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Super Contributor |
I was reading some recent discussions - all good stuff! - just as I happened to be going over some material on action in the PG course.
WW says that when people go wrong in SOGR, it's commonly because they don't connect thought with personal action - one doesn't work without the other. Thought is how we create, but action is how we RECEIVE. I think this is where so many people go astray in all the Law of Attraction courses. They learn to think the right thoughts, give up negative, unconstructive thinking. But they don't take the right kind of actions (or ANY actions), and so nothing much ever materializes for them. In my opinion, WW in SOGR has done the best job of anyone I've read in teaching people how to integrate creative, purposeful thought with the right kind of action. Rebecca, in PG, also helps us understand what WW is saying. As an exercise, just go through SOGR, and search for, read, and ponder a little on every instance that the words "act," "action," or "acting" appear in the text. You'll learn a lot... it will really come clear I think. It's not about waiting for some unique, "inspired," grandiose idea, all sprinkled with pixie dust, pops into your head. It's about keeping your purposeful, creative thought always before you, and then taking efficient, strong action RIGHT where you are NOW. In your present business or circumstances. "A person must be in action in a way that causes him to more than fill his present place." If you are unemployed, your present occupations are living, maybe conserving your resources, and looking for work. If you have work, ubt it it pays inadequately or isn't what you want, you still, per Mr. Wattles, need to (a) keep your CMI before you, and (b) MORE than fill your present place. Both elements of WW's formula are critically important: CMI and acting in the certain way. I seem to hear people out in LOA-land, however, focusing mostly on thought/CMI... which may be why a lot of people don't get the results they hoped for. |
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Mind-Blowingly Wonderful Contributor |
Hi Earlybirdie,
I agree with you! By our thoughts we create what we want and by our actions we recieve what we want! I have found that by taking creative action more creative thoughts come to me; allowing me to take more creative action! I have also found that there is no such thing as menial work if it is leading toward my CMI. And I have often gotten some very creative thoughts doing something that others might consider menial work; it then isn't work, but becomes play! Be good to yourself, live life passionately and always, always expect success!! I don't know how long I will live, but I'll live until I die!! Tom Strong |
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Master Contributor |
Hi Earlybirdie
I am in agreement with both you and Tom. When I was broke (before I found SOGR) I took on a number of menial part time jobs to keep food on the table. One of these jobs, as a Bank Teller, lead me to a position as a Loans Consultant. Within 12 months I was promoted to Financial Advisor and, eventually, to Financial Planner. All this happened over a period of 3 years. Although I had never heard of SOGR or The Law of Attraction at that time, I must have been practicing it without knowing. All the best The Captain "Eventually, we all find what we are looking for.......if only we will look." http://www.SmallBusinessAssistance.com.au |
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Mind-Blowingly Wonderful Contributor |
So then my cmi of a life of leisure and solitude are not possible? I have been trying to get to an answer to this question for years.
I, more than filled my place yet again today, as always. In my less mentally engaged moments, my thoughts always return to a picture of me putzing in my own home, alone, worry free anf financially independent. I could take any number of higher paying positions or promotions at work right now. Anyone can get promoted. That game is not hard to play. But that is moving away from my cmi, not closer. I still don't get it. If the sogr and loa are just about working the right way within the parameters of society as is, with the addition of the never complain always be grateful attitude, then I do not see it as any different than climbing the ladder competitively. Money and happiness can be acheived either way. But leisure and solitude seem impossible in the above scenario. |
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Mind-Blowingly Wonderful Contributor |
I could be living a life of leisure and solitude right now - but that is not part of my CMI. But first I had to take action where I was, which at the time of beginning Rebecca's course was the co-owner of a printing business that was going down hill! The action that I took was to make coffee every morning at the shop, I would then bring my wife a cup when she arrived at the shop and give her a hug! I also stopped arguing with her! Our employees stopped taking sides, our customers were happier and we earned $100,000 more profit in the first year of beginning the course. I really didn't do any work that year. I was the contact person in the community which was fun, I scheduled the work, our long time employees took care of geting the work done on time and with high quality! My wife and I took a couple of nice vacations and enjoyed time at home also. I didn't really plan on selling the business, I enjoyed making a lot of money! I had been approched by Business Brokers before and had told them that we wern't ready to sell; but I let one broker talk me into giving him our financial information, he came back with a price that he thought that he could sell it for; which was about $200,000 more than I thought that I could have gotten a year earlier! He brought 4 prospective buyers; one gave me a lower offer and wanted us to carry some paper; but the 4th couple (man and wife) made a full price offer with full cash! Now I could live a life of leisure and solitude, but I choose not to! I guess I like action - and people! Be good to yourself, live life passionately and always, always expect success!! I don't know how long I will live, but I'll live until I die!! Tom Strong |
