The New Book of Clues

Never Leave a Friend Behind: In Memory of Larry Healy

2011-11-24T22:48:00.001-05:00

I never really got that whole Biker code you lived by, but this rule I did understand: Never leave a friend behind. Yet, here I am, left way behind, without so much as a goodbye. It's been exactly ten Thanksgivings now, since I found your lifeless body. I was so freaking mad at you: I told you this would happen!!! Since then, I can't make it through Thanksgiving without re-living that day

Soy La Madrina

2011-07-25T12:09:00.009-04:00

The other day, when I had to watch the kids, my friend Billie said, "You have to be the grandmother today." Although I don't mind being a grandmother, it feels strange being one to Billie's kids because she is my friend, not my daughter. I am becoming a member of this family. I'm staying in Billie's basement for two months so that I can enjoy spending summer in the Maine woods. I don't make

A Dream Deferred

2011-07-05T14:06:00.000-04:00

by Langston Hughes What happens to a dream deferred?Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet?Maybe it just sags like a heavy load.Or does it explode? Town Beach Naples, Maine 4th of July, 2011 Last week I left a secure, sensible job so that I could run off and live in the

Follow Your Bliss

2011-06-22T11:30:00.011-04:00

"I’ve learned to follow my heart. And if my heart’s not in it, you won’t see my body there. If my heart’s not in it, I get my hands out of it, period. " Andrea deMichaelis"God gives me only happiness. He has given my function to me. Therefore my function must be happiness." A Course in Miracles For several years now, I've dreamed of being a Snowbird. I've dreamed of hitting the road in

Bookkeeping Butterfly

2011-01-26T21:31:00.003-05:00

I've always been torn between two sides of myself: On the one hand, I'm an analytical number cruncher. I have a talent for looking at a jumbled mass of transactions and sensing the formulae and patterns that give them meaning and hold them together.It is what makes me such a natural bookkeeper, and also why I'm so adept at grasping advanced musical theory. That side of me is very accountant-like

The Three Levels of Enlightenment: Which are you?

2010-12-12T09:13:00.002-05:00

I didn't write this article; it is currently circulating on Facebook, and it is such a good clue that I wanted to post it here, where I can remember to find it later. Enlightenment, simply put, means to bring light where there was darkness. In spiritual terms, this ‘light’ isn’t literal but symbolic. Just like the cartoon characters whose bright ideas are shown by a lit bulb over their heads,

Blessed are the Trudgers

2010-12-02T19:03:00.001-05:00

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. Henry David Thoreau, Walden The journey of 1000 steps may begin with just one step, but it is still 1000 steps long: one foot in front of the other, consistently, persistently, whether you're feeling it or not. When you're in the flow, it's great! Everything you touch is golden: your work is brilliant, you are joyful and at peace, in

PROSPERITY PROJECT: How Much Money Do You Really Need?

2010-08-15T08:51:00.098-04:00

During the course of the Prosperity Project exercise, in which we began with $1000 and every day had to spend $1000 more than the day before, we found that we very quickly ran out of things we wanted to buy. After about four days, the amount of money we were expected to spend became ridiculously large. When the game got to that point, many people stopped playing ... I mean, we were clearly

Exactly what is a thought, anyway?

2010-08-13T11:22:00.002-04:00

Thoughts are powerful things. They can make us happy, make us sad, make us feel week or powerful, they can convince us we can do anything, or they can convince us to give up. As Hamlet pointed out to his good buddies, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." And Hamlet should know: he spent so much time brooding on the negative that he

How the Mind Works: An Introduction

2010-08-12T07:32:00.001-04:00

Where do our thoughts come from? I'm not talking about our ideas, which can range from brilliant to "What in the world was I thinking?" I'm talking about the chatter that constantly goes on in our mind. What instigates those thoughts? What is the catalyst that gets those thoughts started? It seems to me that if we can understand the answer to that question, we can better control our thinking

What Do You Really Believe About Money? (It's Why You Might Not Have Any)

2010-08-11T08:01:00.000-04:00

During last fall's Prosperity Project, we played a game in which we imagined ourselves spending large sums of money. We began with $1000, and every day our goal was to imagine spending $1000 more than we spent the previous day. The first few days were easy, because most of us have a backlog of things that we need and want. By about Day 4, however, many of us had run out of things to buy. Most

Back to School

2010-08-10T07:44:00.001-04:00

School started yesterday. I miss school. I always loved the anticipation of the first day of school. My mother would take us shopping for new clothes, which I tolerated. But she would also take us shopping for new school supplies, which I adored. I got to choose the notebooks and pens and pencils that I would use in organizing all of the new knowledge I was about to soak in. Even many years

Plan Be: Surviving Winter

2010-04-01T08:53:00.224-04:00

I've been on sabatical since just before Thanksgiving. Until then I had been writing a daily blog, dutifully getting up hours before dawn to post a fresh article before I started my day job at the pool store. It was a lot of work, but it was a wonderful run! I was energized and enthused. I learned things as I wrote, and I grew quite a bit as a result of practicing what I was learning. My

Prosperity Project Revisited: Learning to Receive

2010-02-02T10:02:00.006-05:00

The Prosperity Project was a game, originally suggested by Abraham-Hicks, that we played here on The New Book of Clues a few months ago. Every day we took some time to visualize how we would spend a certain amount of imaginary money. We started with $1000, and every day we got $1000 more dollars than the previous day. The game was designed to stretch our imagination when it comes to money.

