Your Creative Genius Power

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- from the theatrical productions "Aspects of Love"

Dear Reader,

Think and Grow Rich on "creative genius" The road to genius consists of the development, control, and use of sex, love, and romance. Briefly, the process may be stated as follows:

Encourage the presence of these emotions as the dominating thoughts in one's mind, and discourage the presence of all the destructive emotions. The mind is a creature of habit. It thrives upon the dominating thoughts fed it. Through the faculty of will-power, one may discourage the presence of any emotion, and encourage the presence of any other. Control of the mind, through the power of will, is not difficult. Control comes from persistence, and habit. The secret of control lies in understanding the process of transmutation. When any negative emotion presents itself in one's mind, it can be transmuted into a positive, or constructive emotion, by the simple procedure of changing one's thoughts.

THERE IS NO OTHER ROAD TO GENIUS THAN THROUGH VOLUNTARY SELF EFFORT! A man may attain to great heights of financial or business achievement, solely by the driving force of sex energy, but history is filled with evidence that he may, and usually does, carry with him certain traits of character which rob him of the ability to either hold, or enjoy his fortune. This is worthy of analysis, thought, and meditation, for it states a truth, the knowledge of which may be helpful to women as well as men. Ignorance of this has cost thousands of people their privilege of HAPPINESS, even though they possessed riches.

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Be still and listen to the sound of silence.

The messages it brings are great wisdom and understanding.

THE POWER OF LISTENING TO THE VOICE WITHIN

         As you develop your Power of Creative Genius and learn to observe the ebbs and flows of the Universe, you will receive messages from time to time.  These messages will often be neither profound nor earth-shattering and may seem confusing or improbable, much like the Voice in movie “Field of Dreams”, e.g. “if you build it, he will come”.

         You may wonder why the message is being given to you and not someone else.  There is a scene in “Field of Dreams” when Ray Kinsella, played by Kevin Costner,  receives the illogical message “ease his pain” and on a hunch, after research and a dream, determines he must travel to Boston and take Terence Mann, a 60’s activist, played by James Earl Jones to a baseball game.  His wife Annie, played by Amy Madigan, questions his decision and says, “why can’t the guys send someone else”.  They compare dreams and realize both had the same dream and Ray travels from Iowa to Boston.

         Recognize that the Universe always has a purpose when it sends a message to you in this manner.  Yes, the message may be illogical, however it is your choice to accept or reject, listen or tune out.  As stated in my first book, The Power of Creative Genius, the Universe will provide the how and when―all you need do is follow.  Success is not guaranteed when you follow the message, for others are involved and they, too, have the same opportunity to listen to you or tune you out, accept what you have to say or reject you as being crazy or out-of-touch with reality.

         Such was the case when I received a message on May 17, 2007 in the wee hours of the morning between 2:00 – 4:00 a.m., shortly after the publication of my first book. That week and the three previous weeks had been hectic with trips to the publisher, placing genie packets and materials inside the back cover, shrink wrapping it, marketing and delivering copies to readers and setting up accounting systems while at the same time maintaining a40 hours per week schedule for legal clients.  I was averaging only about four hours of sleep per night and was tired. 

         That’s another thing about messages from the Universe.  They come when you least expect it and often when you are involved in other pressing activities.  Whether this is a test of your strength of conviction or someone up there playing a joke on your conscience is for you to decide.  I confess that I asked the same question as in the scene from Field of Dreams:  Why me and why can’t they pick on someone else?

THE POWER TO CREATE ABUNDANCE

TAKE CREDIT FOR WHAT YOU HAVE ALREADY CREATED

         Creating abundance is a natural state of being.  The resources of the universe are ever abundant and at your disposal. You create your own reality, which flows from your essence.  You have the freedom to select the components you desire - joy, bliss, money, success, love, state of well-being - these are all states of abundance.  It is your choices that have brought you to where you are today. 

         The key to increasing abundance and prosperity is not to focus on what you don't have, but to take credit and see yourself an unlimited and creative provider of what you already have.  Despite your circumstances, you are here now, reading this book and have already acknowledged your creativity.  Think of your friends, the freedoms you enjoy, the modes of transportation from which you can choose, the food you eat, the activities you enjoy, and the times that people honored you in your life.  Your state of health, your state of mind, your previous accomplishments - all of those came from your dreams, your effort, your talents, your reaching to your potential. 

