A beggar had been sitting by the side of the road for over 30 years. One day a stranger walked by, "Spare some change?" mumbled the beggar, mechanically holding out his old baseball cap. "I have nothing to give you," said the stranger. Then he asked: "What's that you are sitting on?" "Nothing," replied the beggar. "Just an old box, I have been sitting on it for as long as I can remember." "Ever looked inside?" asked the stranger. "No." said the beggar. "What's the point? There is nothing in there." "Have a look inside," insisted the stranger. The beggar managed to pry open the lid. With astonishment, disbelief, and elation, he saw that the box was filled with gold.

--Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now

Eckhart Tolle used this powerful story to open his book "The Power of Now."

If you think about the above quote by the author of The Power of Now, a bit more deeply, you will realize that everything you need or want exists already within you. All you have to do to be open minded. Find the key and crack open the box to your consciousness, your knowledge, your innermost treasures that operates behind the scenes.

You have it all inside you.

You probably say to yourselves: "Sure it is easier said than done!" How a simple person like me can crack open the box to my consciousness?

Well, for starters, how about first believing that you posses all the knowledge. Your consciousness is your Higher Self, your Higher Power that operates behind the scenes. It is the real you. Everything you need is stored there. Just like your DNA is there all the time. Your job now to unleash your Inner Power.

Take these steps to:

1. Be more receptive

2. Be more open minded

3. Be more open to new ideas

4. Become an adventurer

5. Take risks

6. Experience the real life

7. Exercise your God given talent

YOUR LIFE WILL RESPOND TO YOUR BELIEFS

The dreams you choose to believe in come to be. When you feel in your innermost being that you will achieve what you set out to do, you open the way for miracles. Choose to believe something good can happen. Expecting it to happen energizes you and actually gives it momentum. What you expect to happen, happens.

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Copyright 2006 Lea Yekutiel