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 THE
PROSPERITY
FACTOR
How to Achieve
Unlimited Wealth in
Every Area of Your Life

JOE VITALE &

OTHER LEADING EXPERTS
FROM AROUND THE WORLD
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Contents
Prosperity Attraction Made Easy:
A Simple Way to Eliminate
Doubts: Sc EXcuses;2 724.5... sauna Joe Vitale
Your Divine Right -
Prosperity and Abundance........ Roger Palmieri
Wealth from the
Inside Outre Swew, CN, Chris and Marlow Felton
The 6 Rung Ladder of Wealth............ Dan Lok
How I Discovered the Secret to
Explode the Full Power of
the aw Ot ATACHOM: ar: = 2, - Robert Mc Donagh
VVCWate net
te ies optos Salvador Aragao (A T)
Conscious Parenting: The Art Of Raising
WolimG@ bile TOs nTVe.o. ae iad, Judy Banfield
The Secret to Increasing
Your Self-Confidence...... Andrew Barber-Starkey
Magnetic OV sme.
anoho ai, Leonie Blackwell
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Cae BORE ene Murielle Bocquin
One Moment Inslime go00...... Kathleen Boucher
The Prosperity Factor: Meditative Alchemy —
Rlealing fOr Witte cass. 6:Lydia R. Brodie
Gratitude and Big Dreams,
The Foundation of Prosperity........ Yvonne Chan OF

eiimitless LOVE pee if. s ol se > Devadas Chelvam 105

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Empowerment, 241s
ore gan Victoria Clark 112

The Art of Feeling Good..... Stéphanie de Tourris hy

Mindset, A Human Condition..... Sylvie Drapeau 124

Get Out Of The Mud! - Raise Your Awareness

and Be Able to Move Past
One Layer onlilusion ac. Andreas Djurberg 130

Be Your Authentic Self

No Matter Where You Are ............. Jessie Gao 143

Goals With Purpose!......... Luis Vicente Garcia 148

Is Prosperity Just Wealth? .......... Fleur Gessner 155

Money and Beliefs:

Why Do You Settle for Less< - ater. Gail Golec 163

YOUrMMIINeM OR INe 2 hee ea a: Carolina Gonzalez 169

Change Your Mind About Money & Transform

Your Wealth! #erares.¢ Elizabeth Mary Hancock 177

Prosperity Factor .... Marcella Vonn Harting, PHD 184

Gifting to...and Honoring Death..... Pani Horgan 190

4 Step Simplified Formula to Prosperity, WISH I

had Known these Secrets Earlier .... Jayant Hudar 196

The Soul of Language...... Masahiro Timura “Axel” 204

Westinveb yarWy... o. cre ae. Akiko Ishikawa-Tyler 209

IMPAWEGL IVVseilant.s cars: Maria Elena Iturralde 216

Best No-Bake Success Recipe.......... Kate Janik 224

You Were Born to Be Healthy.......... Doctor Jof 231

Contents

Prosperity and the Body,

Mind & Spirit Connection ......... Sandra Kimler 29
The Power of Self-Healing
9 Steps Into the
Wealth Oftdiealthi sae.) meme ae Alexandra Kleeberg 246

CREATIVITY - Pillars for Building

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sPHere TLOSPetrrictOr mm eatenAe, Claire Langlois 264

A Miracle A Day Keeps

the Doctor Away eee o 2 sauce. Viktor Lazarevic 269

Bevel. Up-Your Life a. titer. Fed.Bet. Ariel Lee 273

Prosperity and Love Mapping for Your Home

Brean esyOuEnercy Atlagis 2,4... Sybilla Lenz HEE)

Forward in Faith....... Kim Ileen Mercanti (KIM) 284

Pallyittor PreedOMes....-.... Federico Miraglia 294

UN olen (aia se ee Trisha Niedermaier 303

The Boy with the Rainbow Sack ....... Ivan Nossa 308

itera sale TOspelity.. sas oem Sandra Petgrave Silke)

PyRVsOULUC VAL SULCCOS6 site eens tans Chi Phan 320

SFQ - Your Path to Prosperity..... Elisabetta Reist 324

How To Attract Prosperity Through Relationships

and'Building:A Network!: 20.07.50". DJ Richoux B29

IG Ocbile Ware rei ts ea ca5at 3 sata « Robby Roy aiohs)

Persistence Is the Key

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From Rags to Pitches ...

ADEE DIG OULCVaae. ie ote Nicole M. Whitney 343
Overcoming Adversity.7 2...)
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GoldentA 0cet gr. eee ree Lev Kozakov 360
Prosperity Attraction
Made Easy:
A Simple Way to
Eliminate Doubts &
Excuses
by Joe Vitale

Introduction
n most of the things I write and talk about today, you'll
[= me mention the word inspiration. And there’s a rea-
son for this:
It’s been the path that has led to my greatest fulfillment.
For example, as a result of learning to hear and follow
Divine inspiration, I’ve been able to transform myself into
the world’s first self-help musician. I’ve also been able to
begin to bring a sense of mastery and peace into the realm
of health and wellness, and pursue what means the world to
me — a healthier, more vibrant body.
2 The Prosperity Factor

But this chapter isn’t about inspiration, really.

It’s about getting whatever is in the way of inspiration
out of the way.
You see, back when I was homeless and in poverty,
struggling to survive, I wasn’t listening to or for inspiration.
Quite honestly, I wasn’t particularly aware of it.
This doesn’t mean the Divine wasn’t giving it to me, just
that I had so many doubts, fears, and limiting beliefs (which
then became my excuses) that I wasn’t available to hear, let
alone follow, the subtlety of inspiration.
And it is subtle.
The voice of inspiration doesn’t scream, it whispers.
There are many techniques and methods I’ve used over
the years to rid myself of these limiting beliefs and fears that
operate as counter-intentions. Sometimes people refer to
them as blocks, but the word block just means a belief — and
a belief is simply a thought.
Beliefs are thoughts you bought into and kept repeating,
until that belief seemed like it was reality.
In this chapter, you'll have a chance to explore thoughts
that get repeated over and over, as well as play with better
ones — new ideas and realities youd more readily and hap-
pily welcome into your life.
The effect of all this will be to become more aware of the
thoughts that limit and bind you, thoughts that move you
into inspiring directions. And the more you let the Divine
know youre interested in being inspired, the more it will
participate with you and deliver it. It’s a two-way commu-
nication.
Ah, but there is a catch.
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Every time you receive inspiration, you'll notice more

niggling doubts come up. This is why it’s so important to
know how to work with yourself to release them.
Are you ready? Let’s get started.

Awareness
“If inspiration is so readily available, where’s mine?”
That's the million dollar question, isn’t it?
Unfortunately, blocks keep inspiration from happening.
Here’s how it works: Inspiration comes from the Divine and
blocks come from your unconscious belief system. They pre-
vent inspiration into your awareness, into your consciousness.
So, in essence, you have a job — and it all begins by stop-
ping the excuses, stopping the complaining, and focusing
on what you have with gratitude. Then, from there, focus
on what you would prefer to have.
It’s a mind shift.
Sounds simple, right? (I said simple, not necessarily easy.)
Before you can focus on gratitude, though, you'll have
to become aware of those limiting beliefs and their underly-
ing fear. The thing about this is that people often don't even
‘know they have fear because they're so used to living with it.
They may have lived with it their entire life.
To them, it’s “normal” to not have something — even if
it’s something they'd really like to have.
You know, the old “That’s just the way it is” routine.
RAK AKA K ARK

As an exercise, get a piece of paper and write down at

the top of the page something you've wanted for a while but
4 The Prosperity Factor

for some reason haven't manifested. Below that, draw a line

down the middle. On the left side, write down any negative
thing you can think of that could occur if you don't have
this now or in the future. On the right side, write down any
negative thing you can think of that could occur if you do
have this.
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The idea in this exercise is to simply notice that we

have hidden counter intentions — fears — that hold us back.
They’re lurking everywhere, in both the worst of things and
the best of things.
Pesky little devils...

Nothing like a Good Excuse

Where does fear come from?
It can come from the past, present, or future.
For example, a person may not trust their spouse because
they were cheated on in a past relationship. People can get
cold feet or anxiety when they’re ready to take certain actions
in the present, like launching a new product. Or people can
worry about things in the future that haven't happened yet,
like imagining people criticizing their book before they've
even written and published it.
One way to recognize you have fear is to notice your
“excuses.” Excuses are the thing you say when youre explain-
ing why you don't have something, or you're not being and
doing something.
They can cover a pretty wide territory.
For example, a general excuse might be, “This isn’t going
to work out” or, “This isn’t going to work out for me” or, “I
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A Simple Way to Eliminate Doubts & Excuses

don’t deserve this” or, “This is too good to be true.”

Or, they might sound more specific like, “I don’t have
the money, I don’t have the time, I don’t have the skills, I
don’t have the energy, I don’t have the experience, I don’t
have the education.”
Excuses are blocks, so whenever you want something
but don’t take action, it’s because of one of these blocks. At
an unconscious level, they’re trying to keep you safe and
comfortable. Whether you do something and it works out
or doesn't work out can create uncomfortable thoughts and
feelings — as you saw in the previous exercise.
FAK ARR
KRKKK

In this exercise, write at the top of your paper the fol-

lowing: Health, Money, Career, Relationship. Then, in each
category, write up at least one and up to three desires for
that particular area.
For example, in the health category you might write,

I would like to lose 10 pounds.

I would like to eat more organic foods.
I would like to get better nutrition.

After you've completed that, write down any reason you

feel you cannot accomplish that. For example, you might
write,
I can’t don’t have the money to buy organic food.
Organic food is too expensive.
I don’t have the money to buy vitamins.
I don’t have the time (or money) to go to a gym.
KAA FAA AKA
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Now look at your list. Did any of these excuses cross

over into other categories?
For example, did you find yourself saying, “I don’t have
enough time for a relationship” and “I don’t have enough
time to go to a gym” and “I don’t have enough time to make
my own fresh and healthy meals?”
That’s a clue.
The idea here is to become aware of common things you
say to yourself as to why you don’t have something (or can’t
have).
For the next week, pay attention to how often you repeat
these excuses either to yourself or to someone else in a con-
versation — especially when you're out for a relaxed evening
with a friend or spouse and just shooting the breeze. In these
moments, when your guard is down, your unconscious will
try to “slip one by.”

I Want This, I Think

In my book, The Attractor Factor, | talk about the impor-
tance of knowing what you don’t want. (In fact, it’s the first
step in the 5-step formula.)
Knowing what you don't want is highly useful informa-
tion, and here’s why: Most people have little or no idea what
they actually want.
Don't believe me? Conduct a personal survey and ask
10 people, “If you could have anything you want tomorrow,
but only one thing, what would it be?” Notice how many of
them can, or can’t, give you a quick and clear answer.
One of the easiest ways I know to figure out what you
want is by starting with what you don’t want and turning it
into something you do want.
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For example, “I am 50 pounds overweight and I don’t

want it” becomes “I am 50 pounds lighter and now weigh
150. I love my new weight.” The focus is now on being 150
pounds, lighter, and loving it.
Now youd think it would be simple and straightfor-
ward, I know. But I’ve found that because of our habitual
patterns of language, what people don’t want often stays at
the forefront. In other words, at some level they’re actually
focusing on the negative (what they don’t want) rather than
the positive (what they do want).
FRIAR
ARK KKK OK

In this exercise, write each of the following statements

on a piece of paper. Then, as you go down the list, decide
whether the statement reflects something you would want
or you would not want. In other words, is it clear? Make a
simple notation next to it.
As you do this, remember that people talk like this every
day in conversation! (Okay, I did throw a few goofy ones in
just to make sure you're awake. ..and to have a little fun.. .:-)

I won't be distracted by people’s insults.

Dll decrease my anxiety of heights.
I can’t stress over being fulfilled.
I can minimize my phobia of losing everything.
I can’t be tormented by losing my hair.
[ll end my fear of losing friends.
I'll not worry about reading problems.
I can overcome my anxiety of teachers.
I can’t be afraid by starting good habits.
I need to eliminate my phobia of losing money.
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I need to not stress over being harassed.

I won't be troubled by hateful people.
Ill control my anxiety of being interviewed.
I can’t worry over taxes.
I can remove my phobia of new technology.
I need to not be upset by dieting.
I can conquer my fear of getting a raise.
Pll not stress about losing weight.
I need to rid my anxiety of being inaccurate.
I can’t be frightened by insensitivity.
Pll beat my phobia of being gossiped about.
I need to not worry about being hampered.
I wont be distracted by interruptions.
I can lessen my anxiety of the internet going down.
I can’t stress over negative body language.
I need to avoid my phobia of being in a rumor.
I can't be tormented by being ignored.
I need to block my fear of intimidating people.
Pll not worry about being stared at.
I can’t be afraid of being in the dark.
I need to not stress over the future.
I can stop my fear of being guilty.
I wont be troubled by negative emotions.
I need to restrict my anxiety of getting into arguments.
I can't worry over being hurt.
Pll defeat my phobia of the ocean.
Pll prevent my fear of investing money.
PI not stress about being investigated.
I can lower my anxiety of being humiliated.
I can't be frightened by negative visualizations.
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I need to abandon my phobia of the way I look.

I need to not worry about irresponsible people.
I need to terminate my fear of product warnings.
I wont be distracted by being homeless.
I'll decrease my anxiety of not being trust.
I can't stress over undiagnosed medical symptoms.
I can minimize my phobia of medical examinations.
I cant be tormented by being stoped.
I'll end my fear of the police.
Pll not worry about possible job cuts.
I can overcome my anxiety over feeling helpless.
I can't be afraid by different cultures.
I need to eliminate my phobia of the sun.
I need to not stress over not being talented enough.
I need to stop my fear of the ordinary.
I wont be troubled by selfish people.
Pll control my anxiety of keeping secrets.
I can’t worry over being single.
I can remove my phobia of joint venturing.
I need to not be upset by skeletons in the closet.
I can conquer my fear of being insignificant.
[ll not stress about asking for help.
I need to rid my anxiety of hiring outsourcers.
I can’t be frightened by the reality.
[ll beat my phobia of having huge wealth.
I need to not worry about using proper etiquette.
I'll stop my fear of being insufficient.
I won't be distracted by jealousy.
I can lessen my anxiety of being fair.
I can’t stress over getting an ultimatum.
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I need to avoid my phobia of being robbed.

I can't be tormented by getting justice.
I need to block my fear of not completing projects.
Pll limit my anxiety of being incorrect.
I can’t be afraid of kissing.
I can get over my phobia of learning something new.
I need to not stress over threats.
I can stop my fear of being incompetent.
I won't be troubled by thinking for myself.
I need to restrict my anxiety of things not working.
I can’t worry over not passing a test.
Pll defeat my phobia of being inefficient.
Pll prevent my fear of social conflicts.
Pll not stress about going on a vaccination.
I can lower my anxiety of inconveniences.
I can’t be frightened by my nightmares.
I need to abandon my phobia of new traditions.
I need to not worry about being afraid.
I need to terminate my fear of a little physical discomfort.
I wont be distracted by being inadequate.
Pll decrease my anxiety of social gatherings.
I can’t stress over reunions.
I can minimize my phobia of paying bills late.
I can't be tormented by being incapable.
I'll end my fear of smiling.
[Il not worry about being laughed at.
I can overcome my anxiety of asking questions.
I can't be afraid by riding on boats.
I need to eliminate my phobia of being inconstant.
I need to not stress over social media or networking.
Prosperity Attraction Made Easy:
A Simple Way to Eliminate Doubts & Excuses

I need to stop my fear of being scammed.

I wont be troubled by new laws.
Pll control my anxiety of getting laid off.
I can't worry over being rushed.
I can remove my phobia of receiving praise.
I need to not be upset by traffic violations.
I can conquer my fear of traveling.
Pll not stress about social situations.
I need to rid my anxiety of being made fun of.
I can’t be frightened by riding on train.
Pll beat my phobia of showing emotions.
I need to not worry about potential lawsuits:
Pll stop my fear of being judged.
I wont be distracted by getting insulted.
I can lessen my anxiety of showing fear.
I can’t stress over laying someone off.
I need to avoid my phobia of trees or forests.
I can’t be tormented by trying new things.
I need to block my fear of different lifestyles.
Pll not worry about being uninsured.
[’ll limit my anxiety of trusting people.
I can’t be afraid of showing off.
I can bypass my phobia of learning something new.
I need to not stress over unfriendly people.
I can stop my fear of being manipulated.
I won't be troubled by new experiences.
I need to restrict my anxiety of showing true feelings.
I can’t worry over being ripped off.
I'll defeat my phobia of showing weakness.
[ll not stress about learning a new language.
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I can lower my anxiety of potential problems.

I can't be frightened by a recession.
I need to abandon my phobia of leaving a safe place.
I need to not worry about trying out weightlifting.
I need to terminate my fear of new clients.
I won't be distracted by new surroundings.
[ll decrease my anxiety of being labeled.
I can’t stress over being isolated.
I can minimize my phobia of getting an award.
I can’t be tormented by untidiness.
Pll end my fear of new ideas.
Pll not worry about letting go.
I can overcome my anxiety of new drugs.
I can’t be afraid of moving.
I need to eliminate my phobia of using new software.
I need to not stress over an unromantic relationship.
I need to stop my fear of being late.
I wont be troubled by being put down.
Pll control my anxiety of having liabilities.
I can't worry over dinner conversations.
I can remove my phobia of being proud.
I can conquer my fear of getting audited.
Pl not stress about my limitations.
I need to rid my anxiety of being questioned.
I can't be frightened by answering the phone.
Pll beat my phobia of people’s ridicule.
I need to not worry about my vehicle breaking down.
I'll stop my fear of visiting another country.
I wont be distracted by moving forward.
I can lessen my anxiety of working with chemicals.
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I can’t stress over my limiting beliefs.

I need to avoid my phobia of being overweight.
I can't be tormented by being victorious.
I need to block my fear of red tape.
Pll not worry about being rewarded.
lll limit my anxiety of waiting for responses.
I can't be afraid of negative voices in head.
I can bypass my phobia of being a business owner.
I need to not stress over being away from home.
I can stop my fear of living out fantasies.
I wont be troubled by long waits.
I need to restrict my anxiety of working with computers.
I can't worry over long lines.
Yl defeat my phobia of working with machines.
I'll prevent my fear of being a coward.
Ill not stress about getting dirty.
I can lower my anxiety of loud noises.
I can't be frightened by being made an example of.
I need to abandon my phobia of being lonely.
I need to not worry about being too lucky.
I need to terminate my fear of my spouse leaving me.
I won't be distracted by wasting time.
I won't be troubled by being blamed.
Ill control my anxiety of being well known.
I can’t worry over being neglected.
I can remove my phobia of promoting a product.
Ili stop my fear of exercising.
I'll not stress about living a healthy lifestyle.
I won't be distracted by production delays.
I need to rid my anxiety of poverty.
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I can’t be frightened by too much knowledge.

[ll beat my phobia of having a crises or tragedy.
I need to not worry about destiny and fate.
I can conquer my fear of being an entrepreneur.
Pll decrease my anxiety of possibly being assaulted.
I can’t stress over being back stabbed.
I can minimize my phobia of border line illegalities.
I can't be tormented by missing an appointment.
Pll end my fear of wild animals.
Pl not worry about weather forecasts.
I can overcome my anxiety of weird vehicle noises.
I can’t be afraid by lots of sales.
I need to eliminate my phobia of water.
I need to not stress over wishes not coming true.
I need to stop my fear of winning a competition.
I wont be troubled by going to rehab.
Pll control my anxiety of winning to0 much money.
I can't worry over misunderstandings.
I can remove my phobia of working as a team.
I can conquer my fear of writing a book.
PI not stress about having disadvantages.
I need to rid my anxiety of worms.
I can't be frightened by work goals.
Pll beat my phobia of getting bullying.
I need to not worry about being inexperienced.
I'll give up my fear of being nude.
I wont be distracted by wrecking vehicle.
I can lessen my anxiety of bill collecting.
I can't stress over being betrayed.
I need to avoid my phobia of having an accident.
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I can't be tormented by making wrong decisions.

I need to block my fear of possible natural disasters.
I'll not worry about getting beat out by younger people.
I'll limit my anxiety of writing someone off.
I can’t be afraid of myths.
I can bypass my phobia of being abused.
I need to not stress over life coaches.
I can stop my fear of potential work strikes.
I wont be troubled by having low energy.
I need to restrict my anxiety of a blind date.
I can’t worry over money.
Pll defeat my phobia of birds.
I need to not be upset by naysayers.
Pll prevent my fear of borrowing money.
Pl not stress about disagreements.
I can lower my anxiety of piling bills.
I can’t be frightened by my boss.
I need to abandon my phobia of possible wars.
I need to not worry about rejection.
I need to terminate my fear of being productive.
I wont be distracted by breaking up.
[ll decrease my anxiety of neglecting responsibility.
I can’t stress over boredom.
I can minimize my phobia of having business goals.
I can’t be tormented by getting no attention.
[ll end my fear of a bad credit rating.
I'll not worry about trying to be perfect.
I can overcome my anxiety of being protected.
I can’t be afraid by potential catastrophes.
I need to eliminate my phobia of cats.
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I need to stop my fear of having a career.

I won't be troubled by my obsessions.
[ll control my anxiety of investing my savings.
I can’t worry over meeting celebrities.
I can remove my phobia of cemeteries.
Pll not stress about my aging process.
I need to rid my anxiety of open spaces.
I can't be frightened by the obstacles of your goals.
Pll overcome my fear of success.
Pll not worry about high expectations.
I can’t be afraid by my insecurities.
I need to eliminate my phobia of people’s opinions.
I can lower my anxiety of falling in love.
I can end my anxiety of what people think.
I can remove my phobia of self-doubt.
I can conquer my fear of being used.
I need to stop my fear of being vulnerable.
I wont be troubled by having bad taste.
Pll control my anxiety of workplace competition.
I can’t worry over having extra tasks.
Pll not stress about feeling unattractive.
I need to rid my anxiety of business competition.
I can't be frightened by face to face meetings.
Pll beat my phobia of making eye contact.
I need to not worry about failure.
Pll stop my fear of not achieving goals.
I won't be distracted by end of world prophecies.
I can't stress over being vandalized.
I need to avoid my phobia of amusement park rides.
I can't be tormented by self pressure.
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I need to block my fear of making errors.

I'll not worry about having deadlines.
rll limit my anxiety of having low confidence.
I can't be afraid of being unsupported.
I can lessen my anxiety of having a girlfriend.
I can stop my fear of dentists.
I need to not stress over having setbacks.
I wont be troubled by feeling unwanted.
I need to restrict my anxiety of separation.
I can't worry over flying.
I'll defeat my phobia of making friends.
Vl prevent my fear of having goals.
I'll not stress about managing employees.
I need to not stress over having bad credit.
I can’t be frightened by being call in the office.
I need to abandon my phobia of my sensitivity.
I need to not worry about farewells.
I need to terminate my fear of being broke.
I won't be distracted by self sabotage.
I'll decrease my anxiety of having hardships.
I can’t stress over family member’s comments.
I can minimize my phobia of being unsecured.
I can’t be tormented by having imperfections.
ll end my fear of uncertainty.
[ll not worry about false statements.
I can overcome my anxiety of sex.
I can't be afraid of being unqualified.
KAKA AKA AAI

There’s just no end to the things we find to fret over, is

there? As you can see, though, its all in how we say things.
18 The Prosperity Factor

Sadly, you'd be surprised how many people repeat things

like this to themselves all the time with no thought of what
they’re really saying.
Is it positive? Is it negative? Who knows — but I guaran-
tee you your unconscious knows which it is.
You have to get conscious.
Over the next 30 days, pay attention to your language.
How precise is it when youre talking to yourself and others?
Are you speaking in the negative (reinforcing what you don't
want) or in the positive (what you do want)?
Do you know?

Splitting Words
You've seen some of the mistakes we make — all the
many words we use ineffectively in talking to ourselves or
in describing what we want. Based on this, how could we
expect the Universe to understand and deliver?
Learning how to formulate a clear and precise intention
is an art and science, but it doesn’t have to be hard.
So now youre going to declare your intention — and the
way you do it is to take what you said you don’t want and
turn itl80 degrees around. “I want to be a healthy weight.”
You want to state it in the positive and stay away from
the word “overweight,” for example, which can be loaded
for people. You wouldn't say, “I am no longer overweight.”
Similarly, you don’t want to say, “I want to get rid of my fat,”
because then you're still dealing with a negative statement.
You want to make a very clear statement about radiant
health, happiness, freedom of movement, or whatever the
phrase is. The intention needs to be something that reso-
nates with you.
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A Simple Way to Eliminate Doubts & Excuses

You can also add intentions together to make a longer

sentence. For example, instead of saying, “I attract the per-
fect house” and stop there, you might want to make a com-
plete intention that says, “I have attracted the perfect house
that suits me wonderfully, is in the best neighborhood and
school district, and convenient to my work.”
You want to state your intention as completely as possi-
ble so that it gives you a sense of peace — even a smile — when
you think about it.
FRR KK OKOKOKOKKOK

In this exercise, pick 20 items from the previous chap-

ter’s list that you can relate to. Then, rewrite them into a
more appropriate version of itself — you know, something
you do want.
For example, “I can’t worry over flying” could be changed
to, “It’s fun to fly and I enjoy it.”
FORK OKRKOK KKK

The point of this exercise is to take a poorly phrased

idea — or intention — and give you some practice in clarity
and effectiveness.
Act as if every word counts.
Actually, it does.

Clear Intention
Now that you've learned about the importance of lan-
guage-ing and how to fine-tune it so that you're speaking
in the positive and being clear, we're going to apply it more
specifically to you.
20 The Prosperity Factor

The number one thing that holds people back from

attracting money, happiness, success, relationships, and free-
dom is fear. Often, one of the best — and easiest — ways to
conquer fear is to say daily affirmations silently or out loud.
The more you tell your brain something the more it will
believe it. This type of mental repetition will reprogram your-
self to reach your goals without being stopped by your fears.
Sometimes people ask me if they should listen to audio
recordings to work with themselves, and I highly recommend
this. Ihave my own recordings for myself like this. In fact, Pat
O’Bryan and I created “clearing” audios — some subliminal
and some audible — that have statements on them.
Is it useful?
Yes, they can help — but there’s nothing more powerful
than you doing it for yourself, either out loud, or internally,
with a clearly defined focus and intention.
ROKK
AK KK KKK

In this exercise, you'll need three pieces of paper. At the

top of each one, write down a clearly defined personal inten-
tion. For example:

My body feels wonderful and Im exercising every day.

I am enjoying my children and spending plenty of time

with them.

I love to cook and make exciting, healthy meals for

myself and my family,

Now say the first intention three times out loud. Write
down any thoughts, positive or negative, that come to you.
Prosperity Attraction Made Easy: ZA
A Simple Way to Eliminate Doubts & Excuses

Do the same for the other two intentions. Over the next 30
days, continue focusing on your intentions in this way.
HAA KAA ISAK

This exercise is designed to bring unconscious counter-

intentions to the surface, as well as any inspirations that
might pop up for you to take action on.
Do this daily and, before you know it, inspiration will
far outweigh the “mumbo jumbo.”

A Little Gratitude Goes a Long Way

As I said in the beginning, you have a job’— stop the
excuses, stop complaining, and focus on what you have now
with gratitude. What you'll discover when you do this, when
you remember to feel gratitude in each moment, is that any
doubts, fears, concerns, or worries disappear.
This is the miracle state — and why gratitude is the space
you want to be in as you focus on what you want.
The opposite of gratitude is a counter-intention — a lim-
iting thought or belief that keeps you out of the flow of
your good. If you've done the exercises in the book thus far,
youve run into a few of these.
I think of gratitude as a kind of superpower, and the
fastest way I know to transform your life no matter where
youre at. It’s like having your very own time warp.
HIPPIES
SIS

For the next 30 days, keep a gratitude journal. It’s a

place for you to make lists and literally count your blessings.
Gratitude Journals are a helpful process for your mind to
actually “see” what's present and good in your life.
22. The Prosperity Factor
.

Set your journal up this way: On one side, write things

youre grateful for that day. On the opposite page, write
down anything you give. Giving is a way of showing gratitude.
On one page it comes in, on the other it goes out.
SK

This exercise is designed to move you into a posi-

tive mindset by using a gratitude journal. Simultaneously
recording your blessings and noting anything you give offers
a valuable way to see how everything's changing over time.
Youll be amazed at how much you accomplish and feel
grateful for, and I think you'll discover more and more mir-
acles showing up unexpectedly.
Gratitude is like grease for the soul.

Conclusion
People often ask me how I accomplish so much and, the
truth is, I have a secret.
I’ve found that whenever I want to do something new,
once I’ve pulled away from the blocks and limitations and
gotten a taste of success, things move faster.
In other words, there's nothing in me stalling. There's
nothing in me saying, “You can’t do this. Youre not the right
person for this.” Or, “You don’t have the time for this.”
Those are all excuses.
When I first received the inspiration to become a musi-
cian, I didn’t exactly have it all down. I still had to decide. I
still had to choose it. I still had to declare to myself, “I am
going to do this.”
All along the process of taking action, I had my doubts
Prosperity Attraction Made Easy: 2
A Simple Way to Eliminate Doubts & Excuses

and excuses. At times, I said things like, “Wow, I don’t know

that I can actually do this. I don’t know that I can pull this
off.”
But, by now, I’m used to this kind of thing.
Every time I want to grow or create something new, all
the limiting beliefs have to have their say. The difference
now is I know what to do about them.
I question them, release them, and keep stretching.
So what do you need to stretch for in your life?
Whether it’s living a healthier lifestyle or pursuing a
dream, it all gets down to facing those fears and eliminating
excuses. By using your language clearly and efficiently, you
can convert your fear to energy and get that dream created.
Make every word count.

Joe Vitale is President of Hypnotic Marketing, Inc., a marketing consulting

firm. He has been called the “The Buddha of the Internet” for his combination
of spirituality and marketing acumen. His professional clients include the Red
Cross, PBS, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital, ageunanyother small and
large businesses. His other books include The Cc
Attractor Factor, There's a Customer Born
Every Minute, and Life's Missing Instruction
Manual, all from Wiley. He is also one
of the stars of the hit movie
The Secret.

Visit Joe at mrfire.com.

Please take your time, browse
and enjoy!
24

Your Divine Right -

Prosperity and
Abundance
by Roger Palmieri

“I came and gave you life so you may live it

more abundantly”
John 10:10

“Wealth is a mind-set, not a time and place thing.”

~Roger-

n order to transform your experience of wealth, so that

|you can now manifest wealth into every area of your life,
you must recognize that you now are the source of your
supply — which means there is abundance. There is truly
an unlimited supply for all of us. You have it all already, so
nothing is lacking.
Your Divine Right - Prosperity and Abundance 25

Let's briefly explore the law of increase. Those who have

— have more. Those that don’t have — even lose that which
they do have. When you become aware of what you have,
you automatically reinforce that behavior. Remember and
make a mental bookmark of the following statement:
“You always know what your intentions are
by the results you produce.”
Think of how many people you know of today that live
their lives from a condition of scarcity. Not believing in
themselves, they are always trying to get or keep others from
getting what they have. Such a life is about fear. There is
really nothing to lose. We have it all at our disposal.
To raise your level of consciousness about prosperity,
you must truly believe that you have it all already. Acknowl-
edge that abundance is already yours. If prosperity and
abundance keep eluding you in life, then there are some
unresolved barriers preventing prosperity from entering into
your life. You have closed off, and that means you have made
a decision sometime in your life having to do with supply;
whether it be in the area of money, love, great health, great
happiness or even opportunities.
Now we need to let go of the self-imposed limitations
that we call separation. If you feel separated from money,
love, health or abundance, now is the time to fully know
that you are love and abundance.
You must be love and abundance because you cannot
add to yourself by just thinking it. Use your actions to
acknowledge the abundance you already have and always
did have.
Look into your daily living experiences and see if you
26 The Prosperity Factor
. »

have been affirming your self-talk cycle. The way you feel.
The way you think. Look to see if you are acknowledging the
abundance that is already yours. Or are you acknowledging
a belief in scarcity? Notice a result that you have been pro-
ducing in your life to get your answer. Our consciousness is
cluttered with scarcity from behavioral conditioning. Our
parents many times spoke only in terms of what we couldn't
have; thereby creating an attitude that we now have as adults
called scarcity.
Remember, you are the cause. You are responsible. The
more you give — the more you get. Many people still hold
on to beliefs of scarcity by their opinions; such as money is
scatce, we're in a recession, or not everyone can have what
they want.
The statement I am about to give you should be written
down and placed somewhere that you can see it daily.
“Whatever you truly want — wants you”
This principle applies to every area of your life, such as
friends, love, harmony and money. When you accept other
people’s beliefs that are not based on your own experiences,
but based on their doubts and fears and limitations, those
beliefs become yours.
Think for yourself and know the truth for yourself in
your own life. Begin today to live from your imagination
because we are doing it daily anyway. Most people are really
living out of their past. You hear people say that they have
thousands of new experiences every month or year. And if
you look closely you will notice that they are simply having
the same experience over and over.
The reason most people do not experience abundance in
Your Divine Right - Prosperity and Abundance pei,

livirig is because they base their future on today, which is a

carryover from yesterday. Only those who know they have
can give. All the others, who don’t know they have, think
they have to get.
Declare that abundance is what you want most in your
life because abundance wants you. Admire what you have in
your life. You are the source of everything you have. Have
some — and get that inner appreciation. By making con-
tributions you know what you have and your awareness of
abundance begins to increase. Have the experience of being
the way that you want. You create out of your imagination.
Know that it is perfectly okay for you to have what you want
— and what you want does not take away from someone else.
And what someone else has does not take away from you.
The best way to start creating prosperity and abundance
in your life is to write down what you want to give yourself.
This is better known as journal keeping, and I learned this
principle from a man you all know, Walt Disney.
When Disney wanted to create Disneyland he first
started writing it down in his journal. His imagination went
wild as he wrote down all of the things he wanted to have in
his theme park. This successful man knew that in order to
get what he wants, he first must give people what they want.
Although journal keeping may be time consuming, |
strongly suggest that you commit to yourself by doing it.
Make the time to write down specifically what you want to
give yourself — and do it daily. This reinforces the belief you
have about yourself and elevates your self-confidence and
self-esteem on a daily basis.
28 The Prosperity Factor
. »

Action Exercise To Get What You Want

An additional part of prosperity and abundance involves
you creating a personal treasure map. So let’s outline what
a personal treasure map is all about. Making a treasure map
is a very powerful tool, and it’s a fun project to undertake.
A treasure map is an actual, physical picture of your
desired reality. Its value lies in the fact that it creates an espe-
cially clear, sharp image, which you can then use to attract
and focus energy into your dreams or goals. It works along
the same principle as a blueprint for a building.

Supplies You Need

1.) Two (2) poster boards, approx. 24” x 36” — prefera-
bly white.
2.) Glue or scotch tape
3.) Magazines, travel brochures, etc.
4.) Scissors

5.) Pens and Markers

Items Needed for your Personal Treasure Map

1.) Five (5) pictures of yourself, 1 photo in-the center
and 1 photo in each corner
2.) Whatever your dreams, goals, rewards, etc., start
cutting out pictures that symbolize your dreams
and paste or tape them on your board. (These might
include vacations, jewelry, cars, or anything else that
you have dreamed about and talked yourself out of.)
3.) Put captions and dates (mm/yr) under each items —
no longer than 2 years away.
Your Divine Right - Prosperity and Abundance 29

4.) Incorporate yourself in the picture. For a very realis-

tic effect, use a photograph of yourself. Show yourself
being, doing and having your desired objective: trav-
eling around the world, wearing your ideal clothing,
proud author of a best-selling new book, making a
million dollars, whatever it is that you would like it
to be. Use this as a psychological trigger mechanism
and incorporate it into your Big Dream/goal setting
plans.
5.) Use lots of color in your treasure map to increase its
psychological impact. Show the situation in its ideal,
complete form as if it already exists. Remember, we
are always dealing with the present. Visualize vividly
the end results.
To stimulate your imagination here are a few of the
infinite possibilities that exist with the implementation of
the treasure map.

Health
Show yourself radiantly and perfectly healthy, active,
beautiful, and participating in whatever activities would
indicate perfect health to you.

Physical Condition
Show yourself with your perfect body. Cut a picture
from a magazine that looks like you would in your perfect
condition and paste a photo of your head on that body,
feeling wonderful about yourself. Make personal statements
that indicate how you are feeling. As an example, “I feel
wonderful and I look fantastic now that I weigh my ideal
30 The Prosperity Factor

weight of...”, and fill in the pounds, “and I am in perfect

physical health.” ;

Self-Image and Beauty

Show yourself as you want to feel: beautiful, relaxed,
enjoying life, warm and loving. Include words and symbols
that represent these qualities to you.

Career
Show yourself doing what you really want to do, with
interesting and agreeable people around, and you earning
plenty of money. And be specific about the amount you
intend to have and all other pertinent details. “Here I am
driving my new...” and your desired automobile. “I love it
and I have plenty of money to maintain it.”

Family and Friends

Show members of your family and other important rela-
tionships with you communicating openly, harmoniously
and successfully.

Any Other Area of Your Life

Show yourself in any situation and whatever you want it
to be. With plenty of time and money to enjoy the experi-
ence as you visualize it; and so on.

Here are 5 profound prosperity affirmations for you.

Write them down on 5,3 x 5 cards and post them where
you can see them daily and carry one on yourself. Also,
add these affirmations to your Treasure Map.
1.) Large sums of money, big happy financial surprises
and rich appropriate gifts now come to me in perfect
ways and I use the gifts wisely.
Your Divine Right - Prosperity and Abundance ot

2.) All affirmations of abundance and prosperity I tell

myself are now truth, fact and reality in my life
NOW.
3.) I am now living my vision of prosperity, health and
total abundance.

4.) Everything I do and everyone I come into contact

with prospers me now in my daily living experiences.
5.) Iam filled with excellence, wealth, prosperity and I
am magnificent!

Have fun and create your BIG DREAMS and goals suc-
cessfully.

Summary of Prosperity and Abundance

You are the source of your magnificent supply.
The Law of Increase - You always know what your
intentions are by the results you produce.

To raise your level of consciousness about pros-

perity you must truly believe that you have it all
already.
You are the cause. You are responsible. The more
you give — the more you get.
The best way to start creating prosperity and abun-
dance in your life is to write down what you want
to give yourself. This is better known as journal
keeping.
Create your personal Treasure Map — an imperative
exercise
32 The Prosperity Factor

° Use these compelling affirmations on a daily basis.

“May all ofyour dreams become reality and

all ofyour efforts
become magnificent achievements”
~Roger~

~ For more information ~

Contact Roger at
[email protected]
and visit my website — ThePalmieriGroup.com

Roger Palmieri, Co-Founder, The Palmieri Group, is an internationally

acclaimed speaker and trainer in the field of human behavior since 1978. He
has spoken to more than one million people around the world as a keynote
speaker for major conventions, company awards, management conferences
and sales training meetings. In his provocative presentations on Sales and
Management Performance as well as LifeStyle Entrepreneurship he shows
people “how to” unlock the limitless potential you were born with.

Mr. Palmieri major concentration in psychology and philosophy studies with

focused attention on behavior modification in career business development.
Drawing on his extensive background of human behavior he shows people
how to “remove effort and struggle” from the process of change through
proven behavioral research and practical implementation.

ON HUMAN BEHAVIOR... . He radiates a super-charged, high energy presence

that immediately engages people. Mr. Palmieri delivers messages that are
meaningful, practical and coherent. Lacking from his presentations are the
usual time-worn platitudes and masses of data and statistics that are quickly
forgotten and have little meaning.
Your Divine Right - Prosperity and Abundance Sia

ON COMMITMENT . . . His passion for excellence is a testament to his

commitment of “Quality Care.” He creates a memorable learning experience
that combines unique, perceptive insights laced with down-to-earth humor.

ON KNOW HOW... With more than thirty-five years of practical sales and
management experience, he possesses a rare quality of taking complicated
techniques and simplifies them into workable ideas that people can apply
immediately to transform their current business activity beyond their own
expectations. Because of his outstanding performance with sales and
management people, he is a speaker listed in the WHO'S WHO AMONG U.S.
EXECUTIVES.

ON INSPIRATION. . . As a highly decorated U.S. Marine Corps combat veteran

of the Viet Nam war, he talks about courage and perseverance and day-to-
day heroism. He’s a rare breed that can connect, not only with your
intellect, but also with your heart and soul.
34

Wealth from the

Inside Out
by Chris and Marlow Felton

t wasn't working. Nothing was. “Why are we working

lehard and still feeling so stuck?” Chris and Marlow,
experienced financial professionals, had all the training
necessary to be wealthy. But they weren't wealthy. In fact,
they were frustrated with their financial situation. It was
consuming their thoughts and wearing on their relation-
ship. “We were frustrated with each other,” said Marlow.
“We just felt there was no way out. We were working hard
and thought working harder was somehow going to eventu-
ally get us ahead and fix our problems.”
They did what many people do; they started to look for
solutions a bit outside the box. Working harder wasn’t help-
ing their financial situation so maybe, they thought, they
were missing something — some key or universal law. They
sought direction through a variety of personal development
programs and books - many of which came from the cast of
The Secret, including Joe Vitale.
Wealth from the Inside Out 35

After reading the books, following the steps and prac-

tices, they still weren't getting ahead. Nothing had really
changed, until one angry afternoon that changed every-
thing. “When your husband asks you why you are married
to him, you really have to stop and take a deep look inside,”
said Marlow. Yet it was at that pivotal moment when Chris
and Marlow started to make the transition from debt and
struggle to prosperity.

Delusion and Optimism Often Sleep in

the Same Bed
For Chris, the “a ha” moment was to realize the problem
wasnt external. Not only did he realize he was part of his
problems, he also realized the delusion he'd been living with
— the “if I just work harder” way of thinking — wasn’t going
to fix it. “I realized going from 70 hours a week to 90 wasn’t
going to solve it.”

Incongruent Thoughts and Actions

Magical thinking wasn’t going to solve it for them either.
“In order for the Law of Attraction to work, you have to
actually believe it will work. Too many people put a wish in
a box and then go back to worrying about money. Or they
spend it and repeat their money mantra and wait for it to
come true. It doesn’t come true if your thoughts and actions
are incongruent,” said Chris. So if working harder isn’t the
solution, and if you can’t wish for more money and have it
land in your lap, then what is the solution?

Your Internal Story Has to Shift

Chris and Marlow came to a point where they realized
36 The Prosperity Factor

they had to stop blaming one another and stop looking for
external solutions. The solution was to look within. What you
believe about yourself and about money must be explored and
dealt with honestly and openly. Sometimes the most powerful
questions are the ones we ask ourselves.
They started digging and looking at their beliefs about
money, and how those beliefs influenced their actions. “My
dad was so incredibly cheap,” said Marlow. “It was embar-
rassing. So I taught myself ‘don’t be cheap, don’t be cheap,
don't be cheap’. Because I found my dad so embarrassing
as a teenager, in my adult life, I became overly frivolous.
After really thinking about this, and realizing ‘yeah, that was
super-embarrassing, so what did that turn into? I discovered
my overspending was an attempt to be the opposite. I got
into deep credit card debt trying to prove I wasn’t cheap.”
Sometimes our desire NOT to be something can be more
powerful than our desire to be something.
Your mental approach to money has to change for your
financial situation to change. Chris began looking at his
spending as a project instead of a problem and he started to
dig at the root of it. Together they began to shift internally.

From Debt and Arguing to Peace and

Prosperity
Getting clear on your beliefs about money and your
financial personality is the first step. The second step — and
the one that takes time, diligence, and a continued aware-
ness — is to begin taking action. It’s not enough to write
yourself a check for a million dollars and meditate on it
every day. You have to start taking action toward achieving
that million dollar check, and that doesn’t mean working
Wealth from the Inside Out i

more hours. It means paying attention to your money,

respecting it, and setting goals.
For couples, it’s particularly challenging because there
are two people involved. They both have to deal with their
own unique programming. Honesty, communication, and
acceptance are essential. Today Chris and Marlow work
with couples to help them navigate the often tumultuous
waters of financial prosperity. They coach their clients and
share the following advice for individuals or couples going
through a difficult financial time:
Give it time. You've had years of programming to get
where you are today. Clarity and shifting your thoughts is pos-
sible, but it will take time. Whatever dominates your thinking
really comes to pass, but you have to give yourself time.
Accept it. Accept where you are. You don't need to love
it; you don't need to hate it. But you need to accept it. You
are where you are. You're supposed to be there. Accept where
you are. By taking responsibility for your role in creating
your current situation, you can then be emotionally freer to
move forward and create a new reality. You have to take it
one small step at a time. There's real compounding momen-
tum that happens. The whole “don’t beat yourself up” con-
cept is significant. People try to take on personal develop-
ment while simultaneously hitting themselves over the head
with a hammer It never works.
Respect your money. People get into financial trouble
because they don’t respect their money. It’s possible to have
financial flow and abundance while also respecting your
money and paying attention to what you're doing and how
it's working for you.
38 The Prosperity Factor

Keep your head in the clouds and feet on the ground.

Have a relationship with your money, your financial goals,
your results, your savings and your net worth. Know your
cold hard numbers. Also allow yourself to think big. Do
write that million dollar check for yourself, visualize and
dream, but don’t stop there. Decide how you want to achieve
that goal and start taking action today.
Get clear on your vision. Whether youre single or in a
relationship, you really have to get clear on what your vision
is first. If you know where you are going and what your
ideal life looks like as a couple, then you can work back-
wards and create your dream life together.
Get help. Both Chris and Marlow readily admit they
wouldn't have been able to achieve financial prosperity and
a happy marriage without assistance. They found mentors to
guide them. They know there are always things to work on,
and sometimes the programming runs so deep, it takes an
outside perspective to move forward.

You'll Never Know How Good You Are

Until Money is Behind You
If worrying about money is dominating your thoughts,
it's impossible to be the best version of you. It also impacts
how youre able to contribute to the world. When you can
let go of this worry and know your financial goals are being
realized, you can find peace. Letting go of this worry will
create clarity of purpose and allow you to be open to infinite
possibilities you never noticed before. This peace is worth
whatever it takes to get there. It’s not always easy to look
inside ourselves to uncover our programming, and it’s even
more difficult to change our behaviors. The end result is
beyond your wildest dreams. It’s worth everything.
Wealth from the Inside Out 39

Chris and Marlow Felton, the “Couples Money

Experts” and authors of Couples
Money, have inspired thousands
of couples across the country
with their personal story and
the insights they share in
Couples Money. Chris and
Marlow have 27 plus years
combined experience in the
financial services industry
working with couples of all
walks of life. They mentor
and train over 180 financial
professionals in their business
across the country and are highly respected public speakers. They are
recognized as leaders in the financial services industry and have presented for
thousands of financial professionals all over the country.

Chris and Marlow have a unique perspective on wealth, and share insights
from their years of experience and personal development. They share their
personal story of financial transformation, and how they got on the “same
page’. They take an introspective approach to creating wealth from the inside
out, and share insights from numerous financially independent couples.

Chris and Marlow help couples have more productive conversations about
money and prosper together. Visit www.couplesmoney.com to learn from their
experience and achieve your goals for financial abundance.
40

The 6 Rung Ladder

of Wealth
by Dan Lok

y students all want to have wealth. But when I

ask what technique they are currently using to
attain wealth, they have no idea.
When you wish to attain wealth, don’t go after it directly.
Going for wealth paradoxically guarantees that wealth
will elude you. Like the horizon, it continues to recede as
you chase it. Wealth and happiness are the two goals that
you cannot approach directly. Rather, you must direct your
efforts elsewhere, and wealth and happiness come along
afterwards for free. So where do you direct your efforts?
Use the 6 Rung Ladder of Wealth as your guide.
4 — Profitability
3 — Creativity
2 — Credibility
1 — Visibility

-1 — Invisibility
-2 — Instability
The 6 Rung Ladder of Wealth Al

They Have to Know Who You Are

Setting aside the two rungs at the very bottom, which
we'll talk about shortly, you can see that the first rung on the
ladder is VISIBILITY.
Visibility means that people are aware of who you are.
Instead of pursuing wealth, focus on pursuing visibility.
Make yourself known. The more visibility you achieve, the
closer you are to wealth.
Let me state this very strongly — as a general rule, every-
one who has wealth first achieved visibility. The more vis-
ibility— which means the more you are seen and the more
that people know of you — the faster you move towards
wealth.
How do you increase visibility? Let me give you some
examples from my own life.
I have one of the most popular business podcasts on
iTunes, called Shoulders of Titans (ShouldersofTitans.com)
and I give at least ONE interview a week on the radio or
by podcast.
I have a YouTube channel with over 200+ videos on it
(www.DanLokTV.com). As a professional speaker on busi-
ness development, I address more than 50,000 people a
year. I have shared the stage with leaders such as Richard
Branson, Bob Proctor, Robert Kiyosaki and Jack Canfield.
I’ve written more than a dozen books, some of which are
best-sellers. I am the founder of Vancouver Entrepreneurs
Group, which is the fastest growing entrepreneurial com-
munity in my area, with over 1,400 members.
I am not telling you these things to impress you, I am tell-
ing you to impress upon you that’s what I do to get visibility.
42 The Prosperity Factor

Now, just because they know you doesn’t mean they like you
or trust you. So let’s move up the ladder and take a look at
what's next.

Credibility Matters
People do business with people they know, like and trust
— so the next level is CREDIBILITY. Once you've attained
visibility, you must ensure you have credibility. That means
that they don’t just know of you, they also like, admire and
respect you. They believe what you have to say is worth lis-
tening to.
For example, people respect you if you've been a guest
on Oprah, or if you've written a book. People believe you
to be trustworthy and credible if you've appeared on radio
or television. People respect you if you've had a newspaper
article written about you. People respect you; that’s some
kind of status.
Credibility also extends beyond what you say. You earn
credibility in what you do as well. For example, people
respect you if youve given money to charity or you donate
your time to charity. People respect you if you've done some-
thing well, you carry yourself with confidence, you dress
well or you speak well.
You need to notice how other people view you, and
most people don’t know that at all. They just dress however
the heck they want to dress, and they dont really care what's
going on. So if you don’t care if you've got visibility and you
dont care about credibility, then what youre really saying is
you dont care if anyone knows who you are or, if they know
who you are, you don’t care if they like you.
The 6 Rung Ladder of Wealth 43

Once you've achieved credibility and visibility, what’s

next? Looking up the ladder you can see that it’s creativity.

