Prosperity Guide for Overwhelmed Entrepreneurs

Happy Thanksgiving to all in the U.S. Happy Appreciation Day to all not celebrating Thanksgiving today!

I’m looking forward to celebrating good food with good friends in a couple hours.

If you have time today, or maybe late tonight when you’re resting from all the food you’ve consumed, have a look at my latest newsletter, The Prosperity Connection. This weeks’ topic? Gratitude, of course.

http://www.prosperitylighthouse.com/PC-20081127.html

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The Law of Attraction has grown in popularity over the past years as a result of “The Secret” movie (www.thesecret.tv). And it’s about time. People need to know that they have the power to create their lives and make it however they want.

The Law of Attraction says that we create our reality based on how we’re vibrating. Everything in our lives, including ourselves, is energy and vibrates at a certain frequency. Focusing on a thing or situation draws that thing or situation to us because we essentially become a vibrational match. It doesn’t matter whether we consider it good or bad, the Universe will still deliver.

We have to become more aware of how we’re vibrating in order to create what we want or… prevent ourselves from creating what we don’t want.

How in the heck do we know how we’re vibrating? Great question.

Our emotions let us know how we’re vibrating. If we’re feeling “good”, then we’re attracting more good. If we’re feeling not so good, like worried, fearful, anxious, sad, etc. we’re keeping the good away.

Here are 3 ways you can practice vibrating at a ‘good’ level and harness the power of the Law of Attraction to attract what you want.

1) State your intention. Your intention is a declaration of how you want to feel and what you’d like to experience. By putting your attention on what you want to feel, you’re making the energy work for you. The energy from your intention prepaves the way for you.

I like to state intentions on how I want my day to be and how I want to feel. For example, I may intend to feel joyful and in the flow. I may intend to complete my projects easily. You can use it before a job interview, before a important meeting, maybe before you drive somewhere and intend that you have a safe trip.

This exercise is simple but effective. I find that when I state a daily intention to be focused and to complete my tasks easily, I do. When I forget or think that I am too busy to do it, I regret it because my attention is more scattered and I waste lots of energy.

2) Focus on what’s working. The second way to attract what you want more easily is to focus on what’s working. Be grateful for the things you have and be grateful for the things you want.

Our habit is to focus on what we don’t like. For example, people who want more money are usually focused on how much debt they have, all the bills they have to pay, all the money they don’t have. And that is exactly what they get. That’s the level at which they’re vibrating. But in order to attract more wealth, they need to shift their energy to a higher level by first being grateful for what they do have.

What could you be more grateful for? Having a home? Having food to eat? Your health? Having friends? By continually being grateful, and really feel that in your heart, you raise your vibration and attract more of that of which you’re grateful.

3) Create a vision for yourself. The third way to harness the power of the Law of Attraction is to create a vision of how you’d like your life to be. And emphasize how you want to feel. You can break it down to areas of your life to make it easier.

For example, let’s say you want a new job. What does your ideal career/job look like? What kind of boss would you be working with? What would you be doing? Where would you be working? How much are you making?

Make your vision as clear and as detailed as you can. And remember to add the feelings. How will you feel when you have your ideal job? How will you feel while you’re doing the work. You get it, right?

How you’re feeling or how you think you are going to feel is most important. The feeling is what puts you in vibrational alignment with what you’re wanting. So after you create your vision and get in touch with your feelings, you’ll want to spend a couple of minutes each day imagining/visualizing your vision and feeling the emotions in your body.

By being consistent with these 3 exercises, you will develop powerful ‘manifesting muscles’. Your life will literally change before your eyes and you’ll feel good too.

Tags: intentions, Law of Attraction, the Secret, Visualization

Jeff Ferrannini of Planetary-Spirit.com recently interviewed Julie and I about our spiritual coaching business. It was a fun and entertaining show. You can listen to the interview through the link below.

Planetary-Spirit.com Interview with Nat Couropmitree and Julie Mele

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Today is the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election and the polls will likely be closed or almost closed by the time you read this. But this article from Elyse Hope Killoran has such great practical wisdom that it would serve you to read it at any time in history.

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Being a Conscious Creator on Election Day by Elyse Hope Killoran

Election Day is a day when people get into a high state of desire - and, often, an even higher state of resistance. We want you to remember your power to be a Conscious Creator today, so we’ve put together the following points to help you keep what is most important at the forefront of your mind.

1) Conscious Creators focus upon what they want, not what they don’t want.

Remember, what you focus upon expands and what you resist, persists. We must see elections as an opportunity to vote “for” what we want without allowing ourselves to get caught up in the illusion that we need to push against we don’t want.

