Day 9: The Case of the Missing Reminders…

I must admit that I felt a great sense of loss when I couldn’t access the blog. I came home from chorale practice on Monday night excited because my husband was going to bed early, I didn’t have to pry the computer away from him, and I could read and write comments to my heart’s content. And then I got an error message. : ( And I fell back into old patterns. I stayed up late watching mindless television to try to make myself feel better (which is faux fun, not real fun). Then I got up very irritable this morning and stayed irritable up until the point when I realized tonight that the blog was back. I’m sure I was completely unconnected from my prosperity today. So this experience has been a great reminder to me that I allow snafus external to myself to cause internal snafus.

Patience is not my strong suit, and when the prosperity that I expect doesn’t show up on my doorstep as quickly as I think it should, I tend to get frustrated. I don’t like the gap, LOL! I stop deliberately making choices, and I allow myself to get sucked back into the old story. That old story has more tentacles than a jellyfish. I think what will work best for me is to create and stick to a routine in the morning and the evening that forces me to step back, evaluate my feelings, and deliberately choose prosperity.

This is a great example of having faith. To keep the prosperity flowing even though we can not see the questions , checks or challenges. I must admit I did panic a bit when the emails stopped coming. But I guess that would be like seeing the “lack of” instead of what I would like!
Jill
Keep the focus

Hi! I am glad you are back. I felt like I must be making a mistake at first, when I couldn’t get the web page, but I was glad when I found the Prosperity Portal working and that helped. I thought that maybe you were building a new sight for the future or right along side this, and that maybe it was a computer glitch in that process. I went along with my day, hoping that this site would be up again soon, and tonight it is there. I get glitches in my busines off and on and you gotta go with the flow, and put your energy where you can, and be patient. It is interesting to see the reactions from differant people,and I can relate to what Elyse said about some people seriously blaming her for this, like she did it on purpose or she is lacking some where. It is a disappointment for us, which is saying that we really love this, and that is good. But we do have to find the good stuff inside of ourselves, and we can just creatively re direct the day a little differantly and we can be disappointed if we can’t help that.

How do you respond when the prosperity that you are expecting ‘appears’ to be missing?

I know that the existence is still there – the sun behind the rainy day, and I just focus on the knowing of it. If I need encouragement, I’ll pull out one of my favorite books and start reading and reinforcing it.

What can you do to insure that you stay ‘connected’ to your prosperity – while you stand in the gap prior to manifestation?

Stay in gratitude! Buy a meal, give a dollar to a cause, call a friend in need and show the Universe gratitude and knowing of what I do have, by giving of ourselves.

What words of wisdom do you have for your fellow experimenters who are, at this moment, in the ‘gap’ and who would appreciate inspiration from anyone who has ‘been there’ and then reached the other side.

Just trust. You know.

I did feel the absence of the blog, though the actual absence made me aware that once the month is over, I will be on my own to create with/without a blog. I have some challenging circumstances in my life that are far greater than the lack of this blog. I feel some (not much, I must admit!) compassion for people that rely on others and other things to make them happy. It is really a powerless place to be and I think to some extent we all suffer from it in varying degrees. It is a great place to learn to what degree you do operate from that place.

I have been working from a place of loving what I do and being and having what I want to be and have. I am not sure why, but the universe has gone a bot dry for me and I may be sounding off in a manner that is inconsistent with what I think I want.

I remain doing the things that I love to do – jogging, exercising, amassing a great knowledge of internet marketing, play music professionally, great love life, good friends. I will stay in that place and not focus on lack.

“When you are content to be simply yourself
and don’t compare or compete,
everybody will respect you.

Be content with what you have;
rejoice in the way things are.
When you realize there is nothing lacking,
the whole world belongs to you”

Last night I took my vision board picture folder and,
as I have many times before, made it into my screensaver slide show. The difference was that this time it was a new computer that uses Mac Leopard
as the OS. When the slide show started it was
in a new and completely fresh way. Each picture
can slowly circling across the screen and landed
as if it was on a page in a scrap book. As each page
landed and the page became fuller and fuller the
vision of the rich life I have to look forward to
became more and more real. I have made plenty
of vision boards, but I connected with this one
in a new way. I was REALLY connecting with this
as my new life, not just a vision of it.

Thank you Elyse for creating an environment that
supports each persons vision of their own destiny and encourages us to attract it directly to us!

This situation has helped me to relax. I committed to following this experiment diligently this time around. And I was stressing myself out all day until I got to it and worrying that I might forget. I have post-it notes everywhere.

Yesterday, after a few tries I was like…”Okay, something’s messing up, but you know what? You are not going to die if you don’t get to do this today. Just keep focusing on feeling good. Tomorrow’s another day.”

Since I was already online, I used the time to visit great jewelry websites that are inspiritional to me, and dream about the jewelry I will be creating.

Now that you ask the question, I realize that I just remained in the flow and did not allow the set back to throw me off. I was able to keep my vibrational level up. I AM LEARNING! …..Thank you

It also just dawned on me that it was like waiting to exhale all day long and I was missing many opportunities to live in the moment and be grateful for what is. Now when I begin wondering when I’ll be able to get to it, I can choose to exhale, smile in anticipation and FEEEEL GOOOOD.

How wonderful.

I so enjoyed the lessons of today. I had missed playing the game the last two days (after making a major commitment to myself to play it everyday if at all possible. There were good reasons I did not play but I was so eager to get back to it. But then, no Game. No blog. No Choosing Prosperity website. First great lesson. I always “assume” it is me. So over and over I looked. What a great realization. While it is important to know where one is responsibile, maybe I could be more spacious with myself, not so ego centered to think that I am the problem. Of course, I know that I am not usually the problem but still this is where I first think the problem is.
Once I figured it was not me or my server, computer, internet connection (all of which can be problematical). I let go of it easily. I sent emails to Max, to Elyse and to Myra. No complaint at all, just making sure that they knew. I was sure they did but I do them and the rest of the group no service if they did not.

I got polite apologies for the inconvience. How sweet. It was no inconvenience really. I was so excited to play the Game but the was down. Time out. No way to play the Game. Or read the blog. It was fine. Did not fit my time parameter to “catch up” but I loved that lesson as well.

And then I realized I “knew” the Game well enough that I could do it offline. I might not know the exact amount of money but I would know about how much, and what I wanted to spend it on and how much desire and resistance I had and what I wanted the Universe to know about how I felt about it. Yipiee!!! Wu Hoooo. I can do this even if the computer, the server, the blog, the portal whatever is “down”.

I loved it all. Loved that I did not react badly. (Not really a surprise actually.) Loved that I problem solved for others. Loved that I figured out how to move on with great spirit and knew that eventually it would return.

And I loved the way Elyse kept spinning the “gem” of this “loss” in to a teaching, a lesson and a gain.

Thank you Elyse.

Melissa

It is hard not to be disappointed when this happens, but it is important to keep in mind the temporary nature of things. Like all good and bad things, they will pass, and live will move on with the ebb and flow of the universe.

I was disappointed to find the Prosperity Game not available but was delighted that I could still play on the Prosperity Portal. I especially needed it last night when I was upset about something … had none of it been working, I would have gone over to a journal that I keep of positive aspects, or one where I’ve recorded things that make me laugh, or another where I post dreams and visualizations…I recommend having lots of places like this to go. That’s how I usually get back into the flow when I’ve allowed myself to drift away from it. Resorting to a state of gratitude also helps tremendously!

Thanks for asking!

It is day 9, I have been meaning to post and am finally doing it. Since I was interfering with my vibration by beating myself up for not writing I thought I had better hop to it!!! I am a superb procrastinator!!
So I missed the entire problem with the blog…
Although, I do believe I would have had a tinge of disappointment but would have given it a few days since I know the nature of anything webby.
Not much to say other than that, so I will try and keep in the correct flow and post.

How do you respond when the prosperity that you are expecting
‘appears’ to be missing?

I declare the moment, the situation, circumstance as perfect.
When I do this, I relax and “right around the corner” is a solution or answer which is perfect, and even better than I could have imagined.

First, I was surprised that the blog and the game were missing.
Then, I could watch my conditioned mind jumping up and down with default programs, like
“Maybe I am not in alignment with this… maybe I don’t take it sincerely enough etc.”
But, I could see the lies. I could see how those programs in my mind are keep repeating themselves
endlessly. And recognizing this, I took a deep breath, felt for a “true” thought,
(a thought that makes me feel good, I can feel this in my body)
and focused on that.
My empowering thought in this moment was:
” Well, this is perfect.
(I was having a crazy cold/flu since Friday and needed to catch up on my commitments)
I can now take care of what needs to be taken care of, like my meditation and gratefulness journal.
The blog and game will come back in perfect time.”
And it did!
I am grateful for this flow. It all happens, when I let go.

What can you do to insure that you stay ‘connected’ to your prosperity –
while you stand in the gap prior to manifestation?

I tweak my thoughts in a different direction, like:
“I never go without for long.”
“I am always taken care of.”
“I remember all the evidence of support, I experienced in my life now.”

I keep meditating and writing into my gratefulness journal,
especially giving thanks for things, I’ve not experienced yet.

It makes me feel good and safe.
I feel empowered and joyous.
Sometimes I have to ask myself: “Why am I so happy now?”

It feels like I just had the most glorious fulfillment of a dream.
And yet it’s not manifested. But I am happy.
That’s when things really start flowing.
It’s like I got a second wind…

What words of wisdom do you have for your fellow experimenters who are,
at this moment, in the ‘gap’ and who would appreciate inspiration
from anyone who has ‘been there’ and then reached the other side.

Feel your freedom to choose your thoughts at any given moment.
If you can’t come up with something positive, just make something up.
Trust! Let go!
Feel your gratitude!

The ‘GLITCH’ wasn’t a ‘glitch’ at all!

From reading other comments, it was a bit of a rude awakening – I definitely understand. When I figured out it was a technical ‘glitch’ I just went about my day acting silly – having fun, singing to myself, do a little dance, crack jokes w/ my co-workers.

I am so glad this happened because I’ve been pondering how to keep myself in the ‘flow’ or keep my vibration up when ‘glitches’ happen in my life. This was a great opportunity for me.

Yesterday, we had remnants from Tropical Storm Fay. Our city was temporarily flooded by the sudden, heavy down pour of rain. I had to go to the grocery store for bread. I got out of my car, looked up into a cloud in the distance to notice a hole in the dark gray clouds. Behind the dark clouds were white clouds and a sun beaming a ray of light through the hole.

I immediately thought “the path of least resistance.” It doesn’t rain in the Universe – well, I’ve never heard of it raining in space. That’s how the sun got through. That’s how our manifestations get through – “the path of least resistance.” It’s always a sunny day in the Universe (in God, in Source).

The problem comes when the clouds of our day – the ‘glitches’ that are so in our face try to dominate our thoughts by saying, ‘hey, focus on me. Woo hoo, here I am…I’m going to flood your thoughts by making you think you should stay in the house and go nowhere (vibrationally).’

But, as soon as we CHOOSE (previous day’s challenge) to not let ANYTHING keep us at a stand still (vibrationally), as soon as we CHOOSE to keep moving, as soon as we CHOOSE to go get bread instead of focusing on the flooding going on in our world, lo and behold the Universe shows up INSTANTLY and say, “I’m right here. All IS well behind the dark, gray clouds that are showing up in your life I will always show up through the path of least resistance.”

That’s your EVIDENCE that you’re MOVING (not vibrationally standing still) toward your rockets of desire!

I feel better already.

(Please accept my apologies for the extremely long post.)

When I couldn’t log on this morning I thought it was my computer because I have had the expereince before that when I’m not connected to the, source my connection to the internet goes down also.

So because I thought it was me and I’m doing this experiment I decided to keep the focus on choosing prosperity (from the day 8 blog) and let it go and try again later.
Took my self off to lunch with some friends to a buddhist retreat and I come back and I am now connected again with my prosperity tribe. Nice to be back with you all. Feeling good about being able to choose how I feel about my life.

How do you respond when the positive experiences that you are are looking forward to ‘appear’ to be missing?

I didn’t want to fall behind. It’s partly the commitment I made for 30 days, and partly my own fun game to challenge myself to experience one major tangible result no later than day 30. The case of the missing blog was a wonderful test for me to experience how much I have grown out of frustration into “this isn’t working the way I thought it would – what can I do to create it as workable for me the way it is” I selected the Open Houses I am visiting this weekend and scheduled a call to the person I would like to provide my mortgage….

How do you respond when the prosperity that you are expecting
‘appears’ to be missing?

I look around for itty bitty teeny tiny evidences of prosperity, like the penny I found on the pavement (teeny) or the food someone made for me (a bit bigger) … I also ask, “What is this feeling trying to tell me?” (Is this a false-evidence-appearing-real scenario or an opportunity for me to take some sort of alternate action?) I’m a big fan of the “nothing is wrong / everything happens for a reason” theory so I tend to look around for creative alternatives that I may not have otherwise thought of.

Today I read Elyse’s past notes from my in-box, which sort of fed my soul!

This morning, reading Elyse’s message, a story Louise Hay tells somewhere came to mind. She said she was looking and looking for a new place to live and it didn’t appear. Eventually, months later, her (brand new) dream apartment finally did appear and she realised why it had taken so long – at the time she started looking the building was still under construction!
In other words it was all there in place, just needed some final preparations before it could actually appear.

I myself am a bit frustrated about the same thing at the moment. Many lovely things are happening in my life in small ways, but the really big one, the abundance to be able to move into a spacious hospitable home, is not yet with me. However, i can see movement towards that already happening and certainly faith in the universe is important here.

I also feel I am not yet quite ready inside myself, but the direction feels good. I mean the process itself, the journey towards abundance, even though I’m not there yet, is fun and exciting. It’s a bit like maybe an artist would feel while working on a sculpture or a painting or whatever. You conceive an idea, a creative project and then before you actually complete it and sit back satisfied there must be a whole period of creative tension as you work on it- exciting, totally absorbing, lost in the flow state and I think that must be the most intense and involving part of the creation, that whole journey, even more maybe than when you’ve actually completed it. So I don’t mind that I’m not there yet, as long as I can keep up my faith that I will get there eventually!

i want to record new prosperity shifts in areas that i hadn’t precisely wished for. In the week since playing the experiment i’ve had 3 requests to write press articles about me and just heard that a my documentary is going to be screened next week too. Plus my prop maker is making good progress and i’ve just had a tip about a great new local costume maker so i’m going to see them today. Doors are opening up and i’m going to seize these new opportunities and take confidence and new joy from them. I am going to be more precise and directorial about the good that i want to experience, I am the mistress of my life! with much joy!

hi there

l was surprised that we were off the air waves, it felt like l’d forgoten to brush my teeth, all day.

l decided to keep up with my gratidue journal. And today l’ve re-connected with Louise Hay books and cd’s to continue in my inspiration and focus on my positive thoughts and direction in life.

I missed you and am so grateful that you are back.

