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    Thriving vs. Surviving

    Matthew FerryBy Matthew FerryMay 6, 2013Updated:April 22, 2018No Comments3 Mins Read
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    Get present to the power of your mind. The more you understand the mind, the faster you’ll experience peace and contentment in the moment. The more quickly you get there, the more quickly your dreams will fall in your lap.

    You are someone committed to having it all. You want the money, you want the freedom and you want the joy of existence. Yet, you are not wired to create that as your reality. You are likely wired to be a Forceful Success. The only question is “Will you generate success in a way that brings you extraordinary pleasure with ease and flow or will you do it the traditional way and experience hard work, suffering, breakdown and tragedy along the way?”

    Your mind is the key component. Actually, getting beyond your mind is more accurate. How you choose to view your situation will either create suffering or joy. You can suffer or you can make feel joy…it’s your choice.

    The problem you will face over and over is not being aware of the mechanics of your mind. Success will be drawn to someone like you either way. The only question is do you want to succeed and suffer or do you want to succeed and feel joy? So let’s begin to understand how you are being misled by your perception of the world.

    Begin noticing that every aspect your being is designed to survive. Start to observe that your attitude, personality, mindset, opinions, your qualities, and characteristics are all designed to keep you alive longer. Each of your aspects are not designed to be goal achieving mechanisms, they are not designed to bring you more happiness or peace and they are certainly not designed to give you satisfaction. If anything, the way your mind deals with the world will do the opposite. You will begin to realize that you are a survival machine!

    MAJOR PROBLEM: You aren’t going to survive! Everyone and I mean everyone is going to die! Right? Are you going to escape death? No. Then why spend time avoiding the unavoidable?

    Survival is an illegitimate pursuit. There’s no need to survive. The very fact that you are reading these words tells us that you are someone who is living an amazing life. You are someone who already has a powerful influence over your world.

    Let’s face it; you probably already have a car, house, clothes, electronics and many other luxury items. You are likely already a consumer which concludes that your life is not about survival. Consider your life is about pleasure. Your life is about getting what you want and having it all. You are in pursuit of joy, freedom, peace, happiness and all kinds of other pleasurable feelings. Why do you want more? What do you think it will give you? In the end, you want to feel good. We hate to break the news to you but, that’s not a survival situation. Yet, start to consider the lengths you go to survive in non-survival situations.

    It is amazing to become of just how much you’ve been surviving, all the while, pretending like you’ve been living. You are about to be hit with the harsh reality that all of your suffering, heartache, pain, frustration and anger are self-induced and even more importantly are a misperception. What will totally blow you away is the realization that suffering repels all of the success you are seeking!

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    Matthew Ferry is a spiritual teacher, master coach, and best-selling author. Since 1993, he has helped thousands of high-performing professionals, entrepreneurs, and executives transcend fear, quiet their minds, and create what he calls Enlightened Prosperity™—success without stress. His signature methodology, The Rapid Enlightenment Process™, has been peer-reviewed and published in the Journal for Advanced Social Sciences. He is the author of Quiet Mind Epic Life, creator of the Mental Journey To Millions, a 2x TEDx speaker and best-selling author.

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