My 2D Experience

 

I just want to share an experience I had back in the summer of 1991 which was kind of weird. Back then I was a serving soldier with the Corps of Royal Engineers and was based in the German city of Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. I was married with my second wife at the time and our daughter had not long been born. The previous November I had started an Amway Business, as a lot of us did back then, and had spent several months traveling after my day’s work to various parts of North Germany holding all kinds of meetings from home presentations to hotel trainings to product demonstrations and so forth. I was doing OK and loving it.

On this particular day, a Friday, it started as it usually did at five in the morning with my daughter crying out for cuddles or a nappy change or something along those lines and, as I usually got up around then to get ready to go to camp for my day’s soldiering, I usually had the honour and privilege to be the one who got up to take care of my little bundle of joy.

I was on parade for seven o’clock at the camp where I was stationed, then spent my day doing military stuff until four in the afternoon, or 1600 Hours in Military speak. Back home I played with my daughter before having a bite to eat, then donned my dark suit, white shirt and red tie, a look which was believed to indicate and emanate a sense of Trust and left in the evening around six for a two-hour drive to present a Home Meeting for a new Team Member, a fellow soldier who was based near Celle. It was a very successful meeting which ended up taking over four hours such was the interest, and I finally started my homeward drive sometime after midnight. By this time, as you can imagine, I was pretty tired and looking forward to a hopeful Lie-In on the coming morning with it being a Saturday and I wasn’t on ‘Baby Duties’. As an aside, that usually didn’t go to plan, and I wouldn’t get that Lie-In!

It was whilst driving down a long, straight, tree-lined road with my side windows open to keep me awake and listening to a Jim Rohn audio when the strangest thing occurred. All the trees on either side of the road changed from 3D to 2D! They looked just as if someone had cut them out of cardboard, painted them, tacked them to wooden stakes and stuck them in the ground facing towards me like Billboards. I shook my head and blinked my eyes however they kept reverting back to this cardboard cut-out kind of image, even moving in the breeze as I drove past. The whole experience only lasted a few minutes, by which time I had reached a junction, and the rest of my journey was uneventful. It was probably tiredness that caused it, yet it seemed so real. Maybe that’s how early lifeforms saw their surroundings before 3D vision became a thing. Just a thought!

What do you think?

Namaste,

J Sadler-Scott

 

Make the Decision

We all know making decisions affect our lives in so many ways, whether it's deciding to get up in the morning or not or what food to eat or whether a certain colour suits our complexion - thousands of decisions every day and we are conscious of very few of them. So what about the decision to be successful or not?

Source: Unknown

That's a decision we can make at any time, however we do have to make it. No-one is going to change our lives for us, we have to decide to that ourselves and then take whatever steps are necessary to achieve it.

Randy Gage explains this a bit further in his video and uses examples from his own life.

See you next time,
Jez

Transforming Desires into Reality

For many affirmations just don’t work and it causes a lot of frustration. That was certainly the case with me until I discovered Declarative Statements and stopped sabotaging my positive intentions.

Firstly, what are Affirmations? They are positive statements set in the present tense. An example of an affirmation is:

“I am so happy and grateful now I am enjoying an amazing level of fitness and health.”

Is there anything wrong with that? On the face of it no, it seems perfectly ok. Two things, however, need to be considered here. Firstly, from the aspect of The Universe where you are claiming to be already fit and healthy, so the said Universe says:

 “OK, you’ve got what you want, job done.”

Secondly, from a Law of Attraction perspective, your subconscious mind would create an opposing statement because it knows what you’re saying isn’t exactly true, for example:  

“Dude, I saw you in the mirror this morning and you are far from being fit and healthy!”

Don’t get me wrong, affirmations do work for some, just not for all. Also, as in my case, you may experience some changes but not the changes you were expecting. Until I discovered Declarative Statements I had been using affirmations on a daily basis for almost 30 years. I would print them onto A4 sheets of paper and stick them in all the recommended strategic places. I would memorise them, repeating them often throughout the day and before sleeping at night. Yet, still no financial freedom, nice home, dream car and so on. I did, however, develop great positive habits and thinking!

My hunch is that you’ve experienced something similar and maybe you’ve even given up on affirmations altogether, thinking they’re a waste of time or that perhaps you aren’t ‘destined’ to have a great life. Am I right?

