Lately I have been digesting hungrily an assortment of youtube lectures from positive thinking activists such as Wayne Dyer, Alan Watts, and most recently Abraham Hicks. Abraham Hicks is not a male, but a female who's method of dipping into the positive mindframe is to activate a personality within herself she calls Abraham. I have to admit, I find that part odd. But I overcame my prejudice and visited her perspective. The messages are excellent.
Sometimes I feel our purpose in life is the way we take in narratives and stories of our own lives and the lives we witness, then resubmit them through our own voice, our own particular expression, into our communities. The way water moves from rivers, to clouds, to rain - stories move from actor to witness to audience. This is my community. These are the people I feel most kindred to, whether I know them well, or have never met them.
So for that reason, I wanted to create a thread about something I'd like to see a community doing: Spreading the skill of positive energy. Sharing a goal of continuous elevation towards a more fulfilling experience of good for all, and achieving it.
To back up my lofty notions with action, I've transcribed a section of the particular Abraham Hicks youtube video I was watching when I had this courageous thought.
If this post, or any future, from me or anyone, inspires, uplifts, or empowers, any one person, in any way, then the mission is accomplished and the effort is richly rewarded. Think Happy Thoughts
1:53 to 7:12
"When something is bothering you, when you know what you don't want, and you do,
then what you do want is really active in the ethers. Really active. Really really really really active.
So we just want to find a way to come into emotional vibrational alignment with the energy that brings about the result that you want.
So we're happy to talk with you about - what you want.
So we're going to ask you to do something that most people can't do but we know you can do.
We want you to go as general as you can, and tell us what you want. Just as general as you can.
Step back as far into the generality as you can. Starting with something so simple as,
"I want to feel a resolution in this. I want to feel... happy."
And if you can't get there, we want you to change the subject.
It's more important that we help you choose this, then that we focus on the subject.
Because focusing on the subject just holds you into relation to where you are on this and no progress happens.
So we want to help you find this - is there any subject in the world that takes you to a better feeling place?
It's not active in you *right now*, but is there any subject that is... easy?
We can feel how annoying this is. "I've come to visit infinite intelligence, I have a problem!
I have a problem that I would like to discuss, and they won't talk to me about it!
It's like they're so determined to stay in their high-flying place, they won't address the REAL WORLD that I live in!"
And we say, that's pretty much it.
The speaker affords us the opportunity of visiting with you in a way that you might not always have access to otherwise,
but you got to be up to speed with what you want.
You got to be up to speed with who you are to live the progress that you want to live.
There is no way around it.
You cannot complain enough.
You cannot get others to agree with you enough.
You cannot point out the injustices enough.
You cannot protect anyone from anything, because this is a universe that's based on attraction!
There's no EXCLUSION, it's all INCLUSION!
Anything you say, anything you think, causes you to emit a vibration that causes it to be included into your experience.
Our only question is:
What do you want to include?
What do you want to include?
What do you want to include?
Because there's no exclusion, so what do you want to include? Anything you think about you're including.
Want to include that? Not so much? Don't think about it.
Want to include that? Not so much? Don't think about it.
Want to include that? Yeah a little of that. Think about it.
It would be nice if we could visit with you on the first day you got here, because we'd say,
"Welcome to planet Earth! Everything's going to go EXACTLY the way you want it to.
You have lots of opportunities to mix it up with lots of others,
and you're going to figure out things that are uniquely desirable to you.
When you do, at first they're not going to be there...
...but don't worry about it they're coming!!
...So just savor the thought of them!
Don't NEED them to be there in order to take pleasure in the thought of them!
Take pleasure from the THOUGHT, not needing the MANIFESTATION to be there.
Take pleasure from the idea of it.
If you're taking pleasure from the thought, well, there's some thoughts that don't have much pleasure in them yet!
You've been practicing a different vibration, so stay off of those.
But when you find a thought that you can take pleasure from, milk that thought.
What begins to happen is,
as you find pleasurable thoughts, that give you pleasure,
find pleasurable thoughts, that give you pleasure,
pleasurable thoughts, that give you pleasure,
that feel good!
