The most important blocks that keeps you from getting rich. (part 1)

I hear your cry “Oh no! Not one of those unsolicited advice again”.

I do not blame you. I went through that hundreds of times in my life.

But you know the irony, some of those unwanted advices got into us unconsciously that proved beneficial to us sometime later-agreed?

Like you, I read as many books as possible on ‘getting rich’.

Some of the ideas that got embedded in the subconscious mind surfaced involuntarily at the right time and guided me to the riches.

I give below the essence of what I practice which has been endorsed by very many eminent personalities. I am not going to elaborate on these steps, but I request you to just follow it blindly.

1. Do not say this to yourself ever, “I am not that much qualified to get that (job, material, relationship etc).
2. Do not ever say this when you look at or hear about very rich people, “He is stinking rich” or “He has not earned it honestly”.
3. Do not ever say this, “No chance! I will never get that much rich in this life”.
4. Do not ever say this, ‘How? To the best of my knowledge, I do not think it is possible”.
5. Do not ever say this, “No! I am too old to get rich. My time is over”.

In the next part of this article, I will elaborate on these points. But I will give you exactly 30 days time to practice this to overcome your years of conditioned mind, so that this becomes your habit.

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Thus the doctors gave a misleading prognosis.

Thus the doctors gave a misleading prognosis.

I was shattered beyond imagination, when my father died of esophagus cancer, when he was only 53 years. The doctors told me, he will live for two more years, but he succumbed to the fatal disease within 4 months.

At that time I was only 24, clueless as to how to manage the family, being the eldest son.

I was not all that spiritually aware that my father has not died but only shed his temporary home.

My present advancement in spiritual field was possible only because of the teachings of ‘The Mother’ of Pondicherry and Paramahansa Yogananda.

Now I truly believe the immortality of human soul, and how we can continue our relationship with our diseased beloved ones.

Spiritual communication is really possible when we attune ourselves with our true nature-the inner self or the higher self which is God like.

When we align ourselves with our highest self, we are relieved of all sufferings due to loss of life, wealth and heath.

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What Freud says about shame.

Frued says shame produces neurosis.

We have seen in our life so many persons who were subjected to shame in various ways. There are deeply affected emotionally and psychologically.

Whenever you see a personality who is shy and withdrawn, you can guess them to be affected by shame. Psychologists attribute several causes like sex abuse, physique abuse, knowledge abuse, economic abuse for this.

I am recounting here my son’s behavior. He was constantly abused by his school teachers citing his poor hand writing, lean physique and so on.

At one stage he was so ashamed that he refused to go to school.

He showed all the symptoms like acting cruelly towards himself, accusing every other human in the vicinity for his lack of cheerfulness.

Would I fault him? Yes, to some extent. Obviously his consciousness
level was very low. But then you can’t expect a 14 year old to react differently when he was abused in front of his class mates.

So, you can squarely blame the teacher who failed to spot his positive qualities.

Trust me, I was also a school teacher, I never could forgive my colleagues who were so incompetent and immatured when dealing with students who are nearly 30 years younger.

They never realized that they are even developing even serial killers by constantly abusing so young kids and put them into shame.

If only the so called grown ups are exposed to the writings of Dr. David Hawkins, they will realize their folly.

Gratitude to Dr.David Hawkins for his book 'Power vs Force'

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What is wrong with this moment?

I cannot resist sharing. I just simply cannot resist.
The book ’The Power of Now’ written by Eckhart Tolle is the most important book I have read.

It changed my life upside down.

Here I quote a a few sentences from the book. Now read again the title and proceed.

” You can alsways cope with the Now, but you can never cope with the future-nor do you have to. The answer, the right action or the resource will be there when you need it, not before, not after.

’One day I will make it”- is this been on your mind always?
Are you waiting to start living? If you develop such a mind pattern, no matter what you achieve or get, the present wil never be good enough; the future will always seem better. A perfect recipe for permanent dissatisfaction and non-fulfillment, don’t you agree?

Waiting is a state of mind. Basically, it means that you want the future; you don’t want the present. You don’t want what you have got, and you want what you haven’t got.

So give up waiting as a state of mind”

I implore you to read it again if it does not penetrate you.

This is just simply GREAT.

The gauge to find your level of spiritual awareness.

