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KILL Inferiority/Superiority
June 15, 2007, 1:12 am
Filed under: d:e:r, IM'IJ, IRD, reaLIVEty


this feeling of inferiority comes about for one reason: we judge ourselves and measure ourselves, not against our own “norm” or “par” but against some other individual’s “norm”. when we do this, we always without exception, come out second best.

but because we think, and believe, and assume that we SHOULD measure up to some other person’s “norm”, we feel miserable and second-rate, and conclude that there must be something wrong with us.

inferiority and superiority are reverse sides of the same coin. the cure lies in realizing that the coin itself is spurious.

the TRUTH about YOU is this:
YOU are NOT inferior.
YOU are NOT superior.
YOU are simply YOU.

YOU as a personality and as a soul are not in competition with any other soul simply because there is not another person on the face of the earth like you, or in your particular class.

YOU are an individual. YOU are unique. YOU are NOT like any other person and can never become like any other person. YOU are NOT sposed to be like any other person and no other person is sposed to be like you.

GOD did not create a standard of a person and in someway label that person saying: “this is it”. He made every human being individual and unique just as He made every snowflake or star individual and unique. GOD had never indicated any preference for any one size, shape or color.

STOP MEASURING YOURSELF against “their” standards. YOU are NOT them and can NEVER measure up. neither can they measure up to yours — nor should they.

once you see this simple, rather self-evident truth, accept it and believe it, your inferior and superior feelings will vanish.

then you can now go and live your difference.

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OC : The Yellow Brick Road
May 30, 2007, 7:47 pm
Filed under: d:e:r, IM'IJ, IRD, reaLIVEty, sorts


one of the trippest things about constant self-actualization is the whole “Reticular Activation System” phenomenon.

what is Reticular Activation System? well first, it is a big mouthful of a word like ceLIVErity.

basically, RAS is what filters out information you do not need and focuses in on what you DO, so that you are able to tune into the things that are both most valuable and most threatening to you, and keep yourself alive.

is there something valuable around like a hot person or your favourite food?

RAS tunes into it.

did you hear a gun shot go off?

RAS tunes into that too.

seriously, this stuff is sooooooo weird, but once you recognize it, you will find yourself seeing it constantly.

again, it is RAS that makes you suddenly start constantly noticing it.

the whole RAS thing is also why the rule of focus on what you want, not on what you do not want is so massively, utterly important.

when you are focused on what you want, your RAS eventually leads you to find the solution.

in my case, learning the whole “IRD” journey has been about a five year personal odyssey.

i would constantly have all sorts of crippling sticking points that i could not find my way around. maybe i could get rapport but not an inside. maybe an inside but not a chill time. later it became getting socially savvy but could never make it to the finish line.

and all that, to be honest, was the least of it.

i also had goals like learning to be more chilled out, more real, and natural. that was even more difficult, but it allowed me to become a “ceLIVErity” with people who really *does* very little when i talk to them other than just to *be* who i am.

beyond success with IRD, there was also the personal odyssey of dating my destiny full time. with my destiny, i was/am constantly circling around various concepts, unable to figure out the missing pieces.

it almost drove me to the brink of insanity on some nights.

funny enough, a lot of the answers i came to were ALREADY OUT THERE and fairly well known by lots of people. i would just never previously been aware of them.

i only FOUND absolutely vital resources because i knew what i wanted, and RAS eventually pointed me in the right direction.

personally, i have full faith that you can accomplish whatever you set your mind to accomplish, EVEN IF YOU HAVE NOT THE SLIGHTEST CLUE OF HOW YOU WILL DO SO, just so long as you focus on WHAT YOU WANT and put yourself in a position where have absolutely no choice but to succeed.

in my case, i will travel to different locations and put myself into various situations to keep stimulating my brain with new input until it finds the answers or creative inspirations that it needs.

