Edi This is a good piece. Thanks Bolonba On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 4:08 PM, Edie Sidibeh <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > (God is always present even thus human fail to notice. He is The > greatest judge ever. Is this not a hell on earth for Zimmerman)? Sometimes > freedom can be costly. > > By Jean-Paul Cassagnol > Dear George Zimmerman, > > For the rest of your life you are now going to feel what its like to be a > black man in America. You will feel people stare at you. Judging you for > what you think are unfair reasons. You will lose out on getting jobs for > something you feel is outside of your control. You will believe yourself to > be an upstanding citizen and wonder why people choose to not see that. > > People will cross the street when they see you coming. They will call you > hurtful names. It will drive you so insane some days that you’ll want to > scream at the top of your lungs. But you will have to wake up the next day, > put on firm look and push through life. > > I bet you never thought that by shooting a black male you’d end up > inheriting all of his struggles. > Enjoy your “freedom.” > > Sincerely, > A black male who could’ve been Trayvon Martin. > > DO ONTO OTHERS AS YOU WILL ACCEPT THEM IN RETURN. DO YOUR BEST AND LIVE > THEREST TAKING CARE FOR ITSELF > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Edie Sidibeh <[log in to unmask]> > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Sent:* Monday, 15 July 2013, 15:30 > *Subject:* Re: [G_L] Ramadan present ; shift your energy > > > YOUR Path To Abundance > Shift Your Energy > A 7 Day Course > By Path To Abundance, Inc. > > 7 Day Course > > > Reproduction of any portion of Path To Abundance’s content is strictly > prohibited > without the express written consent of Path To Abundance, Inc. > > > > > Your Path To Abundance Shift Your Energy > Welcome to Your Energy Shifting Exercises! > > Congratulations and welcome to your first step in this course toward > aligning with your goals and > dreams! > > I acknowledge your courage to take consistent daily action and your desire > to live a passionate and > deeply meaningful life! I believe you’ll be very inspired to follow this > easy yet profoundly powerful > process each day. The momentum you'll experience from your daily actions > will ignite your desire to > keep moving forward as you get closer and closer to your own personal > goals and dreams. > This course is designed for you to take one step per day. Each day, you > will read the concept and then > work with the action. Once you complete that, there is a bonus action > designed to give you tools to > practice with throughout your day so you can keep your energetic vibration > consistently high and > aligned with your goals and dreams. > > You will work with Lesson 1 today, Lesson 2 tomorrow and Lesson 3 the next > day, and so on. And see > how you feel after just 1 short week of shifting your energy! > > Let’s get started! > > Your Path To Abundance Shift Your Energy > > Lesson 1: Claiming Your Future > > CONCEPT > > Claiming Your Future. > > In order to begin this process of shifting your energy, an important > component that needs to be in > place is having an idea in mind for what your future will look like. > Having this picture in mind will > serve as an anchor, of sorts, to ground you and help draw you toward it > both energetically and > physically/tangibly. > > As you begin this process of energetically shifting, please know that it’s > perfectly OK to have > doubts about whether or not this process will really work for you. It's OK > to start this journey from > anywhere you are right now, even if you don’t believe that. Just start the > journey. That is > something we will be working on and building up right away – how to shift > out of fear and doubt > and into faith, belief and trust (regardless of what your current > circumstances are). In time, if you > keep working with these tools, you’ll marvel at how different your life is > and you’ll be a wonderful > example for others who are a few steps behind you, struggling with the > same things you used to > struggle with. You'll be an inspiration to those who have not yet achieved > what you have. What a > fantastic gift you will give to the world by achieving your own goals and > dreams and living your > most inspired life! > > ACTION > > Claim your future by writing down your answers to the following questions: > What do I want for my personal life? > What do I want for my financial life? > What do I want for my business life? > What do I want for my spiritual life? > > You want to phrase your answers from the point of view of AFTER you have > accomplished all your > goals and dreams in these areas. What’s your life like? Describe it (in > the present tense) in as > much wonderful, delicious detail as you can. Write it perhaps the way you > would write a postcard > or letter to someone from a vacation, telling them (happily and excitedly) > about the