Innovation and Inspiration - The Third

Rung on the Ladder of Wealth
Then the next rung is CREATIVITY. And this means
essentially that you need to be able to differentiate yourself
from others. You can achieve a certain degree of financial
success with visibility and credibility alone. However, if you
want to truly attain wealth, the creativity is essential.
Let's say there are three furniture stores in a strip mall
with a huge parking lot, and you own the middle furniture
store. You come to work one morning and, to your shock,
there’s a giant banner across the front of the furniture store
to the right of you that says “Semi-annual Sale!” And all
that day, all the cars were parking in front of that store.
And then, to make things worse, you come in to work
the next day and here’s a giant banner across the furniture
store on your left that says “Annual Clearance 90% Off!”
Oh my God — that day all of the cars were parked in front
of that store. But then the next morning both of them were
horrified when they came in to work and saw the banner
across the top of your store that said “Main Entrance.”
That’s the kind of creativity that I’m talking about.
That’s the kind of creativity you need. The ability and desire
to position yourself apart from the rest. And finally, if you
have visibility and you have credibility and you have creativ-
ity setting up your business model correctly, then you get
profitability.
44 The Prosperity Factor

It’s a ladder. You must take each rung one at a time,

and in the proper order. Strangely, you don’t have to next go
up to the top rung of Wealth. Once you have visibility and
credibility, you are already at the top rung of wealth. It’s like
a Free Pass.
We've already done four and we're at the top. Sounds
like there are a couple of rungs missing. And you see, vis-
ibility is the ground floor rung. We are now going to go
backwards and go negative.

The Bottom Two Rungs — Negative Wealth,

But There’s Tremendous Potential
It’s important to point out that while these are the bot-
tom two rungs and they may be your experience or situation
right now, but it doesn’t have to stay that way. You can climb
the ladder. However, it’s also important to be aware of where
you are right now so that you can envision what’s possible.
The first negative level is invisibility. That’s what most
people have. It’s very sad. If you're a small business owner,
then you are likely known by a handful of people in your
employ. ‘That’s it. A handful. Maybe six, maybe a few
dozen, but basically a small number of people.
So, most people have complete invisibility except for a
few dozen people in their employ. Nobody else knows them.
’m not talking about family or friends. I’m talking about
business. In business, most entrepreneurs have complete
invisibility, and let me prove it to you. As soon as somebody
loses their job, they suddenly realize how invisible they are
because they have to create their resume. Well that’s fine,
The 6 Rung Ladder of Wealth 45

but they have no idea who to send it to. Nobody knows

them. They're starting from zero. They're starting from
complete invisibility.
Not only do employees suddenly realize they have com-
plete invisibility when they lose their jobs, but almost every
businessperson has complete invisibility as well. It’s evident
when they lose a client and it hits them hard. They have to
scramble for new clients, which is difficult because nobody
knows who they are. It’s stressful and no way to run a busi-
ness or achieve wealth — scrambling for clients all the time
isn't any way to achieve wealth. If you're invisible, you can’t
make money! You can’t! If no one’s ever heard of you, then
they, by definition, can’t give you money because they don’t
even know who you are!
But it can get worse... The worst rung of the ladder is
instability. And instability is below invisibility. Financial
instability is bankruptcy, going out of business, losing your
job, being horribly in debt. Emotional instability is having
an affair, losing your marriage, going insane, committing
suicide.
So here’s your job. Identify which level you're at right
now, as embarrassing as it might be. It’s okay because even
if you're at the bottom of the ladder, the only place you can
go is up.
And that is the whole point. If you want to improve
your life and your income potential, you need to work on
improving your position on the “6 Rung Ladder of Wealth.”
Take it one rung at a time and watch your wealth increase
with each step.
So where are you on the ladder?
46 The Prosperity Factor

NOTE: Ifyou don’t know me, I'm Dan Lok.

Husband, millionaire mentor, & serial
entrepreneur...

Ifyoure an entrepreneur, let's you and|

connect at http://www.danlok.com
 47

How I Discovered
the Secret to Explode
the Full Power of the
Law of Attraction
by Robert Mc Donagh

ave you ever tried the Law of Attraction? You prac-

H tice it and believe in it, but somehow something
is not clicking for you? You're buying the books,
youre buying the programs, youre buying the courses,
youre attending the seminars... but it’s still not happening
fast enough, or perhaps not at all? And somehow deep down
you know something's missing!?
Well, let me tell you my story. When I first heard of
the Law of Attraction back in 2007, I was blown away after
watching the movie The Secret. What I learned about it
made a lot of sense, and it made me think about it how I
attracted through the LOA a lot of crap throughout my life.
As far back as I can remember, up until very recently,
my life has been one hard battle. No matter what I tried to
48 The Prosperity Factor
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achieve or gain, it did not come to me easily or effortlessly like

it does for others. Most often, whatever that ‘thing’ I tried to
succeed in just fell to pieces. Same old story, different YEAR!
Things changed the day I met my mentor Dan Lok. For
those of you who don’t know him, Dan is a very success-
ful businessman, entrepreneur and bestselling author. And
I have the privilege of been his mentee and apprentice since
start of 2015.
One day, Dan and I were having this discussion, we got
talking about the Law of Attraction, and I was sharing with
Dan every aspect of my life; the struggles, the financial debt,
the sleepless nights, basically everything. Our conversation
went like this:
Rob: Dan, I’m 35 years old, I’ve got 5 kids and a wife to
support, I hate my job, I’ve got no money, no direc-
tion in life, no support, nobody to guide me and no
friends. You know I practice the LOA, but still every-
thing I touch turns to shit. Where am I going wrong?
Dan replied: Rob, I know youre a good guy but that doesn’t
cut it by itself. Neither does having great intentions;
that alone is not good enough for you to create mas-
sive wealth. Neither is practicing the Law of Attraction
enough. Plain and simple. The LOA on its own, with-
out action, is meaningless. You need to take action.
You need to act on your inspirations.
Rob: What do you mean Dan? I’m taking action. I’m talking
to you!
Dan: Rob, Just look at Joe Vitale himself; he teaches the
LOA, but without having taken action, without the
next step, he wouldn't be where he is today.
How I Discovered the Secret to Explode 49
the Full Power of the Law of Attraction

Rob: But I studied the LOA, took courses on the LOA,

bought most of Joe’s books on the LOA, along with
others, and became a certified LOA practitioner
(through Joe’s course), but all of that brought me
ZERO success. I’ve visualized my goals, I’ve done
affirmations, and I have my vision board on my wall.
So how come I’m still broke? Why does it work for
Joe, for example, but not for me? And what do you
mean by the ‘next step?’
Dan: Good question. It’s because you aren't implementing
the Law of Effection, and all of that is meaningless
without the other laws. When understood and imple-
mented with positive action, it will change your life
like night and day.
Rob: LAW OF EFFECTION, I shouted back like he was
from another planet. “What the hell is the Law of
Effection, I asked? (All that was going through my
mind was ‘now I have to learn another Law when I
can't even get the LOA to work for me!?!’)
Dan went on to explain: Law of Effection is serving people,
how you can have an effect on people’s lives positively.
It means having a huge impact on people and giving
value through useful and practical advice.
Rob: What do you mean? Please explain it to me.
Dan: It means asking how many lives you can positively
effect. You can think positively until the cows come
home, you can chant as you will, you can meditate, you
can visualize, you can do affirmations all day (and those
are all good), but if you are not impacting people, if you
50 The Prosperity Factor

are not serving the world, if you are not getting your
message out there, then you are not going to attract pros-
perity, wealth and abundance in to your life... period.
Rob: Oh I see. Then how.....
Dan: Look at what I have. I have more than enough money,
I have the cars, I take vacations whenever I choose,
I have my dream home, I eat healthy, I make a for-
tune and the list goes on. That’s because of the Law of
Effection in action. It’s taking the Law of Attraction
to a whole new level.
You see Rob, I can be the most negative person on
the planet, but if I practice the Law of Effection, I'll
surely still attract wealth, success and abundance in to
my life. I might not even be happy, but I will still get
those things.
Rob: Ok I get it now but ow do I that? How do I practice
the Law of Effection? Give me the steps.
Dan: Well first you need a Personal Media Platform.
Rob: What is that?
Dan: A media platform means podcasting, or setting up a
blog or a website that is personal to you. It’s yours, and
it is your way to communicate with the public through
the internet. It’s something that you can build an audi-
ence with, something that can add value — a platform
on which you can share your story and make money.
Rob: (The penny started to drop!) So in a nutshell, what
youre saying is that I need to find a way to serve oth-
ers, and to bring value to others through one of the
platforms you just mentioned.
How I Discovered the Secret to Explode Di
the Full Power of the Law of Attraction

Dan: YES! It’s the Law of Effection you need to practice.

How many people's lives can you positively effect is
the key to your success. How big of an audience do
you have? How many people you can serve. These
are the questions you need to be asking yourself and,
more importantly, deciding upon a media platform.
This is basically taking the LOA to a whole new level.
Rob: So youre telling me, that’s what I’ve been doing wrong
all these years? Trying to succeed on the LOA alone,
without implementing the LOE? The missing secret
so to speak?
Dan: Yes, and you know my story, my background. If it
worked for me, it will surely work for you. It has to!!
It’s the LAW..!
Rob: But surely, there’s something missing. It can’t be that
simple. Don’t I need to at least have a skill of some
sort? Like you?
: Now youre getting it Rob. You're correct. The only
way to add value to the world is to first increase your
value, to acquire a valuable skill.
Rob: Ok, Dan, any skills in particular?
Dan: Acquire a valuable skill and impact people's lives
through a Personal Media Platform. Find a skill that
is needed; one that will bring value to a lot of people
and solve problems. Specifically, the skills of online
marketing, running and hosting an effective Podcast,
copywriting... how to create a valuable product, a
course, an ebook, a marketing funnel, how to build a
large audience and email list.
52 The Prosperity Factor

Rob: (All hyped up) Is that it? That’s what I need to do?
Dan: Yes, mastering new skills through your personal media
platform of your choice, this will ultimately set you
financially free.
And that’s how my conversation with my mentor went.
Since that moment back in February 2015, P’ve been
practicing and taking the LOA to a whole new level by
implementing the LOE just like my mentor Dan Lok told
me.
Implementing the LOA without the LOE is the part
that most people forget to do, hence the reason they never
see results.
And that’s how I found out that Personal Media Plat-
form with the LOE in action is the key to great wealth. It’s
how all successful people achieve great wealth.
Just take a look at Dan Lok (www.danlok.com), or take
a look at Joe Vitale (www.mrfire.com). They've impacted a
lot of people through their own personal media platforms.
All of the true wealthy people we know today create their
wealth by adding value and impacting people.
And my own personal media platform is Podcasting. I
use iTunes, I have a blog, I run a website, ’m on Facebook,
Twitter, and I have a YouTube channel. Even this book itself
is a form of media platform. My last No.1 bestseller book,
The Midas Touch, is also a personal media platform.
I hope you find your own Personal Media Platform,
something that works for you. And when you find it, ’m
sure success will follow.
That's The Prosperity Factor.
How I Discovered the Secret to Explode Ss)
the Full Power of the Law of Attraction

Rob Mc Donagh is the bestselling author of

The Midas Touch with Joe Vitale and Dan Lok.
Rob is a husband, father of 5, and an internet
marketer. Rob has been in the trenches, poor all
of his life, and knows all too well what itis like
to suffer and struggle.

Rob turned his life around and now runs a

successful Podcast called The F.U. Money
Show, which is designed to help people
escape the rat race, fire their boss and live
life on their own terms. You can visit Rob’s
popular website and check out his blog at
www.fumoney.com, where you can get
instant access to The Massive Passive Income
Workshop - so you can take your life to the
next level, learn profitable online business ideas
you can start today, and more! You can also catch
up with Rob on iTunes every Wednesday 2pm EST.
54

Wow
by Salvador Aragao (A T)

Wow, what a life... How grateful am I now? Very Grate-

ful! Wasn't always like this though...
Where am I now? Sitting on deck of a 54m sail yacht,
bathing in the sun after swimming in the warm waters of
the Mediterranean. Let’s go back a few years...
As a lot of people I’ve met, feelings of separateness led
to years of drug abuse and everything that brings; isolation,
despair, rejection, alienation and emptiness. It wasn't what
I wanted for myself and after spending time in rehab I was
happy to be moving forward.
I knew I was designed to go well through life, to achieve
greatness, to live a meaningful life, abundantly and in peace!
I am still in the building process of my lifestyle; the
yacht where I am now, it’s not mine... yet!
The four years-after rehab were a struggle... getting back
into society, playing by the rules and trying to be a good
citizen was a hard task. There were bills to pay, old and new
ones, and I had no money. While working I was also study-
ing to achieve a University degree. I thought that if I fin-
ished a degree of some sort I'd have my life sorted.
Wow 55

Most days I was depressed, and I would isolate myself to

mountain tops, beaches or the usual forest spots for inspi-
ration and meditation. While running away, I was actually
connecting with nature, and this was a source of clean, pure
energy, where life succeeded without effort, naturally grow-
ing, with a birth right to happiness. “Humans fit well with
Nature, we just need to find a place and a rhythm and we
can live in plenitude” I used to think. Then back to reality,
with the running clocks and timetables and rules and obli-
gations. I was getting exhausted.
Since young age that I had been dealing with feelings of
rejection. This was actually what led to drug usage and low
self-esteem. So... when it happened again, having to deal
with rejection after coming out of rehab and trying to turn
my life around was the end of the line for me, and my wish
of death was very strong.
For the next hours, days and weeks I felt I had no pur-
pose in being alive. As a symptom, I had a heart attack. The
plug was pulled, and I literally couldn't breathe. I couldn't
even move a finger. I immediately saw that I was in trouble.
I fought it as hard as I could, trying to get up, and falling
again and again until I realized that I was not in control and
I was “going away”. At that moment I realized how much
I love Life, how blessed we are for having one, and that |
wanted to keep living a life on Earth. I also realized we go
somewhere after this, there is life after Earth, but I wasn't
done yet!
Apparently, I saved myself using a Yoga technique where
you breathe so little oxygen and reduce your heart beat to
just once or twice per minute. It was in that moment I gained
insights about the works of life and how to go through it.
56 The Prosperity Factor

I found myself in the clouds, looking at my body on the

garage front door, with a feeling of abundance fulfillment
and peace, but no pain. Here, I’m faced with an individ-
ual, also made of the same white energy I’m made of, we
don’t speak, everything is explained in thought and image,
we know what we're talking about, we see the same thing,
same images (relevant episodes of my life) and there are no
doubts.
He shows me what I did wrong in my past life, what I
did right, good or bad influences, and why, and now he tells
me: “youre not staying here yet, it’s not your time to come.
You have to go back down to the physical world and you're
going to do great, youre going to have fun, youre going
to enjoy the good life, in peace, love, plenitude and abun-
dance, and, with no struggle.” I believed him.
I move away from him and slowly come down to my
body. As soon as I’m back in my body, the heart pain kicks
in again (the worst pain I’ve ever felt) but... I get a good
breath of fresh air. Iwalk to the nearest house, and find my
Grandmother who calls for an ambulance to take me to the
hospital.
After my stay at the hospital I felt like a new person. I
can feel people now, feel events, feel places and immediately,
I know if they’re good for me or not. I have new tools.
The key points of this experience were:
¢ Gratitude for being given time on Earth, grateful
for being alive and well.

° ‘The Knowledge of the power of thought associated

with Strong Emotions and Desire.
Wow ay

A great Sense of detachment from everything, peo-

ple, places and things.

We can do whatever we want with our lives, we Are

Free. We can be whoever we wish to be.

Our life is supposed to be lived in an abundant

state of being, Plenitude, a bliss, in peace and not
suffering or struggling.
We have the power of thought and imagination to
use in the creation of the life we want or wish, we
just have to put action on it.
Desire to find something you love doing in life and
follow it!
We must listen to our intuition as it’s our best
guidance.
People that matter will come to us; we'll know for
sure who to stick with and with who not to stick
with.

When I left the Hospital, seeing the traffic on the streets,

people’s faces down, running all around, I immediately felt
and said to myself: “this is not the way to live, I’m out of
here!” And this time I knew nothing could stop me.
I did a course in life coaching, and discover the tools
to move forward with my life. Around the same time, “The
Secret” came out. Asa result, I learn:
Macrobiotic food: we are what we eat

Yoga: breathing, centering, good self-assessment

and self-confidence
58 The Prosperity Factor

¢ Surf: good overall feeling, healthy mind and body,

connection with the Earth

¢ Studying the Secret / LOA: getting a clear mind

and using the Ether
¢ Gardening: just for relaxing

¢ Practicing Coaching: setting goals, overcoming

obstacles
In between these tools and exercises, there was a book
that helped me change my perception of my body. It’s from
a Master, called Martin Broffman and it’s called Everything
Can be Cured, the Body Mirror System.
This book explains to you how master your “Chi”
(energy, light, life source) and align your Chakras (energy
centers) and your energy field around you. It teaches you
how you free your body of any stress in the energy field.
With this you can achieve greatness regarding your body
and soul. 7
So, here I was with a lot of information and a desire to
finally get the life I wished for myself.
Since 3 years of age, I’ve always sailed on with the fam-
ily. Spending time at sea on father’s boat for the weekend or
for the all summer was the most anticipated activity. I was
at home on a boat, everything was easy for me, what to do,
what to expect, where to go and how to get there. I redis-
covered sailing as an adult, and realized that I had found my
passion! I had found my desire and I had found my energy
to pursue my dream! The fact that I had no money at the
time was no issue anymore. I had a dream, and I had the
energy to chase it!
Wow 59

Ok, here I get all the other key points working together
and come up with this solution:

1. Making a plan. I did a plan for the life I wanted to

achieve and when I wanted. I was specific to what I
wanted in 1 year; 3 years; 5 years and 10 years.
2. Overcoming Obstacles. I got it from the Buddha
that “Ifa problem has a solution, don’t worry with it
and if a problem has no solution, don’t worry with
it, it’s already solved right?”
3. Putting action. This is applicable in two senses.
Physical exercise — Healthy Body, Healthy Mind —
and with Discipline of not quiting!
4, ‘Take good care of yourself. Good food and rest are as
essential as the working hours.

5. Getting involved with the right people and asking

for help when needed. Chase your idols and get in
touch.

6. Re-assessing the plan. As achievements where hap-

pening, re assess and re-shape your plan. Keeping it
up to date and in tune with reality helps to clear the
path.
7. Visualize every morning. How you want your day
to unfold. Take the time to breathe in the love and
gratitude of a wonderful positive day, including how
to react to situations.

8. Kept on following the Masters of LOA and Coach-

ing, I still use their guidance!
60 The Prosperity Factor

With this process I got to a point where after 5 years I

went back to read my first written plan to find that every-
thing had happened as planned. The jobs I had, where I
lived, the money and the relationships. Health was at a peak
and I had good people around me. Everything happened as
I wished and wrote in that piece of paper! So I wrote more
papers!
I can accomplish whatever I wish next... So... What
comes next? What’s my next Big Dream? Fortunately for
me, my dream and passion walk hand in hand with my job,
sailing beautiful amazing ships with amazing good people
to fantastic places.
It’s out there, it’s real, it’s energy and we work the energy
with our thoughts and desires, all we need is the time, focus
and the correct frame of mind!!
As Bob Proctor would say “I am So Happy and So
Grateful right now, that ’m doing what I need to achieve
my goals.”
Pll let you know how this goal went!!
Keep dreaming!

Salvador is a sailor by nature and a professional seafarer.

His passion of sailing across the oceans, exploring the
most exotic beaches and corners of the world, has lead
him to “paradise on Hearth’ situations. He can guide
you in your search for that peace and quiet, good
vibe, nature filled place you've been looking for!
It’ your dream, and he'll help make ithappen! -
You can reach Salvador at salvadorat@gmail. ‘ om
com, for the beginning ofyour next crusade! ‘ 5
 61

Conscious Parenting:
The Art Of Raising
Your Child To
Thrive
by Judy Banfield

CC he words just came flying out of my mouth,”

Melinda said to me.
“There was Katie, just three years old, calling
me to see her new drawing. When I went into her room,
there was her drawing — all over the walls of her room.
“I just snapped and out came all these words I swore
I'd never say: ‘I can’t believe you did this. What’s the matter
with you? How could you be so stupid? You are a bad, bad
girl!’
“And then... I smacked her.
“Katie was shocked. She stared up at me wide eyed and
disbelieving. Then she started wailing and ran into her closet
and hid. She was afraid of me. It was the last thing I ever
wanted to happen.”
62 The Prosperity Factor

Melinda was crying as she told me the story. I have

heard many such stories in my years and years of supporting
parents.
“I vowed and promised myself that I would never, ever,
ever strike my children, nor would I ever belittle them. But
I did both in one instance” Melinda said.
Melinda was shocked at her own behavior. She was a
loving parent who wanted to raise her daughter to feel good
about herself, be strong, happy, motivated, caring and suc-
cessful.
But on this day something snapped. Katie’s drawing on
the wall triggered something inside, and the words and the
slap just exploded from her.
Melinda felt awful and ashamed of herself.
You might be thinking “What’s the big deal? Her
daughter misbehaved and she got the consequences. Now
she knows not to draw on the wall again.”
But as someone reading this type of book, I invite you
to look a little deeper to understand what's really going on
for Melinda.
And when I say look deeper, I mean deeper into yourself.
As a reader of this book, ’'m going to say that youve
probably embarked on a path of personal growth and devel-
opment.
You are probably trying to rid yourself of all the limiting
beliefs and counter-intentions that are blocking you from
leading the life you want.
And where did you acquire those beliefs? You proba-
bly acquired the majority of them in your childhood home,
from your parents or primary caregivers.
Conscious Parenting: 63
The Art Of Raising Your Child To Thrive

Every time you were told you were stupid, or bad, or

that something was “the matter with you,” you took that as
truth and it became a deep belief embedded in your sub-
conscious.
Every time your parents smacked or hit you, you were
given the message that you deserved to be physically hurt
by someone much bigger and stronger than you, and you
accepted that as truth, and part of your belief system as well.
And those were the exact powerful messages that Melinda
gave her daughter in the moment when she “snapped.”
Her little girl had an intense emotional response. First
she froze, then she wailed, then she fled to her closet for
safety.
It turns out that the day she “snapped”, Melinda’s own
mother was coming to visit, and all of her deeply held beliefs
about herself sprung up from her subconscious. When her
mother would see Katie’s drawing on the wall, Melinda
would feel completely inadequate. She'd feel “stupid” and
“bad” and that something was “wrong with her” as a parent.
She would probably get a verbal “smack” from her mother.
Melinda’s fear of her mother’s response triggered deep
unconscious parenting behaviors she had learned as a child.
They just burst to the surface.
Imagine growing up in a home where the kind of inter-
action Melinda had with Katie that day happens regularly,
day in and day out.
That’s how Melinda grew up.
Perhaps that’s how you grew up as well.
It is, in fact, the way the majority of children are raised,
in North America and in many cultures around the world.
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Is it any surprise then that the most common limiting

belief that adults have is “I’m.not good enough”? And that
the lack of self-love, and low self-esteem, are practically epi-
demic?
With so many of us walking around with deep emo-
tional wounds, resentments, anger and self-loathing, is it
any surprise there is so much mistrust, prejudice, poverty,
violence, greed, and abuse of power in the world?
Imagine, just imagine, if you could change this.
I believe parenting can change the world for the bet-
ter — one child at a time.
And you can be someone who makes that change
happen.
As a parent, you have a profound impact on how chil-
dren develop.
Every action, every reaction, every word, every experience
you offer to your children, impacts their developing subcon-
scious, and consequently their self-concept, their self-image,
their beliefs about themselves and the world they live in.
Most of us unconsciously parent the way we were par-
ented by our parents. Generation after generation we pass
on dysfunctional patterns of behavior, and limiting, self-de-
feating beliefs.
Although we love our children and want the best for
them, unless we bring our unconscious beliefs about our-
selves and about parenting, into our awareness, we will
burden our children with our own limitations. We will get
“triggered” as Melinda did, and automatically say and do
things we never thought we would.
We have to choose to parent consciously.
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The Art Of Raising Your Child To Thrive

How do you do this?

Na Know yourself! Work with a coach, a therapist, or
some kind of support group, explore your own belief
systems, your own childhood and how you were par-
ented. Get support to clear limiting beliefs and build
your self-esteem.
Do real soul searching to decide what your long-
term goals are for your children. Sometimes we are
so anxious to get our children to behave, we lose
sight of the impact of how we interact with them.
What kind of people do you want them to be? How
do you want them to feel about themselves? How do
you want them to treat others?
Educate yourself about the normal course of child
development. So much of parents’ frustrations and
hurtful responses are caused by parents having unrea-
sonable expectations for the developmental level of
their children. It’s normal for babies to wake a lot at
night. It’s normal for two year olds to say “no.”
Educate yourself about the research on different par-
enting techniques. Some common techniques are
very damaging, while others are very supportive of
healthy development.
Educate yourself about the importance of attach-
ment and connection. The stronger the attachment
between parents and children, the easier and more
joyful it is to parent, and the better the outcomes
for children.
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Parenting is the hardest job in the world, and it is also

the most important. You are shaping human beings. You are
creating the future of the world.
Parenting is also one of the loneliest jobs. It actually
does “take a village to raise a child”, but most of us in North
America are parenting in isolation and struggle to find our
ways. It is important to find support from people who
help you to feel good about yourself, and to discover your
strengths and abilities.
Remember that there is no “right way” to parent. Every
parent is different and every child is different, and no parent
in the world is perfect!
Once you start on the path of self knowledge, you will
find your own inner wisdom, learn to trust yourself and
become a more confident, connected parent. Parenting will
still be hard work, but it will bring much greater joy.

. Judy Banfield is the founder and owner of Mountain Baby, the unique, award
winning retail store for young children.

Known for her wealth of knowledge, experience, wisdom, compassion, her

sense of humor, and her ability to inspire and empower new mothers and
fathers, for 35 years she has worked to instill confidence in thousands of
parents and caregivers of children.

Her achievements include, teaching young children, teaching at the col-

lege level, coordinating programs for new parents, facilitating postpartum
depression groups, counseling breastfeeding mothers, authoring a popu-
lar parenting blog, writing newspaper parenting columns, appearing as
a radio parenting commentator, and being a Lactation Consultant in a
maternity clinic.
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The Art Of Raising Your Child To Thrive

Judy is excited to have combined all this invaluable experience and now has a
flourishing coaching practice for new parents and parents ofyoung children!

She holds a Master's Degree In Early Childhood Education.

She is an Internationally Certified Lactation Consultant, An Achieve Today

Certified Life Coach and is the proud mother two thriving grown children.

Deeply committed to the emotional and physical environment of our planet,

Judy is here to make your life, your children’s life and the world, happier and
more loving.

She can be reached at judybanfield.com

68

The Secret to
Increasing Your
Self-Confidence
by Andrew Barber-Starkey

P |here are few things that are more important to a

financial professional than confidence. The conf-
dence to set the appointments, to close for a sale,
ask for referrals or — as far as that goes — get what you want
in any area of your life.
But how do you increase confidence? Is there a formula
that will work every time, without fail, to leave you feeling
stronger and better about yourself?
As it turns out, there IS a formula.
It was years ago but I will never forget that moment. I
walked into the kitchen and my wife had the radio on and
was listening to radio therapist Dr. Laura. On the line was a
young woman who was crying and whimpering about how
bad her life was with men and so on. Dr. Laura said to her,
“Young lady, what you need is more confidence.” The caller
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surprised me with her response. She said, “J know. But how

do I get more confidence?”
Being a coach, I waited with great anticipation for Dr.
Laura's response. Her simple answer? “I can tell you how to
get more confidence in two words: /mpress yourself”
It took me a moment to realize that Dr. Laura had hit
the nail on the head. You see, most of us spend our time,
effort and money trying to impress other people. We believe
that other people’s approval will validate us and make us feel
better about ourselves. But the truth is that confidence and
self-esteem are an inside job. It is what YOU think of your-
self that matters. In fact impressing other people sometimes
undermines your self-confidence, because deep down it can
make you feel like a fraud.
Your confidence increases each time you prove to your-
self that YOU can trust yourself. Each time you impress
yourself with an action you take, your self-image receives
a boost. If you impress yourself repeatedly, your self-image
will become stronger and you will reap the rewards both
internally and externally.

How to Avoid the Pitfalls

Here are some ways you may inadvertently be diminish-
ing your self-confidence:

1) Comparing yourself to others

If you are like most people, you look to see how you com-
pare to others and judge yourself accordingly. The problem
is that you will always see yourself as better than some
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people but not as good as others. You must learn to view

others as not better or less than you but simply as different.

2) Judging yourself by other people’s opinions

One way to feel great about yourself is to be true to your-
self instead of being concerned with what others think you
should do. When you listen to and follow your own inner
guidance, your confidence increases. Grammy-winning
music producer Quincy Jones had it right when he said,
“Not one drop of my self-worth depends on your opinion of
2?
me.

3) Defining your self-worth by your performance

Many people, men in particular, have been programmed
since childhood to base their self-worth on their ability, pro-
ductivity and accomplishments. Impress yourself with who
you are, not how much you do.

4) Focusing on failures rather than successes

You have undoubtedly had far more successes than failures.
Instead of replaying what didn’t work over and over, develop
the habit of noticing your progress and successes. This sim-
ple shift in attention can literally change your life.

5) Being a perfectionist
Perfectionists have unrealistic expectations of themselves.
Nothing is ever good enough. Perfectionists are hard on
others but even harder on themselves. When they fail to
achieve their own unreasonable expectations they beat
themselves up mercilessly. This undermines their self-con-
fidence creating a downward spiral that leads to inaction
and failure.
The Secret to Increasing Your Self-Confidence 1a)

How to Build Confidence

Free yourself from the above traps and you will be in a
better position to impress yourself. Here are some tips and
practices that will help:

1) Take action
When you take action you will almost always be more
impressed with yourself than if you don’t take action. Pro-
crastination, over-analyzing and rationalization usually
cause you to be self-critical.

2) Be decisive
Practice making decisions quickly rather than putting them
off. Act boldly; take the initiative when opportunities arise.

3) Set goals based on actions instead of results

Most people set goals based what they want to achieve.
However in many cases, especially in sales, getting the
results you want is not within your control. The only thing
you can control is the actions you take. So state your goals
in terms of the activities you will do and let the results take
care of themselves. That way no matter what the outcome
you can win.

4) Keep your agreements with yourself and others

Making a commitment to another person and failing
to keep it is a bad thing to do because you lose their trust
and damage your reputation with yourself, too. But break-
ing agreements with yourself is far more damaging because
it erodes your self-trust. When you think about it, self-
trust and self-confidence are the same thing. Every time
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you follow through on a commitment you make to your-

self, your confidence increases.

5) Be on time
When you are late, how do you feel about yourself? Cer-
tainly not impressed. So stop it! In fact try arriving 10 min-
utes early for all meetings and appointments; it will change
yout life!

The Ultimate Confidence Building

Question
Here is a powerful question you can use in virtually any
situation that will help you increase your confidence. Sim-
ply ask yourself, “How can I handle this situation in a way
that causes me to be impressed with myself?” Listen to the
answer inside yourself and follow through with it. Do this
and over time our confidence will skyrocket.
I know this works because I have done it myself. In fact,
I was so impressed with this concept that I bought the web-
site, ImpressYourself.com.
No matter how successful you are today, if you want
to achieve bigger goals it is essential that you increase your
confidence. True success is being able to look at yourself in
the mirror and feel proud of who you are. The more you
impress yourself, the prouder you will feel!

Andrew Barber-Starkey has been coaching business owners full time since
1993 and has empowered over 6000 financial professionals, entrepreneurs
and small business owners to greatly increase their income while enjoying
The Secret to Increasing Your Self-Confidence 73

a better quality of life. He was personal coach to multi-millionaire speaker/

trainer T.Harv Eker. In 1999 Andrew received the designation ofMaster Certified
Coach from the International Coach Federation,
their highest award. He specializes in
creating breakthrough strategies for his
clients. His group coaching program, the
ProCoach Success System, provides a
simple structure that enables business
owners and financial professionals to
significantly and effortlessly increase
their productivity and results.
For more information visit www.
ImpressYourself.com or email info@
Impress Yourself.com
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Magnetic Joy
by Leonie Blackwell

he University lecturer asks, “How many people

placed happiness as their number one goal?”
In the large class of fifty aspiring student coun-
selors, forty-nine people raised their hands. All eyes turned
to the only person in the room with both hands still resting
on their desk. I was the youngest member of this class, and
I could see in their eyes the mixed looks of confusion and
confidence of maturity that I didn’t know what they knew.
The lecturer turned and asked me, “Why don’t you want
happiness to be the most important aspect of your life?”
I replied, “Because happiness is a choice. I can be happy
in any situation and at any time. I dont need to work
towards being happy; I can just choose to be happy.”
Needless to say, my older classmates tried in vain to con-
vince me that not only was I wrong, but I was just plain
naive!
Fast forward twenty-five years and what I’ve learned is
that happiness is a cognitive process — we really do choose
to be happy, but the dynamics of life have shifted. Now the
Magnetic Joy is)

focus is on feeling emotions that magnetize our lives and

with it our happiness.
Happiness isn’t a magnet to prosperity.
Let me say it again, “Happiness is a cognitive process, it
is something you think.’
While what you think matters, just consider these
thoughts about happiness — ‘I wish I could be happy;’ ‘I’m
striving to be happy and when everything works out that’s
when I'll be happy;’ and ‘I can choose to be happy in any
situation or at any time.’
There are beliefs that will support you to achieve hap-
piness right now, and thoughts that will block your hap-
piness. There is no doubt that choosing productive life-af-
firming thoughts, ideas, and attitudes improves your overall
life experience; but thoughts alone aren't enough. You need
emotion to add vibrancy to your thoughts.
Joy is the magnet. Joy is heartfelt. You can't choose to
be joyous. For joy to be authentic and real it has to spring
naturally from within. It can't be faked. When you are com-
pletely present and grateful in the moment, joy exudes from
every cell in your body.
People want to be around someone who is authentically,
heartfelt, and consciously present in joy.
Joy is the key to prosperity.
Joy is wealth.
When we come from a place of joy we can have more of
everything we want in our lives, because that heartfelt place
of gratitude and presence creates a magnetic energy. Joy cre-
ates more, and that is what prosperity is — the creation of
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more. The possibility of more. The experience of more. The

expansion of wherever you are to wherever you are going.
The bonus of joy is — that it’s such a beautiful emotion.
You have so much fun being in the process of your unfold-
ing journey that fears, struggles, and limitations will be dis-
solved naturally. No matter whether you are expanding the
depth of connection in your relationships, the vitality of
your health, financial wealth, business success, or personal
growth, joy makes the journey more enjoyable.
There’s nothing more attractive than a person fully
expressing their joy. We all notice it, and so does the uni-
verse. When we are filled with joy our prosperity shines.
We appear richer, more beautiful, and wealthy in the secret
elixir of life.
Like all emotions, joy that isn’t channeled, grounded,
and effectively managed can be a magnet for distractions,
unwanted attention, and unhealthy temptations. Everyone
and everything will want to bea part of your magic. It’s your
job to filter the wheat from the chaff.
Better still, implementing simple grounding exercises
into your daily routines will decrease distractions. Become
aware of your energetic body, and each time you feel like the
energy is sitting in your head set your intent to be grounded
by simply saying, “I set my intent to be grounded.”
When you are eating your breakfast, lunch, and din-
ner — focus on eating. Don’t watch the television, read a
book, or do the housework at the same time. This will help
improve the digestion of the food, making you feel fuller,
and therefore decreasing overeating. The more you do this,
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the more you are practicing to give your full attention to the
tasks you are focusing on in other aspects of your life too.
Hydrating your body is vital for life. Drinking water is
grounding. Make a commitment to your goal for prosperity
by drinking at least eight glasses of water each day.
Physically moving your body keeps the energy circulat-
ing, which supports being grounded. This doesn’t require
you to become a marathon runner, but stretching, walking
in nature, and simply moving all parts of your body every
hour — even if it’s just for a minute — keeps you grounded.
Your thoughts can sometimes be the toughest bar-
rier to overcome because you have evidence to prove why
your reality is the way it is. Emotional Freedom Technique
involves tapping on meridian points to transform negative
thoughts and feelings, but it also enhances positive beliefs.
When your thoughts make you feel stressed, you become
ungrounded. Using this process you will transmute the
unproductive ‘charge’ in your interactions into grounded
acceptance of what is.
As you feel physically well and shift your cognitive
thoughts, emotional joy naturally elevates your mood, atti-
tude, and approach to life. Aligning your body, mind, and
emotions facilitates a natural progression in expressing your
life purpose.
The flow brings more joy as you observe your unfold-
ing. Prosperity becomes your natural state of being and
attracts in your ideal mate, business success, financial
wealth, vibrant health, rich and nurturing love, a broad and
supportive network of friends. Enhanced personal growth
is simply what you do. It’s not even in question. Now you
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have the opportunity to step into the limitless expanse of

opportunity and be more and more.
I have recorded a video clip just for you. If you are ready
for more joy this Resolution and Empowerment ‘Tapping
Script — Joyful Life — will be perfect for you.

Leonie Blackwell, author of Making

Sense of the Insensible and The Book
of Inner Secrets, has the natural gift of
hearing the deeper motivating needs
and fears driving our relationships
with ourselves and others. She has
been running her naturopathic
business since 1994, providing a
service to more than 2,500 clients
and teaching hundreds through her
accredited practitioner courses and
innovative personal development
workshops. Leonie writes a weekly
blog exploring our human reality with
compassion and joy providing practical solutions to empower and enhance
our lives. Her website is: www.leonieblackwell.com
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My Story
by Murielle Bocquin

Your potential at birth is Love and Abundance.

rowing up, I was one of those very active, athletic

people who believed that “when you don’t move,
youre dead” and who, since childhood, considered
a naptime as a punishment.
My name is Murielle Bocquin. I was born in Annecy
and lived in Rumilly, a town of 10,000 in the French Alps.
As a child, I was shy and reserved. However, I had a globe
of the world in my head and I loved walking for hours in
the countryside neighboring my grandparent’s farm. Mirac-
ulously, at the age of eight, I survived a 50-foot fall. I was
a child of divorced parents by the age of 10. I completed
my studies at 19 and devoted myself to a 20-year military
career. I changed professions in 2009, pursuing a career in
the French civil service for two years. ‘Then....
In September 2011, I left for a three-year stay in South
America, in French Guyana. ‘There, I spent my time jogging,
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swimming and playing squash, I took flying lessons in an

ultralight aircraft, I got my motorcycle license, and I had
a job that required me to spend full days on difficult ter-
rain as a Guyanese land technician. I took on all of this
without allowing my body or my energy level to recover. I
didn’t consider one important characteristic of this part of
the world: the equatorial climate — until the day when my
body told me that it had endured enough. I was dressed in
my athletic gear, ready to go jogging, and my body told me:
“STOR, I can’t go. I can’t do it any more!” Because I had
ignored the ever-present searing heat and the high humidity,
I experienced the worst thing that could happen to me: to
no longer have the physical strength to continue.
I didn’t even have time to get a knee on the ground, let
alone two, and I found myself sprawled out on the floor of
my apartment. Less than 5 minutes later, something hap-
pened to me that was trivial, yet incredible. Somewhere,
deep within myself, I cried out: “There, now I’m relaxed!” It
was a first for me. For my entire life, I had never considered
my own well-being. I was too occupied being active or in
motion. Never before had I taken the time to feel relaxed.
I didnt realize at that time that this newfound awareness
of my well-being, through relaxing my body and mind, would
change my life. It took a whole new direction. It would now
be guided by my well-being and I would take responsibility
for my own personal development. It was a 180° turnaround!

What Changed
This revelation was followed by a frenzy of reading so I
could learn more about relaxation, sports relaxation therapy,
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personal development and its various aspects; like success,

the Law of Attraction, meditation, visualization, living in
the present moment, and spirituality, as well as coaching
and self-awareness tools like Neuro-linguistic Programming
(NLP), Transactional Analysis (TA) and the Process Com-
munication Model (PCM).
My free time in the mornings, evenings and weekends
became time for learning, when I derived great satisfaction
from improving myself, progressing and gaining access to
“treasures” that were previously out of reach. I was fasci-
nated and I discovered the amazing experience of “giclee
myself change as a human being.
I improved my relationships with others, as well as my
communication with and understanding of others. My
life flowed more freely. The time I spent in my workplace
changed. I learned to manage my time, and especially to
better manage myself in time. I discovered the magic of the
present moment. I overcame the psychological barriers that
had previously limited me. I transformed limiting beliefs
into supporting beliefs. I changed my identity — the one
initially created by my environment and by others — by cre-
ating a new one for myself. | became a new person, and this
new person is my true self. I experienced well-being every
day and I resolved to be more human-oriented.
By turning to others, I took another step forward in
2014. I unleashed my creativity thanks to Julia Cameron and
her book The Artists Way Every Day: A Year of Creative Living.
For my part, I decided to be creative in my own life. I created
a YouTube channel and a blog (www.fullpowerpotentiel.fr)
where I share my knowledge and expertise. I show that we
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can start a project from scratch without any knowledge of

the respective field. All that is required in the beginning is
a thought, followed by taking action; a small step. I under-
took previously unthinkable challenges like riding a 650Ib,
1300cc motorcycle. For the record, I weigh 100 pounds!
In 2015, I went to the next level by attending seminars
and learning as much as I could. I chose the best individuals
as my mentors, as I didn’t want to waste time; I wanted to be
successful and efficient. These included David Laroche and his
Académie de la Réussite (Academy of Success), Lionel Donne-
ley (Coaching Business), Anthony Robbins (UPW and Busi-
ness Mastery, the RPM method), Sophie Bizeul, a coach with
Anthony Robbins team, Martin Latulippe (Académie Zéro
Limite), Olivier Roland (Blogueur Pro) (Pro Blogger), Natha-
lie Cariou (Education financiére: Liberté & Richesse) (Financial
Education: Freedom and Wealth), Laurent Chenot (Liberté
3G), Roger Lannoy (Les clés de l’Abondance) (The Keys to
Abundance), Romain Delacretaz (Liberté Financiere Absolue)
(Total Financial Freedom), Joe Vitale (Wealth Trigger), Janette
“Karuna” Bernissan (MGK — Méthode de Guérison Karmique)
(Karmic Healing Method), Paul Wagner (Reiki) and Anthoni
Dass (Achievers Self Actualisation - ASA). Learning is the best
investment you can make in yourself.
In London in March 2015, Anthony Robbins changed
my life. By walking across burning embers on the first eve-
ning of his Unleash Your Power Within (UPW) seminar, I
overcame my greatest fear: financial insecurity. I then made
two decisions. I decided to resign from my job and to leave
the wage-labor system. And I decided to move abroad, ini-
tially to Morocco.
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I tendered my resignation in April 2015. It was effec-

tive four months later. My move abroad intuitively evolved
into an eight-month trip around our beautiful planet Earth.
Why, I do not know.
My decision to leave the wage-labor system was crucial
for me. Drawing from the realizations I had experienced
over three years, my personal development transformed
into releasing my human potential. The wage-labor system
became a box in which I was too confined to be able to grow.
I also needed to change my environment. Travelling opened
doors for me in the spiritual dimension of my evolution.
I left the wage-labor system, in which we exchange our
time for money, for what I call entrepreneurial freedom. |
am an entrepreneur — not in the sense of creating an actual
company or a business, but one within the mind. I have
always been an entrepreneur, but I wasn’t able to remember
that fact, as I had been locked in the wage-labor system since
childhood, during my formal education and lastly during my
25-year professional career as an employee. I remembered that
I was an entrepreneur when I created a blog and a YouTube
channel from scratch, and I was able to remember this thanks
to David Laroche’s seminar “The First Level of Confidence”
in January 2015. When it was over, I continued my creative
momentum by writing and publishing my first book online,
Lettre a ma fille Jennifer (Letter to My Daughter Jennifer).
Then, I went to Anthony Robbins’ Business Mastery
conference in Las Vegas. I left there with two words: Risk
Taker. I realized that inside of me, and as incredible as it
sounds to me, I am an “investor” in my soul. It’s this path
that I now choose to express my creativity.
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A human being’s personal evolution is a road paved with

realizations. When I watch my niece and my nephew play-
ing a video game, I see them start a game, learn new skills
when they encounter new situations or challenges, then go
to the next level, and so on until the end of the game. I see
them appreciate their progress in the game. I see them con-
eratulating each other and celebrating when they advance
to the next level. I see them beginning a new level, where
they discover a new environment and adapt to it by using
previously acquired skills more easily, while experimenting
with new ones. I see them moving ahead and enjoying their
path. I see them enjoying the present moment. I also see
them sharing the skills they have acquired with others. I see
them naturally playing in a network, expressing themselves
beyond all borders. I see them leaving their comfort zones.
The best gift you can give yourself is to self-invest. Buy a
personal development book and read it instead of watching
television. Then buy another, read it and feed your brain
with new, useful information. Personal development books
are goldmines and they contain wonderful treasures. Then
invest in yourself by surrounding yourself with mentors and
inspiring people from whom you will learn an enormous
amount in a short period of time. Your mentors are like
“shortcuts” that will help you save time — your most valuable
asset. Invest in yourself as if you were a company on the
stock market.
For those of you with ambitious projects who want to
make money, get your financial education, and then learn
how to think like a millionaire. Spiritual work in abun-
dance, and love, will help you break down the final barriers
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anchored deep within your being, for therein lies your full
potential: Love and Abundance.
Whatever dream you want to achieve, and regardless of
the path you choose to get there, spiritual work on your-
self awaits you. It will be an outward journey to Love and
Abundance, ever-present deep within you. Make them gush
out of you like a fountain. Your best mentors for this are
babies, as they are born with Love and Abundance. Are you
a parent or planning to become one? Observe your baby and
sustain the human being’s greatest strength within it. Make
sure your child reaches adulthood with the best assets to
achieve their full potential and live a fulfilling life.
To learn more about me, you can visit my blog
www.fullpowerpotentiel.fr
Namasté.
With Love, Abundance and Prosperity.

Murielle Bocquin

Murielle Bocquin spent 20 years in French Army and 5 years in civil service as a
computer engineer. She changed her lifestyle in September
2015 by quitting the wage-labor system and travelling
as a citizen of the world. Awarded “Firewalker” by
Anthony Robbins, she is certified Master Coach at the
“Institut de Coaching International” of Geneva and
she coaches in Universal Creation Process. Her
first French book “Lettre a ma fille Jennifer”
is available on Amazon. Visit her blog www.
fullpowerpotentiel.fr and feel free to contact
her at [email protected].
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One Moment
In lime
by Kathleen Boucher

o you believe that you are born with an ingrained

set of personality traits? After all, have you not
heard one or two of your relations mention “He
has his father’s hard-headedness” or “She has her mother’s
people skills”? And have you noticed someone forever giving
you free advice, whether it’s good or not? It is up to you to
decide what you want to believe, as what you believe is very
powerful. What you believe to be true, you attract.
Let’s say you hear someone who you think very highly of
saying, “I expect you to fail at French. No one in our family
has ever been good at French.” Would you be hurt and sur-
prised by this statement? How does this person know you
are going to fail, merely because other people in your family
did so? How preposterous! And yet, do you believe them?
If so, take this moment in time and think back to some-
thing that made you feel on top of the world; when you felt
unstoppable. Was it the first time you rode your bicycle by
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yourself, the first time you tied your shoes, the first meal
you cooked, your first kiss, that incredibly difficult exam
you passed, or passing your driving test? Whatever it may
be, bask in the joy of this one moment in time. Hold on
to this feeling. Now, tag this feeling onto you passing your
French exam. Create a picture in your mind of the feel of
your desk, the quality of the air you breathe, the feel of your
clothes, the smell of the soap you used to shower with and
the sense of utter joy you feel having passed your French
exam or course. Joy and power flows through you! From this
moment forward commit to never letting anyone steal your
dreams or goals. Be mindful of what you believe.
Let me share with you how one statement affected my
life and how I carried around this limiting belief for years.
Then [’ll explain how I solved this problem.
When I was ten years old my weekly allowance was ten
cents. Yes, stop laughing, it was ten cents. For ten cents I
could purchase one candy apple and one chocolate bar. I
will let you do the math. And no, I am not that old.
I received the ten cents every Monday, at which point
I would gallop down to the corner store and buy my candy
apple. I say gallop because I had polio at the age of five; this
meant I did not run per se, but gallop, which is running
lop-sided! Can you see this in your mind? If so, I hope you
are smiling. I want you to see a ten-year-old girl galloping
to the corner store five blocks away with ten cents clutched
in her hand... smiling the entire way. It was the highlight of
my week. One day my mother said to me as she gave me the
ten cents, “You are never going to have money as you always
spend it!” I felt awful and devastated that for the rest of my
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life I would never have money. My entire world deflated.

You see, I believed my mother with my entire heart and
soul. She was the grown-up and she knew things I did not.
The sad thing is that I carried this limiting belief around
with me up until last year. Why did it take me so long to get
rid of this limiting belief? Well, I had to realize that I had a
limiting belief before I could take action to change it. Here
is one way my limiting belief manifested itself.
Let me backtrack. Before I tell you specifically the way it
manifested, I need to say that I’ve written two award-winning
children’s books. They are called A Simple Idea to Empower
Kids: Based on the Power of Love, Choice and Belief and A
Simple Idea to Empower Kids: Teens Edition. Both books
have the same texts but different covers and illustrations
geared towards kids aged 6-8 and for pre-teens and teens,
respectively. How did the books win awards? If you want to
win awards, you enter contests and hope for the best. There
are no guarantees, but if you don’t enter you cannot win. I
hired a publicist to advise me.
Now it’s time to tell you my limiting belief. Picture this.
I have a stack of my books and I am selling them to fam-
ily, friends, and colleagues. Each time I ask for money in
payment for the books I feel extremely ill. I feel so ill that
I would rather give the books away for free. How insane is
that? After some soul searching I realized that the statement
my mother innocently made when I was ten years old —
“You are never going to have money as you always spend it!”
— is something I have been validating my entire life. You see,
up until a year ago I was terrible at saving money!
So, how did I solve this problem? I joined Achieve Today
One Moment In Time 89

and worked with a wonderful coach by the name of Jerry

Mutz. He guided me with open-ended questions to seek the
answers to help me get rid of my limiting beliefs. Every suc-
cessful person has a coach. This is one of the reasons they are
successful. If you are looking for ways to reach your dreams
then the best advice I can give you is to get a coach who will
assist you in finding the answers you seek. After all, are you
not worth it? Are you a carbon copy of someone else? Or do
you wish to leave your mark on the world and a legacy for
generations to come? Yes! You are unstoppable! Believe me,
if I can do it then so can you!

