I am in the flow.

What does this phrase mean to you?

I am aligned. Everything is working out. Life is moving me forward. I am dancing with life instead of resisting and pushing. I live with ease. I live with passion. I love what I do.

I am in the flow.

Are you in the flow? Or do you remember the time in your life when you were?

Ideas, opportunities, and people seemed to show up right in time, moving you forward where you wanted to go. Serendipities followed you everywhere.

Small and seemingly insignificant events had a whole new meaning for you because they were there to show you – you are on the right track.

You felt excited, motivated, inspired.

You found your muse.

And you rolled with it.

You lived!

You do know what I am talking about, right? I know you do. You might be in the flow now. Or I bet you remember at least one period in your life when you were in the flow. It might have been short or it might have been long. But I know you know what I talking about.

Where did all that magic come from?

You tapped into your Inner Genius. You tapped into your Inner Source of Creativity, Inspiration, Motivation and Wisdom.

We all have that Inner Genius that can help us with anything. That Inner Source of Creativity that is ready to provide us with a million ideas about how to make our dreams a reality. That Inner Source of Wisdom to help with taking action on opportunities.

It is inside of us waiting for us to reconnect with it.

Maybe you got disconnected from the source and never found your way back. Or maybe living in connection with it is your everyday reality. Lucky you, if it is the latter.

All the success stories you hear are about people who tapped into the source.  Success rarely has anything to do with luck. In fact I don’t believe in luck, but I guess it is just the matter of how we define certain terms.

And I am even going to dare to say that success rarely has anything to do with hard work alone (don’t throw stones at me yet, let me explain).

Sure, both luck and hard work might take place but they took place because the connection to the source was there. It might have been weak or it might have been strong but it was there.

I truly believe that big and authentic success can’t come only because of luck or hard work. If you are completely disconnected you’ll never find enough motivation to keep up with the hard work.  And luck will never ring its charms on you.

All the answers are truly inside of us. All we have to do is to learn how to connect with the source on a regular basis and you will always be in the flow.

So without postponing it any further, how do you connect to your Inner Genius?

How do you get in the flow?

Here are the exact steps to follow:

Find who you are. “Know thyself” for centuries has been proclaimed to be a key to happiness, meaning and fulfillment. Do you know who you truly are? What are you good at? What  are you passionate about? What are your values?

Do this quick exercise for me. Grab a piece of paper. Now close your eyes and imagine your Best Self. Imagine a time when you are at your best – you look the best, you feel the best, you are happy with yourself, you act exactly the way your Best Self would act.

 Get into that feeling of being your Best Self. Now open your eyes and write down 7-10 words that describe your Best Self. Courage, trust, powerful, sophisticated,… what are your words?

Don’t think. Don’t analyze. Just write them down. That’s going to give you a good glimpse into your True Self. There are tons of other exercises you can do to discover who you truly are.

Find yourself. Don’t postpone. This is the only way to get in the flow and stay there.

Write down your life purpose statement. Now expanding from the step above, come up with your life purpose statement. You can read this series to help you with that.

They often say you don’t discover your life purpose, you create it, and I totally agree. As long as it resonates with you on a deep level, inspires you and is clearly stated, you got it right.

Come up with your Vision. Having an authentic vision aligned with who you are and your life purpose is the next step.  Your Vision should answer two questions – what and why. What you want your life to be and why you want it. Write it down.

Get clear on your goals aligned with your True Self, your Life purpose and your Authentic Vision. Write them down as clearly as possible.

Clarity

Everything we were doing  up until now was to help us gain true clarity. 95% of the population lives without that degree of clarity. Are you going to be in the winning 5%?

I believe and saw many examples that true clarity can create miracles.

Live consciously. Why? Because this is the only way to ensure you live every day aligned with your True Self, your Purpose, your Vision and your goals. When you live consciously and with awareness you won’t allow yourself to slip into the old patterns. You won’t allow your limiting beliefs to distract you.

You’ll live your Vision fully.

If you do all of the above, there is a very high chance you’ll get in the flow. Your Inner Genius will wake up and start doing everything to help you along the way. But in order for you to not disconnect again make sure you do the following regularly as well.

Spend time with yourself. What are the activities you do that reconnect you with your True Self?  It might be journaling, it might be meditating, it might be reading a book or listening to some particular music. What makes you feel inspired? What makes you vibrate high?  Whatever it is, find it.

Do it regularly no matter how busy you might be. Remember, if you lose your connection, no amount of hard work will help you to reach your goals.

