We have decided to make a change in
our life, like quitting smoking. We throw away our cigarettes (or smoke them
up) and announce to the world we are now a non-smoker. What changed? If I just
polished off a bacon avocado cheeseburger (with fries of course) and then
announce I am a vegan, am I? If we have a room full of exercise equipment or
paid up gym membership does it mean we are physically fit? The principle is demonstration
versus intention. Our intentions may be noble, but nothing happens until we
take action and follow through. The question is: what course of action should
we follow to be successful.
Change is a process; the new man is not born in a day. Wayne Dyer writes in The
Power Of Intention: When we change the way we look at things, the things we
look at change. Embracing this spiritual truth, we learn to think from the
end. Consider: to quit smoking see yourself free of cigarettes, not as someone
“trying” to quit. You have either quit or you haven’t, trying is destined to
fail for who wants to “try” hard things like quitting smoking when there are
easy things like smoking. If we are persistent in the changed approach soon the
smoke free “new man” (or woman) you have built in your consciousness will
emerge and you will be free of cigarettes. You did not quit smoking; you
simply outgrew it. Think of it this way: when children we did not know
that the last time we played hide and seek or made mud pies or built a fort was
the last time, it just was. We could have made more pies or forts or organized
a round of hide and seek, but we didn’t and we didn’t think about it, it
just happened, part of our natural progression in thought and action, without conscious thought or plan on our part.
If getting physically fit is the goal, avoid making “deals” with yourself or
picking a time or date to start. Instead, before the first sit-up or minute on
the elliptical, start by seeing yourself exercising in your mind’s eye,
visualize yourself exercising daily, throughout the day. Soon the urge to
exercise will become overwhelming. The thoughts of "it's hard",
"where will I find the time" and the like gone, just like the mud
pies.
Train yourself to think from the end. Like any new activity, at first it will
feel clumsy and unfamiliar. If you persist, it will become second nature, like
riding a bike. Intention is the vision; you must provide the conditions within
your consciousness for the ultimate success of your demonstration.
Oh, and there is nothing wrong with the occasional bacon avocado cheeseburger,
with fries of course, after all, they are the food of the Gods.
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