1. You may feel your anointment or appointment, but you may not be ready yet.
I heard a version of this statement the other day and really liked it. It reminded me that there is an order to all things. The more significant or valuable, the more time is usually involved.
Many who want mastery of the Law of Attraction believe that if they read one or more books, watch one or more films, or buy one or more programs, some osmosis will occur or some switch will flip, and they’ll be successful masters.
We kind of wish that about a lot of things. Understandable as we live in a society that emphasizes speed and instant gratification.
Why isn’t it LOA mastery this simple? Think about a surgeon.
Someone who decides to become a successful surgeon has to start at the beginning of that training, observe others, and apply themselves through action until their ability to perform is a fact. The person has to allow for a learning curve, time for experiences involved to build knowledge of how the smaller bits fit into the bigger picture, and opportunities to practice and fine-tune their skills. Application Is Imperative! You don’t want a surgeon adept at wishful thinking and affirmations only. I know I don’t.
There’s more to learn than just how to perform a specific surgery.
Compare this paralleled multi-faceted process to learning about and using Law of Attraction.
Some of the struggle many people have with LOA is a result of resistance to any experiential learning curve. It’s understandable since many are trying to end some form of pain, turmoil, or discomfort – as quickly as possible. And they believe LOA is the instant gratification solution.
Key Point: Do not allow yourself or anyone else to use comparisons to gauge how you’re doing – unless you’re comparing how you are today to how you were yesterday, or last week, or last year. (Note: Other people’s opinions have nothing to do with your reality.)
What are your thoughts, experiences, or beliefs about being a willing participant in this process?
Friday, May 15, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Are You Too Busy Trying Not to Lose
Are You Too Busy Trying Not to Lose
in Life and Business to Learn How to Win?
“From this moment on, I refuse to settle for
less than what I want!”
Do you relate to this?
Do you know what to do to make it happen?
Please read this brief letter in its entirety to
see if the information resonates for you.
Initially, I didn’t know how to do this.
Actually, I partially knew what to do.
And I was frustrated.
I knew lots of “proven” ways to get ahead.
I was active, but not necessarily productive—
meaning I seemed to move forward, but only so far.
I also believed in and used Law of Attraction.
There was just one problem . . .
I attracted some remarkable material things, people,
and resources into my life effortlessly, but was
blocked about attracting bigger outcomes.
Has this been your experience too?
I knew there had to be a way or ways to shift this.
I was committed to learning how and committed to
sharing it with others who felt the same.
Maybe like me, you were told life works only one way
and that way is that it’s hard, that hard work pays off.
If you’ve worked hard in your life, has it really paid off?
Have you ever known inside that something was
wrong about that belief?
If you believe you have to work more to have more,
you’re working in reverse . . . you’re trying
not to lose instead of planning to win.
And, a lot of what you’re doing probably
involves inner and outer struggle and frustration
as you keep trying to figure out the missing piece.
Maybe some or many of your choices and actions
are made from fear, worry, second-guessing yourself;
and you think unless you DO something—a lot of
somethings, it’ll never get better.
You spend so much time doing, you spend very
little time enjoying being.
Maybe you don’t know how to merge doing and being,
or the power and potential of this action.
If you feel like you’re spinning your wheels,
and feel frustrated and tired . . .
It’s because more of your energy goes towards
what you don’t want (trying not to lose) than
what you do want (planning to win).
Can planning to win really be as simple as
aligning your energy with what you want,
in specific ways, before you take action?
If it was this simple, how would being able to
do this make a difference in your life?
How would you feel if you could do this?
If life feels like a struggle, it’s because
you’ve been conditioned to focus on what
you don’t want instead of on what you do want.
You’ve been conditioned to resist receiving
and attracting/creating what you really want.
You can shift this.
I’m Joyce Shafer, LEC (Life Empowerment Coach)
and author of I Don’t Want to be Your Guru, but I
Have Something to Say and a few other books —
and I’ve taken what I’ve experienced — you might even
call them success formulas — and offer them as an
8-week online coaching program called
Reinvent Yourself: Refuse to Settle for Less in
Life and Business.
You can visit my Web site for more information at
http://www.freewebs.com/coach4lifebalance
[If the link doesn’t open when you click on it,
press Ctrl and click your mouse on the link to go to the site.]
[Email me at jls1422@yahoo.com
if the link acts odd.
My server recently tweaked the site . . . or maybe we’re
supposed to connect to address any questions sooner than later.]
You’d like your top question answered, right?
What does it cost?
You decide. I mean it.
Reinvent Yourself: Refuse to Settle for Less
In Life and Business combines practical methods
(outer approaches) with Law of Attraction (inner
approaches) to help you achieve results.
You don’t have to believe in LOA for the methods to work,
but you’ll enjoy how using it enhances your experience and results.
[FYI: You already use LOA by default (quantum mechanics).
You might as well use it deliberately.]
During the 8-week online program, you
Learn how to manage your energy and emotions
(Shift towards getting more of what you’d rather experience
instead of what you have been.)
Create and energetically activate desired outcomes
(Learn how to shift your inner vibration to create
desired outer experiences.)
Create your magnetic vision for your life or business
(Get clear about what you want in a way you’ve probably
never done before.)
Feel like a magnet for who and what you want to attract
into your life personally and professionally (This is about
alignment, about genuine connection, not manipulation.)
Identify what’s unique about you and what you do
(Increase your self-confidence and self-worth, and the
value of what you offer to others; and watch how this
ramps up your energy and makes you magnetic to
ideal people, clients, partners, staff, resources, and
opportunities, etc.)
Shift your focus about what you do and how you do it
in life and business (Create a process for yourself that lets
you feel comfortable and confident when you talk or write
about yourself, your service, or product.)
Learn how to seemingly get into the thoughts of others
(Learn how to listen and communicate from a place that
creates genuine connection that establishes
relationship and trust.)
Create your plan-of-action that lets you plan to
win over and over in your life or business
Increase your creativity—become a conscious,
confident creative
Increase your income and success
Experience inspired ideas, next actions, and opportunities
flowing into your life more effortlessly and consistently
Shift from trying not to lose to planning to win to
serving through significance
The methods in this 8-week program self-empower you to
do these and more.
You won’t have to guess at what helps you achieve results.
The methods are provided to you.
You just have to use them.
And you use them any time you need a solution or resolution,
or want to enhance or expand any part of your life or business.
If you’re familiar with Law of Attraction, you may
wonder why I use the word want when you’ve been told not to.
Here’s my explanation from Implement 1:
First a word about the word want: You may have heard or read that you should never, ever use this word. No word has more power than your intended meaning when you use it. Law of Attraction responds to feelings not words. Feel what you mean when you use this or any word. If your feeling is needy or fear-based, use this Implement to shift it to mean on purpose and empowered . . . intentional.
My vision and intention is to help as many people as I can who
are ready to self-empower themselves with this blend of practical
and inner methods to create real, lasting shifts in their lives.
This is why you consider the potential value of this
8-week online coaching program and your budget then
decide what you’re comfortable paying to participate.
