PATIENCE

Be patient. We cannot receive what we aren't ready to receive even though it's waiting for us. It will come around again when we're ready. Some things are manifested years after thought because we weren't able to handle it at the time









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HOW DOES VISUALIZATION REALLY WORK?

How Does Visualization Work?
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Debbie_Simon]Debbie Simon

Visualization goes beyond imagination. That is a hard concept for some to grasp. Suppose for a moment that we knew for a fact that when we "imagine" an inner healing center, we aren't just imagining it but we are actually visiting a place that exists on another plane of existence.

Imagine that some of the dreams that you have when you sleep are real. Perhaps you had a conversation with a friend in a dream, and the content was fuzzy but the location was clear. Lets suppose for now, that that conversation had really occurred on some level other than "here". What if your friend then told you that they had spoken with you in a dream and as you put the pieces together you found out that your dreams matched.

If certain places or themes keep showing up in your dreams, what do you think they are telling you? You might be the best interpreter of your own dreams. I have a recurring dream that I am riding a bicycle throughout the city and have forgotten to bring a lock. I arrive at places where I need to bring my bike inside so it won't be stolen. My interpretation of this is that I am being warned of leaving myself wide open and vulnerable. The dream crops up every now and then. Sometimes years will pass between the dreams but they come back when they are relevant to certain events that are going on right now.

If you continue with these concepts and take them a step further, think of how you could apply this to your own life in order to create a life that is better, more successful and more fulfilling. There is so much inner help available to us that we don't access. We hear stories of help coming at just the right moment and miraculous occurrences but unless you experience that first hand, you might continue to be skeptical. It doesn't matter if you believe any of this but it would be useful to proceed as though it were all true.

The inner guidance that we all have access to is a pot of gold. If you sit or lie still and ask for an answer to a question such as "what doctor should I go to for this medical problem?" Or "how do I deal with this issue my child is having?" Or, "how will I know when I find the home that I will like and be happy in and where is it?"

These are everyday, ordinary questions that all of us have in some form. Imagine now that you ask a question and then close your eyes and wait. Don't create the answer yourself but allow yourself to be led to it. Become familiar with your body's responses to correct answers. You have a "yes" and a "no" inside of you. We feel them in different ways. Sometimes it's impossible to describe but we know what a "gut feeling is" and how it feels in our bodies. After answers come or suggestions are made to check something out or ask a particular person for help, the rest is up to you. Nothing gets handed to us without at least some foot work on our part. We can look back at various outcomes in our life and say "I was led to that place or person or job".

Follow your intuition and inner guidance in order to go in the right direction. Going in the right direction is more satisfying than getting to the destination. One example is wondering what foods you can and cannot eat. This changes over our lifetime. The way you ate 10 years ago doesn't work for you anymore and you might want to know how you should be eating now. Listen inwardly and also integrate all of the information that you are getting outside. These two things combined will give you your answers. You might not follow them all the time, but you will probably make some improvements that will help your health and vitality.

Pictures are being shown to us all the time. Become more aware of them when they appear. Visualizations are the gifts from the inner worlds helping us to bring them out here into the open. Many buildings and paintings were created based on an image that was seen by the person unconsciously.

We want to make the unconscious, conscious. We want to become conscious beings instead of hiding from the truth. That takes a lot of courage. It means always walking against or ahead of the pack. It means not being a blind follower or taking everything at face value. It requires analyzing the facts and making decisions on your own, not the kinds of decisions everyone makes because everyone makes them. Being your own person is one of the hardest ways to exist in this world. Caring how others react to your ideas will slow you down. You have to know what's right for you and no one else can tell you without polluting their advice with their own perspectives on life.

You have a private world between the outer you and the inner you. No one else can go there. Use these techniques for good. Use them to help yourself and not to change the course of another person's life. Use them to get the answers to your problems. You will feel less despair and you won't ever get lost.

Debbie Simon, LCSW is a NY State Licensed Psychotherapist and Life Coach. She uses visualization as a tool to accelerate the process toward manifestation and success. In her 20 years of practice she has helped hundreds of people change their lives in significant ways. http://www.visualprosperity.com http://www.visualprosperity.blogspot.com

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CHOOSE TO BE HAPPY

Remember. No matter what is going on in your outer life you always have control over how you react to it. You can always choose to be happy in spite of everything. Make more healthy decisions each day and your life will continue to improve.


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ENJOYING THE JOURNEY EVERYDAY

Sometimes there is a time lag between our vision and its manifestation. In fact, there is often a long time lag. We each move forward at our own pace. Some people are able to know their passion or goal immediately and carry out all the necessary steps right away in order to get there. They are focused, determined and won't allow any distractions or human conditions to get in the way. They aren't always the healthiest people either.

