A Native American and his friend were walking through Times Square in midtown New York during lunch hour. The streets were filled with people. Cars were honking their horns, taxicabs were squealing around corners, sirens were wailing, and the sounds of the city were almost deafening. Suddenly, the Native American said, “I hear a cricket.”
His friend said, “What? You must be crazy. You couldn’t possibly hear a cricket in all this noise!”
“No, I’m sure of it,” the Native American said, “I hear a cricket.”
“That’s crazy,” his friend insisted.
The Native American listened carefully for a moment and then walked across the street to a big cement planter filled with shrubs. He looked under the branches and, sure enough, he found a small cricket. His friend was utterly amazed.
“That’s incredible,” his friend said. “You must have superhuman ears!”
“No,” the Native American said. “My ears are no different from yours. It all depends on what you’re listening for.”
“But that can’t be!” said the friend. “I could never hear a cricket in this noise.”
“Yes, that’s true,” came the reply. “It depends on what is really important to you. Here, let me show you.”
He reached into his pocket, pulled out a few coins, and discreetly dropped them on the sidewalk. Then, with the noise of the crowded street still blaring in their ears, they noticed every head within twenty feet turn and look to see if the money that had tinkled on the pavement was theirs.
“See what I mean?” asked the Native American. “It all depends on what’s important to you.”
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What you put your attention on will literally JUMP at you even through the clutter of this insanely noisy world we live in.
The things that constantly find your attention don’t happen by accident. Through all of this noise, the things that find your attention do so because that is where your attention is placed.
To quote Dr. Joe Dispenza: “Where we put our awareness, and for how long, maps our destiny.”
If you want to make changes to where you are going, you will have to pay attention to where you subconsciously place your attention. Notice Dr. Joe’s words: “and for how long…”
Getting into your subconscious and rewiring old patterns takes deep inner work, and this requires investing the time. Meditation is a great tool for spending time in that inner space to do the rewiring.
I host a free guided meditation every day for anyone who wants to join. Follow this link if you are interested: https://wp.me/p8Nxbl-wK
-Pierre-
(image from weart.com right here: https://www.weart.com/…/japanese-hand-painted-drawing-of-in…)