Saturday, August 11, 2007

The Butterfly Experiment

Feature Article: The Butterfly Experiment
By: Lori Hamann, Evolve Life Coaching


Several years ago my children and I made up "the butterfly song", with full intention to call butterflies into our experience. (I have taught them early!) Every time we would see one, we get excited, not only relishing the beauty of the butterfly, but also in our ability to attract them. Such confirmation and proof that "what you think about, you bring about" and "what you focus on grows".

I personally stand in awe of the lesson that I learned from my little conscious creators, who never waver in certainty of their creator being-ness, and without question trust that butterflies are coming. It just is, and they just will. Add in a heaping dose of passion, love and honey and guess what we get...butterflies, and loads of them.

Imagine what would happen if you, as an adult, took on creating your reality like that of a child. With unhindered visualization, and complete trust that what you desire is on it's way. Ask and it is given. No belief systems to stop you, just pure connectedness. Just imagine...

There is a shift to be recognized...and it's to go from chasing butterflies (like your dreams!) to attracting them. Instead of getting out your net, you choose to create a butterfly garden and bring them to you. Metaphorically speaking - what does the garden of your life look like? Will it attract your dreams? If you stood within it does it resonate with beauty, joy, passion, courage, peace, softness, and gratitude? Imagine if these words were flowers what your garden might look like. What are you attracting to it? Your dreams and desires or just the exact opposite?

Abraham-Hicks, defines the Law of Attraction like this: "That which is likened to itself is drawn." Catherine Ponder, author of the Dynamic Law of Prosperity defines the Law of Attraction like this: "What you radiate outward in your thoughts, feelings, mental pictures, and words you attract into your life." Guess what? That's the stuff that grows and fertilizes your "garden"!

Yes, like attracts like, and when you are focused upon what you WANT to create in your life you will attract that....and when you are focused upon what you DON'T WANT to create in your life, you will attract that too. It means that you are a magnet, and you draw to you what ever energy comes from you. It's law.

So.....with that said...

Who wants to participate in a free 30 day exercise in manifestation?

It's called.... The Butterfly Experiment.

You will learn about the Law of Attraction, setting intention, and allowing things to flow in life...namely, for the purpose of this experiment...BUTTERFLIES! But...you will be able to take this experiment, and use what you have learned in all areas of your life.

After years of calling then in and attracting them and I began to think about how wonderful it would be to have a group come together and do this as a manifestation exercise....wow and no kidding...as I write this a butterfly just flew past my window. Love it.

If you do participate I request that you be very committed to the process for the full 30 days - to get the full experience. Each day you will receive tips and exercises manifesting butterflies...it may be an email exercise, an audio recording, or a group meeting via conference call.

Of most importance...I would appreciate if you would carry your camera with you to snap shots of butterflies that show up in your life - and send them to me :) Or if you have an awesome story to tell, send that too. Keep a journal if you like.

Why? Because at the end of this experiment I will be putting together a movie, showing the results of our experiment, on my site and the Manifest Station. (Trust me I have some cool ideas for this!) You will be credited at the end for your support and participation as well.

So, if you walk outside and you have manifested butterflies in your garden...snap it. Or you are shopping and low and behold all of the butterfly paper plates are on sale...snap it.

What you focus on grows...and you will begin to see butterflies all over your life. They will become a part of your experience. Remember...it does not even have be the "right climate" because butterflies are everywhere...you will begin to manifest and notice them everywhere.

Sound cool? It is and will be. We will also come together as as group a few times during the course of our exercise - to beat the drum of what's working and have an open discussion about the Law of Attraction.

If you are interested...please send a blank email to
ljhamann1-263188@autocontactor.com and remember to confirm your subscription!

You will receive confirmation of your registration right away. And, don't forget to confirm your registration.

We will be getting started on August 15th, 2007 - so mark your calendars!

Please forward this newsletter to anyone you think might benefit from this co-creative experiment!

Peace and Prosperity,

Lori Hamann
www.lorihamann.com

Saturday, June 30, 2007

Back from the Dead:The Story of Shelley Yates

FIRE THE GRID
by Shelley Yates
THE STORY

We are now in a time when natural disasters like hurricanes, earthquakes and tidal waves are dramatically affecting our planet, and our lives on it. We now have the power to destroy this beautiful Earth quickly, with atomic power, or more slowly, with pollution and devastation of our resources and overpopulation. I have been guided to tell you that we also have the very real power to save this planet and to make it a loving and healthy place for ourselves and for future generations. Please take a few minutes to read my story. It will hopefully save our Earth.

