The following is taken from Wallace D. Wattles 'Science of Getting Rich," first introduced to me during a year long coaching & mentorship program with Bob Proctor in 2004-2005 :
There is a thinking stuff from which all things were made, and which, in its original state, permeates, penetrates, and fills the interspaces of the universe.
A thought in this substance produces the thing that is imaged by the thought.
You can form things in your thought, and by impressing your thought upon formless substance, can cause the thing you think about to be created.
...To do things in a way you want to do them, you will have to acquire the ability to think the way you want to think.....To think what you want to think is to think truth regardless of appearances.
You have the natural and inherent power to think what you want to think, but it requires far more effort to do so than it does to think the thoughts which are suggested by appearances. To think according to appearances is easy. To think truth regardless of appearances is laborious and requires the expenditure of more power than any other work you have to perform.
I'm not sure about that. This afternoon, while thinking about optionality, and gamma, theta, and delta ratios it felt like I was expending a lot of brain power !
My mind drifted from work for a few minutes, and I was alarmed at the clarity of what I permitted myself to see. I had to walk around a bit to regain focus.
More later...
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Caribbean Sea
The woman walked to the edge of the boardwalk near the entrance from the cruise ships where tourists appeared to be hoarded in like cattle, in Georgetown, Grand Cayman, and leaned the entire top of her body against the railing. She bent her head and gazed under the surface of the turquoise water. She saw several fish, likely seargent majors, and also the blue flat fish rimmed with yet darker blue, that appeared almost translucent. Slowly, she pierced the skin on her hand with a slender, long, thick needle, and let drops of deep dark blood penetrate the surface of the aqua-marine water. The blood entered the sea, and seeped down an invisble funnel, discolouring the translucent blue fish, changing its colour to a vivid, deep purple.
It's a good thing I'm not a film-maker, or a full-time writer. It would be far too intense for me to live that way. The images are too distinct, the images too real, the imagination too splendid. Furthermore, given my very recent propensity to focus on imagining only good things for myself, the writing's content may not be sufficiently balanced.
Last night I attended the retirement farewell party of one of the executives in the bank were I work. His daughter who is also employed with the bank, made several jokes about the fastidious nature of her father regarding work ethic, expections on turn-around response to email, and dedication to the company, both on his part and on the part of the employees. It is this very intensity, and in my case my flaws and imperfections, that contributes to me 'fitting in' or feeling comfortable as a banker. It is simply within the parameters of the paradigms to which I am accustomed. Moreover, what may not be typical socially (such as, immediate responsiveness to email, behaviours requiring simultaneous logic, intuition, consideration of several perspectives, etc.), is actually rewarded in the context of moving forward organisationally.
For anyone wishing to become a successful full-time entrepreneur, if they are accustomed to being an employee, the change might require a significant paradigm shift. That said, continued expectation to propel oneself forward organisationally, within any industry, also requires a paradigm shift, a breaking of the 'terror barrier.' In other words, it is no longer appropriate to expect that the limitations of the past is an indication of one's future. My future is greatly exceeding any experience from the past, which, in addition to financial successes, includes improved health, communication, humour, thoughts, experiences, joy, and expansion of possibilities. These feelings, joys, are not tied to external events occuring. The joy felt within is attracting events, circumstances, and friendships towards me. It starts within and is subsequently demonstrated without. Starting from the outside in, in my case, is not a sustainable direction.
It's a good thing I'm not a film-maker, or a full-time writer. It would be far too intense for me to live that way. The images are too distinct, the images too real, the imagination too splendid. Furthermore, given my very recent propensity to focus on imagining only good things for myself, the writing's content may not be sufficiently balanced.
Last night I attended the retirement farewell party of one of the executives in the bank were I work. His daughter who is also employed with the bank, made several jokes about the fastidious nature of her father regarding work ethic, expections on turn-around response to email, and dedication to the company, both on his part and on the part of the employees. It is this very intensity, and in my case my flaws and imperfections, that contributes to me 'fitting in' or feeling comfortable as a banker. It is simply within the parameters of the paradigms to which I am accustomed. Moreover, what may not be typical socially (such as, immediate responsiveness to email, behaviours requiring simultaneous logic, intuition, consideration of several perspectives, etc.), is actually rewarded in the context of moving forward organisationally.
