Changing Your Reality
How do you change your reality? By changing the way you think, the way you perceive things.
To do this, you simply look for the beauty in everything that you see and experience, look for the positive rather than the negative. Change the way you think, and you’ll change the way you live.
If you are striving for fulfillment, then you will feel empty. If you are working towards a better tomorrow, then today has less meaning. If you are yearning for greener pastures, then you are not tending to the place where you are Now.
The idea is to learn to live in "The Moment"; not for what happened yesterday, or what may happen tomorrow, but for what you have right now in this very moment.
Try not to focus on the negatives of what you think is missing or lacking in your life. Instead, look at what you do have. Find things to be grateful for and your life will transform into a magical journey.
This may be more difficult for some because of the way they have been conditioned to perceive life. For these people, the glass is not half full, it is half empty. The simple way of getting past this perception is to "re-condition" the mind to see things in a more positive manner, always looking for the silver lining in everything that comes your way. Not an easy task for some, but completely do-able. It all depends on how much you truly desire to transform your life into one filled with happiness, rather than frustration, stress, and anxiety.
This takes "will power", because the negative thoughts have become a habit. Every time a negative thought emerges, simply say "thank you" and "good-bye". Send it off in peace and refocus your attention on something more pleasant. If you have difficulty letting go of the negative thoughts, simply listen to some music, or find an enjoyable movie to watch; take your mind off of the negative by giving it something else to focus on. (I'm very serious about this one ... Do Not feed the negative energy)
In my journeys towards higher consciousness, I have encountered many well meaning "Light Workers" who still have difficulty with this lesson.
They mumble and groan about what they don’t have and where they’d rather be, or where they feel Spirit may be leading them to next. In their desire to do their work, to be where they are called, they lose sight of where they are Now. Where you are Now, is more important than where you may be tomorrow. What you are doing now, is more important than what you may be doing tomorrow. Don’t lose your focus on the gifts that have already been given to you, they aren’t around the corner, they are not waiting for you to do something or learn something, they are right here, right now.
If you begin to focus on this moment, right here and right now, and see the gifts that have already been given to you, then you will begin to open yourself to receiving even more.
Why? Because you are acknowledging the fact that you are taken care of and that you do receive gifts from the Creator.
Think of it this way, if you give a gift to someone but they don’t acknowledge it (maybe they say ‘thank you’ and then put it in the closet), how likely is it that you will continue to give them gifts? Eventually, you may begin to think "well, they don’t appreciate what I give them, so why should I give them anything? It never means anything to them, and they forget about it right away."
On the other hand, if someone gives you a gift and they can see that it makes you happy, they’re more likely to continue giving you things because everyone likes to make others happy. Think about this for a few minutes.
What I am attempting to do here, is to teach you the basics of creating an environment within yourself that is fertile ground for the development of a more fulfilling spiritual connection with the Creator and the growth of miracles and magic in your life. Before you can run, you must first learn how to walk. Before you can touch the hand of God, you must first reach out and touch the hand of those around you, and before you can do that, you must first reach inside and touch your heart with the gifts that have already been given to you.
I’ve heard many people talk about the idea that what they desire is "already there" they just have to "catch up to it". Wrong. It is already there, but they don’t have to catch up to it, they just have to see it and be grateful for it. This is being in the Moment.
Magic doesn’t happen yesterday, or tomorrow, it can only happen right here, right now.
If you’re focus is on yesterday or tomorrow, then how can you experience anything magical or miraculous right now? "Yesterday is gone, tomorrow never comes…" what does that leave you with?
Today is our Present, it is the gift we have been given to enjoy life.
Whatever you desire, let yourself be happy with what you have today, and the gifts that you will receive when the next "Present" today arrives will be just as good and pleasing as what you already have. Just learn to see it and then say "thank you" for what you have been given.