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Tech Support: Yes. How can I help you?

Customer: Well, after much consideration, I’ve decided to install LOVE. Can you guide me though the process?

Tech Support: Yes. I can help you. Are you ready to proceed?

Customer: Well, I’m not very technical, but I think I’m ready. What do I do first?

Tech Support: The first step is to open your Heart. Have you located your Heart?

Customer: Yes, but there are several other programs running now. Is it O.K. to install LOVE while they are running?

Tech Support: What programs are running?

Customer: Let’s see, I have Past Hurt, Low Self-Esteem, Grudge, and Resentment running right now.

Tech Support: No problem. LOVE will gradually erase Past Hurt from your current operating system. It may remain in your permanent memory, but it will no longer disrupt other programs. LOVE will eventually override Low Self-Esteem with a module of its own called High Self-Esteem. However, you have to completely turn off Grudge and Resentment. Those programs prevent LOVE from being properly installed. Can you turn those off?

Customer: I don’t know how to turn them off. Can you tell me how?

Tech Support: With pleasure. Go to your Start Menu and invoke Forgiveness. Do this as many times as necessary until Grudge and Resentment have been completely erased.

Customer: O.K. Done! LOVE has started installing itself. Is that normal?

Tech Support: Yes, but remember that you have only the base program. You need to begin connecting to other Hearts in order to get the upgrades.

Customer: Oops! I have an error message already. It says, “Error – Program not run on external components.” What should I do?

Tech Support: Don’t worry. It means that the Love program is set up to run on Internal Hearts, but has not yet been run on your Heart. In non-technical terms, it simply means you have to Love yourself before you can Love others.

Customer: So, what should I do?

Tech Support: Pull down Self-Acceptance, then click on the following files: Forgive-Self; Realize Your Worth; and Acknowledge your Limitations.

Customer: O.K. Done.

Tech Support: Now, copy them to the “My Heart” folder. The system will overwrite any conflicting files and begin patching faulty programming. Also, you need to delete Verbose Self-Criticism from all folders and empty your Recycle Bin to make sure it is completely gone and never comes back.

Customer: Got it. Hey! My heart is filling up with new files. Smile is playing on my monitor and Peace and Contentment are copying themselves all over My Heart. Is this normal?

Tech Support: Sometimes. For others it takes awhile, but eventually everything gets it at the proper time. So LOVE is installed and running. One more thing before we hang up. LOVE is Freeware. Be sure to give it and its various modules to everyone you meet. They will in turn share it with others and return some cool modules back to you.

In the movie below, Sonia Ricotti is being interviewed on the Steven and Chris Show. She’s President of Lead Out Loud, an inspirational and motivational company, and author of The Law of Attraction Plain and Simple.

She speaks about the importance of letting go of the past so we can live fully in the present. The past doesn’t exist, except in our minds. Letting go frees our perceptions, which frees our future as well.

NOTE: A recent (February, 2009) bushfire in Australia destroyed most of a very unique and delightful outdoor sculpture garden and its artworks, as well as many other pieces in the art gallery. Books and DVDs of the art work were also destroyed Efforts are already underway to rebuild and restore as much as possible of this unique treasury. The book and DVD will also be updated and reprinted. Here’s your chance to view some of that wonderful lost art of Bruno Torfs.

Hidden amongst the lush rain forests North East of Melbourne, Victoria, is the rare jewel that is Bruno’s art and culpture garden.

The original and unique artworks of sculptor and painter Bruno Torfs have brought joy and inspiration to thousands of visitors from all over the world.

Unfortunately, on the 7th of February, 2009, a bushfire raged through the township, decimating everything in its path without mercy and claimed the lives of friends and neighbours indiscriminately. Bruno was extremely lucky to survive, and the rest of the family are safe and well.

Bruno’s home and art gallery were completely destroyed in the blaze, with Bruno only managing to save a handful of paintings. The damage to the main attraction, the sculpture garden, is yet to be discerned, as we are unable to return to Marysville until the police have finished investigating the scene and identifying the remains of those who perished in the fire.

Also, all remaining copies of the book and the DVD describing the garden were destroyed during the fire, but new special editions of both these products will be available soon and can be pre-ordered (see links below).

Bruno, Andrew Kade, and the family have made the choice to rebuild the gardens and have already begun their quest. Here is Bruno’s vision for the future, in his own words.

We want to restore the garden as quickly as possible. If we can bring people back to Marysville soon, this will bring much needed hope to the community. It is going to be a difficult and challenging time, but everyone from the town I have spoken to has a lot of optimism, despite losing so much. We will recover.

