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Feng Shui Tips for Luck

http://artofmanifesting.gaia.com — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:41:48 GMT

When good things come to us and everything seems to fall into place, we often say we are lucky. If the opposite happens, we say we are unlucky. Good or bad, we often attribute the circumstances of our lives to this invisible force or energy called luck. We can manipulate the kind of energy that comes into our lives so that we are more likely to attract positive circumstances. This is through the Chinese art of Feng Shui.

Feng Shui focuses on where and how a house is situated; the locations of the rooms; and the kinds, and positions of the objects contained in a house/room. There are certain ways to arrange these elements to create the most auspicious luck for the person or people living in that house. Feng Shui has also identified objects and positions which carry positive chi (energy) and those which carry the opposite. So the arrangement prinicples involve the elimination of all things that carry bad chi or positions that promote it, and to enhance the use of the objects/positions which carry the good chi.

To get tips for auspicious luck through Feng Shui, read this article found at Manifesting with the Law of Attraction. It claims it can change your luck drastically.

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Money Mystery

http://artofmanifesting.gaia.com — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:38:02 GMT

People from all walks of life want to have money. Even those who already have still work to have more. And they get more. However, those who have less seem to have a hard time increasing what little they have.

The parable in the Bible about the servants who were entrusted with money comes to mind. Those who invested what was given to them were able to increase it and it pleased the master. But the servant who just hid the money for fear of losing it, return the exact amount given to him and the master was not impressed at all.

Your attitude towards money can determine your having more or less of it. When you know and believe you have more, you tend to use it confidently and wisely so it increases. But if you know and believe you have less, you tend to hoard it and spend it only on things that do not produce any return.

Anne Hartley, successful coach and author of several success books, talks about why education and hard work is not enough to make you rich. In “Money with Soul,” she delves further into the nature of money and how you can block its flow into your life.

Tags: money, having money, wealth, finances, money problems

What could you never give up?

http://artofmanifesting.gaia.com — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 10:17:34 GMT

Life and the joys of living. Many people may raise their eyebrows and say, "who would give up their lives anyway?" Well, aside from those who want to commit suicide, there are ways to give up your life and the joys of living. Like being tied up to the past, feeling unworthy and not loving oneself, not living your full potentials, or measuring one's worth from other people's points of view.

Tags: QaR, letting go, commitment, love, passion, life, living

Your Life In Your Dreams

http://artofmanifesting.gaia.com — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 08:03:00 GMT

As sleep drowns us into unconsciousness, we enter into another world much like, yet different from the world we live in. We enter the world of dreams. In our dreams, everything is possible. Even things that can only happen in fantasies and our imagination come to life. It is like watching a fantasy movie where we are actors rather than the spectators. Sometimes the story makes sense, but most often it left us wondering what it was all about and what it meant. We dream every night, but oftentimes we only remember parts of the dream or we completely forget what we dreamed about.

It is said that dreams are one of the mysteries of the human mind. Since ancient times, people believed that dreams have meanings and it may offer guidance to the future [1]. The Bible contains many stories about dreams and how it affected the future of the dreamer. Some of the most notable stories are that of King Nebuchadnezzar and Daniel’s interpretation (Daniel 2), and the Pharaoh’s dream interpreted by Joseph as seven years of plenty and seven years of famine in Egypt (Genesis 41). Joseph’s interpretation enabled the Pharaoh to store food during the years of plenty in preparation for the years of famine.

Are there really clues in our dreams that may help us live a better life? Diane de Villiers, author of Dream Journey Guide thinks so. Here are 10 Ways your Dreams can Change your Life.

[1] Richard L. Gregory, The Oxford Companion To The Mind (USA: Oxford University Press, 1987), 201.

Tags: dreams, life, dream interpretation, dreaming

In Pursuit of Happiness

http://artofmanifesting.gaia.com — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:25:56 GMT

There is wisdom in these words of C.P. Snow, "The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you'll never find it." Happiness is not on the run, it is ever present within you. However, the decision to be happy or to be sad or angry is yours & yours alone.

The idea of pursuing happiness may have come from the thought that you can only be happy WHEN you already have what you want. Most people tend to postpone happiness until they have enough money, until they have met the right person, until their children have finished college and all other excuses. They have forgotten that everyday is a different day from the rest.

According to the article The Keys to Happiness, and Why We Don't Use Them, research have shown that people who are living more satisfying lives are those who appreciate what they have and grateful for even the smallest things. They forgive others, practice positive thinking and invest time & energy with family & friends. The same article also mentioned Gregg Easterbrook, researcher and author of The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse (Random House, 2004) pointing out to Sigmund Freud's theory that people are unhappy by default because happiness takes a lot more effort than being unhappy. After all, it is always perceived that there is more to be unhappy about than to be happy about.

