A recent issue of "O" magazine had lots of bargains in it and discounts that Oprah had arranged for some really cute and amazing things. Unfortunately, while I like the "O" magazine, and I LOVE Oprah, as I turned each page my internal voice kept saying, "I can't afford that," or "I can't justify buying that on our income. The bills come first." I finished the magazine and set it down, filled with disappointment. I didn't even feel I could look at something and dream about it. What good was looking if I knew I couldn't have it? Now Oprah would be all over me if she heard me, and "the other me" would be climbing all over my case admonishing me to quit putting up my own roadblocks, and chastising "why don't you think you deserve these things? You deserve anything you can dream of." Obviously, I hadn't been listening to myself. I've been a hypocrite...for a really long time. It really bothers me to realize that.
One of the precepts about the power within is that you create your own reality. By saying "I know I can't have it.", I was creating that reality.
Now, because part of the power within is believing your worth, and that you are worthy of obtaining things, and goals, etc., when the new "O" magazine came this week, before I even opened it I decided to look at everthings differently as I leafed through it.
Part of the training, and the goal, is to be able to look at what you want, or think of what you want, and imagine yourself actually in possession of whatever it is. If it's a house, believe you're already standing in it and walk through, decorating it as you go. If it's money, believe it's already in your hand and start spending it (figuratively). Imagination has a lot to do with using the power within, being absolutely positive that it will happen--scratch that--positive that it already has happened.
So now I'm going to look at the new issue of "O" with a different attitude. My imagination made me happy as a child. Just because I'm older doesn't mean it can't have the same effect.
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