The universe we live in and everything in it is subject to



certain laws. One of those laws is that you always get what

you ask for. "Ask and you shall receive", "knock on the door

and it will be opened to you", and numerous other words of

wisdom throughout the ages have expressed this law. If this

law is true, then why don't we always get what we want? Once

you understand the mechanism of the law of asking then the

answer will be clear.

To understand this law we need to have a model for the

process of asking and receiving. The elements of this model

are given different names in different religions and

philosophies and so I am going to use labels here that I

think will be the most effective across the board. If you

have a particular religious belief then please feel free to

replace my labels with your own.

Firstly let's look at the questions of "who are we asking?"

and "who is giving us what we asked for?"

This source of all providing is what most religions refer to

as God. But what of the atheists? How can they tap into this

power and still hold their beliefs. I could write several

books on this topic but I think it is simpler here just to

refer to it as the Pool of All Possibilities.

This Pool of All Possibilities is where everything in the

universe originates from and everything in the universe

remains in perfect contact with the Pool. That includes you

and me. We do this through what I will refer to as the

spiritual mind.

Psychologists, for the purpose of convenience, commonly

refer to the various functions of the mind as each belonging

to one of two groups; the conscious mind or the subconscious

mind. However it makes more sense to include a third

category; the spiritual mind.

The conscious mind is the part of your mind that you are

aware of. It is where you live your "material life". It is

where you express your ideas, joys, sorrows and desires. It

is in the conscious mind that you set your goals. Your

conscious mind then hands those goals to your subconscious

mind.

Your subconscious mind has a very tricky job. It has to work

out, from what your conscious mind gives it, what you really

want. Why it this so difficult. It is because what the

conscious mind "says" it wants is very often contradictory.

One day we say we want one goal then another day we change

our mind and want something completely different. We may set

a goal mentally yet our actions may be consistent with the

exact opposite goal. (Any attempted dieter knows this only

too well). The job of the subconscious is to weigh all this

information, all our thoughts, desires, and actions, and

then come to a conclusion as to what we actually want. Once

it has done this it passes the information to the spiritual

mind.

The function of the spiritual mind is to communicate

directly with the Pool of All Possibilities. It takes what

the subconscious hands to it and it asks the Pool to provide

it. Then the Pool gives us exactly what was asked for. (How

this is accomplished is a discussion for another time.) This

is the meaning of "Ask and you shall receive".

So you see that you may be expressing a particular desire at

the conscious level, but by the time the subconscious weighs

up all your other thoughts and actions what your spiritual

mind asks for (and receives) may be very different indeed.

The solution to this dilemma is simple. May sure that your

thoughts and actions are consistent with the goals you set.

If you do this then the message with be passed through loud

and clear and you will get back exactly what you desire.

Clarity, consistency and congruency are the pillars that

support success.