As noted previously, the quotations at the beginnings of each chapter are illustrative. Consider Stephen Hawking. Here is a man who has been unable to speak for 25 years. He has been completely paralyzed for over a year, after being mostly paralyzed for decades. He has exceeded his doctor‟s life expectancy prediction by 45 years. And he has used his brilliance to forever change how we perceive the universe. Literally. His work on black holes has altered our view of everything in our solar system and beyond. Here is a man who has used the power of his will to alter forces of life and death around him.
If there were one brain to symbolize the Quantum Mind, it would be the brain of Stephen Hawking.
Have you ever met a person of great faith, who seems always to be happy and at peace? It seems invariably that this person is suffering something that would crush an ordinary person, such as Stage-3 cancer. In fact, this happy, peaceful person is ordinary. However, her faith carries her through every
aspect of her life, allowing her to feel blessed even when most of us would say she suffers horribly. Faith in a Higher Power is just one way of explaining the universal force of good.
Quantum Success is not about belief in God, but it is not about disbelief in God either. Quantum Success works with or without a Higher Power. For Stephen Hawking, the Higher Power is physics. For a Christian, it is God, the Father. Some would argue that the only true atheism is to succumb to hatred and despair.
The point is to have faith in some positive force outside yourself. Without faith, life can be pretty difficult to endure, no matter how well off you may be.
Without faith in universal forces, you can have no Quantum Success story of your own.
If you contemplate what faith is, you will realize that faith is more than merely believing. In the famous Christmas movie, A Miracle on 34th Street, the little girl Susan is told, “Faith is believing in something when common sense tells you not to.” In other words, faith is belief backed up by conviction. You must first
believe in the universal forces around you, and then you must be convinced that you can tap into them.
The goal should be to exist always in a place of peace and harmony. You can establish this within yourself and have faith that you will find it externally, as well. Whenever you find yourself in a negative environment, focus even more greatly on your internal world. Especially when you first begin to develop your Quantum Mind, you may struggle with reconciling the two worlds: The external pain and the internal peace. However, as you perfect your mind, using your will to project positivity, you will learn to be calm in adversity and good things will come to you, as bad things literally get out of your way.
Consider the Dali Lama. Despite the fact that he has seriously powerful
enemies, he is still allowed to travel the world. He has no material wealth, yet
people line up on the street for days to meet him and hear his wisdom. There are entire countries that would like to see him dead, yet he lives peacefully. He is completely in synch with the universal forces that surround him.
Have you ever noticed that some people actually seem to exude
confidence? We aren‟t talking about fear or intimidation. Confidence attracts, while intimidation repels. Consider social interaction, such as any party
situation. There is always someone at the center of attention. Chances are, he‟s standing there with a drink in his hand from which he rarely sips.
He looks like he‟s part of the crowd, but he‟s actually above the crowd. This person influences everyone and everything around him without even trying. Of course, he isn‟t trying; he has faith in himself and conviction in all that he does.
He can win friends and influence people, because all the effort he exerts is in improving himself. He is at peace, he is calm, and his strength is both palpable and effortless.
Now, consider leadership. The worst leaders are dictators. People may do as they‟re told, but only because they fear these leaders. Great leaders do not use coercion. Perhaps you have been in the room with a particularly effective boss. He always seems to be a team player, who considers everyone‟s opinion
and frequently implements the recommendations of his senior staff members.
After a couple years with this company, your boss takes you golfing with him and, while walking the course, talking about nothing in particular; he brings up a smaller company he thinks might be worth researching as an acquisition.
You‟re curious and you want to please your boss, so you start looking into the company and realize that it would make a great addition to your company‟s holdings. You also note that your co-worker, Jane, had lunch with the boss on Tuesday and heard that Suzanne—whose daughter plays on the same soccer team as the boss‟ son—was sitting next to the boss when her daughter scored the winning goal. At the next board meeting, you bring up the idea of
acquiring the other company; Jane and Suzanne echo your
recommendations. Your boss sits back, thoughtful, and declares the three of you “forward-thinking” and agrees that this will make an excellent addition to the company. You may not have noticed, but your boss managed to get exactly what he wanted through subtle manipulation (not coercion) of his senior staff. The best part is: You were given the credit.
So, what has this to do with tapping into universal forces to achieve Quantum Success? In the case of the popular party person, you see an illustration of how belief and conviction are attractive features (Law of Attraction), bringing
positive people and energy your way. In the case of the boss, you see how you can use the forces around you (in this example, those forces are concrete in that they are workers) to get what you desire, simply by sharing the
leadership and allowing others to feel good about a decision-making process.
Perhaps you are thinking, “Yes, but you are talking about universal forces and giving examples with flesh and blood people.” Do not make the mistake of thinking that people are easier to control than the universal forces around you.
First off, if you are using optimal thinking, you are likely to be distancing yourself from negative energy in general. And, unlike human beings, universal forces have no hidden agenda. In fact, by now, you should understand that these forces are not even controlling themselves. They are not directing themselves at you. If anything, you are controlling these forces through the Law of
Attraction.
Unlike universal forces, on the other hand, a person can aim to hurt another person. The universal force of goodness is not thought-driven, unless it is
coming at you from another person. This, again, is why it is so vital to Quantum Success that you have your affirmations and positive thoughts to guide you.
You don‟t want to put yourself in a negative place where malcontents are more likely to set their sights on you.
If positive thoughts and negative thoughts exist and positive actions and
negative actions are evident, there can be no doubt that positive energy and negative energy surround us. If you could ever fully embrace only the positive, you would never fail. Failure and disappointment stem from negative energy.
Understand that a major component to Quantum Success is faith that you will have Quantum Success. If you cannot see yourself in this capacity, you
cannot believe it; if you cannot believe it, you will never see it. This is not circular logic, and if you move beyond the phrasing, you will sense the truth.
It‟s the simplicity of the Beatles‟ tune, “All You Need Is Love”: There‟s nothing you can do that can‟t be done.