing Faith - Belief
you can create faith within yourself through the process of self-suggestion (Think and Grow Rich refers to this as auto-suggestion). You suggest to yourself that the condition/mindset that you would like to create already exists within you. They can also be called affirmations/incantations. There are 2 key catalysts that you must use when performing these. They allow the suggestion to take root and start to grow; giving much needed positive nourishment to the subconscious mind. You must:
Emotionalise The Statement - For example, if you were saying, “I am getting stronger and stronger” or “I am the best”, you absolutely must add emotion. Use your body to gesture, perhaps clap your hands and speak confidently and boldly. Simply put, your subconscious mind will not recognise or act upon the instruction without emotion.

Believe In What You Are Doing - If, at the beginning of your affirmations, you feel a bit stupid or think it’s not working, that’s okay but by the end of the exercise these thoughts should have subsided. For the 5 minutes or so that you have set aside for this exercise, dispel all disbelief and assume that what you are doing is working. This is the only way that you will begin to experience the power of self-suggestion. Even if you don’t believe, assume belief for the time being, you’ll see it when you believe it, not the other way around.

I personally recommend 2 x 5 minute periods a day set aside to administer self-suggestion. This is sufficient to provide excellent results. First, think of the condition you would like to create , then state it positively. (every day I’m getting more and more x and etc)

Tools from Ask-Given (Hicks Abraham) ( I included those that really grabbed me)

Rampage of Appreciation (already good mood)
Simply focus on something during your day and come up with all the little (or big) things you appreciate about it. Get to those things that really make your feeling of gratitude tingle and buzz. (and here’s from another source)
Summon the most profound feeling of gratitude that you can. The kind of gratitude you might feel if someone saved your child from drowning. The kind of gratitude you might feel if somebody surprised you by paying off your house or car.
Now, transfer that feeling to the presumption that God/The Universe has just granted you your intention. It’s not only on the way, it’s beginning to appear already…It’s REAL. Be overcome - to the point of tears - with Extreme, emotional Gratitude. Do this for 15 minutes at a time several times a day. My colleague manifested $60,000 in unexpected income in less than 3 weeks with this technique.

Creative Observation (SP)
Observe your present and remember your past but do it in a way that as to see that there is (or create that there is), forward momentum in the direction of what you want and desire. This helps you accept your creative responsibility as WELL AS seeing direction onward and upward.

Creation Box (already good mood)
Cut out things you want, write yourself checks, put them in the box and forget about them. (be in positive feeling mode) - This is about discovering what you want too. Getting ideas. Great idea to put some “little” things in there too that you have no trouble believing will come true. Say, a check for $9.87, a nice note from a client, a new website job, 5 new hosting customers, etc.

Creative Workshop (already good mood)
4 lists: body, home, relationship(s), work - write what you “want” regarding each of these, then write some “whys” for each “want” - “why” softens resistance while “how” tends to harden it. Another version is to do a visualization of life as you want it. 15-20 mins is all that is needed.

Virtual Reality - (already good mood down to boredom)
Pick a scene as you would have it and make it as detailed as possible (wearing, temp, time of day, who with, where, etc.) - don’t’ use it to improve existing condition, this is completely new scene. short, 10 mins.

Prosperity Game
Make imaginary check acct. Deposit 1,000 day 1, 2,000 day 2, right up to a week or month, and spend it all each day. Actually make checks and deposit slips. Get that vibration humming, baby!

Evaluating Dreams
What you think about and what you dream about are a “vibrational match” so your dreams are sort of an indicator of what you’re attracting, where your vibration is.

Book of Positive Aspects
Nice notebook, smooth flowing pen. Write down something or someone, someplace, or something or situation love, as the title of the page . Then begin writing all the positive things about this person or situation. All the things you like and love about it or them. Use one page per “noun”. What do I love about x, what do I appreciate about x, etc. Keep this notebook and refer to it on occasion. Gets your vibration up much like the avalanche of gratitude. This is a great tool for diverting your attention FROM the potholes in life.

Scripting (like Life Vision OR even for any shorter situation)
In a spirit of fun, pretend that your computer is magical and that anything you write will be performed and happen exactly as you write it. staying whimsical and light hearted means you are less liikely to bring doubt and fear into the process. Notice when synchronicities begin to appear! Truthfully this is how our lives work anyway. The Universe delivers exactly the perfect blend of people, places and things into our lives to accomplish and play out our scripts.

