Living the life we create

James ray walks the talk and talks the talk

2009-01-15T11:29:00.003-06:00

Most of us are familiar with the phrase that when the student is ready the teacher shows up. This I believe happens over and over again as we grow in our awareness of deeper understandings of whatever it is we focus on.
Last evening in Houston, James Ray, one of the teachers of the movie The Secret spoke to a crowd of 600 hungry people. Hungry for new answers, new insights and new ideas that would catapult their lives to new levels of living.

James asked the crowd why they came, one person answered because he wanted to be motivated. James Ray said that motivation comes from the outside and the inspiration which he will provide comes from the inside.”It is not what we do but how we do it,” he said. He continued, “life is an internal game.” He spoke of what he has learned and is considered to be an expert in the law of attraction. He said that he knows what he is talking about as he lived these experiences going from the top of a great life to the bottom with nothing-losing everything. He shared with us the development of what he calls “The Science of Success”( an available CD series) which provide strategies to get whatever you want and to also sustain them. He went on to say that the word inspiration comes from the words “in spirit.” He added that it is important to pay attention to our emotions and to work to recognize what moves us emotionally.

I particularly enjoyed how he shared with us from the time he was a “nerd” in high school he read ferociously about science, quantum physics and the spiritual laws. He talked about multiple world theory which is the idea that 11 dimensions exist simultaneously and one of them has us being multimillionaires.(isn’t this Abraham’s vibrational escrow?) He then added that everything is energy and energy can never be destroyed. He shared the works of Carl Pedram, Nobel Prize winner and neurosurgeon who writes that “there is nothing outside of you that isn’t inside of you.”
He talked about resonance and the idea that one cannot perceive anything that you cannot resonate with. He wanted to shatter rumors and coach us on what he called,” going three for three” with thoughts, feelings, and actions all firing at the same time.

He next talked about “living from the outcome” making decisions based upon where you are going vs. where you are. If for an example you want to lose weight, before you eat that cookie, you ask what would a person with an ideal body do? Then you must do it. If you want to experience more prosperity in your life, before you spend money on something frivolous, you ask what would a person who is financially sound would do, then you must do that. He shared the quote,” you will only become as rich as the amount of debt that you can sustain.”He added that so many of us barely scratch the surface of our potential. He wanted to become an example to the world.

My next favorite part was how he talked about Einstein’s idea of time as an illusion. He drew a straight line on a chart with an arrow at each end pointing to the right and left. On the left he said is where we place the past, on the right arrow is where we place the future, and in the center is where we place now. Then he drew a spiral spinning over the whole chart and said this is how time really is. We are expanding and isn’t it true that in this spiral more content can be held? We are expanding beings. The law of expansion allows us to get big enough to encompass more. As each of us become more, we encompass more.

Then some work began: he asked us to look at any area of our life where we deserve more. He said that deep inside each of us we know that life was not meant to be a struggle. If we are not living joyously and abundantly in all areas of our life, we are unplugged from Source. Further if you are not growing—you are dying. He asked if we were ready to grow and do something radically different.

He then shared the content from his new book entitled, “Harmonic Wealth” as well as attempting to enroll us in signing up for his offerings in his Harmonic Wealth weekends. He said that wealth translates to “well being.” His work is about assisting each of us in living in a state of harmony and well being. If you don’t have what you want—you have limiting beliefs. His analogy was that if you can consider that when you minimize a program on your computer, although you no longer see it. It is still running. This is how unresolved emotional issues can run our life. By releasing these issues we can be set free to heal, love, and empower ourselves.

Next, he showed us what he calls the five pillars of harmonic wealth.
They include;
· Relationship-to ourselves, others and the world,
· Physical-which includes our body, and our physical belongings (our homes, cars, trips we take)
· Mental-which deals with our MIND, intellect and emotions.
· What are we reading and listening to each day?” All leaders are readers” he added.
· Financial-has to do with money, and
· Spiritual- which is harder to define and involves each of our one-on-one connections to Source and the understanding that we are connected to something greater than ourselves.
He ended the evening quoting Carl Jung with” When an unconscious issue is not made conscious it shows up outside of us as fate.”
It was nice sharing the evening with James Ray, four of my friends and 600 other like minded people who are on this shared path of spiritual growth and expansion.

