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A Commentary on Our Culture

This morning, when reading a political column asking for reader input, I found myself wanting to respond.

It all began with a request to comment on the recent firing of shock jock, Imus, and his recent bad judgment and public faux pas. To me, as disrespectful as his choice in language was, his behaviors and society's response, are indicative of a larger issue and opportunity we have as a culture and as a human race.

Bad choice in words on Imus’s part, yet quite typical of shock jocks and quite revealing of lack of judgment on his part. Words however are not necessarily revealing of true character – as a society we say, on one hand, “It’s not what you say, it’s what you do,” but just look at how obsessed we have become on catching people put their foot in their mouth and then permanently define who they are based on one really stupid rant.

My sense is there was not much of choice on the part of the network, however, our societal tendency to crush people for one mistake is a symptom of a fundamental lack of forgiveness and an ongoing tendency to immediately look to someone to take the heat and blame for a whole slew of historical missteps and misjudgments.

Conservative or liberal, we have seen inappropriate commentaries, insults and unacceptable behavior and comments from public figures for years. If you just surf TV channels, news stations, political ads, reality TV, gossip columns, and the Internet you will find lots of evidence that Americans have become addicted to fear, gossip, conflict and drama. We love conflict, love slamming people and look for every opportunity to take people down by magnifying one comment or a major slip in behavior and completely dismiss what may, on some level be a lifetime of contribution.

Why?

Because as a society we LOVE to Hate. We love to gossip. We love to finger point and blame. We focus on the symptoms (behaviors) and not the root causes (our values and beliefs). We love to emphasize everyone else’s mistakes and screw ups as a way to distract us from truth and personal responsibility for what we have collectively created in our society. We vote people into office, we watch trashy news and television, buy trashy magazines, papers, movies and music and seem to forget that "what we ask for is what we get."

What sells stays and let’s face it, conflict, fear, drama, and gossip are staples of American culture and on a fundamental level we love to stay in resentment and fear and are incredibly unforgiving.

Mel Gibson, Ann Coulter, Bill O’Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, and an army of disrespectful conservatives are still making a very good living talking trash and spreading hate and ultimately it seems regardless of their missteps, as a society we seem to be OK with letting them continue. Michael Richards, Don Imus, The Dixie Chicks, now even Alec Baldwin, get caught with their pants down and we see firings, boycotts and ruined careers.

Music and videos that objectify women, sex and violence make millions. Howard Stearn, one of the most disrespectful people on the planet, has a consistent following of lovers and haters, yet more evidence of the addiction to conflict and hatred in our society.

Ann Coulter receives lots of laughter and clapping (not to mention money) from her audiences, some of whom I am sure got on the anti-Imus bandwagon. George Bush says stupid things all the time and got re-elected.

Heck, we can all look back over our lives and find tons of things we each wish we hadn’t said and done– thank God our spouses, families and children are forgiving and a lot of this occurred behind closed doors without a tape recorder or video camera to catch us in bad moments wrought with bad judgment and angry or hurt hearts. If you are honest, you’ll also find lots of things you thought but didn’t say and are probably glad you didn’t.

So, should Imus have gotten fired? Yes, I suppose so…and, his behavior (and other’s) and the world’s responses are only symptoms and reflections of a multitude of larger issues in our society that we refuse to address with honesty, truthfulness, and cooperation.

Polarization, either/or thinking, divisiveness and making people wrong have become what we are about as a society. These habits alone make it very difficult to come together on anything so we stay in perpetual conflict and on some level love it.

Freedom of Speech is great when we exercise decency and good choices. Personal accountability and honesty; and I mean true representation of truth and facts, not just opinions or beliefs, is what we really need to be focusing on in our society. Being a little nicer wouldn’t hurt either and frankly, we are not very nice and certainly not forgiving.

Let’s be honest. Hate breeds hate and we keep coming back for refills. Until we stop, the principle of supply and demand rules…

Until we raise our own consciousness and engage in behaviors that are more consistent with what we want to create, first beginning with ourselves and in our own personal lives, how can we expect others to do so?

It's time to come together and heal ourselves from this addiction to conflict, hate, gossip and drama. It's time to take a higher level of responsibility for our own choices and stop looking to slam others as a way to make ourselves feel better.

