Fundamentalists

As you can probably already tell, I have some firm beliefs when it comes to the law of attraction, consciousness, the universe, and reality itself. But it's not so firm that I do not try to challenge its assumptions from time to time. For instance, I'm fairly skeptical of people that claim to be psychic. But that is for another blog.

Having a too rigid stance of any point of view turns off your critical thinking skills, which can lead a person to very dangerous consequences.

Here is a very funny video about people that have turned off those critical thinking skills. Please watch it until the very end, because it makes a very surprising and funny statement.

(Disclaimer: I do not mean to offend anyone. But if you are offended, perhaps this video is a reflection of yourself. If it is, please comment below so we could all get a good laugh.)

Holographic Universe

The following videos adequately illustrate my major point of view on reality and consciousness. I did not create the videos and honestly do not know who did.

Why You Came Into This Reality

Some teachers of the law of attraction say that you are this all powerful being that came to this reality to have a "human experience." Some people ask, if I had it all and could do it all, why would I want to experience giving it all up? In this article I will explain why you chose to live out this experience.

Just recently one of my favorite movies was playing on TV. It was The Game staring Michael Douglas. It brought up a very important point that I've never noticed before. If you've never seen the movie it is now the time to STOP READING! There will be spoilers. You have been warned.

The movie touches on a commonly asked question: "What kind of gift do you give someone who has everything?" The answer that the movie provides is: You take it all away. Then just before he's at the breaking point, you give it all back. This will give him a greater appreciation for what he has.

This is basically the gift that you've given yourself. Your "True Self" wanted to make a game of forgetting how powerful you actually are, then live through the joy gaining it all back again.

So the first part of the process is the preparation of the game. This is where you hide your godlike power from yourself, which is not an easy task. You first create this entire universe based on limitation. You create all the rules of physics in order to mask your true power. Then you forget that you did it all.

The next part is finding your way back to who you really are. This can either be done gradually, while you are living. Like what practitioners of the Law of Attraction try to do. Or you'll gain it all back in one shot. This happens when you "die." You don't really die, of course. "Death" is just a fail safe, so you don't permanently stay in this state of forgetfulness and powerlessness.

As you can imagine, getting your power back is extremely exciting & joyful. And that's the whole point of this game that you put yourself in.

Maybe that's where the famous band, N.E.R.D. got their name from. It stands for No one Ever Really Dies. Maybe they they've found a lot of their power back and that's why they've been so successful.

You now know why you chose to come to this reality and live out this human experience. If you would like to know specific ways of getting that power back check out Busting Loose From the Money Game: Mind-Blowing Strategies for Changing the Rules of a Game You Can't Win.

Flatland

I've always wondered if what we're seeing is really all there is. This video from "What the bleep," does a great job illustrating that.

7 Tips for Easier Writing

One of the best and most enjoyable ways for me to express creativity (besides choking someone unconscious in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu class) is to write. But some find it laborious and would rather dig a trench in solid manure, then write a single paragraph. This blog post will give you some tips to making writing easier, maybe even fun!

You don't realize it yet, but in the next 2 minutes you're going to learn how to breeze through writing, even when you have writers block! Here are 9 tips for easier writing.

1. State Your Purpose Beforehand. The first step in writing is actually knowing what to write. Many writers, for some strange reason, bypass this and just start typing away. It's no wonder they get stuck. They have no direction.
   
2. Know Your Topic. This may seem like a no brainer, but you may be surprised how many writers don't do any research before starting on a topic. Here's a tip. Just read 3 of the top selling books on your topic and you'll be more knowledgeable about it than 80% of the population.
   
3. Know your audience. This boils down to the age old saying "What's in it for me?" Of course you may think that you're written piece is the greatest, most interesting and entertaining thing in the world but if it doesn't give any benefits to anyone no one will read it.
   
4. Use a mind map to outline your article. Use a large piece of news print paper and draw a circle in the middle. Put your main topic in the middle. Then draw 10 to 12 lines from that circle. At the end of each line, write down subtopics, tips, and/or facts that support your main topic. Just write freely until you've filled all lines. Now all you have to do is pick and choose which ones you like. This will give enough topics to write an outline with.
   
5. Make use of bullet points. Bullets act as a stop sign for the eyes, they refocus the reader on the article if they're attention starts to waiver. They also big help for people like myself, who have a habit of scanning articles to get to the good stuff faster.
   
6. Write in a conversational tone. Forget all those fancy shmancy long words you may have picked up in college. The average reader doesn't really have a stomach for academia types of pieces. They just want something they can understand, and will help them or entertain them.
   
7. If all else fails, turn off your monitor and "go to town" for 20 minutes. In other words don't look at what your writing. Just open a word processor, turn off your screen and start typing freely. Let your subconscious take over and see what happens. When you're done, you may be pleasantly surprised by what you've written down.

Now you've learned how to breeze through writing, even when you have writers block. Just know that writing gets easier the more you do it. So even if you're having a hard time, don't give up. Just keep pushing through, it will get easier.

Don't be Hatin'

Have you ever come across someone that constantly got on your nerves? It always seems like they’re doing great and you keep getting the short end of the stick. No matter how much you try to avoid this person they keep constantly showing up in your life. Want to know why? While you're sitting there reading this, your going to learn that hating on someone actually makes them more successful and increases their presence in your awareness.

