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With the huge popularity of the movie THE SECRET appearing on Larry King Live, the Ellen Show and soon to appear on Oprah, the question most people are asking or thinking as they get into the Law of Attraction and The Secret is WHERE IS THE MONEY?

We coincidentally have a conference call tonight to help answer these questions*, but as I was saying - most people are wondering where is the money?…Why hasn’t the money shown up for me yet?

A big part of the process that many are missing is the negative thoughts and feelings that you may still hold about money. A lot of people hold the thoughts that money is the root of all evil or money is dirty, people with money are unhappy, people with money lack love, people with money get used, people with money work too much…etc. etc.. 

We get so used to the constant assaults of how having money is bad for you - these thoughts and feelings have been with us for many years and most of our experiences mirror our thoughts. With our Money and Me Program we have a form called the ‘Money List’ where you list everyone you’ve ever had money experiences with…The first time I did my list, I had over 50 names and 95% of these experiences were negative about money.

So you may be trying to manifest $25k or 1 million dollars or $100 mill, but if you look in your fridge and think ‘I’m broke’; your bank account shows -$129.00; you see a Maybach drive by and you think ’someone must have bought that for her - she’s stuck up’; you go to buy gas and you think ‘there isn’t enough money to fill up my gas tank’ - these are all money thoughts - and energy - that need to be removed before you can attract money or start to believe this is possible for you.

Tony Robbins said that NO MATTER HOW IT APPEARS TO YOU, if you don’t have the amount of money you want, then you have fear about money.

*Don’t Miss our Crossing the Wealth Gap Free teleconference - tonight at 9pm EST -where we will be joined by Rick Wilkes,an EFT practioner who will work to help YOU release any negative energy you have regarding money. If you send me an email regarding your specific questions - you will get them answered live - ophelia@breathingprosperity.com

Are you ready to Cross the Wealth Gap? - RSVP at www.breathingprosperity.com/wealthgap.html

See you there!

According to the website of a guest scheduled to be on Oprah tomorrow to talk about The Secret (James Ray), she has decided to carefully edit the show before releasing it, to ensure the content has maximum impact.

The show should air within the next few days…we will keep you posted, and we’re all very excited. The more people are introduced to these concepts, the more our collective consciousness and vibration is raised…and the more people will go for their dreams and consequently make this world a better, happier place!

With the popularity of The Secret DVD,The Secret Book and as this is an important week for The Secret, it begs the question: Have you known and used The Secret and the Law of Attraction all your life? The answer is yes.

I remember once I wanted a black car with black leather seats, sun roof, fully loaded. I went to the car dealership and told them just that - The guy called me a few days later to come look at the car. It was not the one I wanted and so I stuck to my guns - black car, black leather seats, sun roof, fully loaded - geez what’s so hard to understand from that description?…He wanted to use me to attract more money into his life by selling any car that I’d buy, and I wanted to use him to attract the car of dreams…In the end we both got what we wanted. As a matter a fact I spend my entire life living by The Secret so it occurs to me to ask have we all known the secret all our lives, UNCONSCIOUSLY using it to create our lives?

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We’ve been hearing about it everywhere, and now Oprah will be hosting The Secret and the teachers of The Secret on the 31st of January, 2007. This marks a major shift for the nation on a whole as they will be introduced to the fact that their thoughts create their reailty and that they can change their lives. We can’t wait!

Okay so long title but makes a good point. So you’ve asked for something - Money, coffee, BMW, house on a hill, a new laptop, a Maybach maybe, a better job, for different coworkers - but are you truly open to recieving it?  So you ask ‘Hey, Universe give me a Maybach - thanks so much!’ So as you walk outside and a beautiful Maybach stops at your feet and someone - Say ME gets out and gives it to you - hands over the keys and says ‘Hey this is yours - have a grand time!’ - What do you immediately think?…

