I’ve read the books. Memorized what needed memorizing. Took notes. Received the highest of grades.

But I never found in a book what I always knew to be true.

I mean, how could I?

Books use words.

Words are symbols.

Symbols can never hold the vastness of what they represent.

Could your essence truly be captured by symbols?

How accurate would they be?

Would you rather eat a mango or read the letters that represent it?

You get my meaning.

The experience is the treasure. It is our gift. It’s the present.

Sure, you could read about me. But to truly know me… you’d have to be me.

Similarly, the only way for that present to be fully recognized is by being present.

In this article, I’m going to help you unlock the ultimate experience.

Where an apple is not just an apple.

A flower is not just a flower.

Love is not just love.

Everything is closer to how it’s intended to be experienced.

Beyond all senses.

Beyond all logic.

Shall we begin?

Let’s begin!

The World Is Drowning in Knowledge

Fifteen years ago, there were already over 130 million books in existence. That’s not even including self-published works.

To read every one of those 130 million books—without stopping, without sleeping—it would take over 62,000 years.

Even if a thousand of us read around the clock without sleeping and while sitting on the toilet, it would still take over seven years to finish.

And yet, with all that information…
Are we any closer to having that which is truly meaningful?

Are we any closer to having peace, experiencing endless love, and being in a constant state of bliss? What about joy?

Or are we simply recycling the same old paradigms that existed well before we were “born”?

The self-publishing sector alone saw 2.6 million new titles hit platforms in 2023.

But here’s the real question:

Do we need all of this information?

And more importantly… is all this information actually knowledge?

Information vs Knowledge

Many have affirmed that knowledge is power. Then what’s information?

Google defines information as:

• facts provided or learned about something or someone
• what is conveyed or represented by a particular arrangement or sequence of things

Clearly, everything contained in books isn’t factual. Or could we be mistaken about what a fact actually is?

Google defines a fact as:

• a thing that is known or proved to be true

Now we’re getting somewhere.

Take a look at the following illustration.

The man on the left sees a 6 and knows it to be true. The man on the right sees a 9 and knows it to be true.

Both can prove their “truth”, but are either correct in their assessment?

You may be tempted to say a variation of, “Yes, they are both correct, and both things are true. It’s all a matter of perspective.”

So does truth rely on perspective?

Truly, I tell you, it does not.

Truth is truth.

It never changes.

What’s true cannot have a contradiction or contain variation, no matter the perspective, because that would render it untrue.

Yet we have words for this: opinions, beliefs, judgments, etc.

We’ve traded these words for phrases like:

• my truth
• in my experience
• it is my feeling that
• my grandma always said

…and then we treat these as law, which is another made-up concept.

Then we uphold this law and seek to punish those who don’t adhere to our laws, which aren’t even based on truth.

Woah!

I have lyrics from a song in the works that illustrate this point perfectly.

The jailed becomes the jailer

Enforcing rules he was teached

Too busy jailing more jailers

Jailer forgets that he’s free

Jailer calls everyone jealous

When they don’t care for his key

Jailer was sold on a cell

He tried to sell one to me

In other words, a lot of fuss and conflict is born out of non-truth.

What sense does that make?

We Don’t Lack Knowledge, We Lack Knowing

The real reason books remain so popular is that people are seeking knowing.

They’ve confused knowing with knowledge.

And so continues the cycle of seeking knowledge, finding it, being satisfied for a short time, and returning to a state of longing for more.

Knowing is different from feeling or believing. It goes deeper.
Knowing is total.

It leaves no room for doubt because doubt cannot exist in its presence.

It’s not sensed, meaning it cannot be understood through your physical senses.

Knowing is aligned with truth. And by truth, I mean the cosmic, unmoving principles that never change no matter who’s looking or when it is being seen.

When you know, you know.

You aren’t seeking.

You aren’t proving.

It doesn’t matter if everybody in the world displayed an alternative perspective. You would rest comfortably in your knowing.

Returning to Presence

As mentioned earlier, the present is called the present for a reason.
It is Creation’s Gift to Itself, and that includes us.

Knowing only exists in the present.
It cannot exist in the past or in the future.

The past and the future are shaped by perception, and often misperception, filtered through who you think you are and what you believe is possible.

Knowing never requires you to think.

To return to the present and to the state of knowing, you must loose the past and all of its causes.

I use the word loose instead of lose because it is too great of jump to go from believing in past events to realizing all of those events are being created now.

By loosening it, so to speak, you allow yourself to see new perspectives and welcome more ease into your life.

No longer will you be at the mercy of others and their circumstances.

It would be as if you unlocked a new world where all is like a beautiful lucid dream that you can see through and manipulate with your energy.

And that’s just the beginning!

The Hidden Curriculum We Were Never Taught

As soon as you were “born”, society has taught you to identify things in their separation.

It made a game of it, giving encouraging cheers, attention, and love to every correct answer you gave about perceiving the separate edges of light.

A spark is no longer a spark, but a pencil, a tree, or a person.

As you begin to recognize and perceive separateness, you identify with it. You start to possess it and assign ownership to all as you see fit.

You relegate yourself to being a body, separate, and living life unconsciously, so much so that you can no longer transcend time and space at will, except during your “dream” state, where you often return to consciousness.

Furthermore, you have learned to memorize and remember EVERYTHING except the most important of all, your divinity.

Instead of seeing the present as it truly is, you see your memories and your opinions displayed on the big screen.

Once you render judgment on an aspect of reality, you will only experience it as you judged it no matter divine the present truly is.

So the idea is loosen these judgments. Acknowledge that you may not truly know what everything means and the purpose it holds.

By loosening ideas of matter and what matters, you allow the truth to fill the spaces you held between yourself and All There Is.

The False Mind, The Ego

The Ego – a person’s sense of self-esteem or self-importance.

There are many misperceptions surrounding the concept of the ego.

The ego is the self that is formed as a result of you identifying as separate from reality.

And since the ego wants to continue to be, it will use whatever it can to keep you identifying with it, and to keep you separate for as long as possible.

But no worries.

This is where everything comes together.

If the ego is the self you created in separation, then knowing is the Self that exists only in truth.

And yes, truth is reconciliation – the remembering of your unity with All That Is.

Truth Is Experienced, Not Acquired

You permanently exist in a state of truth.
You don’t step into it, you are it.

It only seems otherwise because you’ve identified with the false.

What the false, bro?

The ego.

To witness the truth, you must first notice the difference between you and the voice pretending to be you.

Not because separation is real, but because seeing the illusion clearly helps you release it.

Here’s the essence:

• The ego’s entire thought system is unnecessary.
• You are not who the ego tells you you are.
• Truth is only available in the present, and the present reveals how absurd ego-thoughts truly are.
• The moment you recognize truth directly, you start hearing from the highest source … the one that has always been you.

Again, this isn’t something you memorize.

It’s not a technique you “remember” later.

Truth is something you experience.

And once you experience it, even once, nothing is ever the same.

There is a simple way to dissolve the ego and return to truth, however, it isn’t learned through words.

You don’t study it.

You do it.

You feel it.

You become it.

And when you do… you understand why no book could ever give you what presence reveals instantly.

If You Want to Experience This Shift for Real

Not in theory.
Not as a concept.
Not as a quote or a cool idea…

…but as your alive reality…

…I’ve created three paths.
Each one meets you at a different level of depth and asks a different level of commitment.

Let’s start with the deepest.

1. HOLY SHIFT Retreat – The Transformation

This is the big one.

HOLY SHIFT is where you step out of the intellectual world and into the direct experience of truth.

We dissolve illusion, loosen ego, and open the space for you to remember who you truly are.

You don’t “attend” this retreat.

You shift.

It’s the closest thing to stepping outside of the dream and realizing you’ve been awake the whole time.

If you’re called to this work — truly called — this is where to begin.

2. Private Coaching – Direct Guidance Into Truth

For those who want a more personal journey, I offer one-on-one coaching.

You get real-time guidance, reflection, and practical application of truth in your daily life.