I have a story to tell you that I know will be hard to believe in parts, but it has happened to me, and I cannot erase or deny any of it, though at times I wish I could. I am a normal woman who grew up in simple yet chaotic times. I am much like you in most every way. I always thought I would be the last one to have a miracle occur in her life, much less two miracles and all that has happened since. Therefore the tale I tell could be of your life, and not mine. But seeing it is mine, I guess I was meant to tell it.

What I want to establish first is the fact that miracles do happen, and they happen to people like you and me. What we need to make these miracles happen is to open ourselves to the communication that is all around us every day—communication not from this world but from the world of our Creator, the Cosmos and the Universe. The message comes from a distance, but you find it by going inside and believing. We can all create miracles within our lives, and that is one of the main points in writing this for you. I have no special tricks. Simply open yourself to the possibility that what I tell you is possible and that it is available to every person.

I will refer to God in many ways throughout this story. This is strange for me to refer to God in any sense, as I believed He had abandoned me a very long time ago. But I will refer to a Prime Creator of the Cosmos and the Universe, along with this Earth that we live on every day. I call God the Prime Creator because I want all those to understand that this story is completely unbiased and unprejudiced to any affiliation with any religion, and the God of my understanding is not only an Earthly God, but a Universal God. I will also refer to God as Mother Earth, Gaia, which I came to learn through this journey is the female piece of God. As in everything that is in our Universe, you must balance darkness with Light, peace with war and recognize the two faces of God, the female and the male. We are all pieces of this Prime Creator. We are a part of God.

Two miracles happened in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. My son and I drowned in a flooded marsh and not only lived to tell the tale, but we are better than ever. I was dead for fifteen minutes. I was told by Beings of Light how to save myself and my small son, and I was given a message on how to heal the Earth.

As you are reading this, I ask you with all my heart to open yourself to the possibility of what I say. I feel it is imperative that we unite this world as one planet with one common goal—to establish peace and prosperity for all, not just the select few who were blessed to be in the right place at the right time. We are entering a new phase of Humanity, and what I will tell you in this website, www.firethegrid.org , will help us as a race to assimilate the changes that the future will bring.

I have not had God in my life for forty years. I did, however, as a child, chase the possibility of God. I felt that those people who had undying faith were the lucky ones, and the fact that I believed in nothing made me the loser. As a child I often spoke to God but never felt heard or connected. It took life throwing me into a flooded marsh and drowning me to open my eyes to the reality of how much we are all connected to the Divine Power.

It is showing up now more than ever. You can go on the Internet and find thousands of hits about the next phase of Humanity, the Era of Enlightenment and the time of change. These stories are in our religions and in the stories of the ancient cultures such as the Mayans, the Egyptians and the Native Americans. We have all been waiting for the moment when things would be different, for surely God will do something to save us from ourselves.

Well, there is something in the works, but God is merely directing it through people like me, and it will take the faith of people like you to create the reality. Once again I am getting ahead of myself, but in the messages I am receiving, I am being given a way for us all to participate in a healing of Mother Earth, and a launching of the human race into a time of health, peace and positive change. But for this to happen, you will need to sit in meditation for just one hour of your life.

I once heard in the Star Trek series, resistance is futile. I did not want to be a messenger for God, but when God wishes our awakening, it will happen. So now I will tell you the Truth of what happened to me after a car accident that occurred in November 2002.

My son and I were traveling to a friend’s house for an afternoon of play when disaster hit. My car was swept into a flooded marsh after hydroplaning. The car landed upside down in this boggy marsh and sank to the bottom. I tried to open the car’s windows, but the power windows failed, and we were trapped inside. I spoke with my tiny son who was four at the time and assured him that Mommy would get him out.

The car was filling up quickly with the cold, murky water, and I held my son’s coat tightly in my hand while I waited to be fully submerged. I hoped that I could open the door after the car equalized with water and we would swim out. My final words to my little boy as the water came over his head were, “Hold your breath, honey; Mommy will have us out soon.” I watched him take a large gulp of the remaining air, and the water took him. When I felt the last air pocket escape the car, I tried the door. It wouldn't budge! The other door was equally stuck. I struggled with the doors several times, to no avail. We were trapped and going to die.

At this point I took Evan’s little body and pushed it over the seat, hoping beyond hope that he would find air. As I struggled to free us from this coffin on wheels, I realized I had to breathe. As I drank the deep breath of water into my lungs, the fiery feeling added panic to the moment. I wanted my baby back, and I swung my arms feverishly about in an effort to find his body. I couldn't; and I needed to breathe again.

