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By Robert Ringer - Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Let’s start today by considering three options you would have had if, like Viktor Frankl in the 1940s, you had found yourself in a Nazi concentration camp.
Option No. 1: If you had a great attitude concerning the dire straits you were in, you still may not have survived without a good deal of luck.
Option No. 2: If you harbored an attitude of total despair, you surely would have been doomed, even if you had been fairly lucky.
Option No. 3: But if you had a positive attitude coupled with good luck, you would have had a shot at surviving. This, I believe, is what Frankl was getting at when he said that choosing one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances is the last of the human freedoms.
In all likelihood, then, the impossible dream is, at least theoretically, not impossible at all. In my lifetime, I have experienced far too many impossible situations that mysteriously became possible.
Meeting my wife was impossible. (Too long of a story to go into here.) My son coming into this world — rather than dying at birth, as he almost certainly should have — was impossible.
For that matter, when I get up every morning and behold my little speck of the universe, it occurs to me that both the universe and my consciousness are complete impossibilities. Surely I am the most improbable collection of atoms in existence. If I am a product of “evolution,” what was the cause behind such an impossible consequence? Because, after all, I am nothing more than a consequence, am I not?
Whatever it is that arranged my atoms in such a way that I can reflect on my own existence, does it not seem reasonable that the same Whatever can make a brain tumor disappear? Or bring the perfect spouse into the loneliest of lives? Or cure a person with financial leprosy and guide him to great wealth?
I believe that the answer is yes. Luck, coincidence, and fate are interesting abstracts, but a more meaningful abstract is human will — the will to power, the will to money, the will to live … and so on.
And when it comes to transforming the impossible into the possible, I believe the fundamental human will is the will to connect. That’s because connecting with the Eternal Energy of the universe allows you to transcend secular rules.
When you are connected to Eternal Energy, your life is not at the mercy of luck or coincidences. Eternal Energy allows you to go beyond dreaming the impossible dream — and actually live it. Though we may never completely understand it, it appears to give the atoms of which you are comprised the magnetic ability to attract the things you need in order to transform the impossible dream into reality.
Which begs the question: How does one connect with Eternal Energy? Not an easy question to answer. In fact, it’s a question that has been around since time immemorial.
With the caveat that I do not possess any inside information on the subject, in one or more future articles I’ll share some of my thoughts with you on this all-important question. In the meantime, what are your thoughts?
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Robert,
It seems obvious to me that connecting with the Universal Source on all levels of being is the means for a person to achieve success and happiness. However, as incredible as it might seem, I know people who believe this way of thinking is total nonsense. They are under the illusion that all the answers reside in the physical universe. Their attitude is “I will believe it when I see it.” Of course, they never experience the wonders and delights the world has to offer.
Now a person who seeks answers in the “God” within—and who is disciplined enough to meditate daily—possesses the chance of discovering his connection to the Universal Source. He (she) believes and knows that “He will see it when he believes it.” He joyously realizes that the world is an incredible, wondrous place to reside—even with all of its seemingly difficult aspects.
Robert A. Meyer
How does one connect with the Eternal Energy source? While merely mortal, I nonetheless believe that one must first connect with one’s own feelings. They are the primary source of judgement and wisdom from which all vision may follow.
while some events are indeed out of our control, most have a purpose and not too many are accidental or coincidental. I believe, perhaps conceitedly so that in some fashion or another, we ouselves contribute to if not determine our own futures.
Quieting oneself down enough to hear the voice within and perhaps see a bit clearer who we are and what we really feel may be a vital link to connect to the eternal wisdom as well as the Universal Source.
An oversimplification perhaps and certainly easier said than done, I nonetheless personally follow this royal road even as it is ever-changing and frequently bumpy.
Mike Pinsker
I believe the answers can be found in your own mind. I recently watched a video called The Secret, which is based on the book written by Rhonda Byrne on the power of attraction. The more I think the more I get in touch with the universe. How you think and what you think creates your outer-self. Everything can be broken down into an atom, which of course is energy. If you think positively you will attract positive energy. I’m positive that I’m going to make a difference in this world. I can feel it in my soul. I believe in the power of your mind. We currently only use 5% of our brain function. I think it’s time to explore our own brains and use more. Imagine what we can accomplish! In time, I plan on inspiring the masses. Keep an eye out. In the meantime, think positively, think differently, and think without boundaries.
I agree with what Rocco M. says. I would add a few words to his final sentence. “and take positive action.”
Robert A. Meyer
One of the principles I learned from Mr. Ringers book Looking out for number one which I read when it first came out in the 1970s.
Postive attuide through a negative assumption. I have found through my life that with a postive attuide anything is possible. This sounds quite cliche’ but it works
what has amazed me is that what becomes possible is usally a surprise to me. I do not spend alot of time or mental energy figureing out how this works. I just have faith in a postive attuide and take what comes and I make the best of it and I am happy with it.
One lesson I learned from wayne dwyer is what ever the problem love is the answer. This is what helps me to keep a postive attuide.