Hi guys & gals

I thought I understood creation, yet here is a question that I am challenged with at the moment.

How do I express the reality that something that I want to create has not yet happened just yet, without “next monthing” myself on it?

Some people keep saying, the big result I want is just around the corner. Next month will be a beauty. I can feel it is going to happen soon. And in so doing, they create it to always be "next month", and not NOW.

For me, there is incongruence with saying something will happen today or is happening today when it is not totally within my control to make it happen. I can make my best effort to have it happen, and if the final decision is not mine, then it is not in my control.

For example, winning the lottery is not in my control. What is in my control is buying the tickets.

Making a sale today is not in my control... that lies with the purchaser. What is in my control is making the best, most convincing presentation possible, and applying all of my skills to help the purchaser solve their problems.

Is this belief/attitude holding me back? Do I start making statements and believe them to be true regardless of whether I can control the outcome or have evidence to support it?

Is that how creation works? Isn't that called delusion?

Would love to read comments from all you great creators. Maybe there is something to get here!

thanks...

Hi Philip!

You asked:

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How do I express the reality that something that I want to create has not yet happened just yet, without “next monthing” myself on it?

Always be truthful with yourself. Since Now is always now, look and see what part of the creation has already been created by you Now.

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Making a sale today is not in my control... that lies with the purchaser. What is in my control is making the best, most convincing presentation possible, and applying all of my skills to help the purchaser solve their problems.

Is this belief/attitude holding me back?

Perhaps. In my opinion, it is a competitive perspective (belief/attitude). To paraphrase your statement, you mention that making a sale is in the control of the purchaser. If this is true, then why are you there? Rather than believe the purchaser is in total control, when a new customer approaches, remember the truth, the customer has come to you to find out if you can meet his needs. Your position then is to find out those needs, realize if you can meet them, and then simply agree with your customer if you can. Realize that if you begin to view sales as a win/lose scenario, in either case, you or your customer loses. Your future business relies upon a happy and satisfied customer, therefore, any happy transaction of sales relies upon a win/win solution.

Also, be honest with yourself. If you believe that the product you sell is out-of-line with the needs of your customers, sell something else. And remember that what you are being paid for is your ability to match a customer with your knowledge of the product.

If you are in sales, you should be creating sales. Now tell me, if you can, the delusion of having a sale exist even if the transaction has yet to be consummated.
When the customer walks in the door (so to speak) can you clearly picture the sale? Can you truthfully say out loud to him, "I am happy you have come today!" That step, right there, is gratitude. Is the picture in your mind that the sale is the trade? Or is the picture in your mind that the sale is you agreeing with your customer? One is delusion, the other a fact.

Your customer is the last person you should want to compete with. Does this make sense?

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How do I express the reality that something that I want to create has not yet happened just yet, without “next monthing” myself on it?

Philip,

What follows is only my opinion, but it’s based on many years of practice and constantly honing the practice.

I think you have the wrong idea of ‘our part’ in creating what we want.

One: The primary idea is to get into the FEELING of having what you want. There are many supporting facts for why this is so.

For one, psychologically speaking, we FEEL what we BELIEVING from moment-to-moment, and we feel what we are most focused on, whether it’s consciously or unconsciously. (A ‘conscious focus’ might be looking at some attractive woman and feeling excited, or looking at a beautiful sunset and feeling awe or peace or wonder, etc. An unconscious focus might be those times when something is ‘gnawing at us’ at we can’t quite put our finger on it, or, on the positive side, when we have a hunch to do something, and we know it’s the right thing, but we can’t explain it.)

Now, you seem uneasy about ‘futurizing’ (as in ‘next month’, etc.) but this is ok as long as you are still FEELING GOOD in the PRESENT MOMENT.

As many have pointed out, the act of creating (or, our control over what direction creation takes in our lives) only happens in each present moment.

Thus, if you are feeling good about, say, going to the movies next Saturday, or making more money next month, etc., this is fine.

Your part is primarily a PRESENT MOMENT FEELING responsibility.

There’s more, but I gotta get back to work.

Phil

Hello Philip. I am in sales myself and I visualize them all the time. I am not a fan of cold calling so I have built up a business based primarily on referrals. A piece of my CMI centers on this.

I spend a good deal of time being grateful for the referrals I am sent. They come from past customers, referral sources I have created, etc. I shake my head in thankful amazement sometimes because they occasionally seem to come from "out of thin air". This has developed into true belief that these customers will be sent to me. I just know it. Guess what? I am continuously proven right. Don’t you love it! That is the formless in action!

Hi Philip,
What the others have posted here I'd agree with and would just add that; your next monthing (love that phrase by the way!) is 'cause you've not quite got the concept of imagining what you're wanting and visualising having it now. I think what you're doing is what I've fallen foul of myself and that is the dreaded HOW factor. When you stated that "

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For me, there is incongruence with saying something will happen today or is happening today when it is not totally within my control to make it happen"

what I think is happening there is that you are expecting things to happens perhaps sooner than the universe can create them and whatsmore because you don't know how it can be done (so soon) you don't believe it so it won't happen anyway. Do you get what I mean - focus on the results you desire and be open and aware of opportunities presented to you that are the actions steps required to make it happen - that is the universe doing it's part.
Cheers
gertie