Kathleen Boucher is a registered nurse

and an award winning author of two
children’s books. Her mission is to
inspire and motivate kids to follow
their dreams. Boucher is passionate
about writing and empowering
kids. http://greatkids.me/ She lives
in Ontario, Canada with her
husband, and two children.
90

The Prosperity
Factor:
Meditative Alchemy
— Healing from
Within
by Lydia R. Brodie

P he power of choice is to decide whether or not to

listen to your body’s inner wisdom. The body man-
ifests your reality; your universe. The body reflects
everything you have manifested up to this moment with
your underlying emotions, thoughts, beliefs and actions.
This chapter attracted you, because of your body’s specific
message of self-healing.
The next step is revealed as you go within and discover
meditative alchemy. Our bodies, minds and spirits alchem-
ize energy from cosmic prosperity. It is our Divine right. This
flourishing energy arrives when we allow and receive healing.
Channeling the energy arriving through our bodies for an
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inner healing begins to regenerate each and every cell within

— cells that are always sending out, receiving and attracting
more prosperity. The inner power to heal comes from the
alchemy of the breath and the willingness to transform what
the heart desires into prosperity; whatever form that takes
in our lives.
The cells in our body are the storehouses for the key
to prosperity, health and abundance. The energy fires along
these cells in a negative or positive stimulus, like a train
track. Energy can click down the negative track of fear, or
the positive track of love. The mind is incapable of thinking
negative and positive thoughts at the same time; it’s either
fear-based thoughts or love-based thoughts.
You create what you believe and attract similar thoughts,
people, events, and desires into your life, depending upon
which track is cycling over and over in your mind. To detach
from the track, or switch tracks, conscious thought needs to
show up using the breath to release the negative energy and
emotions. By drawing this positive breath energy into us,
consciously or unconsciously, the flow of energy through
our vital systems is alchemized. For example, a miscom-
munication can manifest itself as a sore throat, which is
the bridge between the heart and the mind. In swallowing
unspoken words, the body needs to release, speak or accept
it to return to harmony and balance.
To arrive at this natural harmonious state, the perspec-
tive or track needs to shift in a state of stillness. The easiest
way to arrive at stillness is through relaxation or mediation,
but reaching a meditative state does not require sitting on a
mountain chanting OM; it requires sitting still, being present
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and breathing out the tensions in the body and mind. Breath
links all the systems of the body together in one harmonious
symphony of flow in order to achieve balance. When not
in balance, chronic stress may lead to the manifestation of
ill-ness or pain, as well as warning flags of minor or major
dis-ease in the body; such as, constant struggles, emotional
upheaval, infection, inflammation, feeling lost, lonely, iso-
lated, bored, or a disconnection with the true self.
Through a meditative and relaxed state, any loss or dis-
ease in the body is alchemized into a state of health, pros-
perity and balance; such as lack to prosperity; limitations to
infinite possibilities or simply fear into love. Being mindful
eases tension from the body, the mind relaxes, flows through
the emotions, and a feeling of positivity is achieved. Some
call it “Bliss” or being “In-the-zone.”
Through stillness, you mindfully learn from the infinite
wisdom of the body and what is encoded there. It is our
very own, private Akashic records unlocking in order to heal
from within. When trusting our body’s inner wisdom, the
prosperity of life unravels layer by layer, revealing our true
Divine Self. This shows up in optimal wellness, being phys-
ically fit, balanced emotions, abundant finances or health,
dynamic relationships, self-acceptance/respect, love, and a
career or job with purpose and meaning — motivated and
enthusiastic to start each day.
When natural healing gets blocked or stuck, only aware-
ness of the breath brings the flow of energy back to the body.
This applies to the emotional and mental energy fields in the
body, where the dark circles of energy are slowing down the
circulation or flow to restore healing and wellness. With the
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use of the breath, alchemy transmutes these dark energy cir-

cles of tension, stress, anxiety, disharmony, and fear encoded
in our cells into harmonious PEACE, LOVE, and LIGHT
circles of balanced positive energy. Most people breathe very
shallowly and rarely take a full breath to cleanse the body.
By using the breath to flush out the toxins, toxic thoughts
and emotional tension, nothing is encoded in the body and
dis-ease alchemizes into complete well-being or health.

An Exercise in Meditative Alchemy (in

nature):
Keeping your spine erect, shoulders back and down, feet
firmly planted on the floor, palms up resting comfortably
on the knees or thighs, sitting still for a moment, close your
eyes, tune in and bring the awareness to your breath. Now,
at this moment, to illuminate where you need to focus, send
a few breaths to your navel. Let the breath rise up from
your grounded feet to the top of your head, cascading like a
waterfall over any dark areas or messages/pain manifesting
in the body. Shift the next few breaths to the throat, your
communication center, where you say or swallow words that
may need to be spoken. Shift the breath from the top of the
head sweeping down the body to your toes, and now focus
on the throat. On the next inhalation, send a ball of white
gold light energy to the throat and stay there; keep sending
the breath and waiting for the energy to shift. Visualize the
white gold cascading waterfall sweeping gently throughout
your body, rinsing away the dark spots or darkness transmut-
ing into crystalline white gold energy of pure love — bliss.
Bring the awareness back to any perception of stuckness;
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send the breath there once again, sweeping white gold heal-
ing energy created, until you feel the shift in energy. Gently
allow any emotions to float to the surface. Observe. Don't
judge, censor, edit, or criticize the emotions or feelings; be
a witness. Let the knowledge come to be recognized by the
conscious mind and received, then release it. Let it go.
Breathe through the emotions and feelings, sending
the energy to wherever it needs to flow to restore balance,
peace, love and light. If it will not release, center on this one
negative energy; instantly think of 5 things you are grateful
for this negativity showing up right here. List them with-
out thinking. Now gently alchemize the energy throughout
the body. Breathe normally. Gently open your eyes. Say to
yourself:
I see me.

I hear me.

I appreciate me.

I forgive me.

I love me.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Gradually return to regular breathing, and have a sip or
glass of water to continue to flush out any residual, unnec-
essary energy or emotions from the body.
Now is a great time to journal to heal the experience;
free-flow writing of one to three pages will lock-in this feel-
ing into your consciousness. Pause, and feel gratitude for this
moment; bask in the flow of positive energy just created. By
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locking in this positive feeling, it literally changes the neu-

ro-pathways in the brain to flow in a positive prosperous
track by switching off of the negative destructive pathway.
Harmony and balance is restored within our body’s systems.
‘Trust in the body’s infinite wisdom to know exactly what
is needed right here, right now. This alchemizes to attract
the good things in life and flow with positive energy. By
harmonizing a dynamic balance within the body, the mind
relearns how to self-regulate thoughts and emotions to the
positive love-track. From this moment onward, the body
and mind connection remembers the harmonious centering
and works to maintain this new position of balance. Har-
mony and healing within the body resets any negative mes-
sages attempting to switch the tracks. If the negative track
switches back, stop or pause, breathe, and state five things
to be grateful for this one negative thing — every single time
this happens — to instantly switch back to the positive track
of life. Eventually, the new habitual positive track is rein-
forced and becomes the new thought pattern or belief.
“It’s now okay to choose health, well-being, abun-
dance and prosperity radiating in positive alchemized
energy flowing easily in my body, mind, soul and spirit. I
accept myself as IAM. IAM AWESOME! And so it is! It
is done.”

Lydia Brodie has been a storyteller from the early age of five, with an innate
healing gift of reading the body's infinite wisdom. This allows her to teach
others how to shift through the body’s complex energy centers and unlock the
hidden code that lies within. Since 2000, she has been certified in Meridian
Energy Healing, specializing in Guided Healing Meditation and Self-Healing.
96 The Prosperity Factor
. »

lydia is a consultant for businesses and individuals, promoting intuitive

healing, meditation, mindfulness, journaling to heal workshops, and guided
imagery for self-healing. Lydia holds a B.Comm. in Marketing from the
University ofAlberta, and one day hopes to complete her Masters in Counseling.
She also has 20 years of media experience as well as numerous specialized
certifications, including, meridian energy healing, coaching, writing, editing,
guided imagery, and stress reduction. Some of her programs include: author
of the self-help Deni book “The Stream of Life,” children’s books, blogs on
Healing Alchemy, and podcasts on topics
such as meditative alchemy (healing from
b within), stress management, relaxation,
and journaling to heal.

Desiring to inject more fun and

_ adventure into the mundane weekly
routine, Lydia enjoys solo artist
dates to nurture creativity and
inspiration.

She can be reached through her website

www.Writer4Life.com or on Twitter
@writer4lyf3.
 7

Gratitude and
Big Dreams,
The Foundation
of Prosperity
by Yvonne Chan

ike many other children, I had a dream as a child. I

wanted to be an actress — an actress of the Canton-
ese Opera in Hong Kong. I never had the chance to
watch the plays on the stage, but I watched a lot of Canton-
ese Opera movies on TV. The costumes were very attractive.
Even when I was very sleepy, once I heard the opera music,
I would awaken and watch the show.
I was lucky that my college was the first school to have
Cantonese Opera available as an extra-curricular activity.
Two maestros were invited to teach the art. I joined the
Opera group for two years and learned some basic singing
and performing skills, before I graduated from the second-
ary school in 1981. I wished to be a professional actress.
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However, ever since the late 1960’s, other types of TV series

and western movies have attracted young people, while Can-
tonese Opera has been considered entertainments for oldies.
As such, my parents commented that Cantonese Opera was
a declining industry, and education was the only mean to
get a good job and survive. Continuing my studies became
my only choice.
Accounting was my major, and I graduated from the
Hong Kong Polytechnic in 1987. Climbing the career lad-
der was my daily focus. I was subsequently qualified as a
Certified Public Accountant, Certified Information System
Auditor, and Certified Information Security Professional. I
also earned my MBA. I have changed jobs many times, and
have had the chance to travel to many different countries.
In 2000 I joined an IT development company. I was
responsible for information security of the company in order
to achieve the BS7799 certificate. In 2001, we became the
first Internet project management company to attain this
certificate in Hong Kong. It seemed that I had a big achieve-
ment in my career. However, at the same time, I found that
I had muscle tissue problems after some Paida treatments.
I developed two cysts in my back, near the infraspinatus
muscle, overnight.
[also found that there were many knots inside my right
arm. Though I was not trained with any massage skills, my
left hand would naturally massage my right arm. I could
“see” my knots in my mind. My fingers felt very tired after
massaging my arm. One day, after the treatment and on the
way back home at noon time, I thought as I paid the mas-
seur and I felt so tired doing the massage, perhaps I should
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The Foundation of Prosperity

just be a good patient, meditate more and stop massaging

myself. Within minutes, I found rashes on both of my inner
arms. I was so worried that | called the masseur. I told him
I had rashes and asked for reasons why this might be hap-
pening. He was busy and promised to call me back after
work. Around 11pm he called and asked “What had you
thought?” I was surprised, and then just said thanks and
bye. Once I resumed massaging my right hand, the rashes
went away. Instantly, I knew that I must be the one to take
care of myself and could not rely on others.
Thereafter I learned aromatherapy, Swedish massage,
ear candling and Bach flower remedies. I also read a lot of
health and natural remedies information. The more I was
exposed to this knowledge and these experiences, the more
I thought health was the key in life, while career was just a
means for achieving a better standard of living. I wanted to
change my life so that I could work on something that I had
a real interest in.
Shortly afterwards, I sent an email to a music produc-
tion company asking whether I might buy their healing
and relaxation CDs in bulk. I got a reply from the supplier
that their company would be hosting a health products
exhibition booth in the coming week, and she asked me
to meet her at the venue. We met and had an enjoyable
conversation. A few days later, the supplier called me and
said that there was another similar but smaller exhibition
coming up, and she suggested that I set up a booth. She
would leave me all remaining CDs for the next exhibition.
I would only have to pay her after I sold the products or
returned the products to her upon their next visit. I went
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to my meditation class right after this conversation. During

my meditation, a very detailed plan came out. Friends, col-
leagues and even my masseur came to help at the booth.
I sold essential oils, candle diffusers, Bach flower remedies
and music CDs for this first business.
I thought about trying to save some money and start a
real business, say in five years’ time. One day, my IT boss
asked me to see him. It was a day in February of 2003, the
year of the SARS outbreak in Hong Kong. I knew there
must be something serious going on. I took few drops of
the Bach Flower Rescue Remedy before meeting him. He
said that my salary was too high and was considering laying
me off. I replied calmly that I was fine leaving without any
complaint. Instead I thought this development was simply
my dream being heard.
I started making handmade soap with essential oils
and intended to learn more about aromatherapy. However,
aromatherapy was very new to Hong Kong at that time.
Most people thought that essential. oils were only used for
massage. I was pressured by my parents because they felt
that their daughter was giving up a professional career and
becoming a massage girl. My dad reminded me that I still
had a mortgage to pay.
To survive, I was forced to look for jobs. I found a part
time professional job. I thought that I might then spend a
half day in the office and a half day on my own business. But
I was totally wrong. “Part time” meant that I would be only
paid when I had a job. Anyway, I joined the company and
worked for their clients. Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) 404 was
passed in the U.S. and all exchange-listed companies had to
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The Foundation of Prosperity

implement internal control systems. With my experiences, I

could easily handle these projects, and helped the clients to
modify their procedures to meet the new legal requirements.
Afterwards, I also worked on other projects like system
implementation and Shared Service Center setups. I have
travelled around the Asian countries for almost six years.
During these years, I did a lot of research on natural health
remedies and spiritual practices.
When I was working in Singapore, for example, I found
that I lived in a place surrounded by a yoga studio, a book
store selling books on various New Age topics, and a bakery
wholesale store where I could find ingredients and molds
for my soap. I bought a lot of books, including Power of
Subconscious Mind, and books on forgiveness, aura, hypno-
sis etc. I still kept massaging my right arm. I started seeing
some scenes of my childhood during the meditations which
explained some of my odd behaviors and worries. Subse-
quently, I noted that this was similar to some of the hypno-
sis skills that certain professionals use to treat their clients.
During my business trip in Beijing, I travelled back to
Hong Kong to attend some classes during the weekends.
I have learned various alternate treatments, such as Bowen
Therapy, Jin Shin Jyutsu, Dorn Method, power of water
etc. I gave treatments to my family members and friends.
Colleagues at client companies heard about my story and
enjoyed asking me health advice, instead of talking about
work-related issues.
I finally came back to work in Hong Kong in 2009.
One day I bought a magazine of a maestro and found that
he taught opera singing class. I joined the class and had my
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first singing performance with live music in 2010. Part of

my first dream came true.
I am still passionate about the art of Cantonese Opera.
It is too late to learn the skill to perform on stage. | won-
dered what I may do to promote the art. In 2009, Canton-
ese Opera was designated as an Intangible Cultural Heritage
item. However, as I mentioned above, it was considered
to be a declining industry and very few people joined the
field in the last 30 to 40 years. Hence many skills were lost
as older actors passed way. I remembered there were many
Cantonese Opera movies produced in 1950-60s. Though
many people complained it took only few days to create
those movies and they were therefore of poor quality. Fortu-
nately, their skills were recorded in those movies.
There were some websites focusing on these operas, but
they mainly talked about the idols themselves. I decided
that I wanted to develop a website focusing on the art itself,
and the history of the art form. If possible, some specific
skills would be introduced to the website’s audience. This
is a wish, but I don’t know where and how to start. Fortu-
nately, last year a friend told me that there was social group
already set up comprising 20 members of the opera group
of our alma mater. We already planned to have a 42nd year
anniversary performance, to be held next year. I am assigned
as the organizer of this performance!
To prepare for the website, I did some research. I found
that some of the popular and famous movies were directed
by my grandfather. In the old days, only male actors were
allowed to perform on the stage. Only occasionally would
female troupes be included. It was only in 1933, that a
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The Foundation of Prosperity

performance by a mixture of male and female artists was

first allowed in Hong Kong. My grandma was one of three
main female characters. So now, successful development of
this opera website has become a mission rather than just an
interest.
After resuming my opera dreams, I started making bar
soap again last year. While I don’t like cooking the oils for
long hours to produce the liquid soap, I found a cold press
method from the Internet. I successfully made the liquid
soap on my very first try.
I made friends with a lady when we were watching a road
show on the street. As we were talking, she commented that
if |wanted to work on the alternate health or spiritual prac-
tices, then I needed to have knowledge of ho’oponopono.
Together with the concept of the power of water and ho’opo-
nopono, I made some great soaps, and my friends liked them.
Recently I have had some sickness and need to have
surgery; | was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism and could
not have an operation. After discharge, I sought out Bowen
Therapy treatment. I had great improvements within just a
few treatments. I will definitely resume the Bowen therapy
practice. I think this is time for me to walk my dream again.
In the past, I felt upset that I was not doing what I
liked. I felt frustrated that I had to choose between being
an accounting professional and starting alternate health
practices. However, when I look back, I now realize that I
learned a lot from all of my experiences. I have never com-
plained about my sickness as it only guided me to take care
of my own health, and develop my abilities to take care of
others. I feel abundant when I learned to be grateful and
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keep dreaming.

Yvonne Chan is a CPA with the Hong Kong

Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Shes a member of the The Chartered
Association of Certified Accountants,
a Certified Information Systems
Security Professional, Certified
Information Systems Auditor, and
a member of the Information
Systems Audit and Control
Association. Yvonne also has
a diploma in Nutrition and is a
Bowen Therapy Practitioner. You
connect with Yvonne at her website
http:/Nivinghandsmadesoap.com and
http://canton-opera-reading-spot.com
 105

Limitless Love
by Devadas Chelvam

veryone is looking for love; children in their parents

and siblings, adults in their partners and friends.
However, hardly anyone is satisfied with the love
they experience. Actually, we need not look outside us for
love, since limitless love is our very nature.
The sage who has captured the hearts of many millions
in this age is Ammachi. She worships all the thousands gath-
ered in various venues to see her, as “embodiments of pure
love and supreme consciousness.” It is truly marvelous to
hear from a sage, that we are limitless love and pure aware-
ness, playing temporarily in a bodily form.
We need to find the truth of our own being and expe-
rience genuine freedom. If we are sincere and earnest about
finding the truth, we can realize that we are infinite aware-
ness. That means we are one with everyone and everything,
and are essentially peace, love and joy.
We pretend that we know ourselves and others, when
actually we do not know. Forgetting the ever present beauty
and wonder of life, we indulge in harsh and hard judgments
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about ourselves and others, as we are conditioned to do so

from early childhood. To stop this constant pretension and
see our innate innocence and beauty, we have to give up our
false identifications.
True identity has to be present and permanent. Our
body is constantly changing. Bodily cells die and disap-
pear; new cells are formed continually. Essentially we are
not the body, and hence not young or old, male or female,
sick or healthy. Those attributes belong to the body we are
currently using, and not at all to our essential being. Our
name, education and profession also mean merely looking
at the surface, and not at the central reality.
Personality, with its good and bad habits, keeps chang-
ing. Both the past history and the story we tell ourselves
when we want to know who we are clearly miss the mark.
Personality and personal history do not point to our essen-
tial nature. Race and religion have very little to do with our
real identity.
We are not Americans, Africans, Asians or Europeans.
None of us is exclusively Christian, Muslim, Hindu or Bud-
dhist. We do not belong to any country. All the countries,
religions and languages belong to us, since they are floating
in our limitless awareness.
As seminary students in Sri Lanka, we were happily
spending our vacation in Hatton with its beautiful hills,
waterfalls and rivers. There I read the book Existence and
Existent by the French philosopher Etienne Gilson. It moved
me deeply and I was feeling high for days.
One moonlit night, after dinner, Iwalked up a hill alone,
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thinking about what I had read. While I stood enjoying the

beauty of the moon shining on the hills, it occurred to me
that the hills, the moon and my thoughts were real due to
existence — which is the essence of God. It plunged me into
such depths of ineffable happiness that I was jumping up
and down for joy.
Somewhat similar was the experience of reading the
amazingly powerful book by Eckhart Tolle titled The Power
of Now. The author writes about the wonderful process of
his own awakening to the splendor of Reality. He stresses
the importance of going beyond thoughts, being in the
Now, and thus escaping the prison of the past and the illu-
sion of a future.
Eckhart Tolle was teaching at Cambridge University
in England as a graduate student. He had suffered from
severe suicidal depression from childhood in Germany. One
night he was in such despair at Cambridge that he decided
to commit suicide. While thinking again and again that he
must kill himself, Eckhart suddenly realized that there were
two selves in him, and only one could be his true self.
It was such a shock that his mind stopped, all the
thoughts disappeared and he was drawn into a vortex of
energy. He felt an intense fear, and heard an inner voice
tell him: “resist nothing.” Then the fear too disappeared, as
he plunged into a void inside him. He does not remember
what happened afterwards.
He woke up to hear the sweet melody of a bird chirping
outside, and opened his eyes to see the light of dawn filter-
ing through the curtain. He felt that there was “infinitely
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more to light than we realize. That soft luminosity filtering

through the curtain was love itself.”!
Eckhart Tolle described his experience further: “Every-
thing was fresh and pristine, as if it had just come into exis-
tence. I picked up things, a pencil, an empty bottle marvel-
ing at the beauty and aliveness of it all. That day I walked
around the city in utter amazement at the miracle of life on
earth, as if I had just been born into this world.”*
Eckhart Tolle’s false and suffering self had vanished
altogether. He spent almost two years sitting around in
park benches in a “state of the most intense joy.” People
approached him, wanting for themselves the palpable peace
that he seemed to emanate. Answering their questions, he
became eventually a spiritual teacher.
The Power ofNow provides some powerful techniques to
find inner peace and realize our true Self. As our thoughts
and feelings veil the peace and joy within us, witnessing
them without any judgment (if judging happens, see it as
another thought) allows us to see the silent space under-
neath the thoughts. As we continue to witness, which means
accepting and surrendering to what is, the silent space deep-
ens, and we feel the peace and joy.
Another technique is to feel the life energy within our
body. Stretch the right hand in front, feel the energy in
your palm; then, feeling the energy, go up the arm to the
shoulder, neck, and on to the left side. Continue to feel the
energy in the face, head, chest, stomach, abdomen, thighs,
knees, calves and the feet. As we continue to be aware of the
1 The Power ofNow by Eckhart Tolle, New World Library, Novato,
CA, 2004, p.4
2 Ibid, pp. 4-5
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life within the body, we can feel the same energy spreading
around our body to connect with plants and other things
near us.
It is acommon human tendency to identify people with
their acts, especially when the acts are seriously wrong. Such
identification spells immaturity. There are sins, but no sin-
ners. There are crimes, but no criminals. The Masters do not
identify us with our evil acts, since they know that we are
essentially perfect. We are truly one at heart, yet forgetful
of our true nature, act in ways that are hurtful to us and to
others. Hence the need for an effective healing method!
Ho’oponopono is an ancient healing technique from
Hawaii that cleans our memory or consciousness of any
negativity, such as fear, anger, hatred, shame and guilt. It is a
matter of using four phrases: 1. I am sorry 2. Please forgive
me 3. Thank you 4. I love you.
Think of any person you resent even slightly, and keep
saying the phrases. The words may be addressed to the per-
son concerned by name, while you remember that you are
speaking to the true divine Self within us all. Then you
know that you are forgiven and feel grateful that your heart
is healing. The external results are secondary. Say the words
again and again, until the healing or cleaning is complete.
There are many reasons for anger. When we are angry,
we feel superior. This sense of superiority is needed to
compensate for the sense of inferiority that comes from
our subconscious mind, which carries the memory of the
numerous ways we have been put down by others from
early childhood.
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Digging a little deeper into ourselves, we can see that we

do live with some sense of shame and guilt. Thus we culti-
vate the habit of being hard on ourselves. Then it becomes
quite easy to be hard on others. Human life seems to be a
constant struggle between inferiority and superiority com-
plexes.
As things around me and my body continually change,
the consciousness in me that witnesses the changing phe-
nomena remains the same. When we calmly witness our
thoughts and feelings, that witnessing consciousness can be
seen as pure awareness.
Awareness knows no distinction or extinction, and is
eternal. It seems to give reality to everything and everyone.
No form is real apart from awareness, though awareness
itself has no form. All this can be known intuitively, if we
take the time to look deeply into ourselves.
The more we identify with our unchanging awareness,
the more we would be able to accept ourselves and others
as we are, with our strengths and weaknesses. Then we can
be peaceful enough to feel unconditional love and compas-
sionate kindness towards ourselves and others. There would
be no need for apology or forgiveness. It would be a simple
matter of right understanding.
Ammachi and Her devotees greet each other with the
words: “Namah Shivaya.” These Sanskrit words mean wor-
shipping the other person as a manifestation of Supreme
Consciousness and Limitless Love. Human contact is always
a holy encounter, if we only know the truth about ourselves.
As we are essentially awareness, we have no beginning or
end. Masters say that we are eternal and one with everyone.
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Thus we are truly limitless love and endless joy. We get super-
ficial glimpses of our essential nature now and then, espe-
cially when we pray or meditate deeply, engage in selfless
service, and are receptively in the presence of great Masters.

A devout Catholic priest first, then a materialistic unbeliever, now he ardently

supports all the spiritual paths of mankind. Devadas Chelvam’s profound
personal experience that transformed him was utterly unexpected.

Ten years had elapsed since his father passed away. At a fifth floor apartment
in mid-Manhattan, after dinner, Devadas spent the night intently observing
his thoughts and feelings, without giving into the usual distractions.

Towards the morning he was rather calm and alert, when he quite clearly felt
the presence of his father, internally heard him say: “I love you” again and
again and felt the vibrations of love in and around his body, as if he were
swimming in a sea of love. He became aware that what he experienced went
beyond the senses, was truly spiritual, and much more real than his body or
the things around him.

_ This started him on a journey of earnestly

7 exploring various spiritual paths to
encounter some saints and sages
' along the way. It resulted in a book
| titled: ‘Limitless Love, Truly We Are
That’ website: limitlesslove.net or
dchelvam.com
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Empowerment
by Victoria Clark

or me, empowerment is a lifelong learning process

} that allows me to blossom further into my own
power. I started with so little, I could barely speak.
I felt disconnected, raw, vulnerable and suicidal. I became
mentally ill, homeless, and just knew my life could not
“work.” As I triumphed over my “victimhood” mentality,
I became more “in my power,” conscious, and purposeful
than I ever thought possible. You see, what I learned is that a
victim mentality is a direct opposite of being conscious and
feeling in control of your life. Why? As a victim J could not
take any responsibility for my life. I was a leaf in the wind.
My goal here is to share a little of what I’ve learned so that
you too can become the CEO of your life.
When we think of the word “empowerment” it is often
a vague sense of “being in your power.” But what does that
really mean. I like the Oxford Dictionary definition: “to
make someone stronger, more confident especially in con-
trolling their life.” It is up to us to define the specifics of who
our true essence really is. What makes us stronger, confident
and in control?
Empowerment M3

There is one major principal with many corollaries.

We'll talk about that principal and just a few of its corollar-
ies. That principal is taking full responsibility for your life;
it's about conscious choice-making. We are making choices
constantly about what to do or how to feel. We often are
familiar with goal setting in terms of career or financial areas
of our lives. This same goal setting and decision making is
also the way to gain control in EVERY aspect of your life,
including how you feel. It is a choice.
You see, in order for us to be empowered we must know
what specifically that is for us. We can't reach a goal that is
not clearly defined. So this is the first corollary to that princi-
pal. Define the goal. So what would you and your life be like
if you felt completely empowered? What would you have,
do or be? What do you feel, see, hear, and smell? What does
empowerment taste like? What is your physiology (posture,
breathing pattern, tone of voice, muscle tension) like? Use all
your senses to describe this you; your true essence.
What are the internal messages you tell yourself; your
beliefs about you, your life and the world in general? Relat-
ing this principal to our beliefs and the meaning we give to
each experience of our life is the first corollary. If we tell our-
selves we have failed, that would be a disempowering inter-
pretation of events. However, if we took the same event and
declared it a “learning and growth experience” then there is
no negativity, no failure — and therefore we are empowering
ourselves. It is the same experience, but we just framed it
differently. It is just information.
I used to be really negative toward myself. I'd beat
myself up mentally constantly. As I started becoming aware
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and wanting to make changes, I'd beat myself up for beat-

ing myself up. It was a battle, but I realized it was actually
simple (although not easy at first). If it made me feel good
about myself, then it was empowering; if not, I chose to
use it as information. “Is there any truth to this thought?”
Maybe I was thinking that I was lousy and worthless. So
the information was a disempowering thought. When I
asked myself “What is going on that I say this?” I could
decipher that I had just had a conflict with someone and
did not handle it well. Ok, so that has a shred of truth. I can
now choose to learn better conflict resolution skills. When
I started thinking in this way, my life turned around. Did I
still have “issues?” Of course. We are all continually growing.
However I framed it so that no matter what, I felt empow-
ered. The more I practiced this process, the easier and more
effective it became. Mind you, I always acknowledge any
feelings that come up rather than suppressing them. I am
not advocating suppression. What I AM saying is that after
you acknowledge what comes up you get to choose your
interpretation and therefore how it all makes you feel. It is
quite empowering to realize we are in control.
The next corollary is to take action that corresponds with
your definition. Small steps are perfect for this. Keep the big
picture in mind, but don’t overwhelm yourself with steps
that are too big. Taking small actions consistently keeps you
in the game and creates more effectiveness and success.
With each experience we get to evaluate it to discover
if we are producing outcomes that are moving us closer —
or further — away from our stated goal. If it is moving us
away, perfect — we now have that information so that we
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can redirect and choose a different course of action. It’s just

information. That is all it is. No failure; it doesn’t exist if you
think in these terms. The third corollary then is to evaluate
and redirect if necessary. Like the Captain of a ship, we con-
stantly steer our ship in the direction of our choosing.
When I was going through my darkness, I often asked
myself why this was happening. I knew I “created” it. Iknew
about responsibility. What I didn’t realize at first was that
in my darkness I went back into victimhood. I was being
triggered from past trauma. Asking “why” is rarely a good
thing. So I started to ask myself “What meaning can I cre-
ate? What can I do? What is the purpose?” I started again
looking at the bigger picture and knew that I could make a
bigger difference in the lives of others with this new experi-
ence and the growth and learning I received from it.
There is one missing piece that is also REALLY import-
ant. Success begets success. So CELEBRATE every little
success. It is just as important as taking consistent action
steps. Yell out “YES!!!” Make it a really joyous occasion every
day. Always remember your goal and set aside time at least
once a day to breathe it in using ALL your senses and aware-
ness of what you will have, do or be when you are in your
most empowered you; your True essence. Be it now! You can
do it! I believe in you! Create your life anyway you choose.

Victoria first started studying psychology and human development in her

teens. As she grew older, the focus expanded into consciousness, neuroscience,
motivation and empowerment, as well as body-mind principals. As a Life
Coach, she specializes in empowermentinall aspects ofliving. She incorporates
and synthesizes what shehas learned to create unique programs and plans for
116 The Prosperity Factor

each group and individual. Her clients create the life they really want, become
their own CEO of their life and bask in their brilliance. Victoria has an effective,
straightforward approach that brings
YOU into focus.
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The Art of Feeling

Good
by Stéphanie de Tourris

MY JOURNEY
REVELATION
ne night, in my living room, as I was having
(aa)an argument with the father of my daughter, I
realized that no matter what my wrongs were, I
deserved so much better than this anger, this frustration,
this sadness, this heaviness. I realized that this was not what
I wanted. It was actually the opposite of what I had con-
templated for my life, and definitely not how life should
be lived.
I realized that I was very far from happy, and for the
first time I fully recognized that life was too short not to be
enjoyed to the fullest.
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INSPIRATION
A couple of months later, teaching my class after the
Christmas holidays, I looked at the kids and around the
room, and I suddenly thought: “What the ... am I doing
here?” Although I was somehow familiar with the feeling,
this time the words were much more powerful than ever
before. Right after that day, I listened to different talks on
education and creativity, which inspired me and made me
realize that what I had chosen once wasn’t making me happy
anymore, and that I was definitely out of place.

FEELING GOOD
What I was actually looking for at the time was a book
which could help me regain my self-confidence. I bought
The Artists Way by Julia Cameron, and everything began
shifting. I started writing pages everyday and began finding
time for myself. I would find time to do things that made
me feel good. And the more I was doing those things and
feeling good about myself, the more I was willing to do that
all the time. That’s what life was all about: feeling good,
enjoying, having fun! And as I was writing and revealing
who I really was, I realized that the choices I had made a few
years earlier did not correspond to who I was now.

WRITING and MAKING SPACE

I discovered the magic of writing. Whatever I wrote left
me much more space during the day. Once I had written
something down, it wasn't bothering me so much. I also
realized that writing led to action. You can actually think
The Art of Feeling Good 119

about the same thing over and over, for hours, days, months,
and even years sometimes, without ever acting. But once
you become conscious of something on paper, it’s as if you
cant escape it; it’s there. Things become clear.

MEMORIES
I began remembering things from when I was a kid. I
remembered the games I played, what I liked doing, what I
seemed to be good at, the books I read — books which, when
I come to think of it now, may have shaped my life more
than I had previously been able to imagine.

DUSTING OFF DISCOURSES &

FINDING YOUR OWN VOICE
I started spotting the various voices that had had a deep
impact on me: my parents, my teachers, my family, my
friends, the news, the media, etc. And as I was remembering
my own thoughts as a child and was clarifying the discourses
around me, | think what I was doing was rediscovering my
Own voice.

READING
I started reading books and stories that inspired me; that
filled me with enthusiasm — books about epiphanies, about
people following their dreams, about change. And I started
listening only to whatever felt good within. As I gained
confidence, the other voices around were not as significant
anymore because what I felt and what I did felt right and
coincided exactly with who I was.
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YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL

I came across a book in which I discovered several major
life-changing facts, including how the mind works and some
of the laws regulating the universe. I discovered how I could
achieve anything I wanted in my life, that I could have it
all, and that the only limits we come across are the ones we
create in our minds.

SELF-ESTEEM
Most people I was listening to and reading about were
mentioning the need for self-love. Self-love? I started dig-
ging into that! I started contemplating all the positive things
I had achieved in my life, and then I started writing some
positive affirmations about myself.
I think you kind of have to fall in love with yourself.
Discover who you really are and love yourself. Only then
will you start feeling really free to be who you are, and no
longer need other people's recognition.

FEARS & DOUBTS

It is far easier to face fears and doubts once you've ana-
lyzed and realized where your present beliefs sprang from,
because your outside reality is nothing but the manifesta-
tion of your conscious and unconscious beliefs about life
and about yourself. Only then can you really begin to fol-
low your intuition — which is very likely to take you exactly
where you want to go. You also have to become clear about
your destination. But don’t listen to other people’s advice or
try to reason too much too soon. Listen to your own voice.
Trust yourself.
The Art of Feeling Good yi

OBSTACLES
I had never really understood before why obstacles were
perceived as the best way to grow. It always sounded weird
to me to hear that you had to suffer and be miserable at
some point to grow. I think I get it now. You don’t have to
suffer unbearably, because it all depends on how you view
things. You can feel sad or unsettled or angry, of course,
but you dont have to feel miserable once you realize you're
being taught something. Having this understanding helps
you navigate your way.
The more you let go of your ego and listen to your own
true self, the fewer obstacles you'll meet on the way and the
more harmonious your life will be. There are times when it
just all flows.

SAME ACTION SAME RESULTS

Once you feel prompted to do something, what hap-
pens is that, at one point or another, you will have to act dif-
ferently or do something you've never done before. Because
if you follow the same line or the same advice you've always
followed, then you'll keep on getting the same results. This
simply takes you where you've already been and where you
are.
“You have been down there Neo, you know that road, you
know exactly where it ends. And I know that’s not where you
want to be.” Trinity, in The Matrix

JUMPING OUT OF YOUR COMFORT

ZONE
You will have to leave your comfort zone and take a risk
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that you've never taken before. And it seems to me that one

way to overcome the fear or the doubt is to ask yourself: “If
I go back to where I was and do not take this step, will I be
happy and satisfied?” If you can feel deep within that the
answer is no, then there is a good chance that you need to
take this step... and trust life!

CONCLUSION - My tips
¢ Refuse what other people offer you as evidence of a
reality that doesn’t feel right to you
¢ Spot and dust off outer discourses
¢ Remember when you were a kid
¢ Listen to your own voice

¢ Start following what feels good and see where it

takes you

¢ Read books and listen to inspiring people

¢ Consider the best

¢ Follow your intuition

e” See the magic

e Re-watch The Matrix '!! ;)

Stéphanie de Nas de Tourris was born in 1977 near Paris. She now lives in
Southern France, in Marseille where she organizes workshops and events.
She also sings in a band, “Bruno’ and is preparing an album for next year.
She has lived in Paris, Ivory Coast, Aix-en-Provence, Toulouse, Arkansas
The Art of Feeling Good 123

and Massachusetts. She became an English teacher in 2000 and taught for
fourteen years. After quitting her job last year, she co-founded “Les Allumettes
- Bonheur Makers” with two friends. The three of them organize events called
“Happy Breaks,” for people to disconnect from their daily lives and learn about
themselves and about life through activities linked to wellness and happiness.

She has started a coaching program for herself that has helped her to see more
clearly and move forward, and plans to become a certified coach as well.

Stéphanie’ will is to transmit what she’s learning about life, inspire people
and help them be happy by being the best possible version of themselves. She
ultimately wants to offer a new vision for a new world.

Her message is that we all have an inner guide, our own voice, which we need
to listen to in order to live meaningful and fulfilling lives.

Follow Stéphanie on Facebook at www.facebook.com/lesallumettes, and visit

www.fullbliss.fr
124

Mindset,
A Human Condition
by Sylvie Drapeau

n today’s world, we are aware that our mindset or atti-

[= defines the difference between making us or break-
ing us. Have you been looking for a way out of your job
where you work hard all week and can barely afford to pay
the bills? Do you look online to find opportunities so you
can quit your job and follow your dream in life? Day after
day, you hope to find the solution. The more you work at
your present job, the more you are fed up. It’s not what you
want; it’s not your passion. In fact, you do this job to make
a living, to have a roof over your head and eat.
You think: “Well, I am young. I'll find a better job
soon, but time passes, and kids arrive. Now your profound
desire to find your dream job is less accessible because the
kids come first, and you start thinking:
“T want my kids to have a better life than mine. I want
them to succeed and be able to work in their dream job. It’s
too late for me now, so I'll keep this job. At least I have a job
Mindset, A Human Condition 125

in today’s economic world. I am luckyIhave a job. Why am

I complaining?
“The kids don’t get everything they want but hey, I
didn't get everything I wanted while growing up. I should
be happy I have a job! If they can’t make it to university or
have their dreams jobs, it’s not the end of the world. It’s
my life and it’s not too bad. What else can I do? How can |
change my life now? It’s too late, too hard. Yeah, I am a fool
thinking that I could increase my income and improve my
life now.”
What do you see in those paragraphs? Do you recognize
yourself or a friend of yours? Do you agree with the inter-
nal dialogue? Do you have a similar internal dialogue? How
often do you have internal dialogue which sounds like that?
Do you see how the individual is trying to stimulate him- or
herself to get the courage to change their life, but quickly
becomes discouraged? Even when thinking of their kids, the
person ends up giving up, accepting the fact that the kids
may not achieve their dream jobs. They’re destined to have
the same kind of life as their parent.
That right there is mindset; it’s attitude. You can decide
to have an uplifting attitude or a down shifting attitude. It
all depends of your internal dialogue. Now, why on earth
do most humans choose a down shifting attitude instead
of an uplifting attitude? Yes, we do it; 95% of the time we
choose to have a discouraging internal dialogue, because we
were raised like that. Our parents were raised like that; our
grandparents were raised like that, too. We keep repeating
the same mistakes again and again. You may ask, what is an
internal dialogue, Sylvie?
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An internal dialogue is simply us talking to us. Okay,

here is a little exercise: go to a quiet place, where nobody
and nothing can disturb you. Now just be quiet for two
minutes. What did you notice? You probably began to think
of something, you began to hear your thoughts. They were
taking a specific direction and if you stayed quiet longer you
would have begun an internal dialogue on a specific matter,
or you would have begun to see images of action you need
to do.
Our mind never stops thinking of what future actions
we need to take, or produce an internal dialogue on a spe-
cific matter, and then we choose to uplift or down shift.
The only time we succeed at shutting it off is in meditation;
a good meditation can bring you to the quiet zone, where
thoughts are sleeping. Your mind focuses on your breathing,
on a mantra, or a specific set of sounds or set of images.
We mostly down shift our internal dialogue because of
our education, our social environment, and how we were
raised. Today, adults can change their attitude and reverse
the process to achieve a 95% uplifting mindset, but what
about the kids? Do we keep on teaching them the same old
way or do we choose to give them the tools at a young age
to develop 95% uplifting internal dialogues, because they
have it as well? This is a human condition and it is the key
condition which can make a huge difference in the way our
kids become adults and what they do with their lives.
The most beautiful legacy we can give our kids is to teach
them from birth. We should teach our babies, toddlers, kids,
teenagers, young men and women how to use their minds
properly, so they can achieve the highest potential and live a
Mindset, A Human Condition 27

passionate fulfilled life. The 21st century shows us how kids

are aggressive, bullying, low achieving, don’t pursue their
dreams, and have a very low self-esteem.
Kids’ minds have been brainwashed with the old-fash-
ioned, false concept that humans are made for limited lives.
We got it all wrong; we have been doing it for centuries.
Only a few privileged kids are able to receive different edu-
cations. They have been taught how to meditate every day
and how our brains and attitudes can create anything. They
have been taught how important and valuable they are in
this world, that their life is precious, and they can make a
difference.
I was an educator in public school and in my classes,
I have used personal development methods to help kids
improve and change their attitude with success. During my
Master’s Degree studies, I researched how those methods
enhance kids’ performance, attitudes, and abilities while
improving on their self-esteem, the key to success.
Education, Knowledge, and Personal Development are
the solution for every problem. I am a big believer in the
Power of the Mind and am convinced that we need to inte-
erate self-growth into OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS
and foster the use of those same concepts by Parents. We
need to use personal development to empower our minds
and empower our lives in order to achieve our highest
potential as humans, and that is done by introducing self-
growth techniques to parents and educators.
Teach our teachers, parents, and kids how to improve
learning abilities and discover their passion to enhance
self-esteem at a young age. In fact, the younger a soul
128 The Prosperity Factor

learns to identify their learning abilities with the help of

their parents or guardians, as well as their teachers, the
sooner they can improve their abilities to ultimately use all
their unique potentials and develop who they are and give
back to the world.
We all have the abilities to become Successful in any-
thing we want to do. Empowering Your Mind by discover-
ing the power of your Mind is essential. I offer guidance to
help kids and adults Achieve Whatever They Want. www.
sylviedrapeau.com

About the Author Sylvie Drapeau

Bachelor's Degree in French Literature, Bachelor’s Degree in Education, with

a Specialization in Teaching French as a Second Language, Master's Degree
in Educational Technology. |created learning courses offline and online for
kids of different ethnic backgrounds and
age groups. have workedinateamto
create the high school exams of the ¢
Minister of Education in Quebec,
Canada. | coached students to
increase their learning abilities
and overall average grade point,
from 60% to 85-90%. | guided
kids to discover their learning
process to facilitated learning
with effective strategies while
enhancing their self-esteem.
In class and in private, | have
been teaching simple personal
development techniques to
Mindset, A Human Condition 129

kids and teenagers to use daily, helping them in the discovery of their true
valor.

!have walked around the world, hitchhiking and backpacking for 20 years
while homeschooling my son. | have taught in Guatemala, Israel, Egypt,
USA, and Canada. |have coached parents and kids in Guatemala and Israel
to use self-growth technique to enhance their family life, learning abilities
and discover their passion and boost their self-esteem.