The best thing to do when you experiencing hate or dislike towards someone (for any reason), is to redirect the focus to yourself. Creating your reality is about putting focus on what you want, and resisting or thinking negatively about someone is NOT focusing on what you want. But it's easier to remedy than you think. Some people think that to use the law of attraction correctly in this situation is to wish the person well and think positive thoughts about the person. You don't necessarily have to. You can just replace the thoughts you have about her/him with thoughts on how you can better your life and bettering your relationship with success.

When I was working for a multibillion dollar company back in the day there was this guy that I couldn't stand. He was one of those smug corporate types that was full of himself. You know the type. The guy practicing his golf swing while making "small talk." The guy that has a vocabulary filled with corporate bullsh.. let me rephrase that ...jargon. You could understand my dismay when this guy got promotion after promotion and just kept getting more "successful," while I stayed stuck. I just couldn't find a way to get him away from my reality.

The moment I took the focus off of him and looked at myself instead, I was able to leave that job and start a business. How the business actually did... Well, it's best to save that for another day.

The Relationship Between Information and Cash

Cash and information are economically equivalent to each other. The relationship between them is quite a strong one. In fact, I'm willing to bet that at least one point in your life, you paid good money for information. Like buying a book, software, or home study course.

People will work very hard to save up to go to school, or take classes, to gain information. Or even work a minimum wage job just to learn something. (Even if they did qualify for a higher-paying one.) Knowledge, information, money, power. It's all the same!

So here's an idea...

Chances are, there is someone living in my neighborhood, that will greatly benefit by learning anything that I know about marketing. And vice versa. But here's the problem. Our paths may never cross. And even if we do meet, we might never know that information, because it might not ever come up.

What would be a solution to this problem? And more importantly... How could we package and sell that solution?

Energy Vampires

There are some people that relish in spreading their negative thoughts and feelings around. Some people out there are about 90% negative all the time. It seems like everything that comes out of their mouth is complaint, after complaint, after complaint. You know the type. The type of person that will just come up to you and say something negative about someone or complain about something. It's almost like these people don't know how to make conversation, unless it's something they're complaining about.

These vile creatures are what I call energy vampires. I did not make of that term. In fact it's been around for quite some time.

Energy vampires must be avoided at all costs! They thrive and feed off negative energy that they give off in the first place. When they start complaining, other people start to feel negative, then contribute their own negative energy. This is what energy vampires feed on. It's what sustains them. It's what gives them more energy to spread more negativity.

If you are approached by an energy vampire. Try this. Try countering every one of his negative comments are complaints with positive remarks. Be the type of person that sees the brighter side of everything. Then watch the energy vampire start to freak out!

He might start referring to you as "weird" or "creepy." He won't know how to relate to you. And if you're lucky enough, he might just leave you alone altogether.

Or...

He might actually start to have a positive conversation with you. If you infect an energy vampire this way, you might actually be able to save him. But don't get your hopes up. Energy vampires are deeply rooted in their evil ways. And changing them back to being human is a harder task than anyone can imagine.

Just kidding! The best thing you can do for the human race is to cure as many energy vampires as you can. Many people out there don't realize that they are energy vampires They just don't know any other way to communicate. They are just saying what's on their mind. And if what's on their mind is negative all the time, then the reality that they have manifest must be a harsh one. This is very sad and you should feel very sorry for them.

I will keep the fight going against energy vampires. If you would like to help my cause, you can "donate" at the bottom of this page. And keep me fighting the good fight! ;-P

Focus on "What" Instead of "How"

A lot of people I know get tripped up on "how" they are going to achieve something, instead of "what" they want to achieve. If what you want to achieve is a big goal, the word "how" can actually make it seem impossible to do.

For example. Let's say you wanted to build a skyscraper. If you put your focus on how you are going to do it, you're going to just think of stuff like, "How am I going to get the money to make this happen? How I might going to get the proper permits? How are buildings even made?" You see how it can become a little intimidating?

Instead you should always focus on "what." Focusing on what will keep you centered on the main goal. I'm not saying that you should never think of "how." You should just keep your focus on "what." The how is important, and there is a place for it. It just shouldn't be in your pre-dominant thought process. As far as "how" you are going to do something, you should only think about the next task at hand.

If you only view things one step at a time, suddenly, everything seems highly doable. Maybe even easy!

That's probably how Genghis Khan viewed taking over the world. He probably only thought about uniting or conquering one nomadic tribe at a time. I'm just guessing, but if you were to tell him before he had conquered anything, that he had to conquer half the world within his lifetime, he would probably think you were crazy. (Just before driving his sword into your face!)

So again, don't get caught up on "how" you're going to do something. Just focus on what you want to do, and what the next step is. Everything else will fall into place.

Telling Yourself "Not" to Do Something

A very common scene in movies is when somebody is on a high ledge. And as they're walking across it, they tell themselves, "don't look down, don't look down, don't look down." And what they do next... they look down!

Telling yourself not to do something will actually make you do it. It's because when it comes to the law of attraction, the universe or whatever you want to call it, doesn't hear the word "don't" or "not."

This is an important thing to remember, because many people incorrectly use these type of statements in practicing the law of attraction. They get exactly what they were trying "not" to attract. Then they turn around and say, the Law of attraction doesn't work, because I got exactly what I did not want to get.

