... but thought I'd share as well.

What do I believe is coming between me, as I am right now, and the successful practice of the Science of Getting Rich, exactly as it is written?

I came up with at least 5 things right off the top of my head: one of them was the nagging belief, ported over from other less empowering beliefs, that unless I am absolutely PERFECT, which is an excitingly fluctuating idea (do I need "healing" or to "move forwards"? Should I accept I am perfect just as I am, without "healing" or "going anywhere"? YIPPEE! The possibilities for dithering are ENDLESS! ) I cannot make this method work for the described intent of GETTING RICH.

Yet, Wally wrote "... and blockheads get rich" - something I had in my sig for a bit, and maybe need to hold onto...

Nowhere does he state that only people who are X, Y and Z mentally, spiritually, and emotionally, shall get rich - everyone else with bad memories, poor emotional self-control, and blisters on their feet (because who can think straight with sore feet) still gets rich, using his methods/theory. At least, as I read his book.

Going to go ponder on this for a while: something told me to post here, if my post is crass or contradictory to anything then so be it, I WILL continue to work on myself, but I also have to check now and then that this idea isn't becoming a trap all its own...

Fountainbleu,

I can relate to this. I agree that it helps to notice all the rich, successful, imperfect people in this world.

On the other hand. I think the SOGR is all about ALLOWING. It's about letting go of any excuses, perceived limitations, fear, contradictory beliefs, or whatever -- and just allowing all those riches to come to you in their own way, in their own time.

Meanwhile, just chill out. Be happy. Do whatever you like to do. And above all DON'T WORRY.

Obviously, some of us can (and do) write about this all day long. We can make it seem really complicated with our analogies and analysis. But really the SOGR can be boiled down to two simple words.

Be happy.

Everything else is basically just a bunch of different ideas to help us get to that point. They're very useful, of course. Most of us have whole systems of security against the happiness and abundance that are trying to get in. So I really appreciate all the Life labs, support materials and processes than help me to allow abundance.

But sometimes it helps just to keep it simple, sweetie.

Love and blessings,
Rachel

Fountainbleu,

I don’t know if this will help, but I think I’ve found a way to keep all this very SIMPLE.

Simply, notice how you FEEL, moment to moment. Why? Because, how you FEEL is telling you what you currently BELIEVE.

So, if you’re not feeling wonderful about anything, it means you’re believing something less than wonderful about that thing. And, regarding beliefs,…

“The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.” -- Frank Lloyd Wright, Master Architect

Improve what you BELIEVE and your feelings will improve, automatically. And, once you improve your feelings, you’ve really done the thing that needs doing, the thing from which all else (actions, coincidences, synchronicities, the right ideas, etc.) easily and effortlessly follow.

Phil

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Originally posted by Phil:
Simply, notice how you FEEL, moment to moment.

Waking very early this morning, right now I feel powerful and relieved that I can, most definitely, continue to unfold myself, my inner life of beliefs and so on, along the lines I have been doing (and so many more people are doing and sharing on here every day, which is wonderful - thank you!!) and also know that I stopped a minor bit of potential self-sabotage ("Can only really do this right when I'm PERFECT") along the way.

It's all good!

~~

Ps this weekend I'm going to pay attention to noticing things where my life, behaviour and beliefs are going in harmony with the way I'd most like them to be, noticing what I'm doing RIGHT and not what I'm doing that's not quite there yet... I shall report back on any interesting finds next week!

What synchronicity! I dealt with this perfection thing just yesterday.

I thought the universe to be like a snooty country club with a dress code. I couldn't get treated like the members 'cause I hadn't the right clothes.

So I mentally moved to another 'wacky' place, where imperfection doesn't signify. I can get ANYTHING, just by ordering it. No one cares how wrong I am.

The sky is the limit in this new mental place. I expect to reap material rewards real soon. I'll be a millionaire yet, by God!

Reading my post above, I realised I made the mental shift I described sound easy, like I didn't struggle.

And the truth is, I didn't. I hope Fountainbleu, and anyone reading, that you're not averse to the uncomplicated, especially since this already seems to be working great, for me.

Initial report:

WOW!!

I hadn't realised how much my healthy and natural desire to better my character and evolve spiritually had been creating an accidental energy sink-hole, into which I was observing the "bad"/unwanted with SO MUCH more intensity than the "good"/wanted...

If you believe, as I do, that "Energy flows where attention goes" then that shows why I'm finding this shift in awareness so useful. But it's NOT about rejecting the possibility of self-improvement, or stopping the good work of being a happier person, attracting things towards me in accordance with my feelings!

I like to look at any situation, any project, from every angle, including apparently contradictory ones (the scientific conception as light being in some ways like a wave, and in other ways like a particle, is a good parallel) and this weekend I've found focusing on myself as though I had nothing left to change pointed out unhelpful mental habits, of always looking for something to improve upon, while not always seeing the existing good in things, including my own thoughts.

"Gratitude" is the wider concept exploring this of course, but I hadn't taken it in on a cellular level to apply to situations where things seemed to be "proving" that I was somehow flawed, or not capable.

To quote another old saying, "If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail" - if all I have is some notion I need to continually improve, grow, etc, then everything will potentially look like a pointer towards some perceived deficit in myself, and I can't speak for anyone else but I personally find that a bit of a disempowering thought!

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Meanwhile, just chill out. Be happy. Do whatever you like to do. And above all DON'T WORRY.

Since reading SOGR I worry about worrieing.

uhhh... Up until now, ofcourse.