How BEING In ALLOWANCE Will Bring Your Dreams Into Your EXPERIENCE..!!!

TODAY'S INSPIRATIONAL “MYTHOLOGICAL MAGIC”

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Do you ever feel absolutely STUCK in your life?  Rather than an abundance of money, health, functional relationships, and a job that lights your inner pilot light every morning, all you seem to feel is that the Universe MUST have erased your name and address in ITS iPAD.  You feel utterly forgotten and lost. Sound familiar?!  If it does, I assure you that you are not alone!  In fact, there have been a  number of times in my Journey when I felt like The Universe was Santa Clause and I MUST have been put on the naughty list.  Aye Dios Mio!?!

However, now when I feel out of alignment and blocked from SOURCE energy, I ‘check in’ with myself to make sure I AM in a state of ALLOWING.  Rather than the opposite state which is basically another way of saying you are GETTING IN YOUR OWN WAY.  And in the process actually blocking the very abundance you so desire from manifesting into your experience.  This can happen for a number of different reasons and life circumstances.  Our lives are so filled with stress and TO DO lists that it can cause our thoughts and beliefs to become completely out of alignment with our actions.   And what do you think that brings us........  CHAOS with a side of frustration and two helpings of pain and suffering!  For what you ALLOW, is what will continue to show up.  And this is when your dreams become homeless...........

But what exactly is involved in ‘The Art of Allowing?’  Simply put, it is the practice of aligning what you think, believe, say, and do with congruent energy.  For example, how many times have you heard a friend repeatedly tell you how badly they desire to be in a relationship?  Yet, in nearly the same breathe they make declarations such as “There are no good men/women left out there!”, or even worse, “I'll never find the right one.”  And that is just what they are saying!  Can you imagine what their actual thoughts and beliefs about the situation might be. FRIGHTENING!

For the most part, your external circumstances are a direct reflection of your inner reality.  How you feel inside and what you think and believe about those feelings attract similar energy into your life experience.  Now I said FOR THE MOST PART.  I do not believe that when natural disasters strike or for every horrible accident that occurs, it is our FAULT.  We don't live in a vacuum. And sometimes things show up on our doorstep that are NOT of our causing.  That is also why it is SO very important to be in alignment so that which you DO have control over can be done so with deliberate intent.  

An absolutely enlightening book on this very topic is ‘The Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent’ by Esther and Jerry Hicks.  Within it, they state, “For any desire to be realized by you, or before anything can manifest into your life experience, there must be vibrational compatibility between your desires and beliefs.”  For example, if you are sending out resumes to land a new job, all the while BELIEVING that you are never going to get a great job again, you are not in ALLOWANCE of the very thing you desire.  In fact, you are actually blocking it from coming into your life.  

Another terrific example of NOT being in ALLOWANCE is through the use of social media.  Be honest, how often do you peruse the Facebook pages of your ex-boyfriend/girlfriend, gazing at pictures of their new relationship and how they have managed to go on without you in their life.  All while cursing the Universe because YOU are still single!  Sound familiar?!  I bet for many of you it does! Can you see how such behavior is actually BLOCKING what you desire rather than ALLOWING it to flow into your life.  If you are still having trouble understanding, remember this:  ENERGY FLOWS WHERE YOUR ATTENTION GOES! 

I love the term, also from ‘The Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent’, your Emotional Guidance System.  This philosophy has had a major impact in my life.  The book defines it as “Your awareness of the vibrational variance between what you are vibrationally offering in this moment and the vibrational offering of your Inner Being is literally your Emotionally Guidance System.”  In plain English, they are describing the importance of balancing your energy.  BEING aware that what you think, what you actually believe about your thoughts, and what you speak about them to others need to be in alignment.  For when they are, you are in a state of ALLOWING.  As the book eloquently states in this passage, “From your state of balanced energy, you experience clarity, vitality, eagerness, physical wellness, abundance in all things you consider good, and an exuberant state of joy.  This is the natural state of Who You really Are.”  Yes, please!!!

