tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199251442024-03-08T07:55:23.645+08:00Magical Minda diary of my experiments in manifesting my dreams and heart and soul desiresNine Liveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805578718801397326noreply@blogger.comBlogger160125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19925144.post-52270812100586541182011-02-14T08:24:00.001+08:002011-02-14T08:31:42.690+08:00After 21 Days<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #606060; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px;"></span><br />
<div class="commenticon" style="font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><i><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Time</strong> February 13, 2011 at 4:17 pm; comment posted at Chopra Center's 21-Day Challenge thread</i></div><div style="font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">When I embarked on this Challenge, I was clear about my Intention– Wealth.</div><div style="font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">During the 21 days, that was the easiest thing to manifest. All around me there were seedlings of wealth sprouting in all forms and sending resources my way! I got offers for projects and speaking/training engagements, and my brother even pleasantly surprised me with an advanced birthday offer for a vacation package with my kids anywhere I chose in the Philippines! And the Intention just continues to grow clearer and stronger as I see the seedlings sprouting more and more and growing sturdier everywhere! <iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=avalaofbless-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0824512324&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe></div><div style="font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">I did not expect, though, for the spotlight to actually be focused on my own heart, which I thought all along was okay and healed and happy already. This Challenge showed me certain still-closed, still-hurting places, and it showed me certain aspects and ways of being and doing that I express, particularly in a primary love relationship, that is doing my Self a disservice, giving too much without expecting anything back. It taught me: how can I receive all the wealth and abundance God has in store for me when I do not allow my self also to receive all the Love that I deserve, as a worthy Child of God and the Universe?</div><div style="font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/LOVES-WAY-Union-Body-Spirit/dp/1568386230?ie=UTF8&tag=avalaofbless-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="LOVE'S WAY: The Union of Body, Ego, Soul and Spirit" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=1568386230&tag=avalaofbless-20" /></a>At present, this relationship is in a flux, because I have changed, I have transformed during these 21 days, and I have stopped a way of being and doing that was previously what kept our relationship together. I have decided not to leave this relationship, though, but to see it through, because I do love the person I am with. I just understand now that I need to stand still and be patient and gentle, as I wait out this uncomfortable space, for Love to further reveal itself to us, and for him to do his part, too. If he doesn’t, I’m still okay; I’ve released the outcome to the Universe. For now, I’ve decided that I’ll just give this all I’ve got and wait it out even as I do inner work. <img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=avalaofbless-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1568386230" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></div><div style="font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">So, thank you, Chopra Center and all my fellow journeyers here!</div><div style="font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">I started out just wanting more money (heehee), and ended up with a softer, more healed heart, a relationship in the throes of transformation, and even a career direction also currently in the midst of questioning and evaluation and discernment.</div><div style="font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Thank you for all these gifts! I know I am being set more and more aright with my True Self now.</div><div style="font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Namaste, and abundant blessings to us all!</div><div style="font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Jeanette</div></div>Nine Liveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805578718801397326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19925144.post-91741055236588329672011-01-23T11:29:00.002+08:002011-01-23T11:39:23.654+08:00Debugging the Program<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">It's been five years (going on 6 this year) since I started this blog and this experiment. It's been one wild, messy, unpredictable adventure but well worth it! I have now love, joy, peace, healing and good health, wisdom and abundance in my life. More importantly, I have grown spiritually and have been "set aright", restored, come "home" to Me at last.<br />
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One last thing that still bugs me, though, is why money still comes in trickles in my life. Ohh, I get what I need, just in time, and I have enough, but that's just it-- I just have enough. There's still tomorrow to think about and I still get anxious and worried sometimes, although less so now than 5 years ago, because I KNOW now, I am always provided for. <b>Still, surely, there must be more to Life than this! Surely, my Father God meant for me more abundance than this?!</b><br />
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Yesterday was the last straw. I just got my commission from a family business project I'm in, and after treating my self to a long- and much-deserved facial and beauty salon treat and my favorite Tantanmen with bottomless red iced tea at RaiRaiKen (Feel good! Keep the "vibrational pose" of Joy, is what I call it), I had just enough to cover the next immediate needs at home and my youngest daughter's new outfit for her older sister's birthday party this coming Saturday. Then, I started thinking about the other things to cover still in the next days, and actually started feeling anxious, too, not knowing where the next set of funds will come from.<br />
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So, to quell the growing anxiety, I kept reminding my self Facebook for Christ's admonition: "Just because you don't see a way doesn't mean God doesn't have a way!" I also kept repeating to my self my <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Course-Miracles-Dr-Helen-Schucman/dp/1883360250?ie=UTF8&tag=avalaofbless-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">ACIM (A Course in Miracles)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=avalaofbless-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1883360250" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> <a href="http://acim.org/Lessons/lesson.html?lesson=233">Lesson 233: "I give my life to God to guide today" </a> and these helped to stem the growing tide of worry and doubt in me. (I've gotten quite good at this now.)<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Course-Miracles-Combined-Workbook-Students/dp/B001JYGDN4?ie=UTF8&tag=avalaofbless-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="A Course in Miracles, Combined Volume: Text, Workbook for Students, and Manual for Teachers" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=B001JYGDN4&tag=avalaofbless-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=avalaofbless-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001JYGDN4" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br />
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If God guided me to just go ahead and cover for the needs today, "What next then, God?" -- was my silent thought as the day ended, though. Although I felt good from the treat and being able to cover the day's needs; I also had only P300 left. Still, I raised the question up to God in my heart, and just kept on the stance of waiting and being empty, for God's guidance to fill me and lead me.<br />
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<iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=avalaofbless-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0684857049&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=avalaofbless-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0684857049" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br />
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Before I slept last night, I continued my reading of Pete Sanders' "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/You-Are-Psychic-Free-Method/dp/0684857049?ie=UTF8&tag=avalaofbless-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">You are Psychic</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=avalaofbless-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0684857049" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />!"; I'm down to the last few chapters now, exactly on the chapter on self-healing and biofeedback. Then, as I rested, I was drawn to the book on my bedside table, which I retrieved from my library last New Year's Day while I was doing New Year's cleaning: Dr. Joseph Murphy's "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Power-Your-Subconscious-Mind/dp/0553583182?ie=UTF8&tag=avalaofbless-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Power of Your Subconscious Mind</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=avalaofbless-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0553583182" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />."<br />
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I skipped the first chapters and went straight to the chapters on wealth and riches, and this time, I understood the words better. (I read them more than 20 years ago and even underlined important parts, but I never really <i>understood</i> them, at a heart and soul level.)<br />
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(Here comes the program debugging part...) <br />
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And I basically re-learned this: why I'm still not getting the avalanche of money I desire and believe now is coming my way is because the <b>pictures in my mind</b> do not yet closely match my desire! I envision paper bills flowing down on me, yes; even a check for $$$$$$$ with my name on it being happily received by me, but my emotional charge level on this is not as much as when I envision what I will do with all that amount: pay off bills and debts, relocate, travel, very good U.S. schools for the kids.... and even when I envision these, some part of me actually feels anxious because there's the thought that says, "how am I going to afford all these?"<br />
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<b>So, there is still a mis-match. I want wealth and money in avalanches, but my pictures are actually of expenses to cover, bills and debts to pay! And I have never really clarified yet my attitudes about and relationship with money!</b> Just saying: "I like money. I love money!" made me feel uncomfortable at first.<br />
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Dr. Murphy suggests just focusing on this one word, "Wealth", because it does not create a conflict between the conscious and subconscious minds. He also adds the following affirmation, "By day and by night, I am being prospered in all my ways."<br />
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When I tried these, I instantly felt a shift in energy! "Wealth" just made me feel good all over, washing over me, while "By day and by night, I am being prospered in all my ways" felt definitely larger and lighter than "Thank You, God, for the $$$$$$$ already in my name, that I'm already receiving quickly and effortlessly! This, or something better."<br />
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And then I was reminded of a voice inside me earlier that day which said, "If you're not yet getting what you've asked for, it's because you haven't asked for A Bigger Thing" and I just realized this is what it meant--- that the specific $$$$$$$ amount I've been asking for is such a limited thing compared to "Wealth" in all ways and forms, and to being "prospered, day and night, in all my ways"!<br />
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And then, as I took my brisk walk early this morning, I realized that I have not received the avalanche of money and wealth I've long desired yet is that because I haven't consciously focused on it: MONEY. I've always just prayed for abundance and blessings before, and I did have them and continue to do so now in the realm of peace of mind, joy, happy loving relationships, fulfilling and successful work,... but I wasn't very specific about money!<br />
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Also, I needed to check and clarify my attitude towards money, and picking up from Dr. Murphy's suggested statement which I just edited and adapted to suit my needs and comfort level, this is what I'm feeling good about affirming now:<br />
