A simple way to become a genius
By Stephanie H. Yeh
A simple way to become a genius in your own way by creating a yearly
aim.
One
of the favorite spiritual teachers, Abraham-Hicks, is fond of saying
that genius is nothing more than continued attention to the same topic.
In other words, anyone can be a genius at anything given the right
focused attention over a long enough period of time.
Half of the year has gone... no matter...you ask yourself the
question, "What kind of genius do I want to be?" Do you look at works of
art by Van Gogh and wish you could put paint to canvas like he did? Do
you look at great business people and wish you had their entrepreneurial
talent?
These are, of course, all outer talents that are apparent to everyone
who looks. And, as Abraham-Hicks points out, any one of these outer
forms of genius are available to anyone who has the desire and will to
focus their attention.
But are there other areas-inner areas-in which you might want to be a
genius? Maybe you don't want to become a great artist or business whiz.
Maybe instead you'd like to acquire the genius to be comfortable in
any situation life throws at you. What about the genius to control the
way you interpret events in your life? Would the genius to throw off any
and all sorts of negativity be useful in your life?
It really doesn't matter what you choose, but the idea of becoming
the genius of your choosing is certainly attractive. It's a magnetic
idea, isn't it? The idea that you have the power to become brilliant at
anything is an idea that has real power. It's an idea worth a lot of
consideration and focus.
But how can you really focus on anything when life is so distracting?
Life seems to constantly throw monkey-wrenches into the best-laid plans.
Unexpected events and expenses crop up, new emotions emerge, new
inspirations pop up, and lots of momentary fascinations appear. How do
you focus amidst all this "noise"?
One way is to choose a yearly exercise or aim that will focus your
attention for a long period of time. And of course the beginning of the
year is ideal to choose and begin this kind of exercise. Don't worry you
are not late....
So close your eyes and ask yourself this question: "If I could be a
genius at something by the end of the year, what would I choose?"
Sit with this question for a while. Sort through physical goals like
money, fame, and acknowledgement (translation: rich and famous) and see
how they strike you. Sort through inner goals like self-liking, freedom
from what anyone else thinks about you, and acceptance of life and see
how these strike you.
Set these goals against the background of the rest of your life and
see what you want the most. See which goal will satisfy you the most
from your current perspective.
Then choose a goal. Don't worry so much about choosing perfectly.
Think more of choosing wisely a goal that will provide the maximum
useful experience. Your yearly aim isn't meant to be another pressure
point that will make your life difficult, but more of an experiment that
will reveal new vistas, emotions, questions, and answers.
In all of the courses that we teach, we never tell anyone "how it
is."
Instead, we set forth a number of hypotheses and our students verify
through experimentation whether they are true. The same goes for your
yearly aim. You desire to excel at something in life.
The hypothesis is that you can be a genius at anything of your
choosing through focused attention over a long period of time. Your
mission, should you choose to accept it, is to create experiments that
will help you determine whether you can, indeed, be such a genius.
In the game of life there is never anything to lose through this kind
of experiment. There are only gobs of new learning and achievement to
have.
Ready for something magical to happen in your life? Then jump in with
both feet. Choose your desired form of genius and stay tuned for how to
create experiments to bring that genius to life! |