Dear Yoga Student,
Have you seen the movie, “The Secret?”
I saw it. I loved it. I think I watched it three times. It made me feel really good about my life and my dreams and my aspirations…
… but you know what? It doesn’t work!
The ideas in the movie are amazing – positive thinking, setting your intention, creative visualization, abundance mindset – but that’s not enough.
Never has been. Never will be.
Everyday, I meet bright-eyed positive thinkers who never get anything done. I mean nothing. They can’t pay their rent, they show up late to class, they don’t go to the dentist… I could go on and on, but I’ll stop!
What the world needs is NOT more dreams. We need more action takers. More people who wake up in the morning when their alarm clock goes off (instead of hitting the snooze button 4 times). We need people who eat more broccoli and less T-bone steaks. People who are serious about creating radiant health and abundance in their lives…
… people who are NOT AFRAID to actually get off the couch and do something!
You can make “dream boards” or sit around “imagining” how you’d love your body and life to be all day long. It’s fun and uplifting, but ultimately pointless until you do something.
Let me tell you a story so you get this deep down under your skin.
My first bicycle was a hard rubber-tired Schwinn red & white tank that my dad fixed up for me. It was a collector’s item to be sure, but it was not a bike that any kid in 1984 wanted to be seen riding around on.
The one I wanted was a Predator BMX with black mag wheels and a blue steel frame. My family didn’t have much back then, but instead of sitting around staring at the picture of the bike in a magazine hoping some positive thinking fairies were going to take pity on me and give me the bike of my dreams, I forced the issue.
I mowed lawns. I did chores. I cleaned cars.
It took me 9 months, but I saved up $268 dollars and I bought the damn thing myself. For cash. That, my friend, is the real “Secret.”
Suck up your pride, strap on your boots, and get to work. You want something? Great, now take some massive action and get it!
Here’s why I’m telling you all this:
I’m a really flexible guy, but it’s not magic. I found a system that worked – yoga poses, diet, nutrition – and I followed that system until I got the results I wanted.
My old body was like that hard rubber-tired Schwinn. It was OK to look at, but I sure as hell wasn’t going to ride that thing around for the rest of my life.
Now, I got my BMX…
Stay bendy,
Lucas
YOGABODY Naturals LLC
Yoga Flexibility Kit
at 3:54 am - 12th August 2010 Permalink
Very inspiring article. Yeah that’s right if we really like to achieve something we should work hard for it and not just dream for it. My old friend told me this once “Some people dream of success, but others wake up and work hard for it”
at 12:15 pm - 9th September 2010 Permalink
You are right on the money with this article. The only way to get the life and body you want is to get up off the couch and get to work. Dreams and intentions are great but they are a waste of time unless you follow them up with real effort.
at 6:26 am - 24th September 2010 Permalink
merci je trouve aussi que la loi d”attraction c’est du bouillon pour les morts .j”ai lu beaucoup sur le sujet.c”est séduisant mais cela ne resoud aucun de nos problèmes c”est un vrai mirage !!
fani
at 9:51 am - 30th September 2010 Permalink
This is just what I needed to hear today m8y!
at 1:04 pm - 30th September 2010 Permalink
I listened to the Secret on CD and practiced what it said but none of that hogwash worked for me. No money came my way except on payday and no more than I was expecting. The universe is not at our beck and call- If it sends us something it is because we have put forth the effort to make the manifestation a success.
at 3:49 pm - 1st October 2010 Permalink
You are so right! And there are ways to break
inner patterns that keep you from action.
One is by using I Ching Systems. Another is
Theta Healing.
Action IS the key!
Many, many thanks.
at 3:21 am - 3rd October 2010 Permalink
Bob Proctor, Napoleon Hill, and others say you have to have a plan, and it should be derived from inspiration. Obviously if an idea comes to you and it feels good, and you think it will work, then one should follow it. Key is impressing the subconscious. Proctor and Hill both say that there are two ways to impress the subconscious- emotion and repetition. Desire being the key emotion, but certainly anyone who does nothing- either physical or towards impressing the subconscious…is stuck in neutral and won’t manifest much of anything! Action of some sort has to occur in order to manifest!
at 4:39 pm - 14th October 2010 Permalink
@Charles – great thoughts. I believe we live in an over-intellectualized age. You can think your way into anything, sure, but it’s the most difficult way to do it. Acting as if is 1000x more powerful and the fastest way to change your thinking is to change your actions. Thanks for writing in! – Lucas
at 6:17 pm - 11th November 2010 Permalink
I totally agree with you on this one , we have to get off our behind and get busy and make a change ..love my yoga body supplements and DVD’s
at 8:17 am - 18th November 2010 Permalink
Hi dear Lucas,
just read the book “Busting loose from the Money game” from Robert Scheinfeld and You will know why. This is the best book I red in my life.
Many greetings from Bavaria,
Catharina
at 1:04 pm - 25th November 2010 Permalink
You can set your GPS, have a full tank of gas, but you aren’t going to get anywhere unless you step on the gas!