Ready to do something about it and join together in a positive way? Unite for healing and peace at www.unitedforhealing.com

Namaste, Anita

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Life Sucks...And Then...

The last few days have been tough. Heck, the last few years have been tough for a lot of people.

Recently, however, there seems to be a huge increase in the challenges faced by so many. To tell you the truth, even Brent and I are rethinking our path and the direction we have traveled over the last few years.

Yesterday, when trying to muddle through some of our own stuff; un-dealt with grief from a death in the family, and some recent not so great news that just seemed to be the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back, I had several email and phone conversations with people dealing with a lot of loss.

I know this is tough and for whatever reason, a lot of us are really struggling and getting down to the core ick.

Honestly, I have not talked to any of my colleagues recently who are not struggling with something. Health, money, lost contracts, squished hopes; quite frankly, most of us in service are really struggling and on some level asking ourselves the big WHY?

We’re struggling with questions like “When does Faith Become Irresponsible?”

And "when does hope become foolish?"

A few years ago I left behind a lot of lucrative work to pursue a vision of being a writer, lyrcist, and coach people who were not just pleasing their bosses.

My husband promptly lost his job and there went security.

And then, my office caught on fire.

Are you laughing yet? Was it a test? Did we have what it took to do this work?

So, yes, we plugged away. Faith in motion, courage in action, always taking the high road, showing up for a lot of people and on some level, ignoring a lot of the signs that maybe, just maybe, we were kidding ourselves.

I mean, get this…a standing ovation filled with tears during a recent performance yielded 2 measly CD sales.

Another client engagement fell through and there went this month’s mortgage and car payment. (should have learned from last time!)

And, I received a statement that says my ex-husband now owes over $79,000 in back child support and child support enforcement has dropped my case because they can’t find him (He’s getting paid by the U.S. Government according to local law enforcement!)

And, to top it off some idiot (I behold the Christ in you!!) has done some major damage to most of the ways I communicate with the world, forcing me to cancel a program that I had really been looking forward to and really inspiring me to ask, “Is it really worth all of this money and hassle?”

I’ve spoken at two memorial services over the last few months and am most likely preparing for another one.

Don’t worry, I am not feeling victimized, just tired and sensing a needed break from the chaos.

I have risen as victor in some of life’s most bizarre tragedies and have never let anything stop me, but wow, what is up with the level of insanity I am seeing?

So, yesterday, when a dear friend reached out in his grief, I didn’t nix words. I didn’t have it in me to be sweet and perfect in my response…or so I thought.

It felt kind of good to let loose, so I’m sharing it with you today.

This is preparation folks – for what, I’m not sure but I trust that no matter what, we will all be able to look back at this last year and say, “wow, no shit, look where we are now., can’t believe I almost chucked it all and gave up!

If I had only known…what was only days, or weeks ahead, I wouldn’t have wasted so much time and energy on fear!”

But, we feel the crush of our broken hearts and grieve over lost dreams and we cry and scream and kick and suffer and get pissed because if we didn’t we’d really lose our minds!

And, then one day the sun is brighter, the sky is bluer and hope is reborn in the moment we wake up from our dream, or self made nightmare.

Trust, me, I am describing myself in this.

Sometimes, life sucks. 

It is f&%$d up and yes, a lot of people are screwed up and mean and do really shitty things.

The news gets worse and worse, bank accounts seem to be dwindling, interest rates and gas prices are rising.

Forclosures are up by 47% in the last year alone!

It’s all upside down – at least that I am certain of.

And then, our kid walks in and gives us a hug and says we are the best thing ever. Or our dog greets us as if we are the cause of the whole world being in existence.

In the long run, we are really just mad at ourselves for trusting, believing, wanting, trying, failing, loving,  blah, blah, blah.

And yet, we trust again, we believe again, we love again, we try again, we fail again, and we cry and get mad and hurt and feel as if we might never be able to breathe normally again – or heck, want to breathe again and then…it happens.

Again.

Something, something deep inside and connected to this crazy energy that calls to us to live again, love again and believe again, re-awakens and suddenly we are reborn into a hopeful existence.

