Get it done!

We step over the threshold of our own procrastination with each New Year.  It is a psychic new beginning to give ourselves permission to start something new in our lives.  To turn things around for the better.  With each passing year we have to be more vigilant about getting our mission accomplished.  Whatever our purpose has been to fulfill in this life has to be done before we depart.  Mine has been to work with children.  I have the qualifications.  I somehow have had difficulty with the establishment from time to time.  I feel more empowered to be able to stand in my own truth and state my goals and objectives with respect for others and expect the same in return.
I believe that it is important to start each day with a clean intention and I have been using the web that has been developed by Deepak Chopra called www.Intent.com  Once you are able to be clear and specific about what you need to do with each day your steps will be guided from your inner intention.  Without this anchor the day can slip by without the realization that no clear intention will result in no clear outcome.  Life happens like that it's going by in a flash while the tools that are being made known by enlightened people are disregarded or put off for another day.  Remember another day will turn into another year and another life.
I have enjoyed expanding my connections over the internet during the past two years.  It was quite unintended for a while.  I was politically interested in the outcomes for the past election and supported people for office who I thought would serve the country in the way I through would be of value.  Through those connections I was able to relate some concerns that I had personally experienced and had a way or relaying information.  That was more empowering than approaching the situation through my lawyer as I had been used to doing.  I think it is vital today for professionals to become politically active and stand up one by one for the values and beliefs that serve our society.
Get whatever projects you have to get done this year.  My project is going to get a book published.  I am English and now an American citizen which I am very proud of.  I was born in Mombasa, Kenya where my father was a civil engineer for the East African Railroads and Harbors.  He was born out of wedlock to a young titled English Lady according to the sister of his adoptive mother.  His biological father was a married German who worked at the Embassy.  His adoptive parents managed a tea plantation in southern India and moved to the Rift Valley, Kenya when my father was thirteen.  My mother met my father in Mombasa when she served in the Royal Army during WWII.  So many people have a preconceived impression about white Colonial Kenya.  I feel almost embarrassed to discuss my upbringing because of the personal projections of others.  Recently my beloved Master asked who was from Africa during a talk but I hesitated to respond because I didn't want to share that part of my life knowing what others prejudices toward white people in Africa is like.  My book will be written from a spiritual perspective as I relate all the events of my life that helped form me into the person I am today.  Kenya is my soul's home and always will be.  My father's grave is at Langata Cemetry outside the Nairobi National Game Park where we spent so much time as a family observing the wild animals.
Get it done is what our mantra should be for the coming year.  Start each day by remembering what your commitment for your future is going to be and set daily goals.  Be sure to write a daily intention and steer your activities toward getting what you need to do done.
I coach people toward their goals and can be reached at lawrencerita511@gmail.com  Those I work with must become initiated spiritually, meditate daily and follow a vegetarian diet.  Rain Nutrition is an antioxidant product that I promote and you can visit my site at www.MyRain.me/rita

Silence.

I like the blank, pure, simple things in life.  When I look up at a star studded night sky my soul connects with the energy of the universe.  When I look into a clear brook or stream I am drawn inside myself.  I like to be in nature because it is so easy to connect within.  I love butterflies and find they come to me and sit on my hand or foot for a while.  There is no expectation, no motion, just a communication about the simplicity of being.
We are conditioned in life to want to fill our lives with events, relationships, conversations, opinions, judgments etc., on and on.  We loose touch with who we are when we are pulled outside ourselves constantly by our senses.  We learn to think of love as an escape into some other experience other than our own love that is resonating inside our own heart and soul 24/7.
We can connect through relationships and community if we choose and it's goo if that's what you want because you can share a part of your love from your own soul.  If you are looking at these interactions with others as an escape or the continuation of the same old, same old denial of the need for self introspection, you will not benefit from the experience.
Take time to be silent and appreciate your own inner being.  If there is pain or blocks you will have to go deep within and heal those places.  It is all possible.  You are one complete whole and vibrating with love.  Don't waste this life in looking for all the material goods or a special relationship.  The one relationship that will take you to God is within your own self.  Be kind, first to yourself through self thoughts, self talk, and your actions.  Be gentle, first with yourself then with others.  In this way spread kindness throughout the day, in the moment and as part of your life.
I work as a Professional Life Coach and can be reached at lawrencerita511@gmail.com  Part of my work requires a commitment to the spiritual path and initiation by a living Master.  Vegetarianism and Meditation.

Why meditation and vegetarianism is core to spiritual life.

As a Professional Life Coach, in the beginning of my work I am quite clear about the spiritual aspect of my work in self-development.  My Master of Science education gives me a broad understanding of our human makeup in terms of psychological as well as our physiological being.  The two are scientifically grounded and well researched.  Although educated in pharmacology I have not felt comfortable with it as the core treatment for people suffering from such conditions as depression.  I believe that our inner world is where we have to first connect and then we can connect to our outer being and personification.
My spiritual journey began in 1986 as I was initiated on a path that taught me to love my self through meditation and understand myself through self examination.  Through a long process of combined spiritual practices, spending time in spiritual retreat with my Master and meditation I was able to free myself of all the inner baggage which I call garbage that had caused me pain and burden me physically with a heaviness that blocked me from experiencing myself as light and joy.   For the past year and a half I have been on the path called Science of Spirituality http://www.sos.org under the guidance of HH Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Marahaj who is the current Master of the lineage.  This is the right path for me and I am grateful that I am now learning from my Master who uses scientific logic and practical teachings that connect us with the self through mysticism which is the inner experience of knowing God.  There is an outer knowing of God that we learn through religion that is cognitively understood.   This understanding alone is not enough to take us to enlightenment which is the goal for mankind and attainable through the Grace and guidance of an enlightened Master.
When I work with individuals I must take them on the journey to inner freedom through learning to meditate and following a daily practice that includes self introspection and using tools similar to those used in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to monitor thoughts, feelings and behaviors.  Vegetarianism is required because of the ethical choice that must be made not to harm any animals as well as the purification of our bodies through eating vegan diets.  Vegetarian foods are delicious and once you learn to cook them you won't want to go back to eating meat!  I recommend that you watch the video at http://www.FoodInc.com but make sure you don't eat first as it is disgusting to see how inhumanely animals are treated in the food industry particularly factory farming.
I look forward to taking you to the first step in creating a better life through connecting first with the inner self and then as taught in Kashmir Shavism your outer world will manifest according to your inner state of being.  We have an opportunity in this lifetime to know God and this is your chance not only to create a successful life but to become initiated by a Spiritual Master and transgress the wheel of karma which brings you back to this life repeatedly until lessons are learned and karmas ended.
I can be reached at lawrencerita511@gmail.com

Patience.

