The RAS-It Seeks Out What Is On Your Mind

This little bundle of nerves in back of your brain is responsible for seeking out what is on your mind and filtering out what you do not yet know or have no concern over.

Not too many people know about this physical component of how things come into our  awareness.. Animals also have this which helps them find what they are hunting for. 

•  when we see things that match what we thought or saw just the day before
•  have an answer come to us easily, or see that perfect gift on a commercial we been searching for 
•  notice a friend in a crowd we have been thinking of.

  A part of these experiences are what we may call synchronicity, coincidence, serendipity. We have discovered this physical component of the RAS we can now assume that it is certainly a part within a universal plan to assist us in effortlessly discovering the very thing we are seeking.  That is why it is best to let go of the outcome. We attract what we focus on. If we pursue looking for these hidden treasures and find they are "not there" you may focus on that they are not there and this is what will reflect back to us until we let go  and allow it to come naturally. It is always a delightful surprise which seems comes out of the blue. Our  body, mind, spirit, emotions and our 5 senses are woven  into the fabric of our eternal life and work together to bring us our experiences. 

At any one time there exists opposites of good and bad, positive and negative, dark and light. When we are focused our interests, and positive aspects Reticular Activation System (RAS)  seeks out  more of that. The opposite is true as well.  We can focus on abuse, disease, or poverty or we can focus on our abundance, wellness, opportunities and the good aspects of our relationships. Each of us has a choice and opportunity to have a good life.

 Back in 1991 I began to notice what was dominantly on my mind began showing up in my reality. One family I was friends with had an orange Volkswagen with a grey fender. I began noticing them everywhere! I became aware of these objects or people or opportunities showing up in my experience and began writing about them, photographing and chronicling the occurrences. I have tubs full of these testimonies in which I was going to reveal to the world.  I called this phenomenon "The Orange Volkswagen Theory".

The RAS,  that bundle of nerves in the back of our brain moves before us vibrationally in every movement of our life seeking what we are aligned with. 

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How I Learned About Law of Attraction

Orange Volkswagen Beetle Theory
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 I used to be laughed at for my imaginative stories and positive attitude. When I saw the evidence of synchronicity I began to connect all the dots and could see my Power ! 



When I was 6 years old I remember having this momentary desire to learn all I could about the universe. I wanted to know how it worked. I felt that would be the ultimate to know as much as I could about this. Quite a unique desire for such a young girl but that desire manifested and I continue to realize more and more about the universe.




I knew this reflective response from the universe was in place even before I learned of The Secret and Law of Attraction. I just discovered it on my own. Just happened to have a nice couple who befriended me after my divorce and they had an orange VW Volkswagen Beetle. 
 I began seeing orange VW Beetles everywhere ! 
I called this phenomena the Orange Volkswagen Theory. 



That was in the early 90's.  I knew about and practiced creative visualization through Shakti Gawain. Then when The Secret came out I bought the dvd, the book and audio of the film The Secret.  



I played the audio of The Secret by Rhonda Byrne while I drove, I had a special viewing for my Tai Chi and Reiki students and their families. I wanted to shout it to the world, " Hey look everybody ! You can create a good life !" 

 "Hey look everybody, you can create your own life!"
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I practice every day being conscious and choosing fun things to do. Sometimes I may find myself talking or complaining about things I do not like but I remember to take my focus onto a whole different a more pleasurable activity that interests me. 



When you begin it is helpful to

• Notice how many times a day you worry or project the worse case scenario
• Practice looking on the bright side.
• Pay attention to your attitude
• Learn to let go and let God
• Enjoy being in the present moment

You create your life from your dominate thoughts, beliefs, and focus. With practice your beliefs, thoughts and focus will work together in harmony. You will see a difference. 

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A Better Relationship With Money

Make a vow to have a better relationship with money

 I have caught myself saying things like this.

I never get enough of you and when you are here I am afraid of losing you.

Does that sound like a healthy relationship? No. Yet we may be thinking about money like this.

• You are with me and then you leave.
• I find out you have been with someone more successful than me.
• I cannot figure out how to make you stay with me.
• I am not good enough for you.
• I am exhausted trying to keep you 

Sound like some of the thoughts about money you have?



I have a Money Vow that will welcome money. I heard this from Rikka Zimmerman. Say this vow and change your attitude about money and the vibration will send a more positive message to the universe and the forces of Law of Attraction will this reflect back to you. You can create your own vow for money also.


