Clarity and Abundance

Lack is the effect of confusion. Clarity is the cause of abundance.

If financial lack is the effect being experienced then clarify first where money is being spent by organizing your expenses. If there is still apparent lack after this process then look at other potential streams of income and perhaps a different job or career. Make whatever changes are necessary and get what you want!

If lack of harmony in a relationship is being experienced then clarify the relationship by organizing it. List the components of the relationship from your perspective and ask yourself how you can change to create the desired effect in each category. Or if you are not in a relationship and wish to be in one, list the components of your ideal relationship and begin the process of embodying the person who is in that relationship. In either case, make the changes and get the results you want!

If lack of good health is being experienced then clarify your approach to health by organizing it. Organize your diet. Look to see where there could be more balance. Fill in spaces for vitamins and minerals that will improve your overall health that you were not giving yourself before. Organize your exercise routine. If you don't have an exercise routine then create one. Change what you can and get what you want!

Two main points to remember:

1) You are always at the point of choice. You are choosing to be where you are right now; good, bad, or indifferent. You are choosing who you are there with and you are choosing what you are doing. You're even choosing how those around you are treating you based on your behavior. Expecting something outside of you to change just because you will it to with no effort on your part is generally an exercise in futility.

2) You live in a Universe governed by the Law of Cause and Effect. This Law is always working whether you are conscious of it or not. Gravity is one example of the Law of Cause and Effect in action. Gravity is a Law that is always working. It does not matter whether you are asleep or awake, sad or happy, hungry or full; the Law is not affected by your attitude or mood. It is a blind force that does not think; it acts only. It is always doing what it does, period. The way we can best put this Law of Cause and Effect to use for our benefit is by changing ourselves. This starts with our thoughts. Change yourself and by law your world must change accordingly.

Take a long look at your life. Organize the parts that aren't working and give yourself a high-five for the parts that are. Manage your perceptions by setting intentions aligned with your desired outcomes. Stop looking outside of yourself for satisfaction of any kind. Each individual sees you exactly the way you see yourself in relation to that individual. Write everything out and get crystal clear. Put in the time and effort. Just as the size of the harvest is a reflection of the effort used to get the crops in the ground and tend them, your reward that is your life is a constant reflection of your effort in building it. This is the key to living the life you came here to live! All the best! -z

A reminder from the great sage...

Emerson said, "As the air I breathe is drawn from the great repositories of nature, as the light on my book is yielded by a star of a hundred million miles distant, as the poise of my body depends on the equilibrium of centrifugal and centripetal forces, so the hours should be instructed by the ages and the ages explained by the hours."

There is a small and a big in every part of our universe and they are intrinsically and inseparably linked. One cannot exist without the other. And if this wisdom is to be used then the microcosm should be instructed by the macrocosm and the macrocosm explained by the microcosm.

So how can we do that? How can we use this wisdom so as to balance our lives and align them with this apparent law that relates the small to the big? The balance is found as we try to grasp infinity while we realize that this now moment is where we always are. We can use our experience as a guide while realizing that right now is what we have and that we are always at the point of choice.

We can have an overwhelming since of gratitude for the literally countless number of variables that had to fall just right over the eons the of universal experience in order for me to be here to write this and you to be here to read it. Meanwhile in this very moment, there are literally a countless number of little parts within our bodies; each part doing exactly what it was meant to do, exactly the way it was meant to do it without our even thinking about it. We can be grateful for all of this and let that gratitude be our primary attitude no matter if the outer circumstances of our lives look the way we think they ought to look or not. Even what we perceive as a negative experience is still after all an experience and it did not have to be that way.

Think of this: You are only able to stand because the Earth is moving. Sure, we'd have lots of problems if the world stopped turning. And since our balance and equilibrium are based on the rotation of the Earth, the first problem we'd have would be standing up!

There are so many things we can be grateful for! Try making a list of them. At Thanksgiving I enjoy making a list of 101 things that I am grateful for in my life at that moment. I definitely recommend this exercise to everyone and you can do it right now rather than waiting until the next Thanksgiving.

Bottom line: Gratitude is the way! And, each and every moment of our experience comes equipped with an incredible number of points of gratitude, even if it's the moment itself that we are being grateful for.

And finally, here's to the sage of Concord, Mr. Ralph Waldo Emerson, for reminding us just how small and how big we truly are!

How Often Do You Go There?

