Living "Outside" of the Box

What was once supposedly working for people for the last 100-150 years or so, is no longer working. Many things happened during this time. Assembly lines were invented, and mass-production was born. Everything was in the process of becoming streamlined.

People were being over worked and underpaid. Corporations grew larger and richer, and people became numbers. Creativity was stifled and whoever had the best output or numbers was promoted.

So what has changed in the twentieth century?

NOT MUCH!

Fast-forward to today and you will find nothing much has really changed except for the items which are now being mass-produced. Oh, and computers of course. The digital age is upon us. However, the work concept, and way of living is entirely the same for most people. It goes something like this:

1) Grow up and hope to get a good stable job, with a good stable income.

2) Live paycheck to paycheck while providing for your family, and hope that in the meantime, you make a little extra money here or there to take a vacation or buy a newer car.

3) Meanwhile, miss a few of your kid’s life events due to work, and worry about how to pay for college tuition, as you don’t want your sons or daughters to live like this. (All while secretly hoping they understand and appreciate how hard you are working for them).

4) Go to work while sick as to prove to everyone what a loyal worker you are, (making sure to secure your position in the work place in case off any layoffs or cutbacks), while keeping your eye on the prize for all of your hard work and dedication…Retirement!

5) Finally retire and feel completely out of place. Worry about running out of money and how to pay future healthcare bills. Not exactly what you imagined it would be. as inflation and the stock market has taken its toll on your 401k.

6) Watch your children repeat steps 1-5.

No one is ADAPTING!

The industrial age is over and the digital age is upon us. Yet people are still excited to work for big production companies and corporations, as they seek “job security”. Oh job security! How amazing would that be? Not having to worry about getting a paycheck and going to work doing a mindless job, day after day, after day…

First of all, that sounds exciting! Or more like a prison sentence. Second of all, let’s talk about job security.

THERE IS NONE!

It’s a joke! It doesn’t matter if you work for Ford, Coca Cola Co., your local electric company, your state office, or the Whitehouse; there is no job security. It’s a myth. Why?

Because of three very important factors:

1) Trends – they are constantly changing.

2) Mismanagement – this happens more than you think.

3) The Economy – it can be volatile.

I’ve known plenty of people who have had their jobs cut, or have been laid off, whether it was temporary, or permanent, at ALL of those places.

JOB SECURITY IS AN ILLUSION!

So what do you do?

You adapt to a new way of living and a new way of working. You stop doing what everyone else is doing and live outside of the box! This should be your new motto, your new way of thinking, your new way of life…

Start by asking yourself these questions:

1) Do I currently do things differently than most people I know? Or am I on the same path doing the same thing as most everyone else?

2) Am I happy with my life?

Chances are your answer to number won will predict your answer for number two. So what does living outside of the box really mean? First of all, it means understanding a few things:

1) Living “inside” of the box is what 98% of the country is currently doing.

2) People are not ADAPTING to a new way of life, and it’s no longer working for them, or their families. They just think this is the way life is supposed to be.

3) They are not looking around to see what’s changing; instead they keep their eyes forward and they are following all of the other people off of a cliff. Stop being a follower!

4) People who are not adapting are finding themselves financially and emotionally spent.

5) This attributes to over 90% of health problems.

Guess who is ADAPTING?

The corporations and companies that you work for. Part of this process includes eliminating the jobs of people who are no longer an asset to the company. (Most people can be replaced at a job in an average of 4 days. Can you be replaced?)

Living “outside” of the box means adapting a new mindset.

It’s a different way of living and thinking. It is shifting your focus away from money, and security, to spiritual health, and happiness. What most people don’t know is that is the path to financial, and emotional security. They don’t know:

1) Happiness is directly tied to your money flow.

2) Creativity is directly tied to your happiness.

3) Spiritual growth and spiritual health is directly tied to creativity.

4) Physical health is directly tied to your spiritual health.

It’s a chain reaction and money is at the end of the chain. It’s a result of many other things that have nothing to do with money. However, there is a lot more to understand when it comes to this subject. In fact, so much more that I’ve written an entire book devoted to this subject called Universal Laws: 18 Powerful Laws & The Secret Behind Manifesting Your Desires which you might find useful.

“Living Outside of the Box” is not for everyone, it requires you to make a commitment to yourself to change your life, for the better. This is not very easy for some people. For others, they don’t even know where to begin. So I’ve made a list of four simple rules to help you get started.

Rule #1

Always seek happiness.