“Deep Within” is an award-winning documentary by highly talented director Jerome Pelletier. “Deep Within” delves into the mysterious enigma that is the artist, Bruno Torfs, and explores the hidden world full of fantasy and humour that he has created beneath the canopy of the rainforests of the alpine township of Marysville. Few people who undertake this journey are left untouched.

All remaining copies of the original version of the DVD have perished in the fire. Therefore a new special edition of the DVD has been produced. This special edition contains an interview with Bruno shortly after his narrow escape from the disastrous blaze, retelling his account of that ill-fated day.

Click here to pre-order the DVD.

Click here to pre-order the book.

Click here to see a slideshow of many of the lost art works.

“When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that when something’s suffered damage and has a history, it becomes more beautiful.” –Barbara Bloom

What’s a 7 letter word for setting a goal, trying through thick and thin to make it happen and realizing you’re just not going to make it?

F-a-i-l-u-r-e? That’s what most people might call it. Heck, that’s even what I’ve been calling it until recently. The dream I had invested my money, time, and heart into achieving is no closer today than it was eight years ago when I began. Failure.

But, here at the turning point…at the moment of acceptance, I do not see this as failure. This time, I see it as h-o-n-e-s-t-y.

Author Robert Holden, Director of the Happiness Project, calls this single-minded focus upon the achievement of our goals Destination Addiction. Those who can only see the end target, fail to appreciate the journey. To them, the journey is merely a means to an end. It’s only the “end” that’s valued.

Of course, anyone who has achieved a goal knows that the euphoria is short-lived. The moment the end is reached, a new goal takes its place and celebration fades in a mad rush toward the next end.

Eight years ago I began a new life; not fully formed in thought or reality. Like most, I was focused upon what I needed to DO in the world. I wanted to be of significant service to others. I wanted to free people of their fear shackles and provoke them into realizing how truly magnificent they really were. Sure, I also wanted to be well-known and respected for my own magnificence. My ego gets the better of me sometimes and I wanted to be the one on the top of the best seller list. I wanted to be the one Oprah called to be on her show. I wanted to be the one carting cash to the bank every day.

And none of that happened. For a long time I looked at this discrepancy as a puzzle to figure out. All I needed was the right combination of focus, opportunity, hard work, and luck and it would happen. I just needed to stick with it longer. Work harder. Network more. Market more. Be more visible. Get a mentor. Create more product.

Friends would scratch their heads and wonder in confounded voices why I hadn’t been discovered. “It’s just a matter of time, don’t give up,” they’d advise. And I’d hang on longer and buoy my lagging emotions back up and put on a happy face.

I had Destination Addiction. In my mind, unless I made the dream happen, nothing else mattered. I’d lost myself to the target. All this…the stuff my days were made of…none of it mattered. It was just a means to an end. Until I realized that the end was just an end – one I had envisioned as my nirvana. One my ego had chosen as its proof that I was worthy. One that no one, but me, cared much about.

How many billions of people have been born, traveled through life and died? That’s how many times we’ve tried to figure out why we’re here. After eons of best efforts, the way seems no clearer. We still reinvent the wheel with every new-born’s cry.

Here at the later stages of my life, I’m throwing out the rule book. It’s not worked for me so far. It feels like I’ve been playing poker with a  deck of tarot cards. It just doesn’t work. Instead, I’m not going to try to control every last element. I’m not going to work myself into a stupor. I’m not going to become addicted to the destination.

This time I’ll paying as much attention to the means as to the end. I’ll be present and look at the value of this day, not just tomorrow. I’ll honor my inner growth, not just an external accomplishment. I’m learning to pay attention, not control. If my self-chosen end isn’t my God-chosen end, then so be it.

My life is here to be used to serve. The avenue through which that happens is almost inconsequential. If I pay attention, I’ll be guided on this path to the fulfillment of my every hope. I’m learning, slowly, to listen with new ears and see with new eyes. Not to force, but to allow. Words I’ve heard, and even espoused, for a while…I’m finally learning the meaning of them. It’s a new path for me and so far, I’m enjoying it.

Karen Wright is the owner of www.wrightminded.com, a site devoted to personal development, aimed particularly at women, but definitely applicable to men as well. Karen also provides the Hearts-on-Fire Radio Show on BlogTalkRadio.

Editor’s Note: The following article appeared in David Riklan’s Articles from the Experts ezine of 02/10/2009. David is the founder and publisher of www.SelfGrowth.com.

