By Brandon Cook

“Your mind is your instrument. Learn to be its master and not its slave. Meditation is the gateway, through which you arrive to the world of freedom.” - Remez Sasson

 “Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.” – Buddha

 In Part I of this series we began our exploration of the subconscious mind and took a brief look into what neuroscientists are learning about the ultimate potential of the human mind.

In Part II, we examined how our beliefs are impressed upon the subconscious and how they can affect who and what we ultimately become.

In this third installment, we are going to clarify how the subconscious mind can help us achieve our physique goals and learn how we can use meditation to access the gateway into the subconscious mind.

Why Should I Bother With the Whole Subconscious Mind Thing?

In the last part of this series I’ll reveal the techniques by which you may reprogram your subconscious mind for success and completely destroy any limiting beliefs you may have picked up over the years. Yet, before I tell you HOW I would like to briefly discuss WHY from a bodybuilding or physique transformation view point.

When you understand the WHY’s you’re more likely to take action on the HOW’s.

First of all, we just learned that the subconscious mind is largely responsible for all of your conditioned behaviors, habits, and personality.

It is also important to realize that transforming your body takes a great amount of:

• Discipline to commit to intense training and a healthy nutrition regimen

• Determination to achieve and to do what’s required to achieve your goals

• Persistence to continue this pursuit from day to day, week to week, and month to month

• Courage to face the challenges and pain of lifting heavy weights

• Faith or belief in yourself and your ability to make this dream a reality

• Sacrifice and your willingness to delay instant gratification for your long term fulfillment

• Desire and the intense passion to transform your body and your life for the better

• Motivation to do what needs to be done despite how you feel at the time

Now ask yourself the following questions:

1.Do you possess all of these qualities?

2.Are these qualities fully developed in you or could you use a little more discipline, a little more motivation, and a dash of courage?

3.How would your body and life be different if these qualities were fully developed in you?

4.Are there any negative qualities, habits, or beliefs that you possess that may interfere with your goal to transform your body and life?

5.If there was a technique that you could use to instill positive qualities into your mind and release the negative qualities from your mind… are YOU willing to incorporate this technique into your daily routine?

Seriously think about this for a moment and then move on to the next reason.

Secondly, and just as importantly, we also learned that the subconscious mind is responsible for handling all of the autonomic functions of the body; like breathing, heart beat, digestion, immune system. This also includes:

• Hormone secretion (think Testosterone, Growth Hormone, Cortisol and Insulin.)

• Cellular activity (think hypertrophy or growth of muscle cells and the shrinking of fat cells.)
   
Now ask yourself the following questions:

1.What if it was possible to slightly influence your subconscious mind to release more testosterone or growth hormone and to produce less cortisol (a muscle eating hormone)?

2.How could this help your body to achieve the goals you’ve set?

3.What if it was possible to use your mind to influence your body to increase hypertrophy and muscle growth or to burn fat or to recover quicker?

4.Are you beginning to see the possibilities here?

I know this may sound impossible or far fetched, but is it really? We’ve all heard of meditation, correct?

There have been more than 600 scientific studies, which have been published in over 100 leading scientific journals concerning the IMMENSE BENEFITS of Meditation.

Here are just a few interesting findings that relate to our discussion here:

• Brain scans show that meditation shifts activity in the prefrontal cortex (behind the forehead) from the right hemisphere to the left. People who have a negative disposition tend to be right-prefrontal oriented; left-prefrontals have more enthusiasm, more interests, relax more, and tend to be happier.

• Promotes Deep rest- as measured by decreased metabolic rate, lower heart rate, and reduced work load of the heart.

• Lowered levels of cortisol and lactate- two chemicals associated with stress and thus muscle tissue breakdown.

• Reduction of free radicals- unstable oxygen molecules that can cause tissue damage.

• Meditation increases circulation in beginning meditators by 30% and in experienced meditators by as much as 65% and therefore improving nutrient flow to the muscles.