Lucky for those who can easily manifest and in some areas we are better than others, but there are also those things that come up in life that side track us and make us fall back a few yards. Injuries, family emergencies, important events of loved ones, etc. These are the things that force us to set down our goals and focus on something or someone else. Injuries make us stop right away unless we ignore them (in which case they will only get worse). They are telling us that we need to rest and have pushed ourselves to the point of injuring our bodies, or that we are rushing and over committed and therefore fall or trip. Illness also makes our whole world stop and our focus changes. If our illness creates pain then all we can think of is getting rid of it.

Life doesn't let us walk in straight lines, although I've known a few people who must always stay on track at the expense of everything else. They are the most rigid people of all and are often the most physically, mentally and spiritually unhealthy, too. They might appear to be outwardly successful but they aren't balanced. They tend to be lonely because people and relationships weren't a priority in their lives.

Life is a fluid process. Success isn't defined by reaching the goal. Success is finding joy and balance in the everyday process toward the goals. It's finding joy and happiness even when things are rotten and we can't move in the direction that we wanted. We need to redefine success and then we will all realize that we are quite successful at living life.




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BEING A VEHICLE

When we offer ourselves as vehicles for the energy of "Spirit" to pass through us the flow and force can be so intense and powerful at times that anything is possible.

If more and more people were to do this and make a serious commitment to it allowing for purification/cleansing/the removal of toxins from their life and body, then anything in this world is possible.

Choosing the spiritual way for living is not the easy choice. Purification is often painful and unpleasant ... so is going to the dentist. If we understand why we're doing what we're doing and why what is happening is happening then it is a little easier to tolerate.





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THE ENDLESS SUPPLY OF ABUNDANCE

I read something the other day about the "endless supply of abundance". It's kind of an irony. Abundance exists in abundance. It's true. It isn't just there for some and not others. It isn't there in a limited supply that is going to run out when some "take" it. Abundance is available if we can allow it in. It's merely a shift in perspecitive. In 2 seconds your perspective can change from one of lack to one of gain and prosperity. If you can see how prosperous your life is at this moment just as it is, you will then attract even more abundance into it.




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SPIRITUAL ABUNDANCE

Ultimately the search for abundance is really about finding spiritual abundance. Spiritual abundance supersedes all other forms of abundance. Spirit by nature is an abundant source available to every living creature. It goes hand in hand with prosperity. Material wealth is one form of acquiring abundance. There are so many more ways to experience life if money is not a big motivator in your life. Being open to new experiences is a step toward a fuller life. The next time you catch yourself saying "no thanks", think about what life would be like if you always said yes to opportunities and invitations. We stop ourselves and we cheat ourselves of having the richest possible life out of fear of the unknown. Moving in the direction of our dreams is the fulfillment, not the dream itself. Stagnation is the beginning of the end and the start of disease.

Spirit is the highest level of consciousness available to us. Call It God, the King, whatever you want, but spirit is energy and a force greater than anything that we can envision. Spiritual abundance is a multitude of experiences that lead us to a greater awareness about life, truth and ourselves.




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VISUALIZE TO MANIFEST

an article I wrote on ezinearticles.com






Visualize to Manifest
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Debbie_Simon]Debbie Simon

Visualization and guided imagery are very powerful tools that can change the patterns we're stuck in.

Visualizations use metaphors that translate into what we're trying to create. For instance, if you're feeling isolated and disconnected from the people you're close with you can imagine a simple metaphor like hundreds of strings coming out of the center of your chest (this is the heart center). The strings then attach you to the people that you are feeling distant from. You can even imagine those strings reaching toward people you don't know yet but would like to meet. The picture of you being connected to others by these strings is a metaphor. You might be surprised at how fast an image like this will work in your outer life. You can find a metaphor that works for you around a particular topic and then practice it often. When it starts to manifest you can try a different one or keep using it. When the images or scenarios that you imagine start to take on a life of their own, let them flow in the direction they're going in. These images are trying to show you something. Allow yourself to be led. If you don't like where it's going then stop it and recreate a different image. Notice what you feel when you do these visualizations.

Guided imagery usually involves a 3rd party. A trained professional talks the client through a scene or a story that has a series of steps. The purpose is to help the client heal around a particular issue or to decrease anxiety. Some clients don't want to be guided too much. If there is too much detail their own creative ability doesn't have a chance to express itself. The inner guidance that needs to come through has no room if the practitioner keeps talking and giving minute details. The practitioners needs only to lay the groundwork and then the participant will fill in the details.

