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We grow from the inside out...
Posted By James Arthur Ray on 2008-08-07 13:17
Wealthy people, and I mean people who are truly wealthy in all areas, don't allow others to determine the quality of their lives. They never allow circumstances or others to determine how much income they earn or their level of harmony with regard to their spiritual life, their health, their relationships--anything.
To have more you must be more.
If your intention is big enough, then you must grow to meet the size of that idea. Similarly, if you have an idea that doesn't cause you to grow, it isn't the right idea. In other words, the right intention and the right desire have to make you stretch.
Growing is an inside job. Once you begin to go inside--involution--and grow, your results on the outside--evolution--must happen. Going within leads you to take different actions; your goal begins to take form and ultimately becomes a result in your life.
When you achieve the desired result, what happens?
"What's next?" happens, doesn't it? The basic principle of life, of spirit, is fuller expression and expansion. Your results become the springboard for fuller expression, which then brings grander, more exciting ideas and goals into view. Are you with me?
Once you get that next idea or desire--the intention--you again have to grow to meet the size of that new idea, so involution kicks in all over again. New actions begin to happen and your new bigger idea starts coming into form. You get new results, and so on. This is really simple, but its how the creative process works: inside out, involution always preceding evolution.
Think back on any goal you've achieved, and you'll see that this cycle occurred.
You had an idea, a desire, and you had to grow to reach it. Perhaps it was when you got your first car loan or first home mortgage.
Now, if that payment was a stretch for you, you had to expand your vision of yourself, didn't you? You had to see yourself being able to reach for more than you had been accessing. You had to realign your possibilities to meet the size of the idea.
What you need isn't more money but more growth. We all do.
Money is nothing more than a measuring stick of our growth.
Sound familiar? It's an excerpt from the Financial pillar section of my New York Times Best Seller Harmonic Wealth: The Secret of Attracting the Life You Want. You may not know it yet, but it's also available in Audio CD format (read by yours truly)... Click here to check it out.
To your continued wealth and happiness,
James Arthur Ray
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James Ray International
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Posted By Janet on 2008-08-11 18:11
I am tranforming from a wave to a particle....woo hoo...Harmonic Wealth...catch the wave! Peace!
amazing stuff
Posted By anthony on 2008-08-29 06:44
i am continually astounded by your wisdom James and continually strive towards a positive mindset,but this can be difficult when surrounded by negative minds,.any tips.?.also is it best to keep your ideas to yourself?as others always have thier slant on it and thier best advice!! which is always not inline with your ideas and dreams..regards TONY FROM SCOTLAND
Containment
Posted By Heather Loewen on 2008-09-03 02:16
I'm all for containment. It's a whole new thing with me and it works. Just stay focused on who you are and what you want, then do what you've got to do to. My problem people seem to go on holidays or have something to do exactly when I need to get down to business. It's pretty groovy. The phrase, "Mind your own business.", can be applied to ourselves, too.
best wishes
surrounded by negative minds
Posted By DonnaHowdy on 2008-09-16 19:45
I have found that the best way is to just continue to model my great attitude when around negative people...I don't have to be in their face tellilng them I am postive/growing/heading to a great new dream, just model it. If I already know that someone tends to respond negatively to any positive conversation, I just don't get into conversation. At a recent business training for my business the trainer (a young successful man in my business) was encouraging us to fill our minds with the advice of successful people rather than "listening to your broke neighbor".
Wishing you all joy, peace, love and laughter,
Donna
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Posted By Ryan on 2008-09-25 20:20
I have always been a fan of Dr. Wayne Dyer's work, but once I got familiar with James Ray, and especially his latest book, Harmonic Wealth, I really appreciated his fresh and new approach to wealth. I like the fact that it's OK to be successful and enjoy material things, as long as you do so with the right mindset and attitude...
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