Pam Grout Quotes

Whatever you focus on expands,

What shows up in our lives is a direct reflection of our inner thoughts and emotions.

Emancipate yourself from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds.

It’s right underneath your fingers, baby. That’s all you have to understand—everything is right underneath your fingers.

But here’s what physicists tell us. Things, in the quantum world, do not happen in steps. They happen immediately.

Scientists tell us that 98 percent of our 60,000 thoughts are repeats from the day before.

If we simply devote our minds to feeling rich, to being grateful for all the already-apparent riches in our lives—say, our families and our wonderful friends—being broke would disappear. We only experience it because we devote our thoughts to it. That’s how powerful our minds are.

Man’s chief delusion is his conviction that there are causes other than his own state of consciousness.” —NEVILLE GODDARD, BARBADIAN AUTHOR AND MYSTIC

The universe is limitless, abundant, and strangely accommodating.

A Truer, Grander Vision “You can never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” —

Once we begin to look for what’s right, our lives begin spinning in unimaginably exciting new directions.

Look through the Bible and nowhere does Jesus say, “Worship me.” His call to us was “follow me.” There’s a big difference. By making Jesus out to be a hero, we miss the whole point. Jesus wasn’t saying, “I’m cool. Make statues of me; turn my birthday into a huge commercial holiday.” He was saying, “Here, look what is possible. Look what we humans are capable of.” Jesus is our brother, our legacy, the guy we’re supposed to emulate.

The brain is basically a bureaucrat. It looks at the past, applies it to the present and uses it as a map to predict the future. It literally makes up stories.

As it says in A Course of Miracles, “You are being blessed by every beneficent thought of any of your brothers anywhere.

The most dangerous ads, as far as I’m concerned, are the new prescription drug ads, because they teach people to be sick.

In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being.

You can go back time and time again to the shoe store, but it will never sell milk.

Choosing to be happy and saying thank you to whatever circumstances befall you is one of the most radical things you could ever do.

You will not break loose until you realize that you yourself forge the chains that bind you.” —ARTEN IN THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE UNIVERSE, BY GARY RENARD In

You can enlarge the conversation by taking your focus off the negative and noticing all the things that are going right, taking a stand for the goodness of humanity.

Our ideas of God tells us more about ourselves than about Him.” —THOMAS MERTON, CHRISTIAN MYSTIC

Your wildest misperceptions, your weird imaginings, your blackest nightmares all mean nothing.” —A COURSE IN MIRACLES

The way I see it, there are just two things we need to know: The universe has our back. Everything is going to turn out okay.

Today, I see and create a radically new vision, one where everyone wins, everyone gets a seat at the table.

Currently, our minds are devoted to things we do not want. Our positive intentions occupy but a tiny sliver of our minds. The rest is focused on the problems we hope the intentions will eliminate. The majority of our brainpower is devoted to the old beliefs of scarcity, problem relationships, and a God who shoots fire bolts from heaven. The

So instead of asking the question “Why do bad things happen to good people?” perhaps the better question is “Why do good people think bad things can even happen?” Bad is nothing but a judgment call, a judgment call we’re not qualified to make. Just like American Idol hasn’t requested your services next to JLo and Keith Urban, you aren’t qualified to judge what is good and bad.

Scientists now know the brain receives 400 billion bits of information each second. To give you some idea of just how much information that is, consider this: It would take nearly 600,000 average-size books just to print 400 billion zeros. Needless to say, that’s a heck of a lot of reality. So what do we do? We start screening. We start narrowing down. I’ll take that bit of information over there, and let’s see—this one fits nicely with my ongoing soap opera about the opposite sex. When all is said and done, we’re down to 2,000 measly bits of information. Go ahead and take a bow, because even that’s pretty impressive. We’re talking 2,000 bits of information each and every second. But here’s the problem. What we choose to take in is only one-half of one-millionth of a percent of what’s out there.

