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Table of Contents Preface.....................................................................................……………...…………………………4 Your Original Birth……………………………………...……………………………………………9 The 3 Step Creative Cycle…..………………………………………...……………………………9 1. Know…………………………………….............................…………….……………………9 2. Womb……………………………………...………………………………..…..……………10 3. Form……………………………………...……………………………………………………11 Examples: The Architect, Painter, and Inventor……………….....…………………12 ReCreate Your Life………………………………....….……………………………………………14 When were you spiritually born?…………..…………………………………………15 You were born in the year infinity…..…………………………………………..……16 You are limitless by nature..…………………………………………………….………16 Giving Birth to Your Ideas…………………………………………………………………….17 Action Steps…………………………………………………………………………………….17 Know …………………………………………………………………………………….17 Womb ……………………………………………………………………………………18 Form………………………………………………………………………………………19 Your Declaration of Empowerment…………………………..……………………………17
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Preface Peace and Blessings to You! As a personal growth activist, I advocate living a culture of health and wealth from within. This book is a tool to help you revolutionize your lifestyle beginning with your self. I wrote this book in a potent format, ensuring brevity and simplicity alongside value. It’s all meat and potatoes. No fluff, just a practical philosophy to introduce you to the Law of Self Creation. When you adopt the principles in this book, you will begin to see immediate results within yourself. I wrote it with your empowerment in mind and packed a lot of great information for you to learn the first of the Law of Self Creation – and practical ways to apply it. By reading this book and using it to create your self you will be in the top 5% of the population actively living a life of empowerment. I’ve used the same principles to live a culture of empowerment. But, what does it mean to live a culture of empowerment? It means you have an internal focus for your sources of health and wealth as opposed the mere materialism that plagues popular culture. It means that you live on your terms and define success in your own way. It means being accountable and responsible. It means being consciously involved with the becoming of your present reality. It means being you, as defined by you! Living an empowerment culture is a lifestyle. It calls for you to uplift others and expand your idea of “self” to include everyone and everything. True empowerment is about www.DionBaker.com
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empowering your own universe and all that it contains. When you self-‐empower and educate your own universe (SEE YOU) you will be able to see your world with greater clarity, realizing the depths of wisdom veiled beneath the surface of your own environment. As you recreate your life you’ll determine what’s important for you to bring into existence. You have your own creative gifts that are unique to you and, therefore, do not need to live a stereotypical lifestyle of striving for transitory status symbols. For example, living a culture of empowerment does not mean that you drive a certain type of car, live in a particular home, or make a certain amount of money. Those are fun things to strive after and they can serve a very important purpose but only if you decide they are important for you. Living an empowered life is about how you perceive not just what you receive. For you to be empowered you need to intuitively know that you possess the power to define your world. It means that you have the self-‐image of a master and be a slave to nothing. You need to believe that you can live life on your terms and achieve your goals. This is how I live and this is how you can too by using the 3 step creative cycle discussed in this book. Lets Live It!
Dion Baker Personal Growth Activist
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“Every beauty which is seen here by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source from which we all are come.” Michelangelo
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3 STEPS TO RECREATE YOUR LIFE
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Jeremiah 1:5: Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. This Jeremiah 1:5 verse holds the recipe for your creative power. With this power you are capable to give birth to your ideas and make them real in your life. In the following pages, you will discover what this verse means for your life and how its message will help you self-‐empower and educate (SEE) yourself and improve your quality of life.
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YOUR ORIGINAL BIRTH Your spiritual birth is your original birth. You were spiritually born before you were physically born. This means that you existed before you were created in the flesh. This may seem crazy but in this book I’ll show you how everything existed spiritually before being physically created. In the Jeremiah 1:5 verse, there are 3 key words that illustrate this principle. The words are knew, womb, and formed. With them, you will see how the principle of everything existing spiritually prior to its physical conception is pervasive in the creative cycle. This creative cycle is universal for the creation of all things. It has been used throughout history and in the present. Everyone that uses or has used the creative cycle may not refer to it explicitly when they create their ideas into physical form but the process is exactly what is taking place in their work.