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How do I fill my present place this seems to be the key but I don't understand how. I get it now, I think? |
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It is ONE of the keys... not the only one, though. You first need to develop your CMI. From your other posts you are having difficulty wit that. Don't feel bad, probably most of us had that trouble at first. Not everyone is a good visualizer. I am more of a list-maker, so when I do my CMI I write a list of the elements, and each time I re-read it I can, in my head, add further details - smells, kinesthetic feelings, and so on - and I'll start to feel the emotion. Now I can think of the CMI without actually reading my list and feel all the details and emotion associated with it. This just takes practice... it's not rocket science. Second comes action, and filling your place is part of that. Rather than write a book here - Wattles and Rebecca have already done that! and better than I ever could - I'd encourage you to keep reading SOGR ABD sign up for Rebecca's Practical Genius course. You set your own price, so it doesn't have to be expensive at all. But it really helps to focus you on ALL the points in the books - all the elements of Wattles' formula. Our brains can be deceptive, and "hear" only what we want to hear. I think a lot of LoA teachers (NOT Wattles nor Rebecca, thankfully) play up to a natural desire to have everything come to us without effort or application. Think and presto... and of course there is more to it than that. But reading here, it's clear that people are reading SoGR and not fully understanding how the right action is just as critical to success at this stuff as is being able to think creatively! The PG course ensures that you don't miss the important elements that your brain may be trying to avoid - our of fear, laziness, whatever. |
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Annie, I get what you're saying, I think. You have this CMI that involves having enough money to live a life of leisure and solitude. But that seems to contradict Wattles' call for (inspired) action. Well, and anyone correct me if I've gotten this wront here, please - you DO have to start, right away, where you are. Wally says that our initial actions may be just the same as what we've already been doing. For most of us that will be working at a job, often one that we don't like or that pays inadequately. But by doing these actions in the certain way - described pretty well in SOGR! - and that includes more than filling your present position - somehow a shift occurs and you start moving towards your CMI. You've read SOGR, so you know that you cannot get too involved in the "how" of how that shift will occur. Some possibilities could be speculated on, if your CMI involves NOT having a job. Some form of passive income, winning prizes, an unexpected inheritance, and so on. But you cannot allow yourself to get too attached to any one "how." Now, if you're telling yourself that it's not gonna work, it's impossible... then it it won't work, for you it WILL be impossible. This process of Wattles, action and all, is not AT ALL the same as toiling away in the competitive job world, although, especially at first, it may not look all that different. |
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Money and happiness can be achieved either way? Is Ebenezer Scrooge happy in the beginning of the story? That's where competitive ideas lead. Certainly some people may achieve happiness eventually following the competitive method. But, SOGR is about being happy along the way as well. SOGR and LOA really are about "thinking" in the right manner. Simply never complaining and being grateful will not have you "thinking" in the right way and that is ultimately how they work. The original post here says:
I don't know if that is an exact quote of Wally, but the important part is there. You need to "connect thought with action". You hold your CMI firmly in your mind while you take your action. Your action needn't be strong (ie: difficult), but it should be inspired by your thoughts. Only by "connecting thought with action" will you get the inspired action that is necessary and efficient. As Tom and John did earlier - I was out of work. What I did to get a job was mail out resumes, and go to the beach once every week to keep me in a good mental state. For once, I enjoyed being unemployed. What got me my next job? I joined a bowling league. Why, because knowing someone is first in methods of getting hired. Second is networking (the bowling league). Best of Success!!! Verne -Practise gratitude at all times. |
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Mind-Blowingly Wonderful Contributor |
I know happy people who got ahead and are wealthy by playing the game. My husband's boss is one. He even enjoys screwing others. I actually commend him. He doesn't apologize and plays the game with gusto. What does he have to be sad or sorry for? Though most of the wealthy people I know....and that is almost everyone as I am the only stay at home unprofessional among them, straddle the fence between competition and creative mind. They are rarely unhappy though. They do as they please and enjoy their careers, but if they are rude to others or use them, it just doesn't bother them....and again I say....good for them. They are happy....and financially dependent menial working me doesn't come close to their level of happiness.
