High Intention - Low Attachment

High Intention – Low Attachment

or... "What's The Big Idea?"
-by Schelli Whitehouse
LivingTheCertainWay.com

High Intention(s) = Emotional involvement with Your Big Idea(s). This is not wishful thinking or “I would if I could” type of fantasizing. Although, it may begin there. Your High Intention requires continuous and sustained focus on your Big Idea.

How will your life improve when your Big Idea becomes manifest? How will you have changed mentally, emotionally and/or physically? Who will you be associating with, what will you be wearing, how has the environment around you changed? Think in detail. Make sure these details are exciting to you. This Big Idea should take you beyond your present level of comfort so that when you see the end result in your mind it literally causes your pulse to quicken. You may even feel a little light-headed. Just like falling in love – you can actually feel your own heart beat.

When is the last time you had an idea or even a fleeting thought that made you feel like that? Most people stuff it away as quickly as it pops up by slapping it with down with an automatic excuse as to why it's not possible - “I'm too short, too thin, too fat, too tall, too bald, too poor, too old, too tired, too inexperienced, too single, too married, too busy, too smart, too dumb” – too whatever!

Then we forget we even have Big Ideas – we don't claim them as our own. Ask someone what would make them happy and the most common response would be “more money”. But money is just currency – it's not the physical money that will make you happy, it's what you DO with the money that brings satisfaction.

In his book, The Four-Hour Work Week, Tim Ferris states, “most people have a lot of trouble coming up with the defined dreams they're being held from. This is particularly true with the “doing” category. In that case, consider these questions:

a. What would you do, day to day, if you had $100 Million in the bank?
b. What would make you most excited to wake up in the morning to another day?

Then he goes on to suggest, that if you are drawing a blank, write down the answers to the following:

pick one place to visit
one thing to do before you die (memory of a lifetime)
one thing to do daily
one thing to do weekly
one thing you've always wanted to learn.

Now that you have your Big Idea firmly planted in your mind the next thing you must do is let go of it. Huh? Confused yet? Remember the cliché; “When you love someone (something), set them (it) free?” That's the same principle here. So, how exactly does one focus on their Big Idea and let it go at the same time?

Commit yourself to the fact that your Big Idea or BETTER is now manifesting. This is critical. The OR better factor creates a low attachment to the outcome. Better is Better, right? Your High Intention sets up the action steps necessary to achieve your Big Idea. Start taking those steps and just know that the unknown pieces of the puzzle will fall into place when and where they are supposed to. Your low attachment to the end result opens your mind to receive the good you desire through multiple and unexpected channels.

Your job is to do all that you can right now with where you are today – each action builds on previous actions advancing you toward your goal. You are becoming/evolving into the person who has, does, or is the embodiment of your Big Idea.

The more emotionally involved you are with your vision for yourself the higher your state of vibration. It's the law of vibration that governs the law of attraction. When you become emotionally involved with an idea or vision of a specific outcome, your physical and mental being literally vibrates at a higher frequency. This is the frequency that attracts that which you desire to you.

The Science of Getting Rich program uses the analogy of a radio frequency. Turning on the radio may or may not produce a result you are looking for. There may simply be static or the channel is airing news and you want to listen to music. Your action is to tune the dial to the frequency you want to RECEIVE.

Simply put, if you are not receiving the results that you want in your life, “Change The Channel”!

Tune your thoughts toward your High Intentions - there may be quite a bit of static at first, coming from your present conditions and old paradigms. You will know when you've found the correct frequency because you will feel the energy of it – the vibration of truth resonates through your whole being. This is “thinking in a certain way”! The more you practice this, the longer you will be able to sustain your vision for yourself regardless of present conditions and circumstances.

-Remember – it's This or Better!

You've got the vision – you've got the vibration – now move your feet! Move toward your goal, Take the first step, no matter how small. Physically move toward what you are attracted to and that reality will be attracted to you.

Be ready to receive for it may come to you all at once or incrementally. And most importantly – Be grateful that you are now receiving that which you desire. Be grateful for every thing you have, everything you receive and everything you can give.

Be grateful that you have Big Ideas.

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Thinking The Certain Way -excerpts from The Science of Getting Rich - by Wallace D. Wattles

I'd like this blog to be a tool to remind us about "Thinking in the Certain Way".

Wattles says, You must form a clear and definite mental picture of what you want.

The clear and definite part can be a challenge for a lot of us. I find it a challenge because I want so many things I'm not sure what to focus on first. Some of us never form a clear and definite mental picture of our heart's desire because we don't really believe that we can actually acquire or achieve what we want.

Many people....have themselves only a vague and misty concept of the things they want to become, to do, or to have. It is not enough that you should have a general desire for wealth "to do good with". Everybody has that desire. It is not enough that you should have a wish to travel, see things, live more, etc. Everybody has those desires also. If you were going to send a telegram message to a friend, you would not send the letters of the alphabet in their order and let him construct the message for himself.
(Ha-Ha - I love this analogy!)

Nor would you take words at random from the dictionary. You would construct a coherent sentence,...YOU MUST KNOW WHAT YOU WANT, AND BE DEFINITE.

The above statements really struck home with me. I have lived my life both ways. At times I have been focused and dedicated to something important and achieved my desire even when I didn't know where the resources would come from. I have also lived my life randomly, relinquishing control of my thoughts and attitude and 'hoping' for good things to come my way. I call that "Living the UNcertain way". These were the times I would become depressed and irritable and generally gained weight.

Watching the DVD of The Secret was a big slap in the face for me to WAKE-UP! I heard, "Get Focused and Move Your Feet".

Thinking the Certain Way isn't about sitting in a dim room, surrounded by candles, chanting "money, money, money" and having a million dollars pop out of your third eye.

