Prosperity A Process
 According
to Shakti Gawain, a personal growth and spirituality expert, prosperity
is not something that you will ever achieve. Instead it is a gentle
unfolding of finding fulfillment that grows deeper with passing time.
Gawain says that there are seven elements in the journey to experiencing
true prosperity. Seekers may find themselves focusing on these elements
in any order, one at a time, in combination or even all at once. Here
are the steps:
• Experience gratitude.
Gawain says that compared to the circumstances in which most humans
lived historically and that the majority of people still experience
today, Westerners are very well off. Even though we each have challenges
to handle, we are still materially fortunate people. One way to
encourage gratefulness is to make a list the things we appreciate.
• Become more aware of how you
feel about prosperity. We all have beliefs and
experiences that limit us. Do you have feelings of unworthiness, are you
afraid of failure or success, are you conflicted about money? All of
these things can affect our fulfillment in life. We have also focused on
certain aspects of our personalities and ignored others. This means that
we are often out of balance when it comes to feeling or being
prosperous. When we are young, oftentimes we are unaware of our
unconscious beliefs or behavioral patterns. As we grow and become more
aware of these things, we open ourselves to the possibility of living
our lives in the way we desire. This is often an uncomfortable step on
the road to prosperity.
• Make healing yourself a goal
in your life. According to Gawain, there are four levels
of healing in the spiritual, mental, emotional and physical aspects of
life. She says that we intuitively know what is right for us and we
should trust ourselves on this.
• Follow your own truth.
Pay attention to how you feel. Listen to your intuition. Then, take the
risk and act on what you feel is true for yourself. In other words: Pay
attention to your inner wisdom.
• Know what the term
“prosperous” means to you. Create a vision of your
prosperity. What does it look like? How do you feel? What work do you
do? What relationships would you have? Imagine how things would be if
you achieved prosperity. Gawain says you have to be able to fully
imagine something before there is a chance for its manifestation.
• Set goals.
Think long- and short-term. Write goals for one year, two years, five
years and 10 years. Gawain says to be careful here and not to cling too
closely to your goals or what you want. Look at them and then let them
go. Some times are better in life to focus on goals and other times are
better for wandering through life and making discoveries. You have to
decide what applies to you.
• Share your gifts with the
world. You will find that you have talent and that you
are sharing it when you follow what is in your heart. Figure out what
you love to do and chances are that is what you will end up doing.
Nanotechnology: Making Things Smaller and Better
If your only
exposure to nanotechnology was from a B movie aimed at pre-teens, here’s
your chance to learn a bit more. Nanotechnology is the process of
understanding and manipulating matter at the molecular/atomic scale.
Nanotech is anything engineered on the scale of a nanometer, which is
only three to five atoms wide. Through the science, nano technicians can
manipulate atoms to do different things.
Nanotechnology can
be compared to plastic in that it will be used to make things better and
cheaper. You can already find nanotech in many everyday items. Nano
particles in sunscreens block ultraviolet rays. Major stores sell pants
that repel water using nanotechnology. Factories already use it for
quick-drying paint that lasts longer. Eventually tires, bridges,
buildings and satellites will be made stronger and lighter. One of the
most far-reaching impacts is the creation of diamonds using nanotech.
These diamonds cost one-third of the amount for mined diamonds and you
can only tell them apart from the real thing with special machinery.
This growing field
requires four or five technicians for each Ph.D. and will create between
one and two million technical jobs. The industry is expected to reach $2
trillion by 2010.
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