We are connected by energy to others and to experiences. We can live on a separate continent from a person and still be connected. We can be estranged from or divorced from a person and still be very much connected inwardly. Distance knows no boundaries. Visualizations make us more aware of the connection that already exists.

Think of your own metaphors for what you're trying to create and put them into practice.

Debbie Simon, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, NY State Licensed Psychotherapist and Life Coach. Specializing in visualization/manifestation; 20 years experience; seasoned, skilled and intuitive. http://www.visualprosperity.com

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PLUGGING INTO A HIGH VIBRATION

People tell me that the blogs that I write that they like the best offer a visualization. With that in mind, I will try to stay with visualizations that enhance prosperity. Whatever prosperity means to you; you can have it and visualizations will help you get there.

I like to keep visualizations general and focused on a theme instead of specific images of what you want. I believe that anyone who goes through at least five sessions with me will notice major positive changes in their lives. The key to a powerful visualization is where you plug in. What is the vibration that you are plugging into? Are you able to do this yourself or can you benefit from a facilitator?

If you can imagine the highest possible energy in the universe, that is the place to begin. Just practice plugging into what you imagine to be the highest vibration possible. Do this for 7 days in a row and see what happens.





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WHAT WE ALL WANT

I can't really speak for others but generally when I write I think about what people want to hear versus what I want to say. The two have nothing in common. I think that readers want to know how to reverse the current down trend for themselves. If they are feeling impoverished, they want to feel prosperous instead. The problem is not a shortage of techniques to use to change your current state, but sometimes we have to go through something in order to grow and get the lesson. Herein the conflict lies.

If a group of people get together and practice a prosperity visualization, I am certain that they will all experience some immediate increase in their life. If you don't believe that, try it out with 3 other people. Receiving more is wonderful and I'm all for it. But if the lesson is missed, if the point is not gotten, then you are only putting a band aid on the real problem. Focus on expansion and prosperity and do it in a group, and increase will come.

Here's an analogy for what we are going through today. A person is on a diet and beginning to lose weight and eat healthy. Then they go on a vacation and throw caution to the wind. They want to indulge because when else will they get the chance to try such interesting foods? After 7 days their clothes are tight, they return home and feel awful. This is what most people call a vacation.

They try to get back into the pattern they were following before the trip, but they can't. They beat themselves up for falling off the wagon and start eating out of anger at themselves. Another 5 pounds is gained. Eventually, maybe...they get back into the groove and are back on track after many months and they now have more weight to lose than before the first diet started.

Dieting is always a good analogy for money concerns.

As we all beg and bargain with God to return our abundant state of being, maybe we need to stay in this experience and figure out why we are having it. Some permanent changes are needed in our thinking and our behavior. Our excuses need to disappear. We need to gain a sense of responsibility for the suffering of others. When people start to come out of their cocoons and look to the people to the left and those to the right of them (and I don't mean politically) things will start to improve. A lack of concern for others is much worse than the swine flu.







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JIGSAW PUZZLE

Life is like a jigsaw puzzle. The joy isn't in finishing the puzzle, it's in finding which pieces fit together and watching the picture emerge









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REALLY SIMPLE TO DO

Imagine a bucket of dirty water is being emptied out. That is what we are doing now in this financial crisis, emptying our buckets. Then the water runs freely and place the bucket under the faucet and fill it up with clear, clean water. That's the process of purification.

Notice any changes as you practice this.





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TRUTH AND PROSPERITY

In today's economic crisis we need to ask ourselves the question "what is true prosperity?". I know that half the readers just stopped reading. Those who have stayed are not looking for the quick fix and the get rich now and the dream your biggest dream ever schemes. I have had my share of those, too. This is for those who seek spiritual truth, not material enormity.

There is so much available to us spiritually. It's there for the taking and only a small percentage of people are open to that or seek that. "Spirituality" means a variety of things to people but whatever it means to you - that is the correct definition. That's the problem. We try to define another person's spirituality. Spiritual Freedom is allowing others to believe whatever they want to believe.

How many children are raised in homes where they don't agree with their parent's belief, or the opposite, they don't question those beliefs and just follow along without ever asking themselves "What is my truth? What do I believe?". My two sons have both gone 360 degrees away from my beliefs, but I would never force them to follow a path that doesn't resonate with them. My path is not their path. I've always given them that kind of space. This has allowed them to become themselves rather than who I would want them to be. As long as they have faith and a belief in God or some concept of what that means, I'm happy. As long as they treat others with respect and also practice self love and self care, I'm happy.