that is also why i advise people who are supremely dedicated towards accomplishing a personal goal OR committed to dating their destiny to travel and get as much new mental input as humanly possible.

it is often during these experiences that people find their “missing piece”.

i have always got SOMETHING i am journeying on. something edgy. something fun. something real. something out there (way out there).

the process i am talking about here, it is the process that i have TOTAL FAITH IN in order to get this stuff done.

it is something i have had to learn to harness over time, as well as to redirect outwardly so the process is mostly “outside of my head” and done “in the moment” rather than using up all my mental energy. here and now.

shooting it straight, it is not always easy.

but, hey, my soul craves stimulation and experiences … and life is just so darned short.

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Smooth Stone
May 17, 2007, 1:32 pm
Filed under: d:e:r, reaLIVEty, sorts


i realize we all fully acknowledge and embrace the marvelous factor of faith and we all know that without your exercise and attitude of faith before the Lord, He derives no pleasure from the relationship. and yet faith is coupled with hope. and hope is all about the things you do not yet see that God has promised that you confidently expect are on the way. you and i are called to be prisoners of hope and return to the Stronghold Himself in the day of adversity and act as prisoners of hope when you are tempted to act as a prisoner of discouragement or despair (Zech. 9:12).

the apostle Paul was about to have one of the greatest breakthroughs in his ministry in Macedonia and yet when he tells the story about what is was like moving into that new territory with the gospel he said his entire team wrestled with “fightings without and fears within” (2 Corinthians 7:5). have you ever had fightings without and fears within? if you are a warrior in the Kingdom, you surely have. you also have had to learn how to feel the fear and not lose your courage in the process.

do i believe we are in a season of unprecedented opportunity? yes i do, however, i have come to learn a few things about times and seasons. because this is a season of breakthrough and unprecedented opportunity, it is also a season of tremendous warfare and opposition from the powers of darkness. learning how to believe the report of the Lord in the presence of the report of the enemy is not always as easy as some might want you to believe.

not one of the promises of God is simply “received.” LOTS of saints act as if they just “receive” the promise, it will happen. THIS COULD NOT BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH because the Scripture teaches that the promises have to be OBTAINED. if you are going to possess the land, you have to walk the land and put your foot on every place God has promised. and in the land God promised you, there are SQUATTERS! they are illegal residents who have no business on your inheritance, however they are there. they are also GIANTS.

giants by their very size can seem overwhelming. they also cast a big shadow because they stand in front of the LIGHT and block it so you cannot see it, so all you see when they are facing off with you is their overwhelming shadow. you know the old saying “the bigger they are the harder they fall” do you not? of course you do. they do not fall though without confrontation and a fight – just ask David when he had to face off with Goliath (and that was only the beginning because Goliath had four other brothers as big as he was, and David eventually took all of them down as well). that is the reason David picked up FIVE STONES out of the brook when he went to Goliath. he was not afraid the first one would not work, he was aware that one shot would not be sufficient to take out what was oppressing his people!

this brings me to an important point: Goliath had formidable weapons and a formidable, intimidating presence. David only had a sling and a smooth stone – yet it was all David needed. no weapon formed against you shall prosper if you have a sling and a SMOOTH STONE!

you remember that David attempted to work with Saul’s armor and it was not the right “fit” because David had not worked in that kind of armor before. it was awkward, it was uncomfortable, and most importantly it was not David. when you face your greatest enemies, you may be tempted to listen to others who give advice as to how to conquer the powers of darkness, and as long as they give you godly counsel and share the principles of the Word, they are doing well. the moment they assume that what works for them will work for you in terms of their method of fighting the good fight of faith, they are now putting on you what is exclusive to them. You cannot fight with someone else’s methodology because you are unique.

there is a “feel” to warfare and there is also a rhythm to warfare, and when you are out of your own element you are also out of sync. the enemy would love to take you when you feel out of sync and out of sorts. so, like David, you have to cast off anything (including Saul’s armor) that does not feel like your normal posture and does not fit you in mind, body, or will.

