Motivation Vibrations

Jobless and Loving It!

2008-06-20T21:47:00.000-07:00

I just parted ways from my job at AT&T and I am ecstatic! That is because I have realized the power of my GOD-given ability to create my world according to my vision!

I no longer have to subject my will to any other man's vision or ego in order to make my life into a real living.

Jim Rohn said, "If you work hard at your job, you can make a living...but if you work hard on yourself, you can make a FORTUNE!"

Now, I am not one to say that having a job is just "slavery by another name".

I AM grateful for the time I spent in the employ of AT&T and the opportunities they afforded me. I would have gladly stayed on, but I put it in the hands of the Almighty as to whether or not I found another position there (yes, I jump through all the hoops of applying for positions and updating my resume). But apparently God and my subconscious mind had other plans for me.

So long AT&T, hello new life chapter.

Rather than seeing my being "surplused" (AT&T's new euphemism for "down-sized") as some sort of a crisis, I CHOSE to view it as a once-in-lifetime Opportunity to shift gears in my life and put into action a number of beliefs and goals that I have long held on to.

In no particular order, I AM going to:

Develop my photography skills.
Lead a seminar on eliminating debt
Focus on being in touch with my Higher Self
Write my wife's story ( http://first-step-next-step.blogspot.com/)
Share my personal develop philosophies with more people
Support my wife and son in their creative/artistic endeavors
Build a group of people who support my dreams while I in turn help add increase to their lives.

And all this while making more than enough money to take care of my family with a full and complete expression of my Love for them.

Now, doesn't that sound better than job I could beg someone to give me?

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You Are Rich

2008-03-26T09:14:00.000-07:00

You’re rich when there isn’t any gray area between WHO you are and what
you do.

Ask P. Diddy or Jay Leno if that’s true.

You’re rich when you can “earn a loving” versus succumbing under an
employers ego who defines you by a job title vs. what your actual value is.

You’re rich when you can get paid to read, write and speak.

As William F. Buckley did and just as Russell Simmons and John Lennon did.

YOU Are Very Special

2008-03-24T15:43:00.001-07:00

I AM here to tell you that you were created for great things.

The beauty of all of creation is a inside of you,

you need only to let it out and share it with others to see the beauty in yourself.

You are a reward for thousands. Many of the things that make you YOU,

that you may even take for granted

can be a joy and an inspiration to many, many people.

Think about any special times in your life

when you may have been in the right place

at the right time to accomplish something special.

You encouraged a friend, you conquered a challenge,

You helped a stranger in need.

These may have been times that you were in touch with that special part of yourself,

That part that makes up the best of yourself.

Now, all you need do is to keep these special times in mind,

remembering what you felt and how you were so that you can call on that

special YOU each and every day and make wonderful things happen in your life

and the lives of others at will.

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Notes from the Super Mind!

2008-03-20T10:01:00.000-07:00

This is an excerpt from a book that has helped me a great deal:

The Temple of Super Mind --

How to turn your mind into Aladdin's Lamp and become Ten Feet Tall & Bullet Proof!

1: Life will be to you what you are to it.

The trees, the rivers and He who made you is watching and taking notes.

To the extent that you add more will be given to you.

If you subtract in anyway, from His children, strife and less will be leveled upon you, as in, “much will be taken away.”

That’s gospel.

2: All of the rules of the UNIVERSE conspire for its own good.

So in fact, it’s all a set-up and its job is to protect its own integrity.

Almost as if it is saying,

“Alright little man, give it a shot, let’s see how well you will play. We have
sent you signs, teachers and means to influence, to grow very large and to have
whatever you want; alright, on your mark, get ready—go!”

3: Then the Universe says, with her little wry wit,

“Go ahead Charlie, make your move and if you insult me and only use a portion of
what I gave you, because you ignored and distrusted me, nah-nah-ni-nah-nah, I
will only give you what you first see in yourself. So there!”

