Miracle Soup Day 14

Today is the last day of the second week, which consisted of Transforming Beliefs.

Download the Weekly Miracle Menu for Week 2, to find suggestions for further exploration along the idea of transformation.

Today's Recipe serves as a transition between Transformation and Service. You'll start a new week for Service tomorrow.

American people tend to be very competitive with one another, and I believe that it has hurt us, as a society, far more than it has helped us. Today's exercise encourages you to release the idea of competition, or the perception of any lack in relation to another person or entity. Consider what Deepak Chopra says, which is in direct opposition to the idea of competition:

"Practicing the Law of Giving is actually very simple: if you want joy, give joy to others; if you want love, learn to give love; if you want attention and appreciation, learn to give attention and appreciation; if you want material affluence, help others become materially affluent. In fact the easiest way to get what you want is to help others get what they want."
-- Deepak Chopra in "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success"

There are several reasons why the action of giving someone else what YOU most desire works:

On a spiritual level, it attracts more of what your desire to you.
An energetic "message" is sent, in ways that we can't fully articulate, that is matched by what is drawn to you. Whatever you give is always returned to you. Going about it this way – helping someone else get what you, yourself want – helps the Universe be specific in the way you receive it.

On a practical level, this gets you actively and passionately thinking about the topic at hand, which will bring more inspiration, brainstorming, and motivation concerning your own desire. By helping others get what you also want, you instantly put yourself in the same sphere as your desire - connecting with the same people, places, and events that will bring your desire closer to the people you are helping AND to you.

MIRACLE RECIPE #14

This recipe card (on the lower right of the recipe cards for this week) focuses on the act of transforming desires. Here's how it works:

1. Write down your desire.
2. "Spin" the desire 180 degrees by writing it so that you are helping another/others get that very thing.
3. Write down an action you can take to indicate your commitment to the "spin".
4. Check off when it is done.

An example:

Desire: I want to be a published writer.
Spin: I want to help others become published writers.
Action: Conduct research about the process of submitting a book proposal, for the purpose of creating a booklet to give to your writer friends as a gift. This will help them get the basic facts about the process, saving them gads of research time. Think of ways to share this information for free to help a wider audience, too.

Obviously, there are MANY actions that could be taken to make this "spin" come true. Pick one action....or pick twenty.....either way, you are making a significant difference in bringing your desire closer to you.


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