Money Vow


Money,

Today I commit myself to many years of growth and sharing. Our relationship will be stronger and more joyful than ever before.
It is in choosing this relationship that I make this so.
The decision to commit and share that life with you is one that I make happily and confidently. Secure in the knowledge that you will be my friend, I pledge to be joyous and faithful to you.


Whether you use this vow or not I am sure you can see how you could be pushing away the money by what you may be thinking and believing about money.

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A free eBook is available that you can read on your computer, laptop or phone.  It is called, "103 Disempowering Beliefs About Money and Success and How to Eliminate Them in Minutes"  It is written by my friend, Nick Ortner from The Tapping Solution

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The Tapping World Summit is a very effective way to change our belief about money by using a technique call Emotional Freedom Technique EFT. Watch this video and see for yourself what tapping is all about. It is free. You will give your first name and email for access. 

How to Overcome Negative Thinking 

12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous Part 1

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 The first formal steps I took  out of my chaotic life were the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. Going back 31 years, at age 39, I took my first steps to freedom. I found my way to the meeting through a hospital program in which my former husband was attending. It was part of a hospital chemical dependency program commitment. I attended the CDC Program to support my alcoholic husband. He had promised to get help after I left the home after a spiritual realization I had one day. 

The 12 Steps are worded in a language from the 1930's  The more you read the Big Book and practice its teachings in your life, the more you come to understand it. If you want to learn about the man who began this organization of Alcoholics Anonymous, you can read about him and how he came to know Dr. Bob, here: http://www.steppingstones.org/billsstory.html it is a very good history read. 

You can look at the 12 steps of alcoholics anonymous here. 

Or log onto this link https://www.recovery.org/topics/alcoholics-anonymous-12-step/

More of my personal experiences with 12 Steps :

12 Steps AA Part 2

12 Steps The Awakening Part 3

  
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The Spaghetti Squash Gift-The Recipe and The Manifestation

The spaghetti squash gift. 

Even though your desires seem to go unnoticed by the universe, enjoy your life anyway just the way it is. Faith, surrender, and gratitude, those desires will manifest in ways you never imagined.

I love spaghetti squash. Here is how I fix it

1. Preheat oven to 375
2. Lightly oil a baking sheet
3. Cut squash in half from stem to blossom end (lengthwise) and soup out seeds and pulp
4.  Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper
5. Place cut side down on the prepared baking dish
6. Bake for 35-50 minutes ovens temps vary. I do 50 minutes because I am high in altitude.

Spaghetti squash grows really well in my clay soil. Each plant  I grew had 6-7 nice yellow spaghetti squashes. Last year the squash bug got my crop of pumpkins so I opted not to grow any kind of squash this year. While shopping at a local nursery in late spring, I was attracted to a beautiful banana squash plant  in a small pot. I bought it and planted out back away from the garden hoping the squash bug would not see it. The squash bugs came anyway and I had to pick them off one by one and also scrape off the eggs deposited on the backs of the leaves and stems. To my surprise after 3 weeks of picking off the bugs, they stopped visiting. The plant flourished with our nourishing monsoon rains and the daily care I gave them. I loved watching the beautiful bright yellow-orange flowers bloom.

One day in mid September, I noticed a squash forming!  I had visions of baking the squash in warm oven on a chilly fall day. 

A few days later I happened to notice the baby squash was 

eaten by a lucky critter, probably a squirrel or a skunk. But I still had faith it would grow nicely in spite of the eaten squashes. 

Early October, before any more fruits developed, Jack Frost came and waved his frozen wand over all the plants here in Utah. The Squash plants withered and sunk into the earth. It would seem that all my inspired action had turned into failure. But,  I had crops frozen before so I took it in stride. I let it go. I still loved eating squash and still had the vision of baking it in the warm oven on a chilly fall day.

A few days after the frost my husband went to get hay for our animals and brought me a spaghetti squash! I was so delighted. The man who sells us hay had shared his crop with us. A week later, we went to buy 4 more big bales for winter. The man said, " Go to the back of my truck and get yourself a few squashes" I went back to his truck bed and it was filled with beautifully formed spaghetti squashes. I chose two. So now I have 3 spaghetti squashes! I was so grateful and delighted that in spite of my dilemma with the squash bugs, the hungry critters, and the frost, I indeed received the squashes I had desired. Woo hoo ! Thank you universe !