The Power of Gratitude: Prosperity Project Revisited

2010-02-01T20:20:00.011-05:00

Sometimes our dreams start small. If we have been accustomed to believing that we are only worthy of just barely scraping by, then our dreams must start small if they are to start at all. For most of my life, whenever I envisioned having a place of my own, I always pictured a small studio somewhere, with just barely enough room for my things. I was always certain that I could pay my own way

Life as an Alto

2010-01-25T16:38:00.007-05:00

I've been silent since November. At first it was necessary; I was exhausted, and badly in need of rest. After several weeks had passed, though, I began to be a bit concerned. I'm a writer. Shouldn't I be writing? And yet, I felt strongly led to remain silent. Until today. Today, it dawned on me that the silence I've been exhibiting recently is actually a very compelling portion of the song

Focus on Your Best Possibilities

2010-01-21T08:29:00.002-05:00

Note to Self: Your best possibilitiesStop trying to prove to the world how bad things are. Start showing the world how great things can be. From the very same place where you've been sliding backwards, you can begin to move ahead. Whether you're in a good place or a bad place depends entirely on where you choose to go next. Where your passion and attention are consistently focused, is where

Endings and Beginnings

2009-12-31T07:39:00.000-05:00

Today is the end of a year, and also the end of a very turbulent and life-changing decade. This evening, as we celebrate New Year's Eve with our family and friends, we will be doing so under a full moon ... a blue moon, no less, made even more powerful by a partial lunar eclipse in some parts of the world. If there was ever a time perfect for leaving old things behind us, this is the day.

Emotional Healing: or, Why we need pets

2009-12-15T16:09:00.002-05:00

I cried today, for no good reason. I was going along, slow but sure, doing my job, when all of a sudden a huge wave of emotion knocked me down and I suddenly found myself depressed. Thankfully, December is a very slow month at the pool store, so since I didn't have any customers to deal with, I let myself cry. I spent many years depressed. Suicidal, actually. Every day I would have to

Pain

2009-12-03T08:38:00.002-05:00

Today's blog post is borrowed from Facebook friend Deavon DiPrima. It was such a beautiful clue that I wanted to share it with you here: * * * Once a young man came to a revered teacher, who was seated under a tree near a beautiful lake, and asked for the solution for his unhappiness. After some minutes of conversation the old master kindly instructed the visitor to put a handful of salt in a

Wishes Fulfilled: Wayne Dyer, Part 2

2009-12-02T12:38:00.005-05:00

Part 2 of a review of Wayne Dyer's Keynote Speech at the Hay House I Can Do It Conference, Tampa 2009. The ideas are Dyer's, sometimes fleshed out with a few of my own. The following represents what I, personally, took away from that lecture. In my in my last post, I shared a synopsis of Wayne Dyer's introduction to his opening keynote at the Hay House I Can Do It Conference in Tampa.

Wayne Dyer at I Can Do It Tampa 2009 - Part 1

2009-11-30T07:41:00.011-05:00

Often, when we've been anticipating something for a very long time, the actual receiving of it seems kind of a letdown. We tend to build things up in our head to such a high level of expectation that no mere mortal can ever hope to deliver. Sometimes, though, the reality turns out to be even better than we could have ever imagined. Wayne Dyer gave the opening keynote at Louise Hay's I Can Do

Be Where Your Feet Are

2009-11-29T12:20:00.003-05:00

For the past few days I've been basking in the luxury of being completely alone. All of the people who usually share this space with me have gone away to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday elsewhere. I remained behind, exhausted from overwork, grateful for the chance to catch up on sleep and clean the house. The cleaning took days, and required quite a few nap breaks. It's not just that I've

Learning to Reconnect With My Body and the Physical World

2009-11-24T11:12:00.004-05:00

"One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important." Bertrand Russell Life has a beautiful way of teaching us far different lessons than the ones we think we are here to learn. Have you noticed that? I spent this past weekend at the I Can Get It! Conference in Tampa, Florida. I've had my eye on this Louise Hay event every year for

Tarot Reading after I Can Get It Conference, Tampa

2009-11-23T19:14:00.000-05:00

Tarot images © US Games Systems Three Card Reading: LEARNING TO RECONNECT WITH MY BODY Self: Nine of Wands Main (positional) meaning | General | Position Exhaustion ruins the ability to make good

What is a Lightworker?

