Strange Realization

I had a strange awakening today. Well, not strange in the sense that the thoughts were strange. But more odd in that I found myself wondering why I never noticed this before.

Essentially, I realized that of all the business I have attempted over the last 14 years, only two have had visions associated with them. Many have been created or conducted simply to make a living -- even though I was hoping to make a profit and attain financial freedom from a few. Most weren't done because I actually wanted to do what the business was about. Also noteworthy is that the ones with a vision were also tied to a passion. Passion leads to vision? Is that an accurate conclusion? Or is it that vision leads to passion? I don't know.

For example, in 2007 I spent the whole year as a Professional Real Estate Investor. I went through alot of learning curves to gain this skill. It wasn't always easy. Eventually, I got two houses and they are currently about to be rented, which will turn them into positive cash flowing investment -- finally. But the whole time I was doing this business, I had no vision of being some big-shot real estate mogul. I didn't envision owning large portions of cities and building out developments and such, like the Donald, or some of my other investor friends. Quite simply, I just wanted to have enough properties to become financially free and make a living. Not exactly a business model there. A worthy goal, but not a business model. Nor did I care at any time about being an expert and sharing the expertise.

Contrast that with my former business with my best friend Paul, Informative. We really had a vision. We wanted to take it place and positively effect people's lives. Sure, we wanted a financial windfall at the end -- and we got it. But the vision was more important. We were building something and wanted it to go big. And in ways, it did. Not quite to our expectations. But it did.

But even with that, my heart and passions fell out of it. It wasn't truly what I am supposed to do in the world.

Last week, I finally had a glimpse of what my role and mission is in the world -- what I am already an expert at. And I would have never guessed it in all these years. More on that in another post...

What Do We Refine -- Just Our Thoughts!

A reader named Jenna left a lovely comment on my 30-day Appreciation Game post. At the end of it, she asked a very important question:

"It's a good exercise for me because it's what I need right now. I found what I was looking for but I'm not sure if I can handle it!!! I don't know if I need to refine it situation - or refine myself."

First off Jenna, you can handle it. If I can do it, anyone can do it. Secondly, it's really a fun game. But most importantly is the question you ended with.

Abraham would tell us that you can never change outside situations in order to affect an inside change. That would be my experience too. See, whenever we are struggling with something, it always comes down to two things: perspective and alignment. Which are actually the same thing. :) So I'll just take a short-cut and say "Everything is about Perspective." Everything.

The only course of action we can take in order to affect a change is to find the perspective of our Source, our Higher Self; God's point of view, if you will, depending on your concept and beliefs around God. So attempting to change conditions in order to get happy will most likely take a lot of energy and effort and rarely lead to happiness. It's doing the job from the outside in. We need to do the inside, emotional journey job first! Then conditions will change.

The key is learning to work with our emotions. Our feelings are amazing indicators, there to guide us like our car's GPS. They are the seat of our intuition and the best, most factual piece of ourselves that we can every count on. But our thinking causes our emotions. So how to work with emotions and thinking is the big question!

For me, this is done in the following way:

1. Be aware I'm not feeling quite right. Early on when I started working with emotions, the most I could do was ask myself if I was feeling comfortable or uncomfortable. That was easy, because I knew the difference. It took a while longer to learn about the emotions within those two categories, but they are an excellent place to start.
2. Remember that my thinking is what's causing this feeling. That I'm locked into a perspective that feels bad or uncomfortable to me. Now, most people don't get this piece. And to a certain degree, you truly have to believe this statement. I do. I've seen it time and time again in my life. I've seen fear be instantly fabricated just by holding a specific perspective. I've seen love deepen and blossom from holding a perspective. I've had good days and bad days, all from holding a perspective.
3. Truly intend that the most important thing for me is to feel good. To feel good now. Not after conditions change. Not once something I want comes to pass. But right now. And that my feeling good is FAR more important to my Well-Being than anything specific thing or condition I currently desire.
4. Try on different perspectives until one feels slightly or a lot better. Don't go for quantum jumps here. Baby steps are key. Just keep trying on perspectives till one feels better than the last one. When you find one, thinking it strongly and clearly. Don't go back and forth. Then look for another one. Try another one on.
5. Law of Attraction will handle the rest. Eventually, you'll catch a glimpse of hope and you're on your way to a much better feeling place. You'll find the better feeling place just comes upon you as you continue to try on different perspectives. And then, it's like you never felt bad!