With that in mind, what can we say to a) allow the Law of Attraction to attract a positive result and b) prevent our subconscious minds from sabotaging our efforts? That’s where Declarative Statements come in and this is how they work.

Remember, our words form the thoughts which create the vibrations (moods or feelings) - either positive or negative – which attract our results – again either positive or negative. Therefore, if we want to change our results we need to change our vibrations and to change our vibrations we need to change our thoughts and to change our thoughts we need to change the words we’re using.

A Declarative Statement is essentially a re-framed affirmation which raises your vibration. Instead of stating “I Am…” or similar use “I’m in the process of…” and fill in the blank. For example, if you wanted to attract a much healthier lifestyle you could say:

“I’m in the process of attracting a fitter and healthier lifestyle through healthy eating and regular exercise.”

Even though you’re not stating a ‘clear intention’ as some purists might say, nevertheless this re-framed wording is accepted by the subconscious mind as truth and a positive vibe is sent out to be matched by the Law of Attraction which, in turn, will attract whatever information, strategies, support, opportunities you need to get, in this example, fitter and healthier.

What I’ve shared here is a stripped-down version of what I teach in my Deliberate Attraction Strategy Workshops where I go into more detail however, a simple Declarative Statement such as the one above will work just as well.

I now use these all the time and am enjoying some surprising results and it’s my intention for you to use Declarative Statements instead of Affirmations, so you can stop self-sabotaging your positive actions and truly transform your desires into reality.

Recommended Reading

Money, Master the Game by Tony Robbins - great interviews, tips and tricks by some of the world's most successful people

Life Hacks; Handy Tips to Make Life Easier – Dan Marshall

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So What do I Want?

Let’s face it, we all know what we don’t want, right? Yet when it comes to knowing what we do want, we tend to be a bit unsure. Wouldn’t it be nice to have some clarity on that?

If I said to you “List 10 things you don’t like about your current work”, you would most likely have that list ready in a few minutes! If I then said, “Now list 10 things you Like about your current work”, that would get you humming and ha-ing and it would probably take you twice as long, that’s if you even complete the list. That’s down to how our subconscious mind works, it’s easier to focus on the negative rather than the positive. Now obviously that isn’t the norm for everyone, there are always exceptions, but for the many it is indeed the case.

So, does that mean only a few will ever know for sure what they really want in life or business? Nope, because there is a way to shortcut that thinking, to kind of reverse engineer it so that you gain Clarity from your Contrast, your contrast being that which you don’t want.

Part of what I teach people is to do just that. A lot of the contrast we have in business, or life, has to do with three little words which, once eliminated, can produce a lot of clarity, help you gain certainty about what you really want to achieve. Those words are “Don’t”, “Not” and “No”. So, how does it work?

If you are saying things like “I don’t want unreliable clients” “No worries” “I’m not as successful as I would like to be” or similar, you are creating negative vibrations which the Law of Attraction is matching and thus, you get the Contrast you don’t want and not the Clarity or positive results you do want.

Now, some of you are reading this and a little voice is saying, how on earth do I eliminate Don’t, Not and No from my vocabulary, it’s impossible! To an extent that’s true, it’s more to do with how you use them. As you can see in the last paragraph, I used Don’t and Not, however not (there I go again) in a statement of intent.

There’s a very simple tool you can use to help you, at the very least, reduce the use of Don’t, Not and No and that is to ask “Well, what do I want?”. Immediately, as soon as you say that, the vibe changes and you start thinking in a more positive way as you contemplate a positive solution, thus gaining Clarity. Feels great, doesn’t it?

Now have some fun with it. Every time you catch yourself using Don’t, Not or No, ask yourself “Well, what do I want?” Like anything that’s practised, it will become automatic in time and you will have created a very useful habit helping you gain Clarity from your Contrast.

Why Is It Taking So Long? (Update #3)

If you’ve been applying the Law of Attraction in your life and don’t appear to be getting the results you expected or, indeed, appear to have gone backwards, then you’re not alone. I’ve been experiencing that over the last couple of months or so. However, it doesn’t mean that the process of Law of Attraction isn’t at work.

As Michael Losier teaches, Law of Attraction is working all the time, matching our vibrations and providing what we asked for, just maybe not in the way we thought. The clue is in the Job Description of the Law of Attraction. Do you remember what that is? I’ve just mentioned it above – Match Vibrations. That’s exactly what’s been happening.