And if we are lucky we do get our hearts broken a few times – because it means we loved BIG.

And failure means we had the guts to try.

And when we lose our faith, at least it meant we had it before and will most likely find it again.

It is the moment when we wish we could lose our faith so we won’t look foolish for believing, that you can bet we are heading towards a breakthrough…as long as we don’t breakdown five minutes before the miracle.

Just think, since the beginning of time, God is still around and love is still around…so, there’s gotta be something to them huh?

Sleep darling, and ask for your angels to come to you and fill your heart back up with hope.

Tomorrow is a new day. And then the next one is a new day, and the next, and eventually that sun will shine again and you’ll have a moment when you realized you went the whole day without crying.

And, you’ll know your living again.

And, in the meantime, check out our latest at www.brentlawmusic.com

Love, Anita

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Love, Faith, Forgiveness and Healing

The last few weeks, I must admit, have been filled with a lot of opportunities (a.k.a. challenges) to live my purpose, which simply put is to Raise Consciousness and Build Bridges of Higher Understanding.

I, being the main subject, was faced with confusing obstacles...twilight zone types of happenings, most out of my control and many causing me to take a real hard look at what is most important.

As one of my mentors, Dr. Stephen Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, says..."What Matters Most?"

When it comes right down to it, what matters most is love and relationships. I learned this 10 years ago when I made the choice to free myself from the bondage of chronic pain and a diagnosis that threatened to drastically shorten my life. The choice to heal my body (and mind and soul) caused me to also see that my first marriage was not supportive of me healing from a disease that was slowly killing me.

$20,000, 1.5 years, and a whole lifetime of lost possessions, a home, and a sense of security later, I met Brent, and my heart began to sing again. Looking back, maybe my heart began to sing for the first time, and instantly, I was given what I need to create the space for me to experience wholeness and healing.

At the time, I didn't realize that the decision to leave my first marriage would be so devastating. Unable to find a place I could afford with two babies (1 year and 3 years at the time) I moved into two rooms at my mom's house.

I'll never forget the night I left. Packing up my Honda Accord with what I could fit meant really looking at what was most important. It came down to clothes and picture albums. Little did I know that I would never see, let alone retrieve my possessions, yet, after a few months of sharing a room with my oldest daughter, I realized that home is not about where you live, what you own or what you collect.

Home was about being surrounded by the people you love. Home was about being in a place where healing could occur. Home was about being able to be authentic and receiving the simple blessings of living a life that fostered peace and joy.

Years later, when I look back at what I chose to "walk away" from, I am struck with the realization that it isn't the furniture, my computer, mountain bike, dishes, lamps, family heirlooms, or even my very cool mountainside home that I miss from that chapter of life. Interestingly enough, it isn't even some of my childhood possessions, like Cream Puff, my stuffed teddy bear who kept me company and knew all of my hopes and dreams.

In an odd way, it was the security that I miss the most - interesting since I was unhappy - but yes, security was what I left behind.

I am often heard quoting an unknown source, who said "sometimes the certainty of misery is so much easier than the misery of uncertainty."

Think about it. How often do we choose to stay in miserable jobs, relationships, thought patterns and emotional states because the uncertainty of change causes so much resistance and fear in us?

My whole life became uncertain. I was uncertain whether I would live, uncertain if I would keep my children, uncertain about how I would support two babies on a government salary, and uncertain about what the future would bring.

Thank God the pain of staying the same finally grew stronger than the pain of changing. I knew I was dying and I didn't want to. I was dying in body, mind and spirit and I didn't want to. Sometimes desperation leads to inspiration and in my most desperate hour of pain and uncertainty, leaving that night (and driving 4 hours in a blizzard to my mom's house) was the first step in claiming my right to "life, freedom and the pursuit of happiness."

It was not an easy choice. From a security standpoint, I have never financially recovered from my divorce, custody battle, and losing my home, years of hard work and countless possessions. Thankfully, along the way I also lost (or gave up) a bunch of illusions that kept me in my self-made nightmare for as long as I did.

All in all, what I lost was never more important than what I gained - love, faith, forgiveness and healing.

