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July 2009 
I could not sleep...
Posted on Jan 8th, 2007
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Katya
Katya
And so I blogged.
About competition...
A friend sent me a link to a book that I have been reading by Wallace D. Wattles (left) called "The Science of Getting Rich". It is an odd title for this book (written 100 years ago), because he really describes the Law of Attraction. How to CREATE your life. Its not all about money.
[ Notice the embarrasment I experience as soon as its about moolah! So undeserving! ]
Anyhow, one of the tenets is that becoming wealthy does NOT mean your wealth has to be at the expense of another. That once you experience feelings of competition you are dropping back down into the old line of thinking.
You are no longer creating your life, you are competing for it.
Another tenet is that there is enough for everyone. [ Read my bio for some other tenets and a link to download a free copy online. ]
Anyway, starting a business creates all this fear and anxiety - "will I succeed?" "What if so and so has a similar idea?" Blah blah blah. Stuff that stands in the way of succedding in anything. And Wattles says that in moments like that you've gotta focus on gratitude. HAVE GRATITUDE for all that YOU HAVE.
You can not rise out of something until you have outgrown it. And you have not outgrown it, you can not graduate. So BE ALL THAT YOU CAN BE NOW, and appreciate all that you have.
So I couldnt sleep because i was laying there thinking about integrity and life and my spiritual practice, and how when I miss a day, I feel at odds with myself. This is sort of new because I didn't used to feel so bad. But lately I do. And its cus I've made a commitment to myself, my life, and my business - this one and all the next ones - to be ALL THAT I CAN BE.
Now when I am NOT, I fall into fear and competitive panic that feeds frenzy. It is no longer for the benefit of ALL. It becomes about ME. And that's when the nets rips and all the LOVE that I have generated escapes... it dissipates because I have grown selfish!
Anyway, thats my midnite thought. Have gratitude. And keep leaping. Lead for mankind.
Leap for your possibility. Be a stand for each other.
Check out the book. He will get you thinking. And its free - probably because the copyright laws have expired.
Love,
Katya
A friend sent me a link to a book that I have been reading by Wallace D. Wattles (left) called "The Science of Getting Rich". It is an odd title for this book (written 100 years ago), because he really describes the Law of Attraction. How to CREATE your life. Its not all about money.
[ Notice the embarrasment I experience as soon as its about moolah! So undeserving! ]
Anyhow, one of the tenets is that becoming wealthy does NOT mean your wealth has to be at the expense of another. That once you experience feelings of competition you are dropping back down into the old line of thinking.
You are no longer creating your life, you are competing for it.
Another tenet is that there is enough for everyone. [ Read my bio for some other tenets and a link to download a free copy online. ]
Anyway, starting a business creates all this fear and anxiety - "will I succeed?" "What if so and so has a similar idea?" Blah blah blah. Stuff that stands in the way of succedding in anything. And Wattles says that in moments like that you've gotta focus on gratitude. HAVE GRATITUDE for all that YOU HAVE.
You can not rise out of something until you have outgrown it. And you have not outgrown it, you can not graduate. So BE ALL THAT YOU CAN BE NOW, and appreciate all that you have.
So I couldnt sleep because i was laying there thinking about integrity and life and my spiritual practice, and how when I miss a day, I feel at odds with myself. This is sort of new because I didn't used to feel so bad. But lately I do. And its cus I've made a commitment to myself, my life, and my business - this one and all the next ones - to be ALL THAT I CAN BE.
Now when I am NOT, I fall into fear and competitive panic that feeds frenzy. It is no longer for the benefit of ALL. It becomes about ME. And that's when the nets rips and all the LOVE that I have generated escapes... it dissipates because I have grown selfish!
Anyway, thats my midnite thought. Have gratitude. And keep leaping. Lead for mankind.
Leap for your possibility. Be a stand for each other.
Check out the book. He will get you thinking. And its free - probably because the copyright laws have expired.
Love,
Katya
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hey Katya, I took you up on your suggestion to read this book. I am at the gratitude part now also A title like this is so reminiscent of early turn of the century metaphysical and quick buck self-help books. ($$$$ in your stars, Napoleon Hill etc.) I think the word rich has such a negative connotation, being synonomous with greed. As you said, how embarrassing. In the early going my arm grew very tired from holding myself back from wanting to pounce on Mr Wally Wattles. ( to paraphrase him, it is our god given right to be wealthy). Gnashing of teeth. But he gives early instructions, intuitive ones at that, to not bring intellect and criticism to what you may think he means. Merely understand and accept what he is saying. It will all come out in the wash. Just when I thought I knew where this flim-flam was going he takes a sharp turn into non-competitveness in the face of capitalism's accepted way of doing business as usual. And then gratitude. Gratitude as a response to fear. It seems like he is simply saying you have created an opening here. Surrender to it. I think when our ego( who we think we are,) begins to feel in jeopardy, it will trot out all the old distractions. And so days will be days. But that pang, that pang…. R
I sent this PDF link to many of my friends, warning them to look at it with discernment.
It is an excellent book to create faith in the unknown. Whether we think this is Christian or not, it seems that the universe is really composed of this stuff that turns intentions into reality.
It seems valid.
So with all that, I have been confronted with many feelings of being undeserving, of not being trained to live a life of getting what I want, as there is always some deeply inherent belief that humility is Good with a capital G, that not living a life of plenty is Good, that the “meek inherit the earth.”
Well I want great things. I want freedom to travel often, to meet incredible beings, to not worry about money and be able to teach others of that freedom. What's wrong with that?
And if to get it I need to throw my ego into the fire and learn about myself and the stuff “lurking in the hearts of man”, then by all means I will!
If becoming wealthy is something that I can share and help create for others so that there is less “gnashing of teeth”, then I will!
This is not selfish or Bad. And it is far harder for me to focus on what I DO want rather than bitching about what I DONT.
And the universe keeps giving me gifts lately that teach me about intention and the Law of Attraction.
I think its time to listen.
Don't strangle poor Wally. Look at that face! Its angelic.
K
Bad girl Katya, bad girl. It appears to me that it is imperative to transcend our parents. I don't mean rejection but inclusion of and movement beyond. Most of our parents truly loved us and provided us with the best of what they had to offer: security, a good heart, and the gift of their experience. In this light we can't fault them. We can weight these things and use our own judgment as to what is appropriate for us. If these frustrating ideas from yore want to take the stage, so be it. We know what your intention is Katya. Use your attention to allow these old ideas to rise and fall. Just don't hitch a ride with them anymore. Yes , Patience. Sleep well.