I spent last Saturday with a small group of wonderful people from all over the world who just completed my year long Miracles Coaching Certification Program.
The day was upbeat and buzzing with energy.
But at lunch one person asked me a question that may be on your mind, too.
“In the movie The Secret and in your book The Attractor Factor you said you believe in intentions, but in your book Zero Limits you say you no longer believe in them. What do you do now?”
I can see where that could confuse people.
In my new Nightingale-Conant audioprogram, The Missing Secret, I explain my approach to life in a way that clears the air. I’ll try to recap it here:
Today I realize that most intentions are limitations.
Intentions come from your ego and can actually limit what is possible for you to receive.
Intentions are wonderful when you are first awakening to your own power. It’s thrilling to set goals and achieve them. But there’s an easier, better, more magical and even miraculous way to go through life.
I explain this in Zero Limits, where I say there are three stages of awakening.
STAGE ONE:
In the first stage you are a victim. We’re all born into it and most of us stay there. With coaching or the right books or the right movies, you one day break free.
STAGE TWO:
In the next stage you realize you have more power than you ever thought before. In this stage intentions are fun and exciting and useful. You aim your life where you want it to go. It’s exhilarating to manifest things like new cars or a new house or anything else you can imagine.
But there’s a stage after that.
STAGE THREE:
In the third stage you realize you have choice but you don’t have control. You realize you don’t have all power. This is where you surrender. This is where you can receive inspiration from something greater than your ego awareness.
I was filmed for two more movies last week. One of them is all about letting go to inspiration.
For me, I want inspiration.
When it comes, that becomes my new intention.
But the intention comes from inspiration, not from limitation.
The intention comes from the Divine, not my pipsqueak ego.
In short, when I receive an inspiration to do something, it becomes my intention.
So I still believe in intentions, but not those of the ego, but those of the Divine.
Intentions are for wimps.
When I set an intention to do something like, say, write a book, I use my conscious will and my energy and get it done.
But when I allow an inspiration to become my new intention, and combine my energy with it, than I often create something astonishingly unexpected like, say, my own television show.
Inspiration might also direct me to write another book, of course, but the point is, inspiration will often surprise me with something bigger and bolder than I ever imagined before.
As P.T. Barnum said, “Not my will, but thine, be done.”
When you follow inspiration, you get to say (like the Blues Brothers), “I’m on a mission from God.”
How do you know an intention from an inspiration?
Usually by how it feels.
When I was on Donny Deutsch’s CNBC television show The Big Idea last November*, I told him and his audience that the directive to do anything needs to come from your heart, or your gut, not your mind.
When you follow that, you follow your divine path.
It’s different for each person, of course. You may be inspired to enroll in Miracles Coaching or Executive Mentoring to better understand my marketing and metaphysical methods; somebody else may not.
I still use coaches today, and think everyone needs to. We all have beliefs and limitations to release.
For example, inspiration nudged me into creating my own TV show, called Expect Miracles.
But my ego was resisting it.
It was stretching my self-image limits.
For that reason, I needed Miracles Coaching to help me get and stay clear. As long as I stay clear, miracles happen.
I’m now clear and ready for this TV show to be a mega-success.
And now the investors, actors, directors, editors and writers are coming to me.
Why? How?
Because I cleared the blocks within me, with the help of my coaches, to allow it all to happen.
Another thing I’ve learned and have said repeatedly is that “The Universe likes speed.”
When you are inspired, act and act fast.
If you are inspired and don’t act, it’s a sign you have some clearing to do.
What do you feel inspired to do?
Do it.
NOW.
Ao Akua,
Joe
www.mrfire.com
* You can see my fiery five-minute appearance on Donny Deutsch’s TV show at http://one.revver.com/watch/491047 or www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTYWyVm6NiI
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Very helpful and positive forum, I have already learned a lot from just reading?
Peggybird
Hi Joe:
ALCOHOLICS ARE HOOPONOPONO?
I read inside out many time your book the Attractor Factor since 2007.
I am just getting to Zero Limits now on audio & had few briefs mins today listening to it.
Your Post here about the 3rd STAGE You mention, where simple basic I will say, you
are letting the “Divine, The Universe, God, Ones High Power” guide you & take control.
An inspiration comes, & you follow it, & add “Thy will be done” or “YOUR Will, Not Mine”.