Then NATURE says…

“In fact, I will haunt you and give MUCH increase and make Kings and bring
much WEALTH to people who are half as educated and as slick as you just to
remind you of what you decided NOT to be or even to ASK for!”

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More From Do You! by Russell Simmons

2008-03-02T13:53:00.000-08:00

This is another excerpt from the book by hip-hop mogul Russell Simons, Do You! - 12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success. Even if you are not a fan of hip-hop culture, this book is a refreshing addition to the self-development genre because it shows that success principles work regardless of which segment of society you come from.

Just like we pollute our bodies, similarly, we pollute the purity of our minds. Emotionally, we're taught to act in ways that are harmful to ourselves. We're taught to have egos, to be envious, to be selfish, to be insecure. Soon that beautiful blank sheet that we're born with is filled up with the physical and emotional vices that the world pushes on us. It's an inevitable part of being. And the end result is usually an adult who's totally lost touch with his inner self, who feels lost in the world and keeps making the wrong choices. We're born and then we're separated from God. The beauty of meditation is that it brings us back.
Meditation can help bring you back to a place that you probably forgot even existed. A place where you will know the right choice to make in every situation. A place where you can be in control of your emotions and ignore the distractions that keep you from focusing on what's really important to you.

Do You! by Russell Simmons, Law Number Three: Get Your
Mind Right, p. 71

God Transforms Mistakes Into Miracles!

2008-02-29T08:52:00.000-08:00

"GOD does not make mistakes" is often used as encouragement when we, with our human consciousness, can't see the bigger picture of how things work toward the greater good.

But it gets even better than this.

We as humans do make mistakes. In our shame or embarrassment or our Ego's need to be right, we try to hide, fix or forget about our mistakes. Unfortunately, they can become a big pile of trash in the back of our minds, weighing us down from moving forward.

But GOD does even better with our mistakes.

GOD can take something bad and make something WONDERFUL out of it.

GOD takes waste and turns it into the most BEAUTIFUL flowers!

GOD takes rot and decay and makes life-giving, nourishing food!

GOD takes our mistakes and makes them into a lesson on how to be better people than we would have been without our mistakes.

Through our mistakes, GOD makes us stronger and
When you feel your mistakes are too big too be erased,

When you feel regret, remorse over bad choices, RECYCLE THEM!

Feeling bad will only increase the likelihood of more mistakes and bad choices.

Give them to GOD!

"Here GOD, are all of my mistakes...

Here is my debt that I shouldn't have run
up...

Here is my marriage I haven't made work
right...

Here is my career or my business that I have run into the
ground...

Here is every mistake and misstep that too big for me to fix,
erase or forget.

Please take them and show me what YOU can do with
them."

What mistake can you give to GOD and let GOD make it into something GREAT for you?

Get your Ego out of the way, quit holding on to past failures.

Do the emotional housecleaning that will allow you to move forward toward success and abundance.

Put your mistakes in the hands of GOD and watch the MIRACLES happen!

A Word From A Hip-Hop Mogul

2008-02-27T10:18:00.002-08:00

Russell Simmons, from his book, Do You!

In my experience, there's only one thing that will always steer you toward success:

That's to have a vision and to stick with it…

Once I have a vision for a new venture,

I'm going to ride that vision until the wheels come off.

You Are Unique

2008-02-25T07:04:00.000-08:00

A tulip doesn’t strive to impress anyone.

It doesn’t struggle to be different than a rose.

It doesn’t have to. It is different.

And there’s room in the garden for every flower.

You didn’t have to struggle to make your face different than anyone else’s on earth.

It just is.
You are unique because you were created that way.

