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All for One Has Failed One for All

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265794_eye4Recall the Three Musketeers battle cry: “All for one and one for all”? Today our modern economic system serves half this axiom – “All for one.” Our system is at full production concentrating wealth in unprecedented measure. As power shifts from the many to the few “all” pay the price. The single greatest cause of the worldwide economic unraveling is our propensity for consolidating power and concentrating wealth. The “system” now functions to elevate a few at the expense of many.

We find ourselves in the midst of the most challenging economic times since the Great Depression. Even in the “depression” though, the world kept spinning, the sun rose each day, men and women married, babies were born, people started businesses – life went on. Those who focused on life’s simple pleasures remained resilient and perhaps found joy even in the most trying of times. Faith in a brighter tomorrow carried the day – like it always does.

So here we are. To move forward, to recover, to prosper we must choose anew. We must expose the error of our ways and act purposely and deliberately knowing we, all of us, have the power to change this world now. We must choose a new future, a new reality, a new experience. Let me explain…

The rich and powerful see the writing on the wall – “the powers that be” are taking unprecedented steps (committing trillions of borrowed dollars) to secure the system – a system that, unless fundamentally altered, will continue to disenfranchise the masses and in the end destroy itself. We have arrived again at the truism: “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” We will continue to experience this trial until we learn the lesson.

We overlook the ultimate solution to this economic challenge because we are so engrossed in the problem we cannot, or dare not, step back to seek and embrace real change. Though we clamor for change, truly we fear it. We cling to the known until, overcome by events, we are swept up by a tide. The only thing people like better than the way things are is the way things were.

We didn’t arrive at this predicament over night. Neither Rome nor our economic system, were built in a day. At the end of World War II, by necessity the United States stepped in to restore a shattered system. As could be predicted, however, the arrogance of power gave way to the ingenuity of greed. We began to build a system serving the basest desires of those bold and brazen enough to compete for the prize.

Instead of creating and cooperating, sharing and serving we chose to compete and contest, hoard and dominate. We failed to have faith in possibility, a dream of what could be. Instead we became convinced we had to fight for our fair share of what was.

America, the land of opportunity, was built on the power of dreams and the promise of prosperity to those who seized the day, took responsibility for themselves and found a way to add value to others’ lives. When we lost our sight, our vision, our dream, we settled into the mud and mire of the struggle. Scaling back our aspirations sacrificed our freedom and we opened the door for those who seek to consolidate power.

For a sense of security and a modicum of comfort we willingly forfeit our dreams. Without motive the masses succumb to the allure of competitors seizing opportunity and consolidating power. What we have been seeing and experiencing for the past 65 years is a methodical consolidation of power – consolidation of wealth. This centralization of wealth and power inevitably led to the excesses and the greed and corruption of this debt bubble. We made our bed and must lie in it.

To chart a new course we have to energize the many. Not through a welfare state, but by promoting fair, just free enterprise and sound social policies. We cannot continue centralizing wealth but must rather work to empower people. The goal: for people to take responsibility for themselves and once again dream grand dreams and pursue splendid opportunities.

If we continue to choose the status quo, we will decline as a nation and a culture. It is time to truly fulfill the axiom: “All for one, and one for all.”

Copyright © 2010 Scott F Paradis

Scott F. Paradis, author of “Promise and Potential: A Life of Wisdom, Courage, Strength and Will” http://www.promiseandpotential.com publishes “Insights” and a free weekly ezine “Money, Power and the True Path to Prosperity.” Subscribe now at http://www.c-achieve.com

Right Thinking – Not Wishing – Is Your Key To Success

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Recently, there has been a resurgence in the trend for positive thinking and creative visualization. “The Secret” is the best known example of what is often referred to as The Law of Attraction.

This theme originated in the late 19th century, when one of the most prolific authors on the subject was Orison Swett Marden. Marden’s life mission was to inspire ordinary men and women to believe that they were capable of outstanding success. His message wasn’t the modern-day mantra of “just ask and it shall be yours”. He taught that any one of us can achieve great things – but only through persistent, directed effort.

He was convinced that “Every human being on this earth could be living in comfort if he knew the powers locked up within himself and were willing to work and make the best use of them.”