Of the many virtues that become an integral part of our inner being patience is the one thing that I am normally not in short order of!  Whenever there is an expectation then impatience arises inside and the feeling is like anxiety.  The key is to not become attached to the outcomes of any of your efforts of projects.  Stay focused and work diligently then let the process take care of itself.  Where there is expectation there is a need for control and that takes the lesson to a deeper level.  Even though there may be years of purification and inner cleansing through meditation and spiritual practices under the guidance of a spiritual master there is still the human urge to want outcomes to manifest.

That being said don't let a few incidents feel that you have lost ground.  Other feelings of attachment are part of the awakened soul such as grieving when someone passes from this life.  In reality it is our own loss that we cannot bear because the soul that has been released doesn't grieve to return to this life.  We can all feel joys when our favorite officials are elected for example but the true joy and happiness inside doesn't belong or resonate with outside events.  Our soul loves to be in its own perfect joy that comes from uniting the soul with God.

Always seek to find truth in any situation no matter what and if that takes a long time you will benefit from the experience by learning patience.  God knows our nature and for everything there is a season.  Be kind with yourself and examine where your life is leading you today.  Fall is a season that reflects letting go of the old and getting ready for the winter which is a time for silence and stillness.  In the fall the leaves turn brilliant colors and naturally leave the safety of the tree to cover the earth and become a source of nourishment for other plants and animal life.  We too can let go of our outer coating and get back to our bare frame.  When we are stark sometimes we find that what is real and true for us remains and what isn't dear to our hearts is automatically dropped.  At times when we are feeling stretched we can unload the extra baggage that we tend to hold onto either emotionally or materially.  I have found that my life is more relaxed and pleasant when I simplify.

The topic of boundaries is very important to teach children when they are young.  Today I was troubled by articles about a three year old whose personal space was violated by airport security.  This kind of infringement is about our 4th Amendment Rights and they need to be protected at all costs.  Go to Judge Napolitano's web page for more details.  What I want to get across is that personal pictures should not be part of the government documentation about any individual.

Recently I visited a home of some friends and noticed that a male friend of theirs spent a vast amount of time with the children in an upstairs bedroom.  One would expect a male peer of the parents to spend time with other adults and not the children.  These types of boundary issues are difficult to address directly with parents and I hope that I won 't be put in that position of having to do so.  When there is confusion and mixed messages such as when certain people can become like family members - a sort of kinship that some western cultures have too - that invites problems with boundaries.  There are people with problem behaviors toward children and the job of parents is to protect children from them.

I have other projects that I will focus my time and energy on over the holidays.  Kenya is my childhood home and I have written about my experiences and started a book proposal.  Now that a legal issue is being brought out into the open I can concentrate my energies toward constructive future plans for publishing.  So in the end the expectations for one situation may be in my mind delayed but instead of trying to suppress the experience of impatience I can create a whole new channel for my productivity!  I look forward to the legal issues unfolding as they must now do as measures have been put into action.  I also can let that go and focus on the positive work ahead with writing and publishing.  I am now in the fall mode of life in the present moment instead of expecting certain outcomes and waisting my precious energy.

I am a professional life coach and can be reached at lawrencerita511@gmail.com  I require that individual's meditate daily and follow a vegetarian diet.  I also recommend an antioxidant product at http://MyRain.me/rita

Forgiveness.

Forgiveness is an never ending process that we can use to let go of negative emotions that arise when someone causes us harm.  Forgiveness isn't something that we wait for in relationships.  When you practice forgiveness it becomes fluid and as a result you will feel lighter.  Nobody likes the feeling of being burdened by feeling blame or any other negative feeling.  You don't have to go there.  When you free yourself from the shackles of others oppressive behaviors while staying in your own power and positive thoughts.

"The minds job is to doubt," a famous spiritual teacher once said.  Once you are able to clear your heart and live from the realm of love you will no longer be ruled by the mind.  The mind will follow the heart.  Forgiveness is an aspect of love and love conquers all!  Where love is the opposite cannot coexist.  This way of living takes time to develop and you will find that the more time you spend in the realm of love the more you will want to stay there.  The practice of meditation is key to clearing all negativity and connecting you with your soul or true self.  I have been fortunate enough in my own life to have spent many years with two Indian spiritual Master's who have led me on the spiritual journey.

For me the choice to take the journey was one that was made easy because I didn't want to exist in the arid realm of the mind and materialism.  I knew that the Saints and Sages could lead me to the experience that they so willingly and lovingly shared.  I spend time in the evening and early morning hours in meditation since I have been initiated in Sound and Light Meditation.  When I meditate I immediately feel free of any burdens or negativity.  It is just me and God and that is felt in my heart as Love.  You will benefit from finding a spiritual Master who can initiate you on the spiritual journey and direct you through life.  Each person experiences something different because under the guidance of a Master your life will unfold in whatever way is perfect for you to learn.  There are many things that you will learn and your purpose will be revealed to you through a process that I have found repeats itself in different forms.  I knew in my heart when I was in graduate school at The Catholic University of America that my life wasn't just about me and I willingly have allowed my life to be of service to God for whatever He wishes.

Forgiveness is an aspect of love and it doesn't mean that you become a target for others abuse.  You can forgive others while making sure that you take responsibility for your own life and the impact of their behaviors on you.  You can still draw boundaries and say no.  Be clear and be certain.  A clergyman wrote "You can't blow an uncertain trumpet!"  It's okay to be strong.  Tyrants are usually cowards inside.  Just like some of those candies that have a hard shell and gooey stuff on the inside when you bite down.  Except there is nothing sweet about cowards.  Learn to identify them and learn how to deal with them.  Don't become a victim like so many kids I have been reading and hearing about in schools.  Read books by Carlos Castaneda whose stories involve tyrants and examples of how to deal with them.  The main lesson is to remain impeccable according to Carlos.

So many things to master in life and the first place of course to start is within your own heart.  Learn how to connect with your soul and God.  Be a blessing in this life to those who need you to show them the way and like the title of a book said  "How to swim with sharks!"  Nothing is impossible when you decide to keep making breakthroughs.  You will not get anywhere at times and in that still time learn to control the doubts that the mind uses to discourage you.  Keep pressing in to the situation and eventually when the time is right there will be a breakthrough and you will emerge on the other side of your problem.  Wait on the other side of that opening you created and help others through.

I am a Professional Life Coach and welcome you to contact me at lawrencerita511@gmail.com  I require individuals to meditate on a regular schedule and eat a vegetarian diet.  I also promote antioxidants and you can check Rain Nutrition at http://MyRain.me/Rita

Adalaide Street, Windsor

My mother died in February of this year at the ripe old age of ninety seven.  She had a cousin Mary who died at one hundred and one and was most put out that she could not attend a funeral for her because she was an atheist.  One of the things that is a source of connection with our past and ancestors is having places to visit.  Adelaide Street in Windsor was a place my mother took me to see the home where her father was born and raised.