David had only two things: a stick and a smooth stone. when he approached the giant, David was actually at a place of being comfortable in his own skin! one of the greatest keys to effective warfare is being comfortable in your own skin. you have to learn how by faith to be comfortable being who you are. there is a “YES I AM WHO I AM IN CHRIST” when the enemies of your soul seek to intimidate, overwhelm, and overshadow you, blocking the light of God’s presence so as to discourage you, that they find quite unsettling.

when you are comfortable in your own skin, you are comfortable with your own “way of being”. you have a “way of being” that results in your “way of doing” that culminates in your “way of having” what you have believed for.

David’s way of being was skillful and even playful, yet it was unique and unconventional. you will not win in the warfare that we are facing in this season with the armor of a former generation. this generation is unique and you have to rely on both your skillfulness and your playfulness in order to defeat the enemy in the streets of battle. David was skillful because he became quite masterful with a sling (a stick with a piece of leather looped at the top of it where the stone was placed).

Goliath was offended when David faced off with him and only had a sling. the giant said: “Am I a dog that you come at me with a stick?” in actual fact, Goliath confessed more truth in his own statement than he realized. the Gentiles were often called “dogs” because of their wild and oppressive nature in the flow of Biblical history. the word here for “dog” is a wild and untamed dog. secondly, it reveals that in actual fact, Goliath has some insecurity about how he sees himself. here is a secret that needs to get out: your enemy is already defeated, he knows it, and it makes him angry because it reveals how insecure he actually is and HOW VULNERABLE HE IS to someone who is secure in their way of being (who they are in Christ) and in their way of doing (the weapons of their warfare – which are not natural, they are SUPER natural). when your way of being is naturally supernatural, your way of doing is supernaturally natural to you (in other words, David was so comfortable in his own skin and with his own weapons that it was second nature to him and was like child’s play!).

the “stick”, by the way, is a type of the Cross that is the POWER OF GOD UNTO SALVATION! what about the “smooth” stone? first of all, you have got to love that word “smooth”. the root word for it implies “to impart; to assign”. think about your destiny, your calling, and your life purpose. it requires the fashioning of the Lord according to His pattern and purpose so as to reveal His power.

David knelt down at the Brook Besor to get five (the number of grace) smooth stones. when you kneel in prayer by the flow of the river of Good News (Besor comes from the Hebrew word that means good news and from which we get “gospel”), you get encouragement and hope. the promises of God are always in the affirmative for you: YEA and AMEN! so David humbles himself as a prisoner of hope, and in kneeling before the flow of the river of good news, he reaches in and lays hold of the process of Grace that over the periods of the history of the move of God from the beginning, have been imparting and assigning significance to the weapons of your warfare. when a stone is smooth and placed in a sling, it will sail through the air with minimal wind resistance. contrary winds can seek to obstruct the pathway of a stone if it is not smooth. the contrary winds of darkness can seek to arrest your development and your progress, yet it is a weapon that is doomed to fail because your smooth stone, your weapon, is so perfected that it is “wind-proof” (or should i say “contrary wind” proof so that the spirits of darkness cannot prevent your weapon from hitting the enemy precisely at the level of authority and headship).

once David renders the enemy unconscious with his smooth approach, he renders him powerless by using Goliath’s own sword to disconnect his head from his body. God intends to disconnect the councils of death (gates of hell) from hell’s ability to carry out the decrees of the councils of death and hell.

Beloved, the enemy will be immobilized in your life. the trying of your faith is working out something more precious than gold. be encouraged and stay strong!