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Tags: counting my blessings, pursuing happiness, pursuit of happiness, keys to happiness, law of attraction, positive thinking, wisdom

How I Manifested the Law of Attraction

http://artofmanifesting.gaia.com — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:17:46 GMT

10 years ago I experienced a very challenging period in my life. It was a very difficult time but it was then that I had the opportunity to discover the power of my being. It was a period of searching for meanings & finding answers to questions. I also had the opportunity to evaluate my relationship with God. From that time on that relationship took a different direction, but towards a better one.

At the height of my anguish I used to look upon the heavens and asked why or how. One such occasion brought me to ask, “Is there anyway I can change my situation or my life through some kind of power?” No answer. Each time I cry up to Him I knew I had to be contented with asking out loud and receiving silence for a reply.

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The answer came but at was in the most unexpected way and when I least expected it. The difficult time went on with me pretending everything is alright on the outside but I was being torn to pieces inside. The situation involved my parents and in an effort to mend my relationship with them I increased the frequency of my visits with them. I always time my visit during dinner because that is when we all have the chance to talk longer as we relaxed after eating.

On one occasion, we shared the dinner and had a good talk. After which, we decided to call it a night so I stood up and got ready to leave. As I was walking to the door, I happen to glance upon a bookshelf which was full of books of different genre. A green book about a foot tall caught my eye. It wasn't actually something new. I have noticed it before but I just didn't bother to pick it up to know what it was all about. That day, however, I walked over towards the shelf, picked up the book and read the synopsis at the back. It was not really my kind of book. I didn't even fully understand what the synopsis said. It did say it was about perception of life events and about changing my life. So I thought I will just take it home and read it if there’s no good movie on T.V.

I took the book home. When I reached home I prepared for bed and then scanned through the T.V. channels to see if something is worth watching. Finding that there was none, I turned it off. I climbed to bed and tried to sleep but, sleep eluded me. So turned on the bedside lamp & picked up the book which was on my bedside table hoping that it will lull me to sleep. Well, contrary to my first thought I was unable to sleep at all. I was awake all night barely aware of the time as I devoured the book. I couldn't put it down!

The first few parts were not really that remarkable, but it intrigued me because I didn't know what is supposed to happen to the hero. It mounted to full excitement when I got to the part of the hero’s adventures. I started reading at about 8:30 pm. By the time I looked out of the window it was already light outside. A look at the clock revealed at was already 6 am and there were 2 or 3 chapters left. I finished that book that very morning. As it promised, it changed my life forever. The book was written as a fiction, but the insights it presented was not. From that day on I hunted and bought every book about the subject. I applied it to my life and have seen the result. At first, there were some successes & more failures, but as I practiced more the results got better.

That book changed the way I looked at the challenging and painful situation I was in. It made me realized that my questions have been answered all along. I just didn't notice it before because I didn't put meaning to the coincidences that took place. Finding the book was just one of the answers I received.

I remembered that one time I cried out to the heavens, “I am so tired of crying please make the pain go away. Have mercy.” But I went on crying. I turned on the T.V. to drown out my cries and it was on HBO. A very good movie was on. Before I knew it I was already engrossed and forgot about the my misery. After the movie I went to bed and fell asleep as soon as my head touched the pillow.

Another time I was crying hard again and begging for release. I received a very funny text message from a friend who had no idea I was already drowning in tears. I couldn't help but laugh hard at the joke and the laughter was like a vacuum cleaner that sucked away the heaviness and pain in my chest. It didn't matter to me that neighbors will think I was going crazy I just laughed and laughed because it felt so good.

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Then there was another incident that really freaked me out. I woke up crying in the middle of the night. It was so quite and everything was so still that it added to the feeling of melancholy I was experiencing. I raved & ranted to God about him not loving me because he brought these anguish and problems to my life. I called Him a liar. I told Him He doesn't keep His promise about loving me. I kept on repeating that He does not love me. Then I grew tired of crying and no more tears seemed to be coming out.

I turned on the T.V. and it was on EWTN the Catholic channel. Each of the

10 commandments was being shown on screen and it was on the 8th commandment. After the 10th commandment another image was shown. I couldn't remember what the image was because my attention was captured by the words beside it. It said, “YOU ARE LOVED.” My God it blew away all painful emotions, misery, anger, and depression I was feeling! I was just so frightened!