There are three options for how you can participate.
What everyone in the program gets:
1. Each Friday during the 8 weeks, an Implement is
e-mailed to you (Tool implies work. These
methods involve effort on your part, but they inspire you.
That’s not something you usually say about work.)
2. You have unlimited e-mail access to me.
Here are the options:
Option 1: You sign up for one 30-minute coaching call
each week during the program (8 calls)**
Option 2: You sign up for one 30-minute coaching call
every other week during the program (4 calls)**
Option 3: All online — No coaching calls, but you have
unlimited e-mail access to me.
**Realistically, there is a limit to the number of people
I can personally coach effectively during a program.
This number is 20. But, any number of people can
participate in Option 3. The Implements are thorough and
you will see results if you use them whether you do
coaching calls or not. And, I will respond to your
e-mailed questions. You won’t be left alone to figure
anything out.
The next program start date is February 13, 2009
(Ends April 3, 2009)
Pre-Register Today!
What you do is
Decide if you’re committed to learn how to
win instead of just not lose in life and business.
Consider the long-term potential
value of this program to you, as well as your budget.
Agree to Feel Good about whatever amount
you believe is appropriate for you to pay (see note below).
E-mail me at jls1422@yahoo.com with questions or
I’m Ready to Learn How to Win in the subject line.
We confirm which option you want and which
ones are still available (once 20 people sign up for calls,
whether they choose Option 1 or 2, only Option 3 will be available).
Once we confirm your Option, I’ll give you instructions to
make payment in the amount of your choice at my PayPal account
(you don’t need a PayPal account to do this, just a debit or credit card).
I’ll say Thank You and add your name and email address
to my list, and you get started on February 13.
And, I invite you to share this opportunity with anyone
you believe it would benefit.
Note: I’ve bridged the cost-gap for you by letting
you decide what amount to exchange to participate.
If this makes you pause, ask yourself if there are other
areas of your life where you resist receiving.
How does this show up for you in your life or business?
The methods I share with you help you bridge this
resistance-to-receiving gap.
If you still feel you need to think about this, here’s a
method to help you get clear about your decision:
Make a list of what you don’t want to settle less for anymore.
Make a list of what you no longer want to feel.
List what you do want.
List what you do want to feel.
Write a letter to the Universe or to your inner guidance
and state what you want and want to feel. Ask for a clear
sign of guidance and state when you want to receive this sign by.
Allow this sign to appear to you in expected or unexpected ways.
I look forward to assisting you to release trying not to lose
and learn how to plan to win.
Joyce Shafer, LEC and author (jls1422@yahoo.com), offers an 8-week online Reinvent Yourself: Refuse to Settle for Less in Life and Business coaching program where You Decide What You Pay to Participate. See program details, sign up for her free newsletter, and get her $9-for-3+1 free e-book special at http://www.freewebs.com/coach4lifebalance. Or, email her for more information. Books/e-books reviews available at www.lulu.com.
in Life and Business to Learn How to Win?
“From this moment on, I refuse to settle for
less than what I want!”
Do you relate to this?
Do you know what to do to make it happen?
Please read this brief letter in its entirety to
see if the information resonates for you.
Initially, I didn’t know how to do this.
Actually, I partially knew what to do.
And I was frustrated.
I knew lots of “proven” ways to get ahead.
I was active, but not necessarily productive—
meaning I seemed to move forward, but only so far.
I also believed in and used Law of Attraction.
There was just one problem . . .
I attracted some remarkable material things, people,
and resources into my life effortlessly, but was
blocked about attracting bigger outcomes.
Has this been your experience too?
I knew there had to be a way or ways to shift this.
I was committed to learning how and committed to
sharing it with others who felt the same.
Maybe like me, you were told life works only one way
and that way is that it’s hard, that hard work pays off.
If you’ve worked hard in your life, has it really paid off?
Have you ever known inside that something was
wrong about that belief?
If you believe you have to work more to have more,
you’re working in reverse . . . you’re trying
not to lose instead of planning to win.
And, a lot of what you’re doing probably
involves inner and outer struggle and frustration
as you keep trying to figure out the missing piece.
Maybe some or many of your choices and actions
are made from fear, worry, second-guessing yourself;
and you think unless you DO something—a lot of
somethings, it’ll never get better.
You spend so much time doing, you spend very
little time enjoying being.
Maybe you don’t know how to merge doing and being,
or the power and potential of this action.
If you feel like you’re spinning your wheels,
and feel frustrated and tired . . .
It’s because more of your energy goes towards
what you don’t want (trying not to lose) than
what you do want (planning to win).
Can planning to win really be as simple as
aligning your energy with what you want,
in specific ways, before you take action?
If it was this simple, how would being able to
do this make a difference in your life?
How would you feel if you could do this?
If life feels like a struggle, it’s because
you’ve been conditioned to focus on what
you don’t want instead of on what you do want.
You’ve been conditioned to resist receiving
and attracting/creating what you really want.
You can shift this.
I’m Joyce Shafer, LEC (Life Empowerment Coach)
and author of I Don’t Want to be Your Guru, but I
Have Something to Say and a few other books —
and I’ve taken what I’ve experienced — you might even
call them success formulas — and offer them as an
8-week online coaching program called
Reinvent Yourself: Refuse to Settle for Less in
Life and Business.
You can visit my Web site for more information at
http://www.freewebs.com/coach4lifebalance
[If the link doesn’t open when you click on it,
press Ctrl and click your mouse on the link to go to the site.]
[Email me at jls1422@yahoo.com
if the link acts odd.
My server recently tweaked the site . . . or maybe we’re
supposed to connect to address any questions sooner than later.]
You’d like your top question answered, right?
What does it cost?
You decide. I mean it.
Reinvent Yourself: Refuse to Settle for Less
In Life and Business combines practical methods
(outer approaches) with Law of Attraction (inner
approaches) to help you achieve results.
You don’t have to believe in LOA for the methods to work,
but you’ll enjoy how using it enhances your experience and results.
[FYI: You already use LOA by default (quantum mechanics).
You might as well use it deliberately.]
During the 8-week online program, you
Learn how to manage your energy and emotions
(Shift towards getting more of what you’d rather experience
instead of what you have been.)
Create and energetically activate desired outcomes
(Learn how to shift your inner vibration to create
desired outer experiences.)
Create your magnetic vision for your life or business
(Get clear about what you want in a way you’ve probably
never done before.)
Feel like a magnet for who and what you want to attract
into your life personally and professionally (This is about
alignment, about genuine connection, not manipulation.)
Identify what’s unique about you and what you do
(Increase your self-confidence and self-worth, and the
value of what you offer to others; and watch how this
ramps up your energy and makes you magnetic to
ideal people, clients, partners, staff, resources, and
opportunities, etc.)
Shift your focus about what you do and how you do it
in life and business (Create a process for yourself that lets
you feel comfortable and confident when you talk or write
about yourself, your service, or product.)
Learn how to seemingly get into the thoughts of others
(Learn how to listen and communicate from a place that
creates genuine connection that establishes
relationship and trust.)
