21 Days to Personal Riches
by Terry Cole-Whittaker
Wisdom of the Ages axiom: Let not a single day pass without your learning a verse from a book of sacred knowledge, half verse or a fourth of it, even one letter of it, nor without attending to charity, study, and other virtuous activities.
The 21 day plan is simple, but don’t let the simplicity fool you, as it is also extremely powerful. It works! Seeds take time and nurturing to grow into the harvest we desire and so do the seeds of our heartfelt desires. What makes this plan unique is that failures are merely steps to our success-no worries.
The plan is based on the idea that it’s best to work slowly towards developing the habits that one desires, rather than trying to attain them over night and more than likely become discouraged and quit, instead of persisting and attaining the objective. You will get there if you don’t change your mind. It only takes 21 days to make a habit you desire by using the baby step method to avoid self defeat by the mind. You have to transform the mind by immersing it in spiritual truths, etc. and make it happy.
Because we are creatures of habit, the only way to achieve anything is to develop the necessary habits that will turn your ideas into reality in the here and now. We have eating habits, habits of talking, thinking, willing, and feeling. Our habits of relating with others can bring us happiness, love and satisfaction or distress, conflict, and loneliness. Prosperity is the result of one’s habits and so is good health, the reward for one taking care of the body by eating the right foods and living in harmony with nature. Many habit are even generational and cultural patterns as well as the ones we have developed. Observe your habits and patterns not to make you wrong but so you know whats going on with you and can change what you want and keep the rest.
Habits are all built in the same way—repetition, persistence and . Hypnotic trances are also made by repetition. Constant repetition of a lie taught and broadcast as the truth, eventually is considered the truth and anyone who opposes and does not believe, is tagged as a trouble maker, but its still a lie. You can’t just dump an unfavorable habit by focusing on it, fighting it, resisting it, and so on—that only perpetuates it because you are making it an enemy and giving it your attention that is like fertilizer for growth.
Avoid following the “All or nothing” or the “If you are going to do it, do it well or don’t do it at all” philosophies, because you only become an expert by doing the thing even if our beginning attempts are feeble, we are doing it. Also, forget the false ego plan of making the long shot from the opposite end of the court and being acclaimed as the great one, when you can make many many more baskets up close and win more games than waiting for that one big chance for fame and glory, Do the thing and the power is yours, don’t do it and you don’t have the power. Use repetition of Truth to prosper in every area of your eternal life. Prosperity is an attitude of sufficiency, enough, and you always have enough to begin. How to get there, is to be there.
Be there now is the principle behind the 21 Days to Personal Riches because you cannot get anywhere given you are always here so to get there in your thinking, feeling, and doing, whatever that means to you. First you have to already be there. You are there as a singer when you are singing, so start singing every day. You are there in a loving relationship when you are being kind, compassionate, and sweet.
Stuff happens, relax and get back on your path. Learning implies mistakes; however unless mistakes are corrected there is the tendency to hide mistakes causing guilt and the fear of being found out. I had a friend who had an unhealthy heavy body and appeared to only eat very small amounts of food, but hid cookies, cakes, pies, and candy bars around her house. At least, tell the truth to yourself for lies persist as problems, conflicts, and obstacles on our path; whereas, the Truth that always is, sets us free of the burdens and sufferings of humanity as our path is clear and smooth.
The 21 Day Plan is designed to work with you because you will make your own plan. You will succeed because failure is part of the plan! Although, you are not focused on falling off your plan, but, if you do, that’s because the old habit is strong and you are used to it and perhaps getting something from it. As soon as you notice you are off, just get back on without self hatred, or allowing fear and “I’m not good enough” thoughts to defeat you and knock you off your path.
Focus on the benefits from attaining your objectives and also be aware of the costs if you don’t. This reality, this world is that all in the mind. Thus, the mind is the cause of all suffering and also happiness, depending upon if we are using the mind or the mind is using us. Doubt of one’s self and our eternal divine abilities is the killer of our heart’s desires being manifest. When you observe the activities of the mind system, you will notice how doubt is created by words we then react to, emotionalize, and thus actualize.
“One becomes freed from whatever actions one refrains. This principle brings liberation for the human and frees her from suffering, illusion, and fear.”
Srimad Bhagavatam 11.21.18
The rub is that everyone has a mind and they all work in the same way with individual variations. All these minds are thinking basically fear, painful, angry, cruel, greedy, guilt ridden, and unworthiness thoughts. This is why its best to deal with your own issues rather than endeavoring to change everybody else to make your life better and for you to feel good enough, prosperous, and confident. Waiting for every one and the world to change before you go forward with enthusiasm is foolish, do it now and the world will follow.
Change your own consciousness, including what you know and what you do with what you know, and then all is possible way beyond what we have been taught, indoctrinated and even subliminally programmed to accept and agree with as Truth, when not. Public educations makes bio-robots who queue-up and follow orders.
The 5 Practices of the 21 Days to Riches plan
#1 Know or make up your topmost Spiritual and life Purpose, mission and objectives.
I know this is a challenge, but you do know, its who you are as a spirit-soul/jiva, child of Mother Father Source/God. If you don’t remember your purpose, mission and objectives choose the most wonderful and glorious spiritual purpose, mission and what is possible to achieve objectives and qualities of being, because that has to be Divine. You name it, its yours! When you know your Spiritual purpose and mission, then you hold up your potential choice to the flame of purpose and determine if on purpose or not. This is discernment, knowing what to do and what not to do. Each choice is heartfelt and not mind generated.
#2 List 3 goals, objectives that you intend for using the 21 day plan.
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#3 For each goal, list one or more baby step actions you are going to take each day. For example, for good health choose to dance or jump on the re-bounder to one or more songs a day, Then make sure you do this before you go to bed, and if not, get up and do the dance before you go to sleep in order to avoid self sabotage and old habits taking you down. Making too big a goal can set you up to fall away, even reading one sentence a day is good enough.
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#4 Choose an affirmation or mantra for each of the 3 objectives and speak each one 10 times a day and each day select one you speak with feeling 108 times and read the declaration.
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#5, Every morning and evening read spiritual teachings that inspire you, listen to spiritual recordings while driving or taking a walk, take a class, attend a spiritual center you like, and meditate and pray for spiritual knowledge and wisdom. Ask for what you need to do your life’s work, ask for guidance as for what to ask for, etc. Asking is your statement of intention, although all this is known with our Source before we ask, asking opens the door to the treasure house of our Divine possibilities.
Declaration of Spiritual Riches
Today, I am looking within and placing my trust in the invisible, unlimited, and opulent power within and through all forms of life. I am aligning my thoughts, emotions and imagination with this presence of Supreme goodness, love, and abundance as my life now. My guidance and supply comes through my awareness of the divine flow of love, opulence and intelligence of the Supreme Source within me. I know that in this and every moment of now, me being right here, my heart is over flowing with spiritual riches providing my every need for the fulfillment of my life’s purpose and mission for ultimate benefit for all spirit-souls, including animals.
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