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God Will Provide the Food, But He Will Not Cook the Dinner

Great excerpt from the book Forget Selling on how our own perception is the window to opportunity or the road block that traps us.

An experience Gandhi had when discovering his purpose and developing his vision well illustrates the Law of Attraction. When a man arrived from a distant country and volunteered to join Gandhi, he asked Gandhi if he was surprised at his unplanned appearance. Gandhi simply replied, "When a person discovers what is right and purposeful, and begins to pursue it, the necessary people and resources tend to appear, as if attracted to the cause." Gandhi is a supreme example of influence and resonance, for he never had any official position in government or business, had no wealth, and commanded no armies. However, he influenced, mobilized, inspired, and transformed millions of people.

The power of expectation is revealed in numerous studies with varying names. Most people are familiar with the Placebo, the Pygmalion, and the Halo Effects which all verify the power of expectation and suggestion. In the 1970s, psychologist Dr. Robert Rosenthal revealed how the expectation of one can alter the behavior of another. Students of the same IQ were randomly divided into two groups and teachers were told that one group was gifted and had high IQs, and that the other group was dull and had low IQs. After only eight months, the supposedly high IQ group performed at an A level while the supposedly low IQ group performed at a D level. The only variable in the study was that of the expectations of the teachers involved.

There are numerous studies in medicine where the Placebo Effect has, in some cases, been more effective than the medication given after negative side effects of the medication were taken into account. Studies have shown that people often get better just making an appointment with their doctor. They continue to improve and symptoms subside even while sitting in the waiting room. I guess if they wait long enough, they may not even need to see the doctor. Now, that's a clever way to cut healthcare costs. In another study, doctors performed a false surgery for breast implants, and although there was no actual surgery, the breasts were increased because of the patient's expectations. In the Korean War, there was a shortage of morphine to relieve the pain of suffering soldiers. Thus, doctors gave sugar pills and suggested that their pain would soon be relieved and approximately 25 percent of the soldiers reported a reduction in pain.

Your brain is not your mind, but your mind's instrument, just as your body is the instrument through which thoughts and feelings are expressed. Your mind is the envelope of the soul. A positive, confident, expectant mind renders you receptive to creative forces. It is because of the receptive nature of this divine creative faculty that thoughts are manifested and you become unstoppable. Faith is the unseen world and thought that gives substance to things unseen. You can actually think of only one thing at a time, thus, you cannot have positive thoughts as negative words are spoken. Select your words carefully for they predict your future success.

Elizabeth Browning states, "We carry within us the wonders we seek without us." However, all of life's forces can only manifest to the degree that you confidently believe that they can and will materialize. The intricate reciprocity of your mind and the Universal Mind is the key factor to how and when we blossom. This integral relationship was confirmed by Genevieve Behrend in her interviews with Judge Thomas Troward at the turn of the century, "God will provide the food, but He will not cook the dinner." Co-dependent relationships don't work in life nor in the symbolic world. Things are symbols, and it is important to remember that the thing symbolized is more important than the symbol itself. Remember also that the mind is not fickle. If you start and end your day with a well-directed meditation, but the rest of your day is filled with fear and anxiety, you are sabotaging your success. Judge Troward continues to explain to his pupil that "will" is a thought stabilizer and holds a thought to a given purpose until it is consummated or manifested. He insisted that you get into the spirit of your desire. "The spirit of a thing is that which is the source of its inherent movement."