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For now we are going to stay in the Second Level of Heaven…

The mind is a very powerful thing! Most people have no idea how the universe is affected by a single thought. Today, we need to cover this topic because I see so many people creating situations in their own lives because they have never learned how to focus their minds on this present moment and the reality that is here right now.  Paul, in the Bible (2 Corinthians), talks about taking “every thought captive.” What he is saying is to deal with each thought in this present moment and put it in its rightful place. We all have negative thoughts pop into our minds from time to time. What we do with these thoughts will be life-transforming in one way or another.

Let’s say that a thought comes into your mind such as this: “I will never be able to get out of  debt.” This particular thought creates its own energy signature that will bind with like energy signatures and will reinforce the energy of staying in debt. This energy will create the reality of staying in debt. So, what do you do with this thought? There are a number of ways to take this particular thought captive.

One way is to simply add to the thought and make it a real statement of fact. For instance… “I will never be able to get out of debt if I sit on my butt and watch TV all day.” Being real with yourself is never a bad idea. If you sit around and watch TV all day…you will stay in debt. That is a reality of life. It is a truth that can be dealt with. A truth can be acted upon. If you realize you are in debt because you sit around and watch TV all day then there are some simple steps to take to change this reality. Of course, some people sit around and watch TV all day long because they are depressed and don’t understand how to be loved and to love…that is an issue to be covered when we discuss the third level of heaven though. However, in its simplest form, if you simply change some things about your day…becoming productive rather than destructive…then you are dealing with the reality of the statement “I will never be able to get out of debt if I sit on my butt and watch TV all day.” Then it is quite simple to redirect this thought into something like this: “I will get out of debt as I make extra money with all of the extra time I have found in my day.” Then it is just a simple step to the better thought of: “I will become wealthy as I use creative and productive ways to use my time to generate wealth.”

Another way to deal with this thought is to simply reformulate it. “I will create wealth for myself.” Instead of focusing on the debt and all of the energy that is attached just to that word…recreate the thought into an energizing statement that will generate positive results for yourself. The statement…”I will create wealth for myself” creates an energy signature that binds with energy that will bring options and opportunities to create wealth to you. Of course, as we talked about last time, sometimes there is a period of detoxification that takes place that makes it seem like these principles are not working. You must hang in there, persevere in positive energy thinking and you will surely see dramatic changes in your life as the days pass and time moves on. This way of dealing with the negative statement of “I will never get out of debt” will also bring reality into focus. For, as you create positive thoughts for yourself you will start to have to come to grips with the reality of who you are. The thought “I will create wealth for myself” will begin to create a sense of life within you where there was none before. This new energy will cause you to realize that there are patterns in your life that are not conducive to creating wealth. You will then learn how not to conform to those patterns that bring destruction and will start to be able to create new patterns that create life and wealth.

Thoughts matter immensely. The energy created from a thought begins to shape your coming reality. This holds true with every area of life…your health, your relationships, your belongings, your influence and so much more. Each of these areas have at one level or another their existence in the reality of your mind and how well you learn to take “every thought captive.”

There is so much to talk about…I am currently writing a book on this subject called “Transform Your Life by Renewing Your Mind.” Keep in touch and I will release chapters as they are finished. I will figure out how to create a form so that we can email you the links as each chapter is finished. Anyhow, until then…always remember to “live the adventure!”

I know, I know…we were a bit technical last time but I wanted to explain some of the basics as to why the “law of attraction” actually works and why I put it into the second level of heaven. There is nothing spiritual about it…it strictly works on the basis of energy signatures binding with those that are attracted to them. When we are able to adjust our own energy signatures then we are essentially able to change the course of our lives as we live them out here on this earth.

Of course, as I keep alluding to it, living life in the second level, although good, is nothing like actually understanding and dwelling in the third. We will get there in due course but the second level has enough to hold our attention at this point. Remember, this is a discussion as much as it is me sharing my thoughts with you…so please leave a comment.

So we must turn our attention to understanding how to actually thrive in the second level of heaven. As I said in the first part of this discussion, so many people actually live most of their lives in the first level…the strictly physical world that we can touch, smell, taste, see and hear with our physical bodies. These same senses actually have a place in the second and third levels as well but we must learn how to use them in order to fully embrace what is available.

