The Best Years of Your Life… Now!

A few days ago I wrote a blog about people who look and act much older than their years…

It got me to thinking more deeply about the subject.

Age extension is a big business and is expected to grow because of the “Baby Boomers”. It’s a generation that expects a much different “golden years” experience than what their parents had. Being a “Boomer” myself, I’m already experiencing a much different kind of life, when compared to my father, when he was the same age I am now.

There are a lot of cosmetic, nutritional and medical products and procedures which address various aspects of ageing.

If you remember my other blog on this subject, I maintain that “programmed expectation” on the part of an individual, may have a lot to do with how someone ages.

That’s the mindset component.

I want to now explore another aspect of your current consciousness and present you with another possibility for ageing:

First, let’s start with a premise:

You have the potential of tapping into an unlimited source of what I’ll call “consciousness energy”. It’s the energy that fuels your existence. When you are wide-open, like a child, there’s no limiting the energy flow. Watch a three year old kid and you’ll see what I mean.

The obvious thing about a kid that age, is that he or she probably hasn’t yet learned how to lie. You know, they say what they mean and mean what they say. As kids get older they learn how to “spin” the truth in a manner that’s self serving.

Have you ever noticed that there is a direct corrolation between “the mask” we all learn to wear, in order to hide our true selves from the world and the barriers that are created by the various aspects of the mask which blocks and shrinks the flow of natural “consciousness energy” inside of us?

I maintain that one of the bricks in the in the wall of physical age is the energy it takes to support so many of the lies and compromises we have come to accept as our day-to-day reality.

These lies, usually ego based, require an enormous amount of energy to maintain. Some are overt and some are subtle. In each case they represent a conscious spin on the truth we decide to make and uphold as our version of reality.

You know the old saying: “Tell a lie often enough and you begin to believe it”.

The problem is that the real you always knows you’re maintaining and living a lie and compromising your real self …no matter how many layers of rationale you’ve invested and justified …and it takes a lot of your life energy to continue wearing that mask everyday.

It Leaves less natural life energy for your vitality and your dreams.

Tomorrow: Part Two

-Bob Baran

Why is it many well-read seekers of truth spend more time treading water than reflecting their evolving consciousness within their day-to-day lives?

You see it all the time. People who can quote chapter and verse. Cite arcane authors and books that expand upon miniscule segments of the big picture. A lengthly conversation with such a person always reveals one unavoidable truth:

You can get lost searching through the speculation and minutiae regarding how life works with one ultimate result: The more answers you find the more questions you have. Nothing gets resolved, no foundation is built, no stand is taken.

You never get to the place of “knowing”, being and doing…

You find yourself always comparing your current understanding with those who you perceive as the credible authorities on the subject. In other words, you never get to the point of trusting yourself. Afraid to commit to what you already know. Instead you choose to replay a repeating “loop”. Looking for the next bit of information…never quite getting to what I call the “personal unified field theory”.

Your own working personal philosophy and belief system. A system of ideas you apply to your day-to-day life. A formula that will take you from where you are now to where you want to be in your life. A practical working philosophy that is based upon your experience, reinforced by your day-to-day reality and gives you the power and freedom to “expect and know” (intend) what your future will be.

When do you stop being the perennial student and become the practitioner?

When you accept the validity of what you already know and begin to practice what you preach!

Obviously having a system of understanding which provides you with the tools necessary to fully embrace and engage your potential will hasten your ability to live life on your own terms. I would argue that the “bits and pieces” approach to expanding your consciousness does little more than give your intellect more fuel for the “angst engine”.

You need a formula.

A formula you learn that can be applied to achieving any outcome. An outcome which reflects the intent of what you desire. An efficient process that brings into balance your imagination, emotion, mind and body system and gives you the responsibility to choose how you are going to use your imagination to write the next great chapter of your life…

The Intentional Prosperity™ System is that formula.

-Bob Baran

The saying great minds think alike was recently brought home to me. I was talking with someone about the Intentional Prosperity™ philosophy and he asked, had I read this book and then that. I hadn’t even heard of the authors.

The reason he was asking was that those authors had expressed similar ideas. This didn’t surprise me. There is very little that hasn’t already been expressed from one perspective or another. The reason there are so many different belief systems, is that different people learn and understand in different ways.

I have always felt that the reason for all the different religions, that basically express a belief in a higher power, was due to our different abilities to understand concepts and philosophies. You could explain your belief to one person and he or she will get it, but the person sitting next to them is scratching their head. The concepts were beyond them. Change your delivery, and how you explain your philosophy, and the person, that didn’t get it, now understands. It’s usually a matter of perception.