When I first started my spiritual journey, like a child I wanted to find out my progress level quite often.

Alas, there were no means to gauge ones’ spiritual awareness scientifically. I mean there is no such physical instrument like speedometer or hygrometer.

Weeks passed. Then months. By that time, I had completed 4 books. Each book took me to a higher and deeper level. But still my quest was not fulfilled.

Then the flash came but without thunders. My happiness after an action or thought is that evasive gauge. If I am happy and cheerful, that means I am in alignment with my spirit. Your happiness is the ultimate and undisputed gauge that measures and conveys that you are in tune with your true vibration level.

If you are not happy after an action of yours, you won’t be happy at all. Something will bother you, annoy you. This is a clear indication that you are not in harmony with your higher self.

What do you say? Any comments?

How a few messages can change your life for better.

I am sure you might have heard about so many personality development classes that are cropping up in multitudes.

I see advertisements in my local daily every week. I confess I have been tempted a few times to enroll but worked up enough courage to enroll.

Then one day, I stumbled on to news item about subliminal mind power.

Subliminal mind is about programming your subconscious mind positively without your conscious effort. You can program your subconscious mind to achieve anything that you desire.

It is in a sense, tapping your hidden mind power hitherto unused by you.

You never need to give your full attention during this entire process.

It can change your inner personality with in a few days. You can boost your self confidence, enjoy unlimited peace, have wonderfully healthy life and attract wealth.

All you require is only 10 minutes a day. No reading is required on your conscious part. No physical exercise also.

Interested?

Matthew C. was born in 1990 and was brutally murdered in 1999.

Do you want to know more about this story?

Before that let me express my happiness to have found one more site on Law of Attraction which is my favorite subject.

What goes out from us in the form of thoughts or actions, comes back to us following the principle of Law of attraction.

Now please do not ask me to show proof of this Law. I do not have any nor have I the inclination to prove. It is upto you to believe in how the Universe works.

Ah, yes! I can show you an example but. Have you experienced echo? It is the same principle.
Just because you can't hear your voice back every time you speak out, doesn't mean it vanishes into thin air for never to come back.

Only you can't see its path to go and mingle with other Universal vibrations in order to manifest itself into reality. After all, you gave birth to it-that is you created it and you must enjoy its fruit-be it good or bad, based on the nature of your thought.

Now read the moving story of Matthew.

The purpose of this post is to share my ardent desire to see a change in human consciousness.

How you can become a healer.

In one of my earlier post, I wrote about the book, ‘The Power of Now’ by Eckhart Tolle.

I have the habit of marking with a pencil, whenever I read something which touches my heart.

But while reading this book, I simply was not able to keep down the pencil. Every word, every sentence that was written had profound impact upon me.

Here I recount about our healing power.
“Compassion becomes healing in the widest sense. In that state, your healing influence is primarily based not on doing but on being.
Everybody you come in contact with will be touched by your presence and affected by the peace that you emanate, whether they are conscious of it or not.

Your peace is so vast and deep that anything that is not peace disappears into it as if it had never existed.

Animals, tress and flowers will feel your peace and respond to it.”

I will write more about the book in due course.
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The most effective prayer I know.

I use to ask so many self proclaimed enlightened persons, “how to pray?”

The answers were always vague and never convince me.
But one fine day The Mother of Pondicherry, revealed to me this:
‘Prayer is your silent communication with God. It is very private and personal.’

A shift occurred within. A cloud cleared. I am at peace now.

I share with you a prayer, which has been very effective for me.

“Divine order takes charge of my life today and everyday. All things work together for good for me today.

This is a new and a wonderful day for me. There will be another day like this.

I am divinely guided all day long, and whatever I do will prosper.”

Go on visitor, with unshaken faith, please say this at the start of your day before you get out of your bed.

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How God is making miracles happen in my life.

The spiritual development books I have been reading for the past one year or so, helped me gain a little spiritual awareness.

But whatever I gained so far, however insignificant it may be, it still is working wonders in my life.

I am taught extensively the power of positive affirmations. I have subscribed to a couple of news letters that email me daily affirmations; some of them are truly life changing.

For example read this affirmation and if you are satisfied with the result, please pass it on-will you?

“There is no fear in me. Prosperity is mine. God provides lavishly for me and all of humanity.”

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The secret of money magnetism.

