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A Thanksgiving Question

GreatestNetworker — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:25:27 -0500

Here's a ThanksGiving card my mentors Kurt & Patricia Wright sent to me, and I send it to you...

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Please, let me know what you appreciate most about Kurt & Patricia's card.

And, I'm off with Katyusha, Ele & Anais for Thiland and Japan. So... "see" you sooner or...

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Belief— Bob Burg

GreatestNetworker — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:33:52 -0500

Here's a great short (3:37 mins) story about "The Awesome Power of Belief" from Go Giver author Bob Burg.

Click the player below to listen to the Mp3:

To listen/download via the url: Click here.

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What "If"...

GreatestNetworker — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:53:44 -0500

Speaking of "problems" (What's THE biggest problem you... here in TheFoggBlogg)... this "One of THE Greatest Poems of all time" (I say) may inform, involve & inspire you to view your problems differently.

(And for Candy/Shafir Lobb)

If— Rudyard Kipling

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream -- and not make dreams your master;
If you can think -- and not make thought your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
and stoop and build ‘em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
and risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them:”Hold on!”

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings -- nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And -- which is more -- you’ll be a Man, my son!

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What's THE biggest problem you...

GreatestNetworker — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:07:51 -0500

I know it's Saturday and some of you would love to quit thinking for a few hours, perhaps even two full days... BUT, I have a very sincere & serious question that I need an honest answer to, please & thank you:

What's THE biggest problem you are facing in your life and/or your work today?

Please, let me know— here in comments, or there via this eMail LINK— as soon as you can.

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Listen... Someone's life may depend on it.

GreatestNetworker — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:14:47 -0500

Read this story on the webcast/call Wednesday night. Bunch of people remarked on it and many asked for a copy, so... here ya' be. There's a link for the PDF at the bottom of this post.

Listen... Someone's life may depend on it.
There are many good and great reasons to learn to listen better
than most of us do now. Perhaps this short story by an unknown
author will provide you with a compelling one.

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We all know what it's like to get that phone call in the middle of the night. This night was no different.

Jerking up to the ringing summons, I focused on the red, illuminated numbers of my clock. Midnight. Panicky thoughts filled my sleep-dazed mind as I grabbed the receiver.

"Hello?" My heart pounded, I gripped the phone tighter and eyed my husband, who was now turning to face my side of the bed.

"Mama?" The voice answered. I could hardly hear the whisper over the static. But my thoughts immediately went to my daughter.

When the desperate sound of a young crying voice became clear on the line, I grabbed for my husband and squeezed his wrist.

"Mama, I know it's late. But don't... don't say anything until I finish. And before you ask, yes I've been drinking. I nearly ran off the road a few miles back and..."

I drew in a sharp, shallow breath, released my husband and pressed my hand against my forehead. Sleep still fogged my mind, and I attempted to fight back the panic. Something wasn't right.

"... And I got so scared. All I could think of was how it would hurt you if a policeman came to your door and said I'd been killed. I want... to come home. I know running away was wrong. I know you've been worried sick. I should have called you days ago but I was afraid... afraid...."

Sobs of deep-felt emotion flowed from the receiver and poured into my heart. Immediately I pictured my daughter's face in my mind, and my fogged senses seemed to clear, "I think..."

"No! Please let me finish! Please!" She pleaded, not so much in anger, but in desperation. I paused and tried to think what to say. Before I could go on, she continued. "I'm pregnant, Mama. I know I shouldn't be drinking now... especially now, but I'm scared, Mama. So scared!"

The voice broke again, and I bit into my lip, feeling my own eyes fill with moisture. I looked up at my husband, who sat silently mouthing, "Who is it?"

I shook my head and when I didn't answer, he jumped up and left the room, returning seconds later with a portable phone held to his ear. She must have heard the click in the line because she asked, "Are you still there? Please don't hang up on me! I need you. I feel so alone."

I clutched the phone and stared at my husband, seeking guidance. "I'm here, I wouldn't hang up," I said.

"I should have told you, Mama. I know I should have told you. But, when we talk, you just keep telling me what I should do. You read all those pamphlets on how to talk about sex and all, but all you do is talk. You don't listen to me. You never let me tell you how I feel. It is as if my feelings aren't important. Because you're my mother you think you have all the answers. But sometimes I don't need answers. I just want someone to listen."

I swallowed the lump in my throat and stared at the how-to-talk-to-your-kids pamphlets scattered on my nightstand. "I'm listening," I whispered.

"You know, back there on the road after I got the car under control, I started thinking about the baby and taking care of it. Then I saw this phone booth and it was as if I could hear you preaching to me about how people shouldn't drink and drive. So I called a taxi. I want to come home."

"That's good honey," I said, relief filling my chest. My husband came closer, sat down beside me and laced his fingers through mine.

"But you know, I think I can drive now."

"No!" I snapped. My muscles stiffened and I tightened the clasp on my husband's hand. "Please, wait for the taxi. Don't hang up on me until the taxi gets there."

"I just want to come home, Mama."

"I know. But do this for your mama. Wait for the taxi, please."

I listened to the silence in fear. When I didn't hear her answer, I bit into my lip and closed my eyes. Somehow I had to stop her from driving. "There's the taxi now." Only when I heard someone in the background asking about a Yellow Cab did I feel my tension easing.

"I'm coming home, Mama." There was a click, and the phone went silent. Moving from the bed, tears forming in my eyes, I walked out into the hall and went to stand in my 16 year old daughter's room. My husband came from behind, wrapped his arms around me and rested his chin on the top of my head.

I wiped the tears from my cheeks. "We have to learn to listen," I said to him.

He studied me for a second, and then asked, "Do you think she'll ever know she dialed the wrong number?"

I looked at our sleeping daughter, then back at him. "Maybe it wasn't such a wrong number."

"Mom, Dad, what are you doing?" The muffled voice came from under the covers. I walked over to my daughter, who now sat up staring into the darkness. "We're practicing," I answered. "Practicing what?" she mumbled and laid back on the mattress, but her eyes already closed in slumber.

"Listening," I whispered and brushed a hand over her cheek....

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As promised, you can download a PDF of the above here (below).

http://speakingandlistening.com/pdf/listensomeoneslife.pdf

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REPLAY of "Are you LISTENING for success?" is ready

GreatestNetworker — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:44:04 -0500

The Mp3 REPLAY of the Wednesday, November 18 Webcast/Tele-Seminar is available to listen & download and keep with the link below.

If you continue to speak the way you've been speaking...
If you keep on listening the way you listen now...

Will you achieve the results you desire in your life and work?

If your answer is any shade of "No", there's something you can do about it...

That's what we drilled-down into on this Webcast.

"You will listen more people into your business than you will ever talk into doing it."

EVENT: Are You LISTENING For Success?
REPLAY: http://instantTeleseminar.com/?eventid=10011549

If you're interested in learning more and enjoying a number of valuable & useful free resources, please go to: http://SpeakingAndListening.com. The is no Speaking & Listening Class being offered at this time.

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Blind-Sided By Bright-Sided (in a good way)

GreatestNetworker — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:44:59 -0500

I'd been all prepared to "kick the snot" out of Barbara Ehrenreich's new book, BRIGHT-SIDED. How the relentless promotion of positive thinking has undermined America. I even refused to provide a link in my weblog to buy the book and couldn't resist resorting to making it personal with a most mature dig saying "I'm waiting for Dorothy's house to fall on Barbara. <smile>"

Yeah, well... I stand ashamed of my behavior and happily self-corrected and the link above (to Amazon) is now live.

If any variation on the theme of Personal Growth & Development (Self-help, Human Potential, Transformation...) is important to you in your business, in your relationships-friendships-partnerships & leadership roles, in parenting, self-development, coaching... the book is well-worth the $13.45 for many reasons.

Besides and because of the "fact" that Ms. Ehrenreich is a very good writer— hard to come by today, I say— the book does a fine job of informing, involving & inspiring (me).

Her explain of the evolution of Positive Thinking (PT) was fascinating— and serendipitous. Three days ago (before I received hthe book) I "accidentally" discovered the life & work of Phineas Parkhurst Quimby, who Ms. Ehrenreich calles the father/founder of "New Thought." He was also the "source" of the life's work of Mary Baker Eddy, founder of Christian Science (I grew up in a Christian Science family on my mother's side) and P. P. Quimby's heirs and Ms. Eddy even went to court on the matter whose was chicken & egg... Ms. Ehrenreich spends a good bit of time on P. P in her book. There are also numerous references and anecdotes of famous authors, gurus & pundits (of yesterday & today) of the "Self-Help & Success" movements all of whom I've studied and some of whom I know personally. Hence, it was great fun.

