Visioning or Visualizing?
Published on 4 Jul 2008 at 6:18 am.
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About a week ago I received Rev. Dr. Michael Beckwith’s, Life Visioning Program. I was inspired to order the 4-CD set after hearing recommendations from a good friend and downloading the pdf transcript of an interview with Rev. Dr. Michael Beckwith By Kathy Juline, This interview originally appeared in the December 1996 issue of Science of Mind® magazine. Access your copy
Below is an except from the transcript that ignited my thinking:
What is the difference between visioning and the technique of visualization?
“Visualization is a beginning phase in metaphysics in which we mentally conceive of something we want. We imagine doing it or having it and we generate the feelings that would accompany the experience. Visualization involves having an idea of what we want to accomplish or how we want to live our life, then imaging that goal as already achieved and establishing the necessary mental and emotional vibrations to bring it forth and manifest it. Visualization is a beautiful and wonderful stage in our evolution, and it’s very important.
Visioning is a process by which we train ourselves to be able to hear, feel, see, and catch God’s plan for our life or for any particular project we’re working on. An organic process that has evolved for me as I grow spiritually, it is based on the idea that we’re not here to tell God what do or to ask God for things but to absolutely be available for what God is already doing, to open ourselves up to catch what’s already happening. When we do visioning, on the other hand, we align in consciousness with our divine purpose, which is to love and to express a greater degree of life. Then we open ourselves to catch a sense of how that expression is supposed to occur through us”.
When I review the steps many folks talk about regarding The Law of Attraction, it looks more like the technique of visualization rather than visioning. Visualization creates the outpicturing of our dreams and desires which then invites us to step into the visioning process that involves all of out 5 senses. When we are aligned with our soul destiny, we begin living the vision that is the Divine plan for our life.
Lately, I have been asking different questions within myself that have been inspired by Michael Beckwith’s Life Visioning program:
- What do I desire to manifest in my life?
- What am I saying yes to? No to?
- How does God see itself as my life?
- What is the vision God has for me as my life?
- Who do I need to become to embody that vision?
I love these kinds of questions because they bring dreams and desires into a higher level or potential; into the realm of imagination through the mind of God/Creation/Source energy. I experience a sense of freedom and inner expansion when I feel into these questions.
For quite some time I have felt the deep desire (and nudging) to allow my inner wisdom, God, soul, Source energy… to be the guiding force in all areas of my life, in all of my experiences. This means combining my inner knowing with business strategies and allowing the Universe to work with me and through me. That means I don’t have to make everything happen if I trust and believe the Universe is conspiring in my favor to bring me everything I need for my highest and best good.
One of the suggestions made on one of the CD’s was to partner with someone to begin a visioning process of aligning with God’s greater vision for ourselves. I believe the visions we might hold for ourselves are smaller than the ones God holds for us.
Some additional questions to explore in the visualizing to visioning process
- What qualities do I seek to grow?
- What habits do I need to release?
- What strengths do I wish to expand?
- What gifts and talents do I need to own (that I might be dis-owning?)
- How can I allow my gifts, talents, strengths, and qualities to help my fulfill my soul destiny?
- What identities do I need to shed to allow the real parts of myself to fully emerge?
- What is seeking to emerge, to be fully expressed in service to humanity?
Your vision partner holds the space for the desires, intention and vision you hold for yourself to actualize. To understand the full process, I encourage you to purchase a copy of Life Visioning.
Our lives - our relationships, business, abundance are an outward reflection of who we believe ourselves to be. To change our life, we must transform the beliefs and behaviors that keep us from receiving ALL THE GOOD WE DESIRE…….and that is desired for us to have. I believe we are all here to be happy, prosperous, experiencing and sharing love in the world.
Have a terrific holiday weekend. Dream BIG!
Cheers 
Lorraine
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Coaching Tip: Clear Your Plate
Published on 30 Jun 2008 at 7:26 am.
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Are you feeling overwhelmed, stuck or do you find yourself procrastinating? Do you typically load your plate by taking on too much and expect to handle it all? Are your goals realistic or a bit too ambitious?