“The mind leads the body. Where the mind leads, the body will follow.”

 
Now, I’m not suggesting that all of a sudden you’ll see steroid-like gains if you start meditating.

What I’m suggesting is that if you could stimulate your body even in the slightest to keep testosterone and growth hormone levels high, cortisol levels low, and hypertrophy and healing happening within the muscle cells… then baby… you’re doing something amazing!

Remember, as an ectomorph your genetics are not stacked in your favor.

1.Your body doesn’t synthesize protein as well as it could.

2.Your body doesn’t produce as much testosterone as it should.

3.Your body doesn’t release as much growth hormone as you need.

4.Your body doesn’t have the greatest neuromuscular communication.

5.Your body doesn’t recover as quickly as other body types.

In other words, you need to be doing everything you “naturally” can just to bring your scrawny butt up to a level playing field with the big boys. Capiche?

If meditating can help make you relax, which can lower your cortisol levels (a muscle eating hormone), reduce free radicals, and improve blood circulation to your muscles and thus supplying more vital nutrients in helping them to grow… why wouldn’t you incorporate that into your training?

We’re not even talking about ALL the other scientific benefits of meditation here… or even the mental or spiritual benefits!

If you haven’t been practicing meditation, then consider this your wake up call! 

The subconscious mind plays a powerful role in the functionality and sustainability of your body. The experiences that have been impressed upon your subconscious mind have shaped your life, beliefs, behavior, and your personality… these experiences have made you who you are.

This is how your past can have an influential effect on your present and hence your future as well.

The more you understand about life, consciousness, and the mind/body/spirit connection, the more you can learn how to harness their power for your own gain, growth, success and personal development. This includes your quest to transform your physique!

Since I started talking about meditation, I might as well continue discussing it here. Let’s look at how we can use meditation to help relax and heal the body (from stress, training, and everday life.)

It’s a great way to clear the mind from unnecessary thought, and open the gateway into the subconscious mind.

Using Meditation to Access the Subconscious

I have harped on the fact that our thoughts create our reality and directly influence our experience of life many times now.  I do so mainly because it is such an important insight to grasp for body and life transformation.

Yet, in many cases we may understand the concept intellectually but fail to truly seize the wisdom and application of the notion.

Likewise, one may fully understand the concepts of how to gain muscle mass, but if we fail to apply what we know, then there will be no biological change.

Thus, knowing that your thoughts create your reality is of little use to you, unless you take full control of your mind and think the thoughts that will lead you to action and therefore your desires.

When what you KNOW and what you DO become congruent with each other, then you will have more than knowledge… you will have WISDOM!

It has been estimated that the average person thinks over 60,000 thoughts in a day and a lot of those thoughts are old, repetitive thoughts that they have been thinking for quite some time.

How many people do you believe are truly conscious of all of these thoughts that they are thinking?

How many people do you believe have consciously chosen the majority of thoughts that enter their mind?

Many people have expressed a problem with not being able to stop thinking. They have problems concentrating and staying focused. They lie awake at night, thoughts pouring through their heads… worries, fears, tasks needing done, anticipation of things to come, you get the idea.

They have lost control of their mind. Their mind is now controlling them. So, many people turn to the latest drug they see on television and search for the solution in a pill.

“The biggest disease of the mind is over-thinking… Thinking too much is like eating too much. The heaviness makes it impossible to remain light and flexible.” 

Are you in control of your mind? Remember, the mind is nothing but a tool for us to use. We should be the ones in control of it, harnessing its power for realizing our intended purposes. 

Yet a large portion of humanity has become slaves to their mind. The mind uses them, wears them down, wears them out.

In fact, the sad reality is that most people are so enslaved by their minds that they think the mind is who they are. They are completely identified with it, with their thoughts and their beliefs.

They have become like sleepwalkers, lost in the illusion of the dream.

Yet this is the natural process of our evolution. You must first be asleep… in order to awaken! When we’re born into this body we were born into an illusion and many of us have not reached the level of consciousness where we see this illusion for what it is.