My experience (as a writer and a human being) is that we can find ample evidence for any position we want to take on any subject and Ms. Ehrenreich does that— very well. Her experiences of PT & "mind over matter" in dealing with her own breast cancer clearly didn't serve her and left her pretty angry. I suspect those painful episodes were in great part the source of her "negative" perspective and her desire to write this book.

More than anything the book caused me to look a-new and freshly at the whole business of positive & negative thoughts & emotions, beliefs, the Law of Attraction and all the literature & teaching I've been involved with for the past 30 years. Rather than fill me with doubt (to which I am prone), my reading left me more than ever convinced & committed to my own work with Speaking & Listening, The Questions Are THE Answer, BeliefBusters and more.

One "new" for me thought to come out of my reading of BRIGHT-SIDED is that PT is an Evolutionairy deal. I.e.; our genes have changed only .02% in the past 40,000 years BUT we clearly no longer need bodies, brains (and minds) that need to be attuned to the Negative Thought (NT) possibilities of saber-tooth survival or locating food or fire. Our evolution permits us to shift our thoughts & emotions in a new direction, a new possibility. A new more "positive" direction... and creative possibility.

So, doing an enjoyable 180 (with a toe grab) I'm recommending Barbara Ehrenreich's new book, BRIGHT-SIDED. How the relentless promotion of positive thinking has undermined America, IF, again, the whole business of the Inner Game® that takes place in the mind & heart is of interest to you.

I had promised to post a rebuttal from Ray Dodd of BeliefWorks. I leave that be with that link to Ray's blog. It's good.

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Positive Thinking is KILLING You! (Calling for the death of The Secret, Norman Vincent Peale and an end to the "lies" of Napoleon Hill & Dale Carnegie!)

GreatestNetworker — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:40:00 -0500

A sharp-witted knockdown of America’s love affair with positive thinking and an urgent call for a new commitment to realism.

That's what the publisher leads with on the inside left dust jacket of Barbara Ehrenreich's new book, BRIGHT-SIDED. How the relentless promotion of positive thinking has undermined America. I'd give ya' a link to buy the book, but... I'm waiting for Dorothy's house to fall on Barbara first. <smile>

No, I haven't read it yet (just got it Friday). And I bought the book more to see what was described as some great historical research as to how "positive thought & thinking" emerged in religious, secular and even corporate American culture. I've read a small ton of Amazon reviews (fascinating), watched Ms. Ehrenreich dance with Charlie Rose and saw the video, included below, with John Daly on Comedy Central.

I do not honestly wish a house to fall on Barbara Ehrenreich. Nor do I consider her the wicked witch of point of the compass. But I do believe the critical thinkers of this world have found a real champion to mud wrestle Marianne Williamson into forgetting about A Return to Love and busting Rhonda Byrne loose from the "undermined" and "undermind" clutches of The Secret.

You'll hear and read from me soon enough about Bright-Sided. For now, do (and due) your own diligence. I'm content to turn you on what's below. Enjoy. Oh, tomorrow a bit o' rebuttal from Ray Dodd of BeliefWorks.

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Americans are a “positive” people—cheerful, optimistic, and upbeat: this is our reputation as well as our self-image. But more than a temperament, being positive, we are told, is the key to success and prosperity.

In this utterly original take on the American frame of mind, Barbara Ehrenreich traces the strange career of our sunny outlook from its origins as a marginal nineteenth-century healing technique to its enshrinement as a dominant, almost mandatory, cultural attitude. Evangelical mega-churches preach the good news that you only have to want something to get it, because God wants to “prosper” you. The medical profession prescribes positive thinking for its presumed health benefits. Academia has made room for new departments of “positive psychology” and the “science of happiness.” Nowhere, though, has bright-siding taken firmer root than within the business community, where, as Ehrenreich shows, the refusal even to consider negative outcomes—like mortgage defaults—contributed directly to the current economic crisis.

With the mythbusting powers for which she is acclaimed, Ehrenreich exposes the downside of America’s penchant for positive thinking: On a personal level, it leads to self-blame and a morbid preoccupation with stamping out “negative” thoughts. On a national level, it’s brought us an era of irrational optimism resulting in disaster. This is Ehrenreich at her provocative best—poking holes in conventional wisdom and faux science, and ending with a call for existential clarity and courage.

Remember, tomorrow rebuttal from Ray Dodd of BeliefWorks.

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What if everything was...

GreatestNetworker — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:05:02 -0500

This is a test. (It is only a test.)

Actually, it's not really a test. It's an experiment. The goal of this quasi- "scientific procedure" is for you to try on a new & different perspective and learn something about yourself. It's even possible this little research project could provide you with a break-through in your life & work. It's quick an' easy... and safe, too.

The beauty of trying things as an experiment is that you know from the get go this isn't about "the truth." It's just an experiment. When you're complete, you just walk away and leave it behind. And because it's just an experiment, your commitment of time, energy & effort is minimal. So, it's no big deal. Safe & secure. You can be back to life as usual in an instant— anytime you choose— no harm done.

So... if you're ready... here goes:

The sun glasses over there are magic. Unlike clear glasses, which do their best to present you with an unobstructed & as-accurate-as-possible view of reality, sun glasses change what you see. They add a different color to the world you're looking at; red, gray, green, brown. You still see everything. It's just that everything appears as having a specific shade of the color of the glasses.

These sun glasses I'm asking you to put on today have a very unique tint to them. When you put them on, everything you look at appears PERFECT.

What I want you to do is to put on these PERFECT sunglasses and look at your life starting with your past. See it all as PERFECT. The good times... the difficulties; the pleasures & the pains— have all that has ever happened to you appear to you as truly PERFECT. Nothing was wrong. Nothing was was a mistake. Everything was absolutely PERFECT.

This quote from Abraham-Hicks may help you become more comfortable & accustomed to the magical color of these remarkable sun glasses.

"Some things you are not letting happen right now because the timing isn't perfect for you. Some things you're not letting happen because you are very aware of exactly where you are. But all things, as they are happening, are happening in perfect order. And if you relax and begin saying, 'Everything in its perfect time. Everything is unfolding perfectly. And I'm enjoying where I am right now in relationship to where I'm going. I appreciate all that's happening and I am eager for more!"

In that very same spirit, put on your PERFECT sun glasses and look at your life— all that has been. See it as PERFECT. Do that now please. (Take your time here. Give it a good long look.)

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So, what was that like for you? What thoughts did you have looking at everything as PERFECT? What emotions did you experience "seeing' everything that's happened in your life as PERFECT. Did you experience any physical feelings? What were they like?

If you're up for it... with your sun glasses still on take a look at your life present tense, right now, this minute. All of it— all the people, places, things, ideas and experiences you are living now and see them all as PERFECT.

Okay. Take your glasses off. Rub your eyes, blink or do whatever you need to do to come back into the current reality of your life right now seeing "clearly."

So... was that fun? Did you learn anything useful & valuable from this experiment?

Please, let me know.

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The Question Is THE Answer REPLAY available now.

GreatestNetworker — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:57:04 -0500

The REPLAY of the Mentor-Coaching Call we did Wednesday night is ready to listen, download and share now. Click the webcast link below AND be sure to get the additional downloads and follow the links. Good & great stuff.

What's the single biggest problem you face in building your business?

What it will take to turn that problem into your greatest success?

The Question Is THE Answer.

Don't know how that phrase above "strikes" you, but I'll give you a hint about it's importance: Get this one "right" and you will transform your life for the better, forever— and if you keep at it, you'll change your world.

We're opening up my Wednesday 11.11 Mentor-Coaching Call to all. You can send your questions in on the webcast page AND if the call is quiet enough, we'll get into as many direct conversations as we can.

Here are the Call details:

EVENT: The Question Is THE Answer
DATE & TIME: Wednesday, November 11th at 8:25pm Eastern
FORMAT: Simulcast! (Attend via Phone or Webcast -- it's your choice)
TO ATTEND THIS EVENT, CLICK THIS LINK NOW...
http://instantTeleseminar.com/?eventid=9921963

Phone # to Dial: 952-356-0015
Conf ID: 931640#
Backup #: 513-233-7881

"See" you on the call.

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What's the REAL role of "action" in getting the results you want?

GreatestNetworker — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:15:35 -0500

One of the issues that always comes up in the conversation about belief is the role of Action—which comes first Action or Belief (chicken or egg deal). This <snip> from one of my favorite books and authors there and thought it worthy of posting here as well. Enjoy.