That is when I heard a voice, a calm majestic voice, directing me to relax. This voice cooed in my ear, reassuring me that all would be well. I was infused with the knowledge that if I fought the water, my rescuers would not be able to revive me when they arrived. The voice said that if I fought the water, I would drown.

The voice continued to give me instructions about what was to happen and that all would be well if I just followed the instructions. I relinquished myself to this voice from beyond and passed quietly into the other side.

While on the other side I saw Beings of Light who once again assured me that my son and I would not only get out of this car, but we would both be fine. They were definite in explaining that I must follow instructions implicitly and not lose faith in their words. I was told to have faith, that I would be Divinely directed, and I was.

It took my rescuers fifteen minutes to pull my lifeless body from that car and another seven minutes of CPR to revive me. As my body bolted upright, I blurted “get my baby out of the car.” Twenty-two minutes had passed. The rescuers jumped back into the freezing bog to retrieve my son, knowing against hope, that he was dead. It took rescuers another five minutes or so to get my boy free from that car. His limp body was transported to the IWK Children’s Hospital, where he was immediately hooked to every machine known to mankind.

The team of emergency doctors and neurologists were waiting for me. They assured me that my sweet little boy was indeed brain dead, and in addition to this, his internal organs were full of blood. He was hemorrhaging throughout his body, and his organs were non-viable. Things were the most bleak I have ever known. That is when the voice came to me again. “Have faith, child.”

The doctors advised me to unplug my baby and let him pass peacefully, for even if a miracle happened and he did live, he would be a vegetable. “No quality of life” is all I remember thinking. Once again I heard the voice, “have faith.” For that moment the doctors agreed to keep Evan on life support, but advised me not to hold out any hope. He had less than one percent chance of living, and then he would continue to be hooked to all these machines for the rest of his life. Remember, I had no God, so I could not even call for guidance.

It was in the quiet of my first moment alone that I was given the instructions. “Follow the instructions implicitly.” Memories of the visions and the voice in the lake flooded back to me. There was someone there with me, I was sure of it, and I decided to listen carefully. I was instructed to rebuild my son’s aura by infusing his little body with the auras of others. Twenty minutes at a time was one of the first rules, for if it was longer, you would drain the aura of the giver.

They instructed me to parade loving people through Evan’s room, each depositing their own energy field into his lifeless body. They were to do this by connecting their flesh to his flesh and allowing their energy to run through his body, and then to give Evan their Gift. If they sang, they were to sing. If they were story tellers, tell a story, and so on. Infuse him with positive energy and your love and your talents, and this will revive him.

I proceeded against hospital protocol to send loving humans into my son’s room every half hour. They then followed the instructions and gave their gift of love. This procession lasted twenty-four hours a day, for three days. Dozens and dozens of people came. They “camped out” every day and every night—loving, trusting souls infusing his lifeless body with fresh energy.

The fact that I was able to convince the hospital to allow this unorthodox behavior to happen was a miracle in itself, but on the third day, after 72 hours of constant vigil, my boy opened his little eyes and recognized me. He was back!!!

The doctors were baffled. They continued to tell me that he would never walk or talk or be a normal child again. However their words this time had no effect on me. The guidance and direction from my spiritual Light Beings had proved to me beyond a shadow of a doubt that he would be fine; after all, my “friend” in the lake had told me so.

Within the first week Evan had recovered all his body functions, and by the end of the second week he was running down the halls to the hospital playroom. This was indeed an incredible miracle. What had I done to deserve such reprieve by our Almighty Creator? I didn't know nor did I care. I wanted to take my son home and be done with the whole nightmare. This is when I realized that I might be done with my Light friends, but they were not done with me.

I continued to hear the voices and be directed with both visions and seeing auras. Needless to say, I was more than a little freaked out. As time passed, I would ask, “What do you want of me?” They would speak of the love for the Universe and how things have gone terribly wrong. Humanity has spiraled out of control and has lost its true connection to God and to this Earth.

They want desperately for me to give the humans of this world a message from “beyond”—that we have inside of us the power to unite this planet as one race with peace and prosperity for all. This power lies inside us all, and when combined with the loving energy of other humans, we can do for this planet what we did for my son. We can revive this Earth and catapult it into healing. With this healing will come a new phase of Humanity. We will have a time of peace and harmony. All it will take is our intention as a united group—and one hour of our time.