         Now is the time for you to acknowledge that you are the starlight and that your goal is within reach without undue hard work, suffering or sacrifice.  If you are one who believes that only abundance and prosperity come from hard work, suffering or sacrifice, then realize that you are setting it up that way, for it is your state of being and your thoughts that are creating it.  Yes, there is work involved, but it can be passionate, fulfilling and rewarding as you acknowledge yourself each step of the way. 

Think of the effortless way the universe creates abundance.  Rain grows crops, spectacular landscapes, mountains and seashores for endless viewing, the waves in the ocean and rainbows.  Without the miracles of nature, we wouldn't be able to breathe, eat, walk, see or hear the beauty of this planet.  The universe has already provided us with circumstances we could not have created and a playground to exercise our creativity.

Bless what is already here, now in your life, and the teachers you have had and your experiences.  Look for the creativity that existed and the orchestration you directed.  What have you learned and experienced?  And if you have those emotions of pain, suffering, anger, anxiety, etc., remember that you are above ground, here, now and can do something about those feelings, for it is your positive or negative ATTITUDE, your way of focusing on your environment that provides the difference. 

Can you give yourself a moment and bless the effort you have made, even if you never received a gold medal or got your picture on a cereal box.  Focus makes all the difference and it is your choice.  Focus on the abundance you already have and the abundance that is there for you to use and you will create additional abundance and prosperity.  Focus on what you don't have or on what is missing and you will create scarcity - those items will remain removed from your life, for you are focusing on a state of want instead of a state of have.

The magic to bring those items into your life is easy - all you have to do is to incorporate the feelings of having those items in your life now.  For example, if your desire is to have a fulfilling relationship, visualize yourself having that relationship.  See that significant other in your life.  Buy an item for the loved one in the future.  Just like people begin to buy items and have feelings when there is a child on the way, give yourself the same opportunity.  Imagine you are about to give birth and that some person or event is on the way.  The planning to incorporate begins now, this moment, not 2 years down the road.  Why now?  Because the universal law is:  what you focus on expands.  Your focus is a shopping list for the universe to provide you with your desires, making your dreams come true.  If you are pregnant with lack, guess what gives birth - NOTHING. Hot air!  If you are pregnant with abundance, you just might have quintuplets - money, friends, joy, abundance and prosperity.

If you focus on your most important business investment and become an expert, what flows will be unlimited.  What you can dream about and passionately believe, can be achieved.  Let me give you a real life example.

A friend of mine, Bob Miles, from Tampa, Florida, began a new career 7 years ago, when he

focused on his most successful business investment – his purchase of shares in Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway – and wrote 101 reasons why Berkshire was the World’s Greatest Investment and put those ideas on the Motley Fool website’s Berkshire Hathaway message board for free.  So passionate was Bob that he ate, slept and drank Berkshire Hathaway and Warren Buffett related information by reading every article and book he could get his hands on, talked to every author and journalist who had written about the company who would talk to him, self-published his series, wrote to Warren Buffett and got permission to set up a table at the Omaha Dairy Queen reception the night before the 1999 annual meeting to meet shareholders and sell his book.

         What might seem risky or foolish– who sells a book about why you should buy a stock to existing shareholders at their own shareholder meeting when you could get it for free on the internet – never went through Bob’s mind.  His inner guide said do it – follow the dream and see what happens. 

That’s where I first met Bob, in Omaha, which was also my first Berkshire Meeting.  Also, I might add, Bob was not an accomplished speaker at the time, but he was so passionate about his subject and so knowledgeable, that I had to stop and speak to him.  Within 2 minutes, I knew that Bob was following his dream – he made such a convincing argument that I had to not only buy the book, but also purchase more shares.  That first edition book had typos and some unusual grammar; however, that did not matter to Bob.  He only saw himself taking his message to a higher level.  And Bob did something that Warren Buffett preaches and creative geniuses follow– invest in what you know and understand and surround yourself with people who want you to succeed.  By putting himself in front of those who already knew Berkshire was a good investment, Bob began to get feedback from authors, shareholders and some of Berkshire’s managers.  From their feedback and their desires to see Berkshire succeed, they were linked to Bob.  They were all rowing together.  To see Bob succeed, all of them would succeed.  Focus on abundance and abundance will follow.