Life doles out many problems and difficulties. Faith provides the answers for why these things happen. When your Faith stops doing that, it's time to look elsewhere. There are paths that provide the answers. There are principals to live by and not only feel good about ourselves and our contributions to life, but also get along with those who have different beliefs.

The truth about prosperity is that Truth IS Prosperity



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VISUALIZATION FOR PROSPERITY

REPRINT OF OCT 11 2008


Prosperity is really nothing more than receiving. Receiving love, money, health, good things and of course, love. For various reasons we all have certain walls that protect us from the hurts in the past. These walls prevent us from receiving our "good". Any visualization that knocks down walls will allow a more positive flow. The question is, are you ready to receive more? Many are comfortable with giving but fall short on the receiving end. This leaves us in a state of depletion most of the time. First allow yourself to receive by making a statement such as "I deserve to receive", then simply, picture yourself surrounded by a bubble. The size of the bubble expands and expands and it goes from being impenetrable to being porous. Finally, as it expands past your ability to see it, it finally bursts and allows a flood of positive energy, love, money and healing to flow over you. If you are not used to receiving this can really throw things off balance. Be aware of your reluctance to receive and go slowly. Learn to let a little bit in and then a little bit more.
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GAINING CLARITY

How do we obtain our goals if we don't first assess where we are now and have a CLEAR picture of where we are going in order to get to there. The most difficult part for most people is being honest about where they are (ie, getting on a scale before starting a diet) and knowing exactly where it is that they want to end up. How often have you changed your vision in your lifetime. Think of the times that you were very clear about what you wanted and the steps that took you there. Clarity is the key.

How can we gain clarity about our vision when we haven't even started to take the first essential steps toward exploring the possibilities? Clarity is the result of a process. Someone at lunch the other day said "I have always wanted to go to Tibet. It's my life dream to go to Tibet". So I said
"then set up the trip and go". But he went blank and looked at me as if I was speaking a different language. Maybe he doesn't really want to go, I don't know.

Some people are clear about their goals, but the majority aren't. It's more common than not for people to approach coaching, workshops or therapy with a vague notion of what they want. What people often say is that they seek "Clarity". Achieving it will be a relief. Connecting to our true vision will give us a feeling of "ahhhhhhhh that's it"! But we might have to take several steps to get there.

We might have a sense of what our vision is but
(1) it gets muddled with what we think it should be and
(2) We talk ourselves out of it.

We use our children, spouse, job, obligations and parents as an excuse for not going for it. We convince ourselves that we can't have our dream and we opt to come up with another plan that isn't really what we want but "will do". Then life becomes mediocre, we don't like what we're doing and we feel frustrated and angry at the people who we perceive as holding us back.

Pursuing possibilities is exhilarating and makes us feel like we are moving in the right direction. It can also create fear at the same time. Sitting with both excitement and fear is a good thing to get used to. As I become clearer about my own vision I realize that I have been moving in that direction all along and didn't even realize it. Feeling worthy of your dream is the first and most important step toward attaining it.



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FREEDOM

What kind of freedom do you seek? Is it freedom from mortgage payments and other bills? Is it the freedom from a structured work day or a boss or a corporation? What would freedom feel like? What happens to your body when you think about being "free" whatever that means to you?

Imagine that you are a caged bird. You share the cage with many other birds. It is too small and crowded and you can't do what you do naturally...fly. You never had a chance to fly because you were born in this cage.

Imagine that the cage door opens and none of the other birds dare exit the cage. You are bold and courageous so you poke your beak out first, then you stand on the ledge of the door. You look around and your wings want to fly but you aren't conscious of that. Your little bird body takes flight and you are in it. You fly around this house that you have lived in for years but never saw. The window opens and you cautiously approach it. Again, you take tiny steps on the window perch. Fresh air is something new to you. So you breathe it in for the first time.

Then you fly.





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A BETTER LIFE

In order for our lives to improve we have to go through periods of chaotic reorganization. When this happens it is a sign that we have grown and can't tolerate the old way of being. Our world becomes like a cage that we've outgrown. We break through it's barriers and we explode into a bigger world. The process is painful and treacherous. If you want a better life you have to take all that comes with getting there.










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PARADOX

Sometimes a visualization is so powerful that it will send your life into a tailspin. You might not even connect what's happening with the visualization because it might appear to be the opposite of what you asked for or were trying to create. Getting the opposite is a good sign. It is the beginning of clearning the space, dropping the old and making room for the new, better situation.









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YIELD TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC

I have noticed lately that many young people were not taught what my generation was taught. When you walk on the street and there is only room for one person to pass and you come face to face with each other, a young person yields to the older one. In the West Village there are some very narrow streets and I am always shocked at how people come barreling down the pavement hardly noticing or caring that I am there too and want to pass as well. They simply strut by as though the other person is not worthy of their attention or consideration. I find it appalling.