Determine what your happiness is on a scale of one to ten and commit to maintaining a five or above. Why not a ten? Because let’s be realistic, sometimes we have off days. It’s important on a regular basis for you to ask yourself, “Is this making me happy?” And it’s important to do this when decision-making. Most people underrate happiness and the overall affect it has on your life as a whole. Many people view happiness as a very enjoyable emotion, when it’s really much more than that. It’s a powerful gauge which reflects your spiritual alignment. If you would like some more suggestions on finding happiness you might want to check out The Pursuit of Happiness: 21 Spiritual Rules to Success.

Rule #2

Don’t follow others.

Find your own way. Everyone’s path, and what makes people happy can be very different. What works for others may or may not work for you. This is the time to get back in touch with yourself and who you really are on a spiritual level. Most people know themselves really well when they are younger, then as they get older they loose themselves, and loose touch with who they really are. Many times this can be the cause of divorce or even a midlife crisis. Which brings us to the next rule.

Rule #3

Find out who you really are and what you’re passionate about.

Rediscover yourself!

• Who are you? What are you passionate about?

• What did you used to like to do when you where little? Or even when you were younger?

• What do you get excited to talk about? Everyone has a subject that excites him or her, something they can talk about for hours. What’s that subject for you?

• What do you spend your free time doing? Or if you had free time what would you like to spend it doing?

• If you won ten million dollars tomorrow, what would you do with your life? What would the next year look like? Would you travel? Take dancing lessons? Go skydiving?

Make a commitment to yourself to understand who you are better than your friends and family do. The sad truth of the matter is, most people think they do, but they don’t.

Rule #4

Never “work” another day in your life!

Discover what it is you are passionate about and try and figure out how to make that your job. I’m sure you’ve heard the stories about people who when asked about their job reply, “Work? I’ve never worked a day in my life!” They love what they do, so they don’t consider it work. Be that person. You have a special gift. You have a skill no one else has, it’s in your Soul DNA and it usually lies within the area of your passion. Be creative, what is your skill?

• Can you teach it?

• Sell it?

• Do classes on it?

• Volunteer for it?

• Do something online with it?

• Rent a store space to use for it?

• Run it out of your house?

• Sell it at a farmers market?

• Sell it at a craft fair?

• Write about it?

• Wholesale it?

The possibilities of doing most anything you are interested in is endless, when you “Live Outside of the Box”. I’m always shocked at how many people cannot think of one thing to do with their passion. Challenge yourself, challenge your friends! I can usually rattle of ten things someone can do to make money with their passion, but you have to put effort into it! No one is going to hand you a to do list. If you need one, you’re better off staying inside the box.

You have to find your creative side you have to THINK! No more mindless working. Create, think, brainstorm, and experiment! Remember how much more fun science class was when you got to build rockets, then go outside and shoot them off? It was always much more fun than staying inside, and learning how to spot an adjective in a sentence. Boring!

For those of you who are still teetering on the edge of the box, I’ve also made a list of five common myth’s that tend to hold people back and keep them from moving forward.

Myth #1

You have to go to college to make a good living.

This is no longer the case. You need to follow your passion and desire to make a good living; everything else will fall into place. Unless of course your passion requires you to get a degree such as doctor or lawyer, then by all means, find a good college!

Myth #2

Working for someone else is more stable.

This is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard! Working for someone else is far from stable, this was even reflected more recently with the government shutdown! Let’s be real here. A job is only as good as the company, and it’s growth and income. One false move by the owner or the managers, or one hiccup of the economy, can cause thousands of layoffs. Now I’m not saying owning your own business is the right move for everyone, I’m just saying, if you want to do something different, and job security is holding you back, you need to readjust your perspective.

Myth #3

Work is not meant to be fun.

Who said this? The people who you are working for? I’ll let you in on a little secret…work was never supposed to be work. For thousands of years people would become good at something, they would hone in a skill, something that they enjoyed. They would then use their skill to create a product, or they would teach other people what it was they knew how to do. Then you would trade for things you would need. So if others were not so good at growing food, they would trade for it. Or if they were not good at making clothes, they would trade for those too. Somewhere along the line these skills were given the title or label of work, and it stuck.

Myth #4

The economy is bad so I’m lucky to have a job.

The economy is only bad for some people, the people who do not want to adjust. If you stay at the same job you’ve had for years as people begin to get laid off and you don’t adjust, yes, there’s going to be a problem. If you see that your company is not adjusting to the customers needs, yes, this creates another problem. You know who doesn’t have a problem with the economy? Those who adjust. People who used to do well in construction, who have now branched out into remodeling, or diversified their business somehow. People who look at one door closing as an opportunity to discover another door!

Myth #5

If it was that easy, everyone would do it!