If you stay connected though, if you are in the flow, hard work will never feel like hard work. You’ll enjoy it. You’ll be motivated to keep up with it. You’ll be inspired. You’ll have tons of ideas. And see opportunities everywhere you go.

You’ll be in the flow.

And you’ll get the results that you want.

Most importantly, you’ll enjoy the journey.

That’s all that really matters.

Remember, happiness is a process, not a destination.

Notes: As you might have noticed with major blog redesign I am also very excited to launch my coaching that I’ve been doing only offline up until now.  This is exactly what my coaching is designed to help you with – to get clear and to get in the flow. And I give you the tools to stay there —  I create a custom made visualization CD just for you to help you get aligned with your Authentic Vision. Check it out.

I used to think that we all want to be accepted. Isn’t it why we do most of the things that we do – try to lose weight, try to make more money, find love, become a better person.

One way or another we are doing all of that to be accepted and approved by others.

This desire is ingrained in our brain. We want acceptance, we want approval.

Avatar changed this for me though. Awesome movie by the way, highly recommend it.

“I see you”.

This phrase struck me in the heart.

This is the phrase the people of Pandora used in the movie to greet each other –  I see you.

Forget acceptance. This is what we all want – to be seen.  We want to be clearly seen. We want to be seen for who we are. Acceptance is great but being clearly seen is so much more important.

Not convinced? Would you rather people see who you truly are, what is special about you, how you are different… or accepted and approved you? Ideally it would be great to have both, but I think if we had to choose we’d always choose to be clearly seen than accepted.

I had a person in my life who loved to argue with me. He used to want to prove that I was wrong all the time. He did not accept me.

But he saw me. He knew even the small things about me that made me special and different. He saw me for who I truly was and I loved it.

Being clearly seen makes us feel special.  It makes us feel that we are making a difference in this world by being a part of it, that the world wouldn’t be complete if we were not here.

Want to make people happy? See them. See unto them.

How?

Look into their eyes. Actually listen to what they have to say. Be present. Don’t rush.

Ask yourself–what is unique about this person? What does he want to be noticed for? You’ll hear the answers. We are all one anyway, you’ll know what it is if you ask.

Even with total strangers, just ask yourself and listen. You’ll hear the answer. You’ll know what they want to be noticed for.

It might be something very small, but if you notice that small feature about them, you’ll make their day.

Change your focus from yourself to that person.  But don’t fake it. Truly care.

Most importantly, repeat to yourself – I see you. If there is not enough time or you don’t know what to say, you don’t have to speak, just look at them and send the signal silently – I see you.

They’ll feel it. They will know it.

And they will want to return the favor. And you’ll make each other a little bit happier. And you’ll make the day a little bit brighter. And you’ll make the world a better place to live.

Just see the person in front of you.

It might be your friend or your partner or a cashier at the store. See them. See unto them.

By the way – I see you. And I think you are pretty awesome.

I have used creative visualization randomly throughout the past few years to reach certain goals of mine and I knew about its benefits.

I read the book “The Subconscious Mind Power” where the role of visualization is emphasized in creating our reality.

But for whatever reason I never started doing it consistently.

I think a lot of us know about visualization and its power but few of us actually do it on a regular basis–like every day or even every other day.

How I started.

Well, the first time I truly got to thinking about making it a part of my daily routine was when I met a lady at one of the seminars I went to. The lady was diagnosed with some untreatable disease awhile ago and was told she had 6 months left to live at the most.

That is when someone told her about visualization and she decided to give it a try. She had nothing to lose after all. She was living in a wheelchair at the time and couldn’t walk or even stand on her own. Three month after using visualization, she started walking. A month later doctors said she was going to live.

Now 3 years later, she looks and feels better than she felt in a long time, has a prospering business and loves every second of her life.

All of that just with the use of creative visualization.

When I heard a real person standing in front me telling me this story, that’s when I decided that I had to try it.

Why does it work?

I call visualization a process of consciously convincing our subconscious to bring us something we want to manifest.

A lot of our daily thoughts and actions are affected by our subconscious programming. Unfortunately, we didn’t choose most of that programming, it got imprinted there in childhood or through certain experiences we had in life. Some of the beliefs our subconscious holds don’t make sense at all, but we live them often without realizing it.

Well, the process of visualization is designed to help us to consciously choose our programming. This in turn will help us live a more conscious life. Of course, it is still programming, but a conscious one, made by choice, if it makes any sense.