It took me another 3 years before I finally got over that painful episode. If it hadn't been for my innate stubbornness and my struggle for control I wouldn't have suffered that long.

By the way, the book that led me to the law of attraction was none other than the Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield. Yes it was a fiction, but it tells of how you attract the situations, the people, & the objects that may hold the answers to your questions or your problems. It tells how to notice coincidences and how they are related to the issues you are facing. It tells how the persons in your life are not just there by accident but that you attracted them because they bring messages that may help you find what you are seeking. My library now does not only contain the Celestine Prophecy, it also contains:

Copyright (c) 2007 Joann Ang. All rights reserved. The article above may be distributed, reposted on websites or printed on ebooks as long as the author's resource below is included. All links must NOT be altered, must be functional and must point to the author's site.

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Joann Ang. She discovered the Law of Attraction by asking a question. Since then she has become an eager student of the lessons of the universe. She owns the website Manifesting: Life Magick and publishes the weekly ezine iManifest iMeditate. Through her website & her ezine, she hopes to empower people to achieve abundance, manifest prosperity, love, & good health. Visit her website to submit articles or get good contents.

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Manifesting Abundance

http://artofmanifesting.gaia.com — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:16:38 GMT

People have always perceived money, wealth, abundance or prosperity to be scarce. By default, we have come to accept that and live like that in our everyday reality. We have been raised with our parents arguing about money or the lack of resources, we had to scrimp because there is little money, and we have heard a great deal about what the “want” of money can lead people to do.

It is exactly that “want” that leaves people wanting for more. The Law of Attraction or manifesting principle states that “you attract the things that your mind or thoughts focused on”. By this law, your “wanting” of money or abundance makes you want it more, but you are not attracting or creating it at all. All you will succeed in “wanting” is creating more of the same feeling.

Now this law is a natural law. It is part and parcel of the workings of the universe and therefore it will always apply to you whether you want what you are manifesting or not. This is not new and I am sure you’ve heard about all these before. If you haven’t heard of this, you might have applied this before albeit unconsciously.

As I have said, money or abundance is scarce in our reality because we have accepted it as such by witnessing hardships & financial problems over the years. This way of thinking is already like a habit. Habits are already automatic actions and unconsciously done. However, you can use the manifesting principle cited above to consciously attract abundance to you in the same you have unconsciously attracted scarcity. Just turn it around!

Yes it is easily said than done, but it can definitely be done. Overturning this “pauper mindset” as I call it is not just going to take a day or two. Years of living with it has ingrained it into our subconscious. It is going to take a strong & determined will power to overcome its hold in your psyche. The single most important step you can do right now is to make a firm a decision to ACCEPT THE ABUNDANCE THAT IS RIGHTFULLY YOURS. You can say it out loud right now (just don’t let anybody hear you, they might think you’ve gone over the edge!). Say, “I ACCEPT THE ABUNDANCE THAT IS RIGHTFULLY MINE!” If this is the first time you have done it, it is going to sound embarrassing. Just repeat the affirmation as many times as you can. Say it out loud and start with pretending that you really believe it.

Here are other things you should try:

1. Aside from saying out loud your affirmation, write it down, draw it, make a symbol of it and carry it around. Be specific. Be positive.

2. Visualize money in your hands or in your wallet as if you are holding it already.

3. Do meditation & self-hypnosis. During hypnosis, the mind which is always full of haphazard & clashing thoughts is tamed down. During this time, it becomes more receptive
to the ideas, like your affirmations, that you introduce to it.

4. Pretend as if there truly is abundance in your life right now. No, I am not saying you have to live beyond your means or spend unnecessarily. Start by giving thanks for whatever blessings you have right now, including the ones you take for granted because it is always there, like air or the beauty in nature. Make a habit of giving thanks for the smallest goodness or kindness you have received.

5. Make a habit of reading motivational books daily.

6. Act!

7. Even if you have successfully manifest abundance, continue affirming, meditating and reading motivational books.

Copyright (c) 2007 Joann Ang. All rights reserved. The article above may be distributed, reposted on websites or printed on ebooks as long as the author’s resource below is included. All links must be altered, must be functional and must point to this site.

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Tags: life, manifesting abundance, prosperity, consciousness, law of attraction, abundance, manifestation

Outflow Love and Blessings

http://artofmanifesting.gaia.com — Wed, 16 May 2007 08:32:33 GMT

The universe returns what you have given freely a thousand times over. What you sow is what you reap. In order to receive you must give. If you wish someone to have more blessings and love, you will receive blessings and love a thousand times more. If you wish someone illness and misfortune, you will receive bad luck and misfortunes a thousand times more. I am sure you have noticed that when you are in a good mood, everything seems to fall into place. However, when you are angry or depressed a string of bad luck seems to follow you all the more.

