In reading Dr. Cohen's article "Stuck? Frustrated? Going
Bananas?" I was struck by one line, "We're too busy trying
to make things happen in our favor rather than naturally let
things happen in our favor." That line carried me back to
basics, back to the concept of simple awareness.
Anyone who has attempted affirmations knows that they work.
Make a positive statement to yourself often enough and you
begin to believe it. Continue the affirmation, it grows past
belief and ripens into an accepted part of your life.
Eventually, the positivity seeps into your brain, becoming
as much a part if you as your skin or your eyes.
Years ago, I read a book called "The Creative Process" which
consisted of a collection of essays by artists, scientists,
mathematicians and a whole array of creative people. I was
struck by the commonality of the creative experience about
which these people wrote.
In each case, the person described days, months, or even
years of effort at a project or problem, only to find the
answer swell up in their brain and surface in a dream, on a
walk by the sea or while taking a bath.
One woman I know tried to remember the name of a person she
hadn't thought of in years. That night she dreamt of a
billboard with the person's name splashed across it. Why do
people say, "Let me sleep on it?"
Early in the twentieth century, physicists began to
formulate the concepts which they called the Quantum Theory.
Their findings implied that the finer levels of reality were
the most powerful. Experiments proved them to be right.
Split an atom, you have atomic energy. Split the nucleus of
an atom, you have the even more powerful nuclear energy.
They've found more and more finer levels of reality lead to
an idea, a thought, a beingness.
Where am I going with all this? What I'm about to say is
less of an analogy, more of a reality, but you can take it
anyway you want.
Thought is most powerful at it's source, which is the state
of simple awareness. When these creative people found
answers to questions and solutions to problems, they found
them not when they were thinking about them, but when their
minds were quiet, at rest.
When Dr. Cohen said "We're too busy trying to make things
happen in our favor rather than naturally let things happen
in our favor," it meant to me that we have to pull back,
quiet our minds in order to know how to proceed. We've got
to trust the still, quiet part of ourselves. We need to set
aside some time each day to experience that simple
awareness.
About the Author
Gloria Reibin is the owner of Advantage E-Com
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