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Acting: That which receives
You create, then you receive your creations, then you experience them. Action is for receiving and experiencing.
From the book A Happy Pocket Full of Money
David Cameron Gikandi

In your life, although you may not know it, you create your experiences first in your Self, spirit, being, then in your mind, then by your words, finally by your actions. It starts at being then moves on to thinking then to speaking then to acting.

In fact, acting only puts into place the system necessary to receive and experience what you create in being, thinking and speaking.

Most people do not focus, nurture and tend to their first three steps of being, thinking and speaking ? all they do is work like crazy all day and wonder why they are not successful. They do not use The Word. The Word refers to the laws of the universe, the way the universe works, on all levels, not just the visible and physical. These laws of the universe are not some commandments of God. They are simply the laws that regulate and enable the universe. These are laws that work not only spiritually, but can also be proven scientifically using quantum physics.

The Word, these laws, has nothing to do with a particular religion or person or whatever else?the laws of the universe apply equally and unfailingly to everyone and everything at all time. They never err. These are laws such as the law of cause and effect (called karma or reaping and sowing in spiritual teachings, or the energy conservation laws in science) and so on?which are covered in various parts of this book.

Actions are part of The Word, The Laws of The Universe, but they are only a small component of it. It is important to know what role actions play and how to use them in creating wealth or anything else. Actions are important, for sure, but you must understand that they are the last step. Their role is to receive what you already have created on your other three levels.

You create, then you receive your creations, then you experience them. Action is for receiving and experiencing.

You create a business in your Self, your being, then in your thoughts and words, and then you act to set up a system to receive this business in a manifested physical way so that you can experience it. See?

Action does not create. It only receives and experiences.

In fact, when it comes to experiencing, again action does not create the experience?the mind does. Action just helps the mind in "doing" the thing, then the mind decides "will I experience this positively, negatively, joyfully, fearfully, fast, slow?"

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I Believe In You

GreatestNetworker — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:23:08 -0500

Here's a feel good for ya'.

"I believe in you."

Outside of "I love you," is there anything else a person can say to you that has more of a positive impact on how you think & feel at the moment it's said?

So, here. Amanda Marshall will sing it for you... to you... and clearly, from the heart. Set yourself up to be inspired and happy.

Here are the lyrics:

Somewhere there's a river
Looking for a stream
Somewhere there's a dreamer
Looking for a dream
Somewhere there's a drifter
Trying to find his way
Somewhere someone's waiting
To hear somebody say

CHORUS
I believe in you
I can't even count the ways that
I believe in you
And all I want to do is help you to
Believe in you

Somewhere there's an angel
Trying to earn his wings
Somewhere there's a silent voice
Learning how to sing
Some of us can't move ahead
We're paralyzed with fear
And everybody's listening
'Cause we all need to hear

CHORUS
I will hold you up
I will help you stand
I will comfort you when you need a friend
I will be the voice that's calling out

I believe in you
I can't even count the ways that
I believe in you
And all I want to do is show you
I believe in you
And there are just so many ways that
I believe in you
Baby, what else can I do but believe in you - believe in you
All I want to know is you believe - believe in you

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Now...

What will it take for you to tell five people...
"I believe in you."

Try it today and let me know what happens (for them and for you).

Thanks to Marcie Hearld for the turn on.

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The power is in the WANTING

GreatestNetworker — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:54:16 -0500

Whatever it is you desire… WANT it deeply, passionately, completely. WANT it with absolutely certainty. Believe that you WANT it. Belove that you WANT it. Know beyond a shadow of any doubt that you RRReally WANT IT!

WANT it for all four of you: Body, Mind, Heart and Spirit. Give yourself fully to your WANTING.

Don't waste your energy on intention… or expectation… or "trying" to create unshakable belief that you will have it. You do NOT need to be certain you will get it, because…

The power is in the WANTING.

And that's something we can ALL do— we've been doing it our ALL lives.

We were born wanting. Think of an infant that wants to be fed or changed. Think of a child wanting candy or a toy or attention. Think of when you were in love for the first time.

Somewhere along or between the lines, "wanting" got a bad rap.

As children we learned (for a variety of "good" reasons) NOT to want this, or that, or… The world showed us (and the Stones sang to us) "You can't always get what you want…" Self-proclaimed self-help gurus smugly pointed to the archaic dictionary definition of "want," which includes; lack, being without, needy. They cleverly taught us, "When you focus on wanting something, you keep yourself wanting— NOT having."

Crap. Sorry. Not true.

WANTING is huge! There's awesome power in WANTING. Infinite power in WANTING.

I WANT it…
I WANT it…
I WANT it…

So, Nike. "Just Do it." Knock yourself out! WANT away.

That said, if you WANT something fully unrestrained & unrestricted, with all that's in you, no holding back in any way… you may NOT get the object of your desire, but I promise you WILL get the essence of it.

That's right— the "essence of it." You'll get the pure positive feeling of having what you thought you wanted. It just showed up in a different physical form.

Why does this happen?

Because your picture of what you wanted was a poor (inaccurate) translation of what you REALLY wanted with your heart & soul— what was for the highest good of yourself and all concerned— what you truly asked God (the Universe, Source, Creation…) for, but you just didn't have a clear & specific enough picture of what that really was. It's a head & heart not speaking the same language human thing. That's all.

Just remember, please: The power is in the WANTING.

No holds barred. Let 'er rip. Full-on and flat-out WANTING.

Go for it!

PS. (sort of): That bit "You can't always get what you want. . ." I wonder. An equally valid perspective says "We ALWAYS get what we want." And if that were true (just pretend it is for the moment) in what way(s) would that changes things for you?

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REPLAY Tele-Seminar— How To STOP Your Negative Thoughts & Beliefs NOW!

GreatestNetworker — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:21:34 -0500

The REPLAY of the Tele-Seminar is available now.

Hi, it's John...

So, how do you STOP your negative thoughts & beliefs from limiting you and bring more health, wealth & joy into your life & work?

By continuously gaining greater control of your thoughts & emotions. That's what BeliefsBusters can do for you.

This tele-seminar will give you a greater understanding of the forces at work & play AND provide you with a box of proven power-tools to manage your mind & emotions and tap directly into the Infinite Power of Creation.

Click the "Event" link below to listen to the replay and/or download the Mp3.

EVENT: How To STOP Your Negative Thoughts & Beliefs NOW!
DATE & TIME: Wednesday, November 4th at 8:25pm Eastern
FORMAT: Simulcast! (Attend via Phone or Webcast)
TO REPLAY THIS EVENT, CLICK THIS LINK NOW...
http://instantTeleseminar.com/?eventid=9819084

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300 Quotes About Belief (To Inform, Involve & Inspire)

GreatestNetworker — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:36:24 -0500

"Belief Week" in The FoggBlogg just became two weeks (maybe more). Thanks all for your interest & enthusiasm.

I collect quotes. Perhaps because I am a writer. Perhaps because I like to think about these things. Perhaps... just because I collect quotes. Quotes Inform, Involve & Inspire me— you?

Below is a (very) brief sample of 300 quotes I've collected over the years about "Belief." Down below is a link for all 32 pages worth in PDF download for you to keep & share. Enjoy. (And I do hope they cause you to think & feel somethings valuable & useful.)

Quotes About Belief
A select collection of more than 300 citations (32+ pages) about belief— some pithy others sesquipedalian (characterized by long words; long-winded), some profound others profane, some will undoubtedly raise your ire while others are bound to inspire...

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Belief is a moral act for which the believer is to be held responsible.
— Lillian Hellman

Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
— Saint Augustine

First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, I believe, three times.
— Ovid

I believe because it is impossible.
— Tertullian

I believe in the impossible because no one else does.
— Florence Griffith Joyner

The belief that enhanced understanding will necessarily stir a nation to action is one of mankind's oldest illusions.
— Author Unknown

He does not believe who does not live according to his belief.
— Thomas Fuller

You can find on the outside only what you possess on the inside.
— Adolfo Montiel Ballesteros

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.
— Henry David Thoreau

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is.
— Albert Camus.

