Archive for December, 2008

Supposed to be writing today’s ezine, but instead I’m posting manifesting stories on my twitwall. 

Thought it’d be fun for all of us to share some of our day in, day out manifesting stories.  

I’ll start by copying my not-so-happy ending stories recently revealed on twitter.  This one’s about my sweet girl Cher who has a habit of peeing on things I wish she wouldn’t:

Cher is my 5 year old gorgeous female black cat that pees on any dog beds, people beds, furniture or blankets that are not hers.

My personal assistant inadvertently let her out of her approved area today, which I didn’t realize until she’d already had free run of the house for over an hour.

As I corralled her in the upstairs office and started checking her favorite spots to pee, I remembered to change the vibe up before I did.  Instead of looking for problems with the $#@%* vibe, I switched it to “she is a LUCKY girl!” because that’s what I’d be thinking & feeling if I found no problems.

Front room couches: all clear.  Formal couch: no problems there either.  Checked a couple big chairs with blankets: so far so good! 

As I walked upstairs, feeling a little incredulous, I hung on to the “lucky cat” and added “lucky PA” vibe to it, too.

Master bed: a-ok.  !!  This is starting to feel like a MIRACLE!!  I check the upstairs office: no problems there.  Guest bedroom next:  NOTHING.  Absolutely nothing!

How can this be?!  I double check.  Really, nothing?!  This is hard to believe.  (I actually thought those words.) 

I run through my mind, have I missed a room?  Has she truly had an hour to herself where she didn’t create trouble for some blanket or furniture cushion?!

I check the bed AGAIN.  This is the triple check.  Huh.  NOTHING.  “That’s crazy,” I think!  I’ve got this cat locked up for no good reason?  She doesn’t pee any more?! 

As I pull the cover back over the bed, I wonder, why does this spot here feel cold?  Sure enough.  She hit the corner of the comforter.

No miracle here today.

I start the laundy and realize I averted a near miracle by flowing my “I can’t believe it” vibration.  Next time, maybe I’ll leave that one behind.  And maybe my next post will be about a more positive manifestation.  ha!

Here’s the snowstorm manifesting story from the weekend:

Yesterday as we left in what my boyfriend was sure wasn’t enough time (because I wanted to wrap up a project before we left), I intended we’d arrive safely in plenty of time.  (Had tickets for Bret Michaels, former Poison lead singer  90 minutes away in Wendover, Nevada.)  Russ wanted to leave at 2, but we didn’t get out the door till 3.

Challenge was there was a wicked snow storm that brought traffic to a crawl, and it was rush hour traffic to boot.

Russ suggested a couple of times we give up and turn around … 

But HELLO, it’s BRET MICHAELS.  I’m not giving up!

So I set this beautiful intention that we arrive safely in plenty of time.  (”Bret doesn’t start without us!”)  Didn’t seem possible, given that we were CRAWLING on side streets (gave up on the dead stop freeway) and still had 100 miles to go.

I said, well, even if we are late, Bret’s probably gonna be late too, since he surely was flying in in this storm and that might slow him up.  Russ argued with me that Bret’s days of flying in on planes are long gone; that, sorry to burst your bubble honey, but he’s probably stuck on a tour bus.

I closed my eyes for a little road trip nap with my intentions in mind.

And woke up just a few minutes away from the venue.  WIth two hours to spare.  HA!! 

So proud of myself for such fine manifesting (with no help from my sweetie), I suggested we have dinner before the concert since we had plenty of time for it.

Which we did.  After dinner we still had 30 minutes prior to concert start. 

And THEN, at the venue, we waited almost two hours for Bret to take the stage, because apparently his plane was delayed and then his 1.5 hour ride from the airport was delayed, too, because of slick roads.

So indeed we arrived safely, got there in plenty of time, Bret did not start without us, and he was late, too.