Fast forward to 5 years later – Bob has published 3 hard cover and paperback books including Warren Buffett CEO and Warren Buffett Wealth, had them translated into several foreign languages, has audio and CD offerings through Nightingale-Conant, is an international speaker, provides financial management services and conducts value investing seminars and workshops all over the world.  Besides North America, he recently made presentations in Germany, Australia, Singapore, China and India.  From a Dairy Queen reception to a corporate boardroom, from a thin paperback book selling for $10 per copy to a $199 audio series, from meeting people 1 at a time to a 2,000 person audience in Australia and from novice speaker to sought-after keynote presenter– in 5 years and all that time having fun, doing what he loved and getting paid for it.  All from Bob seeing himself as an unlimited and creative provider of what he already had, which was his knowledge of Berkshire Hathaway. 

Did those who assisted Bob succeed?  Yes!

Berkshire A Shares that closed at $56,100 per share on December 31, 1999 closed at $87,900 on December 31, 2004, a 56.7% increase. A terrific rate of return and a 100 percent value added compared to the NASDAQ drop of over 50 percent during the same 5 year period.  By December 29, 2006, Berkshire A Shares closed at

$109,900, another 25% increase.

         Is Bob’s story unusual?  No.  How about Troy from the first Apprentice series, the country boy whose hero was Donald Trump?  Though he did not win, Donald Trump provided him with a 4 year college scholarship.  Or Bill Clinton, the 16 year old from Arkansas Boy’s State, who shook hands with President Kennedy.  Or Oprah?   Did any of them have a lamp with a personal genie that made their dreams come true or did they succeed because they brought forth the starlight that was already within?

My life changed dramatically when I put this principle into use some 23 years ago when I wrote the love letter to my would-be bride, purchased a lady’s green turquoise ring and found Patsy, who is my wife, all within less than a year.  See my chapter on “Never Underestimate Your Power of Creative Genius”. 

If Bob can do it and I can do it, so can you.

PART 2. REJECT THE REJECTION: THE POWER OF FAILURE

Power from failure?  That appears to be an oxymoron, for how can failure be a powerful positive motivating experience?

For those who seriously want to develop their power of creative genius, failure is a given, almost a guarantee.  From Edison to Einstein and from Lincoln to this author, failure is one of the prices we pay for our creativity.  The failures of Edison, Einstein and Lincoln are well known before their ultimate successes.   Why they persevered was not their acceptance of failure, but their rejection of the failure, a knowing inside that the experience brought them a step closer to success. 

For Edison, the light bulb was the result after hundreds of failed attempts.  For Lincoln, losing election after election at the lower levels inspired him not to quit, but to reach higher within himself and become President.  Both men learned from defeat that victory was around the corner, that the mistakes made in their failures did not have to be repeated.  Doesn’t that give you power – knowing what doesn’t work so you do not have to repeat it again – rejecting the rejection – so you can move in a different direction?

Packy East was a failure at being a prize fighter, so what did he do?  He changed his name and became the comedian called Bob Hope whom we thank again and again for the memories.

Sandra Day, Stanford Law Review ’54, was rejected for employment as an attorney by many law firms and told all she could be was a legal secretary.  So what did she do?   Quit?  No, she rejected the rejection, upped the ante and as Sandra Day O’Connor, became the first woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court.

Despite poverty and other dire childhood circumstances, Oprah dusted herself off, refused to quit and rose to become one of our most beloved and prosperous celebrities.  Who wouldn’t want to be on her show?  One of my wishes is to meet and interview her.

Not quite as well known as Oprah, there’s Rudy Ruettiger, the pint-sized high school football player whose dream was to play for Notre Dame.  He had nothing going for him but guts and heart.  Well, not quite true, because in all the failure, rejection and lack of athletic ability, he had accessed his creative genius that rejected all the obstacles in his way and reinforced his refused to quit.  If you want to find out what happened, see the Movie, “Rudy” or visit his website at www.rudyintl.com.

