Master Key Journey

Our last post was about acts
of kindness. The effect from
that week was incredible.
Much to my amazement the
acts of kindness are still flowing
in my life. Each day I am both
witnessing and performing great
deeds of kindness towards others.

Chapter 17 reminds us that we were
given dominion over all things by our
Creator. Including our mind and thoughts.
Seems only logical that when I have good
thoughts in my mind, the results are good. So it is
with continuous concentration. Every successful item, object or thing which has
ever been created, has been from the result of continuous concentrated efforts.

Many people don’t have a clue what concentration really is. Most times it is highly mistaken
as simply thinking. Haanel explains it this way. Continuous concentration means an even,
unbroken flow of thought and is the result of patient, persistent, perservering and well
regulated system.

I had a small experience recently with the use of continuous concentration. I had made myself
a grocery list of items I needed to pick up from the market. As I left the house and got down
the street, I then realized I had mistakenly picked up my list of “things to do for the day”
instead of my shopping list. I wasn’t about to return home to retrieve it, so I concentrated
hard the entire time, calling up my memory bank of what I had written on that list.

Whala! It worked! My subby reminded me of every item to get…nothing was omitted.

So what this lesson means to me is because we do create our own realities by the thoughts
we keep in our mind, If we would develop a continuous concentration of the desires we
really want in life, then our realities won’t disappoint us.  ~Continuous concentration.

Now, that’s really worth thinking about!!!!

I have had to bear hug the kettle a lot
this week. Negative thoughts are plentiful
lately.  My thoughts are exactly like Haanel
says most people’s are.

“As soon as I am one up with the
positive, I am then knocked back
two steps by the negative ones.”

Reading chapter 12 has offered me more clarity
on how to achieve my desires faster. It’s all
about focused concentration on only one desire
at a time. I’ve been hopping from one desire to
another. No wonder things are moving slowly!

Knowledge is key. This chapter identifies with a
statement Earl Nightingales quotes in the audio
[The Strangest Secret] about concentrating. I’ll
paraphrase it “We can surely get what we want,
if we concentrate on one thing and not a dozen
other incompatible things at the same time.”

I now have the knowledge of how to create the things I desire. The next step is daring to
have the courage to believe in it enough to step out on faith to take the actions required
to bring it all about.

I really like this chapter. It’s like another starting point to doing my sitting and concentration
the right way. I like one of Mark’s famous quotes that says “Peace be the journey.”

Until next time…be empowered!