You are not your thoughts and beliefs! They are simply passing forms of energy like the weather or the clouds.

Likewise you are not your mind or brain. These too are passing forms of energy. Even your body will break down and one day dissolve back into the earth from which it came.

You are the essence of which is beyond all forms. What you are is the consciousness in which these things may exist. You are the field of awareness in which these thoughts may transpire, but you are not the thoughts.

Thoughts are simply recycled information and likewise your body is recycled earth. Thoughts, like your brain and mind, are simply tools of creation.

This is where meditation can be employed. You can use meditation to take back control of your mind, to clear the mind of uncontrollable thoughts and still the water, so to speak.

Meditation can also be used to access the subconscious and tap into the deeper wisdom that lies beyond the realm of our conscious mind.

By making use of meditation and integrating it into our daily routine we can effectively reduce the number of thoughts we are thinking each day by stilling the mind.

This then opens us up to a whole new world that is free from the often negative and repetitive thoughts that before cluttered our consciousness and muddled our perception of reality.

By eliminating these unnecessary and excessive thought patterns we also improve the efficacy of the other techniques we will utilize for influencing and harnessing the power our subconscious mind.

When one is thinking considerably less random, and monotonous thoughts, the thoughts that they have consciously chosen to think will have more of an impact on transforming their reality.

Meditation is a simple practice. However, just because it is simple does not mean it is easy.

Your mind will try everything in its power to distract you, to convince you that this is a waste of time, to lure you back into the unconscious thought patterns that are keeping you trapped and enslaved by it.

It will yell, scream, and plead with you to abandon this stupid meditation practice:

“Why waste your time just sitting here, when you could be doing something?” it will rationalize.

In most people’s cases it will win, but for the few that continue to push onward… their lives will never be the same.

At first, you may not notice much difference, but after some time and dedication to the discipline (not as long as you think) you will notice a new quality to your consciousness.

You will have greater focus, clarity, peacefulness, and insightfulness arising within your everyday experience.

This ability to become fully present is what is referred to as mindfulness in Zen and you will begin to have a deeper understanding of your true nature. You will begin seeing things, not as you think they are, but as they really are- beyond the filter of your thoughts, beliefs, personal opinions and biases.

In a world that was once dead to you, there will be breathed a fresh breath of life. In this moment, you will awaken and you will never be a sleepwalker again.

Does that sound crazy? If so don’t worry… it will all make sense one day!

The Purest Form of Meditation

We will be using meditation to prepare, relax, and heal the body and the mind from our physical training, as well as, to further develop the proper mindset. Meditation is also being included to prime our subconscious mind for the use and application of our other subconscious reprogramming techniques.
 
Meditation works well in unison with the other techniques like creative visualization and affirmations. It also helps to put you in the proper brain wave frequency (alpha state) that is most conducive to these subconscious programming methods.

It is important to note though, that meditation is quite effective on its own for body and life transformation. When used with the other techniques we will cover in this series I believe that they have a synergistic effect on each other.

There are many different techniques on how to meditate and many are effective, however I prefer to use the ancient Zen Buddhist form of meditation.

I believe this is the purest form of meditation and is in alignment with the whole point of meditation to begin with, which is to clear the mind of thought while becoming highly alert and aware.

Most of the other meditation techniques are simply devices used to help one get to the point of pure meditation.

The practice is rather simple. Find a comfortably place to sit, kneel, or lie down (I prefer kneeling in Seiza, a Japanese sitting posture where your butt rests on your calves/ankles.) You may close your eyes or leave them open.

Maintain an erect and upright posture, if sitting or kneeling.

   

Then simply breathe, focusing on your breath. Breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth. Breathe deeply into your abdomen and observe or notice the rise and fall of your belly. Breathe deeply, but naturally.