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4 Simple Steps to Manifesting What You Want

http://artofmanifesting.gaia.com — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 11:17:41 GMT

Manifesting is the process by which your thought becomes things in your reality. Whether it is something you really, really want or something you really, really fear, manifesting, through the law of attraction will work. Events will unfold so that it will lead the way to the materialization of the object of your attention.

Be mindful of the things in your mind for your thoughts can work for you or against you. Deliberately create your present and your future by consciously directing your thoughts towards your desires. Here are some simple steps to manifesting what you want.

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Manifesting: What Is It

http://artofmanifesting.gaia.com — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 13:17:24 GMT

The word “manifesting” means to make something tangible or readily perceived by the senses especially by sight (this is according to Merriam-Webster Dictionary). The word can be applied in many ways depending on the context. For our purpose, manifesting can be applied because we want to materialize our desires, goals & dreams that only take their forms in our minds. Oh no, this will not give you the power to control other people because nobody can do that. Each of us was given a free will and we should use that will to make conscious choices so that we will reach our highest potential.

Manifesting is a way of empowering us. It enables us to take charge of our lives instead of just leaving it to chance and fate. It gives us the power to transform our thoughts into something that is real & material to us. If you keep thinking about money, a picture of a dollar bill or a check will come into your mind. Sooner or later this will become an experience for you in your reality. You might see a dollar bill on a billboard or hear someone talk about money. Of course if you only see it or hear about it but not own it, it is of no use to you. You might as well try another way of manifesting it.

Although manifesting is a gift intended to grant our wishes, it will work against us if we do not make a conscious choice of what we are going to manifest. We can manifest even if it is something we do not want as long as we keep the thought of that object or idea in our mind.

Manifesting is an amazing gift that wields power to fulfill our deepest desires as well as our greatest fear, so use it wisely…

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She is a traveler in this mysterious and abundant universe. She owns the website http://www.lifemagick.net which is a journal of how she has used the art of manifesting in her life. She has found that the tremendous power to enjoy the abundance of this world lies within oneself. Through this website, she hopes to share her experience with conscious creation.

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Things You Need To Know Before Manifesting Part II

http://artofmanifesting.gaia.com — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 23:55:41 GMT

Openness. Whatever you desire will be manifested in ways which you may not expect orplanned. Your job is just to make known what you want to manifest, how it is going to be manifested is the job of the universe, God or whatever power you conceive the “source” to be. You can only think of one, two or three ways but the “source” can find or design so much more. So be open and do not limit yourself to what is present in your reality.

Giving. In order to receive you, must give. The mechanism that triggers the act of receiving your desires is the act of giving. If you give more, you are creating a consciousness of “having more” because you are giving. The “having more” consciousness will manifest in your reality as abundance.

Let Go. I have read that manifesting is like planting a seed. If you keep on digging it to check on its development, it will never grow. Seeds need to be planted on a good soil, watered frequently, given sunlight & be allowed to grow. Same with a wish, once you have already sent it out let it manifest on its own. Give it the time to grow and become what it is suppose to be.

Give thanks. Make a habit of giving thanks for whatever you receive, however small. Sharon Warren, author of Magnetizing Your Heart’s Desire mentioned in this book that whenever she had to write a check to pay her bills she would put a message of thanks because she can pay her bills. Be grateful for the things you receive & be grateful for the things you have to give. Most of all, be grateful for the things you can conceive with your mind even if you cannot conceive it with your senses yes.

Manifesting is a wonderful gift to help us achieve our ultimate potential. History has shown us the men & women who achieved more than we thought possible. They were not specially favored; the only difference is that they know how to use the power of their minds. This knowledge had been known for centuries & had been used to attract success & abundance. Whether you are experiencing small successes or none at all, manifesting is at your disposal you only have to choose.
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Things You Need To Know Before Manifesting Part I

http://artofmanifesting.gaia.com — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 18:03:51 GMT

1. Reflection. Start with a reflection of what you wish to manifest. Ask yourself if this is what you really want. Some people tend to wish haphazardly. While I do not doubt that you will eventually get what you wish and the universe will not complain with all the orders you send, the fulfillment of your wish may cause some negative effects in your life. It may cause you grief, unhappiness & frustration. So before writing down your order, reflect on it first. If you are just starting out, make some simple wishes.