I heard that yielding is a sign of spiritual maturity. Knowing when to yield and how to step back due to another's ignorance is important. There are some very primitive souls in NYC who don't value other people's lives. They can only see their own quest as being the most important factor in life. I've noticed this especially in young women and it makes me ask "what did their parents teach them?". Kids usually imitate what their parents do, so who are their parents and what have they been telling and demonstrating to their daughters?

Passivity is allowing yourself to be stepped on and over. It's allowing yourself to be abused without putting up a fight or defending yourself.

Assertiveness is taking action and looking out for yourself but not at another person's expense. Most people don't have a clue about how to work in a group and to be supportive and caring toward others in order to maintain homeostasis. All will benefit when each member is.

A family is a type of group, too. When everyone is in competition with each other and love is not the primary factor, or some members of the family are incapable of love, then a very ugly and unhealthy group dynamic forms. A group is only as strong as its members.

A community or a city is also only as strong as its members' capacity to care for each other. Something critical has been lost in these empty, ambitious young women who come barreling down the sidewalk without any concern for other human beings and especially those who are older than themselves.

The next time you find yourself face to face with someone on the sidewalk think about your reaction and your behavior. Do you yield? Are you passive? Are you assertive or are you down right selfish?











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HAVING

As many readers know, it's those deep rooted, unnecessary beliefs that we have that prevent us from having the best that life has to offer. In most cases if our parents felt unentitled then, no matter what they might have said to us, we also internalize this belief.

For those who struggle with this, I am struggling right along with you. I know that there are many techniques that will move you from point A to point B but that one core belief "I'm not entitled to this" or "I don't deserve to have what other people have" will prevent us from breaking through that wall that divides what we want from what we have.

So often we settle for less than what we know we deserve to have. Then we are frustrated and unhappy. The first step toward healing this wound is to acknowledge that it is there without judgment. Very often we got these messages at a young age and they simply don't serve us in any kind of constructive way. How can you allow yourself to have what you really want without acknowledging that there is a part of you that doesn't believe you deserve it?








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JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE EARTH

I find that the hardest part of moving from the life we have today to the life that we want to have is 1. knowing where we are going and 2. knowing how we are going to get there.

I have found that generalized visualizations are very powerful. I often have given visualizations that include bridges here in this blog. Once again I am going to suggest you try something similar to that.

There is a building across the street from me, a federal court. There was a small, plain building there for many years. Rather than tear it down, they built a very tall, modern federal building next to it and then attached the two with one of those high bridges that you see between two buildings. I think that's a great image for what many of us are trying to create. First write down the vision of what your life will look like. Do it in the form of a story. Start with where you are and all the things that are going to happen and where you will end up. Now you have your "today" picture and your "go to" picture. Now connect them by doing a quiet meditation for about 20 minutes. Imagine where you are and where you are going in the form of the two buildings. Connect them with a bridge and see yourself crossing the bridge with the guidance that you will need to get to the other side.

This is an example of how the journey is more important than the destination.




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INNER WORLDS

Many think that inner worlds are just places that our imagination create. Actually, the inner worlds are real worlds and are the first place to go in order to create something new and different for ourselves.

Psychotherapy has its limitations because it only focuses on one life. The reality is that we have passed through many lives and we evolve more fully with each one. Much of our suffering today relates to things that happened in other lives.








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A VISUALIZATION FOR TURNING A BAD SITUATION AROUND

Some things are not meant to be and no matter how hard you try to make them work, they won't. You get as much as you can from the situation and then you move on. Here is a visualization for when you feel that you are in a deep hole and can't get out. It's important to practice self love during such a time and no matter what landed you down in that hole, you need to love yourself to get out.

One technique for getting into a relaxed state to do the visualization is to close your eyes while seated or lying down and breath slowly for awhile. Then count. Breathe in and as you breathe out count to yourself "one", then again, breathing out and saying "two". Do this all the way up to the number ten. By ten your breath should be calm and slow.

Imagine that you are in the situation where you are today and you are sitting in a chair under a dome of white light. The light keeps you warm and protected. It propels you with the energy to deal with this situation. You are lifted up and out of the situation that is causing you so much grief.

See the next place that you would like to go to. Imagine that you can float from where you are today to the new situation that will be healthier for you. Allow the chair to gently land in this new situation. Feel how different the atmosphere is there and how much better you feel being placed there.

Practice this daily and notice the little changes that occur along the way.




