Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Hope: My Most Important Lesson

When things don’t go my way, I give up my dreams. I have treated hope with disdain and preferred the “better to aim low and avoid disappointment” philosophy. The Secret Challenge has taught me that hope is a good thing. I’m sure that everything that I have learned was probably taught to me by my parents or other influences in my life, however, in order to internalize them I had to re-learn them for myself. Here’s a non-exhaustive list of the lessons learned thus far:


  • Let nothing destroy my hope. Instant gratification should not be my excuse.
  • Be grateful for all of the blessings in my life on a daily basis (not just Thanksgiving).
  • Every day is a new day to better myself. I have bazillion second chances.
  • Honoring my emotions, being authentic to them, does not equate to a free for all negativity party. Honor, acknowledge, rationalize, move forward and dismiss.
  • Making the time to meditate daily clears my mind and frees my spirit.
  • Happiness is mine to have at this moment, not some allusive goal.

I don’t care if the Law of Attractions is not a real scientific law. It’s a tool, among other tools, to enrich my life.

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Reading Material: Law of Attraction (LoA)

I want it now!

A great blog post on the #1 mistake people make when using the law of attractions: not only must you specifically ask for your intention but must put energy to bring the intention.


If you’re so gushingly enthusiastic about your intention that people keep telling you to shut up about it, you clearly have plenty of energy behind it.

Here’s an exercise:

Try holding the thought “I am happy” in your mind right now. Just humor me and hold that thought for a few seconds. Notice how you feel when you hold this thought.

Now hold that same thought (identical content)… but with more energy this time. Do whatever you think is necessary to make the “I am happy” thought more intense in your mind — smile, change your position, breathe more deeply, stand up, stick your chest out, look up, move around, etc. Hold the thought at that new energy level for a few more seconds. Notice the difference in how this thought feels compared to the first thought. Can you perceive the increased energy even as the pure content of the thought remains unchanged?

Now lower the intensity, and bring the energy of the “I am happy” thought back down. Strip the thought of all its energy, and reduce it in your mind to pure content. It is nothing but a boring sentence. Hold the thought as pure content for a few more seconds. Notice how that feels compared to the first two thoughts. Can you sense the energetic difference?

Why does it take so long?

Persistence my dear. Really put energy into the intention. Here is another blog post on this issue.

**I am extending my Secret Challenge indefinitely.

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