Adjusting, opening businesses, venturing out into a new job, if it was that easy wouldn’t everyone do it? NO! They wouldn’t and I’ll tell you why.

FEAR.

People are afraid to do something different, they are afraid to be different, they are afraid of the unknown. I believe that most people know they live inside of the box, it’s not a big secret to them. They’re comfortable and cozy in there.

When you’re comfortable, fear is illuminated.

Who knows what’s out there? If it were so great other people would be out there…right? Um, no! Because other people are afraid too. They are afraid to do something different than what everyone else is doing, they are afraid of failing, they are afraid of…well, fear itself.

No one likes to feel fear. It’s scary!

But did you know that the feeling of fear, and the feeling of excitement are essentially the same feeling? Your brain just labels this feeling one way, or the other, according to your perspective?

Well guess what, everyone is afraid at sometime or another. If you’re never afraid, something is wrong. It means you are too comfortable, and that means your “living inside of the box” because that’s where your comfort zone is.

If you ever do decide to do something different, and take a chance on seeing what is outside of the box, one person will be out there and that person is me. However, let me warn you. Once your out you’ll never go back! It’s way nicer out here…

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The Law of Allowing

Universal Law #4

“The Law of Allowing”

The Law of Allowing — allowing things to move without resistance and to evolve and grow naturally.

This is one of my most favorite laws and I think one of the most important Universal Laws. Most people really struggle with this one, however, since we’ve been trained to think differently for most of our lives.

The Law of Allowing dictates that all Universal Energy runs in currents and these currents have a flow to them.

• When you allow the Universal flow to evolve and grow naturally, things will begin to manifest in a fluid non-chaotic manner.

• You are allowing the Universe to create and manifest freely with no interference.

• This law feels the most unnatural to most people because our brain is not “trained” to allow. We’ve been trained to think that allowing is being lazy.

• The state of allowing is the purest state of manifesting.

This law is really, really hard for people to wrap their minds around. Many times we (as people living a physical existence) have been trained to believe we must try and take control of every situation in order to control the outcome of what it is we desire. We have been taught to believe that without our guidance or control, things will not happen in the way we wish them to.

We must control our destiny!

The problem with this perspective and needing to have control is you’re under the impression that you know what the best possible outcome is. I hate to break the news to you, but you do not…

We are children of the Universe, and while we have our own ideas of how we think things must be done and in what order, Momma always knows best. The reason we can’t make this determination is because there’s such an abundance of ways in which the outcome we desire can take place, and many of them you don’t even know about! Many times the outcome the Universe has in mind is much better than the outcome we have dreamt up for ourselves. How can this be? You may wonder. It’s really fairly simple…

We do not have enough information to determine the best possible outcome for our desires.

We usually base our desired outcome on our physical perspective. From a physical perspective, our perspective is usually extremely limited. We are like kindergartners trying to access our desires.

So how do you work with this law?

• By accepting that you don’t always know the best possible outcome.

• By realizing that control is only an illusion and you will never be able to control anything, any situation, or anyone without consent. In actuality, there is no control, there’s only consent.

• By being open to what might come your way.

• By learning to let go of control and allow things to develop and unfold naturally for you the way they are supposed to.

Imagine there’s an abundance of Universal Energy, which is in constant creation. This energy is in constant flow, continuously creating and manifesting an infinite number of things at every given moment in time. The world and the people in it are a blank canvas to this Universal Energy, and when you allow this flow to create and manifest with it’s own vision in mind, something amazing happens.

This energy seems to be able to merge with your most intimate desires and manifest them right before your eyes!

It’s amazing how all things become so carefully orchestrated that it allows everything to fall into place so precisely. It’s as if you are watching the most incredible artistic flow you’ve ever seen, manifesting itself into a physical state.

However, when you’re unaware of The Law of Allowing, fear tends to drive your thoughts and you begin working with The Law of Resistance (next chapter), which is a law that is fear driven.

This can most definitely cause an issue with your love life. What’s the number one concern of most people when it comes to love?

It’s the fear of being alone.

Oddly enough, this fear affects most people. It affects people who are single, for obvious reasons. They’re currently alone and don’t wish to stay that way. But it also very much affects people who are in unhappy or are in unfulfilling relationships.

More importantly, it affects the choices people may otherwise make if it wasn’t for the fear of being alone.

This fear can and will affect The Law of Allowing.

People tend to make very bad choices based on fear and force themselves to stay in or choose relationships which are neither healthy nor a good fit for them. For instance, thought patterns based on fear go like this:

• “This relationship is so hard, but we’ve been together forever, and I hate to throw it all away.”