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PEOPLE, PLACES AND THINGS

Unfortunately, the process of moving forward with our lives and rising to a new level, involves releasing and leaving behind, people, places and things. I don't know what is harder, leaving the people or the places and things.

It takes courage, "stick with-it-ness", and determination to keep moving forward while those people, places and things cry for us to come back. We will even hold ourselves back in order to avoid the pain of moving forward. Then we do the 2 steps forward-one step back cha cha. I am an expert at that. It is a way of moving forward but it is a very painful and belaboring way to proceed.



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A BOOK RECOMMENDATION

Yes, it has been awhile, but here I am.

Last January I read Debbie Ford's book on creating Your Best Year Yet. It's an excellent book but I didn't really follow the steps or the worksheet and within weeks its important lessons were forgotten. I proceeded to have an awful year.

Now I have returned to her book and I am seeing it with brand new eyes. If I hadn't had the experiences of last year I wouldn't be in a place where I could fully appreciate the words on the pages. It's like I never read it before and I certainly missed a lot of the primary points. One thing that she says that I love is that we have to stay in reality 100% of the time. That's a challenge. She talks about fantasy goals vs. real goals that can and will be achieved. She talks about how we often reach our goals but still are not satisfied. Happiness comes today or it doesn't come at all. That is always a challenge to create. Read the book. You'll be glad you did.







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AN EASY VISUALIZATION

Pretend you stand before a time machine. The dials point to whatever year you want to go to. Start at your date of birth and move the dial slowly to the pinnacle years in your life all the way up to today. Then move it forward a year or two. You can walk through the tunnel-like machine and arrive at your life in 20... You can come out, change the dial and go back in with ease. If you believe in future lives, you can take this as far as you want






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GETTING OUT ANY WHICH WAY

A new year, new lessons. We know logically that there is nothing different about Jan 1st and May 1st but somehow, Jan 1st is when we start planning for the next 365 days. I face this coming year with some challenges that I'm not looking forward to dealing with. Then I realize that throughout my life I have faced challenges that felt impossible. I often found a way out but not the best way out. It's so easy in hindsight to see how we could have solved these problems with different solutions because our consciousness changes with time. It's only from the higher consciousness that we can see better solutions. What I do realize though, is that it's better to take "a" way out rather than wait for the best possible solution. It often won't come at all. The way we solve problems today is actually the best that we can do today. It's the best idea that we can come up with given our current circumstances and awareness. Others might think it's easy to solve our problems but it really never is easy. If it was, they wouldn't be problems. Finding "a" way out is the best way out.











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Nurturing Our Spirit

This year, my main focus is to nurture my spirit. What does that really mean? I mean what is a spirit anyway? We all kind of know what I'm talking about but can anyone define it? I know how to nurture my spirit and you know what nurtures your spirit, but how often do we make that a priority?

I know that when the spirit dies the body follows. I experienced that years ago and found renewal through various healing modalities. My "spirit" emerged and I remembered who I was. Who I had been; the part that was lost.

For 2009, there is only one thing that I want. I will focus on polishing, purifying and renewing my spirit.

ENJOY WHILE YOU CAN

Sometimes we need to put all of our troubles and concerns aside and just enjoy the holidays in anyway we can. The less money we spend the more we will enjoy it.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE.


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LOOKING BACK

It's the end of the year and a great time to review how far we've come (or not). I've given a visualization with a bridge before, symbolizing transitions, and a mountain peak to look one way at the past and the other at the future, while standing in the present.

In order to review 2008 try this. Before going to sleep when you are lying flat and are relaxed, take some breaths and concentrate on your "heart center" (the middle of your chest). When you feel centered imagine you are flipping a wall calendar slowly. Look at January 2008, flip it to February, March and so on. Take a lot of time with each month. Even count each day, for example "January first, January second..." and so on. Do this in a fluid way so that you can skip around and return to months when you need to (like, "oh yeah, I forgot, back in March I..."). It's a fun exercise and might make you feel better about the year and remember some successes that you may have forgotten.




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LOOKING AHEAD

I guess there is no point in trying to figure out how we got into a mess, but rather to decide how we are going to get out of it.





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THOSE JOYOUS HOLIDAYS

"The" holidays... year after year, there are many similarities and it's also a way to measure our growth or lack of growth. We can always remember something about last year at this time. Personally, I was in a different place than I am now. Was it a better or worse place? Just different, that's all.

Our feelings about the holidays depend on the religion we grew up and our spiritual beliefs today. It also depends on whether family holidays were good things or nightmares. Those who experienced the nightmares as children will know exactly what I mean. Not everyone has happy memories.