Here's another example:

What if I told you, "Don't think of a pink elephant?" What he think you're going to do next? I'd be willing to bet that you would think of the pink elephant. No matter how hard you try not to, you will do it. You just can't help it!

So what's the remedy to this? If you want to avoid something, how do you use the law of attraction to avoid it? You don't. You cannot use the Law of attraction to make something "not" happen. Instead what he can do is focus on what you want to happen.

If you catch yourself walking on a ledge facing almost certain death, you should tell yourself something like, "I'm going to make it, I'm going to make it, I'm going to make it." You'll definitely have a better chance of getting out of that situation alive.

The Most Overlooked Part of Intention-Based Manifestation

The steps I know about when it comes to the law of attraction are:

1. Write down what you don't want.
2. Write down the opposite of your don't wants, to turn them into "do wants."
3. Visualize those wants as if you had them now.
4. Clear/release your limiting beliefs.
5. Take inspired action.

I have adapted these steps from Joe Vitale's Attractor Factor. It's a great book which I highly recommend to anyone who reads on intention based manifestation.

One of the most powerful steps in this process is taking action. It seems as though the individuals that are consistently taking the most action are the ones that are reaping the biggest rewards from this new age of positive thinking.

Action is one of the most important steps in the Law of Attraction.

People never appreciate what just falls into their laps. It's the classic "cat/string" theory. If you dangle a string in front of a cat, he'll go crazy trying to catch it. But the moment you drop the string, he'll lose interest. The universe knows this, so it includes action into the laws of attraction.

If the universe make you take action to get what you want, you'll just appreciate it more.

Many people resist action because they think that it's "work." But it doesn't have to be that way. The kind of action you're supposed to take is an inspired one. One that comes from love and passion. You'll know what that action is when your intuition tells you to do something. It could be something totally random like taking a walk, or driving a different way home from work, or just picking up today's newspaper.

A comforting thought about taking action, is that if you constantly think of something you want, you can't help but act!

By focusing your thoughts on it you'll get excited about it and that excitement will turn into an invisible force that will compel you to take action.

For instance if you're hungry and start thinking of a food you like. Maybe a cheeseburger. You start visualizing yourself hold it it. Imagine the aroma and the heat on your hand as you hold it. Then imagine taking a bite of this warm, juicy, piece of heaven.

You'll likely to hop in your car and drive over to your nearest fast food restaurant after that. Because you'll feel so compelled to do it.

That's how I saw this blog! Well... I didn't see myself eating it. But you get the point.

It's a medium where I could use written word to provide the most amount of value to the most amount of people! And and the idea of that was so delicious to me that I absolutely had to start it!

It's also how humans learn best. We learn best by DOING. Not reading, or thinking. But by actually getting our hands dirty and participating in the creation itself.

Action helps us grow this way. You learn things by doing that you can't learn any way else. Think about this:

Would you give your child a book to learn how to ride a bike? Or would you encourage him to actually get on the bike and start peddling?

Of course you'd get him to physically ride it. There's something about actually getting on the bike and riding it that you can't describe in words.

That's how I see everything out there that has any type of learning curve.

So action is one of the most important steps in conscious creation. Don't resist it. It's your friend, it'll take you to places you've never knew existed. Most of all, it'll help you grow!

How To Find What You Want

As I've said in earlier posts, many people only focus on what they don't want. "I don't want this car. I don't want this job. I don't want this debt." Blah, blah, blah...

These people can go into great detail about what they don't want. But when you ask them what they do want, they get tongue tied and don't know how to articulate it. It's almost like it's a built in human condition to focus on the negative you have, instead of the positive you want.

If you don't know how to find out what you want, this article is for you. By the end of this blog post you'll learn that, the way to find out what you want is to write down what you don't want and take the opposite of that.

Take some time from your day. Maybe an hour or so. Write a list of what you don't like about your life. Just let your mind run free and write down everything that bugs the crap out of you about your reality.

Once you've completed this list. Take each of the "don't wants" and turn them into "wants."

Here are a few examples:

1. "I don't like my job." Turns into. "I want a fulfilling career."
2. "I don't like my car." Turns into. "I want a new Ferrari."
3. "I don't like my house. Turns into. "I want a beachfront mansion."

Just stating that you want may not be strong enough to bring it to you. Because by "wanting" it, your mind is focused on the fact that you don't have it. Am I making sense here?

To make those wants even more powerful put them in the present tense.

Here are a few examples of that:

1. "I want a fulfilling career." Turns into. "I now have a fulfilling career."
2. "I want a new Ferrari." Turns into. "I now have a new Ferrari."
3. "I want a beachfront mansion. Turns into. "I now have a beachfront mansion."

And to really supercharge those wants, add some feeling into it. After all, it' s your feelings that actually cause the attraction. Your thoughts are what you point that attraction to.

Here are some more examples:

1. "I now have a fulfilling career." Turns into. "I'm so happy and grateful that I have a fulfilling career."
2. "I now have a new Ferrari." Turns into. "I'm so happy and grateful that I have a new Ferrari."
3. "I now have a beachfront mansion." Turns into. "I'm so happy and grateful that I have a beachfront mansion."

It really is that easy easy! The way to find out what you want is to write down what you don't want and take the opposite of that.

Now that you've your empowering list of wants. Keep it with you at all times. I like to read them to myself three times a day to keep me focused on what I want. Kind of like what people do with a list of affirmations.