If you said Whoooo - YESSS…Then either you are ready to manifest a Maybach or you aren’t being so honest - The typical reaction is ‘What’s wrong with it? Is it stolen? What’s wrong with her? Is she crazy? Who will pay for the insurance? Where will I park it? How will I pay for the repairs? What if someone robs me cause they think I have money? Aren’t I supposed to have the grand house before the Maybach? What will my friends think? Will people try to take advantage of me because they think I’m loaded?’…Okay lets try the money for instance - So you say ‘Universe send me lets say $10 million’ ‘Okay fine your wish is my command’ says the Universe…So I walk up to you with a suitcase filled with $10 mill Okay fine $10 mill can’t fit in a suitcase but let’s just say my suitcase can hold it…

So back to me giving you $10 mill (the Universe giving you $10 mill via me - P.S. Don’t send me any emails asking for the $10 mill that the Universe has promised you - wait for it to be delivered please - Just kidding)…so I walk up to you in the effort to fullfil your wish of $10 mill and YOU say - ‘Whoooo!!!’ OR ‘Is this drug money? Why are you giving it to me? Is it real? I’m not supposed to get it like this? I didn’t do anything to deserve it? What do I do now that I have $10 mill? I’m not responsible with 10 bucks how will I take care of $10 mill? What if I lose it or do something stupid and go back to being broke? That would be worse than being broke from the beginning. What will my friends think? Will people use me now that I’m a multi-millionaire? Will the loan requests start pouring in?’…

Often times we ask for something that seems to take forever to come or never come at all. But have you ever stopped to think of what thoughts or feelings are between you and that money, house, Maybach, new job?

So you’ve asked for it but are you truly open to receiving or having it?

The word lazy has floated around between my partner Ophelia and I quite a few times over the past few months. I’m really interested in nailing down a definition to this word because I do not necessarily see there being anything wrong with laziness if it serves you. For instance, I once heard from someone that shortly after emerging from the pool, while she prepared to do some work that needed to be done, someone called and volunteered to do the work for her (a partner or assistant perhaps). ‘Guess what I said,’ she recanted to us. ‘YES! And I got back in the pool. Man, I love being lazy.’ 

Who controls your energy? One major key to prosperity is knowing how to control your energy. There are people (like your spouse, your children, your employers and your parents to name a few) who want you to be, do and have what they want you to be, do and have. They care nothing about your desires. Okay, now you think I’m being harsh. Well, think about it. If you’re a parent, when was the last time your child/ren wanted something from you or did something for you that was completely for you? Really give that some thought. If you have toddlers, especially, they are their own main priority. They are the epitome of selfishness and my two year old daughter is my energy role model.

Lillian’s life revolves around Lillian. When she wants a bath, she wants it NOW. When Lillian wants to eat, she wants to eat NOW! The same thing goes for my son Lucas. He also wants everything NOW and that is usually to breastfeed. He doesn’t care that mommy hasn’t had lunch yet, has just sat down and is famished. Lucas’ only care in the whole world is that he gets to nurse.

Who controls my children’s energy? They do. Consequently, because of the type of parent that I am, they also control a large quantity of my energy. I accept and allow this and choose to provide less energy to other things as I want them to have things their way for as long as possible.

What about you? Are you freely giving of your energy to yourself first and then others or are you allowing someone or something (like clutter and procrastination) to control your energy? Getting control of your energy will go a long way towards helping you manifest the life of your dreams. You will actually have the energy to take the action necessary.

…Coincidentally enough - or maybe not! - I, too was up very late reading the same book by Randy Gage (as mentioned by LaKeitha below), and it gave me pause for thought in a way that nothing has done in a VERY long time. I am a thinker…I analyze my behaviour/s and try to correct what is not serving me and the life I seek. This is part of what has gotten me where I am today.

Randy makes some extremely compelling points, and I expect the vast majority of people will NOT understand or agree with them, because it is this very mass mentality that he discusses in his book. Fascinating and enlightening for someone like me…I was up all night thinking about it.

