There is a term used by certain 12-step programs (and no, I don't know this from personal experience or reference) that I used to say to my friends when they were really stressed out and they needed some comedic relief: Let go, Let God! It is a funny saying if you are not particularly religious - it's like whispering "Just say no to drugs" to your brother while you are experiencing a tirade of some sort from your parents. It's said tongue in cheek. But I'm starting to change my tune about Let go, Let God.
Over the course of the last couple of years, and even more over the last several months, I have begun to believe that amazing things can be accomplished by just letting go. Deeprok Chopra talks about letting go in terms of money - that the flow of money is like that of a river and you must let go a bit to let the river run its course. In the myriad of books out today on the Laws of Attraction, letting go of certain lifelong mantras and having some faith in the universe creates the opportunity to attract life-affirming elements.
In terms of running a business, I find that when one "lets go" of complete control, a space develops where growth opportunities emerge and leaders step up to guide the ship. It's one of the most powerful experiences to see a young protege step up his/her game and claim ownership of an agenda, a meeting, a project. It is actually rather heady. I read the following quote recently:
A true leader is not the one with the most followers, but one who creates the most leaders. ~Neale Donald Walsch
This happens when you "let go, let God." Try it. I promise you'll like what happens.
-Brian
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Yeah, I still read here! -- It's funny you mention Deepak-- I picked up his 7 Spiritual Laws books ages ago, and it's strange how it's guided me over the years in regards to the "unknown" -- and much like a magnet, the things i always wanted sort of ended up in my lap. For years I sort of imagined the type of people I'd like to work with or talk to, and a decade later I'm doing it. Fujavascript:void(0)
Publish Your Commentnny how the universe sort of makes things happen around you and draws the right people together at the right moments.
Well, DJ, I'm a firm believer that there are no such things as coincidence. I'm not a very religious person but I do consider myself to be a spiritual person and I agree with you, the universe does seem to conspire with our declarations (good and bad, by the way). Declare who you are in the world and what you are up to and "magically", people and things who support that contention start showing up all around you. I wholeheartedly feel that when a person makes a declaration or an intention, it's like putting on a pair of glasses that act like a filter, through which now everything you see fits your declaration. To make my point, have you ever noticed that when you buy a new car, all of a sudden you start seeing them all over the road? Did everybody buy their car at exactly the same time? Of course not, but your attention to that make and model is fresh in your mind and that's what you notice.
By the way, you can apply this to miracles as well. Most people don't believe in miracles. But if you declare every morning that you are going to witness a miracle today, you will! The key is that miracles happen all around us all the time but we don't notice them(hell, the fact that my 100-year-old neighbor gets up and walks around the block is a miracle!)
Thanks for posting. -B
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