That are exciting!
That are adventurous!
That are fulfilling!
That are satisfying!
That are interesting!
That are provocative!
That are life-affirming!
That feel good to you!
That feel like love and appreciation and passion!
Find those thoughts.
Practice those thoughts.
Sustain those thoughts.
Then THAT becomes the frequency that you are, and EVERY subject that is important to you HAS to rise to that level.
The solution to EVERYTHING that you've EVER asked for will show itself to you.
The thing that's nice, is, not all at once.
Not all at once: you couldn't *take it* all at once!
You don't want it all at once!
It won't come to you faster than you're ready to receive it.
But it will come, as fast as you're ready to receive it.
Well how can you -speed up- your readiness to receive it?
Stay off the subject of what bothers you, and get on the subject of what does NOT bother you!"
This morning I woke up like a zombie. I immediately set about to re-programming my thoughts. Whatever I think about will build upon itself, why not start the day loaded with the good stuff? The first page of that book, love, is gratitude. I recall an old TED talk and summon its video.
Louis Schwartzberg is a time-lapse photographer. This clip, 9 minutes long, is almost entirely images of flowers blooming, clouds passing, and sunlight roaming. It's a stimulating and mesmerizing message to the body. The mind backs down and the soul turns on. It's a cup of tea for the heart.
The second half of the video is a clip of Louis' latest masterpiece, a compilation of art and philosophy. The speaker is a gentle old man with a charming accent. I'm not sure if the warm cuddly sensation is coming from his voice, or his words, but I thought I'd transcribe his message here to join his vibration by recasting his torch.
(4:54 - 9:35)
You think this is just another day in your life?
It's not just another day.
It's one day that is given to you, today.
It's given to you.
It's a gift.
It's the only gift that you have RIGHT NOW
and the only appropriate response
is gratefulness.
You should do nothing else but cultivate that response
to the great gift that this
unique day
is.
If you learn to respond as if it were the first day in your life and the very last day,
then you will have spent this day very well.
Begin by opening your eyes and be surprised that you have eyes that you can open!
The incredible array of colors that is constantly offered to us for pure enjoyment!
Look at the sky!
We so rarely look at the sky.
We so rarely note how different it is from moment to moment
clouds coming and going...
We just think of the weather,
but even of the weather,
we do not think of the many nuances of weather:
We just think of good weather and bad weather.
This day, right now, this unique weather,
may be a kind that will never exactly come in that form again.
The formation of clouds in the sky
will never be the same as it is right now.
Open your eyes: Look at that!
Look at the faces of the people you meet! Each one has an incredible story behind their face. A story that you could never fully fathom.
Not only their own story,
but the story of their ancestors. We all go back so far...
and in this present moment
in this day
all the people you meet
all that life from generations
and so many places all over the world flows together
meets you here
like life giving water
if you'd only open your heart and drink.
Open your heart to the incredible gifts that civilization gives to us:
You flip a switch, and there is electric light!
You turn a faucet, and there is warm water and cold water!
And drinkable water!
A gift that millions and millions in the world will never experience.
These are just a few of an enormous number of gifts to which we can open our heart.
And so I wish that you will open your heart to all these places
and let them flow through you.
Let everyone who you will meet this day
be blessed by you:
just by your eyes
by your smile
by your touch just by your presence.
Let the gratefulness overflow into blessing all around you.
Time for another episode oFfFfF: Think Happy Thoughts Thread!
Now with PiCtUrEs!
Transcript of Jim Carrey's Commencement Address at the 2014 MUM Graduation
When I first went into this speech, I was expecting a comedy show. Instead, it made me cry... with joy. I couldn't believe someone with this kind of purity and selflessness was coming out of someone I would have never expected it to come from! I ran out to my family members and demanded they drop everything they were doing and sit down and watch it with me! Then watched it again. It didn't... quite... hit... them... the... same... way... BUT THAT'S OK! That's ok. They set down their shields, and had a few laughs. And that's more than ok, that's the underlying goal.