I walk with you through clarity, alignment, ego dissolving, and returning to the presence you were born with.

If HOLY SHIFT is the spiritual immersion,
coaching is the integration.

3. The Music – Transformation in Rhythm

And for those who want to begin now…

The music is your entry point.

My albums carry the frequency of this work.

They’re coded with the principles of truth, presence, and inner peace.

You don’t just listen to them.

You shift with them.

They open your mind, soften the ego, and prepare you for the deeper work ahead.

Start here if you’re ready to feel different… even before you know why.

Final Word

You won’t find this in any book I’ve ever read.

Not because the books are wrong…

but because truth is too alive to fit on a page.

Truth is presence.

Knowing is presence.

You are presence.

This is why truth is experienced, not acquired. It reveals itself the moment you finally choose to be present

And the moment you stop trying to acquire truth

and start experiencing it…

everything becomes clear.

P.S. If this resonated, choose whichever path feels right for where you are.
Your shift begins the moment you say yes to yourself.

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What if I told you that you have more control over your experience than you realize and that it’s all a simple math equation that you already have the answer to? Would you solve it? Let’s talk spiritual math.

I will attempt to keep this article as simple as possible so that a non-Math person can understand and apply these spiritual math concepts.

I will also cite sources where you can go deeper into math principles if you so choose.

What is Spiritual Math as opposed to regular Math?

Short for Mathematics, Math is a universal language and a fundamental tool for understanding the physical world around us. It is the study of numbers, quantities, and shapes, and their relationships to one another.

Math is used to describe and model the behavior of natural phenomena, from the smallest particles in the universe to the largest structures in the cosmos. It is the foundation of science, technology, engineering, and finance, and plays a crucial role in almost every aspect of our daily lives.

Similarly, Spiritual Math is a term that refers to the use of mathematical concepts and principles in exploring spiritual or metaphysical ideas. It recognizes that math is not just a tool for understanding the physical world, but also has the potential to illuminate deeper truths about the nature of reality and our place in it.

Spiritual Math can involve the use of geometry, numerology, and other mathematical techniques to explore concepts such as the interconnectedness of all things, the nature of consciousness, and the relationship between the material and spiritual realms.

It can be seen as a way to bridge the gap between science and spirituality and to provide a language for exploring the mysteries of the universe beyond what can be perceived through our physical senses.

Are you ready to add more to your life or would you simply like to remain equal to the negativity that seems to exist?

0 and 1

0 and 1 are the basis of all computing systems and operations, including circuitry. Often referred to as the binary number system, 1 and 0 represent two choices, which can be displayed in a myriad of ways…yes & no, true & false, on & off, ok & cancel. You get the idea.

I won’t get into the details of binary, but if you want to learn more, check this article on How To Read Binary.

As I said earlier, 1 and 0 can be used to represent true and false, which means only one of these numbers is true, 1.

0 does not exist. It’s imaginary.

Mathematically speaking, since zero is both nonpositive and its own square root, then zero can be considered imaginary.

But I’m speaking logically. If 1 represents true, then zero represents false.

They can never be equal. And if both existed equally, we would not.

What is true can never be false. What is false can sometimes seem true, but it can never be.

Since falseness is inconsistent with itself, it has no foundation of truth to stand on. It is imaginary.

Truth on the other hand, or 1, is always true no matter what.

This is the basis of spiritual math.

If something truly exists, it shares the same properties as 1 or as truth.

Now we can begin to understand the expressions, “All are 1” and “Everything is one.”

So what is 0 really?

0 is more like “not 1”.

For example, if 1 represents all that is right, good, true, holy, and magnificent, then what is its opposite?

It has no opposite, but more on that later.

For now, we’ll accept the usual representation of the opposition, which would be considered wrong, sinful, false, unholy, and weak.

So for example, if something is “not good”, many would say it’s bad or sinful.

In other words, “not good” is to sinful as “not 1” is to 0.

What should begin to be clear now is that what is “not” is not. “Not” is not real and you shouldn’t let the idea of what’s not real take up real space in your mind.

The Introduction of 0

Quick history lesson.

It’s hard to say exactly when the concept of 0 was introduced into the world’s mathematics. Just know it wasn’t there from the beginning.

Some say it was first introduced in India around 500 AD. Others say zero dates back to the 7th century in a manuscript called the Bakhshali manuscript that was eventually transmitted to the Islamic world, where it was further developed and eventually introduced to Europe in the 12th century. And still, others say zero was first recorded in Mesopotamia around the year 3 B.C.

Regardless of when it was first brought into awareness, zero has had a profound impact on the development of mathematics, as it enabled the creation of the decimal system, which is still used today.

The introduction of zero also paved the way for the development of algebra and calculus, which would later revolutionize the fields of science and engineering.

And as such, the concept of zero is now considered to be one of the most important contributions to human civilization, as it has had a profound impact on the way we understand and interact with the world around us.

All of this from a false/imaginary number.

Is this to say that algebra and calculus are also false? That’s not for me to say.
I will say, however, applying this technique to the words above, we get some interesting combinations.

Understanding “Not 1”

To put this in full perspective, not 1 can be represented as:

• Not complete
• Not good
• Not truth
• Not real
• Not rich
• Not life

Or:

• Incomplete
• Sinful
• False
• Imaginary
• Poor
• Death

By making “not 1” a thing, many are able to react to it as if it is real and engage with this non-realness on a regular basis.

By this same logic, people are able to react to “not good” as if it were a real thing claiming that “sin is real”.

In the same way that the concept of zero has spawned algebra, calculus, engineering, science, and more….the concept of sin or evil deeds has spawned sickness, death, judgment, mental illness, etc.

This may be a stretch, but then again, it may “not”.

That is the power of “not 1”. It forces you to look at what is not there and experience it as if it was.

Understanding 1

We see what “not 1” is, but what exactly is 1?

Here’s the irony. 1 cannot be fully understood alone, which is also why it’s not good for man to be alone.

To really understand and know anything, you have to live it. And what better way than to live in oneness?

It’s not possible to live in none-ness or zero-ness because then nothing would exist. But with oneness, all things are the same. I’ll explain.

Anything that means anything to you, you have given meaning to it.

I’ll repeat. Anything that means anything to you, YOU have given meaning to it.

Now, look around you. From your body to the room that you’re in, you’ve given some sort of meaning and even value to it.

Without you giving the world meaning, it would in a sense to you be formless and void. A human body would just be clay and a building would just be sticks and stones.

Yet even those comparisons have meaning that you have also given.

Because of your core rootedness in truth, you have the ability to imagine and even use this imagination to project meaning onto that which has none.

Living In Oneness

When oneness is truly lived, you recognize that what is on the inside is also reflected/seen on the outside.

However, when oneness is falsely lived, what you see seems imbalanced or unequal.

The reason is that the oneness law is inescapable. It is what you are.

Even in an imagined conflicting world of 1s and 0s, you still live in oneness because the laws & rules you apply to others, you are also subjected to.

1 = 1. Always.

1 represents All. And within All lies even the possibility/illusion of not, or 0.

This is why you could judge someone as naive or ignorant when they don’t believe what you believe, and yet in this misbelief, they don’t share the consequence that would befall you, had you lived their beliefs.

This is also why you may perceive certain friends as lucky or able to get away with what you could never. Your perceived oneness within does equal another’s perceived oneness within. Each are mixed with a combination of 1s and 0s.

Even though neither of you may be living 100% aligned with truth, both of you are still experiencing aspects of the law of oneness in your own way.

So what is within always appears without.

Opposite vs Equal

You may have heard that you live in a world of duality. Binary language is a representation of duality meaning there are two sides to all. But as I said earlier, 1 has no opposite. This is because it has no other sides. It’s all-encompassing. 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 = 1, forever and ever.

Modern math represents opposite numbers as their negative counterpart. So it would claim that the opposite of 1 is -1.

However, -1 is also an imaginary number. It can’t be represented physically.

If an imaginary number is not real then it is equal to every other imaginary number in its not-realness.

