Finding Your Life Purpose - November 15, 2010

Our opening meditation was “The Enchanted Forrest” by Denise Iwaniw, from her CD "Meditations from the Temple Within".

Our Skype guest was Candia Sanders, a medical intuitive and energetic healer in Vancouver, Washington. Her website is www.candiasanders.com. Her talents help clients identify and clear emotional, mental and physical blockages allowing them to move forward toward their life purpose. Candia is a frequent guest on radio shows which are available for download through her website. She is available for private consultations and conducts group workshops listed in the calendar section of her website.

Candia recommends we determine our life purpose which she describes as “what turns you on”. From your life purpose, develop “Your Story” and be the creator of your own world. It is extremely important to stay centered, always doing only those things that belong in your story. A tool for staying centered is to visualize yourself encircled by white light connected to Source so that the behavior of others is unable to penetrate. Use your intuition and listen to your heart to stay grounded within the circle of light as you proceed on the path to your life purpose.

The subject of tonight’s meeting was “Determining Your Life Purpose”.  The idea for this meeting, and much of the material was generously provided by Barb VerCande of www.createanewstory.com.

Abraham says “The basis of life is absolute freedom. The objective of life is absolute joy. The result of life is absolute growth.” “What is the purpose of life? It is joy”.

Simply stated, life purpose is the sum of our goals in life that make us happy just trying to achieve them. To find our purpose, consider:

            What thrills you more than anything?

            What gives sense to your life?

            What do you enjoy and look forward to each day, even if alone?

            What comes naturally to you, feels more like play than work?

            Does it flow from within and energize you?

            What is worth living for?

            What is worth dying for?

            Is your purpose in alignment with your source?

            What do you want your gravestone to say?

           

Members of the group shared their goals in life. We discussed methods used to stay on course and what we are doing on a daily basis to move toward our life purpose. Are your daily rituals and habits aligned with your purpose?

We reviewed the “Purpose of Life Exercise” from Jack Canfield’s book “How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be.

Step 1 – List two of your unique personal qualities, such as enthusiasm and creativity.

Step 2 – List one or two ways you enjoy expressing those qualities when interacting with others, such as to support and to inspire.

Step 3 – Assume the world is perfect right now. Write in a statement, in the present tense, what it looks and feels like, and how everyone is interacting with everyone else. Describe the ultimate condition, a fun place to be, as you see it and feel it.

Step 4 – Combine the three prior steps into a single statement, as in “my purpose is to use my (step 1) to (step 2) others to (step 3).

“Successful people take the time to discover what it is they’re here to do and then they pursue that with passion and enthusiasm.” – Jack Canfield

 “Leaving a legacy is like planting a tree.  As that seed grows into a tree, it will provide seeds, so that future generations can then plant their own”.  – Jim Rohn

“Do small things with great love.”  -- Mother Teresa

Next Meeting is our holiday potluck on Sunday, December 12 at 3 PM. Please let Ramona know what you plan to bring.

Mike and Ramona will be continuing the meet-ups through the winter. Tentative dates are January 24, February 28, and March 28. Anyone interested and available to provide rides to/from the airport would be very much appreciated. Also, if you are able to provide “treats” for those three meet-ups, your help would be appreciated.

The closing video from Abraham can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxU860l-_-A

Cosmic Karma and Appreciation - October 18, 2010

Marguerite Manning, professional astrologer, provided mini readings for members of the group. Marguerite is author of "Cosmic Karma" and hosts a radio show "Therapy for the Soul" on blogtalk radio. Be sure to visit her website at www.margueritemanning.com.  Marguerite is available for private readings.

After the readings the group discussed "Appreciation". Several members shared their thoughts on what they naturally appreciate, and areas that deserve more appreciation. Discussion included the difference between being thankful and true appreciation.

Next meeting is November 15, 2010 - "Have you figured out your life's purpose?"

Choosing Our Reality With Power - Monday, September 20, 2010

The group rejoiced when Kimberly walked in and we were able to move her photo from "intention" to "Manifested" on our manifesting board.

