Behold Underlying Truth The word “but”, (Behold Underlying Truth), can be used to translate one’s true motivations. It is a key to why a person has linked more pain than pleasure to a possible action. It can also be used to translate the actor to himself. The use of the word “but” is more than a set up for an excuse. I read in a self-help book that "but" means “behold underlying truth”. “But” becomes more than an excuse, it becomes your ability to translate truth. What a person is really saying can be found in the "but." What’s more important, it says what you are really saying to other people. Make yourself keenly aware of people using this word “but." Learn to translate what it means. The use of “but” lets you translate what you are saying to yourself as well. There is a true answer behind every “but”." "I would love to but... " the truth is you would not love to. “I wanted to go to that audition but…” you did not want to go to the audition. The use of the word “but” is more than a set up for an excuse. People always do what they really want to do. Discipline can only work if you truly want the results that you are disciplining yourself for. You can never force yourself to do anything that, in truth, you don’t want to do. You may fight this but… behold the underlying truth… it will not change it. After you have begun to listen to others use the word “but”, then analyze the hidden message. Understand how the word is used for emotional translation. Notate each time you hear someone use “but” to justify their position. Write it down in your traveling notebook and then translate the true meaning of their statement. Also, hear when you use the word. Use your Traveling Notebook to write down each time you use “but”. Translate what you really want. You may discover that many of your underlying (unconscious) true beliefs are counter productive to your desired (conscious) beliefs. They may make no sense to your goals and might need to be changed. It would be better if every time you start to make an excuse with “but”, to make the effort to just do whatever it is. Or, perhaps you could qualify your response by not using “but”. Instead, just tell the complete truth. “I didn’t go to the audition because the odds of me getting the job were slim to none so I chose not to.” “I’m not coming to your party because your friends make me feel unimportant”. You can begin to state the truth of your reasons. You can begin to translate your own patterns of excuse. This is the way you can stop fooling yourself about the truth of your efforts. I believe that it is in the “buts” you use that hold the answers to your negative associations. Exploring them can be a guide to your true beliefs. You need to search these beliefs out so that they can be turned from negative to positive influences in your life. The “buts” reinforce negative associations from actual events in your life. They set the parameters of fear for a particular type of experience. The "but" negates truth. It keeps you from letting your power of communicantion to be undermined. Think about the "white lie" you are perhaps telling with the "but." Vibrations Vibrations are the energies of life which are used for communication through variation in intensity. The actor’s thoughts are the reflection of those vibrations that the actor is sending out. The actor’s thoughts are his personal justification of belief that his energy is vibrating. Each level of vibration will attract the same level of vibration. Therefore, a low energy vibration will transmit and attract the same. It is the law of the universe. In order to discover why things are not going your way you must become aware of the energy “vibrations” you are transmitting. Your thoughts are only the reflection of the energy vibration that you are sending out. Your thoughts are your personal justification that your “energy is vibrating." Your vibrations then attract like vibrations. You want to understand your use of life energy at different intensities. You can change your energy vibrations so you can begin to attract those whose energies are “vibrating” on a frequency that brings desired results. You can control your health, happiness and security by understanding that the law of the universe is the Law of Attraction. Law of Attraction The law of attraction is the universal law by which similar energies attract each other just as the frequencies of radio wave receivers. The control of the law of attraction is known as the secret to a successful life. The control of the law of attraction for health, happiness and wealth is achieved by three steps. The three steps that hold the key to secret of success are: • Ask • Believe • Receive The first step is to become consciously aware of what you really want and then asking the universe for what you want. You are “asking" the universe through every thought, word, and deed. It is by imagining that the specifics of those desires are manifest. The second step is to believe that all things are possible and that you, as does everyone, have a birthright to the universal flow of all that is. If the actor does not truly believe that he can be guided, through effort and action, to his desires then they will not happen. Belief is based on creating actions so the universe can guide the actor to his desired destiny. In order for this step to work you must communicate to your subconcious by use of imagery, imagination and clarity of the physical truth of your expectation. It is then that your subconcious is structed to communicate to the universe so that the invisible can manifest into the visible. The third step is to receive that which the actor has asked for and believes will come. The understanding of receiving is based on a willingness to accept that the universe is endless in its bounty. One must receive with gratitude and expectation of worth. Often someone might become “beholden” for what he receives as a mistaken understanding of being grateful. This makes receiving qualified with limitations of value and thus can cut off the universal flow of your literal desires. Receiving should be done with gratitude. Gratitude Gratitude is the state of mind in which one receives those things the he/she has asked for and believes will bring health, happiness and wealth. It is the birthright of all those the gift of imagination and action. Like Attracts Like “Like attracts like” is one of the explanations of how human energies operate. Physical vibrations of energy vibrate at different frequencies. Similar frequencies are attract to each other exactly like radio frequencies transmit and receive only to radio frequencies and not TV frequencies. To feel good or to feel bad is an interpretation of a physical feeling or frequency that the actor’s life energy is vibrating on. That frequency is determined by the thoughts, experiences, perception of life and will attract to it other similar frequencies.. A low frequency that is due to negative or self defeating internal dialogue will attract misery. To change what you are attracting one must change the frequency. The actor changes the frequency by changing the placement of energy in his body. It is important to know the attraction is with energy, not thoughts. Your thoughts are only the way you lock a frequency level into place. Your thoughts are an indication of what frequency your life energy is transmitting. Therefore, monitoring your use of the word “but” will help you become aware of the power it has previously held over your destiny. Your awareness of your true beliefs based on your use of "but" allows you to change the power of your body’s control over you. Your thoughts are your personal indicator of the frequency of your life energy. Make sure that those thoughts do not support beliefs that locke you into a non supportive frequency level. Awareness Awareness is the key to knowing what life energy frequencies you use on a daily basis. If you want to attract powerful energy and positive results you must transmit power and positive energy. In order to do that you must be aware of how you use your energy now. You must be aware of its vibration and how those vibrations are being translated in your mind. Your frequency vibration will attract the same frequency vibration. Negative begets negative. Positive begets positive. Unless you remain consciously aware of the frequency of your life energy transmission, you may attract the kind of energy that you do not want. It may, in fact, be the kind of energy that you now find yourself receiving. Remember, your thoughts indicate the frequency level of your energy. You can change your thoughts by repositioning your energy to a higher level. You can change your beliefs so they support your efforts. You must first acknowledge the beliefs that you may be unconsciously holding that are working against you. And, you do this by listening to your own “but” excuses. Have a great week and listen to how others around you use the word but as an excuse. Then become aware of your on use of the word. You may find yourself surprised at the number of times you make excuses each day. You may also find that when used as a "white lie" (not wanting to hurt someone's feelings), you may really be letting yourself move further and further away from the power of truth. I wish you well, Russ