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Project Soul [RTS] : Back To Basics (2002)
March 11, 2007, 12:00 am
Filed under: d:e:r, IM'IJ, IRD, reaLIVEty, wealthventurity | mow, wellnessentials


i was going through random notes i had written down through the years to file which ones to keep and which ones to trash. and i came upon this note that was written back in 2002. the headline i wrote was “Project Soul : [RTS] : Back To Basics”. basics to living life. basics to who we really are. the basics. the essentials. a reminder. this is what was written on the one page:

i am a SPIRIT.

everyone is created equally.
-we all have equal potential
-we are all as good, beautiful as the next person
-no one is “better” than the other

GOD loves us no matter what.

there is NO limitation or lack in the spirit.
-only limitation, lack that exist is because we created it with our own minds or simply because we limit ourselves, but there really is no limit or lack.

our paradigm/condition can either hold us back or move us forward.

our attitude/perception to a great extent has a lot to do with the way we experience life and the way we treat people AND vice versa.

we are/were all created in GOD’s own image.

we have infinite (creative) power within us.

wisdom/knowledge/awareness is the only problem we all ever face.

knowing who GOD is AND knowing who you are IS the key to self-esteem and self-confidence.

we become what we think and feel about.

you are a CO-CREATOR.

EVERYTHING operates by LAW.

there is no one like you, so stop trying to fit in or be like everyone else. break the mold. stand out to fit in. cut yourself out of the line of paperdolls.

you cannot be happy outside or with others IF you are not happy inside or with yourself first. your inside experience determines your outside experience.

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Inch By Inch Consistency
March 8, 2007, 4:07 am
Filed under: d:e:r, IM'IJ, IRD, reaLIVEty, sorts, wealthventurity | mow, wellnessentials

your mind has a certain perception of what level of success you should have, and whether you like it or not, your mind will constantly play games with you to keep you at the level of success it thinks you should achieve.

this is one of the freakiest, hard to deal with barriers that you will ever encounter.

to truly transform and experience “deep identity level change”, you will have to fight and force and continually manage it the entire way through.

one of the biggest games your mind will play is making you remember and focus mostly on the events in your life it thinks are in alignment with the level of success that you are accustomed to – therefore allowing itself to be lazy and avoid working through the complexities of adjusting to a new set of beliefs.

so for example, if you do not think that you would be able to easily figure out the complexities of gaining massive success, your mind will literally screen out and forget all the good things you have done – in order that you do not get any “big ideas” about what you are really capable of, and submerge yourself into a new reality that would be taxing for your mind to have to think through.

your mind’s agenda is different than your own.

of course, it is fundamentally important that you force your mind to continually refocus on the positive that has happened (even if it is just ONE INCH of progress) – which can be done by journaling daily, talking about the good things that happened with friends who are supportive, or just regularly taking stock of how far you have come.

whatever it is, you have got to focus on that. no matter how small it might appear.

once your mind is conditioned to do this on its own then you have reached your goal and it is no longer something you have to do consciously – although if you find yourself falling back into old patterns, you will have to bring back the fundamentals and readjust.

you might say: “Why can’t I just look at my successes and failures realistically and focus on them with equal weight?”

but without a focus on the positive you really have nothing to build on.

you are not trying to be a scientist here.

you have got to force your mind to register it’s “OK” to take on a new set of foreign behaviours (even if they are in severe in conflict with your social conditioning), and to trust in a fresh set of bearings for a positive response.

by doing this, you scramble your mind’s attempts to self-sabotage you, and then you rewind and reground yourself at a later point once you have got the new reality locked down.

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rhythm : Life In Priorities OR Priorities In Life
March 7, 2007, 3:06 pm
Filed under: d:e:r, reaLIVEty, sorts


we all want to be happy. but, we are too busy. too busy doing what? too busy TRYING to be happy.

that is the paradox of happiness that has bewitched our age.

a hundred and fifty years ago, Henry David Thoreau left Concord, Massachusetts, because he believed it had become too noisy, too distracting, and too busy. he went off to Walden Pond to reconnect with himself and with nature. it took him only seven pages and reflections to conclude: “Most men lead lives of quiet desperation.”