His name was Arthur Brown and stood bold and brash in a family picture in the back garden of the terraced home where his mother and father who was the chief carpenter at Windsor Chapel.  One of thirteen children who could choose to have bread with butter or jam as my mother used to say as a way of making it clear to me that sacrifices were part of growing up.  Her father looked like a dandy!  After meeting my grandmother Ida who was the daughter of a sea captain they never visited his family as a couple because my grandmother thought them beneath her class.  In England the class distinctions were very strong and people could tell who belonged in the lower working class by the way they spoke and where they could afford to live.  My grandmother would pace outside my grandfather's home when he went home to visit but didn't go in.

After seeing the outside of the home my mother took me to an iron fenced old graveyard close by where we visited the graves of my mother's parental grandparents.  She liked to have contact with the places that held their memory and it created a certainty in our own lives about being part of the bigger picture of the Brown family from Windsor.  In 1960 we visited my mother's uncle at Wimbledon Hospital who was alert and friendly at 104 years old.  He didn't have any place to go when his housekeeper was hospitalized so he went to hospital too and caught pneumonia and died shortly after.

One thing I can be sure of is that on my mother's side of the family there is longevity!  However, on my father's side the counterbalance of hereditary disease at the young age of 48 makes the odds about 50:50.  At least I can hope for old age but enjoy life anyway.  Luckily through my spiritual path I have become vegetarian and health conscious and thus reduced my chances of developing cancer of the colon that my father suffered.  Our family ancestors have been strong and able to overcome odds and perils in a way that we have not had to deal with in our modern life of luxury.  Even though I have worked hard and raised by a widow of four children I know that I have always been able to earn a living and raise my daughter on a nursing salary while her father completed his education.

I love to visit England and call my brother who lives outside London to talk about his health and life since he spent the last ten years taking care of our mother.  My sister was always the blond haired blue eyed favorite of my mother's and I was referred to as "that Rita!"  Some of the time with my mother was okay but for the most part it was a very difficult relationship and particularly since my sister did mean things to me then had my mother's support for every undertaking in her life.  I kept quiet about my sister's spite because I wouldn't be supported by our mother.  Unless blood was visible which happened when we lived in Carvongu in the bush along the coast of Kenya.  I remember looking into a bogelvelia bush that our mother had planted in our garden which had prickly thorns when my sister pushed me from behind.  I still have scars on the inside of both thighs from the deep cuts and scratches.

My sister's manipulation and my mother's favoritism toward her lasted until practically the end of our mother's life when she learned that our brother had lost the sight in his eye due to a punch during an argument between my siblings.  When my brother told me what happened I could not imagine how such a drastic amount of damage could have resulted because I have seen facial wounds from fights between patients in psychiatric wards and none that I had witnessed resulted in blindness.  I later found out that my sister had taken karate lessons and had learned this technique for hitting someones eye in her class.  Needles to say I am supportive of my brother because I too have been victim to my sister's spite.  Like the time she punched my in the jaw when I was thirteen and our mother had allowed us to go on vacation to Somerset with the girl next door who was fifteen.  I drank merry down which is an alcoholic drink like cider but more potent.  I really was out of my league with older girls who could carry their liquor so much better and punish me who was not used to it!



Take care and do your own family review and decide where to put your time and effort.  My sister is superficial for sure and although I had gone along with her ways in the past I now have drawn a line in the sand.  I have not worked for the past two years due to a legal issue that I was cleared of and now have to defend myself from an attack by the state board of nursing on my professional standing and reputation.  I know one thing for sure - you either have to learn to fight back in life and that is what personal responsibility is about or be a victim.  See where you stand in your life and decide what steps you need to take to develop courage to stand firm in your convictions.  Two checks written to me and one for eight hundred and twenty dollars as a gift from my brother and mother were not honored by my sister and her husband.  I now have those checks at a lawyer's office.  It doesn't mean that I have any dislike, hatred or animosity, it's just I have learned to put myself first.

I am a Professional Life Coach and can be contacted at lawrencerita511@gmail.com
I require individuals to commit to a regular practice of meditation and vegetarian diet.  I also promote antioxidants and you can go to my site at http://myrain.me/rita

Goals!

$4.2million ear marked to defense spending appropriations bill.  If any business tries this they will be accused of fraud and most wouldn't dare!  Why do we put up with it.  I voted for Senator Roy Blunt who is following McConnell and I am a Republican who wants to follow Senator DeMint.  Ban PORK! and make sure that you follow what your senators are voting for that is why we have the tea party.  It makes me wonder whether the government uses goals to guide policy.

I hope that many of us can do well despite the economy and find jobs.  That's a challenge with unemployment so high.  We need leadership that is going to look after American people and families.  We don't need any more spending or social programs.  When we have a culture that begins to believe that they can't live without government support we are sunk!  Join groups like Americans for Prosperity and work for prosperity in your life.  Don't walk away from opportunities.

Write down your goals and find people who can support your ideas.  Find a business mentor if you are developing an independent stream of income while perhaps you continue working while you get started.  You will need to look at sections of your business plan that will be centered  around your income or loan amount that you can work with until you are able to make a profit.  Look at your marketing opportunities and join social networks such as twitter and face book.  You can do well if you make the right decisions to get your brand name out there and become familiar to groups of people.

If you have a service find local places where you can offer courses.  People are interested in finding new insights, skills and tools.  Whatever it is that you can do to get your name in the limelight will be a positive.  You obviously don't want to do anything embarrassing but make sure you focus on your area of expertise.  Find people who can write recommendations and give testimonies that will give you credibility.

When in public make sure that you are dressed well and have hair groomed.  Look like you would if you were going to the photographers.  Let people notice you in as many ways that you can.  Be polite and always make a good impression even if you think nobody is looking.  Talk to people like they are your lover!  Your reputation goes before you and there is a rule of thumb that says that for every one person you tell they tell another fifty!  Be on good behavior wherever you are.

Goals, goals and goals are the way to go forward.  Once you have three goals written for one section of your plan.  Maybe it will start with finances make them measurable.  You will want short therm goals that are measured in weeks and long term goals that are extended into months and perhaps years.  These need to be reviewed on a regular basis and record your achievements and modify any that you need to implement new measures to achieve.  It's called tweaking and very few things go according to plan.  Know your own hangups and why you are holding back.  You need to be able to put in the time that it takes and keep replenishing your self during times of discouragement.

That is when a Professional Life Coach is a benefit to achieve your ambitions.  You need someone in your court who will research for you, meet with you, and provide the emotional support that you need.  Please contact me at lawrencerita511@gmail.com  I require that you practice meditation daily and follow a vegetarian diet http://myrain.me/rita for antioxidants and natural health support.

Veterans Day!

