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Originally Posted by bix Is it me or are Steve's articles becoming less and less useful every day? This site used to be interesting and inspirational and now it is turning into a bland abstract drivel which is hard to comprehend. [...]
I have been a long reader of this site. The articles on this site used to be interesting and useful. Today, they are neither interesting nor useful. They are content-less. What I am asking is: am I the only one feeling this way? |
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
- A proverb
There was a time when I too found some of Steve's articles to be a little much. They seemed very different from some of his other articles – articles that really resonated with me and gave me good ideas, useful solutions, and uplifting and inspirational advice.
For example, when I first read about the concept of intention manifestation in the article
Take the Red Pill - the concept that "your thoughts create reality" - it scared the hell out of me. The mere notion that I was able to influence my experience of reality with my thoughts alone brought a scary amount of responsibility crashing down upon me, and at first, I honestly couldn't take it.
I realised the implications of what it would mean if such a concept was even remotely accurate, but I was not ready to face up to such a thing - I was simply not ready, and I resisted it. So I ignored it and went on - at least, as best I could - as if I had never read the article. I didn't allow any thoughts related to intention manifestation into my conscious mind, and left it for my subconscious to deal with.
But after a while, as the dust settled so to speak, I felt a nagging sensation in my mind, imploring me to explore the concept further. I could no longer ignore it, and when I accepted this, along with the implications that came along with it, my fear faded. In it’s place was curiosity. I asked myself:
"What if it is real? What if our thoughts really can influence reality? What if all along
everything in our lives has been our own doing? What will that mean?”
And that's when I decided that while the concept may sound crazy to many people, and while I could barely understand the concept, what happens if for my whole life I had been ignoring a fundamental aspect of reality - interpreting it incorrectly based on assumptions that I never really took the time to question. I decided to explore the concept further. I could not live life knowing that there could be untapped potential just waiting to be claimed, and I resigned myself to finding out for myself. I would listen to the experiences of others and use them as guidance, but I would ultimately decide for myself.
So, what does this have to do with anything?
Well, suffice to say that since I decided to explore the concept of “your thoughts create reality”, I’ve been on a somewhat interesting roller coaster ride. But what I have learned from all of it has little to do with intention manifestation, and everything to do with the importance of knowing where you currently stand, and what lessons are applicable to you - being able to recognise where your next steps lie.
From what you have said, it seems you are in a similar position to what I was once in. You are looking at something beyond your current capacity, and you discount it. You resist it. It doesn't look helpful at all. But all this really means is that you are currently not ready for that particular challenge. It is outside of your scope and essentially useless to you. And if you believe this to be the case, I recommend you treat it this way. Ignore the article. Ignore any articles like it – they are no use to you... at least, for now. Question what it is you feel you currently need to work on. What do you feel needs improvement in your life? What is nagging for your attention? Find the answer to those questions – look hard. Eventually you’ll be able to recognise what is important to you, and what is not. It’s not so much that other information is rubbish – it’s just not what you need right now.
If any of this resonates with you, I suggest you take some time to look at your current situation and identify for yourself what you feel
is important to you, and focus your attention on it. When you do this, if you are indeed in a similar position to what I was in, the figurative ball will start rolling again. Don't worry if Steve's new blog posts aren't as useful his older ones. Focus on what
is useful to you, and use it to improve your life. Eventually I think you'll find, just as I did, that it wasn't Steve who was the "problem" after all. Really, the "problem" was with you. The challenges that Steve is facing are completely different to those you are facing, and there's no point in resisting such a thing, it's merely something to be accepted.
...of course, I could be wrong. Maybe the current issues you have in your development have nothing to do with what I discuss in this post. Either way, it matters not. If you find that to be the case, all that this post should prove to you is that this is the wrong place to be looking for a solution. Keep looking. Once you've exhausted all of the wrong answers, the only one remaining will be the one that works.
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Anyway, thanks for that article, Steve - it came in a very timely manner and was strangely, but unsurprisingly, just what I needed. Funny that.
I will say though, it looks like you still have some more work to do in terms of becoming a vibrational match for your intentions. Based upon the response so far in this thread, just like what you spoke about in
Podcast #16: The True Nature of Reality, there's still some part of you that thinks you're crazy.
