Eye-Opener

Has anyone ever wondered why we never really get what we truly want or desire?

I used to be one of those people who would pray and ask for all that I wanted and desired. I think I must have made Him irritated with all my requests because most of them went unfulfilled.

At some point in my life, I actually started believing that maybe Allah just didn’t care about me due to all the wrongs I have done in my life. Maybe this was His way of punishing me for my “sins.” I almost stopped believing in Him as well as in myself.

But then to my surprise I discovered a book that I knew from the moment I heard its title, would change my life forever. A friend recommended it and I’m glad that he did. The title of the book is Conversations With God by Neale Donald Walsch. A brilliantly written book with loads of basic questions answered in the simplest of ways.

Not to get too much into detail about the book as I would highly recommend it to anyone who’s eager to learn and improve themselves, the author basically says that: “We are responsible for the events that takes place in our lives,” “It is our thoughts, words and actions that determines what takes place in our lives.”

The gist of the book is this:

1. God has created us in the goodness and likeness of Himself.

2. God is the creator.

3. We are three beings in one. You can call these three aspects of being anything you want: Father, Son and Holy Ghost; mind, body, and spirit; superconscious, conscious, subconscious.

4. Creation is a process that proceeds from these three parts of our bodies. Put another way, we create at three levels. The tools of creation are: thought, word and deed.

5. All creation begins with thought. All creation then moves to word. All creation is fulfilled in deed.

6. That which we think of, but thereafter never speak of, creates at one level. That which we think of and speak of creates at another level. That which we think, speak, and do becomes made manifest in our realities.

7. To think, speak, and do something which we do not truly believe is impossible. Therefore the process of creation must include belief, or knowing. This is absolute faith. This is beyond hoping. This is knowing of certainty.

8. This place of knowing is a place of intense and incredible gratitude. It is a thankfulness in advance. And that, perhaps, is the biggest key to creation: to be grateful before, and for, the creation. Such taking for granted is not only condoned, but encouraged. It is the sure sign of mastery. All Masters know in advance that deed has been done.

9. Celebrate and enjoy all that you create, have created. To reject any part of it is to reject a part of you. Whatever it is that is now presenting itself as part of our creation, own it, claim it, bless it, be thankful for it. Seek not to condemn it, for to condemn it is to condemn yourself.

10. If there is some aspect of creation you find you do not enjoy, bless it and simply change it. Choose again. Call forth a new reality. Think a new thought. Say a new word. Do a new thing. Do this magnificently and the rest of the world will follow you. Ask it to. Call for it to. Say, “I am Life and the Way, follow me.”

Once we can all monitor our thoughts, the things we say and our actions, we will be in better control of our lives. We would be able to achieve anything and everything we set out hearts and minds to.

Now that I am more aware of my own destructive thoughts (thoughts that only proved to make me feel worse than I was already feeling), I am able to change them immediately before it gets sent out to the universe and before the universe starts putting them into motion.

We create our own destinies! All we have to do is to monitor our thoughts, words and actions and everything will fall into place. We’ll start seeing the changes in our lives. The more positives you think, say and do, the more positive things will take place in your life. While the more negative thoughts you have, words you use and deeds you do, the more negative events would take place, stopping you from knowing who You Really Are and who You Want To Be.

“When you catch yourself thinking negatives thoughts – think again! If you think you are in a pickle, and no good can come of this, think again. If you think the world is a bad place, filled with negative events, think again. If you think your life is falling apart, and it looks as if you’ll never get it back together again, think again.” - Neale Donald Walsch.

Remember, life is a creation, not a discovery!