It's a very powerful method. And it does work, so get started on it NOW!

Why You Shouldn't Validate Negative Feelings of Others

Many people just come up to me and explain how bad their day was, or how much they hate a person, or how bad the economy is... The list could go on forever. And a lot of times they start off talking to me with the intention (mostly subconscious) of getting me to agree with them and make me feel the same way they do. Ever heard of the saying, "misery loves company?"

By the end of this article you'll feel that you shouldn't validate the negative feelings of others because it'll just help them (and you) attract negative outcomes. A better alternative will be to help them acknowledge and release those feelings.

When you validate someones feelings by feeling as bad as they do, you put your focus on the negative experiences that they're talking about. By doing that, you not only amplify their vibrational attraction of negative outcomes, you start vibrating the same way too. Then all of the sudden you are co-creating a reality that reflects that.

Here's an example:

Jim walks into his roommate Alden's room and starts complaining about his "a-hole" boss. Alden, being the good friend that he is, listens attentively and even goes on to say that he agrees with Jim. Alden starts saying things like, "What a Jerk!" And, "That guy deserves a beat down." Alden really starts to feel the anger from Jim's story. Before long, Alden has seeded & cultivate his mind with these negative thoughts. He starts to feel that all bosses are mean, stupid, and cruel.

The next week. Alden gets into an argument with his own boss. He then throws a punch and breaks his jaw. Obviously, he gets fired from his job. And even gets arrested for assault.

Months goes by. Alden can't find a job because of the worsening economy. Ironically, Jim even kicks him out of the house for not being able to pay his share of the bills. Alden goes homeless and eventually goes into deep depression. Bad enough to throw himself off a bridge.

The fall isn't enough to kill him, but just break his spine and paralyzes him from the neck down.

So now Alden is a suicidal homeless paraplegic, with nothing to live for. He could have avoided all this by NOT validating his friend's feelings.

I know this example is a little extreme (and a little tongue-in-cheek I admit), but it does drive the point home!

What would have been better for both Alden and Jim, would be if Alden internally acknowledged that he attracted Jim telling him about his boss, then focus on a positive outcome. Which would probably be, help his friend feel better about the situation by trying to steer the conversation to a positive one ...or just get the hell out of there.

Now you know that, you shouldn't validate the negative feelings of others because it'll just help them (and you) attract negative outcomes. If someone comes up to you with things to vent about, avoid the trap at all costs. It could mean the difference between life and death!

Subjective Reality Model Vs. Objective Reality Model

Subjective reality is one of my most favorite subjects. To me, it's the glue that binds the techniques and science behind the Law of Attraction, Intention-based Manifestation, etc...

I am not the one that made it up, in fact I don't know who did. It was introduced to me by a blogger named Steve Pavlina. He did a very detailed podcast on this subject. You can find it by clicking here.

After you read this blog post you will have learned the difference between Objective Reality and Subjective Reality, and why you should follow the subjective model.

Before we can talk about Subjective Reality we have to be clear on the definition of Objective Reality. Objective reality is what most people will relate to. It goes off the premise that the world the people in it are separate from you. They have separate minds, feelings, desires, and so forth. If you follow the objective model then your reality is at the whim of chance. Things that happen to you are just a roll of the dice. You have little to no influence over the outcome of your life's events.

Objective Reality cannot be proven false and most people consider it scientific fact.

The Subjective model of reality goes on the premise that everything in existence is not only connected, it's actually just an extension of yourself.

Let's use dreaming as an example to illustrate this. Let's say you are dreaming of yourself walking around the mall. In the dream you are yourself you have a consciousness that can walk around and interact with your surroundings. But the people and everything else within the dream is also a projection of your consciousness, your higher "real" consciousness that's currently in bed.

If there's a car accident in your dream, you created it. If a person punches you in the face in your dream, you made it happen. Your awareness, conscious & unconscious, is creating everything in it.

That's how the Subjective model works. Entire reality is really a dream. Your higher consciousness really controls the show.

But I highly advise my readers against trying to jump off a bridge thinking they can grow wings before they hit the ground. It doesn't work that way. You're beliefs play a big role in what happens in your reality. Right now, it's a far stretch for any person to really truly believe they can grow wings and fly.

Still with me here? Some of may start to think I'm totally nuts now. But please, at least to the end of the article, have an open mind.

Subjective Reality cannot be proven false. Let me illustrate this point with a challenge. This is the same challenge that Steve Pavlina gave his readers.

If my consciousness isn't creating you, then I challenge you to prove to me that you exist independent of my awareness.

You can't. To prove it to me, you have to come into my awareness. And if I'm aware of you, you lose the challenge.

If neither can be proven false then I choose to follow the Subjective route. Why wouldn't anyone? It is a much more empowering way to look at life if you see it as something you constantly are creating. This way of looking at reality is what gives foundation to things like the Law of Attraction. If reality is just a dream of a higher conscious being, it's possible to have a lucid dream.

Most of you have heard the term Lucid Dreaming. It's when you are in the dream but know you are dreaming. You then can do anything you want in it. Be president, date supermodels, live in a mansion... You get the picture.