Place Mat
When overwhelmed, simply take out a placemat or sheet of paper and on one side put “things I intend to do today” and on the other side put “things I’d like the universe to handle today”.

Segment Intending
This is for intending segments of your day. Segments being defined as any “switch” in attention, really. Waking up, then getting up, excercising, especially getting in vehicle to go anywhere, when the phone rings. Can be as general or picky as you want. So segment can be 8-4 then 4.01 to bedtime if you really want, though breaking things down seems to lend more specificity. Another advantage to this is to sort out confusion. If you want many things, often times it adds grayness and confusion, so this is an exercise in focusing as well. Good thing to keep in mind with our intentions in general. I know personally throughout the day I can feel a little unclear on “what I’m working toward” because I am working toward so many things.

Wouldn’t it be neat if? (try playing this with a child)
Ah! To me, this one is special. Mostly because it’s worked so blatantly and obviously for me and I believe, within it’s heart, it holds the secret key to everything … “be a child in your heart”. The key here is that the very context of “wouldn’t it be nice if ..” contains a whistful, detached context. In other words, it’s not “God, I’ve GOT to have this and it sucks that I DON’T have it now!!”, it’s “Hmm, that would be neat wouldn’t it?” and then moving on.

Which thought feels better - when having experienced a negative emotion
Take a subject and write how it feels right now (be honest: if it sucks and you want to tear someone’s lungs out, write that!!) - then write other thoughts about it and reach for thoughts that feel a LITTLE better. Don’t jump to a thought that lies to you about how you feel. Look for something a “little” better or even the “opposite”. “This sucks, but I know I’m working toward something better, in fact, I’m doing x, y and z and I KNOW those things will improve the situation.” or “It’s ok to feel embarrassed and angry by the way she acted .. that’s her choice to act that way, I don’t’ have to get sucked in)(note: add some more examples to this, it’s important)

Clearing Clutter
There’s a lot about this in “Ask and it is Given”, but to summarize; Clutter free environment will free the clutter of the mind. You have a lot of things hanging around that you “don’t want”. You will benefit by getting rid of this stuff that causes you to focus on “that which you don’t want”. Do this with your computer too!! (The Journal helped me IMMENSELY)

Wallet
Pretty similar to Steve Pavlina’s thoughts about doing what a rich person would do. Keep a $100 bill or more in your pocket, but with the purpose of imagining things you could have with it throughout the day.

Pivoting
The example used in Ask is of the Dad being frustrated with his son’s bed wetting, and his focus on “not wanting” that. This is a great example for a parent because, personally, this is where I experience most of my “not wanting stuff” (not wanting her to misbehave, not wanting her to talk back, hit me in the face with her book, squirm, wiggle, fuss, cry, act like a brat, etc.) - So the pivoting is really a process of recognizing the negative emotion and getting over to what you DO want. Now it’s easier to go from a little good feeling thought up to the next level than to go from feeling shitty to feeling great so stop and say “I just want to feel good” and go from there, and work your way up. Yeah, it pisses me off that she does x, but I know she’s only 5. I know I can’t ignore it, but let’s try something gentler.

Focus Wheel - for when you’re not where you want to be , want relief
In my opinion you can do this is “list form” but the actual way described is take paper, make big circle, then little 2″ circle in middle of that. Write the miserable thought anywhere, say up top above the big circle. Now write where you want to get withing the circle above the 2″ circle. Now around the inside perimeter of the big circle start writing thoughts that are “close” to the original thought but better. DO NOT write things you don’t believe. Look at it like a merry go round’ - the new thought has to have a “close speed” to the original thought or you won’t be able to jump on. Hint: general and vague usually easier to believe than specific. (ie. I’m working out and getting healthier v.s I see myself in perfect health, weighing 167 lbs with a 6 pack set of abs)
examples: I know some people who’ve gone through this and found things that worked. I am a a man with a good heart but all screwed up, I am a decent man with some limiting beliefs, I am a decent man with less limiting beliefs than I had 5 years ago, I am a great man with a lot of talent and love, etc. Another example of using this technique is to take an unpleasant task and make it ok or even joyful.

Finding the Feeling Place - good if in ok place or less than ok place
Feeling down or feeling N.E. that you don’t want to feel, your job is to find that feeling place where you feel positive emotion. ie. just got unexpected bill, money tight, your job is to “feel” what it is like to have ENOUGH money, or even so much you don’t know what to do with. I think a good example is to create an excel spreadsheet budget with your planned budget for the year based on an income of say, a million a year. Actually do a little research into expenses so it makes them more “real”.