For even more examples of how to incorporate the Art of Allowing into your daily practice, I highly recommend picking up a copy of “The Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent.”  Once you truly learn how you FEEL when you are in alignment with SOURCE energy, you can maintain that level more often than not.  And from my personal experience, in this state, life becomes the magical experience of daily BLISS it was always meant to be!

Nerdmaste,

Jeffrey Louis Martinez

Did You KNOW Why Your WORDS Are Your MAGICAL WAND..?!?

TODAY'S INSPIRATIONAL “MYTHOLOGICAL MAGIC”

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Be Impeccable With Your Word.
Speak with integrity.
Say only what you mean.
Avoid using your word to speak against yourself
or to gossip about others.
Use the power of your word
in the direction of truth and love.
- don Miguel Ruiz

Given the fact that I have a amassed a collection of over 400 books, it is no wonder my TRIBE members are very apt to ask me if I have read a particular title from time too time.  And I am so grateful for each and every suggestion I am engaged with.  In fact, many of my favorite tombs have come from these very recommendations through out the years since I began on my journey of Self Actualization.  Most of the time, I actually receive these inquiries with complete reverence and gratitude, because I believe it is the Universe's way of tapping me on the shoulder to pay attention.  Something is on its way that I must be ready to receive in all its ethereal glory!  Now when this typically occurs, I stop whatever it is that I am doing and take a note on the book/film/blog being introduced to me and investigate the source material as soon as possible.  When the student is ready, the teacher appears.  And I have come to realize that my Journey is a continuing oscillation between being a teacher and student, often at the same time.  LOL  Which makes perfect sense because I have come to find that most coaches/teachers preach that which they need to learn themselves.   Even master Miyagi from the Karate Kid had much to learn from Danielson during their symbiotic relationship.

So when a true TRIBE member of mine recently inquired about my knowledge of a decades old book title, I did not hesitate to investigate everything about it.  And once again, I found it to be a wonderful addition to my robust collection.  Even the book's title had me excited as it was imbued with a mythical, fairy tale essence that completely resonates with my love of MYTHOLOGY and the Hero's/Heroine's Journey that informs The New Age Nerd within us all!

The book is called ‘Your Words are Your Wand‘ and it was written back in the 1920's by a pioneer in the New Thought movement named Florence Scovel Shinn.  Born in 1871, Ms. Shinn was an artist and metaphysics teacher in New York city in the early 20th Century.  Although she had a devout following during her time, her legacy has not had the same sort of long lasting impact of other New Thought leaders from her era such as Napoleon Hill and Earl Nightingale.  And that's a shame because her book, while short in length, contains a wealth of practical and wisdom filled knowledge for anyone who is a TRUTH SEEKER and Bringer of the Light.  The archetypes that are so desperately needed in our current times of disconnection from the fact that WE ARE ALL ONE!

There is something about the book's title itself that strikes a powerful image of the magic that is imbued deep within each and every one of us and can be unleashed with the use of our WORDS.

Being a writer, I personally have a love affair with words and their ability to shift perspectives, heal long held wounds, and give clarity and newfound direction to the most lost of Souls.  Author Diane Setterfield, a like minded lover of words said, “There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner. Wind themselves around your limbs like spider silk, and when you are so enthralled you cannot move, they pierce your skin, enter your blood, numb your thoughts. Inside you they work their magic.” 

Of course, the simple wisdom within ‘Your Words are Your Wand’ are equally powerful.  In one passage Shinn espouses, “Man's word is his wand filled with magic and power.  So man has the power to change an unhappy condition by waving over it the wand of his word.  In the place of sorrow appears joy, in the place of sickness becomes health, in the place of lack appears plenty."

The point here is that or as much as we sometimes feel as though we have little control over our lives, there are several elements and tools which are such a powerful part of the experiences that manifest into our world. Our word is certainly one of those controllable factors we all share and that has a massive amount of influence in our own disposition, not to mention how much it has to do with the manifestations that appear in our experience. 

In fact, God himself told Abraham that his name was ‘I AM’.  And that whatever words were placed after those two words, literally send out a vibration of energy to the Universe as a declaration of who you think you are and your experiences become a direct correlation to that very pronouncement.  Makes you want to think twice before uttering flippant declarations in that manner doesn't it?!  LOL  And if it doesn't, learn to become much more aware of every word you utter to yourself and others and see the massive difference it causes in your life.  

