The Party That Could Change Your Life

In 1986, Jack Canfield attended a party that deeply impacted the lives of all who attended.  It was a "COME AS YOU WILL BE IN 1991" party held on the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. The individuals invited to the party were to envision where they would be in 1991---5 years into the future. After they had created their ideal visions in their minds, they were to then use their imaginations to make their visions even bigger.

When they attended the party, they were to act as if it really were 5 years in the future and that their visions had already come true. They were to dress, talk, and act the part. They were to bring any props that demonstrated that their dreams had become reality---degrees earned,  wedding rings worn, books written, large paychecks received, etc. They were to spend the evening talking about their lives and accomplishments, celebrating their successes and the successes of others, talking about how fulfilled and happy they were, and discussing what they were going to do next. They were to stay in character the entire evening.

When they arrived, they were met by 20 men and women who had been hired to play the part of adoring fans and paparazzi. Fans screamed their names and asked for autographs, and cameras flashed.

Jack Canfield went as a best-selling author with several reviews of his number-one New York Times best seller to show people. Another woman brought a mock edition of Time magazine with her face on the cover for winning an international award for making advances in the peace movement. A man who wanted to retire and spend his life as a sculptor showed up in a leather sculptor's apron with a hammer and chisel and safety goggles and pictures of sculptures he had made. Another gentleman who wanted to become a successful stock trader spent the entire evening answering his cell phone, talking animatedly and then commanding "Buy five thousand shares" or "Sell ten thousand shares." He had actually hired someone to call him every 15 minutes during the party just to carry off his "act as if". 

A movie producer arrived dressed in a tuxedo, having dreamed of winning an award for his first coproduction with the Russians.  His wife, who had just begun working toward awriting career arrived carrying 3 mock-ups of "books" she had written. In the spirit of everyone celebrating and supporting everyone else's dreams, people told her all evening that they had seen her on Oprah and the Today Show. Others congratulated her for winning the Pulitzer prize and making the best-seller list, and it went on all evening. (This author was Susan Jeffries, who did go on to publish 17 successful books, including the best-seling classic, Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway".)

And Jack Canfield, of course, went on to write, compile, and edit over 80 books, including 11 New York Times best sellers, and was also featured in the widely known book and movie, "The Secret".

This party, where everyone in attendance maintained their future personas for over 4 hours, flooded their subconscious minds with powerful images of already having achieved their goals, visions, and dreams. These vivid experiences, mixed with the positive emotions produced by the events of the evening, strengthened the positive neural pathways in their brains that forged and deepened new self-images of being wonderfully successful.

But most importantly, it worked! All who attended that party have gone on to realize the dreams they acted out that night and much, much more. 

Consider throwing a "COME AS YOU'LL BE IN 5 YEARS" party for your family, close circle of friends, neighborhood, or business associates. Think of the creative energy, support, and fun it will release!

Be clear that a party like this is not enough by itself to change your entire future.  You will have to do other things to make it happen. However, thinking like, talking like, dressing like, and feeling like you have already achieved your goals and have become the person you want to become will send powerful messaged to your subconscious mind to find creative ways to help you achieve your dreams and become your best self. It programs the reticular activating system (RAS) in your brain to start noticing anything  around you that will help you succeed, and it sends strong messages to the universe that this end goal is something you really want.

You go where your vision. What you dwell upon is what you become.  Begin today to dwell in possibility.  

Whether or not you ever host or attend a "COME AS YOU'LL BE IN 5 YEARS" party, commit to spend a little more of your time and energy "acting as if".  Give it a try and see what happens.