(BTW, after the Bush-Gore election, Abraham-Hicks reported that the election was lost by the group that was pushing against the other side in the strongest way.) So today, whatever your choice, keep your focus upon the benefits of your candidate’s approach - and release your attention to the other candidate’s apparent “lack”.

2) Conscious Creators use tools to keep their energy on track - under any and all conditions.

If you spend the day glued to the radio and television reports waiting to hear whether your preferred candidate is winning or losing, you will likely find your energy going up and down like a roller coaster. On a day such as this, it is more important than ever that you use your power of “choice” and commit to keeping your energy vibration high.

Regardless of which candidate you prefer, do yourself a favor and spend 10 minutes today focusing on the strengths and gifts of BOTH candidates.

As Abraham explains: “We would make the longest list of positive aspects about the other 2 speakers on the platform that we had ever made in our life. We would speak of the power of their desire to lead and the power of their desire to serve. We would speak about how they wanted this almost the day their feet hit the ground in this time-space reality. And how each of them is prepared in their own unique way to be all that they need to be, to stand in that place.”

3) Conscious Creators never lose sight of their true power.

As a Conscious Creator you know that the person in the White House is only a bit player in the unfolding of your personal life story. Do not fall into the trap of thinking that the outcome of this election can alter the happy ending that you have been intending for your life.

Here is a reminder from Abraham: “Do not hold these two men (or either one of them or anyone on the planet) responsible for the Well-Being that comes to you. This man…is not responsible for your Well-Being. You are responsible for your Well-Being. Give them a break.”

Hoping that you found this helpful (and, if you did, pass it on),
Elyse Hope Killoran President, Prosperity from the Inside-Out

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Was this article helpful? Would love to hear your comments.

Enjoy in JOY.

Nat

Tags: abraham-hicks, Apparent Lack, Election Day, Elections, elyse hope killoran, presidential election, Presidential Polls, Resistance

How to Eliminate Poverty Consciousness and Manifest True Abundance
By Margot Zaher and Jafree Ozwald
www.EnlightenedBeings.com

Have you ever wondered how poverty consciousness is created and what you can do to step out of it?  Sometimes it happens that we become overly entangled in the material world and get wrapped up in feeling that we always need more money.  This idea of lacking money sends toxic stress chemicals to the brain causing the body to fight or flee for its life.  Anytime we repetitively feel that there is not enough of “this or that”, it forms a chemical rut of impoverished thinking in our body-mind which depletes our energy, manifesting vibration, and financial outlook on life.  Every time this lacking feeling is regurgitated it creates mini “poverty attacks” in the inner world, which eventually manifest into physically lacking finances on the outer world.  The good news is that this entrapped cyclical experience is only here to give you an experience of what you don’t want, so that you are inspired to one day become clearer on what you really DO want!  The enlightening secret is that this pattern is easily shifted by simply refocusing your awareness OFF of neediness and ON to feelings of gratitude and appreciation.

“We are what we think.  All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make our world.”  ~Buddha

When you put your attention on feelings of acceptance and gratitude for what you do have, you start sending positive expansive feeling based chemicals directly into your brain which are felt throughout your body.  The more frequent these “appreciation chemicals” are produced, the happier you become and the higher your manifesting vibration grows.  This vibrational inner shift causes you to physically attract that higher paying job, a huge contract, that wealthy client who loves you, or a sizeable check from that special person in the outer world.  Even though your financial situation may be struggling, impoverished, or absolutely bleak for years, it really does not matter.  You can instantly shift into the experience of feeling more abundant and start manifesting abundance!  Simply refocus your attention for 24 hours on deep feelings of appreciation and gratitude.  Choose to focus on ANYTHING that you can authentically feel deep gratitude for.  We live in an abundant conscious Universe.  With patience, you will soon begin to see these physical manifestations of abundance come your way.

“Look within, see The Divine Self.  Only then there will be an end of the world and its miseries.”  ~Ramana Maharshi

There is an ancient golden secret to breaking out of the prison of poverty consciousness forever that we’d like to share with you.  This secret is to ONLY measure your financial abundance based on the quality and quantity of ABUNDANT FEELINGS you are having.  Meaning that your outer wealth is never going to be 100% trustworthy measurement of how abundant you really are.  Anything and everything in the outer world will be taken away from you one day.  Abundance based on resources from the outer world is illusory, and is a form of impermanent abundance.  The true permanent state of richness only comes from being connected to the divinity within.  Appreciating what is here now or the goodies that are coming your way is the fastest path to getting there.  Yes, there are many multi-millionaires in this world who aren’t very appreciative, still don’t FEEL rich and are conti nuously striving to become wealthy.  Even though they have plenty of dough, they are still letting themselves remain entrapped in the realm of poverty consciousness.  Consistent gratitude is the easy track to ending poverty internally and externally.  When your abundance is measured by how deeply you FEEL abundant and how often you visit this feeling, then your experience of being rich is truly unstoppable.  This is the most direct path to financially magnetizing massive abundance to you in the outer world.