details of what > you have been doing and what’s been happening in your life. Try to suspend > doubt or worrying and > wondering “how” it could all possibly happen. For the purpose of this > exercise, just have fun with it > and play along with the unlimited fantasy. Again, it is very important to > write your description in > the present tense (remember, from "the future you" who has already > accomplished your goals and > dreams in these areas of your life). It is also important for this > exercise, and all other writing > exercises in this course, that you write them in your own hand (rather > than typing). Doing so > connects you to the process in a much deeper way. > > BONUS ACTION: THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY > > Read your life description several (3-5) times throughout the day today. > Each time you read it, try > as hard as you can to FEEL the things you have written – feel them as > though it is already the > future and they have already happened. How do you feel? Do you feel > Gratitude? Joy? Happiness? > Exhilaration? Allow those feelings to wash through your being – your body, > your heart. Enjoy how > wonderful it feels to experience what it’s like to have all the things you > desire - to have already > achieved your goals. > > Have a FANTASTIC day and I'll see you tomorrow at your next step! > > Your Path To Abundance Shift Your Energy > > Lesson 2: Love, Joy, Happiness and Gratitude > > CONCEPT > > Love, Joy, Happiness and Gratitude. The idea that experiencing as much > love, happiness, joy and gratitude as often as possible will be one of the > biggest things we focus on during this course. This may seem like it takes > a lot of effort and hard work in the beginning because it takes so much > conscious effort to shift into a new way of being, to develop this new > habit. But honestly, if you really embrace and practice this daily work > (especially if you do the Bonus Actions) as often as possible, you will be > surprised at how quickly you’ll notice yourself shifting and then you will > hardly remember the days when you didn’t feel great most of the time. > > ACTION > > Think about a song you REALLY love, a song that makes you feel happy, > joyous, energetic and > elated when you play it. A song that you could just sing at the top of > your lungs to and dance > around the room or bang on imaginary drums or play air guitar to as you > listen to it (for me it is an > upbeat Beatles song or an old Benny Goodman classic – one with high > energy). Now go play that song and do those things. Let that fantastic > feeling wash over you! Just take the moment for yourself and do it. How did > you feel at the end of that experience? Happy? Joyous? Light? > > This is the feeling we are aiming for all the time – in our day to day > lives. This is the feeling you > absolutely can have regularly if you keep practicing these principles. The > more you are able to > clear away the blocks to feel this way as often as possible, the easier it > will be to move forward > toward your goals and dreams. > > Today, I just wanted you to remember what this feeling felt like. > > BONUS ACTION: THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY > > Think about the things that make you feel great! > Much of the time, they have to do with our 5 senses. What do you love to > look at (the sunset? a > wonderful painting? your child or pet? your cherished autographed > baseball?), to smell (fresh > baked bread? flowers? your favorite perfume?), to hear (beautiful music? > the sound of your child > laughing?), to touch (soft silk? bubbles in a bubble bath?). > > Play a game with yourself and see how many of the things you love you can > experience today. > Seek them out and see how many of them are presented as opportunities for > you to experience > and enjoy today. > > Have a WONDERFUL day and I'll see you tomorrow at your next step! > > Your Path To Abundance Shift Your Energy > > Lesson 3: Focusing on Gratitude > > CONCEPT > > Focusing On Gratitude. > > Gratitude for the things we can be grateful about right now is one of the > biggest keys to bringing > into our experience the things we want (and will be grateful for when they > arrive). For this reason, > it’s truly important to find as many ways as possible to feel gratitude > right now and often each day. > At first, it might feel like you have to work really hard at it, > consciously forcing yourself to come up > with something – anything to be grateful for. Trust that it WILL become > easier as you practice In > fact, you will see that it will shift rather quickly, if you work > diligently at it in the beginning > (remember, it takes 21 days to change a habit). For now, try to suspend > any doubt and trust the > process even if you don’t understand it. Keep in mind that you are trying > to develop a relationship > with a different part of yourself than your conscious mind and some of > what you will be doing is > slightly counter-intuitive to your conscious mind. Once you become > unblocked, you will be open to > the most magnificent intuitive guidance and inspiration which will lead > you down all the right paths > to your goals and dreams. > > ACTION > > Think of the things you can truly feel gratitude for in your life right > now. Jot them down - a list of > bullet points is fine. List at least 10 but preferably more items for this > exercise. > Sometimes, when we are blocked, it’s hard to “manufacture” gratitude or > joy out of thin air. If you > are feeling particularly blocked or negative right now, it's perfectly > understandable and totally > normal. It will be easiest if you find really basic things for which you > can feel true gratitude. For > example, if it is sweetening hot out today, perhaps you can really feel > grateful for the air > conditioning you have in your home or car or office (or in winter, the > heating you have). If your car > (or a taxi or bus or subway) got you to work without breaking down, > perhaps you can take a quick > moment to imagine how it “could” have felt had your transportation broken > down – and then feel > the gratitude for it having been reliable this morning. Do you have enough > to eat? Perhaps you can > remember other areas of the world where people don’t have access to the > abundance of food and > supplies you do and feel gratitude for having access to clean water, good > food and 10 kinds of > toilet paper to choose from. Did your sports team win their last game? How > do you feel about that? > Do you have a comfortable place to sleep? Did you hear any beautiful > sounding birds today? What > things can you begin to take notice of in your life that you are grateful > for the existence of? > Now, look over your list and one by one, feel the gratitude for those > things. Not just “thinking” > about gratitude in your head but actually feeling it in your body, your > heart. If it helps, quickly > imagine the opposite (not having that thing right now) and then > re-presence yourself to having it. > This should help you get in touch with the feeling of gratitude. > > BONUS ACTION: THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY > > Expect gratitude. Decide and declare that you are going to experience > gratitude today. Pay > attention to the things that go on during your day today. Notice the > things for which you can feel > gratitude. Feel it in the moment those things happen. See how many times > something happens > (big or small) that you can feel grateful about. Then feel it! > > Have a TERRIFIC day and I'll see you tomorrow at your next step! > > Your Path To Abundance Shift Your Energy > > Lesson 4: The Power of Visualizing > > CONCEPT > > The Power of Visualizing. > > Every transformational leader talks about how important visualizing is as > a key component of using > the Law of Attraction principles. NASA scientists and Quantum Physicists > have done countless > experiments regarding visualization. As you may have heard, some athletes > train using > visualization techniques where they visualize their event before they > actually participate in it (and > it has been proven, after being hooked up to sophisticated bio-feedback > equipment during these > visualizations, that parts of their brain and subconscious mind cannot > distinguish between them > actually participating in the event or just visualizing it). > > The subconscious mind doesn’t know the difference between things happening > in your physical > reality or just in your mind. You can use this information to your very > powerful advantage. It is > said by those same very transformational leaders that daily visualization > of your goals and dreams > is hugely important to them manifesting much more quickly. It is said that > if you go there first in > your mind, you WILL also go there in your body. > > ACTION > > Some actors can cry on cue. They can really own the role they are playing, > can't they? Do you > have a favorite actor? Have you ever seen them (or someone else) in the > role of a character that is > completely different, personality-wise, than they seem to be when you > watch them in another role > or even simply being their “normal selves” – such as when they are being > interviewed? When these > fine actors are “in character” they are really BEING in it, aren’t they? > They are completely > embracing all the characteristics of the person they are portraying. This > is how we need to > approach visualizing. > > Imagine you are one of the world’s finest actors! You have been cast in > the role of you in your > future. You are such a fine actor that you absolutely know how you are > going to approach this > acting job and you are going to OWN that role and really put yourself into > character! Have some > fun with this. Close your eyes and visualize your goals and dreams > happening NOW. > Spend the entire 5 minutes really doing your finest acting performance > ever (something that is > Oscar-worthy)! So you and everyone else in “the scene” absolutely believe > it’s real – it FEELS