/ am an avant-gardist and dynamic entrepreneur and teacher. | dedicate

my life to learning how the human mind works, and how our learning
process works, so we can enhance our lives. Life is a work in progress, based
on what we learn and are willing to learn and do, to awaken our most
precious gift and natural talents. Each newborn is unique and so precious,
let's begin to give them tools to awaken their unique essence of life.
www.sylviedrapeau.com
130

Get Out Of The

Mud! — Raise Your
Awareness
and Be Able to
Move Past One
Layer of Hlusion
by Andreas Djurberg

“The real voyage

ag of discovery ay) consists not in seeking new land-
scapes but in having new eyes.”
- Marcel Proust

“Man can learn nothing unless he proceeds from the known to

the unknown.”
“What we already know is a great hindrance in discovering
the unknown.”
- Claude Bernard
Get Out Of The Mud! — Raise Your Awareness 131
and Be Able to Move Past One Layer of Illusion

could probably write a whole book about what I’m going

to share with you now, but since I can only write one
chapter I will share a few perspectives that will hopefully
add value to your life.
The chapter is about the importance of choosing your
relationships, and how either your mental drama or other
people’s mental drama are often what’s keeping you stuck
where you don’t want to be in life. As a result, you hopefully
will be able to live a more authentic life. It will help you to
no longer be sucked into destructive, pointless drama, and
to be able to choose more freely what you want to aoin life;
to be able to focus on what is important.
To live a happy abundant life, you can’t afford to sur-
round yourself with people who consciously or uncon-
sciously don’t want you to succeed, and who consequently
try to keep you as far away from success as possible. Life is
short, and it can be quite brutal, so you are going to need
all the help you can get in this world to succeed and stay
positive.
Some people feel that they are stuck in life and that
it seems impossible break free from the life circumstances
they are in. This often has to do with the fact that they are
addicted to drama; that is, the social dynamics with regard
to roles and contexts of their life.
The drama they are part of is familiar, and lets them stay
inside their comfort zone, and no matter how bad they feel
at least they know what is going to happen. Many people are
not even aware that these dramas are simply games they play
in their heads; they think these dramas are reality.
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Living on drama level, also known as “soap opera level,”

can be a prison, and there are many ways it can lure you in.
So even if you are committed to change, it can be hard if
you don’t know all the different factors inside yourself that
keep you stuck — and because of that ignorance you will be
deceived time and time again.
You can be stuck the in soap opera of your mind, which
means that you are captured in the assigned roles you have
in the different contexts in your life. And if you would like
to change something in your life, then that might mean
changing a role, which in turn means rocking the boat of
the social dynamics in the context you are in.
If you really want a change because you want something
else, but the people in the soap opera of your life don’t accept
that you want change, then what can you do?
You can try to talk to them, but if the other people
are addicted to their own roles and need drama in order
to maintain status quo, then talking might not work. If it
doesn’t, then you will need to try something else. This is a
vital point to even be able to start the journey; it is the foun-
dation for progress.
How do you know if someone does not accept your
change or progress?
They keep interacting with you as if nothing has changed
and nothing is going to change. For example, if your parent
has developed an addiction to the role of a parent, they will
keep treating you as a child until they either get help or until
you fully understand and accept that you will never be free
until you let them go.
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and Be Able to Move Past One Layer of Illusion

As long as they identify themselves as being your parent,

rather than realizing that parenting is merely a role to play
for the purpose of raising a child (and that they'll need to let
go of this role at some point), then they will view you as if
you are forever a child. Consequently, they will try to rein-
force this pattern as long as they live and will therefore relate
to you accordingly. And just like a person who is addicted
to alcohol, a person addicted to drama does not want to
understand, they are not going to understand. That’s what
addiction is about; staying in denial and getting the stimuli
they need — in this case treating someone as a child in order
to feel in control.
It is the neediness that drives the denial. Since they don’t
understand the distinction that the reality is they will always
be a parent, even if they let go of the parent role, they can-
not risk letting go of this role because that would mean los-
ing the illusion of control. As a result, they'd be forced out
of the comfort zone of the drama they are so accustomed to,
or actually think is reality. In other words, that would mean
change and having to face the fear of the uncertainty of who
they would become.
It could be anyone that includes you in their comfort
zone in the form of soap opera, and forever tries to preserve
that social dynamic or role play. It could be an old friend, a
partner, a coach, a teacher, a boss, just about any role that
implies something at the drama level. And if you decide to
change, then that means you are rocking the boat.
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Cut The Strings That Are Holding You

Back And Remove Those Who Drain You
Of Energy From Your Life
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions.
Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel
that you, too, can become great.”
- Mark Twain

I used to have some people in my life that would drain

me of energy, but I have let them all go, and my life is since
much better. I no longer surround myself with people who
have the habit of reinforcing unsupportive drama-level
thinking in me. You could say that I raised my standard
of who I would accept to socialize with, with regard to the
result I was aiming for in my life. In order to do that, you
need to know who you are and what you will never accept
from anyone. If you don't know who you are then you could
accept just about anything.
If you are serious about where you are going then you
need to be highly aware of this pattern. Whenever you feel
that someone is trying to pull you down or include you in a
drama that is not in alignment with where you intend to go,
you have to be one hundred percent clear that the quality
of your mental, emotional and financial life is more import-
ant than other people’s approval. You need to immediately
decide to have nothing to do with that person again and feel
good about that decision — because you know you are right.
They might say things to lure you back in, by trying
to persuade you, using role play, that you should play your
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and Be Able to Move Past One Layer of Illusion

role in a predictable way. And at the drama level you have a

tough battle if you accept that another person’s title carries a
significant amount of authority, or if you need to be loyal to
family or friends. Most of the time they are not out to hurt
you, they just want to preserve status quo or establish the
role they want in relation to you in the first place, and the
status quo is threatened by you if you are trying to change.
Promise yourself right now that you will never ever be
part of a group, or be in a relationship with someone, that
does not want you to succeed. Life is too short, just refuse
to do it.
In order to be able to let go of people that are deter-
mined to keep you stuck, you can’t have dependencies to
them. It is vital that you stand on your own two feet to be
able to let go of these types of people; otherwise you are
going to be stuck in the mud of the drama level indefinitely.
If you are not strong enough, because you feel that you
cant handle certain situations alone, or for any other rea-
son you are not able to say no to a life you are no longer
interested in, then you need to do whatever it takes to han-
dle that problem with the highest priority. This could mean
educating yourself, learning a new skill, confronting some
fear; whatever it is, you need to handle it for the sake of your
own future and well being.
At the same time, you need to remove yourself from
the person or group that keeps reinforcing the old pattern
in you. You cant relate to people in the old way any more if
you are going to change or raise your quality of life, so if you
keep surrounding yourself with the same old people then
you will be stuck.
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You also need to create clarity of what exactly you want,

and stay faithful to that vision. Otherwise the circle of mad-
ness will repeat itself over and over, i.e., you will be pulled
back into your old subconscious patterns again.
The most detrimental thing with regard to drama role
playing is the relationship involving a person needing
something from another person who instinctively senses
that dependency, and gets a high from the power that the
dependency creates. If the person in power does not pos-
sess the ability to do the right thing (which, of course, is to
not exploit those dependencies), then the scene is set for a
drama of abuse of power, where the person of power may try
to cling to that power forever, if given the chance.
In my life, for example, I had a teacher from grade 4-6
(age 10-12) who was suffering from narcissistic personality
disorder with psychopathic traits — just like all cult leaders
throughout history have suffered from. This person chose
me, for whatever reason, to see if it was possible to make
me crack, and put me through three years of psychological
abuse. It was so bad that even on summer holidays I was
physically ill knowing that I soon had to go back to school
again. [he classroom environment was like walking through
a psychological minefield in the sense that one could never
know when this sick person would have an outburst. It was
surreal. The municipality allowed the teacher to continue
“teaching” and potentially ruin more children’s lives despite
recurring warnings. This would of course not have happened
if the signals were taken seriously. But we should be able to
assume that a person with a title/role of a teacher must be
doing the necessary things, right?
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and Be Able to Move Past One Layer of Illusion

Needless to say, these years of psychological abuse in

front of a class full of peers have had a huge impact on my
life, and maybe will have for the rest of my life. It of course
impacted how I view people in authority roles, especially
if they don’t consider it to be a role, but rather an entitle-
ment to put people through psychological hell.
The only thing this teacher taught me during these years
was that it was no use for me to even try, because I would
never succeed with anything anyway.
The attitude and psychological scars developed as a result
of my exposure of this person with the unfortunate assigned
authority — more or less a brainwash that was allowed to
go on for three years — propelled me down a path that no
one should have to go; years of unnecessary suffering. It was
when I had begun studying psychology in my early twen-
ties that I understood that the self-image created during this
years was not who I was, and the unsupportive mindset was
not my own choosing, but rather a reaction to the abuse I
had been subjected to. I managed to force myself through a
number of limiting beliefs and receive a university diploma,
and through it all I learned that I was not so worthless after
all. Intellectually I knew that what I had installed in me was
mere lies, but the feeling of the abuse lingers even to this day.
One might say that you have always a choice of how
you react to something like this. Yes, that is right, if you
are aware that it is a choice. However, many people are not,
especially not children under prolonged indoctrination.
Since there is a law that you have to go to school, I could
not just extract myself from the situation — which I learned
years later when studying cults and cult leaders is one of the
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six cornerstones of any successful brainwash operation; to

control a person's time and physical environment. Children
subjected to this type of madness think that they must be
bad; otherwise a person of assigned authority would not act
out in such a hysterical way. They don’t consider that this
might be a deeply disturbed person who acts out irrationally
because of what goes on inside of them; they don’t know
what personality disorders are.
During the three years of abuse I had this abusive
teacher in the majority of my courses, but this psychopath
was not precisely going to let the rest of the lessons pass
painlessly, and instead decided to convince other teachers
to join the madness. I later saw this phenomena of teenage
group thinking when I was working as a teacher's assistant
in my late twenties. The teachers were sitting in the teach-
er’s room and deciding which of the students to like and
which to dislike, and then treated them accordingly. Sadly,
too many of the teachers I have had in my life have been
nothing other than teenagers in old bodies with an assigned
authority, longing for students admiration and taking no
personal responsibility whatsoever to ensure that all the stu-
dents would actually acquire the results needed.
And so, at one lesson during this time of madness, my
class had a substitute teacher. He was well-prepared and
preprogrammed to think and do what the head teacher
had decided for him to think and do, i.e. he was a puppet,
and all of a sudden, out of the blue, I found myself flying
through the air and into a wall. The other kids and I were, as
usual, in shock. Did this just happen? Why did he do that?
How is this possible?
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and Be Able to Move Past One Layer of Illusion

This sanctimonious child abuser is now having a local

horse show each year, and the local newspaper publishes a
huge article about it every time. Most people probably don’t
have a clue about the true nature of this person. I would like
to see this person try something like that on me today; I can
assure you that it would have a rather different outcome.
It was layers upon layersofsanctimonious cowardice. To
act out from an authority role against a child who is forced
into the situation by law, and abused not just one time —
which would have been bad enough— but over the course of
three years. And to top it all off, they ganged up together to
really try to ruin a child’s life.
I would go as far as saying that sanctimonious authority
figures are the root cause for many of the issues with exclu-
sion, depression, learned helplessness, criminal attitudes,
gangs and so forth in society. To be a criminal you first have
to have the attitude or mindset of a criminal in place. People
are not born with a predetermined mindset. ‘The destructive
mindset is more often than not developed as a reaction to
abuse of some sort. These individuals feel cheated, violated
and robbed of their dignity because of what they've been
through, so they give up the idea of being a member of soci-
ety; what is the point if you are arbitrarily singled out to be
abused? It should be possible to put an end to societally-des-
ignated authority figures like the one I was exposed to, if
society simply bothered to evaluate them. The more com-
plex challenge is to reach informal groups, where a lot of
minds are poisoned by using drama role play and storytell-
ing, which is also drama in the form of a story. People have
to know how this things works in order to be able to protect
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themselves and to be able to stop ongoing petty drama chain

reactions that could lead just about anywhere — or at least
stop their own part in it.
The personality type mentioned above, otherwise
known as a “wolf in sheep’s clothing” is a person that poses
as a helper or leader (the position is the purpose or end goal
of their leadership; to be considered a leader or authority
figure), but wants nothing other than to see you fail or hurt,
or to make certain you will never get the tools or perspec-
tives or training you need to get where you want to go. This
person will typically ask questions to find vulnerabilities —
not in order to help, but to exploit. This type of person will
deliberately hand you a puzzle with the key pieces taken
away, so that they know you can never get what you need.
This could be a business partner, a psychiatrist, a coach, a
parent, a teacher or a “friend”, it can be just about anyone
and you cannot afford to let a title make you blind to this
type of person’s true intentions.
These people have issues, and they very often manage
to make them someone else’s problem. They feel that their
formal or informal role is all they have, and that they would
lose themselves if things would change. Who they are is com-
ing from outside in, and not inside out. They are addicted
to contrasts, manifested in the form of social dynamics, in
order to know who they are in relation to others.
And since there are both good and bad people and
everything in between in this world, if you cannot discern
who is who in your life, then you will pay a price for that
sooner or later.
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and Be Able to Move Past One Layer of Illusion

Win-Win Or Nothing At All

So how do you get rid of this kind of person if you hap-
pened to have one or more of them in your life? People are
many times able to play this game because they can sense
that you are dependent in some way. So you need to get rid
of those dependencies and realize that you have a free will. It
would be unwise to use that free will to choose to surround
yourself with people who do not want you to succeed, who
will keep you down or make you feel bad in some way. So
from now on I recommend that you use your free will, with-
out any guilt (because there is nothing to feel guilty about in
using your free will), and choose to only surround yourself
with people who have your best interest at heart. If you have
to, decide to be by yourself until you find people who fit
your new standard of friendship. That is why it is vital to
be independent; otherwise you would not have that choice.
Independence is the way out of this prison. If you want a
change, then you have to move on, and that is not possible if
you are carrying around people whose intention is to drain
you of everything you've got.
This will free up energy and possibility like never before,
because now people that used to stop you no longer have the
ability to stand in your way.
People who have been cut loose will sometimes try to
talk behind your back and paint a picture of your relation-
ship that seems flattering to them on your expense. How-
ever, people will soon realize that this person is just obsessed
and bitter because you have decided to choose something
dse, something better, and he or she will look weak; which
they truly are, since they are dependent on a role.
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Since they have been addicted to you participating in a

drama, they will have some resistance since the equilibrium
has been disturbed. So they might continue talking behind
your back for a while and dramatize with stories even when
you are gone, but that is OK, it does not matter, because
you are no longer unaware enough to blindly accept being
included in other people’s dramas. And sometimes the other
person gets the message that it is time to change and actually
does change their ways, because they realize that it’s no lon-
ger an alternative to stay the same; then your decision was
the best for all parties. Remember to forgive as you let them
go. They don't know what they are doing, it’s just their way
of handling their fears; it is nothing personal, it is all about
them. Playing the victim wont serve you; in fact, it will only
guarantee more of the status quo. Just be happy that you
know you made your life better and look forward to your
much brighter future.
Hopefully this chapter was to some help to propel you
on your way to getting unstuck from the level of drama once
and for all.

Andreas Fredrik Djurberg is an entrepreneur,

engineer and a certified coach. If you
found this chapter interesting and would
like to know more or perhaps publish a
book with me, please send me an email on
[email protected]
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Be Your Authentic
Self No Matter
Where You Are
by Jessie Gao

he stream of life leads us to different places for the

purpose of having new experiences. Sometimes
we find it easier to adapt to the new environment,
while other times we find it more challenging. How success-
fully we relocate ourselves depends to a great extend how
we stay aligned with our own inner voice. Born in a small
city in Inner Mongolia in northern China, I made my per-
sonal journey to the top university in Beijing, followed by
an uplifting professional life in multi-national corporations
before I moved to Sweden, where I today enjoy a new plat-
form as an energy medicine practitioner and coach for per-
sonal growth.

Bold to dream
Born during the Cultural Revolution, I witnessed the
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dramatic change in China after the death of Mao in late

1970s. My parents and teachers strongly encouraged me to
pursue my own dreams, since they didn’t get a chance to
follow their own. I dreamed about studying at university
in Beijing, I dreamed about seeing the world outside China
with my own eyes. As the very first one in my whole clan
with a higher education, I felt empowered to fly higher and
further to broaden my perspectives.

Value of being authentic self

Few understood why I was bold enough to leave a top
job in China to start a new life in a foreign country, where |
had to learn the new language from scratch and reestablish
myself in professional life. My inner voice has always been
the most powerful source to listen to, when I felt right for
me, so I knew I was making the choice I would not regret.
In the totally new environment I felt excited to explore
opportunities with an open mind and open eyes. Know-
ing it was my childhood dream to live abroad; I focused
on further study of new language and adapting myself into
the new way of thinking and becoming economically inde-
pendent. I travelled to other countries for short-time jobs,
I learnt skiing and played golf and sailed with the money I
earned, and I enjoyed the life style I had always dreamed of.

Competence brings added value

With fluent language skills in Mandarin Chinese,
English and Swedish, I felt motivated within to present the
cultural treasure of China to the people of the remote Scan-
dinavia. Confidently I started teaching Qigong and Taichi,
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plus offering education programs to my curious students,

who were eager to learn about Traditional Chinese Medicine
and Quantum Self-Healing.
The more I teach others, the more I rediscover myself
as a creative human being and the more I appreciate the
diversity of world civilization. What an exciting time we are
now living in! What a great added value we all experience
when we are open to receive the wisdom and knowledge
from other cultures!

Leadership from inside out

Many of my students and clients wonder howI can be
so confident for being who I am and about what I do. I give
them a very simple answer: I was brought up believing in
self-reliance more than anything else. For me it’s a natural
manifestation of my inner strength to trust my own dreams
and efforts and abilities to achieve my goals in life, without
complaining about family background or social structures.
Self-confidence and competence have formed a reliable self-
made leadership for me, from the inside out. I always trust
that things will work out fine for me. I make friends every-
where I go and I keep learning no matter how others think
about me, which makes me feel at home and secure as the
leader of my own destiny.

Power of self-renewal
In ancient Chinese Taoism it’s stated that the universe
operates under the Law of Change and the Law of Balance.
As part of the universe, our human lives also reflect these
higher principles. When I shifted my professional life into
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energy medicine, I felt exhilarated to be able to do so! With

hardly any fear of failure I focused on further study. In addi-
tion, I published my own books guiding others to embrace
the power of self-renewal.
In my seminars, I share the exciting energy of inspiration
with all I meet, and I smile within with great satisfaction.

Persistence of bigger dreams

In the ever-expanding universe we can never stand still.
The motion of life calls on us to take a next step for further
expansion of our consciousness. Old boxes of thinking and
doing become out-of-date, and we must update ourselves
with renewed perspectives and dreams. When our own
dreams appear odd in the eyes of others, it’s time to believe
ourselves even more. Reaching any goal in life it demands
persistence. Even in face of the toughest resistance wherever
we are, we should always be able to move forward to where
we really want to be.
Even though being in a ‘comfort zone’ makes us feel safe
for short periods of time in life, our inner self is always seek-
ing for new ways to further express itself. As creative human
beings we just feel more dignified and more valuable to be
able to stretch our thoughts and creativity - this is simply
the way of life. If we really want to play safe, why do we
bother to leave the womb of our mother in the first place?
Today, when I’m asked what the best feeling in life is, I
always answer “Being your authentic self, no matter where
you are.”
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Jessie Gao is a native Chinese with Bachelor of Science degree from Beijng
University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, China. She is a well-travelled, multi-
talented entrepreneur, currently working as a life coach and energy medicine
practitioner, as well as a cross-culture consultant. Jessie has also written a
number of books on personal growth, which are available at www.amazon.
com. To get more updates about Jessie, please visit www.jessiegao.com.
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Goals With
Purpose!
by Luis Vicente Garcia

am a firm believer in the Value and Purpose of GOALS,

|;they allow us to focus on what we really want to
achieve. Over the years I have been able to talk, teach
and write about goals and objectives, plans and strategies,
and still I find there are a few issues that continue to be in
the minds of people which, in many cases do not allow them
—in my opinion — to truly understand what really works for
them. And there are circumstances in which many people
still find themselves not ready to act on or understand their
goals; in many instances, they just simply give up.
I must admit that even though goals can be seen as a sys-
tem or a process that we need to really grasp and understand,
the real value to us is on identifying three main key factors
that allow us to understand goals in their real meaning. We
all know what a goal is that what we want to achieve, but
very few people use goal setting and goal achieving in its
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true form. A more formal definition for goals is “an observ-

able and measurable end result having one or more objec-
tives to be achieved within a more or less fixed timeframe.”
We might be experts in establishing S.M.A.R.T. Goals.
We might even be experts in using other theories behind
goals, which we now know are that goals need to be positive,
need to be in present tense and also in first person. Yes, it is
very important that we use all of these qualities; that they
are in place for goals to work and be active.
And there are other two key factors that, for many peo-
ple, are important to go from goal setting to goal achiev-
ing. One of the best definitions I have seen for goal set-
ting involves a very important word for me: motivation!
Goal Setting is a process that involves the development of
an action plan designed to ‘motivate’ and guide a person
or group toward a goal. On the other side, Goal Achieving
is something a little more advanced; something that needs
commitment. It is important to see that in order to achieve
any goal we need to take the ACTION; both in order to
achieve goals, and also to see them become a reality. Plans
with no action are no plans at all, and goals will not be
achieved.
Goal achieving is actually a step-by-step process that
you - as the individual or as the company - need to be
implementing on a constant basis. In a sense, every day we
need to be doing something that takes us closer to our goals.
Doing this, and making goal achieving a long term process
and ideal, allows us to dream even higher and reach even
bigger goals. As Zig Ziglar said years ago:
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“What you get by achieving your goals

is not as important as what
you become by achieving your goals.”

So goal achieving can be transformational. And here is

where I would like to introduce the third element, besides
setting and achieving, which is Goal Attracting. As we are
reading so many wonderful chapters on the subject of the
Law of Attraction, we must then realize that a goal is also
something we need to attract towards ourselves to make it a
reality. It is in the real sense of the theory behind goals: that
in order to achieve a goal you need to see it, learn it, know
it and, most importantly, work towards it.
Visualization is key to goal setting and achieving; and
seeing your goal as being real is even more important. Now,
when you start attracting every goal you are set up and ready
to achieve, it will allow you to focus on what you really want
to obtain and where you would like to be. One of the main
reasons people are successful is because they are constantly
setting goals; now imagine what you can do if once you set
your goals you start attracting these goals to yourself and
your life.
There are many areas in which you need to set goals
both personal and professional; including your finances,
relationships, emotions and your physical wellbeing. You
also need to set goals in areas relating to your mindset health
(I would recommend learning about mindfulness) as well
as in every single aspect of your spirituality. This is why we
see that those people who have peace of mind are the ones
who have not only set goals in every one of these areas, but
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who also work very intelligently on developing a process for

achieving them.
Over the years I have learned from my experiences, as
well as from the failures and obstacles I have encountered
through my journey; we all do. And by now you know that
we can also learn by observing others and understanding
what has happened to them as well. The value of the expe-
riences we have accumulated is as powerful as we allow it to
be. It is in our minds to be determined, to persevere, and to
succeed. How we interpret our experiences and put them to
work towards our benefit will determine how we act, how
we behave and how we see our future. .
This is then where we must tie goal attracting with our
life’s purpose. Even though, for me, PURPOSE is a more
significant concept, we must understand that our goals must
have purpose in order for them to be meaningful for our
lives. In the end, it will allow us to touch other people’s lives
in ways we cannot even imagine. For me, there are two key
ingredients in order to understand the purpose of our goals:
1. The first is PERSONAL MOTIVATION. Are you
constantly motivated? Are you always looking for
new ways to inspire yourself and others? What new
improvements and ideas and dreams keep you awake
at night? Which of those dreams and ideas have such
a strong motivation for you personally that you are
certain you will achieve any goal that falls into that
category?
2. The second is POSITIVE ATTITUDE. Yes, it might
sound strange that I first write about goals and moti-
vation, and now about attitude. The issue here is that
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the three of them are completely tied to your life's

Purpose. So ask yourself the following questions: are
you an optimist? Are you positive most of the time,
regardless of the circumstances? Do you want to, and
are you willing to, change?
Goal setting and goal achieving are processes that not
only allow us to start dreaming and visualizing our dreams
and ideas, and understanding the ones we will like to attract
and achieve, but they also tell us how to start thinking, how
to move forward and how identify all we need to do in order
to reach our goals. Yes, we will have roadblocks, mind blocks
and many other challenges along the way. Our real job is to
get through them and come out stronger in every occasion.
Understanding how goals are tied to our life’s purpose
is of outmost importance. My GOAL PURPOSE is some-
thing even bigger — something that I understood once |
started learning about my life purpose — and it is still in an
evolving phase. Your purpose could be to change the world,
to have a happy life, to teach others, or to change someone's
life. And there might not be a main reason you would like
to accomplish something, at least on the surface. But yes,
there is a reason for you to accomplish all the ideas that exist
in your very own purpose. There is a strong desire for you
to do something in the right direction, and you'll realize
it when you commit yourself to reaching that new level of
your existence.
The main reason we set goals is because we are willing
to make the sacrifices that are required to become better
versions of ourselves. We want something better, some-
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thing bigger or different. We want to be in peace with our

self and with the world. Not an easy task, of course, but in
the process of understanding how to be that better version
of ourselves we encounter our purpose in our life. We learn
from our experiences and we become that initial better ver-
sion; as we encounter the many more experiences that allow
us to grow, to have different perspectives, to put the import-
ant aspects of our lives in the right place at the right time,
we move forward towards that better version of ourselves.
And as we embark in the process of goal setting, attract-
ing and achieving, we then learn to find the purpose in
our life, to reach that pinnacle and milestone that we want
our lives to be. And then it is only a new beginning, a new
starting place in a constant evolution to be someone better
inside a continuum. This is how we grow; by empowering
our very own purpose. As I recently said in a conference,
“we personally select these new milestones, work to achieve
them by attracting them to us and becoming that person
who — after working on our goals — find the purpose and
the meaning of our lives.” It is what we really want our lives
to be and to happen; this is how by attracting our goals we
become purposely successful.
I have used goals in my life, adjusted them by changing
my actions in some instances, and for so many years have
taught and mentor people on how to see what goals can do
for them. We know they are very powerful to our minds, to
what we need and want to decide; to what we would like to
do and achieve. And more importantly, by creating, defin-
ing and attracting a goal with purpose we are taken to that
place where we really would like to be.
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So as we embark in this journey of defining and imple-

menting our goals, do not stop at the level that most people
are on their goals process, which is setting and achieving. As
in order to achieve you must dream, and in order to dream
you must visualize. For that to work, you seriously need to
be attracting that which you very strongly — in your heart
and mind — want to become. By reaching this new mile-
stone, you find your very own purpose in life.
This is why my invitation to you is to attract every single
goal that will guide you in the right direction of your life's
very own purpose. And by doing it, you will be always there,
working on Goals that have a meaningful Purpose!

Luis Vicente Garcia is a motivational speaker, a Business trainer and

performance coach, and a Best-selling author.
He works with business owners and managers
focusing on goals, leadership, entrepreneurship
and teamwork. A radio host and a Global
Entrepreneurship Ambassador, Luis Vicente
inspires people to have a strong personal
motivation with a positive attitude.
He lives with his family in
Caracas, Venezuela. You can visit
www.luisvicentegarcia.com and
@lvgarciag
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Is Prosperity Just
Wealth?
by Fleur Gessner

© me, prosperity was always something I was chas-

ing. Meaning, others had it, I did not.
My view of what really constituted prosperity was
very limited. At a young age, growing up in a beautiful
neighborhood of Hamburg, Germany, a feeling of “not-
good-enough” started to creep into my experience. I started
school in the 80’s and the focus on status symbols, fancy
clothes, the right brands was tremendous. I quickly noticed
that my friends had nicer things than I did. ‘They lived in big
beautiful houses, while we lived in an apartment. I started
getting jobs as soon as I could to be able to buy the jeans or
the sweater that was currently “in,” but the feeling of “not
good enough” just would not dissipate.
I was convinced that if Iwould just work harder and get
a better job, I would be able get rid of that feeling. I moved
from babysitting to tutoring and from tutoring to being a
receptionist at a beauty salon. This drive took me all the way
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to business school. I did not go to university because I had

passion for the topic, I went because I saw it as a way to get
a better job and more money.

More Money Doesn’t Mean More Joy

Soon after leaving university I was earning more
money than my father ever had. And then, surprise! I
found myself detesting my job. No matter much I enjoyed
looking at my paycheck, a thrill that very quickly wore
off, I could not get used to the demands of my job - of
working long hours on meaningless spreadsheets, telling
people what they should do, holding meetings that didn’t
interest me, and implementing processes I didn’t believe
in. I decided that there was only one solution...I needed a
new job, preferably far away. I needed a job in the land of
opportunity, the USA.

A Change of Scenery Wasn’t the Solution

Working for an international company, it only took me
a few months to find a job with the company’s office in
Sacramento. The thrill of the change and the high from dis-
orientation lasted for a couple of months, until I couldn't
avoid the truth that I did not enjoy this job any more than
I had the previous one.
When I stumbled upon the movie “What the Bleep Do
We Know!!” it felt like a door was opened to a whole other
world. A world of truth and freedom that I had not felt
before. This led me to “The Secret” and Joe Vitale and the
Law of Attraction.
I felt empowered, I felt strong from my knowledge.
Is Prosperity Just Wealth? 157

I thought that just knowing would make everything differ-

ent, better. Knowing would change my life.

Knowledge Alone Is Not the Key

I quit my job and moved to the East Coast with my
boyfriend, and we started our own business. We joined a
franchise that promised work from home and a way to ben-
efit from my business knowledge. However, just knowing
the Law of Attraction did not help overcome the pit in my
stomach when I| went out to network. It did not magically
bring clients to me, as I was struggling to explain my compa-
ny’s offering, and it did not fix my relationship problems as
both my boyfriend and I became more and more depressed.

A New Low
I emerged two years later, back in Sacramento, broke,
no business, unemployed, with $30k in credit card debt and
nothing to show for it. My boyfriend and I were able to sell
the franchise, but it did not even make a dent in the credit
card debt that we had accumulated over the time that we
had tried to get the business running.
I was living in my boyfriend’s mother’s house. No
money. No job. No income. There were weeks where I had
no idea how I was going to make the minimum payment on
my credit cards.
I had reached bottom.
Eventually, I was offered a job at the same company
that I had left, for less salary than I made when I had quit.
I was hired as a temporary employee only. Gratitude mixed
with embarrassment.
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The pride I had to swallow was bigger at times than my

will to get out of this situation, and there were days when
the depression seemed to swallow me whole.

I Love You. I Am Sorry. Please Forgive Me.

Thank You. — Ho’oponopono to The Rescue
I don't know how I got through those days. It was a haze
where I tried to remove myself as much as possible from
feeling the pain. I would sit in his mom’s office and watch
movies on my laptop, drink wine — anything to not hear my
thoughts. In the mornings I would get up while my boy-
friend was still asleep, as our relationship had become more
and more strained and both of us struggling to deal with
feelings of failure, anger, and fear.
The 60-minute drive to work, however, was my sanc-
tuary. My time for myself. I started to listen to any and all
self-help audio books the library had to offer. And this is
how I found Ho’oponopono, the little prayer to God, the
Universe, and yourself: “I love you, I’m sorry, please forgive
me, thank you”. Again and again, I would say it in my head
until the persistent knot in my stomach would dissolve and
in that moment I felt light and at peace.

Raising Consciousness
Perhaps we should be willing to trust one of the smartest
men the world has ever seen, Albert Einstein, who said “no
problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness
that created it.”
This implies that just working harder, thinking harder,
and using your will power will not get you the results you
dream of.
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You need to work on raising your level of consciousness.

This is where the work needs to be done; today and tomor-
row and every day.
It also implies that you cannot trust your thoughts. Your
thoughts will most likely still be stuck at the same level of
consciousness of the problem. Why? Because that is how our
clever minds work; they tend to focus on the problem, exam-
ining it from all angles, re-phrasing it, and re-naming it — but
they make sure we remain laser-focused on the problem.
To raise the level of consciousness we can only pray, for-
give, silence the mind, find relief, and find peace.
In my situation, there seemed nothing for me to do
but to stay put for the time being. Be present, show up at
work, and listen. In order to be able to do that, I had to
get my own drama and my story that played in an endless
loop out of my head. I thought my life was over. I had no
idea how I would ever pay back the credit card debt. I was
ashamed about living in my boyfriend’s mother’s house. In
a relationship that was a farce, with each of us stuck in our
own depression.
But I came back to “I love you, I am sorry, please for-
give me, and thank you.” Saying these words over and over
in my head would reliably give me a momentary peace of
mind. Something would shift in the pit of my stomach and
I felt muscles relax that I did not know had clenched. The
relief in those few seconds or minutes was reward enough
for me to continue.
However, inevitably my negative thoughts and fears
would come back to me, or something at happened during
the day that would snap me back to where I was before.
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Staying in the State

I knew I had to find a way to remain in that state longer
than for a few minutes, and I needed to find a way to come
back to it during the day, even with all the distractions at
work. Every comment at work seemed to be a reminder of
how low I had sunk.
I started to use other techniques in addition to Ho’opo-
nopono to stay in that peaceful state a bit longer and a
bit more often. The gap between where I was and where I
wanted to be was so great that I felt I needed more help and
constant reminders; I needed to re-program my mind.
During my commute I listened to audio books by Dr.
Wayne Dyer, Dr. David R. Hawkins, John Assaraf, Asara
Lovejoy, Byron Katie, and of course, Joe Vitale.
I would do a 10 or 15-minute guided meditation in the
parking lot before I went into work. I would go back to my
car at lunch break to do the same or a different one. I would
take a five- minute break and sit in a stall in the ladies’ room
to say a silent prayer.
And after a couple of months I started getting more
responsibility at work, I noticed that my voice-was being
heard, that I was able to provide good ideas and to make
a positive contribution to the project. And miraculously, I
was even able to enjoy my work! J had not expected that; I
had only wanted to survive!
I believe that practicing the methods, prayers, and medi-
ations so often each day allowed me to be able to be present,
to be able to listen, to be able to act and speak out of peace.
And soon | found myself moving into my own apart-
ment and ending a relationship that had become unhealthy
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for me. I am most amazed at how easy it was suddenly to

make that change, but I am convinced it only became easy
because I had programmed myself to moving my conscious-
ness up slowly, but steadily.
More miracles started to happen, as within a year of start-
ing this practice I was able to pay off my debt and get hired
as a full-time employee, and then promoted again less than
six months after that. And even more importantly, I finally
began to realize not only in my mind, but also in my gut, that
prosperity is so much more than just money. It is a feeling
of plenty and possibility, of well-being and joy, it is a state of
consciousness, it is a feeling that is within reach for you today!

What You Can Do to Achieve Your Own

Prosperity
If you feel that you are in a dark place where prosperity
and happiness seem out of reach, I encourage you to start
small. At first, the Ho’oponopono prayer was all I was able
to do, but it was a start onto a path. A path that led me to
a major shift in outlook or consciousness as you may want
to call it. And I fully believe that shift in me made all the
positive changes possible.
Here are some ideas for you to try:
1. Start small. A short meditation, prayer, or gratitude
list is a great way to start feeling better about yourself
and help shift your mind into a place where miracles
can become possible.
2. Take action. If you are too scared or depressed to
hope or to make big changes, start with small activ-
ity rather than outcome goals. For example, make
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the goal to sit quietly for 15 minutes in the morn-

ing or to listen to a guided meditation before bed.
Remember that just “knowing” the Law of Attrac-
tion is not enough; you have to “do” it.
3. Embrace short breaks. Once you feel a shift, but
it does not seem to last long enough for you to
gain positive momentum, start taking short breaks
during the day. Even a five-minute break to focus
on your breathing will help to stay in that positive
frame of mind.
No matter where your starting point is, you can always
improve your level of consciousness. The rewards will be
miraculous. Believe in yourself as all of us in this book
already believe in you!

Fleur Gessner, MBA isa business manager at Siemens, a multinational company

with an emphasis on green technologies. She is also a repeat business owner
with a passion for personal growth and personal
finance. Fleur is a German expat with a home
base in Northern California.

Connect with Fleur at www.fleurgessner.

com and discover more about reconciling
your ambitions and dreams with the
ability to enjoy the moment. She's
passionate about personal growth
and how to create a unique system
of changing your beliefs and thought
patterns and how to make work fun! |
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Money and Beliefs:

Why Do You Settle
for Less?
by Gail Golec

he path to abundance is an emotional journey. You

must get beyond your limiting beliefs in order to
manifest the money you desire into your life.
I work with people day in and day out, whether it be
while consulting with business owners or in my coach-
ing and even with family and friends; the focus on lack of
money is prominent in their lives. People are living in fear
as opposed to faith. They wonder where their next dime is
going to come from. Should they make this investment or
not? Will there be enough?
For those that are focused on being in a state of fear
as opposed to faith, it is inventible that their self-fulfilling
prophecy arrives.
There are also many who are satisfied with just getting
by. Why is it that “getting by” is acceptable to you? Have
you ever thought about that?
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In reality, if you believe that you will have enough

money to get by, you will. Think about it. You do. Some-
how, some way you get by. It could be that you are walking
down the street and you find the $40 you need just lying on
the street. You could have a stranger out of nowhere follow
his or her intuition and hand you the money. You can close
that deal that you have been working on for months. Some-
how money manifests into your life so you can just get by.
Why not dream big? You can you know.
Why is it that Donald Trump, Henry Ford and even
Walt Disney can come back from bankruptcy and become
millionaires again? Their mindset has always been one of
abundance. They were also big dreamers. There was never
a thought of “Now that I am bankrupt, I will never be able
to achieve wealth again.”
Do you believe that the love of money is the root of all
evil? Do you believe that people with money are arrogant and
you do not want to be classified in that way? Do you believe
there are rewards in the afterlife for living an impoverished life
now? What are your beliefs? What were you taught?
These teachings of our fathers, mothers, teachers, pas-
tors and our life experiences overall have affected our sub-
conscious mind. Our subconscious mind is truly the ruler
of our actions on a moment by moment basis.
Driving is a great example of this. Most every time I
get into the car and leave for an appointment, I take a right
out of the driveway. However, on occasion, although I con-
sciously knew I had to make a left to get to my appoint-
ment for the day, my subconscious overrules and a right
turn I make. Therefore, I now have to turn around. Why?
Because making a right has become second nature. It’s a
Money and Beliefs: Why Do You Settle for Less? 165

habit that has infiltrated my subconscious mind. I didn’t

make a conscious effort to make the decision to turn left
and I turned right.
What your subconscious thinks about money makes a
difference as to how much money you will receive. Why do
we limit ourselves to just getting by when there is an abun-
dance of money available to us all?
How do we get beyond this limited thinking? How do
you attract money into your life?
It starts with awareness. You must be aware of what you
are wanting. You must have a deliberate intention to bring
into your life that which you seek. .
How much money do you want to make this year or this
month even? You need to be specific and write it down. Now,
do you believe that you can achieve this? Really, seriously, do
you believe it? You must believe it in order to achieve it. If
you write down that you want to earn one million dollars
this year and that does not feel comfortable to you, then
don’t write it down. Write down what you believe you can
achieve and put yourself in the emotional state of actually
receiving that money. If you are struggling with having a
positive emotional feeling to having money in your life that
is one of the main reasons you do not.
I also encourage you to DREAM BIG! There really are
no limits to what you can receive or achieve if you believe it
can happen.
Now, there is that conscious awareness that I was speak-
ing about too. You must retrain your brain to want to bring
in an abundance of money if you want to receive it.
A few suggestions I have are:
Memorizea mantra. Replace the mantra that is currently
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in your subconscious mind. For example, “Money comes to

me in increasing quantities through multiple sources on a
continuous basis.” Say it every day. Write it down and take
ownership of the feelings that it brings you when you believe
it to be true. Instead of counting sheep when you can't sleep
at night, repeat this mantra. You have to feel comfortable
with money coming into your life in order to receive it.
Become an excellent giver. There are many spiritual
teachings that share the blessings of tithing your income to
others. The Law of Giving and Receiving is always in effect.
You sharing what you have with others will afford you the
opportunity to share more. When you give you shall receive
back in kind and in some cases in multitude. Does it have
to be money that you give? No. It does not. You may give a
compliment, a prayer of blessing, donations of food, water,
supplies, and clothing. Whatever it is; expect that you will
always receive back what you have given. The important
practice is in the giving.
For example, have you ever gone through your closet
and picked out shoes and clothing and donated them? Inev-
itably, your closet becomes filled again with more shoes and
clothes.
Become an excellent receiver. When you do receive
money, be grateful. Have an attitude of gratitude. Even if
you find a penny on the ground, pick it up and say thank
you. Being in a state of gratitude will allow more money
to flow into your life. You can also practice becoming an
excellent receiver through little things like receiving a com-
pliment without giving a compliment back. It’s not as easy
as it sounds. When someone tells you they like the shirt
you are wearing say “Thank you.” There is a natural response
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to want to say you like something of theirs too. Practice

receiving without feeling the need to make it even. It’s ok
to receive gifts with gratitude.
Do not focus on the lack of money. When your bills
arrive, be sure to not focus on the lack of money you have.
The more you focus on the lack of money, the more lack
of money you will receive. What you focus on expands.
This is how The Law of Attraction works. Start focusing on
what you want. Take time to write down exactly what you
owe each month plus more that you realistically believe you
are able to obtain. It’s ok to dream big. Know that num-
ber and focus on obtaining that dollar amount. Make it a
game, knowing with eagerness and excitement that you will
indeed receive that money. Look for ways to receive money
outside of the box and take action when your intuition is
leading you that way. Understand if you are getting prompt-
ings to receive money in an illegal or immoral way, you are
not receiving that message from your true self, which only
speaks to you with the intention of love. With this energet-
ically vibrational shift and clearly defining your intentions,
you will find that money you were not expecting will appear
in your experience. Bargains will reveal themselves, so dol-
lars will go further than you expected. All kinds of financial
things will occur, and when they do, be consciously aware
that these things are happening in response to your newly
focused intentions, belief and expectation to receiving what
you desire as opposed to the feeling of lack and fear.
Money is an object that is abundantly available.
The more money you have, the more you are able to bless
others. The truth is that you can never be poor enough so
that everyone or even one other person becomes abundantly
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wealthy. There is abundance available for all that choose to

seek it, believe it and take action to receive it.
There is also a sense of freedom that comes with havy-
ing money and we all want freedom. Don’ let the ways of
your childhood determine your future. Take control of your
thoughts, beliefs and actions and be ready to receive abun-
dance. Expect abundance. Feel abundance as if you already
received it and let money readily and abundantly flow into
your life.

Gail Golec is adown-to-earth and compassionate speaker, author and spiritual

teacher of personal transformation and reinvention. Inspired by some of the
greatest spiritual teachings, she enlightens, empowers and energizes others
to take action with deliberate intention to receive their “inspired desires” as
it relates to their health, wealth, relationships and life purpose. Gail is an
accomplished entrepreneur and a lifelong asyores of a persona growth and
development. Gailis also a Certified Angel ,
Therapy Practitioner® and Certified
Angel Card Reader.® To contact Gail
Golec for life transformational
coaching, Angel — Therapy
motivational speaking
engagements please visit her
website at http://GailGolec.com
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Your Time to Shine

by Carolina Gonzalez

e are all born with true purpose. Life calls us to

remember and connect to our authentic self.
I was born in El Salvador in 1977. I was born
right in the middle of the civil war. As a child that is all I
knew. I learned very early in that life is in fact precious.
Our family was blessed with the opportunity to migrate to
Australia and seek refuge. A new start in a new country. A
wonderful country that welcomed us and has been home for
the last 30 years.
As youre undoubtedly aware, life is full of surprises.
My life now is very much a contrast from my very humble
beginnings. Yet, it has been important for me to honor my
past and keep in mind that all events happened for me not
to me. Early on I fell in love with life. I was as also able to
recognize what was truly important to me and what abun-
dance meant to me.
Courage — leading with heart — has been a constant in
my every day life. As I child, there were so many obstacles
and challenges, starting from learning how to speak a new
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language, adapting to a new environment, and dealing with

loss as I left all that Iknew behind. With a courageous heart
full of hope, I felt called to make it a mission to choose a
field of work that would create positive change. A profes-
sion where I could make a difference and truly connect with
amazing humans like you in an authentic way.
At high school I was fortunate to discover Chinese Med-
icine, its philosophy about prevention of disease as well as its
fundamental belief that every thing in this world co-exists
in constant contrast. An expansive world where the field of
possibility is endless. It also taught me that where we focus
our attention is where energy flows.
I love to see human beings shining and realizing their
deepest wishes. Let me ask you — How are you? Are you
ready to create a life you love? Do you remind yourself often
that you are truly an amazing human? Are you willing to
allow yourself to create a life you love? What would your
life look like if you allowed yourself to shine?
Would you like to feel vital and connected both inside
and out? Each person has their own definition of what it
means to shine — to feel purposeful, to lead with heart — to
be and feel passionate about life. Most of us don’t easily find
this path. The lucky ones stumble upon it or are guided (or
inspired) by others to their best life. Just like a professional
athlete, everyone can benefit from working with a self-
development professional.
To shine and to feel your light radiating from within,
there are paths to take and plans to make. I meet with clients
every day, and work with them to create a well-being plan
that supports them to shine. While each plan is unique to
the individual, they all have some common threads.
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Your Well-Being Plan Begins with Balance

and Structure.
You already know that life is neither all play nor all
work. The magic unfolds when you take full responsibility
for all aspects of your life.
Life is only ever lived one breath at a time. With cour-
age and enthusiasm, we are invited to connect with our
authentic self. To really connect with what makes our heart
sing. What we value most. We live in an expansive world. A
world full of choice. Our life is so precious that we are called
to choose what we are wanting to experience. _
I have been a consultant in the healing arts now for 17
years, and | have facilitated many sanctuary retreats. In this
time, I have been blessed to witness the power of intention,
and the power of clarity. In a world where there are endless
possibilities, a clear mind is invited to ask as well as be will-
ing to receive.
At the beginning, taking responsibility for all aspects of
life can seem daunting. It may be scary. It can be compared
to a person learning to drive a car. It takes persistence, focus,
commitment, willingness, commitment and courage. Soon
enough, the learning driver starts to drive with ease, singing
to a favorite tune and almost driving in automatic.
Initially, authenticity — speaking one’s truth — can also
be a state of being that needs to be remembered. We are all
born with intuition, with a guidance system that connects
us to what resonates as true for every single one of us. There
is so much noise in the world at times. This authenticity can
not be gained by anything external. It’s an internal experi-
ence. It just is. Some call this the higher self; the wisdom
within. The spirit that connects you the universe.
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Once you are at peace with the magnificence in you,

abundance becomes a vibration. It becomes your automatic
set point, just like a radio that can transmit different sta-
tions. You now have access to the abundance station. In this
station there are good vibes; they have positive talk back.
There are many questions about what makes you light up.
It’s not all struggles or all bliss. There’s a balance to be
found. Here is how:
Abundance requires attention, as this is what keeps it
flowing. Remember your values daily. Nurture your inner
world, your mind and your soul. Connect to your authentic
self and lead with your heart.

Daily Practice Can Bring You To The

Wonderful Space Of Manifesting.
On rising, breathe. Pause. Allow yourself some time to
be still. If you have a meditation practice, then this is a great
time to connect with the magnificence that you are. If you
are a visual person, then give yourself 5 minutes to visualize
what life would look like if everything was in flow, harmony,
and abundance. Wake up, get up and nourish your body
with nutritious live food.

Strengthen The Light Within Every Cell In

Your Body.
Good health is fundamental for prosperity. You cannot
shine if the cells in your body are struggling. Health doesn’t
have to be complicated. I invite you to look at five key areas
of your own health.
Movement. You know you need to move your body and
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exercise. Find movement that brings you joy. You only need
to find 30 minutes a day to walk, do yoga, dance, hike in
nature or work with a trainer.
Hydration. Water is essential for every cell to thrive, and
for it to experience itself as plump and abundant. Hence, fil-
tered water is also part taking care of the body. For every 30
kilograms of body weight, you should drink 1 liter of water
every day. Sipping room temperature water is best.
Breathe. Meditating is essential, as it is the breath that
connects our lungs to the universe. Breathe, one breath at a
time — breathe in all that will expand your experience and
gently let go of what your body no longer needs. Letting
go is an art. It’s only when we let go physically, emotionally
and spiritually, that we allow space for what we really want
to manifest in this one precious life.
Nutrition. Feeding the body what it needs is essential.
Every cell requires vitamins and minerals for energy. I have
found in all my years of private practice that most peo-
ple need to supplement with minerals, as these are almost
non-existent in our food supply. I love sea vegetation for
mineral intake. I have a few favorites, including seaweeds
and phytoplankton. Again, eating sea vegetation allows every
single cell in the body to experience a plethora of nutrition.
By doing so youre creating an environment of abundance.
Glutathione. This is the master-mother-queen-king of
all antioxidants. It’s endogenous, which means that we are
birthed with a certain amount of glutathione genes. These
are responsible for going around the body and cleansing
the body, giving energy to every cell as well as preventing
inflammation and disease. Through the understanding of
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my DNA, I know that I am one of the very lucky humans

who were born with this pathway 100% developed.
However, once, I turned 20, this glutathione I was
birthed with started to decline by 10 percent per decade. I
therefore supplement with an amazing Glutathione Accel-
erator. Having my reserves of glutathione abundance in my
cells means that every cell can work at its optimum. I have
read thousands of DNA reports and most of my clients were
born with this cell compromised, and have experienced ill-
ness and disease due to this lack of glutathione. This has
manifested conditions from cancers to low immunity to
infertility.
When possible, choose to only eat alive, organic, and
local foods. Follow the best diet your DNA requires. Com-
mit to giving all 50 trillion cells in your body what they
require to function at their optimum. From my studies in
Physiogenomics, I know that every gene responds to the
environment in which it exists in. Therefore, you want to
create a harmonious, abundant environment for every cell.

Get Clear
Mindfulness and being present allows you to see and
feel what’s important for you. You are able to stay in the
moment, while also staying true to who you are, what you
need, and what you want for your life. Meditation is the
most straightforward practice for staying mindful. I have
been blessed to have and continue to work with amazing
teachers. My favorite meditation from all time is the “I am”
meditation. Dr. Wayne Dwyer taught me this meditation at
a gathering in Melbourne in the late 1990's. It’s simple, yet
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profound. Life is full and wonderful—practicing self love

and nurturing oneself is essential.
Spend time clarifying your thoughts, emotions, and val-
ues. Know what is most important to you. For me, I am clear
that the values that I hold closest to my heart are health,
family and achievement. A simple practice to consider is one
that I use every day. On waking, I practice breathing and
meditation. I want to feel with every cell of my body the
very gift of being alive. I do this for 20 minutes. I then play
a movie of gratitude, for my health, my family, my business,
and the universe I live in.
Your journey will be different, but getting to the answers
and creating your prosperous life begins with the same
well-being plan and path to shine. Abundance is a way of
living. It's seeing the gold in everyday life. It’s about being
able to connect with what is important. Creating a visual, a
plan for what you would like to experience in the next 5, 10,
15, 20+ years. Living a life where you are feeling complete,
and are working towards our dreams with enthusiasm and
gratitude.

Next Steps
It’s not always easy to find your abundance path on
your own. I am always open for guidance, and you may be
too. Books, retreats, and mentors can all help you not only
get started, but also stay on your genuine path. Visit www.
thenatureofbalance.com.au to learn more about Sanctu-
ary; guided retreats that help you reconnect with your true
potential. It is time to once more be passionate about life;
to open yourself up to true happiness in your career, family
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and personal wellbeing. The retreat introduces you to tools

you can use on a daily basis to keep you in your abundance.

Carolina Gonzalez is an inspiring force in the field of

holistic health. Carolinaisa Doctor of Traditional
Chinese Medicine and a_physiogenomic
consultant. She’s a passionate ambassador
for holistic health and its ability to
empower people to live life to the
fullest. Carolina is a member of the
Australian Acupuncture & Chinese
Medicine Association and the ™»
Chinese Medicine Board of e
Australia. She is also a regular :
keynote speaker on _ lifestyle,
balance and holistic health. Visit
www.thenatureofbalance.
com.au to learn more about
enriching your lifestyle and
improving your wellbeing.
 Ay.

Change Your Mind

About Money &
Transform Your
Wealth!
by Elizabeth Mary Hancock

t seems like yesterday when I had an honest discussion

[- my husband on my earning capability. I'd tried to
make two businesses work, and they were both going in
the right direction — but VERY slowly. One was my passion;
I was an EFT Practitioner and got such a kick out of helping
people overcome their fears, phobias, limiting beliefs, past
traumas and so much more. ‘The other business was with
a well-known UK network marketing company whose
business model I really valued, but my heart just wasn’t in it.
We talked about our goals for the year and I felt under
pressure to justify my business and the reasons why it wasn't
making much money, and why I still needed a generous
amount of cash each month from my husband. We agreed
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that unless I was going to flog myself like I used to in my

pre-children corporate HR & training job, we just had to
accept and get used to the fact my job was only ever going
to generate pocket money. But I knew my guilt around no
longer contributing to the family income would stay with
me, along with my feelings of “I must be capable of earning
more money than this.” I had a deeper calling that I just
couldn't ignore!
Just one month later, after listening to a webinar about
growing your business online, I found myself signing up
for a free coaching call. A lovely lady asked me questions
about my current life and work, how Id like life to be,
my fears and reasons for not progressing with my business
because of my two very young children (and my fears and
limiting beliefs around how hard I'd have to work to make it
worthwhile), the impact that would have on my family and
the fears around rejection, failure, and success too.
Would it be sustainable to keep working so hard, to
keep earning the money, and would people still like me if I
was making more money, or would they see me as obsessed
with my business and my earnings? Was it ethically the right
thing to do? My husband wanted to give up his well-paid
job in the city in the next year to concentrate full time on
his App business, which terrified me, but was also giving me
a little nudge to step up and make more of my business.
I'd been so inspired by listening to Joe and other people,
but I was still being held back from making that change to
really go out there and share my gifts with the world (and
make more money at the same time). Something had to
change; I just couldn't ignore my calling anymore, even
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though the fear that was holding me back was big and real.
Jeanmarie from Heart Core Business made such a strong
case to me I thought, “Well if you are going to make me half
as good as you, I’m in!” I had signed up with my first Coach!
I then had a crisis of confidence. “Who do you think
you are?” was the voice I kept hearing inside my head. “You
cant do this, who's going to listen to you?” I tried to back
out, but I'd signed a contract and they rightly held me to it
because I needed to be brave and believe in myself. I had
to move forwards with my dream and answer my deeper
calling, and I couldn't do it alone.
Because I was nervous about saying I was a “Coach” on
a potentially global basis — I'd coached in a corporate envi-
ronment, but didn’t have any formal qualifications apart
from my EFT Practitioner Exam and on-going assessment,
I looked around at what could fill this gap. I had always
admired the wonderful Tapping Queen, Coach and New
York Times Best Seller Margaret Lynch, so I signed up to
work with her too! Margaret took me through the processes
herself and then trained me to do them on others — we had
LOTS of practice and the results were unbelievable! The
work goes deep and we uncover the programming we have
grown up with around money, the beliefs like “you have to
work really, really hard to earn money,” “only the lucky ones
have money,” and even, “money isn’t safe.”
We re-set the way we think about money, which allows
us to relax and create the space to think big and be creative,
so that business idea youve always had, that desire to speak
ona stage, that want for a pay rise or promotion, can become
a reality and not just a pipe dream.
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We go through many different processes, leaving no

stone unturned. One of the most powerful is the session on
Financial Trauma. Mine was an abusive relationship that
ended with him keeping the money I'd spent on things for
his house with the inheritance from my Nanna. I'd been
contributing to the mortgage and paying his debts, but had
nothing when I left. But it was so much bigger than just
finances. It led me to have to move back home with my
parents, which was REALLY hard, and for a while wasn't
even an option because we'd had a falling out while I was in
this toxic relationship. I felt so let down by the lack of love
and support I had around me that I'd go on huge spending
sprees to try to cheer myself up, racking up a large amount
of credit card debt.
I was also pressing the self-destruct button in many
other areas of my life, making other lifestyle choices I wasn’t
proud of with drugs, alcohol, the men and friends in my
life, all to try to fill this massive void I felt over rejection,
failure and emptiness. I was clinically depressed, was on
anti-depressants (which at the time probably saved my life)
and it took almost a decade for me to sort myself out, but
even though I'd had counseling I still wasn’t truly happy. I
always felt I wasn’t really in control; like I had to put on an
act and as though I was always walking a tightrope that I
could fall off of at any time. My mind and body never got
to switch off because I was always on hyper-alert, trying to
keep myself from falling in to the abyss below.
I know now, through doing these processes, that I have
finally been released from the trauma of the whole situation
and so much more. I now feel no bitterness over what
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happened or to anyone involved. I have accepted that my

ex-boyfriend, my parents and others involved in my life at
that time had their own stuff going on and were doing what
they did or were stuck in their lives, for their own reasons
—not mine. Through doing this work, I have completely
forgiven my parents and my ex-boyfriend. I hope he has
found peace in his own life and is now happy. I am even
grateful towards him for the transformation that has
happened as a result, and for being part of what was needed
in my own life to now be able to help and heal others.
I really feel like I have cleaned out the disease of regret,
hurt and betrayal within me and not just put a bandage
over the top of it. | am now living my dream; a successful,
growing business that is fulfilling on so many levels, a happy
Husband who has been able to quit the corporate slog and
follow his own dream, happy children anda happy home, but
most importantly peace, calm and complete contentment in
my heart and in my head.
If you change the way your body or nervous system
reacts when you think about doing “scary” or “big” things,
like earning more money, or starting a new business or
project, then you will feel so much more comfortable and at
ease, so that your true talents can shine through and not be
hidden under nerves, stress and old traumas. If you can turn
the volume of those doubting voices in your head down, or
even off, then you won't be held back like you have been.
We work together to open up the energy so that you can be
relaxed around money, no more arguments, no more stress
and no more scarcity or lack. I can’t magically make you
rich but what I can do is give you the skills and mindset to
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open up that inspiration, that passion, purpose, energy and

creativity to generate a bigger income or grow your business
or company, and I can promise you it works EVERY time!
Even with the best marketing in the world, I believe
that you can’t be truly successful until you get your mindset
100% in the game. Some people are strong enough and
game enough to try the “feel the fear and do it anyway”
approach. Of these, some will break through, others will
fail, no matter how hard they try they will always remain
loyal to the vows they made as a child to re-live their families’
paradigm around money and struggle. Some will go against
it and appear to be successful, but then sabotage it, or it may
be a constant struggle, or they may even destroy themselves
trying.
By working through my own issues and learning how to
use the techniques with others, I am now able to share the
gift that I was given to guide, support, coach and mentor
my clients through their own problems and on to a better
path. This better path is one that leads them on the journey
they were always meant to be on, that leads them to their
deeper calling and to the realization that the hardship we
experience can often end up being the catalyst and gift that
we need to make a difference in our own lives and those of
others. I have clients who have never had anyone believe in
their dream, but now are lit up and striding towards it. I
know I am now doing what I was always meant to do, but
I also appreciate that I had to make my own way to where
I am now, and that it wasn’t meant to be easy. Otherwise,
what use would I be to my clients?
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Transform Your Wealth!

