Share your dreams with others - getting support.

Get support from others - a friend or a group of friends who also want some change in their life.  Spend some time reading some books around the law of attraction/upliting spiritual books.  Start a book club - read a book a month or a week and then get together and talk through what you have learnt.  Spiritual books like these are very spiritually uplifting.  You can often feel your energy field increasing while you are reading these books.
Get together with at least one other person who also wants to change something in their life, who you are similar to.  Start this work with support.  Share your dreams and visions with your support group.  This process can really move on your creating of your dreams so much quicker.  It can really help break your negative thought patterns:
I cant change things.  It is just how it is.  I am not deserving.  This isnt possible.  I dont know what to do.
What do you want?  Only give your energy to what you do want.  Start visualising, imagining, focussing on this new life - draw it to you.  Ask the universe.  Allow it to come in.
In your support group, each take turns to describe what you want, in as much detail as possible.  Get them to ask you questions about your dream as if you are currently living it.  Describe your dream in the present tense.  Tell them how your life is in this dream scenario.  Describe it by using your senses - what can you see? what can you hear?  how does it smell?  how does it feel?  Describe your emotions.  Where do you live?  What is your job?  Who do you have in your life with you?  How much money do you have?  Describe it fully to your support group.  This is powerful work.  Getting support can really shift things for you.

Recommended authors:

Eckhart Tolle
Deepak Chopra
Esther and Jerry Hicks
Dalai Lama
Sanaya Roman and Duane Packer
Wayne Dyer
Jack Canfield
Paulo Coelho
Jason Chan
Thich Nhat Hanh

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Do you want to create changes in your life? Moving forward and using your imagination.

After you have spent some time getting really clear and visualising what you do want in your life (see previous blog "Do you want change in your life?  How to gain clarity?") -  Maybe you've created a vision board, put the vision board on a wall in your house, or on your fridge, somewhere where you see it every day.  And every time you see it, add some more energy to it.  Maybe get clearer about some aspects on it.  Maybe refine it slightly, or add an extra word or two.
Then create another quiet moment in sacred space for yourself, either sitting quietly somewhere in nature - the beach or the woods or a park, or a lovely room in your house/a warm candlelit bath, or your garden.  Then focus back on that visualisation/vision board you have worked on; what you really want to create in your life.  Now really start working with your imagination.  
So you've got this vision of where you want to go - maybe its a new job, or a new house, or a new partner, maybe its improved finances, maybe its a better sense of well-being, better health.  Then really visualise yourself as if you are already living that.
For example,  if it's better health you want - say you have digestive troubles, or you are living with pain, chances are your vision is about you being pain-free, you don't want to live with pain anymore, pain is very challenging, you want to live with ease, with vibrant health.  Really visualise yourself moving well, your body is so comfortable to live in, you being able to do all the things you want to do with your physical body which is so comfortable and easy.  Visualise yourself sleeping well, eating well, you're attracted to the right sort of foods for you.  You are attracted to the right sort of exercise for you and motivated to do it because your body loves to move and is so flexible and mobile.  Really visualise yourself being like that.
Or maybe it is a house you want to live in, or maybe its the new job you want to be in, really visualise yourself being in that place.  
And when you have really got that image, that vision in your head, really imagine yourself being in that scenario right now.  Right now.  Really imagine that.  Let your imagination go wild and free.  Really go with it.  
And then ask yourself the question - if this was my current life, what beliefs would I have to have about my life for this to be true?
So if its about a house, visualise this house in this perfect location for you, and just say:
I am living in this beautiful, ideal location
The house I live in perfectly suits all my needs and desires
I can easily afford this house.
Or this body of mine:
I am comfortable in this body.
I am vibrating with incredible health.
I feel alive.
I feel well.
Write some of these things down.  What would your beliefs be about your life, your health,  if you were living your ideal dream life scenario.
I am happy.  I am peaceful.  I am passionate.  I feel alive.  I am excited by life.  All of these things.  What are your beliefs?
By doing this exercise, this really helps you keep the focus on what you do want in your life.  The law of attraction gives back to you what you focus your energy on.  So the more time you spend, the more passion you put in to visualising and imagining, feeling those feelings of living that dream life scenario, the closer it comes, the more real it feels.  Our subconscious mind can't tell the difference between reality and imagination.  It returns to us, what we think about regularly and frequently with passion and belief.
Try it, do this for a month, do it as an experiment.  See if things start to change in your life.  
I really like the idea of the 30 day diet - break your negative thought patterns/focus on what you do want/visualise and imagine/put your energy into your feelings of what it would feel like to have this dream life.  Do it as an experiment and see what starts to change for you.  For 30 days, imagine your dream life scenario for 10-15 minutes daily and give no energy or attention to any negative situations in your life/complaining.  Only give your energy and attention and focus and passion to the dream life scenario you are heading towards.
Watch what comes into your life, notice any ideas/hunches/divine inspiration comes to you.  Notice coincidences and synchronicities.  Start taking any divinely inspired action that comes to you.  Start with small changes daily.
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step"  Lao Tzu