2009-11-20T08:07:00.001-05:00

Someone called me a Lightworker a few days ago. It was very flattering, even though I don't really know what it means. It just sounds nice: Lightworker. I get an image of someone who takes light and uses it to create something new ... kind of like a woodworker, but with light. When I hear the word, Lightworker, I conjure up images of Leo the Whitelighter in Charmed. Whitelighters can orb,

Ride the Wave

2009-11-19T07:43:00.005-05:00

I'm not really a fan of roller coasters. Other people scream in delight as the bottom drops and they go hurtling down as fast as gravity can pull them. My boyfriend has a picture of himself with his family on the Kumba roller coaster at Busch Gardens in Tampa. They all have huge smiles on their faces, with their hair and cheeks blowing straight up. The one time I rode on a roller coaster, I

Learning to Love Who You Really Are

2009-11-17T07:29:00.005-05:00

I'm a dork. No, really. For most of my life I've always been the odd one, the one who doesn't quite fit in. It used to torment me, wreaking havoc on my already low self-esteem. When I was a little kid growing up in Auburn, Maine, I was the only kid on my block who came from a French family. All the other families spoke English. You wouldn't think that was such a big deal, but then you'd be

Prosperity Project Revisited

2009-11-16T07:02:00.000-05:00

When we ran the Prosperity Project here on The New Book of Clues, it was so that we could get some practice in overcoming whatever resistance we might have to receiving abundance from this generous universe in which we live. Many people, myself included, had difficulty spending all that imaginary money on ourselves. Somehow it was easier to give it away or spend it on others. Over the course

Ten Clues About Dealing With People, from Dr. Phil

2009-11-14T08:59:00.002-05:00

This morning I was thumbing through the original Book Of Clues, a tattered old composition book where I used to jot down important clues about life. I came across this list that I borrowed from Dr. Phil. If your life requires that you deal with people at all, these clues will be very helpful. If you are a manager, sales person or professional business networker, understanding these clues will

The Duck Wall of Fame

2009-11-12T07:19:00.004-05:00

Yesterday I had a party. It was an open house for the pool store I manage, to celebrate 32 years in business. I invited all of our customers, who didn't come, as well as my colleagues from the Cocoa Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, who came in droves to eat, drink, and help me be merry. What made the event extraordinary, however, were the hundreds of little yellow rubber duckies that helped to

Jumping at Opportunity

2009-11-11T07:50:00.001-05:00

When we're in the Vortex, when we're actively aligned with our heart's desire, opportunities come at us fast. The Universe is always conspiring to give us whatever it is that we focus on most. When we are eagerly focused on what we want instead of focusing on everything that is wrong with our life, when we are happy and actively working toward our dream, then doors begin to open for us. It is

Budget the Luxuries First

2009-11-10T07:14:00.000-05:00

Every now and then we get a teacher who changes our lives. One such teacher for me was Dr. Charles Micarelli, now Dean and Professor Emeritus of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Central Florida. I was a foreign language major, and Dr. Micarelli taught several of my classes in both French and Spanish literature. He was a happy and a kind man, and one of the most

Finding Clues in Port Charles

2009-11-09T06:19:00.101-05:00

I am totally hooked on General Hospital. For those of you living on the other side of the planet, General Hospital is a soap opera -- a telenovela, to my Spanish friends. It is a television program euphemistically classified as Daytime Drama. Soaps, as they are called here in the States, are generally considered trash TV. They are melodramatic and over the top. Generally, people start with

Life Without Doctors: Learning Medical Intuition

2009-11-07T08:30:00.005-05:00

Years ago, I fired all my doctors. There was a time when I was a walking medicine cabinet. I took pills for everything. My handbag was always heavy with aspirin, immodium, allergy pills, and of course Xanax, because you never know when a day will turn bad. I carried Prozac and Luvox, Trazadone and Paxil, plus creams and salves for the rashes and itchies that all those pills caused me. I

As Pearl Lay Dying

2009-11-06T05:46:00.002-05:00

I've been looking for a book for a few days. It's called, Now Boarding: Next Stop Your Remarkable Life, by Kandee G. Kandee G sent it to me herself; it's autographed and everything. I've been reading it, planning to use it as a source book for an article I'm working on. I remember the last time I was using it, and even remember where I set it down. But it seems to be nowhere in this house.

At Home In the Muddy Water

2009-11-05T07:17:00.009-05:00

-Do you have the patience to wait till your mud settles and the water is clear? (Lao-Tzu) Life is complicated. Have you noticed? When we first start out along our spiritual path, most of us do so partially because we secretly hope that if we become more spiritual, if we are more in tune with our true selves, if we are walking in the will of God, that life will become easier. We envy monks

The Wisdom of Doing Nothing

2009-11-04T07:21:00.002-05:00

Sometimes, the most productive thing that we can do is to do nothing at all. We are always in such a hurry to do the next thing, especially those of us with dreams and ambitions and goals. We've got some place to go, and we know that the only way to get there is to keep making progress. So we push on. My brother and I have a saying about this that cracks us up. It is a syllogism, an

What If God Really Was One Of Us?