Clear your mind and just focus on being there fully. Concentrate on your breathing. Listen intently. No need to label what you hear, just notice it. You may look with your eyes, but again do not label anything. Just be an observer. Be still. Be silent. Just be.

Embracing this stillness and clearing the mind of all thought will help develop a calm, relaxed presence that will benefit you in all aspects of your life.

This mindfulness is the power to be intensely present at whatever it is you are doing or whatever situation may arise. To be one with the moment… this is Zen, or in other words to be fully conscious.

If a thought arises, and they will, do not grasp or cling to them. Just let them go. If you suddenly notice that you’re thinking, immediately stop and return to focusing on your breathing.

Continue meditating in this way for as long as wish. Start with 5 minutes twice a day. Raise it to 10, 15, or even 30+ minutes twice a day. The choice is yours really. I have found it beneficial with as little as 5 minutes a couple times a day. Start wherever you can.

Eventually the goal is to remain in this heightened mind state as you go throughout your day.

Give this practice some time and let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Meditation can really benefit your life and your training if taken seriously. Whenever I have practiced the martial arts, meditation was always a part of the training and definitely helps you to get in the zone. Your workouts will become more effective.

Many times I will meditate after a good workout, the sweat pouring out of my body as I sit in silent meditation, resting in the moment and triggering the healing process to begin.

One you get the hang of it, try adding moving meditation. I like to walk my dogs, clear my mind and become fully present. I focus on all of my senses, looking deeply into the trees, the clouds, sky, and grass.

I open my ears to any sounds, the birds, insects, wind, footsteps, distant cars on the highway, a train passing, and dogs barking.

I don’t listen and go “oh there’s a dog barking”, rather I just listen… I just hear the bark. The idea is simply to experience the moment fully without judging it, labeling it, or otherwise interpreting it in anyway.

Meditation is the first technique to harnessing the power of your subconscious mind and priming it for the other techniques to follow.  Put it into practice immediately and you will find that the transformation has begun.

Next I will cover six characteristics of the subconscious mind that will allow us to communicate successfully with our subconscious and impress our desires, goals, and intentions upon it more effectively.

Knowing the ways in which the subconscious operates will improve the efficacy of the programming methods I will reveal in the final part of this series.

…to be continued!

Brandon Cook

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By Brandon Cook

“When you want something,
all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
         – Paulo Coelho

“We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.”
              – Anthony Robbins

In continuation of our talks on the First Pillar of Rapid Body Transformation, we have reached a point where I would like to discuss the law of attraction. I’ve mentioned this in earlier blogs and even touched on the basics of universal law. Now we are going to expand upon this because I believe it holds a vital solution for achieving body and life transformation.

The people who are successful in life achieve their success because they harness the power of this law whether they know it or not. That is not to say they did nothing to earn their success, but rather that by the natural course of their lives they learned to think, speak, and act in a way that was highly correlated with the law of attraction.

After all, all that the law of attraction is really saying is that your thoughts are the driving force that creates your reality and experience of life. If you learn to tame your mind and control your thinking then you can consciously shape your experience of life. You do this by creating a shift in your consciousness; by being more mindful of what you are thinking and feeling and thus keeping your mind focused on what you want your life to be like.

Instead of doubt, fear, anger or worry… you consciously shift your awareness back to the experience you desire. Instead of doubt, bring your attention to confidence, if that’s what you desire. Replace fear with courage, anger with acceptance and worry with calmness.

Refrain (or do the best you can) from thinking about anything you do not want. Instead bring your intention and focus to that which you want to experience, whether that is building muscle, making money, your relationships. Anything. When we focus on something it expands. When we remove our attention it will wither.

The purpose of this article is to give you a deeper understanding of the law of attraction, as well as, provide several principles through which you may further apply this amazing universal law to your life. Mastering this law will help you to clear the hurdles that keep so many of us from realizing a truly successful and happy life.

Since the release of the Secret Movie, the law of attraction has gained massive attention in the media and thus the public awareness. Now many people may think the law of attraction is nothing more than new age, pie-in-the-sky, hippie, feel good stuff, but that would be a huge mistake and an erroneous assumption.

