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Your Energy Level
by Wayne Dyer
Please indulge me in a
little exercise right here, right now. Put this magazine down and say
out loud: I’m not from here. Let the meaning of the words be clear to
you. The meaning is that you are in this world, but not of this world.
You’ve been taught that who you are is a body with your name, made up of
molecules, bones, tissue, oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen. You know
yourself as the person with your particular name and you identify
yourself as the person with the possessions and achievements that you’ve
accumulated. This self also possesses some terrifying information. It
knows that if it’s lucky it’s destined to grow old, get sick and lose
everything that it’s grown to love. Then it will die. This is a
shortened version of what the world has offered you, which probably
leaves you mystified and flabbergasted at the absurdity of this thing we
call life. Into this bleak picture, which inspires fear and even terror,
I’d like to introduce a concept that will eliminate the terror. I want
you to know that you needn’t subscribe to the idea that you are only
this collection of bones and tissues, destined to be annihilated in an
aging process.
You’ve emerged from a
universal field of Creation that I’ve been calling intention. In a
sense, this universal mind is totally impersonal. It is pure love,
fondness, beauty and creativity, always expanding and endlessly
abundant. You emanated from this universal mind. And as I keep telling
you, universal means everywhere and at all times. In other words,
infinite. As long as your wishes are aligned with the forward movement
of this everlasting principle, there’s nothing in nature to restrict you
from attaining the fulfillment of those wishes. It’s only when you
choose to allow ego to oppose the expanding, receptive forward movement
of the infinite mind of intention that the realization of your wishes
doesn’t feel fulfilling. Life itself is eternal and you spring from this
infinite nothing called life. Your ability to connect to the eternal and
live in the here-and-now will determine your staying connected to
intention.
We all live on a stage
where many infinities gather. Just take a look outside tonight and
contemplate the infinity of space. There are stars so distant from you
that they’re measured in the distance that light travels in an Earthly
year. Beyond those stars that you can see are endless galaxies that
stretch out into something we call eternity. Indeed, the space that you
occupy is infinite. Its vastness is too huge for us to see. We’re in an
infinite, never-ending, never-beginning universe.
Now pay close attention to
this next sentence. If life is infinite, then this is not life. Read
that again and consider that life truly is infinite. We can see this in
everything that we scrupulously observe. Therefore, we must conclude
that life, in terms of our body and all of its achievements and
possessions, which without exception begins and ends in dust, isn’t life
itself. Grasping life’s true essence could radically change your life
for the better. This is an enormous inner shift that eliminates fear of
death (how can you fear something that can’t exist?) and connects you
permanently to the infinite Source of Creation that intends everything
from the world of infinite Spirit, into a finite world. Learn to be
comfortable with the concept of infinity and see yourself as an infinite
being.
While we’re in this finite
world of beginnings and endings, the power of intention maintains its
infinite nature because it’s eternal. Anything you experience as other
than eternal is simply not life. It’s an illusion created by your ego,
which strives to maintain a separate address and identity from its
infinite Source. This shift toward seeing yourself as an infinite
spiritual being having a human experience, rather than the reverse –
that is, a human being having an occasional spiritual experience, is
loaded with fear for most people. I urge you to look at those fears and
face them directly right now; the result will be a permanent connection
to the abundance and receptivity of the universal Source that intends
all of Creation into temporary form.
Excerpted from The
Power of Intention: Learning to Co-create Your World Your Way
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