So, today, as I look at the current set of growth opportunities I am blessed with this simple knowing. As long as I have love, faith, forgiveness and healing (and this applies to my thoughts, behaviors and relationships), I am blessed with what is most important.

And, even if this was the last day of my life, I could easily look back at the living legacy I have co-created with my husband and co-creative partner, Brent Law (see www.brentlawmusic.com and www.powerofmyway.com ) and our five children, family and an incredible group of soulful friends and say, "yes, I have lived a good life, am surrounded by people who love me and I have touched a lot of people."

Sure, there are challenges and obstacles, losses and grief, and even a handful of people over the last few years who have taken great creative pleasure in trying to destroy 4 years of hard work and dedication, but there is also a whole lot of love, faith, forgiveness and healing, all of which exist at a level that never leaves if I stay present to it.

As I watched www.divinitymovie.com and www.thepowerofmywaymovie.com yesterday, just two of the co-creations with my husband Brent, I was blessed with the reminder of my own words; words that on some level will always mean more to me than anyone else and words that came to me as a gift that I could lean on when I found myself, yet again, in a time of uncertainty.

And as the sun rises into a new day, I look forward to greater understanding of the path I am meant to take. I am blessed with a body that is free of pain. I am blessed with a best friend who also happens to be my husband and songwriting partner. And, I am blessed with five beautiful children, my mom, and a handful of friends who have stuck around as we pursued our crazy dreams.

Could life get any better than this?

Maybe the outpicturings, but when I get real quiet, look inside and connect with my Source, I understand that I have everything I need to be happy - love, faith, forgiveness and healing, a recipe that a lot of people in the world could benefit from.

So, when you look at the news, your bank accounts, or your perceived struggles and losses, find those remnants of love, faith, forgiveness and healing and hold them tight.

And as we observe the tragic events that unfolded yesterday at Virginia Tech, with a loss of 33 young lives and the innocence of a generation, we can pray for love, faith, forgiveness and healing for all of whom have been impacted by the actions of what appears to be one lone gunman in a lot of pain.

And, we can take a moment to give thanks for all that we have, love who we love, tap into our faith, forgive who and what we need to forgive and heal that which needs to be healed. In a complex world, ultimately these are our greatest opportunities. This is HOW we create peace and joy in our lives. It is HOW we move beyond pain and it is WHY, on some level, we all exist.

Love, faith, forgiveness,and healing, topped off with a spoonful of gratitude become our life-lines in the face of tragedies and losses and time and time again, even in the worst cases, they truly become our bridges to joy and peace.

As a community, let us join together in love, faith, forgiveness and healing and be grateful for the blessings we have. Bit by bit we contribute to peace; first in our own hearts and then, if we are lucky, in the hearts of others.

Namaste, Anita

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Health Freedom (and others) in Crisis

If you are interested in Health Freedom, take vitamins or supplements and/or utilize and/or deliver alternative healing methods, you may want to check into this U.S. Gov't and Big Business effort to take over this industry and read this posting and some replies in it's entirety.

I've already been impacted personally by the big phone companies taking action to block our free telephone conferencing and Internet services being blocked by large companies.

Every day I lose access to members of an international community of people who joined the Power of Our Way Community (for the purposes of Raising Consciousness) and many of us who also have an Internet presence are being threatened with all sorts of big changes in Internet commerce, website accessibility, email deliverability, denial of service to my websites from Internet providers like Verizon, and now a threat to alternative medicine, supplements and alternative medical practitioners.

If this happens, many of us will be faced with literally closing our doors, unless we work for a Physician...especially those of us who desire to remain independent and are not represented by billion dollar companies with a stake and a voice.

I am already seeing an impact in my own business and based on the issues I have been experiencing, in the medical, pharmaceutical, e-commerce and Internet, global commerce, political, phone, energy, publishing and music industries, I am faced with a dilemma that will effect millions of small business owners and their clients and is making it more difficult for many of us to make a living doing positive work in the world.