There are times when tipping over your plate and letting things drop so that you can start over is the best choice.
Consider eliminating all goals for 30 days and slowly add back selected old ones plus new ones. Use this 30 day period to delegate, dump, finish, or streamline areas of your business or personal life.
Steps:
- Make a list of everything that is undone or not progressing the way you want. Include things you feel pressured about or anything your feel you should, could, have to, or ought to do. Add all goals, projects, roles, routines, and things you consider both minor and essential to your life.
- Drop 50% of the items on this list permanently. Yup, you heard me. Creating space to re-evaluate what you really want allows you to make a clear decision about what you choose to add back into your life.
- Deliberately reduce the emotional or time invested in the remaining 50% so that you have some “you” time and space for self –care, re-energizing, having fun…..
- Slowly add only the items back that you really want.
- Clearing your plate of all goals, promises, shoulds, have tos..etc for a brief period creates the room to focus on what you really want rather than what you think you should want or do.
Bottom line: Choosing this strategy can be a great way to realign priorities and assist you in having more ease in your life. Doing a clean sweep can jumpstart enthusiasm and motivation when focused on the things you deeply desire and choose to pursue. This can be a fun process that supports you in working smarter rather than harder.
Cheers,
Lorraine
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Hypnotic Manifestation & The Breath of One
Published on 28 Jun 2008 at 7:56 am.
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Anita Pathik - Law just launched her new website - Hypnotic Manifestation!!!!!. I use her healing meditations consistently for my personal growth and I endorse them to all my clients.
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So often the blocks people struggle with is the inability to shift past pain, negative beliefs, and destructive behaviors. The keys to releasing the identities and issues we have taken on as “who we are” includes transforming them on a conscious and subconscious level. Anita’s healing meditations powerfully work to transform the blocks that are operating beneath the surface. If you’re feeling frustrated by some of the thoughts and behaviors that seems to be controlling your life, I highly recommend joining Hypnotic Manifestation to empower you with additional tools to heal and grow. Learn more
Take a peek at Anita’s newest inspirational video that has also been created with Theta healing technology.
Have a great weekend
Lorraine
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Do You Have The Courage To Be Indiana Jones?
Published on 25 Jun 2008 at 9:35 am.
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I’ve always loved the Indiana Jones movies. My all time favorite is Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. When the lastest one came out - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, I raced to the movies with high hopes it would be great. After waiting almost 20 years since the last one, I left the movie with a smile. Watching Harrison Ford’s character brilliantly battle his way through seemingly impossible situations and triumphing over his adversaries is not only entertaining, I’m also inspired.
We see Harrison Ford appear as a bookish, mild mannered professor teaching archeology to University student and watch him transform into his Indiana Jones persona with his trademark clothing, hat and bullwhip. The hero of the story had appeared to save the day!
Here are some things Indiana Jones can teach us about courage:
1. Adapt and improvise. In each movie Indie seems to be caught in impossible situations and almost killed dozens on times. (Yes we know he’s the hero and meant to survive, or….maybe not????) Do we see him flinch in fear and resign himself to his doom? No way. His mind races for options and solutions as he improvises and adapts, signaling the invitation for his companions to join with him. His resilience and courage helps him to be victorious.
How often do you retreat and give up when things look bleak and seemingly impossible? Do you have the courage to say, “oh yeah - I don’t accept that” and invite your creative nature to kick in. Do you engage the support of others to be a part of innovative solutions?
2. Stand up and fight for what you believe in. With his trademark hat and bullwhip in hand, archeologist and adventurer Indie stands up to the German army, the Russians, and the Thuggee to defend and save the people he cares about and to protect precious artifacts from falling into the wrong hands. With a strong moral and ethical code, he is steadfast in staying true to his values and who he is despite the temptations and dangers.
How far would you go to protect and defend the people and things you value most? What would you be willing to overcome to champion yourself? What would you say no to or yes to in order to remain true to who you are?