2009-11-03T07:15:00.002-05:00

Sooner or later, we all have to deal with the God issue. It is amazing to me that so many people today who are walking a spiritual path avoid ever actually talking about God. I do it myself. When I write, I will say that Spirit answered my call, or that the Universe is looking out for me. Rarely will I come right out and say the word God. It is a word infused with way too many conflicting

A Butterfly By Any Other Name

2009-11-02T06:40:00.010-05:00

Yesterday, in the Living Gratitude Blog, I wrote about being willing to let go of the past so that we can be free to grow. I used the metaphor of the butterfly, who cannot be born without killing off the caterpillar that came before her. For many years, I have claimed the butterfly as my animal spirit. A butterfly flits about from flower to flower to gather her own nourishment; in the

Which Came First: Consciousness or Light?

2009-10-31T08:18:00.008-04:00

Sometimes on Facebook we talk about more than just what's for dinner. Last night, pal Andrea de Michaelis of Horizons Magazine posted a question, and then promptly went down for a nap in her Big Puffy Chair. The question was, Which Came First -- Consciousness or Light? Good question, Andrea! Several people chimed in with a guess at the answer. Most of us suggested that consciousness must

Focus: Why Lasers are So Powerful

2009-10-29T07:47:00.004-04:00

I had a fascinating discussion last night with a master networker. So fascinating, in fact, that long after it was over I couldn't stop thinking about what I had learned from it. Have you ever had one of those moments where you learned something so profound that you suddenly realized that until this moment you had pretty much just been throwing sand in the wind? Last night's discussion was

The Masterheart

2009-10-28T07:10:00.001-04:00

In earlier posts we explored the idea of the Mastermind. We learned that no one who has ever been wildly successful in his or her career has achieved that success alone. Those who have succeeded have assembled around them a team of people, each of whom are either experts in their field or who are solidly supportive of the desired goal. That team is what is known as a Mastermind. The idea is

Thoughts are Things

2009-10-27T07:50:00.000-04:00

What are you thinking right now? Is it a happy thought? Are you thinking about how blessed you are to have such a wonderful life? Are you thinking how wonderful it is to have so much free time that you can sit down and read something just for fun? Maybe instead you're thinking thoughts that are stressing you out. You're thinking you're rushed for time, you're brooding about being so broke

The Pain Body

2009-10-23T07:45:00.001-04:00

Does this sound familiar? You're going along being all spiritual, mood is light, and you're able to handle whatever comes along without breaking your stride. You're proud of the progress you've made, and you feel like your ride on that emotional roller coaster you used to be trapped on is finally behind you. Then, someone says something that totally sets you off: your blood starts boiling and

Finding Time: Whatever Happened To Servants?

2009-10-22T06:56:00.001-04:00

What ever happened to servants? I watch old movies and everyone had servants. Even bachelors had a man who did all the cooking and cleaning. The Bradys had Alice. On Bonanza they had Hop Sing the Chinaman (that's what people called them then). In black and white movies there was always some woman (often a negro woman) dressed in a crisply starched uniform who brought in the cocktails at the

Asking the Right Questions

2009-10-21T06:55:00.003-04:00

Most of us stumble through life without knowing exactly where we are headed, and not a clue as to how to get there. Our lives unfold haphazardly, as we react to the seemingly random people and situations who cross our paths. We walk through life as if through a dream, believing our dream to be real. Eventually, some of us become tired of bumping around in the dark, and begin to search for

Prosperity Project: Clear Definite Aim

2009-10-20T06:00:00.001-04:00

Within every highly successful person is an unquenchable thirst for adding value to the lives of others. Ralph Marston Greetings, prosperous ones. We have come to the end of our Prosperity Project. We have pretended that we had lots of money to spend, and that game showed us a bit about what it is that we really value. We have spent the past few days looking at the things that we enjoy

Prosperity Project, Phase 2: Imagination and Passion

2009-10-19T07:50:00.000-04:00

Greetings, prosperous ones. Yesterday we looked at some qualities of successful people, and if you're anything like me you found some areas that you can improve in your own life. My guess is though, you already possess most of those qualities in adequate amounts. The fact that you are even here, reading these pages, shows that you have a clear desire to improve yourself along these lines. My

Prosperity Project, Phase 2: Service

2009-10-19T05:49:00.001-04:00

Prosperity Project, Phase 2: Napoleon Hill's Law of Success

2009-10-18T12:09:00.001-04:00

Welcome back, prosperous friends! We have been exploring together the question, "How do we get from where we are to where we want to be?" We have decided that it's not what you do so much as how you do it that matters. Each of us will ultimately pick a different What, but the How will be the same for all of us. In his book The Law of Success, Napoleon Hill breaks down the fifteen qualities

Prosperity Project, Phase 2: Do What You Love, Do It With Others

2009-10-17T08:36:00.000-04:00

Greetings, my prosperous friends. Every day we're learning a little bit more about how we can go from making the small (or nonexistent) amount of money we are earning now, to making enough money that we can have real wealth. We decided that wealth is simply the freedom to be, do, and have anything that we can dream of, and that money is only an energetic tool that can help to make that happen.