• “We fight so much, but when we get along, it’s really great.”

• “I think it’s best to stay together for the kids.”

• “This is what marriage is supposed to be like, no point in doing it all over again.”

These are all thoughts based on the fear of being alone. When misery is more tolerable than the thought of being alone, it’s really pretty sad. When you force yourself to stay in a situation (love or otherwise), which feels like such a struggle, even when you can choose a different route…well, that’s definitely the opposite of The Law of Allowing. It’s like trying to wrestle the paintbrush out of the Universe’s hand so you can paint a picture of what it is you want or what it is you think you want.

The problem is your dominant or alpha thought:

• “I’m not happy in this relationship.”

• “I’m miserable with this person.”

• “Relationships suck!”

Basically, if you do win the wrestling match, you’re really going to be putting graffiti on your wall, and not the pretty kind.

So stop resisting, don’t be afraid of being alone!

Trust in the flow and the creative power of the Universe, of something bigger than you. Trust in the notion that you deserve happiness in everything you do, relationships and otherwise. Trust that out of 7.5 billion people, there’s a very happy person out in the world you are meant to be with!

Part of the trust factor with The Law of Allowing stems from the belief that there’s only a limited amount of things in the world and all good things are already taken, or untouchable by you. Universal Law dictates this is not true on both accounts.

Unless…you believe it to be true. (Ahhh, those catch twenty-two’s).

Here’s what I mean:

Physical perspective —

You’ve been taught for so many years how fact is just fact, based on math. How things are not magical and how Santa Claus is not real. How life is hard and don’t expect it to be anything different. Thought patterns such as:

• “They only print so much money. The earth only has so many resources, this is scientific fact!”

• “There are only XYZ jobs available in my town, and there are ABC people looking for jobs. You do the math!”

• “How in the world is it possible for me to get out of my current debt? I have a ton of debt and not enough income coming in to make a dent in it. I just don’t see it happening.”

Now based on what you’ve been taught and what you based your knowledge of how you think the world works around you and how money is obtained, naturally The Law of Allowing would seem silly based on this perspective. There’s just simply not enough money, jobs, etcetera to serve everyone. So therefore, control is the alternative, so you think.

Universal perspective —

Some people never truly believed these things they were taught, because there’s also a bazillion instances of people who live quite amazing lives, people who statistically should not (according to the math and other things they've been taught thus far), and so they’ve decided those things must not be true.

• These people work quite nicely with The Law of Allowing.

• They will find their groove with the purest state of manifesting, just because they don’t share the same view as the rest of the world!

Amazing, isn’t it? They don’t resist the notion of money, jobs, or material things being in their reach, because their internal view is different. Anything they desire is reachable.

Anything is possible, anything is allowable!

They don’t resist the notion of where they can make an income, or how things might work out well for them, despite what everyone else says or thinks. They think things like:

• “Well, they need someone for this job, why not me? I’m qualified!”

• “There’s lots of people in the world making over 100K a year even in this economic downturn, not everyone is poor.”

• “Some people I know are doing quite well in life, they’re adaptable, and so am I!”

Think about this for a minute. Let’s say there’s an abundance of money (The Law of Abundance), a never-ending supply of it. And this never-ending supply is a river that flows by you at all times.

All you need to do is to allow some of it to flow into your world and not resist it (by putting up a barrier, or energetic dam around you), with the notion that it’s true and some of it belongs in your world.

This may sound weird, but your relationship with money works in a very similar manner as your relationship with people.

What is your thought process when it comes to money?

• “It’s not around much, but when it is, we have a good time.”

• “I will take what I can get.” (Low standards when it comes to what you can get.)

• “It’s always a struggle and it will always be a struggle, that’s just how it is.”

What’s your dominant or alpha thought?

(You’re taught) Money’s hard to come by and there’s a limited supply + (belief) I don’t see how it’s possible to be financially secure = No Money!

You don’t have to see to believe it…

Believe in something more powerful than what you can see.

Believe in something bigger than you.

Believe in something … DIFFERENT than everyone else believes to be true!

Do not follow the masses and resist a better life just because others have told you it’s not out there. If everyone did that, there would be no breakthroughs in the medical industry, there would be no spiritual development, or even past discoveries in the history of the world. Things would never get better for anyone!

Stop resisting change, stop thinking you know better.

Trust in the Universe and in the laws that dictate all things. Allow things to fall into place for you just once, and see what happens.

 If you would like to learn more about the Universal Laws you can find more information here:

Universal Laws: 18 Powerful Laws & The Secret Behind Manifesting Your Desires

 

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