What’s imaginary is equal to what’s imaginary.

To claim that something is opposite another is another matter indeed.

An opposite must be as powerful as the other to be considered a true opposite.

One wouldn’t judge another as their enemy unless they believe this person is as capable or even more capable than them.

Mathematically speaking, stating that 1 = 1 or 0 = 0 is a true representation of equal and opposite.

Saying that 1 ≠ 0 is not representing opposition or equality, but just stating the obvious.

So while you’re continuing to give parts of your world a negative meaning, recognize that these parts or circumstances should have no power over you because firstly, you’ve given meaning to it thus making you its maker. And secondly, what has no power or what has imaginary power shies away when in the presence of true power, you.

1 Division

Sounds like a singing group, huh?

Now that we understand the all-encompassing nature of 1, what would happen if 1 could be split?

Let’s divide.

Why divide? Because again, to truly understand something, you have to live it, being within it and it within you.

To keep it simple, we’ll divide 1 evenly.

We’ll say 1 divided by 2.

Commonly in math, 1 divided by 2 is considered one half, but let’s use the symbol … ½.

But actually, it’s ½ + ½. The other half didn’t magically disappear. It’s just that for some reason, mathematicians were focused on the subset.

So now we have 2 equal parts of ½.

Since we know that 1 is considered good, let’s restate that. 1 is good.

Now we split 1 (or good) into 2.

You now have 2 parts good. Yet each one represents half of good.

If we took one of the halves and regarded it as whole, what is it made up as?

It’s still good because, from the perspective of all of good, it’s half of itself.

Some would even say it’s just half good. To which I would ask, then what’s the other half made up as?

This is where things get confusing to individual minds, similar to halved minds.

It believes that part of itself is missing or cut off simply because it chooses to be halved or not connected.

So instead of regarding itself as whole, it seeks another half.

Now it’s getting interesting.

But let’s say this ½ judges its other ½ as being bad.

From the judgment of the first ½, this half now unknowingly sees itself as bad simply because, ½ = ½.

And since what’s bad could never equal what’s good, the self-judged divides again to search for ½ good, but each half is halved making it a fourth, an eighth, a sixteenth, and so on.

Are you with me?

Plugging In Real Values

Let’s look at this another way.

Good = ½Good + ½Good

If we subtract ½Good from both sides, we get…

Good – ½Good = ½Good

So:

½Good = Good – ½Good

Since it’s getting confusing, let’s give these all names to simplify.

We’ll name Good as Christ. The first ½Good would be Adam and the other ½Good would be Eve.

Let’s list all the equations we can to represent this using basic math.

Christ = Adam + Eve
Adam = Christ – Eve
Eve = Christ – Adam
Adam = Eve

Now Adam and Eve both feel incomplete. They’ve been cut off in a sense from each other. Yet from the perspective of Christ, nothing has been lost. Christ still has all parts of himself.

From the perspectives of Adam and Eve, something is not right.

So Adam attempts to join with Eve and the two feel good together.

Then Eve does something Adam does not agree with and he judges her as bad. But Adam equals Eve? So Adam has unknowingly or unconsciously judged himself as bad.

Since they are all that is, they still mix and mingle. They have two kids together.

From the perspective of Christ, nothing has been lost.

Christ = Adam + Eve + Child 1 + Child 2

It may seem like Christ has gained. This is true, but not in the way you think. The energy or value of Christ is still the same, however, the energy that makes up Christ has shifted and new possibilities are formed, but still all within the 1.

Now from the perspective of Adam, he may believe he’s greater than the others.

Adam < Christ

Yet, Adam believes:

Adam > Eve
Adam > Child 1
Adam > Child 2

But truly:

Adam = Eve

And now also:

Adam = Child 1
Adam = Child 2

But because Adam believes he is greater, then he unknowingly or unconsciously made others greater than he in his mind. So to even the playing field or to even out the equation, he has thoughts of attempting to belittle the “others”, not realizing that they are also himself.

This cycle repeats and repeats for each.

Yet Christ is still a happy 1.

And within, the perceived individuals are not ready to accept that the sum of all its parts equals the whole.

In other words, you plus me plus everyone else in existence make up this oneness.

And since all the parts are equal, having a good life is as simple as recognizing the good in all. Because to judge one is to judge yourself.

To state that another way, since you’ve given meaning to all you see, you’re really only seeing yourself. And to then judge against what you see, would directly be judging against yourself.

Bad Math or better yet ‘Not Math’

It’s easy to believe that you’re greater than another because of a misinterpretation of the following equation.

Remember how:

Christ = Adam + Eve

Then to solve for Adam would be:

Adam = Christ – Eve

The misinterpretation comes from the above. Adam may feel that if he gets rid of Eve, then he will be equal to Christ.

But again remember that since Adam is equal to Eve, we can substitute Adam for Eve. So to represent this perceived equation accurately would be:

Adam = Christ – Adam

From Adam’s perspective, he would lose himself in the process.

But since 1 is always 1, Adam would only imagine that he’s lost himself.

Again, from the viewpoint of Christ, the equation is still balanced, we see that:

Christ = Adam + Adam

Going back to this equation and looking at it differently, we have:

Adam = Christ – Eve

Now Adam attempts to remove Eve and…

Adam – Eve = Christ – Eve – Eve

Since Adam equals Eve, we have:

0 = Christ

Since Christ represents 1, we see how untrue this statement is:

0 = 1

It doesn’t and it won’t. Yet that is what happens when you attempt to go against a fellow self.

Takeaways One

What can be concluded from this?

1. We truly are all connected.
2. If you judge me, you judge yourself.
3. If you praise me, you praise yourself.
4. Negativity has no power because it’s imaginary.
5. Division is impossible because all parts of the 1 still remain.
6. What I see has always just been me, so why don’t I start seeing through the eyes of the 1.

If you’ve enjoyed this, here’s another fun thing with numbers tailored to exactly who you are.

Last, check out this rap song 123 which represents both the halved side and then the whole side as outlined in this article.

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We all have conflicting thoughts. Well, I should say we all keep conflicting thoughts for the time being.

Conflicting thoughts are thoughts that are opposite in meaning, yet we believe them both.

Even defining it so plainly reveals how crazy it is to have these conflicting thoughts.

Yet every day we entertain one or more.

Some common conflicting thoughts include:

• “I don’t know why bad things happen to me” vs “I love drama”
• “The mind controls the body” vs “my body is sick”
• “People really are nice at heart” vs “people suck”

The purpose of this article is not to list out all of your conflicting thoughts, but to help you live more in harmony with yourself.

This can be accomplished by first recognizing what your conflicting thoughts are. And secondly, by choosing just one (hopefully the thought aligned with truth).

Let’s jump in!

Others will tell you

We can sometimes become so wrapped up in our own ego that we become unconscious of what we actually believe, think, and say.

Luckily, we have mirrors (those around us) to remind us.

For whatever reason, people love proving others wrong and calling out their faults, especially kids.

So you’re surrounded by amazingly eager participants willing to show you your conflicting thoughts.

When confronted openly about these conflicting thoughts, there’s a tendency to react by directing anger toward the messenger.

But when you see the reality of this situation, you can understand that the messenger just did you a HUGE favor.

They have just brought to light some conflicting thoughts that you were unaware of.

At this moment you have a choice. You can defend your beliefs as if truth itself needs someone to fight for it. Or you can take a moment to reflect and see if there is some truth to what the person is revealing to you.

It takes practice, but you’ll get it.

You find yourself feeling uneasy, angry, or sick

Despite the common belief, sickness is not normal.

Seeing the above statement now is so blatantly obvious to me, but there was a time when it wasn’t. I believed that it was natural to get sick and that there was nothing I could do about it.

I believed that something was natural that could never be natural. It’s like living death, fighting peace, or lying for the truth…obvious conflicts that we’ve merged into one.

Since as so above, so below…what you believe inside is reflected outside.

In this case, this inner mental conflict reveals itself as bodily conflict reinforcing that the mind controls the body. Yet we sometimes believe that the body has a mind of its own. And it does. It’s yours. 

