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Speaker 1 - Sugandhii Iyer, host of The Good Fortune Show

Speaker 1 - Sugandhii Iyer:
Hi, this is Sugandhii Iyer, and I am here for The Good Fortune Show. Welcome back.

Let us begin with the definition of good fortune. It has to be good, and a person needs to be fortunate enough to receive good things: good things happening to them, good things happening for them, and good people coming into their lives. They need the right people at the right time.

For example, someone may not necessarily be perfect in every virtue, but that person may still be exactly who someone needs for a particular situation. Suppose fictitious Jane needs a contract - let us say a musical contract. She puts out the right vibration, and something comes to her. Then fictitious Joan enters the picture and offers her a deal. Maybe fictitious Joan is not perfect in his personal life, but as far as fictitious Jane is concerned, that may be fine because all she needs from him is a professional contract.

Of course, fictitious Joan needs to be good enough for that contract to work out without a glitch. It does not mean he has to be the ideal person who goes to church all the time and does everything at exactly the right moment. He is offering fictitious Jane a deal, and that is what fictitious Jane is concerned about, provided there is enough goodness in the whole matter for it to happen properly and for her to be legally protected.

The mind, just like the body, has to have an immune system. The body has its immune system, and the mind also has to have one. That mental immune system should be strong enough, wise enough, and almost genius-level enough to ward away negative energy. The body protects itself through immunity, and the mind also needs the ability to detect and ward away unnecessary energies. Basically, it needs to protect you.

For example, let us say fictitious Jane is residing in a particular housing complex and she feels insecure. She feels as if there could be attacks from people in that complex. She needs a stronger mental immune system, and that ultimately comes down to feeling well protected. There are security guards posted around the complex, and her house itself cannot easily be entered. It is very difficult to get into her home.

When she has this belief system that all these protections are in place, her mind becomes immune to the thought of someone entering her home. That itself is enough to protect her, because once she feels protected and once she feels everything is okay, the attack may not even happen. She knows it cannot happen because of all these protective factors that are in place.

The best place to be would be where fictitious Jane feels nothing bad can happen to her. She would be really lucky to have that. But on the next level, she can ensure she is in a complex that has the right kind of maintenance and the right kind of security guards. If fictitious Jane feels fortunate enough to be taken care of, then negative energy may not even bother entering. It may actually save her from being attacked.

That better immune system would save fictitious Jane from being attacked, because either she feels so fortunate that she cannot be attacked, or even if she does not rely only on personal good fortune, she knows there is proper security in place. People cannot easily come in and attack. There may be a gate with a code, security guards, a double bolt on her front door, enough locks, properly shuttered or closed windows, and perhaps an alarm system with a code.

In the same way, we sometimes need to build up our own mental immune system so that the negative cannot enter. The negative cannot enter at all.

I watched a movie recently. In that movie, there is a girl who is a fantastic classical singer. She can do remarkable things with her voice. She is really good, and she has been trained by her mother, who is a renowned and admired classical singer at the national level. This girl grows up being trained by her mother, and her mother also trains other students. The girl has fantastic vocal ability.

But over time, she develops resentment toward her mother. She develops resentment because whenever she performs, even as a child, people always mention her mother. They say, "This is the daughter of so-and-so." Any interest the press takes in her, or that people take in her, always mentions her mother first and then mentions her. She is immature in that way, and she takes it personally.

She begins to resent her mother being mentioned first in news articles and everywhere else. Eventually, she leaves home and goes to live with her boyfriend. She decides that, along with a group of boys, they are going to form a band that is completely non-classical. She wants to move away from the title of classical singer because she does not want to be compared with her mother.

So she goes into a kind of pop music. They try, they release an album, and she receives a local-level award. She is very happy. She thinks she finally has this award, her picture is going to appear in the newspaper, people are going to call her, congratulate her, and great things are going to happen because she finally moved away from her mother's name.

But the next day, when she looks at the newspaper, once again it is her mother's photograph across the paper. Her mother received a national-level award from the government on the same day. Of course, newspapers are going to print that. They are not going to devote the main space to the daughter's local award. The daughter is mentioned in a smaller article at the bottom of the page, again with her mother's name, saying that the daughter of this famous singer won the award. But every newspaper in town has her mother's photograph.

The daughter thinks, "Oh my God, what is happening? I finally got out of my mother's shadow. I performed well, I got this award, and again my mother receives an even bigger award." Her mother did not plan it. This award came from the country, from the government. It was not something the mother arranged in order to upstage her daughter.