Our words are such miraculous gift given to us all, and they have the ability to both empower and terribly injure in due nature. In fact, many believe that verbal abuse can be more damaging than physical abuse.  And for those of us who have been or are currently being verbally abused, we know the devastating effect words can have.  Why would we choose to use our words as form of hurt and pain, when our words are TRULY our wands and can be used in ways that create MIRACLES and to help others Re-member who they truly are!  What a wonderful world that could be!!   Right?!

So this evening I ask you in what new ways can you begin a daily practice of realization that our words are our personal magical wands, able to conjure transcendent amounts of LOVE, empowerment, confidence, connection, and belief in everyone we interact with on a daily basis.  And incorporate this incredible magical power within us all, to use our words as a form of transcendent action and energy toward one another ALWAYS and in all ways from now on.  



Nerdmaste,

Jeffrey Louis Martinez

THE WORLD DEPENDS ON YOU READING THIS MESSAGE..!!!!

“And why do we fall, Bruce?  So we can learn to pick ourselves back up.”

Dr. Thomas Wayne to a young Bruce in Batman Begins

The month of October typically signals the start of my favorite time of the year.  On the East Coast, the harsh humidity of Summer transitions into clear, crisp days and the foliage on the trees turn into a menagerie of transcendent colors that frame every vista into the perfect postcard.   For us sports junkies, it's a treasure trove of goodies as the NFL season is in full swing, the baseball playoffs can be found on some channel almost every night, and both the basketball and hockey seasons are just underway.  Throw in the fact that it's my birthday month AND the Holiday Season is just around the corner.....just two words.......YES PLEASE!

But October of 2012 was not so much of a time for celebration.  In fact, it was one of the most challenging points of my life (And I've had plenty of them... just sayin' !)  I found myself in the unenviable position of being jobless, broke, and living in my parents basement.  If that wasn't tough enough, the Crohn's disease I had been battling since my early teens required biologic shots twice a month to keep me in remission, that without health insurance, cost three thousand dollars EACH!  No health insurance company would even discuss a personal plan, so I applied for disability coverage. Sometimes, you do what you have to do, right?!?After waiting for nearly six months, the official letter of disability denial came in the mail.  OUCH!


Believe it or not, things only got worse.  My little pup Nacho started peeing around the house like he was a firefighter in training.  A trip to the vet revealed he had become diabetic and was going to need two insulin shots a day to live.  And I can't stand needles.  Aye dios mio!!  To top it all off, a job I had really wanted, and went through an extensive interview process with, completely fell through at the last moment.  And if one more person tried to cheer me up with ‘This will all pass, Jeff,’ I thought I was going to go ballistic!  FYI, telling someone everything they are going through will ‘pass’ should be saved for stomach and gas attacks.  NOT a complete life meltdown!! 

Slowly, my heart started to sink and my faith completely crumbled.  Every facet of my life was a total disaster and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't see a way out.  Until one morning, 'Uncle D' (my not so affectionate name for full blown Depression) showed up at the front door, his bags in tow, giving me no signs of how long he planned on visiting this time. 

One late night, just a few days later, I found myself sitting on the edge of the bed, racked with an aching heart and soul.  The type of pain that makes it hard to breathe.  I didn't feel like a failure, because that word didn't seem large enough to handle my current narrative.  My mind raced from one insanely torturous thought to another.  All I knew for sure was that something had to change, or Uncle D would be taking me back home with him at the end of this stay.

As tears began to flow, I prayed to God to have mercy on me.  I needed a sign that life was still worth living.  I needed....anything.

A box of tissues were sitting on the top of a cabinet full of books next to my basement's bed.  I stood up to grab a handful, when the pristinely white jacket cover of ONE book on the shelf grabbed my attention with such an immediate intensity that it nearly started to lightly glow.  With over 300 like minded tomes in my collection, this phenomenon of a book 'calling' to me was not new.   But never before was it quite this consuming.