For anyone wishing to become a successful full-time entrepreneur, if they are accustomed to being an employee, the change might require a significant paradigm shift. That said, continued expectation to propel oneself forward organisationally, within any industry, also requires a paradigm shift, a breaking of the 'terror barrier.' In other words, it is no longer appropriate to expect that the limitations of the past is an indication of one's future. My future is greatly exceeding any experience from the past, which, in addition to financial successes, includes improved health, communication, humour, thoughts, experiences, joy, and expansion of possibilities. These feelings, joys, are not tied to external events occuring. The joy felt within is attracting events, circumstances, and friendships towards me. It starts within and is subsequently demonstrated without. Starting from the outside in, in my case, is not a sustainable direction.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Turbulence
Synchronous events as of late include : (i) a very turbulent flight from Denver to Phoenix, which I understand is typically the case (something to do with the heat of the jet-stream relative to the cold compressed air near the mountains); (ii) the stock value disaster these past few business days; (iii) a discussion with a friend who has known me for about 15 years.
We were talking about honesty, which in her view is not a relative term. In my friend's view, the appropriate time and circumstance to be completely honest is not to be gauged. She feels the right time to be completely honest is when the question(s) is/are asked directly, whether the person being asked is ready to disclose or not.
While I do agree with this level of honesty, I also feel all things are situational, i.e. within a particular context. It feels at times as if my friend's anger at her ex-husband's character defects is transfered on to me !
Truthfully, she is brutally honest in her comments to me because she really cares about me. I'm not sure if she is 65 or 66, but I do know that it is evident in hearing about her experiences, that she has a way of keeping things very honest, and simple.
I met a person in Scottsdale, from Rochester, NY originally from Yuma, Arizona, who took the time to share her professional and family life with me. She also revealed a bit about herself personally, during the 12 mile ride to the Phoenix airport. (as did the driver!). It resulted in me momentarily considering the tremendous impact people in general can have on one another, even during a brief period, or in a minute. People have the immense capacity to care about one another, and be indelibly influenced - for a whole lifetime - by another person's gesture, or action, however brief or seemingly small that action may be. Sometimes, the impact of one's acts can take years to become apparent. (such as in a familial dynamic). Communication with one another can be in the form of an email, a song, a blog; one can communicate loud and clear organizationally.
Whether taking an obstensibly challenging situation and making it positive (i.e. take the opportunity to buy stocks at low prices when markets decline substantially), or recognizing one's own fear and walking through it, changing, immediately, a predictable, circuitous or indirect conversational style around personal matters, for example, or staying open to the possibility of flying to or from Denver once again, it is important, no, it is necessary, to do what one fears most, regardless of outcome.
We were talking about honesty, which in her view is not a relative term. In my friend's view, the appropriate time and circumstance to be completely honest is not to be gauged. She feels the right time to be completely honest is when the question(s) is/are asked directly, whether the person being asked is ready to disclose or not.
While I do agree with this level of honesty, I also feel all things are situational, i.e. within a particular context. It feels at times as if my friend's anger at her ex-husband's character defects is transfered on to me !
Truthfully, she is brutally honest in her comments to me because she really cares about me. I'm not sure if she is 65 or 66, but I do know that it is evident in hearing about her experiences, that she has a way of keeping things very honest, and simple.
I met a person in Scottsdale, from Rochester, NY originally from Yuma, Arizona, who took the time to share her professional and family life with me. She also revealed a bit about herself personally, during the 12 mile ride to the Phoenix airport. (as did the driver!). It resulted in me momentarily considering the tremendous impact people in general can have on one another, even during a brief period, or in a minute. People have the immense capacity to care about one another, and be indelibly influenced - for a whole lifetime - by another person's gesture, or action, however brief or seemingly small that action may be. Sometimes, the impact of one's acts can take years to become apparent. (such as in a familial dynamic). Communication with one another can be in the form of an email, a song, a blog; one can communicate loud and clear organizationally.