I've always noticed how people will drop their disciplines at this time of year, and this is exactly when the opposite should happen. There's more food, sweets and alcohol available now, and if you are someone who is trying to avoid those things or keep them to a minimum, it's a challenging time. I always think about where I want to be in January and that keeps me in tow during December. What are we really craving? Why are we filling ourselves up with everything but what it is we really want at this time of year?









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CHOICES

Every decision we make today really does create our tomorrows. If we can just change the percentages so that we are making better decisions than we have in the past, then we are already creating a different future than we would have if we kept making the same decisions.

That goes for what foods we eat, the people we choose to allow in our lives and what they bring into our lives as a result, certain behaviors like smoking, medications, drugs and finally exercise. I'm sure there are many other examples but those seem to me to be the most common. These are things that we do have control over.

Some people get nervous at the prospect of "controlling" their future and have mixed feelings about taking that control. Of course there are always going to be so many things that are completely out of our control, but we can impact our lives by making better choices. If we keep making bad choices then it is wise to do some introspective work with a therapist or through some sort of personal growth modality, to understand why we do that to ourselves.

Some people suffer needlessly because they think they are supposed to suffer through life.









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WHAT'S NEXT

Now that the prosperity principles, law of attraction and the secret have become so trendy, what's the next step? Many of us were into these things in the 1980s and 90s. When things like this become mainstream it means that the consciousness is higher than it was then. So where are we all moving to after this? You can put your comments here, if you want.

I think that we are looking for answers and fulfillment. Many think that wealth is going to give them that. Materiality will only take you so far. If wealth equaled happiness then all the celebrities would be happy people.

I think we are all seeking connection, acceptance and understanding. There's nothing worse than trying to explain your dilemma to someone who doesn't get it at all.

So again, I ask you, the reader, what comes next in your opinion?








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WHEN THE CLOUDS CLEAR

A visualization that will help us move past these tough times and back into the sunlight.

Imagine that you are walking through a storm during the day. Even though it's daytime it's dark outside and it's raining and windy and people's umbrellas are breaking and blowing away. Notice every detail of the exercise. Then suddenly the rain stops, the wind dies down and the sun starts to burn off the clouds. Now everything around you looks different. It's sunny and bright outside, no more clouds, no more rain.

If you doubt the power that a visualization like this one can have, try it and see what happens






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A VISUALIZATION TO CREATE CHANGE

Begin the visualization with relaxation techniques that will put you in the right frame of mind to do the visualization, this includes deep breathing and keeping your eyes closed.

See pictures of your life as it is today. Include every facet that you can think of, do a scan of the different parts of your life and notice what pictures come up, then slowly begin to change the pictures to the way you want them to look rather than the way they actually do look. This can work with your body image, relationships and most goals.

For more information on how to visualize see my ebook intro which teaches you how at www.visualprosperity.com/ebook.

Also, How To Visualize











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A TWIST ON GRATITUDE

So here we are, going into the week of Thanksgiving in America. Of course we reflect on what we are grateful for and no matter where we are in our lives, we can always think of something, like, "I'm breathing, I have my sight, I have my legs" and stuff like that. Those are the years when things are really at an all time low.

But one of the tricks of the trade is to be grateful for what hasn't come into our lives yet and to feel the gratitude as though it has. So have fun, make a list of all that you want to be grateful for but don't actually have yet and let yourself fill with that great feeling that comes with gratitude.










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HARD TIMES

Times are hard right now. A visualization can really change the energy and turn things around. A simple one to try is this. Imagine a waterfall in a tropical paradise. Stand under it and allow the water to stream over your head and body. Imagine that the water is the life force and as it seeps in, your energy is increasing, your magnetism is increasing and your ability to receive increases.
When you feel energized you can stop. You can return to this stream of life anytime that you need to. When you're in that state of mind you can see more clearly, make better choices and enjoy life more.








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TRUTH

In any given situation there is my version of what happened, your version of what happened and then there is the truth. The truth is something that people find hard to take. The truth makes people angry. The truth is something that we all are moving toward.








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2008 IS ALMOST OVER

The end of the year is not far away. It's a good time to reflect on the past year and look forward to the coming one. On December 14th I'm offering a 3 hour workshop to do just that. Sometimes it is helpful to set time aside to do the reflecting or you will never do it. Committing to this workshop is committing to making the time for yourself to look back and forward.
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CROSSING THE DIVIDE

Crossing from one peak to another is not easy. The bridge is long and treacherous. One feels danger every step of the way. No matter how far we've come there is always somewhere else to go. Giving up is impossible. Giving up leaves you in that in between place between the past and the future. Either we move backwards or forwards or we stay in one place. Those are our options.