This conflict also reveals itself in anger and uneasiness.

You would only be angry if someone reveals something that goes both against your belief and for your belief.

For example, let’s say someone calls you stupid.

If you’re content in your genius-ness, then you would brush off this attempt at an insult because it’s obviously absurd.

Yet if deep down you believe that you are stupid, then conflict or anger will arise. There’s conflict because you are trying to prove to others that you are smart without having truly accepted it for yourself.

It’s time to start using these perceived anger and/or sick times as triggers to practice seeing the miracle of moving toward a united mind.

Being present with what you’re teaching/saying (the advice you give others)

You are always teaching. You are always sharing. They are one and the same.

If for example, I say, “Eating chicken is bad for you.” You may be quick to teach or share why it is or isn’t.

We unconsciously do this. And by doing this unconsciously, we are setting up our own limits.

We are making the parameters for how we are to live. And if we don’t abide by these, conflict arises.

The conflict is there because you’ve set a rule yourself to live by, but you don’t live by it.

See how sneaky conflicting thoughts can be.

It’s not just there. It’s in the debates you have.

You may be so wrapped up in being right, that you don’t realize you’re righting something that you never wanted for yourself while denying what you do.

Fortunately, the fix is the same.

Be present at this moment.

Observe your thoughts as you think them.

Observe your words as you speak them.

This also takes practice. But once it’s perfected, nothing will ever bother you again.

You will be in perfect harmony within yourself always.

In conclusion

On this harmonic journey, try not to get frustrated if you don’t always succeed at overcoming the conflict.

To get frustrated would be to make further disharmony (more conflicting thoughts).

No more!

Here’s a song of mine to help.

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IAMNOBODY, IAMSOMEONE is the greatest hip-hop album ever made.
Rating:

I know what you’re thinking…did JClay really just review his own album? Yes, of course!

This is years in the making. IAMNOBODY, IAMSOMEONE is a truth-led masterpiece daring to do what no album has ever before. In fact, it’s doing what many industry professionals are not.

That is showing you exactly how to heal for good.

This means you’ll never another pill, another treatment, more medicine, comfortable living quarters, anything.

IAMNOBODY, IAMSOMEONE shows you how to be enough!

What You Need To Know

Genres: Hip-Hop, R&B, Spiritual, Conscious, Christian

The standard edition is a 17-track step-by-step guide to having inner peace no matter the outside circumstances.

This is meant to be listened to in order. This can be tricky for Spotify users so I suggest either listening on YouTube or ordering the physical CD (includes digital copy).

Here’s where you can begin streaming it now: https://jclay.link/album.

Since IAMNOBODY, IAMSOMEONE is a collector’s item, there is also a limited edition version (double-disc, with 8 bonus songs). There are only 1,000 of these printed. Each one is numbered and signed by JClay.

And it’s gold-colored!

The 8 bonus songs on the limited edition further adapt the lessons taught on the album, but they don’t have to be listened to in any particular order for best results.

Let’s break down the music.

Disc 1 – 1. Gratitude (Intro)

Favorite line: “You just lived today yesterday, what you waking for?”
Moods: Calm, Cool, Relaxed

Credits
Lyrics by JClay
Beat by Flawless Tracks
Mixed/Mastered by JClay at JClay Studios

Purpose
This song’s purpose is to prepare you for what’s to come. “Gratitude (Intro)” is an introduction to the entire album. It also sets the tone for peace and thought-provoking messages.

Who is this song for?
“Gratitude Intro” is for anyone that is ready for a change in his or her life. This is for the person that is stuck in a routine that is not joyful. Although this song does not seek to resolve the issue at hand, it does bring to your awareness that there is another of looking at the world.

Disc 1 – 2. Shine, Blind

Favorite line: “People seeming mad when I laugh long”
Moods: Elated, Fun, Happy

Credits
Lyrics by JClay
Beat by Blasian Beats
Mixed/Mastered by JClay at JClay Studios

Purpose
“Shine, Blind” is by far the most positive rap song that has ever been made. This song is meant to immerse you in the world of truth and positivity without any pressure. It is to show you your purpose and what you’re capable of bringing out in your fellow human through your love.

Who is this song for?
This song is for everybody. It’s the reminder that we all need of how we can brighten anyone’s day at any moment. And why wouldn’t you ever not want to brighten someone’s day?

Disc 1 – 3. Right Now (feat. lex S.1.S)

Favorite line: “You talkin’ ’bout the rain when the sun out”
Moods: Cool, Calm, Relaxed

Credits
Lyrics by JClay
Additional Vocals by Alexis Tucker
Additional Vocal Arrangement by Dezhon Montreyal
Beat by JCaspersen
Mixed/Mastered by JClay at JClay Studios

Purpose
The purpose of “Right Now” is to remind you to stay in this present moment. There is no reward in either the past or the future. All of your gifts exist in the present. See what I did there?

Who is this song for?
This song is for people in relationships (not just romantic) that blame the other in some form or fashion. It’s to remind you that it’s never them, only you, and how you can undo what you’ve made.

Disc 1 – 4. Let Go

Favorite line: “Only the weak have enemies and the strong have inner peace”
Moods: Aggressive, Determined, Epic

Credits
Lyrics by JClay
Beat by Majestic Drama
Mixed/Mastered by JClay at JClay Studios

Purpose
The purpose of “Let Go” is simple. It’s to heal you. It’s to meet you where you think you are and guide you toward the truth about yourself and where you are.

Who is this song for?
This song is for anyone with depression, anxiety, or any other mental illness. “Let Go” is also for anyone that needs a daily-affirmation to help see the love and light of the world.

Disc 1 – 5. I And You

Favorite line: “I’m your prophet, you’re my earning potential”
Moods: Dreamy, Calm, Expressive

Credits
Lyrics by JClay
Beat by JCaspersen
Mixed/Mastered by JClay at JClay Studios

Purpose
“I And You” is meant to explain your true relationship with everyone and everything. It’s made in such a way that it sounds like a happy dream and not reality, because it would not be easily accepted as reality at this time, even though it is. So it’s mainly a gentle reminder of what we are to each other.

Who is this song for?
This song is for everyone. Everyone feels a certain way about another, but the truth goes beyond that. To state it plainly, we are one another. We are one and the same. You and I are each other.

Disc 1 – 6. I Like You That Way

Favorite line: “You don’t gotta makeup and style, you just gotta wake up and smile”
Moods: Cool, Happy, Sexy

Credits
Lyrics by JClay
Beat by JCaspersen & LOOPGOONZ
Mixed/Mastered by JClay at JClay Studios

Purpose
The purpose of “I Like You That Way” is to remind you of your perfection. Yes, it seems like I’m only talking to women. But since most guys agree with the sentiment of the song, as they apply it to women, they thus apply it to themselves.

Who is this song for?
On the surface, this song is for any woman that has ever doubted herself. In truth, this song is for anyone that has ever doubted him or herself, and for anyone that wants to help anyone that has ever doubted him or herself.

Disc 1 – 7. I Can’t Do This Without You (feat. Lia Menaker)

Favorite line: “What’s the point of gifts if it ain’t no one to share it with”
Moods: Determined, Expressive, Urgent

Credits
Lyrics by JClay
Additional Vocals by Lia Menaker
Beat by Strong Symphony
Mixed/Mastered by JClay at JClay Studios

Purpose
“I Can’t Do This Without You” is made to illustrate how hurting one of us hurts us all. Similarly, how you trying to hurt another, ultimately hurts yourself.

Who is this song for?
This song is for anyone that believes he or she is better off removing people from his or her life.

Disc 1 – 8. Change Yo Thoughts Bro

Favorite line: “People eat death and they call it food”
Moods: Determined, Epic, Fun

Credits
Lyrics by JClay
Beat by HypeKeyz & Rob Chitsonzo Jr.
Mixed/Mastered by JClay at JClay Studios

Purpose
This song is used to illustrate that you can only see the world through your thoughts. And if you want to see the world differently, you simply need to change your thoughts, bro.