When you begin to know and understand what toxicity looks, smells and tastes like in the second level you will be much better able to avoid putting it into your life. Let me give you an example…you have a coworker who does nothing but complain about the work or the environment or the people in your office. When you actually engage with a person like this you will more than likely be taking on their negative energy signatures and much of the toxicity that they bring into their own lives. Before you decide to engage with a person like this you need to start  to be able to see this type of a person from a distance and simply stay away. This is the easiest way to deal with this situation. However, if you find yourself in this position temporarily working with a person who is toxic you need to be able to smell and taste the signs of infection from that person. You need to be able to know yourself well enough that at the first signs of that  person’s energy transferring to you, you need to be able to deal with it immediately. One of the most important things in being able to fine tune your second level senses is to simply begin to understand who you are, where you are at with your life and deal with yourself in an honest and forthright manner. If you find yourself working side by side with a toxic individual you must question yourself honestly: “Did I draw this type of person to myself because of my own toxic thinking and feeling?”  Be brutally honest with yourself and make no excuses. If in fact this person’s energy signature is naturally bonding with your own then you need to start unraveling why. You need to begin to uncover your true, authentic self…because your true authenticity, your true created nature, is your starting point for changing your life in the second and third levels. Next, learn how to live with full integrity. People actually feel it if we are honest or not. Whether they know it in their minds or not is irrelevant.  The truth of who we are will ultimately be shown…good, bad or ugly. Learn who you are and use that as a beginning point for change in your life.

If you actually have found your authentic self then there are a couple of things you need to know in dealing with the toxic co-worker. One, you may actually be detoxing yourself…we need to do that from time to time in order to learn how to fully embrace this life. We need to detox physically (I know of some excellent ways of doing this…perhaps to be shared at another time). We need to detox our minds and our emotions as well. There are ways to do this that are very specific…but in general, if you find yourself surrounded by toxic people you need to start severing those ties as much as possible. If you can’t sever those ties then start to change the conversation to things that are beautiful, pure, wholesomely funny and uplifting to yourself and others. The Bible puts it this way: “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent  or praiseworthy—think about such things.” Philippians 4:8

As you do these things, you will find that your life will begin to change. At first you will notice an effect of detoxification. It is as if you were a bucket filled up. As you add these things talked about above it will start to replace the toxic things. These toxic things will start to overflow out of the bucket and you will feel the effects. Hang in there because it does not have to be a lengthy process. And, if you do find that things are not working out for you because you are detoxing…simply let that moment in time be exactly what it is…a moment in time that becomes a distant memory just as fast. Move on from one moment to the next embracing what each moment has to offer you. The toxic things in life will have little or no hold on you when you approach things this way. So, as you are dealing with that toxic co-worker, add some positive input into his/her life and let the moment slip away into the past. And seriously, let it go. The past can be ultimately deceitful if you try to hold on to it. Our perceptions and memories typically are not true representations of what the truth actually is…even just moments down the road.

Anyhow, changing these energy signatures is a process but you must start now. If you truly want to live a dynamic life full of adventure you must get started immediately…otherwise, it will never be.

There is so much more to say…but tell me what you think and next time we may dip into the third level a bit or continue a bit with the second. We will see. For now…we are simply living in the present. I actually wrote a poem about living in the present a number of years ago. Perhaps I can dig that up somewhere and post it.

Until next time…”live the adventure.”

People have been asking me when I was going to continue this discussion…well, here it is…

We talked primarily about the first level of heaven in our first discussion. Please read that first here:  http://www.howtodolife.com/blog/?p=10  (or simply click on the link to the right) before you continue in order to understand this journey we are walking together.

The second level of heaven is a bit more involved than the first so we probably will not be able to cover it all today but it can be best understood with a short discussion about energy. I began to learn these things through years of consulting in the field of Natural Health Care. There are certain tools that one learns in this field that are an enigma to most of the world…most of these have to do with energy. (For a more complete discussion on strictly the health aspects of this…please continue to visit and we will cover these things in the future).