Create your plan-of-action that lets you plan to
win over and over in your life or business
Increase your creativity—become a conscious,
confident creative
Increase your income and success
Experience inspired ideas, next actions, and opportunities
flowing into your life more effortlessly and consistently
Shift from trying not to lose to planning to win to
serving through significance
The methods in this 8-week program self-empower you to
do these and more.
You won’t have to guess at what helps you achieve results.
The methods are provided to you.
You just have to use them.
And you use them any time you need a solution or resolution,
or want to enhance or expand any part of your life or business.
If you’re familiar with Law of Attraction, you may
wonder why I use the word want when you’ve been told not to.
Here’s my explanation from Implement 1:
First a word about the word want: You may have heard or read that you should never, ever use this word. No word has more power than your intended meaning when you use it. Law of Attraction responds to feelings not words. Feel what you mean when you use this or any word. If your feeling is needy or fear-based, use this Implement to shift it to mean on purpose and empowered . . . intentional.
My vision and intention is to help as many people as I can who
are ready to self-empower themselves with this blend of practical
and inner methods to create real, lasting shifts in their lives.
This is why you consider the potential value of this
8-week online coaching program and your budget then
decide what you’re comfortable paying to participate.
There are three options for how you can participate.
What everyone in the program gets:
1. Each Friday during the 8 weeks, an Implement is
e-mailed to you (Tool implies work. These
methods involve effort on your part, but they inspire you.
That’s not something you usually say about work.)
2. You have unlimited e-mail access to me.
Here are the options:
Option 1: You sign up for one 30-minute coaching call
each week during the program (8 calls)**
Option 2: You sign up for one 30-minute coaching call
every other week during the program (4 calls)**
Option 3: All online — No coaching calls, but you have
unlimited e-mail access to me.
**Realistically, there is a limit to the number of people
I can personally coach effectively during a program.
This number is 20. But, any number of people can
participate in Option 3. The Implements are thorough and
you will see results if you use them whether you do
coaching calls or not. And, I will respond to your
e-mailed questions. You won’t be left alone to figure
anything out.
The next program start date is February 13, 2009
(Ends April 3, 2009)
Pre-Register Today!
What you do is
Decide if you’re committed to learn how to
win instead of just not lose in life and business.
Consider the long-term potential
value of this program to you, as well as your budget.
Agree to Feel Good about whatever amount
you believe is appropriate for you to pay (see note below).
E-mail me at jls1422@yahoo.com with questions or
I’m Ready to Learn How to Win in the subject line.
We confirm which option you want and which
ones are still available (once 20 people sign up for calls,
whether they choose Option 1 or 2, only Option 3 will be available).
Once we confirm your Option, I’ll give you instructions to
make payment in the amount of your choice at my PayPal account
(you don’t need a PayPal account to do this, just a debit or credit card).
I’ll say Thank You and add your name and email address
to my list, and you get started on February 13.
And, I invite you to share this opportunity with anyone
you believe it would benefit.
Note: I’ve bridged the cost-gap for you by letting
you decide what amount to exchange to participate.
If this makes you pause, ask yourself if there are other
areas of your life where you resist receiving.
How does this show up for you in your life or business?
The methods I share with you help you bridge this
resistance-to-receiving gap.
If you still feel you need to think about this, here’s a
method to help you get clear about your decision:
Make a list of what you don’t want to settle less for anymore.
Make a list of what you no longer want to feel.
List what you do want.
List what you do want to feel.
Write a letter to the Universe or to your inner guidance
and state what you want and want to feel. Ask for a clear
sign of guidance and state when you want to receive this sign by.
Allow this sign to appear to you in expected or unexpected ways.
I look forward to assisting you to release trying not to lose
and learn how to plan to win.
Joyce Shafer, LEC and author (jls1422@yahoo.com), offers an 8-week online Reinvent Yourself: Refuse to Settle for Less in Life and Business coaching program where You Decide What You Pay to Participate. See program details, sign up for her free newsletter, and get her $9-for-3+1 free e-book special at http://www.freewebs.com/coach4lifebalance. Or, email her for more information. Books/e-books reviews available at www.lulu.com.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Reinventing Your Self and Your Business Is a Process
Previously, many of us considered it a luxury to choose to reinvent ourselves or our businesses. At present, many find themselves thrust into this position by the economy.
Last year, before effects of the economy really kicked in, I had my moment where I decided to reinvent particular aspects of how I experience my life and business. Like an ever-expanding number of people around the globe (and since ancient times), I chose to even more consciously use Law of Attraction which I’m now, more than ever, inclined to call Law of Vibration or even Law of Vibration Equals Matching (LOV EM).
I’m not about to tell you this path is one big rosy picture or that I never address challenges; but there have been some spectacular inner and outer results. Any of you who deliberately use LOV may have discovered that, though it seems simple based on what you read or hear, it’s not always easy. I’m not saying it has to be difficult; but . . .
We’re told the key is to ask for what we want and then allow what we want to come to us, shift our beliefs, remove doubt, expect. I also write about these in my articles because they’re all valid. So, why isn’t it always easy? In a word: resistance. If you’ve ever thought you have no problem attracting small stuff into your life, but the big stuff seems impossible, you subconsciously resist bigger stuff. You wouldn’t do this unless you’ve been conditioned to. We stand between Limitless Thinking and Conditioned Thinking. We just have to decide which one we prefer to move towards more.
A lot of thought has been going on in my mind about resistance over the last several days. A parallel came to mind: weight loss. Anyone who’s ever wanted to lose weight has to start wherever they are; has to use a program, and discovers a program they’re aligned with is easier to follow; discovers some days it’s easier to stay intentional and other days they experience triggers that make them want to quit. But, if their Why is strong enough, they get back on the path if they detour or stop.
Those unwanted pounds are like unwanted (most often, unrecognized) beliefs or areas of resistance. The more of each that need to be shifted, the more energy you need to plan to direct towards this. You will have days you falter; but as you stick with it, you’ll experience successes. Your outcome and how you choose to experience getting to the outcome is called your ROE (Return on Energy).
We sometimes forget to recognize that a small success is still a success. Sometimes we want to get to the finish line before we run every step of the race. We forget steps are involved (a process), usually because we want to feel better as soon as possible. Every step has the opportunity and fact of ROE.
Individuals and the overall economy, depending on how much “weight” they gained before the shake-up and the weight of their beliefs, have to reassess how they plan and intend to move forward and what their intended short- and long-term outcomes are. The “negative” outer aspects of the economy are a direct result of something at the inner level being out of alignment in everyone involved. If we want to create a better, stronger economy, present, and future, this will be done more easily and quickly if more people get aligned at the inner level so their actions at the outer level are motivated differently.
