Ever wonder why so many people have screwed up lives? I mean, there are hundreds – thousands – of teachers providing powerful insights into philosophy, psychology, spirituality and meditation. And yet…

Billions of people, all around the world, still live crappy lives. We see starvation, slavery, murder, war, pestilence, human trafficking, pedophilia, rape, domestic violence, the evening news.

How can so much be so wrong in a world so full of teachers and wisdom?

Today’s guest author Russ Hamel suggests that it’s not exactly wrong – at least not in the sense that we believe it to be. In fact, he sees lives of drama as something we eagerly embrace. Disagree? Then read on…

Drama Is a Drug

By Russ Hamel

You go to the movie theater to escape for 2 hours. Which would you rather see:

Oh, geez – another perfect day.

Animals grazing peacefully in a cool, green pasture nestled in a deep, serene valley surrounded by purple mountains majesty. A beautiful classical music score softly plays in the background, reminiscent of scenes from Soylent Green (how many of you are old enough to remember THAT 1973 flick?)

VS.

Something like the current box-office hit Iron Man II with TONS of tension, conflict and just enough resolution to make you feel better at the end.

Remember, you have to watch either one of these for a full 2 hours!

I don’t know about you, but surveys show that most people (myself included) are opting for the DRAMA! It’s just more FUN!

So here’s my point. You can – AND DO – create everything in your life. Your focus and heart-felt belief makes it so, good or bad. At some level, you’re choosing one or the other because it makes you feel fully ALIVE!

I was raised in a Catholic family. I had a TON of questions that were never answered to my satisfaction. One of those was the quintessential question that ALL of us want to know for sure, “What happens when we die?” I was taught by the nuns, priests and even my parents that I would be in the presence of God, happy for all eternity.

They Can’t Be Serious… Can They?

As early as 8 years old, I recall my response was, “THEN WHAT?”

I had blurry images of myself, sitting on some cloud staring at an old guy, a little drool running down my chin… (insert scratching record sound effect) for HOW LONG DID YOU SAY?

Are you kidding me?

And that’s why, even now, most people are opting for the drama in life, even though they could easily have everything they ever wanted. Drama is a drug and it is extremely addictive.

Never before in the history of mankind has there been such a glut of tips and tools, all proclaiming to help us manifest our every want and desire. I’ve noticed for myself that every single one of them ‘WORKS’ if, and ONLY if, I am truly locked in on the things that I want rather than trying to solve the ‘problems’ of what I lack.

Prayer beads, prayer wheels, focus wheels, as well as methods like EFT and manuals such as Think and Grow Rich are all great and useful to aid and teach FOCUS. However, in and of themselves they have absolutely NO POWER!

If you focus on something, believing that it is already yours, IT IS YOURS! It’s your FOCUS and HEART-FELT BELIEF that makes it so… NOT the method or prop. This works for ‘good’ or ‘bad’.

Try to solve a problem or get away from a bad situation, and like a Boogeyman from a nightmare, the thing grows bigger and chases you! Most people (again myself included) are masters at creating the creeps and chaos for ourselves because the DRAMA is so delicious.

However, by using exactly the same FOCUS and HEART-FELT BELIEF, we could all, as Jesus told the criminal hanging beside Him on the cross, be in paradise this very moment. This is ancient wisdom because it’s THE LAW!

But think about it, “Oh, geez; another perfect day.”

How boring is that?

Intuitively we already know that we have the power to create our lives. We simply choose to use it for the DRAMA!

“They say there’s a heaven for those who will wait Some say it’s better but I say it ain’t I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints The sinners are much more fun… You know that only the good die young” ~ Billy Joel – from ‘Only the Good Die Young’

So the next time you find yourself pissing and moaning about how rotten your life is, remember you are choosing it to be so. You see, the ‘bad’ is good! In fact, it’s ALL good! Drama is a drug and you’re addicted to being fully ALIVE. Yes, the sinners ARE much more fun!

Oh, you naughty…

All the best from Toronto,
Russ and Maggie

The world can seem like a crazy place sometimes…
OK, a LOT of the time! However, no matter what is going on in your life, magic happens when you learn how to choose better feelings now!
You’re Gonna Love That Feeling

Back to Charles:
All that drama… all that excruciating emotional intensity, all that fear and resentment and hate and love and excitement and disappointment and expectation and impatience…

All that engagement and involvement with our big story…

We know that our thoughts create our lives, and we know that we only need to look at our lives to know exactly what’s in our thoughts. Yes, we know that but…

Still we persist, flailing forward through day after day of all that stuff we say we want to change.

So consider… is it still true that actions speak louder than words? If so, then we have to admit that we’re still kidding ourselves. No other conclusion fits the evidence.

And why? For most of us, it’s because we have habits. Habits that we’ve practiced and polished until we’re good at doing things our way. To change anything we currently do, we’d have to act counter to those firmly established habits, in effect, rebelling against what we consider to be our very selves.

We’d have to start taking actions that require us to think and be consciously present for a while, deliberately staying out of the old grooves of our well-practiced habits. And we’d have to keep doing that until we built some new habits. And then, habits being what they are, the addiction would start all over again.

Yep, we’re hooked all right.

Cheers from warm and smiling Thailand,
Charles

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