I could cite example after example of other well-known men and women who used failure as a springboard to success; however, what about the rest of us who may not become well-known public figures or desire the media attention and being on the cover of magazines?  Are we consigned to some lower form of achievement or are our failures not the stuff from which greatness is made? 

The answer is that success and greatness lie inside our creative being and that each contribution we make toward the betterment of ourselves, others and our planet is just as important as winning the Nobel Prize.  The contributions made by Sandra Day O’Connor’s parents in instilling in their daughter to not accept rejection is just as important as her Supreme Court decisions.

There are no limits to what you can achieve, if only you continue to reject the rejections that come your way in life.

Here, for your review, are several of my more memorable failures in a 7 year period and how I climbed back out of the abyss and refused to quit.  My intent is that by showing you my willingness to reveal my own failures and challenges, you will be encouraged to examine your own and not allow yourself to become a victim of circumstance.  In fact, it is at the point when the clouds seem darkest, that your creative genius shows you a silver lining.

I started the University of Michigan Law School in the fall of 1962.  My grades at the end of the fall semester were mostly low C’s and I was neither focused on my studies nor committed to become an attorney.  Had I stayed, I would have risked flunking out with the result that returning to Michigan or applying to another law school would not have been possible.  I had options – view this situation as a failure and quit never to return or view it as a learning experience and devise a way to keep my options open.  

What I did was leave in good standing, with the option to return at a later date, enroll in the graduate school of education, complete a semester of courses in psychology and education and work at the Institute for Social Research as an assistant under Dr. Ronald Lippit.

I looked at this experience as a change in direction, not a failure. 

I applied for and was offered a 4 year paid fellowship leading to an Ed. D. degree in Psychology and Education.

End of story and I lived happily every after?

No.  I took a road less traveled.

In June, 1963, after turning down this great opportunity, I moved to New York City where I spent the next two years working full time in market research and obtained a Master’s Degree in Education from Teacher’s College, Columbia.   I am still one of their maverick graduates, one who never student taught, became a teacher or ended up in school administration.

Married and with my first child on the way in mid 1965, I decided to return to law school in the fall, 1966.  Michiganwould re-admit me to the first year class; however, that would mean relocation and at best, part-time employment which would not cover the expenses.  The more viable option was New York University Law School which had an evening division for students who worked full time during the day. 

My application was rejected with the standardthank you for applying and we wish you well in your future endeavors as long as it is not here letter.

Most applicants assume College and Graduate school rejection letters are final.   I didn’t.  Borrowing a phrase from Yogi Berra that “it ain’t over till it’s over”, I saw this as a challenge, just another obstacle to overcome. 

I remembered back to that memorable 1955 basketball championship game as a 15 year old kid, 4th quarter, 20 points down, 8 minutes to go, our inspirational leader Paul Berger leading us in The Lord’s Prayer and our victory.  What would Paul Berger do in this situation? . . . and then I knew what I had to do.   

Reject the Rejection!  Just like my team had in that game and refused to quit.

Scheduling an appointment with the admissions dean, my first statement was to tell him that I was rejecting their rejection and what did I have to do to get admitted.  Even though I had been accepted back at Michigan, I wanted to go to NYU.  He could have thrown me out on my ear, but he didn’t.  He said that my LSAT (Law School Admissions Test) scores taken in 1961 were too low and that I would have to score at least 100 points higher to be considered. 

Scoring 100 points higher than the LSAT 5 years ago and being away from legal studies for 4 years was a daunting task.  Last chance, 100 points down, 6 weeks before the test. Seemed familiar like 4th quarter, 20 points down, 8 minutes to go.

The next 6 weeks were spent reading the LSAT manuals and studying past LSAT exam questions and answers.

I retook the LSAT, scored over 110 points higher than the 1961 score and requested another meeting with the dean.  One on one – crunch time.  Showing him a copy of the resultswith over a 110 point increase, I told him I needed to know whether I would be accepted now, not 3 months later on April 15 when the official letters were sent, as I had to make plans to return to Michigan if NYU said no a second time.

The dean looked at me with a puzzled expression like who is this guy.  I kept quiet and stared back at him showing no emotion.  About 30 seconds later, he nodded his head up and down and told me that while the official letter would not be sent until April 15, I would not need to relocate back to Michigan.

