Have Your Cake and Eat It Too

I want to have my cake and eat it too. And I don’t want it go to my hips! I’m in a cliché bustin’ mood and I have to tell you that, “You can’t believe everything you hear.” Especially when what you are hearing is limiting your ability to get what you want.

My intention with this article is to stimulate you to examine how many limiting beliefs you subscribe to. I further invite you to explore the possibility that when you believe in abundance and understand the Creative Process, YOU CAN HAVE EVERYTHING YOU DESIRE.

Consider these statements: “There’s only so much to go around.” “Money doesn’t grow on trees.” “Rome wasn’t built in a day.”

And what about all the trade-offs? How many of us believe: “If it tastes good, it must be bad for you.” “If it tastes bad, it must be good for you.” “If it’s fun, it can’t be safe.” “If it’s worth having, it's worth working hard for.” “You can’t have fun unless you’re high.” “You can’t always get what you want, but you get what you need.” “If you want to be happy for the rest of your life, don’t make a pretty woman your wife.”

It seems as if you have to choose between fun and safety; between sexy and nice; between wealth and love; between smart and pretty. Do you want handsome or faithful? Do you want beauty or a nice personality? Then you are told, “Don’t set your sights too high, you might be disappointed.”
These are limiting beliefs. Why should I have to choose one over the other? I want to have my cake and eat it too.
Arnold Patent says, “You Can Have It All.” I choose to believe him.

Here’s an idea: pretend it is your mission in life to identify what you want and then create it. How would you go about it? Consider this metaphor. You are a young prince or princess. Your father, the king, has ordered his servants to bring you a large variety of life experiences so that you may choose the ones you want.

At first the servants will not know exactly what you are looking for, so they will show you experiences that they are most familiar with. They show you their poverty and their fear. They show you their belief in not being in control of their lives. And you say “This does not feel good. I do not like this. Show me wealth and power.”

So they show you an example of a wealthy baron who lives in a wonderful castle and commands a huge army. But with all of his wealth and power, he is not happy because he has a fatal disease and only months to live. So you say, keep the wealth and power and add perfect health. So they bring you another example of a man who is rich, powerful and healthy. He too is unhappy because the responsibilities of his position prohibit him from enjoying his life. So you say, keep the wealth, forget the power, keep the health and add time for fun.

Now they show you an example of a wealthy woman who enjoys good health and has time to pursue any leisure activities she desires. As you watch her move through her life, you notice that she often feels lonely because she has no one to share her fun experiences with.

So you say, “Now add a companion.” So they add a handsome, wealthy, intelligent male who also happens to be a drunk and a womanizer.

This process continues. You are given many examples and you sift through them adding and subtracting until you find just the combination you are looking for. You allow yourself to identify what you want by observing those things that make you feel good. You get better and better at identifying those things you don’t want because you pay close attention to those things that make you feel bad, and quickly identify what you do want instead.

Then you put together some very definite statements about what you want, allowing and expecting to receive them, because after all, you are royalty. Of course you get exactly what you ask for.

After you get what you want, you notice that what you want -- changes. This is all right. This is wonderful. Of course what you want will change, for you are developing into a king or queen who is a growth-seeking, joy-seeking being. As you want, and allow and receive, you change your perspective. As your perspective changes, so do your desires; and you are continually wanting, allowing and then joyfully receiving your desires.

Guess what? You do not have to pretend. It IS your mission to identify what you want and then create it. And this is not really a metaphor, but a true description of your position in God’s plan. We are all magnificent co-creators of our own life experience because He created us in His image. Our presence in these bodies on this physical plane is undeniable evidence of our co-creative ability.

Isn’t it wonderful that we are all so unique, wanting different things at different times? It is because of this wonderful diversity that we may be confident in the Law of Abundance. Parmahansa Yogananda describes how the Law of Abundance works, “Human consciousness should become an unobstructed channel through which the divine intelligence may flow freely. Divine Will and human will then operate in harmony to manifest whatever man may need from God’s unlimited supply of health, happiness and abundance.”

There is more than enough of everything in this Universe to fulfill everyone’s desires. And if it does not exist now, you can create it. You need not be concerned that your wanting and receiving will interfere with the wanting and receiving of another.

Consider this personal ad:Queen of Deliberate Creation seeks King of Deliberate Creation to share and co-create a joyous life experience while granting freedom to all others to create the life experiences they desire.

Would you like some ice cream with your cake?