“You are not inferior Beings in need of enlightenment…you are not misguided children trying to find your way home. You are powerful Leading-Edge creators riding the most significant wave of expansion that has ever occurred.”  ~Abraham-Hicks

Now that you know this secret, be curious about the beliefs you are repetitively having about your current financial situation.  We all have hidden beliefs that are running the show behind the scenes.  If somehow you have a deeper belief that you must work harder in order to be truly successful, then that is exactly what you will create.  Go deeper inside.  Explore what is beneath those old paradigms that make you struggle more, work harder (and not smarter) to achieve unnecessary stress and make you feel less successful and abundant.  There is a much more expansive, empowering belief system available.  You can begin to form these new beliefs today by living as if you have already arrived at this abundant life that you love.  So start relaxing while you’re at work, appreciating that electric bill that gives you light.  Go and have that special experience that you’ve always wanted, and really enjoy this amazing body and creative mind that have been freely given to you!  As you consistently appreciate this divine manifesting vehicle that you are living in, you’ll notice how each day of your life unfolds itself in the most magical and abundant ways.

Have an Amazingly Appreciative Abundant Week!!
Jafree & Margot
www.EnlightenedBeings.com

Tags: abundance, enlightenedbeings.com, finances, Gratitude, poverty consciousness

A few weeks ago, my 19-year-old son came home from his new job completely elated. He spoke very highly of his workplace. They fed him unlimited catered food for free; they have foosball and darts for entertainment; there’s a big screen TV; he can dress casually.

These were all perks that a college kid could appreciate. And they helped to make a day of cold calling, his actual job responsibility, more than bearable. My son made a remark last night about his job that really caught my attention. He said, “It’s amazing how productive you can be when you’re happy.”

Wow. So true!

The point to notice here is that even though his actual job of cold calling isn’t the most fulfilling experience, he has chosen to focus on what does make him happy. And as a result his whole day is more rewarding.

If we can just focus more on what we appreciate - what makes us happy - I know that our lives will become more joyful.

So now I leave you with Jafree and Margot’s article about how to be unstoppably happy.

Hope you create an Unstoppably Happy Day!

Nat

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How to Be Unstoppably Happy
Written By Jafree Ozwald and Margot Zaher
www.EnlightenedBeings.com

People spend lifetimes striving to reach their goals and dreams which they believe will one day make them happy.  Yet many find themselves addicted to the pursuit of their vision, and the fantasy of what may come, instead of actually enjoying being happy in their lives today.  The truth is there are as many distractions inside us as there are on the outside of us, and they are ALL excuses that say it’s not possible to be happy right now.  The secret we’ve discovered to becoming unstoppably happy is simply to see how happiness is not far away at all.  It is always a choice readily available to you in each new moment.

When the understanding sinks in that your happiness is not based upon anything in the outer world, you start the journey towards being truly liberated from any sadness, negativity pain.  You can choose to embody the energy of joy and appreciation in this moment because it is always a choice!  Whatever you decide to feel about the outer world impacts how you feel about yourself.  You are always interpreting situations and events in your life, so why not choose the response that opens those doors towards feelings of expansion, serenity, appreciation and continuous jubilation!  Happiness is a FEELING that is always available, and can be accessed instantly whenever you remember that joy is possible in each moment.  It’s that simple!  Make the decision right now that NOTHING, yes absolutely nothing, can stop you from choosing joy, appreciation and relaxation in each moment.  There is nothing more powerful than this choice, and when you make it you’ll discover a deeper joy hidden inside you that is emanating from the very core of your being.

“Act happy, feel happy, be happy, without a reason in the world. Then you can love, and do what you will.”  ~ Dan Millman

How this email came into existence was that one morning Margot woke up very early and proclaimed that she was going to be unstoppably happy.  She decided that she was going to be happy NO MATTER WHAT came her way today!  This proclamation started acting like a powerful energetic shield that protected her, and freed her from any negative thinking.  It was evident that she felt liberated and was operating from a lighter place of gentleness and love.  When negative comments were directed her way, she’d just deflect them with her “Unstoppable Happiness Shield”.  Being vigilant of her thoughts, she did not let anyone drag her into the land of emotional negativity.  This shield allowed her to feel safe and protected, so that she could relax deeper into the core of her being where the source of positive thinking abides.