So many deep emotions of gratitude and love for country and those who serve our country and protect our freedom.  For those who can provide resources with time and money please consider supporting homeless veterans who are served by soup kitchens and shelters in your town or city.  They are dignified warriors who have not coped well with life since returning from the battle front.  Another worthy cause is Honor Flight.  Search on the web and find one near you!  Their mission is to fly veterans to DC to visit the war memorials.  As there are 1,200 WWII Veterans dying every day and time is obviously of the utmost importance.  It is a worthy cause and I encourage you to open your heart to the men and women who served our country.

A cold November day in Kansas City and looks like winter is setting in for sure.  Don't think I mind though because each season brings a special gift of finding joy in the self.  A time for staying home and reading and writing which I love to do.  A time to spend more time on the computer to get the message out to others about worthy causes that you can support.  Now it's your turn and I want you to think of all the things that you want to do this winter while the air is still and quiet outside with snow blanketing the landscape.  Remember those times sitting in front of the fireplace with family and friends?  We used to have a "cuppa tea" and everything was suddenly roses!  My feet would be cold from playing skating on Dyke's creek.  Didn't have skates but my uncle brought me a pair of ankle high boots and a woolen coat one Christmas at the Army and Navy store in London.  My mother would take my sister and I up to London by train for the January sale and buy us clothes that my uncle paid for as our Christmas present.  Even if you don't have anything new to do (or don't think you do!) take a trip down memory lane.  Have a tape recorder next to the chair that you sit in an record stories from the past so that the next generation will know what life was like for you way back when!

New Year is just around the corner and I want you to prepare in a mindful way about what you want to change or improve upon in 2011.  Start the process of goal setting for the next year and use meditation and introspection as your tools to draw you in to your soul and learn about your true purpose in life.  Let God lead you and show you the way.  Be open to forming a personal connection to your Higher Power.  Think of that person as your constant guide and companion.  Always in heart and mind and longing to continue to merge with the one who leads you to God.  Your own heart will be your altar on which you can stand in your shining radiance, without fear of judgment or criticism.   Your heart will be made light and pure and you will want to spend more and more time alone in your heart with God.  I had the experience of seeing the light inside the soft caves of my own heart.  Radiant bright white light, with soft molded walls and a small green Chinese figure holding out his arms.  Smiling and radiating love and joy in giving and fulfilling my needs.  Cherish your heart.  Protect your experiences.  I share so that you will know what the journey is like and about ultimately.  Your union with God.

So on this Veterans Day we all share in our gratitude for those who were willing to die and for those who did die defending our liberty and freedom.  Life is precious and a delicate thing that any one of us can have taken before we feel prepared.  Know that you have time and opportunity to know God, become a loving and serving person for humanity, nature and all of God's creatures.  Be mindful of your diet.

I am a Professional Life Coach and require people whom I work with to meditate daily and follow a vegetarian diet.  That is a discipline and without it you are not going to achieve the ultimate goal of liberation.  Please contact me at lawrencerita511@gmail.com

When life throws you a curve ball!

Life has its ups and downs and it's at times when we feel that we are between a rock and a hard place that God shows us the way out.  This has happened in my life repeatedly as I have encountered situations where there has been animosity and negativity.  I am an avid reader of the Investors Business Daily column "IBD's 10 secrets to success."  The number one tenant is "How you think is everything: "Always be positive.  Think success, not failure.  Beware of a negative environment."  How you respond to this information is your choice however for me negativity is the first and foremost reason why I distance from people.  Dr. Wayne Dyer's quote explains how to create abundance in this way "Abundance is not something we acquire.  It is something we tune into."  In order to receive positive energy you have to avoid the negative.

In my personal life I have been dealing with a legal situation with the Kansas State Board of Nursing and for this reason I have not been working in a regular capacity.  Staying with a friend who is as Democrat as I am a staunch conservative has been conflictual.   Republicans believe in the sanctity of life and limited government.  As Jefferson said - the larger the government the smaller our liberties become.  With the elections coming up I believe that my friend is allowing her controlling nature to stop me from voting in the upcoming elections for which I registered but was never given my voting card that in all probability came in the mail.  I have been yelled at!; "forgotten" to be picked up from the library in the late afternoon; told frequently that money is a household issue; certain items that have been purchased in the past are no longer on the grocery list i.e. tea.  A month of house sitting has been my only break although I have applied for various non-nursing jobs none have materialized. 

My work as a Life Coach is the most pleasing to me and I look forward to making more on line relationships so that I can expand my business and for that I have need a web site.  My friend agreed to drive me to a suburb of KC to the home of a couple who belong to Science of Spirituality.  I have travelled with them to visit our Spiritual Master in Chicago.  They are an Indian family who work in the IT industry and have a beautiful home and children.  The lady had left my friend a message inviting her to a program as my friend had been initiated by our Master in Sound and Light Meditation.  My friend played the voice mail tape saying that she and her husband couldn't understand a word that was said!  Because most of my communication with the public is done via the web I had wanted to use my video camera and headphones more and planned on taking them with me.  I have few things in my room where I stay in my friend's home and had kept a small cotton tote with my audio and video equipment inside a larger cardboard box.  When I left the house on Friday  tomorning the bag was inside the box.  On Saturday morning the tote and equipment was nowhere in sight.  I checked through the bag with laundry and another bag of clothes and even inside a suitcase.  Nothing!!  My friend who was sitting in the front room of her home when I told her about the missing equipment told me that my cat had pulled the door open on Friday morning and had gone out into the house.  I said that it was a "supernatural" act as I had a suitcase full of clothes in addition to a wooded magazine rack on the mat which I slid from under the door to securely close and prevent her from opening it.  When my friend denied any knowledge of my misssing bag I said that I would have to report it missing to the police so that if anyone used the equipment on line it could be identified by its serial number.  She reluctantly gave me the keys to the car as she said that she didn't want to go with me to my Indian friends.  When I returned she asked me with curiosity whether the bag was grey with a zipper to which I was able to positively affirm that it didn't matter about the equipment because my friends would gladly let me use theirs.  I was able to release the situation completely and whatever negativity was being created had been turned into a positive situation.

I stay in my room on Sunday's and could hear my friends voice which was loud and gregarious on the phone with a tone of triumph as she perhaps expected me to "discover" my mistake in putting my equipment in my laundry then announce to her that I was sorry.  No such thing took place!  And today I carried the equipment with me to the library and will keep it with me at all times just as I do with my lap top. 

There is another creepy thing that has happened several times - she came across a pair of my "skivvies" (underwear) around the house!  I have never had this kind of thing happen before and I have felt pressured even more to leave but with the job market like it is that hasn't happened.  Up until the past few nights her husband would announce loudly in the hallway that he was going to bed which was hard to ignore even with earplugs.  During the month I spent house sitting my friend made several announcements about their new bed and at one time I had an opportunity to tell her that I was a spiritual person and that I don't share my energy intimately with anyone.  They are controlling and have an agenda that they are not able to express openly because they are not able to deal with confrontation.  