My spiritual guru is The Mother of Pondicherry. I read a lot of her books and I write below a part derived from one of her books, ‘The Questions and Answers’.

Money represents a flow of energy. When money is hoarded, we block the energy flow.

There was a story about a young person, who found a mountain stream which tasted something out of this world. He bottled it and brought it to home. Wanting it to last as long as possible, he drank only a little daily.

But, he was terribly disappointed to have found the water that had gone stale after a few weeks.

So, to attract a steady money flow, we must learn to view money as an expression of energy.

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What do you infer when the egg hatches?

The Mother compares it to the transformation of consciousness.

The starting point of this transformation is receptivity. This change of consciousness and its preparation is compared with the formation of chicken in the egg.

Till the very last moment, the egg remains the same. There is no change and it is only when the chick is completely formed, absolutely alive that it itself makes a hole with its little beak and comes out.

Something similar takes place at the moment of change of consciousness. For a long time, you have the impression that nothing is happening, that your consciousness is the same as usual and if you have an intense aspiration, you even feel a resistance.

But hen you are ready within, a last effort and everything opens and you are projected into another consciousness.

Courtesy: Questions and Answers by The Mother

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The Power of NOW.

I accidentally came to know about this book, when I was searching for something else in Amazon.com

To call it a book is an insult to its author Eckhart Tolle. This can be considered aThe life guide to one and all who seek to evolve themselves spiritually.

I confess I read a great many books in spiritual development, but I wish I knew this book about 5 years before. This book alone is sufficient for everyone who wants enlightenment. Take my word readers, this is not an exaggeration but a down to earth fact.

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Nancy Burpee deserves equal attention....

Do you think Zinedine Yazid Zidane and Ronaldo alone deserves the the attention of world sports lovers?

If you are a lover of sports and a true sports person, I beg you to turn your kind attention on simmons jannace & stagg, who have arugued a case for Nancy Burpee.

Wondering who is Nancy Burpee?
She is a world class swimmer whose dream was shattered when she was disqualified by an Australian referee at the Paralympics trial held in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2004.
She was determined to participate in the 2004 Paralympic Games ( game for physically challenged persons)

Naturally she wanted to fight against this injustice.She immediately approached simmons jannace & stagg to take up her case and represent her.

Her case:
Ms. Burpee set world records in the 50 and 100 yard freestyle at the trials held in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
But she was disqualified by an Australian referee on a procedural technicality.

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The result:
But an independent arbitrator ruled against Ms. Burpee and declined to force the United States Olympic Committee to name her to the Paralympic Team.

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Who will win the FIFA world cup?

Working out various permutations and combinations, pouring over history and statistics, arguing and debating in bars and restaurants, every possible result is being arrived at. At least this is what I am reading in newspapers.

May be I am the odd woman out amidst this crazy following.
I am at a financial loss due to the recent gold price fluctuation.

There are several attempts to cheer me up by making me accept that I have not truly lost any cash but only made a small loss against profit since my present bullion holding was bought years ago for a very small price when compared to the current price.

But tell me sir; a loss is a loss-isn’t it?
One thing that truly pepped me up is general envy among my friends that I had been wise to have diversified my investment portfolio in precious metals apart from stocks and shares and immovable assets.

I remember reading long ago that political uncertainties, and frequent change of Govt policies is sure to affect the economy of the common man more than the Govt.

The advantages of investing in bullion market:
Easy liquidity
Insured against decline in the value of national currency
Assured price appreciation

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Aim+ effort=Joy

Right from our school days, we have been bombarded by our teachers and peers to have an aim in our life.

Naturally, we have never taken it seriously (I am not an excluded) till we catch up ourselves with somewhat bleak future and dark roads. Because, we were never explained in a pragmatic way, why we should set up an aim.

But I am truly awakened at the ripe age of 50, when I started reading 'Questions and Answers by The Mother', a series of 4 volumes.

Here is what she says about aim and effort:

An aim gives a meaning, a purpose in life and this purpose implies an effort. And it is in effort that one finds joy. Effort makes the being vibrate at a certain degree of tension, which make it possible for you to feel the joy.

These vibrations enable you to get connected with Universal vibrations. It is effort which pulls you out of inertia. It is effort which makes you receptive to Universal forces.