The 3 Step Creative Cycle Listed below are the 3 steps to the creative cycle. 1. Knew (Know or Knowledge) 2. Womb (Wisdom) 3. Formed (Form) Each word is derived from the Jeremiah 1:5 verse with its synonym beside it. I annotated each word with its synonym because I will be using them
“The place for knowledge to be born is the womb. The womb is the place of wisdom where knowledge begins to manifest its tangible form.”
interchangeably throughout the book when the concepts are discussed. They will each be fully explained in the next few pages, beginning with “Knew (Know or Knowledge)”:
KNEW (KNOW OR KNOWLEDGE) Knowledge is the first step in the creative process. This is how your existence began – as knowledge – and it enabled your spiritual birth. Your spiritual birth was the real beginning of your existence. www.DionBaker.com
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That means you already existed by the time your parents conceived the idea of you. At that time you did not exist in the flesh or as anything tangible but you did exist as an idea in their minds. The knowledge of you simply had yet to manifest into form – your human body. Knowledge has a lot of potential power but it can only come into being when it is properly focused. It must be channeled into a specific place in order to be made tangible and be born. The place for knowledge to be born is the womb. The womb is the place of wisdom where knowledge begins to manifest its tangible form.
WOMB (WISDOM) Wisdom is defined as knowledge in action toward a constructive purpose. Combining knowledge with an actual purpose for it to manifest is the only way that the knowledge will take form. For your knowledge to take form, it needs to be focused through wisdom. Wisdom – knowledge in action – creates the conditions for knowledge to physically form.
Focus Knowledge needs a specific place for its power to be focused so that it can grow. The knowledge of you – held in the mind of your parents – was focused into your mother’s womb so that you could grow and take form. It’s exactly what you learned in your sexual education class; your father’s sperm fertilized your mother’s egg and she became pregnant. This kick started the process of transforming the knowledge of you into its physical form identified as
Through the example of your birth, you see that wisdom is the only way for knowledge to become real and be given form.
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tangible form. In the womb, the knowledge of you started off as an embryo and all of your organs, muscles, and limbs began to form from thereon. Your parents performed the actions (your father’s sperm fertilizing your mother’s egg) that resulted in your mother’s pregnancy and you being formed.
Manifest The womb is the site of your physical construction. It is the specific place where the knowledge of you began to manifest. Your mother’s womb is the place where the knowledge of you took tangible form. After 9 months, your physical body was ready and your mother gave birth. At last, you were born. Through the example of your physical birth, you see that wisdom – knowledge in action toward a constructive purpose – is the only way for knowledge to become real and be given form. Wisdom is what enabled each cell to know its role and collaborate in the construction of your physical body while in the womb. The knowledge of you was used to construct the blueprint for your organs, muscles, and limbs into one complete human body. With wisdom, the cells were able to actualize their knowledge through unity and collaborative purpose.
FORM (FORMED) Wisdom brings knowledge into actual form. In short, it actualizes knowledge. It makes knowledge tangible, real, and evident. When knowledge is actualized by wisdom over the appropriate length of time, the knowledge converts into form. When wisdom actualizes knowledge into its given form the creative cycle is complete. Here is a diagram reviewing the 3 steps to the creative cycle:
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1 Know
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2 Womb
The creative cycle is continuous, non-‐stop, and never ending. Even after you bring your knowledge into being through wisdom and give it form, your creation is refined with new knowledge and wisdom, and provided new forms continuously. Creation is constant and form is ever changing as knowledge is actualized with varied types of wisdom.
The Architect, Painter, and Inventor All creators and their creations carry out these same creative steps – know, womb, and form. An architect may use the words blueprint, site, and skyscraper. A painter may use the words inspiration, easel, and painting. An inventor may use the words concept, workshop, and model. Regardless, the process is still the same and each of these scenarios still follows the same 3 step creative cycle. The architect, painter, and inventor each have the idea (skyscraper, painting, model) in existence prior to giving birth to the idea’s physical form. You’ve already seen how the 3 step creative cycle applied to your physical birth. Now, to help you gain a deeper understanding of how the creative cycle applies to the real world, I’ll show you exactly how the architect, painter, and inventor each puts the 3 step creative cycle to work. www.DionBaker.com
The Architect An architect’s knowledge of the skyscraper pre-‐ exists its manifestation into a building towering thousands of feet above. In order to give birth to her knowledge she needs to use the 3 step creative cycle. The architect will be inspired with her vision and make a blueprint (know), and organize the machinery, workers, and materials and work at the construction site (womb) to give birth to the skyscraper (form). The architect chooses the construction site to focus her knowledge until the
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“You can use the very same process to recreate your life. Right now, you can create an idea and spark it into existence, catalyzing its spiritual birth.”
skyscraper reaches its completion in its final form. The famous architect Maya Lin is quoted as saying, “Architecture is like a mythical fantastic. It has to be experienced. It can't be described. We can draw it up and we can make models of it, but it can only be experienced as a complete whole.” Experiencing the mythical architecture (know) as a complete whole requires that it be built at a specific place (womb). When it becomes a complete whole (form) we can all mutually experience it.
