Chi – Universal Life Force
Chi, also written as Qi or Ki, is the Chinese word for the life force energy that flows through you. The ancient Taoist masters described Chi as the “energy glue” unifying your mind, your body and your spirit. It is the link between your inner and outer self.
I love acronyms. I frequently concoct them when I am attempting to remember a series of words or concepts. Along the way in my life, I came up with an acronym to describe the five basic areas of desire in my life. The irony was not lost when I observed that the first letter of each of these areas of desire spelled out the acronym “Mr. Chi”. Thus began my lifetime friendship with this gentleman of guidance.
Meet Your New Friend For Life
Have you ever heard someone say, “I really don’t know what I want”. Perhaps you have even said it yourself pertaining to a certain situation. In any case, Universal Law always acts on your belief in whatever your inner vision is (your desire). If your vision is blurred or conflicting, you experience blurriness or conflicting results in your life’s circumstances.
Without clear vision, your circumstances are sometimes good, sometimes bad, sometimes neither. They go up and down like the jagged lines on a company sales chart. In order for you to receive what you want, you need to know with clarity what it is that you desire to experience.
Allow me to introduce you to a loyal friend who goes by the name of Mr. Chi. He can be one of the best friends that you will ever have. Mr. Chi is an acronym for the following five basic areas of desire in life. These areas are: (1) money (M), (2) relationships (R), (3) career (C), (4) health (H), and (5) intercession (I). Take a few minutes. Examine each one of those five areas of desire from several different angles. Upon reflection, you will see that they encompass everything that you could desire in your lifetime.
Without Vision, The People Perish
The book of Proverbs states the following: “Where there is no vision, the people perish; but he that keepeth the law, happy is he”. Your happiness in life hinges on your choice to follow or not follow Universal Law. A man who overcame much in order to achieve much was George Washington Carver. He stated in his writings: “Where there is no vision, there is no hope”.
In life, you are aimlessly driving in circles, unless you know where you want to go. Create your vision of where you want to go. Then, apply Universal Law in order to get there. Vision. Belief. Fulfillment. Believe, with all the inner energy that you can muster, that you now stand at your destination.
No matter where you feet happen to be standing currently, you must somehow find a way to believe that you are, in fact, there right now. Do this, free of doubt, on a sustained basis. Do this, free of doubt, and Universal Law will impartially respond and get you there. If you can hold it in your mind, you will hold it in your hand.
Money
The first primal area of desire is in the realm of earning money. Money is merely a useful tool created by society in order to allow you to procure items that you require or desire. Money is used to satisfy both your needs and your wants. Most human beings need to engage in weekly activity in order to obtain money.
Those who inherit money or depend on money earned by others still are not exempt from work activity. The individual who inherits money must do whatever is necessary to remain in the good graces of the one who will be leaving them the money. A tragic example of this is illustrated by the Twilight Zone episode, “The Masks”. The person who is dependent on another’s earnings runs the risk that they will have to cowtow to the will of the person possessing the money or risk losing access to that money.
Numero Uno
I do not believe that I would be incorrect in stating that having more money is probably the number one desire of a large majority of people in the world today. In poverty-stricken countries, the desire for more money would be merely to better ensure basic survival. In countries of middle or high income, the desire would be for upgrading those things that they currently possess.
Things that money is used for includes such things as housing, transportation, food, water, clothing, shoes, heating, cooling, healthcare, cellphones, internet, higher education, charitable contributions, tools of various sorts, household furniture, and childcare. In addition to needs, money is also used for wants, including, jewelry, high-end vehicles and appliances, vacations, travel, all manner of hobbies and avocations, collectibles, cosmetic surgery, hair restoration, liquor, lodging renovations and upgrades, pets, entertainment and all manner of miscellany.
Further things that humans use money for is to feed various addictions (tobacco, drugs, prostitutes, etc.), ego satisfaction (lording it over others the amount of money that they have) and the use of money to exercise control over other human beings.
Can You See It?
Regardless of how you decide to use money, you need a vision. By this I mean a vision of what you want and why you want it. Next create a vision of the amount of money required to satisfy your desires. For instance, if you say that you want more money, this may bring about the results of you finding a penny on the street unless you make your vision clear.
Create in your mind a picture, a clear vision. Then, with a ferocious intent, act on your vision by steadily increasing your faith. Come to believe that your vision is, in fact, your true reality. Consequently, the money, or the things that you would buy with money, will come.