So as the voices and visions unraveled, I was given the guidance of how to make this all happen. However it will take many of us on this planet to see to the success of the project. As they told me to rotate the humans through my son’s room, they have told me to unite Humanity from every corner of the globe—not every human, just representatives from every corner. We can do this. We need to unite enough people to fire the Divine Energy System of this planet and jump start it like we did with my boy.

This global project of loving intention is completely possible. Your intention to make it happen can change the outcome of this planet. I will discuss the details of the plan in the next section of this E-mail. I will give you the directions to follow, and you will see how little it will take for you to become an ambassador of Light to our home, Planet Earth. I beseech you to join me when we fire the Earth grid on July 17, 2007, and add your energy to this project.

I promise you, just one hour of your time, and you can help heal this planet and help create peace among all people. My son and I are examples of the power of positive energy and what humans are truly capable of when they unite with the intention of love. Love is the universal language of our world and the world beyond.

Light and Love be with you, and welcome to the next phase of Humanity; be part of the excitement and please join us.

The Light Beings have told me we can stop much of the harmful behavior and destruction on Earth if enough humans decide that they want to become spiritually connected. It is possible to re-form a grid connection between us that will allow us to realign the energy of this planet and with each other.

The Beings of Light have told me that on July 17, 2007, THERE WILL BE A SURGE OF CREATION ENERGY, which will make our reconnection possible. Please read about this in The Plan. There is hope for a miracle!

THE PLAN

For the past two-and-a-half years, Light Beings have been communicating with me frequently. At first, I was very uncomfortable with this, as it was so foreign to what I believed and how I lived. But as time has gone on, I have grown enormously in my faith in our Creator and my belief that there is much more to life than what we generally physically experience. There are other dimensions that are just as real as ours, and there are forces of good that truly want to help us.

The Light Beings have explained to me that we are all connected by Source energy. This connection has a grid-type configuration, so to make things simple, I'm just calling it “the Grid.” There are small grids connected to the large grid. For instance, each species of animal has its own grid. This allows easy communication between animals. I'm sure you've wondered how salmon know when to travel upriver to spawn or how monarch butterflies all know to fly to Mexico or geese to fly in perfect formations. Their connection to their grid allows them to know where to go and when to go. In the Asian tsunami, very few animals died. That is because they were informed through their grids that danger was coming.

Human Beings chose many thousands of years ago to disconnect themselves from a collective grid, so that they could have free will. This severance has allowed us to make our own decisions and be independent. But it has also allowed us to make many mistakes, which have adversely affected this planet. And it has made our direct communication with The Source more difficult. We are now at a turning point when our disconnection could mean the end of the Earth, as it now exists.

This Earth is being harmed by us. This is the section I happily present as the plan to help remedy the situation in which we find ourselves. This is the plan which will allow us to more fully connect to the Earth grid and begin the healing of this planet. Together we will reset Mother Earth with a bio-electric “SURGE OF LOVE” from Humanity.

When we do sit in meditation simultaneously and fire the Grid for one hour, we will unite the globe and connect all the regions of the Earth simultaneously. In the process, we will unite our souls in love, peace, harmony and collective cooperation for a better world for our people, today and in the future.

The plan was given to me by the same Light Beings that guided me while I was drowning in the lake. They have been with me since that time and have been delivering to me information about our world and how we, with love and unification, can pour our loving intention of peace and healing into this Earth. They want to set us on the path for a healthy planet, viable and working now and for the generations that follow. They also want to direct us to the way to enlightenment and union with the Divine.

The Light Beings use the term “fire the grid” when they speak of the energizing of Humanity with Divine Power on July 17, 2007. They say firing the grid will accomplish two things. First, it will pulse healing energy into the center of the Earth and regenerate the core or the heart of the planet. Just as we poured our energy into my dying son, we will individually give the gift of our true intention, the gift of our individuality and the gift of our healing energy. As they explained, my son’s energy field was badly deteriorated, as is the Earth’s.

We must pour some of our living energy into the Earth, and the accumulation of our combined energy will regenerate the Earth. They told me humans are like little lightening rods channeling God’s energy to the planet.

Because we have separated ourselves from our complete connection to The Source by not having a fully functioning Human grid, God’s energy has not been able to easily flow into the Earth. If we choose to come together to rebuild our grid, then the natural flow of energy between us and God, God and the Earth and from person to person will be restored. Do you see what a wonderful gift you will give? This energy will live on eternally with the Earth and its inhabitants—the splendor of the Creator’s intention for us realized in the creation of this new energy field for our planet.

