Power
Of Assuming
A
recent sales meeting by my boss decided to talk
to us about assuming. To talk about assuming
is just chasing your tail-it doesn't go anywhere,
except in circles.
First of all he demonstrated a tiresome response
to assuming-When you assume-you make an ass
out of u and me. Now, it is entirely possible
for me to make an ass out of me-the best I can
do for you are to give you the opportunity to
become an ass, but I cannot make an ass out
of you.
He was suggesting that in anything other then
selling you must not assume anything, but in
selling a product or service to a customer,
you must assume the sale. This is positive thinking
that brings the sale closer to reality, but
it doesn't guaranty the sale. The sale is not
made until you make the sale, no amount of assuming
will close the sale.
In our everyday life assuming is an essential
part of our affairs. When I went to bed last
night I made a lifetime of assumptions. I assumed
that I would wake up in the morning. I assumed
that it would be in the same bed, and that I
would be as healthy as I was when I went to
sleep. I assumed that the sun would be up, and
that everything in the household, the neighborhood,
the country and the world was as I left it.
Because I have not yet looked outside, and have
not yet checked the news, I assume this to be
the case. In discussing assumptions, I am chasing
my tail, because one assumption leads to another.
Assumptions are valid only in the future and
on a conscious level of experience.
In truth nothing is the same as I left it last
night. I have changed, and my environment has
changed-all things are constantly changing on
a molecular level. I will make a conscious evaluation
or assumption as I begin to experience my waking
world, as old information is being reinforced
by what my senses can tell me during the day.
Assuming works for us most of the time, because
our lives would be negatively impacted if you
had to go through a lifetime of learning everyday
just to re-establish what we know to be true.
It is a buffer zone that gives us time to evaluate
and re-evaluate our circumstances.
The boss was very near the truth when he suggested
that we assume the sale before we begin to make
our presentation. Assuming howe
ver
not a guaranty-the fasted way to make a sale
is is to know that you have already done it.
You can then assume that all the things that
you are going to do will be the experience of
leading to the sale. Knowing is absolute-assuming
is a desired experience! The fasted way to get
what you desire is to know that you already
have it. Appreciation-the synonym for assuming,
acknowledges ownership. You would not be appreciative
for something that you do not own-therefore
you must already own it. Gratitude is another
word that could be the opposite of assume. You
give gratitude for things that you are already
experiencing or already have, whether it is
a promise or a physical reality.
If you know that you are still alive, and the
sun is up in the morning, then you don't have
to think about it. Knowing is not assuming,
it is acknowledgment of your state of mind,
that what you know is so. I know myself as Roy,
therefore I am. I am that I am.
Many people will tell you that you should
not assume, but the human body was not created
to focus on all that it knows in any given moment.
Knowing and assuming are places in time and
space that are given relative importance or
priority. It is OK to assume that your trip
to Italy from Canada is booked three months
down the road, and that you will be going. However
it may not work in your best interest to assume
the plane is going to be leaving on time as
you make your way to the airport. Prudence would
suggest that you phone ahead, and check on all
reservations. The assumptions don't end there.
There is no way you can assume that you are
going to reach your destination just because
you are on the plane. You will know it when
it becomes your experience.
Assuming is part of life, it is correct to
assume many things about your life. As you begin
to become more adept in manifesting your desires
consciously, you will not have to assume anything.
You will simply accept that it is your reality.
Knowing for the conscious mind comes from
acceptance. Accept that what you know as so,
and you will experience it.
The words we use are important to manifest
what we want to desire. The words must match
the thought behind them or the result may be
chaotic. If you assume something, you may not
get it. If you know something, it will always
be your exp
erience.
You may think that this is just semantics, but
it is precisely because we do not use the right
words that we do not manifest what we desire.
It is the correct choice of words that bring
the correct experience.
I do not assume this, but know it to be true
because it is my experience. All thoughts are
appropriate, all words are appropriate given
the outcome that you wish to experience. If
you do not experience what you desire, then
it is because you have chosen poorly or you
are not in harmony with what your subconscious
thoughts are. You will always experience your
thoughts as they are now. Your physical experiences
are symbols of what your thought process is
in this moment.
Assume if you will-this is part of the joy
of experience. It is the trip that counts, not
the destination! But if you really need to get
there now-know that you are. The greater your
awareness of these things, the better you will
be able to manifest them in your experience.
Controlling your thoughts takes time and discipline.
The power and rewards will come with it as you
mature in your ability to use it wisely.
The fact that you cannot manifest a thing
on demand now, simply tells you that your awareness
of why you cannot is greater than your awareness
of why you can. The absolute acceptance of this
awareness can bring the experience into your
life now. And as you are reading this, listen
to all those little voices within you that are
saying it can't be done. If you hear them, then
you have a pretty good understanding of why
your life is the way it is now