Because Subjective reality is based on reality being a projection of your consciousness. It is possible to control every facet of it. We just have to find a way to snap ourselves out of the illusion that this is all "real." I recently read Busting Loose From the Money Game: Mind-Blowing Strategies for Changing the Rules of a Game You Can't Win by Robert Scheinfeld. He has a great process on tapping into that higher consciousness.

You now know the contrast between Objective and Subjective reality models, and know why I choose to view my reality subjectively. Hopes this helps some of you out there with your own conscious creations!

Using Your Creativity Is One of the Best Ways To Make a Living

During my vacation to Hawaii, I met a very interesting guy named Andre Davis. The way he lived and still lives his life is very inspirational and he is now my new hero.


Andre's primary trade is being a tattoo artist. He owns his own practice and does well for himself. His work is well respected and arguably the best in the state. He's well traveled and has tattooed along side some of the nation's greatest artists.


His tattoo shop doesn't resemble the standard tattoo parlor with templates on the walls that you can just pick and choose from. The only things on his walls is a little waterfall (maybe to calm a first-timer's nerves) and his own original watercolor paintings. It's also very clean, almost reminds me of a dentist office.


He only does custom tattoos, so if you get work done from him, you'll know it'll be one of a kind and of the highest quality. And he doesn't take walk-in customers, it is only by appointment. Which means he has the ability to control his own time. (One of my biggest goals.) The reason for appointment only way of doing business is because he actually takes time to get to know customers and create something that they'll cherish for the rest of their lives. After all... It is a tattoo.


The reason I specified that Andre's "primary trade" is tattooing is because, that's not all he does. He also creates custom tattoo machines, does watercolor paintings, bone carvings, and is even working on a clothing line. The guy is an entrepreneurial/artistry Renaissance man!


He's doing what I want to do. Not necessarily tattooing on people. But making money from creative endeavors. Using your creativity is one of the best ways to make a living. Let me show you why.


Ideas are limitless. In 1899 the commissioner of the US patent office said, "Everything that can be invented, has been invented." Can you imagine what life would be like if that were true? Well, you wouldn't be reading this blog, that's for sure.

There are so many things that haven't been done yet! Even better, there are so many things that haven't even been thought of yet!


You own what you create. If you create something original, it's yours. You can patent it & legally own the rights to it. If you're working in some Fortune 500 company, making widgets from handed down plans, it's not yours. Try selling those plans to another company and you'll be facing some serious jail time.


You can live forever, through your work. The Mona Lisa has outlived Leonardo Da Vinci by hundreds of years. Your ideas are like immortal creatures that could possibly see the end of time. You will be remembered because you created them.


Entrepreneurship and creativity are interwoven. You can't be an entrepreneur without being creative. In fact, the more creative you are, the better entrepreneur you'll be. You'll be able to come up with new more ideas to make money, improve sales, attract customers, etc...


And most of all, making money creatively is a lot of fun. When you are working from creative consciousness, you are working with passion. You won't be able to stop. Ideas will excite you! And bringing those ideas into reality will bring you more joy than you could ever imagine.


There are many more reasons why making money creatively is the best way to go. But the biggest reasons for me are, that ideas are limitless; you own what you create; it can immortalize you; it makes you a better entrepreneur; and it's fun!


Human beings were meant to be creative. It's just the way our brains are wired. Creativity expands our knowledge as a species, it's what drives our evolution. So do what you were meant to do. BE CREATIVE! And if you can make money with it, why not?

Going Back to Vegas

Flyin' back to Las Vegas today!

Gained a lot of perspective from this trip. Can't wait to share it with you all!

Does The Universe Care If You Don't Answer Your Blackberry?

Sometimes, I look up at the sky at night and trip out on the vastness of the universe. The planet that we live on is just a speck of dust compared to it all. And I'm humbled and reminded to take things lightly. Because, compared to the grand scheme of our 13 billion year old universe, our little lives is very insignificant.

I have a corporate type of job. (Yes I have a job. Shocker!) And in this job I deal with "emergencies" on a regular basis. These so-called "emergencies" deal with things like servers going down, blackberries not receiving emails, and instant messenger not working right.

Sometimes knowing the TRUTH can be a burden, because so many of my colleagues are wrapped up in their own self-importance to see it. I'm mean, really... How many lives will be lost if you can't configure Itunes correctly? Or will will our galaxy stop rotating if our exchange server stops sending emails?

In lieu of this, the only thing I can see that is remotely worth while, is finding out what you are passionate about, becoming an expert at it, and sharing it with the rest of humanity. If there is a god (which I believe there is) that would be what he/her/it created us to do. Why else would we be here? So we can drone about, doing the corporate shuffle, then die without ever making some sort of lasting impact?

These people (Including myself. Which I am ashamed to say.) wake up every morning to go to work and focus on something that they're really not passionate about. Most of them figure, that's all there is to life. They're satisfied with the fact that they'll never do anything worth writing about. Or experience what it's like to inspire others.

If that's really was case, it would have horrified me enough to stick a gun in my mouth. How can anyone be satisfied by living that unconsciously?

I'd say that I'm being a hypocrite by stating my opinions about this, but at least I'm trying. That's the main purpose of this blog. I love to write! I love how crazy the universe and reality actually is! I love Martial Arts!

That's why I'm using this medium to share it with you. Even if this blog doesn't make me a dime, (Which it already has, and then some.) I would still be creating more and more content, because it's what I'm passionate about.

