Hello Dear Friends!

Yes, this evening it’s New Year’s Eve! It’s by far the best moment to reflect about the past year, but even more to look at 2009 with a lot of passion!

I suppose a lot of us will celebrate New Year’s Eve and it’s a very good thing to do, to gather round with friends, with beloved ones, to have a great time with each other, to celebrate the end of 2008 in a good atmosphere. It’s one of those special moments that gives you the feeling of a lot of Good vibes hanging around in the air. I think many people feel this change of energy on days like Christmas and New Year’s Eve. You can feel it in the air.

There are many wonderful reasons to celebrate a New Year coming in. One of my personal favourite ‘reasons’ is:
celebrating a New Year gives us the opportunity to celebrate New things inside us.
It’s a very powerful moment to create New things inside and outside us. Many people have a desire deep inside themselves - about whatever theme it may be, to let in new things, to let in new circumstances, new people, new patterns of thought, new habits … Mostly we are so busy with what we call ‘daily life’ that we don’t pay enough attention to that burning desire/flame deep inside us, a desire which could bring us more and more to the expansion of who we really are. Do you know what I mean, you can feel deep inside you that desire for change - on whatever subject that may be - but still not have the courage to follow that desire. So from the vision of the Higher Source / Universe / God, New Year gives you support in letting in new things.

Every day of the year can bring you that change. Even more, every moment can give you that turning point. But watch this, because there is a strong supporting Universal Energy on New Year’s Day and given that there are so many people who are focused on that New Year coming in, there is a great opportunity for you to put your decision for change - on a particular subject - in that moment.

Decide to let in new things that feel good. There may be (will be?! … hahaha!) resistance on the surface and that can be overcome! It’s not really about forcing you to let in one or another new thing, although sometimes it can be very good to push it in the right direction as it helps you to overcome the resistance you hold. It’s about letting in that desire for change you feel inside. Give birth to that! When it’s too difficult to do it in this moment, it’s okay! You have all day every day to put in that decision for change. You could do other things instead, but still emphasizing that desire for change. Maybe it’s a long-held but always postponed desire or decision to clean up your office or to call a particular person, to get rid of that sad looking furniture and to replace it with a more fresh looking one, to take more time off to go for a walk or do some sports, to spend more time with your family or friends. You can ALWAYS let in some ‘little’ new changes into your life. Rather, they are not as little as they may seem, because those decisions put you in that strong energy of letting in new things and by the Law of Attraction they attract more and more of that, until one day you can manifest that strong desire inside you about that particular subject - now strong enough to let it in.

It’s about DESIRE and DECISION.

You can / may feel the desire for change and then you have to decide to let that into your life.

Be clear to yourself what it is you want to manifest.

A funny example on this theme I experienced yesterday:

I couldn’t find my 2009 agenda, a present from my parents. I searched my whole place but couldn’t find it. I didn’t have the slightest idea where it could be. I had an appointment with someone, so I had to leave my home. I saw my car outside, still packed with a lot of stuff I hadn’t yet removed. Frequently I have the ‘conviction’ to say, ”I will do that tomorrow”. In that particular moment I felt a desire for change, ”why tomorrow?”. Do it now! So as I was cleaning up my car, yes, I found my agenda.
For me it was a great experience and it meant a lot and it still does.

It’s not about saying you may not postpone things, it’s about trying to let in new thought patterns, new ideas, new habits, new convictions when you feel that desire inside you. It takes courage and it may feel a little bit forced, but you need that power to break through your resistance. It’s never about forcing you so much that it doesn’t feel good any more after having done it. I don’t mean that one moment of not feeling good after doing something difficult - which is sometimes typical for breaking the resistance - but about a persistent not feeling good day after day after having done it.

So when you celebrate New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day, you might choose to think about that, what New things can you let in for the New Year, what desires do you have deep inside you (about whatever theme it may be) that are ready to be released? And, when it is too difficult for you to let in those desires, which other, more easy to reach desires/New things, do you have and how could you express them?

