I got into one of those circular type conversations today after someone made the comment that they would, “believe it when they see it.”
I couldn’t resist pointing out the idea that you’re unlikely to see it until you believe it. 
I’d love to hear your perspective… which comes first… the SEEING or the BELIEF
While you ponder that why not listen to this clip about BELIEF by Anthony Robbins CD Awakening the Giant Within –
Feeling good is a raised vibration because your natural state is joy. And cleaning your vibration to bring it back to ‘good feeling’ is a really valuable thing to practice. The best way I know of is, when you catch yourself experiencing something less than your natural state… take a deep breath and find something/someone to APPRECIATE or find something that makes you laugh with pleasure.
I don’t know of any better vibration cleaners than appreciation and humor! That’s where I go when I need to get my energy into alignment. 
I don’t remember ever seeing anything in here about “age.” I’m wondering if one possibly reaches an age where manifesting just doesn’t happen. I have read that we older folks probably have a lot more “junk” to get rid of that would seriously hinder many results, but is it so impossible? One of the things that really hangs me up is “action.” I’m retired and don’t have a business, and sometimes it seems that the only way to manifest is to have a career or business where there is at least a basis or jumping off point to take action. There is no relationship issue, either. I hope you don’t think I’m age-ist, but this whole thing seems to be geared to younger people.
Has Abraham ever addressed the “age” issue?
Here’s my response… Please leave a comment and let me know what you think!
Like Crane says… Abraham’s teachings are definitely AGE-NEUTRAL! That’s probably why you haven’t seen anything.
Are you aware that Esther and Jerry Hicks are NOT kids?
You may be surprised at the audience if you attend a workshop.
Here’s something that you may be ‘missing’ — you ARE manifesting… each moment of each day. You, in fact, manifested TODAY for yourself.The whole day… just for you to play in, to have experience. You manifested the physical body to use in the experiences you are drawing to yourself. It has nothing to do with having a career or business (unless of course, those things float your cork, blow your skirt up, make you feel ALIVE!) It’s always about having experiences that make you feel ALIVE! That’s what keeps our focus here in the physical. When we’re no longer predominantly focused on experiencing life in the physical we simply slough off our bodies and create from the non-physical.
So never doubt that the Law of Attraction is ALWAYS operating and you are ALWAYS manifesting the match to your vibration. The trick (and the fun) of DELIBERATE creation is wrangling control of your vibration so that you deliberately attract the experiences you truly and deliberately desire rather than creating by default out of our vibrational habits.
When you decide to commitment yourself to FEELING GOOD no matter what… you have made a decision to create a new habit. And you will lock onto this new habit far more quickly if you take action as you are inspired while focused on things that make you feel good.
None of that has anything to do with “age” which is simply an illusion we’ve made up in the first place.
Have fun!
Why not let the kid in you choose?
I have a fun little book of Psychology Tests for Kids. It contains 40 interesting “tests” that have been ‘field-tested’ in real groups and classes with real children yet they’re not meant to be statistically significant and in no way are meant to be interpreted as the last word on a particular child’s ability.
That said… they are fun and allow for self-discovery. I think all of us can enjoy learning about ourselves so I thought it would be fun to periodically give you an opportunity to ‘test’ yourself!
Ponder the list of Super-Powers below and select the one or two that tug at you the most. The ones that really put a grin on your face are a good bet. Then you can click to discover what that might say about YOU!
From: http://www.lightparty.com/Spirituality/MichaelMessage0301.html
MESSAGE FROM ARCHANGEL MICHAEL: CREATING YOUR PYRAMID OF POWER IN THE FIFTH DIMENSION
Beloved masters, it is time to stop pretending that you and your world are not changing moment by moment and thought by thought. It is time to stop denying that a New Age is upon you, and that with every thought and action you make a decision as to whether you will follow the Light or the shadow side of life. Do not project your thoughts into the future, and please allow the past to correct itself, for it will do so as you move higher into the fourth dimension, and all the negative thought forms of Earth’s history are brought into balance. Continue reading
This blog is titled… You Make It Up! Because I know that to be true… about EVERYTHING! And I suspect that there are many who suspect this may be true but are simply afraid to say it out loud.
You see, we simply can’t get beyond our own perspective. Which isn’t to say our perspective doesn’t shift and change. Yet the truth is, your perspective, based on your beliefs, experiences and things learned by you from your experiences… is the lens through which you interpret the world around you. So… you’re making up what everything “means” all the time!
