Thursday, October 31, 2013

Baby Step - Today I begin a new life - Week #5

I feel good, I feel great, I feel wonderful!  Wow what an interesting week.  first of all I really loved the idea of looking for all the things in life that bring joy and boy did I find some - Children playing and laughing in their Halloween costumes, The crisp evening air and a full moon, the pungent aroma of ripe grapes, crisp tart taste of fresh apples just picked from the tree, colorful fall leaves throughout the neighborhood and on the mountains, breathtakingly bright blue sky that hurts your eyes to look at to name just a few.

I also love the "Law of Giving" idea which states "wherever I go, I bring a gift.  I may bring a compliment, a prayer, a trinket, a flower... but I promise I will give something to every person I encounter....  W/o expectation of reciprocity..."  Well I  wanted to be in the dynamic flow of giving and I have just spent countless hours steaming grape juice - which I love - so all my family,  neighbors, when ever someone came to the house, or I knew I was to meet someone for the day, I gave them a bottle of grape juice.  It was fun and it really meant something to me to give that away because of all the effort that went into growing, harvesting, cleaning, steaming and bottling it.  IT FELT GREAT.

Well Hannell and Emerson stated " GIVE MORE GET MORE".  So I was wondering if all this was really going to work for me and I was watching some video clips after the video on the MKMMA tab in the Laziest networker in the world web site and heard a story of a woman who wanted a cosmic sign that she was important and an eagle flew in to her car and I thought that would be awesome!  So the next morning when I take time to spiritually create my day I meditated on getting some amount of money just as a test. Well that afternoon I had an acquaintance come to the house (who I gave a bottle of grape juice to) and they needed some Landscape Lighting supplies and I  had some to just give her but sheinsisted on paiing me and gave me a really good price for them.  Hhhmm.

Then later in the evening my wife got a call and found out that there was some money from her late father's estate that had been held back for taxes that would be sent to us w/i the week.  Again HHhmmmmmm.

Then after 9:30 pm I remembered that I said I would take a Charlie Brown movie to work for a co-worker and I got on the phone / internet and couldn't find it anywhere to rent.  I thought about "Always keeping my promises" and what I could do to get that movie.  My wife decided to put it out on her Face book page and got a reply from a neighbors' daughter that her mom had a copy and my wife told me to give the neighbor a call.  I was in the middle of doing my readings so I put off calling and just as I finished I got a call from the neighbor who told me she had the movie and that her husband was out and would bring it over to my house in 10 minutes....    WOW!  HHHMMMMMM.  Guess who got a bottle of grape juice???

So the morale of the story is that I am now visualizing my DMP with more enthusiasm and excitement than ever before knowing that It will work for me once I train my subconscious mind.  

BABY STEP - Today I begin a new life.

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Master of the Vineyard

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Wow - what a great week...  Although I feel behind in making connections with colors and my DMP, I have seen some real progress.  I got angry once this week but caught myself and laughed because that hasn't happened for a very long time and I realized that I am beginning to manifest my true self and I love who I am becoming.

I found myself living the part in Mandino where he says "Today I am born anew and my birthplace is a vineyard where there is fruit for all.  Today I pluck grapes of wisdom from the tallest and fullest vines in the vineyard...  ...Today I savor the taste of grapes from these vines and verily swallow the seed of success buried in each and new life sprouts within me." 

This is harvest season and my grapevines are ripe and full.  The smell is intoxicating and I have been diligently picking several boxes a day and washing them, separating the fruit from the stems and steaming the juice so I can bottle it.  I have done this for years and every fall it seems such a chore but now I am loving the process.  * It's true that "thousands of grapes are (steamed) to fill one jar with (juice), and the grape-skin and pulp are tossed to the birds."  What I have learned is that the hours it takes to harvest, clean and bottle the juice is similar to the hours and effort taken to retrain the subby to produce the juice of success in my own life.  I have maliciously been spending hours separating the dross from my life literally feeling the intensity of the pressure cooker to produce the sweetest of life's experiences.  AND OH HOW I LOVE GRAPE JUICE.  The first tastes of this years juice is  exquisite!

It's interesting to note that when I have finished a batch at the end of the evening and then leave the pulp in the steamer, by morning I will have an additional two quarts of juice in the collection pan.  It has also been that way for me after doing the mental exercises of reading and meditating, by morning I have extra energy, ideas,  hope, excitement etc.  so although the process is still difficult and tedious to retrain my subby, I'm excited and look forward with renewed effort to continue the process and lay up in store a lifetime of drinking from the sweet juices of my harvest.

Scott

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Wait for iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

This has been a great week.  I have really focused on my DMP, going over every word to make sure it was right and I had some insights to tweek a sentence or two, change a different word or two and BAM!!!!!   It seemed to really hit me It rang true - like I finally got it right and I got so excited.  I'm still tweeking it here and there but now IT ALL seems different - and like Shawn Spencer on Psych when he knows what's going to happen and tells everyone to "wait for iiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.... I know that's all I have to do  -  just like a gardener who plants  his crops and then waters, nourishes and then waits for a season to partake of the harvest, that's all I have to do.  I'm working on nourishing the seeds of my DMP by continuing the reading and focusing my thoughts on FEELINGS and building good habits.... the problem is I saw a little green shoot pop out of the ground and it feels like Christmas when I was a little kid and I just can't stand the waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaait.
Scott

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Death Therapy, It's an absolute cure!

This week has been crazy and yet I'm still here and if I don't do something about my future today, when will I find the time to get it right?  That's the mantra from Mark J. and it's the one thing that has kept me going. I understand and believe that to have harmony in the world without, then I need to control my thoughts and feelings and determine for myself how my daily experiences are to affect me.  But if the world without is a reflection of the world within.... then my world within is way too busy!

Amid all the bustle, I have been working on my Definiteness of purpose or (DMP).  I think I have it on paper but I am struggling to determine what I really want for my future.  I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO SAVE THE WORLD.   Mark J. had us focus on a list of Personal Pivotal Needs and then shut our eyes.... ponder... and then open them and write down the first two that came to our minds and hearts.  Well I did it and I realize that in acquiring those two, I will in the end need to acquire them all but secretly I hope I picked the right ones to start on!  Nevertheless, I'm on it and I filled out my 3X5 card and put down my promises color coded with blue... I'm repeating "Do it Now!:" as well as my DMP out loud with enthusiasm 3X a day;  reading the Haanell material, the Greatest Salesman in the world 3X a day; saying the Blueprint out loud and taking a few minutes to meditate.  Made my blog, watched the videos, and am caught up on the 2nd weeks Webcast. I am taking time for the kids and date night with my wife and so far the big change..... Not so much!  I realize this is a process and it takes a season to prepare the soil, fertilize, plant and then grow the new blueprint.  I'm just so hungry I'm starving to death.  Maybe that's the point.

The Start of My Blog

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As I begin a new adventure of self discovery I have really struggled deciding where to start.  I am working on my Definiteness of purpose and feel to focus only on the personal / spiritual growth I desire and ignore any work related objectives and focus primarily on changing the world by changing myself.  Therefore, my adventure is to create a better me that is totally honest with others as well as myself.  I hope to boldly go where I have not dared to venture before and find within myself the true measure of my creation.