Who is this song for?
“Change Yo Thoughts Bro” is for anyone that does not love what they see.

Disc 1 – 9. Peace (feat. JustTroy & Gelina Batts)

Favorite line: “Take a breath, each one heals”
Moods: Calm, Elated, Fun

Credits
Lyrics by JClay, JustTroy, Gelina Batts
Beat by Ayydot & HypeKeyz
Mixed/Mastered by JClay at JClay Studios

Purpose
The purpose of “Peace” is to help you recognize the peace that exists all around you and through you at all times.

Who is this song for?
“Peace” is for anyone that does not feel at ease right now.

Disc 1 – 10. Lake Erie

Favorite line: “Fresher than myself, ask Phelps who can freestyle harder”
Moods: Fun, Determined, Elated

Credits
Lyrics by JClay
Beat by Say-T
Mixed/Mastered by JClay at JClay Studios

Purpose
The purpose of “Lake Erie” is to be a celebration. It’s not so much teaching but accepting. “Lake Erie” uses the traditional ego rap but flips it to benefit not only the ones reciting it but those being recited to.

Who is this song for?
This song is for anyone that wants to feel great for no reason.

Disc 1 – 11. Love Flow Through Me

Favorite line: “Ay bae see deze feelings are caused by you all day”
Moods: Happy, Sexy, Expressive

Credits
Lyrics by JClay
Beat by HypeKeyz
Mixed/Mastered by JClay at JClay Studios

Purpose
The purpose of this song is to remind everyone that nothing matters except love. Better yet, as long as you stay filled with love, you can’t perceive any problems with others.

Who is this song for?
“Love Flow Through Me” is for those that like to wallow in their pity or self-doubt and share their perceived problems.

Disc 1 – 12. Bro (Skit)

Favorite line: “On our Lord bro, on our Lord”
Moods: Humorous, Determined, Unconventional

Credits
Lyrics by JClay
Mixed/Mastered by JClay at JClay Studios

Purpose
The purpose of “Bro (Skit)” is to throw some extra humor into the album while still illustrating how people’s minds work, without them realizing it.

Who is this song for?
This skit is for you. It’s also for anyone that says they trust God, but doesn’t really trust God’s Creations.

Disc 1 – 13. Time

Favorite line: “Don’t confuse us Clay, Confucious say, study the past if you would define the future days”
Moods: Epic, Expressive, Suspense

Credits
Lyrics by JClay
Additional Vocals by Kasy Red
Beat by Flawless Tracks
Mixed/Mastered by JClay at JClay Studios

Purpose
The purpose of “Time” is to show how time doesn’t matter at all. It’s an illusion. Actually, you can replace the word “time” with any other illusions people unknowingly follow in the second verse and the song would still be perfectly true.

Who is this song for?
“Time” is for people that think that either it’s too late to start something new or that there isn’t enough time to do what you would like. As Dwight from The Office would say, “False!”

Disc 1 – 14. The Choice (It’s Alright)

Favorite line: “I know what Kanye meant, everything that I have shared has been a monye-ment”
Moods: Relaxed, Cool, Elated

Credits
Lyrics by JClay
Beat by JCaspersen
Mixed/Mastered by JClay at JClay Studios

Purpose
The purpose of this song is to reinforce that no matter the path you take, it will ultimately lead to your highest good. So it’s ok to do what you love even if no one else agrees with you.

Who is this song for?
“The Choice (It’s Alright)” is for anyone scared to make a choice. It’s also for anyone that regrets a previous choice that was made.

Disc 1 – 15. Take It Higher

Favorite line: “You are formless, you were never born, ideas were born out of you, never worship the form”
Moods: Calm, Relaxed, Serious

Credits
Lyrics by JClay
Beat by Buckroll
Mixed/Mastered by JClay at JClay Studios

Purpose
The purpose of this song is to a sequel to “Let Go” of sorts. “Take It Higher” gives you the raw truth of reality in a way that’s undeniable.

Who is this song for?
This song is for anyone that has any kind of fear.

Disc 1 – 16. Forgiveness

Favorite line: “Trying to play the role that karma plays, that’s the only role that your armor plays”
Moods: Epic, Expressive, Happy

Credits
Lyrics by JClay
Beat by Buckroll
Mixed/Mastered by JClay at JClay Studios

Purpose
The purpose of “Forgiveness” is to explain how vital the act of forgiving is in your healing. It’s to show that forgiveness is not a choice, but a path one must continuously take if he or she is to be in their natural state of health, peace, and joy.

Who is this song for?
This song is for anyone holding a grudge. It’s for anyone that feels like a victim or that someone has done something to him or her.

Disc 1 – 17. jclay.org

Favorite line: “jclay.org”
Moods: Cool, Humorous, Unconventional

Credits
Lyrics by JClay
Mixed/Mastered by JClay at JClay Studios

Purpose
The purpose of this is to replay in your minds like a commercial so that you will return and get more helpful information.

Who is this song for?
This is for everybody to know what website has super dope content that will assist in life.

I should probably come up with a slogan.

“Don’t be bored, go to jclay.org.”

Nah, I can do better.

“For peace you can afford, go to jclay.org.”

That’s just a play on my old slogan. Back before I rapped and was only producing, my slogan was, “For beats you can afford, go to jclay.org.”

Give me a slogan.

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Questions are just thoughts and thoughts have the power to create or destroy.

That which you think about the most, you experience. Correspondingly, that which you question the most, you also experience.

A simple example would be the question, how can I make $100/day consistently?

This takes just as much effort to question, how can I make $100/day consistently with little effort?

Although the effort is the same in asking either, the answers that the questions yield can seem quite different.

Yet, the answer always lies in the question because the question sets the blueprint for the type of answer you want to receive.

This is why it’s so important to ask yourself the questions that you really want answers to.

I’ve included some questions below that I know will help you achieve and maintain peace and happiness no matter the perceived outside circumstance.

But don’t limit yourself to just these questions. Make your own and share them below in the comments so that we all may benefit.

The Most Enlightened Questions You Can Ask Yourself

Depending on your situation, some questions may resonate more than others.

1. Am I choosing happiness right now?
2. What’s the ONE Thing I can do such that by doing it everything else will be easier or unnecessary? (from the book The ONE Thing)
3. What am I grateful for?
4. Am I my body, my mind, or something else?
5. What am I holding onto that is more trouble than it’s worth?
6. Is there another way to look at this seemingly troubling situation?
7. Why does feeling happy feel so good?
8. What do I hope to gain by staying mad at a person?
9. Does the answer I’m seeking matter?
10. What is my next question going to be? (I was reminded of this question by Reiki Master
    Charlotte Jackson. Asking yourself this question and searching for the answer is meditating.)

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Everyone wants general wellness and it’s no secret that a daily meditation routine will help.

But with everything going on, who has time to meditate?

Luckily, some of these meditations only take 1 minute to do.

You don’t have to be a pro to begin meditating and receiving its many benefits.

Below are some of the ways you can start to meditate now.

Just choose at least one and go with it.

1. Guided Meditation

Time: 3 minutes to 3 hours

Meditation is all about relaxing and letting go of any perceived stress.

Sometimes you don’t want to think about how not to think.

This is where guided meditation comes into play.

Guided meditation is a meditation ranging from a few minutes to several hours where another instructs your mind where to go.

This individual also tells you how to sit and what to focus on so that you don’t have to think about anything at all.

It’s usually led by a yoga instructor, a religious guide, or a cool YouTuber.

Resources:

• 40-Minute Guided Meditation
• 10-Minute Guided Meditation
• 3-Minute Guided Meditation
• Guided Rap Meditation

2. Mantra

Time: 3-30 minutes

Mantra meditation is when you repeat a word, sound, or phrase to help release your mind.

That’s it. You just sit comfortably and repeat the mantra either out loud or to yourself.