Michael also clears this point up by saying that once we start using Law of Attraction in our lives, things immediately start to change. Whereas it appears we are going backwards at times, what is actually happening is that old stuff, which is no longer a match for us, is being discarded, let go, dropped out of our Vibration Bubble.

That could be in the form of a habit we suddenly change, people we no longer associate with or even a job that isn’t a match for us. In my case it’s been a Direct Sales company I was aligned with being put into administration and then discovering that Network Marketing, after almost 30 years, is perhaps not the right match for me after all. Shock to the system that was, let me tell you!

So, what has been happening which is a match then? Well, I’ve rediscovered my coaching and teaching skills – this blog is part of it – however even that’s taken a different direction to what I had been focusing on. I’ve had a major Insight into what exactly I want to teach and to whom - not going to reveal all right now but suffice to say I won’t be giving attention to the ‘Target Market’ I had been focusing on. Part of my Insight revealed that it’s not about the money, it’s about who I can serve best. Remove the focus from my financial situation and place my Attention on what really counts instead, that’s the message I received.

Another good point as to why I, and perhaps also yourselves, haven’t seen any really significant change in circumstances is that there’s a mega amount going on in the background, stuff I don’t see or realise. Pretty much just like a plant growing. You water it and nurture it for weeks and nothing seems to be happening, yet underneath the roots are growing and searching out nutrients and ‘rooting’ themselves in to make them stronger. Then, when the time is right, growth starts on the surface and the flowers start to appear and we enjoy the beauty of Nature.

In reality it’s only been a couple of months since I used the tools and techniques taught by Michael Losier to prevent my eviction. That was major because it was what I needed at that time. Now I’m in the strengthening phase and my roots are getting longer and stronger, feeding on the nutrients the Law of Attraction is matching and aligning me with – a bit like a top Nutritionist looking after the Health & Wellbeing of a professional athlete – and very soon I shall be sprouting with renewed vigour. 

As will you, providing you don’t kill the plant by pulling it up to check if the roots are growing yet. =D

Until next time!

Jez   

On My YouTube Channel:

How I Prevented My Eviction Playlist

Recommended Reading: 

Law of Attraction by Michael Losier

Moneyand Happiness (The Scientific Way): Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Happy, and Highly Effective Life Hacks for Financial Independence by Dr. L V George

Business Networking For Dummies by Stefan Thomas

Being 100% Positive Actually Weakens You

Do you know how many thoughts we have every day? No, nor do I however scientists put it around one hundred thousand. What I can tell you is that 80% of those 100k thoughts are Negative! Yes, I said Negative! So, what chance have we got of being 100% Positive? Little to no chance and I'm not being negative by saying that, quite the opposite because we need to be negative at times, and here's why...

We have so many negative thoughts because it's the default setting within our subconscious minds. It comes from the days when we had to live our lives on full alert all the time to protect ourselves and those around us from wild beasts and marauding tribes. Negativity is well and truly integrated into our Fight or Flight system and we still need it. 

Now I'm sure, like me, you've heard practically every Positive Thinking Expert or Guru say we should strive to be only Positive, to avoid newspapers, the TV news, Soaps, scary or violent movies, getting angry and more. Now admittedly those forms of entertainment or Media Input are not that beneficial however, just like junk food, they only do real harm if you're constantly feeding yourself with them.

For example, if you are on a weight reduction programme yet are having waffles and syrup for breakfast (or a Full English if you're in UK), then Burger and Fries for lunch and Pizza for your evening meal, then it's not going to work, is it? No, of course not! However, the odd occasional pizza, MacNuggetBurger and Fries etc is ok - especially as a treat!

Another example. Gold. Have you ever noticed that gold items are mostly 9 or 18 carat and very rarely - if ever - pure gold unless they're antique? Why do you think that is? The answer is quite simple; pure gold is too soft to work with efficiently, therefore nickel is added, or some other low grade metal, to make it easier and more robust to work with and enable the finished product to be worn for much longer. 

So, when it comes to negativity the same kind of rule applies in a sense - we need to have some negativity in our lives to enable us to function efficiently otherwise we would be lopsided, imbalanced. Being 100% Positive would be Pollyanna on steroids and we wouldn't want that, would we?

As a last thought, Michael Losier says in his book, Law of Attraction, that it's OK to be negative - briefly. So, it's OK to have a quick rant or smash a plate (or laptop in my case!) or to be angry with a situation etc, so long as it's only for a brief time and then you get back on track.