real! > > BONUS ACTION: THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY > > Have some fun as you go out into your day. As you encounter people and > circumstances, especially > if they are a little challenging, think of how your actor-self might play > this role. Think of how your > actor could respond to the situation that would be for your (and their) > highest good, something > that will keep your vibration at a higher level. Even if the best you can > do is to step into your actor self > and say a happy and enthusiastic “THANK YOU” to someone who may have been > short or rude, > try it. Be light and just play with it. > > Have a MAGNIFICENT day and I'll see you tomorrow at your next step! > > Your Path To Abundance Shift Your Energy > > Lesson 5: Valuable Support from Trusted Friends > > CONCEPT > > Valuable Support from Trusted Friends. > > Do you have any close friends or family members who you trust implicitly > and feel very safe with? > I’m talking about the kind of friend who doesn’t judge you and who is > supportive of you and your > beliefs, desires and goals no matter how big and “out there” they sound. > Someone who can help to > gently point you back in the right direction if you ever feel “small” or > disenchanted or temporarily > forget why you are on the path toward achieving your HUGE goals and dreams. > > This will be a very valuable resource to have in place in case you are > ever stuck in some way. It is > critically important to find someone who will not fill your mind with > limiting or negative thoughts or > “co-sign” your limited thinking in that moment. It needs to be someone who > can help to remind > you of why you are doing this, why you are on this path and why achieving > your goals and dreams > is not only possible but why our world will be a better place when you DO > achieve them. > > ACTION > > Tell at least one trusted friend, one who is very supportive, > non-judgmental and who believes in > you and in BIG possibilities, about your goals and dreams. Tell them in > great details why you are > on this path and why you are so happy and passionate about your goals and > dreams. Ask them if > they’d be willing to support you and point you in the right direction if > you ever become > disenchanted or think you can’t achieve these big dreams and want to give > up. > If you do not have someone in your life who you feel can support you in > this way – let’s work on > having you manifest such a trusted friend. Write a short list of the > attributes this friend would > have. Then take today’s five minutes to visualize yourself with this > friend, telling them all the > details of your goals and dreams and visualize how wonderfully supportive > they are and how much > they believe in you and cheer you on. Feel all the deep and wonderful > feelings of gratitude you > have when being in the presence of such a great friend. > > BONUS ACTION: THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY > > As you go throughout your day today, quickly take a moment here and there > to imagine being with > your trusted friend and happily/excitedly telling them all the wonderful > details about how your > goals and dreams have already come true (you are doing this from the > standpoint of you having > already achieved them because remember, the Universe is picking up on the > vibration you put out, > so put out the vibration of having already manifested your goals and > dreams). > Have an AMAZING day and I'll see you tomorrow at your next step! > > > Your Path To Abundance Shift Your Energy > > Lesson 6: Compassion For Yourself > > CONCEPT > > Compassion For Yourself. > > During this process of uncovering information about how you have been > living, what you might > want to change and becoming more aware of yourself and the surroundings > you have consciously > or unconsciously chosen for yourself and your life thus far - it is > critically important to develop and > practice compassion for yourself. Beating yourself up for anything you are > now aware of that you > have said, done, felt or manifested for yourself will only serve to keep > the blocks in place (and > continue manifesting more of the things you are now aware of that you no > longer want). > Negative or judgmental thinking is not only not useful at this point but > it will actually thwart the > forward progress you wish to now make in your life. It serves no good, > healthy purpose and is not > the essence of love, goodness, joy or any of the higher vibrational > thoughts and emotions you are > now cultivating. An alternate way of thinking you can embrace is > compassion. You didn’t know any > better at the earlier times in your life when you were making the choices > that brought you the > people, circumstances and things you now have. Now you do know more about > how the Law of > Attraction works and you are making HUGE changes just by deciding to take > daily action toward > your goals and dreams and be on this path. That is a fantastic declaration > to the Universe