I appreciate James Ray for sharing with us how he turned his life around from financial ruin in 2000 to making multimillion dollars today. Ten times what he had in his previous successes. He said,” that what one person can do, all can do.” The evening serves to reinforce that James, like many others, in similar seminars and the latest books reinforce what I believe to be true. There are spiritual laws and when one lives by them, like a mathematical certainty the outcome will be the same.

I have been inspired to read his newest book, ”Harmonic Wealth” if you are interested visit R-n-R’s store to find it. http://www.reachingnewrealities.com/

Article written by

Joan Maresh Hansen

New beginings

2009-01-13T12:39:00.008-06:00

2009 is off to ~a WONDERFUL start~

Sometimes it's not exactly midnight New Years Eve that the new beginnings start taking effect. For me and some of my friends, it was just the start of letting 2008 go, then allowing the first couple of weeks of 2009 to take seed and start the growing process. Taking the time to shower the seeds with fresh ideas and feeding those ideas with daily positive nutrition was just the recipe we needed.

We feel better and better everyday and even though we sometimes overhear the nay sayers and negative nellies trying to tell us all about how bad things are and how much worse they are going to get, we remain commited to growing our positve, loving, kind, full of life seeds. Feeling all the joy life is, and is becoming.

If your 2009 is off to a slow start and you want help in planting your seeds with fresh ideas, feel free to call on the swirl girls. We have monthly workshops and we also offer private coaching.

Writen by
Marian LaSalle
http://www.reachingnewrealities.com/

Clearing The Air

2008-12-04T11:54:00.005-06:00

Clearing the Air
By Tonya Crews

So often times the events of our day to day living that we deem negative, land on the “replay” button of our memories, paralyzing our natural inclinations to joyful existence. Many feel the desire to figure out what went wrong and therefore allow the ugly, angry details to envelope their thoughts. Some swear of their innocence, rightness…(fill in the blank) and so, stubbornly hold tight to the justification of the quarrel, only lengthening the gap between them and their own peace of mind. What good purpose does any of this harboring serve?

Writing a letter, hashing out all of your pent up anger, frustration, resentment, etc. is a technique that some regard as a proper tool to eliminate negative emotions on your problem but I believe that will only exacerbate the past and bring it to the forefront of your now. Instead, I’d like to offer a different approach, with which you can experience a particular incident with a whole new perspective.

Write a letter and design the scenario as if it went exactly as you intended: smooth, joyful and enlightening. Embellish on the wonderful ease and comfort that accompanied every aspect of the event. Spell out all the contributing factors that caused such synchronicity and all from the vantage point of gracious hindsight. In this way, you are recreating a joy-filled story that programs the subconscious with positive “realities” and invites a stronger connection between you and Source. Your mood will be lifted immediately and you will be left with a clear understanding of the path you expect to travel down in the future.

One more note: have fun with your new story. Incorporate all the seemingly small joys that encourage the corners of your mouth to curl up, your nose to twitch and a giggle or two to escape your heart. Not only will your burdens lighten but you will experience a playfulness that attracts more of the good stuff in life.

Swiling Vortex and holiday joy

2008-12-03T10:27:00.004-06:00

Hi Friends!

December is off to a ~wonderful start~

We have been BLESSED to have a FABULOUS sponsor hosting our Holiday Gathering for The Swirling Vortex Group. The sponsor is Eve's Garden http://www.evesgardentexas.com/ They have a lovely getaway just 45 minutes west of Houston in Brookshire.

We can hardly express our feelings of joy and gratitude for this serendipitous event :) tee hee!!!

Our Holiday Gathering on Sunday December 14th from 2:00pm-5:00pm

and we joyously invite you to come join us if you are in the area or plan to be near us on that date.

Please RSVP so we know to expect you and your friends and family!

Please come to the website for more details of what we are all about.

http://www.reachingnewrealities.com/

R-n-R Radio coming SOON!