Our subconscious mind doesn’t understand the difference between real and imaginary. Our subconscious mind is also connected to the Universal Mind which can create anything.

Once our subconscious takes something as a truth, it will find a way to bring it into our reality. You will start becoming a person that can really reach the goal you are visualizing. Ideas, opportunities, and people will start showing up in your life sometimes in miraculous ways.

I truly believe that this world is abundant and everything we ever wanted or needed is already here. Our limiting beliefs though distract our mind from seeing the right opportunity and acting on it.

Visualization helps us to focus our mind, get rid of distractions or limiting beliefs and as a result we start seeing opportunities and acting on them.

Visualization also makes us highly intuitive, so some events might look like a miracle, like an urge to go to some place where you’ll meet a person you needed or do something that will bring you closer to a goal of yours.

That is our subconscious guiding us and sending us in the right direction.

The human mind is a miraculous machine. It can reach anything, all you have to do is make it believe and give it a specific goal to achieve.

Get Clear First

But before you start visualizing you have to get really clear on what it is you want to manifest.

Without getting clear on your true desires, visualization might still work, most likely it will work if you do it right, but reaching those goals won’t make you happy. You have to find your true desires coming from your soul and align them with your mind beliefs. This is the only  way to experience true joy and fulfillment.

You can convince your mind of anything, but your soul, your Highest Self will help you only with those goals that correspond to your calling you came here to accomplish.  So it is important to find your true goals.

Check out my Life Purpose Series to discover your Life Purpose and then make sure that the goals you set are aligned with it.

Once you’ve discovered the goals that come from your soul, it is time to convince your mind using visualization.

“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, you can achieve.” Napoleon Hill.

Let’s start.

1. Find a place where you won’t be interrupted for a few minutes.

2.  Set the intention for your visualization session. What do you want to accomplish with it? This step is very important. Clear intention in the beginning will ensure a big part of the success of the session. Examples of intentions: “Get into the feeling of abundance so that I can attract it into my life.” “See myself as a confident person so that I can improve my self-esteem.” What is your intention?

3. Think of exactly what you are going to visualize before you start. The best way to do it if you have enough time is to write out your Ideal Day. You can read about how to come up with your ideal day here. If you don’t have enough time to visualize your whole ideal day than just pick a part of that day or just some particular goal of yours you want to manifest.

4. Get into the alpha state. This is the best state of mind to impress your subconscious with your goals. That’s when your logical conscious mind is not interrupting and access to your subconscious is open. If you are meditating, getting into alpha state should be easy for you. If not, then just get in a comfortable position lying down or sitting in a chair and deliberately start relaxing every part of your body by focusing your attention on it and letting go off the tension.

5. Start visualizing. When visualizing make sure to follow the guidelines below.

• Be in the picture, don’t look at it as if from afar
• Involve all five of your senses. This is very important to make the experience as real as possible for your mind.
• Important: Especially involve your feelings. Your feelings are your subconscious mind’s preferred mode of communication. If you want to impress it quickly, use your feelings.

Use as much detail as you can but don’t worry if the picture is fuzzy. You will get better with practice and remember, your feelings are the most important part. As long as you get the desired feelings, the quality of the picture is not that important.

It is the vibration or the energy that you send out that is going to impress your subconscious and make it believe.

If you are visualizing the whole ideal day (click on the link to read about the Ideal Day), it might take you about 20-30 minutes. If you are visualizing just a part of your ideal day or a certain goal of yours then it might take anywhere from 5 minutes and up.

Do the best you can and let go of the rest. You don’t have to be perfect, just do what you can.

Any time you dedicate to your vision is better than no time at all.

Always visualize as if the goal of yours came true already. Live it. Feel it. Believe it. You’ll see that physical reality will follow your vision soon.

I truly believe that the Ideal Day creative visualization technique is one of the most powerful techniques out there for shifting your reality. So, I prepared a 27-page report called the Ultimate Guide to Ideal Day Creative Visualization Technique for you outlining exactly how to do it.

I also have my guided visualization meditation mp3 for you to download. In that mp3 I guide you through the whole visualization session to ensure that you stay focused and don’t get distracted.

The mp3 was recorded using brainwave technology that will put you into meditative alpha state that you need for effective visualization.

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We all have heard this phrase so many times: “Ask and it is given”.  We also often hear that everything is given to us before we even asked.

A lot of resources speak about the fact that time is nonexistent and that everything happens Here and Now. They also say that this Universe is multidimensional and everything is possible, because everything happened already.

