CATALYST NEWS

Eva Dahm, CPCC, MA

June, 2005

Dedicated to your growth and exploration.

STRETCH YOUR MIND & CREATE YOUR FUTURE

First, we all know that despite what our five senses tell us, the earth is not flat.
Second, we learned in school that even though it looks like the sun is circling us, the scientific truth is the opposite. And finally we realize our earth that appears stationary in space and is, in fact, rotating at an incredible speed.

So why are we living our lives based on a scientific lie? Our senses tell us that the table in front of us is solid. They tell us our body is solid and constant. However, the scientific truth is that material objects are really non-material. As Deepak Chopra says, "The stuff of our world is non-stuff."

Quantum physics was discovered in 1900 by Max Planck. Why are we still operating with outmoded Newtonian physics as our basis? Still teaching Newton in Physics Class? First, it is easier to imagine a world of matter as our senses tell us. Plus it is a mental and emotional stretch to envision a world where we are each responsible for what we see and create.

For another thing, as Bruce Lipton describes in The Biology of Belief, most of our "modern" medical knowledge is based on Newtonian physics. The idea that the body is a bio-mechanical object that can be "fixed" by replacing a broken piece or by introducing a chemical to alter some chemical reaction. Another example of the laws of matter is the belief that we need to work hard to create wealth.

The reality of quantum physics teaches us that the objects that appear solid are really subatomic particles (fluctuations of energy and information) moving at extremely high speeds through a void. So basically our world is made up of empty space that we experience as matter.

In Magical Body, Magical Mind, Deepak Chopra, explains our thoughts create our physical machine-both mind and body. Our body's cells are totally new every year. So we are simply re-creating the body in the same image as last year (or not) based on our thoughts. He says, "If you want to know what your past thoughts were, look at your body. If you want to know what your future body will be, look at your current thoughts."

For me the value of Quantum physics is that it gives us the power to create our bodies and our lives all over again. We already have been doing exactly that. Now with an understanding of some laws, we can take conscious control of our futures in every way.

CREATE YOUR LIFE

So the first step is to accept that our thoughts create our reality. For the person who thinks and says, "My boss is a pain in my neck," we're not surprised his body creates neck pain. So what thoughts do you repeat in your mind and speak? What do you choose to create?

Secondly, the real power of creation is the feeling state. So what can you feel excited about, in love with, or peaceful about? I coach my career clients to list all the features they now know about their next job. If there is something unknown, just ignore it for now. Then I ask them to imagine that they are getting up in the morning to go to this job. How does it feel: exciting, challenging? Now stay with the feeling for 20-30 seconds. (And stay away from focusing on what we do not know about the next job.) This is the place of creation. This works for anything you want in your life.

LET GO

The next step is sometimes a challenge. Because we want to know how something is going to work and what is coming next, we are not always patient with waiting for the Universe to bring us the desired goal. At this point we need to detach from our ideas of the future and allow it to be.

The other challenge here is to trust the process. I am in the midst of a major change in my work. I know the next level of coaching is on its way. However, I frequently have to remind myself to trust. Simply waiting and being open to the process is best.

And when the opportunities that come to us are not what we imagine, it is even more important to trust the process and be open to a new look. This refers to the old joke about the man caught in a flood and trapped on the roof who asked God to save him. When a boat came, he refused transport because he said God would come for him. When a helicopter hovered over him, he waved them off. And as you know when he asked God why didn't you save me, God said I sent a boat and a helicopter, what more did you want. So…let go of your notion of how it will look and be open to options and nudges to try this or that. The result may be better than ever imagined.

STOP JUDGING

One of the best steps to creating with modern physics is to stop judging. As Deepak Chopra explains our judging, evaluation, analyzing or things as good or bad creates a shutting down of possibilities. The more we can stay in the role of observer and in the spacef of just noticing what is, the more we can see possibilities and openings everywhere and then open up the flow of the energy.

We never really know what is bad or good from our limited perspective. Once I received a notice from IRS and not being a regular meditator at that; time, I reacted with fear. Interesting enough, it turned out that when I checked it out, I was due money, not the opposite. So it was really a cosmic notice to claim my funds due. Who knew IRS could be good news?

SILENT WITNESS

For years we have heard the power of positive thinking. I have even written about it in past newsletters. Deepak Chopra has taken my thinking to a new level. He says positive is better than negative, but the silent witness perspective is above both the positive and the negative. The observer knows that anything that happens just is. When we stay in the place of not judging, we can be free to move on more quickly to the next thing that just is. We are not a leaf blowing in the wind of "good" experiences or "bad" experiences.

I am not encouraging you to disallow your emotional reactions to events at all. Be in touch with your emotions, they are real. And they are energy just like your thoughts. So observing the emotions and thoughts will allow both to move on and change. Getting stuck in an unforgiving thought or an angry emotion can only harm your mind/body.

So what are the steps to manifestation according to Deepak Chopra?

1. Recognize you are the creator of all your experiences.
2. Be self-referral (focused on your idea of you coming from the inside not outside).
3. Do not create boundaries-stop judging, analyzing, evaluating, or classifying things. Accept that things just are.
4. Be established in being, not doing. Desire and let go with confidence and trust. Cosmic Intelligence will take over the details.
5. Let go of your ideas of how things should be because you don't know the big picture.
6. Seek bliss or joy for yourself and others.

Magical Body, Magical Mind, Deepak Chopra

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