From: ॐ नमः शिवाय (rävensärä) (115013010)
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Date: 06/03/2010 18:39:08
Subject: RE: Expect Miracles
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Expect Miracles
by Dr. Wayne Dyer
Having a mind that is open to everything and attached to nothing sounds
easy until you think about how much conditioning has taken place in your
life, and how many of your current thoughts were influenced by
geography, the religious beliefs of your ancestors, the color of your skin,
the shape of your eyes, the political orientation of your parents, your size,
your gender, the schools that were selected for you, and the vocation of
your great-......grandparents, to list only some possibilities.
You showed up here as a tiny infant capable of an infinite number of
potentialities......... Many of your choices remain unexplored because of a
hopefully well-....intentioned conditioning program designed to make you fit
the culture of your caretakers. You probably had next to no opportunity to
disagree with the cultural and societal arrangements made for your life.
There may have been some adults who encouraged you to have an open
mind, but if you're honest with yourself, you know that your philosophy of
life, your religious beliefs, your manner of dress, and your language are a
function of what your tribe (and its heritage) determined was right for
you. If you made any fuss about going against this preordained
conditioning, you probably heard even stronger voices insisting that you
get back in line and do things the way they have “always been done.”
Fitting in superseded having a mind that was open to new ideas.
If your parents were Jewish, it’s unlikely that you were raised to honor and
respect the Muslim religion, and vice versa. If both your parents were
Republicans, it’s improbable that you heard the virtues of the Democratic
Party extolled. Whatever the reasons our ancestors may have had for not
having open minds, it’s true that they inhabited a much less populated
world than we do. In today’s overpopulated world, we simply cannot
continue to live with those old styles of closed-....mindedness. I urge you to
open your mind to all possibilities, to resist any efforts to be pigeonholed,
and to refuse to allow pessimism into your consciousness.
Having a mind that is open to everything and attached to nothing seems
to me to be one of the most basic principles that you can adopt
to contribute to individual and world peace.
No One Knows Enough to Be a Pessimist
Find an opportunity to observe a tiny little green sprout emerging from a
seed. When you do, allow yourself to feel the awe of what you're seeing.
A famous poet named Rumi observed, “Sell your cleverness and purchase
bewilderment.” The scene of an emerging sprout represents the beginning
of life. No one on this planet has even a tiny clue as to how all of this
works. What is that creative spark that causes the life to sprout?
What created the observer, the consciousness, the observation,
and perception itself? The questions are endless.
A short while ago, Earthlings in the space program were moving a tiny
vehicle on Mars via remote control. Invisible signals took ten minutes to
travel through space and arrived to make right turns and instruct a scoop
to pick up some Martian real estate to examine. We all marvel at such
technological feats. But think about it for a moment. In an endless
universe, Mars, our closest neighbor, is the equivalent of moving a billionth
of an inch across the page you’re reading! We move a little vehicle on a
neighbor next door and we’re so impressed with ourselves.
There are billions and billions of planets, objects, and stars in our galaxy
alone, and there are uncountable billions of galaxies out there. We are a
speck in an incomprehensibl........y vast universe that has no end to it. Think
about this: If we found the end, would there be a wall at the edge of the
universe? If so, who built it? Even more perplexing, what’s on
the other side of the wall, and how thick is it?
How can anyone be a pessimist in a world where we know so little?
A heart starts beating inside a mother’s womb a few weeks after
conception, and it’s a total mystery to everyone on our planet.
In comparison to what there is to know, we are only embryos.
Keep this in mind whenever you encounter those who are absolutely
certain that there’s only one way to do something.
Resist being a pessimist. Resist with all your might, because we hardly
know anything at all in comparison with what there is to know. Can you
imagine what a pessimist who lived only 200 years ago would think about
the world we live in? Airplanes, electricity, automobiles, television, remote
controls, the Internet, fax machines, telephones, cellular phones,
and so on. All because of that spark of open-....mindedness that
allowed progress, growth, and creativity to flourish.
And what of the future and all of your tomorrows? Can you picture faxing
yourself back to the 14th century, flying without machines, telepathically
communicating, de-........molecularizing yourself and rearranging yourself on
another galaxy, or cloning a sheep from a photograph of a sheep? An open
mind allows you to explore and create and grow. A closed mind seals off
any such creative explanation. Remember that progress would be
impossible if we always did things the way we always have. The ability to
participate in miracles-true miracles in your life-happens
when you open your mind to your limitless potential.
Refuse to allow yourself to have low expectations about what you're
capable of creating. As Michelangelo suggested, the greater danger is not
that your hopes are too high and you fail to reach them; it’s that they're
too low and you do. Have within you an imaginary candle flame that burns
brightly regardless of what goes before you. Let this inner flame represent
for you the idea that you're capable of manifesting miracles in your life.
Namasté
Joe
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