This is where the law of attraction can be seen at work. The daughter has been resisting the greatness of her mother. She has been resenting her mother, even though her mother trained her well. She does not understand that much of what she has comes from her mother - not only the training, but also the genes. She has her mother's voice and ability, but she does not want to give credit to her mother.

When the daughter performs well and receives an award, her mother receives a much bigger award at the national level. Everyone goes to the parents' home to interview the mother, and no one comes to interview the daughter. Do you see the law of attraction working here? This girl has been sending resentment energy - not in an extremely ugly way, but in the form of discontentment about being under her mother's shadow. Ultimately, when she gets an award, her mother upstages her again, even though her mother did not plan it.

If someone keeps sending the same resentment energy toward something, it ends up becoming something. It can end up coming back in a worse manner. The daughter, even after receiving her own award, cannot be happy. The energy we give out is read by the universe and is matched. The energy she had been giving out all those years was matched, and her mother upstaged her once again.

The mother had nothing to do with the planning. It was the universe, the universal manager, that brought it back. The universe can bring back anything it wants. We are the ones who need to be careful about the kind of vibration we put out.

Suppose this girl had instead put out an energy of gratitude toward her mother. Suppose she had thought, "Mom, it is because of you that I have this training. It is because of you that I have the genetics that gives me this voice." If she had taken that approach, things could have happened differently. Her gratitude would have been reflected back to her by the universe. She would have been given more reasons to be grateful.

Perhaps her mother would not have received that national award on the same day. She might have received it on another day, not on the day her daughter received an award. If the daughter had put out grateful energy, she would have received grateful energy back, and she would have had more reasons to be grateful.

This is a very good example of how the law of attraction works for us: the kind of energy we put out and the kind of energy that is reflected back to us. We have to be careful about what we are putting out. She received her genes from her mother. She received her training from her mother. But she was not grateful for it. She resented being under her mother's shadow.

Her mother started her career a long time ago. The daughter still had a long way to go. Also, people who listened to the daughter's pop songs were saying she did not seem as talented there. The real quality of a person's voice can often be noticed more clearly in classical music, because classical music allows people to do more with their voices. In pop music and other genres, one may not always get to show the full range of the voice - the highs, the lows, the movement, the control. People may not agree with me, but if you put a person through a classical song and then through a pop song, you will see the difference.

Even leaving that aside, the important point is that she had sent years of ungrateful energy toward her own mother, who had sacrificed her time and made sure her daughter was properly trained. This is a very good example of seeing the law of attraction at work. What we put out is reflected back. The law of attraction is powerful as a manager. It actually managed to make the country give her mother a national-level award, the highest award that could be received, on the same day that the daughter received her local award.

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Speaker 1 - Sugandhii Iyer:
Hi, this is Sugandhii Iyer for The Good Fortune Show. How are you doing?

I was surprised that this movie was such a good example of the law of attraction at work. This girl was ungrateful to her mother because her mother was better known than she was. She wanted to prove herself as an independent singer, away from the glory of her mother. Today's topic could really be gratefulness.

She was not grateful to her mother. I think she was jealous. She put so much energy into that jealousy that she ended up leaving home, going to her boyfriend, and becoming the lead singer in his group. She did do well. Nobody says she did not do well. She had talent, and she received a local-level award, which is a big thing for someone just starting out.

Did you hear that? It is a peacock. It sounds almost like a meow, but it is not a cat. That is a peacock. I still have the window shut, but perhaps you could hear it.

A peacock is beautiful. If peacocks could think and feel like we do, a peacock might say, "Thank you, parents, for making me so beautiful. I have the genetics of a peacock, not the genetics of a crow." Maybe the peacock wanted me to tell you that it all depends on how grateful we are for whatever we have.

You are special because of your family. You are special because of all the great genetics running through you. You need to know how special you are. If peacocks felt and thought like we do, they would be immensely grateful to their parents for making them so beautiful.

Dr. Joe Vitale says that you want to become aware of your thoughts and choose your thoughts carefully. You want to have fun with this because you are the masterpiece of your own life. You are the Michelangelo of your own life. The David you are sculpting is you.

One way to master your mind is to learn to quiet your mind. Without exception, every teacher uses meditation as a daily practice. It was not until I discovered The Secret that I realized how powerful meditation can be. Meditation quiets your mind, helps you control your thoughts, and revitalizes your body. The great news is that you do not have to set aside hours to meditate. Just three to ten minutes a day is enough to begin, and it can be incredibly powerful for gaining control over your thoughts.