Most people associate the word abracadabra with magicians pulling rabbits out of hats. It’s actually an Aramaic term that translates into English as, “I will create as I speak.” It’s a powerful concept. It’s why Edison often announced the invention of a device before he’d actually invented it. It’s why Jim Carrey wrote himself a check for $10 million long before he ever made a movie. This principle simply says, “Whatever you focus on expands,” and in the experiment you’ll learn that there’s no such thing as an idle thought and that all of us are way too cavalier and tolerant of our minds’ wandering.

The Abracadabra Principle. Most people associate the word abracadabra with magicians pulling rabbits out of hats. It’s actually an Aramaic term that translates into English as, “I will create as I speak.” It’s a powerful concept. It’s why Edison often announced the invention of a device before he’d actually invented it. It’s why Jim Carrey wrote himself a check for $10 million long before he ever made a movie. This principle simply says, “Whatever you focus on expands,” and in the experiment you’ll learn that there’s no such thing as an idle thought and that all of us are way too cavalier and tolerant of our minds’ wandering.

Anytime we look for an answer, we make the false assumption that the answer isn’t already here.

The majority of our brainpower is devoted to the old beliefs of scarcity, problem relationships, and a God who shoots fire bolts from heaven.

There is only one rule on this Wild Playground. . . . ‘Have fun, my dear; my dear, have fun.’” — HAFIZ, PERSIAN POET

Nothing could be more vital than to be suspicious of the voice in my head.

It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” —MARK TWAIN, AMERICAN AUTHOR

The universe as we know it is a joint product of the observer and the observed. — PIERRE TEILHARD DE CHARDIN

You will not break loose until you realize that you yourself forge the chains that bind you.” —ARTEN IN THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE UNIVERSE, BY GARY RENARD

The way we have been perceiving life needs to be rolled away, so that which is true can appear.

There’s a space heater—or rather an invisible energy force—that’s constantly available for our use, and we haven’t bothered to turn it on. Most of us are totally oblivious to the fact the “space heater” even exists.

What I’d like to suggest is that this invisible energy field is 100 percent reliable. It works every time, like a math principle or a law of physics. Two plus two always equals four. Balls dropped off roofs always fall. Your every thought always affects physical reality.

I can afford anything I want. In fact, I am so prosperous I never need worry again.” As an independent freelance writer, I also appointed God as the CEO of my career.

FP = IP (Infinite Potentiality)

But, like electricity, you do have to plug into it. And you do have to quit being so gosh-darned wishy-washy. Nobody in his or her right mind would call up Sears and say, “Oh, just send me something I like.” Likewise, you wouldn’t call a plumber to fix your toilet with this proviso: “Just come whenever you feel like it.” Yet that’s how most of us interact with the field. We’re wimpy, vague, and don’t have a clue how it actually works.

To effectively work these spiritual laws, you have to “get it” deep down in your bones that the universe is bountiful and that, at all times, it has your back. I

I do know it had become increasingly clear to me that all the spiritual theories and books and classes that I was so fascinated with were basically worthless without my full participation.

There is an invisible energy force or field of infinite possibilities.” The experiment could best be described as an ultimatum. You’re going to give the force exactly 48 hours to make its presence known. You’re going to demand a clear, unmistakable sign, something that cannot be written off as coincidence.

And that’s what happens when you begin to think about something—you draw it into your life.

In fact, reality is nothing but waves of possibility that we have “observed” into form.

You impact the field and draw from it according to your beliefs and expectations,” and to prove it we’ll set the following clear intention: “This is what I want to pull out of the field in the next 48 hours.

You probably think these nutrients are cut-and-dried, that if the back of the yogurt container says it has 187 calories, then it has 187 calories. What you may not know is that your thoughts about yourself and your food are in a constant dance with your body. And that when you feel guilty about consuming calories, your food picks up a negative vibe that ricochets right back at you. In this experiment, you’ll prove the principle “Your thoughts and consciousness provide the scaffolding for your physical body” by infusing your food with love.