One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure of harmony in one's life.
— Napoleon Hill

You can have anything you want if you will give up the belief that you can't have it.
— Dr. Robert Anthony

I don't believe in mathematics.
— Albert Einstein

If you wish others to believe in you, you must first convince them that you believe in them.
— Harvey MacKay

If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?
— William Somerset Maugham

The best way to know God is to love many things.
— Vincent van Gogh

The greatest American superstition is a belief in facts
— Hermann Keyserling

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.
— George Eliot

Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.
— Bhagavad Gita

Miracles happen to those who believe in them.
— Bernard Berenson

I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the source of national action, the human heart as the source of national compassion, and in the human mind as the source of our invention and our ideas.
— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.
— John Stuart

The existence of any pure race with special endowments is a myth, as is the belief that there are races all of whose members are foredoomed to eternal inferiority
— Franz Boas

We believed in our idea— a family park where parents and children could have fun—together.
— Walt Disney

To believe in men is the first step toward helping them
— Galileo Galilei

You are always a valuable, worthwhile human being, not because anybody says so, not because you're successful, not because you make a lot of money, but because you decide to believe it and for no other reason.
— Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

When you develop yourself to the point where your belief in yourself is so strong that you know you can accomplish anything you put your mind to, your future will be unlimited.
— Brian Tracy

If you think you're a second-class citizen, you are.
— Ted Turner

Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger.
— Richard Bach

Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.
— Mary Kay Ash

If you believe that discrimination exists, it will.
— Anthony J. D'Angelo

There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge; both poverty and riches are the offspring of thought.
— Napoleon Hill

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Starting Over— How to let go of the past and celebrate your life.

GreatestNetworker — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:45:53 -0400

After the Trick or Treating is done, and the sugar-sotted, wired-tired kids are finally asleep,... How about we take in a movie?

No, I'm NOT suggesting some classic or trashy horror flick this time, although this one is...

(For sexual content and "foul" language, even though most all of that is bleeped over)

I AM recommending— in the most passionate & persuasive way possible— you watch this 1:15 film of INSPIRATION & TRANSFORMATION— ONE that moves you... shows you some new somethings about yourself, your partner, your kids... that teaches you about the differences between men and women... and all-in-all just might provide you with a break-through in your life & work...?

I promise you DO NOT have anything better to do. (Pedantic, I know. Do it anyway.)

Here it is:

Starting Over— How to let go of the past and celebrate your life.
The "Strategic Interventions" of Anthony Robbins.

Eric Worre (http://NetworkMarketingPro.com) shared this video with us on his website. It is remarkable. He asked for comments. Here's mine:

Eric asked: "What did you get out of this video?"

Jury's still out, but... I probably got my wife (we're going to watch it together tonight) and a good "new" chunk of my life. I also got Tony Robbins.

I have NOT been a fan— although I've appreciated many things about his work: "Ask lousy questions, get lousy answers. Ask great questions..." NOW, I am in (minor merging into major) awe. The way he worked with Lindsey was as magical as it was masterful. I'll sit at his feet anytime...

I am in the "Transformation Business" (as I believe all "Spiritual Network Marketing Professionals" are). To witness this woman AND her husband's transformation was a tearful, inspiring Joy.

I've worked from the stage as a workshop leader and been on the stage as a participant as well. I've been involved with Personal Growth & Development" for 30 years. THIS is one of THE BEST examples of the art & it's possibilities I have ever seen. (The title below IS the link.)

Starting Over— How to let go of the past and celebrate your life.

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Fear is a Hoax (and Happy Halloween)

GreatestNetworker — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:52:23 -0400

That's probably better asked as a question. IS fear a hoax?

I've been "thinking" about fear lately— mine and yours... all of ours. I'm leaning towards some conclusions, but... I'm always leery (suspicious) of those guys (my conclusions), so, I'm still in the asking phase. Hopefully this won't be too stream-of-consciousness for you. There's value for me in all of this "exploration". I hope for you as well. So...

The feeling of fear. What is it? Describe it?

When I ask this of myself and others what I get in response are the thoughts people have about fear NOT a description of the "feeling" itself.

That's to be expected. It's the left brain's, Rational/Analytical mind's job to put into words those vibrations of energy we call feeling that arise from someplace within our body— some people call this place the subconscious.

Instinct, intuition, imagination and whatever and all else that's in the right brain part of us, the heart (if you will)— doesn't speak English or any other language for that matter.

The subconscious mind "speaks and thinks" (both very limited terms that are not accurate descriptions of what our subconscious mind is doing when it's doing its thing) in pictures, senses and sensations, urges, vibrations, waves, patterns, connections and other intangible ways (even more ethereal than thought!).

So when you and I talk about fear— even to ourselves— we're talking about our thinking... we're talking about the mind's attempt to "translate" that so-hard-to-explain as to be mystical combination of body-sensations and inner-vibrations through thought & language and have it make "rational" sense.

I believe THAT is what our emotions are— authentic feelings being expressed in another totally different language called "thought." And "fear" is just such an emotion.

That's what's giving rise (for me) to the idea that fear as we have come to know it may actually be mostly thoughts & at best inaccurately translated feelings. As such, fear is (no "perhaps" about it) all made up by the mind and doesn't really exist in any other dimension of our being.

The possibility (for me) is that there is no such thing as fear outside of the mind. That fear is not real. I made it up.

People make the case that fear is necessary for self-preservation. But is it?

The intuition and instinct that gives rise to the "fight or flight" survival response is— in the very moment of its occurrence— without thought. It doesn't have time to be otherwise— does it?

Look back up there at the bear. FEAR!

Do you feel fear or are you thinking fear?

If you came around the corner of your rented cabin in Alaska and came face to teeth with that grizzly, you would certainly feel something right away. But is that feeling fear?

I've encountered survival situations— attempting to fall off a cliff, out-of-control cars & motorcycles, .357 in the hands of a child in front of me— and my sense of each of them is that in the moment I did not experience fear. I was too busy saving my "ass."

Fear AFTER the fact... oh yeah!

We've all "felt" that thing that our mind has labeled fear. But is that what it really is?

I don't think so. And, I'm still thinking...

And while I am, think about this please:

FEAR is False Expectations Appearing Real

Like so: It's 2:47 AM on a moonless night and you're walking down the street in a "bad" part of a big city. Ahead of you is a dark alley. You feel fear. What are you afraid of?

You are not afraid of the alley are you? You are afraid there'll be someone in the alley.

You come up to the alley, look around the corner. WHOA! There's a man standing right there in the shadows.

Are you afraid there's someone in the alley? Or are you afraid he'll come towards you?

He comes towards you.

Are you afraid he'll come towards you, or are you afraid he has a gun or a knife or...?

He pulls out a knife.

Are you afraid he has a knife?

Enough... I trust you get the bit that in each instance you did NOT fear the "reality" that was right in front of you in the moment of now, but the negative expectation— thought— of what bad thing might happen next.

And as with the bear above, if the guy with the knife did thrust it at you, you'd do the fight or flight thing immediately and there wouldn't be any thought involved in that instant— none. Intuition & instinct rule that doman (I believe that because they are so much faster and so much more reliable than thought).

So...

What your mind believes you will achieve
-- always and in all ways.

Could fear be a hoax?

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Oh, and Happy Halloween.

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What... Me (You) Worry? And how to Stop It!

GreatestNetworker — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:33:39 -0400

David Cameron Gikandi is one of my heros. HIs book, A Happy Pocket Full of Money, is NOT everyone's cup of tea or clam chowder, and it is THE best book I've read at explaining the links between science and spirituality. This piece below (which I included in BeliefBusters, because I held it in such high-esteem) I think is marvelous and David's promise to "dramatically improve your life in all areas and situations— relationships, health, career, business, politics, sports— all areas of your life" I find irresistable. Let me know how it serves you.

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Everything Produces in Kind
Sometimes in your life you have seen a clear connection between your thoughts and the world arising around you. At most other times you have not seen this connection and perhaps even thought that you were a victim of circumstances. Now is the time to see that, truly, everything gives rise to its own kind.
From the book A Happy Pocket Full of Money
David Cameron Gikandi

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Today, I would like you to notice a very simple universal yet hardly noticed principle of life. Noticing this will dramatically improve your life in all areas and situations—relationships, health, career, business, politics, sports—all areas of your life. Sometimes the simplest of things are the most powerful yet least understood. Let us look at one such simplicity. Here it is:

Everything produces in kind.

An orange seed produces orange trees, which produce oranges. This you can count on.

A frog gives birth to frogs. This you can count on.

Water evaporates into steam. This you can count on.

So what can you not count on? The impossible. You cannot count on the impossible. The impossible is this:

You cannot count on an orange seed growing into a banana plant, for that is impossible.

You cannot count on a frog giving birth to a gorilla, for that is impossible.

You cannot count on water evaporating into steel, for that is impossible.

In other words, everything produces in kind, and trying to go against this is impossible and at best a pure waste of energy resulting in pain and no result. Try it if you don't believe it.

Here is a bigger insight into this:

Everything gives rise to that which is like it, only in a different form.

So, the orange seed, tree and fruit are one and the same thing, only appearing in different form. The frog, egg and tadpole are one and the same thing, only appearing in different form. The water, steam, clouds, ocean, and ice are one and the same thing, only appearing in different form.