The law of attraction actually has some science that backs it up, specifically in the area of quantum physics (which we’ll discuss in this article) and neuroscience, which I’ll talk about in my next article.

Neuroscientists or brain scientists have had some interesting insights into the human mind over the last 15 years. Since the emergence of more advanced technologies which allow them to see which parts of the brain are working or not… they’ve been able to learn alot.

Specifically, some of the new research about the unconscious mind (subconscious mind) which controls over 80% of the brain’s functions. Including all of the autonomic functions of your body like breathing, heart beat, hormone secretion and the trillions of other cellular activites that are necessary for you to be alive. Your conscious mind is run by about 1/6 of the brains power.

I know a few mainstream scientists may not agree with the law of attraction or the subconscious mind. Of course no one believed Pythagoras either, when he first postulated that the world was round. What does that tell you?

Most people’s minds are slow to change until there is an overwhelming amount of proof to back up theories that deviate from the mainstream model of thought. Unfortunately, that’s why humanity is so slow to evolve and why most geniuses are usually considered quacks when they first propose their new ideas… but I digress.

It’s also important to realize that if something is mainstream, then it is the prevailing notion of thought by definition. It represents the common understanding of people, but not necessarily the innovative or cutting-edge wisdom that drives societal progress.

What’s even more alarming than that, is when you really start studying deeper into the law of attraction. Then you begin to realize that people have been telling us that our thoughts create our reality for thousands of years. We just never took them literally or misunderstood what they were telling us.

One thing I am certain of now is that your thoughts and beliefs are the driving forces creating your perception of reality and your experience of life. And I mean that very literally.

The reason I am so certain of this is because hundreds of very wise people have been writing it down for centuries. People like the Buddha, Christ, Lao Tzu, and many others. More recently many authors, philosophers even doctors and scientists have discussed at length how our lives are highly shaped and influenced by our thoughts.

Just to name a few… Napoleon Hill, Wallace Wattles, Earl Nightingale, Dr. Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, Albert Einstein, and far too many others to name here. Now Quantum physicists and Neuroscientists are begining to provide proof and evidence to support these claims, which I find fascinating.

I am going to explain some things to you now that may contradict the maintstream model of thought. I hope you will have an open mind about this and at least be willing to explore the possibility that there is more to your thoughts than you may have thought!

Yet, I would like to mention that what I am telling you has come to me as the result of almost ten years of research, study and my own curiosity to know the truth about our reality. It was my own personal yearning for a deeper understanding of how the universe actually works that has led me to these ideas.

During this quest I have studied several spiritual traditions like Buddhism, Christianity, Zen, New Age, and Taoism. I have researched further into science, evolutionary theory, physics, and quantum physics. I have studied the philosophers. I have studied the works of successful men and forward thinkers. Now I tell you this not to brag, nor to claim that I am an expert in any of these fields. I am not. Nor is my study even close to complete. I truly agree that the more I learn, the more I realize how little I really know.

However, through my years of reading and researching I have been looking for the common thread or the perennial philosophy, if you will, that combines and connects each of these fields. What do they point to? What are the underlying truths that are common to them all? That’s what I want to share with you here.

What is the Universal Law of Attraction?

Speaker, author, and consultant Dr. Margaret McCraw, Ph.D says that… “The Law of Attraction, just like the Law of Gravity, is an invisible energy force. While we cannot see gravity, we can see the results of it as our feet are planted firmly on the ground. Neither can we see the Law of Attraction, but we can see the results of it as we correlate our thoughts, feelings, and beliefs with the experiences we are creating.”

Think of the law of attraction like the air you breathe. You cannot see it, but if it wasn’t there your life would never be the same. Much like the wind it is invisible, yet when it blows hard enough you can feel its presence. It is force that has always been there, behind the scenes… orchestrating a symphony of energy while the forms dance to the tune of fate. It is integrated deeply within the fabric of the universe.