Although l have learnt a valuable lesson within this little technical glitz
that l can be continous in my postive thoughts.

How empowering!

And it’s really wonderful to have a experiment and group involment like this unique learning opportunity.

All is well
Dearne
xxx

Well, the geek in me wanted to “fix it” and I tried all the links/ways that existed to the site. But when even the error message did not reach the tech.support, I understood this was beyond my control and let it go.

Instead I went head on to finish some unfinished crafts I had lying around for ages, and that made me feel good! And I let my mind wander to why all of us co-manifested this glitch and it made me chuckle! So many potential reasons!! I am pleased Elyse took this opportunity to talk about it; what a first hand, direct experience we all shared; and so many different ways we must’ve handled it! Great Learning Opportunity.

Thank You Universe! — and way to go, “us”, to have brought this upon us in this scenario!

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*How do you respond when the prosperity that you are expecting ‘appears’ to be missing?
- I can feel a bit impatient ( sometimes sigh with disappontment ), but I quickly “change my mind” so that I get back on track.
So when I notice the feeling of lack; I take full responsibility and acknowledge it is all in me. And I check to see if my thoughts or feelings have been in alignment … I go within. Then I make a mantra that I repeat inside myself until I feel a shift of faith. And tell myself it will all manifest in perfect timing.

*What can you do to insure that you stay ‘connected’ to your prosperity – while you stand in the gap prior to manifestation?
- Visionboarding … bring in the feelings connected to the vision. Write imaginary conversations for what I will be saying to friends and family when the vision is manifested. Witness my thoughts and feelings and gently nudge them in the right directions. give myself a lot of love, acceptance and forgiveness. And the same to my fellow man.

*What words of wisdom do you have for your fellow experimenters who are, at this moment, in the ‘gap’ and who would appreciate inspiration from anyone who has ‘been there’ and then reached the other side.
- Only now exists! Do not look back. Dare to acknowledge all the parts of you that you have deemed “bad” and breath in while you tell yourself it is all an illusion. And breath all these illusions out! Give yourself a break!!!
Be kind to yourself — there is nothing you need to “learn” — you are already an expert in manifesting your life. See how often you can step aside for a second and “witness” yourself; your thoughts, feelings and actions. Just a fe seconds now then helps alot! This will help you to recognize when you are fear/lack driven … and you can gently nudge yourself in the right direction. If you feel really bad, then just constantly repeat ” I Love You” over and over again – ( or ” I forgive you” etc ) – the whole day, week, or month if you have to ) It will help you raise your vibration and to where you can take good actions again.
Good Luck!

I was a little disappointed not to be able to play yesterday and I wondered why I hadn’t received and e mail but my mood has been shifted by the game anyway. Also because I live in Europe, I received my pre-ordered copy of Money and the Law of Attraction yesterday so that was what I was focused on.

When what I want is apparently not here yet, I look for the hidden ways in which it might have turned up. So if I want oodles of money, I log the times a little has shown up – a 50 euro note in the pocket of a coat I haven’t worn for ages – a call about a new job, an unexpected cheque. And so in other areas of my life.

I also look for evidence in other people’s stories. I turned my friend on to this experiment and although she is a wonderful positive person, she doubted this cold work for her, as she is on a “fixed” salary. On day 6, she received an Employee Recognition Award she didn’t even know existed, 1,000 euro. That has been the best manifestation for me so far. I am so happy that the universe supported her open mind to help make her a more deliberate creator.

Sometimes, I feel discouraged if I feel I am travelling in the wrong direction, though. That can be hard. I feel like I am a “bad” manifestor. It can help to write the feelings and do the processes then. And reach out to people who have an abundance of love and support to offer.

How do you respond when the prosperity that you are expecting ‘appears’ to be missing?

As a result of reading about the LOA and watching movies like The Secret as well as getting involved with Prosperity Portal, whenever I get such an experience I believe God is arranging it that way in order to prepare me a perfect version of the experience I am asking for. Like when I drive around in town search of a parking and at the end I get it in a prime area.
This is not how I used to respond before and I am so thankful for these programs.

What can you do to insure that you stay ‘connected’ to your prosperity – while you stand in the gap prior to manifestation?

Keep the faith and keep doing what gives me the feelings that I am expecting from the actual manifestation. This is again an attitude I have acquired recently and that I am still to master.

What words of wisdom do you have for your fellow experimenters who are, at this moment, in the ‘gap’ and who would appreciate inspiration from anyone who has ‘been there’ and then reached the other side.

Keep the faith, or rather keep the feeling

OK so today I couldn’t access the info I was seeking. That creates new options. I can choose to revise the previous messages & reflect on them, read more around the topic because when I re-read there always seems to be something more that I’ve missed! Just “be” in the moment & truly allow the essence of Elyse’s remarkable work permeate my cells more deeply. Give thanks for all that we are being gifted!

The first thing I thought of when everything was unavailable….this has nothing to do with me and I don’t have to fix it!

From someone who has been an Executive Director of non profits for 30 years (and felt hyper responsible for keeping the universe around me and my agencies running smoothly)….what a lovely feeling indeed.

hiyya. good question! im surprised to note i didnt go into a panic or start making dire- oh then theres no prosperity for me then. it makes me realise im actually on my way which is great. i have been thinking to myself- that since abundqnce is the creation of me and my vibrations then i am creating lack all over the place. ie a kind of blame. so im happy to see none of that yesterday. i couldnt get onto to play the prosperity game- trie d a couple of times thinking the server might temorarily be down; tried firing off an email to elise which bounced back. but then i lay in a hot bath and played the game in my head and spent my cheque anyways. So hurrah! maybe i can actually ‘get’ this!

As I sit here and read today’s question, on t.v. the discussion is, we will always encounter storms. Which again for me is in alignment with this daily project. When we encounter storms it is a time to dig in and remain faithful, positive, focus on the end result which is all that is good.

Everything we need is within regardless of the external pressures. I see myself as a diamond, I came about as a result of pressure.
When I couldn’t access this site I went to my vision board and I read my daily affirmations and other articles that kept me focused on the positive.
Above all you must live, act, think and feel like a person who already has that which is desired.

The storms shall pass and the sun will shine again and you will have created an even stronger magnetic mental force to bring about the desires of your heart.

Dig in and keep on the positive path.

How do you respond when the prosperity that you are expecting appears to be missing?

I let go of my expectations and just kept playing–got to practice trust.

Didn’t know I was ‘holding the vibration.” I just kept playing the game. Actually, had time to reflect on a lot of what I have learned. Have spent a lot of time alone, thinking, realizing some pretty cool things. The brain is churning all of these ideas. Continued working on my list of 100 ‘things’ I want. In fact, I have been learning all about English Gardens–how to design one. I am expanding my beliefs about what is possible nd having a hell of a good time in the process. I had no idea of what is possible. I am just going with it.

Have an amazing day.

When the link wouldn’t work at first I was mildy irritated because I figured it was again a result of my living with a slow phone modem when the kids keep reminding me I should get ‘up to speed’. But quickly I reminded myself that I really had something else to do in the morning and I didn’t have adequate time to spend reading/responding/playing the prosperity game now anyway and that the Universe was just sending me a message that this is a 24/7 commitment I made not just a place to check in at the start of my day and that my check in doesn’t really matter what time it happens it is more important that I am in alignment with checking in.

I had an hour drive to spend in the car and meet my son for lunch and I just focused on that joyful ride and visit and when I got home later I spent time in meditation and I had a beautiful day. I did miss the comments and playing the game but I made it up by spending time in another wonderful way. Staying in alignment is more than just checking into the site

Try to see the there’s a blessing in every situation, label everything as good, that will shift vibration

In order to stay connected I watch an inspirational video on youtube ( Louise L Hay, Abraham, The Secret) meditate, read inspritional books or do affirmations

This affirmation by Louise Hay works wonderful “All is well, everything works out for my highest good, out of this situation only good will come, I am Safe”

Love and Light

Well, for me right now life has been a bit challenging, so I keep telling myself to feel my joy, and focus on things that makes me happy like my cat. I go for walks in the park.

My business is a bit strange, I do voice overs and I freelance and sometimes I’m really busy and sometimes I’m not. I’m going through one of those period right now and it’s challenging.

But, I have been thinking about getting a car, not knowing which one I started asking that the perfect car comes to me easily and effortlessly. Well!!!

The other day my mother called me saying that she wanted to GIVE me her car because she was buying a new one. It’s not like she’s super rich or anything like that but my mother said that she wanted to give it to me because she felt that I could use it.

The car is paid for, my mother had bought this car on 0% financing and had used the money that the car was worth to buy stocks that paid her dividends using the dividends to pay her monthly car fee at 0% interest. After a few years the car was paid for and she still had her capital. So that’s what she’ll do with the new car she’s getting for herself.

So, I did manifest a car! Now if I can just manifest loads of work and my true love that would be awesome!

Had this question come up a couple of weeks ago the response would have been very different, but I feel as if a veil had been lifted and now I can tell you that I just know that when the prosperity I am expecting seems to be missing I know that is just me getting out of my own way. That the dominoes are arranging themselves to deliver a blast, bigger and better than what I am expecting.

Wow, what a blessing this whole thing. I love how all the indicators work, meaning how the Universe reflects back the vibration being offered and it lovingly shows where change is needed so manifestation of the desire can take place. At first, I got a little irritated, thought it was me, wanted to fix it, etc. Then, after many tries, I realized that I had to relax and let go for that moment. I did. I had a wonderful day. I am learning how to sew and I am making the cutest dress and I focused most of the afternoon on that. The morning was filled with vizualizations, I even played the prosperity game in my head. In other words, I am trusting more and more. And I knew that the minute that I started to play in this experiment, the Universe with all its love for me, would “test” me to see how commited I am about choosing. Choosing happens every moment in my day. To me, it is not just about choosing all the great things and manifesting them. It is about choosing how to react (or not) at everything that manifests in my reality, big or small (the Universe only cares about the vibration that I am offering) like some not so loving words from my husband about whatever, or the cat that makes a mess in the house, or the computer that goes down. The energy just doesn’t flow. So, it doesn’t matter if I spent my time visualizing wonderful things or reading a great inspirational book if right after it, I react negatively to what is in front of me. So, now I am learning to take a deep breath, knowing that it is not real and to focus on something else. So, what is real? I am a chooser and I am in charge of my feelings. And I choose love, joy and to feel good no matter what. What do I do to feel good? I give myself a great hug, hold the truth of that everything is well and in divine order, ask the Universe for what I need at that moment, go read some inspirational writing or watch The Secret, go get a hug from my husband, go pet the cat and trust. Just trust. And so it is.

Thank you Elyse, for your brilliance.

Georgia,
Brazil

I looked for the emails yesterday — but when they weren’t there – I just moved on to something else.. and last night before I went to bed, I checked the site and it was still down — the fact that the site was down was not an obstacle for staying in higher vibrational alignment. I still “played” the prospertiy game — just in real life.. with my family. We had a great dinner, good conversation, watched some movies together — and all in all had a day full of abundance. I am glad the site is back up and running now… but in its absence… life – nothing less than prosperous – must go on.

I figured out some technical situation must have happened. I just decided to wait a day and moved on to other matters. Of course, I kept focusing on positive thinking. I’m happy that everything is back to normal.

There is something to be said about “Divine Timing,” perhaps the glitch gave us all time to reflect, dispel any negative energy, and focus on prosperity and abundance in our own way…each reacting differently to the glitch…”Divine Timing…”

I remembered one day a little ways back that Elyse had some problems with the server and did all different kinds of exercises to get her back on track. So, I could as well. Tremendous help and I had a terrific day! I am in the theatre and there is no stability – mostly improv and flying by the seat of your pants. So, this was not a new feeling. When I discovered the site was down, I felt disappointed momentarily. But then I started writing things down as I have usually been doing, but this time with more information regarding the things I usually type into the computer. And then I was on the PPP call which was really great – another way to be in the flow and raise my vibration. Going through all of the chakras like that was really helpful. I remember it happening the last time around, but it was probably too much information for where I was at that moment, so I couldn’t quite process it all. I love being able to go back to the beginning of each cycle. I hear completely different things each time.

I also feel as if I were manifesting things from my vibrational energy a few days ago. Because today was an incredible day – where I heard that money was coming in from 3 different sources and I got 2 jobs and then went to the opera last night where I happened to be sitting next to a big whig in my industry, and her very wealthy and fabulously connected friend. We got along like gangbusters, and they took me out to dinner afterwards. Now, that was a treat!! It was really wild hobnobbing with people of their status. But, they treated it all so normally and I was really in the flow, so the abundance felt normal to me as well. I had a blast! Manifesting that kind of attention and interaction was incredibly powerful.

I am grateful for this Experiment. It is truly a blessing. And yesterday was no exception.

Lisa

I had absolutely no idea anything was wrong until I was on the Prosperity Portal Energy Attunement call. By the time I went to use the Prosperity Game, curious about what would happen, it worked!

I love that this didn’t even show up in my experience! I wasn’t a match to it! It is a sign to me that the “play” I have been doing and the focusing on feeling good and doing something when I don’t feel good are working!

I’m celebrating!

Lisa

Q:How do you respond when the prosperity that you are expecting ‘appears’ to be missing?
A:Used to lose patience; now try to keep the faith and tell myself that it all works out in divine time not in mine. And rermind myself of the already prosperous life I’m living.

Q:What can you do to insure that you stay ‘connected’ to your prosperity – while you stand in the gap prior to manifestation?
A:Try to keep the faith and tell myself that it all works out in divine time not in mine. And rermind myself of the already prosperous life I’m living.

Q:What words of wisdom do you have for your fellow experimenters who are, at this moment, in the ‘gap’ and who would appreciate inspiration from anyone who has ‘been there’ and then reached the other side.
A:When you change the way you feel things will change and know in your hear of hearts, dep in your core that it will work out well in the end. Have this unwaivering faith that the universe will always always always take careof you.

Glad the blog is back.

Remember this is an experiment from the inside out-do within when you are doing without.

Just a thought to keep it going.

Sometimes I think when we focus on a specific outcome – as in “I want to get $1000 today!” – we miss what is right in front of our faces. I have been using this forum to expand my definition of prosperity…and see it in all things, not just money. So, the missing blog, while curious to me, did not make me lose any sleep, tear my hair out, get mad or even feel tested. It was just a blip in my fine day.

Elyse, That was my comment you quoted in your blog saying PLEASE HELP ME. I had been fighting depression because my daughter’s life had taken a down turn and I did not realize until I could not find it how much the experience of prosperity thinking and the experience of the bloggers had buoyed me up the day before. In unity there is definitely strength. I felt better when I realized that some of my experiences were echoed in some of the comments. The lack showed me again that sometimes you have to ’swim’ on your own and after a while I regained my balance. Got a surprise call from my daughter later in the day telling me that things were looking up and she wanted me to know. That in itself made me feel ‘prosperous’ again and it also made me realize the ‘prosperity feelings’ are important foremost. The money is only icing on the cake.