I help my clients to break through their barriers, their

past programming and limiting beliefs to be successful in
business and in life, by combining the deep inner work and
mindset coaching — which makes the marketing strategies
appropriate for a business SO much easier and doable. My
clients are set free to think big and shine, and for this to lead
to a life that is truly abundant and prosperous in all aspects!
A few short years ago, 1 NEVER would have thought
that I would be collaborating with Joe Vitale, THE Joe
Vitale, on a book! But I had a dream, and because I worked
so hard on my belief system, that dream has now become a
reality. So I ask you this: Do you want to carry on dreaming
or do you want to start taking action so YOU can live your
passion and share your gifts with the world?

Flizabeth Mary Hancock guides entrepreneurs and small business owners ona
path to freedom, and helps them to think big and create their dream business!
She makes the process fun and pain-free by blasting through their limitations
and beliefs, and then coaches them through the cycle of success and beyond.
She found her passion for helping others conquer their money fears and ace
their business after doing the same herself after many
years ofplaying small and being fearful of shining.

Liz is the producer and host of the international online

summit “Think Big and Shine’ (thinkbigandshine.
com), is an AAMET Level 2 EFT Practitioner, an
accredited Tapping in to Wealth Coach, and a
Chartered Member of the CIPD. You can talk to Liz
directly by booking a complimentary discovery
session at www.elizabethmaryhancock.com.
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Prosperity Factor
by Marcella Vonn Harting, PHD

believe there is an Entrepreneur in all of us, and it is our

|Ga to be abundantly prosperous. We all have a
Prosperity Factor Gene, which can be activated through
our own journey into self-development.
Growing up with a mother who was a waitress and a
stepfather who worked at a gas station, I experienced the
modeling of a working mindset; that you must work hard
to get ahead, and you must work hard to hang on to what
you get or someone will take it from you. Society also taught
me that school would get me ahead in life, and that getting
a higher education would give me a place in society and a
good life!
At the age of 18, I discovered, through a course called
EST, that I was the product of all my beliefs. This put me
on a path of my own self-development; searching my inner
world for my beliefs, values, ethics, thoughts-limiting and
self-limiting, rules-conscious and unconscious, and if all of
these were serving my highest good.
I studied a course called Conscious Language from
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Robert Tennyson Stevens, where I experienced how my

words created my reality. Changing one word in my daily
vocabulary changed my life within 30 days. I realized that at
every moment of my life I had the opportunity to choose to
choose, instead of coming from reactions triggered by emo-
tional experiences from my past. I could reset my mindset,
which was formed by others of significance and experiences
in my past, to an awareness of support for Grace & Ease,
and Success.
Another great mentor in my life was Tony Robbins, who
taught me through his seminars that success leaves clues. I
started to look around at results, outcomes and success that
I was searching for, and what others were doing to get the
same results, outcomes and successes. On this journey into
my own self-development, I discovered the 80/20 principle,
which for me looked like 80% self-development and 20%
basic skills. Many great books, teachers, mentors, coaches
and courses supported me on this journey.
My journey of self-development was satisfying and pro-
ductive, and taking me to little successes every day. Then
an event happened that would change my life forever on
this journey. Married and looking at starting a family, I gave
birth to my daughter, with many complications at her birth;
she survived having swallowed meconium inside me. Suc-
tioning her little lungs for over 6 hours, I was finally able to
hold her. Her health was fragile, and at 7 months of age she
died in my husband’s arms as we were rushed to the hospital.
They resuscitated her back to life twice, with many compli-
cations that would play out into her future and mine. I was
told that having suffered much oxygen deprivation to her
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brain she would need to be institutionalized. As I was given

this diagnosis, my inner core screamed “NO!” I smiled and
knew intuitively that if she received the proper nutrients and
love she would Thrive. This put me on my journey where
my Prosperity Factor Gene got activated. I was searching
for education and knowledge, foods and nutrition, supple-
ments, techniques, resources that I could implement into
our lives to create a better life for my daughter.
I studied nutrition and Chinese Medicine and just
about anything else that I thought could help my daughter.
Through this search I was introduced to essential oils and
aromatherapy 25 years ago. Having many tools and tech-
niques in my personal tool box, and no one magic bullet, I
used everything; all of what I was learning. My daughter did
get better and graduated from college with a degree in visual
communications. Married now, and a mother herself, she
empowers me daily to share my journey. You see, when I was
introduced to essential oils and aromatherapy 25 years ago,
virtually no one knew what it was and what it could do. My
journey into prosperity came from sharing my experiences
with these little plant liquids, otherwise known as essential
oils. I found myself being asked what I did for my daughter
and I started to share the products and techniques that have
become such a part of our lives.
Today I stand on the shoulders of great people in my
life. I have the largest organization in a relationship-build-
ing business, or what you may call MLM or network mar-
keting. This is where Joe Vitale’s books and work have made
such an incredible impact on my life. And I am honored
to be writing a book with him. You see, on my journey I
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found that my successes actually came from basic skills,

people skills and self-development. I found that the basic
skills and rapport-building skills could be taught easily. The
self-development skills were more difficult because of our
limiting beliefs and saboteurs. I discovered that great success
came from not re-creating the wheel. In other words, all
we need to do is implement the teachings of great mentors
who have shared their gifts with us. Joe’s work with the Law
of Attraction, The Secret, conscious awareness, self-talk,
intentions, expecting miracles, how to be grateful and living
in the present, the Hawaiian system for wealth, health and
peace-Zero Limits, the Attractor Factor, and sharing Nev-
ille’s work are the tools I have been sharing in my journey
of self-development. Another great advantage from this is
that my resources are not about me, but about getting great
information, systems and techniques into many hands —
which in my business is duplicable and very successful! I
learned early in my career that there are two ways to gather
wisdom. One way is to learn from your own life and the
second way is to study the lives of others. If you choose to
be successful, study success. If you wish to be happy, study
happiness. And if you choose to manifest money, study the
acquisition of wealth.
Success is a process; it is both material and spiritual, prac-
tical and mystical. It is both a journey and a destination for
me, a collection of personal values clearly defined and ulti-
mately achieved. It is creating a lifestyle of balance and, most
importantly, having someone to love and love you; enjoy-
ing friendships, acquaintances for the betterment of both.
A good life comes from a lifestyle that is fully developed,
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regardless of the size of your bank account; a lifestyle that

provides you with a constant sense of joy in living; a life-
style that fuels your desire to become a person of deep value
and achievement. Activating your Prosperity Factor Gene
enables you to live this lifestyle and share it with many.
In closing; I would like to share with you, my “why.” I
believe there is a better way of doing just about everything.
I am always looking to improve both personally and pro-
fessionally, for myself and my organization. I am going to
share myself with you through my experiences and stories,
to help us relate on all levels. I will put myself in your place;
to build rapport and open the door to all possibilities.
I will partner with you to reach your dreams and out-
comes. I will study, seek, and share anything I can to advance
your life, from books, to systems, to strategies, and any
resources available. At the end of the day, it’s all about suc-
cess with humor, fun, and movement, we can win together.
If this feels right, resonates with you and looks like
something you can be part of, let’s create a better life for
you and those around you. Results matter. Together we can
make a difference...

Marcella Vonn Harting, PhD is an internationally recognized author, speaker,

facilitator and entrepreneur. Involved with Network Multi-Level Marketing
since the 1980's, Marcella Vonn has built two highly successful businesses with
more than 1,000,000 representatives worldwide. In her Leadership Play Shops
she demonstrates how creating a residual abundant income centered in health
and wealth can empower balance and purpose in one’ life.

Marcella Vonn has lectured throughout the United States, Canada, Europe,
Australia, Japan, Singapore, and Malaysia. She combines nutrition, conscious
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communications, face and body language into her dynamic presentations to

assist people in creating the life of their heart's desires and dreams.

With certifications in Nutrition, Iridology, Reiki, International Aromatherapy

through PIA, Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Master
Practitioner of Hypnotherapy, PhD in Psychoneurology & Integrated Health,
Anthony Robbins Digital Delivery Event Leader and as a Personal Trainer,
Marcella Vonn is an inspirational mentor and coach in manifesting and
teaching how to achieve one’s divine purpose with grace and ease and fun.

Marcella Vonn has co-authored several books, including “Yes, No, Maybe nN

Chronobiotic Nutrition with G.l. Atom Bergstrom, and the book Guerrilla
Multilevel Marketing with Jay Conrad Levinson and James Dillehay, and
she has been featured on CNN. She has also authored The Harting Training
System Book and Aromatic Essential Cards.

Marcella Vonn is an inspirational mentor in manifesting and teaching how to

achieve one’s divine purpose with grace and ease and fun.

Marcella Vonn Harting has achieved the

rank of Royal Crown Diamond in Young
Living Essential Oils. This is a monumental
achievement — a Royal Crown Diamond rank
is the highest level that a distributor can succeed
to in Young Living’s compensation plan. This
makes her the top leader & top distributor
of Young Living Essential Oils.

Married since 1980 and the mother of

two children, she resides in Paradise Valley,
Arizona.

Visit www.marcellavonnharting.com
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Gifting to...and
Honoring Death
by Pani Horgan

his chapter illustrates two different approaches to

dying and death — one is cultural, and has been
practiced since Ancient times, and the other, Access
Transformation Energy, uses contemporary tools. Remark-
ably, these two different methods share the same message.
Tam the fortunate and grateful recipient of both of these
points of view.
I grew up in a culture that viewed dying and death as a
natural concept. The subject was freely discussed by everyone
— both young and old. ‘The dying was visited by young and
old, even babes in arms and funerals were attended by every-
one — once again, young and old, as well as babies. Life was,
and still is recognised as a season that preceded the next life.
Just as the forest accepts the passing away of the life that
it houses, so too, do the Maori. There is sadness, of course.
There is also a knowing that relinquishing all ties to the
deceased, and setting them free, allows those left behind to
be free to move on more easily, with acceptance and without
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guilt to celebrate life. Closure can come more easily when

you acknowledge that you may be carrying other people’s
grief. Let it go.
Access, founded by Gary Douglas, is an energy trans-
formation program that links seasoned wisdom, ancient
knowledge and channelled energies with highly contempo-
rary motivational tools. Its purpose is to set you free by giv-
ing you access to your truest, highest self.
Death is shown as a human point of view. The sum total
of life here on planet earth seems to be that we are here to
die. It does sound a little crazy, doesn’t it? And the only way
we know it’s real, is if we have the intensity, like the heavi-
ness of grief that everyone else seems to have.
If we are not behaving like everyone else, then we feel
something is wrong with us. In our society, grief is some-
thing to bear, a burden to carry and some people live their
whole lives doing just this. My goodness, does that feel light.
No way. What if we are like sponges, absorbing everything
around us? Once we become aware of this we can use Access
or EFT to clear grief, pain and many other emotions and
blockages.
Is it possible that death is transitional? ‘That the body is
simply a tool? When death comes this tool or, physical being
is left behind, but the being within that body lives on. It has
energy. Everything is energy. We are energy. We often hear
people say of some-one, he is my uncle or she is my aunt
resurrected. Realizing this, for what reason then would you
not celebrate the letting go of that being with ease and love?
When someone is dying, he or she has a choice — to be
healed or to be allowed to die. What we tend to do is take
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over. If the person is choosing to die, do we have the right

to take control and behave as if we are God? What would it
take to ask the person, “What would you like? Truth! If they
choose to die, then make sure you spend more time with
them. During these times, massage them ever so gently. This
helps them stay connected with their body and you with
them. Touching is one of the greatest gifts you can give,
especially to the dying.
The Maori of New Zealand have observed and cele-
brated death since time began for them.
Three days are set aside when a loved one dies.
1. The first day deals with the shock. The extended
family, friends and community offer their help with
money, food and company.
2. The next day comes the acceptance of death. Visitors
come from far and wide and are warmly welcomed,
for they bring life to the place of mourning. Grief is
shared, stories told, punctuated with singing, laugh-
ter, prayers.
It is here that Maori oratory is at its best. Maori
sayings abound where reference is made to nature
and its forces at work. Some examples —“The Totara
tree from the great forest of Tane has fallen.” Or,
this tribute and condolences from V Jacobs to Mr
Rabin’s wife and state of Israel. “Arise from your rest
and take your place among the stars.” Finally, hom-
age to Papatuanuku, Mother Earth.
Indeed the ancestry and those who have travelled the
same road are invited to return and accompany this
being to another dimension.
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3. ‘The third day is when the burial takes place. It is

at this point that all ties are relinquished. There is
much wailing and weeping. The ability to do this
openly and without judgement is, for many, the
most freeing part of the process.
Celebrations then begin.

To the Maori, it is this chain of events that cushions

the blow of death that in our reality inevitably comes to all.
The energetic connection after death is also a choice. To
the Maori, conversing with the dead is as natural as speaking
to your next door neighbour.
Do the forests mourn the felling of its members? They
may. They also allow. They are willing to receive everything.
They surrender. They gift. What would it take to be willing
to honor and receive death without judgement? We cele-
brate birth. What if death is merely a transformation — a
new life? One is the other side of the coin. It is the same
place from which beauty exists.
From Raz comes this, “Honoring Death gives aware-
ness to the being and improves the possibility of knowing
in each life time. That, is the gift we give to the spirit when
we honor death.”

Haere, Haere, Haere.

Farewell, Farewell, Farewell.
Going from life to death, from death to life.

EFT/TAPPING, founded by Gary Craig, USA, is a spe-

cialised form of acupressure, used by many doctors and heal-
ing professionals worldwide. It is very simple, effective, easy
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to learn, can be applied anytime, anywhere and often yields

remarkable and long lasting results. No drugs or needles are
used. Instead, simple tapping with the fingertips is used to
input kinetic energy on to specific meridians on the body
while you think about your specific problem — whether it is
a traumatic event, an addiction, pain, — acknowledge it and
voice positive afhrmations.
With practice and persistence, you can overcome and
heal yourself of many old fears and past beliefs that have
kept you stuck.
EFT has been proven to lessen the intensity of the emo-
tional attachment to the loss of someone deat.
Tapping on each aspect such as feelings of sadness, guilt,
anger, resentment, losing interest in socialising or eating
properly, can lead to becoming more focused and accep-
tance of the loss.
The technique leads you to forgiving yourself, the
deceased, giving yourself permission to grieve, to your own
feelings, whenever you want to, appreciate the process you are
going through AND deeply and profoundly accept yourself.
Prayer and gratitude go hand in hand with this tech-
nique.
EFT offers tools for “Stress Free Living,” and an aware-
ness enabling us to appreciate ourselves and the abundant
world in which we live.
Gifting to the spirit and honouring death would seem to
complete the natural process of LIFE.
Arohanui ( Love),
Pani Horgan.
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Pani grew up in TeKao, a small Maori farming community approximately 30

kms from the most northern tip of New Zealand where the Tasman Sea meets
the Pacific Ocean. Her tribe is called Te Aupouri and can claim its genealogy
as direct descendants of the Mamari and Kurahaupo, two of the canoes that
landed in New Zealand during the Great Migration of 1320. She has extensive
experience in education and natural therapies and a love for sharing these
therapies with people from all walks of life. Her skills and knowledge include
Remedial and Therapeutic Massage, Access Transformation Energy, EFI/
Tapping and Meditation. Visit Pani at www.energytherapysolutions.com and
learn more about how to take the next steps with your own personal and
spiritual development.
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4 Step Simplified
Formula to
Prosperity,
WISH I had Known
these Secrets Earlier
by Jayant Hudar

rosperity is an amazing word that means money,

Pr abundance and being fortunate. For me it
also means peace of mind, contentment and happi-
ness. It means a sense of fulfillment in every sphere of life.
However, prosperity never comes by merely wishing for or
longing for it, and you can’t even inherit it; you have to
create it yourself. You have to create it inside yourself. It’s a
~ State of Mind. The word “prosperity” has a nice ring to it,
which spreads gold in the air. It smells of happiness and has
a spiritual taste.
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WISH I had Known these Secrets Earlier

Prosperity is a way of living and thinking

and not just money or Things.
Poverty is a way of living and thinking,
and not just lack of things.
— Eric Butterworth

“Prosperity” is the root cause of happiness and bliss, and

you should do everything possible in your life to achieve it.

My Formula for Prosperity

Prosperous Life = Doing Well Financially + Experiencing
Sound Health + Great Family, Friends & Relations +
Spiritual Life, Full of Gratitude.
Anything missing from this equation represents some-
thing less than prosperity.
How do I get there? How do I become prosperous?
All this requires good focused effort and planning,
Working on “Project Prosperity” itself is a joyous Journey.

Predictable Revenue Flow, Multiple

Sources of Income
Money and wealth are obviously big parts of being
prosperous. A consistent flow of money coming to you,
every day of the year, is the first step towards a prosperous
life. You are really well off when the inflow of money is
“Recurring Passive Income”. When this happens, your
thoughts are not dominated by everyday problems of food,
shelter and clothing. When your basic needs are already
taken care of, you'll have something extra to share with
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people. This sharing and giving is the state when the real
prosperity factor comes into picture.
You have to decide in very certain terms how much
money and wealth you need to be financially secure. Cal-
culate your monthly expenses, and then carefully plan to
create that much revenue in a recurring and passive way.
Create multiple streams of income; don’t depend on a single
revenue source like a job. Try to create an online income as
a part-time additional source. Only then can you think of
working on other aspects of your life.
There are so-called “rich” people (at least in money terms)
who lack the prosperity factor. They don’t enjoy life, and they
can't share happiness. They are spiritually poor. We want to
stay away from such people and such thinking. Instead, start
thinking how you can make a difference in people’s lives. For
then the world will start changing for you for the better.
Wealth, like happiness, is never achieved when pursued
directly; it comes as a by-product of providing useful service
to others. You first have to decide to be prosperous.

Design your Life. Create a MAP of-a

dream Life and work towards it.
Do you know any lazy people who are prosperous? I
don’t. However, prosperous people may appear as if they
are lazing around and enjoying life. That’s because prosper-
ous people don't have to experience “daily financial uncer-
tainties” anymore. They know where they are now and the
future they are working towards. They have a deep sense of
peace and are relaxed because they know they are headed in
the right direction.
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WISH I had Known these Secrets Earlier

‘To achieve anything meaningful requires setting goals

and working towards them. Success is not an accident; you
need to plan for it. Once the goals of your life-in terms of
specific financial goals, health goals, family and relationship
goals, spiritual goals—are decided, then focused effort and
action is required to achieve them. Set goals to be prosperous.
Write down all things you would like to experience in
life, places you would like to visit and see, things you would
like to do and achieve.
Your ability to set goals and make specific plans for their
achievement is the master skill for success. And this journey
of achieving success, wealth and prosperity can be made joy-
ous. How?

Learn the LAW of Cause and Effect

Everything happens for a reason. For every effect there
is a specific cause. We live in a world governed by laws of
the universe, not by chance. Every action has a reaction or
an outcome. Whatever a person will sow, so shall they reap.
Knowing this law of cause and effect makes it easier to
achieve anything and everything in life. Even to get the Law
of Attraction to work for you, where all you want in life gets
attracted to you like a magnet, you have to BE the person.
Become more valuable as a person; be a person of charisma
and charm. Once you have your Goals defined, you need
to conduct a self-check and see what abilities and skill sets
you need to learn. The more you invest in yourself, the more
valuable you will become.
Sow the Seeds of Prosperity. The more seeds; the greater
the probability of being prosperous.
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Prosperity Seeds = Valuable Skills

Have you sown any new valuable skill seeds this year in
yourself?

Learning New skills makes you more

valuable and also makes your life
Interesting
The “WORDS?” you use can change your Life. Speak-
ing skills are of utmost importance to succeed in life, includ-
ing both verbal and non-verbal communication. Words have
the power to move people, change people, and even to hurt
or harm. Most important is that Words can make you rich.
Just speaking well is not enough. Learn the hypnotic
words, learn NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), and
learn the art of copywriting. These skills are much more
valuable than you may think; they transform lives.
Develop a winning edge in everything you do. Develop
a mind-set of excellence, because every small improvement
in your own personal abilities, knowledge and skills can lead
to a major increase in your income, achievements and suc-
cess in life. Your life can only become better when you do
something every day to improve your skill areas. The sense
of prosperity starts coming to you every moment you apply
your newfound knowledge. Your imagination expands and
creativity flows, new ideas come to you. And just a single
idea can change your life.
How do you acquire new skills “Fast”?

Books are the Best source of Knowledge

Leaders are good readers, and reading self-improvement
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WISH I had Known these Secrets Earlier

books is the best shortcut to acquiring multiple lifetimes’

worth of knowledge in a short time. You can take your
books with you to bed and read before you fall asleep.
However, don’t just read them as stories. Study the
books and take notes and apply their lessons in everyday
life. Your thoughts are the most valuable commodity; take
great care to screen what thoughts go inside your mind.
Avoid negative self-talk. Think about prosperity and how
you can achieve it.
Lifelong learning is an absolute essential for leading a
full life, resulting in personal growth on all levels - spiritual,
emotional and mental.
As you develop into a new and improved you, you will
attract fortune and likely, friends in higher circles. People
are naturally attracted to the new positive and worthy you.
With such a vibrant you, a sense of control over life will
come to you. You will experience a kind of happiness that
no one can take away from you. ‘The sense of freedom and
prosperity will automatically come.
With these higher energy skills and competencies, you
will grow as a person. Your body has limits to its growth, but
your mind can continue growing year after year, provided
it is fed and exercised with good thoughts and good books.
Appreciate your new skills and your achievements as
they fill your heart with happiness and gratitude. It will give
you peace and take you towards prosperity in the shortest
possible time.
Give 100% to life and everything you do. Go the extra
mile in everything. Focus on your goals. Your heart is your
compass, Money is the energy, and as Brian ‘racy says,
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“Energy flows where the attention goes.” Enjoy the journey

to prosperity.

Health, Family and Relations are the Key

factors of Prosperity
You can have all the money and wealth in your lifebut
if you lack sound health, or you don't have family with
whom you can share your happiness, then prosperity will be
incomplete and superficial.
Know that in a human life, there are 4 things that ener-
gize you — Food, Sleep, Air and Thoughts. Thoughts control
your emotions. As good news can lift your energy, bad news
can hurt you emotionally and reduce your energy instantly.
So guard what you eat, drink and Think. Be selective about
the things you allow to enter your head.
You have to take care of your Health, eat food that feeds
your body and energizes your Spirit. Study how “food effects
your being”, and how your body can last as long as possible.
Exercise is equally important for health. There are special
exercise techniques that connect your Spirit and Body and
can help you to achieve your Material dreams in a very short
time. Learn about them, through genuine Gurus. Find a
Guru who will help you.
You have to work on your family and relations too,
put in efforts in terms of time and love. Because it’s the
LOVE frequency or the Vibration you emit from your
being which actually attracts all the things you desire in
your life. The more you are in that zone, the easier it is to
achieve your desires.
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WISH I had Known these Secrets Earlier

The Final step to real Prosperity

I feel that Prosperity also gives you the freedom to be
generous and compassionate. When you are earning money
and wealth, you should also be sharing it. Give away at least
10% of your income. “Giving away” is one of the Secrets of
“getting more.” Give away and you will actually feel your-
self grow. Don’t stop there. Give your knowledge, and share
your experience. Make a Difference in other people’s lives.
Important Note : When you give away money, give with
a “sense of gratitude”.
I agree with what Joe Vitale says “Give money to wher-
ever you receive spiritual nourishment and you'll activate
the money-attracting law.”
Live Your everyday life with lots of GRATITUDE, and
prosperity beyond your imagination will remain with you
throughout your life.
Good Luck on your journey to Prosperity!

Jayant Hudar is a Founder and CEO of School of

Business Wisdom. Heis a Business Growth Consultant,
Celebrity coachandanInternational Seminar Speaker.
Visit www.schoolofbusinesswisdom.com to get free
books and reading lists on NLP Copywriting,
Prosperity and Business Growth. You can reach
Jayant on [email protected] or call
+91-9321812220
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The Soul of
Language
by Masahiro limura “Axel”

n Japan there is a belief that there is power in the words

[= you use and the names you choose. It’s called
“Kotodama,” which loosely translates to “the Soul of
Language.” It’s the idea that sounds can affect objects, and
that language rituals can have a lasting impact on your life;
your body, mind, and soul. The Soul of Language basically
says that what you say will be realized. This belief aligns per-
fectly with the Law of Attraction, which says “what you
focus your attention on, you receive.”
Your language is more important than what you think.
Early on my dream and my life's work were focusing on
becoming a teacher. I knew deep down that teaching was
my purpose. I became a lecturer on preschool education. It
was also my belief that I deserved to be rich. I wasn’t rich
at the time — far from it. I was poor, and yet the path to
prosperity happened as naturally as my path to becoming a
teacher. I believe that my language and the words I choose
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to say, think, and read supported me to succeed and achieve.

Focus on Gratitude
The words you use are more powerful than your
thoughts. What you say is small in comparison to all of the
thoughts you have each day. If these thoughts are positive,
and the language you use supports you, then you'll realize
your dreams.
Gratitude is one of the simplest ways to shift your
thoughts from negative to positive; to shift your language. If
you focus on something it will expand; this is the advice that
Joe Vitale gives and I believe it is true. Every day, I focus on
gratitude. I have created a ritual of praying and saying what
I’m grateful for. It’s difficult to be negative when you focus
on all of the good and positive things in your life.

Practice Positivity
It can be difficult to stay positive. There’s so much neg-
ativity all around us. I don’t watch television or read the
newspaper because of the negative information. Instead, |
read books and watch self-development videos. I surround
myself by positive and supportive information and people.
Practice is the only way to shift your thoughts and your lan-
guage.

Let Go of Fear
I no longer teach school children, I’m now fortunate to
work for a friend and mentor, and I teach conversational
English. Most Japanese can speak English, but they have a
fear of making mistakes. This fear holds them back. It stops
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them from reaching their full potential. It makes the process

of speaking to someone a negative process.
But no one cares about mistakes! It’s more important to
communicate with passion and intention. Whether youre
communicating to someone else, to yourself, or to the Uni-
verse, let go of a fear of making mistakes or saying or think-
ing the wrong thing. Speak with passion and intention.

Find Your Dream

It’s not uncommon for people to not know what their
dreams are. If you don’t know, then how do you go after it?
How do you choose language and thoughts that support
your success? You cannot. First, you must become clear on
your dream. Go back to your youth. What did you love to
do? What were your hobbies or interests? Your childhood
often holds the key to your biggest dreams. If that doesn’t
work, close your eyes and imagine that you can be anything
that you want to be. Now open your eyes and write it down.
What is your dream?

Find Your Teacher

Most people have an ideal person or someone that they
want to be like. Find this person and approach them. Follow
them and their teaching completely. Keep in mind that this
person must align with your dream and support your pos-
itive language. If they are famous and unreachable, which
can happen with mentors, then read everything that you
can about them. Read their books, watch their interviews
and learn how they achieved their goals. They have habits
and lessons that you can apply to your life. Personally, I have
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many teachers. Joe Vitale is the one of my mentors. I have

read the books he has written and watched his videos. Joe
has had a big effect on me and my life.

Take Great Care of Yourself

Your health has a direct impact on your mindset. If you
feel tired, sluggish, or sick then your mindset will align with
that physical state. On the other hand, if you eat nutritious
foods, get good sleep and exercise every day, your mindset
will align with that positive energy. And exercise can and
should be something fun. I do something different every
day; whatever I’m inspired to do. I might do bodyweight
exercises like pull-ups, or I might choose to run or swim.
Find an activity that makes you smile.

Speak Up and Talk Positively About Your

Goals
Finally, I challenge you to positively share your dreams
and goals with others. This gets the goals out of your head,
where they can be forgotten. Now youre more accountable
for your goals, and you may even find people who are will-
ing and excited to help you. That’s the Law of Attraction
and the Soul of Language at work for you.

Take One Positive Step Today and Keep

Going
There’s power in the words that you choose and the
wonderful thing about words is that you can change them
right now, this very moment. Start shifting your thoughts
and your language. Identify one small phrase or habit that
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can support you to achieve your goals. If you don't know

your goals, then figuring that out is your first step. With
each positive step you take, the momentum will increase.
Your goals will become your reality sooner than you can
imagine. Don’t give up. Your new reality starts today.

Masahiro limura is the Marketing Director and Copywriter of Direct Publishing,

Inc., which provides clients with access to personal development programs
relating primarily to English conversational methods and goal achievement.
He also provides clients with access to Psycho Cybernetics, 7habits, and the
personal development programs by Lee Milteer.

His “Daily Inspiration,” “Next leader,” and “EQ English” magazines are enjoyed
by over 150,000 subscribers. He was born in Kyoto Japan in 1978.
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Destiny By YOU
by Akiko Ishikawa-Tyler

“You have BRAINS in your HEAD and FEET in your

SHOES. You can steer YOURSELF in any DIRECTION you
CHOOSE!”
— Dr. Seuss

adies and Gentlemen, welcome to your world of

CHOICE. Let your journey begin!

Calling
Hope
Open-Minded
Imagine
Courage
Elevate
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Calling
“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day
in your life.”
— Confucius

Do you love what you do? When my 10 year-old heard

me reading the Confucius quote above out loud, she in
return gave me her favorite quote, “Love the life you live
and live the life you love.” My lovely eight year-old boy is
ever in his imaginary dreamland and is a powerhouse of my
joy and passion along with his sister. Yes, being the mother
to my children is my calling although they may not agree.
It is the most challenging and rewarding occupation that is
100% voluntary. In addition, I have three ongoing careers
which I feel passionate about at this point of my life.
How do you find your calling? First and foremost, iden-
tify what youre good at and absolutely love doing to the
point that you breathe, eat and sleep it. Second, ask others
— who are close to you, who know you well and whom you
trust for their honest perspective —what you bring to the
table. You may be surprised to find out about what they say,
and discover a new you. Third, build on it! Acknowledging
areas for improvement is important for growth and that can
be worked on.

“The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make

a living at doing what they most enjoy.”
— Malcolm Forbes
Destiny By YOU 2h

Hope
“Everyone has goals, aspirations... and everyone has been at a
point in their life where nobody believed in them.”
— Eminem

Yes, we all talk about hope. What exactly is it? Hope

is what drives us forward daily. It is that intangible, deeply
imbedded positive in us or that we have created that’s closely
tied with goals, visions, and dreams. Malcolm Forbes states,
“When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that
they could always get worse. And when they are, we find
hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get
better.”
I’ve experienced numerous times when some laughed
at me, while others called me crazy, for what I have been
pursuing. I’m knocked down for pursuing what I believe
in because it’s not aligned with theirs own ideas. But whose
pursuit is it? They're not walking my path. I’m walking my
path.
With hope, having belief in yourself is necessary. No
matter how challenging your life gets, and no matter what
others say to you about your endeavors, keep your sights
focused and hold on tight to your hopes! Continue mind-
ing your own business. Take a look inside you and discover
the abundant beauty existing and to be created in your life.

Open-Minded
“The mind is like a parachute. It works best when it is open.”
— Dalai Lama
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You have our own belief system. You have heard that
the mind is a very powerful thing. It is what leads to what
we do. Have you wondered why arguments occur? It is the
extended version of being unable to understand our differ-
ences, and each person pushes his/her own belief. Is there
a possibility that you may have been, in the past or may be
in the future, in the other person’s shoes? It’s vital to reflect
upon ourselves before pushing our own ideas forward.
The next step is to simply listen to what others are say-
ing. You can agree or disagree, and it’s perfectly fine. You
recognize that there are ideas, thoughts and perspective
other than yours. This will open up so many more possi-
bilities and so much more potential in your life — not to
mention perhaps fewer arguments and being able to build
more understanding toward others.

Imagine
“You miss 100% of the shots you never take.”
— Michael Jordan

Enter to win! What happens when you enter a contest?

You'll have a chance and an opportunity to win. You know
what happens when you don’t enter. Nothing. When you
choose to “enter” and take an active role in taking charge
of your life, can you imagine yourself living your life to the
fullest encountering abundant opportunities?
Need to polish up your creativity and imagination? You
can do this by watching movies, reading books, going online
to listen into success stories of those you wish to follow,
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changing your routine by engaging in out-of-the-norm mat-

ters. There are so many options. My favorite is to share some
time with children. Many of them are the pros in freely
expressing themselves and can be good role models in this
area for us.
“You have many years ahead ofyou to create the dreams that
we cant event imagine dreaming.
— Steven Spielberg

Courage
‘All our DREAMS can come true ifwe have the courage to
pursue them.”
— Walter E. Disney

That’s easy to say, but many people have actually done

so. I have and am now reaching for other dreams in different
areas. How about you? If you have, congratulations! If you
haven't, do you really want to? As we all are aware, many
things in 2016 are just a click away. Have you wondered
where the icon that reads “to purchase your dream, ‘Click
Here!?”” So, really, what’s holding us back from pursuing
our dreams?
Such factors may be a support system in general, fam-
ily, health, finance, etc... but as you write down these rea-
sons, you may notice that there’s a common ground, FEAR!
Remove the FEAR and you'll feel so much lighter and notice
that options to solutions of such factors open up.
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I’ve failed countless times and returned stronger each

time. What I can offer, by making the best of the opportu-
nities I’ve given, and as a result of my risk taking, is much
greater and more worthwhile. Some people say, “I have
nothings to lose, so I'll try it.” Believe me; I DO have a lot
to lose and I think you do as well.
When the fear monsters kick in, remember, Marilyn
Monroe's “Fear is stupid. So are regrets.” and Babe Ruth's
“Never let the fear of striking you out keep you from playing
the game.” Those of you who've experienced achieving your
dreams, you know that “Victory is sweetest when youve known
defeat.”- Malcolm Forbes

Elevate
You are here on this globe for a reason. Define that rea-
son today or work towards it now and take it to the sky!
Moving forward is your choice, right? You've heard that
attitude is directly related to the altitude we want to take.
Yes, you decide. Along with attitude, what do we need?
ACTION, ACTION, ACTION! First be a dreamer, and
elevate yourself to be the DREAM ACHIEVER.
Do you sometimes experience that youre doing every-
thing you possibly can, but there are times when taking
action doesn't come so easily? What are your remedies and
solutions?
Dr. Vitale advises that “...the more you can feel good,
the more you will attract the things that help you feel good
and that will keep bringing you up higher and higher.”
What do I do when I feel “stuck?” Stopping (almost)
everything and simply enjoying time with my children
Destiny By YOU Deh)

is ultimately when I not only feel good, but my absolute

best. This seems to go over very well with them, as they’re
seemingly limitless in their ability to call out “Mommy”
“Mommy” “Mommy” “Mom” “Mother” “Hello” “Are you
listening?” “Can we go toa store?” “I spilled water.” “Can
» «

you take me to the bathroom?” “Where is my backpack?”

“She's (sister) being mean to me!” “He’s (brother) being
annoying!”
Whew.... and yes, this is my calling, my choice. What’s
yours?

Akiko Ishikawa-Tyler has been an international

educator for 12 years, enjoying serving
international students coming to the U.S. —
giving back what she received when she was
an international student 20 years ago. While
engaging in full-time work and being an
active mother of two young children,
she discovered an additional passion
of sharing with and helping others
through a global organization called
Kyani, as an Independent Distributor.
She believes in creating time for what
matters. Explore the possibility of your and your loved ones’ beautiful and
abundant present and future with Kyani. Visit akikoishikawatyler.kyani.net.
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In Awe of Myself
by Maria Elena Iturralde

Faith is the “Eternal Elixir” which gives life, power, and

action to the impulse of thought!
~ Napoleon Hill

P Yo understand one’s worth, and see the true mir-

acle that we have been created to be, is the most
wonderful gift we could give ourselves. For you see,
loving yourself will swing open the doors of amazement in
all areas of your life! You will start to feel good and have a
different essence about yourself. You will exude confidence
and will not need anybody to validate who you should be,
because you already know who you really are or want to be!
Unfortunately, many people feel guilty at the mere thought
of loving themselves because they feel that it’s selfish or ego-
tistical. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Loving yourself means that you accept who and what
you are, good and bad. Loving yourself permits you to grow
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where you stand right now! Falling in love with yourself is

the most fulfilling feeling ever! Best of all, when you admire
and celebrate yourself you send out positive energy which
will result in attracting to you what you really want and
need. It’s better than winning the lottery, because money
can’t buy such inner peace.
I invite you to take a journey through my life, I want to
show you that it doesn’t matter what happened in the past or
what is happening now; that you can live the life you want
when you discover what a powerful individual God created
you to be. I have decided to be very candid with details of
my life in the hope that it will inspire and help others.
Growing up I was physically and verbally abused by my
father who punched, kicked and whipped me with wet elec-
tric extension cords for simply looking at him in what he
thought was the wrong way. I also had to see my mother —
who was the positive force in our home — also suffer at the
hands of my father. I witnessed him rape and beat her on an
almost daily basis. As you can imagine, my home felt more
like a torture chamber than a home a lot of the time. There
were some good moments, but mostly negative ones.
In 1990 my father did the unthinkable and murdered
my mother by stabbing her in the heart multiple times and
robbing her children of the most wonderful and loving
mother any child could ever ask for. My mother was only
34. I was left to care for my siblings at the age of 19 years
old. I had four siblings who were 1, 3, 13, and 17 years old.
I was married at the time of my mother’s death, and for
two years we made the best of it. My husband was in the
military and we were transferred to Yuma AZ. Once there,
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the burden of having to raise so many children including

one of our own became too much for my young husband
to bear and left our home. I was understanding of his deci-
sion. However, what happened next I did not expect. I did
not expect him to leave me with no support of any kind;
he left me in a town where I did not know one person, I
had no job, no transportation and there were no modes of
public transportation in that town in 1992. I had to walk in
120 degree heat to try and find employment. I recall that in
walking around looking for work, the floor was so hot that
my cheaply made plastic shoes were literally melting!
I was 22 years old. I lost a lot of weight that year, I went
down to 96 pounds because I only ate if the kids left food
on their plates and most nights I would only get a couple
of canned green beans. So I know what it feels like to be
really hungry! Must be the reason I love to eat till my belly is
super full now! Even though I had endured so much at such
a young age, unbeknown to me, I was practicing the Law
of Attraction by default. I never asked “why me?” I simply
stated, “God if you thought I was strong enough to put this
before me, you have also put in me the courage and the
stuff I need to see me through it.” And I always said thank
you! But when I said those words I really meant them; I said
them with a heartfelt faith! Divine energy has always been
with me and in me. I just didn’t know the power behind it
then.
That same year, a week before my little sister’s prom,
she became stricken with some sort of infection that doc-
tors could not identify or understand the cause of. Three
days after finding the infection, she was paralyzed. There
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has always been divine guidance in my life; I’ve always felt

it just did not know how to explain it. And it was evident
that divine source was providing for me when my sister was
in the hospital.
Elizabeth was finally able to leave the hospital after
about two or three months. My sister got depressed her first
days and weeks at home which is to be expected given the
circumstances. But I would not let her give up on herself.
One day she was in her bed and she had a muscle spasm in
her big toe. But I made such a big deal about that spasm that
you would have thought she jumped out of bed running! I
said to my sister, did you see that? You moved your toe! You
see I told you, you can walk! I took her walker out and said
come on lets go walk, she was so excited! For the first time I
saw hope in her eyes! I helped her out of bed and onto her
wheelchair; I wheeled her outside and set up the walker. I
stood her up so that she could hold on to her walker and I
began to move her legs for her and told her look you see,
you are walking! You're walking!
I moved back to San Diego in 2004 after my son was
born, and life was really good until 2007, when I started to
suffer from debilitating panic attacks, they were so bad that
walking to the mailbox was a horrible task. I remember tell-
ing God that I wanted to be happy and filled with joy again
because after times of homelessness and failed relationships
I was for the first time in my life feeling something that |
had never felt before — “hate.”
I started going to therapy. ‘The therapist said it was nor-
mal but I refused to accept that because I had never expe-
rienced that feeling, no matter what had happened to me
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in the past, I always kept the faith that things would work
out for me. Now I understand that life will try to send help
gently, first the signs are subtle and I remember seeing the
signs but I would not listen and what I found out the hard
way was that the universe will make you listen one way or
another, for me it was through panic attacks that impris-
oned my mind body and spirit! That is the only way I finally
paid attention.
For many years I thought I loved myself, yet I always felt
a void. Even though I took the time to exercise and make
myself as pretty as can be. One day as I sat in my room
reflecting upon my life I realized that I didn’t really love
myself to the point that I thought. The day when I made
that realization I was at the worst point in my life! I became
what I criticized others for doing; I became a “victim” of my
circumstances! I had been through so much in my life that
life simply just caught up with me. Well at least that is what
my therapist said. And for a while I accepted that, but I still
couldn't shake off the feeling that it went much deeper than
that.
In 2007, God put in front of me a little book entitled
“The Secret.” It changed my life! I was pumped! And real-
ized that I had to a certain extent been unconsciously using
the law of attraction all my life! That’s how I was able to
remain happy and calm during what should have been hor-
rible times in my life. | remembered that it was not what
happened to me that affected my life, but instead it was my
reaction to what happened that had changed.
I started to say to myself, “you are stronger than you
think, look at what you have gone through, yet you are here!
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You are a courageous soul who can do anything she puts her
mind to do. The trials have turned you into a warrior. This
new warrior is full of immeasurable value!”
I wanted to know more about the Law of Infinite Abun-
dance. How could I take it to the next level in my own life?
I was infused with desire and faith to go after my dreams. |
kept seeking and desiring knowledge.
I found that my curiosity had grown to more of an
obsession, intrigued by what I was learning. I felt feelings
I had never experienced before! And to my surprise, good
things just started happening! I started to feel a peace that
surpassed my own human understanding. One of the keys
for my own growth was to be able to forgive the people
who for whatever reason felt the need to do what they did.
I forgave everyone in my life, oh, but most importantly, I
forgave myself! I gave myself permission to finally say it was
ok that I made mistakes, it was ok that I may have had bad
judgment in picking a mate or whatever else I “think” I did
wrong, so what! Forgiving myself was the most liberating
feeling ever!
In my expedition of self-development I found my pur-
pose in life! It felt amazing to have this realization. And at
that moment I didn’t know how I would do it, but I just
knew I would and my feelings let me know I was on the
right path! I finally understood what taking inspired action
meant!
In March of 2015 I was looking for a graduate program
to become a behavioral analyst inspired by my son’s autism.
At first it was difficult to find a program that did not require
you to already have a teaching degree in special education.
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But I put my desire out into the Universe and shortly after
I came across a program that not only did not require the
prior teaching experience, but it followed the curriculum to
allow me to sit for board certification as a behavioral analyst.
I was super-excited, but then I saw the admission require-
ments, and I did not meet the GPA standard. I said “ok, this
is what I really want and I don't know how it will happen,
but it will,” and so I submitted my admissions package. The
wait was brutal, but I eventually received an acceptance let-
ter from Arizona State University! I was in! I was elated! I am
currently working on my Master’s in Education to become a
behavioral analyst. Ideas just keep coming to me and I can’t
wait to see how they unfold. I am in a state of indescribable
feelings! It is true that when you go after your heart’s desire,
you really do not have to worry about how it will happen,
because the right people and opportunities are simply put
in front of you! As I write these words, I find myself get-
ting filled with so much joy at the thought of you finding
inspiration and discovering your heart's desire in reading the
pages of this book. You have everything you need to make
it happen! God would not have put the desire in you if he
didn’t also equip you with everything to make it a reality!
But you have to be the one to take action!

Maria Elena Iturralde is CEO of Iturralde Consulting, Subsidiary of Iturralde

Immigration Consulting, LLC

Iturralde Consulting offers consumer financing for personal development

products, services and other financial needs and services. She is a trained
mediator, LOA practitioner, author, public speaker, advocate, and a trained
In Awe of Myself 223

immigration consultant. She is currently

working on her Masters of Education in
Applied Behavior Analysis

Maria Elena is passionate about helping

others. Her mission is to empower and
mentor people to recognize they are
God’s highest form of creation, and
guide them through the steps of
harnessing the Law of Attraction to
attain their heart's desires.

For more information visit

www.iturraldeconsulting.com.
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Best No-Bake
Success Recipe
by Kate Janik

Dear Reader,
This is a true story that I wish to share with you. |
strongly feel that my message can be helpful to you and will
give you hope and positive feelings towards your life and the
people that surround you. I was once where you are now,
and I know for a fact that life can turn 180 degrees in no
time, bringing happiness and success, exactly the way it hap-
pened to me. Here is my simple recipe for your happy life:
I am a Slovak, living in Greece for over 15 years now.
When I was 22, I finished my MA in English language, lit-
erature and culture. I was on the top of the world: young,
healthy, good looking, sexy and clever. I had it all. All but
love.
Studying literature proved over and over again that the
biggest struggle throughout the history of humanity was
always to find love, or freedom, or both. All classical litera-
ture describes those two feelings as crucial to happiness. So
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I decided to re-evaluate the relationship that I was in at that

time. The guy was great: really nice, good looking, polite,
clever, gentle, respectful, intelligent and funny. He had it all,
right? So where was the problem? We were together for three
and a half years, but somewhere on the way I lost my love
for him. I could not explain it, it just happened. Upon fin-
ishing our university degrees and I decided that the future of
our must be decided once and for all. We would go on hol-
iday, to spend some time together somewhere in a strange
environment. For me this was the only way to see if I had
feelings for him or not. And so we booked holidays to a
Greek island of Corfu. |
Once in Corfu, on this beautiful green island, I realized
that not only were there no feelings for him left inside of
me, I realized that the person is actually the complete oppo-
site of someone I could share my life with. I ended the rela-
tionship almost immediately. I remember I was sitting on
the beach on this magical island, looking at the dark starry
night and saying: “Please God, you gave me everything |
could wish for, please also bless me with love - that is all I
care about now’.
And the God or Universe, or the Law of Attraction (all
of them means the same energy and power to me) heard my
wish. The very next day a man came into my life and it was
love at the first sight. I remember looking at the sky every
night and thinking: “Really, that fast, huh?”
We have been together for over 15 years, married for
9 of them. We have two wonderful children and one crazy
dog. We work together, we eat together, we sleep together,
we dream together. And we never felt tired of each other's
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company after so many years of being 24/7 together. Imag-

ines,
When I decided to stay in Greece, my parents went bal-
listic. My father cut me off financially, thinking that this
is the only way to bring me back home. My parents had
plans for my life, and in their eyes I threw all that away for
LOVE, because I believe you can study or earn money at
any point in your life, but love does not come as easily as
career or money. | believe that when you finally feel the real
love, you must put everything else aside because love is the
highest feeling; it is the ultimate happiness we, as humans,
can experience.
Today, I know that there is no difference if you desire
true love or a car. The Universe has abundance of every-
thing and does not care what you desire. The only truth
that remains is that love is really the ultimate feeling, and if
you can apply it to all of your desires and requests, you can
speed up the process of acquiring your desires and objects
of desire.
Now back to my story. Together with my husband we
created four successful businesses, and today we are finan-
cially independent. We work when we want, how long we
want, and we travel and enjoy precious moments as family
— also whenever we want. I have plenty of help with the
household, I do not clean or cook. J have a super nanny that
helps to raise our children the way we believe is fit. My life
seems like a dream on all levels.
So what am I doing right?
In my understanding, the success was determined the
moment I decided to partner up with person I truly fell in
Best No-Bake Success Recipe Pray,

love with. This person had a constructive impact on my per-

sonality, together we were strong team that created perfect
conditions for success on business level, and happiness on
the personal level.
Moreover, on daily basis I strictly follow these rules (the
“ingredients” of my recipe for success):
¢ don't forget to be grateful for what I have (grateful-
ness)

¢ don't forget to express my love and gratitude to

everyone around me (positive communication)

° always be true to myself and follow my inner feel-

ings, and immediately act upon them (following of
intuition)

¢ never allow negative thoughts to thrive in my mind

(negative thoughts control)

¢ visualize and feel my goals and desires with all my

senses (visualizing and feeling)
And the Universe is bringing me back more each day.
That is it!!! The secret recipe to success revealed. It is that
simple.
The main thing is to realize what each goal you set really
means to you and why you need it (or desire it). What feel-
ings (or outcomes) do you expect to experience once your
goal is achieved? You see, it is all about FEELINGS, not
things. When we wish to buy a great car, we do not imagine
the actual object (the car itself). What we imagine are feel-
ings we'll experience once we own that car.
We try to bring to life all feelings that our five senses
will provide us with when driving that car; the sound of the
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engine, the feel of the leather, the smell of the new car, the
thrill of its speed, the beauty of its design that makes the
other people turn their heads and smile — all feelings are
important. The more details you imagine and feel, the more
real the whole experience will become, until you will be sure
that you already own that car. We do not care for the object
of desire. A car is a car — simply a means of transportation.
And as mentioned before, love is the highest and stron-
gest of all feelings. It is the most powerful experience that
can help you attract everything you desire.
How do we make ourselves to love objects?
Normally, we do not connect love with simple objects,
such as a computer. In our minds, love is connected with
higher concepts such as helping others, doing something for
the planet, etc. The trick is to apply love to smaller things
and objects as well. Simply re-program your sub-conscious-
ness to accept love for objects and things. It is necessary that
you will stop feeling guilty for desiring material things. This
is very important technique, and once you will master it,
you will reap the fruits of your desire really fast.
How can you re-program your sub consciousness?
Firstly, accept that the Universe does not have any moral
code. It does not care if you love your car more than your
wife. Other common, but untrue, affirmations include:
Study hard and achieve good school grades! Find a good
paid job! Do not disappoint your bosses! Do not provoke!
Life is hard! You must earn your respect! You must get mar-
ried and have children!
Your parents, grandparents, and teachers probably all
made sure that they showed you the old good and safe way
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how to accomplish what they considered “a successful life.”