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<i>"I like money. I love money! And money loves me! It comes to me in avalanches, in many ways and forms, and I receive them all happily and effortlessly! I use money wisely and judiciously, to bless my self and others. I release money with joy, and it comes back to me a hundredfold, a thousandfold, a millionfold, even a hundredmillionfold, to be released back again with joy, and to continue to bless my self and others with it! Money comes to me in avalanches now, in all ways, in all forms!"</i><br />
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I've gotten quite adept in my meditations now and I'm going to focus on this as I meditate more regularly twice daily now, especially with <a href="http://www.amazon.com/How-Meditate-Use-Anywhere-Eliminating-Relaxation/dp/0970677391?ie=UTF8&tag=avalaofbless-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Chopra Center's 21-Day Meditation Challenge</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=avalaofbless-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0970677391" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />, and as I continue my spiritual studies with <a href="http://www.amazon.com/A-Course-in-Miracles-ebook/dp/B0018A01L4?ie=UTF8&tag=avalaofbless-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">A Course in Miracles</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=avalaofbless-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0018A01L4" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> and my other daily readings and practices.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Soul-Healing-Meditations-Deepak-Chopra/dp/B00005TZSK?ie=UTF8&tag=avalaofbless-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" target="_blank"><img alt="The Soul Of Healing Meditations" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=B00005TZSK&tag=avalaofbless-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=avalaofbless-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00005TZSK" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br />
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I'll let you know what happens after 21 days or so, on Feb. 14, 2011, to be exact.<br />
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</div>Nine Liveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805578718801397326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19925144.post-28296265486824236752010-01-01T09:43:00.002+08:002010-01-01T09:49:05.170+08:002010 Day 1 Early Morning Lesson<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; white-space: normal;">I feel bad. And on a New Year's morning at that! : (<br />
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Nope, it's not about me nor my life (thank God for that, at least!). It's about someone in my household I was trying to help.<br />
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Weeks ago, a colleague asked me for recommendations as to whom I can refer to her to help her cook for her children around the New Year, as they were flying in from many parts of the country with their families to celebrate New Year with her. And she said that, this time, she wanted to enjoy them as well as the occasion, instead of slaving away at her kitchen feeding them all.<br />
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So I recommended our laundress. She's a widow with grown children but whose grand kids have been left with her for caretaking as her grown children seem to not be able to take care of themselves on their own... They lead messy lives and have dumped their own young children on her.<br />
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Manang Lisa only comes to our house once a week to do the laundry. Actually, we don't need her services anymore because I have two washing machines and a dryer at that. But we still keep her on if only to add a little bit more to her income, since her other incomes are irregular, what we in the Philippines call "remedio heneral" (literally, "general remedy", wherever it can be found.)<br />
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So I recommended Manang Lisa to my colleague, and they arranged a meeting for my colleague to pick her up yesterday at 1pm at Jollibee Lopue's East, so that she could start working for my colleague for 4 days, where she will be paid P200 a day, net of transportation expenses. I thought that was settled, and felt good knowing that Manang Lisa would be starting the year right with sure extra money.<br />
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But, things happen, and--calming down a bit more now as I write this--I guess, the things that happen reveal character and life lessons to us if only we pay keener attention.<br />
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Manang Lisa had very painful diarrhea yesterday, according to her. So she sent one of her grown sons to tell me early in the morning yesterday. But her grown son only came to me yesterday at around 2pm already, when my colleague had been waiting for Manang Lisa at Jollibee's East for 1 hour already!<br />
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So I told the son to go to his mom quick, and at least take her to Jollibee's East to talk to my colleague and let her know of the situation and arrange a new set-up with her. And I also texted my colleague yesterday to just wait for Manang Lisa a little bit more as I sent the son to fetch the mom.<br />
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Not hearing any more from either for the rest of the afternoon and evening yesterday, I thought things were worked out between them, only to find this morning, upon my waking up, that Manang Lisa never did get to go meet my colleague yesterday.<br />
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And I feel soooo bad, imagining my in-her-fifties colleague, waiting for nothing yesterday, and having to contend with cooking for her large brood at the last hour, without any backup!<br />
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I rarely recommend people, but when I do, it's because I believe in them and want to help both parties.<br />
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Needless to say, this is an embarassment to me, and of course, a loss of potential additional income for Manang Lisa. My colleague has quickly found a replacement, at least, thank God!<br />
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Of course I felt very angry at what happened. Sloppiness always upsets me, in addition to dishonesty and cruelty of any form.<br />
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But I try to calm and center my self, considering that it's the New Year, and force my self to find the gem in the mud. "Nothing happens by accident." "The Universe always delivers me perfection, each and every moment." I try to recall past quotes and affirmations learned and used, as I will my self to calm down and not let this get to me.<br />
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Why is this happening? What is there for me to learn?<br />
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And then it dawns upon me:<br />
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<i>Many times, the Universe helps us with our needs for abundance, like more money, or more of what we need and desire, and the Universe usually courses it through people and circumstances. Since this is a physical world, too, there has to be physical channels.<br />
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However, we not only have to be open to them and ready for them and say "Yes!" to them, we also have to ACT on them with commitment and follow through. Receiving is not a passive matter. We have to go out there and TAKE what we've been given, and not let anything like diarrhea, stop us from receiving it.<br />
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And when we start receiving it, it's only the beginning, to get the momentum going. We have to keep maintaining the open-ness and the saying "Yes!" and the committed action to reaching out for more of it, until it fully manifests in our lives.</i><br />
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That's how God's Help, the Universe's assistance, miracles, deliverance, whatever-you-call-it -- works.</span></span></span>Nine Liveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805578718801397326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19925144.post-84431580231291575052009-09-19T21:37:00.007+08:002009-09-19T22:01:51.315+08:00God, Energy and Bea's Question<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">i was driving to and back from Paolo's friend's house this evening, where he's been sleeping over for the 2nd night in a row now, to bring him a fresh change of clothes. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">while driving on almost auto-pilot mode, i was deep inside my self, turning over in my mind all the many lessons i learned from this morning's presentation by CENECO general manager, Mr. Sulpicio Lagarde, Jr. i invited him weeks ago to speak to my Econ1 classes on electricity generation, transmission, distribution and costs and energy efficiency and sustainability, in relation to our class lessons on production and cost theory. he surpassed our expectations by also discussing concerns on global warming and the need to downscale our postmodern energy-dependent lifestyles, as well as inspired us to do something about our laws and systems to support a more sustainable and energy-renewable lifestyle. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">i was particularly struck by the metaphor that hit me of the process of generation, transmission and distribution. he said that 138,000 volts from the main generator becomes converted to only 13,200 volts by the transmission line, and even further down to 230 volts when it's distributed, because of conduction resistance. and it struck me that Energy generation, transmission and distribution is like God's Spirit and Blessings-- </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">God is the generator and He/She yearns to give us All things Good and in Abundance, but we, as transmission/distribution lines, can only take so much, because of "resistance", and so whatever Good there is flowing through us becomes diluted in more digestible form, although they are still Good, of course. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and then i remembered one lesson i learned years ago from my Silva Method readings and courses, about an elementary principle in electricity: </span><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the best conductor is the one with the least impedance/resistance.</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and then my youngest, 9-year-old Bea, who has been sitting quietly in the dark back seat of the car i forgot she was there, suddenly pipes up: </span><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ma, what's the difference between a spirit and a soul?</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (this has happened so often already, how the kids pick up on the direction of my secret thoughts while i'm driving, that i take it as naturally as breathing now!) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and so, inhaling deeply, i gave it my best shot, responding from my heart: </span><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spirit is that invisible part of you which is a part of God's Spirit, while Soul is that invisible part of you which is you, your personality, your emotions, your talents and likes and dislikes,</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'langga</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (dear one). </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bea: </span><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">like twins?</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bea: </span><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">what's our body for, then?</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bea: </span><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">wowwww... so it's like, we go in and out of different bodies?</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me: </span><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ye-eess. after we die, we go back to the lower levels of Heaven closest to the earth, and we review our life and see how we did and what lessons we learned and what lessons we didn't learn. and then, we decide what to learn next so we can improve and get closer to being more like God. the more we become like God, the higher we go up in Heaven, until someday, we are together with God again, completely, and we never have to be apart again.</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bea: </span><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so right now, i'm also made up of some dead person's spirit and soul?</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me: </span><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ye-es... and that dead person before was you too.</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bea: </span><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">wowwwww.... so i'm many persons?