That concept is 100% Alcoholics Anonymous A.A. a wonderful body of people.
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I am a Sober Alcoholic (2 years 10 months 4th July Thank God – on a daily reprieve”.
I had an amazing sponsor, who 30+ years ago got sober, & first 40 ish years of
as a drinking Alcoholic lead a life of crime in a rough part of a North Eastern USA City.
(Whitey Bulger was from the same places
This wonderful giving man, a saint, really grasped the principles of AA way beyond putting
down the booze bottle, AA promotes an amazing spiritual way of life. In fact (I m off my point
for a second),
This man my AA sponsor after 7 years sober, told his Higher Power he could serve the Universe better, if he did not have to work 12 hour construction jobs, & “Thy will be done” told his higher power, “I can serve YOU better, if you free me up from construction work, so I can devote my life to getting other drunks sober & on to the good side, of spiritual living full time, & YOU see I am ok for rent & expenses & I will serve you in this way” – He told me from that day on well over 25 years ago, he never had to worry about money, the right amount of money would come from somewhere, even if unexpected bills came, an unexpected check would come in the post for a few bucks more than the bill. (a long forgotten tax rebate etc, things like that).
To my point STAGE 3 you mention, when I was under the hard traditional AA sponsorship of this wonderful giving man, his Faith in the Higher Power was 110%.
See us Alcoholics in AA accept we a powerless over booze & sort of general screw ups in life, (hence the boozing – on a v simple explanation). So in AA we accept, that if we decide to take on a task or a problem ourselves (Stubborn Self Reliance is a big problem with AAs – & that malady leads to our downfall or messing up on whatever we to take on. )
So we accept we will screw it up, & we accept that GOD (High Power – whatever that is for each individual), is the only entity who knows what is best for us, & will guide us on the right path, maybe at the time, it does not seem that way, but it always emerges HE – “Thy Will not my will” is the way.
So we “Let go” & we “hand it up” to the higher power, & we detach ourselves, while stilling getting on with the To Do list in the real world. (not mean sitting on our butts, waiting for genie to appear). Make the phone calls, send the marketing emails, but we detach from the result & we “let go & hand it up” & its is amazing. (I am a little out of kilter on this recently myself & have to get back to AA Basics on the Thy Will be done). But the “Let Go and Let God” idea.. when I was with my sponsor, & so tuned into this, it was like Fedex 24 hour guaranteed delivery from God.. I would hand by problem up & within 24 hours- usually less, by some act of the universe, the answer would come to me.
All of this is in the AA Big Book written well over 70 years ago, by Bill Wilson one of founders of AA. Who actually was NOT a writer, & when he wrote the Big Book, he said it was divine inspiration as if his hand guided by the above, took the pen & starting writing. (I am not into Abrakadebra stuff at all! This is his account). In fact I think you can get free online version of the Big Book of AA on http://www.AA.org – might help someone who needs it, that http://www.AA.org link.
The 12 Steps Book expanded more on the ideas in the 12 steps of the Big Book called Alcoholic Anonymous.
Now forget Alcohol for a minute, Booze is only mentioned in Step 1 – we accept we are powerless when it comes to the grog.
The rest of those 11 steps of AA makes an amazing code of spiritual living, for anyone, & it is exactly what Dr Joe Vitale says above in Step 3 of Zero Limits. (and a few extra bonus things AA has in addition!).
In noticed in the Attractor Factor – They Will be Done or Even better & I used to wonder was Dr, Vitale an AA’er or was close to someone who was, as there was such similar grounding in the concepts & many of the ideas, I was convinced there was some AA influence in there.
I have to get back in touch with the deeper spiritual side, like anything we can have a bad day & yell & scream too, instead of “Letting go & Letting God” etc..
When I was at todate my finest deepest level of AA Spirituality with my God sent sponsor, a living Saint. (God Bless him), every day for me, felt like I was walking on clouds. It took alot of hard work to get there, & my sponsor was a hard task master.
On the road down to the darkness of drinking alcoholism there is serious mental, & spiritual pain, which takes even sober years to clear, its hell, & getting sober is hell, as it is extremely difficult to accept your disease called Alcoholism, but when I broke through all of that, & did my 12 steps, my moral inventory, which released me from judgment of people (most of the time!) & many wonderful Spiritual gifts – I Thank God for sending me the initial hell of drinking alcoholism sliding down that slippery chain to hell, as that was a gift, as breaking through to the other side, I became a much better person. I have a long way to go, but for me I am grateful I am an Alcoholic (and Sober today – Thank God!).
