television set. If you have cable, more than 100 channels are yours for the clicking. TiVo aside, you can only watch one channel at a time. When you’re watching, say, Modern Family, you’re chuckling at the antics of Cam, Mitchell, Phil, and Gloria and you’re completely unaware of the other 99 (or more) channels. That’s why it’s really important to stay on the channel you want. Don’t give any airtime to the reality from which you’re trying to escape. Tune in only to your intent.
Reasons We Dial into Programs We Don’t Like
“We live in a world that worships limitations.”
—T AMA K IEVES, AUTHOR OF T HIS T IME I D ANCE !
1. We’re not really here —not in “this moment.” The now is the point of power. That’s why it’s so easy for a yogi, who consciously clears out mental static, to change his heart rate, pulse, and other body functions. If you’re not really here, your mind is not available to do what you’re asking it to do. It’s imperative to practice conscious, moment-by-moment awareness. Otherwise, you’re operating out of old encrusted beliefs, beliefs you downloaded before you were five years old. Do you really want a five-year-old running your life?
When I find my consciousness operating outside “the now,” which is unfortunately a great percentage of the time, I gently remind myself of this analogy: The UPS driver just delivered to my house every single thing I’ve ever wanted, but because I’ve left the building, I don’t even realize it. I’m out hunting for paltry substitutes. Everything is right there, once I bring my consciousness back to the timelessness of “now.”
2. We’ve named it difficult. The power to create with our thoughts is a piece of cake. That’s not even up for debate. But we keep telling our friends and especially ourselves that it’s hard or that we’re still working on it. Just notice in the next couple of days how often you affirm that it’s “hard” or “challenging.” Pay attention to how often you say, “Things have always been like that,” or “It runs in my family.” We spend so much time talking about what doesn’t work that we miss the whole point: namely, that we have the power to create something that does.
3. We stalk negativity. What do we study? Disease, problems, disasters of the past. What do we prepare for? Emergencies. We love to sink our teeth into problems and ask, “What’s wrong?” It’s an old-school model that sorely needs transformation. Once we begin to look for what’s right, our lives begin spinning in unimaginably exciting new directions.
And here’s the truth. Every “wrong” thing, which in reality is nothing but a foolhardy judgment, has a flip side. Lack is the flip side of abundance. Sickness is the flip side of health. Both ideas exist at the same time. Both are true. By choosing to see one aspect, the other equally likely aspect is hidden.
Unfortunately, while living in the consciousness of space and time, you can only observe one side of the coin at a time. But it’s important to realize that the other side is just as real and that at any time, you can simply flip it over. Opposites (for example, abundance/lack) are both true. It’s a question of which reality you’d rather live from.
4. By George, we think we’ve got it. Once you define something, you no longer question it. Once you know something, it becomes your reality. But knowing anything is exceedingly restrictive. In quantum speak, it collapses the wave, leaving no room for mystery, wonder, and new discoveries. Think about it. If one of your arms is filled with books and the other with a bag of groceries, it’s impossible to pick up anything else. You may have a lot of knowledge and a bunch of academic degrees, framed and hanging on the second floor of that skyscraper. But remember there are lots of other “floors” (that is, dimensions) and all that you “know” can block potentialities.
5. The mind is so powerful it can