Pure Imagination

I love the movie "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory". Every time I watch it, it takes me back to a magical moment from my childhood. This is a perfect law of attraction "feel good" movie if there ever was one.

I still get so excited for Charlie when he opens his bar of chocolate and gets a glimpse of that beautiful golden ticket. That image of him realizing that his greatest dream has just come true brings tears to my eyes each time I watch it. And believe it or not I still worry that someone is going to grab that ticket out of his hand during the crowd scene.

One of my favorite parts of the movie is when they enter the chocolate room for the first time. Willy Wonka sings this amazing song about "Pure Imagination".

Pure Imagination Lyrics

Willy Wonka: [Spoken] Hold your breath
Make a wish
Count to three

[Sung] Come with me
And you'll be
In a world of
Pure imagination

Take a look
And you'll see
Into your imagination

We'll begin
With a spin
Traveling in
The world of my creation

What we'll see
Will defy
Explanation

If you want to view paradise
Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it
Wanta change the world?
There's nothing
To it

There is no
Life I know
To compare with
Pure imagination
Living there
You'll be free
If you truly wish to be

If you want to view paradise
Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it
Wanta change the world?
There's nothing
To it

There is no
Life I know
To compare with
Pure imagination
Living there
You'll be free
If you truly Wish to be

What incredible lyrics; so beautiful, inspiring and creative. I've been looking for a life theme song - I think I just found it!

My Cup Runneth Over

My Law of Attraction group is studying financial abundance this month with a special focus on improving our vibrational relationship with money. We started our first meeting on this topic with the following Abraham Hicks quote:

“The world is awash in money! Do you hear what that means? It is flowing for everyone. It is like Niagara Falls. And most of you are showing up with your teaspoons.”

I’ve been thinking about this quote and visualizing it for a few days now. Something bothered me about what was showing up in my visualization and I finally put my finger on it.

When I first started visualizing this quote I would imagine myself standing at a “Niagara Falls” like image but instead of water, money and gold coins where flowing down. Each time I seemed to show up with a container that was inadequate for what was coming down; for me it was a cup and my cup runneth over to the extent that I felt it was going to break. I also noticed that I was always standing at the bottom of the Falls where the experience was the most intense, forceful and uncomfortable. It was loud and I had trouble hearing and seeing and everything was in my face. It was too much for me to handle. Funny that this is how I’ve felt about my finances for the last couple of years – out of control, hard to manage, sometimes like I was drowning and more than I could handle.

I was doing some writing last night and asked Source (what I call God) to please provide insight into my “Niagara Falls” image and what that image was showing me. I knew something was being revealed to me but I was having trouble putting it all together. Within minutes of making that request I was given another “Niagara Falls” image.

In this new image I was carrying a shiny, gold bucket and instead of being at the bottom of “Niagara Falls” where the experience was the most in your face and uncomfortable I was now at the top of the Falls where it was calm, peaceful and flowing and where I could dip my bucket in the continuously flowing abundance anytime. I felt instant relief at that image. I then saw myself in various situations like paying bills, shopping, having lunch with friends, etc. – all the daily activities that involve the exchange of money. In each situation when the time came for me to pay or exchange money I lifted that shiny, gold bucket and let the abundance pour out. There was no thought of not having enough because I already had it, I had it in abundance and I knew it.

Over the years I’ve heard repeatedly that we all have unlimited abundance at our fingertips. Hearing that always sounded good but I guess I never quite believed it. I can feel a shift happening with me and I think I’m finally starting to see the evidence of that fact. I believe that the container we bring forth is equal to our state of allowing. I am happy to see that I’ve been able to shift from a teaspoon to a cup to a bucket. I’m comfortable staying with my shiny, gold bucket for right now, anything more would feel too much to me. More than anything I just want to remain authentic and honor where I’m at in the process of improving my thoughts and feelings about money.

All that was needed was a shift in my point of attraction from seeing myself at the bottom, feeling out of control and overwhelmed to instead seeing myself at the top where I felt peaceful, in control and abundant. I could believe in the abundance because I could see it, it was there and I knew it would never stop flowing.

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My Greatest Joy and Happiness as a Child

Recently I attended a presentation on "Creating Your Own Reality". It was very informative and I learned a great deal but what I found particularly enlightening were the questions that were listed on the presentation handout. I took several days to "be" with the questions, actually I'm still working through them. I like time to "be" with questions because it really gets me thinking and provides such clarity and enlightenment.

One question was about what brought you the greatest joy and happiness at different stages in your life. I loved this question because it got me thinking about my childhood and what brought me the greatest joy. Without a doubt the two biggest things for me were imagining my future and writing. It never occurred to me that the two could go together.

I suppose all children spend time imagining what they will be when they "grow up" and what their life will look like. I was incredibly curious about how I would look and act, where I would live and what I would do for a living, would I be married and have children, etc. I had so much fun letting my imagination soar. In my mind I could be, do, or have anything I wanted. I was still in that wonderful and tender place where I believed that all things were possible.

I also loved to write. Words would flow effortlessly from my mind to the page. All kinds of stories would come to me. I never questioned or doubted what I wrote I would just let it come. When I was seven I even started a family newspaper and would write a story about what was going on with each member of my family. It was so fun and my family was so encouraging and played right along with me. I was writing because it was fun, creative and easy. It was a glimpse of a future possibility for me.

Thinking about this question made me remember the first time someone criticized my writing and how I let that change me. I was still in elementary school but I was just starting to care about what people thought of me. I started to doubt myself and my writing. I started writing less frequently and became very critical of my own work. Writing wasn't fun anymore because I cared too much about what people thought. Soon I stopped writing completely. I didn't stop imagining but where I used to see unlimited possibilities I now saw doubt and limitation. I became very shy and self-conscious as I let other people start dictating what was appropriate for me and what my talent was. That's when life stopped being fun.

It's interesting that now as an adult I have gone back to what brought me the greatest joy as a child - writing and imagining my future. I never intended to go back to writing but through my interest and exploration of the Law of Attraction I have begun to reacquaint myself with that wonderful and tender place where all things are possible. I can't think of any other place I'd rather be!