How do we do this you ask? The time has been set for July 17, 2007, at 11:11 A.M. Greenwich Mean Time, that is 4:11 a.m. PDT or 7:11 a.m. EDT. I have been given no indication about why this date and time have been chosen, but this date has been told to me over and over again. I have been asked to bring together as many humans as possible throughout the world, from every corner of the globe, to simply sit and pray or meditate for one hour during that time.

Hopefully, with your help, we will amass a union of humans such as the world has never seen. Loving humans having one intention can heal our planet and awaken our souls to our true purpose—to become One with our Source of Light.

This planned sitting of the people of Earth will demonstrate the love and faith we feel for the goodness of our world and her inhabitants. We are the catalyst to the healing of Earth. A true believer has the power of tenfold, so if you only think you may believe, know that the faith of the others will boost your own faith, and the power will be intensified.

That is why we must all sit at the same time. We will feed each other’s power, strengthening the force of delivery and compounding the energy we send into the core of our home planet. Each and every one of us is important alone, but together we are a very powerful source of creative energy. Remember, we are all a piece of God and that energy of creation lives in all of us.

There are three types of humans today that will bring power to this project. First, we have those of you already practicing in an organized religion. I am not asking you to change any of your faiths or Truths, just know that if the God of your understanding is truly omnipotent, then all things are possible—so why not this? What better use of our human energy and prayer than to heal the Earth and unite mankind with God’s Grace and Goodness.

Then we have those who have been searching outside the organized religions to find a different, more individual way in which to believe and live in the Light of our Creator. We each search for a more individual way in which to know God. These people I refer to as the New Age Lightworkers. These Lightworkers will feel the Truth of these words and will simply know deep inside that the plan of which I speak is indeed a Truth, a clear direction in which you can be of assistance to the Earth.

The fence sitters make up the third type. I call you fence sitters because you truly wish you had faith, but the state of the world has beaten any faith out of you. You long for the loving touch of faith, however you feel that God has abandoned us. Two-and-a-half years ago this was me. I had become hardened to the reality of the world and had no faith that God would ever intervene and save us. I was angry at God for letting us down and delivering us such chaos.

However, I have seen that God has only provided us with that which we desired. We believed we were sinners and not worthy of God’s Love. We were lost to the fact that we are a piece of God and therefore able to participate in our lives with the Creator. Now to all of you who were like me, I issue a challenge: Suspend your skepticism for just one hour of your life, and just sit, alone or with others, to think about the beauty of this planet, to appreciate all that you have and all that you are, and to give hope for an improved future for us all.

This plan involves only one hour from each of us. Our combined energies will work to direct energy to the Earth and to each other. I ask you to choose the way in which you deliver your intention. For those of you that pray, then pray for the hour asking for the faith and power to accomplish this tremendous task. Those of you who meditate, meditate and see the intention of your thoughts swirling deep inside our Earth, delivering the love and healing.

Those of you who have no ritual of faith may simply develop one that works for you. You may sit quietly and repeat a phrase of your intention, such as “I offer you my energy to heal this world and its people.” Any positive words of hope, love and desire for change will manifest these thoughts as reality— our new reality.

If possible, gather with others during this hour. I have found that the intensity of my meditation heightens when I am sharing the experience with other people.

As we enter a time of more loving energy, the frequencies of our Earth will heighten. We need only open ourselves to this possibility to feel the gift. You are a part of God entitled to all the wonder and splendor of the Creator’s Earthly gifts.

This project is going to work. Remember this process brought back a dying boy, and I have been promised it will work on a global scale if we can find the humans to participate.

In the Bible, it is said that they could not save Sodom and Gomorrah for want of ten good people. We are being offered the opportunity to save ourselves by offering only an hour of our lives. We can call out to the Universe that Earth has good people here. We can show the Divine Creator that there are enough of us here who truly want to evolve and become what we were intended to be.

I have been told that help is being sent to us. We can help create a miracle. My son is now running out in the yard, delighting in his life. A miracle saved him.

This gift of Divine energy, and our willingness to help make it happen, will save us all. Please join us on July 17, 2007, at 11:11 A.M. Greenwich Mean Time, to bring the power of God’s Love to us all. In choosing to participate, you will be defining your intentions to the Universe and you will also be defined as a Human who desires positive change for this planet.

Be defined and ignite a beacon of Light in your soul, so that we may be recognized by the world, the Universe and each other.