People in general typically have a tough time with the concept of energetics because we just can’t see this part of the created realm. Energy is a part of our physical world just as much as the computer you are currently using to access this page. In fact, the human existence is so intertwined with energetics that there is really no way to understand what you can accomplish in this world without being able to at least “tap into the power” of the energy that surrounds us.

Energy is found in many forms. The current political debate over energy consumption is a good example. This debate has to do with energy to power our cars and light up our cities and homes etc…. I am not talking about this type of energy. I am talking about a magnetic resonance that is always a part of everything that we do, say, think, hear, touch and so on. (If you are not interested in some basic science concerning this matter…skip the next  paragraph please).

If you understand anything at all about chemistry or physics you will know that at an atomic and subatomic level everything has to do with this energy. A water molecule is made up of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. Hydrogen has been determined to have a certain wavelength or what I like to call an “energy signature.”  If you ever get a chance to follow the history of the study of Quantum Mechanics it is fascinating to see how these concepts have been theorized and confirmed and theorized some more. Hydrogen is a relatively simple element and so it is easy to talk about. At its basic level Hydrogen has one proton and one electron. The electron orbits in its place and stays there because of the energy interaction (or magnetic resonance) between the positively charged proton and the negatively charged electron. This energy interaction that is taking place within an atom of Hydrogen is just the smallest example of this energy interaction that takes place between every physical thing in the universe. When two Hydrogen atoms and one Oxygen atom come into the same space they naturally are attracted to each other. This is known as the law of attraction and it is at work at every level of our existence. It has its basis in this energy interaction that takes place at the subatomic level.

The flow of this energy can be measured even within the human body. So, here is where this all started for me because I understood the basics of what I was just talking about in the above paragraph. When you hold a food within the sphere of your own energy field the energy from the food will interact with the energy from your body. In its simplest form…it will either strengthen or weaken your own energy flow and thus help or hinder your health. Therefore, it has been my experience that it is not the nutrients per se that help the body, it actually is the energy interaction between what is found in the food (the nutrients) and what your body’s energy needs are. With this understanding, I started to see how this is true in the realm of the emotions and in our thinking and in our spirits and much more.

The energy interaction between various energy signatures that surround us (numbering in the realm of the infinite without actually being infinite) help or hinder our health in so many ways. The computer that I am writing on at this very moment has an energy signature that is interacting with me. This affects my mind, my soul, my spirit, my emotions and my body and more. Of course, it is the cumulative effect of this energy interaction that in a large degree affects how we feel each and every moment…whether it be physically, emotionally, spiritually or any other way.

The true power in understanding this is in knowing that you can change the energy signatures that not only surround you but that are attracted to you. We can physically change the energy signatures by moving away from the power lines, or by not spending so much time in front of the computer, or by eating different foods or relating to different people or an infinite host of other things. But even more importantly, we can change the energy signatures that are attracted to us by having our minds transformed and thus creating different energy signatures ourselves. Every thought that we think, our general attitude about life, our interactions with ourselves and others all create specific energy signatures that go out from us in every direction traveling through these “fields” or “spaces” of energy for as far as the universe is big.

Just as the Hydrogen and Oxygen molecules naturally bond to make water because they are attracted to one another, everything that we send out energetically naturally attracts and binds with an energetic match. This energy interaction can have a positive impact or a negative impact on us. So, whatever we send out, at least at this level, comes back at us. If our mindset and energy is geared to that of leaning in a positive direction for our lives…most typically, we will be able to receive positive inputs from the world that surrounds us. Our overall energy field will bind with whatever is compatible with it.

This is why books, movies and teachings such as “The Secret” tend to have such a positive impact on people. The law of attraction is simply a natural, created reality. When people start to grasp this reality it tends to change their lives…mostly slowly at first but then it will accelerate both the more we implement and the more we understand these things.

We will talk more about this next time…but if you are able to change the way you think and how you interact with the world around you, then you can effectively change your overall energy signature and thus “attract” different things to yourself. This is why so many “successful” people have accomplished things that so many others merely dream about. There is a certain segment of the human population that have been able to grasp these very real, very natural, very physical principles. Many of these folks actually believe that these things are beyond our realm and enter into the realm of the metaphysical or the spiritual. They don’t, but  it doesn’t entirely depend on what you believe as much as simply a matter of implementation. Once you understand the method of implementation, you can start to soar in the second level of heaven.

