Tools of Illusion

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Science tells us that this universe is 99.99999% invisible or not here. I saw a visual a few years ago that helped me comprehend this where they took us on a tour of the Sistine Chapel then zoomed in a housefly on the wall. THAT is how much solid matter is in every atom. The “empty” space around it is full of invisible forces like gravity, time, dark matter and dark energy. We only know these things are there because we see their influence much like we “see” the wind in the trees.

So, it fascinates me when people say things like “I’ll believe it when I see it”. Number one, we are surrounded by all kinds of things we can’t see yet we don’t have to convince ourselves to believe in gravity. Number two, We DON’T believe it when we see it. I can ask someone to trust God for a week and when God shows up in their lives they say “Maybe it was just be a fluke.” And, three, we all know the famous double-slit experiment proves our observation aka thought influences matter somehow YET we don’t go around practicing our ability to think things into existence. (This one I REALLY don’t understand because you can bet your sweet petooty I was practicing before I even put the book down!)

Our 5 senses are not meant to show us the Truth. Our 5 senses are the tools we use to navigate the illusion. We have a huge gap in the middle of our vision but our brains just fills it in as though the gap weren’t there. We don’t actually “touch” anything, we can’t taste without smell and there are ALL kinds of things we can’t hear, just ask your dog when you blow on his whistle. The information you take in through your senses is information rooted in illusion and ON TOP OF THE FACT that we can only capture 2000 bits of information per second out of 400 trillion…hmmm And, we trust this information WHY?? I don’t know about you but I’ll take my chances with the unseen and my intuition. The odds HAVE to be better!!

If you’d like to hear a more in depth discussion on this you might enjoy our Fun with The One Podcast:
Link to Fun with The One: Tools of Illusion

5 Minute Master

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What would you say if I told you that you could have the body you’ve always wanted but you have to do what I tell you to do for 5 minutes a day? Would you be excited to try it? This was the question I posed to my husband when trying to figure out what most people are willing to do to create the change we say we want. “Nope!”, was the immediate answer. So, I sweetened the pot a little and asked “What if I told you that you could have the body you want and a million dollars?” He started to laugh and said, “5 minutes a day? EVERY day? Probably not.” WHY?!”, I asked in protest. He said “Because I don’t believe I can be a millionaire in 5 minutes a day” “Fine!”, I said, determined to get a yes out of him so I said “What if I said I can help you get the body that you want, the bank account you want and make you a better lover..” to WHICH he responded, “I’M IN!” before I could get the “5 minutes” part out of my mouth! 😛

I came up with the idea of The 5-Minute Master many years ago when I realized how much meditation had changed my life. At first, I couldn’t even hold my thoughts for 5 seconds without my mind wandering away. (The disobedient Dog for those of you who know me!) By the time I progressed to being able to concentrate for 5 minutes, I was a totally different person. I wasn’t anxious every day. worried about this and that. I could direct my mind to find answers instead of ruminating on the problem. In just 5 minutes at a time, I was BEcoming a master!

It hit me that just setting the goal, not even succeeding at it, put me “ahead” of the pack because the majority of us…don’t. Just trying made my chances of success exponentially greater! Success has been defined as “the progressive realization of a worthy ideal” (thanks for the inspiration Silly Sally <3) EVERY time to set a goal and REALIZE it, the easier it gets to master larger and larger goals. I realized that most people don’t ever “get there” because most don’t ever truly try. For me, 5 minutes a day, EVERY day, was challenging so I decided to challenge you to try it! If you set out to win every battle, the promise is there that you will win the war.