We want you to know that you can do this same experiment with your life.  Your state of mind is so precious and sacred.  Dedicate your life to keeping it healthy, wealthy, free and loving.  It’s good to know you can protect your mind from any negativity that comes your way.  It can come in the form of other people’s bad moods, intensity, anxiety or negative words.  You can sit safely behind your invincible happiness shield that allows yourself to relax deeper inside and experience those healing feelings that naturally emerge from your Divine essence.  So, whenever you can, realize that your happiness is NOT at the mercy of your environment or other people’s states of mind.  Know that you always have the power to create any state of mind you desire!  By simply practicing the choice to be an unstoppable source of happiness you will experience just how powerful your thoughts really are!

“Happiness is a conscious choice, not an automatic response.”  ~ Mildred Barthel.

Creating a permanent state of happiness is possible, yet can only happen when you FEEL safe, protected and at peace behind your unstoppable happiness shield.  When you are freed from defending and protecting yourself in anyway, you instantly create a sense of spaciousness inside that leads into the greatest golden secret to becoming happy forever!  This is spacious feeling cultivates a heightened state of awareness of your thoughts.  The more awareness you have, the more you are conscious of each thought passing by, and the easier it is to step on the train which is always arriving in the land of appreciation and the town of “Bliss-ville”!

Greater awareness happens by slowing down in your life, so you can actually witness the thoughts that pass through your mind at lightening speeds.  It is this wandering mind that is always taking you down the paths of despair and self pity.  When you see that you are simply the watcher behind it, you are free from any thought patterns that float by.  Yet you must cultivate a mind that will support you in slowing down and clearly seeing the thoughts that create your emotional states.  This happens through the practice of being centered.  This means you develop the ability to be quiet, calm, and serene….listening to the thoughts without buying into them.  This is the only way to penetrate the deep seated chaos of the mind and remain unshaken by any thoughts that arise.  The more you look inside towards who you truly are, the easier it becomes to discover the et ernal joy that is your true nature.

“We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.” ~ Fredrick Koeing

The feelings of joy and love can be cultivated to arise more frequently by focusing on what you are currently thankful for in your life right now.  In each moment, there is a plethora of things to be grateful for.  From 10,000 miles up in outer space you can easily see how we are all blessed to live on this awesome beautiful planet.  Yet, there are always two sides to every coin.  In any given situation you are given the choice to feel blessed, and you can also focus on what is not working and see things in a negative light.  In each moment there always exists at least two choices.  A person may miss their bus to work one day and can either focus on feeling late for work, or refocus on the beauty of the morning and how they get to enjoy the sunshine for a few more minutes until the next bus comes by.  It simply boils down to when life hands you lemons, do yo u make lemonade or just suck on the lemon with sour puckering lips?  Your reality is always a conscious choice!

“A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.” ~ Hugh Downs

It’s time to stop waiting for happiness to find you and choose to find the roses hidden in your inner garden.  At your very core is an eternal rose bush blooming, radiating its beauty and fragrance for all to enjoy.  Being in touch with the core of your being is pure happiness, and it naturally arises from within when you are relaxed.  Nothing has to happen for happiness to continue to flow.  This happiness IS HERE NOW because this divine creation inside of you is always rejoicing in it’s divine aliveness whether you are aware of it or not.  So when you wake up tomorrow morning, start your day by proclaiming to the world that you are choosing to be unstoppably happy NO MATTER WHAT happens!  This will push you deeper inside to fin your true natural bliss-filled state at the core.  Yet, after you proclaim this choice, gently remind yourself as you go through the day that you are committed to being unstoppably happy.   Practice vigilance with your thoughts, and you will naturally see how easy it is to choose happiness over any negative thinking.  It is always up to you.  You have the power inside you to make those decisions that will make today the happiest day of your life!!

Discover the manifesting routine that will increase your awareness so that you can be happy no matter what happens!  Download it instantly today at:  www.ManifestingVibration.com

May you always discover the joy abiding within you,
Margot and Jafree
www.EnlightenedBeings.com

Copyright 2008. Enlightened Beings Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Tags: enlightenedbeings.com, happiness quotes, how to be happy

So many thoughts… so many ideas… so much inspiration…

This often makes it a time consuming process for me to organize the energy and get it down on paper. I’m not complaining though because I know that this knowledge I have is meant to be shared. And. because this info comes out of me in bits and pieces, it encourages me to take more time with it and truly understand its value.

