October 2009

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“When you thank God in advance for that which you choose to experience in your reality, you, in effect, acknowledge that it is there – in effect. Thankfulness is thus the most powerful statement to God; an affirmation that even before you ask, I have answered. Therefore never supplicate, Appreciate.” — Neale Donald Walsch in Conversations with God, Book 1

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“If the only prayer you ever said was ‘Thank You’,
that would be enough”
– Meister Eckhart

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Having an attitude of gratitude will change your life! Literally and figuratively. In fact, from the “Prosperity from the Inside- Out” perspective, gratitude and appreciation are the most transformative energies that are available to us.

Inspired Actions You Can Take to Amplify Your Gratitude:

A. Gratitude Journal

Oprah Winfrey has remarked that keeping a gratitude journal has been the single most impactful thing that she has ever done. The practice is deceptively simple yet remarkably powerful.

At the end of the day, before you nod off, take a few moments to write five things that you are thankful for from that day. Sarah Ban Breathnach (who first challenged Oprah to create a gratitude journal) explains, “As you focus on the abundance rather than the lack in your life, you will be designing a wonderful new blueprint for the future. This sense of fulfillment is gratitude at work, transforming your dreams into reality.”

Try it for yourself for 30 days and watch the shifts (inner and outer) show up in your life.

B. The Appreciation Game

The Law of Attraction guarantees that we will draw toward us the equivalent of what we are sending out. Today, make a game of finding positive aspects of the people, opportunities and events in your life. Begin the game by stating ‘What I like about _____ is….’ and let your imagination run wild.

The benefits of this game are three-fold.

1) You shift the energy around the thing that you are appreciating in an upward spiral and, as a result, you’ll draw a higher form of whatever you are appreciating right back to you.

2) You’ll gain practice and will strengthen your ‘appreciating’ muscles.

3) You’ll simply feel better — and that energy will translate into other areas of your life.

C. Thank You Notes

We are all so accustomed to communicating quickly via email that we seem to have lost touch with the art of truly ‘touching’ another person.

~ Consider sending a card or letter through the mail to truly ‘touch’ someone you care about.

~ Look for reasons to send thank you cards and ‘thank you’ emails. If you look for reasons you’ll certainly find them.

~ Take a moment to add a special PS (even to your email notes) to let the recipient know how appreciative you are to have them in your life. Begin your list with: I appreciate you because…

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Love and light,

Elyse

Progressive Affirmations

Explanation: Why affirmations often do not work

Have you ever wondered why affirmations and visualizations work, sometimes but not every time? The causal factor is always “your emotional state.”

When you say an affirmation like, “I am improving every day in every way” and your whole being resonates with the truth of this statement … then your affirmation has powerful creative potential.

However, when you make a statement (write an affirmation, do a visualization) with which your body does not agree, the dissonance within you will set a different set of attractors into motion.

You can very easily prove this to yourself.

Try saying one (or all) of the following with pure, positive feeling:

“My checking account is worth millions.”

“I have everything that I need and want.”

“I am completely devoid of fear.”

Can you feel the contradiction within your gut?

When your thoughts and feelings are not in harmony it is as if you have harnessed two horses that are moving in opposite directions.

‘Affirmations work best when you use them to affirm the truth about yourself. I have found that they fail miserably when you use them to suppress negative thoughts or feelings.’– Shakti Gawain

In order to propel your desires forward it is necessary to have your thoughts and your feelings working in alignment (for, when they are not, it is the “feeling” state that wins the day.)

When you say words that are out of harmony with what you really believe you will often find that you actually end up holding more energy around your core belief.

“When thought, feeling, and emotion are not aligned, each may be considered out of phase with the others. While there may be brief areas of overlap, much of the pattern is unfocused, working in different directions, independent of the rest of the pattern. The result is a scattering of energy.” Conversations with God

Action Steps : Progressive affirmations

Progressive affirmations help you to make incremental vibrational shifts in the direction of the belief that you truly wish to hold.

This is the path of the Progressive Affirmation around ‘choosing prosperity’

1) It is nice to imagine that I can ‘choose prosperity’
2) I am open the experience of ‘choosing prosperity’
3) I now have confidence that I can ‘choose prosperity’
4) I Choose Prosperity.

Directions: Repeat the statement from the first stage numerous times daily and write any negative thoughts that surface (gunk).

Continue until you feel at one with (no resistance to) the statement. This may take several days but you will know when you are ready to move to the next stage because when you read the stage 1 positive affirmation and your ego has nothing to say or you agree with the affirmation and there is no resistance to it. At this point it is time to move onto stage 2 and so on to completion.

(Note: This process is an integration of the Abraham ‘Focus Wheel’ and Joan Gattuso’s Progressive Affirmations as presented in A Course In Life.)

Share your insights and experiences using this tool over the next few days in the ‘comments’ section above.

Much love and light,

Elyse Hope Killoran
Prosperity Guide
Facilitator of the Prosperity Partnership Program

A new, 2-week trial of the Prosperity Partnership Program begins the week of October 18th. Learn how you can take part at: http://www.choosingprosperity.com/ppp.htm