free4now
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Out here in Northern California I have encountered several folks who have strongly recommended the movie "The Secret":
http://whatisthesecret.tv/
I finally broke down and watched it (for $4.95 off their website). The secret is to focus on what you want to attract into your life rather than what you don't want. To feel the positive feelings of the success you are moving towards. Basic abundance psychology.
I know that I have a tendency to approach things logically and focus on minimizing risks so I'm trying to get more in touch with my inner intuition and be able to trust my feelings. I really want to buy into this practice of moving towards rather than away, but frankly it scares the hell out of me.
The movie says to focus on the feeling of the end result... if you want that new car, focus on that moment of taking that first ride. They don't say to focus on how to get there (e.g. working overtime at the burger barn to make the payments). Yikes. All the people who recommended this movie to me are people who are significantly in debt themselves.
This brings me back to myself... I have always found more success in getting rid of what's not working and avoiding potential troubles, than in being the cause for wonderful things. And I think this aspect of my personality has been a significant part of why I now am FIREd.
Yet I do find that I don't have quite the same spark of life that I see in the people who worship at the altar of abundance psychology. And there is obviously significant truth to the idea that we become what we focus on.
http://whatisthesecret.tv/
I finally broke down and watched it (for $4.95 off their website). The secret is to focus on what you want to attract into your life rather than what you don't want. To feel the positive feelings of the success you are moving towards. Basic abundance psychology.
I know that I have a tendency to approach things logically and focus on minimizing risks so I'm trying to get more in touch with my inner intuition and be able to trust my feelings. I really want to buy into this practice of moving towards rather than away, but frankly it scares the hell out of me.
The movie says to focus on the feeling of the end result... if you want that new car, focus on that moment of taking that first ride. They don't say to focus on how to get there (e.g. working overtime at the burger barn to make the payments). Yikes. All the people who recommended this movie to me are people who are significantly in debt themselves.
This brings me back to myself... I have always found more success in getting rid of what's not working and avoiding potential troubles, than in being the cause for wonderful things. And I think this aspect of my personality has been a significant part of why I now am FIREd.
Yet I do find that I don't have quite the same spark of life that I see in the people who worship at the altar of abundance psychology. And there is obviously significant truth to the idea that we become what we focus on.