And a child, although a very strong being at first, becomes
fragile at some point and will give in to the adults’ pressure,
and sooner or later will follow the proposed path.
‘To me it is a crime to suppress children’s fantasy. Being a
mother I always support all dreams my children have. When
my son tells me that he wishes to be an astronaut I always
back him up 100%. I tell him, you can be anything you
want. I wish that I had been brought up that way.
The damage was done to most of us in early childhood.
This means that it is deeply rooted into our sub-conscious-
ness. The only way to fix this is to realize that the damage
was done in a first place, accept it, define it, and then start
over by creating a new set of assumptions and affirmations
for your brain:
Life is to be enjoyed! Love exists and everyone has a
counterpart in this world! You deserve time and money!
You can have good health! There is no such a thing as bad
genes! You can be beautiful, slim, sexy and attractive forever!
You can love money and luxury goods, and there’s nothing
wrong with it! You can be happy and enjoy every moment of
your life! You can divorce and start over at any age! You can
be free! You can believe in whatever you choose to believe!
There is no right or wrong! There is only what you feel is
best for you!
You can be anything and anybody, all you need to do
is to believe in it and persuade your inner (sub-conscious)
mind that you are worth it. You deserve it and there is noth-
ing wrong with your desires. From that point on, it is only
a matter of time when you will transform yourself into that
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desired being, surrounded by all those cool gadgets and

things, feeling happy, healthy, strong, admired, respected
and loved at all times.
So go on and start now destroying the bad old affirma-
tions and replace them by those great affirmations that will
allow you to dictate the universe the list of YOUR desires
and dreams. Then religiously use my daily ingredients and
cook yourself a SUCCESSFUL LIFE A LA YOU that you
100% deserve and will surely enjoy!

Dr. Kate Janik (www.katejanik.com) is a successful entrepreneur located in

Corfu Island, Greece. She manages and co-owns many companies, including:
Next Holidays, a leading travel and tourism agency (www.corfunext.com);
holiday design studios (www.ionianeye.com); an innovative excursion portal
www.corfutrips.com; and luxury spa villa (www.ionianpearl.com). Kate is
also very well known for being a leading professional weading consultant and
planner at www.weddingscorfu.com.

Kate studied in various universities some

to mention are Cambridge and Harvard
and owns a MA in English language and
literature, a PhD. in translatology and
intercultural studies, and has published
numerous scientific articles in literary
and translation studies. She is
currently working on her new book
explaining Greece's economic crisis,
to be released in summer 2016.
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You Were Born to

Be Healthy
by Doctor Jof

s a qualified M.D. and Family Doctor, Board Cer-

At in Anti-Aging as well as Acupuncture, I have
een practicing Medicine for more than 20 years
and I travel a lot. When people hear what I do and they learn
how old I am, they always say “Give me the secrets. What do
I need to do to be healthy, to lose weight and look younger?”
This chapter is an attempt to capture that fifteen-minute
conversation that I would have with that person beside me
on the plane.
Here are a few nuggets to share:
Nugget #1 You are already healthy. You are healthy by
design, genetically. Cells are designed to heal themselves and
if they are not healthy, the first question to ask is “What do
my cells need to function? What do I need to do to help them
be healthy again?” This is powerful knowledge, because no
action or habits change without you changing your thinking.
Knowing that you are designed, genetically, to be healthy is a
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radically important element of manifesting or attracting the

prosperous health that already belongs to you.
Having been trained in traditional conventional medi-
cine, over a number of years I realized that I am not helping
people get better or healthy only by prescribing medica-
tions. Not that I am against prescribing medications, but
the answer to the question: “What do my cells need?” is
usually not Prozac or some other medication. Drugs can
treat or mask symptoms, and I am not against making my
patients feel better to buy time to fix the problem, as long as
we know we are doing just that.
The other answer that we often hear to that question is
some kind of crazy and intense exercise program, or eating
less fat and changing your diet dramatically. With both of
those suggestions, I disagree. You have to work with the body
physiologically to figure out where you, your body and your
cells are at mentally, physically, physiologically —and go from
there. This is called Individual Metabolism or Functional
Medicine, and this is the future of medicine. It is what health
and healing should be. I will also make a somewhat bold
statement, not so much my own words, but in the context
of answering that question, exercise, cardio or doing more
cardio is almost the worst thing you can do. CARDIO IS
DEAD. No one should be doing cardio anymore.
If you think of your poor struggling cells, does it make
any sense to be beating or poisoning weak cells either with
drugs, poor diet or with rigorous exercise? If you have poorer
cells that are unhappy and struggling to function, then try-
ing to beat them into health does not sound like a logical
solution to me. When your house plants are suffering, what
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do you do? You water them, you nourish them, you give
them light, fertilize and supplement. That is common sense.
Shouldn't that be the way we treat our growing organic body
cells? Your body is about 75% water. Hydrate those cells
with water, nourish those cells, and treat them with love,
respect, and kindness.
Nugget #2: Most diseases are now 90% environmen-
tal. You are genetically designed to be healthy and even if
you have genes that suggest you may get breast cancer or
celiac disease, that outcome (or whether those genes will be
expressed) depends 90% on your environment, what you
do, what you eat, what you drink, how you sleep, how you
rest and how you exercise. To a lesser degree, where you live
and what you do with the toxins you are exposed to also
matters.
There is now evidence to suggest that breast cancer is
90% environmental. Another example of this is that 98%
of people who have celiac disease have a particular gene,
but only 2% of people who have that celiac gene actually
get celiac disease. This means that roughly 98% is environ-
mental. Just because you have a bad gene, you cannot blame
mom, dad or your grandparents for your outcome; you have
control. As I said, the good news, if you do things right 80%
of the time then you will avoid switching on those triggers.
I hope this liberates you to attract a prosperous life. You are
not captive of your genes; you control your environment,
your health and happiness.
Nugget #3: Your cells have not been designed to deal
with sugar, or what Ilike to call white poison. Only eat sugar
by accident. Read the labels; everything is full of sugar. By
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the way, cancer cells primarily feed on sugar. If you have to

use or cook with sugar, then use sugar in the raw or organic
unbleached (not whitened) sugar. Avoid artificial sweeteners
at all cost. A good alternative is natural Stevia, but be careful
of chlorinated products that are commercially available. If I
avoid all the sugar (and alcohol as well, because alcohol has
sugar) then I lose, on average, one to two pounds per week.
I do sometime gain those pounds over the winter or over the
holidays, so this is one of the main ways to cut down and
make myself and my cells happy again. Sugar is also more
addictive than cocaine, so this makes for a difficult habit
to break, but it’s relatively easily achieved with baby steps.
Sugar is very inflammatory. Any inflamed problem in the
body will be made worse by sugar, especially arthritis, myal-
gia and headaches. I also ask my patients, “Do you think it
is a good idea glycolizing bad cholesterol, brain cells, kidney
cells, eye cells or nerve cells?” This doesn’t sound like a good
plan to me. Consuming sugar also usually can significantly
reduce your white blood cell activity, which is directly linked
to your ability to fight against infection or problems in your
environment. Stop thinking sweet.
Nugget #4: In the unforced rhythms of controlling
your environment with common sense, the most logical
next nugget to think about is, “How do I interact with my
environment and which barriers do I need to keep in place?”
This is like a country guarding its borders. It is really very
simple. Your body basically has four barriers that you need
to keep healthy; three directly with environmental and one
a little more indirectly. They are the skin, stomach/intes-
tines, airway and blood-brain barrier. Anything that pene-
You Were Born to Be Healthy 235

trates through the other three, could potentially: penetrate

the blood-brain barrier, which gets to your central control
system in the brain.
I will suggest a short recipe for basic barrier health. To
illustrate the point, if someone has IBS, eczema and asthma,
do think that they may be having a barrier problem? If you
skin is eczematous, what do your lungs look like, what does
your stomach barrier look like. Oh my goodness, if you have
inflammatory triggers that cross the blood-brain barrier,
could you be anxious? Could you be depressed? Could you
have mental fog? Could you have poor memory? Hmmmm,
that is a novel idea. Is there a connection between the stom-
ach, immune system, inflammation and brain health? It is
not rocket science.
Here is the basic barrier for stomach health recipe:
e ‘Take a probiotic with about 10 billion colonies,
including Saccharomyces boulardii. Take this one
to three times per week, perhaps on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday. Follow this recipe for the
next three to six months;
¢ L-glutamine, 1000mg, twice daily for three to six
months.
¢ Digestive Enzyme blend with every big meal of the
day, this acts like a natural anti-inflammatory. Zinc
25mg, daily for one month.
¢ Vitamin D, 5,000 IU daily for three months.
¢ Olive leaf extract 500mg, twice daily for two weeks
only.
Please be sure that you are not allergic to these items.
You may want to contact your Health Care Provider or
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Certified Naturopath. This plan is for people older than 12

years and weighing at least 120 pounds.
Couple this with proper hydration, good sleep, proper
or organic diet and you are stacking the odds to attracting
health and prosperity.
Nugget #5: How to exercise to build muscles and
metabolism without adding rigorous routine or cardio to
your program every day. This may make you look funky,
funny or goofy, but you can do what I call “mini-squats”
everyday without it taking any time out of your normal rou-
tine. What is a mini-squat? A mini-squat is literally just what
I would say “cracking your knees” from a 180 degree normal
standing locked position, to about a 160 degree angle at the
knee. You literally just drop your torso four to five inches
by bending your knees. If you do this every time you brush
your teeth, or in the shower or when you use the bathroom,
a minimum three to six times per day, doing ten mini-squats
at a time, and you could be doing 30 to 60 mini-squats per
day. This stimulates the biggest muscle group in your body,
controls your metabolism, and strengthens your knees, back
and posture. You didn't have go to the gym and it did not
cost a cent. There was no need to change into gym clothes
and no sweating. Just normal stimulation of growth hor-
mone, testosterone, new blood supply, muscle growth and
metabolism. Simple and easy.
Consider an energy rebalancing device or electromag-
netic field protection device. I do a little Meridian Acupunc-
ture Imaging, as well as Biofeedback. Sometime a computer
can give you a score for your health. When people wear a
Q-Ray or Q-link device, I have found that these scores can
 You Were Born to Be Healthy 237

improve between 2.5 and 5%, about 90% of the time. This
is one way to avoid negative environmental impacts and
stack the odds one step closer to attracting and enjoying a
prosperous healthy life.
A few final thoughts: To change your results, you need
to change the way you think. “I am healthy, how do I stay
that way?” “How do I improve or secure what I do?” “Am I
» «

looking for a quick fix, masking symptoms, or am I support-

ing function, physiology, psychology and mental health. Do
I love to do or eat things that love me back?” If you can
see a mental picture of yourself as a tree with roots, trunk,
branches, leaves and fruit and you see a bad fruit on that
tree, ask the question; “What is the root cause and how do
I fix it?”
Want to find an American Anti-Aging Medicine Cer-
tified Physician in your area? Do you want to invest in
better choices for your genetics and body type? (In other
words, learn what foods are better for you to eat without
changing volume, quantity, and counting calories.) Want to
loose weight, feel better, have more energy? Restore your
_ memory, have better sex and live more prosperous? Join
me on your journey to a prosperous life, on my website:
www.doctorjof.com

About Doctor Jof:

Born in 1971 and raised in South Africa, he qualified as a medical doctor in

1996 at the University of Pretoria. After 9 years in public and private practice in
rural Limpopo province, he felt called to Canada. Knowing that he has a world
vision, this was seen as a next step towards that goal. He left his friends and
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family to pursue this dream. He arrived in Saskatchewan, Canada, and has

been living there since May 2005. He has 3 beautiful daughters.

Dr. Jofhas a keen interest in preventative and Natural health. He firmly believes
furthering the health industry and not the disease industry. What needs to be
done to cure you, not just manage your symptoms? The world of conventional
Medicine and natural health collided, and this website is a product thereof.

As a Functional medical doctor, Dr. Jof started looking into Simple Physiology
for answers to disease, the origins, the cures and prevention thereof. Join us for
the discoveries already made and still to be made, during this journey.

During his in time in Canada he has re-qualified as an MD, and is registered

with the College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is registered with the Canadian
Medical Council, the Canadian College of Family Physicians.

He obtained his Acupuncture Designation in

Canada in 2008, through the Acupuncture
Foundation of Canada Institute.

He obtained his Advanced Fellowship in

Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine
‘jy, through the American Academy
of Anti-Aging and is Board
Certified in Florida, USA. Visit
www.doctorjofcom to connect
with Dr Jof and to learn more
about how functional medicine
can change your life.
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Prosperity and the

Body, Mind & Spirit
Connection
by Sandra Kimler

e all have dreams, and most of us love to dream

of prosperity in our lives. We visualize ourselves
living in that house, driving in that car, married
to that person, earning a lot of money and going on holi-
days, but what are we actually doing for it? I do not mean
working yourself to the bone. No, I mean are you actually
“being” a person ofprosperity? Do you wake up with a song
in your heart and a dance in your step?
J hear people say: Once I am wealthy, then Ill be happy.
I say to them: Be happy and then you are wealthy. Often-
times it is hard for people to feel happy because they feel so
burdened down with life. And even though they might have
the best intentions of being happy, they just don't feel like
it. As a Nutritionist for almost thirty years, I have studied
and put to the test the correlation between the food that we
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eat and the mood that we are in after eating certain foods.
Did you know that there are foods that help us become
happier?
Every food comes with a story and every food has a vibra-
tion. When we eat healthy foods like fruit, vegetables, green
smoothies, sprouts, salads, nuts and seeds our body gets all
the nutrition it needs and feels satisfied. The brain releases
serotonin, and in return we feel happy and good about our-
selves. Serotonin is a happy mood chemical. Eighty percent
of serotonin exists in the gut and is governed by our state of
hunger. Junk foods have no nutrition, therefore we not only
feel unsatisfied physically, we also do not feel mentally good
about ourselves. An unhappy mind keeps the stomach too
acidic, causing ulcers, bloating, reflux and physical weak-
ness. When we are happy and relaxed, we digest better.
You must heal the whole person from top to bottom,
inside and out, including your environment, how and where
you live, work, love, diet, exercise and the level of connec-
tion with yourself and your higher self or spirit.
We've known for the longest time that the Body, Mind
and Spirit are connected.
Our body follows our mind, which means that when
we are emotional or sad, we tend to grab the comfort
foods like sugary cakes, chocolate and ice-cream. When
we are uptight or stressed, we crave salty and fatty foods.
Unfortunately, all these foods create brain-fog and are low
in vibration. The foods we eat have the power to make us
sick or they have the power to heal us. The obvious foods
that harm us are junk food and fast foods, which are really
not foods at all. The obvious foods that are kind to us are
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organic fruit and vegetables, superfoods like berries, kale,

rainbow salads, avocado and drinking lots of room tempera-
ture, non-carbonated, water.
Which foods do you think our higher selves want us to
have?
Our higher selves want us to be the happiest and best
we can be. So when we look at the foods we eat, we find out
that there are indeed foods that are kind to us and foods that
harm us. Junk food is very addictive, and addiction is a sep-
aration from our higher selves. The more we eat the wrong
foods, the more we are separated from all that is good. When
we eat foods that are high in vibration, then the connection
to spirit becomes stronger and the flow becomes easier. We
get messages all the time from our higher self, but if we feel
tired, depressed and feel sorry for ourselves, then we'll miss
these messages.
You can make the change today! ‘There is no pill you can
take for this, but there are foods that can change your life
forever. When toxins have been removed from our head-
area, we lose our brain-fog and our mind becomes strong
again. The channel between our third eye (6th chakra) and
our higher self becomes strong and clear. Increasingly we
feel grateful for what we have and give thanks to our higher
self. This is when the magic happens.
First, we need to accept that we want to prosper and
therefore we need to live as a person of prosperity. That
means we must accept that we are going to change our lives
as we know them today. A person who is prosperous eats
healthier foods. Would a wealthy person eat McDonald’s,
cheap junk or take away foods?
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Therefore, work on yourself, get rid of old thinking hab-

its and old habitual lifestyles, say yes to new ways of living,
and get out of old patterns. Our path has been universally
laid out for us already, so don’t worry about that. All you
need to do is raise your vibration in order to walk this path.
Work on yourself, work on your personality. Raise your per-
sonal vibration!
It’s ok to give up alcohol, coffee, junk food, sugar, fat,
smoking, dairy, gossiping and keeping up with the Joneses.
Find new groups to exercise with, learn new ‘live food’ reci-
pes, eat organic, become a volunteer somewhere, forgive, go
hiking, be with yourself, grow some vegetables, meditate,
do yoga or tai chi and stay fiercely curious about what is out
there. It’s a vicious circle. This way of life will become your
normal ‘new’ way of life which increases your vibration at
that time, which in turn gets rid of karmic residue, opening
you up to more life lessons of a higher vibration.
Fresh organic fruit and vegetables have a higher vibra-
tion, a higher frequency. These are ‘alive’ foods. How can
you feel alive when you eat ‘dead’ foods? Lots of fruit and
vegetables will eliminate toxins out of our bodies, but more
importantly they are eliminating toxins from our brain.
Also, eat lots of live sprouts, activated almonds, berries,
kale and green juices. Stay away from dairy. Dairy produces
mucus and phlegm in our bodies. This mucus is the cause
of many allergies, asthma, osteoporosis, brain fog and ear
aches. When we stop having dairy and instead eat high
frequency foods, then our bodies will cleanse themselves,
become more youthful, our muscles become firmer; we lose
weight and guess what?
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We become happier! When we are happy the thoughts

we think are different to those when we are depressed. My
observation is that depression is nothing more than being
unhappy about an outcome that ended up differently to
what we thought it would be. When we are happier we have
a different energy, which people notice. Different doors will
open for you, different opportunities will become available
to you.
Often we learn or return to meditation, we enjoy our
own company and start to visualize our lives in a more pros-
perous way. We need to work on our own personalities, we
need to improve ourselves all the time and eating high vibra-
tional foods is a key element here.
In order to change our behavior, we need to let go of
our old story.
Our old story gave us the attention we needed as it fed
our emotional needs. So how do we start? It starts with a
decision. This is the hardest thing because a true decision
comes with commitment. If a person goes back to an old
behavior then it wasn’t a decision to begin with.
I call it ‘replacement therapy.’ Stop drinking all sodas,
supermarket fruit juices, alcohol and animal milks. They
cause brain fog, as does sugar. They interfere with clarity.
They are also addictive. Drinking plain water is brilliant.
Replace all snacks between meals with fruit or carrots. When
you go out, grab a piece of fruit such as a banana, some
grapes, a mandarin or an apple. Eat as much organic and
raw food as possible. Have brown rice instead of white rice
and use the absorption method to cook it. Don’t have pasta.
Pasta is dried up glue and should be considered a junk food,
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as should all breads and pastries. Use black-bean spaghetti,

lentils and beans instead.
Your body will thrive on organic and raw foods because
these foods were designed for your body and everything else
is a burden. Animal food products like meat, chicken, fish,
eges and dairy do not contain any fiber. Generally, we do
not eat enough fiber, but on a plant-based diet there are
plenty of foods containing fiber, such as fruit, vegetables,
beans, nuts and seeds.
God helps those who help themselves. Through strength-
ening our spirit, mind and body connection, we can achieve
many wonderful things, including being prosperous, and
with that comes a whole new life through eating healthier,
thinking kind and positive thoughts, meditating, becoming
aware of life’s messages and not becoming a victim to our
story. We can all flourish and thrive through eating health-
ier, and in this state of wellness and prosperity our spirit,
mind and body connection will be strengthened. Our lust
for life will shine through our eyes and be evident in our
actions as we achieve many wonderful new things with the
body, mind and spirit connection.
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Sandra Kimler is an International Speaker

and Author on the subject of nutrition.
Sandra was born in The Netherlands in 1964.
She immigrated to Australia with her family
in 1978. Sandra received qualifications in
nutrition and iridology studying the teachings
of Dr. Bernard Jensen. Sandra is a passionate £
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The Number One Prosperity Factor —

The Power of
Self-Healing
9 Steps Into the
Wealth of Health
by Alexandra Kleeberg

Just imagine:
ouldn’t it be exhilarating if you could heal
yourself from any sickness? Would it not
change your life into one with fascinating free-
dom, desirable dignity and fortunate flow if you would be
equipped with the power of self-healing? Would it not be
a holy and healing bliss, which gives you trust to float and
fly prosperously in what we call “real life?” Would it not be
beneficial to all of us and our togetherness if we all lived
with knowledge at a great height and the energizing might
of self-healing?
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9 Steps Into the Wealth of Health

Prosperity comes from the Latin word “prosperus,”

which means exhilarating, beneficial, desirable, blessed,
and fortunate. Prosperous might be an economic term, but
etymologically it stands for a life in abundance and bliss.
Abundance and bliss are also pillars of health and healing, as
well as feeling whole. Feeling prosperous is predominantly
an inner attitude rather than a large bank balance.
You cannot buy health, you do not earn health, but you
can learn health.
My medical doctor colleague Michael Schlaadt puts it
that way:
“Health is the normal state of our wonderful body. Our
body is the most brilliant self-organized being, which has
ever existed on Earth. Programs that have been perfected
and stood the test of time for millions of years control all
important metabolic processes in the background, without
us to take care about it. Genetically, we are almost identical.
Therefore, the control depends on the influence of our liv-
ing conditions. This gives us the possibility of active self-in-
fluence via targeted imaginations.”
Most of the behaviors that damage us are learned in a
collective spirit of the times, which demanded and demands
adaption, functioning, perfection and reason. Often healing
is a way out of this so-called normality into the individuality
of an emotional, empathetic, enthusiastic, creative and vivid
being.
Would you like to understand your body and to heal it?
Would you like to bring joy into every cell, inner peace into
the magnificent network of your brain, and deep love into
your heart? Would you like to blow up your inner walls and
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to experience yourself in your very own existence: pure, free,

creative energy?
Then open your heart and start!

Nine Steps into the Power of Self-Healing

I have divided the process of self-healing into nine easy
to follow steps.
You can take a page out of Heidi’s' story. With these
nine steps, she has healed a life-threatening disease, as well
as a traumatic family history, all on her own.
1. You are awareness: get conscious of any sort of pain
or discomfort
Write down all situations in which you feel fear, pain or
any kind of discomfort. Should they last longer than half an
hour, then they are likely learned and unnecessary. Discover
all of their underlying dogmas like a detective.
Heidi was not expected to live much longer. A crime has
happened in her body. As a detective, she daily investigated all
her wounds. Every day she scanned her body for tensions, pains,
wounds. She learned to understand their language. She recog-
nized how wounds develop into diseases. She wrote down her
observations.
2. You are release: let go of self-destructive dogmas

Realize the unconscious patterns of all the painful sit-

uations you experienced. For example: I am not lovable, I
always have to be good, I have to function, I have to be
perfect etc. Write down the thoughts that have led to feeling
sick. Read them aloud. Then burn them with fire, drown

1 Heidi's name and history are changed

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them in the water, send them on the wind or bury them into
the earth — again and again and again...
Detective Heidi found the offender: You are worth not-
ing. You were not planned. You do not have any rights. You
are damned in misfortune...’ Always and always she dismissed
fear, anger, shame, pain, sorrow and many more powerful emo-
tions. Then she burned all self-damaging dogmas in an imagi-
native way. She forgave her torturers.
3. You are freedom: choose a new life

Use emotional relaxation to discover which patterns

have led your former life, and how you have repeated them
in an endless process of pain. Decide now to live a happy
and fulfilled life, because today is in every way the most
beautiful day.
Heidi assured herself every morning: I choose love. Today is
a wonderful day. I choose joy. In every moment, I choose to see
the good inside me and in others, and feel it too. Iam prepared
for new learning.
4. You are trance: dive into flow

Start to play, putter around and do handicrafts, to

become engrossed in the nature or whatever turns you into
trance and flow. Or shut your eyes and feel what is deep
inside - dream, dream, dream.
Every day Heidi sat between two trees — one ofthe trees was
her loving mother, the other one was her good father. She let
the trees speak to her. She dreamed herself anew in the womb of
the trees, the wind rocked her, the rain kissed her — she experi-
enced deep security and fundamental trust. An angel and a lion
guarded her and protected her new beginning.
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5. You are vision: embody your goal

Write, paint, and imagine the vision of your health and
of your luck: in an upright position, the crown sparkles on
your head, the eyes exude pure love, the ears are pricked up,
the lips are sensual, the spine swings, the wings of freedom
flutter. All organs are working in perfect harmony in a body
that swings in a wonderful way. Pure love streams out of
every pore. It flows into your social environment and into
your vision of a fulfilled, happy, healthy life.
It was Heidi’ vision to write a book for children, to help
them find their paradise inside, even ifeverything around them
storms and raves. Heidi painted, did handicraft and wrote her
vision with an enthusiastic attitude. With shining eyes, she told
people about her goal.
6. You are creator: build a new mindset

Develop new dogmas, which create a pleasant resonance

in your body: I am valuable, I am lovable, I can manage
everything step by step. Write down these dogmas, paint
them, dance them, sing them, live them — so that they man-
ifest deeply inside you.
Heidi looked for sentences, which brought happiness into her
body, so that it streamed with relish and pulsated warmly. She
wrote in her diary: Iam welcome, I am dearly loved, I love me.
7. You are exercise: practice, practice, practice
Practice your new attitude and the vision it presents
passionately with every beat of your heart and with every
breath. Manifest it wholeheartedly and in a creative way in
your life, in your contacts, in your dreams and in particular
in your every-day life.
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9 Steps Into the Wealth of Health

Heidi copied the sentences, which had healing effects on

her. She stuck them on her refrigerator, the washroom door, the
wardrobe door — every time she passes one she read the sen-
tences and jumped joyfully while doing it. With every standing
up Heidi imagined that she opens for an inspiring day, with
every sitting down she did this in silent patience and relievable,
relieving forgiveness, with every step she confirmed her healthy,
wealthy, fulfilled life.
8. You are growth: overcome all obstacles

Mistakes are our best friends; they help us to grow. Wel-

come every obstacle, so that you learn to jump. Consider
them as mirror images of your old attitudes, which you can
now overcome and dissolve. Jump: You are a victor, not a
victim.
Heidi had developed a mantra for the hours ofdesperation
and despondency: ‘Every obstacle takes me quicker and nearer
to my goal, to my health and to my luck.’
9. You are bliss: bless your life
Bless your conception, your birth, your steps in life, your
wonderful body and all your cells; bless these nine steps on
your way to luck. Bless whatever you like to bless.
Heidi blessed her ancestral line ofpainful readiness to make
sacrifices until she could develop pictures of her grandparents
and parents as bright living cordial people, she blessed herself
in the womb, her childhood and her youth, her profession and
her new calling. She blessed the earth, the stars, the vastness of
the universe and everything beyond space and time. She blessed
her healing path.
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Today, after 4 years of healing, in which nearly all phys-

ical and psychological symptoms disappeared, Heidi is on
the way into a healthy, wise, vivid future. Together with the
many other participants of my groups, she goes into a new
life with dignity, freedom and her very own power.
Do you know that you can also reach the heart of wealth
with only one step? Are you ready for the big jump that rad-
ically takes you directly into a healthy, prosperous, fortunate
life? Are you prepared to take a run-up and to bridge the gap
that separates your current life from its fulfillment?
Open your heart and start:
Jump, leap, spring, vault — in the very midst of uncon-
ditional love. Stay there forever.
Please remember always:
You are love: float in love, radiate love, share love.

Just imagine:
Would it not be thrilling, if everybody learns how to
heal? Would it not be most democratic, if self-healing would
be taught in kindergartens, in schools, colleges and univer-
sities and in the retirement homes? My medical colleague.
Michael Schlaadt and I founded Network Self-Healing.
We collect healing stories around the globe — healing by
one’s own power. Our vision is:
1. a free Internet portal with healing stories for all sort
of sicknesses, so people can get inspired, motivated
and competent in the power of self-healing,
2. teaching the wisdom of the body — our body: dura-
ble, curable, miracle — and many, many exercises
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9 Steps Into the Wealth of Health

to heal organs, body-systems and of course ways of

thinking,
3. lectures in kindergartens, schools and retirement
homes, so that people learn how to heal themselves,
and

4. international scientific exchange on self-healing.

Watch us under https://www.youtube.com/

watch?v=mgqY lefWYil

Join us.

Open your heart and start.

With all my love,

Alexandra

My work: As a licensed psychotherapist | teach self-healing imaginations to

groups every day, | have written two books in German and forthcoming in
English: Healing Every Day and Nine Steps into the Wealth of Health.
| have published some CDs and DVDs and many little videos on my YouTube
Channel. You can get my brief daily imagination HeartLight and much more
for free under www.imagienatium.com.

My heart:

/.am inspired by learning.

- — /amenthusiastic about every kind of new wisdom |gain.

/am very thankful about the creative field and support |am living in.
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- — /love to dream, to write and to float through times, myths and space.

- — [love to dive deeply into the wisdom of time and emerge with a glimpse
on the treasures of humanity and the universe.

- — |love to connect with people, their experiences and their potential.

- | love to expand my consciousness, clear my heart, and sensitize my

body

* — /love to build new networks, to engage and most of all: to create.

My vision: Together with medical doctor Michael Schlaadt|founded Network

Self-Healing: We collect healing stories around the globe and teach the
wisdom of the magnificence of our body: just durable — curable —miracle. Find
out more under www.heal-your-self.org

Photo by Dietrich Busacker

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CREATIVITY —
Pillars for Building
Your Creative
Palace
by Ken Lacy

s children, we create our own reality through imag-

ination. In those moments, there is no guessing
s to illusions or false fantasies. It is a reality that
we experience in that given space at the time. As we navi-
gate the growing years, that childlike imagination becomes
diluted over time. Based on what we hear, what we read, and
what we're told, the imagination is deemed untrue, based on
restrictions created in our minds. What if we take that same
creative energy that was used to establish those boundaries,
and instead apply those efforts to validate our imaginations?
Life evolves in a cyclic fashion, giving us the opportunity to
learn, and then apply those lessons for another chance to
pursue our ambitions. Children may be our greatest asset to
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learn from at times, when we realize that imagination fuels

our potential for unlimited creativity.
There are three parts to the brain, and I’m not talking
about the logical and emotional sides. I’m talking about part
#1, which is “what we ‘know.”” Part #2 is “what we don't
‘know.” And part #3 is “what we don’t know that we don't
‘know.’” The largest of these three is part #3; ‘what we don’t
know that we don't know.’ Albert Einstein supposedly used
more of his brain capacity than anyone, at around 12%.
It had been said for many years that on average, humans
used 5-6% of their brain capacity. Now there are studies
that claim we use less than 1%.
As we understand the two points above, childlike imag-
ination and our brain capacity, take a look at technology.
Technology is a continuous work in progress. It constantly
gets better and better, with more advancement and constant
improvements. ‘The reality is that any and all enhancements
within technology begin with a thought. There is no tech-
nology without a thought. So that childlike imagination
launches the creativity within the freedom of one’s mind to
bring a new idea to fruition. The fact is; the same space that
limits us between our ears is the same space that offers us free
reign — no barriers and no boundaries to live life to the fullest.
I love analogies, so let’s consider the process in which an
architect prepares for constructing an establishment of some
sort. When he/she goes to design a building at a particular
site, they already have a vision for the result. They have a
specific scene in mind, and he/she knows what that scene
should entail. However, there is a design process to create
that specific look with a distinct appeal. Notice the word
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‘create.’ If one phase in the design process is missed, then

the project becomes altered and produces a result that does
not correspond with the intended design.
Now follow the analogy. When you wish to pursue your
ambitions, the artistry of the mind creates an architectural
design to formulate your vision. Just as there are special tools
for architectural drawings, there are special tools that we are
each equipped with to design our own destiny. These three
tools are obvious with each of us having the ability to use
them, but yet often times, we don’t use them properly. These
three tools are your thoughts, your tongue, and your actions.
Just the same as when an architect designs his/her drawings,
the key is how we use these tools to satisfy our dreams.
Now let’s take this concept to a different level by dig-
ging deeper into understanding how this works and, more
importantly, how to make it work. As we begin to “peel back
the onion,” we will transition to another parallel, but one
that provides a clear cut snapshot in applying the process.
We will use the analogy of building a house as we nav-
igate through the various tiers to fulfill those aspirations.
Once this process becomes a daily routine, your ability to
tap into the limitless field of creativity opens the real estate
market of your dreams — to continually build new structures
to expand your community of ambitions.

Excavation
In the building process, excavation is clearing the land to
construct a home. As the ground is prepared, a platform must
be established to level the ground and to ensure stability before
any building can take place. When our creativity ignites, the
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excavation phase is where our thoughts begin to create an

idea. Our thoughts create that space to birth an idea, and
a vision begins to develop with substance created to for-
mulate what that idea looks like. The excavation phase is
critical before beginning the building process, and can be
the difference in building your house on solid ground or
something less durable that does not withstand time. So the
creativity in our mind is laying the groundwork in order
to build upon something that withstands any adversity. In
other words, this is the conviction that if you can believe it,
you can conceive it; the idea that you wouldn't have been
given the ability to dream it if you didn't have the ability to
achieve it. So now the ground is prepped for building, just
as the mind is ready to exercise your creativity.

Pillars
Pillars provide the additional support for a home when
there is no basement. They serve as fortification to enhance
the foundation. Without the pillars, the foundation may
not remain intact. The pillars to optimize creativity are your
thoughts, your tongue, and your actions. Your thoughts hold
the blueprints, the floor plans, and the materials to produce
the reality of your vision. The thought is the reality that
is already created, the idea that gives life to your vision.
Your tongue navigates the process. It has been said that the
tongue is like the rudder of a ship. The tongue serves as your
compass to maintain proper bearing. We can think and we
can talk all day long, but nothing happens until we take
action. So your actions of course do the work, and move the
process forward to bring reality to your creation.
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Pillars for Building Your Creative Palace

Creativity is a positive energy, a positive force, and a

process to move us forward. Therefore, when we create a
new desire, create a new dream, create a new idea or con-
cept, we MUST exercise our belief in that vision with total
conviction. That means all five senses must be tuned in to
the vision. In other words, you can ‘SEE’ it, you can ‘FEEL
it, you can “TASTE” it, you can ‘SMELL it, and you can
‘HEAR’ it. Granted, in some cases that might be easier
with some senses than others, but when youre continually
engaged with the creativity aspect, you WILL discover that
you can exercise all five senses with any given scenario in
some way or another.

Foundation
Once the pillars are in place to support a stable founda-
tion for building your home, it is extremely important that
the concrete is poured evenly. That means pouring consis-
tently across the entire foundation with even density, level,
and strength. That foundation must be set up properly, set-
tled, and created to support the rest of the construction for
the home, in order to last long term.
The foundation in your creativity to pursue your destiny
is that same consistency, applied towards your thoughts, your
tongue, and your actions. You cannot be thinking of the won-
derful results from that creative idea in your mind, while at
the same time speaking of all the reasons that it may not
work. Just as when you may be seeing all the results as you
exercise your thoughts, and even when you may be talking
about all the great possibilities that could come from your
creativity — if your actions show that youre preparing for
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failure, it simply isn’t going to work. The alignment between

the three is crucial. Your thoughts, your tongue, and your
actions must ALL be painting the same picture, sending the
same message, singing the same song, and sharing the same
results synonymously within the established vision.
Your thoughts, your tongue, and your actions must be in
alignment. Notice it has to be all three, not one of the three,
and not even two of the three. Once the mind (thoughts),
the tongue, and the actions are in alignment to where that
habitual congruence becomes a lifestyle, we can only suc-
ceed, we can only see our dreams come to fruition, and we
can only reach our goals. At that point, it’s just a matter of
time. You simply must be willing to stay the course. Remem-
ber the foundation to aligning the three is consistency.
So now you may be wondering what determines the
level of consistency. It simply comes down for forming a
new habit, one that just becomes your DMO (Daily Mode
of Operations). In other words, it’s your newborn way of liv-
ing. There are various theories on how long it takes to form
a new habit. Some say 90 days, some say 30 days, and some
say 21 days. You'll never go wrong when striving towards
the longer term. However, most will never reach the 21 day
mark. ‘That isn’t pessimism, just reality. So I would encour-
age anyone to strive towards the 21 day mark because as you
strive forward past that mark, it really becomes moot, and
at some point the number of days has no relevance because
youll already have a grasp on making this work for you.

The Walls
As the walls go up in your home, you start to establish
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boundaries within a given space. You are beginning the con-

struct within the blueprints that become the early stage of
shaping your home. Within the walls of your creativity is
where you begin to shape your destiny. In other words, you’ve
established the pillars and the foundation, the consistency
has begun, and you are now in the early stages of ground-
work to form your vision. These walls establish boundaries,
not to be confused with limitless creativity, and they exist
for the purpose of securing your place in that space. But
they should not cause you to let go of your creative vision.
In other words, hold your ground in that space and with
non-wavering focus.

Plumbing / Electrical Work

When construction reaches the point where it’s time to
begin the plumbing and electrical work, you know the home
is taking shape. All the extras begin to differentiate your liv-
ing space from any other. The framework is now in place,
and these amenities add the luxury of running water and
power that we've become accustomed to. ‘The plumbing and
electrical work are those daily practices to keep you on the
path to your destiny and chasing your aspirations. Take the
time to journal and meditate on the reality of your vision.
Read books that lend the same positive energy as when you
visualize the success story that you've created in your mind.
Associate with those who share the drive to be creative, and
those who recognize change as a process to move forward
with your endeavors. Those practices keep the path clear in
order to see the road ahead for pursuing your dream.
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Roofing
The roofing process protects a house from inclement
weather, and provides the ability to regulate the indoor
environment with a controlled climate. When you've put
in the sweat equity and stayed the course, your conviction
becomes so strong that it cannot be penetrated. Applying
the success tools to develop a daily habit creates an imag-
inary shield around the plan of your dream. That shield
acts as your roof to protect the dream, keeps the opposition
away, and although that shield is invisible, the drive to your
destiny has made it invincible.

Landscape
A home can be built properly, it can be built strong, and
it can be well designed with all the right rooms to accom-
modate a comfortable living space. However, the landscape
is the finishing touch that creates that special look, an estate
of beauty, a welcoming atmosphere, and even someone's
paradise. Once you've created an action plan to build your
dream and that plan has been executed to fulfill your vision,
the landscape is where you build upon those accomplish-
ments. It is all about continuous growth. Growth is not
limited to age, income, titles, and/or material possessions.
We should always be learning. When we're learning we're
growing, when we're growing we're progressing, and when
were progressing we're moving forward.

What allows the above-constructed success house to

become a community is our willingness to teach others the
same. When we take our eyes off of ourselves and put them
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Pillars for Building Your Creative Palace

on others, it redirects our focus to contributing and seek-

ing ways to add value through others. The greatest gift that
we can give is that of ourselves. What we give we receive.
So, in other words, when we bless others through our giv-
ing, we become blessed. When the key elements that we've
described, our thoughts, our tongue, and our actions, are
all in alignment and congruent with our vision, we create
reality in our dreams, and we create belief for others.

Ken Lacy is a retired US Army veteran with 30 years combined experience of

leadership & management, and has a diverse professional background. He
has served as a Program Manager in defense contracting for the past 10+
years, managing contracts of various sizes, various
types, and managing large staffs of contractors.
Ken was also part of a leadership and training
team within the direct marketing industry. His
career ambition is to contribute in a way to
move humanity forward, and to add
value where others can identify
their own internal gifts to make
a difference within society. You
can reach Ken via email, kenlacy@
aol.com, or on LinkedIn: https://
www.linkedin.com/in/ken-lacy-
70486915
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The Prosper Factor

by Claire Langlois

tanding behind the wired fence, I was feeling the pres-

S sure of the well-known sensation. The wait was get-
ting long into the short season of summer in Quebec,
Canada on this very warm day. I was starting to question the
situation... till I heard the whistle blow.
I know; like I knew what I always have known. The free-
dom of being in that space of sensing the water all around
me, submerged, no bottom to confront limitation, no empty
space to touch my skin — it was soothing my heart. At the
age of 5, I had revived my memories of feeling safely alive
on earth. There was no other place I would like to be then,
the basin of water called the swimming pool.
The strident sound was signalling to the boys to get
out of the water and leave the perimeters of the pool area
because for now, it was the girls’ time, according to the free
swim schedule. There were many little girls and boys in the
60's in our up and coming neighborhood. Being the fifth
of five children born in a 5-year period, I was part of the
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baby-boom era. But surprisingly so, what I can recall clearly

is being alone — from inside out — with my extreme sureness
of being happy exploring the element named water.
Here I am like it was, now and forever, being in the
flow of my life. With all the swimming I was doing in the
summer and winter, I was progressing faster than expected.
At the pace I was improving, I would soon finish all the
courses, but would be too young to enter the Leaders and
subsequently the Lifeguard program.
Eventually, with the mixed feelings of pride that comes
with recognition, and of frustration of being held back, I
was to repeat all the courses to complete the full program
of the Red Cross. So by age 16, I was at the pool as an
apprentice lifeguard. I knew from an earlier age the power
of trusting the water to keep me afloat.
Our public swimming pool offered my siblings and me
many opportunities to become very confident swimmers,
and consequently comfortable practicing many water sports
to say the least. What I got from being in this community
setting marked one of the strongest memories of my child-
hood. I was feeling good in the presence of the lifeguards;
Roger and Liliane. They were so kind to me and saw my
potential as a swimmer. One special day, which is dear to my
heart, I gave them bottles of perfume that I careful choose to
express my love for them. To love and be loved is the foun-
dation of prosperity because it is the source of Joy.
Interestingly, the period of my life when I was living
my dream job as a lifeguard. I felt miserable because I
was not loving myself for who I was. At eighteen, feeling
depressed at not having an ideal body shape, weight or
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boyfriend, my inner waters started to swirl big time, and |

lost not only my happiness, but also my perception of my
own self-worth.
I tried to escape Earth on an ordinary summer night. In
my mind, I could not grasp the deep meaning of the essence
of life. My lack of faith in life, and my lack of connection
with significant others, got the best of me. My brother hap-
pened to come in our empty house, the light turned on in
my heart to confess my action to him. A lifeguard himself,
he was very effective at helping me to save myself from my
limited perception of life.
What happened? ‘The secure state of feeling safe in the
water was up against the need for prosperity. Prosperity
is derived from the basic need to change for the best, to
become who we are, to transform in our full potential of
being. I had to move out of the water, walk on the ground
and find out what I was leaving behind — which I could not
give a name to yet. It’s all about going beyond your limits
or success knowing it is a partial view of the whole scenery.
We are naturally curious of who we have the potential to be.
Each one of our living moments is the fabric of our
imagination; they unfold smoothly in front of us or spread
out under our feet or on top of our head. Knowing it or
not, we follow the pattern imprinted on the fabric created
by our mental activities such as thinking, feelings sprouting
to become concepts, principles, rules, and values that deter-
mine which hat and shoes you will wear tomorrow, as well
as 10 or 30 years from now.
I fabricated strong beliefs, like billboards on the side
of the highway, such as that I had to be anything besides
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chubby, round and heavy. What came up was exactly what

I was rejecting, fearing, focusing on: I gained weight and I
lost sight of the love of myself. Life projects what you create
in your mind.
Love remains the bigger picture. The young man I was
attracted to at the time said to me “you are loving, whether
you are yourself or trying to be a flower of a different seed.”
This belief resonates with my heart soul, and I integrated
this belief — which became: “if I am love whether I want it
or not, I might as well enjoy loving myself like I am; quite
fit like a fish!”
At that point I got back on track, and I went back to
swimming. Do we need to follow a straight line that is a
result of a rational calculation, or some pattern that the mind
fabricates? Really and clearly, you need to do the next step,
which is going through the smooth or troubled waters you're
already in. Be lovingly true to yourself. Connect to yourself
in any way but in a space of love; it is all good because that is
where you are... but there is so much there to be.
Up and down, we go around and we move along on
our journey. We prosper. What is true is you can make
yourself happy now, by shining with contentment. Now
is an infinite and eternal well of revelation. The fear of
losing track with our development, our journey, prevents
us from surrendering to the line (the flow of the stream)
of our inner light (the captain of your ship) from inside
out. Take action as the designer of your own life. ‘The joy
of the soothing presence of embracing all there is of me,
on this blue planet, shows up time and time and again,
including when I spend time learning, writing, swimming,
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designing, visioning, conversing, meditating and coaching

as a certified Emotion Code and Body Code practitioner.

Claire Langlois is an interior designer who earned a Bachelor degree with

a major in counselling from Université Laval, Québec, 1994. Self-healing
and self-care through knowing oneself and daily practice of awareness has
been her way of living since her teens. She has practiced daily meditation
for over 37 years. Being a mother to two young adults has made her who
she is today. After receiving a certification in life coaching from Erickson
International, she became a certified practitioner of The Emotion and the
Bode Code and has been active since 2012. You can connect with Claire at
www.dairemariedellalanglois.com
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A Miracle A Day
Keeps the Doctor
Away
Viktor Lazarevic

ello to you my new friend! Welcome to the world

of wishes fulfilled, abundance and overall well-
ness! It is not coincidence that you are reading
this. It means you are looking for the truth, for something
greater in life!
My name is Viktor Lazarevic, I’m a doctor, and thanks
to the Law of Attraction, I have discovered my true passion:
being a life coach. My mission is to tell people around the
globe about the Law of Attraction, to help them manifest
real miracles, unlock the secret powers they already have,
and help them live their lives in prosperity and abundance.
I love to empower people, and more than anything else I
love to see people taking their lives in their own hands, and
creating the lives they deserve.
My story starts when I was very ill as a child, and almost
died. I was 4 years old. The doctors didn’t give me any
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chance of survival, and told my parents that I was living

my last days. My parents went against traditional medical
advice and took me away from the hospital, deciding that
no doctor would decide whether their child would live or
die. Empowered by an amazing, invisible force, my parents
saved my life! My mother literary gave me her blood, for the
second time! And I survived! After my illness, my parents
had to teach me to walk and speak again. My parents knew
I was a born winner. My mother knew this even when she
chose my name —“Viktor” means winner.
The day of my survival will always be celebrated in my
family, almost as a second birthday. Since then, every day
is a continuous celebration of life for me. This experience
taught me to be grateful for every breath I take, and to see
the positive side in every situation.
Years later I became a doctor. Something within me
was guiding me to save people. Later, while fighting with
my own personal demons, I discovered that I needed a life
coach to help me work through things that my scientific
brain could not explain. I’m grateful every single second
that I made that decision. Sure, there are ups and downs in
life. And every storm is easier if there is a lighthouse to guide
us. My lighthouse was my life coach. All of the sudden, I
had this incredible drive and desire to become a lighthouse
for my friends, for my community, and for the world.
So I did!
My life is changed thanks to Law of Attraction. How do
I see life now?
Imagine for a moment a nice coffee shop with tables
outside. The weather is perfect; you sit comfortably, relaxed.
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The aroma of freshly made coffee is so inviting and tempt-

ing. You can hear all the pleasant sounds around you — birds,
distant conversations, children playing on the street. All of
that is making you even more relaxed, even more calm. You
are looking at the nearby fountain, and you see drops of
fresh water jumping towards the sun. There is a rainbow
around every single drop, and around the entire fountain.
That is life for me; that rainbow, fireworks of colors— red,
yellow, green, blue, thousands of colors, I don’t even know
the names for all of them. All those colors and sounds and
smells, feelings, emotions and experiences — I am completely
amazed with life.
Yes, I am in love with life, deeply in love, with small
butterflies in my stomach, like on a first date. Life is full of
miracles, every single day. The first of those miracles is that
life always finds the way. Think about a small seed that falls
into a crack in asphalt. At first you see only a bump on the
sidewalk, then a crack, and eventually a tree is reaching to
the sky. There are no obstacles, no limits.
The secrets that I have discovered are priceless. All thanks
to my desire to understand life, to live it fully and freely, and
to help create abundant and fulfilled lives for the people
around me. I have met amazing people, and forged mem-
orable friendships. But, the most brilliant accomplishment
was to gain the understanding of one of the most amazing
forces there is: the Universe.
I am ready to share this with you. I am ready to be your
guide. I am ready to show you what true love for yourself
means.
And, I will introduce you to my exceptional friend, ‘The
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Universe, and teach you its principles; his unique mobile

phone is always on vibrate — a very special vibration of
LOVE and POSITIVITY. And guess what, he is expecting
your call!
You and I, we are the same. | am a winner, and YOU
ARE A WINNER TOO! I create miracles in my life every
day — you will soon become aware that you have the power
to create miracles too.
Remember, for you, there are no obstacles, no limits!
Love and be grateful, The Universe will respond every
time.

Viktor Lazarevic was born in Serbia. He lives in Kuwait and is a practicing

dermatologist, with a PhD in immunology. Viktor is a certified Life Coach,
with the great experience in applying the Law of Attraction, manifestation,
and creating miracles. He has learned and developed secret tools that can
help with introspection, boosting creativity and motivation, empowering and
personal growth. Positive self-talk is one of his favorite topics and is often
found telling his friends, clients and patients, “A
miracle a day, keeps the doctor away.”

