The ‘Hocus Pocus’ of Focus… Wheels

There are all kinds of personal development tools in the world. Some are common, some not-so-common. Some are short to execute, some are gradual and drawn out. Some are expensive, some are free.

Some you may have dismissed before as ‘nonsense’ or a waste of time, but if you’re here now, and looking to change things, who’s to say trying a simple tool offered in good faith by another is not worth a tiny, miniscule, bit of your time here on earth. If one device, process, practice, idea, event, friend, or whatever has the potential to open doors in your life, or get you started on a new/different path to produce new/different results, I’m definitely recommending you look deep inside yourself and check if it might be for you.

I know you’re awesome, I know I prefer each second I have on this earth to be meaningful and not feel like a waste, and I feel this is true for you too. I recommend things that have worked for me, and certainly don’t feel like a waste.

I’m going to share a process with you that so many in personal-growth and spirituality circles are already familiar with. It’s extremely simple, it costs no money and very little time, and it’s all about ideas & creativity, which if you’ve read SpiritSentient for any amount of time, you know is what we’re all about. Ideas are massive leverage. Thoughts are a fantastic gift/blessing/tool, and I’d like to introduce (or remind you if you’re already familiar) to Focus Wheels.

Focus Wheels were popularized mainly by Jerry & Esther Hicks who channel a entity known as Abraham. Whether you get into all that or not, the purpose of a Focus Wheel is to feel relief, which is a great purpose, and it uses only your mind and a piece of paper or so.

At a certain stage in people’s development, they often encounter more and more resistance and things don’t seem to go the way they desire, and they sort of… focus on that, and so it’s all they think about or talk about, and relief from whatever situation is the LAST thing they have any ideas about. And if they do manage to think about relief or solutions, they often find themselves capable of doing this only for brief moments or very dispassionately and non-committally.

This is a situation the focus wheel is intended to alter.

It’s to get a person’s mind focussed — thinking strongly and purely about the truth of things, about solutions and relief. It’s really quite beautiful.

If a friend was in the middle of complaining about life to me, and I simply cut her off and offered her a tool that I love and swearby passionately, and that tool appears to be a free, powerful, extremely simple one, made for focussing thoughts and ideas on something that can benefit her life, which she’d have to admit she’s had trouble doing of late… Do you think she’d take it? Or would she be bothered by my interruption and keep on complaining?

Some people are embarassed to even try a focus wheel. Some prefer other methods of altering their thinking processes, (like bitter misery and dire circumstances, those things tend to heavily change people’s ways of thinking…), which is fine.

Anyway, if you’re one of those up for trying a focus wheel, here’s how to go about it, without further adieu.

The Focus Wheel Process

You can do this with a pen + paper, or you can do it on your computer, or in your mind. Its highly recommended to combine physical action with mental action to reap the full reward, but if deep-down your feeling tells you to go a certain way, go for it.

To make this easier, SpiritSentient has designed a (sexy) high-resolution Blank Focus Wheel JPEG that you can print out and fill in with a pen.

We’re also offering a high-resolution Photoshop (PSD) file, complete with layers, if you’d like to type in your ideas and perhaps collect them digitally or in print, or share them with others.

Blank Focus Wheel JPEG [600k] | Photoshop Ready Wheel [10mb]

Got something downloaded or a paper + pen? Great, let’s proceed.

5. Then starting with the 12 o’clock wedge, write a positive, good-feeling, sentence you can really emotionally believe and get behind. Assuming we are using the "All is well with my body" focus on our center circle, so the wedges might say something like "The human body is an amazing creation, and works so beautifully," and "I love my body." Even if one does not believe the central idea that "All is well with my body," they are usually able to believe the statements on the spokes.

Repeat this for all the wedges.

Once all the spokes are filled with statements, your wheel is ready for you.

6. Go ahead and read the first wedge’s statement. As you read, imagine and draw an arrow running along the spoke from the outer circle of the wedge, to the center circle. Then read the center circle. Repeat this with each wedge.

7. Lastly draw a smaller circle off to the side somewhere on your page, and write the word "Purify" in it. This helps your mind focus on pure, deliberate thought, which is far far far more powerful than worried, frustrated, panicked, ego-driven, semi-conscious, habitual thought.

All done!

Note: For any instant-gratification junkies, you may or may not be observing instant results, and I suggest keeping chill, having faith, and giving it a little time and see if things don’t start to change in your life. At the very worst case the next time someone asks you "what’s been up?" or "what’s going on?", you can tell them you’ve been thinking a lot more about solutions and the beauty of life lately. Who isn’t impressed by that? What friend or customer or partner or family member or whoever doesn’t want to hear that you’ve been focusing on solutions lately? And you can say it whole-heartedly, and it only took a minute or two. Focus Wheels are easy and awesome.

I’ll leave you with this must-see musical performance that defies description: The song Hocus Pocus performed by Dutch rock group… Focus.

From SpiritSentient to all you guys, may good, productive, solution-oriented thoughts motivate good, productive, solution-oriented actions! Peace

Miss the links?
Blank Focus Wheel JPEG [600k] | Photoshop Ready Wheel [10mb] | Example Wheel [1mb]

Jason helps you successfully bridge the gap from where you are to where you want to be, using his clarity & insight to help you rise in all areas. He speaks, writes, and offers success-coaching at http://RyzeOnline.com. He’s been featured on Firepole Marketing, Building Digital Empires, PuttyLike and IntuitiveSoul Radio. Follow him at @jasonfonceca.