It all sounds great but I think a lot of people struggle to understand this concept.  And since we don’t understand it, it is hard for us to actually live with that perspective in mind. That would mean having no fears, no doubts, no worries any more…everything was given to you already. Everything you ever wanted is already here…what to fear, right?  Seems easy, but so hard to actually follow through.

Well, today I heard the best explanation of the same thing and I wanted to share it with you, because if you truly understand the concept of everything being here already, you will be completely happy and have no fears anymore. Wouldn’t that be great?

I was invited to watch a documentary movie at my new friend’s house. The documentary was featuring Ram Tzu (aka Wayne Liquorman), one of the enlightened gurus. And one of the things he said during the documentary was: “Imagine that your whole life is a painting. But this painting is 500 miles long. If you step far enough you will be able to see the whole painting at once, but most of us stand very close to the painting so we are able to see only one piece of the painting at a time.  That means we are able to experience only one piece of the painting at a time. Then we move to the next piece, then to the next…”

Don’t you think this is the best explanation of “ask and it is given”?

The painting is already here, you can experience any piece you want or you can experience all of it at once. Most of us never step back and look at the painting from the point where we see all of it.  This is the path of the enlightened; they become observers of life.

Most of us though look at the painting standing up close to it and we see a piece of it through the prism of our emotions, thoughts , feelings, words and actions. We allow all of those things to determine what piece of the painting we’ll see and experience next.  

When you have what they call “low” thoughts, emotions, feelings, words and actions, you’ll see, and as a result, experience the piece of the painting that corresponds those low vibrations . When you have high vibrations you get closer to the piece of the painting that corresponds those high vibrations and that is what you get to experience.

Want to experience something that will bring you joy?  Vibrationally align yourself with joy, focus on it with your thoughts, feelings, words and actions and that is what you will see and experience.

That is your Law of Attraction. The painting is here already. But you will see and experience only the part of it that you are vibrationally aligned with.

But the fact is that this whole painting is here. Anything is possible. It was already given to you before you even asked.

This whole painting is you. That is your Universe.

The experience of the enlightened.

The enlightened person though is able to step further away from the painting and see the whole picture. The enlightened person is able to misidentify from the feelings, thoughts, emotions, etc. He accepts the whole painting. And he loves it all “as is”.

He opens himself up to life whatever the piece he experiences next is. He stops judging– good or bad.  All of those pieces are equal to him. They are all part of the painting and he accepts the whole thing.

He stops chasing the desire to see only the nice parts of the painting. He stops fearing bad parts. He accepts them all.

 The Enlightened manage to get rid of their Ego and the separation our Ego makes us to believe in.

Our Ego makes us separate from the whole picture. Our Ego makes us believe that we are just a piece that we get to experience at any given moment. 

It also makes us identify ourselves with our feelings. The reason we want to experience nice pieces of the painting is because they make us feel good. And since our Ego says that we are our feelings then of course we want to experience the pieces that make us feel good.

The Enlightened on the other hand misidentify from their feelings and thoughts. Good ones, bad ones, they are all equal. They are all part of the whole picture. They accept and love them all.

 As I see it there are three stages of consciousness:

1st stage and the lowest stage of consciousness is when people live completely on autopilot and in the trap of their Egos. They stand really close to the painting and experience what their vibrations dictate them to experience. They resist ‘bad’ pieces, but they don’t realize that they are the ones who choose to see and experience those ‘bad’ pieces.

They don’t realize that they can control the process. Life happens to them and most of the time they feel like victims.

2nd stage of consciousness are people who know about the Law of Attraction or the power of their mind. They know that they can choose what to experience next. They know that all they have to do is to vibrationally align themselves with what they desire to experience and it will be given to them.

They still identify with their Egos, but they know that they are in control and they choose or try to choose the best experiences possible. They identify with their feelings and as a result they identify with particular pieces of the painting they get to experience. They don’t love the whole painting, they want only those parts of the painting that make them feel good.

3rd stage of consciousness are the enlightened. They are observers. They are able to step away from the painting and see the whole picture. They give up the need to control, but unlike those in the first stage, they do it consciously. They don’t resist anything.

They accept the whole painting and they love the whole painting. They don’t judge–good or bad. They don’t feel the need to change anything. They don’t care which piece they will experience next, all the pieces are equal to them, all the pieces are part of the great experience called Life and they treasure that experience.

 Where are you at in those 3 stages of consciousness?