Okay, enough imagery… lets get down to business!

Your reality, as it is right now, is a result of every thought, and experience you have ever had in your life. All that you have achieved or failed to achieve is a direct result of your own thoughts. Your life and your current circumstance is simply a reflection of your own mind, thoughts, feelings, and beliefs. You literally are what you think!

I told you, you would see this quote a lot!

“We are what we think. With our thoughts, we make our world.” – The Buddha

How is this so? Can this really be true?

Yes, it is possible! Everything in our physical universe, as quantum physicists now understand it, is made up of atoms and sub-atomic particles, which are merely packets of energy and information.

In our universe physical matter exists as particles, yet before something becomes a particle it exists as a wave of energy.

It is to this state of energy that one returns at death.

As scientists have stated in the First Law of Thermodynamics, “Energy can neither be created nor destroyed. It can only change forms.” Like ice becomes liquid when it is heated and the water transforms into steam as the temperature rises. You too are a form of energy, which has never be created nor destroyed, but is only in the constant state of changing forms.

Your dog or cat, the tree in your yard, a rock on the ground, this earth beneath your feet, especially the stars in the night sky, everything that we consider matter and even intangible things like your thoughts, are fundamentally energy and information!

So, everything at the molecular level of existence is simply energy expressed in one form or another. We live within a matrix or system of intermingling energy. Yet, beyond the matrix of energy there is a state of nothingness or stillness that is the source from which everything arises. Many call this state of nothingness Spirit, God, or even Pure Conscious Awareness. Some call it the ether or even the Source. I like to call it Consciousness. Call it what you will, it doesn’t really matter.

In Quantum field theory they like to call it the zero-point field.

Per Wikipedia, “The electromagnetic zero-point field is loosely considered as a sea of background electromagnetic energy that fills the vacuum of space.” In other words, space is not empty like we once thought, but rather is seething with energy.

In fact, that may be an understatment as scientists have determined that “it has been estimated that there is enough zero point energy contained in one cubic meter of space to boil all of the oceans of the world.”

Just imagine if we could learn to tap into that energy!

As Deepak Chopra M.D. says in his book Creating Affluence, “…the basic conclusion of quantum field theorists is that the raw material of the world is nonmaterial; the essential stuff of the universe is non-stuff.” He then goes on to say, “All of our technology is based on this fact… Fax machines, computers, radios, television—all these technologies are possible because scientists no longer believe that the atom, which is the basic unit of matter, is a solid entity.”

What this means is that every thing you see in your world, including yourself, is not a solid entity at all but rather a wave fluctuation of energy. In other words material reality exists as impulses of energy and information… atoms fluctuating between states of being waves and particles.

What appears solid to the senses is not really solid at all. This is part of the paradoxical and illusory nature of the universe and the recent discovery of quantum physicists.

This is what Albert Einstein meant when he said,
“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”

Now, don’t let me lose you here with all the science. If you want to get more in depth, then I suggest learning more about quantum physics by reading several good books on the subject or checking out Bob Doyle’s Law of Attraction  Program. That being said, I’ll do my best to further explain this in layman’s terms.

The Law of Attraction at Work

There are three planes of existence; first there is the physical or material realm (think of this as the body); next there is the quantum or mental realm (think of this as mind); then there is the absolute or non-local realm (think of this as spirit- the non-stuff or consciousness from which everything manifests.) So, to simplify there is the physical, quantum, and spiritual realms or body/mind/spirit. Or if you’d prefer a more scientific approach particle, wave, zero-point field.

In the quantum/mental realm, energy exists as electromagnetic waves that vibrate at varying amplitudes and frequencies. There are higher (faster) frequencies and lower (slower) frequencies. Energy that vibrates at a certain frequency tends to attract frequencies of a similar vibration and amplitude. In this way, energy has magnetic properties that draw like energies together.

Now here’s where it gets interesting!