</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me: </span><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">yes.... in this earth, living many lives, at different times and places, like taking many subjects, until you master them all and become perfect like God.</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bea: </span><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">well?</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me: </span><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">God did make us all perfect. And He also gave us free will. So we were perfect to start with, but with our free will, we chose to do things which made us imperfect... until we learn that it really doesn't work out for us in the end when we insist on our own way...</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bea: </span><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">why would i want to do imperfect things?</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (Bea is our perfectionist in the family.) </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me: </span><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you don't think they're imperfect when you choose to do them; you think they're perfect, especially when you haven't spent time with God a lot.</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bea: </span><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ok.</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me: (silent prayer: </span><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">God, where is she going with all this??? Holy Spirit, help me!</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bea: </span><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so if i don't want to do imperfect things that i thought were perfect, i should spend more time with God?</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> me: </span><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">yes. so you will know God's Heart. and His Heart connects with your heart more strongly. and you can hear His Heart in your heart more clearly.</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bea: </span><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ok. that makes sense.</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">and Bea ran out to eat her newly-bought Berry Strawberry ice cream in front of the tv. while i-- i am left with these thoughts, and shell-shocked by the experience. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">whoa, where did all that come from???</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace;"> </span></span></span>Nine Liveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805578718801397326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19925144.post-8221861435535244222009-01-22T12:04:00.003+08:002009-01-22T12:17:16.683+08:00How to Stay in Joy/Keep Feeling Good (Because It's the Good Feelings that Attract the Good Things)Because of<a href="http://goddessmagic.blogspot.com/2009/01/changes.html"> this</a>, I came up again with these, what i have found effective so far over the years-- just to remind me of what to do when i don't know what to do anymore:<br /><br />1. Remember: do not be anxious nor worry about results. They will come, in due time. It's the FEELING GOOD THAT ATTRACTS THE GOOD THINGS, so stay in joy and keep feeling good, even if you're not seeing any results yet!<br /><br />2. Count all your blessings. Not just make a mental list. Write it down, too!<br /><br />3. Just take the Next Step in faith. That's all Life asks of you. The Universe will do the rest. Just take the next step.<br /><br />4. Reach for relief. Reach for a "feel good" thought.<br /><br />5. Pleasure yourself. In all the little ways that give you pleasure and joy, which soon add up to bigger ways and joys. (Treat your self to a coffee or even dinner date, beauty salon or spa pampering, or even "self-pampering" :> ).<br /><br />6. Do something good for someone else.<br /><br />7. Live in the Now. Just attend to the Present Moment and live there, fully.<br /><br />8. Pay attention to what you're feeling <span style="font-style: italic;">now</span>, feel it fully, verbalize/express it... and then, let it go.<br /><br />9. Do something productive-- even if it's as simple as cleaning your dresser top or reorganizing your closet. Take your mind off your concern by doing something that produces good results because you already do it well.<br /><br />10. Get the <span style="font-style: italic;">facts</span> on your concern. Do not stew in your worst assumptions and imaginations. Research. Ask. Ask the relevant persons concerned. Ask the right people.<br /><br />11. Breathe more deeply.<br /><br />12. Take a nap.<br /><br />13. Turn off the cellphone, tv, radio, and yes, even the Internet-connected computer (after this is done). Sit and meditate and pray, instead.<br /><br />14. Meditate and pray.<br /><br />15. Journalize.<br /><br />16. Take a long, self-pampering bath.<br /><br />17. Deep-condition your hair as you listen to classical music.<br /><br />18. Pamper your skin with gentle, loving strokes with moisturizer or lotion. : )<br /><br />19. Put on red lipstick.<br /><br />20. Watch Mr. Bean, The Nanny, That 70s Show and eat ice cream sloowwwwwwly.<br /><br />this should do, for now.Nine Liveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805578718801397326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19925144.post-56085489748584513162008-11-24T03:56:00.001+08:002008-11-24T03:59:06.793+08:00Hope<span style="color: rgb(160, 88, 3);font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(163, 50, 36);"><span style="color: rgb(163, 50, 36);font-family:VERDANA,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;" >Hope is like a road in the country; there wasn't ever a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(163, 50, 36);font-family:VERDANA,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;" ><em>-<span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1227469533_8">Lin Yutang</span></em></span></span></span>Nine Liveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805578718801397326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19925144.post-13517884723842484992008-11-23T06:37:00.002+08:002008-11-23T06:48:36.982+08:008 Ways to Increase HopeDon't let bad news and depressing outer circumstances get you down. You can still create hope, for your self and for others. To read more, please click<a href="http://www.beliefnet.com/Health/Emotional-Health/Depression/Increase-Hope.aspx"> here.</a><br /><br />1. Be kind to your self. Take "care breaks" as frequently as you need to.<br /><br />2. Create a daily 5-minute silence ritual to stay connected to your Soul.<br /><br />3. Curtail your intake of news.<br /><br />4. Treat each day like a precious gift. Be vigilant in looking for things and people to appreciate. What if today was the last day of your life?<br /><br />5. Take a break to savor Nature and to remind you of the timeless ways and truths of Life.<br /><br />6. Express love tangibly.<br /><br />7. Say this affirmation every day and see where it leads you: "I am the key to Peace."<br /><br />8. Make a positive difference. Our accumulated gestures of care and compassion will ultimately transform our lives and the lives of others. We are each the source of that transformation.Nine Liveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805578718801397326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19925144.post-69036072506823820322008-11-05T04:28:00.006+08:002008-11-05T05:17:26.271+08:00My Only Task These Daysi am more regular now in sticking to my daily 4am meditation commitment schedule (God first!) and i can even do a one-hour meditation session now without "effort" (being conscious that it's been an hour!). <br /><br />how far i've come and grown in these "experiment" huh? to think that when i started <a href="http://www.magicalmind.blogspot.com">Magical Mind</a>, i was just intent on testing out manifesting principles i've learned...<br /><br />and the most important thing i've learned is that the process actually brings you closer to your spiritual core and to your Higher Self/God/the Universe, and that somewhere, somehow along the way, you actually are not so keen on manifesting material intentions anymore than you are in actually living out spiritual values in your own life.<br /><br />but the funny thing is, when you focus on the higher Spiritual concerns now, your heart's desires are actually brought to you in your life!<br /><br />imagine-- i am at peace now with my self and with others, my relationships with family, friends, colleagues and even strangers are healthy, my writing has taken off (with national awards and going international now to boot), my children are thriving wonderfully and so am i, and i have a truly beautiful and special relationship now with a wonderful man whom i am also able to intimately share my spirit (not just my mind, heart and body) and spiritual journey with!<br /><br />i can now truly understand what is meant by that Bible saying: <span style="font-weight:bold;">"seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and His Righteousness... and all these things will be added unto you."<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span><br /><br />these days, i am just focused now on always being Clear-- getting clear and staying clear in spite of Life's happenings, demands, stresses-- so that i become a clearer channel for God's Grace, Love, Wisdom, Peace, Health and Abundance to flow through, to work through.<br /><br />and i am finding out that it should be constant work too -- vigilance and feeding yourself with the conditions necessary to make that kind of Clarity sustainable -- or else, you lose it. that's why i'm doing my meditations daily and regularly now, in addition to eating and living healthily, feeding my mind and body only good, affirming stuff and staying away from negative/trashy/BS reading material, films, music, the tv, newspapers, negative gossipy/blaming/complaining people and surroundings as much as i can.<br /><br />it's also a lesson in supreme openness and Trust -- trust in God/the Universe, trust in things working out for the best, trust in other people, trust in your self that you can handle whatever comes -- as i try to live it out daily, and i'm finding my self more open, "softer" but so much stronger now so to speak, and less attached to outcomes (succeed/fail) but more focused on the process (just living in the present moments moment by moment and aligning my self with the Flow of Life).<br /><br />the interesting thing i'm discovering, though, is how i even handle schedules has changed 180 degrees now. there's the outer schedule of my life's To Dos, and there's the inner, ticking schedule of my Real Life, and i see them and live them out differently now. i used to think my To Dos were the paramount thing, with my Real Life to be fitted into it somehow. now i live my Real Life as it happens, with my To Dos to be fitted into it instead. with To Dos left undone, i figure they were not meant to be done today given the priority of Real Life, so i just move them to another day. it's so much less stressful, at the very least. <br /><br />Life is so much more real, at the very best, though. i am more present to my self and to people and to experiences as they happen, and i respond more authentically and naturally and instinctively with the truth of my mind and heart at each moment. i am less "mental" and calculating in the way i approach situations and i am finding out that all those mental, calculating stuff is just so much baggage, that there is really nothing to be afraid of -- in people and in Life!<br /><br />this week, particularly, the message that has been strongly and frequently coming out in my meditations is this (yes, i write them down in my journal now as they come, so i can go back to them again and again as well as "document my process" : > )--<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The only task you do today is to keep contrary thoughts away. I will take care of the rest. I will work wonders for you and through you, you'll see. I love you, and I always take care of you. Make it easier by letting go, my child. The only task you do today is to keep contrary thoughts away.</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"></span>Nine Liveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805578718801397326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19925144.post-64151178057780404942008-05-19T19:30:00.002+08:002008-05-19T20:20:59.425+08:00What It's All AboutThis is <a href="http://www.tut.com?a_aid=f5e2b1a9">The Universe's</a> Message of the Day for me today. : )<br /><br />It basically sums up what all this manifesting stuff is all about, and I'd like to share it here--<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Land appeared beneath their feet where there had been none, Jeanette, because they dared to step.<br /><br />Cups that had long been empty began to overflow, as they were finally raised in toast.<br /><br />And friends were drawn, as if from the ether, when the party shoes went on.