The Prosperity Project, Phase 2: Self Confidence

2009-10-16T08:39:00.001-04:00

Welcome back, prosperous friends! Yesterday we learned that it's not so much what you do, it's how you do it that really matters. We realized that no matter where we want to end up we always have to start right where we are. We spent some time imagining how we would do our current job differently if we were being paid ten times as much to do it. What did you notice when you did that exercise

Prosperity Project, Phase 2: It's Not What You Do, It's How You Do It

2009-10-15T07:11:00.004-04:00

Greetings, prosperous friends! Yesterday we gave some thought as to what wealth is, and we found that we are already abundantly wealthy right where we are. We remembered that if we focus on the wealth that we already have in our lives, even more wealth can be attracted to us. We learned that the secret is to look upon all that we already have with an attitude of grateful appreciation, seeing

Prosperity Project, Phase 2: What is Wealth?

2009-10-14T07:13:00.002-04:00

Greetings once again, prosperous friends! Congratulations to those of you who successfully completed the entire 28 days of the Prosperity Project, where we became accustomed to spending ever-increasing amounts of dollars. Those of us who made it through the entire course found that our relationship with money is a little more relaxed now. More importantly, we are much more clear on what our

Prosperity Project Day 28 - FINAL EXAM

2009-10-13T07:19:00.000-04:00

Greetings, prosperous friends. We have reached the last day of the Prosperity Project, and are here to spend our final $28,000. Today, I'm going to reverse my usual order: I'll spend first, then I'll talk: $28,000 Book royalties $ 2,500 Performing Arts Center building fund $ 5,000 Wealth Building Fund (Total $100,000) $20,500 Vacation Home Fund (Total $137,000) Wow. I need to

Prosperity Project Day 27

2009-10-12T06:45:00.000-04:00

Greetings, prosperous friends! We have almost finished with our experiment. Tomorrow will be the final day of our game, and so I think it fitting to schedule a Final Exam. On the exam, I will ask you to talk about how your relationship with money has changed over the past month. I will also ask you to write down your goals, because I know that they are much clearer now than when we started.

Invisible Acts of Power, by Carolyn Myss

2009-10-11T14:08:00.002-04:00

The closing chapter of Carolyn Myss' Invisible Acts of Power: Personal Choices That Create Miracles, contains a list that I want to reproduce here, so that I can always remember. She calls this list Invisible Facts of Power. This is the Cliff's Notes version. Most of the following words belong to Myss; I only just crib them here, for my own benefit. Fact Number One: Life is a Spiritual

Prosperity Project Day 26

2009-10-11T07:27:00.101-04:00

Welcome, prosperous friends, to Day 26 of the Prosperity Project. This morning, as I write this, I am back at home after a glorious week in a beautiful mountain hideaway. The home we stayed in was much bigger than my everyday home, with far more creature comforts than I am accustomed to. It would be easy to look around me this morning and see all of the ways in which this little house I live

Prosperity Project Day 25

2009-10-10T06:55:00.065-04:00

Greetings, and welcome to Day 25 of the Prosperity Project. With just a few days to go in our experiment, we have the nice round sum of $25,000 to dispense with today. Before we get to spending money, though, I'd like to ask you a question. How much of the life you already have do you keep in storage? Why is it there? Do you not have enough space for all the stuff you have? Are you saving

Prosperity Project Day 24

2009-10-09T06:46:00.001-04:00

Greetings, prosperous friends! It is Day 24 of the Prosperity Project, and we are here to dispense with $24,000! This past week I've been staying in a gorgeous vacation home up in the Smokey Mountains. I've thoroughly enjoyed playing with all the dishes, and towels, and linens, and tables, and lamps, and chairs, and couches, and beds, and pillows. I've been like a little girl in a doll house

The Birthplace of Dreams

2009-10-08T12:20:00.001-04:00

Ever wonder where our dreams come from? Why do we want what we want? What drives us to try new things? Is it possible to locate the power source from whence dreams are born and consciously to nurture that power? Can we purposely increase the vibrational energy of our dreams until they manifest, fully born, into our world? How do we learn to do that? Here on the Prosperity Project, our

Prosperity Project Day 23

2009-10-08T06:33:00.001-04:00

Years ago ... no, decades ago, when the Florida Lottery first began, I spent some time thinking about what I would do if I won the lottery. How would my life change? I was working as a secretary at the time, work I had already been doing for over a decade. The work paid the bills, but wasn't entirely satisfying. I realized that if I won the lottery and had enough money to do anything I wanted

