Monday, July 20, 2009
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
In 1 Week "School of Joy" advanced training in the principles of Unstoppable Joy! Held at Unity of Eugene http://bit.ly/14PTK4
Supercharge Your Joy with the Benefit of the Doubt - New inspiring 4 minute mp3 audio by Ed http://bit.ly/IXOJp
Monday, June 08, 2009
Redefining Desire and Murphys Law
Ed Osworth Here.
Redefining Desire and Murphys Law.
As hard as this may be to believe, all of your life youve been getting
exactly what you desire.
I am not kidding.
So how come your life is so rough? How come you dont have the things you
really feel that you wanted
Why is it that life seems such a struggle? I mean that if you are really
getting what you desire how could life seem like it is full of things you
dont want?
Believe it or not it is because you have been deliberately taught that you
are not very powerful.
To put it more simply, you have been taught to desire things that are not in
your best interest. And the way you were taught to do this was by teaching
you that you are not really very powerful.
When people ask Ed, what do you think is the biggest problem in the world
today? here is what I tell them.
I tell them the biggest problem is that people simply have no comprehension
of how powerful they are. Because they have no idea how powerful they are,
they constantly shoot themselves in the foot with their powerful minds.
By thinking self destructive thoughts that keep them from their desires.
The problem has never been that anything that the universe creates is
difficult to obtain. All you have to do is ask for it.
But youre asking must be consistent. You cant be sending conflicting
messages and expect to produce anything. And 99.9% of the people I encounter
in America dont have a clue what theyre asking for. And their lives are
miserable, because they receive it.
Let me give you an obvious, but pervasive example. There are many people I
run into that believe in an absurd piece of logic, known as Murphys Law.
Murphy was obviously a very unhappy and miserable human being, if in fact he
ever existed.
He decided that the way the universe ran with the everything that can go
wrong will go wrong. The problem is, because he believed it he was
absolutely right for his world.
Since his own personal experience after formulating this law reflected that
the law was true. He cited to tell everybody else about this new way of
looking at things. At first, Im sure people laughed like it was a total
joke, but eventually it seems like people started taking it seriously. How
many times in your life do you hear one person or another quoting one
version or another of Murphys Law?
So the law travels through society, one person spreading it to others. Until
millions and millions of people know about this insane piece of logic.
Murphys Law. It become so ingrained in the human consciousness that
virtually every single person in America knows what it is.
Here is the part that I find absolutely hilarious. Murphys law could not be
further from the truth of how things run in this galaxy. Even if you have no
belief in God or higher beings or spirits or anything, all you have to do is
simply look around the world to see the Murphys Law could not possibly apply
to anything.
If Murphys Law is true, and everything that could go wrong will go wrong,
even the Big Bang couldnt have created anything, because everything wouldve
gone wrong. Its one of those ideas that when you look at it from a different
perspective is completely absurd.
Now I know most of you reading this dont really believe in Murphys Law. But
Im just using it as an easy example. Theres many more interesting belief
systems out there that we pick out and try believing they are true.
Think of all the people in the world such as Oprah Winfrey raise themselves
up from virtually nothing and accomplish what ever it is they wanted. How
did they do this? Was it a miracle? They accomplished them because they
believe these things were possible so they were able to manifest exactly the
life they want it.
They certainly didnt base any of their plans on things such as Murphys Law.
The world is ready for Joy. Are you?
***************************
Joy, Abundance, Peace and Healing
Ed Osworth
Author Unstoppable Joy! A Happier You in 12 Simple Steps
Unstoppable Joy! A Happier You in 12 Simple Steps a positive psychology how
to book is available instantly at Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble.com or
order at your local bookstore or at http://UnstoppableJoy.com
If you are not in a state of Joy today, you are simply not paying attention
to what is really important in your life Ed
Redefining Desire and Murphys Law.
As hard as this may be to believe, all of your life youve been getting
exactly what you desire.
I am not kidding.
So how come your life is so rough? How come you dont have the things you
really feel that you wanted
Why is it that life seems such a struggle? I mean that if you are really
getting what you desire how could life seem like it is full of things you
dont want?
Believe it or not it is because you have been deliberately taught that you
are not very powerful.
To put it more simply, you have been taught to desire things that are not in
your best interest. And the way you were taught to do this was by teaching
you that you are not really very powerful.
When people ask Ed, what do you think is the biggest problem in the world
today? here is what I tell them.
I tell them the biggest problem is that people simply have no comprehension
of how powerful they are. Because they have no idea how powerful they are,
they constantly shoot themselves in the foot with their powerful minds.
By thinking self destructive thoughts that keep them from their desires.
The problem has never been that anything that the universe creates is
difficult to obtain. All you have to do is ask for it.