This post is not meant to offend anyone. If you love what you do and are passionate about it, then by all means, keep on keepin' on!

But if you'd rather be doing something else with your time, then please don't waste 40+ hours a week of your precious life doing it. Start something that you love, right NOW! If you can't afford to quit or stop what you're doing, just start with the smallest goal/task towards getting there. Create a plan. Take action! Maybe you have a passion, but are not an expert it. Then start learning! For goodness, sake just do something!

The fate of the universe depends on it! ;-p

7 Ways To Improve Your Creative Visualization

By now we should all be familiar with the term, Creative Visualization. But most don't really know how to effectively visualize. The say, "I picture what I want all the time. Why isn't it here yet?"


Don't despair, I'm here to give you a few pointers to supercharge your ability to visualize and more importantly attract the things you want most in life.


In this blog I will give you 7 tools to help you with creative visualization.


1. Be specific & precise. As with everything in life you should always start with a purpose. If you just go into visualizing without getting clear on what you desire, you're mind will just end up jumping all over the place. The ability to focus will increase your power to make what you want real.



2. Start off by focusing on your breathing for 5-10 minutes.. Feel your breath going into your body and out of your body. By doing this, you focus your mind on the present. One of the hardest parts of creative visualization is mental chatter. Your mind on average will get distracted 7 to 10 times per minute, that can be frustrating when trying to keep your focus on what you want. When your mind is focused on your breathing it can't think of anything else. This helps prime your mind for visualization.


3. Practice visualizing simple things at first. Like anything else it takes practice to get good at visualization. Try just visualizing 1 thing. An apple, for example. Try to go deeper and deeper in detail. See the apple, smell it, taste it. Then add another item. Maybe visualizing the plate that the apple's on. Soon you'll be able to visualize your world in rich detail.


4. Visualize yourself in the now. When you are visualizing your dream home visualize yourself as you are right now. Some people tend to visualize what they would look like in the future. Don't forget if you attract having it in the future. It will always be in the future.


5. Include all 5 senses. If you are visualizing a new home. Smell the air in it. See the furnishings. Imagine the feeling of sitting in a couch in the new living room. Hear the ambient sounds from around the house. Maybe the TV in the background. Imagine grabbing something from the fridge and tasting it.


6. Visualize in motion. Action makes your visualization feel more real, therefore giving it more power to attract. So if we go back to using the new house example; start off going through the driveway, then walking through the front lawn, opening the doors and walking into it, etc...



7. Focus on feeling grateful. This is the most important of all. Feeling of gratefulness is such a powerful positive emotion. It's actually the strongest feeling in your Law of Attraction arsenal. Feeling grateful puts the image in the present more than any other type of feeling. Use it as much as you can.


So there you have it, 7 ways to improve your creative visualization. Be specific and precise. Start off by focusing on your breathing. Start off simple. Visualize yourself in the now. Include all 5 senses. Visualize in motion. And most importantly visualize in motion.


Visualize what you want for at least 20 minutes 1-2 times daily, for the next 30 days. You'll start to see a dramatic difference in your life if you include the above tips. Feel free to comment on your experiences below. Thanks for reading!

Review of 20 Ways To Make $100 Per Day Online

One of my biggest obsessions is learning how to make money online. Thousands of hours of my life, as well as hundreds of dollars, were spent on trying to create a living for myself on this wonder we call cyberspace.

One of the best investments that I've made was purchasing a book written by The Internet Marketing Inner Circle, titled 20 Ways to Make $100 A Per Online. In a moment I'll tell you more about the book, why it's one of the best books available of it's kind, and a little about my favorite chapter.

The Internet Marketing Inner Circle are a bunch of people that are experts in different fields of online money. They are all the "real deal" and are not just people who know online money theories. They actually are doing what they are talking about and are making are making a good living from it.

Each Chapter of the book goes over a different method for turning the Internet into your own personal ATM. These are not theories, or philosophies to follow, they state exactly how they do it themselves, with enough detail for you to follow along. I like the tag line stated in the book...

"Presented to you by a very enthusiastic group of people with widely divergent skills, expressing the urgent wish to create a highly valuable product in only 3 weeks' time, to prove to the rest of the world that it CAN BE DONE."

3 Weeks!!! This book has been out for a couple of years and is still insanely popular today, because of it's priceless content. For 3 weeks of work, the authors are receiving a pump of passive income from this book! It's unbelievable. After reading that that, I was hooked!

The book doesn't make any outlandish claims either. It doesn't promise you millions, or say that you'll be rich beyond your wildest dreams. It just gives you a basis to make a hundred bucks a day. Which is smarter in my opinion. It falls under the principal of under promise and over deliver. If you under promise your customers won't expect too much. Then when you over deliver on what your customer wants, they'll become raving fans!

A nice feature that this book has is that the table of contents is clickable. All you have to do is click on what chapter you want to read, and it takes you straight to it. That way you don't have to waste time scrolling through to get the the chapter you want to read. But I highly advise that you don't skip the first chapter, it'll get you in the right mindset for achieving a goal of $100 per day.

When you buy the book, you almost instantly get it via email. That's the nice thing about ebooks; you don't have to go out to a store, or wait until it's delivered to you. You could literally get the ball rolling on your online business the the day you click "purchase!"