I called my brother in England early this morning who has said that I could live with him.  Then I had a message on face book from a friend who sells a product that I love and wanted to know whether I was interested in developing the business with her.  Of course I am but I had been stuck because it takes money to make money.  I know that this is an answer to my prayer and that I will have somewhere to stay and make money and create the life that I want - one of financial abundance and a lifestyle that is centered on spirituality, health and fitness and being close enough to visit with my daughter and baby grandson once in a while.

I haven't been able to get away from the negativity until this point and now God has given me a chance to be in an area of health and wellness with a product that is absolutely the best and with a friend who is just about as positive as you can get!

If life throws you a curve ball just let it happen and keep focused on what you can do to rectify the situation.  I have found the most benefit from a regular practice of meditation that keeps me connected with Source and replenishes my soul.  "Ruin and recovery are both from within." ~ Epictetus - philosopher.  You will find the strength within to guide you through difficulties and by keeping your own state or vibrations positive you will attract the solution you need for your particular problem or circumstance. 

Sometimes we have to work through our karma and this concept can be viewed differently through the lens of various religions.  "Our deeds follow us, and what we have been makes us what we are."  ~  John Dykes, clergyman.  That is why spiritual masters tell us to watch our thoughts and actions because we will have to pay for them either in this life or the next.  Be mindful and limit your exposure to negative people.  I enjoyed a story about a goat that was about to be slaughtered when it suddenly laughed then cried.  The man with the ax asked the goat why he did this and the goat replied I laughed because this will be the 500th time that I have been beheaded.   The goat went on to say God had told him that 500 beheadings would cleanse him of his own karma of slaughtering that many goats when he was born as a man.   Then further explained, I cried because you will have to pay for the karma of beheading me. The man then told the goat that he was not going to cut his head off and would in fact protect him from being killed.  The goat said that it futile because of the law of karma, there was nothing they could do to change it.  The goat went to graze on the rocky slope of the hillside.  The goat was immediately struck by a sharp rock that cut off his head. I would like you to consider being vegetarian and looking to nature as part of our own being in God.  Someone shared on face book that the cheetah she was pictured with is dear to her and that she considers his company "Darshan," which in the East means being in the company of a saint.  We have the same consciousness with animals as we do our own soul and that is expressed as love. That unconditional love that we can so easily share with animals and that they give to us.
In conclusion the main focus of your mind and heart should be geared toward the positive.  That includes thoughts, people and any business that you wish to earn money through.  Keep your body as pure as you can through drinking pure spring water.  Although I have not purchased this product yet I recommend that you check http://www.kagenwaterdoctor.com/ and treat your body to the best and cheapest medicine - water!   Read scripture and meditate daily to connect with your soul and God.  Listen to your own inner voice and don't compromise what it right for you by conforming to what isn't.  Walk away from what is wrong and abusive and God will direct your path.  Christ said shake the dust from your feet and that is how you should be with anyone who disrespects you.

I am a Professional Life Coach and welcome your comments and feedback.  Please feel free to contact me for a free consulation at: lawrencerita511@gmail.com

Being pulled back by the past.

Most of us have the feeling of being pulled back by the past.  It may be memories that are sweet and full of the magic that made an aspect of our lives more vivid.  Such as attending a beautiful ceremony, listening to an opera with a great tenor or something that captivated our soul.  Most of us however, are drawn back into the past because we feel the longing to complete an aspect of our lives such as a broken relationship.  Unresolved conflicts with loved ones who were cruel to us that we hang onto because that pain has found a perfect home within us and it's easier to keep a feeling that is familiar than learn how to clear the negativity from our consciousness.  They don't have to exist because quite simply they don't exist any longer.  It is your minds propensity to drag you down that never ending spiral of negative emotions when we start to recall the past.

It is not a blocking, denying or suppressing that I am talking about.  It is an inner clearing and recognizing when negative emotions grab our inner soul and turn our inner experience into one of pain and anxiety.  When you go back into a bad memory all of the emotions associated with the occurrence are rekindled and the more you allow your mind to take you back the faster the experience will recreate and the more intense the feelings.  The reverse also true.  Once you are able to clear inner negative junk that has accumulated from past experiences through meditation and other spiritual practices such as prayer and mantra repetition called jappa you will be able to monitor your inner state and immediately recognize and respond when negative thoughts occur or a negative feeling attaches itself to your inner state. 

Set aside at least half an hour daily to meditate.  Choose an area that will be undisturbed and keep it clean and prepared for meditation.  As you sit there and meditate regularly the energy or power that you tap into in meditation will accumulate thus making it easier to go into meditation.  Please see my Youtube.com meditation tape for instructions.  Your mind will come up with all kinds of reasons why not to meditate and when you sit to meditate it will chatter and your body may ache.  Let it all take its course as it will eventually go away as your heart becomes lighter and full of love.  The heart rules the mind and you are in control of your mind and emotions.  It takes a disciplined practice to walk the spiritual path but your choice is to stay at the level of pain due to spiritual contraction or to follow the teachings of liberated Master's who can show you the way.  When I taught adolescents in a detention center how to meditate I used the analogy of what it's like to keep walking into a brick wall and then realizing that life can be approached differently.  It's up to you when the time is right you will want to change.

Things that you can do to focus your mind on positive things when you wake up is to keep a picture of your higher power by your bed so that you connect visually with that Being before you have time to think of anything negative.  Repeat the name of your higher power or mantras that you have been given by a Master.  Breath deeply and easily and thank God for the new day.  Gratitude is an uplifting spiritual practice.  One practice that I have done and found beneficial is to picture my Master's feet above me in the shower.  In the East the feet of the Guru are conduits for God's power or Shakti to pour out to the devotee.  That is why Indian's touch the feet of the master and some worship the sandals or padukas that represent the Guru's feet.  Know that you are being cleansed of all past actions as the power of the Master's feet flow down to you and all negativity's are washed away in the water from your body.  Grow in silence.  Learn to be quiet with God.  That means not having the television or radio on even as background noise.  The more you are silent and the less your senses are pulled outward the more you will connect with your heart.

If you have a particular issue with someone that is causing you inner distress try to go inside and ask yourself to identify what it is that needs to be resolved.  Journal after meditation and what that you experience in meditation will come up if you need to work on particular issues.  Try to resolve problems with relatives and friends and if they are not open to discussing the issue then you will have to pray and release them from your life.  You cannot win every person or battle in the way you would like to end things.  People can have control over many aspects of your life.  They can steal your money for instance or try to do you out of an inheritance as has happened in my family but they cannot change how I respond with detachment and love.  This Power that we possess likes to be in harmony and if people cause disharmony it won't be something that we can live with.  Especially as we are developing on the spiritual path it is good to stay in good company with others who are also on the spiritual path.  For enlightened Master's they can handle the bad karma and energy of people.  Learn to be protective of your own Power.