Enforced inertia from the universe is necessary and important. A cup must be EMPTY before it can be FULL…. take the time to see, listen and be still, and know that Divine Intelligence is working in and through you….

Because, my friends, the tides are about to turn………………..

Grumpy for a moment…and then realizing ‘what a valuable opportunity to exercise my ability to hold my Prosperity Awareness in its own space. In my working mental pathways, I started creating word pictures to decorate my interior garden path to understand what’s happening.

For your amusement, in Panama this is the third time I have had technical issues arise as a challenge for me to hold onto the claiming of my prosperity as personal ram or mental space. So, perhaps I’ve only had a longer opportunity to grow this answer, among all the circuitry.

Each moment is another opportunity to refocus, if I need to. I’m redirecting my path to peace at heart and a knowing that prosperity is God’s wish for me, and I’m the one who hasn’t been as receptive as I can be. I can accept the blessings of God’s wisdom…with grace.

In my mental garden, I have learned the best thing I can do to green everything up – is to actively praise and give thanks for all the prosperity I already have been given and too for the world around me. The Giving of Thanks is the best of all fertilizers; and is costly only if it’s forgotten.

The lack of gratitude seemed to erase my memory board of all the redirect programming I have created and am creating with the prosperity format from Elyse. I could have found myself headed back toward the old mental habits, with fear hiding out as nematodes, a self image of unworthiness masqueraded as beetles in my garden of loving kindness. But as a careful gardener I introduce my companion plants and my companion insects and they guard my crop of self confidence ‘that I am worthy’.

Also, I apply my new mental exercises…reminding myself of Elyse’s word pictures only to stimulate my own thoughts on my manifesting my own prosperity – what it is for me, itemized and in what order of arrival. I am giving myself reassurances of responsibility and self-worth that build my confidence in managing the monies that are in my care (I haven’t always gotten 9 the third time I multiply 3).

My highest and best good are here / now. The management of my mind is what I am learning. The peaceful prosperity that I create by my ongoing exercise of my balance, deep breaths and a focus on encouraging others warms my heart. An always active attitude of gratitude and prosperity beyond my wildest dreams – well handled, is my here and now and fills my soul with light. I am so thankful.

I try to use the gift of time given to me by such a gliche as a time to really slow down and look at what it is that I am really wanting. Have I been a little off focus? Have I left out details that will make a difference when what I am concentrating on has manifested? Is it what I truly want or is it something that I wanted at one time and have been working on getting for quite a while without stopping to think about whether or not it is what the ‘me that I have become now wants/need/ or will be served by?

An example of this is a friend of mine who is a chiropractor and had always wanted to have a wellness center. He expanded the space that he was renting for an office and brought a massage therapist or two and an accupuncturist in to work there. He made some promises to these people regarding the amount of money that would be available to them. It looked like things were taking off but then they didn’t. This resulted in some hurt feelings and people leaving. He then began to reexamine what he really wanted and found that the idea of a wellness center wasn’t really feeding his soul and has adjusted his business back down to where it was before and seems to be much happier.

ENFORCED INERTIA form the Universe is necessary and important. Take the time to see, listen and be still. A cup must be EMPTY before it can be FULL…. is there something you are holding onto that must be let go first?

Be still and know that Universal Intelligence is working in and through you. Be still, my friends because the tides are about to turn………………..

My word of wisdom to anyone in the gap.
SURRENDER !

I’m thrilled to report that I didn’t react negatively at all when I found the site was down. I assumed there was a problem beyond me and I went on with my day. I brought home delicious subs for lunch for myself and my 16 year old son and we ate outside on the patio together in glorious sun. The sky was a lovely shade of blue and butterflies flitted about around us. I felt happy and alive.

I’m amazed at the inner changes I’m noticing now. I feel happy most of the time. I love it!

I felt the lack of connection to the site and a feeling of loss but then realized that there was something going on with the site itself but I must say there were lots of worries in the background of my mind about somehow being cut off from the web-site. Somehow my fault. Thankfully this was background noise and not front and centre, I acknowledged these thoughts and I went about my day checking in for the link throughout the day. I found a web-site that did an interview with Elyse and listened to that and then found a link that took me to a free e-book called “The Principles of Successful Manifesting” by Thomas Herold available for free until August 31st. I wouldn’t have been led there had things at the Experiment been hunky dory so I was grateful for the glitch. The e-book was full of good questions.
So I guess my response is to first try and get to where I’m intending to go, and when its clear that I can’t I let it go and do other things. I did feel the “gap” quite poignantly so I took my “Trust” essence. I made essences during the Echhart Tolle and Oprah Webinar for my process and ended up with some helpful tools. If you make essences create one for trust – it will vibrate at that level and help you get back to where you want to be. I also tell myself that this too is a part of the process and to be present to what I am feeling. Allow the feelings and learn from them. In accepting them the resistance relaxes and balance is recreated. You may have to do this many times but the more you do the longer you stay present. Or I take the affirmations that Elyse has put forward and focus on them throughout the day. Very helpful.

I made myself laugh this morning, at just how weird my thought processes can be at times….

I missed the experiment’s daily message yesterday – checked my computer, sent a message, checked back several times to see if it was back up yet – but generally got on with my life…. sending out ‘paid to play’ applications and putting listings for my services on several boards and spending time with my child…. though I have background low-level fretfulness about a monetary deadline I have on 1st September and, while I have a possible means of meeting it, that solution carries with it a toxic debt and I would prefer to meet this deadline in some other way!

Then this morning, my ’sense of lack’ and dependence on the Game really kicked in….

I went to play the Game, and lo and behold it’s lost a day, well two really…. today is Day 32 for me (I have been playing very sporadically since 2006), and if the pattern holds true, the cheque ought to have been for $32,000 – instead it was for “only” $30,000, (the amount it sent me on Day 30) and I was momentarily annoyed!!!!

Kinda like Groundhog Day, with Day 30 repeating itself….wonder what the message is in that :
what did I do on Day 30 that needs to be done over?
And where in my life do I feel I have lost days,
lost track,
feel like I have been sent back to the beginning (like going down a snake in the snakes and ladders game),
will always be behind,
feel like I can never catchup,
that I’ve have lost something valuable for good – Day 31 and 32 and onwards are lost in the virtual ether forever – I’m always going to be two days behind in the virtual world versus the ‘real world! Interesting that I make a distinction here, and am so caught up in this time/dimension illusion, rather than being able to stay in the multi-dimensional NOW…

Anyway, what is this – ‘being’ annoyed that a virtual cheque wasn’t the amount I expected???!!!
That I didnt have as much ‘money’ to spend as I expected!
That “$30,000″ wasnt enough to spend in the one day?
That the pattern I had come to expect was broken?

WOW – what an insight…. then I shook myself (metaphorically) and laughed at the absurdity, gave myself a little chat about what constitutes ‘plenty’ and felt gratitude for all that that $30,000 represented/would bring to my life….

And there was I feeling kinda smug that the technology glitch hadnt really gotten to me!

LOL!!!!

With much love and gratitude and amusement – Thank you Source for these profound insights that enable me to expand as a being!

I AM God in Love, Joy, Peace, Harmony and Abundance!
I AM God in Love, Joy, Peace, Harmony and Abundance!
I AM God in Love, Joy Peace, Harmony and Abundance!
And so it Is
Blessings Be
AUM

Namaste All….
Sahila

Well I panicked at first. There was this sense of LOSS and DISCONNECTION from all of you. Which was really interesting as you are all strangers to me, but in this past week I have energetically connected to you. So my panick must be an old emotion that I would often feel whenever I would see Loss in my life, or what I thought was loss.

I emailed Elyse about not being able to find the website and said I would check back again in the afternoon. I was bummed because I do my prosperity stuff first thing in the morning to help set the mood for the day. So I realized I was going to have to create the mood myself.

I went on my way and had the most amazing experience! I had a beautiful conversation with a woman whom I have blocked from my life for 7 years. She knows of LOA and through the conversation I saw that I have blocked people out of my life my entire life. That I have a fear of people. After the conversation, I was stunned and felt this wonderful and beautiful shift in my heart.

People aren’t scary. I feel like my heart opened. And I have been asking the universe to help my heart open since October of last year! And I feel it! It feels so new and raw. And there is a feeling of embarassment also. An embarassment to love and feel good. So I will have to sit with that feeling and let is pass.

So then I tried getting onto the game again. And it still didn’t work. And once again I panicked. And sent Elyse another email. Sorry Elyse for not trusting.

That night my husband and I were talking about it and all of a sudden I thought “Maybe Elyse did this on purpose! Maybe it is part of the experiment so that we can see how much trust we really have in the universe!”

Well that wasn’t what Elyse did, it was the universe. And what a great experiment it was anyway.

I got to have such an amazing experience with opening my heart to relationships and I got to experience a panic that I no longer need to own.

I feel like crying right now. I am so blessed and so taken care of, which means so much to me.

much love to all of you

I think I’m going to DANCE my way to prosperity…….

When the site was down I sent 2 help tickets & yes , my mind did go into NEGATIVE thinking, but I did not spent alot of time there, and moved on with my day, being open to saying YES to life and continuing to breath…so it was definite progress for me.
And I will add I feel FABULOUS after last nights attunment call……We are so blessed…..

I felt unnerved when i couldn’t access the blog. but the more i thought about it , the more i said hey you just have to do this on your own. then a really funny thing happened, i received a 10,000 check in the mail it wasn’t real but it really made me laugh because i had been visualizng that i needed that amount. i am believeing that i have access to universal abundance

When I read Elyse’s post about this glitch, what popped in my mind was the scene from How The Grinch Stole Christmas. When the little Whoos came out of their houses, formed a circle, and sang in Christmas morning (with no presents, stockings, etc). That’s what I thought of when she brought up keeping in the flow/feeling when you’re in the gap and the abundance is “Missing.” That scene says it all.

When I didn’t see the daily email, I figured the system got behind and we would get two the next day. Which is what happened.

What I have been doing in “The gap” is to raise my joy vibration. I just made a new Vision Board, and it’s really exciting! I have a higher energy attached to it than before. I’m also doing affirmations and energy visualisations every day. When I start to feel down and depressed during the day, I see the light in and around me and connect to my higher self. Sometimes it takes longer than others to feel better, but I’m finally at the point where I DO feel better after doing that exercise. It’s like I’m practicing.

I would say for everyone else, just do what makes you feel good in the gap. Like Abraham says. Pick what exercise from the PPP Workbook (or other books, sources) works for you and you connect to. Then, practice, practice, and practice. It’s fun after a while!

My 2 cents : )
Namaste All!
Starra

How do you respond when the prosperity that you are expecting ‘appears’ to be missing?

Well, with the blog I kinda got upset, “Oh, know…I was doing so well, I wanted to continue.” But then I just focused on taking in what we had already gone over previously. The “missing” blog certainly provides an excellent analogy.

What can you do to insure that you stay ‘connected’ to your prosperity – while you stand in the gap prior to manifestation?

Continue to acknowledge what has come and continue to be grateful for the experience of improving focus.

What words of wisdom do you have for your fellow experimenters who are, at this moment, in the ‘gap’ and who would appreciate inspiration from anyone who has ‘been there’ and then reached the other side.

Trust yourself.

The site was down, I tried a few times during the day to see if it had come online then….I tought, ok, a technical glitch, I am sure Elyse and co already know about it and are working frantically to solve the problem, after we are all in the middle of the experiment….in my mind, it had no other choice but to make an appearance real soon.

I suppose if the site were actually money that I was depending on, I would have been much more narked; however, once I realise that I can do nothing about it, I settle down, inform whoever needs to be informed and get on with it.

I just figured something was up, and trusted it would be fixed if and when it was meant to be. I will admit I tried several times to access the site, but more because I promised myself to do this first thing each day. If people got upset with a computer glitch, then they’ve little history with computers, and they are in for a rude shock on day 30! Think about that one : ) You’re gonna be on your own, unless you find a coach to keep pushing you. Trick is to push yourself.

When so called “positive” experiences are “apparently” not showing up in my world it’s a wake up call that my own energy, mindset or awareness is low and it’s up to me to put myself into a better state to turn things around. I don’t expect the universe to provide without all action beginning within me. Sitting around in expectation, without deliberate effort on my side of things, is to decieve myself. I know the path to all I could ever want, wish for or hope for, and that path is within.

Thankyou universe for yesterdays lesson. : )

How do you respond when the prosperity that you are expecting ‘appears’ to be missing?

–My usual reaction is that it “means” that I am not supposed to have the particular form of prosperity I had “expected.” This leads to everything from disappointment, to vague dissatisfaction, to blame. When the site went down yesterday, I was annoyed, but figured it was a local disurbance and checked periodically to see if it cleared. When it didn’t, then I figured it was a major, unannounced upgrade — again, annoying, but nothing I wasn’t familiar with. I tend to be impatient with IT issues. Then today, I thought perhaps it had been the result of a spam attack on the site (blame). Overall, though, I missed having that time to think about prosperity in new ways and play the game. I was stymied, in a sense, since it didn’t occur to me to make up my own paper game and still have fun.

What can you do to insure that you stay ‘connected’ to your prosperity – while you stand in the gap prior to manifestation?

This is the question I’ve been asking myself for a long, long, long time. I tend to be rigid in my thinking (if this then that) and allowing for flexibility and patience has been a work-in-progress. Today, though, it occured to me that being satisfied with what I have today does not negate something bigger. In fact, it means a certain central sense that Now is enough and that ‘more’ is always a possibility, available, and attainable. These two things aren’t exclusive, in fact, “now as enough” is but a subset of “more.” Expanding to more should not ever negate now, but include it.

What words of wisdom do you have for your fellow experimenters who are, at this moment, in the ‘gap’ and who would appreciate inspiration from anyone who has ‘been there’ and then reached the other side.

One gap I’ve crossed was going back to school. It was one of those gigantic “when I win the lottery, one day” dreams. Then I started telling people about that dream. I started doing the things I needed to do to get back into school. I kept working on in small and big, making choices that supported that goal. I got into the most presigious school of it’s type and now I’m working with the most fabulous mentor and have classmates who are as passionate about writing as I am. I had doubts, lots of doubts, but I had vision, lots of vision, tangible and not.

So my advice? Action defeats fear. Act toward your dream, move toward it and allow it, then try not to let life take your breath away when it all comes together in a flash – and grin like a crazy visionary when it does. Really. It’s that cool.

Hi! I am so glad that ya’ll (we are all) back! Admittedly, I too was a bit taken back since I was so excited to go to the site and read the blog for the day. Of course I tried to access a few times, then decided “I’ll just play the game instead” and found wasn’t working either…I sent a couple emails with an alert, spent about three minutes being bummed, then decided I’d just get busy feeling good!

I then had a four hour drive to a remote part of my territory for work, took incredible delight listening to the new A-H’s book on CD…listening to it for the second time since last week!

