‘Choice’ Category

The Power of Your Perception

In the age of 24 hour news and the internet it can seem hard to escape the barrage of negative events occurring around the world on an daily basis. This can often lead one to wonder and seriously question what is going on in the world? These events include wars, terrorism, famine, disease, political division, nuclear crisis, financial crisis, global pollution, tsunamis, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes volcanoes, wildfires and on and on.

One’s faith in the purpose of life can surely be tested when witnessing the suffering that these events cause on seeming innocent people. The terms bad luck, poor fate, and an idea of a certain randomness of events are often the rationalization many use to make some sense out of what seems like extremely senseless and disturbing images.

What if there was a new way to look at these events? A much more empowering way, where you realize your role in the conditions that create what happens next?

You see, the only person that these events are really happening to is You. You are the one who interprets, feels, responds and reacts to what you experience. The reason this understanding is so critical is that it allows you to see how important this process of awareness is to what you believe about your world. There is nothing more important than what you truly believe to be true. These Truths shape every bit of information enters your consciousness and in turn directs every bit of energy that goes out from you that affects and influences the world around you. How you decide to experience your world is key.

Do you see despair, hate, randomness, sorrow or fear? If you do you will certainly send an energy out that looks for more of it. It’s not your fault it is simply how life works. You must work to confirm what you believe to be true.

Or, do you see, opportunity, faith, perfection, joy and love? If you do you will certainly send an energy out that looks for more of it. It’s not your fault it is simply how life works. You must work to confirm what you believe to be true.

This is not about willful ignorance towards what you see, actually it is just the opposite. It is about knowing what you see and believing strongly in your power to change things to be more in line with what you desire to see in your world. This is when you will exhibit the true power that you have within to create more of the conditions necessary to experience these desires for your world. It always begins and ends with you.

Having empathy and compassion for others and their challenging situations? Yes. Exhibiting an inability to understand that there is perfection to all things and a losing hope and faith? No, not if you really want your world to change. You must always believe in more possibility from life and there is no better time than now to exhibit this belief. In doing so you may just surprise yourself with how fast and wonderfully your world changes.

Howard Falco is a spiritual teacher and author of a powerful new book on self-awareness titled, “I AM: The Power of Discovering Who You Really Are (Tarcher/Penguin) http://www.thebookIAM.com He teaches and speaks on the power of the mind and the creation of personal reality. More about his work and schedule can be found at www.HowardFalco.com

New TV Interview about I AM

Howard Falco is interviewed about his book I AM on The McMahon Group on AZTV. Watch the TV interview here-

The Reason For Random Violence

The events two weeks ago from Tucson, Arizona bring to light a theme that comes up whenever unfortunate events like this occur in our country or our world. Why does this happen? What disturbs us most is the seeming randomness of the act. Could that have been me or somebody I love? We want our world to feel safe. We have enough to worry about with bills, kids, family and relationships. The last thing we all need is to worry about is walking through the parking lot of our local grocery store.

Many who try to explain these events have different views. For example many of those who are atheists use it to confirm their disbelief in God or in any purpose to life. On the other hand, those who believe in God say it is a divine plan and that it is not for us to understand or question.

I have a different view to offer. This is a view that says that everything has a perfect purpose to it and that there is no randomness to the world we live in. Also, the reason for these events is something that can be known and understood.  The question is not, “Is it understandable?” but rather “Do you want to understand?

Due to fear and thoughts of anger and revenge when this happens, the vital and important messages that the reality is offering often gets lost in this negative mindset. To see a reason something is happening in life requires a change in the way we look at life and interact with everyone around us. If we are not ready to change, the answers will be resisted, and if these unfortunate events should ever happen again, one will be forced to confront the very same feelings and resulting questions once again.

What may be the most shocking revelation regarding all of the things you experience in your life is that the purpose for them is always for one person and one person only, You. You are the one who will decide how this event impacts you, your life and eventually your world. Will you take on a dark vision of the world and live in fear or because of what happened, or will you use this event to make a determination not to use anger or hate in your life like the Tucson gunman, but rather to spread as much love and good will to everyone you know and meet?

