{"id":2340,"date":"2020-07-27T05:29:52","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T05:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/loveuniversity.love\/testsite\/?p=2340"},"modified":"2020-07-27T05:29:52","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T05:29:52","slug":"alan-cohen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loveuniversity.love\/testsite\/alan-cohen\/","title":{"rendered":"If the world ended today would your life be a miracle? Lessons of hope, riches, and love with alan cohen, bestselling spiritual teacher and contributor to #1 ny times chicken soup for the soul series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IF THE WORLD ENDED TODAY WOULD YOUR LIFE BE A MIRACLE? LESSONS OF HOPE, RICHES, AND LOVE WITH ALAN COHEN, BESTSELLING SPIRITUAL TEACHER AND CONTRIBUTOR TO #1 NY TIMES CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL SERIES\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/cnv37-e43917?from=usersite&#038;skin=1&#038;share=1&#038;fonts=Helvetica&#038;auto=0&#038;download=1&#038;version=1\" height=\"122\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Who is your daily companion?\u00a0 Fear or Love?\u00a0 This is the fundamental question you need to answer on a daily basis. For many people, fear, worry, and stress are their daily tormenters\u2014harassing them with the dark and catastrophic possibilities of what could go wrong in our uncertain and topsy-turvy world. Now there is hope in the form of love and miracle lessons, courtesy of our Love University friend, Alan Cohen, bestselling spiritual author and contributor to the inspirational\u00a0<em>Chicken Soup for the Soul\u00a0<\/em>series. Here some nuggets of wisdom that Alan shared with us on how to live our life like a miracle and receive the love and riches the universe has to offer us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>*Kill your ego.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Our ego is the false perception of who we are\u2014an accumulation of critical thoughts from our past, societies\u2019 expectations, and labels (name, physical appearance, social status). According to Alan, we need to get rid of this false ego and substitute it for our true self: Our loving, powerful, and intuitive higher nature.\u00a0 You can do this by doing the things you love:\u00a0 a meditative\/spiritual practice, spending time with loved ones\u2014love partner, children, animals\u2014doing creative and humanitarian work; making a contribution to the world. When you live from your higher self, your lower self of fear, doubt, and self-pity will disappear\u2014leaving you free to be who you really are:\u00a0 A lover of life and others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>*End the world.\u00a0<\/strong>In our current world crisis, some people fear that the world is going to actually end\u2014in a physical sense: Destruction, war, pestilence, and mass death are their predictions.\u00a0 Yet, according to Alan, that is not the end of the world we need or want.\u00a0 What is required is that we end the false world (our mistaken mental image) of fear, hate, sadness, and division\u2014leaving behind the previous nasty world of strife, fear, and pain. Instead, says Alan, we need to ask (pray) for a new world\u2014one of peace, unity, and humanhood.\u00a0 By asking for a miracle\u2014a transformative collective change of mind\u2014we can bring the positive elements of love, compassion, and empathy into the earth and into our personal lives as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>*Love attracts riches.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Many people have money and wealth all wrong. They think that if they have money, they will find happiness, love, or peace.\u00a0 Alan explains that we need a reversal. We need to feel and express love, and then the money and prosperity will come to us.\u00a0 &#8220;Do what you love and the money will flow to you&#8221; is a classic, but true, statement.\u00a0 Be generous and give your customers, clients, employees, and associates more than they expect, and you will receive abundance in return\u2014maybe not from the person you gave to, but from some other source you didn\u2019t expect. \u00a0The truth is that the universe rewards you when you use money as a form of loving energy.\u00a0 When you buy a product or service you want, you pay for it with this symbol called \u201cmoney.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0When you see money as a form of loving energy, instead of merely a financial transaction, you visualize yourself expressing gratitude and love for the product or service you just received. Then, the person who receives your money can feel gratitude and appreciation for what you gave them. Now, they can use that money to buy products and services with loving appreciation. On and on, this loving money energy is spread around the world and becomes an instrument for contribution, comfort, and joy to the earth\u2019s inhabitants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>*Give up struggle; burn with the fire of purpose. \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>In our workaholic, 24-7 technology society, it is commonly believed that we have to struggle, sacrifice, and suffer pain to accomplish our dreams and goals. That is false, says Alan. \u00a0The word \u201cstruggle\u201d refers to a mentality, not an action. It is a mindset based on fear, chasing, and insecurity\u2014in which you frantically strive after things, people, and outcomes without knowing when you can ever rest. Struggle is a painful mindset. On the other hand, hard work toward a beloved goal is action combined with faith and vision. \u00a0You can accomplish great things if you work hard, persevere, and overcome obstacles from the perspective of celebrating your vision\u2014building a great family or career (business), fulfilling your creative (spiritual) potential, leaving a legacy of love and goodness.\u00a0 \u00a0In reality, struggle is not required for success; in fact, it can debilitate you and take away your energy. What is needed is that you burn with your purpose in life\u2014your meaning for being here on earth\u2014while at the same time relaxing and allowing your Higher Nature (God, spirit, reality) to bring you the things you really need. Working in partnership with your Higher Nature, you can have the best of both worlds: a calm, secure, and peaceful mind that is still determined, hardworking, and achievement-oriented. \u00a0When you achieve this ideal balance, obstacles will evaporate before your very eyes, and you will see the results you want sooner than you could ever have imagined.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>*Practice inward comparison. \u00a0<\/strong>Mark Twain said, \u201cComparison is the death of joy.\u201d\u00a0 Yet many people compare themselves with others to try to feel better. Social psychology tells us about upward and downward comparison. When people compare themselves to another person who is doing better than them, they\u2019re likely to feel inferior in comparison. When they compare themselves to someone who is doing worse (making less money, less attractive spouse, smaller house), they\u2019re likely to feel better\u2014until the next person comes along who has more than they do.\u00a0 When they live from outer comparison, they will undoubtedly end up feeling shaky and insecure\u2014always looking over the shoulder to see if the next comparison will be in their favor. The solution is to practice inward comparison\u2014only compare yourself to yourself. Ask yourself: How much have I improved, grown, or learned since my previous days? \u00a0Perhaps, you still need to grow and improve, but chances are, you can point out some areas where you are better, or at least grateful, for what you have.\u00a0 Think of your accomplishments, successes, and lessons learned\u2014be grateful for your talents, your loved ones, your experiences. The more you compare yourself to your own inner growth, the more positive you will feel about your life and the more motivated you will be to achieve even more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Yes, you can live a miraculous life worth living, despite the turmoil and uncertainty of the world. By ending your false perception of yourself and the world, and substituting a vision of love, contribution, and unity, you can start to achieve your fullest potential and help others achieve theirs. Along the way, you will reverse your old way of thinking: You will relax instead of struggle, give instead of frantically trying to receive, love instead of waiting to be loved.\u00a0 Once you do this, you will realize that the miracle was inside you all along: Love has always been your companion; the door to miraculous living has always been open. All you have to do is walk through the entrance and claim the world of joy, happiness, and contribution that belongs to you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Click here for more on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/loveuniversity.podbean.com\/e\/if-the-world-ended-todaywouldyourlifebe-amiraclelessons-ofhoperichesand-love-with-alan-cohenbestselling-spiritual-teacherandcontributor-to1-nytime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0if the world ended today would your life be a miracle? Lessons of hope, riches, and love with alan cohen, bestselling spiritual teacher and contributor to #1 ny times\u00a0chicken soup for the soul\u00a0series<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who is your daily companion?\u00a0 Fear or Love?\u00a0 This is the fundamental question you need to answer on a daily basis. 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