Your thoughts act like magnetic currents that resonate outward from your being, permeating your immediate and local energy field, as well as, the energy field of the entire quantum universe. To grasp this, think of your thoughts as a radio frequency that is being emitted from a radio station tower.  Your thoughts (which are forms of energy originating from your mind) are being broadcast all over the world and beyond.

These positively or negatively charged thought waves attract people, circumstances, and events into your life that mirror the energetic quality or frequency of those thoughts. Just like the radio frequency will only be heard by those people whom have their radio on the right frequency channel or station. Likewise, people, things, and events that are of the same frequency will be attracted to you by your thoughts.

In very simplistic terminology, like attracts like.

Do you find this hard to believe? I agree, if you haven’t spent years researching it… it sounds sort of crazy. Well, before you start thinking I’m a whack job… think about these common observations:

Have you ever noticed that successful people tend to interact with other successful people, while non-successful people tend to relate to each other? Why do you suppose that is? Feel free to substitute successful with wealthy, or healthy, or intelligent, or the opposite of those qualities.

Have you ever met someone and instantly felt a weird feeling or vibe coming from that person, which made you uncomfortable? How do you explain that feeling? Could it be their energy field?

How about the attraction you feel towards certain people more than others or certain places more than others or certain ideas more than others? Could it be that your own thoughts vibrate on a similar frequency to those things you are attracted to?

Have you ever thought of something (a person, a book, a new product you have your eye on, etc.) and then shortly after that very person or thing somehow appeared in your life or that person called you out of the blue? Do you just rule that off as coincidence or is there something more at work here?

This is the law of attraction at work attracting people, events, and circumstances into your life that match the frequencies you are emitting through your thoughts, feelings and attention. Are you beginning to see how you use this law to totally transform your body and life? I hope so!

The Three Keys of Manifestation

“Remember, you attract to your life whatever you give your attention, energy and focus to, whether wanted or unwanted.” – Michael Losier

If you focus all of your energy and attention on transforming your body… sooner or later you’re going to start seeing the physical changes manifest themselves when you look in the mirror. Your positive, confident thoughts, words, and actions are paying off in real results as you master the four pillars of rapid body transformation.

However, if you are taking positive actions in the beginning, but secretly or subconsciously doubt that you will really succeed at transforming your body… you’ve shifted your self-talk and attention from one of confident success to self-doubt and failure.

Thus, failure is what you will ultimately manifest even though it is not what you say you want and despite the fact that you may be exercising regularly. Your self-doubt will begin to cause you to deviate from the four pillars more and more. You’ll begin the downward spiral into self-sabotage and eventually quit or not see the results you were hoping for.

For the law of attraction to work properly you have to be congruent and this is where most people fail. They start thinking positive thoughts, but they don’t really expect it to work. After a little time they abandon it and say “I knew that was a load of horse $#!!.” Their thoughts, beliefs, words, and actions are not congruent.

The law of attraction cannot work unless you understand this fully. This can take some time, study, and evaluation, which most people are not willing to do. There fore, most people fail. What most people have failed to realize is that there are three keys to creating this congruency.

To unlock the door and harness the power of all creation you must use all three keys in harmony.

 

The First Key is the thoughts and beliefs you think

The Second Key is the words which you speak

The Third Key is the actions and deeds you take

Each of these three keys has its own creative power, and to create successfully… your thoughts, words, and actions must harmonize with one another. If not, then you will run into problems every time because you are not congruent. In other words, if you talk the talk, you have to walk the walk. Otherwise, you will not be thriving for long.

Remember how I mentioned that quantum theory proposes that every thing is energy and information…. Well this includes our thoughts and our words. Even our actions which are spawned from our thoughts and words are tainted by the energy frequency from which they originate.

For example positive thoughts and feelings such as love, peace, gratitude, courage, abundance and so on resonate at the higher (faster) frequency level or polarity, where as, negative thoughts and feelings such as anger, hate, apathy, guilt, fear and so on resonate at the lower (slower) frequency level or polarity.

