We all want to feel our life has a purpose. So, how do you find it, live it, expand it?
It's a moment by moment experience.
The Passion Test will help you identify what matters most to you. Once you've done that, the results become a powerful decision-making tool to help you align your life with your passions.
When you follow your passions consistently, then you will live a passionate life. As you follow your passions, you'll find that life feels more and more purposeful.
The entire purpose of The Passion Test process and all the exercises in the book is to help you become a conscious creator of your life. The emphasis is on "conscious."
This morning I saw someone ridiculing the saying, "follow your passions and the money will follow."
Will you become wealthy when you follow your passions? It depends.
You create your life from the inside out. As long as you have negative beliefs about money or being wealthy, it doesn't matter how much you follow your passsions, those beliefs will keep money away.
This is one of the reasons we recommend The Work of Byron Katie so strongly. It is the most effective tool we've found for unraveling the beliefs and concepts that keep you from living the fulfilling life you deserve.
What we can say without a doubt is that your passions will lead you to discover what is really meaningful to you. And why is that important?
It's so easy to give attention to all the things we don't like in our life. Yet what a fascinating paradox it is that the more attention you give to what you don't want, the more of that you get. If you're focused on all the problems, you get more problems.
So, does this mean the prescription is to try to think positively all the time?
Not at all. Anyone who has tried to think positively when you don't feel positive knows that it's hopeless. Everyone has "problems", things which challenge us and require coming up with some solution.
Dusty Niles, Bend, Or, October 16, 2008 at 12:23 AM Studies have shown humans have 60,000 thoughts a day. What we put our attention on does grow stronger... this is quantum physics. Its not easy to remain focused on what it is we want to create,because there seems to be a natural attraction towards negative energy. When something goes wrong in life all to often to many of us experience other things going wrong. When we c step back and NOTICE what is happening in any given moment it is much easier to put our attention on the choices we have.
Bill McGrane, Union, KY, October 14, 2008 at 7:50 AM I have found energy begets energy.
When you focus your attention on being
your best, the best shows up.
In the book balancing life with
self esteem there are 8 areas to
focus your attention, spiritual, physical,mental, financial, social, family, career and tithing your talent.
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Ever done a jigsaw puzzle? When you mix up the pieces it can be hard as heck to see how they all fit together. But then with time and patience, they begin to match up. You get one section done, then another, then another.
At some point, it's as if the puzzle all comes together, almost on its own. Suddenly the pieces are falling into place one after the other.
Passion is like that. When you first take The Passion Test and begin getting clear about what matters to you. It may seem impossible to figure out how it all fits together. "How in the world am I going to create this in my life?"
Durwin Foster, North Vancouver, BC, Canada, October 15, 2008 at 2:57 PM Here, here!
Dharmas Dad, Bend, Or, October 3, 2008 at 5:27 PM Following your Passions is interesting, because it can be said, "When you follow your passions you start to attract everything you want in life." While this is true, I think it is more like when, "When you follow your passions you begin to NOTICE that everything you want in life is right here, right now." Staying open and loving what is in front of you in each moment is living a life of passion. Letting go of resistance, allows you realize your life is truly a masterpiece right here and now. This is really much easier then waiting until your work has been done to create what you want in order to be happy(you might be waiting a VERY long time). To paraphrase my friends Chris and Janet " Every moment is a gift, every moment... no really, every moment is a gift. Every moment." Stay Open, Choose in favor of your passions and see your gift.
International Passion Day has provided the gateway into October, Passion Awareness Month. Will you share the Passion Day movie with someone today? www.passiondaymovie.com
The Passion Test is all about becoming a "conscious" creator of your life.
We all create the life we live. It's just that most people do it unconsciously. Now is the time to start consciously creating your life. It's not that hard. It begins by noticing.
Noticing means: What are you feeling right now? What are you experiencing right now?
Today's the day! It's a wonderful excuse to take stock, look inside and ask yourself, "What do I really care about?"
It's also the day to take action to follow your passions and serve another. Get out of yourself today. How can you help and support someone else as you do what you love?
With 80% of the population NOT passionate about what they do, we hope one of the actions you'll take is to get copies of The Passion Test into the hands of people you care about that are still stuck in a rut, chained to a routine that stifles their dreams.
And please share the International Passion Day movie with those you know who can use a bit of inspiration:
With that inspiration, how do you go about creating the life you choose to live?
Intention - Attention - No Tension
Intention means consciously stating what you choose to create in your life. We all are creating our lives all the time. It's just that most people do it unconsciously. They believe that things are happening TO them, and as a result, that's what they create. The Passion Test process allows you to clarify your intentions so that you can begin living them.
Tina, Long Branch N.J., September 29, 2008 at 5:48 PM Thank you Chris and Janet! That was wonderful!
See my passion, is teaching others how to use their IMAGINATION of what they desire, to keep HAPPY THOUGHTS, to really BELIEVE it is possible, and to then to take the ACTION. But I am sending others to you, when they just don't know what it is they really have a passion for..thanks so much for the work you do!
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www.ourvisionspaforyou.com/blog
love & light, Tina
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