How?
For example, a man sits down to write a book (or a blog entry) he makes an effort which sets vibrating something in his brain to attract ideas. Suddenly, this man experiences joy. Whatever you do like sweeping a room or cooking, if you make the necessary effort to do it to the maximum of your ability, you will joy.

When you want to realize something, you make a spontaneous effort. This concentrates your energies on the thing to be realized and that gives a meaning to your life.
This gives you the power to receive energies in exchange for those you spend.

Want to overcome your regrets?

Before expressing what I have read about the subject, I want to quote here one of the best pieces of advice I have read elsewhere.

“The two most fuile emotions in our life are worry and guilt.
Guilt for has been done and worry for what might be done.”

Both are absolutely inconseqential NOW.

Have you ever heard of a life without regrets? No? We all regret our actions in the past.
I have heard so many times ‘ No, I have no regrets’. But I never said that sentence. I do regret several of my actions and decisions and I vowed never to repeat in my life.

But I must confess that , regrets can become big burdens that stand in the way for my present happiness.
I read about the following steps to overcome my regerts in a site called wikihow.com
I share with you for your benefit. If you find it useful, share it with others.

Steps
Determine what your regret really is. Do you regret something you did? Something you didn't do? Something someone else did or did not do?

A circumstance beyond your control? It is important to step back from the feelings of regret and identify exactly what the regret is.

Analyze the regret and how you look at it. How does it make you feel? Is it based on facts? Are your feelings distorting what really happened or making it worse? Is this confusion limiting you in your current relationships and objectives? Are you trying to be perfect or change future events when that is not possible? You may also regret a situation over which you had little or no control, or a situation that you assume would have happened if you had chosen differently. Taking a good look at how you're thinking - and identifying possible fallacies in your thinking - is vital to working through regrets, but it takes time, effort, and usually some outside help.


Accept the circumstances. There may be responsibility for yourself or others. Recognize the responsibility, not blame, as well as the consequences of holding on to the regret.

Grieve for your regrets. When we feel regret, we are feeling sadness, anger, or whatever other feelings we first had for a situation - even though the experience is past. Allowing yourself to experience these feelings with the intention of moving forward can help you stop revisiting them over and over.

Forgive and make amends. If there is something that you can do now, do it! Apologize for your behavior. Breaking limiting behavioral patterns empowers you toward productive patterns. "Fix" whatever you can. Forgive yourself and others, and be compassionate toward everyone involved. If you find it helpful, use prayer or meditation to seek insight, courage, strength, forgiveness and peace.

Recognize what you have learned or gained. When you find yourself thinking of the regret, turn your thoughts to the things you have learned and the opportunities that are now yours - even if they are not what you would have preferred. There is always a lesson even in pain and sadness. Look for the lesson and focus on it instead of what might have been.

Tips
Writing about your regrets, feelings, and frustrations can help a lot as you seek to identify and analyze your regrets. Putting your thoughts into written words can clarify them in ways that will astonish you. Writing also takes a regret out of your internal emotions and puts it down where you can study and find ways to get past it.

Talking to a trusted friend or family member can also help you identify fallacies in your thinking and give you the opportunity to sort through your feelings instead of merely experiencing them inside yourself.

Visualize yourself acting and doing things as you move forward and leave your regrets behind. Use the techniques of visualization and self-affirmation to help you through the steps.
Seek out groups or a coach in order to exercise your behavioral patterns. We didn't come this far alone; so take advantage of the greatest tools available. Life coaches and group therapy (oft times called 'gyms') are a wonderful way of celebrating human teamwork.

The most important thing to remember is that someone else may be in a much worse situation, and, statistically at least; you are considerably lucky.

Start the forgiving and healing process by visualizing the wronged person and yourself saying to them, "I forgive you" - even if you were the one who wronged them. You may then complete this healing circle by visualizing the wronged person replying to you, "And I forgive you also." Even a visualization of forgiveness can bring peace, and replace the idea of who was "right" and who was "wrong."

Warnings
Do not minimize the regret. Some regrets are devastating to those involved, but even the most serious regrets can and must be integrated in order to leave them in the past and live happily in the present and future. Accept it as it is and do not make it bigger or more powerful by dwelling on it.

Discovering the source of your regret but not modifying your behavior to avoid the situation in the future will lead to repeated regrets, possibly of greater intensity.