As I bent down for a closer examination, I saw that the book's title was Pathways to Bliss by Joseph Campbell.   Despite devouring books like this with a fervent passion over the previous 15 years, I had ironically never actually read anything by this author.  I had bought the book on sale at Borders several years earlier, after seeing an interview with George Lucas in which he talked about how much  Campbell's work had influenced his work on Star Wars.  Little did I know how much the book was about to change my life.

As I began to wipe dry my tear stained cheeks, I pulled the book from its resting place and brought it with me back to the edge of the bed.  Miraculously, my mind stopped its racing, and I was able to focus on the words I was reading.  He wrote about the attainment of Bliss, and how ‘the privilege of a lifetime is being who YOU are.’ 

But what absolutely struck at the core of my utter BEING was his explanation of what he has termed ‘The Hero's Journey’.    And how everything that life brings us is no thing short of EXACTLY what we need in order to fulfill our purpose here on Earth.  Of course I had heard of the Hero's Journey during my previous travels.  But this time, I REALLY HEARD IT.  Truly understood its meaning with a ferocity of acceptance and purposeful enlightenment.  I wasn't a failure.  In fact, ‘just the opposite’,  I thought.  If I had gone through THIS much suffering and pain so far in my life, then my Hero's Journey must be pretty frickin' big.  I had always believed I was here to be a guide to assist others on their warriors path, but now, I KNEW IT.  Big difference!!

So no matter what your current situation may be, there is HOPE.  In those moments of despair, please remember that there is a REASON for everything you are going through.  I PROMISE!  You are not alone.  That's what we are doing here, together.  Trying to help one another figure out why we are going through so much pain and suffering, and how we can channel it into our reason for being!  Through much trial and error, including HOURS of meditation, studying at the feet of my mentors and masters, I have come to understand that WE ALL HAVE THE EXACT SAME PURPOSE!!!  Read that last sentence over again!  Because that is as close to Universal Truth as I can currently provide.......    That our collective PURPOSE is being of service toward others with LOVE and Compassion.   Now, many of you may be thinking, “Are you kidding me?!  That's the grand answer to the greatest and grandest question all of mankind has asked?!?”  And the answer is a 100%...... ABSOFRICKINLUTELY YES!!  Now before you decide to stop reading and turn your computer off, let me add the SECRET SAUCE to this quandary.  Although we all have the same PURPOSE, one of the magical aspects of the human experience, not to mention the CORE tenet of The Hero's Journey is that we each have the opportunity in following our own unique CALLING!
Our CALLING is the particular manner in which we fulfill our PURPOSE.  And the world is truly our oyster when it comes to the plethora of variant ways in which we can choose our individual CALLING!!!  

For instance, here are just a few examples for you to ponder:  being a mother, a doctor, coach, teacher, leader, an entrepreneur, an architect...........   My point here is that the options are truly endless!!  Because there is no RIGHT or WRONG answer!!  In another post I will further flesh out the meaning and manner in which you can find your own CALLING.   But in today's post I will leave you with this........     Each and every one of us was sent here with one or even several CALLING's that are meant to share our one of a kind talents, gifts, and passions with the rest of the world.  No pressure...  :0)  It is perhaps the topic I am most passionate about as a spiritual teacher and coach as I BELIEVE with every sense of my being that the fastest way for us to raise the current vibration on this very troubled planet is if each of us were to wake up Monday morning and stop whatever we are doing(unless it is in complete alignment with our CALLING) and listen to our own HEARTSONG and have the courage to follow our CALLING!!  And if we haven't found out what our CALLING may be, that we either take the time to uncover it for ourselves, our find a coach, teacher, or mentor who can assist us on the most important Journey of our lives!!   THE WORLD NEEDS MORE HEROES......   NOW!!!  

I am also aware that not all of us can just quit our current occupations overnight.  And that we all(myself included) have responsibilities, bills, etc. that need tending to.  But I also inherently believe that if we at least begin the process of small action steps toward our CALLING, that all of our Spirit Guides and God's most potent angles will flood into our space of experience and create MIRACLES to assist us in our JOURNEY!!  