~ Marianne Williamson

Excuse Me, Your Life Is Waiting

2007-11-06T12:37:00.000-08:00

I'm a little surprised at myself that I didn't start this blog off with this book. Not only is it my favorite "Law of Attraction"/manifesting-your-life book, but it is probably the one I would recommend first to anyone new to the ideas that have been popularize by "The Secret". Grabhorn relates very useful and straightforward principles about manifesting what you want in your life in a very warm and direct many. She does something that I haven't found with any other author in human development field, at least outside of the foreword or introduction of books ... she gives her personal experiences about discovering the ideas she discusses and who she applied them in her life.

The primary theme that helped me from this book is Grabhorn's emphasis on feelings.

Says Lynn Grabhorn,

“I had been on a ‘how-to’ quest for years, knocking my head against more brick walls than I care to think about. I had read almost every ‘you-can-have-it-all’ book ever published, diligently followed countless esoteric and spiritual avenues, and just couldn't understand why my life...though okay...was so tough. Life seemed to be just one big struggle, and I was fed up!
“Then I discovered these simple jewels about emotions ruling our lives. Not only did I do a financial about face, but everything I had been studying became crystal clear.
“Why on earth we never knew these simple truths before is beyond me, but we got ‘em now, by golly, and I hope to heaven the whole world reads them!”
(http://www.lynngrabhorn.com/excuseme.htm)

This was huge for me, because I tend to naturally be way to analytical, which could sometimes lead to unintentional cynicism. I could always think my way to holes in logic or possible roadblocks. With the "feelings" approach, I somewhat bypassed the hardwiring and was able to focus on letting my higher self work. I had primarily been missing her Step Four: "Expect it, listen and allow the universe to bring it." She talked about not always feeling like she had to jump on a white horse and ride to the rescue. This was exactly how I had been taught to act; "do something!, do anything!, do it now!"

Another tip that I use almost daily now is what she called "Buzzing on demand". I think we all would get that rush at certain times when something goes right for us...when we make a basketball shot, when we find ten dollars in old jeans, when our favorite football team scores. Well, as part of her Step Three, Grabhorn illustrates how to develop this feeling on demand, and not be subject to external circumstances to provide it for us. Its a blast! I don't want to give away too much of the book, but just imagine for a minute being able to spontaneously generate that feeling of "YEAH!!!" at any time. Driving to work -- "YEAH!!!", doing laundry -- "YEAH!!!", going to lunch -- "YEAH!!!". You get the picture. Then when you develop this, she advises mixing in a desire or intention that you want to manifest and "voila!", you're taking a huge step toward creating your life the way you want it to be!

Check out the book and let me know your thoughts. Thanks!

Manifesting a Balanced Wealth

2007-11-03T13:27:00.000-07:00

I never intended for this blog to become a billboard for numerous other resources but I am willing to admit that all I have learned has come from various sources from which I glean what I find to be beneficial. I could very well log on and start spouting what I think and believe as if it spontaneously came to me, but I like being more honest than that.

Speaking of honesty, many of the newly sprouted, "Law of Attraction", human development gurus never give an ounce of credit to the origins of these beliefs. We could go back to the Bible with quotes such as "as a man thinketh, so shall he be", "ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you", and even "greater works than this shall you do." I am nowhere near a Bible authority, but anyone who does not acknowledge the biblical roots of the Law of Attraction is either being naive or disingenuous.

We could also point to the Buddhist concept of karma as espoused in the "Four Noble Truths". These are:
1. Suffering exists in life
2. Suffering is caused by craving.
3. To eliminate suffering, eliminate craving.
4. To eliminate craving follow the Eightfold Path.

In actuality, karma is the inverse of the Law of Attraction, that the object of life is not to create the things that we want, but to stop wanting (on a grand scale) in order to escape the cycle of suffering. Some try to assimilate the notion of escaping karma by espousing the idea that there should be some emotional detachment when visualizing the things we want to manifest in order to avoid the negative feelings of not having the objects of our desire now. My belief is that it is the allowing of our cravings to comsume us that gets in the way of our happiness. We should have the finer things, the cars, the clothes, the houses, without allowing them to control us. We need to avoid having our identity dominated by either our physical possessions or our station in this life.

