When was the last time you were in total darkness?  I mean no night-lights or street lights, no alarm clocks glowing, no moonlight slipping through the blinds:  I’m talking TOTAL darkness. 

Doesn’t happen too often.  

Usually a bit of light from something, right? 

And when we were kids, this was a blessing, wasn’t it?  Light was reassuring, it meant safety. 

I’m not asking you to admit it publicly, but weren’t you scared of the dark just a little… when you were little?  Did you ever take a running jump into bed on the off chance that something underneath it might try to reach for your ankle? 

Consider this:  That wasn’t really due to a fear of under-bed-dwelling monsters… it was fear (more…)

I’ve often written and spoken about the power of our expectations, because I’ve understood this for a while now:  Good or bad, we tend to gravitate toward the outcomes we expect. 

Rather than harness this quiet, amazing force to achieve what they want, I think most people tend to ignore its influence, and by default it works against them.

But even more powerful than expectation, is the phenomenon of knowing. 

It holds infinite—and certain—abilities to manifest absolutely anything you want.

The catch?  The slightest shred of doubt will nullify the power of your knowing—in the presence of doubt, knowing ceases to exist. 

Because it’s so fragile, virtually none of us are able to fully tap into the force of knowing.  For it (more…)