Prosperity Project Day 22

2009-10-07T11:03:00.000-04:00

Greetings, prosperous friends. Today we have $22,000 to spend, invest, or give away, as our spirit dictates. I have enjoyed this recent influx of revenue, and am happy about the way that I have been using the money that has come my way. Money, like everything else, seems to come in waves. It ebbs and flows, like the surf. There is a time for spending, a time for saving. When our

Prosperity Project Day 21

2009-10-06T06:31:00.001-04:00

Greetings, prosperous friends, and welcome to Day 21 of the Prosperity Project. Today marks the end of our third week of playing this visualization game, so again it is time to look back on all that we've created and see that it is good. All of us posting here on the website seem to have reached the end of our growth phase. We've built our studios and workshops, we've helped friends, we've

Prosperity Project Day 20

2009-10-05T06:49:00.004-04:00

Greetings, fellow prosperous ones! It is day 20 of the Prosperity Project. My income has way surpassed my outgo by now. I could afford a bigger house and a much larger lifestyle than I currently enjoy. I find, though, that I'm very hobbit-like in my living habits. I like my homes smallish and filled with books. I like my homes paid for, as well. I decided early on in this experiment that

Prosperity Project Day 19

2009-10-04T06:30:00.000-04:00

Welcome to Day 19 of the Prosperity Project! Are you becoming more aware of how you really feel about having money as you play this game? As I write this, I'm sitting in the downstairs office of a mountain "cabin" that is four times the size of the house that I live in. There are signs of prosperity here. All of the rooms are impeccably appointed, and it has an amazing kitchen that is just

Prosperity Project Day 18

2009-10-03T06:30:00.119-04:00

Good morning my prosperous friends, and welcome to an abundant new day. Today we will deposit $18,000 into our imaginary checkbook, as we continue to create a perfect life for ourselves. What does that look like for you, a perfect life? So far we've focused on making workshops, and studios, and offices for ourselves, so it's safe to say that in our perfect life we are working at something

Prosperity Project Day 17

2009-10-02T07:09:00.004-04:00

Greetings, prosperous friends! Today is Day 17, and we are here to spend our daily allowance of $17,000. Do you get the feeling that money is flowing more freely now? I do. I've stopped worrying about money in my daily life, and am beginning to develop a very calm and abiding faith that everything I need and want is mine for the asking. There is no need to compete, and definitely no need to

The Power of a Clear Mental Image

2009-10-02T06:35:00.004-04:00

In The Science of Getting Rich, Wallace Wattles teaches us how doing everything in what he calls a Certain Way allows riches to be attracted to us. One of the most important characteristics of that Certain Way is to have a Clear Mental Image of exactly what it is that we want. Before I get into that, though, I want to point out that although we are attempting here to attract riches, that does

Prosperity Project Day 16

2009-10-01T06:53:00.000-04:00

Good day, my prosperous friends! It's day 16 of our game, and today we have earned $16,000. If we worked an 8-hour day, we are earning $2,000 an hour. If we were to make this much money every single day, we would be making $5,840,000 a year! That's a lot of money. So far, we have spent $120,000, and between us we've done some amazing things. We haven't even started getting into the big

Just for Today: Dr. Usui and the Israelites

2009-09-30T06:00:00.008-04:00

Eleven years ago, I came across some words on the internet that resonated so strongly with my spirit that I printed them out. OK, actually that happens pretty much every day of my life, but the finding of these particular words seemed so important that my memory of running across them is still very vivid in my mind. This was before I started actively collecting clues. I was sojourning in

Prosperity Project Day 15

2009-09-29T22:10:00.003-04:00

Today marks the beginning of our third week on the Prosperity Project. I've heard it said that it takes 21 days to form a new habit. I'm suspecting that the habits we are forming here every day as we play this game run deeper than we can even suspect. I'm really excited as I see the changes beginning to happen in each one of us. Our circumstances may not be any different out in the real world

Prosperity Project Day 14

2009-09-29T05:06:00.003-04:00

Greetings, prosperous friends! Today marks the end of our second week on the Prosperity Project, so it's a good time to look back and appreciate everything that we have created with all of the money that has flowed our way. This week, working together with Robyn, we were able to raise just over half of the $20,000 my friend Lee needs to produce his Tropical Motivation festival. This festival

More Life for All: The Clue of Significance

2009-09-28T20:39:00.002-04:00

As we visualize our dreams, enjoying the imagining of what it could be like to have money rolling in, we quickly begin to realize what it is that we really value. Every day on the Prosperity Project, as we imagine what we would do with a certain amount of money, we are really deciding in that moment what it is that we value most. Playing this game every day is showing us WHY we want more money.