As far as standing in the “gap” and waiting for manifestation? Let me tell you – I’ve got some GREAT stories…one after another. Everything from “visualizing” a remission from cancer several years ago, to something just a couple of days ago!

I logged on to play the game maybe Saturday or Sunday (don’t remember). To be honest, I’ve been reading the blog, but kind of forgot about the game. I had started it a few years (2 or 3) ago, but true to my “story” – I got too “busy”. SO the other day, I logged on – and I figured that I’d have to start over. I never dreamt that it was as I had left it. (Elyse you are AMAZING – it’s a brilliant representation of the game)…Anyway, I started going through the “100 things to be, do or have” – honestly, I don’t have any recollection of even having filled this out ages ago – BUT – as I read through – OMG – SO many of those things have happened! Maybe not exactly like I wrote them, but SO close. And I’m talking fairly outlandish things like:
“I now own a beautiful second home on the airstrip at Sunriver”. That was the biggest long shot on earth when I wrote it. Well, we DID purchase a condo (NOT on the airstrip), but a gorgeous little vacation place about twenty minutes of the original statement.

I also wrote: “We have now circumnavigated Australia with Mal in a Cessna 172”. I cannot even believe I wrote that! We didn’t circumnavigate the entire continent (this was equally “outlandish”) – but we did pilot a Cessna -172 all over Queensland for eighteen days! It was incredible!

I wrote “I now earn six figures” (again, at that point, I don’t think I’d ever made more than 60,000 in a year) – and I blew past that a few years ago!

So may advice – KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK”. Just come up with what you want and imagine it down to the tiniest detail! Feel it. I came up with an abundance mantra that to this day I recite in the car. Trust me, I could go on and on and on and on with other examples. I am amazed with the things and circumstances that I’ve created! And good grief – I didn’t even keep up with the game that time – think of what it will be like this time! YIPPEE! This is SO much fun! Sorry so long – I’m just excited and I tell you the LOA works!

I am so happy that the site is up and running. When I was reading today’s questions I realized like always I blamed myself first. What did I do wrong? that was my first impression. May be I should have paid and I forgot, or ….. After trying a few times I emaild one of my friends who is playing the game and she confirmed that she can’t access neither. Then I felt some relief that I am not the only one and started my regular daily activities; however I realized how much I am enjoying this game.
When I am really facing a problem usually I remind myself that this is temporary and like everything else that I have been thorugh and “this too shall pass”.

I’m thrilled to be able to access this blog again, but the unintended break turned out to be a lesson in itself. My first reaction was disappointment and anger. My internet connection can be a bit erratic at the best of times, and I felt cheated by technology – the very technology that makes this experiment possible! I started turning it around, appreciating the internet and this experiment, deliberately thinking that there must be something even better on its way … Well, within an hour of finding that the site was unavailable, I received my copy of “Money and the Law of Attraction” in the mail. I didn’t expect to receive it for another month, so that was a wonderful surprise. On top of that, not doing the experiment gave me more time to listen to the CD that came with the book and to start reading. It all reinforces everything we’re learning here, and I have these fantastic tools to use after the experiment has finished – and I appreciate the internet even more than ever!

So, as you can see, I’m learning – fast! Thank you again for this wonderful and experiment, and the Prosperity Game.

I’m very grateful to have the blog and our experiment back. I just thought I was having problems on my computer but I didn’t allow it to frustrate or thwart me and I decided to focus on writing in my lunar journal and working with my pendulum and tarot. Obviously, this forum is amazing but as many have stated above, we have to be able to feel connected to prosperity and abundance with or without the blog. In fact, I had a few extra small but unexpected checks show up and I was extremely grateful to have some extra money in my bank account. I used this as a springboard to picture more checks coming to me in my mailbox now. It’s interesting to note that sometimes when I am playing the game and writing the checks, I actually have to labor and think about how to spend my prosperity money. In real life, it seems like money goes like water and most of it goes towards bills and living expenses more than items that inspire play, joy and fun. So I am enjoying being able to buy myself some little goodies that feel like luxuries as well as do more game charitable giving as well. Am glad you’re back Elyse and thank you for your inspiring and fitting post.

a wonderful little exercise that I find very efficient for myself is standing on a threshold, any one I choose and deciding in that precise moment, with my whole being that I am stepping into prosperitiy, I stepped into it and feel the wonderful energy of this new world I have stepped into….

I can step into anything I choose

Step into wonderful health

Step into a world of ease

Step into a world of love and mutual support

…………….. anything I choose

I don’t know if it will work for you, but I offer this little idea as a gift to all my companions on this lovely new road we have chosen

hahaha, I must be in alignement because my computer also crashed and I even had to buy a new one!!
indeed I felt stress trying to fiks it for the last 4 days!! while I kept saying thank you thank you.. imagining a good outcome.
still I felt a fear of missing the boot.. not being good enough, not trying hard enough and therefor not deserving (more selfappreciation is in order!)
also that I lost time, not having enough time (lack of trust, I know)
meanwhile saying to myself: god is never to late..,
and also I realized.. as I lost all my emails, including the adresses and maybe also several subscribsions(?!?) that I was making new relations, new connections with the world, and that is what I asked for.. new aligned friends and connections..
I also am “resetting”, deleting and letting go of all the excess bagage.. isn’t that great..
the computer failout on this site is a great confirmation for me!!!
lets start new..
love Paulien

hahaha, I must be in alignement because my computer also crashed and I even had to buy a new one!!
indeed I felt stress trying to fiks it for the last 4 days!! while I kept saying thank you thank you.. imagining a good outcome.
still I felt a fear of missing the boot.. not being good enough, not trying hard enough and therefor not deserving (more selfappreciation is in order!)
also that I lost time, not having enough time (lack of trust, I know)
meanwhile saying to myself: god is never to late..,
and also I realized.. as I lost all my emails, including the adresses and maybe also several subscribsions(?!?) that I was making new relations, new connections with the world, and that is what I asked for.. new aligned friends and connections..
I also am “resetting”, deleting and letting go of all the excess bagage.. isn’t that great..
the computer failout on this site is a great confirmation for me!!!
lets start new..
love Paulien

I was relieved that I couldn’t get into the blog because I had so many other things going on in my life I couldn’t keep up. I am spending so much time on the experiment I was getting behind with my work and the time that opened up was a blessing.

I notified you to ensure it wasn’t my server, stranger things have happened.

I’m happy we’re back. I at first felt like I was doing something wrong when I couldn’t connect. Then I wondered if it was just me. Then I had a feeling of being behind. Then I realized things were still happening and I kept doing my gratitude lists.

~ How do you respond when the prosperity that you are expecting ‘appears’ to be missing?
My first thought is that I’m doing something wrong. Then I insist and insist and when things appear to be stuck or the same, I try new options… Sometimes this attitude seems to work but ohter do not. When things do not work I blame and critized myself very very hard. I have no mercy… I am really severe with myself…. Ooops!!!

~ What can you do to insure that you stay ‘connected’ to your prosperity – while you stand in the gap prior to manifestation?
I can trust… Trust that I am doing the best I can… Trusting that God or the Universe is in charge…
Ok, but how? Well doing spiritual excersises… Being aware of my thougts… Remembering I Am The Chooser… Raising my vibration… Using the progressive affirmation for trust.

I am very grateful with Elyse, my partners and God because of this insight… Thanks for this wonderful exercise… I believe this is going to be THE difference from now and on.

I recently read a story and it could’ve even been on one of the prosperity sites. Goes like this: There was a man. He had a son and a horse and just enough land to meet their needs. He and his son worked the land with the horse. One day he went to the barn and the horse was missing. Being a small town, the neighbors rushed over and began to lament about his awful luck, and how he’d never be able to survive without the horse. Man just looked at them and said, “could be good, could be bad, only heaven knows” and went on about his business. Next day when he went to the barn the horse was back and she’d brought a stallion. The neighbors rushed over and were overjoyed at his good fortune and gushing about his luck and how much he’d be able to get done now. He replied, “could be good, could be bad, only heaven knows” and went on about his business. Next day his son went to saddle the stallion, was thrown and broke his arm. The neighbors rushed over and lamented his poor fortune and said he’d never be able to work the land without his son. He replied, “could be good, could be bad, only heaven knows”. Next day a military general came to the town looking to enscript all able bodied men. His son, with a broken arm was left alone. The neighbors rushed over and…you know what they did! Man said, “could be good, could be bad, only heaven knows” and went on about his business.
I just went on about my business and kept thinking thoughts that made me feel good!

I LOVE being the Deliberate Creator!I feel in control and totally responsible for my life in a GOOD and FUN way! It’s like, ok, hmm, what awesome stuff do I want to create in my life.? And instead of getting frustrated when I didn’t see results right away like before, I KNOW without a doubt, that my creations are in the process of manifesting and to me, that is SOO SOO exciting! Now I know I don’t have to see it right away to know LOA is working for me. The instant I put my thoughts and feeelings into ANYTHING, the LOA responds and puts things in motion. LOVE IT!

I have experienced the ‘give up’ syndrome for toooo long! I KNOW where that path leads – mediocrity, depression, lack, blah, blah, blah. I am exploring the path of being sure and keeping my sights and focus on my prosperity and living in that higher vibration! I ddeserve it!! And I LOVE MYSELF!! I think when you see yourself worthy enough of deserving something, then you begin to believe and magic happens! I LOVE magic in my life!!! It’s everywhere!

1. I found every single successful person I’ve ever spoken to had a turning point and the turning point was where they made a clear specific unequivocal decision that they were not going to live like this anymore. That they were going to achieve success. And some people make that decision at 15 and some people make it at 50, and most people never make it at all.’ — Brian Tracy
What does this statement mean to you? We’d like to know.
It means that I am the decider of my own life, the dancer of my own destiny. I know without doubt that that this statement is true. It seems like I have reached this point many times, reinvented myself, made new lives and yet still when it comes to money I seem to miss the point. Perhaps the reason is that I declared that I was not going to live like this anymore, but did not declare the desire for success.
I declare here now that I am going to achieve, financial and creative success to support and strengthen my emotional and relational successes.

2. How do you respond when the prosperity that you are expecting ‘appears’ to be missing?
I recognize that I slip easily into despair and hopelessness. These days I practice choosing to pull myself out. I normally assume I am doing something wrong and that I messed up again – I see the need to rewrite that pathway.
What can you do to insure that you stay ‘connected’ to your prosperity – while you stand in the gap prior to manifestation?
I play the game. I buy a powerball ticket and vision winning, how I will spend the money – feel this deeply. Smile. Use EFT on the LOA and change.
What words of wisdom do you have for your fellow experimenters who are, at this moment, in the ‘gap’ and who would appreciate inspiration from anyone who has ‘been there’ and then reached the other side.
I’m there with you brothers and sisters. Here’s to breath, belief and brilliance.

I was a little concerned that I didn’t get an email update but that was short lived and then I checked my browser history to find the blog. I just bookmarked the blog and didn’t think twice about your emails.

I would like to behave this way or better in ALL of things that have not come to me yet. Just keep moving forward as best as I can.

I admit I have some very strong resistance to certain subjects and I have evidence of that resistance as things get worse, yet I do find myself out of habit being strongly attracted to the negative thought forms. I am making the effort but now that I think about it, not enough.

Thank you for bringing us awareness about our behavior during the times when what we want is on the way and not yet part of our experience.

It’s the nit picking is where I go wrong I suppose.

In the grand scheme of things, life is good.

And on the seventh day He rested – which is what I thought Elyse and Myra were doing! Found the lguidance anyway on the Blog – all was well – indeed the happiest weekend in many years -
on gut impulse turned my cara round, stopped at a friend’s house and found she was at a loose end. She quickly packed sunday newspapers, a shady hat, sunscreen and a bottle of Pellegrino and at our beach/dock perched in my little rowboat, and we rowed out to my sailboat “LArk” which I have been laboriously rehabbing for 4 years. My friend lay back on the long, newly varnished, mahogany seat while I pottered around doing a few tasks. Suddenly, out of nowhere, a butterly, a fritillary, flew deliberately a hundered yards across the water from the land. It landed on the back of my hand, forcing me to turn my hand level, and to stop work. For two minutes it perched there, stroking my skin with its feelers, then just as deliberately took off and flew away back to the land …. when my love died 22 years ago, a small dark brown butterfly stayed in the house for a week and would not leave through open windows or doors, until one morning it had vanished …
this butterfly seemed to tell me all IS well, I am in the now and a good and beautiful place and I am simply a part of it all.

I’ve been working around no reminders since the beginning. I have probably only gotten 2 emails about the experiment. The rest of the time I have been accessing the blog from the original email sent the first day of the experiment. When things don’t appear when I expect there have been plenty of times when I just give up, however lately I have continued daily with my visualization practices no matter the outcome and have been rereading “Conversations With God” to help remind myself of who I am and what this life is all about. I can allow myself to get distracted for a while but usually get back to what I was working on after some time. I guess overall I do tend to stay the course half heartedly at times, which I figure is better than none at all. That may not produce the magnificent results I desire at the time, but in time all things do work out.

I actually looked on your website and the free online resources and found new inspiration and answers to many of my questions. I was able to print out “An Open Heart is the Seat of Prosperity” and will begin reading it. I was able to look at older posts for encouragement. I continued with my life and enjoyed the resources that were available and had another breakthrough.

Challenges are a natural part of life. When I did not receive the reminder, I looked at the previous email reminder, clicked on the link and voila, did not miss a day. There is a solution to every challenge. I love the saying that is something like you can’t control what happens in life, but you can choose your attitude and reaction to it.
Amazing things have been happening since the game started and continue to surprise me.
Thank you for the game.

The Abrham-Hicks quote today was perfect for me.

In the past several days, I’ve sensed a shift. I have felt a greater sense of ease (and something else I’ve yet to put words to) – so much so that it’s caught my attention. I’ve stopped what I’ve been doing to take stock of it. It feels like I used to feel when money was flowing and abundant in my bank account. It feels great!

At the moment, the money has yet to arrive – but I still have this wonderful feeling. So, when I saw the quote this morning, it all made sense!

‘99% of your creation is complete before you begin to see the evidence.”

How do you respond when the prosperity that you are expecting ‘appears’ to be missing?

Wow, I did not even pick up that something was missing…but then we’re all different people…

Very interesting, isn’t it, how the Universe, intervenes at all times!! For me it is a matter of staying in awareness not only of our ego lives, but also of the bigger picture all of the time. We are playing a game to shift our perspectives and ‘rock’ our stuck behaviour…aren’t we?
So here the Universe/Source provides a curve ball – to see how we handle life! To test us so to speak and see how easily we fall off our perches of ‘supposed insights and believes’. Here we are, thinking that we are really in control… This is a big debate, isn’t it? Because of course we are in control of our thoughts and of what we can ask for, but, are we in control of what manifests? When and how the manifestation takes place, is coming from Source.