<br /><br />Oh, the magic,<br />The Universe</span>Nine Liveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805578718801397326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19925144.post-7253738386830697342008-04-18T22:37:00.002+08:002008-04-18T22:40:51.741+08:00The 90-second RuleWhat first attracted me to <a href="http://www.bleepingherald.com/apr2008/taylor">this article</a> was the notion of how it could have been for Mama, when she suffered a major stroke and part of her brain (the one holding short-term memory) was destroyed... but as I read on, I became "curiouser and curiouser" even as I learned some new things I've always known... : )<br /><br />Check out the 90-second Rule, especially, and how our school systems and postmodern society's culture are discriminating and even systematically destroying our brain's right hemispheres. <br /><br />Please click on the title or "this article" above.Nine Liveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805578718801397326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19925144.post-5845481196616263202008-04-17T23:52:00.002+08:002008-04-17T23:56:53.146+08:00Soul and Body Healthfrom <a href="http://www.beliefnet.com/nllp/Inspiration.aspx?date=04-17-2008">Belief.net</a>:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">A Soulful Surgeon</span><br /><br />We talk to a physician about glimpsing God through his patients' souls--and how you can stay spiritually sane in a hospital.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Interview by Valerie Reiss</span><br /><br />In 30 years as a Harvard-trained brain surgeon, Dr. Allan Hamilton has not only seen disease and healing--he's also glimpsed the mystical side of medicine. After suffering a devastating back injury while serving in Desert Storm, Dr. Hamilton learned to be a patient. It infused his life with new purpose: While in a body cast, he invented a now widely-used method for treating tumors. As a medical professor at the University of Arizona, he teaches surgeons to avoid fatal mistakes. And he runs an equine-assisted therapy program for cancer patients and survivors at Rancho Bosque outside of Tucson.<br /><br />Dr. Hamilton's new book is, "The Scalpel and the Soul: Encounters with Surgery, the Supernatural, and the Healing Power of Hope." He recently talked to Beliefnet about his most inspiring patients, how to stay positive in medical settings, and the spirituality they didn't teach in medical school.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">What inspired you to write about your spiritual experiences as a surgeon?<br /></span><br /><br />I felt I had gone far enough in my career that I could say I was totally unprepared for the spiritual challenges that I encountered in taking care of my patients. When people are facing a severe illness or a major surgery, that may be may be one of the most significant opportunities for spiritual transformation that they will encounter.<br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">So as a doctor, if you don't take that into account, you’re missing a big piece of the picture?</span><br /> <br />I tell residents, if you gave me two patients with identical problems and one of them had family at the bedside with a lot of laughter, plus photos and a quilt from home, and next door was another patient who was alone every time I came by—I’m going to be very nervous about the isolated patient's mental status.<br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Have you observed that affecting their physical outcome as well?</span><br /> <br />Well, there are plenty of studies that have shown that depression is associated with decreased immunity. So I want to harness all of the positive emotional energy I can in a patient to get better. If there’s not a lot of energy there, or if it's very negative, that’s going to make the task of getting them through surgery and having a good recovery much more difficult.<br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">In the book you talk a lot about hope. There's one moving story about a patient named Donald.</span><br /> <br />That was one of the saddest experiences I have ever had as a physician, and probably one of the most insightful. This was a young man I got very close to. He was an avid fisherman. And he had a malignant brain tumor. He did very well with the surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. This was a kid with an irrepressible spirit--it was exactly the kind of shining emotion that you love to see.<br /> <br />And one day he took me aside and looked me square in the eye and said, “When it’s time for me to 'go fishing'--and you know what I mean--tell me.” I gave him my word that I would.<br /> <br />Over several more years there were problems, but we fought them off. But, finally, the tumor was really invading his brain. One morning I said, "I promised you that I would tell you when it was time to go fishing. It is now time.” <br /> <br />He went home, and the next morning his mother called and told me that he had died. You could say he died of his disease. He didn’t. He died because I cut his string of hope. It taught me how powerful that is, and that nobody, no physician, ever has the right to take away somebody’s hope. As well as intentioned as it might have been, I literally just snipped it, and it was a mortal snip. <br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">But you also want to honor a request like that.</span><br /> <br />Yes, you do. In retrospect, he was saying, “You tell me when you’ve given up hope, and then I’ll give up mine.” If the conversation had been in those words, I would have said, “I’ll never give up hope.” <br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Can you talk about the patient whose brain had to be shut down so you could repair an aneurysm? </span><br /> <br />This is a technique that’s used on a handful of difficult cases. They put the patient on a heart pump, then cool down the blood. The heart flutters and stops. There’s no blood flow to the brain, and no electrical activity in the brain. Now you can operate on a very significant blood vessel while no blood is flowing through it.<br /> <br />Once the procedure is finished and you realize you’re within the time limit of 20 minutes or so, everybody breathes a sigh of relief. And then the team gets ready to slowly warm the patient up. Sometimes there’s some banter. One of the nurses said she was getting engaged, and that they had gone to this restaurant, and had gotten the ring at this particular store, etc. <br /> <br />When the patient woke, she reported the entire conversation. While her heart was stopped, while her brain had no activity, she somehow remembered that conversation. <br /> <br />And that is scientifically impossible. If the brain is essentially dead, then how can it make a memory? A case like that shakes you up. You’re getting very close to the Holy Grail: "Is this what we mean by a soul? Is this what we mean by an entity that can exist separate from the physical body and the brain?"<br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">And what do you do with that, personally? <br /> </span><br /><br />People think of science as rolling back the mystery of God. I look at science as slowly creeping toward the mystery of God. <br /> <br />Here I have an example of consciousness existing outside of the body and any physical parameters that we associate with somebody being conscious. That really changes how I look at what happens when the functions that we associate with life disappear.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">How can patients preserve their spirituality in a traditional medical setting?</span><br /> <br />1) First, hospitals do not like individuality. They’re trying to turn you into a number. That’s the last thing I want. So lose the hospital gown. A gown that opens up in the back with your butt hanging out, and that is how you’re supposed to walk down the hallway to get exercise after surgery is ridiculous. Get your sweats. Get your T-shirt. Get your sneakers and start thinking like an athlete. Start thinking like somebody who’s getting better. <br /> <br />2) If you have your favorite quilt, sleep under that. Surround yourself with things that remind you of the positive influences in your life. I tell patients they have to take responsibility for surrounding themselves with positive energy. If you have a special picture or positive music, bring those in.<br /> <br />3) Create your own healing ceremonies. If prayer is important, use it. Have a family circle. Very often I’ll say, "Let’s circle up and have everybody tell the patient how important that person is to them and how they’re looking forward to them getting better." <br /> <br />4) Hospital food is terrible. They cook everything vital out of it. Have your family make meals and bring them in. Eat food that’s organic and in its natural, potent state, with all the minerals and vitamins.<br /> <br />5) Get out as soon as you can. Hospitals are bad for everybody, but they’re especially bad for people who are sick. They’re toxic. Go home where positive influences are concentrated.<br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">How can patients coach a doctor who is not interested in any of this stuff?</span><br /><br />One, you’ve got to have a doctor you feel comfortable with. I’m always amazed that patients are turning their lives over to somebody, and then they go, "I don’t feel comfortable with them."<br /> <br />The second thing is that the patient has the right to say, “Here are some things that are really important to me.” For example, many people want to have specific music played during surgery, and a lot of doctors may pooh-pooh that. I don’t. That’s the patient’s prerogative. <br /> <br />And last but not least, you’ve got to hire a tough guy. You appoint a guardian angel, and their job is to make sure that you are respected as an individual. If you want crystals organized on your bedside table and they’re supposed to stay that way, then you put somebody in charge of saying, “This is very important, and we are going to respect that, and so is the medical staff.”<br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">In 2004 you had your own surgery, how did that change your view of medicine?</span><br /> <br />One of the most important experiences a physician can have is becoming a serious patient. In this case, I broke my back and had 10 hours of surgery. I lost half my blood volume during the surgery and I wasn’t sure I was going to walk again.<br /> <br />For so long, my identity had been wrapped up in being a surgeon, in trusting my physical strengths. Then all of a sudden, you’re just one of the people in the hallway shuffling along with a cane and you realize that the hospital staff and doctors are not looking at you anymore as a physician.<br /> <br />But patients began to look at me differently too. They’d give me this little secret smile, that said, “We know what we’re going through, don’t we?”<br /> <br />And it really changed my feelings about medical errors. I had a couple [mistakes] happen. Here I am, a surgeon in the hospital, and I still can’t stop a mistake here, a mistake there. If I can’t, how can an ordinary patient? I realized this was something that I'd to dedicate myself to.<br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">You’re still teaching?</span><br /><br />Yes, and I spend a lot of time working with surgeons, simulating mistakes, and asking, “How could we do this differently?” I study how jet pilots are trained. The amount of people dying in the United States due to hospital errors is the equivalent of a 747 falling out of the sky every single day, 365 days a year. [Medical error] is becoming the fourth leading cause of death. We would never set foot on a jet if that was happening every single day. And yet, we have no choice.<br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Is there anything you want to add?</span><br /><br />At some point, we are all going to face a severe challenge to our mortality. And that is a very frightening moment, but it is also a moment in which there is tremendous potential to change our lives. I have not met one cancer patient who said, “I wish I could go back and not have cancer." Their values and what they wanted to do with their lives changed.<br /> <br />So, as terrible as a severe illness or major surgery may be, it may be the great opportunity to find your passion, figure out what is important to you, and what you're going to devote yourself to. Ultimately, that’s what we’re all looking for.Nine Liveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805578718801397326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19925144.post-73709149311429195252008-04-03T21:00:00.002+08:002008-04-03T21:03:42.673+08:00Create Your Own Miraclesfrom <a href="http://www.beliefnet.com/story/188/story_18819_2.html">Belief.net</a>:<br /><br /><strong>Eight steps to bringing wonderful experiences into your life.