Whether taking an obstensibly challenging situation and making it positive (i.e. take the opportunity to buy stocks at low prices when markets decline substantially), or recognizing one's own fear and walking through it, changing, immediately, a predictable, circuitous or indirect conversational style around personal matters, for example, or staying open to the possibility of flying to or from Denver once again, it is important, no, it is necessary, to do what one fears most, regardless of outcome.
Saturday, January 19, 2008
a powerful attractor
In The Secret DVD, Rhonda Byrne indicates that love is a powerful attractor. Indeed, it could very well be the raison d'etre to all that we are and do. What is powerfully appealing about the feeling is that it is not dependent on external circumstances. One loves everyone and everything, and what may be obstensibly challenging or difficult can in fact be 'a very good thing.' As Bob Proctor says, be known as one of the people to say "that's good" about everything that happens. Additionally, if we're not uncomfortable, we maybe simply going sideways and not moving forward. Even if we fall, at least we would be falling forward. It's reassuring to know that discomfort may be a good sign. I have been stretching myself to the point of discomfort as of late, and while other people may do what I am doing with ease and comfort, the point is, I am stretching myself.
I was feeling powerfully comfortable within myself, and happy, when I entered a room last Thursday with about 1,000 people, many of whom I either knew or worked with/near prior to being transfered to the Cayman Islands. The seats that were available were either located in an awkward place having to pass a large number of people, or close to the front, therefore I had walked close to the front to the third row. The thing is, in the middle of a very important presentation (all of them were important), my mobile phone started to ring, and I had to run to the back of the room and duck away into another room, to answer it so as not to disrupt the speaker and/or the audience.
After the initial embarassment of thinking this is not a 'good thing,' I realized it was in fact a great 5 second advertisement (of myself, who had been away for some time) along with another 5 seconds while walking back to the front, in my leather.
Afterwards, a SVP and an EVP approached me, and we talked and had a few laughs. One of the SVPs (who I had happened to quote in my masters thesis) ended up singing my praises to the other two. I ended walking back to work with one of them, talking about work and opportunities in his department, where I will start to help out early on in the week upon my return to Toronto. (presently in Arizona). All in all it was one of the best networking experiences I had had. I was not dressed perfectly for the occasion, it was really cold, and, my phone went off at a very inopportune time, but the entire event, for me, was actually perfect in its imperfection. And, the presentations were superb.
I believe that this had everything to do with inadvertantly attracting positive events and experiences to me, based on my relaxed, calm, and yes, loving state of being, feeling full of gratitude. It wasn't about "being in the right place at the right time," but rather realizing the pregnant possibility of all places being the right place and the right time, and going with the flow in the moment.
Once I start doing this in all areas of my life, I will continue to more rapidly move towards desirable states of being and thereby circumstances.
As Bob Proctor indicated today, 'de - sire' is the logic of the male, conscious mind impregnating the female, unconsious mind with information. It is what is in my unconscious mind that stirs me to action. And since it is deductive in nature, it is important for me to be selective in what I present to it. It will accept whatever I present to it, particularly repetitively.
I was feeling powerfully comfortable within myself, and happy, when I entered a room last Thursday with about 1,000 people, many of whom I either knew or worked with/near prior to being transfered to the Cayman Islands. The seats that were available were either located in an awkward place having to pass a large number of people, or close to the front, therefore I had walked close to the front to the third row. The thing is, in the middle of a very important presentation (all of them were important), my mobile phone started to ring, and I had to run to the back of the room and duck away into another room, to answer it so as not to disrupt the speaker and/or the audience.
After the initial embarassment of thinking this is not a 'good thing,' I realized it was in fact a great 5 second advertisement (of myself, who had been away for some time) along with another 5 seconds while walking back to the front, in my leather.