I would recommend watching or listening to any lecture you are intending to use as an uplifting or enlightening experience in an environment free of distraction and minimal chance of interruption. Some spells take a while to cast, and those brief drop-outs of your attention can greatly reset the potential for the mind to receive the full blast (even if the ego is completely convinced 'I got it!") Yes, I play a mage.
Enjoy this, very unique, one of a kind, kind of day
I am here to plant the seed, today.
A seed that will inspire you to move forward in life with enthusiastic hearts
and a clear sense of wholeness.
The question is, will that seed have chance to take root?
Or will I be sued by Monsanto, and forced to use THEIR seed?
(which may not be totally ayurvedic)
Excuse me if I seem a little low energy tonight, today, whatever this is.
I slept with my head to the North last night.
Oh man.
You know how that is right kids!
Woke up right in the middle of Pita couldn't get asleep til Vata rolled around,
CRAZY!
But I didn't freak out. I used that time to eat a large meal...
...connect with someone special...
Because life doesn't happen to you, it happens for you.
How do I know this? I don't. But I'm making sound and that's the important thing!
That's what I'm here to do.
Sometimes I think that's the ONLY thing that's important really, you know?
Just, letting each other know we're here.
Reminding each other that we're part of a larger self.
I used to think 'Jim Carrey' was all I was.
A flickering light. A dancing shadow.
The great nothing masquerading as something you could name.
Seeking shelter in caves and foxholes dugout hastily.
An archer searching for his target in the mirror
wounded only by my own arrows
begging to be enslaved
fleeing from my chains
blinded by longing
and tripping over paradise.
CAN I GET AN AMEN?!
You didn't THINK I could be SERIOUS, did ya?
I don't think you understand who you're dealing with!
I HAVE NO LIMITS.
I CANNOT BE CONTAINED, because I am the container! You can't contain the container, man!
You can't contain the container!
I used to believe who I was ended at the edge of my skin.
That I have been given this little vehicle, the body, to experience creation, ...though I couldn't have asked for a sportier model...
it was after all a loaner and would have to be returned.
And then I learned... that everything outside the vehicle - was me too!
And now I drive a convertible.
Yeah man! Top down, wind in my hairs!
I am elated and truly excited to be
present and fully connected to you
at this important moment in your journey.
I'm hoping you're ready to open the roof and take it all in...?
I would like to thank these administrators and faculties
for creating a place that teaches knowledge and experience
necessary to be productive in life
as well as enabling the students through transcendental meditation
and ancient vedic knowledge,
to slack off twice a day for an hour and a half.
Don't think you're foolin' me!
But I guess it has some benefits...
it does allow you to separate who you truly are and what's real
from the stories that run through your head.
You have shared the ability to walk behind the mind's elaborate set decoration
and see that there's a huge difference
between a dog that's going to eat you in your MIND
and an actual dog that is going to eat you!
That may sound like no big deal... but many never learn that distinction!
And they spend a great deal of their lives living in flight or fight response.
Thank you all you wonderful parents!
Way to go!
What a fantastic job you've done!
For your tireless dedication, your love, your support,
but most of all for the attention you pay to your children.
I have a saying... "Beware the unloved:
for they will eventually hurt themselves... or me!"
When I look at a group of graduates... I feel really safe! I do!
I have to say, my room is NOT locked! NOT locked!
No doubt some of them will turn out to be... crooks...
...but white collar stuff! Wall street! That type of thing!
Crimes committed by people with sElF-eStEeM! Stuff parents can still be proud of!
You are the vanguard of knowledge and consciousness.
A new wave in a vast ocean of possibilities.
On the other side of that door is a WORLD
starving for new ideas, new leadership.
I've been out there for _30_ years... ...she's a wildcat!
Oh! She'll rub up against your leg and purrrr until you pick her up and start petting her...
and then out of nowhere...
SHE'LL SWAT YOU IN THE FACE!
But that's ok... because there's soft-serve ice cream, with sprinkles.