Your diet is a key component for your spiritual development.  Choose foods that are full of life and have the energy giving force in them still.  I have often seen people eat vegetables that look wilted.  How can that possibly charge your cells?  Become mindful about all that you expose your body to.  That means buying clothes and products that have not been produced by way of harming animals.  In the health food stores there are many organic products that are non-animal tested.  Be aware of the harm caused through dies.  I am a nurse and a patient told me that his great toe and bone became infected due to wearing socks with a dye that got under his toe nail.  If you can wear organic cotton socks with natural dyes.  Gradually your consciousness will want to choose these things for now be mindful and decide what you can give up.  If you can eat only vegetarian foods.  If you buy animal produce Wal-Mart buys from farmers who allow the animals free range.  Buy locally if possible from farmers markets and select the heirloom fruits and vegetables.  The usual store varieties and genetically modified and there are questions about the risks to our health.

Be gentle with yourself.  Learn to structure your day and keep to routines.  Cook for yourself instead of eating out and enjoy the simple foods.  Rest and keep to a regular sleep pattern that will support you spiritually as you meditate and connect with your heart and higher cortex of the brain.  You have been used to responding to emotions that can be brought under control.  Keep to the practices and you will reap the fruits of your efforts because you will have the Grace of your higher power to support you.

Please feel free to contact me at: lawrencerita511@gmail.com

Today reaffirm your belief in yourself.

When your life seems to be going slow or you have a sense of being in a holding pattern it is important to use the inner tools of enlightenment.  Your mind will want to take you down the spiral of despair but there is no truth to your life not being just as it is supposed to be because it doesn't fit your definition of where you life should be.  Perhaps it is in the financial realm, health, relationship or spiritual development that you feel there is a lag.  A spiritual leader used to say "Don't worry be happy!"  Quite a lofty ideal set in a few simple words but true non-the-less.

Use affirmations to keep your mind focused on your goals.  An affirmation is a short paragraph or sentence that says in positive terms that you will achieve a particular goal.  Today I affirm that I will reach out to and uplift a new group of people who will benefit from my work.  Today I affirm that I have the benefit of reaping the rewards of the spiritual work done to date and will be supported by the Grace of my Master.  This is how affirmations work.  They provide the framework for you to build upon to empower yourself on the inside.  There is no room for negativity and self doubt when you are filled with powerful words of positivity. 

Write your goals down and take the necessary steps (or objectives) to reach your goals.  Write three long term goals that you want to achieve by three months out from now.  Then write short term goals that go with the long term goal that you will measure in 1 week, 2 weeks, 3 weeks and at the months end.  Keep track of your achievements and if something is obstructing your path, (most of us experiences a shortage of funds, time or other resources,) don't think for a minute that it means that your project will be derailed.  Instead focus on the parts of your plan that will work until you can draw in the needed money or other resources. 

I encourage meditation and prayer.  Prayer so that you can ask God for what you need and meditation so that you can listen to what God is telling you to do.  Use guided imagery to see yourself with the money you need.  If your goal is to earn a set amount of money - make that amount HUGE!  Why limit yourself with what the universe can supply.  In today's economy it is not unusual to hear predictions about the economy getting worse and worse.  This is good to know and we all should be diligent about making plans to survive a crisis and vote for the right person to represent the public good.  However, don't get too hung up because ultimately God is in control and his universe is abundant and He wants to give us what we wish for as His children.  This is where faith plays an important role in your life.  You have to make the practical steps toward your work and caring for yourself and allow God to bring what you need to you.  It is more about surrender than control.  Know that where doors are closed and things or people in our lives have departed it is another opportunity to elevate your life to new realms of experience. 

Letting go and surrender is a slow process for most of us because it is our natural tendency to want to hang on for dear life to what we feel is secure.  In actuality nothing is secure and the only thing that is for sure is your relationship with God.  Pay attention to who is being brought to you and what resources come to you and use gratitude to infuse potential into all situations.  Every situation is like a seed that can grow into a flower or a huge tree like the mighty oak form a small acorn.  Surrender to what is and sit back comfortably into your life as it takes the form that you wish your life to be.  If your are looking for a broad following then spending time on the web is what will get you to your goal.  Surrender to putting in your personal time.  I have heard of people who sign up to apps that deliver messages at prescribed intervals on Twitter.  In my estimation they are missing out on the real benefit of social networking and that is about relationships.  Gaulding who was a Life Coach coined the term "Return on Relationship."  You will have to let go of habits such as using technology to cut corners.  Prioritize your time and spend as much time as you can building relationships.  Surrender means that your faith in God is such that you can depend on Him and Him alone to provide the circumstance and means for you to reach your goals.  Praise Him and open your heart with gratitude.

Intention is the clear will that you exert when you set goals and objectives.  Intention is like a sharp arrow that is thrust toward the goal or bulls eye from the bow.  There is some practice required and like the archer the more skilled he/she becomes the faster and more accurately the arrow hits the target.  Having a mind that is one pointed comes through spiritual practices.  The one which I insist on having people follow is Meditation.  Start with fifteen or twenty minutes then build up to an hour every day.  Keep a journal and write down what comes up for you.  You may find that your own consciousness will direct you to make certain changes in your business to help you grow and succeed.  The more you meditate the easier it is to access that part of you from which creativity springs forth in whatever form that is uniquely for you.  Mine is business and teaching through writing and networking.  Yours may be music, math, athletics of something else.  Don't suppress your creativity because it is a power guide to direct your path that will help you be successful and earn money. 

Finding balance in your life will bring the harmony that you need to draw money and success.  I have found since spending time with my spiritual Teacher that a disciplined life works best for me.  That means eating vegetarian foods.  If you are not ready to give up meat eating I recommend you shop at Wal-Mart or another store where they buy from farmers who allow animals free range.  Keep your life simple so that your energy can be directed toward your work, thus less distractions with other responsibilities.  Every hour of the day should be planned with activities and spiritual practices and reading that will benefit you.  Make your life your number one priority and put your needs first.  Although we are taught that this is approach is selfish -  it is not.  My Teacher said that we can have all the zeros in the world but unless we put a one first they mean nothing. 

Words are powerful and I want you to read spiritual texts that are meaningful to you.  Claim Biblical passages that assure your protection and good.  Empower yourself through these truths.  Stay away from nonbelievers as much as possible and limit the amount of conversation.  If you have to engage with someone who is not positive keep it short and simple.  Always be polite but that doesn't mean that you let people tread on you.  The work you are undertaking is transformative and it will rattle certain people's cage!  When they see the change in you they will attempt to sabotage or bring you down to their level.  This is lower human behavior and you will take the higher road.  Like a stone being tumbled on the river bed you will become sooth.  Let the process happen and keep yourself uplifted.  Gandhi said "I will never let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet."

