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Breakthrough Newsletter>
Change Your Focus, Change Your Reality
April 30, 2008
Article Title: Change Your Focus, Change Your Reality
By: Michael Richard Hands, MA
In life, we do not necessarily get what we want or desire.
We get what we focus on. Winners and high achievers in
every field know this and actively cultivate the most
positive mental focus possible.
Simply put: whatever you focus on expands.
In this way, you and I create our own reality each and
every day. Two people can go through the very same life
situation, yet how they experience it can differ greatly.
One might mentally focus on how misfortunate they are or
why this event will ruin their life. The other might focus
on how they can use this event to become a stronger person
or how it can become a valuable stepping stone to new
possibilities. Which one is right? Experience reveals,
they both are. Each will likely get what they focus on;
they each are co-creators of their own destiny.
How can you instantly change your focus and turn it into a
powerful force for good in your life? Through the use of
powerful questions. When it comes to establishing a
powerful focus, questions are the answer!
"He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers." --
Cameroon Proverb
The brain is a very powerful answer seeking computer.
Using a wealth of resources, your brain will generate
answers for any question you put before it. It truly is an
amazing process! But there is a potential problem here.
Ask a poor question, your brain will begin to generate
answers to it that donot serve your highest interest. It
will give you a lousy focus.
Here's an example. What do you think will happen if upon
waking up each morning you ask yourself, "What is the worst
thing that could happen to me today? (If you really want
to know, ask yourself this question now.) And lo and
behold, see what begins to happen. Just by asking this
question your brain's focus changes to construct possible
answers to this questions. As your mental focus shifts, so
does your awareness. You begin to notice a whole different
set of realities in your environment. Your recall of
particular memories shifts; you begin to remember incidents
from your past that you would not have had you not asked
that question. In short, your inner experience shifts
powerfully based on the mental question you asked.
As your inner focus shifts, you create a different set of
emotions. Likewise, you behavior changes as well. Keep a
negative or problem oriented focus long enough, you'll
create an entire life story based upon it in no time at
all. Your focus shapes your reality and can limit or
enhance your potential.
Now what if you began each day asking yourself a series of
questions like these:
1. What am I happy about in my life right now?
2. What am I excited about in my life right now?
3. What am I grateful about in my life right now?
4. What am I enjoying in my life right now?
5. What am I committed to in my life right now?
Taking 1 minute each morning to mentally contemplate these
questions will create an extremely positive focus. Add the
power of visualization to this exercise and you have a
tremendously valuable meditation practice.
To instantly change your focus, change the quesiton you're
asking. To do this well, you must become aware of your
fundamental or core life questions. Some journaling and
reflection is called for here. It is well worth it.
Learn to change your focus and you will have the key to
changing your reality. Questions are the laser of human
consciousness. They concentrate our focus and determine
what we feel and do.
Let me conclude by sharing something Deepak Chopra told me
during a training I took with him several years ago. The
topic was growing spiritually. Dr. Chopra suggested that
one powerful way we could instantly change our spiritual
destiny was to change our fundamental life questions away
from "what's in it for me?" and adopt one of "how can I
help?"
How could your life, relationships, and career change if
you shifted to a "how can I help" perspective? I challenge
you to find out for yourself.
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