30 Days To A New Life- Day 9

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One of my favorite sayings of Ram Dass is “Relax it will all become clearer.” He used to say this during a lecture when the audience looked glazed over, yet straining to follow along. Something hadn’t yet clicked but he was not going to worry about it. These words have never been truer or more poignant for me than they are right now.

Another way to look at letting go of fear is learning to trust. I have a quiet sense of determination and certainty that I am riding the current of bliss. Something tells me that this is the time to believe that not only will I be a published author who transforms lives through a recognition of one’s own perfection, but that I will do it with ease. It will not be hard.

Yesterday, my wife turned on a television show called ironically, The Oprah Effect. It was about how everyone who wanted instant success wanted to get on Oprah and that there was a book written on how to do it. It profiled a few stories including a woman who has been blogging for the past year on her experiences following Oprah’s advice to the letter (WWOD- What Would Oprah Do?). She has since been given a book deal.

Now, watching this show could have been depressing. I could have jumped on the “why is that not me?” Express Train, lamenting the pace of my own instant recognition, except for one small point: This show was created to show me that it will be me! That’s right. The CNBC show, and all the hours put in by writers, producers, set designers and grips subconsciously embedded some of the many hidden messages being revealed to me about how the universe is listening to my desires. A show called not the Superman Effect but the Oprah Effect. (Come on!) A woman landing a book deal from a daily blog (I love it!). A recent acquaintance excited about my writing who happens to have worked with Deepak Chopra and had the forward of her own book written by Wayne Dyer. A dream with James Van Praagh where he reminds me to be patient and just do my work and dreams that release fear all the while putting me in the middle of the Hero’s journey- a perfect model for the Superman Effect.

The “why is that not me” train also leads to a reality: The reality of it not being me. The very fact that I am slowing down my thinking enough to choose to not get on the train, says to me that I am already learning one of life’s greatest lessons. My thinking creates my life. I am not saying I am going to be Oprah. With all deference to the Queen, that is not my goal in life. I am saying I will reach millions through my writing. The how is not important as long as I am clear on the “what” and the “why”. The “how” will make itself known in due time.

“Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.”- Matthew 6:34.

In other words:

“Relax, it will all become clearer.”