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Do you want change in your life? How do you gain clarity?

So you want some change in your life? You want something to be different in your life?  You would like at least one aspect of your life to be different for you?  Is it a relationship, your health, your finances, a job, is it where you live?  
How clear are you about what change you want in your life?  You can only create the change you want in your life by focusing on what you want.  Do you know what you really want?  If you give vague messages to the universe about possibly wanting something to be different/better, the universe has no clarity.  Do you spend all of your time complaining about how your life is right now and how it isn't right for you?
For the universe to be able to give back to you what you want, you have to tell it really clearly what you want.  Don't tell it what you don't want, because it doesn't hear the negative.  It only responds to the amount of energy you are putting into something.  So the more energy you are putting into complaining about what is happening in your life and how fed up your are with it, the more energy you are putting into that situation being a presence in your life.  
The way to create and to invite the change you want to see, is by focusing your energy on that , with passion and vigour and enthusiasm.  
It is well worth spending a fair amount of time on getting clear about what you want.
Maybe go to a quiet place in nature, sitting on a beach, in some woodland, in a large parkland, sitting in your garden, or sitting in a lovely room in your house, or a hot bath quietly.  Maybe burn some candles and/or some incense and just really give yourself that time to really focus on what you do want in your life.  Don't get too much into over-thinking in your head.  Allow your divine inspiration to come to you in your daydreaming, you night dreaming, your sudden flashes of inspiration.  Maybe if you paint or draw, or create with your hands, you might gain clarity while working in this way.
The only time to that it is useful to notice what you don't want is to allow yourself to have the contrast which can then give you more clarity about what you do want.
For example, if you dislike your job, or your colleagues, or your manager , or you don't think you're paid enough and you find yourself complaining about this a lot, the more energy you put into complaining, even if you change your job, you will keep getting more to complain about in your new job.  So observe this negativity as a piece of information but dont give any more of your energy to it.
If for example you don't get on with your manager, to manifest a good manager, write down what qualities you would like in a manager, your ideal manager would probably be one that supports you, that acknowledges you, that recognises what good work you do, who gives you stimulating work appropriate to your age and skill set and experience and financially remunerates you appropriately too.
Notice the aspects in your current job which you don't like, to enable you to gain clarity on what you do want.  Write down what you want, create yourself a vision board, use pictures/words from magazines, cut them out, stick them on.  Use colours, painting, words.
And/or write a journal, start jotting down your thoughts and ideas.
Do something every day, refine these ideas, what is the essence of what you want to see in your life?  
It is important to have a daily practice.  To create movement and change, start doing something daily in the direction of your dreams.  I can't emphasise this enough.  Sometimes the bigger picture can be overwhelming so just start with what you can do today.  Who knows where this may lead?  But it does definitely create movement and with movement comes change.
If its a new house you want to manifest, you might not know exactly how this house will look, but what qualities do you want to get from this new house?  What will living in this new place bring to your life?  Do you want space, light, lovely neighbours, parking?  Write down what you do know you want from this new house.
Only give energy to what you do want.  When you notice your mind start wandering and starting to go back to that complaining, as soon as you notice you are doing this, don't give any more energy to that.  Keep the focus on what you do want.  Distract yourself if you need to, but whatever you do, stop giving energy to the negative.  
If you want change , you have got to start doing things differently, regularly and frequently, however small.