How long is briefly? Michael says that depends on you and the situation. Some are negative for a few minutes, for others it could be a few years until they find closure or finish grieving. Point is, just don't stay negative because that's even more damaging than being 100% Positive!

Now you know why you can't be 100% Positive, however must we remain 80% Negative and only 20% Positive? No, we don't need that amount of negativity in our lives today, it no longer serves the same purpose. Using the Law of Attraction and other Positive Growth tools, you can reverse the 80/20 so that it becomes 80% Positive and 20% Negative, which creates a more balanced way of living as well as a more joyful life.

Some Useful Links, including affiliate links:

Crushing it by Gary Vaynerchuk

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The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Naht Hahn

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Life Hacks; Handy Tips to Make Life Easier – Dan Marshall

https://goo.gl/MsvZHV

YouTube: How I Prevented My Eviction Using The Law of Attraction

The Choice Is Yours And Yours Alone

So here I am, it's Bank Holiday in the UK, very warm and I have chosen to write this blog post. That's a conscious decision I've made. 

We make decisions like that all day long about what to eat or wear, where to go, who to talk to and so on. We also make decisions unconsciously and these, too, are a choice. We choose to breathe. We choose to allow our hearts to beat and pump blood. When we eat we choose to swallow. These are all unconscious choices which we could also choose NOT to do, although that wouldn't be advisable!

The same goes for when we want to be prosperous. We choose actions which will either help or hinder us, depending on the route we take. For example I used to have certain views about being wealthy based on where I grew up and, later, on a certain religious ideology. I grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland, during a time now better known as The Troubles. In my mind, based on TV reports, The Troubles were being supported by very wealthy business people supporting one side or the other through funding which was used to buy weapons and explosives which, in turn, was used to indiscriminately kill innocent people  - including children.

Later, when I got involved with a religious movement who were dead against materialism and really frowned on anyone wanting to become a success in what they termed The World, I bought into that way of thinking because of my experience growing up in Belfast. I used to even state that I hated money with a passion.

The result of these experiences, and others related to them, resulted in me obviously never having money for long. In one hand and out the other as quickly as possible. The only time I saved was when it was done for me and as soon as I had access to that, which amounted to about $3,000 at the time, it was gone withing a few weeks.

It was my choice to believe what I did, my choice to act as I did, my choice to self-sabotage myself all those years. Knowing what I know now do I regret those actions, beliefs and so on? No, those are my experiences and I've learned from them. Obviously it would be great to go back in time and rectify everything however, in all honesty, I'm not sure I would.

Prosperity is a choice and that brings me to this video where Randy Gage explains just that and which inspired me to write this post. Enjoy!

How to Prevent Your Enery Being Sucked Right Out of You

There's a funny saying that some people light up a room - when they leave! However I'm sure, like me, you've actually met people like that. People who seem to drain your very energy from you and feed themselves with it. Dr Christian Northrup shares what to look out for - the danger signs - and what to do about these Energy Vampires in this Inspire Nation interview.

She also shares why breathing through your mouth is unhealthy! 

Is Your House A Happy One?

By that question I’m not referring to where you live, although that could also contribute. No, I’m talking about the ‘House of your Mind’, how happy are you inside that particular dwelling?

We all get plagued by negative thoughts, in fact over 80% of our thoughts are negative, and many of us spend a lot of time ‘cleaning’ our houses, doing what we can to rid ourselves of those unwanted ‘tenants’. However, what are we replacing them with?

The illustration I use in this short video is the one the Great Teacher spoke of in the Scriptures, where he asked what happens when we rid ourselves of our ‘demons’ and we leave the ‘house’ empty. Well, those evicted demons come back with all their squatter friends and take up residence once more, only this time there’s lots more of them and they’re creating even more havoc in our lives.

The solution? Once you’ve cleaned your house, evicted those unwanted tenants, get your ideal tenants in ASAP! Only accept positive thoughts, feelings and beliefs. And if a Neggy Tenant shows up? Call the Bailiffs!

Law of Attraction Job Description

Are you working for someone? If you are then you most likely have a job description embedded in your contract. This could be as simple as a few sentences to a more complex description pages long.

Did you know the Law of Attraction also has a job description? It does, and it's not even a full sentence long. Two words. That's all, just two words: Match Vibrations. How's that for a job description? 