There's also a huge amount of content in the book. I've bought a fairly large amount ebooks in the past, and the average amount of pages one can have is roughly 90 to 100 pages. This book is actually 247 pages of useful content!

AT only $27, the amount of information you'll receive from this book exceeds the amount you pay for it. For all the strategies you'll learn I would expect to pay 10 times as much. But I think that the book was created more as a means of giving pack to people, because the authors are already successful in online business.

My favorite chapter deals with email marketing. The author's name is Dan Taylor, which considered a small celebrity in the Internet Marketing world. He actually goes through the entire process that he used to create one of his own successful marketing campaign. Starting with choosing a niche, then building a squeeze page, choosing an autoresponder, etc... The blueprint that he's used is REAL, not a made up case study that some authors create to illustrate points that they can't back up with personal experience.

I've seen email marketing sites before. But before reading this ebook, I've thought nothing of it. Now I know the power of them and want to start off building my online empire that way!

Remember there are 20 different methods you can use to make money online. If one doesn't work for you just move on to another one. Just thinking of all the different methods makes my head swim with ideas and enthusiasm!

So I highly recommend 20 Ways to Make $100 Per Day Online. For less than the cost of 5 value meals at a fast food restaurant, you could be on your way to creating passive income that can multiply day after day, month after month, year after year! What are you waiting for?

Could You Just Be A Simulation?

Are you just living in a computer program, thinking this is all real? You could just be a simulation created by a superior race. Sound like science fiction? By the time you finish reading this post, you'll begin to understand that this isn't only possible, it's actually probable.

The reason why this may be true, is that the brain works by interpreting electrical impulses and Moore's Law predicts that it's just a matter of time that computers will be able to simulate life.

Now listen closely! The brain is totally encapsulated in the skull. It doesn't actually see, touch, smell, taste, or feel anything. What happens when you see an object? The brain isn't actually looking at it.

Your eyes take in light, then takes that info and turns it into chemicals, which then turns into electric pulses in your head. Or how about your sense of taste? Your tongue just translates signals into chemicals, again turning those chemicals into electronic pulses. Same thing happens with all of your senses. It's all happening in your head! Your brain never actually sees, hears, smells, tastes, or touches anything. It just interprets electricity.

Let's take it a step further. What if your brain was connected to a computer that could give your brain the same electrical signals that your 5 senses give it? You wouldn't be able to tell that the world you are living in is just part of a computer program.

Sound familiar?

It should. This was the basis of the Matrix movie franchise.

But lets go even deeper down the rabbit hole. (Sorry, the nerd in me couldn't resist.) The only reason we know we have a physical brain is because scientific research has shown us so. But all of scientific research is grounded in our 5 senses. And what does that tell you? You can touch it, see it, smell it, and if you're Hannibal, even taste it. But if all your senses are just electrical impulses, it could also mean that you don't have a physical brain. Everything about your entire existence could be in a simulation.

Now onto Moore's law. The poop really hits the fan here!

Moore's law is a trend that shows how computing power doubles every year. It's pretty dependable, and would be safe to assume that computing power would double next year. So imagine what it would be like 50,000 years from now. What about 100,000? 1,000,000?

New findings are showing that we achieve the processing power to make all this possible in LESS THAN 50 YEARS!

Now this is really gonna screw with you. Who's to say we're first? What if we're a simulation that is on the verge of creating our own simulation? It could mean that we're a simulation of a simulation that's just a simulation of another simulation. It could essentially go on forever. The odds that we're the genuine article are infinitely small!

So now you can understand that it's not only possible that we're a simulation, it's actually probable.

So the big question is Who's the ultimate creator? What is Reality REALLY like outside the box we're in?

Flying to Hawaii Tonight!

I'll be flying to Hawaii tonight. My son will be turning 1 soon, and since both of his parents grew up there, it's only fitting that he has his birthday in our home town. But don't worry, I'll still be publishing blogs while there. See ya in a few...

Complete This and You're Ready For The Cage

His name is Ari Bolden, and he is the creator of Submissions 101 and has been involved in martial arts for over 20 years. The number one question many of his students ask is, "How Can I Get There?"

During his time as a student he has been instructed and rolled with the top players in the game and all of them had one element others seemed to be missing. They all had a supreme confidence in their ability while remaining really humble.

He began to study their training and their methods and put it to the test to see if he could find that elusive answer as to what made them so confident, so skilful and with the ability to completely dominate matches and even their daily lives...and he ound it!

He has spent years developing this latest system and I have teamed up with industry's top trainers.

This is probably the most important system developed for anyone serious about training at any level or improving themselves off the mat.

Three Reasons To Start A Jiu Jitsu Workout Routine

The further on you read, you'll begin to understand why you should have a jiu jitsu workout routine.

A year before I started training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ), I've spent hundreds of dollars on books and DVDs. I've studied them day and night.

When I finally signed up and entered my first class, I thought that I would be able to dominate the other beginners when it came time to free grapple.

Boy was I wrong!

It was a eye opening world of hurt that lasted until the end of class. I was dumbfounded at how much I got caught in the simplest submissions.

All because my conditioning wasn't nearly where it should have been.

Pay close attention. In a moment, I'll tell you why fitness is very important to all BJJ fighters.

There are limitless advantages that a conditioned fighter will have over a non-conditioned one. Here are three reasons to start a jiu jitsu workout routine. The three I'll talk about today are: mental clarity, ability to force moves, and better flexibility.