Remember that life is now, while you are

reading, so decide to transform it. Decide and
get in touch, let me transform you into
powerful attracting magnet, so
you can live in abundance and
prosperity, like you deserve! You
are not alone. Connect with
Viktor on Facebook or at his
blog: _http://mind-building.
weebly.com/
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Level Up Your Life

by Ariel Lee

was raped while I was sleeping when I was 14. I felt

[® dirt. Different from my friends and ashamed. At the
time there was not a word for sexual violence. I didn’t
have anywhere or anyone I felt I could turn to. I cried a lot
and I thought if I could just stop crying then no one would
know about it and nothing would change. So I buried it and
I forgot it.
It was kind of like having amnesia. I truly forgot about
it, and later wondered whether the whole thing was just a
dream. I was confused. After 11 years, when I got first help,
I got counseling. The counselor made me to write about all
the things I'd been through. Then I suddenly remembered
that I cried a lot in middle school age, and I felt horrible.
But still I don’t remember that night fully, just couple of
scenes in my mind.
I pretended to be okay and normal because I was too
young and my friends were too young. I tried to study hard;
it was the only way that I knew to be successful. But study-
ing wasn't easy. Whenever I tried to study I found that |
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couldn't focus, but I didn’t know why. I could not under-

stand myself.
And when I said something about my anguish to my
friends, they simply couldn't understand. They just said,
“You're different.” That was hurtful. So I could not express
myself. I was afraid of what other people thought about me.
From then on, I pretended to be okay and tried to be nor-
mal. I understand now that they were too young to under-
stand me. And I was young to go through that.
It’s difficult to set aside a violation and pretend it
didn’t happen. The more you ignore it, the more invasive it
becomes.
It was painful.
It got worse when I went to college. I felt incredible
shame and constant embarrassment. Still I didn’t know
why. I was afraid of what other people thought about me. I
wanted to hide myself, even though I had no reason for my
shame. I was depressed, but I pretended to be okay. I didn’t
want anyone knowing about me. It was like a shadow that
followed me everywhere I went. When the shame was there,
I couldn’ think of anything else.
Guilt soon joined the shame. I had lost control of my
thoughts and emotions. I was in despair, hopeless. I lost my
faith in God. There was no hand to hold me. It was like I
was in a deep dark well, alone with no light.
I thought about suicide. It was a war inside me. What
if I killed myself? What if I didn’t and things got better?
What if I tried and failed? Pd have a scar on my wrist and
it would be weird. I was afraid, but I also hated myself. The
rage in my mind was getting stronger and out of control.
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Suicidal thoughts continued to plague me and then, at the

most hopeless time, just when I could give up, help came.
I reconnected to my God.
When I was in 3" grade, I was also going through diffi-
cult times, so I went Europe a month with a friend during
my summer vacation. In Europe there are many churches,
and my friend and I visited many of them. In one of these
churches, I found myself sitting in chair with my eyes closed.
I found that it made me very comfortable. I think, in a way,
I was kind of praying.
After I got back to school, I sat in on a human charac-
ter and behavior seminar. It was held by a Christian group,
but I didn’t know that. I met someone in the seminar who
helped me. I got counseling, and then I met God.
During my last year of college, I took another important
trip. I arrived in the mountains in the late afternoon. It was
the end of March; I had the deep dark forest and the lodge
to myself. After I arrived I unpacked my bag and went for a
walk, and later sat beside a stream, where the owner of the
lodge found me. He expressed his relief and explained that
he thought I was trying to kill myself. “I’m not dying,” I
said. I shared a meal with the owner and his wife. Afterward,
I went to the lodge to sleep.
I was all alone in my small room. It was empty and there
was one small light and a candle. I wrote in my diary there.
I was quite afraid with the solitude, but also quite comfort-
able. It was like I was lying in the tomb. I felt like I was
facing my own death.
I sensed a light around me, with a color between white
and ivory. The light wasn’t critical of my sins. I felt death
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accept me as who I am without judgment. The blame was

gone. I felt the light embracing all my faults, all my sadness,
all my pain, as it is. It comforted me.
At that moment, I clearly understood what is important
in life and what is not.
Social position and material goods were not important.
Living a worthy life was. I was a little bit afraid when I tried
to sleep, but I felt warmth and comfort when I woke up in the
morning. I felt I was not alone. It was like God was with me.
After that I went down the mountain, and went to
some temples. I saw many people. And I thought if I hadn't
reached the bottom of life and found complete despair, my
approach to life would have been “I am more intelligent
than you. I’ve read more books. I have a better job, and I’m
better than you.”
But having reached the bottom, my thoughts were, “I
was worse then you, I was a worse person then you, I hurt
many more people than you. It just became better. I have
nothing better than you. You will get better also.”
I felt my life level up. I began to focus on helping others
and living a life that was purposeful. I shifted my idea about
what “worth” meant. It’s not about money; it’s about offer-
ing value to others.

Pain is a Gift
Without the pain that I endured, I would not be where I
am now. I am a wife, mother, and have had an accomplished
career as a dentist. I’m now on the path to becoming an
author, and I know what the future holds.
The pain was a gift. We can learn something from the
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gift. It’s a process of growth. It teaches you what's important,

what you're worthy of, and what youre capable of achieving.
When you feel pain or discomfort or unhappiness, don’t
avoid it. Don’t run from it, bury it deep, or ignore it. Just
accept pain as it is. Pain is not a bad thing. Do not judge it.
Let the pain go through you. We can learn something from
it. Pay attention to you. It’s a sign.
Clue into those signs. Ask yourself the important ques-
tions. Why are you in pain? What is causing the unhap-
piness? Why are you uncomfortable? Look deep for the
answers. [he surface answers are rarely the correct ones. You
can't just say, “I’m unhappy because my job is terrible.” Look
deeper. Level up. Allow the difficult times to elevate you.
‘The Law of Attraction and true prosperity can only hap-
pen when you allow it, and when you dare to look pain and
discomfort in the eye and learn from it. Be grateful for the
difficulty in your life. It’s there for a reason and it’s an oppor-
tunity to take your life to the next level.
My life is ongoing process to level up. I think I’m still
going up right now.
We have to develop and grow ourselves until we die.
That is our mission. We can have faith that after suffering
there comes a gift, a better situation and something good.
Suffering is a chance to change and grow ourselves. ‘That is
something I learned through my own experience.
Even through hard times, we have to protect ourselves.
Love ourselves. We can’t blame ourselves or hate ourselves.
Because it is ongoing process. Because it will be better
and circumstances will change.
I like one phrase in Bible: ‘But he knows the way that
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I take, when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.’

Job 23:10.
We can free ourselves to live the life we want. Life
beyond other people’s expectations of us.
And I can be grateful for everything around me, because I
know I could have nothing. All the things around me are gifts.

As a young Korean-born girl |had an innate desire to study and learn. |read
books from all genres and found literature to be an escape and adventure. |still
love to read. My youth was filled with Girl Scouts, art club, choir, English circle
and many other activities. |was repeatedly elected vice president or president
of my school classes. Though | was active, | was also introspective. | wrote in
my journal as a young girl and still continue that practice today.

!was raised by a mother who had great faith in God and she taught me to also
have great faith. |prayed diligently, even as a girl, and continue in my spiritual
practice today — which also includes breath work and meditation.

Currently, | enjoy music of all kinds and have developed

my mind in the sciences, as well as an artist, and
actor. | graduated from dental school and practiced
for ten years. | still love to read and study Personal
Development, and my current focus is wealth and how
to enrich my life and others.

[have spent a month touring Europe and love

to travel, which has brought my family to
the United States for myhusband‘ career.
We have two beautiful children. We enjoy
concerts together.

www.facebook.com/ariellee99
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Prosperity and
Love Mapping for
Your Home
“Creating Your
Energy Atlas”
by Sybilla Lenz

everal years ago I was a struggling, unhappy, and

S broke single mother of three children. I was searching
for hope and answers to make my life better or sim-
ply a life that I loved. I found those answers in an ancient
practice used by kings and emperors. ‘This practice is known
today as Black Sect Tantric Buddhist Feng Shui (BTB). It is
also known by the title Western Bagua and was introduced
to the United States by Professor Lin Yun. I knew nothing
about this practice nor did I really believe something like
this could change my life to one that I would love.
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The philosophy of Feng Shui is now proven to be a

science based on quantum physics. If you really want to
change your life then change your home or surroundings
and I will explain how. I experienced a profound career
shift, my wealth increased, and my soul mate entered my
life, along with travel and plenty of mentor opportunities. |
was so excited about all the changes in my life that I went on
to study Classical (Flying Star) Feng Shui and would never
think of not doing an annual update on my home or offices.
Unlike other forms of Feng Shui where a compass may
be used to assess the environment, BTB does not use a com-
pass for direction. Instead, BIB uses a Bagua or 9 square
grid that depicts 9 life aspirations that a person is looking to
enhance. I call this grid an “energy template.” In his book
The Divine Matrix, Gregg Braden says “There is a place where
all things begin, the place ofpure energy that simply is.” When
you establish a Bagua template on your home, or office,
or property you are now the facilitator for harnessing and
enhancing energy for your benefit and the benefit of others.
In the study of Feng Shui you will learn that the foun-
dation of all the schools are the five elements, better known
to some as the “Five Element Theory.” This is the study of
nature and the universe, from the foundation of the ele-
ments in the forms of Fire, Earth, Metal, Water, and Wood.
Everything in our lives relates to these elements, from the
organs in our bodies to the colors we look at daily.
Each element has a specific inherent trait that makes
up the element, such as fire is depicted by the color red, by
triangular or pointed shapes, and by some experts in Feng
Shui as very fast highly charged energy. Earth is depicted by
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“Creating Your Energy Atlas”

the color, yellow, or off-white, or brown and is symbolized

by a square shape. Metal can be elements of silver or, gold,
or round in shape and white in color. Water is blue or black
in color and wavy in shape or simply the element itself in
pure form like in a fountain. Wood is green in color and
rectangular in shape and wood energy is considered to be
healthy and abundant energy.
These elements are important to understand and get
comfortable with as they have a nurturing cycle when
implemented and a destructive cycle when not used harmo-
niously in the environment. Another dimension not men-
tioned here but when used with the elements can have a
major impact on the body or environment is sound. When
you combine sound with color or the physical elements you
have an opportunity to create a prescription for peace, abun-
dance, love, creativity, and joy. Unfortunately when there is
an environment lacking uniformity or a harmonious use of
color and sound it can aid in destructive or inharmonious
thoughts and actions.
When I first encountered BTB Feng Shui and used the
Energy Template on my home I was very confused. ‘The
template has what appears to be a directional chart with the
North direction noted at the bottom of the chart or at the
front door and then the East is noted to the direct middle
left of the property with the Southeast quadrant to the back
left of the property. South is directly in the rear middle and
Southwest is in the right rear or furthest corner to the back
right with West located in the middle right of the property
and back to the North directly in the middle.
In the teachings of BTB Feng Shui there are many good
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reasons for the layout of the Bagua but due to the limitation
of space it is more important for you to understand how to
use this “energy atlas” to enhance your life. Each directional
location as described above also has a life aspiration associ-
ated with it. For example in the North, career is the desired
aspiration. In the Northeast it is spirituality, East is family,
Southeast is wealth, South is fame, Southwest is love, West
is creativity and children, Northwest is mentors and travel,
and Center is health.
Now let’s discuss this 9 step formula for attaining a life
you love by energizing or changing the Chi in the quadrants
I mentioned above. When you apply the Energy Atlas to
your home, apartment, office, or property you first over-
lay the map onto the space. You then start by looking at
the North section of the map and see that this area is the
Career aspect with water or the colors black and or blue
representing water. You look for Wealth and find that sec-
tion in the Southeast of your property on the map. What
is there now? What colors are there? The element needed
to be represented there is wood. You may want to add wood
energy there in the forms of either color such as green, or
plants like bamboo etc. You will continue this throughout
the entire space.
When I first started using this form of Feng Shui I also
had a huge love of music, and later discovered the powerful
effects that sound also has on our bodies. Using color, sound,
and powerful intentions will not only enhance your home
or office environment but will also change your energy and
life. Intention is also a powerful and necessary component
of BTB Feng Shui. In the book by Wayne Dyer, The Power
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of Intention, the author states “intention is a force that allows

the act of creation to take place.” In each area of the bagua it
is suggested, for the very best results, to use intention after
you have created and changed the area with color, shapes,
and sound.
Feng Shui has been a profound gift of knowledge
enabling me to have a life that I love and to teach others so
they can know that the beginning of change must start at
home. Love your space and enliven your space and remem-
ber; If nothing changes, nothing changes.

Sybilla Lenz, is a certified

Feng Shui consultant in both
classical and BIB Feng Shui.
She has over 15 years of
experience in both practical
applications andpresentations
to schools, hospitals, and
businesses. She's the author
of several books including:
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Forward in Faith
by Kim Ileen Mercanti (KIM)

‘T am not afraid; I was born to do this”

Joan ofArc
Warrior, Military Leader
Dedicated to: Michael Arnold and Martin “Marty” Bodrog
for their dedication and devotion to the United States of
America, Department ofDefense (former colleagues and
victims of the September 16, 2013 Washington Navy Yard
Shooting, Washington, DC)

oan of Arc was a young lady when she embraced the

power within her to fight as a fearless military leader.
Her relentless faith and courage made her uniquely
qualified to undertake her enemies and win. Like Joan of
Arc, we are all uniquely qualified in our own individual
ways. Each and every one of us posses knowledge, skills,
talents and desires that can be brought into existence if we
move forward in faith and believe in ourselves. I am living
proof that a “Forward in Faith” mindset will move a person
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forward in any area of life. As for me, I chose it for my career

after a major life-altering event.
Prior to experiencing a major life-altering event, I had it
all...I owned a successful federal contracting business, was
married to the father of my two children, had a beautiful
home and multiple cars (including a Porsche Boxter — I
loved that car!), made an incredible income, had an amazing
spiritual life, owned commercial real estate, owned residen-
tial income property, as well as a large stock portfolio. From
every perspective, I was living a dream life. Then, as you
may have guessed... my world came crashing down.
It was late 2008, and I woke up one day to find myself
broke, divorced, forced to move back into my parents’ home,
with no car, no money and no idea how I was going to make
it through the day, never mind the next chapter of my life.
The hard reality was staring me in the face. The way I
looked at it, I could sink or swim. I chose to swim with the
sharks. As harsh as my life situation was, I put a smile on my
face, brushed the dust off and moved “Forward in Faith,”
without looking back.
At this point in my life, I did the only thing I knew
would help me get through this season of my life. I prayed.
I was born and raised Catholic, with a strong faith base. The
first day of my new reality, I prayed the rosary. Praying the
rosary always brought me peace, and that is exactly what I
needed on that awakened day.
The next thing I thought about was to come up with a
plan. I have always lived my life to be simple, so my plan
had to be simple. I had to take a leap of faith and just move
forward. I decided to keep God first in my life, and not look
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back or think about the past. From that point forward, I

began to appreciate life while reminding myself that I served
God and not man. I will be the first to admit that this took
constant focused thought on the present. Taking action by
moving “Forward in Faith” changed my life in a radical way.
As I discussed previously, I decided to stay focused on
the next version of myself, and that was to take my career to
a higher level.
I had worked in the shipbuilding industry since the age
of 14. My father is a retired Marine Engineer, graduate of
Kings Point Academy in NY. As a matter of fact, my father
even named all of his four children with names that are
acronyms. My father is a character, and I had the honor and
privilege of working for him for over 20 years. He taught
me everything I know today about the United States Navy
shipbuilding, which was more of an education than my BS
degree in Business Management, MBA and Certificate in
Financial Management from Harvard Business School of
Executive Education.
Spending twenty years working for my father proved
to be invaluable in terms of setting the foundation of my
comeback. My father was very strict, and he was harsher
on me than any of his employees. But he taught me solid
work ethics, how to work efficiently and, most importantly,
to provide strong customer support. During those twenty
years, I spent five years studying and mastering finance; then
another five years each in production, sales and business
operations. I believed that the combination of my work
experience and education would enable me to bring my
career to the next level.
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This was the point in my life when I decided that I

wanted to start my life over and work in Washington, DC.
I next took action in small steps to accomplish my goal. At
the time, one of my business associates worked in Washing-
ton, DC, so I contacted this friend and told him I wanted
to start my life over and move to DC. As I look back today,
that small first step of making that phone call changed my
life forever.
The second step was taking a temporary job as an admin-
istrative assistant, even using a friend’s car as transportation
until I was able to buy a used car. I gave this job my 110%
and as I became efficient, I would continually as for addi-
tional work while keeping a cheerful disposition. I knew it
would be a matter of time before a better position would
present itself to me. Again, praying every day and moving
“Forward in Faith.”
Six months after taking my first step, I moved to Wash-
ington, DC to start my new job at a Fortune 500 Federal
contracting company. It was a dream job doing the type of
work I enjoyed best — U.S. Navy Shipbuilding. My prayers
were finally answered. I was persistent on my part by praying
the rosary every morning while keeping God first in my life.
In moving to Washington, DC, I only knew one per-
son, but I wanted to make the most out of this experience.
From that day, I made it my mission to meet as many people
as possible, and to learn as much as I possibly could from
everyone I worked with. I emerged myself into this posi-
tion with the thought of moving up the corporate ladder as
quickly as I could.
During my first month of working at this Fortune 500
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company, the Vice President would have an interview with

each new employee and an exit interview with employees
leaving the company. At my interview, I was shown the divi-
sion’s organizational chart and was told that it was up to me
to see myself anywhere on the organizational chart and that
the company would support that choice and help me move
up the corporate ladder. There it was right in front of me;
and I chose to be a Deputy Program Manager. I worked
diligently each and every day and learned my job to the
maximum level of efficiency. I keep asking for more roles
and responsibilities, and after nine months was promoted to
Deputy Program Manager. I will be honest with you, during
those months I was tried and tested through what I thought
was almost my breaking point. I had fellow employees try
to prevent me from getting a promotion, was told by man-
agement that | was not management material. Co-workers
would sabotage my work then report me to senior manage-
ment for making mistakes, but I prevailed. During these
times of trials, I constantly reminded myself that I serve
God and not man.
I ignored what I call “outside noise,” and kept my focus
on the organizational chart. I got myself through the first
step; now for the next step. I began to focus my attention
of the next level that I wanted to achieve, which was Task
1 Lead (Program Management) of a major shipbuilding
program for the US Navy. That took a lot more focus and
determination. Over the next five years I gave my life for
this program. I worked long days learning this new program
and providing a high level of customer support.
During this five year period, I was again tested and tried,
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but to an even higher level than I had previously experi-

enced. I was accused of being a poor manager; had people
quit tasking with short times prior to delivery; people refus-
ing to do taskings; handling high demand signal tasking of
emergent nature on a regular basis; being accused of harass-
ment; and again, held down from moving up the corporate
ladder by the very man who told me I could move to any
level on the organization chart that I could see myself.
One day, I seized a window of opportunity to speak my
concern about moving up the corporate ladder with the
past vice president that performed the exit interview. I was
accompanying an employee that was leaving the company
in an exit interview, as I was his manager at the time. After
the interview was conducted, I requested five minutes of
this vice president's time. I shut the door and asked why I
not able to move up the corporate ladder to a senior man-
agement position. I told him that I was being held back and
wanted to know what it would take to succeed within our
organization. I was told that I had caught him off guard
and he did not have an answer for me. I never received my
answer, but shortly after that time, this man was no lon-
ger working at the company. In fact, after looking back, I
realized that all the people within the organization that was
holding me back were no longer working at the company.
They either left on their own, or were terminated. The take-
away from this experience was to continue to be diligently
focused on the end result in order to create it.
The next phase of my career moved much quicker now
that I had conditioned my “Forward in Faith” mind set and
continued to put God first in my life. In February 2013, I
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received an email inviting me to consider an opportunity to

work at the Pentagon as an Action Officer on the Amphib-
ious Class of new construction shipbuilding. I responded
that I wanted to learn more about the position.
I had to read the statement of work, which intimated
me, so I decided that I needed a few days to think about
the position. Deep inside, self-doubt tried to creek into my
mind, I did not even understand what having the responsi-
bly meant, never mind how I would learn three shipbuilding
programs as well as the missions carried out by our troops.
Well, before I could give my answer, I received the job offer
the next day, requiring a decision in less than 24 hours. I
was flattered that I received a job that I did not apply for,
so I decided that God got me this far, I would rely on him
to carry me “Forward in Faith.” After all, although this was
not the job I was focusing on, it was a great opportunity, as
I always wanted to work at the Pentagon.
The job at the Pentagon was by far the most challenging
position that I had encountered in my career thus far, but
I was determined to succeed and make a name for myself.
‘The first seven days on the job were intense, in that it was
sitting for eight hours each day with Marty Bodrog in doing
a turnover of roles and responsibilities. Marty was extremely
knowledgeable about this position, and on top of that he was
compassionate about keeping the troops safe. I had big shoes
to fill, but Marty provided me with the tools and means for
success. Life was going well until September 16, 2013. There
was a shooting at the Washington Navy Yard. I had received
word that two of my colleagues were victims. On that devas-
tating day, Michael Arnold and Marty Bodrog lost their lives.
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My heart sunk that day, and I still remember that day like it
was yesterday. It was surely a devastating day for many fam-
ilies, the US Government, the US Navy, The US Marines,
The Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) and myself.
After this tragedy, it was a strong faith base and “For-
ward in Faith” mindset that brought me to focus on con-
tinuing the legacy that Marty started decades prior. This was
a difficult time in my life as well as my career, but knowing
how much these two men unselfishly served their country
is what kept me going. There was important work to be
accomplished, and I know that I had to contribute to keep-
ing the programs on track.
It was a privilege and an honor to have known Mike
and Marty, and to have had the opportunity to have worked
closely with both gentlemen on successful shipbuilding pro-
grams was a blessing in my life. I will never forget them or
the impact that they made on my own life. My heart goes
out to their family and friends, as well as all the hearts that
they have touched.
In going forward, I worked the next two months on the
Pentagon until I received my next opportunity. I was offered
the position of Task 1 Lead (Program Management) with
the company I had previously worked for. This was the very
job position on the organizational chart that I had wanted
and had focused on for five years. I had finally accomplished
by dream position.
I left the Pentagon and began working at the Washington
Navy Yard, directly interfacing with the client. I again, gave
it my all to be successful in this endeavor. I worked long hard
hours in managing client expectations and striving to deliver
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high quality customer service. The team was over 100 peo-
ple, all working at a high pace and with rapid turnarounds.
I was in my element and thrived on working with a great
team of experts and delivering quality products to our cus-
tomer.
I always keep my eye on the organizational chart and am
laser focused on meeting my next level of achievement. In
looking back and considering the fact that it took seven years
to accomplish my goals, but as I kept focused, the accom-
plishments came at a quicker rate. I count my blessings each
and every day for being afforded the opportunities to make
my desires into reality. I have always focused on the outcome,
taking many leaps of faith and relying on my dearly beloved
rosary to help me through each and every day. Focusing on
the outcome makes it easy to achieve any goal. I am living
proof that what you want to achieve is possible. Everything
is possible when moving “Forward in Faith.”
Authors Note: As I write this story today, I am being
considered for another promotion within my organization.
This position has yet to be defined, but as history repeats
itself, this new position is the next one going up the corpo-
rate ladder. But the position is not actually on the organi-
zational chart yet, as it is being created specifically for me.

Kim lleen Mercanti was born and raised Catholic, and as an adult she
rededicated her life to Jesus Christ. Being a strong believer in the Catholic
faith, Kim has also borne and raised her two amazing children in the Catholic
religion. In fact, of Kim's greatest accomplishments, raising her children will
always remain on the top of her list: Andrew is an Aerospace Engineer and
Amanda is a Certified Horticulturalist.
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Having a strong faith base, Kim has lived her life based on serving God
before serving man, and as a “Forward in Faith” believer, will continue to
put God first and foremost in her life. In
her professional life, Kim has spent her
entire career in the Federal Contracting
industry, supporting the United States
Department of Defense, and currently
works for CSC Government Solutions LLC,
A CSRA Company. Her current position is
that of Program Deputy Director.
Kim has an open door policy and
can be reached at kimercanti@
gmail.com
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A Hymn
for Freedom
by Federico Miraglia

e live at a turning point in the history of man-

kind, and an unprecedented crisis is rapidly
coming down on our lives. However, the sky
is darkest before dawn, and as one civilization sinks another
one rises. Science can be a powerful tool to redirect us to the
divine course, if used with the noble intent of pure, objec-
tive and injudicious knowledge. A new spiritual Science is
emerging and opening the eyes of the ones who are ready to
see, leading them to joy, love, awareness and freedom.
Science set me free because it made me believe. This is
my story, and also the one of many other seekers of truth.
During my personal research into the non-officially-ex-
plored fields of Physics, I came to learn about the Ether.
Throughout history, philosophers and scientists understood
that we live in an ocean of unlimited potential. Every exist-
ing thing comes from this omnipresent fluid. The most rele-
vant contributions to the subject were given by Nikola Tesla,
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who is nowadays remembered only for a few, less important

discoveries. His groundbreaking studies regarding the Ether
and its links to the physical forces of electromagnetism and
gravity, received a complete damnatio memoriae. Infact, the
astonishing scenario of providing the world with infinite,
clean and free energy would have caused a drastic and
unwanted subversion of the status quo.
In the last century, many other heretical scientists have
proven the existence of this viscous and elastic substance,
putting forth the basis for a theory of everything that could
easily and elegantly reunite all the known forces of nature,
without recurring to incorrect, perverse and mathematically
inhuman speculations. Math is not a meaningless mental
rumination, but a sacred discipline which reflects the order
of the cosmos through numbers, shapes and proportions
that recur in the most different contexts, revealing the
divine Matrix behind our world. The circle, the spiral, the
Pi and the golden section are all basic units of this universal
fabric, beautifully described by Fractal Geometry. Hence,
every physical phenomenon can be easily reinterpreted as an
oscillatory perturbation of this texture, as a whirling motion
of the Ether: the quantum-entangled field that permeates
the entire Universe, the Zero Limits point that humanity has
been looking for since the dawn of time.
Moreover, the final acceptance of the true structure of
the cosmos will radically transform also our conception of
Medicine. A century ago, even without including the Ether
into their theory, the fathers of Quantum Mechanics peered
behind the veil of Maya and found out that reality is an
illusion shaped by a self-conscious observer. “There is no out
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there.” The yogis that reached enlightenment described it as

seeing and feeling nothing but themselves in every aspect
of the creation. We are all one thing. Therefore, the inves-
tigation in the external world comes down to the study of
Ourselves, wonderful Gods whose inner mechanisms are
still shrouded in mystery.
The medical materialistic model of the human body has
proven to be completely incorrect. New discoveries have
shed light on the profound nature of humans, simply com-
plex, emotionally intellectual quantum beings, able to draw
their “bow of rainbows across the waters” with thoughts
and feelings, waves of energy which propagate through
the Ether: the divine medium that keeps us all united on a
deeper, spaceless and timeless level. A new quantum infor-
mational approach to Medicine is reinterpreting our body
as a marvelous, self-sufficient and self-healing transceiver,
an ensemble of highly receptive cells governed by our con-
science. The body is an extension of the mind. Our enemies
are the false beliefs, not the genes, unfairly feared as jailers in
the prison of disease. Instead, they are a tunable frequency,
a ductile and malleable piece of information, a gift for you
to express in the physical world any desire of your soul. You
are above your genes: it’s the field of your conscience that
rules them.
Any vibration which you accept in your vortex has the
power to heal you: a thought, a sound, a glance, a tear and,
most of all, an emotion from the heart, the one who speaks
the universal language of love, the ambassador of your spir-
its wishes at the court of the quanta. An untiring valve
for the pumping system of the lungs, a rhythmic beater
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surrounded by a magnetic field much stronger than the

one emitted by the brain, an electrical cloud of intuitions,
a mosaic of neurons whose inner microcosm is a master-
piece still mostly unknown. Electricity and magnetism are
two faces of the same coin; each of these two forces cannot
exist without the other, exactly as mind and soul, intellect
and emotions, rationality and irrationality complete one
another in a perfect and powerful harmony: when these
couples get married, any possibility in the infinite Space
of Variants can be manifested! If only we could hear the
unceasing symphony of the electrochemical signals and
biophotons which are constantly exchanged by our organs
to keep us alive and connected to the field, regardless of our
unwitting transgressions!
And yet we have inherited a vast knowledge about
physical wellbeing from great masters such as Herbert Shel-
ton and Arnold Ehret. We should all rediscover The Secret!
The body is the temple of the spirit, and only purity and
health will ensure an earthly experience full of pleasure and
happiness. Everything starts from Food Education and, at
the moment, life on this planet is a “tragedy of nutrition.”
Despite what we have been brainwashed into believing, we
are a frugivorous and fruit-eating species and the internal
Biology of our body demonstrates it conclusively. Besides,
our hands have no claws and are shaped with the perfect
morphology to cuddle our animal friends and reap the fruits
generously offered by Mother Earth. Gaia is the garden to
tender. The Prana, the sunlight and the air will one day be
our primary source of nourishment and humans will experi-
ence a spontaneous reconnection to the Universe, becoming
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pens in the hand of the Great Writer. Only the return to

this atavistic condition will revive a new Golden Age, where
women will give birth without pain, men will work without
effort and “the wolf shall dwell with the lamb.” No more
“fore-bemoaned moan.”
The glorious past of our species will repeat itself. Gaia
has endless stories to tell, and a forbidden Archeology is
now starting to disclose them. History will be rewritten.
The ancient mythologies, passed down to the present day,
contain far more truths that we could ever imagine, and a
growing number of independent explorers are unearthing
impossible finds that challenge the orthodox dogmas from
the ground up. Many cycles of extremely advanced civiliza-
tions have followed on this planet, but we are familiar only
with the last one, characterized by war and destruction. A
long time ago, peaceful beings lived in harmony, creatures
so aware of the Etheric essence of the world that they could
break the laws of physics to develop unimaginable technol-
ogies. Monumental structures scattered all over the world,
mirrors of the sky on Earth, books of stone designed to
reproduce the geometry of the Matrix, should be massive
reminders of that!
What The Bleep Do We Know about who we are, if
our origins have been concealed? We are not children
of the random, and the probability that the irreducible
complexity of our organism has evolved following a Dar-
winian process is a non-sense which exceeds the proba-
bilistic threshold of impossibility. Besides, where is the
cemetery of fossils that testifies the wrong tries of Nature
to create environmentally-compatible living beings? The
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devaluation of ourselves to mere biological machines,

without divine intelligence and accidentally originated
by fortuitous genetic recombinations, is not supported by
any scientific evidence, and has led to a society based on a
rampant materialism. Shocking truths will unveil an unex-
pected past for our species, our planet and its mysterious
moon, which, like an abandoned spaceship, preserves the
remains of a lost time, while carried forward by the cur-
rent of Ether. This luxuriant expanse of lands and waters,
gently protected by an atmosphere and a magnetic field,
is a perfect cradle of life and has always attracted much
attention for its unique features! We have to return to the
past to understand the present and choose our future. A
genetically-enhanced, DNA-fully-activated and inspired
offspring will soon initiate an incredibly prosperous phase
for the history of Gaia, and it is up to us to start the change
by completely revolutionizing our knowledge, lifestyle and
beliefs. “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
We are mirrors of the world, and by cleaning our interi-
ority we purify the entire system. We are the Universe that
becomes aware of itself. We are a hologram, an inscription
of the Whole. God is a miraculous state of conscience, the
moment when the struggle ends, the joy of being in the
present instant, the extraordinary which becomes ordinary,
the flow of the quantum flux, the still contemplation of the
emptiness, the Peace of I and the abundance that Earth mul-
tiform and multidimensional community of lives is ready to
reach. God is within you, peak of awareness in the pyramid
of the natural reigns. From sleep to awakening, from knowl-
edge to awareness, a quantum leap, through a leap of faith,
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that will elevate us to Satori and make all suffering disap-

pear! There is always a way out. The therapies of Energy Psy-
chology will free the meanders of our subconscious from the
negative programs, the emotional blocks and the fears which
prevent us from attracting all the wonders that resonate with
the divine purpose of our highest self. Let’s go back to seeing
the world with the eyes of a child, without the filter of our
past, let’s go back to Zero and Expect Miracles
The ripples of the Etheric sea are filled with compas-
sion, the force that keeps the atoms together, the essence of
the cosmic consciousness, which hears every imperceptible
wail of frustration coming from any form of life. Would
you believe that, in the depths of the Tibetan mountains,
heremit monks, freed and fed by the blissful feeling of their
heart, live in a constant meditative state to elevate the vibra-
tion of the world? Their vow is to keep praying until every
single being on Earth is out of suffering. Even if you don't
know it, the Universe is always at work for your own best,
in this very moment! He just can’t wait for you to make the
most impossible wish so that he can take you, by hand, to
its realization! Be grateful and ask for more. “If you express
an intention, consider it the intention of God. How then
could you doubt that it could be fulfilled?” In the world of
quanta anything is possible for the one who truly believes,
and remember that “if you have faith and do not doubt, not
only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you
can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea’
and it will be done.” ‘The truth is that you are free and loved,
always.
We live in a world where nothing is what it seems,
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and the truth is masked, manipulated, distorted, mocked

or pushed away from us. Religion has imposed itself as an
intermediary between us and God; sciences as intermedia-
ries between us and our body, mind, world, past and even
future! No more intermediaries. Cleave through the turbid
swamp of obscurantism and take flight towards the ever-
green oasis of verity within yourself. “[v@0t ceavtov.” The
truth lies in the simple and beautiful things that are right in
front of us, therefore “the real voyage of discovery consists
not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” We
are here, part of this amazing Universe. Our mission is to
become aware of what is already here, inside us, around us,
in order to reach physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing.
In my imagination, a new ego-less, corporation-free and
innocent Science will rise, pursue pure knowledge and lead
mankind to an Era in which the hidden truths will finally be
revealed. That’s when we will evolve from creatures to crea-
tors, from victims to victors. Imagine, In-Me-Mago-Agere:
in me the wizard acts. We have been imprisoned in our own
ignorance because a lack of knowledge is a lack of power.
The truth will set us all free.
The definition of freedom is: “the power or right to act,
speak, or think as one wants.” I believe that we are like wild
animals in captivity, so disoriented and far away from their
natural habitat, to have completely lost the capacity to feel
their true needs. The real freedom starts when we allow our-
selves to follow the path of our heart and live in unison with
the “freile” of our soul. Human race, get off your knees and
break free from the chains of slavery! “You were born into
bondage, born into a prison that you cannot smell or taste
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or touch.” Your bars are not made of steel but false ideol-
ogies, which can be broken only by the revelations about
the true meaning of life. The joyful chant of the uprising is
getting louder and louder, the end of the collective hypnosis
is near! “The lion sleeps no more.”

Federico Emmanuel Miraglia is a Particle Physicist oriented towards the

Science of the Spirit. His research involves the investigation of human subtle
energies, plants vital force and consciousness-related physical phenomena.

Currently, he is studying to become a Quantum Doctor and an Alternative

Medical Practitioner: Federico’s work aims at developing a new Energetic and
Holistic Medicine for the Third Millenium by reconnecting the principles of
modern science with the ancient traditions of oriental spirituality.

In his free time he likes being in contact with Nature and taking care of his
family, friends and animals.

Email: [email protected].
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The Gifted Heart

by Trisha Niedermaier

am deeply honored and I am so full of gratitude for this

[vee Opportunity to write this chapter in “The
Prosperity Factor” with Joe Vitale.
How did this happen? I may have to write an entire
book about it. In the meantime, it may help you to under-
stand that in October of 2014, I went to “You Were Born
Rich” conference by Bob Proctor in Los Angeles, Califor-
nia. The best part of all was meeting Bob Proctor, Arash
Vossoughi and Sandra Gallagher of the Proctor Gallagher
Institute (PGI). This was one of the very best intuitive deci-
sions I made. ‘These people are the world’s greatest leaders in
growth and change for personal and professional develop-
ment. Their love, energy, wisdom and passion reach people
through the best sources possible — your heart, your mind
and your spirit.
I mention this because I have learned so very much from
them as my mentors, and I am deeply grateful and honored
to know them. Thanks to PGI, I had the right paradigm
when that chance came to become a co-author with Mr.
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Vitale. I took immediate action, allowing my heart to guide

me.
Now, whether I know you or don't know you, I sin-
cerely want to “thank you” for each and every time that you
touched the lives of so many people. Thank you for giving
of your time and of yourself in order to make someone else’s
life that much better.
It is a gifted heart, your gifted heart, that in a single
moment, with your pure and genuine care for people, you
can change the course of time in a person's life — with warm
thoughts, silent action and spoken words from your heart.
“Thank you.” You are an amazing human being and the
heart value you generously share will hold true forever.
It is my hope that you are living your life from a mind-
set of abundance. I learned to do this. The time that I have
spent with my faith, deeply immersed in my new abun-
dance paradigm, is time wisely invested. This new paradigm
in which I live my present life is a gift just to know, as well
as a joy to share.
The paradigm holds the answers to showing you how to
truly create the life you want. Ifyou want to experience more
abundance in your life there is a way to do it. Study abun-
dance and study your paradigms until you are the expert of
your own paradigms, and knowledgeable how to naturally
and almost effortlessly manifest all that is meaningful to you
to have in your life, for you and your family.
Love. ‘This is the reason we all do what we do and go to
the extent that we go. Love of all people. To promote human
growth is a significant way to contribute to our evolution as
human beings — keeping in mind that we are, in fact, first
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and foremost spiritual beings. We are fundamentally the

same and the expansion of one is the expansion for all. The
gifted heart is completely full of love, experiences the deep-
est love, feels the purest joy, the most profound gratitude,
and everlasting abundance. Much of this is experienced sim-
ply by allowing.
You may set the ego aside to allow your heart to step up
to the plate. Your heart and spirit work together like a team,
and your heart is full of gifts for you to discover and enjoy
through this growth process.
There was a time that I myself did not allow these gifts
from the heart to touch my life. I did not know how. Logic
and being analytical definitely works where applicable but I
wouldn't be where I am today if I had not made the decision
to follow the leads of my heart. When I came from that
heart place, everything changed and continues to change.
Is there some area in your life that you want to improve
to it’s greatest potential? Are you interested in experienc-
ing increase in your life? If so, then may you take comfort
in knowing that you are just where you need to be to get
started. With a calm and peaceful mind, look into your very
own gifted heart where your natural talents reside. There
you will begin to feel and to see the life-changing informa-
tion that awaits you.
Accessing this information happens through the applied
process of study. Study paradigms and figure it out and as
you study, you will greatly expand your awareness and grow
the greater faculties of your mind. It is the development and
growth of these higher faculties that can and will change
your very own paradigm to so much better.
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For those of you who may not be familiar, and as Bob

Proctor teaches, the higher faculties of the mind are: reason,
memory, perception, will, intuition, and imagination. These
faculties of your mind are real assets that you can continue
to build upon all throughout your life.
In Napoleon Hill’s book, “Think and Grow Rich,” he
said “An educated person is not necessarily one who has
an abundance of specialized knowledge... Educated people
have developed the faculties of their mind so that they may
acquire anything they want, or its equivalent without violat-
ing the rights of others.”
When you read for enrichment you grow the greatest part
of you: “yourself.” When you allow your mind and heart to
grow, you allow abundance in, and allow the new paradigm
to begin. This new paradigm of yours will be worth heaven
and earth to you. If you are familiar with the very laws that
govern this universe, then you are familiar with the infinite
creative powers that you have and hold within your heart.
You are the owner of these gifts, so it is you who must
decide to release them, allowing them to manifest in your
life and then share them with the world. After all, you are
in this world for a reason so allow yourself to act on the cre-
ative ability that you have. Live a life of prosperity through
your gifted heart, opening those gifts that only you have,
and put them to work in your life. The time to do so is now.
Embrace your life with love and compassion and
embrace you mind with a new paradigm of thinking...get
ready to welcome abundance and prosperity into your life!
The Gifted Heart 307

Trisha Niedermaier is a Transformational Con-

sultant with the Proctor Gallagher Institute.
Trisha coaches the “Thinking Into Results”
program, inspiring and motivating people to
achieve their desired results in life, through
a positive and effective coaching experi-
ence. Trisha is a partner of Bob Proctor, a
leader in the field of personal and profes-
sional growth.
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The Boy with

the Rainbow Sack
by Ivan Nossa

nce upon a time, there was a little boy called Ivan-

(=) kor. He lived near Athens with his parents, who
were farmers. He was an enthusiastic kid, always
cheerful and in a good mood. He loved playing with his
friends and, slightly less keenly, helping his father cultivate
the land. One of the things he enjoyed the most was going
along with his mother to the town market, twice a week,
where they would sell the products from their farm. The
city was colorful, full of life, sounds and scents, and these
sensations made Ivankor giddy with pleasure. They would
fill his heart with a great joy and he always waited impa-
tiently for those days when he could accompany his mother
to the market. At a small stall, in an alley just off the main
market road, Ivankor and his mother carefully arranged the
fruits of their family’s work. The goods, the colors and the
scents varied according to season. Ivankor was very careful
in arranging the vegetables, cereals and spices on the stall.
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The colors were always ordered and combined with chro-

matic skill. His mother was well aware of the talents of her
young helper, and she was happy to let him handle what we
would nowadays call “window-dressing”. Although small,
that stall always drew a great deal of attention. It was impos-
sible to pass by and not take a look, or be captivated at first
by the hues of the perfectly arranged colors and then by the
enchanting and intense scents.
The mother counted and weighed the goods in a careful
and humble manner, making sure that the figures would
balance at the end of each day.
All this love they put into their work bore its fruits.
Things went well. Every time, they would come home with
their baskets nearly empty. The many customers, attracted
by that magnificence, just kept on coming, and they would
grow fond of that boy so full of love and enthusiasm for
what he did.
Ivankor knew gratitude. His heart was filled with it. On
every market day, he was the first to get up, check the goods
and prepare the baskets. Once in town, he was so happy
about everything he saw and the people he met that his pulse
always raced. He was in love with that world and often he
would stop and gape at everything he saw. All those people,
always different, who often came from far away with beauti-
ful dresses and exotic perfumes. And then those stalls laden
with goods which had often travelled for so long and from
places so far away that it was difficult to recognize them. But
he smelled the scents and admired the colors. He enjoyed
watching the peddlers, who, in loud voices, praised their
merchandise. When he met peddlers of animals, he was so
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fascinated that he was unable to move on and his mother

always had to pull him along. His favorites were those who
sold talking birds with long green and blue plumage. He
didn’t know where they came from, but they were astonish-
ing. He knew a peddler with a turban who played with them
and Ivankor could swear he talked to them as well. They had
become friends and every morning and evening he stopped
by for a chat with those amazing birds. He was fond of one
in particular, called Cocd, because it hummed a greeting as
soon as it saw him. I almost forgot: there was also Abdul’s
stall. Well, I know that this name is not very original, but
I couldn't think of a better one. It was his favorite. It sold
Egyptian spices. There were many with hundreds of differ-
ent colors quite unlike those at Ivankor’s stall. He envied
those spices a little. The shades of color were quite amazing.
And the scents were so strong that they could be smelled
throughout the entire city. Ivankor imagined that Egypt was
a country full of sweet and powerful aromas. A country you
could identify with your nose! Every morning, he would
stop at Abdul’s stall, make some suggestions on how to com-
bine the various colors and then they would wish each other
a good and successful day. Ivankor always thanked every-
body, every person he encountered and every customer who
passed by their stall. It didn’t matter how much stuff they
bought or even if they didn’t buy anything at all and just
stopped by to admire the goods. It was enough for him that
he put such care in arranging them. And he always noticed
the magical effect of that special word “thank you”. He
called it the magic word: the magic word of his feast days,
those of the town and the market.
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Then a downturn year came along. The crops were scarce

and business for the town merchants was not so prosper-
ous anymore. Even Ivankor’s father’s crops were well below
expectations and, after subtracting the family’s consump-
tion, the goods for the market were less and less. The people
at the market were less cheerful, they spent less money and
negotiated everything. Regular clients were now stopping
by barely once a fortnight. In the town’s inns, there wasn’t
the usual animation anymore. Ivankor had not lost his good
humor and, despite adversities, he continued to be thank-
ful. He said “If not for this year, I’m thankful for what will
surely come next year.”
But his mother had lost that sweetness and serenity
that she always had. ‘The stall was half empty, the goods for
the market were few. Ivankor, as only he knew how, had
to prepare the stall with half of the goods there used to be
and make it seem equally full and pleasant to look at. He
always managed to do it one way or another, and it was a
new challenge every time. But he was sad to see his mother
sitting down, with no more smiles left. The market was so
wonderful to him!
He thought and thought. He wanted to find a solution.
Going to the market with a miserable half-full sack made
the start of the day already seem gloomy. Somehow they
had to fill that stall and he really wanted his mother to smile
again. He stayed awake that night. He snuck out of bed and
stared up at the stars until he came up with an idea. He gave
his thanks, went silently to the granary and started to fiddle
about.
The next day, they set off for market at the usual time.
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His mother was busy preparing the same small sack with
the goods to sell. At the time of departing, she saw Ivankor
with another sack on his shoulders. A big and apparently
full sack. “Ivankor, where did you get those goods? What's
in that sack?”
“Don't worry, mother. They're goods for the market.”
“We don't have anything else to sell. The pantry is empty.
What are you bringing along?”
“Don't worry about it. They're wonders for our custom-
erssg
Giving a second look, she realized how beautiful that
sack was. It had all the colors of the rainbow. In the sunlight,
it reflected a maze of harmonious colors.
For the entire journey, his mother thought incessantly
about the content of that big sack.
Once they arrived in town, people could not stop
admiring Ivankor’s sack, with all those colored reflections.
They started to smile and greet him, and everybody com-
plimented him for such an unusual and beautiful sack. Peo-
ple sort of woke up when he passed them by. A tiny bit of
the numbness and sadness of the last period seemed to slip
away, leaving behind greetings and smiles.
Once they got to their place at the market, they pre-
pared their stall as usual with the few goods available, trying
to stretch them out to make them seem more abundant.
Ivankor’s sack remained on the ground, closed.
His mother continued to stare at it.
“What's in there? I want you to tell me right now!”
“Something to make customers come back to us and,
maybe, who knows, even ensure a good harvest!”
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“Tell me what’s in there!”

“Alright, now I can show you.”
Ivankor opened the sack and emptied it out on the stall,
revealing just a little bit of wheat and a few tomatoes.
“My son, what are you doing? That sack is useless, what
are we going to sell?”
“Try a little bit harder, mum, don’t you see anything?”
“No, apart from those few seeds and 4 tomatoes...”
“Come on, focus, think about it!”
“I don’t see anything, my son.”
“Mum, do as I say. Close your eyes, take a deep breath
and look again. Now trust me! This sack is full! Full of all the
things we had and all the things we will have in the future.
They are all coming together to form a rainbow. Even if it
seems small it is a big sack if you want it. It’s time to be
thankful for the fruits of our land, for our customers and for
our entire lives. We have been sad for too long.”
Ivankor started to smile at the passers-by, at everybody,
at old and new customers. He donated heartfelt thanks to
each and every one. His mother decided to trust him and
started to act like Ivankor. Slowly people started to come
back to their stall, the vibe started to change and, regard-
less of how many goods they really had, people smiled. And
thanked them!
His mother, closing her eyes once again, asked “Son, it
works! But for what are we giving our thanks?”
“For the things that have been, for the things that are
and for those that will be. For all the things that, if you take
a careful look, are all around you at this very moment and
make our life a miracle.”
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Ivan Nossa is from Italy and he is the

bestselling co-author of The Midas Touch
and The Prosperity Factor. After majoring in
foreign languages he became a successful
entrepreneur. His love for spirituality and
self-development brought him to study
Law of Attraction with Dr Joe Vitale.
His passion for writing led him
to became a journalist, lyricist,
poet and author. His new
book “Thank you (the power
and magic of gratitude)”
will be published in 2016.
www.ivannossa.com

The story is an extract from his book “Thank You, the Power and Magic of
Gratitude”
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The G’s To
Prosperity
by Sandra Petgrave

key component to living a prosperous life can be

Ae in two words that begin with the letter “G”:
God - (Also referred to as The Divine, Infinite,
Spirit, The Universe) and Gratitude — The secret door to
prosperity.

God - The source of all wealth and

prosperity.
God has given us dominion over everything on this
Earth. This Infinite Power is ever present in us and it seeks to
express itself fully through us. Through our talents and abili-
ties the Universe can have a fuller, freer and more expansive
expression of itself.
Some people have no clue of this power existing in
them. I was one of those people. It took me years of dissat-
isfaction and discontentment with my life before I discov-
ered this power. It would be accurate to say I had a serious
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problem with my identity. As a child I knew about God,

but I didn’t have the belief engrained in me that this divine
power existed in me. Nor did I believe that I could achieve
whatever I wanted and desired by tapping into this great
power that is within me. So I lived a life that was less fulfill-
ing and with what I call self-identity problem. I didn’t fully
understand who I was and what my purpose was.
Asachild our parents give us a name which then becomes
our identity. In some traditions great thought is placed on
naming a new born baby. The circumstance surrounding the
birth of that child or the anticipated future of that child is
considered before a name is chosen. A friend once told me
a story about how his great grandfather got his name. His
great-grandfather was called Njokanma, which has its ori-
gin from the Igbo tribe in West Africa Nigeria, considered
descendants of one of the lost tribes of Israel. The name
Njokanma means “it’s better to be bad to people than to be
good.” His great-grandfather was given this name because
his great-great-grandfather was the king and he tried to be
nice to his people by eliminating the compulsory payment
of part of their proceeds to the king. He wanted people to
willing give to his kingdom instead of being forced to do
it. Think of it like paying taxes only if you want to. People
stopped paying to the king and the grounds of the king were
no longer being maintained as before.
On one stormy, rainy night the king’s wife went into
labor to deliver their first child, who turned out to be a son,
the roof of the hut where the baby was being delivered was
leaking due to lack of maintenance. The king became very
hurt and disappointed in his people, thinking he was trying
The G’s To Prosperity oly.

to be nice to his people, but they paid him back with evil. He
called his son Njokanma and this son grew up to terrorize the
whole village and lived up to the expectations of his name.
If we don’t each discover our true identity, then we'll set-
tle for mediocre lives and our destiny will be determined by
the environment in which we grow up. This would confirm
the erroneous saying that we are a product of our environ-
ment, rather than the ideology that we are a product of our
mindset, which is greatly influenced by our environment.
You are not just your name; you are a spiritual being,
living in a physical body, with the power within to achieve
wealth and prosperity in every area of your life. If you are
reading this, then you are responding to that longing feel-
ing inside that knows that there is more to you. It is the
Infinite part of you looking to guide you towards creating
the wealth that you so desire. Knowing how to access this
Infinite power is essential to creating wealth. Thomas Edi-
son was a master at doing this — he learned that through his
catnaps (similar to modern day meditation) he could access
The Infinite, which he referred to as the land of the solution.

Gratitude — The secret door to prosperity.