Prosperity Project Day 13

2009-09-28T06:46:00.003-04:00

Today is lucky 13! $13,000 to spend on whatever our hearts may desire.I've been trying since Day 1 to get the boyfriend to play along with us. So far my visions have involved remodelling HIS house, so I thought that he should be a part of it. He has helped me to some extent in making some of the major decisions about the project, although I don't think he's really believing that I'm actually

Five Steps to Powerful Visualization

2009-09-28T05:54:00.004-04:00

Those of us who have been following the Prosperity Project every day have been getting some excellent practice in visualization. Today's clue, then, will hopefully help us to fine tune that practice so that we can make it even more powerful. Here are some suggestions.1. Be Happy About It. The time that we spend every day imagining our abundant and prosperous alternate reality should be happy

Prosperity Project Day 12

2009-09-27T05:32:00.002-04:00

It's Day 12 of the Prosperity Project, and today we get to spend $12,000. This would be easier to do if today were our first day here. But we've been at this for almost two weeks now, and have pretty much bought everything we ever thought we wanted. At least I have. My needs are few and I'm not much for wanting a bunch of stuff. So I'm heading into some uncharted territory here as far as

Prosperity Project Clue: Positive Aspects

2009-09-26T21:43:00.009-04:00

Here on the Prosperity Project, we've been trying to retrain our thinking about money. We know that how we think directly affects what we attract into our lives, so we have been re-training our brains to be comfortable spending ever-increasing quantities of imaginary money. By playing this game we are hoping that our thinking about money in the real world will begin to evolve, and that

Prosperity Project Day 11

2009-09-26T06:46:00.005-04:00

Yesterday, I spent my whole $10,000 visiting my friend in Maine and taking her and her kids shopping. That was really fun for me. I spent so much time imagining our time together that I formed actual memories of it. I have memories of shopping for food, the kids trying on jackets and shoes, having meals with them, laughing, holding the new baby. I even remember what the house I rented looks

Learning to See Clues

2009-09-26T06:08:00.002-04:00

Have you ever watched Blue's Clues? It's a great show on Nick Jr. that features a cute little blue dog and a guy named Joe. It was one of the first shows aimed at preschoolers that attempted to have a conversation with kids instead of talking at them. Joe carries around a cool little notebook and asks the kids in the audience to find the clues to the day's puzzle. Blue has clearly marked the

Prosperity Project Day 10

2009-09-25T05:49:00.004-04:00

Today, we have $10,000 to spend on whatever our heart desires. Have you spent some time figuring out exactly what that is for you? Do you have a clear mental image of what is important to you? How do you plan to spend your days now that you are rich? Do you realize that if you earn a minimum of $10,000 every day you are earning a salary of $3,650,000? And you don't even have to play

Clue: Finding your True Passion

2009-09-24T20:22:00.006-04:00

What is it that you REALLY want out of life? I guarantee it isn't money. Money is a tool, like your car, or even your house. It isn't an end in itself.What you really want is to be happy. You want to feel good. You want the people that you love also to be happy and feel good. In order to know what you really want to manifest in your life, you need to have some clue as to what it is that

Prosperity Project Day 9

2009-09-24T05:47:00.004-04:00

Good morning, my prosperous friends!Are we beginning to feel a little less stressed about money? By now most of those things that we've been needing and wanting, possibly even desperately so, we've been able to pay for and put behind us. We've begun to stretch out into new spending territory, easily paying for things that we might not even have wished for out loud a couple of weeks ago.If

Clue: The Alchemist - A Fable About Following Your Dreams

2009-09-23T17:40:00.003-04:00

We've been examining some pretty heavy clues over the past few days, so I've decided that today's clue should be a fun one.Every year my public library has a used book sale, and I always like to go there to stock up on books. Not that I need more books; I already have more books than I have space to keep them. But I adore books. I learned to read when I was four, and every morning before the

Prosperity Project Day 8

2009-09-23T06:43:00.003-04:00

As we begin our second week of the Prosperity Project, I think it's a good time to set some goals to strive for in our everyday lives. It's time to start working on what Wallace Wattles calls our Clear Mental Image.But wait: Isn't that what we've already been doing here every day? In part, yes. By spending a few minutes every day deciding how we will spend our daily allowance, we are doing

The Secret to the Secret: Our Emotional Guidance System

2009-09-22T21:24:00.004-04:00

Before we get too far into the Prosperity Project, I'd like to give credit to Abraham, who invented this game. For those who are not familiar with this phenomenum, Abraham is a group of non-physical beings who communicate with us using the body and Mind of Esther Hicks. Together, they are known as Abraham-Hicks. This cooperative communication is a form of what is commonly called Channeling. I

Prosperity Project Day 7

2009-09-22T05:35:00.005-04:00

"And God saw all the things that he had made, and they were very good."Today marks the end of the first week of our game. The seventh day is traditionally a day of rest; in the creation story told in Genesis, it is said that God rested on the seventh day. Actually, that is a bad translation. What the word really means is that God ceased on the seventh day. (He's God. Do you really believe He

The Science of Getting Rich; or, What the underpants gnomes don't tell you.