Keep your words pure, sweet and simple and breath easy when you feel the pressures of life come upon you.  A French proverb says that a good conscience is like having a feather pillow on which to rest one's head at night.  Try to do the right things and trust God and trust yourself to live the life of your dreams.

Please feel free to contact me:  lawrencerita511@gmail.com

Success is now!

Many people rush toward the goal of achieving success and miss what is expressed by the saying "Stop and smell the roses."  Success is often eluded to as something that is a little beyond our reach and "waiting for us around the corner."  Being in the present moment will draw you attention to what is at hand.  It is the little things that make the big things that create the big picture - beautiful landscape r cozy house.  Really make it anything that you want but don't make yourself limited by your mind's ideas.  You mind may be inclined to have a room with a low ceiling that doesn't allow you to grow tall.  Make that room a huge area with an open glass ceiling to see the sky above.

Always start with clearing what is inside you.   Ask yourself what is creating a negative vibration that is repelling the success that you are working to materialize?  It could come from sources such as resentment, anger or greed.  Whatever it is you are the only one who can identify it and uproot it from your psyche.  You may need to start with counseling depending on where you are.  Always meditate because meditation is a means of connecting with the Universal Power that brings issues to the surface, without having to mentally examine the root causes.  I would advise you not to take medication if they are offered but to stay with the feelings that arise and let them pass through you.  Only if you are ever at a point of having thoughts of suicide or self harm do I advise that route.  And if you take medication before you learn to clear thought the process of meditation, thus increasing your brains ability to function at a higher frequency its obviously okay because it won't be permanent as you gain more traction on the spiritual path.  As you learn to associate the feeling with its root cause you will find that it will loose its grip or power over you.  Pretty soon you will anticipate when you will switch back into some negative association in response to an external event and be able to escape the whole process with a smile and perhaps a laugh at what once caused you anguish and despair.

Don't spend an enormous amount focusing on the negative but keep your hope on the future that lies before you.  Know that by staying in the present moment you will accomplish your objectives that will lead toward your goals.  If you begin to worry that the future will somehow not provide the positive outcomes that you plan on look at why that question is coming up for you.  Is it because of some tangible force or shift in circumstances outside your control.  For example the stock market might not be returning profits for the type of industry that your company represents.  There is no harm in pausing and gathering facts.  Hire a consultant if you need to who will lend a second opinion.  Always read the news and stay abreast of public policy as this affects us all and especially small businesses.  Become politically active and contact your Representatives and Senators whenever you have a concern about policy that can affect your business adversely.  Join organizations that have similar customers, goods or services who can help through being a resource.  Learn how to use your intuition and if you gut feeling is not to do something don't do it until it feels right.

What others say about you personally and as a business owner will impact your success.  Whenever you are in public always remember to be on stage and not to let your tongue get away from you.  There is a term that people in the hospitality business learn - on stage and off stage behaviors.  Until you are in a safe spot or with trusted friends be sure to keep your conversations in safe proximity. You want to be able to project an image that says you are trustworthy and are bound to your principles and virtues.  If you say a kind word to someone that person will always think of you with compassion.  Give to others as you would want them to give to you, as Jesus taught.  When you want to leave an impression in the world make it a good one.  It is much harder to try to salvage the damage that can be caused by a thoughtless rebuke of someone whom you considered insignificant.  You never know how much unofficial power and influence a person holds.  Take for instance a twitter follower.  A person may contact you directly and you may be someone with power and importance and drop that follower for their direct approach.  Who is the looser here?  That person who might not be a political player themselves can have thousands of followers and be a useful support to your business or campaign.  See things in perspective.  Nobody is to small to fail in God's eyes.

Marketing is a key component to success and it takes time to develop relationships.  Don't push to hard to recruit new customers.  Trust that when you put out the best product or service people are going to be able to find you.  Nothing is quite as fast as wild fires and word of mouth.  I read a book a few years ago on the  Grapevine as a marketing strategy that is used by companies who employ people to go out into the public and speak well of their products.  Most of us know who important it is to get a referral when we are looking for a lawyer or dentist for instance.  It puts our minds at ease if someone has a relationship with the person whom we need to obtain goods or services from.  Social network sites have allowed a forum in which we can get to know people over time.  Really get to know your client's well.  Chat with them on line and find out about their lives.  Coach, Tommy Spaulinding coined the term "Return on Relationship."  Just like a farmer who plants the seeds that will grow in response to environmental conditions, you are creating your wealth seeds through relationships.  Each interaction and each helpful gesture that you plant will grow.  Whoever you have influenced positively will look to your company for information or results when the need arises.  Make sure that you have done the ground work with your relationships and enjoy the financial rewards of providing services and goods at the best standards possible.

Your personal life plays a role in your success.  You may be motivated to meet your family's developmental milestones such as buying a home, providing vacations and sendidng kids to college.  Raising children is probably the heaviest financial undertaking that we take.  During your years of raising a family make sure that you are spending time with them.  Make your motto "I like my family better than money."  I watched a television program about Donald Trump and while his blended family members could report that he was a good provider there wasn't any real meaning to their relationship beyond that.  You will have to ask yourself whether you can get up earlier and attend breakfast meetings to accommodate leaving the office to see your kid play in little league.  Prioritize with your family as a focal point.  Spend time with your children each day.  Even for the financailly well off their children are at risk of being deprived of the love and security that can only be learned through contact with parents as role models.  Hire a nanny to spend time with your kids while you and your spouse spend some time together on trips.  Make it a fun time for your kids by planning some local trips with their nanny in your absence.  When your home life is in harmony with your business or professional life you will facilitate and magnify abundance in your life.  Use the model of the four goals of life to evaluate and contemplate how harmonious the areas are: wealth, health, knowledge and liberation (or self-actualization.)

I recommend that you spend a recommended amount of time exercising daily.  I promote yoga because it keeps the body subtle and doesn't put stress on joints.  Whatever you choose is going to work for you because your body needs to be maintained just like the engine of a Porche.  Yoga poses unite your body with the intention that the pose was created.  Yoga poses often use animals and nature to illustrate our own body's needs.  For instance I like the mountain pose because it helps me stand firm in my life and feel grounded.  Find a yoga studio or class near you and committ to a series of physical and inner transformations.  Someone whom I have taken classes from in the past when I visited my Meditation teacher is John Friend.  Check his website for videos etc. to help you with this amazing practice.  Be mindful of what you expose your senses to by not indulging in things that are of a lower nature and I think that you will get my jest without my having to spell it out for you.  When you take in negative qualities through exposure to wrong use of body, hurts your spiritual development.  Don't think that you are free from the effects of the wrong that others participate in because your are viewing it only.  Not so! 