Shelley Yates

Sunday, March 25, 2007

A Note from Lisa Nichols

Dear Carroll Wright,

Are you committed to your possibility...
or your past?

If you want to attract a fulfilling love relationship into your life, you better commit to possibility.

So often people looking for love haven't readied themselves for the prospect. Women waiting for "Mr. Right" to show up haven't become "Mrs. Right" yet. Men searching for their "dream woman" might not be so dreamy themselves.

Remember, the Law of Attraction states "like attracts like." You can't expect someone to come in and make you right, fix you up, and make you whole.

You have to be the person you want to
attract. You have to be the person you want to date, the person you want to spend the rest of your life with.

If you're already in a committed relationship or married, listen up, too, because this is important. Last week we talked about how critical it is to express gratitude for everything in your life -- even your difficult relationships. Remember? "I am grateful for the opportunity to create a better relationship with my spouse."

A big part of creating a better relationship or attracting a perfect mate is making yourself ready for love. That work requires owning your past, the good and the bad, dealing with it, being grateful for it, and moving on to your possibility.

Getting ready for love is an active process that comes with laughter, comes with confrontation, comes with tears, comes with surrender, comes with prayer, comes with belief, comes with forgiveness... it comes with everything.

Be grateful for every experience you've come through, and those are key words -- come through -- because they've helped to make you the person you are today.

That's the work. That's when the universe says, "Oh, hey, Lisa is over there and she's making a shift. She's changing the way she's relating to her life. Okay, let's get ready, because something is about to happen. In a moment she is going to make a bold, outrageous request, and she's ready, because she finally believes she is worthy of healthy, long-term, God-like love."

Your job is to be whole and complete in you so that when you're ready, the universe is sure to say, "Here you go. Here is everything you want!"

So go and do the work -- right now. Stay committed to your possibility.

I love you,

Lisa Nichols

Monday, March 05, 2007

Gratitude

Get more in life by being grateful - how gratitude (and my gratitude rock) are changing my life. I know Oprah talked about the Secret recently has always talked about having a gratitude journal. I suck at journaling. I could never stick to it. But I have found something simple to help me remember to be grateful. It’s called a gratitude rock.

In January I attended Marica Weider’s Dream Coach program and one of the things she gave us was our own gratitude rock. If you have watched the Secret, they talk about a gratitude rock.

Here’s the story.

A man in the US had a visitor from Africa, his son was very sick. He gave the man a special gift called a gratitude rock and told him to everyday hold onto the rock and think about all he has to be grateful for. And within a few weeks, an amazing thing happened. The man’s son got better!

Now this African man lived in a very poor village. And when he told of the miracles that happened because of his gratitude rock and by taking time to be grateful everyday, the whole village went to find their own gratitude rocks. They started a gratitude rock business and now the whole town is doing well financially. All of this change happened because of a positive change in focus. Instead of looking at their problems, they focused on what they had. And that alone started transforming their whole life.

I believe that we get more of what we focus on in life. I am living proof that the power of gratitude works. My husband lost his job a week ago and because we focused on our blessings and were positive, not only does he already have a new job, but it’s for more money than he was making before.

I don’t know what your beliefs are, whether you pray to Buddha, God, the Universe etc, but if you change your mindset to focus on being thankful for what you have, the Law of Attraction helps you attract more abundance in your life.

To me, it’s like when you give your kid a new toy and they are so grateful. If your child has that great attitude, appreciates the gift, and takes care of it, doesn’t it makes you want to give them more? Well, I see God (or the Universe) as equally abundant. When we are grateful for what we have, take care of it, use our resources wisely, we are given more.

Will you join me in 30 days of gratitude? I’m going be grateful every morning for 30 days. Let’s all do it together and see what kind of transformation comes in our lives.

Sunday, October 01, 2006

Slave or Master?

Every Sunday morning on the plantation all of the slaves gathered at the home of the old deacon for singing, prayer and scripture reading. After an hour of informal sharing, they had a closing ritual. Everyone stood in a circle holding hands. The old deacon walked around inside the circle, looked in each person’s eyes and said “Now remember, children, this week. You ain’t no nigger, you ain’t no slave, you is a child of God. Serve with gladness!”

Thursday, September 28, 2006

On Making a Difference

"There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: Those who are afraid to try themselves, and those who are afraid that you will succeed." -- Ray Goforth

The Young Man and the Starfish
Author Unknown

Once upon a time there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his journal writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work.

One day he was walking along the shore. As he looked down the beach, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself to think of someone who would dance to the day. So he began to walk faster to catch up.