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Focus on what you want

Focus all your thoughts and energy on what you do want to have, see, be, do in your life.  Don't give any more energy to what you don't want.
What you focus on expands.
The power is in the now, the present moment.  Our creative thoughts of today are creating our tomorrows.
What do you want to see in your life?  What do you want to have in your life?  What do you want to do and be in your life?
The more energy and passion you put into focusing on this and acting on any divinely inspired ideas, the closer this new life will come for you.

Lets send our governments blessings of love, peace and compassion!

Universal energies reflect back to us what we focus most of our energy on. Lets focus on having a government that acts with compassion and peace. A government that pledges to put the needs of our most vulnerable community members first; a government that values the importance of looking after our environment and the creatures that share this planet with us. Lets send our blessings of peace to them, that they can act with wisdom and love.
Lets collectively visualise a world where everyone is safe, fed, cared for, has enough food/shelter/clothing. Lets visualise a world where our leaders are wise and compassionate. Lets visualise a world where we all care for our planet.
What you focus on expands.
Let us use our energy wisely and visualise the best for everyone. Don't waste your energy on fear, anxiety and anger. Use your passion to focus on what you do want; put your energy into projects that work towards your vision. Lets change this world positively together.

If you were guaranteed to succeed what would you be doing?

Someone asked me recently, if you were guaranteed to succeed with anything you wanted to do, what would you be doing?

Well the answer to that only took me a few minutes to come up with, it was very close to the surface.  Is it what I'm now doing?  Not entirely.  Are you doing what you would love to be doing?  Are you following your heart?  Living your dream life?  If not, why not?

Why aren't you doing it then, if its something you would really like to be doing? I observe that what comes up for me is a combination of:  Fear of failure. Fear of ridicule.  Knowing that there's lots of other people around already doing it.  They'be been doing it for longer. They're possibly more qualified, more experienced.  Why would people want to come to me?  I haven't even written a book yet!

I generally feel that I'm a fairly confident person in most areas of my life but I was surprised at my lack of confidence and vulnerability at the thought of putting myself out there in the public arena, offering new services to the public.  I've even read the book, "Feel the fear and do it anyway"

I'm sure that this is a very human condition, and that I'm not alone.  I think that fear of failure and ridicule is very commonplace.  I then remind myself that a lot of the well known inspirational people out there, 2 of whom immediately spring to mind - JKRowling and Henry Ford, (I dont know why I picked those 2!).  JK Rowling had numerous rejections before her book was published and Henry Ford had many setbacks - the rest is history as they say.
It feels easier to carry on doing what I'm currently doing (and that is fine as I do still really enjoy my work and plan to continue in any case).  

I feel like there is a passion inside me that wants to reach out.  Do you have those feelings? I read a lot of spiritual books, and recently read about how our purpose here is for our soul to expand.  Our consciousness to expand.  Change and expansion is a part of who we are, our life purpose.

How do we create change in our lives?

Change is all that is happening, every moment of every day.
I love this ancient chinese proverb "The only certain thing in life is change"
According to quantum physics, matter (human beings, computers, rocks, trees, water) is formed of atoms, which consists of subatomic particles constantly moving.  It has been recognised that we affect these particles with our attention and our intention.  We are surrounded by an energy field that responds to our thoughts/intention/attention/beliefs/  So we are literally creating our lives with our thoughts.  Atoms that are resonating at the same frequency attract each other.  Our thoughts have a magnetic field effect.
To start the process of creating change, you need to initially get really clear about what you want, where you want to be heading, what your vision is.  If you don't give the universal energy field a clear picture about what you wish to draw into your life, it will respond to your most dominant thoughts.
Thoughts are creative.  Every item or object was once just a thought or idea in someone's mind.
I personally have moments where I am completely going with the flow of what is happening in my life and other times where I have huge amounts of resistance and frustration.  
Then there is the issue with belief!  Surely I can't ask for something that seems so far from where I am right now?
When you are asking for something you want to create in your life, your negative beliefs about not receiving can be so strong )for whatever reason) that a huge amount of negativity can come up, which needs to be processed/released to effect change and movement in thoughts.
Eckhart Tolle (The Power of Now) talks about how the ego doesn't want change and we create resistance.  He says, when faced with a situation you don't want, you either take steps to change it, or you accept it, everything else is futile, a waste of energy and taking away your power from the present moment; the power that comes with knowing that thoughts are creative.
Your thoughts of today are creating your tomorrows.