one of the strange and false ideas that are propagated in the modern world is that an important and successful person is always busy. another of those strange ideas is that material success is the measure of greatness. many people judge others, and are judged themselves, by how busy they are and how much money they earn. the result is that many rush around in a frenzy, dressed in designer label clothes, trying to give the appearance that they are busy and earning a lot of money — after all, these are the symbols of success!

the cost of this is the loss of the necessary consistency and harmony in our lives. the cost of this type of success is often the loss or failure to find and live one’s very self — our truest and deepest desires, talents, dreams, needs, and the necessary pursuit of these. sadly, with our focus fixed so firmly on these other, less important, almost inconsequential things, many of us are completely unaware of what we have lost or are missing.

we let the things we do get in the way. we get carried away with doing. we become human doings instead of human beings. life is about being and becoming.

there must be more to life.

*

as the days draw nearer to me leaving and moving to live by the ocean, i get a lot of questions regarding it (especially about work/money issues. in other words, priorities), mostly by people who do not really know me. the last six months or so has led me to this part of my journey, which is, living a life of success (life based on symbols of success) to now living a life of authenticity that is filled with freedom, adventure, beauty, intimacy, and fun — here and now.

ever since knowing John and Stasi several years ago, i have endeavored to live my life out of and from my deep heart, and at the same time, inviting others to do so. my friend Owen and i talk a lot about this. authentic being and living, identity, living in the moment, being a man, ego versus self-esteem amongst others. we both agree that it is good and maybe even vital for you to go after the things you want, because it improves YOUR OWN QUALITY OF LIFE. however, if anything, these things should be layered ON TOP of who you are BEING. the HAVING is layered on your DOING which is layered on who you are BEING (or your BEING) — and not a substitute for your BEING.

one of the most recent books i purchased and LOVED is Michael Jordan’s “Driven From Within”. Jordan talks about “authenticity” and how in his business he is not looking to bend to the latest fad. this is a core of who he is a player, a businessman, and a human being. he is constantly looking for his products to be a reflection of who he is, and believes that by constantly asserting who he is that he will have more longevity as a company.

authenticity is the PRECISE mindset that has gotten me whatever level of success i have had — which to me means knowing WHO YOU ARE and ASSERTING it rather than trying to be something you are not. as long as you have LIVED IN THE RIGHT WAY, or you are walking your path, you can carry yourself with full confidence and integrity because you KNOW THAT.

and when it comes to the issue of work/money. i believe we work because if gives us pleasure. you earn money by creating MSIs. or the work you passionately love creates your monetary wealth. work was created for man, not man for work. YOUR WORK is WHO YOU ARE. your work — that is a part of the value that you bring into this world. it is your LIFE FORCE. a part of the living energy that will outlast you after you are gone.

i see guys who do not “get” this and i want to shake them out of it. like: “SNAP OUT OF IT!!!”

this is LIFE and it is passing you one minute at a time.

all that will matter when you die is that you LIVED YOUR LIFE (heart and soul) and TOOK IT ALL IN.

your rep. your lifestyle obsession. your cashflow. these are only MEANS TO AN END.

ultimately happiness is found through authenticity, living your values, and bringing one hundred percent to everything you do and most importantly, living YOUR BEING 100%. happiness is not in the past, nor in the future. it is in the HERE. it is in the NOW.

there is a little story i have been sharing with people lately when they ask me about “WHY?” i am moving to the island. to that, i reply: “why not?” i mean, when you think, really think, about it, all the LIFE we really have is in the NOW. LIFE is not in the past, it is not in the future. LIFE is NOW. and we are sposed to be LIVING it, not working towards it or fixing/working on it, not when you become “successful” or retire. it is not the destination, it is the journey, remember?

and as the official theme song of reaLIVEty (and one of my LIFE songs), Bon Jovi’s I’ts My Life says:
“it’s my life
it’s now or never
i ain’t gonna live forever
i just want TO LIVE WHILE I’M ALIVE
it’s my life”

so, here, come. let me share with you this story.