2008-11-28T14:34:00.006-06:00

I'm co-creating a radio show and every day that goes by I get more excited about how well it's coming along. I am really enjoying the journey.

How many times have you cursed the journey because it didn't go fast enough or you started worring about the money it would take or how you would find the time etc?

As soon as those thoughts crop up WE CAN take the bull by the horns and refocus on feeling good!

I read a wonderful e-mail Joe Vitale sent out this morning and I wanted to share it. It's called Tranformational Vocabulary

Check this out....

Transformational Vocabulary

What I want you to do is change some of the words you use when you communicate to yourself.

These subtle changes can make all the difference in how you handle issues as they arise. For instance...

- Refer to problems as "opportunities."

- Replace I have to - with, "I get to."

- A setback is really a "challenge."

- Tormentors are really "teachers."

- Pain can be a signal. Replace I demand with, "I would appreciate."

- Rather than complain, you can "request."

- Instead of feeling like you're struggling, you can be on a "journey."

- Rather than simply doing - why not "create?"

- When times get tough, say to yourself - "this too shall come to pass."

I'll stop here as the list could go and on and on- I'm guessing you get my point by now. And this is just one way of learning how to deal with issues in your life.

2008-11-26T13:08:00.002-06:00

Counting our Blessings!

Taking the time to feel gratitude this morning brought tears of joy to my eyes. This morning as I took my walk, I soaked in all the colors of the leaves changing, the cool air, and the sounds of nature. All of these things in addition to thinking of my circle of close friends, my loving family, my beautiful home and garden, my pets, my health, my dreams-everything—when appreciated in the moment stirred up amazing feelings which resonated to my core. Thanksgiving holiday is a time for each of us to spend time reflecting on all the blessings in each of our lives.
Melody Beattie says in her book,"Gratitude: Affirming the Good Things in Life" that gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It makes things right. It turns what we have into enough." She continues," It turns denial into acceptance,chaos to order, confusion to clarity. "
Grateful thinking can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. With the right attitude we can turn a problem into a gift, failures into successes, the unexpected into perfect timing. Being thankful for our lives as they are, we can turn our existence into a real life that we love. We can look at disconnected situations and see them as beneficial lessons. Beattie says," Gratitude can make sense of our past, bring peace for today and create visions for tomorrow." Gratitude transforms negative situations into positive energy. We can each start where we are today and with who we are and apply gratitude, then let it work its magic.
Julia Cameron in her book, "Blessings" says" Counting our blessings is a small step in the direction of our dreams. As we expand our consciousness in gratitude, we become larger vessels for good."
May your Thanksgiving holiday be a time for reflection to give thanks for each and every blessing in your life to expand the good coming your way.

Posted by Joan Maresh Hansen

Quote

" Whatever you do,do not make all your prayers into the form of asking God for something,the prayer of thanksgiving is much more powerful."
Norman Vincent Peale

Being Thankful EVERYDAY!

2008-11-25T15:07:00.002-06:00

I'm bursting with joy and love!

Thanksgiving is only a few days away and I reminded myself this morning that we all need to be thankful EVERYDAY. Find ~SOMETHING~ to be thankful for even if your life seems to be full of confusion and doubt you can find one thing you can be thankful for and focus on that. Not sure where to begin? Force a smile on your face and see how it brightens your mood. Remember a childhood memory that gives you joy just thinking about it. As you're searching your memory banks looking for some fun memory, you will shift your focus from negative to a minimum of neutral and as you pull up thoughts of blowing bubbles or sliding down the stairs on your rear, I just KNOW that you will start to feel some gratitude and that my friends is something to be very thankful for!

Today I am thankful for a steady job, loving friends and family, a beautiful blue sky, living in a wonderful city full of opportunities and for being able to look outdside my window as I type this note and see reoses blooming at the end of November :)

Life gets better and better EVERYDAY!

Loving you,

Marian

2008-11-22T15:08:00.003-06:00

*I wish upon a great big STAR * I'm singing this song for some strange reason :)

Can you believe that I used to be very negative? I used to cry and complain all the time about how I didn't have enough money, how lonely I was, how life was so unfair. My poor friends and family had to hear about how BAD my life was all the time. ALL THE TIME. I got so sick and tired of hearing my own story that I decided to do something about it.

