What Does It Take To Feel Truly Alive

What is stopping you from enthusiastically livingreally a mystery that you are low on life-force
your life?and feel that life is sometimes to much to deal
Here you are in the middle of this massivewith?
adventure called life, with the possibility of havingDo you realize that there is a massive conspiracy
tremendous success and enjoying wealth, health,to undermine your personal power? Since infancy
wonderful relationships, and the fulfillment of youryou have been told that you are not good
talents, yet somehow you seem to have run outenough. Every cultural institution wants you to
of joy.conform to their ideas of what you should be, do,
Looking back, it seems as if you can't really thinkand have. You can see that economic, religious,
of ever having lived as if it were an adventure.political, and even police and military forces have
There may have been pockets of spontaneousworked hard to make you feel less than capable.
outbursts and creative expression, but they seemYet, this is a lie. And by buying into this lie, you
few and far between. If you're like most people,have given away your power.
much of your life has been spent in stress, strain,The truth is that you are the creator of your
and struggle.own reality, and by affirming what you want to
The bad news is that with each passing day,be, do, and have, these things start showing up
you're running out of time.for you.
The only way you're going to ever feelPeople do not affirm their reality because they
enthusiastic about your life and start feeling theare reacting to what is before them, which is
fullness of life itself is by taking back your power.usually some form of coercion to perform
You have to stop your world and take a look ataccording to somebody else's idea of what is
it.good for them.
Since your thoughts create your life, a good placeFortunately for human evolution, there are those
to start would be by examining your thoughts.who chose to affirm their own reality over the
Have you been busy describing your life rathercollective viewpoint. Thus, artists and scientists,
than deliberately creating it? Most people spendthinkers and philosophers push the envelope,
much of their time describing all their experiencesdisagree with the collective will, and create new
as if they were trying to solve a problem. This isrealities.
a huge psychic drain. Only when you are creating,Albert Einstein did not agree with Newtonian
rather than rehashing, can you excite your mindphysics and envisioned a whole new view of the
to produce better outcomes.universe. Mahatma Gandhi did not agree with the
How many times have you said, "Yes, I can do it!"imperial vision of colonialism and inspired a free
How many times have you said, "Yes, this isnation. Martin Luther King did not believe in the
what I will be, do, and have." How many timeshistorical policy of racism and created more
have you said, "Yes, I will learn what I need todignity in the world.
learn to master this particular challenge."When the voice and the vision on the inside is
If you have said this frequently, then your life hasgreater than the opinions and influences on the
an enviable momentum to it and others watchoutside, you will understand what it means to
you in amazement. But if you have not followedtake back your power, and when you do, instead
an affirmative way of living in the world, youof feeling oppressed, you will feel the exhilaration
have been steadily losing your power to be, do,of truly expressing yourself and creating your
and have what you want.dreams.
Your thoughts create your life and if you are notLife really is far too short to keep denying your
thinking affirmative thoughts, chances are thatown greatness. It is vision and daring that makes
you are busy giving away your power to otherit worth living. Ironically, those who decide to take
people, circumstances, or your own past mishaps.back their power find doors where they expected
With this self-generating psychic energy drain, is itto encounter walls.