2009-09-21T19:46:00.008-04:00

There is a science of getting rich. You don't get rich because you work in a certain industry, live in a particular place, were born into a specific kind of family, or are exceptionally smart or hard working. You become rich because you do things in a Certain Way. So says Wallace D. Wattles in his book, The Science of Getting Rich. Written in 1910, The Science of Getting Rich is one of the

Prosperity Project Day 6

2009-09-21T06:03:00.004-04:00

Greetings, my prosperous friends!Today we get to deposit $6000. Do you realize what we are doing here? Sure, we're finally getting a chance to buy all the things we've ever wanted so that we can live our lives more fully. And yes, we are all giving some of it away, because it just feels right to share the wealth. But we are doing something even more awesome here: We are creating wealth not

CLUE: Visualize Earning Money

2009-09-20T17:11:00.003-04:00

In the Prosperity Project, we are imagining that we are earning $1000 more every day and we are deciding how to spend that money. I've started to realize that I'm much better at pretending to spend money than I am at pretending to earn it. Today's clue, then, will be to pretend that you are actually earning the money we deposit every day.Think about how you make money now. Do you manage a pool

Prosperity Project Day 5

2009-09-20T08:29:00.006-04:00

Today we get to deposit $5000 into our imaginary checkbook and decide how we will spend it.So far I've flown first class to San Francisco, bought some great walking shoes that I now wear every day, and an all-weather jacket that will go from the Pacific coast to the mountains of North Carolina. I love the cool weather. Flying first class was definitely the way to go!I bought the latest iPhone

CLUE: Examining Our Limiting Beliefs About Money with Byron Katie

2009-09-19T13:42:00.006-04:00

Today while I was spending my imaginary money in the Prosperity Project, I came across some limiting beliefs that have been keeping me from attracting money into my life. It reminded me of The Work of Byron Katie, who teaches a simple yet effective method for examining our beliefs and turning them around so that they better serve us. I think as we continue with the Prosperity Project we will be

Prosperity Project Day 4

2009-09-19T05:22:00.003-04:00

Every day, we get $1000 more dollars to spend in our imaginary checkbook. We are only on day 4, and already this is getting hard. I'm beginning to see why I've never attracted any money into my life! It seems that I'm willing to allow money in for things that I absolutely need, but even then I settle for the low end. I've always figured that if they don't have it at Walmart, I probably don't

CLUE: How to Make Your Dreams a Reality; Notes from John Maxwell

2009-09-18T19:18:00.007-04:00

Last night I heard a lecture by John Maxwell entitled, "How to Make Your Dream a Reality." He gave us 10 questions we can ask ourselves to find out if we are on the right path. Here are my notes from the lecture: You have greater odds of success if you have many valid reasons for achieving your dream. The dream journey is long, difficult, and filled with challenges. If you only have one

Prosperity Project Day 3

2009-09-18T04:15:00.004-04:00

On day 3, we deposit $3000 into our imaginary bank account and decide how we will spend that money.Yesterday I bought a first class plane ticket to San Francisco. All day I kept feeling the seat under me, imagining myself enjoying the ample leg room and sipping on a free cocktail.I've also been thinking about how best to spend my money now that so much of it is rolling in. So I've devised a

CLUE: 68 seconds

2009-09-17T09:22:00.006-04:00

Here's another useful clue I got from Abraham-Hicks' Money and the Law of Attraction:What we attract into our lives is in response to the quality of our vibration at any given moment in time. If you want to see the quality of your vibration, look around you and see what is manifesting in your life right now.The Law of Attraction directly responds to emotion-filled thoughts. If you hold an

Prosperity Project Day 2

2009-09-17T06:57:00.006-04:00

Every day we get to deposit money in our imaginary bank account and imagine ourselves spending it. Today we get $2000.$2000 Deposit Cha-Ching!!!$1500 First Class Ticket to San Francisco to replace the economy class ticket I bought yesterday.$ 500 Set aside as spending money while I'm there.I know I bought an economy-class ticket yesterday, but I'll cash that in and put that money in

Prosperity Project: Day 1

2009-09-16T20:55:00.004-04:00

This game I call the Prosperity Project was suggested by Abraham-Hicks in the book, Money and the Law of Attraction. The idea of the game is to get used to the idea of having, spending, and enjoying money. Start small, and every day increase your allowance by $1000. Gradually, you will be able to easily picture yourself having larger and larger sums of money, and that idea won't seem entirely

The Book of Clues

2009-02-22T08:42:00.000-05:00

Years ago, when I was quite lost and wandering aimlessly without direction or purpose, I started The Book of Clues. I knew that the right answers to things would sometimes float through my head; the problem was that I seemed to grasp at all of the wrong answers. I was the queen of poor judgment. I could see wisdom all around me, and sought it out actively; I just couldn't seem to tap into