Helpful Mantras:

• “I am not a body. I am free. For I am still as God created me.“
• “I am not the body, I am not the mind.“
• “Om“

3. Breathing Meditation

Time: 1 minute to 30 minutes (3 to 100 deep breaths)

Breathing meditation is when you focus only on your breath.

A breath is a complete inhale and exhale. The slower and deeper you breathe, the more relaxed you will feel.

You can do these anywhere and at any time (ie in the car, standing in a long line, holding a crying baby, etc).

Whenever you are most relaxed, you breathe slowly. So by practicing breathing slowly, you will be most relaxed.

For extra credit, try to get to 100 complete breaths where you only focus on breathing. If your mind wanders at all during the count, you must restart your count.

Noted Benefits:

• Ability to handle extreme weather
• Multi-orgasmic
• Anxiety free

4. Clear your mind

Time: 1 minute to 30 minutes

Although all meditation is geared toward helping clear the mind, this meditation is focused only on that.

To achieve this, you sit comfortably with your eyes closed, and you clear your mind.

When a thought arises, let it go.

In the beginning, you may find yourself dwelling on these thoughts for a while before letting them go. It will get easier with practice.

Great places to clear your mind:

• In a warm or hot bath
• Sitting on the toilet
• In a dark closet

5. Solo Activity Outside

Time: 5 minutes to 3 hours

There’s something about being in nature alone that gets your mind working on a higher level.

Yes, thoughts will come. The difference is that these thoughts will be clear and helpful.

When you are both alone and not listening to anything through headphones, you let go and become one with your nature.

You notice what you hadn’t before and can even experience a state of bliss.

Activities that may spark higher level relaxed thought:

• Riding a bike
• Eating fruit
• Running
• Walking
• Fishing
• Sitting

6. Music

Time: 3 minutes to 2 hours

Music meditation can take many forms.

Alone, music can help lift your spirits and slow down your breathing.

When combined with meditation, it can multiply the benefits. This all depends on the type of music and the frequency at which you listen.

Many prefer to use slow, melodic music that you could fall asleep to.

This keeps you calm and acts as a prompt for you to relax.

Since access to music is not always available when you want to meditate, try not to rely heavily on it.

Unbeknownst to many, music with words can act as a guided meditation.

So if the music you listen to reinforces the thoughts of distrust, loneliness, and even depression that led you to seek relaxation through it, then you could be canceling out its effects.

Resources:

• Healing Rap Music
• 741 hz Music
• Slow Music

7. Silence

Time: 1 minute to 2 hours

Silence meditation is just what it sounds like. You sit in silence.

You can focus on your breath if you want, but it isn’t a requirement.

When you meditate in silence, you sit and let whatever happens, happen.

You may find yourself dwelling on a thought or asking yourself a question. It doesn’t matter.

What is important is that you allow yourself to sit quietly with your eyes closed in silence.

Resources:

• Shh

8. Body scan

Time: 2 minutes to 1 hour

Body scan meditation is where you make yourself fully aware of your body.

You do this by closing your eyes and bringing your awareness to either your feet or your head. Then you trace through every part of your body filling it with love and healing energies.

Many guided meditations will often start with a body scan. It can lead to you relaxing muscles you didn’t even know needed relaxing.

Resources:

• 30-minute guided body scan
• 8-minute guided body scan
• 2-minute guided body scan

9. Visualization

Time: 1-10 minutes

Visualization is all about focus. It’s an extreme focus on a feeling or goal that you want.

Visualizing your goal allows you to practice having it.

Success will no longer be a scary thing because you would have practiced it multiple times in your mind.

You can use visualization to practice being happy, to see yourself fully healed, or even living in a new place.

You’re only limited by your imagination.

Resources:

• Your imagination

10. Giving love

Time: 1-10 minutes

A giving love meditation is very similar to Visualization and even body scan.

This is where you sit quiet and visualize yourself or another, and send huge amounts of love toward him or her.

The best results come from sending love to someone you feel is toxic or an enemy. So much healing comes from this exercise.

You can also use this technique to send love to your job if you don’t love it yet.

Resources:

• Love

11. Reflection meditation

Time: 3-30 minutes

Reflection meditation is great for entrepreneurs. It’s also great for those seeking true answers.

The idea is that you sit quietly with your eyes closed. Then you ask yourself a question. Next, you simply wait for an answer.

However, don’t force or demand an answer. Let it come naturally.

This practice can take your mind to many places. You may even want to keep a notepad handy for all of the ideas that might come to mind.

Starting questions to ask:

• What’s the one thing I can do such that by doing it everything else will be easier or unnecessary?
• Am I my body, my mind, or something else?
• What am I grateful for?

12. Yoga

Time: 10 minutes to 2 hours

If done mindfully, yoga combines exercise with meditation. Yoga can sync your mind, body, and spirit together for a single purpose.

If you’ve never done yoga before, seek help from a professional.

There are many great yoga teachers in your town and on YouTube.

Resources:

• 25-minute yoga
• 20-minute yoga
• 10-minute yoga

THINGS TO REMEMBER

You don’t have to be perfect with any of these. Giving your mind a break for even a minute works wonders for your mental and general health.

Many of these meditations can be used together or in a sequence.

Experiment and see what you like.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

• IAMNOBODY, IAMSOMEONE – rap album
• ACIM Book – workbook

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Lie – an intentionally false statement.

No lie, you are being lied to as many as 200 times a day.^[1] You will also contribute an average of 2 lies per day to the world, assuming you are truthful about it.^[2]

Whether you tell a lie to protect another or to be more agreeable, each lie told will uniquely affect your mind. It will create conflict between the lie and the truth you hold to keep the lie in place. And since the mind controls the body, conflict within the mind will eventually manifest as conflict within the body.

Whew, this got deep really fast.

What if “the truth will set you free” is not just one of those catchy sayings to get a liar to suddenly become truthful? What if this phrase is a blueprint to healing your body?

This truth is what we will uncover in this article. By the end, you will know if you have been sabotaging yourself with lies, incorporating wishful thinking, or trapped so deep in a world where the truth and the lies are indistinguishable.

How The Brain Processes Lies

In 2016, Nature Neuroscience published a study showing that whenever people utter words of dishonesty, there is a burst of activity in their amygdala. The amygdala is responsible for producing anxiety, fear, and feelings of guilt within the body. Very interesting.

So if lies do this much damage, then why do people keep telling them?

The answer lies within the same study.

The scientists had the participants play a game where they would win money by being deceptive. What was fascinating is that in this scenario, the emotional responses in the amygdala decreased.

However, the effects remained present in the body.

So why lie?

Why People Lie

To understand if lying has any benefits, you first need to recognize why you lie at all.

All the lies ever told can be fit into four categories as outlined by this article by National Geographic.

1. Promoting Yourself (44%)
   1. For a financial benefit (16%)
   2. For a non-financial benefit (15%)
   3. Creating a better self-image (8%)
   4. Appearing humorous (5%)
2. Protecting Yourself (36%)
   1. Covering a mistake or misdeed (22%)
   2. Avoiding others (14%)
3. Impacting Others (11%)
   1. Helping others (5%)
   2. Hurting others (4%)
   3. Being polite (2%)
4. Unclear (9%)
   1. Don’t even know why you’re lying while lying (7%)
   2. Are deemed as a pathological liar (2%)

Let’s break these down.

What does this all mean?

Looking at the first two on the list, 80% of the lies you tell come from believing one of two things. Either that you are not enough as you are or what you are can be lost.

There would be no purpose in promoting yourself or protecting yourself otherwise.

As one who is promoting himself, even within this article, this is a helpful reminder.

See also The 5 Ways Your Mind Betrays You.

Telling lies for any of these reasons reinforces your belief in your inadequacy, creating the circumstances for you to continue to lie.

Each one feeds itself in a perfect loop. You feel inadequate because you lie, yet you lie because you feel inadequate.

Another 11% of lies comes from wanting to impact others.

If you can impact others, then others can impact you. So the truths or lies you tell may not be of your own doing. They may have been pressed upon you by others.

The last 9% states that the reasons are unclear.

