You Are Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

How to Increase Your Compensation

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:00:56 +0000

I have learned that I must give freely and be willing to provide more and better service than someone has paid for. A lot of us have it backwards by expecting to receive the rewards and then deciding what we will give in return.

We must freely give to others and trust that the rewards will come.

I recently read the following story on Victoria Olsteen's blog:

There's an old story about a traveler who hiked for many miles across the Desert Mountains. His water supply was gone, and he knew that if he didn't find water soon, he would surely die. In the distance, he noticed an abandoned cabin and hoped to find some water there. Once he made it to the cabin, he discovered an old well. Then he noticed a tin can tied to the pump, with a note inside.

The note said:

Dear stranger: This water pump is in working condition, but the pump needs to be primed in order for the water to come out. Under the white rock, I buried a jar of water, out of the sun. There’s enough water in the jar to prime the pump, but not if you drink any first. When you are finished, please fill the jar and put it back as you found it for the next stranger who comes this way.

Essentially, the note is asking the traveler to give before he receives. The traveler has to trust that there is an abundant supply of water after he invests the water that is already in the jar. From my bible studies and study of success principles,

"You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you do not trust enough." ~ Frank Crain

Rachel Lavern is a Certified LifeSuccess Coach and a business partner of Bob Proctor. She coaches individuals and businesses that want to gain greater personal or business success. She specializes in using Bob Proctor’s principles to create extraordinary growth for her clients’ lives and businesses. She provides workshops and keynote speeches across the country and is passionate about teaching people how to create financial, emotional and spiritual prosperity– instructing them on what to do, why they do it and how they do it. We only have one precious life–shouldn’t it be a life that we love?

Are You Sending Mixed Messages?

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:52:52 +0000

Once you realize your mind is a powerful source of creation, it is important to learn to follow this one simple guideline: Keep your mind on the things you want and off the things you do not want. Keep all of your thoughts pointed at the things you want.

When we are unconsciously creating, we are in the habit of sending arrows of thought out in every direction. We vacillate, we change our minds, we follow a whim for a few days, and then decide we want something else. This is not an effective means of creation.

Unconscious creators tend to spend much of the time thinking about things they do not want. What do you suppose they are getting? Probably things they do not want, huh? How much fun is that? But when you understand how to direct your arrows–how to consistently think about the things that you DO want–you find that the magic begins to happen.

Pay attention to what you are thinking about. Certainly be kind to yourself along the way, but notice where your thoughts are. Are they on something you want? Or are you simply ruminating over all the things you would like to be different in your life? The conscious creator cannot have their mind on auto-pilot. Grab the reigns and begin to experience the life YOU choose and desire.

It might be helpful to think of yourself as foreman over a huge construction crew. Each time you think a thought, the crew responds and begins to build the construction of your thought. You say, “I want a large house of brick” and the crew begins to gather the materials together. Perhaps you think this thought often, and crew is happily underway. Then you say, “No, I think I prefer stucco, and I would like it to be on the lake front.” So the crew changes plans and begins work on the lake house. After some time you say, “No, maybe a mountain cabin, in the shape of an A-Frame.” Again, the crew stops what it has been working on and begins preparation on your mountain home.

Can you imagine the chaos that would develop if you continue sending out these conflicting commands? Pretty soon you are complaining, “Where is my house? It has been long enough to build a house! Where is it?” By now perhaps your crew has started and stopped work on 1200 different houses! They would probably like to actually get ANY house completed; however, but you are the foreman and the crew simply follows your orders.

Our thoughts are like these orders. Connect with the creative nature of your thoughts and use them wisely and with focused intention.

Onward and upward!

Seeing is NOT Believing

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:00:46 +0000

Your thoughts are always creating things. Consider this: You do not see what you think you are seeing. You are seeing what you are conditioned to see. It is actually your brain that sees; however, it only sees what you have been conditioned to see. We do not see with our eyes. We see with our brain. Our eyes are the medium through which we can see and look. The rays of light enter our eyes and hit the lens present in the eye. These rays then excite the nerves, which carry message to the brain. The brain then understands what the eye is trying to tell and sees the object that the eye was looking at.

Learn to be okay with not seeing with your eyes and not touching with your fingertips. Learn to be comfortable working with the unseen–wireless companies and quantum physicists certainly are!

Wallace Wattles called this sea of knowledge and information the universal substance and it is a thinking, conscious substance that wants to manifest. It needs a shape to manifest in and we provide that shape (form) through the images of our thoughts. We literally live in a universe of “Ask and Receive.”

"What is essential is invisible to the eye," said the fox to the prince in Saint-Exupery's classic fable The Little Prince.

Moreover, this is not only true when we refer to human emotions; in the universe, too, what is essential is invisible to the eye.

The world of the seen manifests from the unseen world and the known comes from the unknown. Those who create reality on a conscious level know the power of the inner world and an awareness of the truly miraculous nature of our universe.

Believing in you,

6 Thoughts to Ruin Your Day

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:41:55 +0000

I am challenging you to feel, hope, expectation, optimism, certainty and joy today. Observe what happens. When we dampen our feelings of hope, we lower our vibration. When we reign in our joyful optimism, we lower our vibration. When we keep a lid on our passion, we lower our vibration.

Some common reasons we keep ourselves from being hopeful are obvious:

It does not feel "right" to feel hopeful
We feel silly doing it
We think being "prepared" for the worst is wise
We do not want to be disappointed
Getting our hopes up is a waste of time
We have been "burned" before

I am here to encourage you to shift this vibration because feeling hopeful is good for every cell in your body! It is time to start getting your hopes up and enjoying what results manifest in your life.