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TESTING, TESTING...1,2,3

Life is always testing us. It's testing us right now. If we don't pass the test it just gives it to us again. It repeats the test over and over until we pass. There is no such thing as an "incomplete" or an "F" in the world of the universe. The universe is very tolerant. It waits for us to "get it". Then it moves us to the next level.

We develop tools along the way for dealing with these tests so no time is wasted and no situation is fruitless. We are so focused on reaching goals, or a number or an endpoint that we measure our progress in increments that really don't mean anything. Even if we are slow in moving forward and outwardly our lives don't reflect much success, we are still progressing at a regular pace, at our pace. Maybe when the same test is repeated over and over again, we actually get it even more than the person who races through each test and moves forward rapidly.







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HEALING THE INADEQUATE SELF

Often we are driven by the belief that something is lacking in us. Our outer lives will reflect all the efforts that we make to perfect our inadequacies. Instead, realize that we are born complete. Everything that we are is enough. Overcompensating for what we think we should be is unhealthy and weakens the immune system. If you were to look in the mirror and say to yourself "I am perfect just as I am", what would your response be? Probably something negative like "oh sure" or "yea right".

Work on this daily. Use it as a mantra and see what starts to happen.








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BEHIND THE DARKNESS

Behind every situation we are in, there is a spiritual lesson. That's why certain things happen to us even though we don't particularly want to experience them. There are reasons why we are going through what we are going through. Sometimes we never find out why, or years down the road we realize "oh that's why I had to go through that". Rapid changes can be unsettling but they might be a sign of rapid growth, too.

I like to imagine that all the good things that have been wanting to come to me have been accumulating and soon, (very soon), the wall will come down and those things, people, and events will come flooding toward me. The same goes for you.




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REASONS

There are reasons why certain things that we want don't come our way. The work I do isn't just about picturing a house and then getting the house or writing down the qualities of the person you want to find to be your mate and then attracting them.

Manifesting and keeping what you manifest are actually more complex than that. I know that many who teach about the Law of Attraction would dispute this, but they probably would agree that we are our own worst enemies.

When we prevent ourselves from having what it is that we really want in life we need to look at that problem closely. Sometimes it requires psychotherapy for us to break through the blocks that keep our desires from us. Coaching alone is often not enough. Some people are great at manifesting but they avoid looking deeper into their issues. Maybe, everything that you desire is really a desire to a hole that can't be filled with your goals. How many times have you achieved a goal only to realize that it didn't give you what you had hoped it would.

Success is an art form and it can be learned. We have to be focused and clear on what we want in order to succeed. Sometimes deciding what that is, is the hardest part of the process. Other issues get in the way, and sometimes those issues can only be addressed in psychotherapy. In an ideal world we would all have a coach and a psychotherapist for support. Sometimes due to financial concerns we have to make a choice between one or the other. Many who are coached hide behind their goals and don't want to look at their deeper issues with a therapist.

It's important to look deep below the surface in order to attain true happiness. Inner peace is a worthy goal. Making inner peace and/or spiritual growth your primary goal can put you on the right path and you will find yourself on the path that you are meant to be on without having to put much effort into it.





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DARKNESS TO LIGHT

It seems that there is no way around going through some dark places in order to improve our lives. You can call it "burning karma" or "the dark night of soul", but whatever it is, it is hard, rough, unpleasant and requires a lot of strength and will. Of course there are always those that will hide their heads in the sand and sometimes I really envy them. I wish I could, but it always catches up with us when we do. Some hiding might even be healthy. Sometimes I know that I just want to take a break from all this journeying and try and just enjoy life in spite of what's going on.







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NETWORTH VS SELF WORTH

If we base our feelings about ourselves on the condition of the stock market we get caught up in the rise and fall and our worth becomes linked directly to our networth of the moment. It's hard not to value ourselves based on these numbers but our value goes so much deeper than that.





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PROSPERITY NOW

How do you instantly change from feeling poor to acknowledging your wealth? Take a look in your closets. Depending on what is there, it is pretty typical for us in this country to have closets overflowing with items that we no longer need or use. There are even those purchases staring us in the face that we never wore! Maybe you're not like that and you make good use of everything you buy and you only buy what you need when you need it. Either way, the way to make room for prosperity is to clear your space. Gratitude is always a good place to start. When we feel broke or poor we keep telling ourselves that we are broke. Nothing could be more damaging. Begin to tell yourself that you are really quite abundant, your life is abundant (and it is). Make lists of all the things that show that you do have a prosperous life after all. Appreciate it now and you will surely have more tomorrow.









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