Mental Exercise 8 : Change Your Universe

Remember that the world you live in.
It is not the reality, but simply one that you've constructed.

Some people try all their lives to change the universe. But it doesn't work that way. Each time you take control and change one of your mental models at a very deep level, you become a different person. And when you become a different person, the Universe has to change to the new person you have become as well.

This means that many times, you are far more effective when you deal with the "internal work" than the "external work". For example, when searching for a job, you have to free your mind from the desperate thoughts and fears in frantic searching. Concentrate on being clear on what you would like. Be able to visualize your ideal job, and the values that you will uphold, and what the job would allow you to express. Write down how you can benefit the society as a whole. When you do this, it becomes clear on what you truly want, and this job will flow into your life with minimal effort on your part.

If you are seeking a significant other, you can stop the pointless search and instead concentrate on becoming the person with the qualities of the one you would like to find. Realize that the search is within yourself.

Don't stop doing the things that you do to make things happen. Continue at them , but do recognize that there is a better and more powerful way of bringing about the change to your life you are seeking. Try to use frantic doing and calm being in tandem. Experience will tell you which proportions would be the best.

Learning how to use "being calm" reliably is pretty much like a Jedi padawan learning to use "the force". It is a powerful concept which you have to trust for it to work. Initially it seems that it does not work, that it is so difficult and contradictory to the way we are used to seeing things that we doubt ourselves sometimes. These reservations are often picked up by the Universe, and are thrown back at us. Can you master the force?