3. Things are not always what they seem. One scene that consistently stands out in my mind that has left the most vivid impression is in my favorite - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. I’ve heard many people refer to the same scene because of it’s symbology and inspiration. Indie stands on the edge of the mountain looking across a crevice to the doorway to another mountain. He must cross to the other side to find the Holy Grail so that he can save Sean Connery’s life. He must take a leap of faith. He takes a deep breath, closes his eyes, and puts one foot out into nothingness and a wooden plank appears beneath his feet so that he can cross to the other side safely. WOW. What a powerful metaphor!
Are you willing to take a leap of faith without knowing the outcome? Would you surrender and trust because everything inside you says, “Go for it! Do it,” even it if seems crazy?
4. Trust your instincts. How often have we seen Indie relying on sheer instinct and wit to survive? He seems to move with certainty even when he is in foreign territory. Split second decisions, fast reflexes, and following his intuition are recurring themes in his character.
How often to you follow you intuition and instincts? How willing are you to trust yourself and your choices because your heart and spirit says YES?
5. Face your fears. We’ve watched Indie repeatedly deal with situations that required courage. Trapped in a hole with snakes (which he abhors) and finding a way out, landing a plane without landing gear, surviving the opening of the Ark without disintegrating, all of the disgusting bugs Spielberg comes up with in each episode that Indie has to deal with…. Each time the odds were against him, he rallied and did whatever he could think of to survive no matter how scared he was. Several times I saw him draw strength and courage from his anger to fight back, refusing to give in to the situation. Other times, it was his desire and need to survive or save others that gave him courage to override his fear.
What do you do when you feel fear? Do you face it head on or retaliate? What gives you courage to overcome your fears? What or who are you willing to fight for?
You must be willing to be a participant in your life experiences rather than sitting on the sidelines. Life is a journey that requires courage passion, intuition, instinct, a sense of humor, resilience, courage, prowess, inner strength, commitment, innovation….. to show up to claim the life you are meant to live. While most of us do not face life-threatening dangers on a daily basis, our own fears, beliefs, thoughts, and actions create our life dramas and joys that make up the reality we experience. Approach each day as an adventurer - with a curiousity and passion for the possibilities and miracles waiting to unfold.
Do you have the courage to become the hero of your own life story?
Need some help to change your reality by unleashing your inner hero and champion?
Register for Aligning With Your Destiny - an 8-step blueprint for Whole Life Transformation with me and my partner, Anita Pathik-Law beginning June 30. Read about what is being hailed as “the single best, most comprehensive and unique personal and spiritual development program” participants have ever taken!”
Reserve your seat and take advantage on the three-payment plan when you sign up TODAY!
Receive an incredible audio gift package (yes, for F*r*e*e!). These three MP3 downloads will give you a sense of who we are and what this incredible program is about. I know you’ll love them!
Have a great day!
Cheers,
Lorraine
Powerfull Living Radio - Goal Free Living
Published on 24 Jun 2008 at 8:21 pm.
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Please join me with my special guest this Thursday, June 26 with my special guest, author and consultant, Stephen Shapiro. We’ll be talking about his book, “Goal Free Living” and the idea of innovation.
About two years ago I had the opportunity to hear Steve speak at a local college on Goal Free Living. I was struck by several points he made about looking at goals in a different way. I found his perspective on goal-setting was fresh and innovative as well as being very freeing. I actually wrote about one of his ideas - meandering with purpose, in a previous post. Go read it here
Join me live, join the chat or hear the show afterwards. I guarantee you’ll be looking at the concept of goal-setting in a whole new light!
Have a great day!
Lorraine
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Cell Phone Etiquette - Are You Making Major Blunders?
Published on 23 Jun 2008 at 8:38 am.
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Productive Cell Phone Etiquette by Neen James
You may remember a time before there were cell phones…a time when communications within organizations was more controlled and within business hours. Cell phones have created an ‘open all hours’ mentality for business (and pleasure). People now assume they can reach you at all hours and we have become dependent on the flexibility they give us.
