Ultimate Wealth

Our mind tells us comfort equals safety. Our mind tells us
what is certain is preferred over what is uncertain. Our
mind has been conditioned to aspire to small insignificant
progress or worse, to tolerate periods of extreme
complacency.

Our mind, left to its own primal patterns will lead us to
live pathetic lives that neither inspire nor fulfill us.
The mind must be guided by the spirit and only then can we
reach our higher aspirations and fulfill our higher
purpose. Here’s a little experiment you can do to prove to
yourself the mind’s agenda often deviates from the spirit’s
intention; for seven days, try something as simple as
installing one life enhancing pattern consistently without
interruptions or succumbing to your excuses. What you are
likely to discover is the unruly child-mind throwing its
tantrum, holding its breath, scowling at your with contempt
because you, Spirit, have the audacity to ask it to change
for your greater good.

When I was a child, I use to have tantrums, too. I
distinctly remember falling out in the parking lot of
Robert Hall’s Department Store and my mother, a creative
disciplinarian who specialized in unexpected responses to
unacceptable behavior, told me to get up because  they were
leaving, with or without me. She and my sisters walked to
the car, got in, and proceeded to pull slowly out of the
parking lot. I was totally shocked. I stopped crying, I got
up and quickly proceeded to the car as they opened the car
door to let me in. Tantrum over, mission accomplished.

The mind is a child. Its intelligence will always include
some primal remnants that equate change to death,
discomfort to death, and discipline to death. It must be
trained and given guidance by a loving but firm spirit in
order to fulfill its true purpose.

Are you going to let the child rule you, refuse to grow,
spend its life staying small, safe, and unfulfilled? You,
Spirit, are the only parent it has. Do your job and all
will be well.

Here are five simple exercises you can do to train your
mind to be at your service:

1. Take on a small project that requires some level of
discipline that you would normally not bring to the table.
Complete the project successfully.

2. Eliminate a counter-productive habit that you are
addicted to, such as drinking coffee, hitting the snooze
button on the alarm clock, not drinking sufficient
quantities of water, etc.

3. Read about the true nature of addiction and discover
your own and how it is ruining your life then decide, fully
aware of the consequences, if you will continue done that
path and every time you indulge remind yourself of the
consequences you are choosing.

4. Observe other people living chaotic, problematic lives
and then own up to where you are also doing the same thing.

5. Do a 12-month survey and note your biggest
accomplishments, now discover how you did it and how you
can transfer some knowledge and wisdom to other areas of
your life to produce equally stellar results.

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Robin Harris is the DesignerLife Coach  and Founder of The
Life Design Center, an online learning center which offers
coaching and training for individuals who want to redesign
one or more aspects of their lives for greater
satisfaction. Register for the free introductory course at
http://www.theDesignerLife.com