This doesn’t put you at blame for or guilty of ANYTHING in your life… it does remind you that you have the power to create your reality… even re-create your past… if you are willing to broaden your perspective and open your mind. Yes… you’ll still be ‘making it up’… yet if it’s possible that what we experience is a result of what we’re making up… wouldn’t it make sense to make up things that bring us more satisfying experiences?
And when we realize that the statement “It’s not always so” might serve us when it comes to the assumptions and choices we make about what is going on… we can start trusting that statement more and more… to help us keep open for new perspectives that could serve to expand ours. Here’s a little story I want to share that demonstrates how seeing things from a new perspective… changes our experience.
The following is a true story told by Frank Koch, which appeared in an issue of Proceedings, the magazine of the United States Naval Institute. It dramatically illustrates how one simple, yet profound new bit of information completely changed a very big paradigm 180 degrees in an instant.
As background, let me explain that at the time of this story, a battleship was THE most formidable navel war vessel in the world. It was three football fields long (longer than most skyscrapers are tall), weighed 50,000 tons and carried a crew of 1500 sailors. It also had nine 16″ guns that could fire a one-ton explosive “bullet” and blow up a target as small as a tank 23 miles away.
Two battleships assigned to the training squadron had been at sea on maneuvers in heavy weather for several days. Koch was serving on the lead battleship and was standing watch on the bridge as night fell. He recounts his experience.
“The visibility was extremely poor with patchy fog, so the captain remained on the bridge, keeping an eye on our navigation activities.”
“Shortly after dark, the lookout on the wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboard bow!’
“The captain called out, ‘Is it steady or moving astern?’
“The lookout replied, ‘Steady, captain,’ which meant that we were on a collision course with that source of light.
“The captain then called to the signalman, ‘Signal that ship: We are on a collision course… advise you change course 20 degrees.’
“Back came the signal from the other ship. ‘Advisable for you to change course 20 degrees!’
“The captain barked, ‘Send, I’m a captain… change course 20 degrees immediately.’
“‘I’m a seaman second-class,’ came the reply. ‘You had better change course 20 degrees!’”
“By this time, the captain was furious. He spat out, ‘Send, I am a battleship! Change course 20 degrees.’
“Back came the signal from the flashing light…’
“I am a lighthouse…”
All it takes to change a paradigm— or a belief— even the most firmly entrenched and universally agreed upon, is one new piece of “compelling” information.
We are amazing BEINGS! As more and more people discover information about the Law of Attraction (LOA) and seek to understand it, more and more people people become discouraged.
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I certainly don’t have any magical answers. What I do have is an exhilaration for learning the ‘Game’ and a certain thrill at putting the pieces together as I discover them… seeing how the picture and my understanding change as I play at being who I AM within my brilliant bubble of biology — that whole blending the Spiritual and the Physical… experimenting along the way of this thrilling journey.
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I sometimes notice that being discouraged kind of takes the thrill away. That inspires me to explain my understanding in the hope that my sense of thrill may weave it’s way through the despair and infect the despairing one. LOL… makes me sound a bit like a disease. It’s my hope and my intention to be a welcomed one. So it’s in that spirit that I share my comment to a somewhat discouraged fellow traveler.
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I have been doubting over the last month or so if the Law of Attraction is real or a hoax.
The things that have lead me to post this are as follows:
1. After doing everything prescribed on a particular DVD to attract wealth, my financial situation has actualy deteriorated. This was the instigator.
2. The teachers of this DVD seem to be offering products and seminars (at somtimes exsorbitent prices) promising to give you tips and stratagies for improving finances (hmmm….. I thought that was what the DVD was for……. I guess not)!!!!!! Now I should mention that I am thinking of only one of these teachers and they were charging something like $2000 for the seminar. This was about a year ago though.
3. A while ago I posted a topic asking for anyone who has created large amounts of wealth from using the Law of Attraction to reply and prehaps offer some sugestions. Whilst I did get responses, there were NONE from people who had created large amounts of wealth.
4. I have attempted to contact some of the teachers over the past 10 months with absolutley no reply whatsoever.
Now, I will admit in my life there are some things that have improved, such as my living arrangements and I’m now in a permanent relationship, but because I have seen no improvements in my finances, have had no ideas about how to make money come to me or no great job offers over the past 2 1/2 years, I am wondering if this is in fact a hoax with the real money being made off people like us, who watch The Secret and then get told that in order to make money for example, we have to go to a seminar or by a book or cd by them.
This may on some levels sound nasty but I do have to ask the question and maybe get some feedback from all of you.
It is my greatest hope that my argument here is ‘blown out of the water’ because I have put my heart and soul into this but am now feeling ‘cheated’ on some levels
Your question is understandable. On the other hand… because of LOA’s very nature and workings… it tells you YOU are a VERY POWERFUL CREATOR… and because, indeed, you are… you have created something of a conundrum for yourself.
