{"id":17109,"date":"2017-03-28T00:00:55","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T04:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/?p=17109"},"modified":"2017-04-09T21:01:14","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T01:01:14","slug":"the-great-illusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/2017\/03\/the-great-illusion.html","title":{"rendered":"The Great Illusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-14525\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/85\/2016\/03\/at-the-end-you-find-god.jpg\" alt=\"at the end you find god\" width=\"605\" height=\"446\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">Goals, Objectives and Desires<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">Having goals, objectives and desires are highly promoted in our society and in many self-help books, seminars, educational courses and blogs.<\/span>\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #333399\"><em>A positive direction, focus or outcome can be very beneficial when appropriate, healthy and balanced.<\/em>\u00a0 Many people create incredible inventions and benefits to our world because of their burning desire to achieve their dream.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">An unbalanced and inappropriate desire can damage and destroy people, families, nations, nature and the world.\u00a0 Look around and you will see examples of positive desires, like Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, MLK or Mother Teresa or negative desires like Hitler, Warfare and Terrorism and destruction of planet earth for profit, greed, power and control.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">Wisdom, discernment and intuition guide us properly when the mind\/ego is a support mechanism.\u00a0 When the mind\/ego is the driving force without the proper balance of the heart and intuitive wisdom, selfishness, greed, control and power are usually the result, no matter how wonderful the achieved outcome might be.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">Often the illusion of attaining a goal can be harmful and dangerous when it is selfish or unbalanced and we make it a priority in our reality, thinking and behaviors.\u00a0 The desire for what we want or need can become the focus and driving force of our energy, activity and life.\u00a0 As a result, the journey or process of growth is given less attention or lost.\u00a0 When we sacrifice proper principles, values and being kind to ourselves and others, we pay a great price to achieve what the mind\/ego desires.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">The ironic fact is when we finally achieve most goals, the joy and fulfillment quickly fades away and we search for another object to focus our attention upon.\u00a0 The mind is always looking for what&#8217;s next.\u00a0 Is any goal or desire worth hurting ourselves or others and violating our inner harmony and integrity along with The Golden Rule?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080\">\u201c<strong><em>There is a fundamental purpose of our lives. To know it, we must understand where life comes from and where it is going, look beyond our immediate goals to what we ultimately want to accomplish and consider life\u2019s highest potential for development.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080\">Paramahansa Yogananda<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">smiles,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333399\">\ud83d\ude42 Lee<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333399\"><em>The MEGA Coach<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(Photo by Google)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Goals, Objectives and Desires Having goals, objectives and desires are highly promoted in our society and in many self-help books, seminars, educational courses and blogs.\u00a0 A positive direction, focus or outcome can be very beneficial when appropriate, healthy and balanced.\u00a0 Many people&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,22,10,1,2,7,3,11,4],"tags":[12,76,29,13,14,18,72,15,21,9,17,19],"class_list":["post-17109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-acknowledgement","category-communication","category-divine-love","category-empowerment","category-personal-growth","category-professional-development","category-relationships","category-success","category-transformation","category-wealth","tag-challenge","tag-divine-love","tag-faith","tag-fascination","tag-fear","tag-following-your-path","tag-gentle","tag-growth","tag-health","tag-inspiration","tag-opportunity","tag-path-to-success"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Great Illusion - Have a Magnificent Day!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, nofollow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Great Illusion - Have a Magnificent Day!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; 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