I think next time I could clean that up a little.  lol

Live and learn, huh?  As one of my favorite twitter friends says: “My pain, your gain.”  (Although I don’t really think it’s painful as much as it is funny.)

Your turn – let’s hear your real life manifesting stories next …

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Master Manifesters, we have been called on!

Michelle Casto asked one of my favorite LOA questions on twitter today.  Here’s how it went:

@brightmichelle: “what is the connection between intuition and LOA? Does ‘knowing’ something guide for you or create/manifest for you…”

@goodvibecoach: “I think Abe might say our ‘intuition’ is guidance from our Inner Being – so you could look at the ? in terms of LOA & IB”

@brightmichelle: “yes, I do understand it being guidance, I just wonder how much power my guidance has in my creations? (go this way, or that)”

@goodvibecoach: “I get the ? as did it happen because I KNEW it wuld or did I know it because it was GOING 2 happen. Premonition or creation?” and then: “I think it’s all tied up together; not necessarily one or the other.”

@brightmichelle: “yes, yes, yes…..I keep watching when I know things, and then 9/10 the thing I thought happened…..premonition or creation.”

Have you ever wondered this yourself?  Whether you knew what was going to happen in advance, or whether that “knowing” is what created it?

Like when I got my last job.  I KNEW that job was for me.  It had my name all over it.  It’s like they custom write the description with me in mind.  I KNEW it was mine.

And sure enough, I got it.

Was that because my solid knowing and confidence created that outcome?  Or did I have some sort of Universal “tip off” that this job was for me and only me, and thus I stepped right into my destiny?

I’d like to hear you guys on this topic, and I’ll jump in with you in the comments … 

PS – yes, that’s how twitter conversations go.  You only get 140 characters per tweet, so there ends up being lots of abbreviations.

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The recently released movie Australia included several scenes about the indigenous people’s tradition of “singing,” which is more than just song as we think of it.  Australian Aborigines believe the world was created through “singing” it into existence. 

Since I’m fascinated with all things deliberate creation-related, I couldn’t help but look into it.

I mean, pray rain journaling is my favorite manifesting technique, but I’d love to add singing to my repertoire!

Fred Alan Wolf (the captivating guy from What The Bleep) says in The Dreaming Universe that Australian Aborigines see “reality” in two aspects:

• a primary universe far more extensive than our physical world,
• and the physical world we know it as.   

Aborigines call this primary world “dreamtime” and believe it contains all of the past, present, and future.

From this realm, the world of energy continually rises as a dream.  Fred says that based on the work of many others, including his own research, that this “everywhen” realm may be more real than  the reality we perceive.

I don’t know about you, but this talk strongly supports my ability to release attachment to “reality,” when the reality I know isn’t necessarily what I want more of. 

You know how our manifesting efforts are often handicapped due to our inability to stop noticing “what is” and to be able to release attachment to reality?  Well it sounds to me like indigenous Australians are way ahead of us on this!  I’m going to borrow from their tradition and view it as one more good reason to consider this “real world” we walk in much less real than we have believed.

I have no idea who or what I’m quoting here, but this distinction was interesting, too:

To get to grips with the concept of Dreamtime, you had to understand it as an Aboriginal equivalent of the first two chapters of Genesis-with one significant difference.

In Genesis, God first created the ‘living things’ and then fashioned Father Adam from clay. Here in Australia, the Ancestors created themselves from clay.

I like that distinction because it puts the power in our hands, very much in alignment with deliberate creation work.

In Bruce Chatwin’s book, The Songlines, he explores the Australian aboriginal custom of “singing the world out of dreamtime.”  Does that sound to you kind of like calling forth what you want to create from the Zero Point Field (aka the Universe, as it’s also known in some circles)?  Hmm.

Are you scratching your head in confusion yet?  I admit I am.  And I think that’s a good thing.

Because when we solidly “know” what’s possible, what’s not, what’s real, and what isn’t, that knowing sometimes shuts down our creative opportunities, doesn’t it?  It feels good to mix it all up and forget what’s possible and what’s not.  To be fully open once again.