In this experiment, you’ll send messages to people in other places without the use of e-mail, letters, or loud explosions.

I hope it will inspire you to conduct an experiment with your own life, to use your energy to become the most fantastic, the most joyful, wondrous, beautiful, tender human being you possibly can.

Nor is there any room for the idea that sickness or deformity or death or poverty or limitation of any kind is the will of God. The will of God, for those who insist on using that term, is the ceaseless longing of the spirit in you to become all you’re capable of being. Amen.

Take note of how you feel about asking the energy field for a blessing. Do you feel a bit antsy, wonder if you’re being selfish, doubt whether it’s appropriate to ask for something good? This feeling provides telling insight. Maybe you don’t believe you deserve a gift. That thought sends signals to the energy field and affects its resonance. Perhaps you think it’s only appropriate to ask for something you need. That signal, too, is being radioed to the energy field. To do this experiment properly, you have to set aside skepticism. Not forever; just for 48 short hours. All you have to do is spend two measly days expecting to see proof. Expect to see the dude in living color. Expect it with your whole heart. Expect it with every ounce of your soul. Like any good hypothesis, this one is falsifiable. If you don’t hear from the FP in 48 hours, feel free to write it off.

falsifiable. If you don’t hear from the FP in 48 hours, feel free to write it off. 1.   Pick a time to start the experiment. “Now” usually works for me. 2. Jot down the time and the date. 3.   Ask the FP to make its presence known. Ask for a blessing. If you like, repeat the “intention” or “approach” listed on the following lab report sheet. Or make up your own. That’s it. Let go. And observe. Lab

Lab Report Sheet The Principle: The Dude Abides Principle The Theory: There is an invisible energy force or field of infinite possibilities. And it’s yours for the asking. The Question: Does the FP exist? The Hypothesis: If there’s a 24/7 energy force equally available to everyone, I can access it at any time simply by paying attention. Furthermore, if I ask the force for a blessing, giving it a specific time frame and clear instructions, it’ll send me a gift and say, “My pleasure.” Time Required: 48 hours Today’s Date:__________ Time: __________ Deadline for Receiving Gift: __________ The Approach: I hate to break it to ya, FP, but folks are starting to talk. They’re starting to wonder, “Is this guy for real?” I mean, really, like it’d be so much skin off your chin to come down here and call off this crazy hide-and-seek thing you’ve been playing. I’m giving you exactly 48 hours to make your presence known. I want a thumbs-up, a clear sign, something that cannot be written off as coincidence. Research Notes:________________________________ ______________________________________________ “We now have a science of spirituality that is fully verifiable and objective.” —AMIT GOSWAMI, PH.D., RETIRED THEORETICAL

We have to retrain ourselves to think of this energy force the same way we think of electricity. We don’t wonder, Am I good enough to plug my toaster oven into the outlet? or Have I prayed long enough or deep enough to deserve the right to flick on the kitchen lights? We don’t feel guilty for wanting to turn on the radio and listen to NPR. The FP is just as nonprejudiced and available as electricity once we make the decision to really look for it. And it’s not that hard to find.

Look through the Bible and nowhere does Jesus say, “Worship me.” His call to us was “follow me.” There’s a big difference. By making Jesus out to be a hero, we miss the whole point. Jesus wasn’t saying, “I’m cool. Make statues of me; turn my birthday into a huge commercial holiday.” He was saying, “Here, look what is possible. Look what we humans are capable of.” Jesus is our brother, our legacy, the guy we’re supposed to emulate. What Jesus was trying to tell us is that the churches, the religious leaders, and all their blaring rhetoric has drowned out God’s truth. They’ve pulled the wool over our eyes by failing to mention the fact that the FP is not an object of worship, but a very real presence and a principle by which we should live.