Acknowledgements: wikihow

Enriching your baby’s nursery with floral monogram.

Before proceeding further, let me write about monograms.

Monograms are also known as symbols or logos, which are designed specifically for a company or a product.

Monograms are made usually with letters which are generally affixed on top a company’s stationery.

We have also seen monograms etched metals like police badges.

Have a look at what Cathie Filian and Steve Piacenza from the DIY (Do It Yoursef) Network has accomplished. They teach you a new idea of gifting with flowers!

Wait! I am not talking about bouquets but about a great new gift-a Floral Monogram

In their blog, they teach you step by step how to create a floral monogram with hydrangea petals of eye catching pastel colours. With the use of velvet ribbons, you can customize to suit the season like summer, fall or winter.

In their nicely designed blog, it is mentioned that Cathie first made this project as a gift to her mother-in-law’s birthday to decorate her front door.

Next, her innovative craft was by using all the letters in her first name instead of just initials.

The way to create this cute floral monogram is explained in their blog.

What you need:

* 6-inch wood letter of choice

* white craft paint & paintbrush

* floral print scrapbook paper

* glue stick

* hot glue

* tacky glue

* 1 large silk hydrangea

* 1/4-inch decorative ribbon (enough to go around your letter, plus 10 inches)

* small rhinestones or ultra fine glitter

Plaque Steps:

1. Paint the back, front and sides of the letter with the white craft paint and allow to dry.

2. Lightly trace the letter onto the scrapbook paper. Cut out the tracing and use a glue stick to attach the paper to the front of the letter. Use your fingers to press out any air bubbles.

3. Cut 10 inches off your decorative ribbon. (This will be your hanger) Turn the letter over and attach the ribbon hanger by forming a “U” shape with the ribbon and hot gluing the ends of the ribbon to the back of the letter about 2 inches from the top.

4. Using your hot glue gun, attach the remaining ribbon around the outer edge of the letter.

5. Break apart the silk flower so you have lots of little petals. Use hot glue to attach the petals to the front of the letter. (You can glue them in a random pattern or a design of your choice) Use a drop of glue and add a few sprinkles of ultra fine glitter to the center of the petals or add rhinestones for decorative effect.

Think of this gift when next time you want to treat your teenager’s birthday.

floral decorations, flower gifts

Last night my vehicle betrayed me..

First time in my life I faced this predicament. So I was totally unprepared and felt helpless. I prayed that some kind hearted person to come to my rescue.
Thank God, my prayer was answered in 15 minutes.

My rescuer confessed that he met a similar situation early in his life and learnt the lesson.
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Vacation Home demand in Orlando.

Ask any one “Which place you always wanted to visit?”
‘Florida’ the reply will come without hesitation.
That includes yours truly, who never stepped out of India.

No wonder, Orlando welcomes more visitors each year - over 43.3 million. This makes Orlando the number one tourist destination in the world.

Seven major theme parks are the main destinations for every tourist to Orlando.

Its hospitality industry is well equipped with nearly 100,000 hotel rooms.

Orlando’s economy which is mainly dependant on tourism is worth several billion dollars.

Consequently Orlando is enticing major investors from all over the world to capitalize on its tourism potential and real estate bonanza.

On top of all this, Orlando offers wonderful climate through the year, which makes it one of the most sought after location in the US.

“Orlando Vacation Home ” presents various accommodation to suit everyone’s preferred life style in the upscale neighborhoods, golf course communities, urban style bungalows.

You can spend your holiday leisurely in pool homes, condos and town homes in the vicinity of Thorton Park, Lake Eola Heights, Lake Lawsona, Lake Cherokee, and Lake Copeland.

The downtown is trendy with diversity of restaurants, retailers, discos, and bars all within walking distance.

Enjoy with your family, festivals, outdoor concerts near beautiful Lake Eola. You can even take a gondola ride on the Lake.

The sports complex, theater, and opera are all located centrally makes your entertainment venues easily accessible.

Rolling Hills:
A 45 minute drive from the theme parks takes you to countryside very similar to the UK with rolling hills and oak trees. Here you are in horse breeding country.

Airboat Rides:
Travel south and take an airboat ride across the Everglades.

Since the demand for vacation homes near Disney is expected to be high this year, rush to book in advance with Lowerys Vacation Homes.