Now, as usual I have over extended my post here, however, that wonderful “release” as we say in AA “Let Go And LET GOD” is Stage 3 of Zero Limits. (I am looking forward to getting into the Audio now!).
The Proof? – Well I fought & fought using will power to the point it felt like a Brazilian JuJitsu expert had me in a Choke to NOT go & have that 1st beer, sometimes I even pulled a month sober, but the explosion binge would be worse & worse. One day I woke not remember 3 days, & I said _ “booze goes, or I go! (into the sea with a rock about me neck!” I called AA, & I never touched a drop of drink since, actually today it does not even exist for me – drinking. I do not even notice it hardly no more.
That is my friend a MIRACLE – and its not just me – there is 3 or 4 million people world wide this past 70 years, who have got sober, experiencing the same miracle in AA. All started off in Akron my a Bill W & Dr. Bob… check out the “big book’ & the 12 Steps book is a great expansion on the 12 steps – That is God in Action.
God Bless
Gerry
kravmagathailand.com
Hi Joe, You asked “What do you feel inspired to do?” I feel Inspired to share this with You and Your readers:
“Inspirational Wisdom is wisdom that is alive and practical.” Inspirational Wisdom is alive in that it does not depend on your will, emotions, or mind. Inspirational Wisdom is practical in that there are things that you do whether you want to, whether you feel like it, or whether you understand them or not. Inspirational Wisdom is a matter of practice. Inspirational Wisdom is a way of life. It is a lifestyle. When Inspirational Wisdom becomes an unconscionable part of you life you will see your will to do things, your feelings to do things and your understanding to do things has changed. You will have achieved Inspirational Wisdom!
Hi Joe or anyone else who has an opinion to my question. My exhusband found a new girlfriend 6 months ago. Four months ago I read “The secret”, and these days I am reading “The missing key….”. I have already attracted many of the things I have wished for since my husband moved away. For exemple my income was raised so that I can afford to stay in the house with the children. But I really would like to know, if it’s possible to attract a certain person. Is it possible to make my exhusband come back to me, or is it only possible if it’s also his wish?
I must admit that before he left, I was very bored and actually wished to get separated. You could say that because of that it’s just good for me that I got separated. But now I realise that it was because I didn’t believe/didn’t visualise/didn’t attract my marrige to become a great marrige again. I focused only on the negative things and ofcause I attracted more of those negativ things. Should I keep on visualising how he comes back to me? Or should I focus on me being with the (another) perfect partner. It could be the same visualisation, but when I visualise about my exhusband, it often includes him saying “I miss you”, “I’m sorry Ileft you” and things like that. I hope that anyone can help me, så I don’t focus on something that isn’t in my power.
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Hi Joe,
I finished reading “the key” after “the secret” and i indeed lived with it a lovely mental workshop which is making me read it for the 2nd time now. i have a question though, sometimes while manifesting … it is so difficult to get totally in the feel it now mode, which is a distracting belief that delays the happening, within this when i feel there is something i want to do but im not sure if its inspired action or a back thought stored in the distracting belief, how can i tell the difference??? it keeps on hitting my mind but then my mind stops doing it cuz im not sure where its coming from
very nice!! and inspiring…
Hi Joe:
I have just listened to the New Wealth Experience recording tonight. Thanks very much for the free Attract Money Now ebook, to which I have started to read.
Over the last couple of years I have been struggling greatly over my “Definite Purpose”. It has not surfaced! At the age of 59 I feel greatly lost. Which book, or other source, do you believe will help resolve this issue? (I noticed the big list of books that you support in one of the appendix.)
Thanks again for the recording and ebook.
Doug
dear Joe, I was very pleased by your explanation…it backs up something the Voice (spirit of God) told me last year….he said I needed to “learn to go the way of least resistance”. shortly after he explained the first precept of it…and that is to say “thy will be done”…..since then he has followed it up with other precepts.
Dr Vitale, thank you for guiding me into the third stage. Just finished reading Zero Limits…what an amazing journey! Im so happy to live in the current moment. Peace truly feels good
Love, Eve
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