*

once upon a time, there was an investment banker. he lived in NYC, was phenomenally successful, and made a ton of money. but his life was busy, noisy, and very stressful.

so, once a year, he would leave the city and go down to a small coastal village in Mexico. for two weeks, he would rest, relax, and allow himself to be rejuvenated.

one day, he was standing on the pier just before lunch, looking out to sea, when he noticed a small fishing boat coming into dock. he thought this was a little strange, because most of the fishermen used to stay out late in the afternoon so they could catch as many fish as possible, before coming in and preparing the fish for market.

curiosity overcame him. so he walked over to where the fishing boat was about to dock. looking into the boat, he saw just one fisherman and several large yellowfin tuna.

“How long did it take you to catch those fish?” he asked the fisherman.

“Not very long,” the fisherman replied with a smile.

“Is there something wrong with your boat?” the American asked.

“Oh, no,” the fisherman said. “In 13 years, I have never had a problem with the boat.”

The American was a little perplexed, so he asked the fisherman: “Why don’t you stay out there longer and catch more fish?”

The fisherman smiled again and said: “I have plenty for my family’s immediate needs. Some of the fish we can eat, and the others we can sell or trade for the other things we need.”

“But it’s not even lunchtime. What do you do with the rest of your time?”

“In the morning,” the fisherman explained, “I like to sleep late. When I wake, I fish a little, mostly for the pleasure of fishing. In the afternoon, I play with my children and take a siesta with my wife. In the evenings, I have dinner with my family. And then, when my children are sleeping, I stroll into the village, where I sip wine and play guitar and sing a few songs with my amigos.”

The American scoffed and said: “I’m a Harvard MBA and I can help you!”

The fisherman was a little skeptical, but nonetheless he obliged and asked: “How?”

“You should fish longer every day,” the American counseled, “late into the afternoon. This way you will catch more fish, make more money, and you can buy a bigger boat. With the bigger boat, you will catch even more fish, make even more money, and then you can buy another boat and hire another man to work the second boat.”

“But what then?” the fisherman inquired.

“Oh, we are just getting started,” the American volleyed. “With two boats, you’ll catch even more fish and make even more money, and before you know it, you’ll have a whole fleet of boats and every man in the village looking for work will come to you.”

“But what then?” the fisherman asked.

“Before too long, you can cut out the middleman, sell your fish direct to the cannery, and make more money. As your fleet of boats continues to expand, you can build your own cannery. And before you know it, you’ll be able to leave this small coastal village, move to Mexico City, and manage your expanding enterprise.”

“But what then?” the fisherman persisted.

“Well then, you can begin to ship your fish to different parts of the world. Down into Asia and Australia and up into North America. And as demand grows for your fish, you can leave Mexico City, move to Los Angeles, open a distribution plant there, and begin to ship your fish to Europe and every corner of the globe.”

“But what then?” the fisherman asked again.

The American continued: “By then your business will be one of the great ventures of the industry. You can move to New York City and manage your empire from the epicenter of the business world.”

“How long will all this take?” the fisherman asked.

“Twenty-five, maybe thirty years,” the banker explained.

“But what will I do then?” the fisherman asked.

The American’s eyes lit up like a Christmas tree. “That’s the best part,” he said. “When the time is just right, you can go down to Wall Street, list your business as a public company, offer an IPO, and make millions and millions of dollars.”

“Millions?” the fisherman asked.

“More money than you ever dreamed you could earn in ten lifetimes,” the American explained.

“But what then?” the fisherman asked.

The American did not know what to say. He had reached his climax. He was stumped. But then a thought crossed his mind and triggered an idea, and he turned once more to the fisherman and spoke.

“Well then, you could move to a small coastal village. . . . You could sleep late. . . . You could fish just for the pleasure of fishing. . . . In the afternoons, you could take siesta with your wife. . . . In the evenings, you could have dinner with your family . . . and then you could stroll into the village and sip wine and play guitar and sing songs with your amigos . . .”