I have a deep KNOWINGNESS that this may be the only way to turn around the tipping point of disaster that we are on a collective journey toward on this planet..........As I write this, the wind chill temperature in Washington DC is -20!!   That's right.    -20!!!   This after weeks of horrendous fires that threatened the very suburbs of Los Angeles in which I lived for over a decade!   And I refuse to even broach the current state of our own political system, which threatens to completely squash the American Dream forever!!

Before I bring today's post to a close, I want to leave you all with the trust that I know that the entire New Age Nerd Community has the insight, courage, and strength to start off the New Year with the INSPIRATION to begin the process of both finding and FOLLOWING the CALLING that resides within your Soul!!  The WORLD is depending on us for its salvation...       And despite what the so called experts may be declaring, I KNOW IT IS NOT TOO LATE!!    But, there is NO time to spare....   It will take the SUPERHERO within us all to change the tide....      I don't know about you.....BUT I STILL BELIEVE!!!!


Nerdmaste,

Jeffrey Louis Martinez

JUST BECAUSE...!!!

Today, Go Make Something Possible........................

Nerdmaste,

Jeffrey Louis Martinez

Do It..GO WITHIN!!!!

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A Native American myth recounts that the Creator gathered all of creation and said,
"I want to hide something from humans until they are ready for it.  It is the realization that they can create their own life and their own reality." 

The eagle said, "Give it to me; I'll take it to the moon and hide it there."  

But the Creator said, "No, one day they will go there and will find it."  

Then the salmon said, "Give it to me; I'll hide it in the bottom of the sea."

 "No," said the Creator, "they'll get there too." 

Well, the buffalo came and said, "Give it to me; I'll bury it in the plains."  

The Creator said, "No, they will get there. They will cut into the skin of the earth, and they will find it even there."

But then Grand Mother mole came, the one who has no physical eyes to see on the outside but has spiritual eyes and the capacity to see on the inside, and she said, "Put it inside them; they'll never find it there."  And the Creator said, "It is done."

by Unpublished


In 2018, let's all remember the answers to our prayers, the guidance for our decisions, and the JOY we all so DESIRE, resides within us, Always.   
GO WITHIN!!

Nerdmaste,

Jeffrey Louis Martinez

How Would Your Life CHANGE If You KNEW You Couldn't FAIL..?!?

TODAY'S “MYTHOLOGICAL MAGIC”

~~  From (THE CROW)

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Ok!  I want to ask you all a question.  And us being just three days into the New Year, I think it's perfect timing to confront your answer to the following:  What would your life look like if you KNEW that failure did not exist?  It wasn't even a concept that held any tangible meaning for you. Would you still be at your current job/career?  Where would you be living of your choice not limited to ANYWHERE in the world?  How many fantastic ideas and wonderful businesses would have you started that could assist and support real world problems we all face?  The possibilities seem endless, don't they?!

I recently came across a truly paradigm shifting video from ‘Business Insider’ that was both fascinating and struck a chord that I had such a strong urge to share with all of you!  

The video was an interview with the CEO and Founder of the company SPANX, Sara Blakely.  For those of you unfamiliar,  SPANX is an uber successful women's fine apparel company that has been the talk of the Silicon Valley set for a number of years.  Sara is a true icon and trailblazer in her industry.  And after devouring this video several times, it is quite apparent why she had the intestinal fortitude to strike out on her own engaging the fear of failure as a lexicon of the unimaginable. 

The interview starts with Sara retelling stories of her childhood dinner conversations as her dad would pepper her and her brother with a singular question each and every week.  That being, “So tell me, what did you fail at this week?” Quite an unusual declaration by most parents standards and certainly antithetical to the information most parents are seeking to ascertain.  Such as, so tell me how how your week went?!  Anything great happen?!   Or, were my parents the only ones to ask that ?!  LOL

But there was a definite method behind his intention of this form of questioning, that formed a core sense of strength and reframing of the notion of failure for Sara and her brother.  Sara recalls telling her dad, “Dad, dad, I tried out for cheerleading this week and I failed miserably.  I was horrible!”
To which her dad would retort, without skipping a beat, “Give me a high five, way to go!!”