The opening meditation - Unlimited Thinking Meditation by Orin and DaBen

I take a deep breath in, drawing in light from everywhere in the universe as I do.
I link my mind with my higher mind simply by having the intention to do so.
I call my higher self to me, feeling its light all around me. I begin to expand into the light of my higher self, filling myself with light and love.
I think of an area of my life I would like to change such as health, relationship, career, or a money issue.
I start to change this area by changing the way I think about it, and by using my imagination in positive ways. As I hold this area in my mind, I imagine how I would like this area to be.
I picture even more and better than I originally imagined in this area.
Using my imagination I expand the possibilities for this area of my life.
If any thought comes up that says I can't have this, I surround it with the light of my higher self until it dissolves.
I create several positive thoughts about why I may have this in my life.
I now experience some of the future feelings of expansion, growth, and joy that I will feel as what I am creating in my mind becomes my reality.
As I imagine this area in my life, I sense the light of my higher self all around me, adding light to this area.
I open to receive my higher good in this area.
I trust in the universe to bring me the best and highest in exactly the right form and timing.
I am an unlimited being. I know I can have anything I want.
My choices and possibilities are expanding every day. My dreams come true.
I think of one small, positive step I can take today to create what I want in this area of my life.
I now take this step. I allow this or even better to come into my life.
I deserve to have it and I open my heart and receive it.

Our Skype guest was David Tillman, noted psychic, clairvoyant and actor. David explained how he gives power to his manifestation by pulling his energy to his heart chakra. Since our energies are dispersed to all the things affecting us in our daily lives, he makes sure his energy is grounded by pulling only his energy to his heart chakra. When grounded, he sends out his energy through his third eye and asks the Universe to allow his manifestation. To David it appears as a light beam emanating from his third eye.

David provided an example. When preparing for an audition, he sends the light into the audition room ahead of him. The light is filled with warm thoughts to connect with those he is about to meet. He feels his energy meet him at the door and knows if it is working when the people in the room are smiling and friendly as he enters. David’s website is www.psychicdave.com.

Sholeh shared a piece from Rumi entitled “Guest House” that she reads every morning.

This human being is a guest house, every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they are a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture,
still treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in.
Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.

The meeting subject is “Choosing your reality with power.” We discussed how we can alter, shift and recreate our reality at will. Occasionally something or someone interrupts our vibration and we feel ourselves starting that slippery slope down, passing bad feelings, past discouragement, maybe even all the way to depression. These circumstances typically fall into one of the following categories: relationships, money, career or health. What can we do to pull ourselves up?

The answer is to recreate the vibration within ourselves that makes us happy. This can be achieved by listening to music, recalling a favorite scene, recalling an inspiring story or quote, laughing at it, or ignoring it. When emotionally moved by the good feelings these thoughts provide, the body releases serotonin which makes us feel good, boosts our immune system and contributes to our emotional health. If these simple steps do not work, we can accept it, appreciate it, or observe it – all without judgment. We can also send love and light to the situation, and surround ourselves with love and light for protection. Most important is to focus on what does work.

Regarding relationships with children, Kimberly offered the following from Kahil Gibran:

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you. And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls. Their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them but seek not to make them like you. Life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

We conducted a simple experiment to demonstrate the differences between thinking happy versus negative thoughts:

Call to mind someone who really pushes your buttons, a person who perhaps all too often crawls around inside your brain. Let that person crawl for a full minute. Go ahead and notice how you feel. Chances are you’ll feel constricted and uncomfortable, as thought of that person connect to intricate webs of related worries. Now stop and shift your mind to someone who you truly admire. Fully envision that person and allow all of her or his related qualities and feelings to fill your mind. Chances are that you will begin to feel more expanded, relaxed and happy.

Now consider how often we allow the button-pushers to dwell in our minds, rather than the ones we admire. Many people will spend more time on the former than the latter. Indeed research suggests that our minds tend to focus on the negative. By putting our attention on people who bother us, and activating all the neural networks associated with negative people, we become more like them. However, placing our attention on people we admire opens up a different set of neural networks, ones that release serotonin, that make us happy and help us embody those qualities in ourselves.

Kimberly shared The Knots Prayer

Dear God:
Please untie the knots that are in my mind, my heart and my life.
Remove the have nots, the can nots and the do nots that I have in my mind.
Erase the will nots, may nots, might nots that may find a home in my heart.
Release me from the could nots, would nots and should nots that obstruct my life.
And most of all dear God, I ask that you remove from my mind, my heart and my life, all of the am nots that I have allowed to hold me back,
especially the thought that I am not good enough. Amen

We viewed a You tube video by Kute Blackson which can be viewed at You Tube Video.

Next month’s meeting is Monday, October 18. Our Skype guest once again will be Marguerite Manning. She will be doing private readings for all members who send Mike their birth information. He needs your current name, maiden name, the date, exact time and place of birth. Please have this information to Mike by October 8. The subject of the discussion will be “Fine Tuning the Art of Appreciation”.