Now here's a very, very important piece to putting this bad feeling thought/state/perspective fully to rest. Don't go around through your day telling everyone about the bad feeling moment you had. Don't talk about it. Don't make a story around it. Unless you're just mentioning it as the beginning of the story about you shifting your feelings with your mind. That's in context. But don't go latching onto that state with stories and chatter. Just enjoy feeling good.

I love this practice. I truly do. Some mornings I wake up and don't feel so great. I do this process and don't get out of bed till I feel better. Quite often it's just a few minutes and I'm off and running with a better feeling.

Good luck! Let me know how it goes!

"Cool Blue"

"Cool Blue"
Originally uploaded by Sir Goyo

Here's my new 2005 MINI Cooper Convertible. What an awesome car! Soooo FUN and so FREE-feeling. Very practical too, and great gas mileage (35 on the freeway)!

I'm quite happy.

Thank you Universe!

What a Week!

Wow. This was one doozie of a week. I am telling you! :)

The car stuff all unfolded amazingly well. I ended up needing to put some money down, which was okay because it lowered my payments. AND they let me post-date the check. :) Then all that was left was the return of my leased Audi. However, in direct contrast to how smooth, efficient and easy the MINI purchase was, I completed manifested strife and struggle over the lease return.

See, I spent most of the week worried about it, as though I was going to get punished if it wasn't in on time, etc. I worried even though my rep at Audi Financial told me directly, that if I needed a few extra days, to let them know. I even kept calling asking if it was OK, instead of just saying to them "I need a few extra days. It'll be done this week." Which of course, it was done this week.

Here's the the big differentiator though. I was flowing a vibration of worry about it not happening. So it wasn't happening. By Thursday night I surrendered and decided to focus on it happening smoothly and efficiently; on getting the notice of the return and feeling relieved.

Quite honestly, I had myself so worked up over this that I was frowning at work, feeling more tense than necessary and being ornery. By Thursday night I just wanted to feel better! To hell with how and when it got returned!

And then everything unfolded perfectly. :)

Meanwhile, I was very productive at work -- more so than previous weeks since I was no longer looking for a car -- and very pleased with how things came to fruition at work.

I even spent some time doing my finances to determine a repayment schedule for a loan I took from a friend. That was really challenging and scary to do, but I'm glad it's done. Plus, it makes me want to make more money. Which has opened up some new ideas for me.

Like even higher level consulting jobs. But not technology design oriented (what I do now). More heart and spiritually oriented, for companies and corporations. This idea lodged in my head on Thursday and it doesn't have any form or substance or structure to it yet. But I know this. It's not about my producing anything, and thus, needing to clock hours to get paid. It's about being paid for my expertise and for having access to me. I'm researching it more, but it has me very curious, excited and open. There's truly the possibility to make way more money doing this, have much more free time and expand from there.

And today, the weekend has begun and I'm enjoying playing catch up and getting things done as I relax wistfully at home. :)

I Got a Car!!

Law of Attraction works again!

After the gnarly car drama last weekend, I started the week intent on manifesting a new car. And not just a new car, a MINI Cooper Convertible at a good monthly price. I arrive at work on Monday morning with a very clear intention: eat through lunch and look for cars online. But where to start?

Well, I thought, the MINI dealers first. Let's see if they have anything used that I would like.

My very first call they had ONE used convertible. I asked for more information and was told a bit about that car. Enough to wet my whistle, so to speak.

That evening, I left work early and drove down to an interesting industrial area of town to visit Nick Alexander MINI. I was greeted by Josh Ross, who was as happy and friendly in person as he was on the phone. I sat in the car for a bit then took it out for a spin. We went around the block TWICE I was so excited and happy. And a short while later, I found myself in their office doing the paperwork to buy it.

Drove off the lot at 9:30 pm with a new (for me) car. And I love it. Absolutely. Beyond my wildest dreams. And here's the thing. My spiritual advisor has been telling me, "It's not the things that we want, it's the feelings we want from having them. Focus on the feelings you want to have and allow the Universe to out-dream you." And that's exactly what happened.