This is the primary reason I decided to offer my Reinvent Yourself coaching program to people where they decide what they pay to participate. Just as in other parts of the world where a reasonable fee charged in the States might be a six-month income or more, people here impacted by current events who really want to empower themselves and their vision of the future, shouldn’t have to choose between groceries or learning ways to accomplish this, if this method is a fit for them. A pep talk might be helpful to some, but I believe methods that empower at the inner and outer levels are more useful. My decision to do this is not to affirm lack, but to endorse and facilitate increase. It’s saying I understand many have had their foundations rattled or crumbled; how can I help.
My hope is that anyone who can contributes their energy to this rebuilding phase through creative and innovative ways imbued with integrity. If we resist this, we risk returning to how we’ve always done things or how things have been done, ways that didn’t work out.
Inventions take time. So do reinventions. And, both involve a process. Once you get that life is a process, that you are in process all the time, and you align with this, you’ll find your ability to return to inner balance when you get rattled is easier. The Law of Vibration (quantum mechanics) matches your vibration (deepest anticipated outcome energized by emotions) all the time. Become a conscious, deliberate director of your inner and outer life.
I wish you a wonderful day and a day filled with wonders.
Joyce Shafer, LEC, Your Inspire Success Coach and author (jls1422@yahoo.com), offers an 8-week online Reinvent Yourself: Choose to Thrive in Life and Business online coaching program where You Decide What You Pay to Participate (next program start date: Feb. 6, 2009—Pre-register Now). Email her for program details, to sign up for her free newsletter, or to get her $9-for-3+1 free e-book special. Books/e-books reviews available at www.lulu.com.
Last year, before effects of the economy really kicked in, I had my moment where I decided to reinvent particular aspects of how I experience my life and business. Like an ever-expanding number of people around the globe (and since ancient times), I chose to even more consciously use Law of Attraction which I’m now, more than ever, inclined to call Law of Vibration or even Law of Vibration Equals Matching (LOV EM).
I’m not about to tell you this path is one big rosy picture or that I never address challenges; but there have been some spectacular inner and outer results. Any of you who deliberately use LOV may have discovered that, though it seems simple based on what you read or hear, it’s not always easy. I’m not saying it has to be difficult; but . . .
We’re told the key is to ask for what we want and then allow what we want to come to us, shift our beliefs, remove doubt, expect. I also write about these in my articles because they’re all valid. So, why isn’t it always easy? In a word: resistance. If you’ve ever thought you have no problem attracting small stuff into your life, but the big stuff seems impossible, you subconsciously resist bigger stuff. You wouldn’t do this unless you’ve been conditioned to. We stand between Limitless Thinking and Conditioned Thinking. We just have to decide which one we prefer to move towards more.
A lot of thought has been going on in my mind about resistance over the last several days. A parallel came to mind: weight loss. Anyone who’s ever wanted to lose weight has to start wherever they are; has to use a program, and discovers a program they’re aligned with is easier to follow; discovers some days it’s easier to stay intentional and other days they experience triggers that make them want to quit. But, if their Why is strong enough, they get back on the path if they detour or stop.
Those unwanted pounds are like unwanted (most often, unrecognized) beliefs or areas of resistance. The more of each that need to be shifted, the more energy you need to plan to direct towards this. You will have days you falter; but as you stick with it, you’ll experience successes. Your outcome and how you choose to experience getting to the outcome is called your ROE (Return on Energy).
We sometimes forget to recognize that a small success is still a success. Sometimes we want to get to the finish line before we run every step of the race. We forget steps are involved (a process), usually because we want to feel better as soon as possible. Every step has the opportunity and fact of ROE.
Individuals and the overall economy, depending on how much “weight” they gained before the shake-up and the weight of their beliefs, have to reassess how they plan and intend to move forward and what their intended short- and long-term outcomes are. The “negative” outer aspects of the economy are a direct result of something at the inner level being out of alignment in everyone involved. If we want to create a better, stronger economy, present, and future, this will be done more easily and quickly if more people get aligned at the inner level so their actions at the outer level are motivated differently.
This is the primary reason I decided to offer my Reinvent Yourself coaching program to people where they decide what they pay to participate. Just as in other parts of the world where a reasonable fee charged in the States might be a six-month income or more, people here impacted by current events who really want to empower themselves and their vision of the future, shouldn’t have to choose between groceries or learning ways to accomplish this, if this method is a fit for them. A pep talk might be helpful to some, but I believe methods that empower at the inner and outer levels are more useful. My decision to do this is not to affirm lack, but to endorse and facilitate increase. It’s saying I understand many have had their foundations rattled or crumbled; how can I help.
My hope is that anyone who can contributes their energy to this rebuilding phase through creative and innovative ways imbued with integrity. If we resist this, we risk returning to how we’ve always done things or how things have been done, ways that didn’t work out.
Inventions take time. So do reinventions. And, both involve a process. Once you get that life is a process, that you are in process all the time, and you align with this, you’ll find your ability to return to inner balance when you get rattled is easier. The Law of Vibration (quantum mechanics) matches your vibration (deepest anticipated outcome energized by emotions) all the time. Become a conscious, deliberate director of your inner and outer life.
I wish you a wonderful day and a day filled with wonders.
Joyce Shafer, LEC, Your Inspire Success Coach and author (jls1422@yahoo.com), offers an 8-week online Reinvent Yourself: Choose to Thrive in Life and Business online coaching program where You Decide What You Pay to Participate (next program start date: Feb. 6, 2009—Pre-register Now). Email her for program details, to sign up for her free newsletter, or to get her $9-for-3+1 free e-book special. Books/e-books reviews available at www.lulu.com.
Friday, October 3, 2008
How to Stop Contradicting Your Affirmations
The reason you use affirmations is to reprogram your brain, beliefs, and habits or attachments to negative beliefs and behaviors so you get the outcomes you desire . . . right? If you practice self-sabotage in this area, here are a few pointers to assist you.
Affirmations are often thought of as feel-good statements, and they certainly should be; but if you have little to no belief that there is truth to a statement, Law of Attraction will perform perfectly and you will wonder why the shift or result you desire is not happening.
An affirmation states something is a truth, no matter what has happened before. This gets tricky because if you believe the past as true evidence or proof (rather than a result of your beliefs and thoughts), it can be a challenge to believe the affirmation over the false proof that demonstrated otherwise.
Stating and repeating an affirmation that your inner voice contradicts means, without realizing it, you just affirmed (stated as a fact) the contradiction as your reality . . . not the original affirmation.
“As thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee,” explains exactly how Law of Attraction works. It doesn’t say as you hope or wish, but as you believe. If you state an affirmation and return to struggling as before, you miss the point. Law of Attraction works for you to the degree you believe it can or does.
It is vital that you replace an old belief that no longer serves you (and this includes what you call facts) with the energy vibration of what you now claim as your new reality. Even starting by believing in the possibility it can be your reality has a higher vibration than believing it cannot. You can hold the vibration of new possibilities and outcomes of the affirmation as your truth.
Believing doesn’t mean have a belief as much as it means have faith. Faith comes from true knowing, from knowing the Truth. Spirit is an absolute presence in your life because it is All That Is and all you are. Law of Attraction is a force, a tool, and it works without fail by matching your vibrations. Spirit uses Law of Attraction to receive and respond to your requests and as the means to allow you to self-evolve. But even Spirit follows the Law and responds in direct proportion to what you believe and how much you believe it.