You see, the Law of Attraction isn't concerned about what you think, say, touch, taste, hear, see or anything along those lines. In fact, it's not even aware of what you're doing. What it is aware of, and what it responds to, is the vibration you're giving off at any one time. All it's concerned about is whether that vibration is positive or negative so it can match it.

So simple, yet so effective. 

Mirror Talk

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?

Why you are, of course! 

I AM – these two words have been stated as being the two most powerful words we can utter. The reason being everything else that comes after them will affect your present and your future either positively or negatively.

I AM at the start of a sentence denotes either a change or an affirmation is on the way.

EG the statement “I am always doing that” is often heard when someone makes a mistake, says or does something wrong and so on. That is an affirmation because you are affirming something which you have programmed your subconscious to accept. “I am enjoying (my life, day, food)” is also an affirmation, but of a more positive nature. We should, therefore, be careful what we say after I AM.

There are two more words which are every bit as powerful as I AM for what comes after them will determine how you react, what action you will take or how you feel. Those two words are YOU ARE.

Mostly 'YOU AREs' will be directed to you by a third party; someone says them to you, you read them in a personal text or email: “You are stupid!” “You are sexy.” “You are a prat!” “You are a legend!” and so on.

Depending on who says them and in what vein will determine what you do, say or feel next – again either positively or negatively. EG “You are worthless” will make you feel just that or you will react with anger to deny it. Whereas “You are sexy” will probably make you feel good and you will most likely agree!

“You are never going to amount to much” will weigh on our minds, subconsciously, especially if repeated often and that can last a lifetime and we can either strive to prove that statement wrong or affirm it. Most affirm it and their Self Esteem stays at a constantly low level. Such statements have a debilitating effect on our lives and go a long way to prevent us from achieving much from life. “You’ll never amount to much” becomes “I can’t do that, I AM not good enough”.

That’s how powerful YOU ARE is when it comes from someone else, but what if it comes from you? Will it have the same kind of effect or will our subconscious minds be able to differentiate the difference?

Well, try it and find out! Stand, or sit, in front of a mirror and say out loud to yourself:

You are stupid!

You are useless!

You are a numpty!

You are fat!

How does that make you feel? I’m betting not very good and maybe even a bit angry.

Now tell yourself:

You are successful in everything you do.

You are fantastic!

You are healthy in every way.

Now how does that make you feel? Better? I bet it does!

What you are doing is the same as when you use I AM – you are programming your subconscious mind into believing those statements, whether negative or positive. Your subconscious doesn’t know the difference between right or wrong, lie or truth – it just accepts everything as truth and acts accordingly. 

If you program it with negative crap that’s how you will think and act. Vice versa if you program your subconscious with positive affirmations you will certainly feel the benefit of that. But that’s not all.

The Law of Attraction states that what you think of most is what you will attract. Therefore, if all you think about is soap opera style negativity, then that’s exactly what you will attract and experience. If, however, you are programming your subconscious with positive 'I AMs' and 'YOU AREs' you will overcome these negative thoughts and attract more positive influences into your life physically, spiritually or materially – possibly all three!

“You are what you think about all day long.” says Napoleon Hill in his book "Think and Grow Rich" and that is so true.

EG if you are constantly telling yourself that you are a sex abuser then eventually that’s what you’ll be. If you tell yourself that you’re highly successful then that’s what you’ll become. It’s the actions that follow these thoughts, of course, which lead to the conclusion of the original I AM or YOU ARE.

There is more to it than just saying I AM or YOU ARE, you need to create the behaviours and habits to make your 'I AMs' and 'YOU AREs' a reality, but it all starts with the original thoughts. Successful people in all walks of life know and employ this as part of their daily routines.

YOU ARE, therefore, is as powerful as I AM. A bit more work is involved, though, because you have to filter out the negative 'YOU AREs' thrust upon you by others, or yourself.

Mirror Talk Exercise

Try this exercise for 30 days and notice the changes in your thinking, acting and feeling. How has it affected your circumstances?

Every morning and evening stand/sit in front of a mirror and look yourself in the eyes whilst telling yourself (preferably out loud) how good you are with statements such as:

You are loved.

You are successful in all areas of your life.

You are always positive.

You are enjoying an abundance of health and wealth.

Make up your own but make them as specific to you and what you want to achieve as you can and keep them in the present tense. You could also reinforce them with a few positive 'I AMs' throughout the day.

Remember, you are what you are meant to be and what you are meant to be is better in every way.