This decision is the most critical one you will make as it relates to the probability of experiencing something like this again. Who you decide to be in relation to everyone and everything you experience is the creative seed of your journey through life and your greatest power. How you interpret the world and respond to it is everything, for you will decide – al-ways…

On a side note, in April of 2009 a gunman walked into a civics class in Binghamton, New York and killed 14 innocent people. One of those killed was Bobbie king who was my wife’s Aunt. She was substitute teaching an English class at the time. I blogged about this incident then and you can read what I wrote here. – http://www.howardfalco.com/category/dealing-with-tragedy/

Howard Falco, is the author of a powerful new book on self-awareness titled “I AM: The Power of Discovering Who You Really Are (Tarcher/Penguin) http://www.thebookIAM.com He is a spiritual teacher and speaker on the unlimited creative power of the mind. He offers individual private sessions regarding overcoming any issues in life. More about his work and schedule can be found at www.HowardFalco.com and I AM can be found at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders and everywhere else books are sold.

The First Step To Harnessing More Personal Power

It has been said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Millions do this every day, even occasionally yours truly. Does this make us all insane? Not necessarily, unaware, scared, and tolerant of a lot of pain, but not insane. Why then the endless charade? Answer; the fear of and resistance to change. Change happens only WHEN YOU ARE FINALLY READY FOR IT. So the question to ask each day is, “Is today the day I will choose to think, act and BE someone different than I was yesterday?” At the end of each day you will know the answer.

Making the choice for a change in your life gets a lot easier when you realize that you will survive and possibly even THRIVE upon the change.  As I state in my new book, “I AM: The Power of Discovering Who You Really Are”, you cannot fool the universe. If you aren’t willing to change because of a fear that you will not be able to survive or make it through the change, you are demonstrating how limited you believe that you are. You are leaving the universe NO CHOICE but YOUR CHOICE. It must give you ONLY the experience of being limited, ONLY the experience of anxiety and fear, ONLY the experience of lack to match exactly with your belief.

For real change you must demonstrate a belief in a more unlimited and powerful self first, before the universe can grant you the experience of it. Have the hard conversation with your significant other, talk to your boss about a raise or promotion, finally be honest with yourself, get on a diet and exercise program, write your book, ask for help, send your resume out, pick up the phone and call your prospective client and then do all these things again and again and again until the conditions start to change in FAVOR of your truest desires.

There is no magic to creation. YOU and your powerful, demonstrated and continued belief is all the magic that is ever necessary. Your experience of life will change when you finally change. The world is truly and forever your oyster.

Howard Falco, is the author of the newly released book titled “I AM: The Power of Discovering Who You Really Are (Tarcher/Penguin). He is a spiritual teacher and speaker on the creative power of the mind. His work and schedule can be found at www.HowardFalco.com

New Video Blog “The Power of This Moment”

New Video Blog “The Power of This Moment”

The Never-Ending Power of Choice

The opportunity in this moment never goes away. The infinity of time to choose how you create and experience your life. What will you choose today? Will it be the same thoughts and feelings, producing the same actions and reactions as yesterday? Or today will you choose to be a new version of yourself. One where you begin to create the conditions that give birth to something new in your life. This could be a new job, a new feeling of personal health, a new experience of your relationship with another (lover, family member or friend), or a new result with money in your life.

Whatever you desire to experience, the creation of it is only waiting for YOU. It’s got nothing to do with luck, karma or timing. It has EVERYTHING to do with your desire and intention to FINALLY BE-come a new person. When you are ready to shed the old skin you will, period. You will hang to the current version on as long as it is tolerable, and for many that level of tolerance can come with a lot of suffering and pain. Make no mistake about it, the pain and suffering is NECCESARY to drive you towards change. While it may be necessary it doesn’t have to last. So the question is “ARE YOU DONE YET WITH THE PAIN AND READY FOR CHANGE?”

The main factor that holds many people in painful situations is the fear that by taking the steps to change they might put themselves in a MORE painful situation than they are currently in. This is a convenient fear created by the ego to keep you just as you are. If you can remember this one thought as you think about taking the steps to change, it may help you move forward in a faster way. The thought is “ I WILL SURVIVE”.

You will survive if you put your resume out and go on a job interview. You will even survive if you get turned down. However you may just thrive if you get the new job.

You will survive if you have the talk with your loved one that you have wanted to have for years. You will even survive if the relationship ends. However, you may thrive if the communication and connection between the two of you goes to a whole new positive level.

You will survive if you are finally honest with yourself about your behavior or actions to another. You will even survive if you change those actions to something more in line with love and forgiveness. You may even thrive because of these changes and the new person you have become.

There is absolutely no pressure to do anything different. Just know that when you are ready for a new way of life, the universe will be here to support you in the effort to become the one who creates it. It will be here just as it always has with all the other thoughts and notions you ever had about who you are and what you are worth experiencing.

The power is in the same place its always been and always will be; your hands. The possibilities with this understanding are limitless…

Peace & love
Howard