By Niki Billingslea
This is one of those articles I have to write in the dark. I do not yet consider myself successful, so I do not embody that quality in that sense. What I will focus on is the feeling of success because what I have read and what I have been taught by my spiritual teachers is that being able to feel like I have already arrived is what ushers me into the state of having it. How do you feel like you have something or have accomplished something that you have not yet done?
A very important component to the process that I have chosen is practice. The practice that each person adopts may vary. My practice is deeply grounded in my daily meditation and prayer. Writing down ideas is vital and so is the visualization, but none of that is possible without clearing the mind and creating the mental space for the ideas to come through. So, when I want to experience the feeling of success, I make space for the experience. I clear my area, my mind and my heart to be taken over by the feeling of success.
I have had a few victories in my life, so as I focus on the success I see myself achieving I call on those feelings at those times. Also, as I see myself in that moment of accomplishment and achievement, I experience sensations that I begin to associate with the level of success I would like to embody. The sensations I feel are satisfaction: to at last arrive at a destination I projected for myself (by no means the end). A sense of power engulfs me: I feel as if I have been carried this distance and through so much by sheer will--mine and my ancestors. Another state I experience is that of gratitude. In the past I have never associated gratitude with my feelings of victory. However, when I see myself in the field of accomplishment that I desire, I have an immense wave of gratitude wash through me at the realization of the sacrifices, the growth, the support, and profound change that makes this success possible. I am thankful to the spirit of God for making this possible.
I feel it. I even see it. So, it has to be true. Right? To be honest, I have tried on several occasions to do things my way. My way elicits temporary, and sometimes unsatisfactory, results. I have ceased trying to be the contractor of my life. I am now an architect and designer who consults with a higher source who is both developer and contractor. Spirit makes it possible for me to design and it takes care of the details that I am not equipped to take care of. There is a time frame I have in mind, but God has a different schedule. What do I do? Practice. I continue to focus on the plan, the feeling, and preparation.
See it. Then feel it.