As he got closer, he saw that it was a young man and the young man wasn't dancing, but instead he was reaching down to the shore, picking up something and very gently throwing it into the ocean.

As he got closer he called out, "Good morning! What are you doing?"

The young man paused, looked up and replied, "Throwing starfish in the ocean."

"I guess I should have asked, why are you throwing starfish in the ocean?"

"The sun is up, and the tide is going out. And if I don't throw them in they'll die."

"But, young man, don't you realize that there are miles and miles of beach, and starfish all along it. You can't possibly make a difference!"

The young man listened politely. Then bent down, picked up another starfish and threw it into the sea, past the breaking waves and said, "It made a difference for that one."

There is something very special in each and every one of us.
We have all been gifted with the ability to make a difference. And if we can become aware of that gift, we gain, through the strength of our visions, the power to shape the future. We must each find our starfish. And if we throw our stars wisely and well, the world will be blessed.

On Making a Difference

"There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: Those who are afraid to try themselves, and those who are afraid that you will succeed." -- Ray Goforth

The Young Man and the Starfish
Author Unknown

Once upon a time there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his journal writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work.

One day he was walking along the shore. As he looked down the beach, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself to think of someone who would dance to the day. So he began to walk faster to catch up.

As he got closer, he saw that it was a young man and the young man wasn't dancing, but instead he was reaching down to the shore, picking up something and very gently throwing it into the ocean.

As he got closer he called out, "Good morning! What are you doing?"

The young man paused, looked up and replied, "Throwing starfish in the ocean."

"I guess I should have asked, why are you throwing starfish in the ocean?"

"The sun is up, and the tide is going out. And if I don't throw them in they'll die."

"But, young man, don't you realize that there are miles and miles of beach, and starfish all along it. You can't possibly make a difference!"

The young man listened politely. Then bent down, picked up another starfish and threw it into the sea, past the breaking waves and said, "It made a difference for that one."

There is something very special in each and every one of us.
We have all been gifted with the ability to make a difference. And if we can become aware of that gift, we gain, through the strength of our visions, the power to shape the future. We must each find our starfish. And if we throw our stars wisely and well, the world will be blessed.

On Making a Difference

"There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: Those who are afraid to try themselves, and those who are afraid that you will succeed." -- Ray Goforth

The Young Man and the Starfish
Author Unknown

Once upon a time there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his journal writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work.

One day he was walking along the shore. As he looked down the beach, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself to think of someone who would dance to the day. So he began to walk faster to catch up.

As he got closer, he saw that it was a young man and the young man wasn't dancing, but instead he was reaching down to the shore, picking up something and very gently throwing it into the ocean.

As he got closer he called out, "Good morning! What are you doing?"

The young man paused, looked up and replied, "Throwing starfish in the ocean."

"I guess I should have asked, why are you throwing starfish in the ocean?"

"The sun is up, and the tide is going out. And if I don't throw them in they'll die."

"But, young man, don't you realize that there are miles and miles of beach, and starfish all along it. You can't possibly make a difference!"

The young man listened politely. Then bent down, picked up another starfish and threw it into the sea, past the breaking waves and said, "It made a difference for that one."

There is something very special in each and every one of us.
We have all been gifted with the ability to make a difference. And if we can become aware of that gift, we gain, through the strength of our visions, the power to shape the future. We must each find our starfish. And if we throw our stars wisely and well, the world will be blessed.

On Making a Difference

"There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: Those who are afraid to try themselves, and those who are afraid that you will succeed." -- Ray Goforth

The Young Man and the Starfish
Author Unknown

Once upon a time there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his journal writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work.

One day he was walking along the shore. As he looked down the beach, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself to think of someone who would dance to the day. So he began to walk faster to catch up.

As he got closer, he saw that it was a young man and the young man wasn't dancing, but instead he was reaching down to the shore, picking up something and very gently throwing it into the ocean.

As he got closer he called out, "Good morning! What are you doing?"

The young man paused, looked up and replied, "Throwing starfish in the ocean."

"I guess I should have asked, why are you throwing starfish in the ocean?"

"The sun is up, and the tide is going out. And if I don't throw them in they'll die."

"But, young man, don't you realize that there are miles and miles of beach, and starfish all along it. You can't possibly make a difference!"

The young man listened politely. Then bent down, picked up another starfish and threw it into the sea, past the breaking waves and said, "It made a difference for that one."

