The riches to rags story is as old as the hills. It happens to
corporations, countries, communities, families and individuals.
One day you are up, the next day down. It may be short term or
long term. And we have well established names for these states:
broke, poor, bankrupt, and so on. This story is so common that it
has been woven into our economics and legal systems. That is not
important. What is important is this: why does it happen, what is
the real cause, and how does one not get into it?

We are now going to analyze the steps that people unconsciously
take to get from success into failure. As we do so, you will see
how simple they really are, and at first you may be tempted to
dismiss this analysis, as it does appear to be very simple. But
consider what you read here as a whole and you will see the
mechanics better once you take it all in.

All things in our lives arise from our thoughts. It therefore
serves us well to observe the thought pattern that leads to
failure. It starts off as an unrecognizable creep unless you are
aware of its mechanics, and swells into a mental panic that seems
to take over your life. We now have scientific, psychological and
spiritual evidence that shows us that we become what we thing
about, believingly. Our thoughts create our next experience, our
next moment. Quantum physicists have proven beyond a doubt that
the material world is fully dependent on its observers. They have
proven that all matter is made of energy, and this energy
'arranges' itself into the matter we see based on the
expectations of the observer. In other words, it is our
intentions, attention and observations that 'collapse' this
energy into matter. This is not scientific speculation any more.
Nobel Prize winning scientists have proven this without a shred
of doubt. All our religions, all of them, tell us that what we
believe we become.

If you analyze any time you have ever personally gone down the
road to some sort of 'failure' in your finances, relationships or
health, you will notice that the road always had a particular
chain reaction. Stop reading now and think of a particular
instance when you did go through some sort of 'failure' in the
past. Do you have one in mind? Ok, now trace its beginning to its
end and you will see that it had the following trend:

Stage One: First, you were OK, before the 'failure' started to
happen. You did not even have your attention to the possibility
of this failure happening. It may be something that may have
popped in your mind before, but you did not particularly have it
in your constant attention at all.

Stage Two: Then, something made you start paying attention to the
possibility of failure, of a 'bad thing' happening. For example,
assuming it is a marketing failure or a business failure, you may
have seen a newspaper article saying something about the economy
going into recession, or you may have missed a payment on a bill,
or a particular bit of marketing you put out did not return the
amount of results you initially 'hoped' for. Not expected, but
hoped.

Stage Three: You observed this one instance of 'failure' or 'bad
news' and you somehow hooked onto it. Something in your mind said
'Wow, this is bad. I am afraid of it; I hope it doesn't become
worse.' Or something to that effect. At this point, it is still a
minor idea in your mind. But notice here what happened. You saw
something out there in the world. You looked at the world asking
'what is your truth'. You looked at the world for evidence of
truth. Think about that for a second. People are used to looking
at the world to get their definition of truth, and whatever they
see out there they accept it as truth. Ok, so you looked outside
and you saw this small failure. You accepted it as a truth and a
possibility that may happen to you. You took it in. This is where
the downhill trip all starts. Remember, the world becomes from
our thoughts, our beliefs. That is why positive thinking works,
why faith works, and so on. The external world is a reflection of
our internal state. When you change, it changes. We now have
solid scientific evidence of this fact.

Stage Four: The world does not know who you are. It only reflects
upon who you are. Failure now starts to pick up speed when you
look more and more upon the world asking 'who am I, what is my
truth' as you always do unconsciously, and then accept whatever
it says. So now the small failure you observed and accepted as
truth sets off some more thoughts of failure possibilities. So
you think, 'Gee, I hope this next bit of marketing I do doesn't
fail' and so on. But what are you doing then? You are declaring
internally that you have no control, that you are under the mercy
of little things, and you are on the side of failure, hoping to
succeed. So you do the marketing, and because the world reflects
you, it most likely doesn't work out as you hoped. You are always
telling the world who you are and it is always exactly reflecting
that. If you come from a standpoint of failure, it will prove you
right, and vice versa. We are the sum total of our thoughts, and
so is each of our worldly experiences.

Stage Five: You observe this new failure and because now there is
more failure, you go into panic. You believe it more and think
more and more that you will really mess up. And because you think
of it so often, with so much worry, the failures in your world
happen more and more. And you look upon them and accept them more
and more. This chain reaction goes until your mind is out of
control, in a panic and you feel as if you are in a daydream, a
web of thoughts and emotions all tangled up. But do you see how
you got there, and how easy it is to get out?

The world does not know who you are; it only manifests what you
are. Do you see this little vicious cycle? You are the cause, and
therefore you are the evidence. But when you believe you are not,
you look upon the effect and let it determine your cause. And
because it came from your cause, it will mirror what you feared
was true, and you will think it is true, so you will cause even
more harm unknowingly, and the cycle continues.

This is what will free you: do the opposite. Instead of accepting
the 'failure' you see in front of you as truth, simply choose not
to accept it. Remember, it is only there because you brought it
there at some level. You may not have been conscious and aware
that you were doing it. It cannot be without you empowering it to
be. It is now merely asking you, 'what next, boss?' And whatever
you say, it will do. Yet you ask it what the truth is, and accept
its answer as truth. Its answer is the answer that you have given
to it. By your acceptance and reaction to it, you empower it even
more. And as you react, it moves to match your reaction. And
because it moves and you observe the change as having matched
what you feared, you accept the change as truth and just for you.
Simply stop this. You are the truth of your world. You never have
to accept external truths. You have a choice. Now that you know
that our world patterns itself on our thoughts and beliefs, you
can take back the power you gave away to your fears. At first it
may be hard to change the way t\you think, from a partly
conscious way to a fully conscious and directed way, ignoring any
'truth and evidence' offered to you by the physical world. But
know it works and you can do it, and with practice it will soon
become normal to you and everything will flow. Haven't you ever
noticed how the most successful people today all did what
everybody said was 'impossible'? They stood against the
'evidence' and declared their own truth, and the universe moved
with them. It cannot fail to move. If you are in a tight spot,
remember that this spot is not the truth - it is just a
reflection of what you hold to be true in your mind and heart.
Free your mind and heart, holding them free no matter what, and
your external will miraculously change. Cause and effect are
instantaneous, time only coming between them to the extent of
your clarity and certainty.

Article written by David Cameron Gikandi. For even greater
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