There once was a time we had to schedule, plan, co-ordinate and know our way to a meeting or luncheon. Cell phones have now become a major distractor as we use them for phone conversations, receiving email and texting. I often see people in meetings not paying attention (checking their blackberry), couples at dinner (looking under the table at their phones for text and email) and parents supposedly playing with their kids or watching them play sport (while checking their messages). It is time to master phone etiquette, be fully present in conversations and stand out in the crowd.
- Just ask. When my cell phone rings the first question I ask my caller is “how can I help you today?’ This simple, but polite question ensures they get right to the point, avoids chit chat, and ensures we are not spending too much time on the phone. If the caller is in for a long chat I suggest another time we can connect. Try this simple question and see if you spend less (not more) time on your cell phone.
- Be present. If you are on the phone with a caller, give them your undivided attention. Too often we proudly ‘multi-task’ and don’t fully tune into conversations. This wastes time, kills productivity and causes us to miss important facts, ask for information to be restated and we can also miss ‘reading between the lines’ in conversations. Be fully present in your cell phone conversations.
- Your voicemail. Create an informative voicemail message that provides callers with information about you and when you will get back to them. You might simply include your name, business name, contact details and/or website. Where possible try to record the message yourself so your callers hear your voice when they phone, instead of an automated voice message.
- Size matters. Be considerate when leaving voicemails. This is not a time to tell a long and detailed story. It is the perfect opportunity to provide the facts about why you called, what you need and when they can get back to you.
- Clear out. Daily check your voicemail messages and ensure you clear out all messages and return them within 24 hours wherever possible.
- Reply quickly. Because of its immediacy, people expect fast replies to their voicemails. A response within 24-hours is probably as long as most people would consider appropriate. If you are unable to answer within 24 hours ensure your outgoing message tells callers when you will get back to them.
- Watch your tone. Business communications used to all share a fairly dull, formal tone of voice however voicemail is more informal and conversational. It does allow for a more casual and personal approach. Ensure you always use a greeting (‘Hi’, ‘Hello’, ‘Good morning’ and ‘Good afternoon’ are probably more common ) and a sign off (‘looking forward to hearing from you’ or ‘ have a great day’).
- Don’t answer. There are times when a cell phone should be switched to silent mode or completely turned off including the movies, meetings, meals in public places, church, temple and funerals. It is also inappropriate to answer in the bathroom (not to mention unhygienic!). Voicemail is a great resource for these times when you are unable to answer your phone.
- Ask permission. When you are phoning someone on their cell phone inquire if this is a good time to talk. This simple question will allow them to respond and ensure you have a productive conversation. If it is not convenient to chat they can then suggest an alternative time.
- Open hours. Common etiquette used to state you should never call someone before 9.00 am and after 9.00 pm. While business may open earlier than 9.00 am, this is a good standard to adhere to. Unless your know your colleague or client is an early riser it is best to wait until 9.00 am to call and to avoid ever calling clients after 9.00 pm at night.
- Out of office. Just like an email ‘Out of Office’, if you are going to be unable to respond to voicemails within your usual timeframe, this might be because you are away or you need some quiet time, advise callers when they can expect to hear from you. Remember cells phones are a fabulous tool if used productively and with sensitivity for those around you.
Copyright © Neen James 2008. Global productivity expert. http://www.neenjames.com
Have a great weeken
Lorraine
www.powerfull-living.biz
Compelling Conversation With Joan Marie Whelan
Published on 21 Jun 2008 at 10:43 am.
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Join me in my new Compelling Conversations Series for Powerfull Living with author, lecturer, and life coach Joan Marie Whelan. Joan is launching her new book on June 24, “Soul Discovery - 9 Principles for Revealing Your Sacred Gifts”.
In this compelling conversation, we’ll be talking about:
- Joan’s personal story and what she means when she says her new book is about, “Dancing with your own Soul”
- How one can truly understand and communicate with their Soul
- What is the Soul?