</strong> <br />By Michael C. Rann and Elizabeth Rann Arrott <br /><br /><br />"Are there really miracles?" Yes, of course, there are. All of us have heard of miracles in the form of physical healings that cannot be explained by medical science. There are also miracles when the perfect solution presents itself at just the right time. There are miracles when some action taken by a person puts him or her in just the right place and results in a greater good than ever seemed possible. There are miracles in finding the perfect job, the perfect mate, and/or money when it's most needed. <br /><br />Miracles happen through natural and normal circumstances, and the "new science" of quantum physics is proving that we are--every one of us--already wired for miracles. The reality is that every one of us can consciously take control and work to create a miracle or miracles in our lives. We are not victims of a random existence in a confusing and possibly hostile world. Life is for us, not against us. Not only is it possible to experience a dramatic healing or find the perfect solution to our problems, but it's also possible to express the dream or desire that we haven't dared pursue up to now and to learn how to bring such wonderful experiences into our lives more often. <br /><br />To help get you started on the path of creating your own miracle, here are eight simple steps... <br /><br /><strong>Be very clear.</strong><br />You need to be very clear about the miracle you desire - about the good you want in your world. As you clearly visualize or imagine your miracle, focus only on the end result of what you want, not the means by which it comes about. Let the "how" be up to the Infinite Intelligence that's working for you in response to your thinking. <br />Expect the best.<br /><br />We tend to attract that which we love, fear, or steadily expect. So expect the best, even when negative circumstances appear--in fact, especially when they appear. When we expect less than what we want, we get less than what we want. Remind yourself that you do deserve the good you desire. You deserve it by the right of your very existence. Consciously and consistently expect that everything is working to your greatest and highest good. <br /><br /><strong>Let go of fear.</strong><br />Fear is faith in something negative. Be watchful about your thinking. Your thoughts magnetically attract others like themselves. When you think negatively, your mind will go on a stream-of-consciousness journey into all sorts of related realms of negativity until you consciously stop yourself. All of this will block your miracle. Of course, you can't eliminate every single negative thought for the rest of your life. But all you need is 51% faith and your life will begin to turn in the right direction. When you realize this truth, you will begin to feel empowered, and your faith will become more and more self-generating. <br />Open your mind to all possibilities.<br /><br />When we open to a greater flow of Universal Power and Intelligence in our world, we also need to let go of the way we want it. Although miracles always unfold in a very natural manner, they often come through unexpected channels. Whenever we hold tight, mentally or physically, to having things unfold "our way," we run the risk of delaying our good, diminishing it or even blocking it all together. "What" is up to you. "How" is up to Spirit. <br /><br /><br /><strong>See yourself as you want to be.</strong><br />If you desire health, you need to see yourself healthy and filled with energy and enthusiasm for life. If you desire abundance, you need to see yourself enjoying an abundant lifestyle. And so forth. This does not mean living in a state of denial. On the contrary, you are clear about the facts of your present situation and handle what needs to be handled. But while you are doing all of this, your thinking about where you are headed is focused on what you want, not on what you don't want or where you are today. <br /><br /><strong>Keep the power.</strong><br />Don't talk about it. Keep your miracle secret. To share it prematurely is to dissipate some of the Power of your idea. Further, a negative or envious person will contribute a certain amount of negative energy, either spoken or unspoken, around your idea. The integrity of the relationship between you and Spirit with respect to the unfoldment of your miracle must not be violated. Wait until it is absolutely necessary to share your idea in order for it to continue unfolding. Even then, share as little as possible with as few people as possible. <br /><br /><strong>Do what needs to be done by you.</strong><br />Through the Law of Attraction, many good things move into our lives, apparently unbidden. But almost always, there are things that you need to do and choices you need to make. When you are very clear about what it is you want or need, your mind becomes calm and focused. This, in turn, provides a clear channel for the guidance and direction you need in making your choices and decisions about what to do--whether it's choosing the right doctor or taking the right job.<br /> <br /><strong>Pray. Pray often. Prayer works.</strong><br />Prayer is effective whether we're praying for ourselves, praying for others, or being prayed for by others. You don't have to be religious for your prayers to be effective. A few suggestions: <br />Pray at a time and in a quiet place where you won't be disturbed. <br />Allow yourself to feel empathy, love, and compassion for yourself or for whomever you are praying. <br />Pray with a complete expectation that your prayer is being answered and that the desired result is right now in the process of manifestation. <br />After you pray, "let go and let God." At that point, your job in the creative process is complete. Your continuing work is to guard your thinking. Creatively praying several times a day is a major key to success in obtaining your desires.<br /><br /><br /><br /><em>Excerpted from 'Shortcut to a Miracle: How to Change Your Consciousness and Transform Your Life,' by Michael C. Rann and Elizabeth Rann Arrott (Jeffers Press). Copyright 2005. Used with permission </em>Nine Liveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805578718801397326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19925144.post-18935865416113667432008-02-18T12:37:00.000+08:002008-02-18T12:38:26.587+08:00Undistracted Energy: The Power of Pure Thought and Positive Emotionsfrom <a href="http://www.dailyom.com">dailyom.com</a> -<br /><br />If we make no effort at all, our thoughts usually scatter in a vast array of directions. They start and stop and move in surprising ways from one second to the next. If we try to follow our thoughts without controlling them, we will be amazed at how truly inconsistent they are. Yet, if we apply our minds to a specific task, especially one that interests us, they gather together and allow us to focus our attention, creating great power and energy. This is what is known as pure thought, because it is undistracted.<br /><br />The law of attraction—like attracts like—influences all energy, including our thoughts, and this is what makes pure thought so potent. Our undistracted thoughts create a powerful magnet that draws similar energy into our vibrational field. As a result, the longer we are able to hold positive thoughts in our minds, the more powerful the positive energy around us becomes. We don't need to focus on action and controlling so much when we are surrounded by energy that draws what we want toward us. We can simply respond to the opportunities that naturally come our way. When this is the essence of our experience, we can go with the flow, knowing that we will be okay.<br /><br />If pure thought is a body, it is our emotions that supply the heart that can really bring it to life. Our thoughts and feelings exist in relation to one another, and they form a feedback loop through which they communicate and empower each other. When we hold a thought in our mind without being distracted, we have achieved pure thought. When we have a positive emotional response to that thought, we enable it to dance and move and breathe itself into existence.Nine Liveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805578718801397326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19925144.post-80795158029831835452008-02-04T12:07:00.000+08:002008-02-04T12:12:43.178+08:00Getting Your Imagination to Work for You<span style="font-style:italic;">from the free <a href="http://www.beliefnet.com">Beliefnet</a> newsletter i subscribe to--</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Getting Your Imagination to Work for You</span><br />by Denis Waitley<br /><br />Highly motivated achievers find the strength of their motivation in the power of their imagination.<br /><br />One of the wonderful aspects about human imagination is that it can see things not as they are now, but as they can be; it can foretell the future, based upon our beliefs and expectations, in an almost uncanny way; it can draw the colorful mental images that we hope someday to turn into reality.<br /><br />Imagination is the beginning of creation.<br /><br />Dr. David McClelland of Harvard University demonstrated this through a series of "projective tests." In these tests, McClelland used photographs or drawings depicting basic scenes. For instance, in one photograph, a man was lying in bed with his eyes closed. His hand was raised and extended over an alarm clock on the table next to the bed. A window in the background was bright with the rays of early morning sunlight. McClelland asked his subjects to either describe the scene or tell a story about the person in the picture. To be sure that the responses were solely a function of motivational levels, the subjects for each test were people of the same sex, age, social background, and level of education.<br /><br />This was McClelland's hypothesis: Since all motivation comes from internal images, the subjects in the study who demonstrated the highest and most active levels of imaginative power would become the most successful in achieving their personal goals. He called these people "highly motivated achievers."<br /><br />His experiments confirmed his hypothesis. He found that highly motivated achievers told action-filled, goal-oriented stories about the scenes. People with a lower motivational level generally gave bland, passive descriptions of the images.<br /><br />For example, after viewing the photo of the man in bed holding out his hand toward the clock, a highly motivated achiever might describe a man who has to wake up early and get back to work on an important project that kept him up late the night before. They would even describe details of the project.<br /><br />On the other hand, McClelland's less motivated subjects tended toward a passive interpretation of the scene. Many described a sleeping man who is reaching to turn off the alarm because it's Saturday and he doesn't have to go to work.<br /><br />McClelland was not content to accept the results of the first study at face value. He continued to ask himself the following question: What if individuals don't start off with a vivid imagination, but their professional position demands a vivid imagination? If, in fact, highly motivated achievers developed their imaginative abilities in response to their jobs, it would mean that their imaginative powers might not have played a role in motivating them to their level of extraordinary success. <br /><br />In other words, how could McClelland be certain that the vivid imagination of these individuals was a cause of success and not a result of it?<br /><br />He solved the problem by devising a second study that took 14 years to complete. For four years, he gave his projective test to college students. After giving the last projective test, he compiled the results and divided the students into two groups. The first group comprised those who showed the same traits as the highly motivated achievers of his earlier study, and the second group included those who were of average motivation.<br /><br />McClelland then waited 10 years before he could complete his study, giving the students time to establish careers. He knew that if those with the most vivid imaginations were the same ones who had advanced furthest up the corporate ladder, he would have proof that vivid imaginations played a key role in helping people advance the furthest in life. He would have proof that a vivid, action-oriented imagination was a cause, a prerequisite in maintaining a highly motivated state, not just a result of success.<br /><br />Ultimately, McClelland's findings confirmed his expectations. The highly motivated achievers, those students who told the most vivid, action-oriented stories in the projective tests, had most often chosen entrepreneurial careers involving a large amount of personal responsibility, initiative, and personal risk. The other students gravitated to non-entrepreneurial fields that required much less personal initiative. From the 14-year study, McClelland concluded that highly motivated achievers find the strength of their motivation in the power of their imagination.<br /><br />McClelland's research may seem complex, but there's one principle woven throughout all his studies: The more vivid and real the image that motivates you, the stronger the motivation.