         Mission accomplished.  I enrolled at NYU Law School Evening Division in September, 1966 and graduated in February, 1969, but not before I had to surmount another form of rejection.

         To be a creative genius is to be a risk taker. Risk takers ride on the winds of inspiration, using their perspiration and perseverance to find drafts and currents to soar to new heights.  Along the way, there are bullets to dodge, the cackle of nay-sayers and bad weather days to ground their efforts.  Occasionally there is a brick wall or some seemingly insurmountable obstacle.  So what! “No” for them is just a midcourse correction or  detour to overcome by taking the “kno” out of “knowing” and “wing” it.  When they succeed, they have simply moved the “k” 3 steps forward and are “now king”.  How you navigate makes all the difference.

         About one year before graduating from law school, I faced another rejection when I decided to start my legal career inArizona.  At that time, Arizona had a mandatory 6 month physical residency requirement before allowing an applicant to take the State Bar.  Bar examinations were given in February and July, with results 2 months later.   My last semester at NYU was from September, 1968 through January 30, 1969.   My NYU professors did expect students to attend classes and there was no correspondence option.  That would mean  establishing residency in February, 1969, wait 6 months which would not qualify me for the July, 1969 exams, resulting in having to wait until February, 1970 and then if I passed the first time, be admitted to practice sometime in April, 1970.  This was not a viable option for me.

Accepting the conventional wisdom of the day would mean 14 months in a new state with no job and another child on the way.  I had applied to 10 law firms in Phoenix, Arizona for a summer job in 1968 between my 2nd and 3rd years and had received 10 rejections.  I would apply to 12 others later with the same results.  One option was to reject conventional wisdom and change the rule.

The Arizona State Bar mandatory 6 month physical residency requirement in 1968 was sacrosanct, coming from a scarcity mentality to protect the home turf for existing Arizona attorneys.  There was genuine fear that elimination of the residency requirement or even a waiver for a deserving out-of-state person, coupled with Arizona’s ideal climate, open spaces and growing economy, would open the floodgates.  Attorneys from all over, in part from the prestigious law firms in New York and Chicago, would open offices, send their older senior partners who would welcome a respite from harsh winters and sludgy Februaries to this Land of the Sun, compete with the larger firms in Arizona for the more prestigious legal business and reduce the economic pie for all.

Changing the bar rule that had been in place for decades would be a political and legal constitutional battle that could not be accomplished in 6 months (State and Federal Supreme Court Appeals take years), so I had to devise another, more creative solution, a nicer way to reject the rejection and overcome the obstacles in my path than by direct confrontation so that I would not have to wait 14 months to being practicing law.

It is in problem solving that you bring all your past experiences and creative skills into play.

My mom had taught me that necessity was the mother of invention when I learned to cook,  Paul Berger had taught me the importance of positive attitude in the face of adversity and my experience at getting admitted to NYU Law School after being rejected had taught me how to push the envelope in rejecting a setback.   Using elements of all these approaches might be a winning combination – all I had to do was to convince the gatekeepers at the Arizona State Bar and NYU Law School that my plan did not encroach on their territories and satisfied all their requirements.  Remember that rejecting a rejection is a creative process requiring tact, positive attitude and diplomacy so that all sides are in a win-win situation and that you maintain your integrity and reputation throughout.

What I decided to do was to enroll the State Bar of Arizona and NYU into my plan of action and obtain their approval beforehand.  Tell both sides what I wanted to accomplish and how could I do so to comply with their requirements.  Sometimes when you go to the decision makers at the top, you receive more help and assistance than by using your own interpretation and dealing with clerks who are not in a position to make final decisions.