Gratitude keeps you at a higher vibration, which allows
you to attract more of the good things you want in life.
I refer to gratitude as the Great Attitude that nurtures
the connection between you and the source of all supply.
Having a great attitude is being grateful for the gift of life,
regardless of what the circumstance may be. It changes your
focus from complaining about lack of what you don't have,
to being grateful for what you already have.
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For instance, I woke up early one morning to find my

laptop had been moved from my home office to my _kids
playroom, I took it back to my office, opened it up to start
working and to my surprise the screen was broken. My first
inclination was to wake up my kids and start yelling to find
out who had moved it and broken it. I immediate felt this
feeling inside of me that said be grateful. Then I thought to
myself ‘what is there to be grateful for with a broken laptop,
I have to spend more money replacing it.’ | quickly realized
that I could be grateful that my kids are healthy and only
a kid that is physically able to walk would go down to the
basement where my office is and take the laptop upstairs.
In times of difficulty, consider your problems as manure,
when you add manure to a plant it stinks but it makes the
plant grow. Every disappointment is a blessing in disguise;
you may not see the physical blessing in a bad situation but
choose to believe that it is a blessing in disguise, and as such
be grateful.

To Sum It Up
There is enough wealth for everyone in this abundant
Universe. The divine source of all wealth has given you the
power to achieve everything good that you desire. Every
answer that you seek is in your heart. Knowing who you
are and taking possession of your own mind is the first step
to changing your world. Finally, be grateful. Gratitude is
the great attitude that invokes the vibration which attracts
wealth and prosperity to you.
The G’s To Prosperity 319

Sandra Petgrave is a speaker, Certified

Life Optimization and Dream
Builder Coach with a passion for
helping people life an abundant
life. She offers inspiring
workshops and in-depth
coaching programs to help
clients achieve new heights
of success, fulfillment, and
spiritual aliveness. Visit
www. SandraPetgrave.
com to schedule a
complementary
strategy session.
320 a

My Journey to
Success
by Chi Phan

remember my childhood and my young adulthood as a

]time where I was quite lost and lonely. My family immi-
erated to Perth, Australia in 1978, shortly after the Viet-
nam War, and the transition to a totally different culture
was particularly difficult for all of us. My mother started to
learn English, but then gave up on it, and my father picked
up just enough of the language for us to get by. So I grew up
essentially in a household with parents that did not speak
the local language.
My parents were quite forceful in instilling collectivist
Vietnamese culture into my siblings and me. They had an
authoritarian “tough love” parenting style that would leave
scars on me for the rest of my childhood and into my adult-
hood. In order to survive the harshness of home life, I learnt
to keep quiet and not ask for anything. We were particularly
poor and I remember growing up without a lot in terms of
material things.
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I grew up ina large family with five siblings, and yet still
felt isolated. At school I was painfully shy, found it difficult
to make friends and was often a loner. Deep inside, I longed
to be in a different world; a world where I was successful,
popular and felt loved.
When I left school I studied primary school teaching,
but found studying at times challenging, especially since I
was so broke. I resorted to gambling to make some money
and developed a gambling addiction. This gambling addic-
tion, fuelled by my low self-esteem, would continue to
haunt me for the next 14 years. I was so broke at times
I did not have money to pay the rent or to buy food. I
dropped out of studying to become a teacher (after having
studied for two years), and drifted from job to job with-
out much direction. I suffered from periods of depression,
and at times had thoughts of suicide. I had no idea what |
wanted to do with my life, and I continued this way until I
turned thirty two, where a life-changing event would alter
the course of my life.
I was persuaded by a colleague to attend a seminar with
her. During this weekend-long seminar I experienced heal-
ing that I can not put into words. Amongst a new under-
standing of myself, I also experienced a major breakthrough
where I was able to dissolve the deep resentment for my
father I had been harboring up to that point. Shortly after
this seminar weekend, I worked with my coach in inten-
sive professional self-development, somewhat like counsel-
ling, where I continued to experience many more break-
throughs. It was in this period that my calling or purpose
in life was revealed to me. I wanted to become a counselor
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so I could help people experience the same healing that I

had gone through.
Shortly after this revelation, though, I began to doubt
that I had the capacity to fulfill such a tall order. In my fear,
I turned my back on my calling for the next eight years.
During these eight years I continued to work in jobs that I
was reasonably good at, and all the while I tried to block out
my passion and purpose in life. At the end of this eight year
period, however, I knew I could no longer continue to live
an inauthentic life.
I mustered the courage to quit my job and to start
studying again. I enrolled in a university degree in psychol-
ogy and counselling, and began the next step in my journey.
I found that things started to fall into place for me shortly
after I started following my calling. I achieved a sense of
peace knowing that I was on the right path, and I had a
mission to fulfill. Three years later I finished my bachelor’s
degree with academic achievement, in the top 15% of stu-
dents in my university.
Soon after graduating I set up my own business. I cre-
ated a seminar where I now teach people how to achieve
success in their lives by following their personal passions. |
use the lessons I have learned in the course of my life to fast
track people to their own success. The “Formula to Success”
seminar is easy to understand and is taught in a step-by-
step process. In addition, I also set up my own counselling
practice, where I work side by side with other counsellors
and healers. Counselling is particularly useful if an individ-
ual is experiencing challenges in their life and wish to work
with a facilitator on a one on one level to overcome these
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issues. This then clears the path so they can now move on
to achieve success.

Chi Phan, B.A. Psychology and Counselling.

Chi lives in Perth, Western Australia, and

is the founder of “Chi Phan Seminars
and Counselling Centre,” where she
works with other experts to achieve
her vision of helping others achieve
success by finding and following their
purpose in life. She does this through
her “Formula to Success” seminar,
and through the process of
counselling. She has a bachelors
of arts in psychology and
counselling, and _ she
graduated in the top
15% of her class. Her
extensive working and
education background
includes retail, reception, sales, coaching and teaching. You can reach Chi and
her team ather business website — chiphanseminars.com.
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SFO — Your Path

to Prosperity
by Elisabetta Reist

S FQ: What does this stand for? I am going to explain it

to you right now.
S = Spring; F= Forest; Q= Qigong. The basis of this
method is the Chinese discipline, which goes back thou-
sands of years. It has helped millions of people achieve
health, wealth, love, relationships, and peace of mind.
I am obviously speaking of Qi = energy; gong = work.
And what does all this have to do with your prosperity?
SFQ stands for Spring Forest QiGong. The developer
of this method is Master Chunyi Lin. When he was in the
United States, he realized that this ancient Chinese method
of QiGong was too complicated for the Western world,
and he therefore created a simplified version of it. SFQ is
based on movements, sound, mind, deep breathing, and
meditation. You may also add visualizations, and the three
fundamental values Master Chunyi Lin added to it: Love,
Forgiveness and Kindness. Master Lin’s vision is a world
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without pain and suffering. He was born a healer and he

says that we were born healers too! We can heal our world,
be it our personal world or the surrounding world. And if
we, as a community of wealthy and healthy people, are a
sufficient number on the planet, then we can contribute to
its healing in a major way, thanks to our high level of energy
and wealth.
It is a simple method to learn that gives us the tools to
achieve better health. But it is not limited to one’s body. In
fact, working with the energy is working with the whole
human being, not merely the body. The method starts with
simple movements, mostly carried out with the hands. We
move the energy in our body. Energy should flow smoothly
in our meridians, which are the highways of the energy. But
many times, the flow is not smooth because there are block-
ages, which can represent all sorts of things. They may be
found in our body or in our mind, and more often in our
subconscious mind, which is much stronger and influences
the human being much more than the conscious part of the
mind.
By moving the energy we are able to break up those
blockages that hinder our spiritual growth or any positive
aspect of our life. If we do these exercises regularly, the first
thing that happens is an opening of our mind. Thoughts
might change. We will look differently at our world or at
ourselves. Why is that?
Blockages are opening up, or they may even be removed
completely. Whenever a major blockage has left our sys-
tem, we get more space for positive thoughts and values.
And that’s exactly what we want to happen. Our state of
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mind will no longer be ruled by anxiety, by worries, or by

any other negativity. The more we slow down in doing our
movements, the more we get into a meditative state of mind.
Meditation brings us closer to the Divine, to the true Source
of everything. As you know, everything is energy. Energy
cannot be created, nor can it be destroyed, but energy can
be transformed. The best way of transformation is that of
meditation, of breaking down the barriers found in our con-
scious or subconscious mind.
Our subconscious mind is very powerful. It’s said that
it contains 90% of our energy. That’s why it’s so important
to work with it and to cleanse it continuously. The subcon-
scious mind is directly connected with the Divine, which is
the infinite Source of everything.
While doing meditations, or the small and slow move-
ments that become meditations, you will get a first glimpse
of the Divine with its golden light, and you would like this
state to continue all the time.
It’s where no movements take place, or where you don’t
perceive any movements. Energy is always in motion but at
the zero level it gets so fine that no motion is perceived. SFQ
helps you to get into that state.
At a certain point, everything falls into place. You will
get many manifestations of all kinds. If there are challenging
manifestations, you now know they are road blocks that are
there to help you grow in all senses. Just let go of everything
that doesn't serve you. Often this is not easy to do, and you
may initially resist changes. Letting go of things that don’t
serve us any longer is the best cure and way of cleansing.
You will arrive at a point where cleansing and letting go is
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no longer a challenge, but pure pleasure. In fact, the more

you let go of your old thoughts, of your old beliefs, and even
of things, the better your life becomes. Being attached to
old stuff gets in your way. Sometimes it’s painful to let go of
people, but sometimes it’s very healthy. Letting go of people
mostly involves forgiving. Work on it as long as you are not
completely clear.
One very important thing is also gratitude. Be grate-
ful for everything, whether it seems challenging or joyful to
you. Gratitude is the word that opens gates, that lets good
things flow into your life. Make a list of all the things you
are grateful for. This list will never end.
We said that the method also uses sound. There are
powerful sounds present in songs and in words.
The six-word chant helps you cleanse your energy. It also
builds your consciousness that all human beings are here
to live a good life, to enjoy abundance, perfect health and
joy; in other words, whatever comes with heightened levels
of energy. The six-word chant should (and will) penetrate
your whole being. Sometimes you can hear it in your heart,
which is truly awesome. There are other sounds used in
meditations, and in the long run they will also become part
of you. These higher energy levels will also help you see that
the poverty in the world and all the suffering can be changed
into a more human world, and that you can contribute in
many ways to make the world a better place.
The more people become wealthy, thanks to spiritual
practices, the easier it will be to erase or at least lower the inci-
dence of poverty and violence where these still exist. It is the
spirituality that makes prosperity a better value. Prosperity is
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not only being wealthy, having a lot of money and every-

thing money can buy. Prosperity stands for a rich life in
every respect, be it health, relationships, love and whatever
positive values you can think of. SFQ will help you achieve
this Prosperity. .

Flisabetta Reist is a professional translator, and active in the field of Success,

Personal Growth and Personal Achievement. She lives in the Southern part of
Switzerland where she works with clients of all ages, to help them release
anxiety and experience the peace and joy that comes from being freed from
emotional traumas. She’ the author of many books including:

- — Anxiety, Goodbye!
- — Kiss Anxiety Goodbye
- Overcome Anxiety, Embrace Joy
- Releasing Anxiety, Inviting Peace: Small Changes That Make a
Difference

Elisabetta provides customized coaching to help

clients release limiting beliefs and achieve
their dreams. Thanks to her knowledge of
various languages, she helps people in ‘
English, Italian, German and French. Her
personal journey to peace led her to achieve
certification as an instructor of EFT, Agegate
Therapy and Spring Forest QiGong. She
currently focuses work with SFO. Elisabetta \\
is a certified instructor for level 1and2and §
a Masterhealer. Visit www.reistlingue. |
com and www.kissanxietygoodbye.com
for more information.
 329

How To Attract
Prosperity Through
Relationships
and Building
A Network!
by DJ Richoux

P Yoo many people believe that the path to prosperity

abundance, fulfillment and happiness is through
hard work to gather and accumulate possessions.
When I was a teenager I dreamed about owning fast cars
and racing around in them on weekends. I also dreamed
about owning a summer cottage on a lake and travelling to
exotic places. I was all about outdoor adventure and adren-
aline rushes.
I always thought that James Bond had the perfect life-
style. He got to drive fast cars, visit exotic places and have
an adrenaline rush at least three times a day. You see, James
Bond has access to fast cars, speedboats, yachts and the
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latest gadgets, which he never had to pay for. And of course

he never worries about maintaining or fixing anything he
damages or crashes like an Aston Martin DB7.
There is also an emotional and energy cost to own-
ing things. Not only do you have to earn and save up the
money to buy your dream possession you also have to pro-
tect and maintain it. What if someone steals it, scratches it
and breaks it. One can worry, fret and be distracted by their
possessions. In too many cases, the headaches begin once
you finally get your prize when you have to maintain and
fix your prized possession. Ask anyone that owns a sailboat,
yacht or a collector’s car.
When I was in my late twenties I came to the realization
that what I really wanted was access to fast cars, sailboats
and summer homes. I decided let someone else deal with all
the maintenance and fixing, just like James Bond does.
When I graduated from university I could barely afford
a Volkswagen, let alone a Porsche (my favorite car). So my
first job out of University was working at a luxury car deal-
ership that sold Porsches, Aston Martins and Jaguars. I got
to live what I call the “James Bond Lifestyle” in a small way.
I was able to drive not only one Porsche, I got to drive all
kinds of Porsches and then I got to compare them to Aston
Martins and Jaguars. For me having access to all these cars
was better than owning one or two Porsches.
The thrill and excitement of driving fast and exotic cars
diminishes over time. When you have driven a Porsche for
the fifth or tenth time the thrill and excitement is generally
not that the same as when you drove a Porsche for the very
first time. In economics they call this the law of diminish-
ing returns.
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and Building A Network!

I have also been able to access sailboats, power boats

and small yachts through the relationships and networks |
have developed over time. The experience I was always look-
ing for was being out on the water, enjoying the marine life
and the beauty of the ocean. I didn’t want to own a boat
and deal with all the costs and headaches of repairing and
maintaining a boat.
Around the time I was thirty I discovered that a lot of
smart and successful people attract abundance and prosper-
ity by building and developing relationships and networks
that give them access to the abundance, wealth, experiences
and connections they want.
That is when I came to the conclusion that I could
attract prosperity through relationships and by building a
network.
That is when I knew that the secret to getting what I
want was through focusing on building relationships and
developing networks.
By building relationships and networks you can apply
leverage.
Leverage is one keys laws of prosperity. You won't attract
prosperity by trading time for money, and you can’t do
it all yourself.
Attracting abundance and building wealth is about
working smarter, rather than harder, by applying the follow-
ing principles of leverage:

1. Financial Leverage: Other people’s money and

resources so that you are not limited by your own
pocketbook.
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2. Time Leverage: Other people’s time so that you are

not limited to 24 hours in a day.
3. Systems and Technology Leverage: Other people's
systems and technology so that you can get more
done with less effort.

4. Communication Leverage: Other people’s books,

magazines, newsletters, radio shows, and client lists/
databases so that you can communicate to millions
with no more effort than is required to communicate
one-on-one.

5. Network Leverage: Other people’s resources and

connections so that you can expand beyond your
own.

6. Knowledge Leverage: Other people’s talents, exper-

tise, and experience so that you can utilize greater
knowledge than you will ever possess.
Leverage allows you to attract more prosperity than you
could ever achieve alone by utilizing resources that extend
beyond your own. It allows you to expand your.abundance
without being restricted by your personal limitations.
Leverage is the principle that separates those who
have prosperity from those who don‘. It’s just that sim-
ple.
However if you want to have true prosperity and
abundance you will give more value than you take.
When you give more value than you take you begin to
measure success by how much you have given to the world.
Adding value to the world by giving more than you receive
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and Building A Network!

makes everyone better off. That is how you build true pros-
perity and wealth. You improve other’s lives by improving
your own.
History is full of accounts of people who have built
massive financial empires by taking advantage of others and
exploiting the environment, however just taking can never
lead to happiness or fulfillment. Exploitation may bring
riches, but giving value brings happiness and fulfillment as
well as riches — and that’s true abundance and prosperity.
By giving more value than you receive, success becomes
a measure of how much you have given. The wealthier you
become the more you are giving to others. It is a rewarding
and satisfying way to live.
“From what we get in life, we make a living.
From what we give, we make a life.”
- Arthur Ashe

How do you give more value then you take? One place
to start is by asking one question to your teachers, mentors
and thought leaders... it’s just 5 simple words, but it can and
will transform your life and your business.... HOW CAN I
SUPPORT YOU?
That's it.
But you have to truly “mean it”. Your offer to help/sup-
port someone can’t just be lip-service. It can't be fake. And
it can’t be self-serving. You don’t ask how you can help/sup-
port someone — and then never reply to their email. This is
the beginning of a relationship... and you have to give from
the heart (and ask for nothing in return). Remember your
goal is to deliver more value then you take.
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The next time you meet someone at an event or you are

trying to connect online with a person youd like to do busi-
ness with, stick to these five words, “How Can I Support
You” — and you'll see how your life will change.

DJ Richoux is known as the “Profit Maximizer’

Since 2001 he has been helping business
owners maximize their profits in minimum time
using simple and highly effective strategies. He
has an unique ability of adding additional
revenue streams to a business that
most entrepreneurs don't realize exist.
www.djrichoux.com
 oD

UpDogLife
by Robby Roy

few years back, I found myself in a state of unhap-

piness. I wasn’t really sure how I had gotten there.
had a great upbringing, loving parents and did
well in school. I had a pretty good career in terms earning
enough to live a comfortable and adventurous life. I had
many friends. I had traveled the world a few times over.
Yet I often felt empty inside. From an outsider’s perspective
my life seemed like a great one. But I didn’t particularly feel
that way. I kept asking myself what was missing. Like many
people who have felt this way before, I tried to fill the void
with external stimuli. I develop some bad habits. I partied
way too much and took my liver for a ride along the way. I
became stuck in this whirlwind of an illusion of self-pity and
loneliness. I started blaming all of the circumstances in my
life on past decisions that had led me this low point. I was
so tired of feeling that way and replaying the same day over
and over again like an old Bill Murray movie. How could I
make this endless cycle stop? I had to do something else. I
had to make a new choice. I had to do SOMETHING.
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You know, a strange thing happens to us in moments of

despair. We are put into a position of having to make one of
two choices: give up altogether or change in the most mean-
ingful way — the fight or flight biology response. It exists in
pretty much every living organism on earth. Down to our
cellular level, this holds true. So what did I do?
I made an intentional, absolute, non-negotiable deci-
sion that I was going to change my outlook, my habits and
my life for good. No more feeling sorry for myself, no more
making excuses and no more useless negative thinking.
I immediately started to put a plan in place to set myself
up for success. I knew I would have to replace some nega-
tive habits with positive ones, so I quit drinking. Just like
that. No more partying. Then, I made a second decision
that would change my life forever. I decided I wanted to
adopt a dog.
For the following few weeks I immersed myself in
everything that had to do with dogs. Growing up with pets
I understood the lifelong commitment it required to live
with a dog. So I read articles, I read books, I watched count-
less hours of training and educational videos. I made abso-
lutely sure that I was as ready as I could be for this adop-
tion. This part became a healthy new habit for me. Instead
of living in a Groundhog’s Day of self-destruction, I was
changing my paradigm one thought, one action, one habit,
one day at a time. I was full of enthusiasm. I had a new pur-
pose in life, something new to look forward to, something
different and positive. I was ready to adopt.
I had searched a few rescue groups in the area and
planned to go meet a few potential dogs. Then, the most
UpDogLife oo7

amazing unexpected thing happened. I was so focused on

bettering myself, on making this commitment to adopt a
dog for life that I didn’t even see it coming. Just like magic,
my future wife appeared right before my eyes. Now, she may
have a different romantic view of how we first met, but for
me at the time, while I was happy to have this amazing girl
pop up into my life, I was still focused on changing myself
from the inside out without needing someone to fill that
void for me. I knew that I had to continue on my path of
developing new positive habits and committing myself to a
lifetime with a dog.
I believe that having that kind attitude when I first
started dating my wife was really beneficial for me. She
quickly became interested in my self-improvement mis-
sion and she loved dogs. In fact, a few weeks after meeting,
she’s the one that found a dog for me. A big, bear-look-
ing, scruffy Rottweiler mix named Wallace. He was found
eating garbage at an old dump site. I called up the rescue
group and adopted him. I knew he was the one the second
I saw him.
The following weeks and months were all committed to
attending to Wallace’s every need. I established a daily rou-
tine for myself and Wallace. Every single day I got up early
to walk him, then a training session, and walked him again
at night. Every day! I remember one day it was -42C. I had
to put special mittens on his paws so they wouldnt freeze.
I was extremely committed to his well-being and his needs.
These became my new habits.
I didn’t realize it at the time, but I was creating a new
life for myself through these habits. Ihe more action steps
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I took, in every area of my life, the more I was getting what

I had envisioned. This is truly how the Law of Attraction
works in my mind. You not only have to envision your ideal
life, you need to take action every day. Develop new hab-
its. Even if it’s the smallest thing, it makes you move for-
ward. It made me move forward in a way I could have never
imagined. I met my wife unexpectedly through this process,
without even trying to find her. I built a bond with a dog
like no other before. I changed the way I thought and the
way I acted. I grew into someone new and thrived.
That is really what the Prosperity Factor is to me. It is
about developing positive habits of continual growth in
every area of my life. And it all started with a single decisive
intentional thought that I ACTED on to change my out-
look, my habits and my life for good. And I did.

Robby is an entrepreneur, a coach, a trainer and world

traveler. He is very passionate about living a life of freedom
and health in mind, body and spirit. His love for personal
development has inspired him to be of service to people
who want more out of life but feel stuck.

Visit www.robbyroy.life. It is time to

discover your inner power and create
the life that you really want.
 O39

Persistence Is the
Key to Success
by Kandasamy Thaninathan

CC ish You a Happy and Prosperous New

Year”. Year after year, when the New Year
begins we wish others, and receive the
same wishes from them. Every human being certainly does
have the right to live in this world by leading a happy and
prosperous life. But at the end of the day, only a few end up
truly achieving successful lives. For many it is the same old
story. Why?
I had a serene and joyful childhood. I never felt worry or
sadness. I had no idea what those things even meant. When
I was a teenager, my beloved mother passed away after a
sudden illness. For the first time in my life I experienced sor-
row and sadness. Ever since sadness glued itself to me, form-
ing what seemed to be an unbreakable bond, I was never
the same carefree person I once was. I started to watch sad
movies and read sad stories. After a while, I started to enjoy
sadness. It really is no wonder I started to silently attract
negative energy into my life.
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I have had to swim against the tide throughout most of

my life. Things always go wrong at the right time for me,
and I kept asking myself why? Why? I started to search for
the answer. One day I discussed my problems with one of
my relatives, Mr. Nadarajah. He is an old gentleman burst-
ing with knowledge, and he has lots of spiritual and self-
help books in his library. He gave me a book about Prosper-
ity, and it was the first book I ever read on the subject. And
now, many years later, the title of the first book I co-author
has also turned out to be “Prosperity Factor.” See how the
law of attraction works?
The same old gentleman gives me books every time
I meet him, and he encourages me to read. As a result, I
started to realize there is another world out there; a new
world where I have the power to change the direction of my
life. I am always grateful to this great man, Mr. Nadarajah,
for introducing me to personal development. He also gave
me the hit movie “The Secret.” In that movie, I connected
with two teachers. One of them was Dr Joe Vitale. He
touched my heart straight away because he is open, genuine
and humble. I joined his mailing list. I read almost all of his
books and listened to his recordings. And today he has given
me the opportunity to co-author with him on this book. It
is unimaginable, but true.
Several years ago I co-signed a particular legal docu-
ment in order to help a good friend of mine. Even though
my friend is an honest person, and had never let me down
before, that document eventually came back to haunt me.
I started receiving threatening letters all the time. I tried to
get help or advice from friends and relatives, but they all
Persistence Is the Key to Success 341

blamed me and asked the same question; why did you sign?
None of them were willing to understand or even give me
moral support. I proceeded to meet with some experts, but
they said prepare for the worst, and advised me to find an
alternate arrangement if I lost my home, which was now
more likely.
I know very well the greatest truth in life. We did not
bring anything with us when we were born, and we don’t
take anything back with us when we leave this material
world. Whatever we accumulate during our life time is left
behind for someone else. Things are only transferable.
I felt that I didn’t have anybody, and I was left alone
in the middle of a jungle, completely on my own on this
planet, lost. Darkness everywhere. I could only hear the
wolves howling in the distance. I cried in secret. I started to
feel low and I plummeted as the pressure started to mount.
Is it the end of my life? No. Not at all. I should not allow
it to destroy the future of my innocent wife and children,
because it happened when I was a bachelor and they had
nothing to do with it. It is more than just losing my prop-
erty. The fundamental principle of law is that the “innocent
shouldn't be punished.” That kept ringing in my ears.
So I turned to myself. I started to talk to my heart. Only
the higher power can help me now. So I started to write
prayer and affirmations to God or Universe. “God I did not
make any mistakes in this matter. I only helped a friend of
mine who was in trouble and asked me for help. Please do
not punish me for helping someone in need.” I kept repeat-
ing it to myself every time I thought about it. It went on for
couple of years, and the more it took hold, the better I felt.
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Deep in my heart I started to believe that I wouldn't lose my

home. It is my home and I love to live in there.
One day all of a sudden out of the blue, a case similar
to mine happened to someone else, became the headline
story on all the news channels and in the national newspa-
pers. It brought huge publicity and sympathy, and the pub-
lic wanted to change the law in matters like this. I started
to see the sun rising above the horizon. My trouble disap-
peared without a trace. I still live in the same house with my
beautiful family. Home sweet home.
Even though everyone advised me to plan for the possi-
bility of becoming homeless, I did not even think of it.
My persistence with the power of thought and unshak-
able faith in truth in the Universe paid off in the end. You
can enjoy the same expereince. Persistence with the power
of thought will change your life.

Kandasamy Thaninathan, an Electronic Engineer by profession, is married

with two children and currently lives in the UK. From childhood he has had
a passion to help the people in need and suffering
from illness. He also volunteers as a coach of
young children, helping them succeed in their
life and on their exams. He enjoys reading
and writing, and wants to help introduce
the LOA and improve the lives of the people
who are still in the dark. You can reach him
at [email protected].

Wishing everyone a “Happy and

Prosperous Life.”
 343

From Rags to
Pitches ... an Epic
Journey
by Nicole M. Whitney

The Rags:
n the beginning... | was abandoned at birth, in a string
[: eight foster homes in my first three years, adopted
out as an only child to a couple who were physically,
emotionally and mentally abusive toward me throughout
my entire childhood. Homeless by the age of 15 and on
permanent physical disability by the age of 30 with three
incurable diseases, raising two young children, then aged
one and eight, totally alone with no family, no money, no
resources, and no hope.
And things actually got worse from there.
Then something amazing happened.
A voice spoke to me in my living room. It told me to
build a positive news newspaper... and to do it NOW. I
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had been a newspaper reporter for a few years by then, now

working from home as a ‘stringer’ or freelancer and newspa-
per columnist as my health would allow.
The ‘voice’ incident happened just after my first visit to
a science of mind ‘church service’ and, simultaneously, my
first ever meditation experience. I remember it was New
Year's 1997, and the meditation was held at 4am with others
around the world, with the intention of creating world peace.
I was really freaked out that something was ‘talking’ to
me. It was kind of like a ‘build the ark’ moment, though.
It felt important. Begrudgingly, I moved forward, although
I thought it was an absolutely terrible idea. I was very ill
and unable to work. I had no money, resources or how-to-
make-a-newspaper knowledge. It was ridiculous. This was
not a dream or goal. It was literally a calling. And I flatly
informed ‘the voice’ of my feelings on the matter, but did it
anyway. [he alternative — do nothing and continue suffering
— sucked. So I did it. Being that I was coming from the very
bottom, I quite frankly did not have much to lose.
I started by doing what I could with what I had, in the
consciousness level I was in at the time. Every limiting belief
you could cram in their from a life time of negative experi-
ences; that’s where I began.
I don’t want to misrepresent this process in the early
years as some kind of new age bliss trip because, for me, it
was not. It was learning, growth, stretching, clearing, reach-
ing, groping, crying, yelling and then surrounding and then
succeeding and then starting over at the next level and so on,
slowly finding my way. In the surrender times, or the times I
was most out of the way, I could hear the voice. Those were
From Rags to Pitches ... an Epic Journey 345

the best times. Miraculous times. That guidance and doing

what I could to connect with the perfect teachers and associ-
ates along the way made all the difference in the world.
And it was magical. Discovering that none of us are alone
in the awakening on the planet and we all matter and we can
all find our place and we all can make a difference. And we
can all take our power back. Yay to that, is what I say.
Most importantly it was, and still is today, a “spir-
it-driven” event.
The “voice” is coming from a good place and seems to
know what it’s talking about .... so I listen.
Thus the epic journey began, and continues today.

The Pitches:
In April 2015, I received an email from a company host-
ing a motivational business seminar I was attending.
It presented an opportunity for ONLY five attendees of
the very large weekend conference to tag along on a high
end private catered affair with some of the events present-
ers. For a mere thousand dollars, we could hop into a limo
along with the likes of Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones's
music producer Thomas Bahler, Croix Sather, the man who
ran across America, Oprah’s Coach Marcia Weider, Passion
princess Janet Attwood, the Branding Guru Gerry Foster
and the original ‘shark’ on Shark Tank - Kevin Harrington.
My original ‘default setting response’ was “oh my how
interesting, but of course I can’t do that”. It was an instant
pre-conditioned knee-jerk ‘no’ response. And then I caught
myself.
I was like hey! Why the hell not?!
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Having caught the negative program red-handed, I

signed up immediately. I said yes.
So it was my first limo ride .... ever. My focus has always
been to priorize reinvesting back in to News for the Soul to
create sustainability for the long term, which I have as we
begin our 19th year in broadcasting in 2016. I’m not one to
be out faffing around on the town in a limo throwing thou-
sand dollar bills around. Not ever. But I said yes.
So we're in the limo. I sat squished in sideways beside
Croix and Gerry Foster. Another attendee was on my left
and Thomas Bahler was in the back with some other event
staffers.
It had been a long day at the conference. We started
early and I had to do a remote radio show on the lunch
break, so I'd gone all day with only a protein bar to eat.
I was ready to eat my own arm. But my focus stayed
locked on to the YES energy. I didn’t go back into “look
how much money I just spent” and “what am I doing”. |
just stayed in the excitement.
The magic that is possible when we counter act our
programming, stay in the yes, and follow through is noth-
ing less than paradigm shattering sometimes. And this was
about to be one of those times.
After about 30 minutes in a limo we arrive at the BBQ.
And there was wine.
Normally I would have been more nervous socializing
with a group of strangers, especially ones I did not want to
say something dumb in front of, so normally I would have
been much more reserved. But there was wine.
And as the food prep was taking forever and we were left
to roam and chat.
From Rags to Pitches ... an Epic Journey 347

So Kevin Harrington was standing all alone and fancy-free

me decided to strike up a conversation.
Fast forward to noon the following day. A different five
of us were being speedily ushered into a room of a 1000
attendees, all watching as we took our places in special
chairs lined across the front of the room. We sat facing the
stage, eyeball to eyeball with the official “Pitch Tank” panel
led by Kevin.
Our five product ideas had been picked as the best five
potentials that people on the panel would like to back for
real and we had two minutes to officially pitch the panel and
the room.
And through out the lunch break prior to this moment,
I had the opportunity ‘practice pitch’ Kevin directly. Hed
already told me his new Star Shop network wanted to pick
my product up.
Say yes! Keep saying yes. And see what happens...
There is much more to this world than we know. Be open
and just try not to freak out.

Prosperity Stuff that worked for me:

The following are some of the highlights of a Prosperity
Kit I created on News for the Soul about a decade ago. It’s a
collection of the tools and techniques that I used to become
unstuck and move forward to growth and expansion. It’s
particularly great for those who are at the very beginning as
those first few steps are the most challenging. But there's not
far to fall back down, so take them!
And there is no arrival point. I find every time you
level up, there’s new work to be done, more limitations and
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unsupportive beliefs to clear. On that note I’m launching a

level two Prosperity Kit in 2016 at www.Prosperity-Kit.com
None of these are necessarily ground breaking ideas. But
the difference between reading about them and doing them are
colossal. The key for me was doing them. Everyday.

STEP ONE - Feeling Good Right Now -

For Real - whatever that may mean.
As we know, through our knowledge of the Law of
Attraction, we attract to us whatever we are in frequency
resonation with. If we are freaking out about bills and debt,
then we feel that fear in our cells, and that is what we are
broadcasting out to the universe. And when you are broad-
casting from that station, piles more debt, worry, fear, anxi-
ety and lack are blasted your way.
But what do we do about it?
I would find the best feeling thought I had real access to
in the moment. That’s it.
When I discovered the Abraham Hicks Emotional Guid-
ance Scale, I realized that’s what I'd be doing - working my way
back up the scale. If you haven't seen the scale, Google it as it’s
worth a look. It shows you where you are at and where you
can go from there... in stages. So if you are at despair, youre
happily looking forward to getting up to anger and rage.
Ask yourself what feeling do you have authentic access
to right now? Settle in and move up.

STEP TWO - Relaxing for real.

Step One becomes the foundation to stand upon. |
scheduled 11 minute time periods in which we relax on the
authentic platform, sinking fully into one level, so I could
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access another higher level next. They sink into that one,
reach for the next one and so on.
For now just know that altered states are key in func-
tions of the mind and our super conscious mind. It gives us
access to more of our power in impressive ways.

STEP THREE - Step into the crap, face the

crap and clear the crap.
Many spiritual traditions focus a great deal on the clear-
ing of subconscious negativity
When I first discovered Brad Yates and EFT I was abso-
lutely blown away. In my experience it’s quick, easy and pro-
vides results, sometimes practically immediately!
I also love Ho-oponopono! Dr Hew Len and Dr Joe
Vitale joined me on NFTS for an amazing discussing on
the ‘cleaning’ and healing nature of this amazing technique
which I highly recommend as well.
There are many other clearing methods out there and
different ones will resonate with different people so find
what works for you.

STEP FOUR - It’s all an illusion.

“Infinite Love is the only truth — everything else is illusion.’
>

~ David Icke

Conscious awakening was the ultimate theme of the last

two decades for me and I’ve had the privilege of connect-
ing with some of the brightest lights on the forefront of the
awakening movement.
It’s like David Icke always says. Take a breath. Take a
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step back. Look at it again from a different perspective. We

are creating our reality.
Wake up.

STEP FIVE - Consciously counting our

blessings.
The power and concept of gratitude is nothing new.
But putting it into play from a conscious, AUTHENTIC
FEELING place turbo charges the results. A lot of people go
through the motions of gratitude journaling, merely listing
stuff without consciously feeling the feelings in the moment.

STEP SIX - Pure possibility thinking.

As we perch on our authentic thought of the day, we
need to reach upward and return to our true natural place
of infinite possibilities — true possibility thinking. The trick
here is to not let your smaller, earth bound self to get in the
way of the process by trying to limit the vision or figure out
how it is to happen.

STEP SEVEN - Conscious visioning.

Again, the idea of vision board and goal setting is abso-
lutely nothing new. However, done in conjunction with the
Spoonbending intention technology, [the product Kevin
Harrington is excited about: www.SpoonbendingKit.com]
from a place of authentic frequency resonation, that will add
rocket fuel to your fire and miracles will happen.
It’s a process where you not just imagine having it, you
feel your mind power DOING ic. It’s like having a jet pack
up your butt; quite remarkable.
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STEP EIGHT - Spoonbending.

In short, this step goes more in-depth into goes more
into the technology mentioned above. You can find out
more at www.SpoonbendingKit.com.

STEP NINE - Surrender?

This can feel the most challenging in the moment when
things are not in the flow and a deadline approaches. It’s also
a critical piece to breaking free of that fearful place. In my
mind, I would constantly tell myself “it’s coming” and to
not attach to any one person, place or activity as the source
of the prosperity I needed at the time. Source is ‘the voice’
or our ‘upstairs team.’

STEP TEN - See with different eyes

I have an important story for this one.
Shortly and somehow after 9/11, ‘the voice’ or my
‘upstairs team’ as I sometimes call them, steered me straight
into full on terrestrial radio. CFUN, a major province-wide
(BC Canada) radio station, was a talk radio network in
2001. They used to air Art Bell at 10pm PST on Saturday
nights, one of the most popular syndicated talk shows in
North America at the time.
A weird synchronistic series of events led me to their
door, one Dannion Brinkley in tow, to ‘buy’ air time and
take over the Art Bell time slot.
The important moment came once I'd signed and com-
mitted to the contract.
One night at three in the morning I woke up in a cold
sweat, feeling like I did not have things covered - there was
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something wrong! I was doing the math in my head and I

was in serious trouble. Adding up what I owed, it just didn’t
work out.
Much to my complete shock, re-calculating that way
showed me I had everything totally covered and everything
was fine. Just new. Just different.
I calmed down, went to bed, and launched a 20+ career
in radio that continues today.
Wake up and see with those new eyes.

STEP ELEVEN - Stay in the Moment

We've heard it a million times, but once we start grow-
ing in leaps and bounds it can be a critical element to stay-
ing on track.
‘The reason we begin there is this. As we grow more and
receive more — way more than we are used to — it brings with
it brand new opportunities for growth. Yay!
I find that for me, if I don’t stay in the moment inside
my head through it all, the overwhelm can take me right out
like a knee buckling kick.
What I tell myself is “breathe...let it in...stay focused in
NOW...everything is perfectly okay.”
So in summary, feel better, wake up, see with new eyes,
stay in the moment, keep breathing, remember that you are
actually awesome and don't freak out.

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Overcoming
Adversity
by Roland Byra

“Sweet are the uses ofadversity...”

—Shakespeare

f you don’t understand how to overcome adversity, it

can easily destroy your dreams, sometimes your life. But
when you understand how to survive adversity, to har-
ness it, use it to your advantage, and even thrive from it;
that’s when you become truly prosperous in all areas of life!
There’s a secret to harnessing adversity, a simple and
powerful trick that turns trials into blessings.
Want to know what it is?
Great!
Discover adversity’s lessons; use them to grow, to help
yourself and others.
I know, it sounds so simple. You might wonder, “How
does that help me overcome adversity?” and “Just how do I
discover lessons in it?”
Overcoming Adversity 355

To start, make a shift and ask better questions; ones that

empower you.
When life throws curveballs, when something happens
that really hurts or knocks us down, we've a tendency to ask
questions like, “Why me?” or feel like things are stacked
against us. We often focus on the unfortunate parts of the
event. The problem is, that puts us in a victim mentality, a
place where we give up our power to act because we're too
busy focusing on what life is doing to us. In short, we forget
how powerful we truly are.
When you ask empowering questions, youll discover
lessons in adversity. You'll reframe adversity because you're
seeking a way to use it—to help yourself and others. Zhen
youre in a place ofpower. Youre accepting accountability for
your life and youre taking action on life, instead of letting
life act on you.
Here are a few questions I’ve found very helpful when I
experience adversity:
¢ “What good can come from this?”

e “What lessons are in this for me?”

¢ “How can I use this to help others?”

These questions help both when adversity happens

and with past tribulations. Asking empowering questions
when adversity happens helps you pass through it and grow,
instead of getting stuck in the moment. Asking empowering
questions about past adversity allows you to find new mean-
ing, to take painful or damaging experiences and discover
ways to use them for good.
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Here’s an example of empowering questions used when

adversity happens:

Not Today!
That’s what I thought as the minivan pulled in
front of me and slammed on its brakes. Cars on my
left, dirt shoulder on my right—motorcycle too
heavy for the soft dirt...not at freeway speeds. I'd
nowhere to go. [7m not ready to die! Flashed through
my mind.
But I didn’t panic.
Instinctively I tried to lay down my bike—to
slide it out. Not enough time! I squeezed both
brakes, leaned hard. I was sliding sideways. Almost
down, but not close enough. Moving too fast,
ground blurring past.
Impact!
Airborne! Flying over asphalt at 55 mph! That’s
when over 15 years of martial arts training paid off. I
tucked and rolled, tumbling down the freeway like a
bizarre armadillo, helmet slamming into the ground
every rotation. WHAM! Thump. Thump. WHAM!
Thump. Thump. WHAM!
I finally hit a road marker. It dug into my lower
back, stopped me.
Bruised, beaten, battered, I laid there; looking at
the sky, marveling that I was alive, filled with grati-
tude. I'd see my wife and children again. I was being
given yet another chance.
That’s when I asked the first question, “I wonder
Overcoming Adversity 357

what the lesson in this is and who it’s for?” I remem-

ber it clearly, always will. That question set the stage
for healing and forgiveness. It opened me to the pos-
sibility that the accident might serve a greater good.
People whod witnessed the accident were helping
too. At the least, this was an opportunity for them
to give service.
The paramedics and doctors were astonished
that I'd come through the accident with few inju-
ries—bumps, bruises, a broken wrist, and messed
up shoulder...but otherwise okay. The paramedics
asked permission to take pictures of my helmet, to
show school kids that helmets do save lives. | said,
“sure!”
I could walk, my head was intact, I was able to
help others, and I got to see my family again. That
made it a good day!

I might have cursed my luck or the other driver. I might

have felt angry that it happened, that my motorcycle was
totaled and that I was beat up physically. But what would
that have accomplished? It would have only created misery
and anger, poisons I'd have to purge if I let them in. But
actively seeking the good in the situation, and asking better
questions, reframed the event into something that’s helped
others and me.
Asking how we can use our misfortunes to help others is
a very powerful healing tool. It forces us to dig deep, to find
good in situations that might otherwise hurt like crazy. And
it helps us get out of our own ego—where we take things
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personally—and view our trials as lessons that allow us to

improve our lives and the lives of others.
Remember:
e Adversity happens. Whether it helps us or hurts us
is our choice.

* Overcoming adversity is critical to having prosperi-

ty in all areas of life.
e Empowering questions allow you to learn from and
overcome adversity.
e Asking, “How can I use this to help others?”
and then doing it is powerful! It helps you heal,
improves others’ lives, and helps you overcome
adversity.

If you struggle with past experiences that still bring you

pain, use the following link to download a special PDF I
created to help you use empowering questions to discover
the good in hardship, reframe misfortune, and heal.
http://bit.ly/Discover TheGood
Crap happens. We can’t control others. Sometimes peo-
ple make choices that hurt us and those we love. Sometimes
nature wreaks havoc on our lives or freak accidents occur.
Instead of living in fear of these things, make the decision
now to ask empowering questions and focus on the good in
life. Remember, what you focus on grows. As you focus on
good, positive, or helpful things, even in adversity, you dis-
cover more and more good things in life.
That’s True Prosperity!
And I promise, the more you do this, the easier it gets.
Roland
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Emotionally neglected as a child and physically and sexually abused, author

Roland Byrd grew up with flawed beliefs about life and himself. At 35 he
nearly destroyed his family and himself when these beliefs manifested in a
storm of narcissistic and hyper-vigilant behavior. But in the midst of the chaos
he had an awakening. He discovered he could choose his own new path.
Since transforming himself from the inside, Roland has dedicated himself to
becoming the man his family needed, the person he always wanted to be, and
to helping others transform their lives. http://www.RolandByrd.co/

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360

Golden Age
by Lev Kozakov

ur planet is approaching a period in time that

ancients used to refer to as the Golden Age. Dif-
ferent calculations indicate dates ranging from
2025 to 2085 (or sometimes further), but most agree that
the shift from the period of darkness is happening NOW. In
terms of scientific successes, quality and comfort of life we
are well in the Golden Age already. Now its time to make
the “quantum jump” in the sphere of consciousness.
Many religious and ethnographic sources, myth from
different parts of the world and periods of history, be it the
Ancient Egypt story of conflict between Seth and Osiris, less
known Scandinavian or Central American myths or Biblical
Cain and the Abel, describe the conflict between brothers
when one of them, led by negative emotions killed another
one, being the first person in history who decided that he is
better than his peer.
That's how our ancestors passed the knowledge to us
— through myths and fairytales, but the concept when one
person decides that he is better than the other one is still
Golden Age 361

alive and the lesson of our forefathers is still not learned.

‘The lesson is simple: we are solely responsible for everything
that happens with us in our lives but all Mankind is a whole
and a misery or a happiness of a “brother” will affect every-
one.
Being aware of that we have a choice: either to follow
the Cain pattern and to manifest dissatisfaction, jealousy
and greed, or “love thy neighbor as thyself”. And the funny
thing is that most of the people would never admit to them-
selves that they have been often doing the “wrong” choice.
Most would not found any basic similarity between for
example judging others in one’s mind or greedily abusing
the Earth and behavior of Cain.
Many people worldwide are unsatisfied and unhappy.
Even in the prosperous USA most people — 80% according
to Deloitte’s Shift Index survey — are dissatisfied with their
jobs. 52.9% of marriages end in divorce. In 2013, the U.S.
suicide rate hits the highest rate in last 25 years.
It’s a clear sign that dissatisfaction — and therefore hatred
— is growing that’s why so many choose the Cain path of
destruction.
Currently Humanity is destroying the planet where it
lives: experts predict that fresh water will soon be unavail-
able for the two-third of the world population due to water
pollution, each year forests area sized as big as the whole
country of Panama disappears, seawater fish might disap-
pear from the oceans by 2048, etc.
I believe it is obvious that now it’s high time to stop the
cycle of wrong destructive choices!
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We are on a crossroad before the new era: either to fol-

low the well beaten track of Cain which is broad because it
is very popular or to choose a much narrower road of Love,
Responsibility and Creativity to the “Golden Age” gate.
It’s our personal choice and is similar to the one people
faced always, for many many centuries, millions of days and
billions of times. The choice is either to be led by Love or
by hatred, by Responsibility or by reflex, by Creativity or
stereotypes.
Previous Ages brought up people with high level of
responsibility in front of what is viewed as “authority”. The
current era will favor the ones who will act responsibly in
front of themselves, which is a “quantum jump” in Respon-
sibility.
Previous Ages brought up people with high demands
to life standards, huge consumption and borderless desires.
Such approach will be transformed into respect of every
form of life and conscious approach to the Nature, which is
a “quantum jump” in Understanding and Creativity.
Previous Ages in the majority countries in the world
were influenced by some kind of ideology that divided the
society and the world into “us” and “them”: rich and poor,
communists and capitalists, castes, etc. Nowadays the ideol-
ogy of the humanism and individuality is spreading, leading
the Mankind to the “quantum jump” in Consciousness.
I was born in the Soviet Union, and each time I encoun-
ter people whose upbringing happened in a democratic soci-
ety, I can feel how deep the impact of ideology is on the
human mind and behavior, and how important it is to allow
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each new generation to freely form its point of view without

any force. In Communist times we were all suppressed with
what and how we should think, what to dress and behave.
It may seem unbelievable now, but wearing bright colors
was considered very rude and in anecdotes jeanswear was
referred to as “a garment of the most probable enemy” (USA
was implied by that).
Suppressive and divisive ideologies undermine individ-
ual self-esteem, and low self-esteem gives birth to fears. Fears
create hatred and greed, greed creates poverty. People who
grew up with low self-esteem and in a fearful environment
pass that world outlook to their kids and the cycle goes on.
Luckily the ideologies and governments that go against
human individuality and freedoms are doomed to fail, this
has happened time and time again throughout history, and
it's a good lesson to remember for everyone. It’s because
Individuality is much stronger than any ideology for a very
simple reason: Individuality is alive by its own virtue while
any ideology is alive only as long as its supported by the
majority of Individuals.
The new coming Golden Age is an era of Creative, Lov-
ing and Responsible Individuals who literally create this era,
live in harmony with each other and the Nature. Such indi-
viduals are the Prosperity Factors. Each of us is a Prosperity
Factor, but to take a “red pill” and start this era for oneself
right now and speed up the time of abundance for mankind,
or a “blue pill” and just follow the flow, is a conscious deci-
sion. This must be the conscious decision of a person to be
an Individual, to be Loving and not hateful, Creative and
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not destructive, Responsible and not stereotypical in every

moment of one’s life. No government, religion, ideology or
any other external power can force people to make the con-
scious choice, in fact historically they have played a negative
role in that.
Yet to come to this stage of consciousness we needed
to experience authoritarian and repressive regimes in the
world’s history. As we can see, this period is coming to an
end; political analysts are talking of already fourth wave of
democracy that’s happening right now, involving more com-
mitment to individual freedom. I believe that the evolution
of mankind, as well as (on a micro-scale) the evolution of
each single individual, however controversial it may seem,
has been a good training for us as a whole, because we obvi-
ously constitute a Whole, as well as for each of us in par-
ticular. Evolution is comprised of numerous decisions and
deeds, and through this process people and society learn.
We learn from both successes and mistakes; they are equal
forces of the evolution. To facilitate further evolution (as
well as to make it more pleasant) we could add.a conscious
approach to all the decisions and deeds of both individuals
and society. Such an approach would generate more suc-
cesses and joy, and the force of joy generated by conscious
thinking and doing would lead each Individual and Man-
kind to Prosperity.
With all the accumulated knowledge and experience,
Individual can now concentrate on the happiness and will
easily discover that happiness is in one’s own hands and
minds. Prominent philosophers came to the conclusion that
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the only way to achieve happiness is conscious Love and

Acceptance — conscious Love and Acceptance of an Indi-
vidual by himself, which at the same time means Love and
Acceptance of the Universe and every being in the Universe.
For Mankind as a whole, it is important that each indi-
vidual would make a conscious choice to take the respon-
sibility for one’s life. Responsibility is indeed a gift, and
without it all our lives would not depend on us, but on
somebody else. Without undertaking a personal responsi-
bility, we are governed by stereotypes that are obstacles for
Understanding.
As long as each individual creates something unique in
their field of passion, the whole world benefits from such
activity. A Society of Golden Age is under construction right
now, and everyone is welcomed, everyone’s uniqueness is
enriching the world — making it a prosperous, pleasant and
favorable place to live.
While writing these words I’m sitting in a beautiful
resort managed by friendly and joyous people in Costa Rica,
watching the borderless ocean, colorful butterflies playing
around the terrace, a couple of noble eagles gracefully soar-
ing above the trees, and a fearless iguana gave me a wonder-
ing stare while making its way right next to me. My kids
enjoy the infinity pool filled with clear spring water and fan-
tastic view and my wife just came by to give me a kiss so that
I could express myself better. Having the opportunity to feel
such bliss is also a result of a multitude of conscious deci-
sions and deeds, just as it’s been a very conscious decision to
share my thoughts with you.
Are you ready for the Golden Age?
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Lev Kozakov has practiced law for 20 years. He is a founder and a partner at
a law firm that has for many years been been ranked in the top 5 firms of the
western region of Ukraine. In addition to his Master in Law, his education and
professional skills include training at the American Institute of Political and
Economic studies, and internship in the parliament of Ontario, Canada, and
certification within the equity and securities trade.

His business portfolio includes real estate development companies, equity and
securities concerns, and legal support of numerous investment projects.

His chosen field of research is the civilizational process and world politics, and
the development of the society in its entirety.
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