How often do you go there? How often do you look at your life and admit that you deserve better or that you deserve more? Is it just when something you perceive as negative is going on? And how often is that? What about when things are good or just even...do you still feel that they could be better?

How often do you realize the sheer miracle that you represent? A basic understanding of the way humans reproduce reveals that you are quite literally one in a million. Then you couple that with the fact that you, the you of you, whatever it is that is here now reading this and that animates your living body and is gone when you are dead, showed up as a human being. No one knows how all of that stuff really works but your parents didn't choose you so it stands to reason that if anything, you chose them! And, if you came here as a human you could have just as easily come as a flower or a dog or cat and chose a nice home for yourself with nice owners and so on. Of course you did none of that and instead you chose to show up as you.

What all was involved with that? How much desire and will and energy does it take to actually incarnate here? Who knows? Whatever it took, I can tell you that once you did it, you were only getting started with the work. You showed up in your mom's belly and lived a blissful existence for nearly a year; maybe taking a breather after all the energy you spent incarnating. Then you were born and you spent a year or two figuring out that you were separate from your mom and that you are actually you! You also had to figure out gravity and and how to get around and how to eat and to meet people and other forms of life. You learned how to read and write and how to climb a tree. You skint your knees and broke bones and learned about the apparent finality of life through the death of loved ones. You did some things that resulted in spankings or being grounded or, later on, in breaking your heart and you did all of these things because you had to.

You had to do all of those things, whether they were pleasant or not, because you were doing the best you could with the information you had at the time. Would you do it exactly the same way now with the information you currently have? Of course not. And thankfully so, because you had to do all of those things exactly the way you did them in order to be who you are right now. And you are perfect, just the way you are. You recognizing, realizing, and accepting this truth is the key that unlocks the door to a world where you have the life you desire and deserve. Then you must simply walk through the door.

Have a great day!

Whole Faith

I trust you're enjoying taking your action steps. Here's the formula again: Thoughts=>Feelings=>Actions=>Results. As you can see, the final component of our formula is "results". And of course the results you are getting are you living the life that you intended for yourself through your vision backed by purpose. The life of your dreams!

When you are working with the Law of Cause and Effect, you are working with the most magical power that there is! This law calls you to recognize that you have the power to express and experience whatever you want in your life. And, to realize that you already use it and have always used it albeit used unconsciously for most people in most cases.

That said, once you have moved into action there may be a time delay between your taking the action and the results actually showing up. This is because even the most magical aspect of life must work along the established lines of trade and commerce and it always abides by the other natural laws of the Universe. While money does indeed fall from the sky (and does so quite often according to Google), it got up in the sky to begin with somehow.

Through the power of right thinking and taking the appropriate action you may be able to cause large sums of gold to be present in your experience, for example. However, it is not likely that you will sit on your couch meditating and this gold will magically appear on your coffee table to be there when you open your eyes. It is more likely that while you are mediating, the doorbell will ring and the Brinks tuck will be backing up to your front door with the gold because of some action you had taken. The point is that the subject of your plan definitely and absolutely comes into your experience as a result of your actions so long your thoughts, feelings, and actions are in alignment with your vision and purpose. And, of course it does so by established means and not through some sort of hocus pocus. While the arrangement of the means may be or at least seem to be magical, the actual means and the components thereof are certainly natural. And, sometimes their arrangement and orchestration takes time.

This is great because it gives us time to get feedback prior to the results showing up, whether the feedback is internal or external. Knowledge + Experience = Wisdom. As we move along our path by taking action in the direction of our purpose, we are constantly gaining wisdom. Our perspective constantly changes based on this wisdom gained. So we may choose to change directions if for example, we discover someone could be hurt as a result of what we are doing. This wisdom guides us to mold and evolve our plan as we go along.

The down side is that when our results don't automatically and instantly show up after we've taken action, we sometimes feel like they aren't coming. We must admit that most of us pretty much live in an instant gratification culture with instant messages and text messages, emails that come to our phones which we can also use to speak to someone on the other side of the world at any moment of our choosing. I'm not saying these modern conveniences are bad. Just that this cultural evolution may have something to do with our expectation of instant results.

Sometimes we're crystal clear that we have taken action in the direction of what we want. We can clearly see that the action was correct and we expect the desired results to show up. Even in these cases, there is a time delay or "gap" as I have come to call it. It is up to us to fill in these gaps with something and we apparently have two choices. One is that we can fill in the gaps with fear. In other words, we can sit and worry or create the scenario in our heads of how it will never happen or not work out to our advantage. Or we can fill in the gaps with faith. We can know for sure that this is working out to our advantage, that everything goes right for us. The type of faith we use here is called "whole faith".