Wattles goes on to say, Behind your clear vision must be the purpose to realize, it, to bring it into tangible expression, and, behind this purpose must be an invincible and unwavering faith that the thing is already yours - that it is at hand and you have only to take possession of it.

"Whatsoever, things ye ask for when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them."

This is Thinking the Certain Way... see things you want as if they were actually around you all the time; see yourself as owning and using them.... Hold to this mental ownership; do not waver for an instant in the faith that it is real.

There's our challenge, not to get distracted by external 'realities'. We need to hold onto our mental visions of how we want that external reality to change. Learning to Think the Certain Way is a process. It takes practice and constant reminding. We're building a new set mind muscles that will literally change our World!

Let this space be a place we can gather to remind ourselves how to Think and Live The Certain Way.

To Your Success,
Schelli

Fate? Coincidence? Law of Attraction?

I had been looking for a very special horse for about a year.

I looked at hundreds of horses on the internet - drove hundreds of miles to look at others and sat through numerous video tapes. Some beautifully showcasing the horse for sale, some truly disastrous and heartbreaking.

My criteria was very specific - but sometimes I would get discouraged and begin to think that I would never find exactly what I was looking for or that I couldn't afford it and that I should settle for something less.

This past Spring we were in the process of moving across the country. I was on a trip to Raleigh to visit my husband to look at houses for sale. The layover between flights was 3 1/2 hours so I booted up my computer and looked at pictures of pretty horses for sale. On this particular search, I had forgotten to type in the parameters for price. Hence, some spectacular pictures popped up of some very expensive horses.

One of them really got my attention - his description was everything that I was looking for; size, training, temperment, age, athletic ability, and stunningly beautiful. But, he was a breeding stallion and waaaaay out of my price range.

I sent an email anyway in the hopes that they would either have or know of another horse that might be suitable for me. Or they would say, "If you have to ask the price honey, you can't afford the horse."

I actually inquired about several horses that day and had an inbox full of responses when I returned to Denver. They didn't take long to sift through, "Thanks, your horse sounds very sweet, but he's just a little older than I'm looking for."(He's actually 27 and the picture on the website was of him as a 5 yr. old stallion).

One of the responses came from southern Illinois and appeared to be a worthy candidate. Since my husband was coming to Denver that weekend anyway he encouraged my to go ahead and visit the horse and he would stay home with the kids and do some packing. (I have a GREAT husband).

My husband was flying in late Wednesday night, so with some time to kill before heading to the airport I checked my email to see if anyone had sent along any good jokes that day. What I found was a response from the owner of the very expensive stallion I had inquired about the weekend before. She told me she had shared my inquiry with her friend and co-owner of their horse and decided that if he was a good match for me that they would rather see him go to a home where he will be active and loved than to a breeding facility where he will be isolated for the rest of his life. They had already turned down full price offers because they didn't want him to go to the kind of home that would be provided. She quoted me their rock bottom price. It just happened to be the same as my ceiling price. I was so excited I started vibrating. But I had just booked a flight to Illinois for the next day and it was the last chance I would have to travel to see a horse until sometime in July. I flipped back to the ad they had to see what part of the country they were located. Oh, My God... Southern Illinois. One hour from the St. Louis airport and one hour from the other horse I was already scheduled to see. What were the odds of that coincidence? Since it was 11:00 pm in Illinois at this time I was afraid it was too late to call - I fired off an email, "You're not going to believe this but...".

Not surprisingly by now, he (Cruiser) was everything I had been looking for in a horse. Horsanality Plus! His owner/trainer was a beautiful rider and had taught him well. Impeccable ground manners, just spectacular under saddle. He knows far more than I do. I could hardly believe I had actually found everything I wanted in a horse, all in one package.

I did go to visit the other horse I had scheduled to see. He (Major) was an awesome animal, less expensive, but with some definite emotional issues. I was caught off guard by what happened next. The 'rescuer' in me tried to take over and rationalize why I should buy the less expensive horse and 'fix' him. (He wasn't even ridable).

That night I was distraught with indecision, almost sick. Wouldn't it be selfish of me not to try to help the horse that needed the right kind of training? Cruiser was so well trained, he knows more than I do, I'm not worthy of a horse that good... and on it went through the night.

The next day I called to visit Cruiser again on my way to the airport before I made a decision. Thank God I did.

We took a wonderful ride around the farm. While sitting on his back the dark clouds in my mind rolled away. This is what I had been ASKING for. Every detail of a horse just like this had played out in my mind for months. My prayer is being answered - who am I to say 'no' to the Universe, to God for delivering to me - exactly what I have said I wanted. That awesome vibration of "this is it!" surged through every nerve ending in my body. I didn't want a 'project' horse in my life right now - I wanted a partner.

I know this is kind of a long story - but I feel it speaks to how many of us live our lives.

The process of finding Cruiser was a tremendous lesson in getting what I want.

*First - I had to SEE in my mind what that was - Exactly. You must form a clear and definite mental picture of what you want.

*Second - I had to ASK - take ACTION - a lot of inquiries - and not limit my asking because I was afraid of 'NO' or I couldn't afford it. If you believe in the Law of Attraction - you must be willing to physically take the necessary steps involved toward whatever it is you want.

*Third - I had to RECEIVE - I very nearly walked away from what I truly wanted thinking it would be selfish to choose exactly what I want over 'needs someone like me'. Recieving is the crucial point in the science of getting rich (getting what you want) - right here, where thought and personal action must be combined. My past 'programming' insisted that I settle for less than what I truly desired. I had to allow myself to receive the good that I had attracted to me.

Every one of those steps in the process is critical. Amazingly enough - I think this is true for a lot us. Sometimes the most difficult step is the ability to RECEIVE. Be Grateful and take what you asked for and do not settle for anything less.