Manifesting versus Deliberate Creation

Our Skype guest was Liz Layug, an interior designer who incorporates spirituality into design. She addressed changing the balance and harmony in a room. When we enter a room and feel something is off - just doesn't feel right - there are steps to take to regain the balance. Eliminate all the items with negative feelings attached, such as gifts from people with whom you no longer have a connection. This will provide more space for items with positive feelings. Classical music has the highest frequency and will raise the room's frequency. Introducing colored lights will create the mood you want - blue for serenity, green for recuperating from illness, pink for love. To rid a room of bad feelings, place a glass with 2/3 water and 1/3 salt in a safe place for a few days. These steps will create balance and flow in your life.

We watched a you tube segment on deliberate creation and read the following description:

Manifesting is the process of attracting whatever we think about. If we think about something, we are manifesting that something into our lives. It doesn't matter if we think we want it or don't want it. If we think about it, we attract it. If we think we are unlucky, we will be. If we think we can't do a job, we won't.

Getting up on the wrong side of the bed demonstrates the process of manifesting really well. When we start out the day in a negative mood, we keep attracting more of the negative. So, when we are in a bad mood, we must realize that we will be attracting more of the negative and we'd be smart to change our outlook to the positive.

Since we are thinking every second of every waking hour, we are constantly manifesting. If we do not pay attention to our thoughts, we are manifesting by default. If we think or feel "Oh, what's the use...I'll never get it anyway", this is a prime indicator we are manifesting by default. So, the trick is to think about what we do want and to keep our thoughts and feelings positive.

If we think we would like a person in our lives who is personable, smart and considerate, we are thinking positive thoughts and establishing the right mindset to attract that type of person.

Conversely, if we concentrate our thoughts on finding someone who doesn't drink like our last mate, doesn't talk down to people, doesn't do this or that, we are concentrating on what we don't want in a mate. This sets our thoughts to attract what we do NOT want - the negative attributes.

Simply stated, to manifest what we want we must maintain a positive mindset and think about what we do want in positive terms and with positive feelings.

Deliberate creation picks up on the mindset we have established and helps us manifest our desires faster. With a positive mindset, when we think about what we want, picture ourselves having it, and believe and act as if we already have it, we will be filled with positive emotions. The more forceful those positive emotions, the faster we will deliberately create what we want. We cannot hope they will come true; we must be confident in our thoughts. View it as a goal that's already been achieved. It ramps up our feelings.

If we see others who have what we want, and we are unhappy or jealous, we will attract unhappiness and jealousy to ourselves. It is better to rejoice in the good fortune of others and say something like "That's got my name on it". Merely saying it isn't enough; we must truly FEEL rejoiceful.

The difference between manifesting and deliberate creation is this. Manifesting is the process of thinking. Whatever we think about is what we are attracting. So we must keep a positive outlook and turn our thoughts and feelings to whatever we want. Deliberate creation is maintaining that positive outlook and ramping up our positive emotions about those desires to the oint we believe we already have it. That will attract and deliberately create what we want in life.

The meeting ended with a you tube video on hugs.

The Art of Manifesting

Most of us understand the basics of manifesting, but sometimes we just don’t seem to get what we want.  What hinders our ability to manifest the things we really desire?

One possibility is that we are not living up to our contract with the Universe that was set as we entered the world at birth. Our group welcomed Marguerite Manning via Skype into our meeting. Marguerite is the best-selling author of Cosmic Karma, Understanding Your Contract With The Universe. A professional astrologer, her work, like her book, is dedicated to advancing the Universal Law of Karma through the scientific principles of astrology.

Marguerite presented the concept of Karma. When we are born we enter into a contract with the Universe. Our karmic calling is our soul’s promise to apply our talents to excel at our life’s work. Our Karmic debt is the emotional service we owe to the Universe to compensate for selfish mistakes we made in a previous life. This led to a discussion of how reincarnation occurs in alignment with religious teachings. 

Marguerite’s website is www.margueritemanning.com . Her book is available on Amazon.com.  We can listen to Marguerite on her radio program, Therapy for the Soul, every other Wednesday at 7 PM on Law of Attraction Radio, accessible through her website. 

Lynn explained how she manifested her early retirement when at first it did not appear possible. The group then developed the following formula for manifesting.

First, we must ask for what we want. We should express it, and dream it, and live it as if we already have it, being specific to cover the who, what, when, where and why. Leave the how to the Universe. Then, when it happens, we must allow it to happen. It may not happen exactly as we ask, but allow it to develop as the Universe deems it.

Hindering our efforts to achieve our desires are our egos, prior conditioning, negative feelings in our solar plexus, and other components of self sabotage. To counter these blocks, remember to say what we do want, appreciate our self worth, follow our emotional guidance systems, listen to our inner feelings, find whatever makes us happy, and reclaim our birthright of joy and happiness.

