Infinite Possibilities: The Art of Living Your Dreams

224 Pages·2009·1.1 MB·English

by  Mike Dooley

Infinite Possibilities
Infinite Possibilities
THE ART OF LIVING YOUR DREAMS
MIKE DOOLEY
To Mom
and
To all who have taken the time to write of your gratitude for the
original twelve-hour audio version of this book during the past nine years.
You often ask me if I have any idea how much my work means to you,
but I wonder if you have any idea how much your
encouragement has meant to me.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: An Adventurer’s Guide to the Jungles of Time and Space
1 Thoughts Become Things
2 Beliefs
3 Blessed Emotions
4 Life Is Waiting for You
5 Gifts from Heaven
6 Magical Universe
7 The Elixir of Life
8 Abundance, Health, and Harmony
9 Relationships
10 Tools and Techniques
11 Questions and Answers
12 The Meaning of Life
Epilogue
More on Mike
Recommended Reading
Preface
There could be no better time than now, at this crossroads in history, to finally
learn the truth about who you really are and all you’re capable of. Please don’t
let the title of this book mislead you. Just as it’s about learning of your power, it
is also about learning of your responsibilities. It shares exactly how to operate
within the framework of these two pillars so that you can move through the
affairs of the world, discovering opportunity where others have only found
closed doors. This is a time of change and upheaval: the old is giving way to the
new, naiveté is giving way to truth, and spirituality is about to take on an entirely
new meaning. Those who learn of their greatness, honor their passions, and
accept responsibility for their own happiness will usher in a golden age that will
dwarf any experienced in history. There’s never been a more exciting time to be
alive.
I began writing the chapters that follow on January 1, 2001, as the script for
the audio program that would become the genesis of this book. Only weeks
before, I’d announced to my email list that it would be offered in twelve one-
hour installments during the coming calendar year, to be delivered at the first of
each month. I was late.
I was also scared. I was starting my working life over, this time as a full-time
writer, and at a loss to explain why I even had to begin a new career, except, of
course, there was no money coming in. But I knew a few things about life and its
mechanics—of our divinity and power, of holding to a dream and physically
moving with it.
Since then, Infinite Possibilities has gone on to become one of the bestselling
audio programs on the internet and in the self-improvement world. It’s led to
speaking engagements all over the globe, being featured in the bestselling book
and DVD The Secret, and the creation of Notes from the Universe, the daily
email I now send to a list that’s grown to over three hundred thousand people in
182 countries, reminding them of how worthy they are, how powerful they are,
and how much they deserve.
What I discovered yet again is that remembering my true place in life—
understanding my role in its creation and demonstrating such understandings
through thought, word, and deed—is always enough to change everything. In
spite of their surroundings, even when unable to explain recent events and how
“I created this mess,” through understanding life’s truths, people can still begin
using what they already have, starting from wherever they are, to blast forward
and improve their fortunes immeasurably.
This is what Infinite Possibilities promises: an understanding of your divine
powers, a roadmap for harnessing life’s ultimate “absolute,” and a reminder of
the infinite grace and perfection that always embraces us. You needn’t explain
what’s led you here today—why the relationship didn’t work out, why the
business never took off, or why the diet didn’t succeed—nor must the world be
in harmony and governments honorable, in order for you to learn who you really
are and to understand all the possibilities that still lie before you. Yet, as has
always been true for me, once change begins sweeping into your life and a new
chapter is written, you’ll be able to glance back with relative ease at the
commotion that preceded the turning point and see the order and beauty in all
that unfolded, as well as your hand in its creation and the purpose it served.
To the life of your dreams,
September 8, 2009
Acknowledgments
I believe a number of people have been tapped by the Universe in the past nine
years, summoned by my dreams and actions, to inspire me, challenge me, or
kick me in the butt, and their arrival into my life was choreographed to make this
book as good as it could be and released exactly when it should be. While I
won’t share who did what, I’d like to thank them all from the bottom of my
heart:
Mom, for giving me the gift to dream and to believe in myself. Joe
Vitale, author and marketing dynamo, for being the first to “discover
me” (after Mom) by spreading the word and becoming a friend many
years before either of us reached the mainstream. Rhonda Byrne,
producer and author of The Secret, for being the second to “reach
out.” I’ll never forget when she and her fabulous sister, Glenda,
greeted me one fine morning in Chicago to tell me of her vision for
bringing “joy to billions” and her wish to include me in the caper.
Cynthia Black, publisher at Beyond Words, for being the third person
to emerge from the “unseen,” believing I had something to offer, after
which her fantastic partner, Richard Cohn, and the rest of her