What does it say about us when, in the midst of receiving so much already, and at no charge, we get thrown because some small details were missing? What does it say about our understanding of LOA. Or, our expectations of life – or is it rather a question of the demands (like a spoilt brats) we make on life in general? And of perhaps NOT living in gratitude of what we DO have ALREADY.

What can you do to insure that you stay ‘connected’ to your prosperity – while you stand in the gap prior to manifestation?

I can stand in the gap, in faith that things always happen at the appropriate time – and that does not necessarily mean at the exact time I want it.
I can surrender that which I ask for, and patiently wait.

What words of wisdom do you have for your fellow experimenters who are, at this moment, in the ‘gap’ and who would appreciate inspiration from anyone who has ‘been there’ and then reached the other side.

I think this is a huge lesson for us all.
Because we can be inclined to criticize those who complained – but that puts us in exactly the same space they occupy…
Or we can learn that there will always be curve balls and learn that they are not meant to trip us up, but to strengthen our resolve, to reinforce what we say we know or believe in.
In my life, I have learnt that there is ALWAYS a reason why things work out the way they do. We may not like it, but that is the way it is. And very often when things don’t work the way we want to, it’s because we are not yet ready to receive them or we are not awake enough to see the messages.

And so the missing reminders, became a great blessing!

I was here all weekend whether invited or not !! =)

1) How do you respond when the prosperity that you are expecting ‘appears’ to be missing? What can you do to insure that you stay ‘connected’ to your prosperity – while you stand in the gap prior to manifestation?

I make change. I look for the change I want in my Life. I SEEK OUT WHAT I WANT AND NEED!!!! (I am Aries, hear me roar LOL) Part of the LOA process is not waiting for things to come to you, but knowing what you want and need, focusing on it, finding it, seeking it, attracting it, going after it.

2) What words of wisdom do you have for your fellow experimenters who are, at this moment, in the ‘gap’ and who would appreciate inspiration from anyone who has ‘been there’ and then reached the other side.

I cannot say I am as successful as I want to be or as wealthy or secure. However I have gone from somewhere LESS to somewhere MORE (Ha! And the other way with my weight LOL …!!!!), from somewhere “HARD” to somewhere with POTENTIAL. The process of change is mental. Just for fun, let me take my recent weightloss as an example of this. My body is a machine. It easily loses weight when fed proper nutrition and moved! My mind, my eyes see food options all day. I choose to eat what I know nourishes me. I seek those foods and only those foods. I am offered cake and fatty meals in meetings and I choose not to have them. They don’t serve what I desire, they are no in tune with my vision of what my body looks like. In fact, those foods HARM me. I desire to be a lean, efficient, healthy Being. And so it is!

The same is with what we seek for prosperity and abundance. I could choose to get more credit cards and further debt. It’s offered to me in the mail daily. Does it serve me? No. Would it harm me? Yes!! What is in tune with my goals of abundance and prosperity is focusing on increasing my education about LOA, which I seek daily. I check this blog daily for new comments, new posts, any new information. I go to youtube and search LOA or meditation videos even! I made a new vision board. I look up blogs online that resonate with my personal goals. I make sure my requests from the Universe are clear and known. I talk to my Guides (you may pray, whatever works for you) about it. I dream about it & interpret what I am showing myself. I talk about it with friends, I blog about it !!

So I refer to the quote by AH-

And we say, ‘It’s an inside job. You’ve got to find a way to shift your vibration, and then whatever it is you’re asking for can flow easily into your experience.’

Inside job (to me, this is MENTAL), then FIND A WAY TO SHIFT (invite it, ask for it, find it) and it will come to you because you are seeking it!

I’m so loving this experiment and reading everyone else’s journeys. I am learning also and discovering new things, new challenges I need to overcome. This is a fabulous and valuable exchange; I hope everyone is getting that as well….. have a great day =)

Atlantic Flower that was BEAUTIFUL thank you for that post (((hugs)))

yes, ditto to Atlantic Flower!

I am finding that being aware of what has manifested already, (a.k.a appreciation) takes my mind off of what hasn’t yet manifested and that not only leaves me hopeful but excited. In the past 5 days I have manifested a bike that I wanted, my best friend came to see me and cleaned out my closets and cupboards (I asked for a maid) she enjoyed doing it and I said have at it. And I was accepted to receive unemployment benefits. I am feeling blessed. Also, an interesting thing I realized, Source gives us many things to look at and appreciate prior to manifesting the “big one”. In my heart I know that Source is wanting to give exactly what I am asking for, it isn’t just a matter of me wanting it. Knowing that I am not alone in this is a refreshing and welcome relief in itself.

“It always gets dark before you can see the stars.” Maya Angelou

Normally I keep plugging along. Lately it’s been harder, as my bank account is near empty and the bills mount. But I still give thanks for the bit that trickles in. Like the $5 check I got from my former employer last week, that also made me laugh because it probably cost them more to write the check than it’s worth.

Yesterday was a day that started right but went all wrong. I went to the store, and with faith that my finances as far as the bills will work out somehow, went ahead and got the “few things” that I needed. But as it turned out the “few things” weren’t so few, but money wasn’t the issue.

I don’t have a car. And I loaded up my backpack and large cloth grocery bag and still had two normal plastic bags to carry, and the cloth grocery bag was every bit as heavy as my backpack, and I could barely lift it. Add to it, I use a crutch to walk. It was a struggle to get to the bus stop.

Thankfully a bus came soon. And I thanked the Universe for sending the bus so quickly. But it was a quarter mile walk still to my home, an uphill walk at that. I asked the Universe for someone to give me a ride as I continued my trek, half dragging my since I’m short and it was an effort to keep it off the ground. Not a one person of the dozen cars (6 incoming, 6 outgoing) stopped to offer me a ride. Being hot and sore just made this all the worse.

I made it home, but when I saw that I’d worn through the bottom of the bag and, worse, through the bottom of the bottle of creamer, leaving a trail of creamer behind me. I burst into tears.

Today I feel better, and I am continuing to ask the Universe for an income that’s more than enough to meet my needs, and I’m more than determined that one of my needs is a car and the means to afford the insurance, gas, and upkeep on it.

Now, off to go check both my lottery ticket and the job listings for the day.

Well I got no Experiment email today, did just go to the last blog link, no biggy, YET the little ME can and will momentarily go to: I have been excluded, they don’t want me, I’m not important. well this is some human clumpy stuff, seems we can always have it at least in the background.

And I also have a lot of hot buttons around things not showing up WHEN I AM WANTING THEM TO! Very difficult at times for me to REMEMBER to not push against, to have FAITH, to settle down, access my KNOWING and patience. I am NOT the most patient person, and yet when something does not show up that I am so very WANTING, I am now capable of backing off my focus, taking a look at a bigger picture and seeing perhaps the timing is off, what I am wanting may not be appropriate, or maybe not in sync with what I am truly desiring. Trust that this IS a benign and loving Universe dedicated to all our fulfillment keeps me connected.

What I am curious about at this very moment is my unconscious beliefs. How do I find out what they are? Especially since our beliefs are what is really running the show:)!

Tonya

I must have done something wrong because I wasn’t automatically receiving Elyse’s daily comments, even though I thought I signed up for it. I just look at it a an example of how you have to be motivated to go after your own well-being. I have been going to the lessons Elyse has provided everyday through her initial email link. One thing I’ve learned in life is you just can’t give up easily. You can accomplish about anything you want in life if you persevere.

Thank you Alyson for the Maya Angelou quote, I love it! And Morgan, you are such a brave soul and get me back in touch with my gratefulness, thank you! With a Spirit such as yours, I know this Universe watches over you:)!

Tonya

It never occurred to me that there was a problem. I logged in and played the prosperity game. I actually took the “time off” as time to reflect on what we had already achieved over the week — deepening my thoughts and understanding of that material.

I am not an endlessly voracious appetite. I am able to enjoy and appreciate content that I’ve previously consumed.

I was not limited by the experience of no blog updates.

But if we as a collective group have entered this experiment with the intention of combining our energies — what place does anger have here?

I have a collection of books, CDs and DVDs because I enjoy revisiting those works time and again. Why should a blog or this experience be any different?

Elyse, I am so grateful that you host this project and that you and your team work so hard to make it happen, but I don’t feel that you are personally responsible for my growth. Only I can do that.

I think the lack of posts is evidence of the Universe responding to this process — we each got a chance to choose how we would react. I am very pleased to know that I have faith that “I’m right on track. There si not anything amiss here. Everything is unfolding perfectly.”

The feeling is everything. And so while I am feeling successful in many parts of my life that are/will be related to my prosperity, there are some parts that are stubbornly negative in my mind. As in that person doesn’t change very much, and that person is always thwarting my ideas and bigger plans.

I see that that feeling has to change within me before real prosperity flows into my life. This is not an easy problem, but noticing and being honest with myself is the first step to changing those thought patterns from negative to positive.

Every day I become more aligned with the thought that “The law of attraction is supporting me in practical ways.”

As far as the weekend and reminders went, I thought, Oh they think we are capable of logging on with out a reminder today, so I did. Never thought about it again.

hello. well, i didn’t notice we didn’t get the email this weekend s and i also didn’t notice that we had been getting them previously!

my sister (also doing the experiment), actually asked me this weekend if i had been getting the emails because she was expecting them everyday and she hadn’t received them. i told her that i wasn’t sure if i had or hadn’t, but that either way i was under the impression that this experiment is all our choice and we were to do our own work for ourselves – whatever that means for each of us.

for me, every morning i just visit the blog and play the prosperity game automatically. that’s how i’ve been approaching it. so i didn’t realize anything was amiss – or missing. i’m just grateful for the daily information/forum that it offers me.

in all cases, i remind myself CONSTANTLY that abraham, this experiment with elyse and any and every other book/exercise/experiment that i read or choose to participate in are only tools – they are NOT MY SOURCE. and the apparent lack of any of these things are certainly not any indication that i am undeserving…just a glaring reminder that i am not a vibrational match to what i am expecting and wanting. it’s just a reminder to get aligned. like a little bell reminding me – “hey, you’re not aligned suhailah.”

the gap that elyee speaks of in today’s blog and that abraham speaks of is the hardest part, right?! i would think it’s why most of us are here. we don’t have a problem with the asking and wanting – it’s the allowing and waiting – that GAP that we all struggle with – i know i do!

i’ve found several things work rather instantly when my expectation goes from excited anticipation to frustration that things are not showing up.

first if i can’t think about the thing that i want and feel good about – i completely stop thinking about it and focusing on it altogether for a while. i just let it go. really try to “let go and let god.” just release it into the ethers altogether.

i also sit and close my eyes and visualize (or write) in great, vivid detail the thing/experience already being here. i feel the feeling AS IF it truly is already here. i get into a great, great happy feeling state when i do this. and then i also go into an immediate state of gratitude. just go about my whole day saying “thank you for this,” “thank you for that.” some are “real” (things that really have happened), and some are things that have yet to manifest in my physical reality. but your inner being doesn’t know the difference and it just ALL feels good. and then, miraculously, i start to forget which of the things are “real” and which are still only in my imagination. it’s quite phenomenal when you really get into that state – AS IF it already is here. it’s like your mind plays tricks on you – but the good kind! .

and then, ironically, it feels soooo real (because you’re given thanks for it already or have visualized it in such great detail/feeling as if it already exists), that you suddenly feel you don’t even need the thing anymore! the longing just vanishes. you don’t even notice it’s not here and then – SURPRISE – it arrives! go figure. strange but true.

i constantly have to remind myself that the steps are this:
1. get happy/feel good – however i can do this.
2. the things/experience i want will show up…HAVE to show up.

NOT!!…

1. the things/experiences i want show up.
2. i get happy/feel good

this is the most challenging part for me and requires constant reminders.

I have been working with a vision board for quite some time – over the last year and a lot of those visions have come into being and some have not and I am not sure they need to. I have discovered also that there is a rhythym to life and it has to date not been on my schedule but life’s schedule and if I try to hammer something into place because of my demands it just will not fit or work out right. If I wait, listen, keep creating a field of strong, intense love and creation and humility the right people, the right situation and right outcome happens. As I look deeper and deeper into thoughts as to why sometimes too, it is like peeling away all the covers, the real answer appears and there is a deep feeling of awe and success the aw experience. When I am patient and creative at the same time – life is rewarding 10 fold. thanks Bette

I’ve come to know very clearly that whatever seems like a bad thing has within it the seeds of a wonderful blessing. So now I always ask: What could be good about this?

Here is today’s epiphany from my prosperity journal.
“What I feel today is that it is not expectations that put my vibe off key.
It be that I’ve taken the lack of expectation to a level where nothing comes because I expect nothing.”
I would like to note here that “It be that” was supposed to say It MAY be that. I believe the universe stepped in there and corrected my sentence as I wrote it.

I really didn’t freak out over not getting the reminders. I had forgotten to play the game on Saturday, remembered on Sunday, and found the postings. I kind of wondered if we were taking weekends off, but went looking for it anyway.

This is not to say that I have been really good with the “gap” between asking and receiving!

I was able to observe in my own personal experiences that when I get to the place where I am waiting, and “nothing” seems to be happening, I am stricken with a keen attack of doubt. The doubter part of me seizes the opportunity to tell me that I can’t really have what I want because this process doesn’t really work. Yesterday I took some time to realign and reconnect with my joy and wonder and excitement, and I am continuing to hold that vibration.

I now know that what chases away my receiving is when I lose trust. I now make a conscious choice to trust the universe, no matter what the situation looks like!

Okay…I’m a little confused. I was gone all day Saturday on a 30 mile mountain bike ride on the Hiawatha trail (GREEEEAAAAAT ride if you’re in the North Idaho area). I spent the day celebrating God’s creation, how well my body worked and the current abundance of my life. By the time I got home I was too exhausted to get on the website. So I must have missed the missing reminders. When I did get on and there was nothing new to “do” I mentally thanked Elyse for the “breather” and “catch up” time! I thought she was giving us a gift! (perspective is an interesting thing) So I was in Yippee mode. I’m blonde and I’m intelligent. BUT sometimes “being blonde” is a bonus for me. It let’s me relax, be silly, ask where something fits in the “big” picture and sail on forward. It was interesting to read peoples’ responses to this event. It reminded me of when I was so intense and needed things/circumstances to be just so. Being more relaxed and focusing on my existing well-being and abundance is much more joyful! This blog has also given me a glimpse into how far I’ve traveled on this journey and how much progress I’ve made…even though it doesn’t always feel like it.

How do you respond when the prosperity that you are expecting ‘appears’ to be missing?

Unrelated to the Prosperity blog, when I don’t see the prosperity I’m expecting, I feel dejected and hopeless. I don’t blame the Universe or anyone else; I just become resigned to, “that’s what is supposed to be.” It’s not a healthy response in that it keeps me comfortably in the gap.

What can you do to insure that you stay ‘connected’ to your prosperity – while you stand in the gap prior to manifestation?

Gratitude, gratitude, gratitude. When I begin to list what I’m grateful for in my Gratitude Journal, I completely changes my state of energy. I feel better, more abundant, and more hopeful. Being in Gratitude has never ever failed me.