As I sit in my kitchen writing this post, I am preheating my oven on a chilly fall day for delicious roast spaghetti squash. I have chills writing this because I can feel the magic in this process.

So the point is, do not give up your dream or desires. Keep a good attitude. Let go of the how and when. The gifts are revealed to you in ways you could not imagine.

A good tip is, the things we need do not manifest as quickly as the things we desire. So hold the desire as long as it makes you smile and let go of the need. Have faith and learn to love your life and appreciate the many miracles around you now.

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History of Law of Attraction 1879-Present Day

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The New York Times, 1876

The New York Times published an article on April 6, 1879 using the phrase "Law of Attraction".

The New Thought Movement, 1904–1910

Thomas Troward, who was a strong influence in the New Thought Movement, claimed that thought precedes physical form and that "the action of Mind plants that nucleus which, if allowed to grow undisturbed, will eventually attract to itself all the conditions necessary for its manifestation in outward visible form.

William Walker Atkinson (1862–1932)

In 1906 used the phrase in his New Thought Movement book Thought Vibration or the Law of Attraction in the Thought World, stating that "like attracts like." The following year, Elizabeth Towne, the editor of The Nautilus Magazine, a Journal of New Thought, published Bruce MacLelland's book Prosperity Through Thought Force, in which he summarized the principle, stating: "You are what you think, not what you think you are."

Science Of Getting Rich 1903

Written circa 1903 by Wallace Delois Wattles
With Introduction by Rebecca Fine



The Science of Getting Rich published in 1910 is a
Timeless wisdom and a practical, step-by-step
prosperity program from a long forgotten classic.

Charles Haanel - 1912

The Master Key System, which was originally published in 1912, sold over 200,000 copies before it was banned by the church in 1933 and was then lost to the public for some seventy years.

The Master Key System lays down the foundation of the principles of creative manifestation through the Law of Attraction, as Haanel understood them. You will learn how to develop and use the creative instrument of your mind—creating true abundance in your life and opening up to the limitless possibilities of the truly creative life.

Theosophy, (1915–1919)

The phrase "Law of Attraction" appeared in the writings of the Theosophical authors William Quan Judge in 1915, and Annie Besant in 1919.

The Law of Success in 16 Lessons, 1928

Before the release of Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill released The Law of Success in 16 Lessons (1928) which directly references the Law of Attraction, by name, repeatedly.

"Think and Grow Rich", 1937

Richard Weiss, 1969

Richard Weiss explains in his book The American Myth of Success (First Edition 1969) that during the New Thought movement, the "principle of "non-resistance" was a popular concept taught in conjunction with the Law of Attraction.

21st Century

In 2006, a film entitled The Secret (2006) based on the "Law of Attraction" was released and then developed into a book of the same title in 2007. The movie and book gained widespread attention in the media from Saturday Night Live to The Oprah Winfrey Show in the United States. The same year Esther and Jerry Hicks (who provided much of the original source material for The Secret) released the bestseller, "The Law of Attraction".

Author and business man Kevin Trudeau produced an audio compact disk program called "Your Wish Is Your Command" in 2001, which deals with the same subject of thoughts manifesting reality.

In August 2008, Esther and Jerry Hicks's book Money and the Law of Attraction: Learning to Attract Health, Wealth & Happiness appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list.


Considered leaders in the field by enthusiasts, Esther and Gerry Hicks provide workshops all over the world on the Law of Attraction.

My favorite book by Jerry and Esther Hicks is Ask and it is Given available above.

Our Brain And Law Of Attraction

Our Brain and The Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction is mysterious unseen force. Our brain is involved in the process by determining what revealed to us by what we focus on most of the time. There is a tiny group of cells the size of your little finger tip located in your brain called the Reticular Activation System or RAS. Your RAS is a station for incoming sensory impulses. It is an automatic mechanism inside your brain that brings relevant information to your attention according to your beliefs and perceptions.

There are millions of information bits at any one time in our present experience. However, our brains can only take in 125 bit's of information at one time. Most of what is going on around us is not even seen or noticed. I have examples of this further along the article. The RAS not only selects certain stimuli, it removes 99+% from our very perception.

  The human brain sees and hears only what we are conditioned to see or hear. Our brains delete whatever information is not in line with our set of beliefs, biases and prejudices. We focus on our perceptions and set the RAS to make decisions.