But youre asking must be consistent. You cant be sending conflicting
messages and expect to produce anything. And 99.9% of the people I encounter
in America dont have a clue what theyre asking for. And their lives are
miserable, because they receive it.
Let me give you an obvious, but pervasive example. There are many people I
run into that believe in an absurd piece of logic, known as Murphys Law.
Murphy was obviously a very unhappy and miserable human being, if in fact he
ever existed.
He decided that the way the universe ran with the everything that can go
wrong will go wrong. The problem is, because he believed it he was
absolutely right for his world.
Since his own personal experience after formulating this law reflected that
the law was true. He cited to tell everybody else about this new way of
looking at things. At first, Im sure people laughed like it was a total
joke, but eventually it seems like people started taking it seriously. How
many times in your life do you hear one person or another quoting one
version or another of Murphys Law?
So the law travels through society, one person spreading it to others. Until
millions and millions of people know about this insane piece of logic.
Murphys Law. It become so ingrained in the human consciousness that
virtually every single person in America knows what it is.
Here is the part that I find absolutely hilarious. Murphys law could not be
further from the truth of how things run in this galaxy. Even if you have no
belief in God or higher beings or spirits or anything, all you have to do is
simply look around the world to see the Murphys Law could not possibly apply
to anything.
If Murphys Law is true, and everything that could go wrong will go wrong,
even the Big Bang couldnt have created anything, because everything wouldve
gone wrong. Its one of those ideas that when you look at it from a different
perspective is completely absurd.
Now I know most of you reading this dont really believe in Murphys Law. But
Im just using it as an easy example. Theres many more interesting belief
systems out there that we pick out and try believing they are true.
Think of all the people in the world such as Oprah Winfrey raise themselves
up from virtually nothing and accomplish what ever it is they wanted. How
did they do this? Was it a miracle? They accomplished them because they
believe these things were possible so they were able to manifest exactly the
life they want it.
They certainly didnt base any of their plans on things such as Murphys Law.
The world is ready for Joy. Are you?
***************************
Joy, Abundance, Peace and Healing
Ed Osworth
Author Unstoppable Joy! A Happier You in 12 Simple Steps
Unstoppable Joy! A Happier You in 12 Simple Steps a positive psychology how
to book is available instantly at Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble.com or
order at your local bookstore or at http://UnstoppableJoy.com
If you are not in a state of Joy today, you are simply not paying attention
to what is really important in your life Ed
Sunday, June 07, 2009
Achieving Happiness: The power of positive emotions. Take your life from horrible to happy Article http://bit.ly/UHGba
Saturday, June 06, 2009
Clinical research studies show that just as happy emotions create smiles, smiles foster happy feelings. http://bit.ly/1a44tu
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Monday, May 25, 2009
NY Times article "Happy Like God" . If anyone is happy, then God is pretty
happy, so to be happy is to be like God. http://bit.ly/EmD1X
happy, so to be happy is to be like God. http://bit.ly/EmD1X
Sunday, May 24, 2009
New Harvard Study Reveals How To Get Your Children to Live Happily Ever After. Early interventions are the key http://bit.ly/141PRk
Saturday, May 23, 2009
A Moon Question.
A question to ask yourself today. When was the last
time you really looked at the moon for over a few seconds? And when was the
last time you shared the magic of watching the moon with your family?
Or do you have other, more important things to do? Like watch a sitcom or
the news?
The Moon deserves your appreciation for the endless beauty and inspiration
she provides. She is there to keep us in tune with JOY
Friday, May 22, 2009
My Greatest Inspiration - A Man Whose Name I Can't Remember!
I had a period in my early life where I lived as a drifter on the coast of Calif in the early 1970s. At the time I was living on a beach in Monterey with a group of hippies and beatniks in a cave. We would hitchhike into Monterey and dumpster dive for veggies - then bring everything back and make a giant stew over an open fire. We always had more food than necessary and would go up and down the beach inviting strangers to share it with us. Sometimes they would bring us cases of beer in return.
After watching my compatriots all get so drunk one night that they danced on the bonfire barefoot and all burned their feet, I decided that I had to get out of that scene and put my life back on track. I picked up my pack which had all my stuff and hitchhiked back to LA to get a fresh start.
As soon as my thumb went out a huge 1969 Country Squire station wagon pulled over. A nice gentleman and his son were in it, with about 1000 pounds of salmon they bought in Monterey and were taking back to LA. So I had a ride the whole way. Good thing as it had started raining and I only had a worn out cotton jacket and woud soon bev sopping wet without a ride.
I asked about him and his son and he told me just the basics. "I buy and sell fish." He was a very modest and unassuming man.