First, I met with the State Bar Examinations Director, Doris Odoms.  Doris was an experienced serious professional with a fine eye for details, who had dealt with numerous applicants over the years and knew every trick in the book.   Besides her impeccable knowledge and interpretation of the lengthy bar application process, including the residency requirements,   she was also compassionate and understanding. The State Bar residency requirements had a provision in small print that said residents had to spend the better part of the last 6 months (i.e. 3 months and at least 1 day) before the exam physically present in Arizona.  I told her that I had a cousin who lived in Scottsdale, Arizona, with whom I could establish residency in Arizona in July, 1968.  We calculated the dates of the bar exam along with my NYU schedule that resulted in my having to be physically present in Arizona on October 30, 1968, the middle of my last semester, with provision for no more than 20 days out of state until the Bar exam in February, 1969.  I further told Doris that I would send follow-up letters indicating the dates that I would be out of state and provide copies of my airline tickets if necessary.  She approved of my plan provided NYU would certify me for graduation as I would not receive my J.D. degree until June, 1969.

The next step was to plan my schedule and talk to the Dean, Robert McKay, and my professors at NYU.  Dean McKay had previously arranged some interviews for me at Phoenix law firms, supported my decision to practice in Arizona and was a personal friend of Dean Willard Pedrick at Arizona State University Law School.  I met with each of my professors and Dean McKay to explain my situation and the Arizona State Bar’s position.

I had four courses, two with term papers and the other two with final exams.  The two final exams were 5 days apart.  After October 30, 1968, I would be in Phoenix, Arizona and was only allowed 20 days out of state to be at NYU.  To take the bar exam in February, 1969, I had to be a law school graduate and I would not receive my J.D. degree from NYU Law Schoolgraduation until June, 1969 even though my course work would be completed by the end of January.

After several meetings, among us we crafted a creative solution.  My professors allowed me to cut classes after October 30 and would mail my assignments to Phoenix.  We arranged my 20 day out of state schedule to be done in 2 airline trips based on my budget so I could meet with them, attend classes and review final assignments.  The 2 professors with final exams agreed with Dean McKay that I could take the final exams in Arizona.  Dean McKay contacted Dean Pedrick at ASU Law School in Tempe,Arizona and arranged for him to proctor my exams at the required time.

The professors with the term papers agreed I could submit my term papers early and they would grade them immediately.  The professors agreed to send my grades before February 1, 1969 to Dean McKay, who would then write a letter to the State Bar of Arizona certifying me for graduation, assuming I passed all my courses.

         I then informed Doris at the State Bar of Arizona of my discussions with my professors and Dean McKay and confirmed her approval to take the bar exam based on my certification for graduation since I would not have degree in hand until June, 1969.

         The plan worked.  While still maintaining my apartment in Queens, New York, I moved many of my belongings toScottsdale, Arizona in July, 1968, obtained an Arizona driver’s license and voter registration card and joined the Phoenix Jaycees.  I also interviewed the 12 law firms I mentioned earlier without success.  Returning to New York for my last semester at NYU, I attended classes until October 29, 1968, flew to Phoenix, Arizona on October 30 with my first wife and daughter Michele, and rented an apartmentSoon thereafter, I obtained employment as a full-time bailiff for a local Superior Court Judge, Fred Hyder, kept up my law school studies and prepared for the bar exam.  Judge Hyder was also aware of my plans and generously allowed me to miss work so I could fulfill my course requirements.  I made two trips back to NYU in November and December to complete courses, meet with my professors and submit term papers.  In January, 1969, I went to the ASU Law School on two occasions to take my final exams in Dean Pedrick’s office.  I passed all my classes and delivered the graduation certification letter from Dean McKay to the State Bar.  I took the State Bar exam in February, 1969, passed and was admitted to practice in April, 1969, two months before I received my actual graduation diploma.

         Had I not coordinated my efforts with Doris, Dean McKay, my professors and Judge Hyder, I am sure I would not have been admitted to practice law until some 1 ½ years later.

The next time you receive a rejection, use it as a springboard to success and turn those who are your biggest obstacles into supporters. 

To paraphrase Yogi Berra, “It ain’t over till it’s over.”  Just as important, in the words ofRudy Ruettiger, Donald Trump and this author:

NEVER QUIT!!!

Business and FinancialYour business growth is correlated and related to the development of your spiritual growth.  We do not grow in one stage, but grow in tandem.  As we become more aware of our capacity to create, we will begin to see evidence of our growth in a number of areas.  One can decide to focus on developing intuition; however, in making that decision, there will be corresponding growth or challenges in other areas, such as physical, emotional and mental.   Just as an athlete, musician or singer prepares for competition, so too do all of us in our lives.  We must pay attention to our bodies, our minds and our spirits as we unfold and begin new endeavors.  Too much concentration in one area leads to an imbalance in other areas. 