The Painter The painter may be inspired with the image of a beautiful painting to create. For her, the mental image of the painting pre-‐exists its manifestation onto the easel as fine art worth millions. But how will she give birth to her inspired idea and create the painting? To give birth to her inspiration, the painter focuses her mental image (know) and uses paints and brushes to illustrate her mental image on the canvas (womb) until the fine art painting (form) is complete. One of the most famous painters in the world, Pablo Picasso, said, “I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.” In other words, he used his mind to create the painting first (know) prior to actually creating it in on the canvas (womb) as fine art (form). The process www.DionBaker.com
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helped him catalogue over 18,000 artworks and became one of the most prolific painters ever known.
The Inventor The inventor, inspired with the idea for the latest gadget, also uses the 3 step creative cycle to give birth to her idea. To create the gadget, she’ll draw the concept (know) and acquire the materials, tools, and technology to assemble it on the workbench (womb) for its construction as a finished model (form). The inventor must take action to make her knowledge into a functional gadget. In due time the gadget is completed and ready for use.
“It is through the striving, focus, and determination to ascend the ladder within your own self that you will transcend your self-‐ imposed limitations.”
The same principle is echoed by one of history’s greatest inventors, Thomas Edison. As one of the most prolific inventors in history, he is quoted as saying, “The value of an idea lies in the using of it.” In other words, if you don’t put your ideas to work and actualize them with wisdom they won’t take form. Knowledge has a lot of potential power but it needs to be properly focused and it needs action. Everything that you have around you was created with the 3 step creative cycle – know, womb, and form. The computer that you use, the cell phone in your pocket, and the chair you’re sitting in each pre-‐existed their physical forms. For each of these products, someone had the idea (know) and found a place to build it (womb) so that it could be finished (form). Everything around you existed in somebody’s mind prior to it being given a body (form). The same holds true for your creation as well.
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corresponds to the first step of the creative cycle – know. Any idea you have is an idea that is already spiritually born.
Knowledge is Critical In the first step of the creative cycle, knowledge is critical. Without knowledge you have no foundation to create anything. Without knowledge there is nothing for you to act upon. That is why you need to know! Knowledge precedes everything. So strive to know by learning all that you can. This will enhance your creativity.
“Your idea will be stillborn without the focused efforts to make it manifest.”
After you know your idea, find the proper places and tools to focus your ideas so that your knowledge can manifest itself and you can begin witnessing its construction. Seek wisdom and wise counsel so that your knowledge is provided opportunities for growth and manifestation. This corresponds to the second step of the creative process. In time, the idea that only existed as knowledge will be born in the womb and given form, completing the third and final step of the creative cycle.
WHEN WERE YOU SPIRITUALLY BORN? You are more than just a body; you are a spirit having a bodily experience. Therefore, the birth date written on your physical birth certificate does not tell the entire story. Your physical birth certificate from city hall only shows your physical birth date. In the 3 step creative cycle, your physical birth is the last step – form. Your regular birth certificate is accurate for your body but it entirely omits your spiritual birth that begins in the first step of the creative cycle. It does not consider your existence as knowledge before being placed in the womb and given your final form. It does not tell the date of your original birth – your spiritual birth, your real beginning. For that reason, your regular birth certificate has the wrong birth date. We celebrate your real birth date with the ReBirth Certificate that shows you were born in the year infinity. www.DionBaker.com
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YOU WERE BORN IN THE YEAR INFINITY Although this may seem crazy, you were born in the year infinity. Your existence began the moment you were conceived in the mind of the Creator -‐ the universal energy that is behind all apparent order and chaos. When were you conceived in the Creator’s mind? You were conceived at the beginning of time. And since the beginning of time is undefined and proceeds indefinitely into the past, we assign the concept of infinity. Infinity is the mathematical concept signified with a “figure-‐eight” (∞) for quantities without limit or end. The universe, galaxies, planets, stars, moon, earth, and everything that has ever existed began at the same moment you did. At one point, each of them were just knowledge pre-‐ existing their physical forms. Just like them, you started as an idea within the Creator’s mind as knowledge – the first step in the creative cycle. This was your spiritual birth and it commenced your spiritual existence. Therefore, this means you were around to witness the beginning of the universe itself and all of creation. The Creator focused its knowledge (know) into the physical world (womb) so that you could become the person (form) you are today.