What words of wisdom do you have for your fellow experimenters who are, at this moment, in the ‘gap’ and who would appreciate inspiration from anyone who has ‘been there’ and then reached the other side.

Choosing Prosperity has an online Gratitude Journal that is really neat. Just list 5 things for which you are grateful and experience an energy shift.

Atlantic Flower! Your post gave me delicious goosbumps! Thank you

I actually didn’t receive today’s email, so I just went back to a previous email and found the link to the blog. I wondered if perhaps the messages hadn’t gone out or of something had happened, but as soon as I saw the blog was updated, I instantly let go of any sense of worry that had been building up and had a gorgeous sense of relief and knowing wash over me.

I used to freak out when the evidence of prosperity was missing, but now I just tell myself “when I have a choice, I choose to believe,” and I allow myself the hope and faith that comes along with believing that the prosperity, abundance and wealth I’ve asked for is on its way. I also choose to be optimistic and find reasons to be grateful. I’ve learned what my negativity does and I choose not to mis-create any longer, so I find something to be positive about, even if it’s just the fact that I have clothes to wear or food to eat.

Lately I’ve been noticing what I’m living and looking at it as evidence of the manifestation of past thoughts/vibrations. I pay attention to what I like about my current reality and focus on that, and then I spend some more time making sure that I’m offering the vibration of what I want to live in the future. What’s so great is that I can feel that the more I do this, the faster my future reality is coming to fruition. I would say that this is the best thing anyone can do; acknowledge that you are where you are, look for things to appreciate about where you are, and do everything you can to offer the vibrations that will lead to the manifestation of what you are wanting. And the most important thing is to be easy with yourself. When you find yourself doubting or being pessimistic, allow yourself to be that way…..and then let it go and get back on the path.

I honestly can’t believe I’m saying this; I’m so proud of myself for finally getting to the place where I can say things like this and truly speak from a place of knowing! I am so grateful for all of the blessings and changes in my life!

I didn’t even notice anything was missing; I just did what was there.

Anyway, about the feelings when there is a “gap,” I think the fact that we call it a “gap” says it all. A gap cannot be a gap unless there are two sides to it; otherwise, it’s an ending.

So the way to hold the energy while there is a gap is to remember that, by definition, there IS the other side, and it will appear at the perfect time.

It’s even easier if one pictures the gap as being like the period one spends mid-air when jumping from one rock to another. Concentrating on the feeling of **flying** can keep the energy buoyant until one reaches the other side! Then exhiliration at being there will continue to buoy the energy.

I just made this up, stream of consciousness, but I like this idea very, very much!

How do you respond when the prosperity you are expecting ‘appears’ to be missing?

I got a call out of nowhere yesterday for a contract job in IT and this morning came to know that I did not get it and the position had been filled by an internal staff. Plus I had another losing trade in Forex.

Since I am standing in the ‘gap’ I am thankful that the hiring agency called me out of the blue even though thousands are registered with them and will keep me in mind for future contracts.

As for the losing trade in Forex, I learnt from my mistake and have taken screenshots with extensive comments and review all my trades on the week-end. I am grateful and thankful that I am learning a new skill, trading, and KNOW that I will make a living doing it. Meanwhile I am enjoying the journey.

As for the glitch on this ‘prosperity’ portal, I was not aware of it and there are lots of free enjoyable things to do like walking on the trail, listening to meditative music, word puzzles and sudoku.

I enjoy each moment and happy for everything especially good health, laptop with internet access and playing the ‘Prosperity’ game.

I wish everyone well.

Linda

Ha ha! I thought Elyse merely took the weekends off (well deserved, I thought!) and left us to digest the stuff we learned during the week and continue to work on it, sort of like going home from school with an assignment for the weekend! I was dissapointed simply because I look forward so much to the daily inspiration, but I looked over the previous lessons to delve deeper, and really get it to sink in.

I have not been feeling positive of late, so my creations are likely to be very small at this point, but like a snowball rolling down a snowy slope, I will start small and continue to increase. I am looking for prosperity where I can find it in small ways that I can feel positive about. The most recent ones are a couple of my pets have needed some veterinary care for ills that potentially could have resulted in expensive treatment, and so far each of the bills has been much lower than I anticipated, and I was able to handle them easily.

I continue to work on improving my vibrational output and positive outlook with all your help, Elyse, and the help of all of you out there on the blog. Thank you!

Been reading these comments again and WOW we are coming alive, albeit about those REMINDERS:), funny though it would be this that gets us cranked up a bit. Suhaila, did you know there is a famous bellydancer named Suhailah? Just curious.

How is life in YOUR world today, I am so very grateful for this Forum, Elyse and all of you. I find myself coming back here like a homing pigeon to its home, it feels good and I am SO enjoying all the posts:)!

Tonya

P>S> Wonder if part of our jobs in life, certainly connected to MONEY and DREAMS, is to remember we came here TO ENJOY THIS LIFE, surely a big time thing to remind ourselves of. When we create a life we love, money/relationship/communication/existence, EVIDENCE:)…all follow. I get stuck somewhere between creating existence/evidence and enrolling self/and others. Something comes up from a deep/unconscious belief yet I have not until this time been able to get a full grasp of it. So I will continue to REMIND myself to be in gratitude for all that is in my life right now! I am close, I know this:). Close to when I will bring forth all my heart desires, including the physical/financial/material realm, Spiritual Peace realm, Emotional Freedom realm, and The Relationship Consciousness Realm. Porbably I’ll find out there is no where to get to and that our greatest power lies in the present moment, , my friend says this and I tell him just a few days ago to put a sock in it, ME/MYSELF/AND I have this GREAT mission, he says NO, there is no where to get to only NOW. Just a glimpse here in to my world. Tonya

I intend to appreciate the mystery and dwell in light-hearted anticipation of what surely is to come when what I expect doesn’t appear when I expect. I intend to go inward when I notice that I feel frustrated and disappointed and ask myself in what ways the delay or non appearance of what I desire might be a source of growth and positive transformation for me. And when I cannot find any answers, I will remember that the universe holds me lovingly in her hand and gives me all I desire and more and that I do not need to understand the details of her workings to experience and receive her love.

Well, dear ones, something definitely has shifted in me. I didn’t go off the wall, as usual, when something didn’t happen. No email, well, gee whiz what will I do. The nonappearance of the email was just an indicator for me to take some initiative and just go on the site and play the game and read whatever was posted. I then saw the weekend note and I thought ok, I will check back the next day. Sometimes my reminders go into spam at work and then if I don’t get an opportunity to check right away, I will do so at lunch. It has been actually very peaceful within since I begn this experiment. And that is saying much. Thank you God and thank you Elyse for your encouragement.

Golly Rosemary, Thanks! I know/feel/think I got it….!!

(Enforced inertia from the universe is necessary
and important…based on the universal laws)

My cup has been EMPTY, and now it is filling, soon to be FULL….

I AM taking the time to see, listen and be still.

I Know that Divine Intelligence is working in and
through me….

The tides have turned and we are in the tidal
gully watching the direction of the flows change…

Joy is all around…taste it…

This is hilarious because I didn’t receive Sunday’s email nor today’s but I have the blog link saved so knowing that the messages would be there I clicked on that link and lo and behold, there they were! So it seemed that the evidence was there, just in a different location (or not even in a different location since I knew where to find it; it was just the path to get there that was different), which I think is a great metaphor for what you wrote today. I must admit that at times I have become frustrated with what appears to be a lack of evidence that my prosperity is here but I think this is a good reminder that it is always here, just sometimes not in the location or form we were expecting and so do not always realize it. I think it’s important that when we perceive there to be this lack of evidence that we go about finding it in a different way because it’s that seeking of the evidence that demonstrates our faith in knowing that it’s there and we will find it. I hope this helps everyone!

Well, I just remind myself that the evidence is on it’s way, and I try to figure out what, thoughts I ‘ve been thinking or what attitude I’ve been having or what words I’ve been speaking that has manifested the kind of situation. I usually find out quite soon, then I just find ways to shift my internal dialogue and focus on all the beautiful things in my life, this makes me feel better always, then the good things start to show up in my life. It’s really that simple, we all have the power to create our own lives. Another thing that works for me is watching inspiring movies on youtube from spiritual teachers and listening to their words of wisdom. Elyse, thank you for this wonderful experiment

Well, I must be in a completely different vibe! I didn’t miss it at all! Did I forget to do it? Guess so!!!
I’m coming to see that when I’m in the gap, it might be because there are things in my present situation that are so very different than what I dream of (diff, but not bad) that perhaps I need to fully appreciate my current situation in order to be happy first. I’ve been working on my vision journals (putting pics that make my heart soar) these past few days, and reading Abraham’s most recent book has given me a great deal to ponder (exhilarating!!!).
I have a great deal of work to do on the relationship end in order to get to a fully abundant financial mental state (my husband has been suffering, and so we have a great deal of work to do together).
I’m always thankful for those little signs that the Universe is conspiring in my favor, and even when things don’t go as planned, I quickly accept that they are as they are for a reason – IT’S ALL GOOD!

How do you respond when the prosperity that you are expecting ‘appears’ to be missing?

From reviewing the 2008 postings above, it appears that this is not the first time the weekend messages have been “missing”. Great way to get us all to think! I did wonder where the messages were, then also thought that maybe they didn’t come on the weekend and just went to the blog and enjoyed reading it and playing the prosperity game.

Overall, my reaction differs. This past Saturday, I went to a neighborhhod festival for which my husband had purchased multiple raffle tickets. The grand prize was $5000 with nine additional prizes of $900 each. I was so convinced from playing this game that we were going to win the grand prize, I was a little taken aback when they didn’t announce our names! Then I thought we would win one of the $900 – for sure. Guess what – no dice. I laughed at myself and just went on to enjoy the festival knowing that good things would continue to come my way – even if not in the form of raffle winnings. And . . . .

Today, a friend called to invite me to join her for a taping of the Oprah show! Coincidentally (wink) I was speaking with this friend at Saturday’s festival and mentioned that I was a big O fan, but had never had any luck getting tickets. She said she was going to try getting tickets online on Monday as she heard there might be October taping tickets available – lo and behold. . . . I also picked up the latest version of O magazine at the newstand on Sunday so must have had big Oprah vibes going on.

What can you do to insure that you stay ‘connected’ to your prosperity – while you stand in the gap prior to manifestation?

Great question! If I find myself starting to “woe is me”, I try to find a way to lift myself up. Music almost always helps – even if it’s just light piano music while I’m working.

What words of wisdom do you have for your fellow experimenters who are, at this moment, in the ‘gap’ and who would appreciate inspiration from anyone who has ‘been there’ and then reached the other side.

Miracles do happen and if you think hard enough you will remember times when you have created wonderful, amazing things and feelings for yourself in the past. In the meanwhile, just try to find ways to make yourself feel good – music, a bubble bath, a good book, sending a good friend a letter telling him/her how much you appreciate that person.

I was in the cap often I am in the Gap now but I learned that the Gap is a place where you can strenghten your belief, practice your awareness and gather strenght to jump out of the Gap.
Everytime your are in the Gap you learn to jump faster and/or higher until the Gap is so small, that you don’t notice it at all anymore.

Remember When youare ready to quit, you are closer than you think

Embrace the Gap embrace your shelf and know there is always another ship coming to the dock….just simply choose again.

Thank you Elise I choose to go to the blog et voila….

Love Ferry

I really even didn´t notice, that there were not in yet. I was on the blog, before even noticing it………….

If you choose to believe that the impossible is real it will be.

Just give yourself love and appreciation, everything will turn out good.

Wow, I didn’t miss the weekend emails, I just thought you take the weekend off. What I did miss was today’s (Tuesday) email. I looked for it, was curious about how I had missed it and then thought, well maybe if I go back to Monday’s and follow the link (breadcrumbs) I would find what I needed/desired. It worked beautifully and, not only did I find what I was looking for, as usual, I found more.
When things get really challenging for me I go to the ocean and swim with the dolphins. That is a sure fire way to realign my energies. If, for some reason, that’s not possible, I re- create the feelings I experience when I am in the flow and then, before I know it, I AM.
Blessings and blissings to all!

My reaction to a perceived lack varies depending upon whether I’m consciously creating at that moment. A knee-jerk reaction will typically be anger or frustration, but with a few seconds’ thought, I can transform that energy into positive energy. In other words, I can move toward reconnecting with Source and the vision of what I desire.

It’s a very fine line between pushing against something and moving toward what one wants. As your example illustrates, a vision board (or any other tool) is only valuable when it keeps us pointed toward our desires. When it becomes a symbol of the lack of them, then it’s counterproductive. I recently experienced that with my bi-weekly Abraham CD subscription. I had listened to them continuously for a couple of years. I got to a point a year or so ago where I was more frustrated with my lack of progress every time I listened to a CD, so I stopped listening to them for almost a year. I’ve recently started listening to them again (I’ve been accumulating CDs all that time!) and they are extremely uplifting.

I’ve noticed this phenomenon many times in my life, focusing on something to the point where it becomes frustrating and annoying rather than a fun problem. The best solution when that occurs is to walk away from it and do something completely different for a while. Often when I come back to it, everything falls into place.

I love this experiment, I love this game, I love what you’ve created Elyse!
Thanks so much!

At the weekend, I noticed, in the back of my mind at least, that there were no reminders in my inbox, but the fact that there were no reminders was actually more of a reminder! I thought, ‘no, it’s down to me to remember to play the game…’

What a great lesson it seems to have unexpectedly provided for many of us taking part here.

How do you respond when the positive experiences that you are are looking forward to ‘appear’ to be missing?
I attempt to shift my focus – what CAN I do? what WILL I choose? and I TRUST.

What can you do to insure that you stay ‘connected’ to your prosperity – while you stand in the gap prior to manifestation?

Be grateful for what I DO have, who I AM now, what I AM DOING now in this exact moment. As Angela Bear suggests, Say to yourself:

How does it get any better than this? (ie. it’s continually getting better)

How did I get to be so lucky? (live in a state of gratitude)

What words of wisdom do you have for your fellow experimenters who are, at this moment, in the ‘gap’ and who would appreciate inspiration from anyone who has ‘been there’ and then reached the other side.

Thanks for your wise words Elyse – there are no short cuts, no one can have your conversation with the Divine/Source on your behalf – this is something you have to do for yourself.

Well first of all, mad props to Elyse for a gracious, sagacious response to some e-mails that sound like they were less than gracious.

I, too, simply bookmarked the blog after the first couple of days and checked it on my own, and didn’t think much of a missing notification.

It really is a good lesson though, because it’s a 30-day experiment, not a lifelong hand-holding session, and it’s important for all of us to learn how to tap into our inner resources and take responsibility for creating our own prosperity and not whining when something we expected or felt entitled to doesn’t come through.

In the past I have been denied jobs that I felt I was perfect for, and thought I really wanted, only to find that a couple of months down the road an EVEN BETTER job that I had never considered pursuing was right there waiting for me.