Now to expand: If you did not know what a frog was or a tadpole and saw them both at the same time, you would think they are two different creatures completely! If you have never seen water or ice and saw them both at the same time, you would think they are two different materials!

Ok, fair enough. It is easy to see how this is so with the physical world around you, but what does that have to do with your life and affairs?

Simple. Everything gives rise to that which is like it, only in a different form. Sometimes, if you are not aware of the big picture, your mind may get tricked into thinking there is no relationship between things that are obviously related. And this is what happens all the time. It is the norm rather than the exception. Watch.

We all know that our lives arise out of our thoughts. You are reading this now because, by a chain of choices you have previously made, including the choice to read to this point, you have thought of reading such material before. In other words, if it was not in your mental interest or field of attention, you would never have read this article you are reading now.

Sometimes in your life you have seen a clear connection between your thoughts and the world arising around you. At most other times you have not seen this connection and perhaps even thought that you were a victim of circumstances. Now is the time to see that, truly, everything gives rise to its own kind. And this is how you do that:

Your thoughts give rise to like thoughts, words and actions.

If you think a thought A, it will and must, under all circumstances, result in an experience in your world that is exactly like thought A, only appearing in different form. In practice, this means that you worry about things because you worry about things. It means:

The very act of worrying, which by definition is the consistent and excessive thinking of the worst case scenario, is that which gives rise to conditions that make you worry even more.

Again, every thought you have gives rise to experiences and results of its own kind. This is sealed and unbreakable. To simplify, happy thought results in happy conditions and experiences, and a destructive thought results in its own kind, and these can never be interchanged.

To simplify even further, worry results in conditions to worry about, and anxiety results in conditions to be anxious about. That is how your world arises out of yourself.

Now, I need your attention here for the next statements. So please pay full attention now. There is no point to worrying about anything. You worry because you think that worrying is doing something about it and hence by worrying you believe that you will help prevent disaster. You worry because you believe it works for you. And when the events you were worried about finally come about, you feel justified; you were correct in worrying about them because, look, here they are now! The truth is this:

The worrisome conditions came because you worried about them. Everything gives rise to its own kind.

You worry, and sooner or later you are faced with the circumstances you worried about, or something similar in context and essence but different in form and appearance.

Worry, or any negative thought, will under all circumstances give rise to negative external outcomes.

Never, under any circumstances, will it give rise to positive outcomes, because by definition worry is the envisioning of the worst-case scenario. Remember, the connections between the causing thought and the resultant effect may not be obvious to you, but be assured that even if separated by space, form and time, a thought always gives rise to a matching result.

It is interesting to note that Jesus is quoted in the New Testament as having said "be anxious over nothing". Worry is useless, because at best it can only disrupt the desired positive outcome, and at worst bring about a negative outcome. There is not a single instance where worry can work positively. So, why bother doing it any more?

Now, let us look at the grand daddy of this universal law that guarantees that everything produces of its own kind.

Where is it most clearly given to us? In just about all the world's major religions, no matter where they come from or how they started, they say one thing:

You were created in the image and likeness of the Original Creator.

The Creator, by extension of Itself, creates that which is like It in essence, though not necessarily in form. Form changes all the time, but essence is eternal. The only reason you do not experience yourself with the magnificence you would imaging the Creator possessing, is because (and again this law comes in) you have put forth and held a thought that you are not that which you are, and hence you experience that as well.

And that is why all spiritual streams emphasize going within, waking up, remembering, recognizing your unity with Oneness. And this is how deep this law goes, that like produces in kind.

Whatever thought you hold in mind, whatever belief... you will experience it in your reality, even when it is contrary to truth—in which case you would be experiencing illusion—but you will, under all circumstances, experience that which is like the thought being held.

Where else have you seen this law talked about? You have seen it in more places than you may remember. Here are some examples:

Birds of a feather flock together.
You reap what you sow.
You shall know them by their fruits.
Karma—cause and effect.
What goes around comes around.
Do unto others...
Forgive us our debts as we have forgiven our debtors.

You know the rest.

Now back to your life.

Life can be dramatically simplified if you just always remember this simple law. You need not fight against anything, cause fighting against results in conflict, for resistance is born of conflict and thus births conflict.

If you find there is something in your life you do not like, simply choose another. If you don't like having little money, simply stop worrying about money, stop thinking of situations where you may lack money, stop speaking and thinking from the position of poverty.

A poor thought gives rise to poverty, a rich thought gives rise to wealth. It is very simple.

And this applies to all areas of life, even in relationships and health.

Let us look at what works and what doesn't:

Flowing from a mental and emotional position of abundance results in wealth, but struggling and working hard from a mental and emotional position of lack results in tiredness and little wealth, no matter how long you do it for.

Flowing from a mental and emotional position of peace results in peace, but protesting and fighting against war from a mental and emotional position of conflict results in conflict and polarity, no matter how long you do it for. Don't believe this? Well, ask yourself this: If everyone in the world fought against a cause they believed to be worth fighting for—all 6 billion people each with a justifiable cause to fight against—what would happen?

Now, what if all 6 billion people held peace in their mind, regardless of what everyone else does, what would happen then?

Impractical, you say? You haven't tried it yet. I guarantee you that holding your own peace is the most effective way to peace.

No matter how big this planet gets, it still comes down to what each person does, and hence the sovereignty and power of an individual is guaranteed high and capable. Every invention, revolution or leap started with one person, then spreading to more.

But that is another topic all together. For now, remember this simple law and live by it, and your life will simplify and multiply under a new clear direction.

Everything gives rise to its own kind, so direct your thoughts deliberately, and under all circumstances, be anxious over nothing.

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David Cameron Gikandi is an entrepreneur, investor and author who specializes in empowering everyday people and showing them how they can be who they really are and create the lives of their dreams. CEO of ImagesOfOne.com a website devoted to you 'Discovering proven scientific and spiritual evidence, tools and how-to information that's turning ordinary people into powerful, joyful creators of their financial, health and relationship worlds.' David is the author of Raising Humans and the developer of the Prova LifeGoals Effortless Achiever.

John Fogg (me) wrote this about David's book A Happy Pocket Full of Money:

"No other book I have ever read has taught me so
much about how the Universe works AND what I
can do—right now, this very moment—to create
and attract what I want for my life... what's truly
most important to me."

To David's web site and take advantage of his free material and more, go here: http://revolutionscape.com.

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How To STOP Your Negative Thoughts & Beliefs NOW!

GreatestNetworker — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:06:39 -0400

"Belief Week" continues with me giving you one of the best things I've got. Honest.

I'm a hesitant about doing this for a number of reasons: As said, it's "the best" I've got and I "should" be selling it not giving it away. Two thoughts I have about that are One, it's SO important and valuable. It can save you years of struggle & anguish. And Two, if you like & love this, you'll be willing to trust that the whole BeliefBusters Course (and the NEW 300+ page manual due out soon) will be way more than worth it.

I'm also concerned that you won't have the necessary & appropriate background information to use these things I'm sharing with you properly, perhaps even safely. So... Hold my nose and jump "for the highest good of you & me and all concerned."

AND, after hearing from folks about Tuesday's "7-Day Mental Diet" and how they needed more "tools" to help them succeed with it, I just had to. Here ya' be. (This isn't the whole deal here in the weblog. But it IS all in the PDF for you to download.) Enjoy, please.

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This is NOT a BeliefBusters Lesson, nor a Special Report. It's a toolbox filled with hammers & nails & saws and things to help you navigate the sometimes (most times) stormy seas of dealing with your negative thoughts & beliefs IN THE MOMENT. Although many of them are taken from later in the BeliefBusters Course, you should know enough now to begin to use these tools.

What's here are a mix of techniques and "things to do" that will help you manage your thoughts & emotions. Over time, you'll be able to master them. Try them on for size. Use them where & when they fit. And stick with it, please. It takes only one cycle of the moon to form a new belief.

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The BeliefBusters First Aid Kit

Negative thinking is an infectious disease. When allowed to continue it becomes negative belief. Negative beliefs are a plague on humanity— the source of all physical, mental, emotional and spiritual disease on Earth. What's needed is to STOP negative thoughts immediately treat them and heal them. Here are some ways to do that a couple of which will, literally, blow your negative beliefs away— right away!

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In the early 1330s an outbreak of deadly bubonic plague occurred in China. China was one of the busiest of the world's trading nations, so it was only a matter of time before the outbreak of the epidemic spread throughout Asia and Europe.

In October of 1347, several Italian merchant ships returned from a trip to the Black Sea, one of the key links in the trade route with China. When the ships docked in Sicily, many of those on board were already dying of the plague. Within days the disease spread to the city and the surrounding countryside.