He wrote about the achievements of people from humble backgrounds who had risen to prominence without sacrificing either honor or integrity.

His books included short biographies of great men from lowly beginnings. He detailed their initial disappointments, their repeated failed efforts and their eventual successes. Marden himself had been orphaned at a very young age and had a harsh childhood, being hired out by his guardians to help on farms where the work was more suitable for grown men. This background made his later business achievements all the more remarkable and gave him a special status in the eyes of his readers.

Although Marden had a knack for making huge amounts of money in the catering and hotel businesses, he turned away from this to concentrate on writing. His aim was to help inspire others, in the same way as he had felt inspired after reading Samuel Smiles “Self Help”. After the runaway success of his first book, “Pushing to the Front: Success under Difficulties”, he established “Success” Magazine.” The magazine was to concentrate more on the quality of its reader’s lives, rather than their income – it gave ideas and encouragement for “making a life as well as making a living”.

Marden’s books encouraged a positive, cheery outlook, with an expectancy of achievement, prosperity and happiness. He taught that the starting point of a successful life was control of the thought process.

It is first essential to eradicate anxiety, jealousy and bitterness. This is done by substituting these types of poisonous thoughts with their opposite – charitable, loving, optimistic thoughts which will inevitably brighten your mood and increase your well being. Spending time thinking about what you want to achieve, rather than the barriers in your way.

But his message continued – just thinking about all the goals you have for your life is not going to make them come about. You need a detailed plan of action and you need to work towards their achievement, one step at a time. This is the part of the message which has been missed by some people, and why they consider that “the law of attraction doesn’t work”. The point is that yes, you must visualize the future that you want for yourself – but then you must also take advantage of all the opportunities that then open up to you. You create the future you desire through your own efforts – you simply need to know the most effective way to direct your energy.

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Directing Your Thought to Power Prosperity

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Thought is a very powerful energy and the way you think reflects on who you are.

Directing our thought energy can be very powerful in allowing prosperity into our lives, and this includes health, happiness and all that we ever want to be or have.

Your mind is made up of the conscious and the subconscious mind, the conscious mind directs the way you see, hear, feel, taste, smell and generally how you perceive things initially.

The subconscious mind directs your internal body functions such as your lungs, liver, nervous system, etc. including your powerful inner unlimited mind’s resources which is where your true personal aspirations and seat of wisdom lie.

A simple illustration of how this works is as follows:

The conscious mind which is in touch with the external surroundings and events would usually transmit information from different sources, based on what you see, hear, smell or taste and generally would form an opinion based on your experiences in life, your beliefs, social environment, or your personal preferences.

This information is then transmitted to the subconscious mind which takes its direction from the conscious mind, being that the conscious mind is in touch with the outside world through your senses.

The subconscious mind is always agreeable to whatever the conscious mind decides and so will throw its unlimited resources towards achieving it. This process applies whether the thought is negative or positive. The subconscious mind does not differentiate or argue, it always accepts the decision of your conscious mind.

Although the subconscious mind has unlimited resources it must work naturally in conjunction with your conscious mind as a whole.

So, when there’s a lot of negativity in the thought process, this negative and unproductive energy passes through from the conscious to the subconscious mind and eventually turns into a habit which becomes part of the person’s nature over the long term.

Negative habits repeated over time can be detrimental to the body’s health, and could lead to illnesses such as stress, depression, anxiety and would also inhibit progress towards achieving your true success goals or aspirations from a deeper level.

Hence, it’s important to control thought in the first place so that you can awaken the “Positive Creative Powerful Energy” already within you to constantly flow through and allow your unlimited minds resources to truly work on your behalf.

You may be surprised to know that some people never ever really recognize this power and so they live their lives oblivious of the wonderful mind power resources that exist within.

In a recent research in 2001 at the Harvard School of Public Health and Department of Veterans in Boston, it was discovered that people who took a more positive and optimistic view of life in general had half the risks of coronary heart disease compared to their more pessimistic counterparts.

In another study at Yale University in 2002, it was found that thinking positively about ageing can add approximately seven and a half years to your life.