2. The illusion of control. Another thing to keep in mind before you start manifesting is avoid making a wish where you wish to take control of someone else's life. Each one of us has been granted a free will, to attempt to control another person is a clear violation of that person's right. Imagine how it would feel if you were manipulated by another person.

More so, if you maintain a thought of becoming in control you will end up becoming controlled yourself. The more you keep obsessing a thing or a person, the more you will be controlled such that all your decisions, choices and actions are made with much consideration of that thing. Even if you know that you will not benefit from that action, you will still do it if you think it is a way of controlling the situation.

3. All creations start with a thought. It originates in the mind. Nothing can be made without it being visualized in the mind first. Once you start to think a thought and put a very powerful emotion with it, it is already a combination that will start a chain reaction towards its fulfillment. No this is not to say that it will just assemble itself into something tangible, its creation will come about by a set of orchestrated designs through opportunities. So open your self to opportunities, do not hold on to a design on how it should be done.

To illustrate this, a friend of mine had been wanting to visit a famous island resort. Although there were affordable vacation packages, she & her husband simply didn't have a budget for it at that time. Whenever we see each other she would always talk about what she would be wearing or what she is going to do if she is given a chance to visit the place. So I told her to manifest it. We got a free brochure at the travel agency and I told her that every night before going to sleep she must look at the picture of the resort and imagine herself already there. She was incredulous at first but I told her to take all this as if she is just playing a game, but to just make sure she is really enjoying the game like it is so real.

Fortunately for her, she did what I told her. Every night she pictured herself already on the resort. She said she imagined herself swimming & snorkeling in the blue sea, riding a jet ski or parasailing. 3 months later, her sister-in-law who had migrated to another country called & told her that her family is going to France for a vacation because her husband had gotten an incentive from his company. Another week passed, her sister-in-law called again to say that instead of going to France they will just be coming home.

When the guests arrived and have settled down, talks went to going somewhere for a vacation. Of course my friend immediately suggested the resort! She showed them the brochure she got from the travel agency, the guests liked it and so the rest is history. My friend went swimming & snorkeling, rode a jet ski and went parasailing!

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4. The subconscious. Our mind has 3 levels of consciousness. The one we are in when we are awake is the conscious mind. The conscious mind is filled with active thoughts passing every second. If you have noticed, there is never a moment that your mind is not thinking. We think all the time and the quality of these thoughts has a profound effect on our entire life. Most people's thoughts is on problems & lack, no wonder most people at poor, over stressed & over worked.

The 2nd level is the subconscious mind. The subconscious is the gateway to the realization of your creation. Whatever thought it is fed will become the reality of that person. The subconscious operates when the mind is relaxed such as during meditation or hypnosis. It is the principle being used in self-improvement or to treat smoking through hypnosis. In hypnosis, the subject is put into a trance. In this state, the conscious mind is at rest making the subject open to suggestions.

The subconscious will accept anything that it is being fed. Even during waking hours, the constant repetition of a thought will cause it be embedded or retained by the subconscious mind. Constantly thinking of lack coupled with constant complains & verbalization of lack will lead the subconscious to a belief that there is indeed lack. You will create what you always think about. Lack = lack. Lack cannot be equal to abundance.

You do not need to be in a relaxed mind in order to program yourself for lack. You know why? Because most of us made a habit of thinking only this negative thought. In addition to that, we affirm it daily with our complaints and power it with emotions of frustrations. On the other hand, a positive thought is just so hard to believe in the midst of our conceived reality. If we so believe in the present reality, it is hard to think abundance without saying "Yeah right!".

If you are new to the concept of manifesting or may have heard of it but hasn't applied it yet, you will find it frustrating at the start. Small wishes are easy but major ones need some work. A friend of mine to whom I introduced this knowledge got so interested. She actually purchased a membership at a web site called Manifest Life. The 2-year membership costs $247.00 US. I actually couldn't believe she will spend that much but then the result was quite evident in her jewelry business. She used to complain that it is just making enough for her save a little each month but nothing more. She obviously sank her savings into this product but I can see it is paying off. Her customer base has grown, she was already able to rent a small space at a trendy section of our town (she used to go on a house to house visit to her customers), she bought a slightly used car at a bargain price because the owner is leaving, & she refurnished her home. She had only been in the program for about 6 or 7 months! It took me about a year to learn how to manifest this much! I wish I had this opportunity before. I actually commented on her success & she said it is because of the mentors & community she had at Manifest Life.