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Now that said… I’ll share something you may not want to hear. You said ==>Don’t get me wrong, I have followed the advise with absolute belief but after 2 years, now that I’m filling out bankruptcy forms, you do questions the validity of all this. I’m just hoping that there is someone on this site that has been able to create the wealth that I have been visualizing and feeling.
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And I say… as evidenced by your questions and the ‘story’ you’ve been telling yourself as described in the above listed points you make… YOU do/did NOT have absolute belief… or perhaps a better way to say it would be…
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You did NOT have an absolute appreciation for the experience of flowing an abundance of money to yourself!
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You were not… and are not YET… vibrationally aligned with FLOWING AN ABUNDANCE OF MONEY to/through yourself.
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Your vibration is predominantly focused on your FEAR of money… on your NEED for money… on your FEAR of not having enough money…
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To attract it you’ve GOT to be a vibrational match to it! And here’s a news flash… your body and your emotions are power tools for guiding you into the vibration that will match.
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Based on what you are pointing out above… I can say with some great certainty that even if you have read Ask and It Is Given you have NOT put the processes in the second part of the book into any kind of consistent practice.
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This stuff requires some deep commitment… along with a sincere willingness to tell the truth to yourself about yourself… and that’s truly tough for most people to do. It all can sound so easy… yet look around yourself and at yourself and tell me how many people you know who are truly, sincerely, deeply committed to FEELING GOOD NO MATTER WHAT.
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No matter the figure on your bank balance
No matter the state of your health or that of your loved ones
No matter the weather
No matter the behavior of those around you
No matter the current job situation
No matter what!
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And NO! It’s not about feeling ‘glee’ all the time… it’s about being committed to feeling good and choosing, when you catch your vibration dropping… to stop in your tracks immediately and reach for a slightly better feeling. Because an abundant flow of money sits at a high vibration… and unless you can, with consistency, maintain that vibration by holding your focus on that level of appreciation… you simply aren’t going to be a match for it and it won’t show up on your radar.
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When there’s a knot in your belly, you’re tuned to a different station
When there’s despondency and hopelessness, you’re tuned to a different station
When there’s a constant nagging headache, you’re tuned to a different station
When you’re lashing out at everyone and everything, you’re tuned to a different station
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catch the drift?
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When you start paying attention to how you feel… and you get yourself aligned with the commitment to feel better and focus on things you appreciate… and you practice holding that appreciation through small segments of the day… and practice it, and practice it… extending the periods of time where you’re appreciating and minimizing the periods of time where you’re not… THEN you start drawing better things toward you.
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It may only start as a dribble…. yet think about this. When you find a penny on the street or in a parking lot… do you pick it up with a big smile and feeling of appreciation that you’ve just received MORE MONEY…
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or do you fail to even notice the pennies… or walk right by them like they were worthless? If you don’t appreciate the pennies why would you expect the Universe to deliver more?
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When you start to practice appreciating you start raising your vibration. And it becomes easier and easier to catch it when it starts to dip… and then it’s your job to PIVOT… there are many tools and tips to help you make the pivot to reaching for a better feeling but I promise you don’t really have to ever BUY ANYTHING.
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The only thing really required is that YOU become a MATCH to your desire… and that can be had by increasing the moments each day that you spend appreciating anything.
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And YES! It has worked for me!
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The video below that I just discovered says it even better ENJOY!
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Do you ever find yourself stuck and struggling? You look around and notice that you are not exactly where you expected to find yourself… the bank account seems to move backwards, the lifestyle you used to dream of as a teenager seems like a pipe dream, and time just seems to be moving faster and faster everyday, leaving us with the feeling there is never enough of it? Continue reading
2009 is going swell!
And I’m going to share that the last 6 weeks of 2008 were beyond rough… and I feel inspired, perhaps compelled, to share the understanding that is beginning to land on me from my most recent trip through spiritual madness. If that sounds like a downer and you want to quickly move away… I understand… it’s this lopsided culture we live in that wants to pretend there is only the yang… by not speaking of the yin. Today I know better… we’ll gain by starting to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth… so help me something.
Dear 2009,
I know 2008 has left you with a few messes to clean up. We’re still counting votes to find out if our new Senator will be a former comedian or will continue to be a joke. We’re reeling at the news that Ponzi schemes are not limited to the Network Marketing industry that you know I love so well. And of course there is the remaining physical rebuilding left after 2008′s ‘winds of change’ merely became winds of destruction with names like Gustav and Ike and the many unnamed tornadoes.
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