This eyewitness account describes what happened:

"Realizing what a deadly disaster had come to them, the people quickly drove the Italians from their city. But the disease remained, and soon death was everywhere. Fathers abandoned their sick sons. Lawyers refused to come and make out wills for the dying. Friars and nuns were left to care for the sick, and monasteries and convents were soon deserted, as they were stricken, too. Bodies were left in empty houses, and there was no one to give them a Christian burial."

"The Black Death", as it became known, was a terrible killer let loose across Europe, and Medieval medicine had no way to defend against it much less prevent it. After five years, 25 million people were dead— fully one-third of all the people who once lived in Europe!

Of course the "The Black Death" couldn't happen again today. If symptoms of a bacterial plague appeared anywhere in the world, our doctors would immediately isolate those infected and treat the patients with powerful modern drugs such as streptomycin sulfate, tetracycline and other antibiotics to stop the spread of the disease.

So, why am I telling you this...?

I'm using the story of the bubonic plague of the Middle Ages to emphasize the extreme seriousness of a current, worldwide epidemic we are now facing. The disease I'm speaking about didn't originate in some far-off land and was not brought innocently to any nation's shores. It is not transmitted by fleas or rats, yet it is highly infectious and this infection is... wait. First, look at the dictionary definition of disease, please:

dis•ease (DIZ-ez) n. 1. A pathological condition of a part, an organ, or a system of an organism resulting from various causes, such as infection, genetic defect, or environmental stress, and characterized by an identifiable group of signs or symptoms. 2. A condition or tendency, as of society, regarded as abnormal and harmful. 3. Obsolete; Lack of ease; trouble.

[Middle English disese from Old French des- dis- aise ease]

Now, the highly infectious plague I'm speaking about, is...

THE source of ALL physical, mental, emotional and spiritual disease on Earth..
It is the pathogen of Negative Beliefs.

Left unchecked and given time to become chronic, negative thinking will become negative belief. Beliefs are simply habits of thought. And...

What the mind believes you WILL achieve— always and in all ways.

I am convinced we are facing a worldwide epidemic of negative beliefs and we need to approach it as modern medicine would an outbreak of the plague: Immediately treat the infection (negative thinking) with "antibiotics" to stop the spread of the disease.

Now, I'm well aware that some of you will consider me an alarmist who by definition is "needlessly warning or attempting to warn others by inventing or spreading false or exaggerated rumors of impending danger or catastrophe."

I don't think so. I've witnessed first-hand how destructive negative thinking and negative beliefs have been in my own life— and the lives of many men and women I have coached and counseled over the past 20 years.

Negative thinking IS a disease and negative beliefs are the assassins of success... the killers of your living in 3D—as you Desire, Dream and Deserve.

Negative beliefs take time to change. Think about this please: Can you tie your sneakers... ride a bike... drive a car? How long would it take you to unlearn any of those things? Is that even possible?

Those habits are so deep-seated (and deep-seeded) in your mind and many of your beliefs are like that. The good news is you CAN change your beliefs and it's lots (LOTS) easier than trying to unlearn how to ride a bicycle.

The better news is you can STOP negative thinking before it becomes a habit of belief. It just takes first aid. So, I'm going to equip you with a BeliefBusters First Aid Kit, essentially containing some supplies, equipment and instructions to stop negative thinking as soon as it appears (and that is a most desirable habit to have).

First, an important NOTE:

This work we're doing with BeliefBusters is based on one core belief, which is:

You and I are infinitely powerful spiritual beings directly connected to the Source of all Creation.

If you cannot "buy into" this particular belief... please replace it with some other thinking that connects you to a "higher power" or "Unifying Principle."

If that idea doesn't work for you either... I'm not sure BeliefBusters will serve you to its fullest potential.

By the way, this (what's above) used to be a significant concern of mine. I was afraid that too many people wouldn't or couldn't relate to the spiritual side of all of this. But then I learned from recent research that well over 90 percent of Americans— not widely acknowledged as the most spiritually inclined nation on Earth— believe in God or a universal spirit... More than half of Americans pray at least once a day... And even a strong percentage of atheists and agnostics expressed similar beliefs in a higher power....

That said, the first device you'll need in the BeliefBusters First Aid Kit is a tourniquet for the mind. It's function is to "stop the bleeding" of negative thought. ANYthing that can accomplish that for you is the right tool for the job. Here are some I've found that work. I'll start with two of my current personal favorites. The first one is so simple & so powerful it's funny… literally.

Smile

That's it. That's all. SMILE!

The power of a smile simply blows me away. Always works. (The positive way of saying, "Never fails.") Does so instantly. And as long as you keep smiling, the negative thoughts & emotions are facing the most formidable foe they've ever done battle with.

It's an urban legend that it takes four facial muscles to smile and 16 to frown, but don't let that deter you from invoking "The Power of a Smile" at every opportunity.

You need NOT feel happy. Just smile and you will be… happy… quickly. There's nothing like it. And, I recommend you add it to the mix of all that follows here.

By the way, a turbo-charged smile is laughing. Try it. Negative thought, belief, whatever shows up… smile, then laugh and watch what happens. Joy versus feeling bad: Joy wins every time. Magic!

"Let go. Let God."

You have a negative thought. As soon as you catch it ("gotcha"), say to yourself or out loud (and more on that in a bit), "Let go. Let God." You may need to or want to say it again... and again... and again.... Simply repeat, "Let go. Let God." as many times as it takes for the negative thought to stop and disappear. (And of course, you can smile, too, for added effect.)

Here's what you're doing, and this is one of those "good to know" things, because you are accomplishing way more than simply stopping the unwanted thought.

First, we learned in early science class that, "No two objects can occupy the same space at the same time" and that's true for thoughts, too.

As you begin thinking "Let go. Let God." the previous negative thought gets replaced by the new more positive one.

There simply isn't a place in time and space for both, so... Stopping negative thinking is the first good thing that happens for you. There's more.

Right now, I want you to make a fist. Use either hand, just make a fist and clench that fist as tight as you can. Let your hand shake with the tension of your grip. Got it? Good.

Now... Quickly... RELAX; open your hand, palm facing up.

How does that feel?

That's the sensation of RELEASING, of letting go. Part one of this "tourniquet for the mind" stops the bleeding of negative thinking AND releases the negative thought itself and there's a real and tangible sense of liberty in that. Part two, "Let God" begs the question, "Let God what?"

You're welcome to interpret this one any way that serves you best. Here's my idea:

I'm letting God deal with it. I release, let go of the negative thought and offer it to God to cleanse, erase and heal.

For me that brings in forgiveness, treating both the symptom AND the cause, and it also assures that it's all "for the highest good of myself and all concerned." It also occurs to me that God (the higher power in my life) is far better equipped to deal with the plague of negative thinking and belief than I am, so by letting God handle it I'm engaging the ultimate healer in the Universe in the treatment and cure of my disease.

I mentioned above that you could say, "Let go. Let God." to yourself or out loud. Both work. What I'm finding is that speaking out loud has even more power. Sound adds an additional vibration to thought and the two together multiplies the positive, creative energy. Try it and learn for yourself...

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There's lots (and lots and...) more in the BeliefBusters First Aid Kit, and the 18-page downloadable PDF is available by CLICKING THIS LINK HERE.

And PLEASE, do me a "Thank You" by letting me know what find most useful & valuable in all of this. (It's important to me, BUT MORE IMPORTANT is the surprise benefit YOU will receive by doing so. try it.)

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What Are You Feeding Your Mind? (And is it time to go on a diet?)

GreatestNetworker — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:23:27 -0400

Emmet Fox (July 30, 1886– August 13, 1951) was born in Ireland, and is a famous New Thought spiritual leader of the early 20th Century. He was educated in England. He had a large influence on the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous.

I first came across Dr. Fox's work back in the 70's along with the likes of Charles Fillmore & Myrtle Fillmore (founders of the Unity School of Christianity), Florence Scovel Shinn, Catherine Ponder, Thomas Troward and a host of what are called "New Thought" writers and teachers.

I always thought of Emmet Fox as this spiritually wise, gentle & gentil, avuncular fellow... until I read the piece below. (And yes, I should have known from his being one of the two guys who started AA, but I just learned that yesterday.) Task master? Oh mama. And... right on.

Since this IS "Belief Week" in The FoggBlogg... and Beliefs are habits of thought... I've chose to include this "tough love" piece from a spiritual man who embodied & contributed both. Enjoy. (An added "by the way," I think if Dr. Fox were to write this today, he wouldn't call it a diet. He'd rightly call it a CLEANSE.)