YOU ARE LIMITLESS BY NATURE It is through the striving, focus, and determination to ascend the ladder within your own self that you will transcend your self-‐imposed limitations. As you continue to break your own barriers you will come to realize that the only one imposing those barriers is you. Your limitations are self-‐imposed. When you consider that you are from the knowledge in the mind of an infinite Creator capable of actualizing anything, you begin to realize that self-‐ imposed limitations are shackles that we adhere to our own spirits. Instead of being a master, we demote ourselves to slaves serving the perceived limitations of the given circumstances. In the spiritual sense, slavery is a mentality with shackles that can be unlocked with proper wisdom. Throughout history, limits have been surpassed with every triumph, reaffirming your capacity to surmount the walls once believed to be impassible. The sound barrier has been www.DionBaker.com
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broken multiple times. What was once the tallest skyscraper in the world is no longer the tallest since another has emerged to surpass it. A computer used to take up an entire room and now, nanotechnology has shrunk it down to the molecular level. Barriers are meant to be broken. History has proven it is within your nature to break these limits!
Giving Birth to Your Ideas Using the 3 step creative cycle – know, womb, and form – you can begin to recreate your life right now. To recreate your life, you must begin with the knowledge of what you will bring into existence. You must know it! Describe your idea in detail so that you can give birth to your knowledge. Be precise when describing your idea. Detail your idea and illustrate exactly what you will create. Write down your idea onto a piece of paper, discuss it with a supportive friend, or simply keep it on the forefront of your mind. The point is to capture your idea by communicating your knowledge of it intelligibly. You must know that your idea will translate itself into its physical form. The cliché still stands true; if you do not consider it is possible then it will be impossible. Be willing to focus your energies into manifesting your idea (know) into the specific places (womb) that will make them real (form). Your idea will be stillborn without the focused efforts to make it manifest.
Action Steps For each step of the creative cycle, here are actions for you to implement in giving birth to your ideas:
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Write it. Keep a pen and paper with you at all times. When an idea comes to you it is important that you are ready to capture it. Nowadays, I also like to use my phone to take notes and send it to myself, or keep it in a folder of unsent message drafts. www.DionBaker.com
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Organize it. Maintain a pocket journal, whiteboard, or digital medium for keeping your ideas preserved and intact. Keeping an organized catalogue of your ideas ensures easy referencing and solidifies the necessary organizational skills needed for your idea’s healthy birth. Organizing your ideas can be made easier when you write it into a particular journal, planner, or annotate it on a digital device with shared data.
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Keep it visible. See your idea on a regular basis. This helps you feed it so that it will continue growing strong. Stay in tune everything that you’re doing and you’ll see a lot of threads weaving between seemingly disparate brainstorms.
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Be active. Wisdom is defined as knowledge in action toward a constructive purpose. Without taking action, your idea will be stillborn. Know what you will need others to help with and what you can accomplish yourself. Bottom line: whatever you can do, do it now. It may be as simple as giving someone a call.
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Partner up. Find others that have given birth to ideas like yours and who can help bring your ideas to life. Your partners will help reinforce your confidence. Look online to find groups meeting in your local area with your interests and visit at their next meeting. If you have trouble finding a group with your interests, create it. You can do the same thing with networking websites to find individuals with similar interests and start building.
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Listen up. Be willing to listen with all of your senses – hearing, sight, touch, taste, smell, and thought – so that you can gather the details that will bring your idea into form. This will help you learn everything you need to know to give birth to your knowledge and keep it healthy.
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Live it. Exemplify your idea and vivify it with your own personality. It’s your life and your ideas are an extension of you and part of your being. With your uniqueness, they’ll have a fingerprint like no other. You’ll also benefit by building rapport, credibility, and demonstrating integrity by being the exemplar.
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Learn it. As you live your idea you’ll become more familiar with its nuances. Be courageous in your self-‐expression and continue to implement your knowledge constructively and with purpose. Overtime, you’ll encounter a growing number of situations that will lead you to examine your ideas. This will force you to grapple with the intricacies and subtleties that will cultivate your expertise.
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Love it. Show yourself the love and respect needed to self-‐empower and educate your own universe (SEE YOU). You are born infinite with the power to create yourself, your world, and break your self-‐imposed barriers. Focus your energy into improving your quality of life so that you can be everything you already are – infinite. Remember to enjoy the creative process along the way.
Your Declaration of Empowerment Now that I’ve provided you with action steps to take, the next step is for you to follow through with your commitment to being living a culture of empowerment. Start with the simple action steps above and you will witness positive changes happening overtime. Declare your commitment to live a constructive lifestyle and give birth to YOU!
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