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My 4-month old Dami is sitting down very comfortable at the moment but she is quite restless with just sitting down; she wants to start walking. Isn’t that just too cool but this particular process defies human logic that defines the growth process of a baby as sitting, then crawling before walking. This is the phases that we are expected to pass through but my dear Dami is teaching me something else about changing levels; you really don’t have to be conditioned to the normal process of development, you can visualize what you want to become (not conditioning your mind to the defined process) and you would become what you visualize in your mind.
I have been wondering why a 5-month old baby wants to walk instead of craw then I discovered something that blew my mind; all the people she sees are walking and she is wondering why she can’t walk like them. This is how we are expected to change from one level to another; we are expected to visualize where we want to get to; let the image of that level permeate our mind that it becomes physical in our minds, and then entering that level would be so easy notwithstanding the normal process to get there. This has been proven times without number in my life and I have been wondering why I never shared it.
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When I was unemployed by a company and I needed employment; I started visualizing myself as an employed personnel. I did things that employed people do like looking for job for the unemployed, etc and guess what? I was employed that same month. When I wanted to move from the level of being a Call Center Agent to being a Business Development Specialist; I started reading books on Business Development as it relates to where I was going to and before long an opportunity was opened that was not even for my level (the vacancy was for a level higher than mine) and I aced the job. I remember the interview very fondly with the Director in charge of the department, he did not even look at my CV to check if I was qualified or not; he was simply mesmerized by my knowledge in that field.
All said, if you are very tired of the level you are right now, you have to be tired of the way you are thinking by visualizing on the new level you want to attain, then the opportunity would definitely come your way. The story of Jacob and Laban readily comes to mind on how spotless cattle gave birth to spotted by visualizing the cattle to spotted plank. This is the way to get out of the level you do not like; you have to change that mindset very consciously. You have to tell yourself that the mind at which you are operating now would not take me to the next level. You have to consciously look at the next level you want, hang around with people in that level, do what they do and you would be surprised at where God would take you to.
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I am not talking about positive thinking because positive thinking does not allow you to acknowledge the level you are in. The difference between this thinking and positive thinking is subject to God’s way of thinking which simply means all things work together for good. For example, a guy wants a better job than the one he is currently holding for whatever reason- finances, more challenging, etc. Let me use typical example, the guy wants to move from the bank to the oil producing company. He starts getting resources about the places he is going to, he sees himself already there, he reads concerning the role he is interested in and starts looking out for vacancies pertained to that role. As his mind changes, his behaviour changes because he sees himself closing by 4.00p.m not 8.00p.m and very soon he sees his long hours of work as a waste of human life.
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Before long, he gets sacked or asked to resign. He doesn’t get bitter and start wishing he had the bank job; He braces himelf, thank God and continue his aim of looking for an oil company job. He notes the level he is in (unlike positive thinking) and know that all things, even his forced resignation is working together for his good. Before long, he would get that call (the call always comes). This is where your preparation always meets your opportunity. He gets the oil company job and people starts saying how lucky he was; they don’t see the process he had to go through, they only see the end result and call him lucky.
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As a film buff whenever I want to change my level; I look for films that encourage me in my preferred level. There was a particular time I wanted to change my level; I bought films on Prison scenarios like Shawshank Redemption and Rock and I start reading the bible and meditating on Joseph in the prison. Just yesterday, because I wanted to change my present level; I bought the DVD – Prison Break, Seasons 1 and 2. I start reading autobiographies of people who have made impact in their field and look for their common thread of success. When I read the autobiography of R. Kelly, P. Diddy, Tom Cruise, Arnold Schwazenegger and Bill Gates, I observed that the common denominator is FOCUS. They were all focus at what they wanted, they were not doing two things at the same time; they took on one thing focused on it and succeeded before moving to another. This was an eye opener to me.
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As you can see I have a lot to thank God for; He used my baby girl to teach me how to move from one level to another. He taught me how to recognize what he has given me that I may have counted as irrelevant. God has always been my best teacher and he is still teaching me. Sunday, the 10th is my wedding anniversary and I have a lot to thank God.
Ciao.
