How often have you heard someone complain about how nothing ever seems to go right for them? They are in the wrong job and somehow can't seem to find the right one. Or, they are lonely and can't meet the right companion. They can't ever find the things to do that will kindle their enthusiasm for life. Sometimes they try to explain their plight in terms of Karma. They feel that somehow their current misfortunes are overdue payments for past misdeeds.
When I meet such people I offer them another viewpoint which you may find useful in similar circumstances. My arguments are based on the concept of a "Spirit World." If they can't accept that, I ask them to pretend that the Spirit World is just another way of representing the unconscious abilities of our mind to influence events. The argument then proceeds as follows.
Imagine that you have a host of friends in the Spirit World who operate something like a Sandwich Shop, where you can go to order-up the things you want in life. Your Spirit Friends are there to serve you. They will deliver whatever you order. But, just as in any Sandwich Shop, it takes time to deliver the order.
Now, consider what you would get in a regular Sandwich Shop if you approached the counter saying, "I don't want a hamburger, I don't want a lettuce and tomato, I don't want a..." In the same way, many people get nothing from life, because all they think about is what they don't want! "Thinking" is the same thing as placing an order in the Spirit Sandwich Shop.
Likewise, you will never get a sandwich from any Sandwich Shop if you keep changing your order before the kitchen has had a chance to make up your last order. Too many self-proclaimed losers don't realize that they keep changing their minds about what they want. Under those circumstances, the Spirits can only deliver partial orders, often neither fish nor fowl. Then too, many losers will remain that way for as long as they think themselves unworthy of ordering the better things from the menu of life.
From this viewpoint, one can see a way out of the loser's pit. First you have to decide on what you really want from life. This is the hardest part because everyone else tells you what they think you should be ordering. Focus on what you really want. Just imagine that the sandwich is already in front of you. Visualize yourself enjoying it! Don't think about how to make it. Just leave that to your Spirit Friends.
Another thing; don't order something at someone else's expense. There are also other Spirits in the Sandwich Shop who are looking out for them.
Becoming a winner then is a matter of recognizing that you may indeed be in a Spirit Sandwich Shop; that you order-up with your thoughts; and that you can only get what you order.
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