In other words, if you have a negative view about life, you will attract negative people, circumstances, and events into your life that act to confirm your negative beliefs. Then when more negativity shows up in your life, which it will, this appears as the evidence to support your original negative thoughts. You’ll then say, “See I told you life sucks!” You’ll then take action or no action based on this conclusion.

In fact, as long as you keep your negative outlook, not only will you attract the negative, you will often unconsciously repel the good and positive things that life has to offer. There may even be tons of great opportunities around you, but because of your belief system you will not notice them or act on them.

However, if you keep a positive and optimistic outlook about life, you will attract the positive people, circumstances, and events into your life that confirm those beliefs. Then when positive things do show up in your life, which they will, this appears as the evidence to support your original positive thoughts. You’ll then say, “Life is good!” and you will act based on this notion.

And as you stay in that FEELING of optimism you’ll continue to attract all that you need to create a successful and fulfilling life, full of friends, happiness, and abundance. This is why it is better in my opinion to be an eternal optimist. I know…. Easier said than done!

Your feelings, thoughts and subconscious beliefs are all interrelated. Did you notice that I also capitalized the word FEELING? I did so because ultimately the law of attraction responds to how you are feeling at any given moment and the stronger the e-motion (energy in motion) the faster you are attracting. Strong emotion broadcasts your energy frequency more intensely. It is this intensity that has a powerful magnetic pull that will attract similar frequencies and manifest people and events that correlate at that level of vibration.

In considering this, just look at how an upset and angry person could easily bring out the anger in a person or group of people that they are in close proximity with. Their anger attracted more anger. A joyful person could have the same effect on people and consequently attract more joyful experiences into their life. Which would you rather attract? It’s your choice.

“The law of attraction responds to how you are feeling in the present moment and the stronger the feeling, the faster you are attracting the physical manifestation of those feelings into your life.” – Brandon Cook, that’s me!

If you feel GOOD you are attracting good things. You are on purpose. You are right where you want to be.

Well the opposite is true as well. If you feel BAD you are attracting bad things. You have strayed from your purpose and are headed in the wrong direction, unless it is your intention to attract bad things.

So, our emotions can provide guidance to us by helping to clarify whether we are thinking positively or negatively. Thus, we should strive to monitor our thoughts and feelings to make sure we are creating the type of life we desire.

When our emotions are positive and we feel good, then our thoughts are in alignment with our desires. However, when we feel bad and our emotions are negative, then likewise our thoughts are no longer in alignment with our desires. We have lost our way.

If we can catch ourselves in the midst of negative thoughts and emotions, we can shift into a higher polarity and begin attracting what we want again. This takes some practice.

Whatever we focus our thoughts on with intense passion and emotion is what we will attract into our experience. So, make sure you are focused on the right things.

This is the underlying principle behind the Law of Attraction and it is essential to understand this law, if you desire to consciously create and transform your body and life. In the upcoming blog posts we will look at several principles or laws that further clarify the law of attraction and provide ways to apply this to your life.

Until, then I suggest you practice observing your thoughts and emotions.

Keep a notebook with you throughout the next couple of days and see if you can be conscious of your dominant thoughts and feelings. Write down any negative thoughts, feelings, or self-talk you experience over the next couple of days.

Would you say that your thoughts are predominantly positive or negative? What do you desire for your life? Are your thoughts, feelings, beliefs, words, and actions helping you to achieve your desires or are they sabotaging your efforts?

Remember it is your predominant thoughts and feelings about life that are creating your experience. This is happening whether you are conscious of it or not. You can choose to create your life consciously or unconsciously. This is the gift of free will and the universe doesn’t care either way, it only responds to your thoughts, words, and actions. Through the use of these three keys you are the creator of your own destiny.

I will leave you with a quote from Napoleon Hill:

“Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; Man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true.”

Brandon Cook

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About the Author:

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