amazing team at Beyond Words—specifically, Lindsay Brown, Marie
Hix, Devon Smith, and Danielle Marshall—enthusiastically jumped on
board. Judith Curr, publisher at Atria, for her supernatural gut
instincts. Julie Knowles, editor, for taking me to the pavement with her
calculated skepticism. Eric Rayman for his brilliance and integrity as
one of the finest attorneys I may ever know. And Hope Koppelman,
Danika Burr, Jesse Mazur, Paola Malicki, Amanda Reid, Carrie-anne
Larmore, Crystal Floyd, and Kody Kasper for their priceless
contributions to the business of TUT and our combined vision of
“Global Domination”!
Introduction
AN ADVENTURER’S GUIDE TO THE JUNGLES OF TIME AND SPACE
Not long ago, in the nether reaches of ad infinitum, there formed a council of
fearless explorers—adventurers much like you—who had become bored with
perfection, infinity, and unending bliss. Whatever it was they wanted, they got.
However they wanted to change, they did, and whatever they wanted to be, they
became. Their existence had become so “same old, same old” that they hardly
felt like the great Adventurers they were. It wasn’t enough, they agreed;
something had to be done. So, being who they were, they decided to invent an
entirely new dimension for their reality.
Well, new dimensions, even for these Adventurers, don’t get invented very
often, so you can imagine their excitement as they began to explore the vast new
possibilities that suddenly lay before them. And this dimension was especially
exciting because it made possible the previously unthinkable ability of being in
just one place, without being everywhere else at once.
You see, back then, in the nether reaches of ad infinitum, there was only the
here and now; nothing else existed. These poor explorers never had anywhere to
go because they were already everywhere! What their new dimension did was
enable them to dim their awareness of everywhere else enough to focus on being
a single “somewhere” at a time.
And now that they could create somewheres, they found they could each
devise secret patterns among their somewheres to play games and conduct
experiments. In fact, they did this so often that they began referring to this new
dimension as the Secret Pattern Adventure for Creative Enlightenment, or
SPACE for short.
SPACE became the new frontier, with lots of possibilities for exploration, fun,
and games. And perhaps the most remarkable phenomenon about SPACE was
the startling discovery that it could be filled with their thoughts: whenever their
thoughts were focused and concentrated within their SPACE, they became dense
and appeared solid!
They discovered that they could think big or small, red or blue, hard or soft—
whatever they imagined—and their thoughts would then become the same
“thing” in SPACE! These Adventurers had discovered that their thoughts could
be projected into this SPACE of theirs, where they would then appear as objects,
and they quickly came to realize that they could Manifest Any Thought That
Existed into Reality, so in no time at all (mostly because time had not yet been
invented), MATTER began to fill their SPACE! Matter, of course, was the
acronym for Manifest Any Thought That Existed into Reality. (These
Adventurers, as you can tell, loved acronyms.)
Creativity soared as they dabbled, first creating stars and planets and then
mountains and oceans. Everything they dreamed of came to life in an explosion
of light, color, and sound that stretched their imagination to the very edges of
their SPACE.
It was all incredibly exciting, except, deep down inside, they knew that
something was missing. As spectacular as their new worlds were, they
themselves, the creators of everything, remained on the outside looking in.
The Adventurers began to ponder how they could become part of the
mysterious, enchanting, material worlds they’d created, and in their wondering
they asked, “If our MATTER is simply occupied SPACE, and deep down we
know that we’re really still everywhere else at once ... hmmm ... could we
possibly exist in the very same SPACE that holds our MATTER?”
Well, of course they could, and as they thought it, they did it, taking up
residence “inside” their MATTER, just as if it were a “somewhere,” by dimming
their awareness of everywhere else.
Now, to make things even more interesting, right about then a new game
called “hide-and-seek” was being invented, and, as could be predicted, the
Adventurers scurried about and hid themselves inside their creations, where they
would not likely be found. They Hid Under Matter Animated in the Now, because
“now” was still all there was (since time had not yet been invented), and
henceforth referred to themselves as being HUMAN when they were in hiding.
It was a great idea, this hiding under MATTER—so great, in fact, that no one
was ever found! So despite their joy in having found a new game to play, they
were no longer aware of one another’s discoveries. Big problem.
This prompted a call to go out for the need to Trace one another In Material
Existence; thus TIME was born finally! The games resumed, reunions were
planned, and the fun really began—that is, until everyone had pretty much “been
there, done that!”
Another idea was needed, and given the Adventurers’ track record, it didn’t
take them long to come up with one. What if, they thought, we all venture out
together, in HUMAN form, into the same SPACE at the exact same TIME?
Whoa! This idea was so monumental, so profound, so colossal that it sent a big
bang booming throughout all creation, and it has since been compared to the