By any standards, we look to be in a bit of economic mess right now, and in many ways the future looks bleak and uncertain. If you are in danger of losing your home or your job, you know this only too well. If you are in a predicament like this, I don’t doubt that you are feeling fearful, angry, and worried about your future. Who wouldn’t be?

But as you may know, in the Chinese language, the same character is used to mean both danger and opportunity. Knowing, as you do, a little more about how the Universe works than do most people, might you perhaps be wondering whether there could be an opportunity contained in this situation for you?

I don’t know any more than you do, perhaps, what that opportunity might be at this time, but I have met many people in my life who told me that losing a job or being made redundant was the best thing that ever happened to them. Something else far better opened up for them, and it changed their lives. Does it work for everyone? No. But it sure does work for some.

“How can I make that happen for me, then?” you might well ask. “How can I create that kind of opportunity for myself given the predicament I am in now?

There’s two ways to answer this question. First, it has to be seen as an issue of consciousness. Second, there are some practical steps you might want to take that will help you move into the energy of new possibility. I will deal with the consciousness issue first.

To become open to new opportunity, you need to develop a consciousness that will draw that opportunity to you. By that I mean developing a willingness to see the Universe as being infinitely abundant and trusting that you are always supplied as needed. It is also being willing to accept that the situation you are in at this moment is self-created, and you have chosen it for your soul’s growth. This empowers you because you accept that you are responsible for creating your life, which in turn means you (your Higher Self) can actually manifest the opportunities you want.

Now, of course, we all know that developing this abundance consciousness is not easy, especially if you are already in trouble. The fact is you need tools to help you. The best technology I know for this is Radical Manifestation. It provides tools that work, not by reprogramming your monkey-mind, but by using your own innate Spiritual Intelligence to connect directly into what David Bohm, the noted physicist, calls ‘the implicate order.’

Bohm says that everything that ever was, is, or will be is enfolded as potential in the implicate order just waiting to be released and made ‘explicate’ through our conscious intention to make it happen. When you use the tools of Radical Manifestation, your Spiritual Intelligence does this for you. This is the best way I know of creating the space for the desired opportunity to occur. It puts the Law of Attraction into action for you.

Now let me provide some further food for thought about how you might take some practical steps to place yourself in the flow of opportunity and increase your income.

One of the principles of Radical Manifestation is that while we need to give our manifestation requests over to Spirit, we also need to go on with life and to be in action about what we have asked for in the only ways we know how. In other words, we have to give Spirit something to work with.

Define Your Purpose
One really important action step to take that could lead you in the right direction and raise your consciousness is to first discover, define, and refine your purpose or your mission. Nothing is more likely to put you in the flow of your right and perfect life’s work than doing this. Even if you are not in the position of possible job loss or income decline, creating a strong statement of purpose will enhance what it is you already do and pull you forward into even greater possibility.

When people who develop clarity about their purpose lose their jobs, they usually attract work to them eventually that is much more in alignment with who they are. (Note: Sometimes people subconsciously “create” losing their jobs in order to force themselves into a move of this kind.) The job they “lost” may have been OK for providing money and benefits, but it didn’t feed their soul. Losing their job gave them an opportunity to evaluate their lives and make a decision to do something more meaningful.

Being of Service to Others
What this often turns out to be is doing something that enables them to be of service to others. Over the years we have noticed that this is nearly always the primary motivation for people who enroll in our professional, online certification programs.

It is in times like these that we need to look for the opportunities both to raise our consciousness and to make the necessary adjustments in how we are living and working. These are not in opposition to each other. In fact, they are two sides of the same coin. As we make practical and down-to-earth changes in our lives in response to events, while at the same time raising our consciousness, then we shall be guided by Spirit toward doing that which is in our highest and best interest. So stay calm while everyone is panicking, do what seems to be right in the moment, and trust the Universe to take care of the details.

About the Author:

Colin Tipping is the creator of what has come to be recognized as the most powerful leading-edge technology for personal and spiritual growth today — Radical Forgiveness. He is the acknowledged authority on the application of this technology to the “healing” of individuals, families, races, corporations, and communities. He is also the author of five popular, ground-breaking books.

During his career as a teacher and motivator, Colin Tipping has, together with his wife JoAnn, founded the Institute for Radical Forgiveness, Quantum Energy Management Consultants, LLC, The Georgia CancerHelp Program, and Together-We-Heal, Inc., a 501-c-3, non-profit corporation. An inspiring conference keynoter and retreat leader, Colin’s workshops — delivered in several countries on three continents — are praised as life-changing experiences.

Learn more about Colin and his Radical Forgiveness strategies at:

http://www.radicalforgiveness.com