Afterwards, a SVP and an EVP approached me, and we talked and had a few laughs. One of the SVPs (who I had happened to quote in my masters thesis) ended up singing my praises to the other two. I ended walking back to work with one of them, talking about work and opportunities in his department, where I will start to help out early on in the week upon my return to Toronto. (presently in Arizona). All in all it was one of the best networking experiences I had had. I was not dressed perfectly for the occasion, it was really cold, and, my phone went off at a very inopportune time, but the entire event, for me, was actually perfect in its imperfection. And, the presentations were superb.
I believe that this had everything to do with inadvertantly attracting positive events and experiences to me, based on my relaxed, calm, and yes, loving state of being, feeling full of gratitude. It wasn't about "being in the right place at the right time," but rather realizing the pregnant possibility of all places being the right place and the right time, and going with the flow in the moment.
Once I start doing this in all areas of my life, I will continue to more rapidly move towards desirable states of being and thereby circumstances.
As Bob Proctor indicated today, 'de - sire' is the logic of the male, conscious mind impregnating the female, unconsious mind with information. It is what is in my unconscious mind that stirs me to action. And since it is deductive in nature, it is important for me to be selective in what I present to it. It will accept whatever I present to it, particularly repetitively.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
"...got to kick at darkness 'til it bleeds daylight..."
Upon visiting Canada in June 2007 while still living in the Cayman Islands, today i recalled going into a coffee shop at the time and hearing Joni Mitchell's "Free Man in Paris." I had felt very nostalgic and homesick for Canada even while hearing multi-syllabic lines such as "i felt unfettered and alive....!" I felt similarly today - minus the homesick since i am actually here -while driving and listening to Bruce Cockburn's "Lovers in a Dangerous Time," as he sang "got to kick at darkness till it bleeds daylight.."
This morning I heard on a Webinar (Business seminar on the Web) a subtly disparaging comment about banks organizationally, and, upon contemplating the words to Bruce Cockburn's song, i made a connection in my mind in an analogous fashion between the song, and this comment. It is possible to infiltrate a highly cooperative, non-competitive, honest mode of doing business in a traditionally competitive business. This would in fact enhance or accentuate the daylight, rather than fighting against, or "kicking the darkness." Doing this represents working in accordance with the law of attraction, i.e. expecting honesty, integrity, and cooperation, rather than focusing on any potentially negative aspects of traditional business. That said, in practice while the two descriptively appear worlds apart, there can sometimes be a fine line between what constitutes "kicking," and endeavoring to accentuate the daylight.
I have taken something aesthetically pleasing, a song that evokes emotion and pride within me, about being Canadian, and read between the lines to understand a complex perspective. Banks employ significant numbers of hard-working, decent, talented and intelligent people, a high percentage of whom are women. Moreover banks help stimulate and enhance economies, both domestically and around the world, thereby improving the standard of living for millions.
To love a non-traditional way of doing business more than a traditional way of doing business would be like stating one loves one's daughter, or mother, more than one's son or father. One might feel it in one's heart on a given day, but in actual fact, one could not, or should not have to choose between the two. Nor would one want to.
You can love the older, folk or classical guitar tunes of Cockburn's "High Winds, White Sky" as much as the later, more technically advanced music. Which reminds me of Neil Young...
This morning I heard on a Webinar (Business seminar on the Web) a subtly disparaging comment about banks organizationally, and, upon contemplating the words to Bruce Cockburn's song, i made a connection in my mind in an analogous fashion between the song, and this comment. It is possible to infiltrate a highly cooperative, non-competitive, honest mode of doing business in a traditionally competitive business. This would in fact enhance or accentuate the daylight, rather than fighting against, or "kicking the darkness." Doing this represents working in accordance with the law of attraction, i.e. expecting honesty, integrity, and cooperation, rather than focusing on any potentially negative aspects of traditional business. That said, in practice while the two descriptively appear worlds apart, there can sometimes be a fine line between what constitutes "kicking," and endeavoring to accentuate the daylight.