It says we humans decide in advance how we’re going to experience life, that we choose beforehand what we want to see. The problem is, we all look at the world with a giant chip on our shoulder. All we need to do to change the course of our crummy lives is to get over our ongoing grudge against the world, to actively see and expect a different reality. As it is now, we devote all our time and attention (our consciousness, if you will) to things we do not want.

You’re still sold on the old-school adage “creating things takes time.” So you keep working and waiting. You keep following the seven steps from the latest self-help book. But here’s what physicists tell us. Things, in the quantum world, do not happen in steps. They happen immediately. So the thing you intend, the minute you intend it, exists, but like Schrödinger’s cat, a famous thought experiment devised in 1935 by Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger, you’re only aware of the reality you choose to observe. The physical manifestation remains enfolded outside your current consciousness.

The mind is so powerful it can create something “outside” itself to be more powerful. That’s why it’s essential when doing the experiments to suspend judgment long enough to believe they’ll work. If you’re convinced they’re a family-size bucket of bull, you’ll collect data to support that viewpoint.

Another time, when my freelancing was slow, I sent out résumés, something I’m prone to do whenever I feel panicky. Sure enough, I was offered a job within a few weeks. The offer—writing marketing materials for a local bus line (okay, I didn’t say I was offered an interesting job in two weeks)—was for more money than I’d ever made in my life. But how could I afford to give up all that time? Was I really ready to forgo my freelancing career? Once again, I demanded a clear sign. I needed to know within 24 hours because that’s when I needed to give my employer-to-be a yea or a nay. The very next morning, Travel + Leisure, the magazine I most wanted to write for, called to give me an assignment. I hung up, shouted “Yes!” and did the goal-line hootchie-koo. But my guidance must have been in the mood to show off that day, because not 15 minutes later, another magazine I’d never even heard of, let alone sent a query to, called and wanted a story about Kansas City steaks. I had to call and tell my would-be boss, “Thanks, but no thanks.

Currently, our minds are devoted to things we do not want. Our positive intentions occupy but a tiny sliver of our minds. The rest is focused on the problems we hope the intentions will eliminate. The majority of our brainpower is devoted to the old beliefs of scarcity, problem relationships, and a God who shoots fire bolts from heaven.

Some day people will learn that material things do not bring happiness and are of little use in making men and women creative and powerful. Then the scientists of the world will turn their laboratories over to the study of the spiritual forces. When this day comes, the world will see more advancement in one generation than it has in the past four.

It’s okay” is the energy of love. So whatever is happening in your life, simply say, “It’s okay,” and let the loving flow of the universe do the heavy lifting.

What could elicit more joy than realizing your assignment here on this big ball hurtling through space is to have fun, follow the GPS of your joy, and create the good, the holy, and the beautiful.

I am because we are.

the heavens and the earth. In fact, that’s the only big difference between Jesus

It’s imperative to practice conscious, moment-by-moment awareness. Otherwise, you’re operating out of old encrusted beliefs, beliefs you downloaded before you were five years old. Do you really want a five-year-old running your life?

Lab Report Sheet The Principle: The Dude Abides Principle The Theory: There is an invisible energy force or field of infinite possibilities. And it’s yours for the asking. The Question: Does the FP exist? The Hypothesis: If there’s a 24/7 energy force equally available to everyone, I can access it at any time simply by paying attention. Furthermore, if I ask the force for a blessing, giving it a specific time frame and clear instructions, it’ll send me a gift and say, “My pleasure.” Time Required: 48 hours

Today’s Date:__________ Time: __________ Deadline for Receiving Gift: __________ The Approach: I hate to break it to ya, FP, but folks are starting to talk. They’re starting to wonder, “Is this guy for real?” I mean, really, like it’d be so much skin off your chin to come down here and call off this crazy hide-and-seek thing you’ve been playing. I’m giving you exactly 48 hours to make your presence known. I want a thumbs-up, a clear sign, something that cannot be written off as coincidence. Research Notes:________________________________ ______________________________________________

What you appreciate appreciates.