The mind sees only what it is trained to see. If the mind is not open to it, it will pass by unnoticed. Deborah Moen

Sometimes it may be your own doing through your perceptions and belief systems, sometimes it is brilliant marketing or propaganda that has snuck in there.

It is interesting to note that the RAS is responsible for revealing what you ask for and it also reveals to you what you fear or hate or do not want. It reveals to you what you focus on. 

For example: When you are thinking I do not want to eat candy, the RAS hears only that you are focusing on "candy" and your attention to candy will be sorted as an important conscious bit of information to notice "candy" everywhere. Candy will be in your face 24/7.

Another way to focus on your desire to eat less candy would be to say or think, I "allow" a healthy lifestyle or I desire nutritious foods. Your RAS will sort that information as important and all opportunities in your experience that represent healthy eating will be easily noticed.

This phenomena works with everything. If you fear spiders and focus on that, chances are your RAS will seek them out and you are going to spot them everywhere. When you have your mind on a new car you will begin to see the exact make and model in places you never saw them before. You will see that particular car everywhere. If you fight against cancer, war, gangs, the government you will notice and experience more of the "fight" than the solution.  If you think the world is out to get you then you will notice all the incidents that prove this true. If you are worried about parking, your RAS will affirm there is no parking by blocking available empty spots from your awareness. When we are confident a parking space will show up our RAS will seek it out. You do not have to believe in this for it to work. This mechanism is working whether you are aware of it or believe in it or not.

The FEDEX White Arrow

A FEDEX truck. We see them everywhere.
Have you noticed the white arrow in the logo?

Look closely between the green letters E and X
Most people have not noticed this white arrow.

The mind sees only what it is trained to see. When the mind is not open to it, "it" will pass by unnoticed. Deborah Moen


 Abraham Lincoln said, "If you look for the bad in people you will surely find it".

BUT...If you look for the good in people you will surely find it. The choice is yours. This is where these tiny little cells in our brain called the Reticular Activation System can with awareness and retraining, help us achieve success and attain our goals and help us recognize all the goodies that come along on, what I used to call, the conveyor belt of life. 


When we are aware of this function of the brain and set out to understand it and retrain our beliefs and responses to life, we begin to notice that the right book, just the right phrase we catch on TV, a phone call, or a billboard will magically show up.

The Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria

 The Niña, The Pinta and The Santa Maria came across the ocean in the breaking waves. It is said the natives were blind to the ships because they had no-thing in their experience to reference them to. This is a feature of the RAS.

The RAS and Law of Attraction

The film The  Secret began a surge of awareness of universal law called the Law of Attraction (LOA). But successful people throughout history have been aware of a phenomenon that like attracts like. There are those people who interpreted The Secret

Those who have studied Law of Attraction know that it is working whether you know it or not. The law of gravity is working whether you are aware it or not.  One of the main keys to an abundant life is living in a state of allowing, releasing resistance, finding relief and better feeling thoughts, becoming appreciative with our life now and experiencing happiness and joy.  The Non-Physical part of us is always in this blissful state. Getting the mind used to this way of thinking takes practice. But once you begin to notice the subtle and not so subtle differences that occur as a result of this practice, you will know come to know a happiness and peace  aligned with your spirit.  This alignment is downloaded into our RAS brain function and begins to assist you in seeking those things you desire automatically.  

 I will leave you with this story 
Author unknown:

A wise old man sat by the side of the road. A traveler approached and inquired about the village that lay ahead.

"What kind of people live there?"

The old man asked, "What kind of people lived in the town you just left?"

The traveler responded, "Oh, they were awful people, thieves and villains...liars and cheats."

The old man said "Well, that's exactly the kind of people in the village up ahead."

Presently another traveler approached and asked, "What sort of people live in the town over that hill?"

The old man asked him what kind of folks he had left behind.

The traveler replied "Oh they were wonderful, warm people - the kindest folks ever." And the old man said.....

"Ah, well that's just the kind of people you'll find up ahead."

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Related information and Further Study:

The History of the phrase Law of Attraction as early as 1879 during the Gold rush Days of Missouri in a The New York Times article.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-opportunities/article1082130.ece

http://www.michaeljemery.com/nlp/your-conscious-minds-capacity-seven-plus-or-minus-two-chunks-of-information/

http://www.howourbrainswork.com/ good RAS-for-goal-setting

The Immortal I   A Unified Theory of Psychology, Neurology and the Kingdom of God
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