The Seven Day Mental Diet
How to change your life (and the world) in a week
by Emmet Fox

The subject of diet is one of the foremost topics of the present day in public interest. Newspapers and magazines teem with articles on the subject. The counters of the bookshops are filled with volumes unfolding the mysteries of proteins, starches, vitamins, and so forth. Just now the whole world is food-conscious.

Experts on the subject are saying that physically you become the thing that you eat that your whole body is really composed of the food that you have eaten in the past. What you eat today, they say, will be in your bloodstream after the lapse of so many hours, and it is your blood-stream that builds all the tissues composing your body— and there you are.

Of course, no sensible person has any quarrel with all this. It is perfectly true, as far as it goes, and the only surprising thing is that it has taken the world so long to find it out; but in this pamphlet I am going to deal with the subject of dieting at a level that is infinitely more profound and far reaching in its effects. I refer of course to mental dieting.

The most important of all factors in your life is the mental diet on which you live.

It is the food which you furnish to your mind that determines the whole character of your life. It is the thoughts you allow yourself to think, the subjects that you allow your mind to dwell upon, which make you and your surroundings what they are. As they days, so shall they strength be.

Everything in your life today the state of your body, whether healthy or sick, the state of your fortune, whether prosperous or impoverished, the state of your home, whether happy or the reverse, the present condition of every phase of your life in fact-is entirely conditioned by the thoughts and feelings which you have entertained in the past, by the habitual tone of your past thinking. And the condition of your life tomorrow, and next week, and next year, will be entirely conditioned by the thoughts and feelings which you choose to entertain from now onwards.

In other words, you choose your life, that is to say, you choose all the conditions of your life, when you choose the thoughts upon which you allow your mind to dwell.

Thought is the real causative force in life, and there is no other. You cannot have one kind of mind and another kind of environment.

This means that you cannot change your environment while leaving your mind unchanged, nor-and this is the supreme key to life and the reason for this pamphlet -can you change your mind without your environment changing too.

This then is the real key to life: if you change your mind your conditions must change too— your body must change, your daily work or other activities must change; your home must change; the color-tone of your whole life must change.

For whether you be habitually happy and cheerful, or low-spirited and fearful, depends entirely on the quality of the mental food upon which you diet yourself.

Please be very clear about this. If you change your mind your conditions must change too. We are transformed by the renewing of our minds. So now you will see that your mental diet is really the most important thing in your whole life.

This may be called the Great Cosmic Law, and its truth is seen to be perfectly obvious when once it is clearly stated in this way. In fact, I do not know of any thoughtful person who denies its essential truth. The practical difficulty in applying it, however, arises from the fact that our thoughts are so close to us that it is difficult, without a little practice, to stand back as it were and look at them objectively.

Yet that is just what you must learn to do.

You must train yourself to choose the subject of your thinking at any given time, and also to choose the emotional tone, or what we call the mood that colors it.

Yes, you can choose your moods. Indeed, if you could not you would have no real control over your life at all. Moods habitually entertained produce the characteristic disposition of the person concerned, and it is his disposition that finally makes or mars a person's happiness.

You cannot be healthy; you cannot be happy; you cannot be prosperous; if you have a bad disposition. If you are sulky, or surly, or cynical, or depressed, or superior, or frightened half out of your wits, your life cannot possibly be worth living. Unless you are determined to cultivate a good disposition, you may as well give up all hope of getting anything worth while out of life, and it is kinder to tell you very plainly that this is the case.

If you are not determined to start in now and carefully select all day the kind of thoughts that you are going to think, you may as well give up all hope of shaping your life into the kind of thing that you want it to be, because this is the only way.

In short, if you want to make your life happy and worth while, which is what God wishes you to make it, you must begin immediately to train yourself in the habit of thought selection and thought control.

This will be exceedingly difficult for the first few days, but if you persevere you will find that it will become rapidly easier, and it is actually the most interesting experiment that you could possibly make.

In fact, this thought control is the most thrillingly interesting hobby that anyone could take up. You will be amazed at the interesting things that you will learn about yourself, and you will get results almost from the beginning.

Now many people knowing this truth, make sporadic efforts from time to time to control their thoughts, but the thought stream being so close as I have pointed out and the impacts from outside so constant and varied, they do not make very much progress.

That is not the way to work. Your only chance is definitely to form a new habit of thought which will carry you through when you are preoccupied or off your guard as well as when you are consciously attending to the business.

This new thought habit must be definitely acquired, and the foundation of it can be laid within a few days, and the way to do it is this:

Make up your mind to devote one week solely to the task of building a new habit of thought, and during that week let everything in life be unimportant as compared with that.

If you will do so, then that week will be the most significant week in your whole life. It will literally be the turning point for you. If you will do so, it is safe to say that your whole life will change for the better. In fact, nothing can possibly remain the same.

This does not simply mean that you will be able to face your present difficulties in a better spirit; it means that the difficulties will go. This is the scientific way to Alter Your Life, and being in accordance with the Great Law it cannot fail.

Now do you realize that by working in this way you do not have to change conditions? What happens is that you apply the Law, and then the conditions change spontaneously. You cannot change conditions directly you have often tried to do so and failed but go on the seven day mental diet and conditions must change for you.

This then is your prescription.

For seven days you must not allow yourself to dwell for a single moment on any kind of negative thought.

You must watch yourself for a whole week as a cat watches a mouse, and you must not under any pretense allow your mind to dwell on any thought that is not positive, constructive, optimistic, kind.

This discipline will be so strenuous that you could not maintain it consciously for much more than a week, but I do not ask you to do so. A week will be enough, because by that time the habit of positive thinking will begin to be established. Some extraordinary changes for the better will have come into your life, encouraging you enormously, and then the future will take care of itself.

The new way of life will be so attractive and so much easier than the old way that you will find your mentality aligning itself almost automatically.

But the seven days are going to be strenuous. I would not have you enter upon this without counting the cost. Mere physical fasting would be child's play in comparison, even if you have a very good appetite. The most exhausting form of army gymnastics, combined with thirty-mile route marches, would be mild in comparison with this undertaking. But it is only for one week in your life, and it will definitely alter everything for the better.

For the rest of your life here, for all eternity in fact, things will be utterly different and inconceivably better than if you had not carried through this undertaking.

Do not start it lightly. Think about it for a day or two before you begin. Then start in, and the grace of God go with you. You may start it any day in the week, and at any time in the day, first thing in the morning, or after breakfast, or after lunch, it does not matter, but once you do start you must go right through for the seven days. That is essential.

The whole idea is to have seven days of-unbroken mental discipline in order to get the mind definitely bent in a new direction once and for all.

If you make a false start, or even if you go in well for two or three days and then for any reason "fall off" the diet, the thing to do is to drop the scheme altogether for several days, and then to start again afresh. There must be no jumping on and off, as it were.

You remember that Rip Van Winkle in the play would take a solemn vow of teetotalism, and then promptly accept a drink from the first neighbor who offered him one, saying calmly: "I won't count this one."

Well, on the seven day mental diet this sort of thing simply will not do. you must positively count every lapse, and whether you do or not, nature will. Where there is a lapse you must go off the diet altogether and then start again.

Now, in order, if possible, to forestall difficulties, I will consider them in a little detail.

First of all, what do I mean by negative thinking?

Well, a negative thought is any thought of failure, disappointment, or trouble; any thought of criticism, or spite, or jealousy, or condemnation of others, or self condemnation; any thought of sickness or accident; or, in short, any kind of limitation or pessimistic thinking.

Any thought that is not positive and constructive in character, whether it concerns you yourself or anyone else, is a negative thought.

Do not bother too much about the question of classification, however; in practice you will never have any trouble in knowing whether a given thought is positive or negative. Even if your brain tries to deceive you, your heart will whisper the truth.

Second, you must be quite clear that what this scheme calls for is that you shall not entertain, or dwell upon negative things. Note this carefully.

It is not the thoughts that come to you that matter, but only such of them as you choose to entertain and dwell upon.

It does not matter what thoughts may come to you provided you do not entertain them. It is the entertaining or dwelling upon them that matters.

Of course, many negative thoughts will come to you all day long. Some of them will just drift into your mind of their own accord seemingly, and these come to you out of the race mind. Other negative thoughts will be given to you by other people, either in conversation or by their conduct, or you will hear disagreeable news perhaps by letter or telephone, or you will see crimes and disasters announced in the newspaper headings. These things, however, do not matter as long as you do not entertain them.

In fact, it is these very things that provide the discipline that is going to transform you during this epoch making week.

The thing to do is, directly the negative thought presents itself— turn it out.

Turn away from the newspaper; turn out the thought of the unkind letter, or stupid remark, or what not. When the negative thought floats into your mind, immediately turn it out and think of something else.