If something hasn’t happened, it’s not because it can’t happen, or won’t: it just hasn’t happened yet.” More

the universe doesn’t exist without a perceiver of that universe.") All

Look through the Bible and nowhere does Jesus say, “Worship me.” His call to us was “follow me.” There’s a big difference.

Tôi là một người tràn ngập yêu thương, một người mạnh mẽ và quyền năng, và không có gì trong cuộc sống của tôi không thể được phục hồi trọn vẹn. Tất cả đều phụ thuộc vào tôi - và chỉ tôi mà thôi - để biến điều đó thành hiện thực

để tạo ra cuộc sống đáng mơ ước, bạn phải theo đuổi nó. bạn tự tạo nên chính vũ trụ của mình. dù phải thực hiện bước nào để tạo ra vũ trụ ấy, bạn cũng phải từ bỏ sự rụt rè và nỗi sợ hãi trước đây để bước tiếp. đừng để sự xấu hổ khiến bạn không thể theo đuổi những điều bạn muốn, điều đó chỉ khiến bạn tự chuốc lấy thất bại thôi. điều tồi tệ nhất có thể xảy ra đó là bạn bị từ chối - như thế thì đã sao chứ? bạn vẫn còn biên giới khác và các vùng lãnh thổ khác để chinh phục. hãy luôn nhớ đó là điều quan trọng nhất. - GEORGETTE MOSBATCHER

Thay đổi quan điểm, thay đổi cuộc đời

Lab Report Sheet The Principle: The Volkswagen Jetta Principle The Theory: You impact the field and draw from it according to your beliefs and expectations. The Question: Do I really see only what I expect to see? The Hypothesis: If I decide to look for sunset-beige cars and butterflies (or purple feathers), I will find them. Time Required: 48 hours Today’s Date:__________ Time:__________ The Approach: According to this crazy Pam Grout girl, the world out there reflects what I want to see. She says that it’s nothing but my own illusions that keep me from experiencing peace, joy, and love. So even though I suspect she’s cracked, today I’m going to look for sunset-beige cars. Tomorrow, I’ll go butterfly hunting. a. Number of sunset-beige cars observed: __________ b. Number of butterflies observed: __________ Research Notes:________________________________ _____________________________________________

Lab Report Sheet The Principle: The Dude Abides Principle The Theory: There is an invisible energy force or field of infinite possibilities. And it’s yours for the asking. The Question: Does the FP exist? The Hypothesis: If there’s a 24/7 energy force equally available to everyone, I can access it at any time simply by paying attention. Furthermore, if I ask the force for a blessing, giving it a specific time frame and clear instructions, it’ll send me a gift and say, “My pleasure.” Time Required: 48 hours Today’s Date:__________ Time: __________ Deadline for Receiving Gift: __________ The Approach: I hate to break it to ya, FP, but folks are starting to talk. They’re starting to wonder, “Is this guy for real?” I mean, really, like it’d be so much skin off your chin to come down here and call off this crazy hide-and-seek thing you’ve been playing. I’m giving you exactly 48 hours to make your presence known. I want a thumbs-up, a clear sign, something that cannot be written off as coincidence. Research Notes:________________________________ ______________________________________________

In fact, in his book Prometheus Rising, Robert Anton Wilson

Lab Report Sheet The Principle: The 101 Dalmatians Principle The Theory: You are connected to everything and everyone else in the universe. The Question: Can I send a message to someone without being in that person’s presence? The Hypothesis: If during the next two days, I telepathically send a specific message to a specific person, I will get evidence that he or she received it. Time Required: 48 hours The Approach: Okay, FP, I’m hearing the melody from The Twilight Zone playing in the background, but I’m willing to suspend judgment just this once to see if this might be one of those mysterious aspects of quantum physics. What say you? Today’s Date:__________ Time:__________ Research Notes:______________________________________ ____________________________________________________