Examples of such identity confusion are stars who have all the fame and money most of us can imagine but who habitually engage in self-destructive behavior (suffering) because their false identity as a star does not bring them happiness.

Before you think I am denegrating wealth, let me clarify. There are excellent examples of people whose wealth has very little affect on their identity. For me, Bill Gates and Warren Buffet both come to mind. To be two of the richest men in the history of the world, it is fairly obvious when studying either that their sense of self-worth has little to do with their net worth. In 2006, Buffet's salary as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway was a whopping $100,000, roughly the amount that a Project Director at AT&T would be paid. By the way, 2006 was also the year that Buffet gave away an estimated 2/3 of his fortune to charity, namely the Bill and Linda Gates foundation.

That's right, the world's second richest man is turning to the world's richest to give his money away. Coincidentally, 2006 was the same year that Bill Gates decided to give up operational control of Microsoft in order to focus on his charity work. I don't mean to deify these two men, but a study of their attitudes toward wealth (not just how they got rich), will go a long way in serving the would-be wealth manifestor in developing an attractive mindset.

Its a delicate balancing act, creating wealth while not craving wealth, but when the balance is achieved, the rewards are tremendous...physically, mentally and spiritually.

Please feeling free to write me or comment here with your thoughts on these and other ideas. Thanks!

The Motivational Cafe

2007-11-01T14:20:00.000-07:00

This site is what I want to be when I grow up! It is chock full of free downloadable ebooks, articles by reknown authorities on human, links to very real resources as well as a quality assortment of products. Check it out! http://www.themotivationalcafe.com/index.html

A Happy Pocket Full of Money

2007-11-01T13:16:00.000-07:00

If you are the kind of person who wants to know all the whys and wherefores of something, David Cameron Gikandi's book, "A Happy Pocket Full of Money" is a must read for anyone who has heard about the Law of Attraction or Positive Manifesting. It goes into the science of the quantum physics behind the ideas expressed in "The Secret", but it fills in much more of the details. It also addresses on ingredient that many critics of "The Secret" says is missing from the well-publicized video: taking action.

Somewhere between the Asking, Answering and Receiving, the has to be action to turn thoughts and feelings into reality. Gikandi definitely addresses this, in brief saying, "Thirdly ENERGIZE those thoughts through concurrent behavior. Act in a way as if it were already part of your existence."

He also gives very practical exercises to help develop ones ability to visualize and therefore believe.

Perhaps one of the most helpful ideas in the book is Gikandi's notions about money. He talks about money not being real, only having the power that we collectively give it. To me, this is a very liberating thought that has become the basis for my own approach to wealth. Sometimes we get too caught up in the dollar figures and totally miss the value or quality of life we are really looking for deep down.

So check out the book, it is worth every penny it cost, especially since the money isn't real. ;)

Jim Rohn Offers Free eZines

2007-11-01T12:48:00.000-07:00

I personally enjoy Jim Rohn for his very down-to-earth style that still conveys all the power and wisdom needed to make profound changes in your life.

In summary, Jim Rohn:

Seminars span over 39 years

Has addressed over 6,000 audiences and 4 million people worldwide

Is the recipient of the 1985 National Speakers Association CPAE Award

Is the author of 17 different books, audio and video programs

Has been internationally hailed over the years as one of the most influential thinkers of our time

http://www.jimrohn.com/freeezines.asp Jim Rohn's Weekly E-zine featuring Current Articles, Interviews, Quotes, Vitamins for the Mind, Schedule Updates, Q&A and Special Offers available ONLY to you as a Subscriber!

http://www.jimrohn.com/shopping/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=197 If you want some positive vibes while riding in your car (can't listen to relaxation or brainwave tracks while driving), you might want to check out the Smoothe Mixx CD; its a combination of very catchy jazz rhythms overlaid with excerpts of Jim Rohn's most powerful ideas.