December 17, 1987
The physical world in which you are currently focused has evolved to a highly technical and complicated state.
Because you have the ability to receive communication and information, literally, from all around the world, you also have the ability to be influenced by that which is happening anywhere upon the face of your earth.
While technology allows you many advantages, it also brings with it the disadvantage of confusion and overwhelment, for you are living in an age of information overload.
Your marvelous CONSCIOUS THINKING MECHANISM is eager to participate in thought, and quickly goes to work upon whatever stimulation you provide it.
And, in this time of technology, you are receiving tremendous amounts of thought stimulation to be sifted and sorted.
BECAUSE MOST OF YOU ARE NOT MAKING DELIBERATE DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU, YOU ARE DEALING MORE WITH THAT WHICH IS IMMEDIATE THAN WITH THAT WHICH IS IMPORTANT
Rather than tending to your dominant desires, you are bombarded by, and giving your thought and attention to, whatever is near you. And because of the technological society in which you live, literally everything that is happening upon your earth is "near" you. Therefore, it is more important now than ever before in the history of your earth that you take time, in every day, to identify, and state, clearly, that which is most important to you, otherwise, you may be easily influenced to give your attention to that which surrounds you.
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As we observe your physical world, we see beings who are going through the motions of life, performing the physical activities that they term "life" and creating experiences through their thoughts, but not by their deliberate thought.
In short, for the most part, we see people who are living by default.
It is our intent, as we write this book, to stimulate your thoughts to a new awareness. To an awareness that you are the creator of your life experience, and to a wanting to be in deliberate control.
UNTIL YOU HAVE MADE A DECISION ABOUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU, ALL STIMULATION OF THOUGHT DRAWS YOUR ATTENTION. AND AS YOU GIVE YOUR ATTENTION TO ANYTHING, YOU BEGIN TO CREATE IN THE DIRECTION OF IT. And that is the reason that there is so much value for you to break your day into segments and to intend clearly what is most important to you within each segment.
As you begin the process of Segment Intending, you will be in control of your physical experience one segment at a time. The confusion that you are currently experiencing will lessen immediately, and instead of feelings of overwhelment and confusion, which are negative emotions, "warning bells", you will be filled with exuberance and forward motion.
MAKING A DECISION, OR GIVING CONSCIOUS DELIBERATE THOUGHT TO THAT WHICH YOU WANT, PUTS YOU IN A POSITION OF BEING A SELECTIVE SIFTER.
As you decide what it is that you are wanting, the entire Universe goes to work upon making that a reality within your physical experience. As you make no decisions about what is important, then you are not a Selective Sifter but a receiver of all things, and that is the reason for the confusion. Therefore, the more decisions that you make, in any day, the more selective sifting you will do, and the less confusion, and the more satisfaction, you will feel.
December 19, 1987
Every being who is in physical form upon your planet at this time has intended, prior to this physical birth, to be in physical form, and to deliberately create, through the power of thought, by utilizing their conscious thinking mind.
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As you have evolved upon the face of the earth, there has been much wondrous creation, and your creations have become more magnificent as you have achieved new perspectives with the receiving of each new creation. That is what evolvement is, wanting from a current perspective, allowing and receiving, and as you receive that which is wanted, you also receive a newer, clearer, broader perspective from which to make your next intention, and as a collective group of beings who inhabit your earth, you have evolved tremendously, even though the majority of you do not apply much conscious deliberate thought.
It is our intent, as we write this book, to stimulate more of you to want to create consciously and deliberately, so that you may understand that you are continually creating, and that you may choose deliberate creation instead of creation by default.
AS WE OBSERVE YOUR WORLD, WE SEE THE POWER OF INFLUENCE FROM OTHERS AS A TREMENDOUS HINDRANCE TO YOUR OWN INDIVIDUAL CREATIVE THINKING.
It seems that you prefer to accept the creative thoughts of others above setting forth creative thoughts of your own. This is primarily due to your effective communication systems through your televisions and radios and publications, for a very small percentage of your population makes the decisions regarding what is being offered, while a very large percentage of your population participates by viewing or hearing or reading. And the result is that many are influenced by a few.
Every being who receives anything, does so by his own choosing. The information that is offered is not being thrust upon you. You are making the decision whether to receive it, or whether not to receive it.
As most of you are not making a decision about what is important to you, you are not utilizing the value of becoming a SELECTIVE SIFTER; therefore you are receiving some of everything that is being offered. And because there is so much that is being offered, and because you are not selectively sifting by making your decisions about what is important, you are, for the most part, over-whelmed.
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As we observe one hour of your television viewing, we are impressed with the amount of information and the amount of thought stimulation and the amount of influence that is offered in such a short span of time. And we are also aware of the effect that it has upon most of you. Rather than being clear and strong and exuberant in your motion forward, you are overwhelmed. Instead of making decisions about what you want, that you may selectively receive that which applies, you are bombarded with information, regarding all topics, to the point that you withdraw. While you are occasionally stimulated by something that is outstanding or more unusual, for the most part you have become numb to life experience, for it seems to be coming at you faster than you can cope with it, and so you literally close down, out of self-preservation.
We are writing this book because we are wanting to offer you a more joyous alternative:
BY MAKING MORE DECISIONS, IN EVERY DAY, ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT, YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY SIFT THROUGH ALL OF THE DATA, ALL OF THE WORDS AND ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT IS COMING TO YOU. YOU WILL RECEIVE THAT WHICH ENHANCES WHAT YOU WANT, WHILE YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE THAT WHICH DOES NOT APPLY..
Instead of feeling overwhelmed, you will feel refreshed. Instead of feeling bombarded, you will feel stimulated, and instead of being closed to life, you will be open to life.
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