With the Intentional Prosperity™ philosophy, Bob and I are connecting the dots between beliefs we’ve both held for many years. We each brought different perspectives to similar beliefs that we largely came to through personal introspection. If you’re a seeker of enlightenment, you may have heard components of The Intentional Prosperity™ System before. You may say you already know this. My question to you would be, “If you know this stuff, does your life reflect it?”

Earlier I said, there’s very little that hasn’t already been expressed, but when we started writing The Intentional Prosperity™ System, Bob included some things I had never heard of. Perhaps you too will find some new enlightenment within the Intentional Prosperity™ philosophy. And maybe, there is another great mind out there who has expressed those things I’d never heard of, since great minds do think alike.

Bob and I both look forward to more interesting conversations. Do you have questions? Would you like to have a discussion regarding the Intentional Prosperity™ philosophy? Give us a call 406-475-3458 Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mountain Time or e-mail us at prosper@intentional prosperity.com anytime.

Have a great day,

- Gwen Baran

“I’m ready to be unleashed”…

This was the reason a woman in her mid-thirties gave me a year ago, when she decided to enroll in “The Intentional Prosperity™ System”. I also remember how we both laughed at her unexpected choice of words.

She was talking about becoming unleashed from the chains of “I can’t” and “I’m not worthy”. It was her realization that these thought barriers were preventing her from living the kind of life she really wanted to live. She was ready to embark upon a journey which would show her how to take back control of her imagination and her free will.

Her current attitudes, opinions and beliefs had become the chains that were preventing her from exploring beyond her comfort zone. Relationships, things and experiences, had become off limits even in her imagination.

She wanted to be unleashed from being afraid to dream.

Afraid to dream? How can someone reach a point in their lives where the mere thought of something new and different stimulates fear, uncertainty and doubt? (F.U.D.)

When a new thought comes into conflict with your status quo, (your comfort zone) your mind will fight to maintain the safe, predictable reality of what it already knows… The mind is designed to rationalize whatever you deem is true. Challenge your own truth with nothing more than a possibility of something new and your mind’s status quo protection mechanism leaps into action.

In other words, you’ll start to feel guilt, fear, apprehension, panic and whatever else your mind can throw at you. To get you to put your attention on something else!

For someone in their mid-thirties, coming to the realization that she needed to be “unleashed” was impressive.

It’s equally impressive when someone in their mid-fifties comes to the same conclusion. With maturity should also come the realization and sense of urgency that the opportunity to more fully know yourself has never been greater. That unleashing yourself from self-imposed boundaries is the only way you can break the chains. Slice through the invisible leash of habitual apprehension to the “what ifs” of life. Breaking the hold fear has upon you that is preventing your full experience of life

…and of course the clock is ticking.

-Bob Baran

If you had to choose one thing in your life as the most important… More important than anything else. What would it be?

Would it be a possession? A career? An idea? A pet? Or would you choose a person, a relationship?

You can only choose one. There is no room for anything else in this hypothetical exercise. So, what’s it going to be?

For me, and for Bob, the one thing we both would chose would be our relationship with each other. I would choose Bob as what is most important to me.

Do you have a relationship with someone that transcends all other things in your life? Do you wish you did? Or is your car or career the most important thing in your life?

A divorce rate of over 50 percent makes it clear… many people are choosing the wrong person. Or they are putting something other than their relationship first. A marriage is an important step. It is meant to be a coming together of like minds, hearts and bodies, to create something greater than yourself. And I’m not just talking about children here.

I’m talking about being able to accomplish more than you ever dreamed possible.

One of the truths of this plane we live on is that when two people come together, focus and work toward a common goal, more is achieved than if each person were working on the same project individually. Two can get more done than the work of three!

The reverse of this phenomena can also happen. Put two people together that distract and tear at each other and they will accomplish less than if they worked apart from each other. Two completing less, than the work of one.

The key is choosing someone who is a good fit! This is important in business. And even more so in a marriage.

If you want a marriage that succeeds beyond your wildest dreams, it makes sense to take some time and be aware enough to choose someone who you can grow with. Someone who is a good fit!

I don’t know about you, but I sure would like to see that divorce rate drop down into the low 30 percent rate. At least it would be a start.

Would you like to know more about how to choose a mate that fits? Give us a call… 406-475-3458 … Monday through Friday - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mountain time. Or you can email your questions anytime through our website: www.intentionalprosperity.com where you can find more information on living the life of your dreams.

If you don’t know what is most important to you, we can help you get clear on what you really want. You could be soon living the life you love and be loving the life you live… And be sharing it with someone who is your perfect fit.

To your success,

- Gwen Baran