Relationships
The first thing many people think of when they hear the word relationship is the one which a person has with a romantic partner. In addition to this relationship however, the area of relationships covers a great many other types as well. Human beings engage in many types of relationships. First, and the most important of all, is your relationship with God. You are a sentient being created to be an expression of Universal Mind. Explore this relationship fully.
Next there comes a plethora of additional relationships. Each one contains a desire on your part. You desire each relationship to conform to your vision. In addition to your spiritual connection to Universal Subconscious Mind, you have these other relationships: with your spouse or romantic partner, with your parents, with your relatives, with your children, with your friends, with your neighbors, with your employer, with your co-workers, with your teachers, with your fellow students, with casual acquaintances, with strangers, with people you would rather avoid and with Mother Nature. Finally, you have that relationship second only to your relationship to your Creator, the relationship you have with yourself.
How do you desire each of these relationships to be? The word “good” does not qualify as an appropriate response. Do you visualize in your mind what you desire out of each of these relationships? Or do you allow stored memories and circumstances to run the show? Likewise, if any of these relationships are troublesome, create a vision of what you desire instead. Then proceed to believe your vision above everything else.
Career
People usually associate the word “career” with going to college or trade school, getting a degree or certification, then getting an appropriate job in that field. Your ongoing career may involve a number of employers. Likewise, it may involve more than one field of employment. Then you retire, grab as many years as you can in post-employment mode, then you get sick and die. Almost everyone has to spend a certain amount of time each week in order to earn money. Some love their job. Some look at their career as their identity.
There are many others that look at career simply as a suitable means of earning money so that the rent, mortgage, and bills can get paid. In these cases, it is a means to an end. This person may make the statement, “I’d rather be playing golf but if I didn’t go to work, I would be sitting on a street corner asking for donations”.
Still others come to hate their careers. These people go to work with a knot in their stomach. They feel great frustration as they leave their house for work each day. Every day they go to work, they feel trapped.
Mr. Chi would ask all of these people a question. What vision are you taking the time to create with regard to how you spend your life? Career can be defined as how you spend every waking moment of your life. If you are skilled in lucid dreaming, it includes your sleeping time as well. If you have no clear vision, then that is precisely what you are going to receive. Circumstances will push you this way, then that way.
Health
In creating a vision of good health, the same thing as is true as in the other areas of desire. Dwell in the Kingdom of God. Focus your thoughts on Universal Mind. Refuse to dwell on whatever infirmity you have. Mr. Pain has a way of slapping you around so that you only think of him. Your goal is to remediate the pain. Until you are able to do that, you may have to take his slapping you around. However, refuse to allow him to take your thoughts as well. Even if, in your pain, you can only summon up the word “God” over and over again in your mind, then so be it. Do it.
If you are currently in good health, refuse to entertain the unwelcome visitors of doubt and worry. Refuse to even crack open the door when they come knocking. Tell them that you are busy and do not have time for them today. Tell them the same when they return tomorrow. Let them know that you are busy dwelling on God so you do not have any time to spare for them. The undynamic duo of doubt and worry never bring you anything that you want. Spend the time they would have taken up by creating a vision of yourself in good health. That will always bring you better results than spending time with the gruesome twosome.
Intercession
This area of desire includes every possible avenue of helping someone that you desire to help. This includes the use of: your time, your money, your possessions, your skills, your connections, your prayer, and your vision that you create of them. If they are poor, envision them prosperous. If they are sick or injured, envision them well. Are they without a job? Envision them gainfully employed. Regarding the person who is down, envision them living in a place of love.
Your created image of them does have an effect on Universal Mind. Use utmost care regarding how you envision a person that you desire to help. See them, not in their current adverse circumstances, but in circumstances where they are experiencing fulfillment in all five facets of their lives (Mr. Chi). If you are versed in the art of scientific mind treatments, then by all means, do so on their behalf. Then, just as you would do for yourself, believe and walk in faith.
Vision And Belief Result In Your Life’s Circumstances
I treasure my daily visit with Mr. Chi. As I set about writing my plan for the day and week, he is always there, reminding me of my vision for every facet of my life. Call time out. Sit for a period of time in silence each day. Remove yourself from distractions. Close your eyes. Form your vision for all five facets of Mr. Chi. Believe that your vision represents truth. Persist. A lurking villian in manifesting failures is lack of persistence. Refuse to give up to anything or anyone except Universal Mind.
In this life of yours, you have only two things that you can actually do for yourself. They are conceive (your thoughts creating the vision) and believe (faith in that vision as real). All the details are handled via the devices of Universal Mind.
Conceive. Believe. Receive.