Keep regular hours for sleep and wake up early to meditate.  The early hours are auspicious as the earth is still and that makes it easier to go within.  Learn to use the breath to guide you into meditation.  Breath in deep and long and exhale completely.  Oxygen is essential for life and the more we can get to our cells the better our bodies will be.  Eat vegetarian foods.  Today I received an email claiming that it was a plot from the left to promote vegetarian foods.  I am conservative and don't have to know anything more than from my own experience of being vegetarian has made my intestines clean and body healthier.  I am against factory farming and the inhumane slaughter of animals.  Once you realize the sacredness in all life you will not want to harm other forms of life much less eat them.  Instead join animal rescue organizations and see how these farm animals relate to humans.  If you like your own dog or cat you will like how pigs and goats love you too!  Don't shun what is best for your own good because of your social conditioning.  Learn vegetarian recipes and enjoy eating in a way that promotes health and reverses illnesses such as coronary artery disease as Bill Clinton has recently shared.

Have gratitude for your many blessings that are showered on you throughout the day!  Be at peace and mind the words you use.  I will discuss more about the power of words tomorrow.  Feel free to contact me at lawrencerita511@gmail.com

Moving with the Power within.

One of the most enjoyable scenes from the Bible is that of King David as he danced his way into Jerusalem (I hope that's the correct city.)  Anyway David had a penchant for getting into the groove with God.  He understood God and he could resonate with God's vibrational frequency.  There is a type of Meditation called Sound and Light Meditation and it's just what it says - it connects you with the sound and light vibrations within once you are initiated by the Master.  Through the Grace and guidance of a Master your own frequency of light and sound becomes attuned to that of God.  With liberation you remain emersed at the same vibrational frequency level of God all of the time.

The more pure your own frequency becomes, the more divine sounds you will hear.  David was experiencing these divine sounds as his feet danced and his robes flapped and twirled  about his body. God has the kind of power that fills our body and soul with so much joy and energy that it's only expression comes through the dance like David did on that day.  He must have been a good looking guy with his long golden hair perhaps and sweat pouring off his brow.  He would have been muscular and agile reminding me of a Michael Angelo statue.  Servant women lined the path to cheer him on, perhaps giggling and gaping at the beauty of his movement and flashes of his loins.  Later when he got to his home or palace, his wife was waiting.  She was angered by his open display of his private parts to all the servant women in the city, and scolded him for his brazenness.  That scene ended their relationship because his wife didn't understand him.  His dance was about his love for God, and the power that flowed through him was so powerful that it moved his body and soul.  He was totally in the present and it was totally about his togetherness or oneness with God.

I like total abandonment to God and it's up to others if they wish to judge - farewell my friend!  I would rather be called mad for God.  Yet you must be sincere with your love for God.  If not, who do you think you're fooling?  Don't you think that God could sense David's fervor?  I hope that we all move our bodies and feel the Power of God's Love and Majesty in every movement.  Taking care of our bodies and being agile and athletic as David was, is a worthy goal that God will support you in achieving.  We all have our karma to deal with in life.  Some of you may actually be burdened with some physical illness and I hope that you will still try to reach your potential.

Bill Clinton has a tape which I have posted on this site.  He shares how he is undoing the damage that he caused his body through vegetarian diet which allows the body to unclog the arteries.  I recommend vegetarian diets because I have found it to be a very clean way of keeping the intestines clean.  Also you don't absorb the antibiotics and steroids that they feed to live stock.  If you haven't already done so please watch "Food, Inc."  (posted on this site.)  We are supposed to be a civilized society and when I saw how factory farms operate and the cruelty that is done to the animals it breaks my heart.  The slaughterhouses are like something out of hell.  Is this what you are looking to energize your body that is a vessel for God?  My Teacher asks "Why do you want to make your body into a graveyard?"

I like business and have always thought that people should be able to earn as much money as they desire.  Business creates the potential for wealth and as long as you tithe and take care of your loved ones, money is a blessing.  Whenever you are stingy with money it shrinks your capacity for love and contracts your experience of the power of abundance.  Generosity is always the higher path and even if it's a little bit it's always a good thing to give.  If you run a business be aware of what is going on with your customers and don't just take from them.  If you live from the heart you will do this naturally.  Let's all strive for abundance and create opportunities in our lives where we can "go for it" as the saying goes.  Create an avenue for your business to serve your community.  For instance Office Max sponsors "Adopt a Classroom," so that children will get the school supplies they need.  Tommy Spaulding a famous Coach impacted they way people network.  His philosophy was always to serve those you were wanting to be your clients and take the relationship to a higher place through getting to know your client's lives thoroughly.  It takes effort and a desire to connect on a deeper level.  He called his networking "netgiving" because the focus was always on the client's needs and giving them what they needed and more by going the extra mile.  As the saying goes "Just do it!"  Your heart may not be as open to this idea as you would like but the more you step out into the realm of generosity, more will come back to you.  That is a natural law of the universe.  Make your intention clear about your desire, then release it.  If you hold onto the intention it will become the focus instead of the process that is about to unfold that will bring blessings to you.

Ask yourself what is your deep passion.  What do you need to "go for it?"  David didn't hold back and he didn't take a berating from his wife either.  It is important to know yourself through self-enquiry and journaling.  When you are confident about who you are you can be a pillar of strength for others who need you to help them grow.  If you are in business it is your responsibility to deliver all that you say you will and do it in a loving and courteous way.  If you are doing something that you don't like try to build a business up on the side and when it is more fully developed you can maybe switch.  Keep your enthusiasm high by preparing and always honoring whatever you are called or asked to do.  Like David don't let anyone rob you of your power.  Follow the advise of one of the world's greatest power brokers, Mahatma Gandhi, "I will never let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet."

The week is ahead of you now and it's important to write your goals out.  Write a long term goal for the month and split it up into measurable weekly or short term goals.  Stay focused on your projects and keep working day and night to get the job done.  Excellence is the key to getting referrals.  When people speak highly of your work they will be bound to tell others.  The process is character building for you and motivating when you get as Spaulding coined "Return on Relationships."  Who gets up thinking of doing something with a negative attitude and gets it done well?  No one I hope!  You need to be your own hockey or football coach.  Life is like a training camp but the game is for real.  Be sure that your self talk is positive and that you are spurring yourself to continue on.  Attitudes are contagious so make sure yours is worth catching.  Believe in yourself and put your trust in God or your Higher Power.  Remember to think of your God or Higher Power through out the day and speak to He/She as though she were with you in every moment.  Know that God wants you to succeed and that you will have many blessings to help you accomplish fame, fortune or whatever your ultimate goal.

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