To become aware of your thoughts, you can also set the intention, "I am the master of my thoughts." Say it often. Meditate on it. As you hold that intention, by the law of attraction, you must become that.

You are receiving the knowledge that will enable you to create the most magnificent version of yourself. The possibility of that version of you already exists on the frequency of the most magnificent version of you. Decide what you want to be, do, and have. Think the thoughts of it. Emit the frequency, and your vision will become your life.

Dr. Joe Vitale is not just talking about what you receive materially. He is also talking about who you become. When you want something, you can affirm that you want it or that you already have it. If someone wants a cute house, they can say, "I am so grateful because I already have this cute house." That is about owning material possessions.

But what if someone wants to affirm who they are? Then they can say something like, "I am happy because I always get what I want." That is a declaration of identity. It is not just what they want, but who they are. That is really powerful. To say, "I am so happy because I always get what I want," covers much more. It makes you a person who gets what she wants or what he wants. It has a widening effect.

It is not only one particular house that you want. You are saying you are someone who always receives what you want. That is huge.

A person who says, "I always get what I want," would be grateful to her mother for the genetics. She would be grateful to the universe for the opportunities to receive free musical training for so many years. A mother would naturally give the best to her daughter.

Gratefulness is at the root of all of this. Grateful, grateful, grateful. "I am so grateful that I have this. I am so grateful that I have that. I am so grateful that I am able to manifest." This is where you are declaring who you are.

You could be grateful because you are able to manifest. You are someone who will be grateful if you receive something. You are someone who always gets what she wants or what he wants. There is a gratefulness factor.

For example, suppose you go to a very busy restaurant and you need a parking spot. You can say, "I am so lucky. I always get a parking spot on time." That is different from saying, "Dear God, please give me a parking spot." In the first case, you are manifesting a parking spot, but you are also declaring yourself to be the kind of person who always receives what she needs at the right time. There is a difference between asking for something and being the person who naturally receives.

The Secret, both the book and the movie, tries to open people up. So many people are fatalistic. They say, "This will not happen. That will not happen. I am so unlucky." Cancel all of that. The teachings are trying to give everyone their power back.

Joyful Manifestation and The Good Fortune Show are both trying to give people their power back. There is a lot we can do with power. There is a difference between being empowered and being happy. Being empowered can go into the state of feeling the power of your life - "I am powerful." But being empowered does not necessarily mean being happy. Being happy is feeling that everything is going well, that you have what you want, and that you are grateful.

Empowerment can sometimes have the feeling of, "I am going to show them. I am going to make sure they realize what is happening." If you watch The Bold and the Beautiful right now, there is a lot of empowerment going on. People are taking actions based on power. They feel the Forresters did not treat them well, so they go to the Logans. They open a company called Logan Brands, or something like that. Everything is happening as a power game. No one is truly happy or grateful for what they have.

If people make moves because they are ungrateful, then the fuel for their empowerment is discontentment and other negative factors. Getting empowered out of ungratefulness is not a good thing, because the basic energy that fuels it is discontentment.

If somebody wants to be empowered, that should also come from joy. It should not come from deprivation or lack. In the show, Hope feels unhappy because her line was stopped or because she was not treated well by the Forresters. Her aunt Katie gives her a chance at a new company she has started. Hope Logan jumps ship and gets a better position in Logan Brands, but she is not truly happy. She made the move because of unhappiness. She did not make the move out of natural growth.

When people naturally grow and become vice president, president, or something similar, that is different. In this case, the movement came from a false sense of empowerment that arose from feeling deprived. Lack energy or deprivation energy is what gets someone to make a shift. That is not joyful manifestation energy.

Sometimes a person may be unhappy with something, but instead of using a dose of empowerment to make the change, use joy. Joy is the natural fuel. Joy will fuel future projects and help people make changes from a place of gratitude and natural growth.

Lisa Nichols says in The Secret, "Thank God that there is a time delay, that all your thoughts do not come true instantly. We would be in trouble if they did." The element of time delay serves us. It allows us to reassess, think about what we want, and make a new choice.

Sometimes there is a delay between wanting something and receiving it. During that delay, we may realize we no longer want the same thing. We can go back and ask whether we really want it. That is important.