This car has everything I wanted and more! Plus, the sense of fun, freedom, sportiness and practicality of the car is beyond what I expected. Looks cool too. I'll post a pic later.

It's ALL About Perspective

Every feeling is an indicator of perspective. Plain and simple.

If you don't like what you're feeling/experiencing, it means you're holding a perspective in your mind that is out of sync with your Higher Self, God or whatever the hell you want to call it! :)

The solution: try on a different perspective in your mind.

With each perspective you try one, see how it feels. If it feels better, stick with it. If it feels worse, let it go.

As you find better and better feeling perspectives in your mind, your emotional state will change. Once you feel hope, it will change quickly.

And once your emotional state changes into hope and anything that feels better then hope, your vibration will change and whatever is happening/manifesting in your life will change. Sometimes radically quickly. Sometimes not.

So it's all about perspective!

Try a new one on today. You might like it! :)

Car Contrast

Yesterday I set out to find a way to keep my car, Shade, a 2006 Dolphin Gray Audi A4 Convertible. I failed. Every angle we tried was a dead end. Oh and my fav? Paying $600 a month for 60 months (5 years) and having it's worth drop significantly in 2010 because of a new body type. Oy!

So I went to look at some other cars -- and here's the teaching in this -- and got both excited at the possibilities and bumped out about them too.

Now, when I'm doing something, I want to be fully aligned with it. I want my heart to be saying a BIG FAT YES and nothing in the way. No qualms, etc.

It reached a point this morning where I found myself looking at a 4 door, V6 sedan with no tiptronic but a fancy interior and okay body. Now, this might sound like a cool deal, and I'm sure it was, but I want a fun car, with a tiptronic transmission , sunroof or convertible, great handling and a sense of freedom. This wasn't it.

But here I was considering it. I stopped, walked back into the showroom and said I didn't want it a V6, 4-door sedan without a tiptronic. I want a MINI. They heard me, said okay and started walking away. It was funny!!! :)

So now, I'm on a mission to buy a used Mini Cooper Convertible, which I believe will give me everything I want!

O.D. on Beauty

Have you ever felt like you're just going to explode -- KABOOOMB!!! -- from witnessing so much beauty? Sometimes, when I go to Sunday morning dance class, one of the intentions I set is to see and witness and experience beauty. And then I do. In droves. And I don't just mean the women. I mean the movement, the shapes, the facial expressions, the clothing colors, how we all come together an apart. Mostly I notice the women, but I notice all these too.

Sometimes I feel like I'm just going to explode, as though I can't take it all in. But I can.

I think that explosion feeling is coming from either a sense of lack -- "There's so many beautiful women in the world and where's mine." -- but could also come from our own innate expansion.

I don't know which it is, but I was certainly mesmerized by it today.

Now that's Abundance! :)

Whose "Good" Should I Align With?

For the last few weeks, I've sort of been in an expanded form a soul-searching. Not from a place of unrest or angst per se. But more from a place of wanting to be in maximum alignment.

About 2 weeks ago or so, last time I saw my favorite local channel -- Dr. Peebles -- I realized that for the last 2 years solid, and I mean SOLID, I had been pursuing vehicles for financial freedom for the sake of pursuing financial freedom, but not necessarily because I was overjoyed and thrilled about the vehicle itself. Oh sure, I enjoyed real estate investing and I truly GET and understand the value and potential of network marketing. But I was doing them for the final outcome -- NOT because I loved the doing of them.

So here I am in my latest venture: YTB Travel. Now, I LOVE travel!! It's one of my top favorite things to do in the world. In fact, many of my closest friends from before my move to LA will recall how I blogged my way through 4 months in Europe during 2001. That alone thrilled me. Enough to make me want to be able to travel and get paid for it. So of course the value proposition with YTB was appealing and made complete sense to me -- when I'm doing the traveling.

Enter the whole old school recruiting techniques I'm being taught. Oh and don't misunderstand -- they work like a charm!!! I have a number of friends and colleagues rocking the house in various MLMs, using these techniques. But I don't want to take the ACTION and EFFORT journey toward my success! I don't want to make phone calls and solicit people to watch presentations, etc, etc. That's like asking every girl out who crosses my path -- regardless of whether I'm attracted or not.