Whole faith is faith with gratitude. You must remember that the Thoughts=>Feelings=>Actions=>Results process is not four different things. It is ONE THING. This means that by simply having the thoughts and creating the vision, you are automatically connected with the results. Automatically. I cannot emphasize this enough. The moment the thought is born, the result is born also. So your vision already exists. You are now somewhere in the process of it becoming visible in your awareness of life.

Whole faith means, "I am so happy and grateful now that my vision is my reality and it is happening in my life right now. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" It is happening right now. It's not "gonna happen" one day, some day off in the future somewhere. It's absolutely happening right now! So you be grateful for it right now. Someone who can take possession and be truly grateful for what they have, only in imagination, can have whatever they want in life.

And remember that you'll have inspired action to take and you'll also have things that happen that do not look like they match the outcome of your plan. Both of these types of things are in the same category. The name of the category is "the unexpected" and this is one of the most valuable parts of the path. Just remember that the unexpected thing that happens, whether you label it "good" or "bad" is an absolutely necessary part of your growth and you cannot reach your desired outcome without it. So be just as grateful for the "bad" as you are for the "good".

That's the whole story! This is the way life works so far as I am aware. Use this formula to create the life that you want to see when you open your eyes. I know you can do it! I believe in you! And everyone around you will too if you will first believe in yourself.

Action

Now if you've clarified your vision and backed it with a strong purpose for achieving your vision, you are ready for the next step. Think back to the original formula from my "Abundance is yours...so take it!" post. Here it is again: Thoughts=>Feelings=>Actions=>Results. The first step is "Thoughts". This step is taken by forming your vision of having whatever it is that you want. The next step is "Feelings". You took this step when you developed your purpose for having whatever it is that you want and became emotionally involved with your vision.

Many times while practicing the "I'm so happy and grateful now that..." exercise while seeing ourselves already having what we want and feeling the feelings this causes, we will have ideas pop into our minds. Often these ideas involve resources we already have or resources that are readily available to us that we hadn't thought of previously. The idea just gives us a new way that hadn't occurred to us before to pull everything together to create some income or cash flow. These ideas are our directions for taking the next step in the process: ACTION!

We've thought about what we want and enjoyed the feelings of already having it. These feelings set our subconscious mind to work straight away to find the fastest, easiest, most harmonious way to match our environment with our feelings. There is always some amount of work involved because action is required to "pull everything together" or tap into the "resources that are readily available". I mean, even if money falls right out of the sky (which has happened for some friends of mine...50's and 100's falling from the sky on I-95...no overpass, no airplane, no helicopter...just cash:) you still have to take action by reaching out and grabbing it!

This action is different from anything you've done previously though. It feels different. You'll very much enjoy the work, whatever work is necessary, because it is coming from inside of you. The action will be in alignment with who you are and what you came here to do; you're life's purpose.

This is my favorite part of the process because I love action! And if you are taking action then it makes sense to have a plan. Having a plan is very important because it gives you the opportunity to further clarify your vision and purpose. By having a plan, you've put in the time to figure out exactly how you want to go about achieving this outcome. This clarity allows you to walk more confidently in the direction of your vision because the plan involves steps for you to take. And, you can see how you can take these steps to get to where you want to be.

That said, I have yet to meet anyone who has had the foresight to create a plan that does not change and evolve somewhat along the way. This is because in order to be a successful plan, it must include other people. Creating money in your experience is generally accomplished through providing a service and or product that some other person accepts in exchange for money. There are of course other ways that money can flow into our lives and it is a good idea to be open to all of them. One thing all avenues for wealth have in common is that they all include other people.

Let's say that your plan includes allying yourself with a specific person for a specific reason that is vital to the plan. If this person happens to not willingly go along with you then your choices are to quit or to change the plan to include asking someone else. I recommend the latter. This means your plan must be flexible.

As you continue to see and feel your vision and take the steps in your plan, you will have experiences whereby you are impelled into what is called "inspired action". These are action steps that are not necessarily included in the plan. You will meet someone or be somewhere in a situation and something will happen that gives you the opportunity to take an unplanned step. Or a step you did plan, just taken in a way that is different from what you planned. This is perfectly normal and you should definitely follow your instincts in these situations. Having the plan gives you the confidence to do so. This is because you can simply look at the anticipated outcome of the surprise step and if this outcome is in alignment with the outcome of your plan then by all means take it!