I guess that's all I'm trying to say today: sometimes it's ok to eat your feelings.
Now fear, is going to be a player in your life,
but, you get to decide how much.
You can spend your WHOLE life, imagining ghosts, worrying about the pathway to the future,
but all there will EVER be, is what is happening HERE,
in the decisions we make in THIS moment,
which are based in either love or fear.
So many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicality:
what we really want seems impossibly out of reach and ridiculous to expect,
I'm saying, I'm the proof.
You can ask the universe for it...
...please...
If it doesn't happen for you _right_ away,
it's only because the universe is SO busy fulfilling MY order.
...PARTY-SIZE!
My father could have been a great comedian, but he didn't believe that was possible for him.
So he made a conservative choice: he got a safe job as an accountant.
And when I was 12 years old,
he was let go from that safe job,
and our family had to do whatever we could to survive.
I learned many great lessons from my father,
not the least of which,
is that you can FAIL at what you DON'T want - so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love!
It's not the only thing he taught me.
I watched the effect of my fathers humor and how it altered the world around me,
and I thought, THAT is something to do, THAT is something worth my time!
It wasn't long before I started acting out.
People would come over to the house and be greeted by a seven year old throwing himself down a large flight of stairs.
They'd say, "What happened?!?!"
I'd say, "I don't know! Lets check the replay!"
I'd go back to the top of the stairs and come back down in slow motion!
It was a very strange household...
My father used to brag, I wasn't a ham,
I was the whole pig.
Then he treated my talent as if... it was his second chance.
When I was about 28, after a decade as a professional comedian,
I realized that the purpose of my life,
had always been to free people of concern, just like my Dad.
And when I realized this, I dubbed my new devotion: The Church of Freedom From Concern.
And I dedicated myself to that ministry... ...what's yours?
How will you serve the world?
What do they need that your talent can provide?
As someone who's done what you're about to go and do, I can tell you,
the effect you have on others, is the most valuable currency there is.
Everything you gain in life will rot and fall apart
and all that will be left of you is what was in your heart.
My choosing to free people from concern got me to the top of a mountain!
Look where I am!
Look what I get to do!
Everywhere I go! (I'm going to get emotional because when I tap into this it really is extraordinary to me...)
I did something...
...that made people...
......present their best selves to me...
.........wherever I go.
I am at the top of the mountain, and I was!
The only one I hadn't freed... was myself.
And that's when my search for identity deepened.
Who would I be without fame?
What if I said things people DIDN'T want to hear?
Or if I defied their expectations of me?
What if I showed up to the party without my mardigras mask
and refused to flash my breasts for a handful of beads? (I'll give you a moment to wipe that image from your mind...)
But you guys are so ahead of the game!
You already know who you are!
But that peace...
that peace that we're after...
lies somewhere beyond personality.
Beyond the perception of others,
beyond invention and disguise, even beyond effort itself.
You can join the game, fight the wars, play with form all you want!
But to find real peace
you have to let the armor go.
Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world.
Don't let anything stand in the way of the light that shines through this form
> > > RISK BEING SEEN IN ALL YOUR GLORY! < < <
(16:22 painting is unveiled)
...it's not big enough.
This painting is big for a reason,
it's called "High Visibility"
It's about picking up the light and daring to be seen!
Here's the tricky part:
EVERYONE is attracted to the light.
The party host up at the top,
who thinks unconsciousness is bliss,
and is always offering to drink from the bottles that empty you.
Misery, below her, despises the light,
can't stand when you're doing well,
wishes you nothing but the worse.
The queen of diamonds, under him,
needs a king to build her house of cards.
The hollow one at the bottom there,
will cling to your leg,
and say, "Please don't leave me behind,
for I have abandoned myself!"
Even those closest to you,
most in love with you,
the people you love most in the world,
will find clarity confronting at times.
This painting took me thousands of hours to complete,
so long, weeks and weeks like a madman alone on the scaffolding...
when I was finished, one of my friends said,
"This would be a cool blacklight painting!"
So I started over.