What I have taken from my contemplation thus far includes:

• It is OK for me to want and have massive financial abundance
• Importantly, it is also expected and OK to have the people around me not respect and admire me for that; in fact it is more likely they already resent it and are unhappy about it…I have often had issue with this, and I feel as if I have been set FREE
• Having massive financial abundance does not mean I am a horrible person, or that I don’t think or care about others…nor does it mean I have to sacrifice some other area of my life such as time, health or love.

My ‘other half’ told me I have changed lately; have lost my ‘human touch’. Rather than being offended by this, I now see it is a compliment…he is responding to my not being able to empathize with and tolerate the standard whining and complaining I am surrounded with…I am not sure you will understand but I’m REALLY OK with this! In fact I’m ecstatic! It means I’m on EXACTLY the path I choose for myself, and am no longer being influenced or held back by others and my worries about what they may think.

For anyone pursuing true wealth, which includes an honest look INSIDE, this is a remarkable book.

http://www.breathingprosperity.com/

While reading ‘Accept Your Abundance’ by Randy Gage, I came across the sentence, “Self-sacrifice is more than the root of low self-esteem, it is anti-prosperity, and consequently anti-human.” I disagree with the anti-human remark because I believe that being human is about experience. If we choose anti-prosperity, that is our decision to have that experience. I do, however agree that self-sacrifice is the root of all anti-prosperity.

As a parent, I am tempted towards self-sacrifice on a constant and consistent basis. What I have learned the hard way, though, is that if I do not take care of myself, I have nothing to give to my children. If I am sick, I cannot take care of my children. If I am tired and frustrated, I do a poor job of parenting. If I am broke, my children suffer in countless ways.

Since you’re here searching for the answer to your lack of prosperity, I will wager that you are suffering from self-sacrifice of some sort. Just decide that you will put yourself first at all costs and let that be that. This decision will be the start of the rest of your life.

I wrote a response to someone’s question on Thefastlane blog - http://www.thefastlane.info/ - and thought I should share my response since this was in reference to Law of Attraction. Here is my response as well as some questions for discussion:

“There is a book called Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl - I would be happy to forward you my copy. It’s about a guy who was in a concentration camp. In it he says that there were people who came to the camp and to them coming to the camp mean’t they were going to die and they did. There were others who came and it meant they had a story to tell to the world about their experiences and in order to do that they needed to live - and they did live.

With my own life - when I was raped the first time - it meant to me that I wanted to die…I would walk out in the middle of the street at 3am hoping someone would be drunk and hit me and put me out of my misery.

When I was raped the second time, it meant I cannot live like this. Maybe this has happened because I am supposed to help young women realize that life isn’t over and that you can move on.

When I experienced poverty, I would say don’t worry it’s because I’m going to write a book and no one wants to read a book about how great someone’s life was, they want to read a book about how you overcame all those horrible times to be the person you now are. It is not a coincidence that years later I have written my first book and 6 books are on the way.

When I was almost homeless, I would say maybe this is happening because I am supposed to help other women who are homeless. I forgot about all this till last year I read my email about homeless women with kids in my area, and convinced my partners that we should open a foundation - The Wealthy Women Foundation - to help homeless single moms with kids get back on their feet.

I say all this to say that to you: Your experiences have a meaning in your mind, and that is it’s ruined your life. You need to change the meaning - Go volunteer at a local shelter, a local hospital - There are women out there who want to hear that they can leave these situations of abuse. There are women who feel that these men will take thier lives. They want to hear a woman say You can get out…You can leave…You don’t have to put up with it because I didn’t. Go give these women hope and as you give these women the gift of hope you will begin to realize that you had HOPE all along - Because you cannot give what you do not have and as you change the meaning of these events from one of they have ruined my life to one of I am a beacon of hope to many women - You change your life…”

The events in your life - what do they truly mean to you?

How can changing the meaning of things that have happened in your past change your entire life?

How they could you change the meaning to a more empowering one?

Think of an experience that has shaped how you view the world and how could you change the meaning of that experience to one that will help you harness the power of the Law of Attraction.

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