We will cover some methods of implementation next time…but you will not fully understand how these things can truly rock your world until we talk about the third level of heaven and the existence beyond the natural and created realm. The great thing is that many of the things that make the second level of heaven work are things that are vital to fully embracing and living life out of the third level of heaven. Until next time…

Blessings to you and don’t neglect to…”live the adventure.”

Few people are familiar with the three heavens talked about in the scriptures. Even fewer have taken the time to consider what this might mean and even fewer yet have at least some sort of idea of what power, freedom, joy and peace can be found when you understand what these three levels of Heaven actually are.

The first question that needs to be answered is why does anyone care? Well, if you want to find true peace, joy, contentment and happiness…then it has everything to do with you! We will cover Level One today and will give a hint of two and three. In the coming days we will explore the second and third levels of Heaven and what you will learn will change your view of the universe you live in forever. In fact…it will blow your mind when you truly understand what I am talking about! When your mind begins to be transformed with this revelation…your life will truly shift into another gear and you will find that your life will begin to not only work for you but it will be transformed into a different level of existence!

The general view of the first level of Heaven is it represents the physical world we live in. This basic understanding of the first level of Heaven is flawed in many ways. I have found that very few people truly even understand what the physical world actually is. Many people believe that metaphysics and quantum physics and those things that have to do with energy and the “law of attraction” are a secret that is only attained by the few who can actually ascend the physical realm. What they miss is that these things lie within the physical realm as well and are easily attained when you begin to understand what they truly are. So, although these things do not belong in the first level of Heaven…they certainly are a part of our physical, created universe. On the other side…many others who are “into spirituality” believe that “spiritual” things are only found in the highest levels of existence and therefore would only be found in the third level of Heaven.

I am one of the few that truly understands that the third level of Heaven is completely other than what you have seen in movies like “The Secret” or any of the other media or concepts that try to unveil a secret plane of existence. It is true that for most people these concepts are a secret…but for others like myself…these concepts, although true and powerful and great, they are not the height of existence…they are not even “spiritual” in any way. The third Heaven is completely other and I can’t wait to share with you what the third Level of Heaven actually is…it is beyond the “law of attraction” or being able to find the monks place of complete rest called “nirvana” or anything like that…but that will have to wait until another day.

Quite simply…the First Level of Heaven is simply what we can see, touch, smell, taste and hear with our physical senses…not even our mental or emotional senses. It is the food we eat…but not the pleasure we derive from the food we eat. It is the activity that we are engaged in…but not the energy behind that activity. It is the physical relationships we are involved with…but not the emotions and the energy attached to those relationships. You may have heard it called “banal” or “base” or simply commonplace. It is the biological processes that take place in this physical realm that we call our world. I cannot think of anything that exists purely in the first level of heaven…but most things live primarily in the first level of Heaven.

The mountain lion who is hungry and kills a deer for food is living in the first level of heaven. The “survival of the fittest” at its basic level is killing or destroying anything that gets in the way of your progress…that is the first level of Heaven. Our energy we put into the day to day commonplace existence physically happens in the first level of Heaven. Most of the people I know primarily dwell in this first level. The guy who goes to work and labors every day only to come home and have a beer and at night have some sort of physical encounter with a significant other lives primarily in the first level of Heaven. What is sad about this that you and I know very well is that there is so much more available in this Life than that.

We own a number of properties that we rent out to people. Some of the people we rent to simply live this type of existence. Even if circumstances seem to begin to work out for these people their lives never change because they do not know how to escape the trappings of the first level. The life lived according to the flesh will always only reap those things in the flesh. In other words…those things done in the first level of Heaven will only reap those things in the first level of Heaven. So, although everyone has parts of life lived in the second level of Heaven, many people have only tasted and never drink or feast in the second level. And then…even that is falling short of the true beauty, joy, peace and happiness that can be ours. Are you one who dwells primarily in the first level…stay on this journey with me and I will show you more of what it means to grow free of this type of bondage.

Oh…there is so much more…and we will explore those things in the coming days…until then…enjoy the adventure!