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Expect Miracles by Dr. Wayne Dyer Having a mind that is open to everything and attached to nothing sounds easy until you think about how much conditioning has taken place in your life, and how many of your current thoughts were influenced by geography, the religious beliefs of your ancestors, the color of your skin, the shape of your eyes, the political orientation of your parents, your size, your gender, the schools that were selected for you, and the vocation of your great-......grandparents, to list only some possibilities. You showed up here as a tiny infant capable of an infinite number of potentialities..... Many of your choices remain unexplored because of a hopefully well-....intentioned conditioning program designed to make you fit the culture of your caretakers. You probably had next to no opportunity to disagree with the cultural and societal arrangements made for your life. There may have been some adults who encouraged you to have an open mind, but if you're honest with yourself, you know that your philosophy of life, your religious beliefs, your manner of dress, and your language are a function of what your tribe (and its heritage) determined was right for you. If you made any fuss about going against this preordained conditioning, you probably heard even stronger voices insisting that you get back in line and do things the way they have “always been done.” Fitting in superseded having a mind that was open to new ideas. If your parents were Jewish, it’s unlikely that you were raised to honor and respect the Muslim religion, and vice versa. If both your parents were Republicans, it’s improbable that you heard the virtues of the Democratic Party extolled. Whatever the reasons our ancestors may have had for not having open minds, it’s true that they inhabited a much less populated world than we do. In today’s overpopulated world, we simply cannot continue to live with those old styles of closed-....mindedness. I urge you to open your mind to all possibilities, to resist any efforts to be pigeonholed, and to refuse to allow pessimism into your consciousness. Having a mind that is open to everything and attached to nothing seems to me to be one of the most basic principles that you can adopt to contribute to individual and world peace. No One Knows Enough to Be a Pessimist Find an opportunity to observe a tiny little green sprout emerging from a seed. When you do, allow yourself to feel the awe of what you're seeing. A famous poet named Rumi observed, “Sell your cleverness and purchase bewilderment.” The scene of an emerging sprout represents the beginning of life. No one on this planet has even a tiny clue as to how all of this works. What is that creative spark that causes the life to sprout? What created the observer, the consciousness, the observation, and perception itself? The questions are endless. A short while ago, Earthlings in the space program were moving a tiny vehicle on Mars via remote control. Invisible signals took ten minutes to travel through space and arrived to make right turns and instruct a scoop to pick up some Martian real estate to examine. We all marvel at such technological feats. But think about it for a moment. In an endless universe, Mars, our closest neighbor, is the equivalent of moving a billionth of an inch across the page you’re reading! We move a little vehicle on a neighbor next door and we’re so impressed with ourselves. There are billions and billions of planets, objects, and stars in our galaxy alone, and there are uncountable billions of galaxies out there. We are a speck in an incomprehensibl....y vast universe that has no end to it. Think about this: If we found the end, would there be a wall at the edge of the universe? If so, who built it? Even more perplexing, what’s on the other side of the wall, and how thick is it? How can anyone be a pessimist in a world where we know so little? A heart starts beating inside a mother’s womb a few weeks after conception, and it’s a total mystery to everyone on our planet. In comparison to what there is to know, we are only embryos. Keep this in mind whenever you encounter those who are absolutely certain that there’s only one way to do something. Resist being a pessimist. Resist with all your might, because we hardly know anything at all in comparison with what there is to know. Can you imagine what a pessimist who lived only 200 years ago would think about the world we live in? Airplanes, electricity, automobiles, television, remote controls, the Internet, fax machines, telephones, cellular phones, and so on. All because of that spark of open-....mindedness that allowed progress, growth, and creativity to flourish. And what of the future and all of your tomorrows? Can you picture faxing yourself back to the 14th century, flying without machines, telepathically communicating, de-........molecularizing yourself and rearranging yourself on another galaxy, or cloning a sheep from a photograph of a sheep? An open mind allows you to explore and create and grow. A closed mind seals off any such creative explanation. Remember that progress would be impossible if we always did things the way we always have. The ability to participate in miracles-true miracles in your life-happens when you open your mind to your limitless potential. Refuse to allow yourself to have low expectations about what you're capable of creating. As Michelangelo suggested, the greater danger is not that your hopes are too high and you fail to reach them; it’s that they're too low and you do. Have within you an imaginary candle flame that burns brightly regardless of what goes before you. Let this inner flame represent for you the idea that you're capable of manifesting miracles in your life.