Belief comes from intellect; faith comes from absolute trust in the Truth of Spirit and that Law of Attraction works every time. It is a feeling. It is a knowing as a result of having a genuine, ongoing relationship with Spirit and conscious use of the Law. Ask yourself what such a relationship looks and feels like to you. If this is not your current experience, ask Spirit to show you how to make it so and how to understand Law of Attraction. Your request will be answered.
And remember: beliefs change; truths never do.
Joyce Shafer, L.E.C., is the 4P Power Coach (jls1422@yahoo.com). 4P Power Coaching is for those who wish to use a spiritual approach (and tools) to life and business through conscious use of Law of Attraction. Details, free newsletter, quiz, and more at http://www.freewebs.com/coach4lifebalance ~ Books, reviews, preview chapters at http://www.lulu.com/, including Law of Attraction Alchemy, which includes 64 powerful affirmations – with a twist!
Affirmations are often thought of as feel-good statements, and they certainly should be; but if you have little to no belief that there is truth to a statement, Law of Attraction will perform perfectly and you will wonder why the shift or result you desire is not happening.
An affirmation states something is a truth, no matter what has happened before. This gets tricky because if you believe the past as true evidence or proof (rather than a result of your beliefs and thoughts), it can be a challenge to believe the affirmation over the false proof that demonstrated otherwise.
Stating and repeating an affirmation that your inner voice contradicts means, without realizing it, you just affirmed (stated as a fact) the contradiction as your reality . . . not the original affirmation.
“As thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee,” explains exactly how Law of Attraction works. It doesn’t say as you hope or wish, but as you believe. If you state an affirmation and return to struggling as before, you miss the point. Law of Attraction works for you to the degree you believe it can or does.
It is vital that you replace an old belief that no longer serves you (and this includes what you call facts) with the energy vibration of what you now claim as your new reality. Even starting by believing in the possibility it can be your reality has a higher vibration than believing it cannot. You can hold the vibration of new possibilities and outcomes of the affirmation as your truth.
Believing doesn’t mean have a belief as much as it means have faith. Faith comes from true knowing, from knowing the Truth. Spirit is an absolute presence in your life because it is All That Is and all you are. Law of Attraction is a force, a tool, and it works without fail by matching your vibrations. Spirit uses Law of Attraction to receive and respond to your requests and as the means to allow you to self-evolve. But even Spirit follows the Law and responds in direct proportion to what you believe and how much you believe it.
Belief comes from intellect; faith comes from absolute trust in the Truth of Spirit and that Law of Attraction works every time. It is a feeling. It is a knowing as a result of having a genuine, ongoing relationship with Spirit and conscious use of the Law. Ask yourself what such a relationship looks and feels like to you. If this is not your current experience, ask Spirit to show you how to make it so and how to understand Law of Attraction. Your request will be answered.
And remember: beliefs change; truths never do.
Joyce Shafer, L.E.C., is the 4P Power Coach (jls1422@yahoo.com). 4P Power Coaching is for those who wish to use a spiritual approach (and tools) to life and business through conscious use of Law of Attraction. Details, free newsletter, quiz, and more at http://www.freewebs.com/coach4lifebalance ~ Books, reviews, preview chapters at http://www.lulu.com/, including Law of Attraction Alchemy, which includes 64 powerful affirmations – with a twist!
Friday, September 26, 2008
12 emPOWERment Energizers
Place these 12 empowering, energizing reminders where you can easily see them during the day.
1. Any comment made by you or others about you that vibrates, “I am not what, who, where, or when I am supposed to be,” creates a reflection through Law of Attraction that causes delay. It obstructs and hinders your good coming to you. Use this instead:
“I am always in the right place, at the right time, with the right people, and the right action.” Agree to see this as a statement of the bigger picture (and true) and watch what happens. It is more important to witness how far you’ve come than to judge or compare yourself to where others are or where you think you should be. If you were supposed to be somewhere else, you’d be there. If you want to know what your next step is, ask Spirit.
2. Ask! Ask Spirit for everything. You’ll get far more than if you never or seldom ask. Forget what the self-limiting mind of man has told you about asking and receiving. Spirit doesn’t follow the mind of man, and Spirit patiently waits for you to ask so it can give from its infinite well of All That Is Good and Yours. The more you do of anything, the better you get at it. Also, think of it as any gift-giving holiday. You really would not choose to receive every gift you will get across your lifetime all at once; you want time to savor the gifts and to feel the anticipation of getting and removing the wrapping from each one.
3. Believe everything that is yours is yours already; you just need to collect it or allow delivery. You are not separate from Spirit. You are an individualized expression of Spirit. This means everything Spirit is and has, you are and have. Allow the feeling of what this really means to permeate you. Agree to be what you already are and to receive what is already yours. The greatest thing you have is your connection to Spirit.
4. Let go of waiting for anything to arrive. Waiting is anxious energy. Expect it. Know your Good, whatever it is, is yours and arrives with perfect timing. Get yourself mentally and emotionally out of the way of its arrival by putting your attention elsewhere. Go play; accomplish or attend to something else until it (or something even better) arrives.
5. Own every moment and experience as yours (I can hear some of the comments about this). Recognize if you experience it, you vibrated it into your reality. Like energy attracts like energy. Let go of judgment about this and embrace learning. Ask yourself, “What is my opportunity here?” Take responsibility for your feelings, thoughts, words, actions, and energetic vibrations. This is the path of freedom and joyful expression and living.
6. Honor all steps, small and large, as you strengthen and lengthen your “stride” in your conscious spiritual awareness. No judgment. Every success at accepting more self-responsibility is to be honored and celebrated.
7. Learn to recognize that if you do not feel good or serene, you have reduced or disconnected (in your mind only) your connection to Spirit. As soon as you reconnect, you will feel better and things will shift. Again . . . like energy attracts like energy.
8. Thoughts without feeling have no or little magnetic charge. This is why (thank goodness) every thought we have does not manifest. Anytime you replay anything that does not make you feel good and do so with as much emotion as though you are experiencing it now (re-read No. 7), that is what you will magnetize. If you choose to “replay” something, do it with as little emotional involvement as possible. But, why not magnetize what makes you feel the way you wish to feel by feeling some of it first. Let where you want to go be where you start from.
9. State Intentions. Start every day by stating what you intend for the day and how you intend to feel. How do you wish to feel at the end of the day? What will you have to do at the inner level to achieve this? Also state your intentions about how you wish to feel before, during, and after phone calls, emails, conversations, meetings, events, working on projects, etc. Use this as often as possible and you will be amazed at how your experiences shift.
10. Let go of operating against yourself. Think of all the ways you do this, negative self-talk being one of the primary ways. Trying to please others rather than being authentic and in personal integrity is another. What other ways do you operate against yourself? Take note of these during your day.
11. It is not so much a matter of creating as it is a matter of directing. Read that again and see if you feel the liberating energy of it.