So, understanding how to direct thought is the most wonderful activity that can be controlled from within, because when mastered, this will then allow you to create your desires as a direct fulfilment of your very own thought power.

In addition, the control of thoughts allow the expression of you as you wish it to be from a deeper level, engaging the conscious mind on a fixed objective as usual, but allowing your subconscious mind to put its wonderful unlimited resources to work for you.

In doing this, your action would be to direct and engage both minds in harmony with your true Prosperity Desires or Lifestyle Aspirations.

Practicing this “Control of Thoughts” constantly and diligently will allow you to gradually and eventually understand how to take absolute control of circumstances and events around you.

In time, you’ll begin to appreciate the pleasures of directing your thoughts to prosperity or other specific life aspirations you have, which should open the doors for better health, improved circumstances, happiness and harmony with your true creative nature whatsoever your desires may be.

You’ll discover that keeping your conscious mind saturated with Peace, Positivity, Gratitude, Love, Confidence, Joy, Willpower, Success, Happiness, Persistence, Strength, and Focus in harmony with your subconscious mind will gradually and eventually lead to “Exuding this Power Mind Force” that will enable you to break every single barrier that has ever stood in your way.

Now the question is, how do you start this whole process in practice?

Starting today, become more aware of your thoughts “All Day Long”

You can repeat affirmations such as the following:

“My mind is a powerful thought energy source and I am directing this energy towards my inner desires through constant control of thoughts”

Affirm this many times daily and let the “FEELINGS” of this settle within you. You can also affirm words like peace, success, positivity, confidence as they apply personally to you.

Feel the true meaning of these words as they apply to you specifically and make each word a personal thing.

As you do this daily, you’ll form the habit, the habit then becomes and feels part of your nature, and eventually this will gradually become embedded deep in your subconscious mind while gradually replacing negative emotions and feelings that may have worn you down in the past.

Drop by drop, like essential oils to the soul, your powerful resource will be laying the foundations for creating the life you desire as you persist daily in this and the control of your conscious mind.

Agree within yourself to live in harmony with these words, become thought conscious, rather than let your thoughts loose to roam aimlessly. As time goes on, trickle by trickle eventually your subconscious mind will commence the work of directing its’ unlimited resources to your cause.

Do not strain or feel any anxiety in doing this, you need to be relaxed, and just take this as an enjoyable therapy towards your Prosperity.

Another important key point is to agree on doing things one at a time. So you choose your most immediate objective and the others are arranged to follow in an orderly procession.

Always seek the guidance of your subconscious mind in choosing an objective that is more of the “real immediate priority to you”. Think the priority out carefully and once you decide that this is the one to tackle first, then focus your thoughts on the outcome you want to see. Your subconscious mind will eventually direct you diligently and gracefully, taking on the challenges along the way until you achieve it.

It’s important not to be tempted to focus on too many things, as this leads to scattered thought with no purpose, no direction and consequently no achievement. Choose to make your objective one at a time and let the others be scheduled into your plan.

Focusing and directing your minds’ resources in harmony with your true desires is the key to all great achievements and prosperity in life.

James Allen, a great contributor in the subject of Thoughts Power once explained that “if you alter your thoughts towards things and other people, then things and other people will alter towards you”.

In another statement he also said “Let a man radically alter his thoughts and he will be astonished at the rapid transformation it will effect in the material conditions of his life. The divinity that shapes our ends is ourselves.”

So, Prosperity in the Life and any other aspirations you have will begin making its way towards you when you begin to think and direct your actions towards prosperity, knowing that “Thought” is the start of the creative process.

You also understand that what manifests out of thoughts is that which we habitually focus on, be it consciously or unconsciously.

When you become conscious of your prosperity desires, you begin to direct this consciousness wilfully and diligently into your subconscious mind, trusting it to unfold the circumstances and events including the actions you need to take that will lead to your Prosperity objectives.

The important thing to note here is that to have Prosperity in your life, you must be conscious of it, you then build this consciousness in as a habit for it to become part of you. The actions that would then follow, which is necessary to accomplish your desires would be purely a natural process of reaping that which you have already taken time to sow.

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