I am glad that some people have been able to use sogr techniques to become happy/wealthy, but it is not the only way. Since I do not wish to go at it the competitive way (too much work), I thought I'd give this a go. But I am just as open to any other way for me to acheive my goal...lol...other than work. I take enough action each day. I refuse to do more. |
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Annie, I find a great sense of solitude when working in my garden. I also know someone who has a terrific business in landscaping - he works a lot during the summer but usually takes January/February off to go to the Caribbean (I am in the UK). I don't think I've ever seen someone so permanently cheerful as him even though a way back, when I first knew him, he was made bankrupt. Since then he's rebuilt all his life and work, has bought his home outright and clearly loves what he does. Perhaps you have the perfect vehicle for achieving what you want? You've clearly been a very professional mum (who says that you have to be paid to be considered a professional?) and now you're in a state of change to doing another professional job? 'Doing' more isn't necessary - it's how you feel about what you are doing that makes the difference.
Wishing more to all and less to none Cal - going global |
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Gosh Annie, that's a hard one to swallow. That you would actually commend the actions of a sociopath... I mean acknowledging that they have been successful is one thing, but I could never commend someone for treating people that way.
I don't believe there is any way for you or anyone to actually "know" who is happy and who is not. Maybe on the surface happy, but not deep within themselves. Even the sociopath has some deep pain from the past that causes them to be the way they are. I believe the only way you can approach being truly happy and rich is the way taught by SOGR and by following the golden rule. Best of Success!!! Verne -Practise gratitude at all times. |
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Mind-Blowingly Wonderful Contributor |
Annie, how do you know that? Temporarily taking a higher position or promotion (perhaps because you ARE more than filling your place) may be the very thing that gets you your CMI. |
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Mind-Blowingly Wonderful Contributor |
You take the circumstances you are now in and do the very best you can with it. Whatever work or activity you participate in, you actually more than fill it. So if you are a basket weaver and your CMI is to be a gifted healer, you put your heart into basket weaving, nourish your CMI, be grateful for where you are and where you are heading. Know with faith and purpose the formless stuff is creating it, and then when opportunity presents itself, take inspired action. |
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Mind-Blowingly Wonderful Contributor |
Sounds like a long shot...a possibility....not a sure thing. Nah. I just cut my hours anyway so I could work another job and take a break. I was getting sooooo bored.
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I think I'm finally starting to get it. There is no sure thing unless we create it. Our thoughts create our reality.There can be no inspired action without unwaivering faith and belief.I don't think that doing the best with current circumstances always means staying where you are.Boredom can be a sign that you've more than filled the space that you currently occupy and that it's time to move on.
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Master Contributor |
Yes, a couple of other authors describe boredom as 'divine discontent' or a sign that you're ready to move on. But concentrating on how bored you are impresses boredom on the formless - and that's what you'll get. So maybe boredom is a signal to put some more faith and power and purpose into our current actions and get concentrating on our CMI - well, that's what I'm doing!
Wishing more to all and less to none Cal - going global |
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Mind-Blowingly Wonderful Contributor |
I see being bored as evidence of arrogance.
I also see being bored as evidence of being unaware. Here's other's take on boredom: A neutral attitude is,... just a defensive strategy that may mask boredom. ~ Boredom is just “What’s the use?” in disguise. And “What’s the use?” is fear, and fear means you are secretly in despair. from p.17 - 18 of the Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron. “Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful or to discover something that is true.” - William Inge Phil "The Universe is responding to how we feel." Esther Hicks |
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Awesome Contributor |
From a therapist's point of view,when you see boredom in your client it is usually a sign that something is wrong - often a dissociation to cope with the effects of trauma.
This is very different to being in a state of unknowing where there is exciting potential about to form. Pauline |
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Master Contributor |
Yes, boredom is a sign that something's wrong - and it's an opportunity for growth. I'd rather see it that way. I can think of examples where something that I loved doing (a job for example) suddenly became less than inspiring, less fulfilling and - er - boring. Something was wrong - I'd outgrown it and it was time to move on. Fresh woods and pastures new sort of thing. So I don't see being bored as necessarily a bad thing, as long as the message is taken on board and acted upon.
Of course, prolonged living in boredom is a sign of all sorts of less than desirable things and as a therapist myself I wouldn't disagree with that. Wishing more to all and less to none Cal - going global |
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