July 2009

Don’t believe everything you think!

by Dr. Ogi Ressel

Most doctors I chat with want to see gobs of kids and families. Yet, it's a goal that seems to elude them. Why is it that so many of us have such incredible difficulties reaching our goals and realizing an amazing future for ourselves and our loved ones? Is it not enough purpose? Not enough gumption? Not enough drive? Not enough guts?

I don’t think it's any of these things. I feel the answer lies in how we pursue our goals.

As a first step toward understanding, we need to have a look at that old Chinese proverb, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” A number of us have problems with that single step. Somehow inertia seeps in and cements our feet to the floor. We just can’t seem to get off our butt and stir the Universe.

Einstein said, “Nothing changes unless something moves.” Sometimes the simple action of movement in the right direction brings on a cascade of positive events in our lives and things “just happen” -- or so it seems.

Also, there are a number of excuses many of us fall prey to and many of these include the thought that we're either “too old” or simply “too young.”

I want you to know that age has absolutely nothing to do with reaching your goals! You're never too old or young. Richard Bach, the author of "Jonathan Livingston Seagull," said this: “If you are still alive, your purpose is not yet fulfilled.” So, age is NOT it. You have work to do!

Well, what is it then?

For the vast majority of us, it's the way we think. In the "Biology of Belief," Bruce Lipton compares our thinking to a virus -- a "Virus of the Mind."

A virus has three objectives. It duplicates itself, it’s infectious, and it spreads. A virus of the mind is the same. It starts with an idea placed in your mind when you were little, usually by those who love you the most and are the closest to you. It then duplicates, spreads, and infects others.

I remember vividly when I was very young, my mother convinced me that I shouldn't eat ice cream because it was too cold and I could catch a cold from it. And I carried that belief with me for years -- well into high school as a matter of fact. Imagine!

I mention this because all of us are in the same boat. We're subject to ideas and thoughts given to us "for our own good" by those who love us. And it's so insidious we don't even realize it.

Lipton found that thoughts actually change the chemistry of the brain! So, it's important to learn how to think in such a way that one enhances positive brain function.

Wayne Dyer, in his new book, "Excuses Begone," said that Einstein “wanted to think like God thinks.” The reason was that with God, “all things are possible.”

And so it is with us. When we become aware, we begin to think like God -- our Source -- thinks. Then, we're in alignment with our Source and no excuses are necessary. Why? Because every excuse ever created is a misalignment away from our Source.

Dyer also said: “The purpose of all that you do is to enable you to return to the Source -- and you are a piece of it.” In other words, there is a Plan unfolding for each of us and we're all moving in the direction of our Source.

Ralph Waldo Emerson said: "The precursor to every action is a thought.” Think about that for a moment. Everything you see around you -- everything -- was once a thought. Someone thought it up and it became real. So, be careful how you frame your thoughts. A great many of us are caught in thinking about what we don't have, what we don't want, etc., and we simply create more of the same because we've placed our attention on that!

Thoughts are like “things” that begin the process of materializing.

What an awesome idea!

Almost all of us have read or watched "The Secret" and tried valiantly to use the Law of Attraction to bestow upon us that which we want -- and it didn't work. Is the law wrong? No. Our thinking is. We don't attract into our life that which we want. No. We attract into our life that which we are. We need to be in total alignment with what we desire!

And, in order to have what we deeply desire manifest in our lives, we need to assume the "feeling" of a wish fulfilled. We need to feel from the endpoint rather than be thinking about and wishing the end result. You need to imagine and feel the person you would be, in order to re-create yourself. How would you feel once you reached your goal? How would you act? How would you think? In other words, you need to feel it rather than think about it. The reason is that when we feel, we're actually connected to our Source. There's no thought involved. All is possible.

You can know about a thing, but you know a thing by becoming a part of it. There's no wishing involved here, no dreaming and no hoping. You need to become the end result and feel what it's like.

Your subconscious mind can't tell the difference between what's real and what's vividly imagined -- we’ve all heard this. I say this because in the last few moments before we go to bed and before we fall asleep, we often think about all the problems we’ve experienced that day and the troubles we expect the next. The result is that we begin to feel a certain way and we attract into our life that which we feel and place our attention on. Consider that for the following eight hours, our subconscious mind floats in a sea of negativity and self-critical goop! Now, that can’t be good.

So, here's an exercise I’d like you to do. Just before you fall asleep, when you're in that special place in your mind and are totally relaxed, think about the wonderful day you’ve just had, be grateful for your experiences and the lessons you’ve learned and feel what you’d feel like once you’ve reached your goals, whatever they may be. You'll be surprised at the miracles you’ll begin to manifest into your life!

This column should have special meaning to us all because we're a part of and connected to the Innate intelligence and the Universal power that "does the healing."

(Dr. Ogi Ressel, author, researcher, and an x-ray and pediatric specialist, teaches The Practice Evolution Program, the “fastest-growing coaching program on the planet.” Visit online at www.practiceevolution.com and take the Practice Health Mini-Checkup. Dr. Ressel may be contacted by e-mail at drogi@practiceevolution.com or by calling 800-353-3082. Interested in receiving his weekly THOTS “on seeing tons of children and families in your practice?” Send him an e-mail and asked to be added to the list.)