To be able to call forth our deepest desires by simply singing them to us out of dreamtime.

Gotta admit, I like the sounds of that.

If anyone here knows anything about dreamtime and how to sing something to them, I would love to learn more!  As always, your thoughts, comments and questions are much appreciated.

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By Eva Gregory, CPCC

How often have you heard someone say that work, family, a relationship, or a project was their “top or first priority?” I’ll wager that the phrase can be heard almost daily. Okay, then when was the last time you heard someone say that they were their top priority? I’ll also wager that you don’t hear that very often. How does that statement resonate with you? Would you peg the person as shallow and self-centered? Most would, but those who live their lives by the Laws of Attraction would recognize the Law of Priority, and understand that you must first take care of yourself before you can take care of others – namely, by putting yourself first.

She’s up into the wee hours of the morning, baking cookies or sewing a costume despite an aching back and early business meeting. Awake at the crack of dawn to run a couple of loads of wash before a long day begins, or dashing out during lunch to run to the dry cleaners, visit a teacher, or pick up something from the grocery store for dinner. Sound familiar? It should. This could be the life of any one of millions of mothers in the world. The law of priority affects everyone in every possible group, but mothers seem to be the group that most need to embrace this law. Mothers typically consistently put the care of their loved ones first, before their own needs, wants, and desires. Failing to realize that this act of pure selflessness, based on love, can be quite counterproductive.

Rita knew that she should have gone to bed three hours earlier when her husband turned in, but was determined to complete the report that was needed for tomorrow’s meeting while putting the finishing touches on her son’s contribution for the holiday party – the Rita Hunt Gingerbread house. Okay, truth be told, it did indeed look more like a village, but Dom’s class was huge. So Rita sat at the kitchen table huddled over her laptop, sniffling as she felt yet another cold coming on. Her head felt stuffy, her eyes watery, and her throat felt like an incinerator. Hard to believe the holidays were near and she’d already had five colds just since school started. Bed rest was what she needed, but knew that she’d be lucky to make it to bed at all. The next morning when Dom flew downstairs ready to see the finishing touches, he found a partially constructed gingerbread house; and his mother asleep with her head on the top of her laptop. Rita had run out of steam and everything she had set out to accomplish the night before, lay before her in various stages of completion. When Dom woke her, she looked around the room dazedly with bleary, blood-shot eyes and wondered how she could best mitigate the damage. Clearly, Rita did not understand the lesson that the universe was practically shouting at her. Luckily for her, the lesson was not lost on her husband. When he assessed the situation after Dom bellowed for him, he told her to go up to bed, called her in sick for the day, took the remaining ingredients of the gingerbread house packed it up and told Dom that he and his classmates would get to complete the project, told Rita that he’d pick her up to take her to the doctor after his last appointment, and hurried Dom along to drop him off at school on his way to work. He knew that Rita’s illnesses were all compounded due to fatigue, and knew that she had not been very happy lately. Rita needed to rest, take some time for herself, and build up her resistance. When they left the doctor’s office that afternoon her husband explained that she was the most important part of their family, but they all needed her healthy, happy, and whole in both body and spirit in order function properly. Together they decided to work on getting Rita focused on making herself Priority Number One.

Do you know someone like Rita? Perhaps, you see traces of her in your best friend, sister, mother, or a co-worker? Why not offer a few suggestions to get them out of their rut. It is the time of year for hustle and bustle, but given the colds, flu, and viruses that are plaguing the nation, allowing the body to get run down is the worse thing that can happen. Each person has a purpose and a function within their network – be it a family, business, friendship, etc. The job of each individual is to take care of themselves first, so that they can take care of whatever, and whoever else may need their attention.

So, this holiday season, try to extend a hand to those that may have forgotten the Law of Priority, to help them get back on track. A healthy, happy [priority number] “one” can lead many towards success.

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