Sara said that as unconventional as this may seem, it actually helped her reframe her definition of failure.  “Failure for me became NOT TRYING, and not just the OUTCOME.” she said.  She continues by saying , “So many people don't start that business, don't go out and create the art they want to create, or try out for the play they want to be in.  Or whatever it is, all from the FEAR OF FAILURE.  Once YOU REFRAME THAT FOR YOURSELF AND BELIEVE THAT FAILURE IS ONLY NOT TRYING, life starts to open up,” she said.

Now here is where her father doled out the SECRET SAUCE to this paradigm shift.  He would tell her that anytime she felt she had failed, or got embarrassed by a certain situation, to come home that night, and WRITE DOWN THE HIDDEN GIFTS IN THAT EXPERIENCE!

Sara said that after putting this into practice, she realized that there was a hidden NUGGET of wisdom that she wouldn't have wanted to pass up. An experience of truth and wisdom for her Heroine's Journey.  

“At SPANX, to encourage people to fail, I am bringing up my failures in front of the team often.  I call them OOPS.  And at the end of the day, if you can learn from it, and laugh about it, than it was all worth it!” she espoused.

Personally, I absolutely Love, Love, Love (you get the idea lol) the idea of reinterpreting the term Failure as an OOPS.  Is it just me, or doesn't that shift FEEL SO MUCH BETTER?!?  

I have a suggestion for all you New Age Nerds!  What would it look like if you each did just ONE thing a week that absolutely scared the JOOJOO out of you.  And make sure to remember that the only TRUE form of Failure is not trying.  For as famed and inspirational author Robert Allen said, "THERE IS NO FAILURE.  ONLY FEEDBACK."  As long as you TRY-----  BOOM!!  

I am interested to see the miracles that start to manifest into your lives by incorporating this Paradigm shift into your daily DOINGNESS!

Nerdmaste,

Jeffrey Louis Martinez

It's THE NEW YEAR..Here Is How to Make Your RESOLUTIONS Become REALITY..!!!!

TODAY'S INSPIRATIONAL “MYTHOLOGICAL MAGIC”

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Are you currently feeling like your dreams will never come true?  That you are DOING literally everything you can think of to manifest a life that envisions your most heartfelt desires, yet it often FEELS like you are moving in the opposite direction?  It may be time to take your dreams and desires to the ER!  STAT!  

And NO, I AM not referring to the Emergency Room.  I mean it may be time to start reversing the manifestation process you are currently using, by STARTING at the END RESULT! (ER)  You see, most of us are not aware that our experiences, dreams, and desires come to us in a process that is exactly the REVERSE order shown to us by our physical senses.  I was first introduced to this version of the Universal Law by Mike Dooley in his life changing book ‘Manifesting Change.’  Many of you reading this may already be aware of Mike from his ‘Notes To The Universe’ e-mails and books.  And if you are not on his e-mail list to receive daily writings, I highly suggest you go to his website, www.tut.com, and sign up!  I'll wait while you go do it!  LOL

After reading and then implementing many of the techniques he outlines in his book, my life began to change in the most miraculous of ways.   And QUICKLY!  It's no coincidence that when I get disconnected from SOURCE and forget to implement these Universal Laws, well, life goes to Hell In a Handbasket.  Nooooo fun!! 

This passage from his book perfectly illustrates how things actually manifest in this energy matrix we are all living within.  Mike writes, “The Universe didn't think small and then bigger and bigger and bigger.   The Universe didn't sit down and say, “Oh my gosh, science!  Almost forgot science.  We're going to need biology, chemistry, physics, quantum physics- OH- and math.  We're going to need a lot of math for reality!”  No, the Universe wasn't assembled on a timeline!  Though that's how we typically assess ANY creation- using our physical senses alone, thinking in terms of beginnings, middles, and ends.  Completely forgetting that time is an illusion. Instead, the Universe simply began with the END RESULT: the spectacular beauty, the impossible perfection, and the infinite vastness. And in that instant all of the mathematics, all of the sciences,  everything necessary to support life as we now know it in time in space, fell into place. In an instant! The starting point of all creation, and certainly with any change we wish to manifest, is WITH THE DESIRED END RESULT IN MIND.”