So be diligent in looking for cues in life pointing you along in the right direction. When you receive an idea for immediate inspired action, take it. Try not to over think it or second guess or doubt whether it will work or not because placing your thoughts and attention in those sort of places can cause your life to grow in the direction of things not working out. Instead remain very clear that you are having these ideas for a reason. Power is always seeking expression. These ideas have come from within you and you are the one who knows the most about your life. Take the next step! In the mean time, stick to your plan as a track to run on and be flexible enough to make the minor changes when necessary.

Have fun with this and of course if you find you would benefit from some additional guidance you can always reach me via email: zebulon@lifemasters.us or on facebook: Zebulon Fry or the LifeMasters fan page. My next post will include the final step of the process. Until then I wish you all the best!

WHY?

If you've been doing the "I'm so happy and grateful now that..." exercise everyday for the past few days then you are probably feeling pretty awesome right about now! Writing is such a powerful exercise because it crystallizes your thought and makes it real; the thought officially takes form and is real once it moves from abstract thought into concrete reality as the words written on paper. Writing about your ideal life in the present tense and enjoying the feelings this generates is taking a huge step towards living it!

Taking this step is so huge because you are actually thinking about what you want in life. This picture of what your ideal life looks like is your vision for yourself. Creating a vision for your life is a key component of achieving the success you are moving towards because the vision is where you are going. How can you ever expect to get to where you want to be unless you are clear about exactly where that is?

Many times when we start the "I'm so happy and grateful now that..." exercise, we write about having all of the "stuff" we want e.g. the car, the house, the vacations, the shopping sprees, etc. These things are great and have incredible value because they provide opportunities to benchmark our success. What's more is that once these things begin to show up in your life because of this simple shift in your focus, you start to really understand just how powerful you are! This is a great exercise to incorporate into your daily routine and keep it there indefinitely because what we want in life tends to change and evolve over time. This activity keeps your eyes on the ball.

Once you feel you have a crystal clear and complete picture of your ideal life right now then you are ready for the next step. Your vision is complete. You have taken the time to build the picture in your mind of exactly what you want to see when you open your eyes. And, you are able to recall this picture at any moment and you do so often. The next question is: WHY do you want what you want?

This "WHY" has to be incredibly strong. It has to be powerful and motivational! This "WHY" is what gets you out of bed in the morning and it's the last thing on your mind at night when you are drifting off to sleep. This "WHY", whatever it is, gets you emotionally involved with your vision and keeps you there. This is the purpose back of your vision.

A vision is merely day dreaming and castle building unless it has a solid purpose back of it. So now that you are crystal clear on your vision, get crystal clear on why you chose this particular vision. What do you intend to do? The general outline for your purpose as it relates to humanity is: More good to all and less to none. This outline maintains the integrity of your purpose and there is plenty of "wiggle room" within this general framework for you to clearly express your purpose.

Your purpose for your vision is not for someone else, it is for you. Even if you think it is for someone else like a parent, a lover, your children, a friend or to "show" someone who apparently didn't believe in you in the past, it's not. It's for you! How you interact with your all of these people and how you and your family live from day to day will certainly change as this process unfolds. I can assure you with complete certainly however that if your desire is to be more now, then even if none of these people were in the picture you would still want to be more.

So work with this and figure out why it is that you want what you want. Here are a couple sets of questions you can ask yourself to get moving in the right direction:

1) What do I like to do? Why do I like to do it?

2) If I had $100 million dollars in the bank, what would I be doing right now? What would I do tomorrow? Who's life do I want to impact in a positive way?

Purpose is such a very important part of this process that enough really can't be said about it. It is the meat of the sandwich so to speak, the fuel in the engine. If you get stuck or want to share you thoughts on this part in exchange for honest feedback then by all means contact me via email: zebulon@lifemasters.us or facebook: Zebulon Fry or the LifeMasters Fan Page.

Work on this as long as it takes and keep shaping your vision as you go along with the "I'm so happy and grateful now that..." exercise. My next post will have advice on where we go once we have our vision solidly backed by our purpose for it. Cheers!

Abundance is yours...so take it!