Release Resistance, Free of Debt - good if in ok place or less than ok place
Ok, I see some real value here. In short; Grab an excel sheet or accounting paper. Put the name of each bill along top, minimum payment underneath each one, then the balance under that. Should go from high to low balance. each month when the bills come and you pay them, adjust the balance. Pay DOUBLE or TRIPLE your lowest balance amount (unless the minimum payment is really high, then go down the line until you reach a manageable one). Once the first “double” is paid off, repeat process.

Turning it over to the Manager - good if in ok place or less than ok place
Delegate to the universe the way you would to someone running a big business for you. Try sending an email! Hey, I need you take care of x, y, and z. let me know what’s going on. You can even have the universe respond. Sure, I do need x though, can you give me that or should I take care of that too??

Reclaiming natural health - good if in ok place or less than ok place
There is a long list to read to yourself in a state of reclining and relaxing but I won’t repeat that here. See “Ask and it is Given” for that list. What is said here that is of value is a pretty bold statement. All disease comes from negative thought or disallowing health. The statement here is “Any disease could be cured in 30 days if a person could simply remove their focus from it for that long”.

Moving up the emotional scale
Really neat. You’ll need Abraham Hicks list of emotions. Find your place on that list and slowly find thoughts that cause feelings that move you slowly up that list.

Diagnostic Session - “What learned, What can be done better”
When something happens that I don’t want, I behaved in a way I did not want, etc. set aside time for a diagnostic session rather than allowing thoughts and emotions about these situations come up during the day. That way, I am clear I did my best to uncover the truth about the situation, have solutions for the NEXT time AND have learned something and put it behind me. This in and of itself will help prevent thoughts of “unfinished business” leaking into me’ head during the day.

1. Set an intention for the diagnostic session. A good example would be “to discover what I can do better the next time.” A bad example: “to see where I messed up big time.”

2. Write down the areas you could improve on. You’ll note here I didn’t say the areas you failed or screwed up. Since you’re looking into areas where you believe you let yourself down, there’s no point in adding the extra burden of beating yourself up again. You suffered once. Don’t allow this (expand out of here)

3. Write down the ways you could handle the situation better in the future. If there’s any areas where you were unclear with what your aims were, or what outcome you wanted, now’s the opportunity to clarify those goals

4. Write down all the positives/favourable outcomes (or mini outcomes) you got from the experience. It is said that there are no failures, only learning experiences. Well if you’re not taking the positives from a situation you’re not learning, are you? A class is a waste of time, no matter how valuable the content, if you don’t take something from it (and apply it!)

5. Finish up the diagnostic session with new intentions and affirmations.

Since following the law of attraction, I have begun journaling any and all synchronicities that have shown up in my life as a result of my intentions. Most of these, especially the “minor” ones, happened when I had a “wistful” attitude, and really didn’t care too much about the result. I was relaxed, non-attached and had what I call a “healthy level of not giving a sh*t”! Here are a few:

Ex-Breakthrough (example of results of scripting and prayer)
I have a daughter with a woman who’m I’m not married to. The daughter lives with my wife and I. Since my wife and I have been together, my daughter’s mom has been mean, difficult, spiteful and has pretended that my wife doesn’t exist. My wife and I have prayed and prayed that and envisioned that someday we would all get along, be able to be in public together, etc. etc. Finally, ex went into an outpatient drug and alcohol rehab and had us come in for a session where we tearfully and powerfully began to reconcile. This is just the beginning, but I know it’s here and it’s very much as we envisioned and prayed.

Just a Coincidence?
A couple of weeks ago we attended one of my wife’s volunteer functions that she manages. We met this nice lady who owns a Victoria tea house 3 towns away who’d made the silk centerpieces for the event. I grabbed a glossy brochure thinking this might be a nice thing to do some afternoon. I put the brochure in my winter coat, which has been hanging on its hook ever since. We decided to go to the movies last night and It was unseasonably chilly. I grabbed my coat and threw it in the back seat of the car. On the way to the movies, we SAW the lady we’d met driving beside us. We forgot about it, saw the movie, went home. I grabbed my coat out of the back seat which I’d never had to use, and out fell the glossy brochure …. this isn’t earth shattering, but truthfully, what are the odds??