Yet how many of you can honestly say your manifestation process begins with the End Result in mind.? And I am not talking about a vague mental image of what you want to accomplish or create!  I mean a complete blueprint that is powerful enough within your Being that you can even FEEL, SMELL, and SENSE what that desire looks like!  

To help assist you along this new path and for many of you a new Paradigm of thinking about how to create the life you always dreamed of, I am going to give you these suggestions as a process you can begin implementing TODAY!

1)  Start by creating a mental image of what the END RESULT of that which you desire looks like.  Make it as vivid, colorful, and as rich in details as you can.  Until you can literally feel your body tremble with anticipation as though it already exists!  

2)  TAKE ACTION!  The second step involves moving in the general direction of your dreams and desires.  Sorry to break it to ya, but having a vision board and loafing around on a sofa waiting for your dreams to manifest just ain't gonna happen.  EVER!  It's perfectly OK to start with small steps to strengthen your belief in the process.  But  you must make that call, write that e-mail, start that blog, send out those resumes.  Just move in the general direction toward what your desire.

3)  This is where the Universe comes into play to assist you in the most profound of ways.  For as soon as you finish the first two steps, the Universe creates as Mike writes, “A brand new NOW.  This can be a bit jarring because we don't expect the process to culminate in a brand new now.  Usually, we think the Journey begins NOW and finishes later.  The starting point of ALL physical change is in thought, which is the ONLY place the power of NOW exists.”

4) VISUALIZATION!  As you go about with tangible action steps each and every day, take five to ten minutes to stop and visualize the END RESULT you seek to manifest.  I find a quiet place, and do a quick meditation.  And then mentally paint the picture that contains the new and desired END RESULT in my mind's eye AS IF I AM LIVING IT NOW.  I then inject real emotion into the mental image, allowing myself to FEEL what it's like to live in this vision of NOW.  
Mike describes the process this way, “Your vision then begins attracting itself to you as life's MAGIC, programmed by your chosen END RESULTS.  Put the right people in the right place at the right time on your path.  You just need to be physically out there in the real world (step 2) showing up where you can be reached.  The Universe will always do the hard part of figuring out (forcing) the HOWS, which is the virtual incalculable part.  All we have to do is define whatever it is we want or the changes we wish to experience in terms of the end result. Define them as if they were already there (visualize) and then simply begin moving in the general direction of your dreams, knocking on doors, and turning over stones.”   I REPEAT, nothing in your life will change without persistent ACTION STEPS!

Now, before any of you stop reading, thinking all this to be a little too Woo-Woo for your sensibility, I will finish with a recent story that perfectly illustrates how this all really does work!  Just a few short weeks ago, I had made a decision to manifest a job that would allow me to work from home, back in the podcasting world I love so much, making a great deal of money, yet still leaving enough time for me to continue growing my coaching business.  One night I sat down and followed the EXACT steps from above.  I started with the END RESULT in my mind's eye.  I allowed myself to feel how this job would change my life.  The emotions I would experience getting up everyday to start the day.  The kindness and support of a boss and team members that would co-create blissful moments of work well done!  I then began the process of perusing the internet for jobs that fit the bill.  Here is where the magic happened.  Three nights later, I jumped on LinkedIn and saw that just three minutes earlier, a former colleague of mine had posted a blog about her new gig working for a new podcast advertising network!  I immediately reached out to her to congratulate her for her accomplishment on the new job.  It was for a company that had just started the process of entering the US marketplace, so I decided that evening to craft a cover letter and arbitrarily e-mailed it to the company's Director of Sales.  And guess what?!!?   In two short weeks, I was offered a job with the company covering the Mid-Atlantic, and NY territory!!  And I get to work from home!   And my team members are some of the smartest, authentic, and kind people I have yet to meet in corporate America.  If that isn't proof enough that this process is part of a tangible Universal Law of manifestation, then I have no idea what could............

I hope many of you incorporate this process into your own lives.  In fact, start today!  There is no time like the NOW!!

Nerdmaste,

Jeffrey Louis Martinez