I could give other similar examples, but the point is that in my experience at least, when I’ve felt cheated or disappointed or frustrated at not getting what I wanted, it’s usually because deep down my inner self had something even better lined up.

So make sure to stay open to opportunities and blessings beyond those in your immediate sights! The broader perspective is aptly named!

I have to tell a story that applies to today’s post. I went to whole foods to get a salad for lunch and decided I should get kale to have healthy veggies for dinner, I walked by some pears and thought they look good, so I got 3, normally I get 2. I stood in line and saw some organic dark chocolate that I desired, but trying to shed the 7 pounds I attracted on vacation. Anyway, I heard a voice as I was bagging my few items say, you should play the lotter today, the universe is talking to you, my total was 11.11, she reminded me the most powerful number in the universe is 11 and told me a story of her coworker who loves 11 and was born on 6/5/65 and how he sees 11 all the time. Well, I am a big fan of 11, always have been, my son’s dad and I have know each other for over 20 years and always fount it special, auspiscious. So, I was just happy from the actually hearing the universe talk to me. My fiance has been teasing me about playing the lottery as we are searching for our dream home together and I always tell him thats your job, I’m busy with “the experiment”. I know this is long and I hope it means something to someone else, but it is monumental to me. So I went to play lotto and numbers and didn’t really know what I was doing, but chose 11 and numbers that added up to 11 and some of my other favorite numbers. I then decided to play 6565 and 1111 and I was incredulous when the gentleman told me that 1111 was sold out, I stood there for a moment and almost panicked and then almost laughed out loud, how funny the universe is. Now, I emailed my fiance and told him to play the numbers as he is NY today and he only knows how to play lotto (we just aren’t gambling people) but I figure what the heck money flows in and out, why not. To top it all off, I hadn’t received today’s email and just figured it didn’t matter, I just logged on anyway, I heard the universe talk to me in plain english today, the point is, there is always evidence and it will always be about how I look at it. Thanks everyone, I feel more connected than I have in ages!

The thing is, when the reminders are not there it might be an alert to us that we can remind ourselves and at some point there will won’t be an “outsider” to remind us. We are responsible for all that we are receiving anyway. So today, I made up my own reminders – the main one being “believing is seeing” (thank you Dr. Dyer). The added plus for me is that I have been feeling really great these past 9 days. Thank you Universe.

Ahh so yes there were a few days I did not get the reminders and my sister who is also playing the game suggested I go directly to the blog. Today was a day where I did not get a reminder and here I am with bells on!

In a nutshell, it is my pleasure to have this opportunity to grow I am so happy and grateful for Elyse’s offering of this experiment/gift and nothing as minor as a computer glitch will stop me now. My visions are too wonderful to let anything get in the way – even so called obstacles!

I simply focus on feeling good and I know that I am connected to Source Energy and all that I desire is flowing to me whether I can see it or not. The funny thing is that when I am happy, every day is filled with signs of affirmation that I am on the right track; Small acts of kindness from random strangers, support from unexpected places and in general a world filled with love and opportunity that I would miss if I was filled with negative emotion i.e. anxiety, depression, complaint, feeling like a victim etc.

Abraham once said, and I paraphrase: “It’s not a question of how long it is before you get what you want but how happy can you can be along the way…”

Hah, I guess I am doing okay in the trust department as all I thought regarding the emails was “I guess we don’t get them on weekends”. Now for my tangible results so far: it took a few days for me to get in sync with this process and I am astonished with my results. I got the job interview today I have been wanting since mid-June; I found out yesterday I will receive 50% of the proceeds for the sale of my mother’s condo now instead of as part of her will; and I have developed the negotiation muscle to dispute a contractor’s bill. In the past I would have paid it in full, been very angry and spread that anger many times over in bad mouthing the contractor. I feel so much more empowered this way and plan to maintain good will with my contractor. Yeh me!!

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for me l contiune on focusing on the better feeling thoughts of my desires and continue to feel the joy and excitment that l have for those desires l know that its all on its way and l stay focused and excited and happy as l belive that MY DESIRES are all on its way to me
l love that this game allows me to stay focused on my desires and listen out for and acknowledge my thought process to ensure that my thoughts are always working for the best for me . Positive expecting thoughts
AS for the weekend message l didn’t really feel anything missing l just continued on my focus and enjoyment of the things and desires that l have choosen to flow into my life by enjoying looking at my vision board and feeling the excitment and joy and pleasure these things on my board give me knowing that its already mine and the universe is bringing it all to me on a beautiful plate just for me and my desires beacuse l deserve it and allow it by thinking constatnly about and feeling the feelings of joy and excitment about my choosen desires. l love that l can stay so easily focused because these things on my vision board are the things that l really want and desire so by looking at them l feel so happy and alive and excited and good about my own choosen desires thanks agan Elyse for this fun and thrilling and exciting game that really helps me stay focused you are a special gift from the universe thankyou l am so glad that l allowed your insight and inspiration into my life amen l have just realised how clever l am to have allowed that

This is not a case about what’s missing, because you are already more that ENOUGH, for those of you who read this blog. This is really about choice, I can remember clearly just last week. I was feeling really bad thinking this is a real joke all this talk about shifting your consciousness, and all this talk about prosperity, but I decided, what’s the worst thing that could happen, if I continued along my path. It has always been easy for me to fall back into my old usual routine, how about I do something differently. When I woke my husband and I had argued half of the night away, and I decided that I wasn’t going to stay any longer in that vibrational tone so Iwent and slept upstairs, and I heard all the chatter going on, but I said to myself, no today is a NEW DAY! I thought to myself why tithe, why go to church, why think differently it serves no purpose. I purposed in my heart to have a new life for myself, and my family and the change would start with me. I went to church, I tithed any way and Sunday when I open my e-mails what happened to be in there but this blog about choosing prosperity. I am believing no matter what it looks like that I AM THAT, PROSPERITY, I AM. NO MATTER WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND THAT’S WHAT I WANT TO BE REMINDED OF DAILY!!!!!!!!!!

I often find it hard to create new habits that last longer than a day or two, but from the start, I bookmarked the blog and have been sitting down each night to read the day’s challenge and scroll through the posts. I have not missed one day, and I have not needed the email reminders to log on. Like many others, I didn’t notice anything missing – at least from here. I know I’m in sync with this experiment because of today’s questions/quote.

How did you know that, in the last 24 hours, I’ve fallen right into the gap? That is exactly the way I feel – like I’m falling into an abyss. (Interestingly, my only true phobia isn’t heights, it’s falling, i.e., down a flight of stairs, over a balcony railing, etc. So the fact that now I’ve spiritually/vibrationally begun to fall, well, I’m far from peace/balance right now.)

I am still here, I’m still participating in the experiment, and I do trust that I’ll find my way, but I would love suggestions on how to get to the other side of the gap and/or suggestions on how to shift my vibration. I’m saying the progressive affirmation for Trust (and a few others) and I think that most of the time, I really do trust in the universe. But right now, when the view from the gap seems so bleak, I feel exactly like the “you” in the quote: “Can’t I just be the one exception in all of the universe? Can’t you just make it better?”

Rationally and intellectually, I know it’s up to me. But physically and emotionally I’m completely depleted. I spend my days taking care of everything for my family; I genuinely feel that it’s what I was born to do, but right now I really want someone else to take care of things for a while. I want to feel the love and care from the universe coming towards me, even when I’m not “better” yet. I do want proof that I’m on the right path.

I feel like the people in my daily life cannot understand what I’m going through right now. I feel fortunate that you are all out there and I completely trust in this community. Thank you for your positive energy. Thank you…

OMG this has truely been an interesting and enlightening day. I think I’ve gotten myself turned around now.
The story is a long one over many years. Let it suffice to say that I have been using a vision board and other tools for over 3 years now, but have been practing all this for many more.
We were fortunate enough to purchase 20 acres in beautiful Whitefish about 5 years ago and build our dream home (one we created together at our kitchen table). Then things seemed to start falling apart. His health, our business, the bank not coming through as promised. I was at a loss as to why and started working more with the LOA and on myself. The vision board had our businesses sold, our other
home sold, the greenhouse, the shop, an excellent income from a new source, the WF house as our forever
home, and a few others. As I worked and visioned some of the things started to move. Then, again, things in the financial area took a huge turn downward. It seems I’ve been able to manifest well in all areas except my own financial. So more work on myself. The big question? How can something that stops the flow be so deeply buried that we cant find it? Well, with work (and play) it seemed that things were starting to move in the right direction. Even though the WF house was in foreclosure, we were moving forward. We were offered a
modification on the loan. The businesses sold. Not for as much as we would have liked and it did leave us with unpaid bills, but still in the right direction. Looking back, I think I
understant why. I asked for the sale but not the price. With the businesses sold, we were able to move to our WF home and enjoy some well deserved time without stress. We don’t have jobs yet, but that will come. I’ve been able to play
for the last 3 weeks. We owned our restaurants for 18 years. Because of his health, I was the one who ran them both for the last couble years. So I was in need of a much needed rest. We talked about turning points a day ortwo ago. This was a major turning point for us.
My attitude has been wonderful. The stress is gone. The experiment has given me a chance to renew beliefs and understandings. I can honestly say that for the last 3 weeks 80% of my time has been spent in gratitude and thanksgiving for our beautiful home, our wonderful relationship, our new malamute, the beauty we live in everyday. I wake up every morning giving thanks for all we have and will have. Everything is going my way. I think to myself, I wish I could share this feeling with everyone! This is how life should be everyday!
You can imagine my surprise when today we ran into what (at first) I thought was a major block (test of faith?) We have been looking at all our options for paying our debts. Today we spoke with an attorney about consolidation and/or bankrupcy. This man was such a negative energy. I wondered how could I have attracted this after all this wonderful? I could not find a positive thing about the entire meeting. I wanted to throw up.
(sorry). It took me all afternoon to get back to this wonderful feeling again.
So to get back to today’s questions. First, I’ve been so involved in enjoying myself and playing that I did not
even realize there were e-mails.
How do I react when the signs are missing. Well, I think the whole idea of what happened today was to show me exactly that. I could have been really discouraged with what this man had to say. Instead, I choose to use it to strengthen my resolve and trust in the Universe. This may have been my ego getting in the way or I don’t know. But I choose to go on feeling good and trusting that the Universe will bring us the prosperity we already have. I choose to believe that our forever home is forever ours (this or better).
I am a gardener and something what helps me comes from my garden experiences. We plant our seeds (ask for what we want), we feed and water our seeds (affirmations, etc), we wait for them to pop their little heads out of the ground (the “gap”), and then we recieve. I try to remember that everything comes in its time. Seeds must have time to grow and reach the light just as our desires must be given time to be brought forth. While waiting for the new, I continue to enjoy that which I have and give thanks for it and all that I have. I am actually thankful for what happened today.
I know this is long but I am grateful for being able to voice this. It has given me hope and power to continue.
I am so thankful for this experiement and all you beautiful spirits playing along. Thank you, Elyse.

How do you respond when the prosperity that you are expecting ‘appears’ to be missing?
I take it with a grain of salt so to speak and simply focus on other ways to keep my positive energy flowing… or rather keep my vibration high and climbing anyway… regardless!

What can you do to insure that you stay ‘connected’ to your prosperity – while you stand in the gap prior to manifestation?
Well, what I do to insure that I stay “connected” to my prosperity while I stand in the gap prior to manifestation is that I just keep on imagining what I’d like to create little by little. I actually visualize what I want to be manifested and then start only looking at a little bit of it while using affirmations… especially, “one step at a time is enough for me” And then the next day I look at a little more of it and then a little more each and every day. The full affirmation is: “One step at a time. I have the power to change my life for the better on a continual basis. With each step I take, I am on the pathway to the best of who I am. Peace comes from realizing that all that needs to be done will be done. Just taking it one step at a time, I trust the wisdom within my being to show me what needs to be done and do it – one step at a time.”

What words of wisdom do you have for your fellow experimenters who are, at this moment, in the ‘gap’ and who would appreciate inspiration from anyone who has ‘been there’ and then reached the other side.
You may use what I use as above, if it resonates with you.

My response to the gap varies…With the missing emails I didnt think anything of it not being in my mail box I just went to the site and found them there…My faith in the experiment is perfect because I didnt think for a second that they wouldnt be there…I just went and got what I knew was already there…Maybe I need to get a tattoo saying “It is already there” written on the inside of my wrist…hmmm…My faith is at an all time high lately and am looking forward to what comes of it…

Words of wisdom for fellow experimenters stuck in the gap – trust in the inevitability of your desires.

The best example I have are my children. The entire time we were trying to get pregnant (many years), despite my roller coaster of emotions, I was always able to center myself when I put forth the thought that me having children was inevitable – it felt good to say/hear it. Imagine my surprise when we found out we were finally pregnant…with twins!

I don’t get emails all days from you and I attribute to whacky spam filters. If something is important to me, I bookmark it to my favorites bar instead of my favorites list.

I live in the gap. I am so busy maintaining life that the thought of creating a vision board or spending time to set a vibration is as much a luxury as a hefty bank account is. I guess it’s like exercising…one knows they should but can’t find the time, then feels frustrated by not caring for ones body, yet still can’t find the time to do the healthy thing. Rationally, I know that is a choice towards illness or death. And yes, rationally, I know that not having a vision board and not spending time on setting the right vibration will keep me in the gap…how do you move past thoughts and into action. I have absolutely no idea. Being in the gap feels like I am failing at this life.

I show up here every day to learn and to set a better tone to fall asleep to or to wake to. I carry my notebook to read throughout the day. And yet, at my core, I guess I don’t believe that this will work for me. I don’t believe that I will ever have true love or many friends or financial wealth or the positive impact I long to have upon this world. So, is that disbelief IN the gap?? Or perhaps I am not even in the gap yet??

Hello Beautiful Spirits!
Thanks for sharing this with me.
I am evolving and I love it.

I hope this makes you smile:

“You fill my heart with gladness…
and take away my sadness…
Ease my troubles…that’s what you do…”

(’Have I told you Lately That I Love You?’
Van Morrison)

May you each be…way, way blessed…
right now. And yes, thanks Elyse!

How very abundant I am right now!!

Hello again,Forgot to mention that maybe what happened over the weekend wasn’t really mis-creation. Maybe it was just the Universes way of bringing about today’s lesson or conversations.

Wanted to pass on a footnote to my day. It appears that maybe this afternoon was a way of bringing my partner and I closer together on our desires and our joint actions. Guess what I’ve been asking for?  Guess we need to recognize ALLthe things we’re asking for and not get upset at how they come about. So for as horrible as it seemed this afternoon, it really was a manifestation of one of the things I’ve asked for.I can truly feel that things are going in the right direction and that the loan modification will come through. LOA works everytime. Sometimes we just fail to see it.Thank you! Looking forward to tomorrow’s message.