Christmas lights Client
I was putting christmas lights on a 12-15 foot spruce tree outside. There was one light out somewhere that was affecting ALL the lights. I started looking, getting aggravated, etc. Then I stopped and chuckled to myself and said, “well Ken, I think we might need help with this one!” … suddenly I looked in front of me and grabbed one little bulb and BAM!!! there is was!!

$1,000 gift from grandmother
After I went bankrupt years ago, I was struggling to get my business back on it’s feet. I was in one of those places where I’d written checks for bills and counted on money coming in from a job and it had not, and a couple checks were going to bounce the next day. I remember just reaching a point of “Ok, there’s nothing I can do, I’ve just got to see what happens and do the next right thing here, and stop worrying.”. When I went to the post office that day there was a check from my terminally ill grandmother for $1,000 she wanted to give us before she died. It saved the day. (Thanks Gram!!)

Haven’t seen King of the Hill in a long time!!
Around New Years of 2006, I suddenly had the urge to watch King of the Hill. I said to my wife, Hey, you know, it’s been a long time since I sat and watched “King of the Hill” and I remember the feeling, it wasn’t a feeling of lack, it was a feeling of wistful “wouldn’t that be nice” sort of thing. Of course, the next day …. there was a King of the Hill Marathon on one of th local channels and I got my fix.

Where’s that wedding ring?
Went on 2 mile walk, and when I returned realized lost wedding ring. Decided that I would simply find it, no questions asked. Doubts? Tried not to have em’ but you know… anyway, my lovely wife found the ring right in the glove box 2 weeks later!!

Christmas ornament sled “Believe”
My wife and I were at a restaurant waiting for some friends to show up. We started to talk about our money and how I decided we were to have $5,000,000. My wife commented that she can believe we’ll have it someday but that she had a hard time believing it would come … (and she paused looking for the right word) … and I jokingly said “next week??” and she said yes!! and they I looked to my left and the woman at the table next to me was showing someone else this christmas type ornament, it was a miniature sled, and written across the steering bar was the word … “Believe”.

No More Shoveling!!
I decided unconditionally and finally that we wouldn’t do any walkway shoveling next winter, just plowing. I was struggling to come up with decision on who to drop and who to try to find subcontractors for. There are 7-8 and this morning my WORST shoveling account called to say his house had sold and wouldn’t need us anymore. This was meaningful vs. the others because he is my nicest client and I really felt badly about telling him we couldn’t take care of him any more. This was another “unintentional intention” where I wasn’t consciously trying to make anything happen. I had completely surrendered to dropping this client, and I was NOT struggling to find a way to make it work. I simply felt sorrow for having to do it. This is another prime example of how powerful our thoughts are and how everything, everything, everything is a result of our thoughts, words and deeds…

Movie
Ok! 1-21-07 - went to Movie Gallery to get movies for wife and I. New movie with Robin Williams - “Night Listener”. Had this rush, like “oh, I can’t wait to see that!”, saw it was gone, decided IMMEDIATELY to test LOA. Decided the movie would come back during the time I was there. Also had that feeling like “God likes to make things happen in unexpected ways for me, every time I test the LOA, I get something weird, or unexpected”, so I thought it will probably happen either as I’m walking out the door or when I’ve already picked out my movies. It was the latter. No problem. I put one back! Never a doubt and I think the key was the playfullness of it all and the wanting, savoring feeling but not really giving a sh*t! heheh.

Set it and Forget it
I decided to start a page called “set it and forget it intentions” and I wrote “get 50 new hosting clients this year!”. As I typed the exclamation point, the phone rang with a new client prospect!

Wordless
Got a phone call from one of my top clients, needed snow work done on their driveway. I could tell she wanted it done that night but I had to tell her I was stuck home and could get to it first thing in the morning. I felt something, I sent something, but it was so “wordless” I am having trouble expressing it in words. It’s almost like a “regretless regret” which sounds like a “paradox” and I think that’s the key. When things approach paradoxical levels, they’re a little closer to “core” or “absolute” level vs. relative levels. Anyway, 5 minutes later, my employee calls and needs to use the plow truck for his mom’s house, and of course, I have him also swing by my best client’s house and take care of the problem within one hour of her phone call!

Friend’s Driveway
Have the impulse almost every storm to plow a friend’s driveway, but generally don’t. Finally did one day, no apparent reason, and he called later saying he was on his way back from New York at the time, dog tired and thought “wouldn’t it be nice if ….”