Lynn developed a “Manifesting Board” on which our written intentions can be posted on the left.  As they are manifested we move them to the right.  Between meetings, the group focuses its attention on manifesting everyone’s intentions. The power of a group manifestation will be more effective than each of us manifesting our own intention only. As intentions come to fruition, the posting is moved to the manifested side of the board.

In an “And Avalanche” mode, members commented on what they like about Kimberly in order to gear up positive feelings towards her recovery. The comments made and memories they evoked were amazing. 

The group watched a You-Tube video A Gift from the Secret Scrolls.

Next meeting is Monday, August 16, 2010 at 7 PM.

The Vortex

The vortex – what is it, how do we know when we are in the vortex, how do we stay in it. Andrew DiPalma visited with us through Skype. Andrew provided examples of how he lives the principles of Abraham to stay in the vortex. He realizes that he learns something from everyone he knows. When he meets someone he asks himself what lesson he can learn from that person.

The group defined the vortex in a number of ways. It is being happy. It is acceptance of where we are. It has our greatest good in mind, so we should let go of resistance, manifest where we want to be, accept where we are, and know it will come, just not always the way we expect. Simply put, we know we are in the vortex when we are happy and appreciate what we have.

Abraham explains the vortex this way. We don't need money to get in the vortex. Getting in the vortex is a conversational thing. We don't have to pay to get in the vortex. It doesn't cost anything to be hopeful. It doesn't cost anything to tell a positive story. It doesn't cost anything to dream the dream or tell the story. If we tell the story often enough we will come to believe it. And when we believe the story, we are in the vortex and the Universe has to give it to us.

We discussed strategies for getting back into the vortex. Doing something we love, like a hobby, can help. When it is our fault that we are out of the vortex we should accept responsibility for our actions and then let it go. Remember all experiences make us who we are; so we should think about whom we want to be, how we want to be remembered, and act accordingly as we return to the vortex. . If needed, seek comfort from a close personal friend. When dealing with loss, move yourself quickly through the stages of grief.

We listened to a segment from Ester Hicks on You Tube. We closed with an exercise of writing how we feel when in the vortex. We wrote our dreams and manifestations as if we already had everything we desired. It turned out to be a great exercise to put us in the vortex.

Abraham's Recipe for Joy:
Seek joy first and foremost
Seek reasons to laugh
Seek reasons to offer words of praise to self and others
Seek beauty in nature, beasts and other humans
Seek reasons to love in every segment of every day
Look for something that brings forth within you a feeling of love
Seek that which uplifts you
Seek opportunity to offer that which uplifts another
Know that your value can only be measured in terms of joy
And, acknowledge your absolute freedom to do any of these things or not do any of these things, for it is without exception your choice in every moment of every day.

Next meeting is Monday, July 26, 2010 at 7 PM

The Near Perfect Game -- An Abraham Lesson

In the 130 year history of baseball there have been only 20 perfect games where the pitcher controls the game so that no opposing batter reaches base. And two of those occurred in May this year.

Then on June 2nd the sports world was shaken when the 27th batter - the last batter in an otherwise perfect game - was erroneously called "safe" at first base.

Many sports personalities would have yelled and screamed at the ump for a close call, regardless of the sport. Sometimes benches are emptied in a brawl, elbows are thrown in basketball, sticks trip players in hockey. Rodney Dangerfield summed up the lack of professionalism in sports when he quipped "I went to the fights and a hockey game broke out."

In this case the pitcher, 28 year old Armando Galarraga, knew that the runner should have been called out. He knew the bad call ruined his chance to be the 21st pitcher to join that elite group in the sports history books. He did not react. He did not say a word. He just smiled and went back to the mound and pitched to batter 28.

Later that day, Jim Joyce, a 23 year veteran umpire, viewed a tape of the play and realized he made a bad call. In his apology to Galarraga and the Detroit Tigers he said "I just cost that kid a perfect game. I thought the runner beat the throw. I was convinced he beat the throw, until I saw the replay. If I had been Galarraga, I would've been the first person in my face, and he never said a word to me." Galarraga accepted his apology with style and professionalism.

The next day, the two men met on the field before the game. They shook hands and Joyce apologized in person with tears in his eyes. It's men like these who put the "Professional" back into "Professional Sports".

Galarraga realizes baseball is a game he plays for enjoyment. What a wonderful example his demeanor and professionalism have provided. Kudos to his parents for developing such character traits in their son. His actions attracted fame and notoriety. He will probably be remembered longer that the two players who pitched perfect games the month before.

Sports are just games to be played and enjoyed - like life itself. So remember, the purpose of life is to be happy. Treat life as if it were a game. Don't take it so seriously. Have fun. Become famous in your own right.