There is something very special in each and every one of us.
We have all been gifted with the ability to make a difference. And if we can become aware of that gift, we gain, through the strength of our visions, the power to shape the future. We must each find our starfish. And if we throw our stars wisely and well, the world will be blessed.

On Making a Difference

"There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: Those who are afraid to try themselves, and those who are afraid that you will succeed." -- Ray Goforth

The Young Man and the Starfish
Author Unknown

Once upon a time there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his journal writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work.

One day he was walking along the shore. As he looked down the beach, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself to think of someone who would dance to the day. So he began to walk faster to catch up.

As he got closer, he saw that it was a young man and the young man wasn't dancing, but instead he was reaching down to the shore, picking up something and very gently throwing it into the ocean.

As he got closer he called out, "Good morning! What are you doing?"

The young man paused, looked up and replied, "Throwing starfish in the ocean."

"I guess I should have asked, why are you throwing starfish in the ocean?"

"The sun is up, and the tide is going out. And if I don't throw them in they'll die."

"But, young man, don't you realize that there are miles and miles of beach, and starfish all along it. You can't possibly make a difference!"

The young man listened politely. Then bent down, picked up another starfish and threw it into the sea, past the breaking waves and said, "It made a difference for that one."

There is something very special in each and every one of us.
We have all been gifted with the ability to make a difference. And if we can become aware of that gift, we gain, through the strength of our visions, the power to shape the future. We must each find our starfish. And if we throw our stars wisely and well, the world will be blessed.

Monday, September 04, 2006

Anger in a Homeless Shelter

By Baerbel Froehlin, I brought EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) into a homeless shelter and taught the women there to use EFT for anger management. I stressed the use of emphatic language (yelling) while doing EFT. Yelling the EFT phrases can be most useful in these circumstances.



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By Baerbel Froehlin

I was invited into the local homeless shelter, to introduce EFT to a group of women there. It was quite an experience, something I’d like to share.

On my way to the homeless shelter I started to think about how I would best start out to get the attention of those women. They all live under extreme conditions; all are in need of shelter, food and many other things that are required to survive. When I got into the room and looked around, I could sense the abuse many had suffered. Latent fear and aggression were overpowering in the room. So I started out with:

Even though I am angry….. I am okay
Even though I’m filled with it …. I am okay
Even though this anger takes my breath away…. I accept myself the way I am

Without hesitation everybody followed, some quietly, most of them looked as if I had suddenly awakened them, as they went along. Personally, I like to yell when I talk about being angry. It feels very freeing to me, and the results are always powerful and quick. So everybody in the room started to yell with me:

I am soo angry….life is unfair….. I am angry …. very angry …. this anger needs to get out …. but I’m okay anyway

I want it to leave….. I want to breathe easy again … this anger is strangling me …. I feel like yelling and screaming …. like kicking and hissing ….. I’m sooo full of anger …. takes my breath away …..hard to imagine I’ll be better soon… but I am okay anyway

Even though this anger needs to get out now ….. it’s heavy and pressing me down … still takes my breath away ….takes up too much space inside… life is so unfair …. and I feel like I can’t do a thing…. to get out of this situation …. out of this mess …. feels hopeless …. and very sad…. but I accept myself and my anger totally and completely

As we went through several rounds I reminded them at each tapping point to “stop, breathe and stay with your issue. “
We went on with:

Even though I am still angry….. I now choose to be open to believe… that good things can happen to me …. and probably will …. because I can calm down now …. at least some …

I choose to understand … that what I am sending out … is what I am getting back ….
I choose to remember this …. at least once in a while ….
That’s why I choose to calm down now…. to breathe deeply …and relax a little …. and imagine myself smiling …. in a good way … and people will smile back to me …. that makes me feel good … accepted … and part of life out there….

The women looked at each other; some had bright, happy smiles, some smiled more timidly.

I choose to find …. that smiling makes me feel good …. makes me look good …. I like myself …. I like when others smile back to me ….

I choose to feel accepted as the person I am …. that feels good …. and I notice …. I can breathe and feel calm and relaxed …. I feel good …. I am well …. I feel motivated …. I can do things … for myself and others …. and that feels good ….

All is well with me!

When asked for their 0-10 intensity numbers (which had been very high in all cases), many of them had a two, several a zero. They felt excited and started asking a lot of questions. When it was time for me to leave, the women already talked about using it daily from now on, to keep the anger under control. My short demonstration had accomplished what I had wanted so badly for all of them: to give them back control, at least some!

And don’t you always love it when that happens? I do for sure.