The Significance of Every New Day and Every New Year

What’s the Significance of the News Year Anyways?

Do you sit down on New Years Eve and make resolutions for the coming year, using it as a mechanism to enact solutions to the problems of the previous year(s)? In reality, most people see January 1^st as an opportunity to find ways of chainging themselves and/or their lives, consequently embracing the New Year as a time to make some long-desired improvements, or accomplish new goals. But this New Years Eve, I find myself asking if there is really anything inherently different about the coming New Year, which would make it a perfect time to effect changes and set new goals- as opposed to doing so at any other time of the year.

Personally, I don’t believe there is anything which sets January 1^st apart from June 27^th, February 9^th, or any other day. Likewise, to think that ‘this New Year’ will magically bring you some sort of good or bad luck is likewise fallacious thinking. When you think about it, the human tracking of time is just an idea. Also, Time isn’t some Magical Force of Mystery which brings you either Gifts of Gold or Curses of Coal- that being dependent upon the year, of course. If no one ever told you it was the 'New Year,’ how would you ever know, and how could it have any significance for you? The truth is, neither would be such.

So what’s the deal here- am I trying to break your holiday spirit, or what? No actually, quite the opposite. I just want to point out a ‘heinous crime’ which far too many of us are guilty of (and believe me, I fit into this category as well; claiming otherwise would be a case of the pot calling the kettle black). The ‘heinous crime’ in question is not honoring every day of our lives as both an opportunity to move mountains, and not enjoying them as holidays.

Somehow, far too many (nearly all in actuality) of us have gotten the idea that “normal days” aren’t “special days.” We muddle through our “normal days”, considering them hard, full of struggle, boring, etc. Then to make up for all the effort we put into muddling through times we didn’t enjoy, we create “special days;” or holidays. On “special days,” most people just over eat, over drink, and act goofy, and/or lounge around- calling that sort of behavior “fun.”

Well the truth is, you can choose to make each day of your life a holiday- or you can choose not to. Think of your Quality of Life as the dependent variable- that which is affected by the things in it. And think of the Things in Your Life as your independent variables- those things which affect the dependent variable or what the dependent variable is dependent upon. So what are the Things in Your Life which are negatively affecting your Quality of Life right now- a job you hate; a personality everyone else hates; no idea of who you want to be or do…? Figure that out, and then find ways of altering or bereaving yourself of those variables (or problems, you could say)!

You can find as many reasons why you can’t do what you would like to, as you can find reasons why you can. If you want your existence to be an expression of life, love, and happiness- then find reasons why you can- and you will make your dreams come true.

The truth is, New Year is not here to make your life better or worse. You are the only one who can- by your actions- take the power to make your life better. It's your life; your choices, your actions, your perspective, etc. Odds are, if your life is akin to a sow's ear, you won't be able to turn it into a silk purse overnight. But with good spirit and faith, intelligence and perseverance, as well as consciousness and intuition; you will not only make your dreams come true, but have a wonderful time doing so as well!

May you conspire solutions today and everyday afterwards, in order that you can create the best New Year for yourself and your loved ones yet;)

A Conscious Solution to the Unconscious Mind

The work of Dr. Bruce Lipton; a cell biologist of high renown, has recently inspired me to change my thoughts, in order that I may change my life. His work has lead me to the conclusion that the most powerful thing we have is our conscious mind. Our ability to think, question, reason, and ultimately make decisions is really what gives us humans the ability to create our selves and our lives- as opposed to existing haphazardly. Our ability to choose can be used to ‘program’ that part of us which cannot think, but essentially runs our lives; the subconscious.

Dr. Lipton’s statement- that we humans typically use around 5% of our minds consciously, and the other 95% unconsciously- astounded me, as I believe it has done to you as well! That means our unconscious mind essentially runs our lives! Let me illustrate that with an example, similar to one used by Dr. Lipton in his book The Biology of Belief:

Have you ever got in your car- become so involved in listening to a radio program or song, only to have realized- once you reached your destination- that you don't remember part, most, or all of the journey? How is that possible?

Well, while you listened to the radio consciously, you simultaneously used your subconscious mind to drive the car. Now for the important part: you probably don’t even remember that drive, as you were consciously involved in listening to the radio. However, you probably couldn’t drive with your conscious mind elsewhere the first few weeks or months that you started driving. You had to ‘program’ driving into your subconscious for a time, in order to be able to access that program on a subconscious level. So if you were able to program driving into your subconscious mind, you’ve probably managed to fit other programs in there as well (such as the ability to do ‘mindless’ tasks, in order that you may daydream while you do them).