Since repeated actions become automatic over time, perhaps these lies are told out of habit.

What exactly is the truth and what is a lie?

Here is where it gets a little complicated. Your mind does not always know the difference between the truth and a lie.

Two opposing thoughts or statements can have the same effect on you. For example, look at the following phrases:

• People are awesome.
• People suck.

You have probably said both of these at one point. And both times, you meant it.

Yet neither declaration can be classified as the truth or a lie.

One causes you to be comfortable around people, and the other leads to you keeping your distance.

You were affected by both as if both were true.

No longer does validity matter. What matters is if the statement aligns with what you are and who you want to be.

By knowingly telling a lie, you are inviting conflict into your body.

Will unknowingly telling a lie do the same?

Healing the body with words

For hundreds of years, maybe more, patients have healed as a result of the placebo effect. The placebo effect is when a fake treatment is given to a patient, and this treatment leads to the patient’s healing.

One could argue that lies heal patients.

French psychologist Émile Coué introduced popular psychotherapy now called autosuggestion.

Autosuggestion is a self-induced suggestion (affirmation) in which you guide your own thoughts, feelings, or behavior. Instead of being affected by the words of others, you consciously pre-determine what to think.

For example, Émile Coué had his patients repeat many times a day, “Every day in every way I am getting better and better.”

Notice the careful wording of the above phrase. It prompts your mind to search for and find ways that you are getting better and better.

Naturally, the body follows what the mind tells it.

Since this is not a lie, there is no conflict. Or so it would seem.

If your previous thoughts were aligned with getting worse and worse each day, this new belief would oppose it.

There would be conflict, but only for a short time until your thoughts are singular in purpose.

Once the idea of health is fully accepted for yourself, you will be healthy.

So now truthfulness becomes an entirely different thing. No longer does it look upon a statement’s validity, truthfulness becomes how true you are to what you want in life.

Some examples would be:

• If you want health, but you are worried about and focused on ill-health, germs, diseases, etc.
• If you want to be pain-free, yet you disagree openly with others and verbally attack those with opposing views.

Any opposing thought will attempt to undo what the same mind created.

How To Accept Truthfulness For Yourself

I will point out 3 ways to go about this.

The first and easiest is using autosuggestion.

Set up your environment so that:

1. Nothing reflects the life you don’t want
2. Everything reflects the life you do want

This includes the websites you visit and the music you listen to.

Don’t worry about removing people from your life right now. That would just create more conflict.

Another way is to quiet your thoughts so that you don’t think them as much.

This is contrary to popular belief. Many believe that thinking is both healthy and needed.

It is not. When your thoughts aren’t present to distort reality, you will see things as they truly are, instead of how you’ve imagined them.

What is special about my album IAMNOBODY, IAMSOMEONE is that it does both for you.

It helps you to undo the illusionary thoughts that are present in your mind and it fills your mind with true, conflict-free ones. You could go from depressed to overjoyed in a matter of minutes with little effort on your part.

Order IAMNOBODY, IAMSOMEONE now!

The third way to accept truthfulness for yourself is to share the thoughts you want with everyone you come in contact with. The more people that share your thoughts with, the more these thoughts will be reflected everywhere you look.

When your thoughts and vision are not in competition with one another, you will know a peace so deep that it could heal the world.

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Do you know how many thoughts go through your head per day?

100? 500? 1,000?

Results from a 2020 study suggested that on average, 6,000 thoughts go through your head in a single day!^[1]

Since our core thoughts don’t change much day-to-day, most are likely the same ideas from the day before.

And if the majority of these thoughts are perceived as negative, finding peace of mind would prove difficult.

A study found that mental imagery directly impacts your visual perception.^[2]

It found that even a single instance of an image can tilt how you see the world, dramatically if the conditions are right.

This means that what you consider reality is simply a matter of the thoughts you repeatedly think.

And since the mind controls the body, we begin to see how illness is allowed to manifest and grow within that body.

It’s the placebo effect but in reverse.

This is why many make a big deal about saying affirmations, taking time to visualize, and even sit quietly to meditate.

Meditation allows you to silence all thoughts, especially those you did not create.

Visualization allows you to see the world as you would have it be. As they say, seeing is believing.

Affirmations allow you to affirm with confidence your state of being, which is a result of your thoughts. Hence the saying, think before you speak.

Music is a wonderful tool to accomplish all three.

One study showed that the patients who listened to music had less anxiety and stress hormones in the body than people who took drugs.^[3]

When listening to music, your mind goes to another place (meditation).

You can feel and imagine what the song invokes (visualization).

And what do you do while listening? You sing or chant along (affirmations) with full confidence even if the song has nothing to do with your life.

The big question then is, what happens when the songs you choose unknowingly reinforce the thoughts of distrust, loneliness, and even depression that led you to seek distraction in music in the first place?

Another loop.

You need music to calm down because you feel anxious. Yet you feel anxious because you’ve added more thoughts of fear rather than thoughts of joy to your mind.

These thoughts play in your head on repeat all day long to the tune of your favorite song created by artists that share this same distorted way of thinking.

So how do you get out of this loop?

The same way you got in.

By adding more thoughts, but this time thoughts of truth. And by letting go of the non-true thoughts you’ve clung to for so long.

But this could take years and a level of focus that a mind in this state isn’t capable of reaching alone.

This is where I come in.

I speak to the source of your conflicting thoughts using your logic patterns so that you can clearly see the truth from the illusion.

I do this using music, imagery, and nature’s gift … repetition.

By listening to even one of my songs twice a day, you’ll have enough thoughts of truth going through your mind in a week than you’ve had all year long.

As many have stated:

• “Man your rap really heals the pain, I’ve listened to this more than 100 times”
• “Your songs work like medicine”
• “Wooooooooow”
• “I suffer from depression and anxiety, this is gonna help me live my guy”

Music is medicine, but my album IAMNOBODY, IAMSOMEONE can be a cure.

What music do you listen to regularly?

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So you spent all of this time trying to use the law of attraction and you keep getting mixed results.

It’s all right. Once you make these tiny changes, manifestation in your image is inevitable.

The purpose of this article is to show you how you can better attract the life that you want.

By attract, I mean just that. You don’t have to go out and make things happen. Instead, you can sit back and let it all come to you.

It’s fair that you might not even want it. No matter what you want, you can have it and you can have it now.

So let’s do this!

What Is the Law of Attraction?

The law of attraction states that you are the cause of everything that happens in your life. You attract all things by use of your focus.

In other words, by changing your focus or unifying it, you can manifest and experience any reality right now.

Your mind acts as a receiving station that attracts the physical counterpart of your dominating thoughts.

So everything in your life (the place you stay, your clothes, your relationships, your phone, your “problems”, your dislikes) are all things you’ve wanted and/or may even feel you deserve.

Just as your dominating thoughts change, so does your reality.

Not only are you a figure in your own dream, but you are also the dreamer of the dream.

It’s all in your control.

Let’s learn how “dream” properly while sidestepping the common mistakes.

1. Focusing on materials items

It’s no way around it. Nice things are nice things.

You can’t always explain why you like something; you just know that you do.

Those things seem to make you happy. They can include a pretty face, a number in your bank account, a fresh pair of shoes, and/or a new JClay album. *hint hint*

The possibilities are endless.

Although possibilities are endless, material things have an end.

Herein lies the first contradiction.

You want more of what is finite choosing that over what is infinite.

By doing so you bring this into every aspect of your life. As the saying goes, you want what you can’t have.

You’ve set yourself an impossible mission being a slave of sorts to what will always fade.

Law of Attraction: Corrective Action #1

A better way is to focus instead on what is infinite and abundant. For instance, your being.

You are a human being and in this moment, you can be whatever you choose.

If you want to be happy, you can be happy. If you want to be angry, you can be that instead. It all depends on your choice.

By choosing something finite and outside of yourself to affect your being, you are going against the nature of what you are.

Besides, you only want material things because you believe it will make you happy. But if you get them, your happiness only remains as long as the item is interesting to you, which could be as little as an hour.