Copyright (c) 2006-2007 Joann Ang http://www.lifemagick.net. All rights reserved. Article may be reprinted and/or distributed provided author's name & a working link to the website is included at the end of the article.

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Book Review: Creative Visualization

http://artofmanifesting.gaia.com — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 03:35:56 GMT

At the height of my struggle through emotional pain, I collected a number of books that have become my favorites through the years. One of them is Creative Visualization by Shakti Gawain. The very reason I like this book is because it is very straightforward. The delivery of the concepts and instructions were written in simple words. However, the simplicity does not fail to convey the meaning of the words, rather it enforces its meaning on the me such that I retained and remembered them easily and helped me to practice creative visualization effectively.

I bought a paperback edition in 2001. The very first time I read it, I wasn't able to put the book down. I read the whole night! In less than a year, it has become dog-eared because of constant use. I reread it on bed every night before going to sleep and I have lent it to my friends who also made it a companion and were reluctant to part with it, so they bought themselves a copy.

The available edition now is the 25th aniversary edition. Yes the book has been around for many years already and it is still a best-seller until now. For me, it is a permanent fixture in my bedside table along with the Creative Visualization guided meditation audio cd (which I bought in 2005), Magnetizing Your Heart’s Desires and other favorites. I still have the dog-eared copy of Creative Visualization because its condition signifies that the wonderful knowledge contained in that little book has been used and shared to help change lives for the better.

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Desiderata

http://artofmanifesting.gaia.com — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 04:33:01 GMT

Desiderata

Desiderata means "the things you desire"

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.

Meditate. Take some time to block away the constant chatter in your mind. There are always thoughts passing through it about so many things at the same time. These are haphazard thoughts and will cause needless worries and the inability to concentrate. Relax, release your worries even for just 30 minutes and think about one single positive thought. If you can, maintain silence "in" there. You will find it refreshing. You will feel renewed and revitalized. There is nothing to compare with the feelings of finding solace within your mind. There is perfection in there. Everything is as you wish them to and as you will them to be.

As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.

Do not bear grudges. If you do, you are allowing other persons to take control of your life. Every time you see them you are forced to do something you wouldn't have done. They can make you angry and ruin your day. Forgive and be free. Whatever that person did that you considered wrong will never be right even if you hate him/her for a very long time. Your life is in your hand, you are powerful beyond comprehension, take charge or others will do it for you. Most of all forgive yourself.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others.
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.

Affirm every chance you get. Repetition is the key to make changes and to manifest your desires. Say positive things about yourself and about the things you want. Say it loud and clear for yourself to hear. And do not waste your words on gossips and negative observations. Speak only what you truly mean. Keep your promises and never promise what you can't keep. Listen and hear other people. There are messages for you everywhere. Messages that will lead you towards the fulfillment of your goals. People seemingly not connected to you may have the key to the doors you want to open. So be receptive.

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A Funny Thing About Intuition

http://artofmanifesting.gaia.com — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 04:19:12 GMT

"Hey, darlin'. Do you want to go waterskiin'?" I was lying on a beach in Barbados, recovering from the frivolity of the night before. Squinting up at the Bejan man who was barely keeping the sun out of my eyes, I said, "Yes, please." Waterskiing was something I had promised myself I would try on this holiday.

In the shallow blue waters, the "look-out" helped me into the skis and then handed me the rope pull. "Jost sit back in de water, darlin'," he instructed.

No problem, mon, I thought. But as the boat pulled away, I leaned backwards, and fell. We tried again. I fell forwards. We tried again. I fell sideways.

After five attempts, the look-out was getting impatient. "Listen, darlin'," he said as he leaned over the back of the boat, "dis am de last time." He saw my disappointment and softened. "All you have to do is lean back in de water and let de boat do de work for you."

So I relaxed into the movement and rhythm of the boat and let it pull me. Years later, as a facilitator of intuitive development, I realize that we all have a boat pulling us through life. It's called intuition. When we just relax into life and allow our intuitive senses to take us where we need to go, it works.

The following are ten more reasons for letting our intuition pull us:

1. Intuition offers us the space to relax into the truth.
2. Intuition allows us to rely on our own senses of what is right, rather than other people's opinions. And people always have opinions.
3. Intuition guides us towards or away from positive or negative situations.
4. Intuition empowers us to take a current reality and project it into the future, just like the weatherman. But if we don't like what we see, we have the power to change direction.
5. Intuition gives us the ability to rise above a situation and see the funny side of it.
6. Intuition speaks to us constantly from a higher, more intelligent vibration.
7. Intuition lets us know we are never alone.
8. Intuition asks us to trust what we feel, not what we see.
9. Intuition gives us permission to sense, not just to think.
10. Intuition provides all-knowing wisdom and is always for our highest good.