This couldn’t have come at a better time. Job offer fell through today, but went to an amazing friend, so I can’t really consider it a loss…and then another seeming financial challenge came up… But then I was reminded of the concepts in Wattle’s “The Science of Getting Rich”:

“Never allow yourself to feel disappointed. You may expect to have a certain thing at a certain time, and not get it at that time; and this will appear to you like failure. But if you hold to your faith you will find that the failure is only apparant. Go on in the Certain way and if you do not receive that thing, you will receive something so much better that you will see the seeming failure was really a great success.”

And, lo and behold I logged on and the collective energy of the group was exactly what I was feeling and the theme of the day was perfect! Keep the faith team. Let’s go downstream together!

The funny thing is, I never got the daily reminders regularly to start off with !!! I got day number one and then two or three after that, so I never even blinked about the “missing ones”. I thought, oh Mercury in retrograde, that explains it….
I just go to the bookmark from last year’s game and “tune” in, although I am having a much harder time this year than I had the last year. Abraham is right, the better it gets, the better it gets. (unfortunately not this year….need more playing…)
Trying to get from (rock)bottom to the top in one sweep (we women are always trying to over achieve aren’t we?) is not the smartest move, because it can set you up for failure….
Reading the entries of you beautiful people makes me realize how often I have totally unrealistic expectations of myself. We are humans…. that’s the fun part of it, right!!??

What wonderful questions!

When I didn’t receive the reminders, it didn’t bother me at all. Sometimes I will look to myself for the reason rather than to the outer world and usually I will wind up thinking, “Well, I guess I wasn’t meant to do that today, what else can I do?”

What I noticed from reading Elyse’s message today was that it will be GREAT for me to treat the lack of external proof prior to manifestation in the same way that I treat the little “glitches” of life like the portal not being accessible or reminders not coming. To say, “Ok, I guess I’m not meant to do that today, what else can I do?”

Yesterday I felt great and then had a sudden moment of money-panic when I didn’t have enough to pay for something and a friend offered to lend it to me. At first I didn’t accept … then later did accept … and the second I accepted the loan I felt HIDEOUS.

I thought, “If I’m feeling bad, it’s just a signpost. It’s telling me that I’m thinking a thought that my inner self is not agreeing with.”

I had been thinking, “I can’t accept this loan from my friend, if money is to come in, it ’should’ be from my working and earning it” … I was talking this out with a client, Vicky.

She asked, “Oh really? So you have to work hard to get money?” (”Oh really?” like Abraham, right? lol I can just hear Esther’s voice saying that! )

Me: “Well, no, it can just come to me but eventually I have to work because then I have to work to pay it back.”

Vicky: “Oh really?”

Ha!

Vicky guided me through a really wonderful visualization. After that I felt totally better, I looked at the loan as a gift from the universe, enabling me to do the thing I would not have been able to otherwise do and I called my friend to thank her so much.

And guess what?

Last night I logged on to PayPal to find a payment from a client sitting there. This morning same thing, another payment had come in. I had been waiting for that payment for MONTHS.

Ha! I sit in gratitude and appreciation. As always. It always comes through for me. And for all of us.

Love to you,
Col

When evidence of the prosperity that I am manifesting is missing I sometimes feel sad about it. I wonder if the universe has forgotten about me, cant hear me or has decided that I was not born to live in prosperity or abundance. When these feelings come I remind myself that those are limiting, personal creations, not universal feedback. I look around and put my hands on the physical evidence of prosperity that exists in my life such as pieces of my favourite furniture, the walls and counter tops that I have had renovated, my favourite pieces of clothing or jewelry and I think about how happy these manifestations make me feel. It doesnt matter how much they cost or how long I have had them. What matters is that I love them and feel joy and gratitude to be present among them. I also go further and think about my children, husband, our happy family and our health and let gratitude and joy wash over me. I love my work and feel blessed to be doing what I do. I continue to persue my work because I know I am here to serve humanity and that prosperity and abundance that I am expecting will arrive. This prosperity and abundance will liberate me to do my work even more deeply and serve humanity more expansively. my prosperity and abundance inspires and motivates others to live their best life. blessed be.

First of all, make the experience as real as possible. When I play the prosperity game, I do a little research on what I’m choosing to spend my cheque on, usually via the internet for speed. Get some pictures of it, find out how much it’ll cost, and have the pictures in front of me while I’m going through the stages of the game. Have someone to share the experience with who will play the game too-I talk to my husband about how much we can charge for holiday rentals on the cottage I’m buying when we’re not staying in it, as this makes the experience real, and we bounce ideas off of each other. If your partner or family are sceptical, find someone else who will play the game with you, maybe a chat room of like minded people. Think how children create realties when they play, and learn from them. And do not share your game with anyone negative who will lower your positive energy (even if this is your family and close friends, it’s okay to have a little bit of you that you keep for yourself if you feel there’s a risk you’ll be dragged down).

Beyond that, start experiencing what you want. When I couldn’t afford the type of house I wanted, I rented a room in a similar house to experince what it was like to live in such a place. Hire your ideal car for the day, or take a test drive. Buy only the type of clothes you’d like to wear, find swap sites or charity shops who stock them. Go on a virtual trip to all those places you’d love to visit. YOU CAN make it more and more real, you’ve just got to be creative, and learning to be more and more creative will serve you well as you continue on your journey. Live the dream in any way you can think of or imagine!

On Monday I realized i had missed two days and assumed it was sent out on Friday and that i hadn’t noticed it or that i didn’t read enough or look deep enough to see that they had sent Saturday and Sundays game on Friday. So I just did the work of catching up and kept on going. I didn’t see any mistakes either way.
That said, I am in the gap as we speak, and spend a fair bit of time refocusing on what I know is already here even though it appears not to have physically manifested as yet. Being in the gap is most difficult for me when I’m speaking with people who may not be on the same page, and trying to find explanations for where I’m at.
I also realized I have stopped looking at my vision board, which i find so beautiful and initially really inspiring. But I think unconsciously i was beginning to feel the lack of those things since it’s been almost two years. But after reading the post, I really paid attention to the board again and realized I still feel inspired in my present awareness. Time to move it to a place where I’ll see it often again. Thanks!

Good Morning my fellow co-creators!

I’m writing this on September 24th, after just discovering that apparently the site was down yesterday.

While I do know that frustrating feeling of trying to log onto a site and not being able to, (whether it’s Amazon, Google, or Choosing Prosperity), what I found interesting is this:

Yesterday, I hadn’t even noticed that I didn’t receive an email or was unable to log on, because I was madly voicing projects for my clients, updating my accounts receivables and going to the bank! Since the experiment started my work has steadily increased and wonderful new clients seem to come out of nowhere. And my existing clients have been booking me for bigger jobs.

Yesterday I voiced some T.V. commercials at one of the most beautiful professional recording studios I’ve ever worked in, recorded and edited six different auditions, and sent out multiple quotes to other clients who want to use my services. I’m also taking a website creation course and had to prepare for that and do the homework, as well as pick up a check at my agent’s office and get some deposits and banking done.

I’ve been playing the Prosperity Game almost every day and feel FANTASTIC about it and the prosperity that is flowing to me, and I feel such a deep sense of trust that this is working now. I know that only good lies before me so there’s nothing for me to worry about. Or to quote Abraham, “Only good lies before me and I’ll figure it out as I go along…”

That said, if anyone has been interacting on the internet for any length of time, I’m certain we have all encountered the 404 error page or “website unavailable” message before. Computers and servers and the internet are not 100% perfect all the time and just like email or Fedex deliveries, will sometimes not operate as we’d like.

When that happens, I’ve found it best to just move on to something else for the time being, and trust that it will be back on line soon enough. Madly trying to fix the situation or figure out why we can’t access a website is just another form of trying to control a situation that is totally out of our control (and we end up feeling awful when we do that, right?). Perhaps time could be better spent, than glaring at the computer screen, (which of course I have done many times!) :~)

When that happens to me, (after the obvious initial moment of dismay), I try to just take a deep breath, look out of the window, come back to center and get present, and then change my focus for a while.

Very glad you’re back Elyse! Thank you so much for this wonderful experiment!

Maxie

I didn’t realize until a day later that I had not received the experiment. I had to count that as evidence of prosperity as I was happily painting getting ready for a big show. Out of all the experiments, this one spoke the loudest to me. I seem to always jump into the gap with longing expectations of manifestation. What I have noticed most profoundly about myself is: I am already in a steady flow, but off creating a new vision and planting new seeds while enjoying the benefits of what I asked for yesterday. My frustration is my weakest link: financial prosperity.

Today I went back and savored the manifestations that have already come to me, and realize to change my financial situation is going to require I change the way I deal with money. I asked a year ago for a new kitchen, we’re doing it ourselves and it will soon be done….I asked for landscaping: I found a guy willing to barter my art for his services. I asked that I reach a new level of confidence: I worked hard and realized I’m there.

So what’s the problem? I’m back in the gap longing to be out of debt.
What’s the solution? Getting more clear every step of the way, being grateful for what has come to me already, and count it as evidence of prosperity.

Hi Again,

Elyse, I hope you don’t mind if I write a little note to Sheila on the blog here ~

Sheila I SO understand where you are right now… I dug myself out of a mountain of debt and know those feelings, but I wanted to recommend something to you that helped me more than I can possibly say.

I bought Elyse’s CD “Anchoring Prosperity” and listened to meditation track 4, “The Energy of Asking,” every single day for weeks and weeks. That 15 minute meditation is the most “debt reducing” tool on the planet! It literally gets you into the “feeling place” of being prosperous and financially secure. I know that her CD is directly responsible for my shift from having debt, to feeling financially secure. Please try it, I know it will help you to feel better.

It sounds like we’re both artists – I’m a voice-over artist and you sound like a painter, so I feel you’re a kindred spirit.

Sending you blessings and warm wishes,

Maxie

I just so love that quote from AH — I listened to that on a CD that my son had given me for my birthday and I had loved it then and love it now — the rapid flow is so amazing to me. — it just makes me smile. I feel like we are little kids wanting something RIGHT NOW and being reminded that it is coming, just calm down and it will be here.

I find that the new parts of my life, the parts that I want to change are mixed in with a layer of fear —
I started to write about my adventure with fear earlier this year and I just wiped it out because I was sinking back into the heaviness of it.
SOOOOO
I am asking the Universe to remind me that I can greet the fear and say “thank you for sharing” and keep right on visualizing the shift of awesomeness that exists all of the time if I choose to see it.
Thank you and blessings to all !!

Oh, and by the way, I did not even realize that there was a mess up — I just figured that I needed to go on line and find it. And did …. I figured I had signed on and needed to show up …

In the past when things weren’t going my way…I would collapse…give up… get grouchy… put on a long face….whine… in short loose it.
But I have changed recently…thanks to LOA.. First of all ..ostacles have become scarce simply because I choose not to view them as such…so they don’t get the attention and thus the power they once had and I don’t get drained of energy.. When there is a lull in prosperity..I consider it quiet time…a rest period…a break needed to be able to continue on later…

I’m having some trouble keeping up with the blog part of the game anyway and since I feel pretty present in the moment most of the time, the blog being down didn’t show up on my “screen”. I love this game and the comments are outstanding!!!! It really helps me to know how many people are out there (and I bet we are just a representation) doing this kind of work. I’ve said it before, but sometimes I feel all alone or at least feel I am one of only a few who take this kind of work on at all. I’m NOT, there is an abundance of people and I will never forget that again! Thanks Elyse for such a rich experience, I sometimes have to pinch myself that it is all free!!!! Letting go of alot of kpreconceived notions about how things work. THank you Thank you. Blessings to all. My gratitude and love go out to each of you.

Sandra

This is a response to the case of the missing assignments.
Things sometimes go wrong for me.
I totally understand.
The last thing you would need is for us to freak out about it.
It is the way life is sometimes, and apparently mercury retrograde doesn’t help.
I really just try to go with the flow or ask questions in this sort of situation.
I always hope that others will be that way with me.
It is very generous for you to do all of this, and for us to be able to participate in this way, is due to some amazing organizational skills, and divine inspiration.
Being harshly criticized is tough to take when you are doing such great work, so I am just extremely grateful for what you are giving us, and there is more than enough to work on here!!! This is how I feel.. no big deal at all, and thank you for sharing about the mishap, I just wasn’t sure if it was a daily experiment or a weekday experiment and you helped me understand more. I just appreciate it very much, and love to read the comments when I have a few minutes.
You are doing an awesome job, and sometimes glitches happen. Gotta laugh right?
thank you so much
xo Betsy

I took it in stride….that the weekend messages weren’t up. I move forward regardless by doing several life affirming things:
1. I keep a personal journal and that gives me quiet contemplative time to reflect and feel the creation.
2. I stop and take time to go out on our porch and look at the nightly sunset…we are blessed to live out in the southwest desert, in the natural world. I stop to really look and see. As a result I get grounded, feel “in the stream and alive.”
3. I look daily at my vision/dream board which is right behind my computer in my office and I see what has been achieved and will be realized. I believe; I have faith…
4. I counter my worries by doing the above including I work out at my gym which is life affirming and I listen to my music which changes the brain states and I don’t “worry” or perseverate during this time.

Just a few of the things I do..I “keep up” I tell myself, “I can figure it out”, I look at the quote on my vision board which says, “do the thing you fear the most, and the death of fear is certain.

When something is not coming into my life that I really want I do get frustrated but then remind myself that what I think is perfect and just right for me isn’t always the case. To help reenforce this I remember times in the past when if I had gotten the perfect thing how it would have been a bad thing or hindered me reaching the point in life I have. Plus I always add to what I want “this or something better”.

Think the case of the missing reminders was the Universe teaching us all an individual lesson that we needed to learn or be reminded of.

Things happen for a reason.

When the prosperity that I am expecting ‘appears’ to be missing, I’m getting discouraged and begin to question whether the missing information is a ’sign’ that the Universe is not supporting me in my quest for prosperity. The more I’m getting conscious of the Law of attraction, I’m making a shift in my habits and I turn my attention on what I’ve already had and on all the good things that are about to come to me. I’m making efforts to remember that the darkest time of the day is just before the sunrise.

As a person who is self motivated I have been really focusing on the visualization and belief piece of the experiment, I guess I was so wrapped up in working on me I didnt realize the messages weren’t there. Without seeming as though I am a know it all or busy body the advice I would give to folks who have or are becoming frustrated is to step back and remember the purpose of this experiment is to teach us how to go deep within our thoughts and subconscious and make that work for us to provide what we want and need, relying upon someone else to keep us focused doesnt seem to be in alignment with what we are all working towards, ” propserity in every aspect of our lives”.

What can I do to stay connected to my prosperity, even in the “gap” before material signs are visible … well, I can keep playing the prosperity game, for one! And not give up on it! And keep a focus on doing the work that I want to be compensated for — but doing it joyfully — seeing how much I can do to serve others while holding the expectation that, the work I’m doing being good, needed, and guided to me, I will be financially supported so that I can continue to do it!