Expect Miracles

by Dr. Wayne Dyer

Having a mind that is open to everything and attached to nothing sounds

easy until you think about how much conditioning has taken place in your

life, and how many of your current thoughts were influenced by

geography, the religious beliefs of your ancestors, the color of your skin,

the shape of your eyes, the political orientation of your parents, your size,

your gender, the schools that were selected for you, and the vocation of

your great-......grandparents, to list only some possibilities.

You showed up here as a tiny infant capable of an infinite number of

potentialities..... Many of your choices remain unexplored because of a

hopefully well-....intentioned conditioning program designed to make you fit

the culture of your caretakers. You probably had next to no opportunity to

disagree with the cultural and societal arrangements made for your life.

There may have been some adults who encouraged you to have an open

mind, but if you're honest with yourself, you know that your philosophy of

life, your religious beliefs, your manner of dress, and your language are a

function of what your tribe (and its heritage) determined was right for

you. If you made any fuss about going against this preordained

conditioning, you probably heard even stronger voices insisting that you

get back in line and do things the way they have “always been done.”

Fitting in superseded having a mind that was open to new ideas.

If your parents were Jewish, it’s unlikely that you were raised to honor and

respect the Muslim religion, and vice versa. If both your parents were

Republicans, it’s improbable that you heard the virtues of the Democratic

Party extolled. Whatever the reasons our ancestors may have had for not

having open minds, it’s true that they inhabited a much less populated

world than we do. In today’s overpopulated world, we simply cannot

continue to live with those old styles of closed-....mindedness. I urge you to

open your mind to all possibilities, to resist any efforts to be pigeonholed,

and to refuse to allow pessimism into your consciousness.

Having a mind that is open to everything and attached to nothing seems

to me to be one of the most basic principles that you can adopt

to contribute to individual and world peace.

No One Knows Enough to Be a Pessimist

Find an opportunity to observe a tiny little green sprout emerging from a

seed. When you do, allow yourself to feel the awe of what you're seeing.

A famous poet named Rumi observed, “Sell your cleverness and purchase

bewilderment.” The scene of an emerging sprout represents the beginning

of life. No one on this planet has even a tiny clue as to how all of this

works. What is that creative spark that causes the life to sprout?

What created the observer, the consciousness, the observation,

and perception itself? The questions are endless.

A short while ago, Earthlings in the space program were moving a tiny

vehicle on Mars via remote control. Invisible signals took ten minutes to

travel through space and arrived to make right turns and instruct a scoop

to pick up some Martian real estate to examine. We all marvel at such

technological feats. But think about it for a moment. In an endless

universe, Mars, our closest neighbor, is the equivalent of moving a billionth

of an inch across the page you’re reading! We move a little vehicle on a

neighbor next door and we’re so impressed with ourselves.

There are billions and billions of planets, objects, and stars in our galaxy

alone, and there are uncountable billions of galaxies out there. We are a

speck in an incomprehensibl....y vast universe that has no end to it. Think

about this: If we found the end, would there be a wall at the edge of the

universe? If so, who built it? Even more perplexing, what’s on

the other side of the wall, and how thick is it?

How can anyone be a pessimist in a world where we know so little?

A heart starts beating inside a mother’s womb a few weeks after

conception, and it’s a total mystery to everyone on our planet.

In comparison to what there is to know, we are only embryos.

Keep this in mind whenever you encounter those who are absolutely

certain that there’s only one way to do something.

Resist being a pessimist. Resist with all your might, because we hardly

know anything at all in comparison with what there is to know. Can you

imagine what a pessimist who lived only 200 years ago would think about

the world we live in? Airplanes, electricity, automobiles, television, remote

controls, the Internet, fax machines, telephones, cellular phones,

and so on. All because of that spark of open-....mindedness that

allowed progress, growth, and creativity to flourish.

And what of the future and all of your tomorrows? Can you picture faxing

yourself back to the 14th century, flying without machines, telepathically

communicating, de-........molecularizing yourself and rearranging yourself on

another galaxy, or cloning a sheep from a photograph of a sheep? An open

mind allows you to explore and create and grow. A closed mind seals off

any such creative explanation. Remember that progress would be

impossible if we always did things the way we always have. The ability to

participate in miracles-true miracles in your life-happens

when you open your mind to your limitless potential.

Refuse to allow yourself to have low expectations about what you're

capable of creating. As Michelangelo suggested, the greater danger is not

that your hopes are too high and you fail to reach them; it’s that they're

too low and you do. Have within you an imaginary candle flame that burns

brightly regardless of what goes before you. Let this inner flame represent

for you the idea that you're capable of manifesting miracles in your life.

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