On the last attempt of water-skiing, I not only stayed upright but did a wide figure of eight and glided gracefully back onto the beach. To my surprise I was met with a hoard of admiring spectators offering me congratulatory cocktails. I declined the drinks but appreciated the lesson. By not trying so hard and just relaxing and letting "de boat" do the work for me, I had overcome my fears.

Natasha J. Rosewood is an international Psychic Coach and Spirit Healer, Author of "Aaagh! I Think I'm Psychic (And You Can Be Too)," host of the TV show Wake Up! Body, Mind, and Spirit, and a facilitator of numerous workshops and seminars. Visit Natasha online at Natasha Psychic.com.

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Becoming Conscious: Learning the Art of Non-Attachment

http://artofmanifesting.gaia.com — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 04:04:22 GMT

Becoming attached to people, things and situations is part of the conditioning of almost every human being. Attachment develops when we identify with a person or thing and begin to believe that we need this for our happiness. But attachment is not love. In its most extreme manifestation the self will do anything to keep the object of its attachment within its sphere of influence and control. An addiction to any person or thing leads to behaviours such as manipulation, abuse and even violence. In its milder form, attachment is manifested as clinging, believing that the self is enhanced by the object of desire. Grief, rage or depression most often follows if loss of the object occurs.

Attachment is so engrained in our culture that we take it as a normal way to relate. It permeates our songs, the films we watch, and the ideals of dependent coupledom that many are encouraged to emulate. Loving another and sharing with another, appreciating an object or enjoying a situation - all can be deeply and fully experienced. The difference however between love and attachment is in the core element of freedom. Love never restricts the free will of another, nor clings to any person. Being attached holds the mistaken belief that the beloved in some way enhances the sense of self. Fear and lack are the driving forces behind attachment.

Being non-attached does not mean that you do not relate deeply to other people or that you do not enjoy life. Being non-attached means that you have faced the ultimate illusion that anything in physical form will save you or give you constant happiness. Therefore you can enjoy the riches and beauty of life without clinging to anything or any person to give you a false sense of security or identity. Thus there is an awakening from illusion. There is a realisation that we are alone in physical form, and that change and impermanence are the very basis of physical life. Yet by living in the moment we are opening to a new consciousness where we can feel our spiritual connection to all other beings.

In contrast to attachment, true love springs from the divine source within. Nothing can ever be added or taken away from an aware being. Therefore love does not seek to possess and capture. Love can only display its deepest nature by freely flowing and connecting in light with all other beings.

Moving from Attachment to Love
We can move from attachment to love in our relationships when we gain insight and understanding into the reasons we cling to a particular person or situation. With insight and understanding comes awareness into our thought patterns, emotions, motivations and behaviours. Only then can we choose to let go of mistaken beliefs and ways of living that we once accepted as being natural and desirable.

By working through the following questions you may gain some insight and understanding as to how and why attachments form. Go into the stillness that is deep within to inquire into these questions.

* Is there someone or some situation that you are clinging to and deeply attached to?
* What is it you need from this person or situation?
* What would you do and feel if this person wanted to leave you, or if a particular situation you are attached to ended?
* Could you truly let this person or situation completely go? In the case of a person, could you still feel love for the person who has left you?

Now take a moment to look deep inside yourself. How can you begin to bring love and joy into your own life? What can you do to treat yourself as you would a beloved? Make a list of any activities that come to mind.

Connecting with Source
No person, thing or situation is the source of your happiness. Nothing outside of yourself can fill the emptiness and aloneness that we all sometimes feel. There is something deep within that you need to connect with, to rely upon, to gain wisdom and inspiration from. This is the divine source that is your true nature. There is little to be gained in seeking love or approval from others. Being loved by another is a gift that we have nothing to do with. We cannot create or control another's love.

Delighting in time spent and moments shared with people we love, enjoying things we appreciate in life, feeling content and fulfilled in particular situations such as fulfilling work, are all beautiful experiences. But we need to realise that we are all free spirits, passing through this world, seeking to overcome the limitations of our conditioning and to develop our capacity to love. Learning to love in freedom, and practising non-attachment in this passing physical world are perhaps the biggest steps we can take towards growth in awareness.

Lucy Costigan (email) is an Irish author and therapist. The above is an excerpt from her book: Course in Consciousness, iUniverse, 2005.