Are you in that spot too? Are you sick of your own sad story? Worse yet, are your family, friends and co-workers tired of your sad story?

If the answer is yes than ~you need R-n-R~ Come to http://www.reachingnewrealities/ and get hooked on HAPPY!

Life is so good when you focus on what's good about it.

2008-11-18T11:11:00.000-06:00

Last night was our 2nd Swirling Vortex meeting and it was wonderful! The energy in the room was so sweet and joyfilled that we were all smiles and goosebumps.

We practiced a new process that everyone thought was lifechanging. Some of our members were so taken by the enormaty of it they were holding on to their papers like it was gold.

If you were not able to join us, I hope that you will be able to in the future. Next month we will have a SPECIAL holiday meeting out at our FAVORITE getaway Eves Garden in Brookshire, TX. Sign up for our newsletter to get the details on the date and time. Go to the website and on the main page there is a subscribe button http://www.reachingnewrealities.com/

2008-10-28T15:22:00.000-05:00

Swirling Vortex is off to a FABULOUS start!!!

We so want to spread the word. All that are ready to live a happy, adventurous life, LOVE this path. If you want to learn more about the new Swirling Vortex group, check it out at this address: http://www.reachingnewrealities.com/

We meet in Houston, Texas on the 3rd Monday of each month and we plan on more events soon.

my healthy journey

2008-10-10T23:41:00.000-05:00

I'm enjoying the healthy lifestyle and all that it brings into my life.

The people I meet are more conscious and seem to have more fun and joy. I see that it's a combination of positive thoughts, movement and nutritious food that really make the difference. Loving yourself right where you are and going forward is KEY to staying with it and enjoying the journey.

I asked for help and ~wow~ did I ever get it. I wanted someone to push me in the right direction, to help get me over the hump and get going on a plan and when I didn't get any volunteers ( I posted a note on Craig's List) asked my friends and family but no one could really help. I wanted it so badly that I was willing to keep asking so I looked into OA, Over Eaters Anonymous and found a meeting last Saturday and all though it's a bit extreme I was willing to give it a try. I asked a bunch of questions and met some people who assured me it would work.

What I liked about it was the fact that after you pick a sponsor and commit to the plan, they really hold you accountable. You talk to someone including your sponsor 3 times a day for the first 30 days and try to go to 3 meetings a week. They have 2 ways to go, #1 they give you a food plan or #2 you pick your own food plan.

What I didn't like was the part where you say...... Hi I'm Marian and I'm a compulsive overeater........and that you are powerless, so you need to give your control over to GOD and HE will take care of it for you. I figured I could ignore that part and go with the stuff I liked about it so I planed on going to 1 or two meetings a week and pretend I think that GOD is a man that sits up on the white cloud and looks down on me with pity and gives me the strength I need to do the right thing. :)

Well , law of attraction heard me loud and clear, I had a friend say to me MARIAN I will be your coach. I will call you daily and encourage you and keep you on track. I will remind you when it gets tough exactly why you are wanting to be healthy and fit. I will be there for you!!!! What a terrific friend. I couldn't be happier about it! We went over the details about what I need and the food plan I will be following and I am on my way! I will weigh in monthly and remember to LOVE the journey every step of they way!

2008-10-10T14:29:00.000-05:00

The more beautiful thoughts I think the more beautiful things show up in my life.

My future is here and now because as I feel good now I'm creating a wonderful future experience...it's a double bonus beause I get to feel good now and in my future too :)

The vortex of good things are swirling around attracting more and more good feelings and beauty.

2008-10-08T15:18:00.000-05:00

Joan Maresh Hansen and Marian LaSalle are living the life they want to create. They are in the process of creating a new website and e-mail newsletter.

Soon it will be FULL OUT and you will want to be signed up, tapped in and tuned in and you get turned on!

Come see if we are up yet..... :)

www.reachingnewrealities.com

2008-10-03T12:27:00.000-05:00

I will begin blogging this weekend. I have been at Live Journal for 6 years so I know what to do :)