12. We know word usage is important when it comes to right use of Law of Attraction. We hear that using “want, need, desire” and so forth creates more want, need, and desire energy matches to those words. Better not to go crazy about this when we just want a simple conversation (or write an article); but when it comes to stating intentions, what about using “I request of myself and Spirit . . .”
Keep these 12 points on hand. Give them an opportunity to make a difference in how you experience the moments of your life . . . emPOWERed.
Get Peaceful, Poised, On Purpose, and EmPowered in life and business with Joyce Shafer, L.E.C., the 4P Power Coach (jls1422@yahoo.com). Visit http://www.freewebs.com/coach4lifebalance to learn more. (Send email if the link acts out.) Get her free newsletter, take the quiz, and get book discounts at her website. Her books, reviews, and preview chapters are also available at lulu.com, including newly-released Law of Attraction Alchemy: Change Lead Thoughts into Gold.
1. Any comment made by you or others about you that vibrates, “I am not what, who, where, or when I am supposed to be,” creates a reflection through Law of Attraction that causes delay. It obstructs and hinders your good coming to you. Use this instead:
“I am always in the right place, at the right time, with the right people, and the right action.” Agree to see this as a statement of the bigger picture (and true) and watch what happens. It is more important to witness how far you’ve come than to judge or compare yourself to where others are or where you think you should be. If you were supposed to be somewhere else, you’d be there. If you want to know what your next step is, ask Spirit.
2. Ask! Ask Spirit for everything. You’ll get far more than if you never or seldom ask. Forget what the self-limiting mind of man has told you about asking and receiving. Spirit doesn’t follow the mind of man, and Spirit patiently waits for you to ask so it can give from its infinite well of All That Is Good and Yours. The more you do of anything, the better you get at it. Also, think of it as any gift-giving holiday. You really would not choose to receive every gift you will get across your lifetime all at once; you want time to savor the gifts and to feel the anticipation of getting and removing the wrapping from each one.
3. Believe everything that is yours is yours already; you just need to collect it or allow delivery. You are not separate from Spirit. You are an individualized expression of Spirit. This means everything Spirit is and has, you are and have. Allow the feeling of what this really means to permeate you. Agree to be what you already are and to receive what is already yours. The greatest thing you have is your connection to Spirit.
4. Let go of waiting for anything to arrive. Waiting is anxious energy. Expect it. Know your Good, whatever it is, is yours and arrives with perfect timing. Get yourself mentally and emotionally out of the way of its arrival by putting your attention elsewhere. Go play; accomplish or attend to something else until it (or something even better) arrives.
5. Own every moment and experience as yours (I can hear some of the comments about this). Recognize if you experience it, you vibrated it into your reality. Like energy attracts like energy. Let go of judgment about this and embrace learning. Ask yourself, “What is my opportunity here?” Take responsibility for your feelings, thoughts, words, actions, and energetic vibrations. This is the path of freedom and joyful expression and living.
6. Honor all steps, small and large, as you strengthen and lengthen your “stride” in your conscious spiritual awareness. No judgment. Every success at accepting more self-responsibility is to be honored and celebrated.
7. Learn to recognize that if you do not feel good or serene, you have reduced or disconnected (in your mind only) your connection to Spirit. As soon as you reconnect, you will feel better and things will shift. Again . . . like energy attracts like energy.
8. Thoughts without feeling have no or little magnetic charge. This is why (thank goodness) every thought we have does not manifest. Anytime you replay anything that does not make you feel good and do so with as much emotion as though you are experiencing it now (re-read No. 7), that is what you will magnetize. If you choose to “replay” something, do it with as little emotional involvement as possible. But, why not magnetize what makes you feel the way you wish to feel by feeling some of it first. Let where you want to go be where you start from.
9. State Intentions. Start every day by stating what you intend for the day and how you intend to feel. How do you wish to feel at the end of the day? What will you have to do at the inner level to achieve this? Also state your intentions about how you wish to feel before, during, and after phone calls, emails, conversations, meetings, events, working on projects, etc. Use this as often as possible and you will be amazed at how your experiences shift.
10. Let go of operating against yourself. Think of all the ways you do this, negative self-talk being one of the primary ways. Trying to please others rather than being authentic and in personal integrity is another. What other ways do you operate against yourself? Take note of these during your day.
11. It is not so much a matter of creating as it is a matter of directing. Read that again and see if you feel the liberating energy of it.
12. We know word usage is important when it comes to right use of Law of Attraction. We hear that using “want, need, desire” and so forth creates more want, need, and desire energy matches to those words. Better not to go crazy about this when we just want a simple conversation (or write an article); but when it comes to stating intentions, what about using “I request of myself and Spirit . . .”
Keep these 12 points on hand. Give them an opportunity to make a difference in how you experience the moments of your life . . . emPOWERed.
Get Peaceful, Poised, On Purpose, and EmPowered in life and business with Joyce Shafer, L.E.C., the 4P Power Coach (jls1422@yahoo.com). Visit http://www.freewebs.com/coach4lifebalance to learn more. (Send email if the link acts out.) Get her free newsletter, take the quiz, and get book discounts at her website. Her books, reviews, and preview chapters are also available at lulu.com, including newly-released Law of Attraction Alchemy: Change Lead Thoughts into Gold.
Review: Great "How To" Book - 12 Sep 2008
by Roger Aucoin
Ever try to lose excess body fat or put on muscle, but everything you read is for a different body type, activity level, age, etc., so that what you read cannot be readily applied by you today? Well, Joyce Shafer has solved that problem when it comes to understanding how to manifest your dreams. Ms Shafer, in her very inexpensively priced book, provides sixty-four (64) statements you can immediately use and apply to your life... TODAY! WHAT A GOLD MINE! I am engaged in my journey to use these alchemy statements every day for ninety days. I fully expect aspects of my leadened life to become golden. I highly recommend that you make the investment to do the same.
by Roger Aucoin
Ever try to lose excess body fat or put on muscle, but everything you read is for a different body type, activity level, age, etc., so that what you read cannot be readily applied by you today? Well, Joyce Shafer has solved that problem when it comes to understanding how to manifest your dreams. Ms Shafer, in her very inexpensively priced book, provides sixty-four (64) statements you can immediately use and apply to your life... TODAY! WHAT A GOLD MINE! I am engaged in my journey to use these alchemy statements every day for ninety days. I fully expect aspects of my leadened life to become golden. I highly recommend that you make the investment to do the same.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Be What It Is You Desire
Is the meaning of this article’s title clear to you? If yes, terrific; if not, you’ll appreciate some tips to assist you to not only understand it but put it into practice.
What often happens to us is if we experience something once, we project that experience onto similar experiences . . . before they happen. We hear comments from people like, “Oh, I KNOW how THIS is going to go,” before it happens. Maybe we hear, “I said it would go like this,” or “I knew this would happen.” And the connection between anticipating a result and experiencing it is seldom or never made by the person.
The fact is, we can’t control every event or how people behave. But if you’re going someplace or doing something and expect a bad experience, don’t be surprised when you get it.