<br /><br />As we hold a picture in the hands of our imagination, the enormous power of our minds is set on achieving it. Soon, depending upon the difficulty and complexity of the image, it is ours... it is a reality, whereas before, it was only a picture in our imagination.Nine Liveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805578718801397326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19925144.post-11456463100648708312008-02-01T08:02:00.000+08:002008-02-01T08:21:25.568+08:00The Universe is Funnyfor around 6 weeks now, as part of my meditations and daily affirmations, i've been creatively visualizing for a certain amount of money to flow into my life, not because i need it desperately but because it would sure help to pay off some things im currently just paying installment on, plus a few other little dreams which would really be nice if they came quicker, like visiting Mama again for her birthday in May, but with all my kids this time.<br /><br />anyway, after a couple of weeks of trying out and finetuning my affirmation to aid me in my visualization, this was the affirmation i finally came up with that i was comfortable with and that resonated with me--<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Thank you, God, for the $nnnnn.nn already in my life right now, quickly and effortlessly! This, or something better.</span><br /><br />-- even as i creatively visualized my self receiving the money in a small bag i already have prepared, and going around paying off accounts happily, and having my kids and i happily boarding the plane to Atlanta and having happy times with Mama and Larry.<br /><br />as what usually happens in the manifesting process, certain little "signs of land" start appearing. like my receiving in the mail two new credit cards i don't even remember applying for, but whose credit limit would allow me and the kids to already fund our one-way trip to Atlanta!<br /><br />i said thank you of course to the Universe, and also reminded her that please, no more debts okay, pure income and cash would be so much more appreciated!<br /><br />then Papa got hospitalized last Jan. 16, and is still in the hospital up to now, from diabetes complications. first, he was just admitted to have his 3 left small toes amputated but ended up with his needing to have his whole left leg amputated and needing a significant amount of blood transfusion. he is still recovering slowly up to now, but he seemed better yesterday, than the last 5 days after the major leg amputation.<br /><br />anyway, the point is, because of Papa's health crisis, it fell upon me to temporarily manage his finances and make sure they are alright. so my last two weeks have been mostly spent going to banks and dealing with people there and counting money, either for deposit or for withdrawal.<br /><br />another major "sign of land"! : ) i recognized that early on. i said to my self, thank you God, for this sign of land, further leading me to the manifesting of my heart's desire! i get to practice counting huge sums of money again and feel what it feels like : ), even as i get to practice dealing with bank people again for large sums of money!<br /><br />still, the money is not my own, but Papa's.<br /><br />then it just hit me yesterday while i was walking under the noonday sun-- of course, my affirmation has already come true: this is the equivalent of $nnnnn.nn (even 5x more) ALREADY IN MY LIFE RIGHT NOW, isn't it?<br /><br />except that the money is not mine. : ) heehee!!!<br /><br />ohhhh Universe, youuuuuu!!!<br /><br />so now i'm further fintetuning my affirmation--<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Thank you, God, for the $nnnnn.nn already MINE and in my life right now, quickly and effortlessly! This, or something better!</span><br /><br />be careful of what you pray for: be specific!!!<br /><br />; ) : ) : )Nine Liveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805578718801397326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19925144.post-29335583261316418652008-01-11T03:39:00.000+08:002008-01-11T03:44:04.117+08:00Focus, Feeling and Allowingcreating the Abundant Life that is your birthright (why else were you placed in this Earth?) is essentially about creating <span style="font-weight:bold;">Focus</span> and <span style="font-weight:bold;">Feeling</span> and then <span style="font-weight:bold;">Allowing</span> it to happen.<br /><br />mantras, like the one previously introduced in <a href="http://avalancheofblessings.blogspot.com/2007/11/avalanche-of-blessings.html">another blog</a>; prayer, affirmations, vision boards, declarations (like in the previous post) are not magical and powerful in themselves. they are all just <span style="font-style:italic;">tools</span> to help you create the Focus and generate the Feeling that is in line (in alignment) with your Desire/Intention. their power is in how they are able to help you achieve that Focus and Feeling.<br /><br />so the ideal mantra, prayer, affirmation, etc. is actually the one that you create and that means a lot to you personally, because it has even the added charge of your own unique energies/vibrations.<br /><br />many books, e-books, courses, teleseminars, etc. abound online and offline on topics like this. they only differ in personality, flavor, methods and tools used. but they all basically follow certain universal Laws (of Manifesting), which themselves have a long tradition throughout time and history, from the Hermetic arts to the science of the Mind and the everyday effective principles discovered by all successful people in their own individual journeys through life.<br /><br />today, Science has caught up with essentially similar discoveries in the field of quantum physics. if you reflect upon them long and deeply enough, you will realize that they are essentially how Nature works, so in that sense they are actually natural laws, too:<br /><br />1. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Law of Deliberate Creation (Focus)</span> - what you consistently think about, you bring about. what you pay attention to, grows; what you ignore, dies.<br /><br />2. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Law of Attraction (Feeling)</span> - like attracts like. so, become what you desire. be in vibrational alignment with what you desire.<br /><br />3. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Law of Allowing (Allowing)</span> - let go. release it to the Universe and let things happen.<br /><br />that's basically it.<br /><br />all other discussions, treatises, courses, etc. -- if you pay enough attention to them-- essentially follow these 3 principles. some focus on one or two to highlight-- some focus on thinking positive, some focus on clearing negative emotions-- but they still follow these basic principles. <br /><br />actually, once this hit me in the course of my own seeking, journey and growth, i had a fun time identifying and sorting what book, course, talk, etc. that i came across basically emphasizes among these 3 principles. try it, too, and you will see what i mean.<br /><br />and you will soon discover that the answers are not really out there. the answer is not really on more books to read, more courses to take, or even which "guru" to listen to-- the answers are in you, in your power to decide and to consistently choose to apply these principles in your daily life.Nine Liveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805578718801397326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19925144.post-38684378111206164112008-01-11T02:27:00.000+08:002008-01-11T02:57:40.185+08:00My Perfect Lifewhile sorting through my computer files, i found this "Declaration" i wrote around 6 months ago, at a very heartbreaking time in my life, because the love i thought was The One was not The One at all. <br /><br />although this was written 6 months ago, i wrote in my diary snippets of this "Declaration" over the course of the last 2 years of further handcrafting my life. i only managed to put them all together here that darkest day in June when, in the depths of my despair, i also resolved to my self that, like Scarlett O'Hara clutching the soil of Tara in her hand, "As God is my witness--" I will not take this like a victim! : )<br /><br />anyway, i post this here now because i my self am amazed: the life i have now is 90% what this Declaration describes! very soon (as in 6 days later!) after i let go of that old love that wasn't for me and wrote this Declaration, i met Someone Special who's turning out to be a true partner of my mind, heart, spirit (and body : >) and we are in a beautifully growing and deep Love and Friendship-- i'm keeping my fingers crossed. : )<br /><br />there is power in decreeing, indeed!<br /><br />so here it is, my Perfect Life, as declared by me! : ><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">My Perfect Life</span><br />(Decreed June 25, 2007)<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Me</span><br /><br />I am at peace with my self, with who I am, and happy with being authentically me, and growing each moment to be the finest soul I can be, in all ways. I treat other people with honor, honesty and respect, in the same manner that I always expect to be treated with honor, honesty and respect, too.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Children and Family<br /></span><br />I take good care of my children and other people placed in my path and in my care, in all ways—physically, mentally, emotionally, psychologically, spiritually—the best way I can, and they take good care of me too the best ways they can. We enjoy good, healthy, affirming relationships based on respect, trust, openness and honesty, peace and freedom to let each other be as authentically as each can be, being the best each can be. Our simple rules we live by at home: be honest, be kind, speak gently, and clean up your own mess.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Love</span><br /><br />My Twin Flame Soulmate and I are happily married to each other; we are the best of friends and lovers for life! We both enjoy a very good, stable, happy, joyful, healthy, peaceful and abundant Love, Friendship, Marriage and Family Life together, sharing our selves and our lives with each other intimately yet also lovingly allowing each other the freedom to be and grow to be the finest soul each can be. Our love for each other extends to our children and the rest of our family, friends and community. Our love for each other heals and transforms and inspires us both, as well as the lives of those we touch.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">My Work</span><br /><br />I work mainly based from home, writing, communicating, helping people, teaching, traveling all over the world and receiving abundant blessings in material or other forms, enough to take care of my self and my children very comfortably, allowing us to be the best we can be.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">My Community: the World</span><br /><br />My being authentically me extends its light and gifts to my children and family, to my Twin Flame Soulmate, to my work, and ultimately, to my community and the rest of the world, which I consider my world community. There is no strict division of boundaries, each fund the other, and the world is my home, a happy, peaceful, loving place I make and make with all the people placed in my path and care.<br /><br />I leave this world someday better than I have found it. My presence in it, my life as I have lived it, is a blessing to all whom I have met.<br /></span>Nine Liveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805578718801397326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19925144.post-41688348485348470962007-12-28T18:21:00.000+08:002007-12-28T18:38:12.297+08:00The Science of Getting Rich - Summary of Essentialsit's that time of the year again-- a time for looking back and looking forward, reviewing old dreams and creating new ones, which usually includes dreams for a better, happier, more abundant life, including money but not just money.<br /><br />here it is again, The Science of Getting Rich, in capsule form--<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">There is a universal energy from which all things are made. This energy fills the entire universe.<br /><br />When you form a thought in your head, you tap into this energy, and you actually create that which you are thinking about.<br /><br />Mankind has the ability to create a thought and cause the subject of the thought to be created within this field of Universal Energy.<br /><br />To activate this ability, we must learn to harness our creative mind. Typically, we function with our competitive mind. But to create things with thought, we need to activate the creative mind.<br /><br />We can come into harmony with this Universal energy through the act of expressing gratitude. Gratitude unifies our mind with this all encompassing Universal energy.<br /><br />To manifest something new, simply hold an image of what you seek in your mind. And express gratitude to the Universe for having granted this to you. To achieve wealth, apply this same principle - hold a clear vision of the wealth you hope to attain. Then express gratitude that this wealth is coming to you. You must have unwavering faith and devout gratitude.<br /><br />All that you include in your mental image will come to you through the physical realm - through the process of natural ways such as trade and commerce.