So I am proud to say that I just finished a new article, entitled:

Law of Attraction Secrets: Why Positive Thinking Alone Does Not Create What You Want

I wrote this article because I’ve talked to tons of people who were frustrated and confused with the Law of Attraction process after they had watched or read “The Secret.”  These people couldn’t understand why they weren’t manifesting what they wanted even though they were thinking positive and being positive. So this article explains why thinking positive by itself does not work and shares a 4 step process to facilitate the manifestation process.

I would love to get your feedback about it. Please comment below.

Thank you.

Nat

Tags: law of attraction article, Manifestation, positive thinking, the Secret

I love this quote about making a career of being happy from Abraham-Hicks.com. I believe it serves as a great reminder for all of us to choose to be happy first and foremost.

Amazing manifestations happen when we are happy. Our vibration increases. Any resistance falls away. We become even happier. Synchronicities and coincidences abound. We just become more enchanted with life. And as we stay in that energetic space, we attract more of the same through the Law of Attraction.

Imagine how the world would be different if everyone’s number one priority was to make a career of living happily.

I Can Make a Career of Living Happily Ever After…

A very good career choice would be to gravitate toward those activities and to embrace those desires that harmonize with your core intentions, which are freedom and growth—and joy. Make a “career” of living a happy life rather than trying to find work that will produce enough income that you can do things with your money that will then make you happy. When feeling happy is of paramount importance to you—and what you do “for a living” makes you happy—you have found the best of all combinations.

(Above is one of a series of powerful quotes that from Abraham’s newest (and we think greatest) book, Money and the Law of Attraction… Learning to Attract Wealth, Health and Happiness. It will be available for worldwide delivery on August 12, 2008. Please enjoy this powerful quote and watch for more. If you would like to pre-order your copy now, click here. ©1997-2008 Abraham-Hicks Publications)

Hope you start ‘training’ for your career of happiness today!

Tags: abraham-hicks, happiness quote, Law of Attraction

A couple of days ago, I was talking to a colleague of mine, Leah, about how interesting it is to hear people say that they’re trying to get the Law of Attraction to work for them.  Because from what I understand and believe, the Law of Attraction is always working. Leah agreed and related the Law of Attraction to gravity. They both always work. And I completely agreed with her at that time.

However, as I thought more about this, I wondered if this was a valid analogy. The Law of Attraction always works. It just is. It reflects back your energy, all the time.

But gravity…. can be defied. We have planes. We have balloons. We have anti-gravity simulators. There are no anti-Law of attraction stuff…. not that I am aware of anyway.

Well as luck would have it, or perhaps as the Law of Attraction would have it, I landed on a blog post by Lyman Reed, entitled “How to know if the Law of Attraction is working” that not only talks about how the Law of Attraction is like the law of gravity but also clarifies my confusion.

He says that balloons, planes, etc. do not defy gravity but Instead use energy to lift themselves off the ground. They use energy to help them get where they want to be and without this deliberate use of energy, they would just be earthbound.

Wow!

This is just like the Law of Attraction then. We need to deliberately use our energy to get what we want too.

Lyman says this quite eloquently:

What we are really trying to do is get ourselves into alignment with our desires, so that the the Law of Attraction will work to our advantage - its effects in our lives will be desirable.

When we get clear on what we want, we create the energy that automatically attracts to us what we want. As Lyman says, we basically get into energetic alignment with our desires

Wow, this is so cool. The clarity I am getting around this is amazing!

So, everything that is in our lives right now, we have created based on the energy we are currently putting out there. You might say that they are our default settings. And we can go along and live this way if we want. The Law of Attraction will always reflect back the energy we’re holding.

But…

If you want to change your life - customize the settings, if you will - you need to use your energy differently. It takes more energy at first but later it gets easier.  A rocket needs the most energy to lift off but later it requires less energy.

So, if you want to change your life, what will you do differently today?

(By the way, for tons of great insights, visit Lyman’s blog, Creating a Better Life )

Tags: gravity analogy, Law of Attraction, Lyman Reed

Looking through my old email, I found this great quote about happiness from Marianne Williamson’s book “A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of a Course in Miracles”. I thought it fits in perfecting with my last post about lasting happiness.

“Usually we figure out what we think would make us happy, and then try to make those things happen. But happiness isn’t circumstance-dependent. There are people who have every reason in the world to be happy who aren’t. There are people with genuine problems who are. The key to happiness is the decision to be happy.”

For more excerpts from Marianne’s book, you can visit Oprah.com

Any thoughts?

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