We look at the abundance of life as it shows up as nature and see very clearly that there is an Abundance Principle back of all of life. Look how many acorns one oak tree produces! Take a look at an ear of corn with hundreds of corn kernels on it. Each corn kernel is a seed that can grow a new corn stalk that produces multiple ears of corn! We see the same with a watermelon and its seeds and so on.

The Upanishads is one of the oldest sacred texts of which we are aware. In the Upanishads it is written, "From abundance he took abundance and still abundance remains." To give you an idea of what this means, take a deep breath...as much air as you can fit in your lungs. Now let it out. Now take another deep breath. You can do this all day every day for lifetimes on end and there will always be more air than you can possibly breathe. This one of the best illustrations that I can use to demonstrate the Abundance Principle. This same Abundance Principle applies to ALL PARTS OF LIFE!

We are truly unlimited beings with unlimited resources at hand. You can have whatever you want in life and I KNOW you can do it. You are a powerful, creative, spiritual being! All of the power in the Universe is present at every point including the point of You. You are creative by your very nature. You are clearly spiritual because one day you will lay this body down and the body will be there in its entirety and yet it will not work because You will not be there. You can have the exact life that you want!

This formula explains the process: Thoughts=>Feelings=>Actions=>Results. When you choose a thought (and you absolutely do choose your thoughts), that thought causes you to feel a certain way. Those feelings cause you choose to take action (generally positive) or to not take action (generally negative). If action is taken, the direction of that action is based on the originating thought. Action taken causes the effect of results showing up in your life. This formula works based on Law.

You use this formula every single moment of every single day. Everyone does. The thing is that most folks are completely unaware that this is the creative process and they are unaware of their use of it. They are unconscious creators. Be a conscious creator! Use this tried and true, irrevocable, indisputable process to have the life you choose for yourself. It all starts with your thoughts.

Try this:

Wake up 10 minutes early tomorrow morning. Now I love to sleep and getting up 10 minutes earlier than usual honestly didn't sound very appealing to me when my teacher first suggested that I do this activity. So the next morning when the alarm went off a little earlier than normal, I turned it off and asked myself this question, "Am I willing to give up 10 minutes of sleep to change my life?" Because remember that you are growing. Growing always includes letting go of something. This gives you space to grow into the life you want. That day, I chose to let go of that extra 10 minutes of sleep and my life was changed forever.

Now once you're awake, grab a pen and paper and sit in an area where you can write comfortably. Then start at the top of the page with these words, "I am so happy and grateful now that...". Then finish the sentence and fill up that page with a description of what you want your life to look like. Remember to keep it in the present tense and to feel the feelings that are in alignment with the words describing you already living the life of your dreams. Do this activity every day...even on weekends.

Practice this activity to start and I'll give you a next step in my next post. Remember to feel it! Close your eyes every so often and see your life just as you have written it. Have fun with it!

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Nothing to Fear

We really have nothing to fear. So often we don't even realize when we are afraid because we may be confused about what fear actually is. Of course it is difficult to deal with something we have not identified or are not even aware of in the first place.

We often talk about the experience of fear and the response called "fight or flight" as if they are the same thing and they are not. Fear is a psychological experience and fight or flight is a physical response we evolved over the years for our protection. One does not cause or necessitate the other. In fact, there is no real link whatsoever between the two. Sometimes individuals will have the circumstances that cause the fight or flight response and then will experience fear later on after everything has calmed down and they are no longer in danger.

Fear is always in the unknown. I have one teacher who explains this aspect of fear to his classes as follows (while in the same room with the class):

"...fear is always in the unknown. If I dumped a basket of cobras out on the floor here, would you be afraid? (Everyone in the class says yes.) What would you be afraid of? ("Being bitten!" everyone says.) Exactly. Now lets say you are bitten by one of the snakes. Are you still afraid of being bitten? (No) Now what are you afraid of? (Getting sick) Ok. Now lets say this snake bite has made you ill. Now what are you afraid of? (Dying)..."

So in this example of course no one is afraid of being bitten after they've been bitten because it's no longer unknown. They've lived through that part so they become afraid of the next unknown namely becoming ill as a result of the bite and so on.

How often have we had this experience of jumping from one fear to the next without even thinking or realizing the significance of the experience; so long as we are afraid we are ok. What a dramatic and emotionally draining experience that can be.