I am at the second stage most of the time. Well, let’s admit sometimes I even slip into the first stage. It happens when I get into the victim mode and start complaining that something in life happens to me unfairly. Luckily that doesn’t happen that often anymore.

Sometimes I slip into the third stage. This is an incredible feeling. I become calm and accepting. All my fears and worries dissapear. I love everyone and everything around me. I am fully present.  But I am really far away from completely getting rid of my Ego.

I think most readers of this blog fall into the second stage and there is nothing wrong with that.  Yes, we still let our Egos rule our lives. We identify ourselves with what we feel and think. We like only separate pieces of the painting and we prefer only those pieces that make us feel good.

That is why we want to learn as much as possible about the Law of Attraction, subconscious mind power etc. That allows us to attract the experiences that make us feel good.

There is nothing wrong with being in the second stage. It is definitely better than being stuck in the victim mode of the first stage. 

Well, “better, worse”, this is all my Ego again judging and putting labels. Everything is just “is” in reality. It is all one. One painting.  One Universe. One piece. That one piece is You. That one piece is Life.

 I understand the concept, but  I guess I am still stuck with my Ego for awhile.

I am glad I am in the second stage. Not sure I will ever transition completely to the third stage in this lifetime , but who knows…

Download my free report and video series that will help you master the second stage and create the life of your dreams. This report and video series are for people like me – second stagers. You also especially need it if you still spend a lot of time in the first stage.

If you are enlightened though, you definitely don’t need it, but I guess you know it yourself:)

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       1 .   You fail only if you quit. There is a great quote “Failure is not fatal, success is not final, it is the courage to continue that counts.”   There is another great quote “It is not that I am smarter I just stay with the problem longer.”  Failure is just a step closer to your dream. As  long as you get up and keep moving, you will succeed, there is no way around it.

  2.      Do something every day to get out of your comfort zone. This is the only way to grow and learn. Fear is your biggest enemy on the way to your dreams. The more you go out of your comfort zone the less you fear. You cannot succeed if you always stay in your comfort zone. Make it a point to do something every day, even if it is something small, to get out of your comfort zone.

3.      Know exactly what you want. Make a vision out of it. Write it down.

4.      Focus on what you want, ignore what you don’t want. What you focus on multiplies and grows in your life.

5.      Live in the present moment, take things one day at a time. Especially when times get tough, don’t think of the future, don’t think of anything else but the present moment. You can get through anything one moment at a time. Know your long term vision and then take each day one at a time.

6.      Keep moving, don’t stand still. Always strive for taking action. The longer you stand still the harder it is going to be to start moving again. Do whatever it takes to take action toward your dreams. Even if it is something small, small steps add up into massive success over time.

7.      Always find something to be grateful for. Think about what you are grateful for every day. If you can’t find anything, think about the children starving in Africa, I bet you will find something after that.

8.      Take full responsibility for everything you have in your life. Only when you take full responsibility for what you have, do you give yourself power to change your life for the better. You can’t change anything while in the victim mode.

9.      When something good is over, don’t cry, smile and be grateful that it was. You will attract something even better this way.

10. Don’t procrastinate because you think you need more preparation time. You will never know it all. Take action and learn on the way.

11. Don’t worry about making money, think about bringing value. Money will follow.

12. Find your passions. You can’t bring value if you are not passionate about what you do.

13. Commit to continuous learning, you will never know it all.

14. Don’t resist things you don’t like in your life. What you resist persists. Instead of focusing on what you don’t want, focus on what you want.

15. No one is ever misbehaving. Stop trying to control others and get upset if they don’t do what you expected them to do. Just assume that no one is ever misbehaving, no one is ever trying to upset you on purpose. Life gets much easier when you assume that.

16. Even when someone does upset you on purpose they most likely do it out of fear. Forgive quickly.

17.  Be kind to people. Most importantly be kind to yourself. Don’t beat yourself up for your mistakes. Just say “Next time I’ll do it differently”. Again it is all about your focus. Focus on what you did wrong and you will do it again. Focus on how you can do it better, and you will do it better.

18. Expect only the best and you will get the best. Believe you deserve a wonderful life. You will never get more than you are open to receive.

19. Don’t get comfortable. Be happy and grateful, but never comfortable. As soon as you are comfortable you stop growing. Life is about continuous progress, be happy with what you have but always strive for more.

To be continued….I add more rules all the time, so I’ll keep them posted here.  Do I follow all of those rules 100% in my life? No, I don’t, but I am trying and I know one day I will.