Some pretty crazy characters up there...
but better up there then in here!
Painting is one of the ways I free myself from concern.
A way to stop the world through total mental spiritual and physical involvement.
But even in that
comes a feeling of divine dissatisfaction
because ULTIMAtely
we are not the avatars we create
we are not the pictures on the film stock!
We are the light that shines through!
All else is just smoke and mirrors,
distracting,
but not truly compelling.
I've often said, I wish people could realize all their dreams of wealth and fame
so they could see it's not where you're going to find your sense of completion.
Like many of you,
I was concerned about going out into the world
and doing something bigger than myself.
Until someone smarter than myself,
made me realize, there is nothing bigger than myself!
My soul is not contained within the limits of my body!!
My body is contained within the limitlessness of my soul!!
One unified field!
One unified field of NOTHING dancing for NO PARTICULAR REASON
except for maybe to comfort and entertain itself.
As that shift happens in you,
you won't be feeling the world, you'll be felt by it,
embraced by it.
Now I'm always at the beginning.
I've got a reset button,
and I ride that button constantly.
Once that button is functioning in your life,
there's no story that the mind could create that will be as compelling.
Imagination is always manufacturing scenarios both good AND bad,
and the ego tries to keep you trapped in the multiplex of the mind!
Our eyes are not viewers,
they're also PROJECTORS!
They are running a second story over the picture that we see in front of us all the time
FEAR is writing that script!
And the working title is, "I'll never be enough."
Now you're gonna look at a person like me and say, "How could we ever hope to reach those kind of heights Jim?
How can we make a painting that's too big for our home?!
How do you fly so high without a special breathing apparatus?!?"
This is the voice
of the ego.
And if you listen to it,
then there will always be someone doing it better than you.
No matter what you gain,
ego will not let you rest.
It will tell you that you cannot stop
until you've left an indelible mark on the earth!
Until you've achieved iMmOrTaLiTy!
How *tricky* is this *ego* that it would *tempt us* with something *WE ALREADY POSSESS*!?!
So... I just want you to relax.
You know?
That's my job!
Relax, and dream up a good life!
I had a substitute teacher from Ireland in second grade
that told my class during morning prayer that
when she wants something anything at all
she prays for it and promises something in return
and she always gets what she wants.
And I'm sitting in the back of the classroom thinking, "Wow,
my family can't afford the bike... you know...!"
So I went home and I prayed for one!
And I promised I would recite the rosary every night in exchange!
...(broke it, broke that promise)...
But two weeks later
I got home from school
to find a brand new mustang bike with a banana seat and easy rider handlebars! YEAH!
From FOOL to COOL!
My family informed me that I won the bike in a raffle
that a friend of mine entered my name in without my knowledge whatsoever.
And that type of thing has been happening to me since!
As far as I can tell... it's just about letting the universe know what you want
and working toward it while letting go of how it comes to pass.
Your job is not to figure out how its gonna happen for you, but to open the door in your head.
And when the door opens in real life...
...just walk through it.
Don't worry if you miss your queue!
There's alllllllwaaaaaays doors opening
they KEEP opening.
When I say, "life doesn't happen to you, it happens for you,"
I really don't know if that's true,
I'm just making a conscious choice:
To see challenges as something beneficial,
so I can deal with them in the most productive way.
You'll come up with your own style, that's the fun!
But oh, eh, why not take a chance on faith as well?
Take a chance on faith.
Not religion, but faith!
Not hope, but faith!
I don't believe in hope, hope is the beggar: hope walks through the fire, and faith leaps over it!
You are ready and able to do beautiful things in this world.
As you walk through the doors of life today,
you will only ever have two choices:
love or fear.
Choose love.
And don't ever let fear turn you from your playful heart.
Okay, we've had some reports complaining about this and another lengthy thread so I'm going to close them. Eos, it's generally best not to post big long things like this which are unsolicited life advice, it just ticks people off most of the time. I personally agree with the essence of what you're trying to convey, but most folks aren't really interested in seeing this sort of post on our shard forums.