Think and feel about it, and then let in the New things and remember they are never ’small’ because as you work with the Law of Attraction they will bring you to the other ‘great’ desires more and more. It’s a Law!

Have a Magical New 2009 and let in a lot of Good New Things!

Frank V.

The warrior of light is a believer.
Because he believes in miracles, miracles begin to happen. Because he is sure that his thoughts can change his life, his life begins to change. Because he is certain that he will find love, that love appears.
Now and then, he is disappointed. Sometimes, he gets hurt.
Then he hears people say: ‘He’s so ingenuous!’
But the warrior knows that it is worth it. For every defeat, he has two victories in his favour.
All believers know this.

Translated by Margaret Jull Costa

by Paulo Coelho

The warrior of light recognises the silence that precedes an important battle.
And that silence seems to be saying: ‘Things have stopped. Why not forget about fighting and enjoy yourself a little.’ Inexperienced combatants lay down their arms at this point and complain that they are bored.
The warrior listens intently to that silence; somewhere something is happening. He knows that devastating earthquakes arrive without warning. He has walked through forests at night and knows that it is precisely when the animals are silent that danger is near.
While the others talk, the warrior trains himself in the use of the sword and keeps his eye on the horizon.

Translated by Margaret Jull Costa

by Paulo Coelho

‘This is the official trailer for the film adaptation of the Paulo Coelho book “Veronika Decides To Die” starring Sarah Michelle Gellar.
Coming to theaters worldwide in 2009.’

For the warrior there is no such thing as an impossible love.
He is not intimidated by silence, indifference or rejection. He knows that, behind the mask of ice that people wear, there beats a heart of fire.
This is why the warrior takes more risks than other people. He is constantly seeking the love of someone, even if that means often having to hear the word ‘No’, returning home defeated and feeling rejected in body and soul.
A warrior never gives in to fear when he is searching for what he needs. Without love, he is nothing.

Translated by Margaret Jull Costa

by Paulo Coelho

The warrior of light knows that everyone is afraid of everyone else.
This fear generally manifests itself in two ways: through aggression or through submission. They are two facets of the same problem.
That is why, whenever he finds himself before someone who fills him with fear, the warrior reminds himself that the other person has the same insecurities as he has. He has surmounted similar obstacles and experienced the same problems.
But he knows how to deal with the situation better. Why? Because he uses fear as an engine, not as a brake.
The warrior learns from his opponent and acts in a like manner.

Translated by Margaret Jull Costa

by Paulo Coelho

Desire is the starting point of deliberate achievement, and so it is worth it to discuss it further.

What is felt as a desire depends on the subconscious programs running at the time. These are the filters through which natural desires express themselves. The clearer these are, the easier it is for a genuine desire to be felt fully. If there are a lot of patterns which ‘interpret’ what we truly want in line with what we consider possible, then what can occur is that we feel an edited version of a true heart’s desire - exactly to the extent to which our present way of seeing life will allow us to experience the desire.

Our sense of reality acts as a filtering mechanism for our entire experience. What we consistently, at a deeper level, feel as true becomes our experience. This means *all* of our experience, including our desires. So if our perception of life is essentially one which considers something as ridiculous to even attempt, then we can have the most sincere desire and still not really feel it because our sense of reality edits it through the filter of ‘not possible’.

There are two things which are crucial to this filtering mechanism: fear and a sense of possibility. In a way, both come from not fully acknowledging your own power and having faith in it. But for the purposes of most easily identifying what needs to be overcome to progress effectively, it’s useful to classify these two as different kinds of emotional patterns. Because that’s what they are primarily, in terms of the level on which they have an effect on our experience - they are emotional patterns. And emotions are key, because they indicate what’s being attracted. If the intellectual mind thinks one thing and the emotions disagree, then the emotions win, in regards of what is an accurate indicator of our energy.