I Agree With Owen
February 13, 2007, 3:23 pm
Filed under: d:e:r, IM'IJ, IRD, reaLIVEty, sorts


first:

the human mind is wired to be social, and so to figure out reality it is always looking for:

1. who has the most unwavering certainty

2. who the least emotional reaction to conflicting views

next:

you really only have emotional responses when:

1. the other person has a higher value than you

2. you need something from them more than they need something from you (ie: you might have higher status, but still need them to respond the way you want in order to uphold your reality, whereas they don’t need that from you)

when i see someone caring about what people think or say about them, or how they rate their girls or boys, or how other people respond to their posts, or whatever else — it tells me that their reality is still easily tossed around.

to me, there are two types of responses in posts –

1. a straightforward one, even addressing confusions or differences in beliefs

2. a “I need to re-establish my reality” one, where the post they are responding to, even if stupid, still messed with their reality and they are trying to set the world straight because they need other people to believe what they believe in order to maintain their reality.

i know in my case, if i respond to something, i ask myself: “Am I coming from a place of wanting to offer value, or am I trying to get other people to think what I think so that I can feel more certainty about it?”

something to think about.



A Note : One Or The Other
January 17, 2007, 3:37 am
Filed under: d:e:r, reaLIVEty

do you know what most people wish for, when it comes to improving their own life?

more stuff. especially abundance. financial and material abundance.

because they think having more stuff will contribute to their overall happiness.

but do you know what most people wish for when it comes to the lives of the ones they most love and cherish?

happiness, peace, creative work, fulfilling relationships.

because they understand that once these things are in order, stuff, especially abundance, will automatically take care of itself.

one of these two things does not belong with the other . . .



For Love Or For Money?
January 5, 2007, 12:00 am
Filed under: d:e:r, reaLIVEty, wealthventurity | mow

i get to have conversations with a lot of people about life (and more so in coaching sessions), particularly where their dreams/desires and money are concerned. and usually the case is that they are betwixt between pursuing their desires versus the “responsibility” of making money (for the future, etc). i always tell them to follow their bliss. creating wealth has NOTHING to do with the job or career you are in (the hat one wears is not the factor of creating and attracting wealth). i am oversimplifying this, of course. but the essence of wealth is so far off into the left field for most people.

years ago, Scrully Blotnick conducted a study of 1500 people. they were put into two categories: Category A said they would pursure money first and do what they really wanted to do later. over 1245 people went into that group. Category B, made up of 255 people, said they would seek their interests first, and trust that money would follow later.

what happened?

twenty years later, there were 101 millionaires from the entire group. only one came from group A. the remaining 100 millionaires all came from group B, the group that said they would pursue their passions first and let money come later. right there is another clue on how to attract money.

where is your focus — on money or passion?



Does God Want You To Be Rich Or Poor?
December 13, 2006, 7:17 am
Filed under: d:e:r, reaLIVEty, wealthventurity | mow

a recent edition of Time Magazine covered the ongoing debate between Christians regarding whether it is “God’s will” for you to prosper or be impoverished.

with Your Best Life Now by Pentecostal minister Joel Olsteen topping the charts at over 4 million copies, many fundamental Christians are up in arms. Olsteen states that “God wants you to prosper in all areas of life” while some evangelicals like the bestselling author of The Purpose Driven Life, fellow mega-pastor Rick Warren, finds the very basis of prosperity “laughable”. “This idea that God wants everyone to be wealthy?” says Warren. “There is a word for that: baloney.”

so, with each side of the house throwing philosophical and biblical rocks at each other, the question for us to ponder is: “which is right?”

the answer: both.

understanding the fundamentals of consciousness, as well as the spiritual laws, God wants whatever you want. HE is the one who placed those “desires” in you.

no more, no less.

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