For example, making a decision to exercise and build physical strength.  So we go to a gym, seek advice of a personal trainer and learn various routines and methods in strengthening our upper body, legs, abdominal muscles and cardio-vascular systems.  We learn that over-doing it will not allow our muscles, heart function and other associated physical attributes to produce lasting results.  We risk burn-out and damage, so we learn that it is a process of acclimating to the changes we wish to make and we can’t do it in one day.  We also learn that along with building physical strength and energy that there are other components, such as nutrition (it’s counter-productive to eat doughnuts, consume sugar, processed and fried foods, carbonated drinks and expect to gain results), sleep (a body not well rested resists the ability to strengthen it), emotional condition (creating a belief system that the desired changes will occur) and mental attitude (knowing when to do the extra rep, visualizing the results).  In other words, our decision to strengthen our body is also a decision to energize the other areas of our life.  This decision to change is as much as decision to change our mental, emotional and spiritual outlook as it is to change our physical state of being. 

The same can be said if decide to increase our intuitive abilities.  Besides various exercises, there are also energy movement exercises, tai-chi, qui-gong, yoga, stretching and walking besides reading, listening to advice from other intuitive persons and meditation.  What we are doing is breaking the habit of who we are and creating a new person inside and outside.

The upshot is that it is all related.  Only most of us see change as a one-dimensional event.  What you are perceiving as one-dimensional is actually multi-dimensional and your ability and willingness to look at the other dimensions and follow through will enhance your results.

A concert pianist must understand the functions and work ethics of the other members of the orchestra, including the conductor.   Hand-eye coordination, endurance (for those long symphonies and energy passages in which the fingers must move quickly and in sync), mind-set (for the tone and expression from the composer – one does not think Sousa when playing a Mozart concerto).  Mental and emotional preparation is as important as dexterity and artistic skill. 

Same for an Olympic Athlete.  A world record is the result of combining the spiritual, mental and emotional with the physical.  The athlete has to believe he or she can set a new record or standard and in some way visualize the outcome before setting foot in the arena or field.  They must believe it before they see it.

Referring back to the business world, the biggest failing of our business leaders today is the failure to incorporate a balanced approach and not be limited to just a short-term result.  You can push the employees to provide a short-term profitable result by maximizing the work-flow or severely cutting costs, focusing only on financialresult as opposed to customer satisfaction or maneuvering numbers to impress a banker or potential shareholder.  You can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can’t fool the Universe all of the time.

A business leader who does not possess an understanding that humans are here to progress on all levels- mental, physical, emotional and spiritual – is doomed to failure in the annals of history.  While the failure may not be evident during their lifetime or maybe for several millennia afterward, the Universe renders judgment.

Witness the glories of Rome, Greece, Babylonia.  The height of civilization in their era.  Was it worth it?  Why did these civilizations crumble while today they are not the center or leading the world.  The glories were short-lived – greed, envy, pettiness, fear, hateand hyperbole accelerated both the rise and the fall.  Missing was the caring, love, service to humanity and respect for others and the environment.

There’s a Native American Saying: “what comes around, goes around” or “what goes around, comes around”.  So too in any endeavor in which you decide to participate.  Consider the effect your thoughts and words have on others and the Universe.  Think of the dimensions you are affecting.  Whatever energy you expel in reaching for your goal or attaining your dream affects everything in the Universe.

Your free will determines the Universal Consciousness of your time and for succeeding generations.

Whatever your frame of reference, philosophical bent or belief system,  you will find those commentators, prophets and founders of old repeating the same common themes:  do unto others as you would have them do to you; thy kingdom done, thine will be done, on earth as it is in heaven; forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; creator of all universes, use me as tool to do the best and most wonderful things for everyone and everythingaround me, to the best of my ability;  what you focus on expands; as a human being, you are free to create whatever reality you desire, through the use of your thoughts and words;  thoughts produce actions, look at what you are thinking;  each life is linked to all life and your words carry with them chain reactions, like a stone that is thrown into a pond.”

Lee V. Bakunin, Copyright July 2, 2017