When we take a closer look at this concept of fear, we notice that it is the root of most any negative emotional experience in life. Doubt is being fearful that a fact we derived or were given isn't true. Envy is our experience when we are afraid we are inferior to another person. Jealousy is being afraid that we can loose something we hold dear, particularly in reference to a human connection. Experiencing anger means we are fearful that we have been wronged and usually includes the fear that we will not have the opportunity to retaliate. In general, most of our fearful experiences have to do with our fear of loosing something.

Having the knowledge that fear is NOT a necessary part of our experience is a huge part of overcoming it. Being aware of our emotions and what they really are is the other key component to conquering the overall experience of fear. We can simply ask ourselves these questions when we are having a negative emotional experience:

1)What emotion am I feeling right now? Often times a negative emotion is just under the surface and leaving it unattended can ruin our day. Identifying what it is that we are feeling shines the light of discovery upon the emotion and brings it out in the open so we can deal with it.

2) Why am I feeling what I'm feeling? If you get an answer that still has some emotional bite to it then ask yourself why that bothers you. Continue this process until the answers begin to have a neutral or diffused feeling to them. Then ask yourself:

3) What are some examples of other times that I felt this way for this reason in the past? Then categorize each example as either a) I was correct and it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be; I'm still alive with some good lessons learned or the more likely category, b) I was incorrect so I wasted a lot of time being afraid when I could have felt good instead.

Asking ourselves this series of questions gives us the opportunity to take a look at what we are really feeling and why, which ultimately gives us the opportunity to choose a different emotion that may better serve us. Sometimes all we need in order to feel better is to simply give ourselves permission to do so.

Growth

Growth is a funny thing. Everything must grow. Whatever Life is, and when I say Life I mean that which animates you and me and causes the flowers to stand up straight and be bright, must grow by its own nature. That which does not grow, does not live. Change is constant because growth is constant.

However, we have all had experiences where we did not welcome this inevitable change. We resisted, which almost always resulted in pain. We held on to the old us with all our might, forcing life to tug all the more harder. Why did we do this? Why is it that as positive as growth sounds, sometimes it feels negative?

Growth is our adoration for a particular lover getting stronger and stronger by the day which of course feels great! On the other hand, leaving that same lover a while later for whatever reason is growth too and can be so hard sometimes that people have put it off for weeks, months, years or even their whole life. Anyone who has done this was basically willing to endure the slow, dull pain of being in a bad relationship rather than taking a big gulp all at once like with a breakup.

Every day we have many, many instances where we resist growth. The trick is being aware of them. Sometimes we get caught up in the details and circumstances of the situation and in these cases we have forgotten the truth; that we are just growing. Simply being more aware that the seemingly negative situations in our lives are really gifts and are usually our biggest growth points can make all the difference. This shift can instantly turn a hostile universe into a friendly one.

A great question to ask ourselves when we are having a negative experience is, "What can I learn from this?" A question like this can quickly shift the experience away from "someone did this to me and it sucks" and into "this just happened and here's what I learned from it". This essentially shifts the experience from the negative end of the pole to the positive end.

Resistance doesn't help. We can take a cue from mother nature on this point . Can you imagine a tree holing on to its leaves in autumn; afraid that those were the last leaves it would ever have? How absurd? Growth is simply letting go of the old us so that the new us can become.

Growth is definitely a funny thing. I'm grateful for its constancy. And, I'm grateful for this approach that I have shared. I've noticed in using it that the positive growth points are more and more frequent. That's because when it comes to Life, our approach is 100% of the game.

What is Prosperity?

Prosperity means something different to everyone. To many, a bonus of a few hundred dollars is prosperity because it could be a game changer for them and their family. On the other hand, the idea of prosperity for the individual who deals with multi-million dollar transactions, is something altogether different. In any case, it's clear that prosperity is not in the material objects of our lives because owning a certain house or car or article of clothing does not make one prosperous.

We must each discover our own definition for the idea of prosperity. This discovery is a milestone because how can we have prosperity in our life until we even know what it is? I encourage you to ask yourself the following questions:

1) What is prosperity?

2) How can I create more of this in my life?

Write down your answers. Then really spend some time building on the answers you get for question 2 and work out a plan around it. This exercise can start you on a path of thought that will lead you exactly where you want to go in life.

Here's the YouTube link to a talk called Practical Prosperity that I delivered on the subject at a local Spiritual Community here in Asheville where I discuss the subject a little more in depth:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKFxOH0KhWI

Enjoy!