New Thought -vs- New Age

Old school versus new school...which is better?

When it comes to manifesting goals, debates often arise over whose approach is better: new thought writers like Ernest Holmes or new age writers like Joe Vitale.

My answer is: go with whoever and whatever resonates with you. That's what's important.

I prefer to call *The Law of Attraction* the *Law of Resonance*, as I see it being a part of the greater Hermetic *Law of Vibration*. (There are 7 of these. See the book: "The Kybalion", by the 3 Initiates.)

So, the important thing is, do whatever ritual, or prayer, or affirmation feels right to you. Study whatever text (New Thought, Kabbalistic, Channeled) or author (Holmes, Hill, Neville, Ponder, Abraham-Hicks, Vitale) most resonates with you.

'Cause, when it's all said and done, you will only ever do, and manifest, what matters most to you.

Personally, I read them all! So, check out some of my recommendations over there to your left. They're in the blue Amazon.com box.

Where Two, Or Three, Are Gathered Together...

This is a portion of a statement, attributed to Jesus, the Christ, that gives a key to having one's prayers answered.

I believe the words of the Bible can be rightfully interpreted on many levels. So, hopefully without offending anyone, I'd like to give one possible interpretation of this statement.

The *two* could mean the 2 hemispheres of the top part of your brain (the neo-cortex). As many of you know, the left side deals with logical, analytical, and concrete thought. It is often used as a euphemism for the so-called Conscious mind. The right side deals with artistic, synthesist, and abstract thought. It is often used as a euphemism for the so-called Subconscious mind.

So, if you can get all parts of your prayer, or affirmation, to agree with your own personal left brain and right brain way of looking at things, then it has an excellent chance of being answered.

The *three* could mean your 3 brains combined: the reptilian complex, the mammalian mid-section, and the neo-cortex. The reptilian portion deals with physical stimulus. The mammalian is your emotional center. And, the neo-cortex is both the right and left hemispheres described above. The right likes rhythm and the left likes words.

So, if you can get all parts of your prayer, or affirmation, to speak all these languages, or as Jesus said "to agree", then it will be answered.

Now, to discuss this properly would take a whole book. As it turns out, such a book exists. You can go here

Barack Obama Used Affirmations, Spaced Repetition, and Strong Emotion To Attract Millions (People and Dollars)!

Yes, we can!

How many times did we hear this phrase bandied about during the campaign?

Setting aside political rhetoric, and how we personally feel about the candidates, for a moment, let's take note that "Yes, we can" is an affirmation.

Our *languaging* only takes 3 forms. When we speak, we either ask a question, give a command, or make an affirmative statement.

So, "Yes, we can" is an affirmation. It is one that Mr. Obama repeated constantly. It is one that he repeated at frequent intervals. And, it is one that he repeated in a highly charged atmosphere. In addition, his speeches were replayed every night by various tv and radio stations.

So, is it any wonder that every where you turned somebody was saying, "Yes, we can"? It's so short and pithy. :-)

Now, what would happen if you formulated your personal affirmations like this? What would you possibly achieve if you constantly, frequently, and with strong emotion, repeated a short and pithy catchphrase that stated the essence of one of your goals?

Reasons why...

If you have enough reasons "why", or one really, really strong one, you can achieve most anything.

If you're at all like me, you've read stacks of books and websites on how to properly set goals.

Now, that's all well and good, especially for learning how to achieve precision concerning your goals, but it's just as important for you to know the reasons why those goals are so important in the first place.

Take time and list your "why's" and study them.

Then, instead of spending your quiet time only affirming and visualizing your goals, spend an equal amount of your time thinking about why you want them as well. This is an excellent way to add energy and emotion to your images so as to help them manifest more quickly.

From a client...

One of my clients once asked me, "When you want to manifest some objective, could you describe a typical breakdown, a step-by-step procedure of how you go about it so that I can model some kind of routine?"

Well, my manifesting rituals change on occasion (I experiment a lot), but here's the outline I gave him...

1. Decide upon something you want.
2. See it clearly in your mind, around the area of your third eye (use photos from magazines or someplace to help you form a clear, vivid image). Slow your breathing, and deepen it.
3. Tell yourself it's yours, own it. Argue with yourself , if you have to. Affirm, deny, affirm, deny until only the affirmation remains.
4. Thank God/Spirit/Universe, and thank yourself.
5. Feel yourself release it to God/...and forget about it. If/when it resurfaces, say, "Oh, that's taken care of already."
6. Listen for any hunches/intuitions from your subconscious to do something specific.

I'd appreciate feedback on how this works for some of you.

It's Important How You Say Things...

My friend Alan Tutt, of PowerKeysPub.com, shared some of his thoughts about my blog, and in doing so, reminded me of how important it is for us to be precise in our use of language.

For example, take the phrase "subconscious mind". People use this terminology as if it is in reference to only one thing when, in reality, it is a catch-all for multiple processes (regulation of respiration, repository of memory, acquisition of goals, etc...).

So, where I said in one of last month's posts, "They don't so much *program* the subconscious mind as much as they *reveal* the existing programs of the subconscious mind", I should have said, "They don't only *program* the subconscious..."; and then should've gone on to explain what I meant by *program*. :-)

One of the definitions of *program* is *a set of instructions*. So, when I use this word, I mean things that are written in order to get the attention of that faculty of mind that is responsible for showing us the paths and methods to achieve our goals.

Thanks Alan.

Finding The Root Of An Issue

I was recently asked, "How do you identify the root problem? How do you know when
you've found it?"

You just keep asking yourself, I said, "Is there anything else? What's underneath this?"
At some point, you'll come to a place where there won't be any need to ask further.

As for how you'll know, well, without trying to sound all mystical here, you'll just know.
Either you will get a *feeling*, or something will just *click*, or you'll suddenly *see* an
issue much more clearly.