I have taken something aesthetically pleasing, a song that evokes emotion and pride within me, about being Canadian, and read between the lines to understand a complex perspective. Banks employ significant numbers of hard-working, decent, talented and intelligent people, a high percentage of whom are women. Moreover banks help stimulate and enhance economies, both domestically and around the world, thereby improving the standard of living for millions.
To love a non-traditional way of doing business more than a traditional way of doing business would be like stating one loves one's daughter, or mother, more than one's son or father. One might feel it in one's heart on a given day, but in actual fact, one could not, or should not have to choose between the two. Nor would one want to.
You can love the older, folk or classical guitar tunes of Cockburn's "High Winds, White Sky" as much as the later, more technically advanced music. Which reminds me of Neil Young...
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Toronto feeling like home
The whir of the streetcar is starting to feel like home, as is the cold and the bundling up in layers. Given the racial make-up of many other Canadians on the street, at times I feel like I am in Europe, during the winter. The neat thing is, there is also significant Asian representation. There is no place like Canada.
Of course having fantastic friends, and the vegetarian Korean food at Kensington near Spadina helps. Even the simplest of things, such as seeing a familiar face, launch very deep feelings of gratitude. This may have been the first day, since I arrived, that I did not see a face that reminded me of a colleague or friend back in the Cayman Islands.
That said, I came across a newpaper clipping of the department and my staff and I felt a profound feeling of missing them.
The meeting today with a likely new boss, at my existing company, went very well, even better than my expectations. All this trusting the universe and the energy and integrity we put into it, can, at times, feel like scary business. I trusted that the 20 + articles I had read on the industry, may at least help me to be conversant during the meeting. As I was speaking with a very knowledgeable, courteous, pleasant and professional individual, the meeting felt very relaxed and 'on target.'
Once I am working full-time, I know that I will truly start feeling "at home."
Of course living in my new 'wellness' home with all my wellness technologies will also help. That is, I am truly looking forward to my belongings arriving.
A great work-out early tomorrow morning, along with further discussions with human resources, will create a highly effective, and enjoyable day.
Of course having fantastic friends, and the vegetarian Korean food at Kensington near Spadina helps. Even the simplest of things, such as seeing a familiar face, launch very deep feelings of gratitude. This may have been the first day, since I arrived, that I did not see a face that reminded me of a colleague or friend back in the Cayman Islands.
That said, I came across a newpaper clipping of the department and my staff and I felt a profound feeling of missing them.
The meeting today with a likely new boss, at my existing company, went very well, even better than my expectations. All this trusting the universe and the energy and integrity we put into it, can, at times, feel like scary business. I trusted that the 20 + articles I had read on the industry, may at least help me to be conversant during the meeting. As I was speaking with a very knowledgeable, courteous, pleasant and professional individual, the meeting felt very relaxed and 'on target.'
Once I am working full-time, I know that I will truly start feeling "at home."
Of course living in my new 'wellness' home with all my wellness technologies will also help. That is, I am truly looking forward to my belongings arriving.
A great work-out early tomorrow morning, along with further discussions with human resources, will create a highly effective, and enjoyable day.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
location location location
It occurs to me this morning that with wealth, one becomes freer to love whomever one chooses to love, in whatever way one chooses to love that person or persons.
I just learned that the location where I bought a property in Toronto has an average property sale price of $ 807 K, and a median sale price of $ 599 K. My property purchase price is considerably lower than average, which is very good news. I somehow knew this intuitively, relative to properties I was considering in other locations.
Reading David Bach's "Automatic Millionaire" induced me to calculate the percentage by which I was "paying myself first." Including the principal pay-down of my new property, this year it will be approximately 26 %. (I was looking for minimum 20% so I am very happy with this).
This year continues to improve with respect to my overall finances, and, interestingly in every area, as long as I proceed within the natural laws of the universe (as discussed by Bob Proctor, in his teaching of the Science of Getting Rich). My income goal for the year is fairly substantial.
