Death is coming

The closer death creeps up upon me the less I am able to understand the reasons for life or living.

Yes I have experienced a close family member dying and unlike television it takes decades to handle such a thing. To think I am going to put my family through such a thing when I finally leave is more horrific to me than the thought of death itself.

My life was and is still a learning experience but when all said and done what am I to do with all this accumulated learning over my lifetime if I just die. There is no logic or reason to this.

Long ago I became aware that the God story that is sold to the majority is just a nice story to give mankind with a message of a basic layout of how nice life could be if everyone followed these ideas. Not many in life do and if one thinks about it the good and evil structures actually depend on each other. The good that can be experienced in life is only understood as good when there is it's opposite to compare it to. This is not rocket science only common sense in reality. I am not saying we need to experience bad but understanding in it is needed to appreciate the great things many of us can have in our lives. From birth to death there are many ways mankind helps his fellow man. How many ways can you help?


Friday, May 14, 2010

The Growing Trend Of Intention Manifestation

By Joshua James

Since the release of "The Secret, " the idea that we create our own dreams through the power of intention manifestation has reached a broader range of people. Once an "out there" idea, it is now a common topic of discussion, as people discover their curiosity about the mysteries of our own subconscious minds. Being responsible for what happens in our lives is becoming a more popular concept.

Being open to the idea that our reality is our own creation is powerful. The simplicity of performing daily tasks, whether it be cooking a meal or running an errand, can be seen as part of our mental picture before it reaches the physical world. Expanding that concept to include creating more of what we want in our lives, seen in this way, is not a huge stretch.

When Napoleon Hill wrote "Think and Grow Rich" in 1937, he had studied the lives of hundreds of successful people and found that the shared thread of their riches involved exercises in affirmations and attitude that have been rewritten in many different ways since. From Shakti Gawain's "Creative Visualization", to the more recent explosive success of "The Secret, " these works share the common theme of achieving one's goals through developing a winning attitude.

Over-simplified? Maybe. But for many, this seeming simplicity has led to happiness and success, in whatever way those words are defined for them. Not everyone considers monetary gain to be a measure of success. For some, it's a rich and full family life, or involvement in their communities, or feeling that what they are doing is making a difference in the world. However it is defined, discovering the best way to achieve our goals is a driving force.

For others, happiness and success as they define it remains out of reach. What is the missing element? It seems there must be more to achieving one's desires than sitting on the couch daydreaming. If it were that simple, we'd all be living the high life. So what is the secret?

So what is the key? Perhaps there is more to this life than we know, deeper levels of meaning that we have yet to discover and understand. Or perhaps there is not deeper meaning and it is all random. There is no way to know, but to improve one's outlook on life seems to be one way to improve that life. The old adage "attitude is everything" rings true.

It could be that we hold the key to our own happiness. Perhaps our best adviser is our own intuition. Certainly developing a positive attitude, even when the chips are down, can help smooth out the rough patches. Even if the world is a random place, there can be some peace in taking responsibility for how we respond to it.

Whatever the key, learning to develop the power of intention manifestation is alluring. An easy way to create our dreams is likely not going to drop out of the sky, but developing the discipline to better understand our own minds and to create a positive attitude in any situation can only be a good thing.

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