Michael Bernard Beckwith says that often, when people begin to understand the great secret, they become frightened of all the negative thoughts they have had. They need to know that an affirmative thought is much more powerful than a negative thought. That eliminates a degree of the worry.

When people realize there is something called the law of attraction, they may say, "Oh my God, I have had so many negative thoughts until now." But The Secret tells us not to get scared. Start making affirmative thoughts. Start making positive thoughts. The power of those positive thoughts can begin to work for you and protect you.

It takes many negative thoughts and persistent negative thinking to bring something negative into your life. If you persist in negative thoughts over time, they may appear. But if you worry about having negative thoughts, you will attract more worry about your negative thoughts and multiply them. Decide now that you are going to think good thoughts. At the same time, proclaim to the universe that all your good thoughts are powerful and all negative thoughts are weak.

That is very powerful. Do not get scared if you have had negative thoughts. Start making affirmations for positive thoughts instead. There is a time gap between making a thought and its manifestation. I do not know how big that time gap is, but there is a gap. If you have had twenty negative thoughts, know that you still have the power to make positive affirmations. The power of the positive thoughts is so high that they can negate the negative thoughts.

This is important to know. People should not think, "Now that I know about joyful manifestation and the law of attraction, all my negative thoughts are going to manifest and hit me on the head." No. You can start making positive affirmations and have positive thoughts instead. The power of the positive is much higher than the power of the negative.

If you are in a relationship, or if you work for a company, and you have been having negative thoughts about that person or company, start making positive affirmations instead. If you want a new partner in your life, or you want to work for another company or do something else, make positive affirmations that take you to your new place.

You do not need to be angry with your past relationship. You do not need to be angry with the company you worked for, the company you are working for, or the person you are with. You can move from one to another with grace. Grace is the one that can come forward as you make the move.

Compare it to homes. If someone is staying in a shabby place, there may be discontentment and anger toward that home. If that person wants to make a change, they may make the change with discontentment and anger. But if someone is already living in a three-bedroom or four-bedroom home and now wants a five- or six-bedroom home, that person can make the change gracefully. They do not have to use anger as fuel. They are moving through natural growth.

They may say, "I am living in a three- or four-bedroom house, and now I want a five- or six-bedroom house." That is natural growth. There is no anger, resentment, or negativity interfering.

We can make changes by being grateful for what we already have. As we make the change, we can be grateful for what we already have and then move forward in life. Then the negative, angry energy does not rebound on us. The law of attraction will not do what it did to that girl in the movie, where she got a local award and discovered that the mother she had always been jealous of had just received a national-level award.

It is the same with money. Suppose we have $50,000 in the bank and are happy with it. Then we hear that a neighbor has $500,000 in the bank. Do we get angry with the $50,000? No. We simply start making more money. We do not resent what we have or become ungrateful because someone else has more. We continue being happy with the $50,000 and move naturally to the next level. Organic growth takes us from one level to the next.

If you want to feel happy about your own award, you need to be happy about everything that preceded it. Your success cannot come from unhappiness, ungratefulness, or negative feelings. It has to come from a positive place within your heart.

India is a mixture. It has great wealth, but because many people are in the labor category, it can also feel as if many Indians are not very rich. But many are not actually poor financially; they simply do not look rich. When you visit India, you will see great wealth, because money is moving. But because a large part of the population is made up of laborers, people may not look wealthy.

If someone wants to take this country and be completely unhappy about it, they can do that. But if someone says, "I am Indian, I am proud to be Indian, I am happy being Indian, and I see the good things India has to offer," then they can take a natural step in the right direction - toward progress, toward greater wealth, perhaps in another country, another part of the world, or another part of the same country. These changes cannot happen out of resentment. They have to happen out of happiness.

There are things, such as traffic in a city, that I cannot fix and do not want to fix. I would prefer to direct my attention toward growth and well-being. I will not turn all my attention to trying to fix that. I can see it is happening, but I am not going to try to fix it. If I want growth, I will move as a natural progression toward something else.

We are nearly at the end of the show, and I want to say this: whatever change you want to make, let the fuel for your growth be gratefulness, not ungratefulness.

We are at the end of the show. We will meet again next Friday at 7:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time for The Joyful Manifestation Show. Until then, order the book Joyful Manifestation. It is on Amazon.com.

This is Sugandhii Iyer signing off for The Good Fortune Show. We will meet again next Friday. I am wishing you a fantastic rest of the week and a fantastic rest of the day.