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.” —ALBERT EINSTEIN, GERMAN

Oh my, how the world still dearly loves a cage.” —TESS LYNCH, WRITER, GENTLEWOMAN, AND ESSAYIST

If we worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true really is true, then there would be little hope for advance.” —ORVILLE WRIGHT, AMERICAN INVENTOR

Lab Report Sheet The Principle: The Abracadabra Principle The Theory: Whatever you focus on expands. The Question: Can I pull things out of thin air simply by thinking about them? The Hypothesis: By making the following intention and focusing on its outcome, I can draw it into my life. My Intention:____________________________________ _______________________________________________ Time Required: 48 hours The Approach: I have scanned over the big catalog called the world and, for the sake of this experiment, have decided that this is what I intend to manifest in the next 48 hours. I will focus on it with all my being. And I will remember what Abraham-Hicks likes to say: “It is as easy to manifest a castle as a button.” Today’s Date:__________ Time:__________ Deadline for Manifesting:__________ Research Notes:________________________________ ______________________________________________

Lab Report Sheet The Principle: The Dear Abby Principle The Theory: Your connection to the field provides accurate and unlimited guidance. The Question: Is it really possible to get ongoing, immediate guidance? The Hypothesis: If I ask for guidance, I will get a clear answer to the following yes-or-no question: _______________________________________________________________ Time Required: 48 hours Today’s Date:__________ Time:__________ Deadline for Receiving Answer:__________ The Approach: All right, here goes: “Okay, inner guidance, I need to know the answer to this question. You’ve got 48 hours. Make it snappy.” Research Notes:________________________________ ______________________________________________

Man, surrounded by facts, permitting himself no surprise, no intuitive flash, no great hypothesis, no risk, is in a locked cell. Ignorance cannot seal the mind more securely.” —ALBERT EINSTEIN, GERMAN THEORETICAL PHYSICIST

Being gloomy is easier than being cheerful. Anybody can say ‘I’ve got cancer’ and get a rise out of a crowd. But how many of us can do five minutes of good stand-up comedy?” —

Instead of seeing sickness as a problem, something to correct, we accept it as a fact of life. We’ve all agreed to this arbitrary set of rules that says sickness can’t be escaped, illness is natural. Most

Follow your muses instead of trying to solve the social wounds of your adolescence. We’ve lost a whole generation of people who are dealing with their environment by retreating, by going into therapy. So instead, you go to open mic at a crummy tavern and perform your art. Rather than being introspective and constantly working on your shortcomings, get angry, get excited, get social.

My self-confidence, love of wisdom, and desire to change the world were rooted in that brief period, when I climbed out of despair to rebirth.

Two plus two always equals four. Balls dropped off roofs always fall. Your every thought always affects physical reality.

Let’s say you’re feeling excited, joyful, and grateful. Those emotions send out high-frequency vibrations that magnetize more things to be excited, joyful, and grateful about. Anything with the same high frequency will prance on over to your energy field. However, if you’re scared, guilt-ridden, and convinced there’s a terrorist around every corner, you’re sending out low-frequency vibrations that will attract ugly things into your life. We always attract our vibrational match. We are the initiators of the vibrations, and therefore the “magnets,” or the cause. It works the same way as a tuning

Miracles are like pimples, because once you start looking for them you find more than you ever dreamed you’d see.

You will not break loose until you realize that you yourself forge the chains that bind you.

I want to thank every single one of you for choosing to dance instead of fight, for choosing to love instead of judge, for choosing to open your heart instead of running away from what is now truly possible.

Energy is liberated matter, and matter is energy waiting to happen.

The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.

Great spirit is everywhere. It is not necessary to speak to him in a loud voice. He hears whatever is in our minds and hearts.” —BLACK ELK, LAKOTA MEDICINE MAN Most

You, making the assumption that you’re an average-size human being, contain no less than 7 times 10 to the 18th (7 1018) joules of potential energy.