By choosing to be happy first and keeping your focus on that, you will attract all the material things naturally that will always add to your happiness. So when, for example, a favorite piece of clothing gets worn out, you’ll have an abundance of other favorite pieces of clothing.

2. Living in time

Both the past and the future seem to hold the key to everything you want.

The past shows ideas of “better” days that you would like to re-live today. The future shows ideas of “better” days that you would like to live someday.

In both cases, neither of these will ever come. Everything that has happened to you happened right now.

You’ve never been able to visit the past or the future. Yet in your mind, you visit there constantly.

By focusing on what isn’t here or never will be here, you are attracting more emptiness right now.

What is not here does not exist. To focus on the lack of something is to attract more lack into your life.

Whatever you focus on, you experience. And you experience whatever you focus on.

So how can you really ever be without what you focus on?

You can’t. You’ve again set yourself on an impossible task by wanting more of what can never be.

Law of Attraction: Corrective Action #2

Instead of focusing on lack, place your focus and attention on what exists right now.

There are many opportunities and chances for you to get exactly what you really want right here and right now. You simply cannot see them because you are looking away.

Ground yourself in this moment. Be present. Use meditation or music to help.

When you focus on what is, you will see everything that you’ve ever attracted waiting for you.

3. Believing in positive and negative

One of the big things with the law of attraction is that if you focus on positive thoughts, you will attract positive things.

But what exactly is a positive thought?

A positive thought is said to be a thought that focuses only on what is good.

The problem with that is that to define something as positive or good, you give birth to its opposite, negative and bad.

Else there would be no need to even define or judge the thing. By judging it as good, you are declaring that there is bad in this world so your judgment of what is good is needed.

It’s like asking someone if they know who you are? If you have to ask, they obviously don’t know.

Similarly, if you have to declare something as good, you obviously don’t believe it wholly yet. If you did, there would be no need to mention it, except only when asked.

Law of Attraction: Corrective Action #3

Instead of giving your judgment to things and situations, don’t.

It may feel difficult at first, but your judgment is never needed. A thing will be what it is without you declaring it as such.

In addition, forgive your past judgments. You may have judged incorrectly.

Your wisdom cannot exceed your current level of understanding.

Since you seem to be wiser now, it may be wise to reassess your somewhat unwise judgments.

Let them all go.

4. Having no purpose

Nothing can outlive its purpose.

When you have no further use for a thing, you throw, hide, or give it away.

The same is true for what you would like to attract.

If you have no purpose for attracting it, it will always seem to flee from your grasp.

That which you chase will always run away.

Law of Attraction: Corrective Action #4

To remedy this, always set your purpose for whatever it is you want.

If you want money, know why you want money and be ready to use it purposefully.

Doing things purposefully does not mean you have to have a divine reason for doing something. It just means you are taking your rightful place in the cause/effect spectrum.

As you know, all things are cause and effect. Your thoughts are the cause of all that you seem to experience.

Yet you sometimes let effects be your cause. This is backward.

Being purposeful allows you to recognize that you are the cause.

5. Your Wants Are Contradictory

This was touched on briefly above with setting impossible missions or tasks.

Contradictory wants are when you want one thing, but you also want the opposite.

For example, you want to eat what you consider healthy, but you also want to eat what you consider as not healthy.

Another example is you may want to be loved, but you don’t love yourself. Or to state it another way, you want others to love you unconditionally, but you don’t love others without conditions.

If you are truly willing to look, you can find these contradictions everywhere.

As far as the law of attraction is concerned, when your wants are contradictory, values get priority.

The law of attraction is not so much “like attracts like”, but “values attract values”.

When you value drama more than you do peace, even if you say hundreds of peaceful affirmations a day, you’ll still attract drama.

How do you know what you value?

First, listen to what you share with others. When you’re talking to your best friend, take notice of all the things you want to tell him or her.

You can only share what you have to share, and what you share, you feel you are.

If you share love always, then you’re a loving person.

But if you share love sometimes and hateful comments other times, then you’re both loving and hateful, which means nothing, lol, because these both cancel each other out.

So pick a side. Go full force on your values.

Another way to know exactly what you value is to pay attention to how you speak when you speak of things.

For instance, if you speak in a bland manner about your job, but excitingly when speaking about what happened on your favorite television show, then you value that television show, but not your job so much.

Law of Attraction: Corrective Action #5

Get a buddy to point out your mistakes.

We all enjoy pointing out mistakes from time to time, but this time is special. You are giving your friend full permission to correct you every time.

Tell your buddy that any time you do or say something contradictory, they get to correct you immediately.

After a few times, you’ll be more aware and able to notice these contradictions before you share them.

Sometime after, you’ll be fully in alignment with all of your thoughts.

6. Your Actions Are Contradictory

This mistake is very similar to the above, but it deserves its own section.

It’s true that your actions follow your wants in the same way that an effect follows its cause.

As was also stated earlier, you may have the habit of letting an effect be your cause.

In this way, you should also correct your actions because they can be based on a purposeless cause.

The purposeless cause is beautifully reflected within the Five Monkeys Experiment. For those unfamiliar, watch this minute and a half video that explains it beautifully.

Law of Attraction: Corrective Action #5

To not have contradictory actions, self-awareness is still a priority here. Pay attention to your thoughts, words, and actions.

Question your beliefs and know why you do what you do.

Use a law-of-attraction journal if you have to.

If you don’t understand why ask for help? Many are willing to give great advice for free.

When you find yourself acting in a manner that’s contradictory to what you want, stop yourself immediately. There is no benefit to continuing in this manner.

During a later time of mindful reflection, decide what would have been a better course of action.

Then welcome all similar circumstances as an opportunity to show you are aligned with what you want to attract.

7. Not fully understanding vibrational match

This common mistake is a big one!

It may even want to make you exit this article immediately and never read another word I write. But stick with me because knowing this will change EVERYTHING!

A victim and his or her oppressor are a vibrational match. They attract each other.

Woah!

Let me explain how this works within the law of attraction with the following example.

When you believe that there are “bad” people in the world and that they can take something from you, you begin to move accordingly. You take certain precautions on how you go about your day.

But since you are the cause of all things in your life, in order for your movements to make sense, you must see examples of these “bad” people.

So if anyone matches this description, they are brought into your awareness.

Sometimes this can be from afar and other times it can be up close & personal.

It doesn’t end there. Once you’ve crossed paths with an individual (set by the intentions you’ve set through your beliefs), you share this with as many people as possible.

You become an advocate for these “bad” people you’ve attracted thus attracting more. You may even become an expert on them.

In other cases, you may begin to hide away from the world fearing your own imagined creation.

As the saying goes, opposites attract. But now you understand how they aren’t opposites at all.

They serve as witnesses to one another.

Law of Attraction: Corrective Action #7

First, focus on what you are, not what you aren’t.

For example, if you aren’t “bad” then don’t focus on “bad” people.

You’ve already unknowingly used the law of attraction to attract those that are just as you are.

Your friends, family, and workmates may share similar values.

Once your values change, so will your environment and the people in it.

There is never a need to fear another. In reality, you aren’t fearing them. You are only fearing your imagined idea of them.

The Law of Attraction Recap

Smile. You now know exactly what to do to manifest what you think will add to your joy.

To make this complete, I want to point out a simple way to attract the greatest life possible, not just what you think will add to your happiness.

Being.

When you are … or when you are in a state of being, you are saying that you fully trust God and/or the universe.

You are affirming that you have no needs and are complete.

Without you creating the need for you to need anything, you will never be without anything.

If you had the keys to the universe, would you trust them to someone always searching for something more or someone that is perfectly content no matter what?

Be.

All of the ACTION STEPS

1. Focus on what is abundant.
2. Live in the present moment always.
3. Don’t judge anything and forgive your past judgments.
4. Do everything purposefully.
5. Be consistent with what you want.
6. Ensure your actions are in line with your desires.
7. Understand that to judge anything is to create circumstances where it will manifest in your life.
8. BONUS – Be.

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