And what’s more, you aren’t the only one who has ‘downloaded’ these programs into your mind. Our parents, teachers, friends, media, and society have downloaded programs in there as well! That’s why what is ‘truth’ to one person is considered ‘absurd’ to another, and vice versa.

Basically, I see Lipton’s findings like this: we all view the world through different lenses, which are our versions of reality, and our reality comes not from the conscious mind, but rather, from the subconscious mind. At any given point in time, we are being bombarded with an overload of information. Therefore, we are conscious of only a tiny fraction of our surroundings. What we will be conscious of is decided by our unconscious mind, which separates the ‘relevant’ from the ‘irrelevant,‘ and how we distinguish is based upon the already existing programming of our subconscious mind.

So if you subconsciously believe the world is a frightening/bad place, where evil reigns- then that’s what you’ll further perceive. Likewise, if you consider the world to be essentially exhilarating/good and kind, then you will typically perceive information which supports that view. Really, the world is both terrifying/bad and exhilarating/good- it’s just that you find what you look for- usually disregarding what you don’t expect to find; what you’re not ‘programmed’ to find.

So up to this point, you’ve probably experienced having decided to make improvements to yourself and in your life, only to have failed or fallen short of your expectations (who hasn’t?). Could the problem be that 5% of you invests in making these changes, while the other 95% is fights such decisions, because they don’t support its programming? And what can you do about that?

My advice is to first decide what improvements you want to make. Then find out exactly why you want to make them- get yourself some reasons! At that point, you can begin changing your life in ways which support the decisions you’ve made. As you continue making changes to support your desired improvements, you will find new (and maybe even more useful) ways of making other like supportive changes. What you’re doing then is creating new programs in your subconscious mind by using your conscious mind. You are rerecording the tape in order that you may hear a different tune or re-coloring the lenses in order that you may see through a different hue, so to speak. In other words, you are changing your reality to change yourself and your life.

The Purpose of Solutions

Two words which conjure up emotions in most everyone are conspiracy and coincidence. That's because things can happen by either one of two ways; through planning (conspiratorially) or accidentally (coincidentally). In reality, the world probably works through a combination of both.

But some people believe that the major events of our past and present were not accidents, but rather, planned. Therein, they were planned in order to alter societies, and the lifestyles of those therein. That doesn't mean everything which ever happened is a conspiracy. Likewise, it also doesn't mean everyone who believes that conspiracies exist believes in the same conspiracies.

So what do I think: Does Rockefeller own the world? Does the Trilateral Commission run the world? Are the 'Little Green Men' from Mars or Nibiru abducting people in the night for experimentation? Are Chemtrails meant to create a docile population, as part of some government-military experiment?

I think that these are the wrong questions. The truth is, you can read myriads of voluminous texts on "conspiracies," about everything from Martians to religions to the plans of elites. Once you get familiar with the idea that, yes, conspiracies do exist- then what's the point of further demoralizing yourself by learning factual information about all those conspiracies which took place- assuming you ever could?

People who accept that conspiracies have played a major part in our world and realize the consequences thereof have suffered a major psychological and emotional blow. Upon accepting the theory that those past and current events which have affected the world most are resultant due to conspiracy, people feel demoralized; insignificant; and maybe even depressed.

And at that point, there are really three things one may do. First, one could purposely forget what they learned, and just go on as if nothing ever changed for them. Second, one could get stuck in studying the "conspiracies," consequently becoming experts thereon and losing oneself and livelihood in the process. Or third, one could go on living ones life by using such new found knowledge for reflecting upon and improving one's self, life, and environment- all the while seeking out knowledge of both relevant and higher sorts.

As for me, I've tried both the first and second choices to no avail. I couldn't forget what I knew, and I couldn't sit back and do nothing- in good conscious anyways. Likewise, I couldn't go on studying every conspiracy in depth, learning the a-z of them all, without losing the meaning of my own life.

Really, my main purposes in living are to enjoy; learn; and improve. I want to enjoy all that I do, and do what I enjoy. I want to learn everything I can which is relevant to my existence. And I also want to improve myself and the world I live in. In short, I want my life to be a full expression of intelligence on all levels. I feel that the only way I can accomplish that is through pursuing my own good; enjoying my own life; and being of some service to a world which has given me so much.