What A Wonderful Life - Louis Armstrong


Spoken intro to "What a Wonderful World" (1970 version)


Some of you young folks been saying to me, "Hey Pops, what you mean 'What a wonderful world'? How about all them wars all over the place? You call them wonderful? And how about hunger and pollution? That aint so wonderful either." Well how about listening to old Pops for a minute. Seems to me, it ain't the world that's so bad but what we're doin' to it. And all I'm saying is, see, what a wonderful world it would be if only we'd give it a chance. Love baby, love. That's the secret, yeah. If lots more of us loved each other, we'd solve lots more problems. And then this world would be a gasser. That's wha' ol' Pops keeps saying.

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About The Higher Self

The Higher Self is the essence of your being, the soul that is within. This soul is infinite and immortal as it travels from life to life and body to body on the journey to enlightenment. You are not a body with a soul, but a soul using this body for now.

When you were born you began to mimic those around. You learned to speak and to walk. You also began to learn social behavior and to know what is acceptable and what is not. You also created and ego that evolves and changes from day to day. This ego is what most of us believe to be our true self.

The ego is not your true self. It is the aspirations of the body derived from what is expected by society. These are competitive in nature rather than creative. The true self is creative and not competitive. The true self does not care what others think about appearance or achievements, it merely knows what is good and virtuous and applies that to life in order to become one with all things.

Is it better to have a mortal life filled with lies, deceipt and corruption controlling an immortal life that only aspires to do good. The preponderance of course is the benefits of the flesh versus the benefits of the everlasting. To me there is no queston as to which choice to make.

Getting In Touch With Your Higher Self

Even though the higher self is part of you many have never really gotten in touch with it. It is because they are so wrapped up in their dayly lives, trying to eak out an existence that they have lost touch with that part of themselves. It doesn't mean that it is gone forever or that they can never access it again. It just means that they have gotten too engrossed by their own ego.

The ego is a funny thing. A contrivance of the mind to satisfy the whims and expectations of society. The ego, just like the body are not your true self. They are only temporary. The true self, the higher self is immortal, an essence that emanates from and is part of the Cosmic Mind.

Getting in touch with your higher self requires a shift in your paradigm. The ego must be forgotten. Though the body still needs attention to survive it is not the focus. What is the focus is the soul, your inner self, your higher consciousness.

When you learn to shed the ideals set by your ego then and only then will you be able to focus upon the higher self. The ego is not the real you because it only pertains to the physical body. The spiritual body is what's real even though you cannot see it, feel it or know that it exists while you dwell solely in the material realm.

To rid yourself of the ego that holds you back is very difficult and it may seem as some sacrifices must be made in order to accomplish this task. A very wise saying is that you must give up everything to get everything is very true.

Your Soul Is Your Higher Self

Stop thinking of yourself as a three dimensional being is the first thing you need to do to find your higher self. Know that you are of the universe and not just a separate entity living upon earth. You are God and God is you. You are a part of everything and everthing is a part of you.

Don't limit yourself to this small, insignificant planet. Become a citizen of the universe with all its perks. Know that you have the power to manifest  anything, as all that is, is a part of you. It already exists in you and that to have it in your life, you merely have to draw it into your circle.

Think not of the opinions of others. They are trapped in a temporary existence that does not matter when compared to the grand scheme of things. The message you need to hear is the sound of evermore, not the idle gossiping and petty thoughts that emminate from such beings as this.

Bring yourself full circle to the point of creation. Hold within your thoughts the blessing that were first bestowed upon you. The eternal life that is within you is the key to finding your higher self. It will guide you on to greater heights and the fruition of fulfillment in this endeavor.

Controlling The World Within

Consciously we can control the world we live in by being aware of the thoughts we think. Our world is a world of effect brought about by the causes we have mentally created. Thought is energy and everything is made up of energy. Therefor our thoughts can be anything we want.

The question is how to utilize the power that we have. To ascertain the answer to this question we must delve deep into the mysteries of life and being.

It is very evident that we have a conscious mind and a subconscious mind. The conscious mind thinks and reasons. It experiences the world through our senses and controls our voluntary movement. The subconscious stores our memories, controls our involuntary systems and is the part of us that is connected to the Universal Mind.

The Universal Mind is the Omnipotent, Omnipresent and Omniscient Mind that is within all of us. It is a part of us just as we are a part of it. This Universal Mind has absolute power. It knows all and sees all. It is every recorded event. It is the past, present and probable future.

We, being a part of this Universal Mind, have the same abilities as the Universal Mind. The problem is that we have forgotten how to tap into this power. Instead we try to change our world by changing the effects created by the thoughts we irreverently used to manifest the cause.

Not knowing what it is that we do, does not alter the fact that we are creating the cause and living through the effects, good or bad. By learning to control our thoughts so that the only thoughts we think are positive and have purpose that promotes the life we want to live is our quest.

As we practice and learn to control our thoughts, only allowing those thoughts of courage, hope, enthusiasm, confidence, trust and faith. True power comes from these thoughts that are in harmony with the Universal Mind.

To understand the world without is only a reflection of the world within we come to realize that we have the ability to create the world we want. When we see the vision and know we have the practical skill to make the vision real we are ready to manifest the life of our desires.

Charles F. Haanel said, “Life is an unfoldment, not accretion. What comes to us in the world without is what we already possess in the world within. All possession is based on consciousness. All gain is the result of an accumulative consciousness. All loss is the result of a scattered consciousness. Mental efficiency is contingent upon harmony; discord means confusion; therefor, he who would acquire power must be in harmony with Natural Law.”

So there is a direct relationship between your thoughts and the life you have created for yourself. The power to create and attain the life you want, the wealth you desire and the ability to shape one’s destiny lies within ordered thought.

This ability is innate in all of us. This power and greatness has been hidden from us, just as so many things, so the precious few could have their moment in the sun. How much further would man be without the interference that men of religion have committed all for their own gain. And the worse part of it is that it still goes on and makes it more difficult for us to have the belief and focus we need to truly do God’s work.

We have to forget the past. We must dismiss the lies the selfish theologians have been telling us all these years. It is time to regain the power the ancients were able to use at will.

There is nothing harder to accomplish than to change. We grow comfortable doing the same things, wearing the same kinds of clothes, eating the same foods, but without change there is no progress. Our thoughts are the same or at least our way of thinking, but in order to progress we must change this as well.

The idea that you can change your world into the world of your desires just by using your thoughts is a new idea for most. We have always tried to change our world by trying to change the objective or tangible things that we can see or feel. These things are the effects set up by the cause created in the world within or the subjective world.

By changing our way of thinking and gaining greater control of those thoughts we can in fact change the cause, which brings on the effects we live within the objective world. Learning how the spiritual side of things works and by becoming attuned to the Universal Mind we can grow to oneness, which is and should be our goal.