Then to my surprise he turns and looks at me with a smile. "Ed, we have a long ride and I love stories. We've got 8 hours driving ahead of us so tell me your life story in detail."
I was flabbergasted. No one had ever wanted to hear about me like that.
Who could possibly be interested in my stupid little life? Heck here I was flat broke sleeping on a beach. I felt like a loser and he wanted to hear everything about me!
He looked very conservative, dressed in a suit and I was a beach bum hippy from Hollywood, an odd couple indeed. I didn't want to offend him or his son so I said, "well I will if you want but it involves some shady parts, some law breaking and even sex and drugs, I don't want to upset you or your son."
He laughed out loud. "Ed, every good story, whether a book, a movie or a life has all that and more. You look to me like one heck of an interesting story. My son is already asleep in the back. Just tell me the whole thing, warts and all. A great pleasure of being here on Earth is learning through others. My eyes can only see a little tiny slice of the world, your eyes will show me more."
I never forgot those wise words. "My eyes can only see a little tiny slice of the world, your eyes will show me more."
We drove beautiful highway 1 along the coast for hours. I talked. He bought me lunch at an A&W Root Beer stand while I chatered on. We drove on in the rain along the grey coast, the sun set, I talked. I started from as far back as I could remember and walked him through the traumas, the dramas, the failures and victories, the moral confusion of facing the Vietnam war and realizing I could not kill, the alienation from my parents that decision caused.
As the light dimmed to black and the car echoed with the rhythm of the windshield wipers slapping back and forth, I talked on and on.
What an amazing day. You learn a lot about yourself when you try and relate all those countless details of what you remember of your life to another person.
He never lost interest, no matter how mundane the detail, how pointless the narrative became sometimes.
Instead of disinterest this wonderful man would encourage me on, looking at me with amazement and delight as I went on for 8 hours straight. From the way he treated me you would have though he was listening to the President of the United States or the Pope. He really acted like it was the most interesting story he had ever heard.
When we reached my destination, Topanga Canyon exit in LA's San Fernando Valley he let me out. He calle me over to the window and said 'What an amazing story you are Ed". Then he handed me $20, which in 1972 was about the equivalent of $100 today. I said, "Thanks I'll be able to go get some food and survive for a few days."
He said "No, that is not what it is for. This is for you to start a new prosperous life with, not to spend. You take this $20 and you use it to create your new life. Leave behind that interesting but sad story you told me and start a new one. A story with a very happy ending."
He rolled up the window and I watched the taillights of his Ford Station Wagon fade away as he merged onto the Ventura Freeway in the drizzle. I looked at the $20 and burst into tears of gratitude.
By the next day I had already forgotten his name. I'm sure he forgot me soon afterward.
He changed my life forever with his acts of kindness. I did exactly with that $20 as he said.
Isn't it funny how sometimes those whose names we cannot even recall can make the greatest difference in our lives?
After watching my compatriots all get so drunk one night that they danced on the bonfire barefoot and all burned their feet, I decided that I had to get out of that scene and put my life back on track. I picked up my pack which had all my stuff and hitchhiked back to LA to get a fresh start.
As soon as my thumb went out a huge 1969 Country Squire station wagon pulled over. A nice gentleman and his son were in it, with about 1000 pounds of salmon they bought in Monterey and were taking back to LA. So I had a ride the whole way. Good thing as it had started raining and I only had a worn out cotton jacket and woud soon bev sopping wet without a ride.
I asked about him and his son and he told me just the basics. "I buy and sell fish." He was a very modest and unassuming man.
Then to my surprise he turns and looks at me with a smile. "Ed, we have a long ride and I love stories. We've got 8 hours driving ahead of us so tell me your life story in detail."
I was flabbergasted. No one had ever wanted to hear about me like that.
Who could possibly be interested in my stupid little life? Heck here I was flat broke sleeping on a beach. I felt like a loser and he wanted to hear everything about me!
He looked very conservative, dressed in a suit and I was a beach bum hippy from Hollywood, an odd couple indeed. I didn't want to offend him or his son so I said, "well I will if you want but it involves some shady parts, some law breaking and even sex and drugs, I don't want to upset you or your son."
He laughed out loud. "Ed, every good story, whether a book, a movie or a life has all that and more. You look to me like one heck of an interesting story. My son is already asleep in the back. Just tell me the whole thing, warts and all. A great pleasure of being here on Earth is learning through others. My eyes can only see a little tiny slice of the world, your eyes will show me more."
I never forgot those wise words. "My eyes can only see a little tiny slice of the world, your eyes will show me more."
We drove beautiful highway 1 along the coast for hours. I talked. He bought me lunch at an A&W Root Beer stand while I chatered on. We drove on in the rain along the grey coast, the sun set, I talked. I started from as far back as I could remember and walked him through the traumas, the dramas, the failures and victories, the moral confusion of facing the Vietnam war and realizing I could not kill, the alienation from my parents that decision caused.