What about this? If you want to have a good experience, be a good experience. What does this mean?
It doesn’t mean you pretend anything, like being all happy and peppy. You can decide to be fully authentic (completely present in each moment), be an observer of yourself and others, ask questions from curiosity rather than trying to force behaviors or outcomes.
There are numerous ways you can be a good experience for yourself and others. Is the person at the register ringing up your items at the store not smiling or grumpy? How far do you think a kind word from you might go? If the person doesn’t lighten or brighten up from your smile or kind comment, that’s not about you. Feel good about taking a positive action. The first step to having a good experience is to choose it, then be it. Be it for yourself; others are responsible for how they perceive their experiences.
Don’t feel successful? Maybe you need to take your definition of success to a deeper level. People with self-esteem issues often neglect to recognize and celebrate their successes, which are many and of all sizes. Verbally pat yourself on the back for even so much as showing up for an appointment on time. We ignore the little successes. Usually this is because our little successes weren’t supported by others while growing up. Okay, maybe that happened. Now it’s time to do this for your self. And, don’t hesitate to do this for others. It feels really good to catch someone doing something right and express your appreciation to them.
Don’t think you’re abundant? Time to recognize you and everything are expressions of the one energy we call God, Spirit, Universe, and so forth. Look around. What exists and what continues to be created and expanded is amazing. You’re a part of it . . . the moment you agree to be . . . the moment you agree to receive . . . the moment you replace any doubt about deserving with understanding your birthright as an expression of Spirit.
Fueled by fears? Fear is another word for Expectation. This goes back to what I wrote above. What would you prefer to expect?
One reason so many people are turning to spiritual empowerment coaching is because they want to not just lift the veil of illusions, but get rid of them altogether. Which illusions? The ones promoted by so many that say we’re limited, we lack, we don’t deserve, it’s hard, accept less, and the list is too long and tedious to include here. Besides, the list is all false stories when you get right down to it; and no one repeats these stories to us as often as we do. Law of Attraction isn’t a buzz phrase; it’s a real principle at work in our lives.
What do you desire to be, to experience? If you find a way to become it at the inner level, you’re it. And then, you won’t be surprised when you experience it.
Manage Your Energy to Manage Your Manifestations online course starts 9/14/08--see http://www.freewebs.com/coach4lifebalance Joyce Shafer, L.E.C., is a Spiritual/Life Empowerment Coach (jls1422@yahoo.com). Get her free newsletter, take the quiz, get book discounts, and learn about her $200 first-month coaching special on her website.
What often happens to us is if we experience something once, we project that experience onto similar experiences . . . before they happen. We hear comments from people like, “Oh, I KNOW how THIS is going to go,” before it happens. Maybe we hear, “I said it would go like this,” or “I knew this would happen.” And the connection between anticipating a result and experiencing it is seldom or never made by the person.
The fact is, we can’t control every event or how people behave. But if you’re going someplace or doing something and expect a bad experience, don’t be surprised when you get it.
What about this? If you want to have a good experience, be a good experience. What does this mean?
It doesn’t mean you pretend anything, like being all happy and peppy. You can decide to be fully authentic (completely present in each moment), be an observer of yourself and others, ask questions from curiosity rather than trying to force behaviors or outcomes.
There are numerous ways you can be a good experience for yourself and others. Is the person at the register ringing up your items at the store not smiling or grumpy? How far do you think a kind word from you might go? If the person doesn’t lighten or brighten up from your smile or kind comment, that’s not about you. Feel good about taking a positive action. The first step to having a good experience is to choose it, then be it. Be it for yourself; others are responsible for how they perceive their experiences.
Don’t feel successful? Maybe you need to take your definition of success to a deeper level. People with self-esteem issues often neglect to recognize and celebrate their successes, which are many and of all sizes. Verbally pat yourself on the back for even so much as showing up for an appointment on time. We ignore the little successes. Usually this is because our little successes weren’t supported by others while growing up. Okay, maybe that happened. Now it’s time to do this for your self. And, don’t hesitate to do this for others. It feels really good to catch someone doing something right and express your appreciation to them.
Don’t think you’re abundant? Time to recognize you and everything are expressions of the one energy we call God, Spirit, Universe, and so forth. Look around. What exists and what continues to be created and expanded is amazing. You’re a part of it . . . the moment you agree to be . . . the moment you agree to receive . . . the moment you replace any doubt about deserving with understanding your birthright as an expression of Spirit.
Fueled by fears? Fear is another word for Expectation. This goes back to what I wrote above. What would you prefer to expect?
One reason so many people are turning to spiritual empowerment coaching is because they want to not just lift the veil of illusions, but get rid of them altogether. Which illusions? The ones promoted by so many that say we’re limited, we lack, we don’t deserve, it’s hard, accept less, and the list is too long and tedious to include here. Besides, the list is all false stories when you get right down to it; and no one repeats these stories to us as often as we do. Law of Attraction isn’t a buzz phrase; it’s a real principle at work in our lives.
What do you desire to be, to experience? If you find a way to become it at the inner level, you’re it. And then, you won’t be surprised when you experience it.
Manage Your Energy to Manage Your Manifestations online course starts 9/14/08--see http://www.freewebs.com/coach4lifebalance Joyce Shafer, L.E.C., is a Spiritual/Life Empowerment Coach (jls1422@yahoo.com). Get her free newsletter, take the quiz, get book discounts, and learn about her $200 first-month coaching special on her website.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Manage Your Energy to Manage Your Manifestations
Ahhh . . . the confusion about Law of Attraction, affirmations, ask/don’t ask . . . these things do swirl around in our minds. Can you really get the hang of using this Law so it works for you, and release doubts and fears? Of course.
What are some of the things we need to know or remember in order to use the Law of Attraction so it works for us?
The primary thing to remember is your connection to Spirit, which means your connection to everyone and everything, as well. If you ever feel alone, lonely, or that you’re struggling on your own, you’ve closed out your eternal partner . . . Spirit. Spirit wants only the best for you because you are Spirit having an individualized experience of itself. Whether you take the spiritual or scientific viewpoint on this, there is only one energy, one consciousness, but it has many facets. The only separation between us is in our minds and our understanding.
If we focus our energy (match our vibrations) to a specific condition in our lives, say, one we don’t like, we feed it as though it is real and eternal rather than a finite effect/experience that resulted from a cause. We tend to tell ourselves and others stories about events in our lives until we believe them more than the truth of who we are and what we’re empowered by Spirit to accomplish. You cannot change or shift anything if you focus on what’s wrong or not working. You have to focus on the preferred outcome and you have to trust there’s a Divine plan Spirit holds for itself (and us) at work always and in all ways. We often forget to realize if we can do this for events we perceive as negative, we can also do this to feed the positives about ourselves and our experiences. We can’t control everything or how others behave, but we can control how we choose to experience our lives.