about > where you now are and where you are going. > > ACTION > > Today’s action is to write a compassionate and encouraging letter to > yourself – and then mail it! > This may seem silly but trust that when you receive it in the mail and > read it, you will see why it’s > powerful. Tell yourself all the words of support, praise and encouragement > you wish to hear as you > are on this path toward your goals and dreams. Be positive, faithful (of > your abilities), loving and > compassionate in this letter. It will mean so very much to “the you” who > reads it on the receiving > end. I promise! > > BONUS ACTION: THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY > > Do something nice for yourself today. Treat yourself to whatever it is you > love; an ice cream cone? > A new book? A bubble bath? A nap? A walk through the park? A hike? > Watching the sunset from a > special place? A funny movie? A new coin or stamp for your collection? > Whatever feels like > something you would love to do or have - Do it! Get it! Spoil yourself > today. > Have a LUXURIOUS day and I'll see you tomorrow at your next step! > > Your Path To Abundance Shift Your Energy > > Lesson 7: Checking in With Yourself > > CONCEPT > > Checking in With Yourself. > > It’s wise to occasionally take stock to see where you’ve been, where > you’re going and where you > are now in relationship to the two. This valuable process gives you the > opportunity to celebrate > your successes, acknowledge where your vibration may have been low and > renew your > commitment to keep moving forward toward your goals and dreams. > > ACTION > > Take today’s 5 minutes to write on the following subjects – but please > remember there are no right > or wrong answers. This is only to serve as a guide for you to celebrate > your wins and possibly > make adjustments as you continue on your path. Gentleness and compassion > for yourself are > absolutely a MUST during this exercise – this is non-negotiable. > • List any serendipitous/synchronicity or coincidences that have happened > in the last week > (no matter how small) > • How have you moved forward (physically/tangibly or energetically) toward > your goals in the > last week? > • Have you been able to embrace feelings associated with a higher level > vibration (such as > love, gratitude, or joy) during the last week? > • Is there anything that blocked, stopped or slowed your forward movement > (negative > emotions, limits in your beliefs, resistance of any kind, non-supportive > input from others or > anything else)? List anything that comes to mind. > • Could you have done anything differently when faced with the blocks > listed above that may > have helped you move through those blocks? (Are you being compassionate > with yourself > right now as you look at this?!) > • Overall, have you felt a little more hopeful about your present and/or > your future? > > BONUS ACTION: THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY > > Regardless of how well or poorly you feel you did shifting your energy > during the last week, every > single moment is an opportunity to shift in the direction of your goals > and dreams. Even if you > have not done the Bonus Action in the past, take the opportunity today to > embrace it. Let today’s > Bonus Action anchor you in success and forward movement. > > As often as possible today, think about any victories or successes you had > during the last week no > matter how small. Think about them several times throughout the day and > FEEL great! > If you feel you had no successes at all (are you being too hard on > yourself?), then this is your > opportunity to visualize your future successes. Take time throughout the > day to decide on a > success you WILL claim and really see it happening (make sure you feel all > the happy, positive > feelings that you WILL feel when you celebrate that success). > > Have a MAGNIFICENT day! > > Your Path To Abundance Shift Your Energy > > CONGRATULATIONS! > > You did it! You’ve spent an entire week powerfully shifting your energy > and sending a very specific > message to the Universe about the wonderful life you are committed to > creating! Well done! > Thank you so very much for allowing me to support you on your fantastic > journey. It is my honor and > pleasure to contribute to your life in a way that I hope is meaningful for > you. I offer you my deepest > gratitude for allowing me to energetically connect with you. I also wish > you a life of love, joy, passion > and abundance! After all, it’s your birthright! > > > DO ONTO OTHERS AS YOU WILL ACCEPT THEM IN RETURN. DO YOUR BEST AND LIVE > THEREST TAKING CARE FOR ITSELF > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Edie Sidibeh <[log in to unmask]> > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Sent:* Monday, 15 July 2013, 15:06 > *Subject:* [G_L] Ramadan present ; shift your energy > > For anyone interested. > > DO ONTO OTHERS AS YOU WILL ACCEPT THEM IN RETURN. 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