As the light dimmed to black and the car echoed with the rhythm of the windshield wipers slapping back and forth, I talked on and on.
What an amazing day. You learn a lot about yourself when you try and relate all those countless details of what you remember of your life to another person.
He never lost interest, no matter how mundane the detail, how pointless the narrative became sometimes.
Instead of disinterest this wonderful man would encourage me on, looking at me with amazement and delight as I went on for 8 hours straight. From the way he treated me you would have though he was listening to the President of the United States or the Pope. He really acted like it was the most interesting story he had ever heard.
When we reached my destination, Topanga Canyon exit in LA's San Fernando Valley he let me out. He calle me over to the window and said 'What an amazing story you are Ed". Then he handed me $20, which in 1972 was about the equivalent of $100 today. I said, "Thanks I'll be able to go get some food and survive for a few days."
He said "No, that is not what it is for. This is for you to start a new prosperous life with, not to spend. You take this $20 and you use it to create your new life. Leave behind that interesting but sad story you told me and start a new one. A story with a very happy ending."
He rolled up the window and I watched the taillights of his Ford Station Wagon fade away as he merged onto the Ventura Freeway in the drizzle. I looked at the $20 and burst into tears of gratitude.
By the next day I had already forgotten his name. I'm sure he forgot me soon afterward.
He changed my life forever with his acts of kindness. I did exactly with that $20 as he said.
Isn't it funny how sometimes those whose names we cannot even recall can make the greatest difference in our lives?
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Just finshed a tele training session with Kathleen Gage Best promo/IM training for authors and speakers ever! http://bit.ly/yDtQe
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
WOW Got my Verizon Wireless MiFi™2200 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot today. Total wi-fi portabilty for my netbook and iPod Touch http://ping.fm/WPTa6
After several days of dreariness the sun came out brilliantly today, so I took a short video. http://ping.fm/hGyMw
WOW - Scientists have just validated a key concept of Unstoppable Joy! - that we don't remember things the way they happen at all: http://ping.fm/DIn7B
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
We Try to Send A Message in What We Buy, but New Study Shows that Nobody’s Listening
An article in today's New York Times talks about a new study. The researchers concluded that our desire to impress strangers is a quirky and sometimes self destructive evolutionary byproduct.
We spend a huge amount of mental effort thinking about what we buy. Subconsciously much of our buying decision making is based on what our purchase will communicate to others.
Some spend huge amounts of money in this quest for social recognition.
The reason we do this is because for most of evolution we didn't see many strangers, so every social contact held much more gravity. We still assign a false importance to strangers view of us.
According to this study, we still feel a need to show power, amicability and sexual desireability to all strangers, so we put a ton of effort buying the "right" things, going to the right schools, wearing the right clothes.
Unfortunately the scientists also determined that others don't care about what we wear, what school we go to, what car we drive, where we live etc.
Others care about what type of person you are and your personal ethics.
Apparently evolution is good at getting us to avoid death, desperation and celibacy, but it’s not that good at getting us to feel happy.
Study details here : http://ping.fm/oPHeS
We spend a huge amount of mental effort thinking about what we buy. Subconsciously much of our buying decision making is based on what our purchase will communicate to others.
Some spend huge amounts of money in this quest for social recognition.
The reason we do this is because for most of evolution we didn't see many strangers, so every social contact held much more gravity. We still assign a false importance to strangers view of us.
According to this study, we still feel a need to show power, amicability and sexual desireability to all strangers, so we put a ton of effort buying the "right" things, going to the right schools, wearing the right clothes.
Unfortunately the scientists also determined that others don't care about what we wear, what school we go to, what car we drive, where we live etc.
Others care about what type of person you are and your personal ethics.
Apparently evolution is good at getting us to avoid death, desperation and celibacy, but it’s not that good at getting us to feel happy.
Study details here : http://ping.fm/oPHeS
10 Happiest Countries in the World
New study look at the happiest countries in the world. Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands rated at the top of the list, ranking first, second and third, respectively. Outside Europe, New Zealand and Canada landed at Nos. 8 and 6, respectively. The U.S. did not crack the top 10. Switzerland placed seventh and Belgium placed tenth.
The report looked at subjective well-being, defined as life satisfaction. Did people feel like their lives were dominated by positive experiences and feelings, or negative ones?
Full story ...
http://ping.fm/FEB8y
The report looked at subjective well-being, defined as life satisfaction. Did people feel like their lives were dominated by positive experiences and feelings, or negative ones?
Full story ...
http://ping.fm/FEB8y
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