At the crossroads of a new year and a new decade, are you certain of your direction? Once again you may be wondering where to put your energy. For a moment, picture yourself twelve months from now exclaiming to your best friend, “2010 was the most phenomenal year.” What details will you launch into with an ear-to-ear smile? What happened to make the year an upward spiral of joy, happiness and abundance?
Having this kind of mental agility to get to the heart of what you want is what Mike Dooley calls, “playing the matrix.” Dooley writes Notes from the Universe each day for 310,000 people around the world. His notes caught the eye of The Secret team which led to his appearance in the blockbuster book and DVD. In 2010 and 2011, Dooley is bringing his one-day matrix workshop to six continents, 12 countries, and 60 cities. He recently came to San Francisco.
Your life is your highest priority
Dooley is a dynamic, open-hearted spokesperson for the Universe. He continues to refine his thoughts and advice on how you can get what you want. In the past, he says, people focused on what they didn’t like about life. “It’s the end of blame, excuses, and being a victim. We live in a new era of thinking,” he says.
“It’s an exciting time. People are waking up to their power. Spiritually speaking, we’ve just crawled out of the cave ” says Dooley. “We understand nothing is predetermined or set in stone. Everything around us is malleable. We have a hand in how things unfold. We are responsible for our happiness.”
The Matrix workshop is six hours of insights and ingenious tools. He explains how people program the circumstances of their lives. He leads attendees through a series of exercises so they can program their lives for the end results they want.
He demonstrates how to define end results without getting attached to the details. Dooley uses the analogy of a car’s GPS device to explain the pivotal end result. You have to punch in on the device where you want to end up. It’s not until you arrive at your destination that you realize the directions were perfect. The miracles of progress are usually invisible, he says.
Then, without worrying about how it’s going to happen, he advocates action, lots of action. Dooley says to have as full a schedule as you can possibly manage. “We must move,” says Dooley. “Miracles abound as long as we are taking action.”
What to put in your toolkit this year
Once a day for five to ten minutes, visualize the glorious details to get yourself excited and motivated. Imagine every conceivable detail. Feel the emotion. Put yourself in the picture. Get physical. Stand up and shout “Yes, life is so awesome and I am so happy.” Live with the end result, acting as if your dream, let’s say, of wealth and abundance has already happened. List actions you can now take that either prepare the way or that presupposes it has already come to pass. Plan a celebration party to launch your best-selling book. “Thought forces circumstances, predisposing you to life’s so-called accidents, coincidences, and serendipities,” says Dooley.
A five-minute exercise to try yourself
First write down the main thing you want to change or bring into your life. Define what you want in terms of the end result. People desire changes in their livelihood, abundance, health, relationships and appearance. Let your highest life priorities help you choose where to begin. What would you like to experience more of?
Look at the end result you wrote down. Your end result could be understanding, confidence, acceptance, fulfillment, patience, self love, creativity, peace. Whatever it is, it will bring you happiness. Don’t depend on others for your happiness. The highest and best end result depends solely upon you. It should be self-serving. It should appeal to you logically and emotionally. It should not be how other dreams come true.
It should not depend on specific people or timelines. You don’t want to limit your options. Stating wealth and abundance as your end result, for example, places people in your life who will add to your wealth and abundance. However you cannot state who those people will be in advance. The more general your choice, the freer the universe is to move on your behalf.
Describe the consequences. Write down everything that your fantastic wealth makes possible.
- What you can afford
- Where you travel for fun and business
- How you use your free time
- The type of investments you have
- Where you live
- The friends you have
- The type of cars and toys you own
- The hobbies you are enjoying
List the anticipated consequences without getting attached to the designer clothing, sailboat, acquired skills and talents. Don’t mistake the details for the larger dream. “People don’t wonder if it’s in their best interest when they dream of friendship, happiness, abundance, health, romance,” Dooley says. “But when someone dreams of a specific house, employer, love interest, deadline, dollar amount or diet fad, they often end up contradicting themselves.” If you are disappointed with the results you are getting, it may be that you have contradicting thoughts. Or that you are locked into specific details.
Someone with the end result of wealth and abundance may anticipate the following:
Visit NYC
- Broadway Shows
- Stay at the Ritz
Help out my family
- Prepay daughter’s college
Buy a new car
- BMW 530i
Begin investing
- Open online account
Then take action, consistently moving in the general direction of your end result without insisting on specific results, methods or people. List baby steps you can take this week that capitalize on your preferences and strengths. “You don’t take baby steps for the distance they cover, but to put yourself within reach of life’s magic,” he says. It’s like hoisting a sail so the wind can power your vessel.
Taking action summons resources. “Never stop asking for help, trying new directions, responding to conditions, innovating, evolving,” he says.
Advice for a fresh start in 2010
Work with the Universe instead of against it.
Don’t look at someone else’s life. You can make a living any way you want.
Do what you can with what’s before you today.
Take your mind off the by-products of a life well lived (love, money, good health) and more on living life well.
Keeping the end in mind forces the circumstances and details necessary to bring it about.
Don’t make other people responsible for your dreams.
Have fun now. Don’t put your life on hold. What could you do now that you’d like to do but aren’t doing? Live your dreams today to the degree you can.
Playfully pretend you are already rolling in wealth and abundance. Visualize five minutes a day.
Mike Dooley is presenting the Matrix workshop in Salt Lake City on February 20 and in Las Vegas on February 21.
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