The Mother of All Systems: The Universe
Posted by Lynne and Chad on January 22, 2009
The universe is the largest system of all, and yes, it is a system, like any of the others we discussed last week, and guess what? You are part of the universe. So you are part of that system. The beauty is that you are a living, breathing thinking part of that system, capable of defining your own goals and aspirations. You can determine what direction you want your life to move in, and if you move in that direction with enough force and dedication, the universe will invariably step in to help you towards that goal. Remember, all systems strive towards a common goal and towards harmony of their components. As a component, as long as your goals are not contradictory of the rest of the system, you can actually steer the entire system toward your aims. If you dedicate yourself towards a particular end without compromise, the universe, as a system, will naturally align itself with you and help you along your chosen path.
Ok, here’s the rub. The universe is massive. You, by comparison, are not. The universe will react to your energy, the energy you create with the thoughts you think and actions you take. The universe cannot however, read your mind. You need to be presenting the universe with the energy you want it to align itself with in reference to your life. Let’s say you have a job you dislike or even hate, or maybe just don’t want to continue forever. I know that’s probably hard for you to imagine, I know everyone loves their jobs, but see if you can stretch your imagination a little. Now the universe picks up on two things, action energy and attitude energy.
Action energy is what the universe uses to interpret actions you take and the events in your life. Attitude energy is how you react to those actions and events. When you go to work, the action energy you put out is “money energy.” You are taking action to make money. The universe perceives this and immediately looks at how you are reacting to that action. If you go every day thinking about how much you hate your job, how miserable it makes you and how awful everything about it is, the universe is going to interpret your attitude as not being happy making money. Like I said, the universe is huge, it can’t read deeply into every nuance of what you’re thinking, it just gets the broader message. All the universe sees is you making money and being miserable, which translates to “I don’t like money.”
Since the universe is a system, it will align itself to your desires. And the desire it perceives is to stop making money. Think of it this way: Compare the universes relationship with you to your relationship with an ant. You are huge, an ant is not. When you look down and see an ant running in a particular direction, you can instantly interpret which direction it wants to be moving in. What you can’t see is why. Just like you can’t guess why an ant wants to go where it wants to go, the universe can’t determine why you are thinking the thoughts you think. It gets the general direction you are trying to move in relative to the actions you are taking. I don’t want you to start thinking of yourself as small or insignificant with my ant analogy, I merely want to illustrate the scale of what you are able to perceive so you will understand what it is the universe is able to perceive when it looks at you.
By remembering that the universe only picks up on your action and your attitude, you can clarify your desires. The best thing you can do in this example is shift your focus at work. Focus on the fact that you are making money and that money is a good thing. Be glad that at the end of the day you will have made more than you woke up with. Let the universe see you being happy making money and it will support you in making more. By removing the negativity you feel about working, you remove the negativity the universe perceives that you are feeling about money. Once you actually replace that negativity with positive thoughts and energy, the universe will see that you unequivocally want to be successful financially, that you enjoy and desire the opportunity to make money. The universe will then align itself to the energy and goals that you are demonstrating and start helping you earn whatever you want. With enough of the right focus and energy, you can convince the universe to virtually throw money and opportunities at you. Remember, systems work best when all of the components are working in comfortable harmony. As soon as the universe starts seeing you as desiring money and success, it will feed you as much as it feels you can handle, because the happier you are as a component of the system, the better off the system as a whole will be.
In the example we just outlined, we talked about two extreme ends of the spectrum. At one end, you are a miserable employee, at the other you are the most positive and driven person you can be. There is obviously a bit of a divide here. Many people fall somewhere in between: there are good days where they are happy with their jobs and bad days where they are miserable. For these people (for most people that is) the universe is never going to get a clear impression of what they want.
You need to train yourself to control your attitude and outlook. If you are constantly switching back and forth between two extreme attitudes, the universe has no choice but to try and average out what you seem to want. Basically if you spend half of your time happy and half of your time miserable, the universe can’t really do much. It will ultimately average out your attitude over time and leave you pretty much where you started.
Accept that the universe is watching, and be glad that it naturally wants to help. Demonstrate, every day, with as much conviction as you can, the things you want for your future. Train yourself, as strictly as possible, to send a consistent message to the universe, and always be grateful when the universe responds.