When you get your hopes up about any situation, it brings a higher vibration in to your body and mind. And while it is true that the particular situation you are hoping for may not happen for you at this time, you have effectively brightened your future by getting your hopes up on any topic. Think in terms of your entire vibration, not just how you feel about one particular manifestation. When you raise your vibration on any topic, your entire vibration improves. When your energy is more hopeful, you have planted more seeds for success in all areas of your life.

Remember, God's universe responds to your vibration, so make sure you raise it by getting your hopes up and watch what happens.

To your inner peace,

An Emotion Tells All

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:30:41 +0000

Emotions are a vital component of our being and help us navigate our inner and outer lives. We really only have two emotions: one that feels good and one that feels bad. The one that feels good says "yes" to whatever you are doing or thinking, and the one that feels bad say "no"to whatever you are doing or thinking.

We are all hardwired for joy and success. This is why we feel such discomfort when things are not going the way we would prefer. If pain and misery were our natural states, then wouldn't we be content experiencing them? Since they are not, we seek to experience more joy in our lives.

We can learn powerful lessons from our emotions—even the negative ones. Our emotions help us to understand what we do or do not want. Learn to be aware of your emotions. What are they trying to tell you?

Each of us is born with an emotional guidance system. As a deliberate creator, you will use this emotional guidance system as you carefully consider

“What do I really desire?”

As you ponder this question, it can be helpful to simply notice what you do not want. Of course, you do not want to dwell on these things; however, approach them with a casual curiosity. Notice that thinking about things like not having enough money, being frustrated with a person close to you, or waiting in traffic tend to change the way you are feeling. You may notice some feelings of irritation or sadness. This is your emotional guidance system saying, “I do not want this.” Use this information to your advantage.

Notice how your emotional guidance system responds to the thoughts you are thinking.

What makes you feel more joyful?

What does not?

Often simply becoming aware of what we do not want can tell us much about its opposite–what we do want.

With love and light,

10 Keys to Getting More of What You Want

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:30:43 +0000

To create abundance in our lives, we must first examine our thoughts:

Your current results always mirror what is going on inside you.
When you change your paradigms, the external results will change accordingly.
If something that you want is missing from your life, it is because you are not energetically aligned with it.
If something undesirable is in your life, it is because you are in energetic alignment with it at this time
When you learn to consciously shift your energy, you will attract much different results.
The laws of the universe are clear and consistent!
To change your attraction:
- Get clear about what you want,
- Align your energy with what you want
- Commit to receiving what you want and it will be yours.
It is not enough to only know something on an intellectual level. That gives you very little power. Your entire life experience will change when you take a truth and internalize it so that it becomes who you really are on a cellular level. You will then radiate that truth outwardly.
Allowing yourself to get caught up in a negative energy spiral is the fastest way to block your efforts to create the life you love. Any action taken from a lack mentality is “pushing away from” will be counterproductive.
The fastest way to manifest your dreams is to:
- become familiar with the universal laws
- consciously line up your energy with what you want and
- take action from a place of inspiration (pulling toward)

As you can see, it is an inside job

To your abundance,

How to Manifest Money

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:00:35 +0000

By now, many people have seen the movie The Secret and everyone seems to be talking about the Law of Attraction. We all want to manifest wonderful things in our lives. So many people that I have talked to are attempting to use the Law of Attraction to become financially independent. They want to be a magnet to money. Money seems to be a major focus in our society at this time. This is understandable because human beings are always striving for more. More abundance in our relationships, more abundance in health, and more abundance in our bank account. Perhaps that is where the old saying, “If you’re not growing, you’re dying” originated.

If we are going to use the Law of Attraction to bring money to us, we must not have negative thoughts when we spend money or pay our bills. That would be considered "scarcity thinking" and scarcity thinking only attracts more scarcity to us. That can be tough when there is a very limited amount of money in your bank account. So how we can change this thinking into something more productive?

First, be thankful for the abundance that we do have. That abundance may be love for a family member or a family pet. It may be the abundance of oxygen that we breathe each day. Or the abundance in our forests and the plants that are constantly supporting us with more oxygen and other resources that we need. If we can create abundance in one area, why not create it in another?

I had someone recently say that we need to be friends with money in order to have more of it. That sounded odd to me at first. But then I considered it in more detail. If you have a very good friend, how do you treat them? You respect, trust, and support (being there in times of need) them. Suze Orman, author of the book “The Courage to Be Rich” says:

We should nurture it, treat it well, and it will grow and flourish; treat it carelessly or with disrespect, and it will dwindle away to nothing. Simply put, if you respect money and give it the attention it needs, it will respect you back. Conversely, the emotions of shame, fear and anger cloud your financial judgment and take away your power over money. When these emotions determine your spending patterns or force you to deny or defy the truth about your money, they not only wreak havoc on your finances, they actually repel money from you.

There you have it. To attract money instead of repelling it, think of it as a friend. Money is there for you. It is always supporting you as a good friend does. Never doubt your money friend. Doubt is negative energy and repels the very thing that you want. Open your heart to your money friend that is always there for you. Notice how good it feels to have this friend supporting you. Notice how much fun life is becoming with the abundance of this friendship

If negative thoughts come up about money, just pretend you are on the computer and say “delete, delete” and focus again on that wonderful friendship with money. Then relax and know that the perfect amount of money will always be there for you.

To your prosperity,