I’ve stopped watching television, and I rarely listen to radio. Instead, I load my IPod with inspirational speakers – Wayne Dyer, Marrianne Williamson, Reverend Michael Beckwith.
I’ve noticed I’m getting more inquires from people who are stressed, depressed, afraid of losing their jobs, or fearing what is going to happen when their unemployment runs out. Most of these people are spending a great deal of time glued to the nightly news or scanning the newspapers to see the state of the world.
It isn’t changing very much. We’re still on a downward trajectory heading into Doomsday.
Here’s a disturbing fact: the media is lying to you. I saw a classic example of this the other night which I cover in another blog. I’m not even going to mention the show here because I don’t want to move them up in the ratings in any way. I know how human nature works. You’ll read about it here and then you will go search for more information about what I am talking about on their website, perhaps you will want to view a replay of the show to see what I’m talking about. You’re probably wondering right now, “Why doesn’t she just spill the beans and unveil the rest of the story?”
Do you see what just happened?
I had you following the mind bait – and you were no doubt going after it hook, line and sinker. That is what the media wants you to do. They feed you a steady diet of fear and then your neurons want more.
It’s all drama. We’re attracted to the stimulation it provides to our nervous system. It gets the adrenaline going.
So does exercise.
In college, I embraced a fleeting thought of being a journalist. I imagined myself traveling internationally to cover the news. I’d be going to exciting places to find the truth and expose it to the masses.
I landed a coveted internship at the local town paper. After two weeks I quit. Why? Because they weren’t interested in the truth. They were interested in putting a fear spin on everything. If there was ONE burglary, I was in charge of researching for the reporter to find if there were more, similar ones, if they had escalated, if the police saw a trend, and could that be a trend that was “alarming”. If it couldn’t be cast in a more negative light, while remaining truthful, the story was dropped.
There’s something about our innate desire for survival and safety that news reporters are trained to tap. When they can suggest that either your survival or your safety is threatened they have your attention. When they have your attention you tune in. You buy more papers, you tune into their news programming (note the word here) and you make their advertisers happy. The advertisers feel they are getting great exposure for their money and at a time when your subconscious mind is highly susceptible – a state of heightened emotionality, a time when you are more suggestible…
Do you get what is going on here?
Yes, the people coming into my office do have some legitimate reasons for despair in life. But remember – what you focus on in life is what expands. It is a natural law. When you focus on the fear and the gloom and what you don’t have you attract more of the same into your life.
What would happen right now if everyone began to look at how to create opportunity in this economy? What if people looking for a job decided instead to look at their talents and skills and step forward to create business based on that unique service they are here to provide? What if they met with others in like situations to mastermind possibility during the hours they would be working – and made that a focus?
Imagine the world today if people where living towards their dreams instead of cowering in uncertainty and apprehension about what the future holds according to the forecasters.
The forecasters are only telling us what trends we are creating.
We can create something different.
When your heart is filled with fear, there is no room for opportunity. The mind is designed to look for evidence to support your thoughts. The way to change your reality is to change your thoughts….and I know just the person to help you!
Blessings and abundance,
Karen
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COMMENTS: 1 Comment
You’re exactly right. I don’t watch the news, either, or read newspapers. It will only worry me and what can I do to change it, anyway? I can only change myself and what I choose to focus on.