The first and most obvious advantage is mental clarity. Many studies have already proven that when you're tired you body just goes on autopilot and your body's movements go from learned technique to instinctual.

If you were a black belt that's been training for over 10 years this wouldn't be much of a problem because proper techniques would be instinctual. But if you're still learning the basics, many of your instinctual moves will consist of movements that'll give openings to your opponents.

For example, when mounted under an opponent the absolute worst thing to do is to push off on your opponent's chest with your arms extended. This will leave your arms open to the most basic armbar. Even if you've already learned not to do this, you may end up doing it instinctively because you're too tired to think.

The second advantage is the ability to force moves. Sometimes you'll be very close to scoring a tap. But your opponent has a good enough defense to keep you at a stalemate.

What do you do next?

If you're strong enough, and in the right position, you can power your way to getting a tap. I've done that on a couple of occasions, myself.

You've probably heard the age old saying when it comes to BJJ, "If you have to force a move, then you're using bad technique." But there's also another famous saying in the sports world, "A win's a win, baby!" And if you win a match by forcing a move on your opponent, guess what...

It still counts as a win!

And the third advantage is better flexibility. Any expert will agree that being more flexible helps your grappling game. What if you were naturally flexible? For a beginner it would be a saving grace for not knowing proper technique.

But what if you had a spare tire around your mid-section? Even if your hamstrings easily let you touch your nose to your knees, your stomach would be in the way. Which would make it hard for you to breathe when forced into such positions.

You won't see many Yoga masters with lots of body fat. That's because it impedes dexterity and flexibility. Same holds true to BJJ fighters.

So remember, there are limitless advantages to being a well conditioned BJJ fighter. Just three of those advantages are: mental clarity, ability to force moves, and better flexibility.

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STOP and think about the times you've been tapped out. How many times have you been caught because you were just too tired to see it coming? Clearly, you can significantly decrease the amount of those times just by being better conditioned.

How People Who Practice the Law of Attraction Get It All Wrong

So I've been thinking a lot about how the Law of Attraction (LOA) gets misinterpreted. Due to the popularity of "The Secret," Many people have already heard of how you get what you think about most, like attracts like, creative visualization, and so on. A major principle of the LOA is that everything you experience in life, you've attracted. That's the good right along with the bad. That's how people who practice the Law of Attraction get it all wrong.

One argument that I still hear about it is the fact that people get results that they claim they've never attracted. For instance, someone gets into a car accident driving home from work. He turns around and says, "I don't know how this could have happened. I wasn't even thinking about a car accident?" From then on he'll go on to discredit the LOA.

But in actuality it could have been anything group of strong negatively charge thoughts that may have caused it. Maybe the person was thinking that he didn't like the color of his car, or that it's too old, or the cost of gas makes the car too much of a burden.

He may have not been thinking about the car at all. Maybe that person was having a bad day, one thing after another kept going wrong. He kept acknowledging and getting frustrated at every bad thing that happened that it attracted more negative outcomes.

For example: Let's name this person Dave. Dave woke up late this morning, his alarm wasn't turned on for some reason, and this gets him pretty flustered from the start of the day. He's late to work and angrily storms into his office. His boss then yells at him, partly for being late, but mostly for the disruption of his entry into the workplace. Even more flustered, Dave messes up some paperwork, and gets in more trouble. Then heads home and gets into the car accident.

Dave thoughts were wrapped up in having a bad day, thus the LOA kept making his day worse. If Dave would have just stayed calm or simply shrugged off the fact that his alarm hadn't gone off, the negative experiences of his day would have stopped there.

All you really have to know is that negative thoughts attract negative outcomes and positive thoughts attract positive outcomes. "What" you think about acts as a pointer for the attraction, but doesn't really cause it to manifest into reality.

That makes me think of another misconception… Creative Visualization.

People say all time. "I visualize being rich almost everyday, but nothing's happening. This LOA stuff is rubbish!" Where most people falter is the fact that when they are visualizing they don't really FEEL as though they have it now. That is really the key for getting what you want. I know, I know… I'm oversimplifying like I always do. Feeling that you have it now, when you don't have it, is something that's very difficult to do. Trust me, I am WELL aware of this. This is where I even slip up most of the time. The trick that's been working for me recently is to make what you visualize be more believable.

If you are in credit card debt for $50,000 and you're visualizing yourself in a private jet flying to an island you own. It would probably be a stretch for your mind to make you feel like you "have it now."

So my suggestion would be to visualize yourself making $10,000 this month. Think about all the ways life would be different if you got 10 grand within the next 30 days. What would you buy? What would you do? How would that look on your bank statement? This would still be pretty grand, in comparison to your current situation, but much more believable. If it's still doesn't feel like you have it already, play with the numbers a bit. Try this for about 20 minutes a day, for 30 days. You'll start to see amazing results.

When you receive what you manifest then take it another step further, like $50k next month, it would be more believable then because your mind already knows what $10k feels like. You can then build up to private jets and island getaways, using this method.

Keep in mind, if you are in debt and focusing on getting out of debt, you'll just attract more debt. Also, keep this process light, playful, and fun. The last thing you want to do is turn it into a chore. Trust your feelings, if you feel good then you're thoughts are on the right path, if you feel bad then you are attracting the opposite of what you want.