What ‘being clear’ is all about is to be free of the self-sabotaging emotional patterns which literally act like a magnetic repellent to what is declared as an intention. This might sound paradox at first. Because, if you want something, then how can there be resistance, which effectively means not wanting it? The answer is that one level of us can clearly feel a desire while others have conditioning running which states that it would somehow not be feasible to allow ourselves to go for that desire. An example would be someone who wants to be a musician in terms of what they really feel like, who has a myriad of emotional patterns which show themselves every time they attempted to really go for that. Those are the thoughts of ‘not possible’, ‘not good enough’, and the like.

These feelings are very common, and there is absolutely nothing unusual about these. It seems as though virtually everyone has some of these ‘doubting emotions’, and fortunately, this is a very benevolent universe indeed and we don’t need to be anywhere near fully clear of imbalanced emotions to achieve effectively. It’s just that the clearer of these emotions we are, the easier it tends to become to attract all the goodness into our lives. Attracting what we want via the Law of Attraction in a deliberate way means to adjust our energy so that it only draws towards it that which is genuinely wanted in our lives. Emotions are actual energy. They are energy which runs through our system, and so they are vital to this.

Fear and a sense of possibility have already been mentioned as key filtering mechanisms of our perceptions of life, and thus feelings. More specifically speaking, several areas are key regarding emotions; among which are fears regarding what comes with achieving on a venture, our feelings of self-worth, our self-esteem, how much we feel we deserve, and sheer faith in the process of achieving what we want. The first is in a way about the fear itself, while the latter four are related to our sense of possibility, and perception of life - except for feelings of deservingness, which can act as a direct resistance to what we declare as an intention. It’s perfectly possible to declare something as an intention, and yet to still have fears of actually succeeding with it. The fear, in this case, is most likely not with the success itself, but rather found in the things which come with succeeding. One question which unmasks fears rather effectively is to ask: “What would not feel pleasant about achieving this?” Maybe someone wants to be a musician, but they are anxious about performing in front of audiences. If that’s the case, then the anxiety of performing in front of audiences can act as a repelling force to being a musician. From a subconscious level, their emotions literally repel (or make not as efficient) the process of being a musician who performs.

The four areas of our feelings of self-worth, self-esteem, how much we emotionally feel we deserve, and faith in the process, are important to be aware of in terms of how our emotions affect achievement, but work slightly differently than fears related to success do. Nonetheless, they can have the same effect as the first one. All of these four areas (except for how much we feel we deserve) have something to do with limited thinking, rather than a direct fear, but if people think that they couldn’t achieve something which they would kind of like as their life, then the automatic result tends to be discouragement; and again, there wouldn’t be a focussed intention. And if we don’t feel that we deserve something, that is a direct resistance to a stated desire. The list of key areas to keep in mind is not exhaustive, as there can also be emotional patterns related to other things, but being aware of these could be of tremendous help with progressing towards a preferred way of living.

Having only some of these emotions can be overcome, but if there are too many emotions which disagree with the declared intention, then they act like a dam to a river. Clearing imbalanced emotions and limited ways of thinking which do not serve us can be one of the most beneficial activities related to personal growth. There are various ways of doing so, and everyone has one way or another which seems to work well for them. The key, though, is to be as free from self-sabotaging, habitual emotions as possible. This, it may be suggested, is key to success, because in order to really use all of our available resources to achieve something we first of all need to really, really want it. The more our mental and emotional state wants to see a specific intention made physical, the easier it is to operate at something more akin to what may be called…peak potential.

This is what we deserve. Truly fulfilled people who live the life which they’re passionate about naturally mirror it via behaving in a way which can inspire others. We’re all wonderful expressions of life, with fantastic gifts and abilities. Isn’t it about time that our lives reflected that?

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Thomas Sladek is the author of From Reaction to Attraction, a book which clarifies the Law of Attraction and provides insights on how to live deliberate manifesting. The book is available at http://ebooks.ebookmall.com/ebook/225220-ebook.htm . More of his articles may be found at www.creationofdreams.com.

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