Hmmm, I actually did that through most of my 30s. Hmmm. But now my dating is different. Higher quality, less quantity. Hmmm. Something to look into perhaps? Hmmm.

Anyways, my point is this: I want to learn and practice attracting EVERYTHING into my life. Money, work, lovers, friends, cars, business partners, clients, colleagues, travel destinations, clothes, everything.

And the only way I (currently) know how to do that is to line up with MY GOODNESS. What I BELIEVE is Good and Right and Proper and Joyful for me. To line up with what brings me joy. In fact, not only the what, but the way. And to trust that in that alignment, all comes to fruition.

Hmmm. Clearly more to think about here.

Everything We Want Is Inevitable

I had a great talk with my dear friend J today. She'd had a frantic day awaiting news on something important in her life and she got through it with grace and poise, despite having some chaotic moments in the day. That got us to talking on one of our, and my, favorite subjects: how to find a better feeling thought-place from where we are. Essentially, practicing what Abraham-Hicks teaches in how to coordinate with Law of Attraction.

We covered a lot of ground as we most often do and toward the end, I thought of something I had never thought before.

"Think about it J. If life -- the Universe -- is set up in such a way so that every time we experience chaos or contrast, we intrinsically and instinctually launch a new or refined desire, and that new desire is instantly fulfilled energetically, then everything we want is inevitable. That's a pretty deep level of faith, isn't it?"

To which she responded, "Whooooa!" in her most wonderful, dude voice copy of how Keanu Reeves says the same line in the Matrix.

And seriously. THINK ABOUT IT! Everything we want is inevitable, just due to the creative dynamic of existence, of life.

My next car is inevitable.
My next lover is inevitable.
The woman I will marry is inevitably coming into my life and marrying me.
My next job is inevitable.
My next business is inevitable.
Having successful businesses is inevitable.
Becoming financially free is inevitable.
Becoming rich is inevitable.
The type of physique I want is inevitable.

But here's the key, and it's a doozie:

We must make peace with the inevitability of it.

Abraham once said to me "When you make peace with the inevitability of it, it takes the angst away. And when the angst is gone, it comes sooner. You have to make peace with the later before it comes sooner."

To me, this means I do not have to suffer, effort or strive for what I want. I just simply believe and align, then follow inspiration for the actions to take. I love this way of life! I want to do EVERYTHING from this vantage point. Love, travel, business, work, relationships, money, health, everything!

Try it. I dare you. :) (tee hee hee)

I Had an Idea Today

Today, while researching alternate means of creating network marketing leads using Internet Marketing and other Internet technique, I had an idea.

I have know for years that I am better suited -- meaning more aligned, excited, passionate, etc. -- to market and promote my OWN creations than other people's creations, or persuading someone to do or buy something they don't want to do or buy, made by someone else.

So the idea today was "Maybe it's time to make something new. Something I can sell on the Internet. Maybe it's time I start creating my own stuff again AND sell it online. Maybe that's my path to financial freedom?"

If I'm going to ask people to do something; if I'm going to build leverage on the Internet and create multiple streams of passive income, why not do it with MY OWN IDEAS and
CREATIONS? Certainly makes sense to me.

Not sure what that would be. But I'm open to being inspired...

Freedom

Happy Independence Day everyone!

There's certainly something to be said for Freedom. All kinds of it! A few years back, I realized that everything I do is geared toward Freedom. Personally, I value freedom of schedule, money, routines, processes, love and creativity. Professionally I like the freedom to work when and if I want to, make what I want and not be under someone's thumb or control. And spiritually, what I want most for everyone else, is what I want for myself: greater and greater sense of freedom in our bodies, minds, hearts and souls.

Luckily, I believe our souls, our spirit if you will, area already free. I don't believe in sin. I don't believe in evil or badness. I believe there is nothing but Well-Being. All we need to do is allow it to flow to and through us. I believe we are all conduits for that flowing. And in that flowing, and in how life flows, is inherent freedom.

No one can create in my reality, in my experience. Now that's freedom too!

Lastly, imagine what total 100% connection with the feeling of freedom is like -- on every level of life. Wouldn't things just start to happen magically and magnificently? I think they would. I certainly dance like they will.

God -- or whatever -- bless you and may you FEEL the depth of Freedom that is truly part of who you really are!