This morning I am phoning a place where I will deduct a monthly contribution from my bank account (i.e. practice tithing). I did this prior to leaving for the Cayman Islands, and had to discontinue for a year as I became a non-resident. Being non-partisan, I choose not to reveal where this monthly donation will be made.
I just learned that the location where I bought a property in Toronto has an average property sale price of $ 807 K, and a median sale price of $ 599 K. My property purchase price is considerably lower than average, which is very good news. I somehow knew this intuitively, relative to properties I was considering in other locations.
Reading David Bach's "Automatic Millionaire" induced me to calculate the percentage by which I was "paying myself first." Including the principal pay-down of my new property, this year it will be approximately 26 %. (I was looking for minimum 20% so I am very happy with this).
This year continues to improve with respect to my overall finances, and, interestingly in every area, as long as I proceed within the natural laws of the universe (as discussed by Bob Proctor, in his teaching of the Science of Getting Rich). My income goal for the year is fairly substantial.
This morning I am phoning a place where I will deduct a monthly contribution from my bank account (i.e. practice tithing). I did this prior to leaving for the Cayman Islands, and had to discontinue for a year as I became a non-resident. Being non-partisan, I choose not to reveal where this monthly donation will be made.
Monday, January 7, 2008
musings
All the fear and concern around relationships and what to do, not do, has released me at this moment because i have decided that my decision to care about someone is unrelated to what someone else does or does not do. At the moment of that decision, any behaviour i can choose from, from a basis of love, is loving and i am therefore detached as to outcome.
i would not choose to support unconscious behaviour should that occur, or harm myself in any way, but my caring would not stop, just as my caring hasn't stopped for my ex.
In other words, wrapping every thought in love, removes potentially fearful circumstances.
in this feeling, i experience complete joy whether alone at this moment, or with someone.
nature only knows lavish abundance which eliminates any cause for fear
as above, so below, and as within, so without
i would not choose to support unconscious behaviour should that occur, or harm myself in any way, but my caring would not stop, just as my caring hasn't stopped for my ex.
In other words, wrapping every thought in love, removes potentially fearful circumstances.
in this feeling, i experience complete joy whether alone at this moment, or with someone.
nature only knows lavish abundance which eliminates any cause for fear
as above, so below, and as within, so without
Thursday, January 3, 2008
The importance of a terrific real estate agent
Wrote recently of the property in Grand Cayman with rental income. The location is not yet known, although I had thought it was in the east end of the island.
Adjusting to the weather in Canada, after leaving 85 degree weather, has been an interesting challenge, despite living in Canada for 39 years. Yesterday for example it was negative 25 degrees celcius, and before figuring out the thermostat, I had been sleeping with a scarf wrapped around my head.
It will all be worth it once I set out to the slopes north of Toronto. I tried once, but the wind seemed to blow right through me.
The reason I entitled this blog the way I did, is that thanks to my real estate agent Richard K.C. Ling at Harvey Calles, I found a property very quickly in an good area of Toronto. It helped that he has a very good sense of timing, has astute business skills, and can read people well. He certainly gave 100% of his time and his energy in helping me place an offer on December 30, 2007. The thorough inspection report that was arranged through my realtor - immediately - confirmed it is a solid investment.
Despite the cold, I feel incredibly warm inside !
Adjusting to the weather in Canada, after leaving 85 degree weather, has been an interesting challenge, despite living in Canada for 39 years. Yesterday for example it was negative 25 degrees celcius, and before figuring out the thermostat, I had been sleeping with a scarf wrapped around my head.
It will all be worth it once I set out to the slopes north of Toronto. I tried once, but the wind seemed to blow right through me.
The reason I entitled this blog the way I did, is that thanks to my real estate agent Richard K.C. Ling at Harvey Calles, I found a property very quickly in an good area of Toronto. It helped that he has a very good sense of timing, has astute business skills, and can read people well. He certainly gave 100% of his time and his energy in helping me place an offer on December 30, 2007. The thorough inspection report that was arranged through my realtor - immediately - confirmed it is a solid investment.
Despite the cold, I feel incredibly warm inside !
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