<br /><br />To claim this wealth, you must be active. You must do all that you can do each day to make this vision a reality. Especially strive to deliver to others something of value greater than what they paid you for.<br /><br />Those who practice these instructions will get rich. And the riches they receive will be in the exact proportion to the definiteness of their vision, the fixity of their purpose, the steadiness of their faith, and the depth of their gratitude.</span><br /><br />To participate in a <a href="http://thesgrprogram.com/?a_aid=3e250097 ">free online course</a> on The Science of Getting Rich, please click <a href="http://thesgrprogram.com/?a_aid=3e250097 ">here</a>.<br /><br />To download a <a href="http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?af=517462">free copy of Wallace Wattles' 1910 book </a>in ebook form, please click <a href="http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?af=517462">here</a>.<br /><br />Happy, Prosperous New Year, everyone!Nine Liveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805578718801397326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19925144.post-62923745870768548932007-12-17T12:01:00.001+08:002007-12-27T20:30:44.485+08:00Affiliate Marketing Trap and Tip #1im only around 3 weeks' old as an affiliate and online marketing newbie, and already i am becoming aware of the first twin traps any affiliate marketing or online marketing newbie inevitably falls into, if one is not careful:<br /><br />1. information overload<br />2. the buy, buy, buy impulse<br /><br />here's a way i've found to deal with these twin challenges and temptations:<br /><br />1. <span style="font-weight:bold;">focus on the basics</span>, and the basics of a successful online business essentially have to do with 4 things-- product, conversion, traffic and backend. any information you get must help you improve and delivery well on any or all of these 4 core items of your business, otherwise, it's not really information you need to know.<br /><br />this is well-explained in a <a href="http://www.secretaffiliateweapon.com/truth/">free 12-minute video (you can download the audio script too if you want to) by Ewen Chia</a>, the no. 1 top affiliate marketer in the world (you can Search for the evidence for that, too). i figured id start my journey by learning from the best in the field. : )<br /><br />the basics also include the principles of successful online marketing, which i found through <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2m49f9">AutoPilot Profits</a>. in this book, Ewen Chia basically reveals to you the fundamentals, as well as the fast and long-term strategies for successful online marketing.<br /><br />as a newbie, it helped me see my way through the foggy forest of information overload, and afforded me with some basic guideposts on what to watch out for, and what to avoid. just learning from the book alone was well worth the investment, although the author also presents to you a proposal for how you can jumpstart your online business career with his products. but that's up to the reader to take or leave.<br /><br /><br />2. <span style="font-weight:bold;">set a cap for your spending</span>. from reading the initial free online marketing resources, most gurus have already said that you can start and run an online marketing business of your own for as little as $100-$200.<br /><br />so i've set my cap for that-- $100 capital investment (domain and hosting, an autoresponder investment, and a few select ebooks/courses on online marketing principles-- i chose only two, one of which is <a href="http://vblessings.autopilotp.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=AUTOPLOT">AutoPilot Profits</a>), and $100 monthly recurring investments (mostly paid subscriptions to select businesses, especially the 6 proven streams of income highly recommended by the <a href="http://www.pluginprofitsite.com/main-20135">PlugIn Profits system</a>).<br /><br />ive made a pact with my self not to go beyond this cap, until i start earning a steady stream of income from them and the business can start paying for itself.<br /><br />i've decided early on that what i can't get with money (buying), i will get with more time and ingenuity (research, creativity), which i have a lot of. : )<br /><br />this is the Net after all, where there are probably more free information than paid-for ones!<br /><br />until then, your fellow newbie in the journey remains,<br />dedicated. : )Nine Liveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805578718801397326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19925144.post-28841116951656040922007-12-13T07:50:00.001+08:002007-12-13T07:56:03.662+08:00Dotcomology: Everything You Needed to KnowThis <a href="http://pluginprofitsite.com/main-20135/dotcomology.html">FREE ebook</a> is what I'm studying right now. It's downloadable free from <a href="http://pluginprofitsite.com/main-20135/dotcomology.html">here</a>.<br /><br />Here are additional <a href=" http://pluginprofitsite.com/main-20135/videos.html">FREE newbie training videos</a>, too! : )<br /><br />If one is resourceful and persistent enough, one doesn't really have to spend a lot to start an online business of one's own, that's what I'm learning these days.Nine Liveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805578718801397326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19925144.post-12295854793176014132007-12-12T08:40:00.000+08:002007-12-12T08:49:49.520+08:00Why I Like PIPS<span style="font-style:italic;">this is one of the reasons why i decided to go for Stone Evans' PlugInProfits System (PIPS)-- the regular FREE newsletter (i signed up for the free newsletter weeks ago, before i decided to be part of the PIPS) content i'm getting on the way to building my own online business. a sample of their honest-to-goodness, direct advise is shown below (of course, i also realized they would promote the advantage of PIPS but it convinced me since what they said makes sense), which helps me think, reflect and plan my own way through, too:<br /><br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="http://www.pluginprofitsite.com/main-20135">Fast-Track Your Journey to Home Business Success</a></span><br />Copyright © Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy<br /><br /><br />No one has ever logged onto the Internet for the first time and <br />started pocketing dollars in a really short period of time. As <br />with all things in life, there is a learning curve. <br /><br />SOME PERSONAL HISTORY<br /><br />Just a few short years ago, I was a working stiff just like you. <br /> <br />One day, I bought and read a book called "Multiple Streams of <br />Income" by bestselling author, Robert Allen. Immediately, I <br />began my journey. <br /><br />Every night after work and after my wife and children went to <br />sleep, I would get online and explore different ways of using the <br />Internet to make money. <br /><br />In the two years that followed, I spent over $10,000 racking up <br />credit card debt buying eBooks, membership sites, special <br />reports, opt-in leads, and joining every "guru" recommended <br />business opportunity that flew into my email inbox. <br /><br />I stayed up learning, working, and drinking coffee until 5:00 in <br />the morning, month after month filled with the hope of making <br />money online. <br /><br />In my third year of working part-time to build a home based <br />income, I finally broke through and earned over $100,000 in just <br />twelve months from the Internet. <br /><br />BECOME THE MASTER OF YOUR LEARNING CURVE<br /><br />Research the lives of all of the "gurus." The one thing that <br />you will learn is that my own experience is not unique. Most of <br />the high earners on the Internet experienced a learning curve <br />very similar to my own. <br /><br />Chances are that your curve will also be similar to mine, but it <br />is my hope that you can get to the top faster than even I did. <br />Three years was a long time to struggle, but every ounce of <br />struggle was worth the reward I have finally received. <br /><br />In order to shorten your own learning curve, you must do a few <br />things differently than the rest of us did. You must become the <br />master of your learning curve. <br /><br />THE SHORTEST DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS IS A STRAIGHT LINE<br /><br />There is only one way to shorten the curve on the Internet: <br /><br />You must plan to succeed! <br /><br />Here is the deal. Most people put up a freebie website and select <br />a few affiliate programs to add to their website. Right out of <br />the gate, most people are running for the finish line without any <br />real plan in mind. <br /><br />After a few short weeks, people begin to see the writing on the <br />wall that says, "This is going to be a long hard road." <br /><br />People check their hit counters daily for six weeks before they <br />realize that getting traffic to their free site is going to be <br />tough. <br /><br />At this point, they begin developing their first batch of <br />advertising. Then they spend countless months finding places to <br />show their advertisements for free. Some make an even more <br />drastic mistake by blowing thousands of hard earned dollars on <br />their new and untested ads. <br /><br />These are the people who will learn the facts of life the hard <br />way. <br /><br />In time, they will learn how to make their advertising work for <br />them, but most will earn very little money from their affiliate <br />programs. <br /><br />At this point in the learning curve, most people throw up their <br />hands and walk away from their dreams in utter disgust. Instead <br />of a walking away point, this should have convinced the <br />struggling online entrepreneur that they were simply traveling <br />the wrong road. <br /><br />YOU MUST PLAN TO SUCCEED<br /><br />From day one, you must begin to learn about the nuances of web <br />promotion. Read everything you can get your hands on. Don't just <br />read the hype, back it up with the opinions of others who have <br />reviewed the same programs before you came along. Learn from <br />their mistakes and successes. <br /><br />As you begin to learn, you must also look to make a decision. Do <br />you want to step into a pre-built program that is designed to <br />help you to succeed, OR do you want to create a completely new <br />program of which you are the sole owner? <br /><br />If you decide to step into a pre-designed and complete turn-key <br />online money-making venture, then you must select the right <br />venture to step into. If this is your decision, I encourage you <br />to check out the Plug In Profit Site <a href="http://www.pluginprofitsite.com/main-20135">here</a>.<br /><br />If you decide to go the journey on your own, then do all of the <br />necessary research, planning and preparation that is needed for <br />your success. <br /><br />PREPARE TO SUCCEED<br /><br />Decide what you think you would want to do, and then figure out <br />how your planned site will generate a real income. <br /><br />Internet old-timers know about hundreds of corporation domains <br />that existed with IPO millions, but did not have an actual money <br />plan that could sustain their business model. Most of these <br />companies were among the hundreds of companies that bellied up in <br />the 2000 dot bomb experience. <br /><br />Don't blindly believe in your plan. Research others on the web <br />who have undertaken similar business models and see if they have <br />survived. Study your competitors in depth to learn what is <br />working for them and what did not work for them. To better <br />understand what has or has not worked for competitor websites, <br />check out their time lapsed progressions using <a href="http://web.archive.org ">the Wayback <br />Machine</a><br /><br />Once you have determined your money plan, then you should <br />undertake the development of a business plan and a marketing <br />plan. Utilize professional assistance if you need to do so. While <br />creating your plans, make a determination as to which domain name <br />you think would be best, then register it along with a hosting <br />account. You can do this at Host4Profit in Step 2 on <a href="http://www.pluginprofitsite.com/main-20135">this page</a>. <br /><br /><br />Once you have developed your business plan and marketing plan and <br />have run them through several revisions, then it will be time to <br />buy your domain name and to begin work with a site designer and <br />developer. You may need to have your domain sitting on a web host <br />for your site developer, but this is not always necessary. While <br />they are doing their work, enlist a copywriter to help you with <br />your site sales copy. <br /><br />When your site designer and developer have your site working, you <br />should then undertake significant testing to make sure everything <br />works as planned. It is much harder to fix problems on a <br />operational site than it is to fix problems on a site that has <br />yet to be launched. <br /><br />When testing is done, then you should fill in your sales copy and <br />then shoot for launch. Of course, you already have a marketing <br />plan in place, so your preparation here will be simply a matter <br />of putting the pieces of the puzzle into place. <br /><br />You are finally ready to open for business. Don't be afraid to <br />spend the money to bring your dream alive. Time can replace money <br />in the goal of starting a profitable online business, but money <br />invested can shave years off of your company's growth.