You can affirm out the yin/yang about what you want or need, but needy energy repels what or who you seek to have in your life. It also creates more need of what you need, because this is how the Law of Attraction works. This cycle is like the snake devouring itself or a dog chasing its tail. Nor can you pretend to be in a state of absolute faith if you’re not. What you can do is ask Spirit to show you what to do, and you will get an answer. A benefit of doing this is it shifts your energy from matching a condition to matching the expectation of Spirit to show you the way. Just doing this raises your energy and aligns you with a solution rather than a problem. Use affirmations to state the Truth about yourself and your Spirit-given power, talents, abilities, and unique personality.
Honor your feelings. Many cultures condition us to stuff down or deny our feelings. Well, we know this really doesn’t work. It doesn’t mean we have to express what we feel to anyone who’ll listen (whether they want to or not) or wear them on our metaphorical sleeve, but we can express what we really feel to ourselves. Whether with a pen or at a keyboard, get them all out. Don’t let them fester inside of you. When you hide your feelings from yourself, you give them more power than they are supposed to receive. Feelings provide information so we know how to look out for our best interests. Let them feed you with information, don’t feed them with your energy.
Ask Spirit for what you want, even if it’s the next step or which path to take. Write down your question or request; tell Spirit why you want this. Write down your concerns, doubts, and fears then tell Spirit you give all of this over to it. Ask for a clear direction or answer and put a time-limit on it. Want it within 24 hours? Ask for it. Then stay open to receiving what you need to know or do. (I recently had quite a result with this one!)
Do you really want what you say you want? Create a rate scale of 0 through 10. Zero represents Not Concerned with This at This Moment, and 10 represents I Intend to Make This My Reality. Pick something you believe you want and rate how much you believe you want it. Now make another scale where 0 represents I Won’t Do Anything At All About This and 10 represents I’ll Do Whatever It Takes. Rate the level of energy you’re willing to put into making this your reality. You might even do one rating for inner energy and one for outer. Do your scale numbers match? Which one is higher, which one is lower? What might you need to do to get them aligned, or did you discover maybe this is not what you want, you want something completely different? Be honest with yourself. You want an authentic life, not one tailored to anyone else’s idea of what your life should be.
What are your beliefs? Write down what you believe about what you want, about whether you deserve it or not, whether it can/will be yours or not. Which beliefs serve you? Which limit you? Which beliefs would you rather have, and which will cause you to match your vibrations to what you want?
If this seems like a lot of work to you, consider the phrase: When you do what you love, you never work another day. This means doing work you love never or seldom feels like work; it feels harmonious, on purpose, and energizing. If you can feel this way about yourself and your life, it won’t be work. It will be harmonious, on purpose, and energizing.
Details for Manage Your Energy to Manage Your Manifestations online course (starts 9/14/08) are at http://www.freewebs.com/coach4lifebalance . On the website, sign up for Joyce Shafer’s, L.E.C. (Spiritual/Life Empowerment Coach) free newsletter, take the quiz, and get book discounts (jls1422@yahoo.com).
What are some of the things we need to know or remember in order to use the Law of Attraction so it works for us?
The primary thing to remember is your connection to Spirit, which means your connection to everyone and everything, as well. If you ever feel alone, lonely, or that you’re struggling on your own, you’ve closed out your eternal partner . . . Spirit. Spirit wants only the best for you because you are Spirit having an individualized experience of itself. Whether you take the spiritual or scientific viewpoint on this, there is only one energy, one consciousness, but it has many facets. The only separation between us is in our minds and our understanding.
If we focus our energy (match our vibrations) to a specific condition in our lives, say, one we don’t like, we feed it as though it is real and eternal rather than a finite effect/experience that resulted from a cause. We tend to tell ourselves and others stories about events in our lives until we believe them more than the truth of who we are and what we’re empowered by Spirit to accomplish. You cannot change or shift anything if you focus on what’s wrong or not working. You have to focus on the preferred outcome and you have to trust there’s a Divine plan Spirit holds for itself (and us) at work always and in all ways. We often forget to realize if we can do this for events we perceive as negative, we can also do this to feed the positives about ourselves and our experiences. We can’t control everything or how others behave, but we can control how we choose to experience our lives.
You can affirm out the yin/yang about what you want or need, but needy energy repels what or who you seek to have in your life. It also creates more need of what you need, because this is how the Law of Attraction works. This cycle is like the snake devouring itself or a dog chasing its tail. Nor can you pretend to be in a state of absolute faith if you’re not. What you can do is ask Spirit to show you what to do, and you will get an answer. A benefit of doing this is it shifts your energy from matching a condition to matching the expectation of Spirit to show you the way. Just doing this raises your energy and aligns you with a solution rather than a problem. Use affirmations to state the Truth about yourself and your Spirit-given power, talents, abilities, and unique personality.
Honor your feelings. Many cultures condition us to stuff down or deny our feelings. Well, we know this really doesn’t work. It doesn’t mean we have to express what we feel to anyone who’ll listen (whether they want to or not) or wear them on our metaphorical sleeve, but we can express what we really feel to ourselves. Whether with a pen or at a keyboard, get them all out. Don’t let them fester inside of you. When you hide your feelings from yourself, you give them more power than they are supposed to receive. Feelings provide information so we know how to look out for our best interests. Let them feed you with information, don’t feed them with your energy.
Ask Spirit for what you want, even if it’s the next step or which path to take. Write down your question or request; tell Spirit why you want this. Write down your concerns, doubts, and fears then tell Spirit you give all of this over to it. Ask for a clear direction or answer and put a time-limit on it. Want it within 24 hours? Ask for it. Then stay open to receiving what you need to know or do. (I recently had quite a result with this one!)
Do you really want what you say you want? Create a rate scale of 0 through 10. Zero represents Not Concerned with This at This Moment, and 10 represents I Intend to Make This My Reality. Pick something you believe you want and rate how much you believe you want it. Now make another scale where 0 represents I Won’t Do Anything At All About This and 10 represents I’ll Do Whatever It Takes. Rate the level of energy you’re willing to put into making this your reality. You might even do one rating for inner energy and one for outer. Do your scale numbers match? Which one is higher, which one is lower? What might you need to do to get them aligned, or did you discover maybe this is not what you want, you want something completely different? Be honest with yourself. You want an authentic life, not one tailored to anyone else’s idea of what your life should be.
What are your beliefs? Write down what you believe about what you want, about whether you deserve it or not, whether it can/will be yours or not. Which beliefs serve you? Which limit you? Which beliefs would you rather have, and which will cause you to match your vibrations to what you want?
If this seems like a lot of work to you, consider the phrase: When you do what you love, you never work another day. This means doing work you love never or seldom feels like work; it feels harmonious, on purpose, and energizing. If you can feel this way about yourself and your life, it won’t be work. It will be harmonious, on purpose, and energizing.
Details for Manage Your Energy to Manage Your Manifestations online course (starts 9/14/08) are at http://www.freewebs.com/coach4lifebalance . On the website, sign up for Joyce Shafer’s, L.E.C. (Spiritual/Life Empowerment Coach) free newsletter, take the quiz, and get book discounts (jls1422@yahoo.com).
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