{"id":18209,"date":"2012-02-02T15:45:10","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T20:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=18209"},"modified":"2015-10-07T04:54:09","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T09:54:09","slug":"why-competition-and-jealousy-when-were-on-the-path-because-thats-how-we-work-this-stuff-out-with-each-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/why-competition-and-jealousy-when-were-on-the-path-because-thats-how-we-work-this-stuff-out-with-each-other\/","title":{"rendered":"Why competition and jealousy when we&#8217;re on the Path?  Because that&#8217;s how we work this stuff out, with each other"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_18225\" style=\"width: 154px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18225\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18225\" title=\"friends global\" src=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/friends-global.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-18225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Try to love one another right now<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Do you notice how when you&#8217;re fully connected to your inner guidance, you see the world and everything in it just fine as it is? \u00a0You don&#8217;t worry about what the news says or what the complainers say, because you&#8217;re filled &#8212; maybe just for a few moments &#8212; with that feeling that it&#8217;s all under control and that everything happens for a Divine purpose? \u00a0That no matter what wacky whatever is going on around you, you know that it will all work out, that somehow you will be guided to it. \u00a0\u00a0Then there are those times you&#8217;re reminded you&#8217;re a business person competing for dollars in a world of just so many customers. \u00a0That&#8217;s when you know you&#8217;ve gone off your guidance signal, since when\u00a0you&#8217;re feeling competitive with anyone, if you think anything anyone does \u00a0against you can prevent you from attracting what you are meant to attract, you&#8217;re simply not connected to guidance. \u00a0If you think anything anyone says about you can prevent you from attracting the good that is meant for you, you are temporarily disconnected from guidance.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>We\u2019ve all done it.<\/em> Gotten angry in the moment over some perceived wrong and maybe even created an entire scenario about it in our head, blaming someone else.\u00a0 But when we\u2019re conscious, when we\u2019re on the Path, we take the time to contemplate what is going on in our life.\u00a0 We take responsibility for what we\u2019ve put in motion.\u00a0 We know that whoever we think is to blame is just someone we are allowing to have some power over us.\u00a0 Power over our thoughts and emotions. Allowing your thoughts and emotions<em> to go there<\/em> is a choice.<\/p>\n<p>Let me re-phrase that.\u00a0 Your thoughts may appear out of nowhere.\u00a0 You can\u2019t stop that from happening.\u00a0\u00a0<em>What you can decide<\/em> is how long you will continue to dwell on that thought.\u00a0<em> You have the choice<\/em> of staying on that thought long enough to get pissed off about it.\u00a0 You have the choice of moving to a better feeling thought, before you attract something you don\u2019t want.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t yet trained yourself to pivot your focus to a better feeling thought, you can learn how by reading at the free\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/abraham-hicks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Abraham-Hicks<\/a> website.\u00a0 If you want to gain clearer understanding of why you do what you do in particular situations and how you can see the other perspective, ask yourself\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thework.com\/thework.asp#1\" target=\"_blank\">Byron Katie\u2019s Four Questions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jealousy and competition runs rampant in the personal growth\/self help genre no less than it does in all other genres. \u00a0 I say there is no competition and that we each attract what is ours by right of consciousness.\u00a0 No one steals business from anyone else. \u00a0No one taints anyone else&#8217;s reputation. \u00a0If a client leaves you and goes somewhere else, that\u2019s fine; they are not your target market anyway. \u00a0Each will stay with you as long as they are meant for you.<\/p>\n<p>You want the people who are attracted to what you have to offer, plain and simple.\u00a0 You don\u2019t have to<em> go all car salesman on someone <\/em>to talk them into buying what you\u2019ve got.\u00a0 You don\u2019t want 200 people to attend an event if only 11 are going to buy.\u00a0 Your market is the 11 who really want it.\u00a0 Remember that the next time you look out into your audience of 12.\u00a0 And if you don\u2019t think you can make an honest and lucrative living with just 12 clients, then you just have short vision.\u00a0 It\u2019s not a numbers game; it\u2019s a consciousness game.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s one thing I have that sets me apart from some others:\u00a0<em>I know that. <\/em>I know that I will be able to create a fine happy living for myself, no matter what anyone else is doing or not doing.\u00a0 No matter what someone is saying or not saying, whether it\u2019s true or not true.<\/p>\n<p>Since\u00a0<em>I know who I am<\/em> and<em> I know what my thoughts are capable of attracting<\/em>, I don\u2019t feel the need to blame anyone else for anything I experience.\u00a0 I know it\u2019s unproductive to be emotionally attached to what anyone says about me.\u00a0 I\u2019ve never been so free as when I gave that up.\u00a0 Now it\u2019s easy for me to just let that stuff go.\u00a0 It\u2019s my favorite new habit.<\/p>\n<p>Forgive them for they know not that they know not. \u00a0They\u2019ll learn. \u00a0We all do.\u00a0 I\u2019m still learning. \u00a0Besides, you can\u2019t be critical or hold grudges or be unforgiving or get aggravated by competition or the news without it impacting your income.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=4217\" target=\"_blank\">It\u2019s all related<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So, why competition and jealousy when we&#8217;re on the Path? \u00a0Because that&#8217;s how we work this stuff out, with each other. \u00a0And we don&#8217;t get to work it out with only the ones it&#8217;s fun to work on issues with. \u00a0That comes later. \u00a0First we have to work on it with the people we really don&#8217;t care for, have no respect for and think are beneath us, who we think don&#8217;t walk their talk or possess the skills they profess.<\/p>\n<p>The reason these people are in your experience and irritating you is because right now you are all vibrating in the same place &#8212; like it or not. \u00a0So the quicker you can get over it and get on with it, the quicker you move onto the ones it will be fun to work on issues with. \u00a0I promise.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=5995\"> 7 Mindblowing Tips For Success In Your Field with No Competition <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=8605\"> Personality Conflicts, Competition, It\u2019s Just Souls Searching<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=14846\"> Kundalini Management 101<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/competition-karma-and-protecting-territory\/\">Competition Karma and Protecting Territory<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"s-share-buttons\" class=\"horizontal-w-c-circular s-share-w-c\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/why-competition-and-jealousy-when-were-on-the-path-because-thats-how-we-work-this-stuff-out-with-each-other\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to Facebook\" class=\"s3-facebook hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Why competition and jealousy when we&#8217;re on the Path? 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