Best of all, think of God as explained in The Golden Key perfect analogy is furnished by the case of a man who is sitting by an open fire when a red hot cinder flies out and falls on his sleeve. If he knocks that cinder off at once, without a moment's delay to think about it, no harm is done. But if he allows it to rest on him for a single moment, under any pretense, the mischief is done, and it will be a troublesome task to repair that sleeve. So it is with a negative thought.

Now what of those negative thoughts and conditions which it is impossible to avoid at the point where you are today? What of the ordinary troubles that you will have to meet in the office or a home?

The answer is, that such things will not affect your diet provided that you do not accept them, by fearing them, by believing them, by being indignant or sad about them, or by giving them any power at all.

Any negative condition that duty compels you to handle will not affect your diet.

Go to the office, or meet the cares at home, without allowing them to affect you. (None of these things move me) and all will be well. Suppose that you are lunching with a friend who talks negatively— do not try to shut him up or otherwise snub him. Let him talk, but do not accept what he says, and your diet will not be affected.

Suppose that on coming home you are greeted with a lot of negative conversation— do not preach a sermon, but simply do not accept it. It is your mental consent, remember, that constitutes your diet. Suppose you witness an accident or an act of injustice let us say Instead of reacting with pity or indignation, refuse to accept the appearance at its face value; do anything that you can to right matters, give it the right thought and let it go at that. You will still be on the diet.

Of course, it will be very helpful if you can take steps to avoid meeting during this week anyone who seems particularly likely to arouse the devil in you. People who get on your nerves, or rub you up the wrong way, or bore you, are better avoided while you are on the diet; but if it is not possible to avoid them, then you must take a little extra discipline that is all.

Suppose that you have a particularly trying ordeal before you next week Well, if you have enough spiritual understanding you will know how to meet that in the spiritual way; but, for our present purpose, I think I would wait and start the diet as soon as the ordeal is over. As I said before, do not take up the diet lightly, but think it over well first.

In closing, I want to tell you that people often find that the starting of this diet seems to stir up all sorts of difficulties. It seems as though everything begins to go wrong at once. This may be disconcerting, but it is really a good sign. It means that things are moving; and is not that the very object we have in view? Suppose your whole world seems to rock on its foundations. Hold on steadily, let it rock, and when the rocking is over, the picture will have reassembled itself into something much nearer to your heart's desire.

The above point is vitally important and rather subtle. Do you not see that the very dwelling upon these difficulties is in itself a negative thought, which has probably thrown you off the diet?

The remedy is not, of course, to deny that your world is rocking in appearance, but to refuse to take the appearance for the reality.

(Judge not according to appearances, but judge righteous judgment).

A closing word of caution: Do not tell anyone else that you are on the diet, or that you intend to go on it. Keep this tremendous project strictly to yourself. Remember that your soul should be the Secret Place of the Most High.

When you have come through the seven days successfully, and secured your demonstration, allow a reasonable time to elapse to establish the new mentality, and then tell the story to anyone else who you think is likely to be helped by it.

And, finally, remember that nothing said or done by anyone else can possibly throw you off the diet. Only your own reaction to the other person's conduct can do that.
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Pretty tough assignment, doncha' think?

AND, I trust you know as well as I do what the result of an effort that falls quite the way short would be. Leter on this week, I'll give you some help on how to do that "turn out" thing. It's actually easier than you think with a couple of simple power tools we use in BeliefBusters.

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Do you know what a belief is? (I thought I did...)

GreatestNetworker — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:50:29 -0400

I'm going to focus on Beliefs this week, mostly because I'm doing a re-write of BeliefBusters and busting & building my share of my own beliefs. I'll start with a new discovery I just made.

When you have the thought, "I couldn't have said it better myself," that's the time to shut-up and listen. Such a one as that appears below. From Dr. Tim Ong, M.B.B.S. author of From Fear To Love. Can't say it's a great book— yet. I want to read it again and... But there're a host of good and useful ideas in it. That I do know.

And a note, please: I've been working on the subject of "beliefs" for 20 years. Dr. Ong has written a few ideas I've never encountered in those years (For ex: "A belief is something we do not know." Very cool). THAT really gets my attention. Hope it does yours, too.
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Do you know what a belief is?

I would bet that even if you do not know what a belief is, you do know that you have plenty of beliefs. Many of these beliefs are so entrenched in our mind subconsciously that we are not even aware of them.

A belief is something we do not know.

If it is something we know, then it would not be called a belief, would it? It would have been called knowledge or fact instead. So a belief is something we do not know for sure, yet this belief propels us to think, say and do things on auto-
pilot. Some people even kill for their beliefs.

Can there be anything more illogical? Yet we do it, all the time.

A belief is merely a perception of our reality. It is not an absolute truth. It can change, just like our belief in a flat world in the past has changed. We also used to believe that the earth is the center of the universe. Now we know that is not true.

So a belief is something we do not know for sure but we take it on in good faith, assuming that it is true. A belief can change with time. Yet a belief is so powerful that it literally drives our lives, how we live and behave.

Scientists once believe very strongly in the predictability of the universe. We were certain that we can, with great precision, determine the nature of all things - stars, planets, plants, animals and even men.

But now quantum physics is challenging that certainty. At the quantum level, there is a degree of uncertainty built into the system. Everything is only a potentiality, not a certainty. Our observation itself changes the nature of reality.

If beliefs are so uncertain and unreliable, would it not be wise to not hold on too strongly to any beliefs? Should we not give ourselves some allowance for errors?

Instead of being dogmatic about whether our beliefs are right or wrong, should we not choose beliefs that enhances life and discard those that limits life?

I prefer to classify beliefs into life-enhancing beliefs and life-limiting beliefs. These classifications help us to select beliefs that are more likely to enrich and expand our lives in beautiful and abundant ways, and easily discard the life-limiting beliefs that constrict and rob us of the beauty of life.

Having said that, are you aware that you can choose what to believe in and what not to believe in? Yes, you do have this freedom to choose your own beliefs, so make sure you choose wisely.

Know that whatever you choose to believe in will manifest in your life, be it good or bad. As the saying goes, whatever your mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve. In fact, your present life right now is the external manifestations of your inner belief system.

Reflect on this:

Are you having problems with money, or the lack of it? Don't you wish you could have all the money you ever need so that you can live the life of your choice?

If what you are doing right now is not getting you the life you want, what are you doing about it? Nothing? Why not? Because you don't believe it can make any difference? There lies a belief that is stopping you!

When you are mindful of your thoughts, you can catch yourself believing in all kinds of rubbish, beliefs that are obstacles to your ideal life.

Want to live a life without fear, one that is abundant, peaceful and happy?

Then choose to believe that you are a spiritual being, indestructible, complete, free and pure love.

Then live in accordance with this new belief!

How Beliefs Work
Have you ever bought a car and then all of a sudden you see the same model everywhere on the road? When I first considered setting up my own clinic many years ago, I discovered that all of a sudden there were clinics everywhere I went. There have been there all along but I did not see them until I started to focus my mind on setting up my own clinic. The outer reality has not really changed but what has changed is my inner thoughts and focuses.

Beliefs work the same way.

Once we have decided to take on a belief, most of the time unconsciously, our brain seems to re-configure itself, re-arranging the neural pathways, and we ended up turning our focus on things and events that further validate the belief. We literally attract these things into our lives. That is why Dr. Wayne Dyer said, "Believe it and you will see it" instead of the usual "I'll believe it when I see it". He wrote an entire book on this concept.

So when you hold on to a belief of lack or a belief that the universe is hostile, then you will "see" the evidence in your life validating those beliefs. Believe you are not worthy and it is reflected in your low self-esteem and other self esteem issues, in the way you avoid relationships or commitments, or in experiencing people in your life who continue to take you for granted or look down on you.

Believe in a benevolent universe and a universe of abundance, and you will begin to see evidence of abundance and generosity, kindness and compassion.

The good news is that you get to choose what you want to believe in.

The bad news is that you can choose your beliefs only if you are highly mindful and aware of your thoughts.

This is because beliefs are most often taken in unconsciously and as long as you continue to live your life unconsciously you will continue to take in beliefs without being able to filter them.

Fortunately, there are many ways and tools to remove unwanted life-limiting beliefs and consciously accept life-enhancing beliefs.

Being aware that there is such a possibility is already a step forward. To be able to learn the methods and to apply them in your own life would be truly transformational...
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Indeed.

The above was excerpted from Dr. Tim Ong's Special Report Transforming Fear. Click the title link for your own copy in PDF. And, please let me know what you like best about it.

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