Feb 07 2009
Intelligence and Achievement
Many people look out to the world and constantly see something that is better than what they have or experience, and are generally dissatisfied with their lot in life. But, it is backward thinking to try and achieve things or states of being from what you see externally; i.e. what others have or experience out there in the world.
For what you see outside in the world has been created from intelligence. For a foetus to grow in the womb, intelligence is needed. It requires that same intelligence for a flower or a mighty tree to grow. Each and every one of us has that intelligence and what separates man from other living species is that we can direct our intelligence.
If we focus our intelligence on negativity, we will experience negativity. That means if we focus our intelligence on others always being better off than we are, we will experience that others are better off than we are for as long as we continue think that way.
If we focus our intelligence on positive things, and feel pleased about what others have achieved rather than envy them, we will be creating a feeling of pleasure related to that thing or way of being and attract it to ourselves also.
This intelligence in Zen and other eastern traditions is known as Mind – Spelled with a capital ‘M’. In religions, it is referred to as God. Personally, I see this as a pure creative force, pure energy. Actually, it can be whatever you want to call it, as the name given it won’t alter it one iota.
I am not saying here that you cannot go out into the world and purchase that expensive sports car or mansion, because you can if you have the purchasing power. But the money and the product are only available to you because originally it was created in the mind of a creator. In fact, our whole way of modern life, has been created from its original form of hunting, through to farming, to bartering and now to the creation of money for which to buy things.
The key to all power, to all manifestation and achievement made by man has been born first of all in his mind, that is linked to Mind. I cannot see any other way that it could have been. And if this is the truth and I am certain it is, all a man has to do in order to manifest his needs and desires, it to understand how to create what he aspires to by focusing his mind and feelings on to those aspirations.
But what can you do about doubts and mental blocks? There have been thousands of words spoken and written about dealing with doubts and mental blocks and this will be the subject of another post. If you have questions or wish to share anything, just leave your message in the comment section of this post.