<br /><br />About the Author:<br />------------------------------------------------------------<br />Stone Evans helps ordinary people all over the world make <br />money online with affiliate programs. If you can follow 3 <br />easy steps, you can get your own customized website, <br />autoresponder (email follow-up software) and pre-written <br />email marketing campaign professionally designed and <br />installed and ready to pull in profits for you in 24 hours <br />or less! See details at and sign up today at:<br /><a href="http://www.pluginprofitsite.com/main-20135">PlugInProfits</a>.Nine Liveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805578718801397326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19925144.post-64639282758298676132007-12-11T12:10:00.000+08:002007-12-11T12:11:46.172+08:00my own, my first!i have my own and my first business site up and going now-- <a href="http://www.avalancheofblessings.net">Avalanche Of Blessings!</a><br /><br />of course, the really first business site of my own is the author website inspired by B, and which content im still currently working on. then, the mother site for this site, Avalanche Of Blessings.com is something i'm also still currently working on, hopefully to be unveiled by Christmas Day.<br /><br />it's just that, in the course of my research, i was also already itching to get some action done and see how it really is, like an on-the-job training even as i learn the principles of online marketing and keyword research and SEOS, etc. <br /><br />so i found this site, <a href="http://www.pluginprofitsite.com/main-20135">PlugInProfits</a>, and decided to invest in this test. they build your own site for you, set up your products and income streams for you, help you with responding to your customers, and many other stuff-- all you have to do is help market your site by generating traffic. in other words, it shortcuts all the other work of having your own internet business so you can just focus on generating income through effective marketing methods.<br /><br />for an initial plunk down of only P60/day (that's just like eating one Happy Meal a day) for my first month and even much less in the suceeding months, i figured id take the tuition to learn more even as i already start earning. the alternative is to keep researching and learning,... and earning nothing yet. so, of course, im taking the more promising alternative.<br /><br />anyway, im just on my second day now, getting familiar with all the resources PIPS (PlugInProfits System) provides, as well as contacting their helpdesk for every question that occurs to me. so far, they have been very patient and accommodating with me, even when i ask really stupid-sounding questions (hey, im a newbie, and im paying for this stuff! so i have that privilege :>) whose answers are either already in the FAQ or in some previous welcome email they sent.<br /><br />and im having a lot of fun! : )<br /><br />i question my self: what feeds my hunger for this new adventure? the money itself, which is the usual and most obvious reason? or something more?<br /><br />hmmmm... in some ways, it is the money. it could sure help pay for a number of things the kids and i need and want... faster. but then, again, even without it, we're already happy as we are, and we'll either get those things we need and want eventually, or find we don't need or want them anymore somewhere down the line anyway.<br /><br />i think it's something more. i've never been one to just work for money alone anyway. heck, i volunteer and help out in projects that fire my passion, even without getting paid!<br /><br />i think it's about the challenge and thrill of conquering a new territory, a new as-yet unexplored world for me, and finding more about my strengths and gifts and limitations, too, in the process.<br /><br />that's what's been missing lately from my previous work and even volunteer projects-- just more of the same. and i guess, i've been yearning for this new pioneer kind of feeling and challenge again.<br /><br />more to update next time. i'm having a really interesting and fun time doing keyword research, too. heehee.... just for a taste of the interesting pieces of tidbits i'm discovering along the way-- i didn't realize "hot women" and "mature women" ranks way up there in the list of most often searched keywords more than "beautiful women" and "young women" are!!! <br /><br />: ) : ) : )Nine Liveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805578718801397326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19925144.post-17779969611457136332007-12-10T11:28:00.000+08:002007-12-10T11:30:47.809+08:00getting seriousi am getting serious with my new dream. (hmmmm... well, it isn't really new, but the method for achieving it is... i've always envisioned myself working from home earning multiple streams of income as the ideal work and life style for me, and im well on my way there now with my offline freelance writing and paid speaking/training projects and all).<br /><br />this time, though, i want to try out earning online, for my self. (there's the <a href="http://www.thebutterflysource.com">online family business</a> i've been working on for 4 years now as one-woman customer care, marketing and liaison person, which has trained me and taught me to see how exciting and challenging the global world is out there, and how i --we Filipinos, actually-- can be up to par in engaging it successfully.)<br /><br />heck, im on the net so much and have been quite a good customer of so many (mostly info) products and services all these years, i figured i might as well get on the other side of the fence and start sending the money flow my way too, instead of my just sending it out from me. : )<br /><br />for the past two weeks now, i've been sleepless doing intensive research. it is amazing how i can't stand 30 minutes in one stretch doing the data analysis for my project paper, yet sit for hours on end lost in my business research. <br /><br />i am starting to see my way through the forest and the fog, and i am very careful to hold on to my credit card and not buy guides here and there just because of their impressive sales pitch and marketing hype. im quite the gullible and impressionable type and i've learned my lessons already (i should, by now!).<br /><br />needless to say, i am excited, if only to see where this will lead me. if there's one thing this one year break from my regular work is telling me clearly, it's that i don't want to go back anymore, i feel i have achieved all that i have set out to achieve there, and i want to explore new challenges now, on my own, and being on my own.<br /><br />my excitement is double this morning. a few days ago, i signed up FREE for <a href="https://www.ezinfocenter.com/9954738/Free">this affiliate training site</a>, and today, i just got an email telling me i've just had my first affiliate signing up under my account! : ) <br /><br />what i like about <a href="https://www.ezinfocenter.com/9954738/Free">SFI</a> is the training and support it gives, especially to newbies like me, and also the opportunity for me to train and help others as i also learn and grow. my education and training background comes in very handy, also my online personalized customer care experience from the family business. when one signs up, one is interviewed for one's background and goals, which helps them help you better. and so far, the assistance I've been getting is helping me ease out of my anxieties and confusion, at least.<br /><br />it looks like it has a good track record, too, from the research ive done so far. it's been operating offline since 1985 and online since 1998, a member of the Better Business Bureau, as well as the <a href=" http://www.ezinfocenter.com/9954738/IAHBE">International Association of Home Business Entrepreneurs (IAHBE). <br /></a><br />anyway, baby steps. i'll share my progress as they come. : )<br /><br />p.s. maybe, in a way, i have indeed been "<a href="http://gracewithfire.blogspot.com/2007/12/my-last-trip.html">dying</a>" lately-- dying to an old way of life, of thinking, of perceiving possibilities, and being born to this new one, the world of endless, global possibilities! <br /><br /><a href="http://avalancheofblessings.blogspot.com/">God bless my way, as God has always done so</a>!Nine Liveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805578718801397326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19925144.post-39649916293094762832007-12-09T10:45:00.001+08:002007-12-09T10:45:47.798+08:00Harness the Power of Energy FieldsFrom "Positive Energy," by Judith Orloff, M.D.:<br /><br />We all know that energy comes from diet, sleep, and exercise. But we're also influenced by an extensive network of energy fields undetectable to our five senses. Think of gravity, the force of attraction to the earth's center, which holds us to the ground. Or magnetic fields: you remember those metal filings mysteriously drawn toward the magnet in grammar school science class. Similarly, there's an energy field or "vibe" emanating from everything we encounter, from food to friends to current events. Our response to these vibes is manifested in our energy level. What we usually think of in physical, emotional, and sexual terms, using words like, "My heart's racing," "I'm afraid," or "I'm aroused," are different expressions of subtle energy. If you're a particularly sensitive person who frequently feels drained or exhausted, this information can make the difference between an exuberant life and one you're constantly recovering from...<br /><br />To begin, envision energy as conveying two qualities-either positive or negative. You must become acquainted with each to take charge of your health and moods.<br /><br />You'll learn how to harness the power of positive energy-loving and nurturing forces from within, such as compassion, courage, forgiveness, and faith. (Being the best people we're capable of being brings wholeness to a broken world.) Or from without: supportive friends, creative work, the ability to laugh, or vibrant sexuality. Positive energy comes from an honoring of the Earth and all its creatures, a deep capacity for tolerance, as well as the passion to achieve a peaceful civilization. These are as central to our sustenance as food or oxygen.<br /><br />You'll hone skills to combat and reverse negative energy, which enfeebles us, causing dis-ease. Negative energy keeps us small, unhealthy; it alienates us from our best selves. We may generate it with our own fear, self-loathing, rage, or shame-an emotional terrorism we inflict on ourselves without realizing the toll. Unless we're committed to identifying and healing such negative forces, they will enervate us.Nine Liveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805578718801397326noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19925144.post-13710844274015547482007-11-27T18:02:00.000+08:002007-11-27T18:05:32.823+08:00The Seven Hermetical (Magical) Principlesfrom a manuscript i've just finished editing, Robert Rubin's <span style="font-style:italic;">The Essential Hermetics</span>:<br /><br /><br />1. <span style="font-weight:bold;">The Principle of Mentalism</span> -“The All is Mind, the Universe is Mental.”<br /><br />2. <span style="font-weight:bold;">The Principle of Correspondence</span> - “As above, so below; as below, so above.”<br /><br />3. <span style="font-weight:bold;">The Principle of Vibration/ The Manifesting Principle</span> -“Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates.”<br /><br />4. T<span style="font-weight:bold;">he Principle of Polarity</span><br />“Everything is Dual; everything has poles; everything has its pair of opposites; like and unlike are the same; opposites are identical in nature but different in degree; extremes meet all; all truths are half-truths; all paradoxes may be reconciled.”<br /><br />5. <span style="font-weight:bold;">The Principle of Cause and Effect/ The Law of Return</span><br />“Every cause has its effect, every effect has its cause; everything happens according to Law; chance is but a name for Law not recognized; there are many planes of causation but nothing escapes the Law.”<br /><br />6. <span style="font-weight:bold;">The Principle of Rhythm/ The Timing Principle</span><br />“Everything flows, out and in, in and out; everything has its tides; all things rise and fall; the pendulum-swing manifests in everything; the measure of the swing to the right is the measure of the swing to the left; rhythm compensates.”<br /><br />7. <span style="font-weight:bold;">The Principle of Gender</span><br />“Gender is in everything; everything has its Masculine and its Feminine Principles; gender manifests on all planes.”Nine Liveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14805578718801397326noreply@blogger.com0