Tags: consciousness, spirituality, enlightenment, life, attachment, love, universe

Attitudes to Cultivate

http://artofmanifesting.gaia.com — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 03:55:51 GMT

I would recommend that you cultivate the following attitudes:

Openness

Maintain an open mind. If you have not tried this before, you will find that it will require you to see things from a different perspective than you were used to. Changing your old beliefs into something new will not be an easy task if you are closed to the ideas being imparted here.

If you want to have what you never had,

then you must do what you've never done.

Because if you only do what you've always been doing,

You will only have what you've always been having...

- anonymous

Relax

Everything will come to you in time. It may not be at the moment you thought you want it, but it will come. Relax and never go against the flow. Worrying and trying to force things will not speed things up, rather it will slow you down. The effort it will take to swim AGAINST the flow of the river is greater than the effort it will take to swim WITH the flow of the river.

Faith

Faith is believing what we cannot see - Claude M. Bristol, The Magic of Believing

It is not seeing is believing, it is believing is seeing.

The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen. ~ Frank Lloyd Wright

Deep Love For Yourself

It does not mean becoming narcissistic or egotistic. It is knowing that no matter what the circumstances in your life right now, it will not make you any less than another person. It is only when you love yourself that you will learn to accept and embrace joy, love, prosperity, and all the wonderful gifts that you are meant to receive. It is when you see magic...

"You are a child of the universe,

no less than the tree and stars;

you have a right to be here." - Max Erhmann, Desiderata

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Being One

http://artofmanifesting.gaia.com — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 03:46:21 GMT

Great thinkers of the past and the present have known that everything in this universe is made of energy. You, me, your computer, your chair, your table are all minute particles of energy pulsating at different speed. Some appears solid because they are denser form of energy and thus move a little slower than liquids that are less dense and vibrates a little more faster giving them a fluid motion.

Objects appear separate and distinct because of this differences in vibrations, but as a matter of particles we are all one and interconnected with each other. What we perceive as another object has actually a connection to our being. There is actually oneness of being.

Have you ever been in a situation where someone is staring at you behind your back and for some reason you turn to look behind you? Our invisible connection with another person becomes more obvious when there is a close relationship existing between us. Some people have recounted their experiences of feeling of impending doom or unexplained anxiety over loved ones who are actually in real danger at that very moment.

Although I am a typical loner in daily life, my consciousness of belonging to the invisible community of those who strive for truth, beauty, and justice has preserved me from feeling isolated. -Albert Einstein

For myself, I have experienced countless of times when I suddenly think of a friend and he/she will text me later that day. Just the other day I was wondering how a certain friend of mine was doing. Our busy schedules have not permitted us to see each other or even communicate through text messages. That afternoon I accompanied another friend to a fast food and there was the friend I was just thinking about that morning. She greeted me first by saying, "Hi, I have been wondering how you are!"

Coincedence of course! But that is how this works! ;-)

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Introduction

http://artofmanifesting.gaia.com — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 03:41:14 GMT

Hi everyone! Thanks for visiting my site. I've been wanting to create this website but haven't found the time until now. Actually I first posted these entries last July 11 in my first website 2mybeing.com. I cancelled my account with my host because of some problems, so now I am starting all over again.

I went through some very tough times and now I am finally emerging from that painful episode in my life. My struggles were great, there was so much pain, there were humiliating situations, I gave up my self-respect and threw away my dignity but I am still glad it all happened because it was a time of self-exploration and discovery. It was the time for growing up, renewing beliefs, reinventing myself and discovering what I really want in life.

The journey had been such a challenge. Along the way I have dabbled with conscious creation or the art of manifesting that which you want by deliberately creating it with your thoughts. I learned about the untapped power of the mind, and connecting to my higher consciousness. My personal motivation was my sufferings and I relied on the promise of conscious creation to make my life seemed like magic. I had major failures and minor successes at first but eventually I got to the heart of the matter and now it's the other way around. And indeed, there is magic in life! :)
What accounts for my failures have been:

Lack of belief - This art requires your utmost belief that what you want will come about. If you do not believe that it will, then there is no reason for you to work on it, right?

Too much desperation - Desperation comes from the thought that it is impossible for your desire to materialize. Your efforts will then lead down to control. If your aim is to control other people or situations, then you are in for a big disappointment.

Not taking advantage of the opportunities presented - Some of your desires will not come neatly wrapped in a single package. Sometimes there will be opportunities that you need to take and these will eventually lead to your desire.

There are so many articles or literatures written about this method. What I am doing is just documenting my own experience regarding this. This is how I did it and it worked for me.

Tags: consciousness, spirituality, enlightenment, life