- How individuals can understand true freedom within their Soul
- How one can truly understand their purpose in life and go from the caterpillar to the butterfly
- Advice and tips for people who are feeling panicky about the economy and all the changes that are happening
When: June 24th, 3pm EST/12 noon PST.
Where: In the privacy of your home or office.
Cost: F*R*E*E except your cost for a long distance call.
You must register to receive the bridge number and pin! Register even if you can’t make it LIVE to receive the link for the recorded replay. Sign up here
We look forward to having you join us on the call!
Blessings,
Lorraine
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5 Tips to Be At Your Best
Published on 19 Jun 2008 at 10:52 am.
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In many coaching sessions, clients express frustration and self-criticism when they feel they have not lived up to the standards (the bar) they have set for themselves in their business or personal life. Often their bar is set at the height of perfectionism which is impossible to realistically reach and still maintain self-esteem and sanity.
The conversation then shifts to striving for excellence rather than perfectionism. Is there a difference? I say yes! Perfectionism lacks compassion and tolerance for humanness. If you have been caught in that box of attempting to be and do everything perfectly, by whose standards? Your own or someone else? It is your life, right?
My definition for excellence is showing up to be your best in any situation. That means being the best person you can be and doing the best you can based on who you are and what’s going on in your life at the time.
For example, if you’ve been under a great deal of stress and are having difficulty coping, you might be abrupt, irritable, or aggressive with people. That might be the best you can be in that moment. Our best changes depending on what going on inside of us.
You might be thinking, “That’s not good enough. I should always strive to be better. It’s unacceptable to make mistakes and let people down (including myself) My boss expects me to excel at my job and if I don’t perform consistently at a high level, my job will be at risk…..”
Do you expect you will ALWAYS be at the top of your game in every situation, 24/7? C’mon – you’re human!
When I do workshops and seminar on this topic, the first thing I ask folks is, “What does it look like to be your best?” I ask them to draw their response as a picture including words, phrases – whatever comes to their mind.
What would you answer? What picture might you create?
Being tired, angry, lonely, and hungry affects how we think, feel and act. Negative self-talk erodes our self-esteem and confident and affects what our “best” looks like. We create stories and dramas in our minds that are painful! And we believe what we are telling ourselves as truth! Refer to my blog post on turning off negative mental chatter
5 Tips to bring out your best:
1. Practice daily gratitude. Feeling joy for the gifts and blessings in your life is a great way to lift your mood especially when feeling fear, stress, weariness, anger….
2. Create a list of the people and things that inspire and boost your spirit. What invigorates, strengthens, and stimulates you positively? Use this list when you are over-reacting, running those negative tapes inside your head (check my blog article), or feeling lost in yourself-created mental stories.
3. Begin to observe your self talk. Be willing to challenge the messages you repeat to yourself and others. Are they really true? Is it possible that what you are saying might be false? What might you choose to tell yourself that would be more encouraging, loving, ….compassionate?
4. When you are not at the best you’d like to be, what needs need attention? A break? Some help? Some fun? To lighten up and let go of being so serious?
5. What opportunities, gifts, and blessings might be overlooked that would invite you expand your viewpoint and response? How might you look at something differently by expanding your lens of perception? In a seemingly negative experience, is it possible there might be something that you might not be seeing?
Accept that your best varies day - to- day depending on the situation and is affected by your energy, mood, and stress levels. Begin each day with the intention of showing up to be the best person you can be and you will always succeed. Every experience offers a growth and healing opportunity to allow more of your best to emerge.
Enjoy the journey
PS: Join me and my partner Anita Pathik-Law for Aligning With Your Destiny - an 8-step blueprint for whole life transformation! Read about what is being hailed as “the single best, most comprehensive and unique personal and spiritual development program” participants have ever taken!”
Reserve your seat and take advantage on the three-payment plan when you sign up TODAY!
Receive an incredible audio gift package (yes, for F*r*e*e!). These three MP3 downloads will give you a sense of who we are and what this incredible program is about. I know you’ll love them!
To your best
Lorraine
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