There are even states that are moving to make it illegal to function as a coach., alternative healer, or hypnotherapist (all of which I am) unless you are a licensed psychologist or medical doctor, but for today, as I personally battle very serious issues with Internet service providers, e-commerce threats, telephone providers, and lobbyists for the medical industry that are threatening 4 years of completely dedicated work and focus, I am passing on a letter from the founder of www.HealthFreedomUSA.org

And, in the meantime, I will envision and pray for freedom for those of us who desire to make a difference in the world and surrender to the fact that although everything happens for a reason, we may not understand it until much later...

Here's to co-creating a future of free choice, free will, free worship and freedom in commerce...and here's to co-creating freedom in everyone's choice of livelihood for all coaches, holistic practitioners and independent musicians and authors, who give of themselves everyday, many of whom are just trying to not lose their homes over a dedication to their calling.

Here is the letter...Namaste, Anita

Founder, www.powerofmyway.com and www.unitedforhealing.com
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There is a crisis in health freedom.  On April 30, 2007 the FDA will close
the public comment period on a "Guidance" which will classify every
alternative practice as medicine so that only licensed physicians can carry
out the procedure AND vitamins, minerals, herbs, etc., will suddenly become
"untested drugs" which will be forbidden.

Bad?  Real Bad!  But public outcry can stop this assault on your health and
your freedom.

Spread the word!  Tell everyone in your Circle of Influence, professionals,
alternative practitioners, nutrient and herb companies, everyone!  Let them
know how important their participation is to make sure the FDA backs off
from this repressive course.

Please share this link with them and urge them to take action:
http://tinyurl.com/2u7ghc and you can
Click here: http://www.fda.gov/cber/gdlns/altmed.pdf

Yours in health and freedom,

Rima E. Laibow, MD
Medical Director
Natural Solutions Foundation
www.HealthFreedomUSA.org

Now, we do have some folks saying that this is being blown out of proportion, so you can also look at this recent response:

Dear Health Freedom Advocates and Leaders:

In response to the many emails traveling around in the health freedom movement right now regarding an FDA Guidance Document in the Federal Register. 

We at NHFA want to encourage all of you to keep focused on your local and national and international freedom work.  We understand that  you may be interested in making comments to the FDA on this topic.  Before you do we want to educate you about it.  We have read the guidance document and contacted FDA. 

This is our understanding of what this document is about for now and if we have further information and understanding we will inform you.   (italics in red are quotes out of the Guidance Doc)

1.  There was a Federal document drafted and put in the Federal Register in December of 2006 entitled:  " Guidance for Industry on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Products and Their Regulation by the Food and Drug Administration "  by the US DHHS and FDA  # 2006D-0480.

2.  Comments are being taken until April 30th on the document.

3.  The document is a guidance document and represents the FDAs " current thinking on this topic".  The guidance document reviews existing laws and regulations to summarize the many ways that FDA and PHS  claim jurisdiction over health care products or practitioner and in some situations, where they draw the line between which category of product they have jurisdiction over and which agency has jurisdiction.  "Products may be subject to regulations as a biologics product, cosmetic, drug, device, or food (including food additives and dietary supplement) under the FDA Act or PHS Act."

4.  The document states that it: "does not create or confer any rights for or on any person and does not operate to bind FDA or the public.  You can use an alternative approach if it satisfies the requirements of the applicable statues and regulations ...."   This document educates and guides about existing law and how often times the jurisdiction of an agency can depend on the intent that a product is used.  These issues are extremely important for product manufacturers and practitioners because they must abide by laws when they use or recommend products impacting health.

5.  For example the document shows how currently under the existing law, a raw vegetable juice is regulated as food but "If the juice therapy is intended for use as part of a disease treatment regimen instead of the general wellness, the vegetable juice would also be subject to regulation as a drug under the Act."

6.  And another example shows how under existing law, "the bacteria use in a probiotic product could make the product a "biological product" subject to the PHS Act if it was used in the prevention, treatment, or cure of a disease of condition in human beings.

7.  The main concern that we  have with this Guidance document, (in addition to our long standing opposition to the definition of drug which allows a product to change from being considered a food to being considered a drug if it is used with an intent to cure or mitigate disease), is that this summary guidance document has casually coined the term "CAM Products". 

That term gives the impression mistakenly that there is a new category of products.  Instead of saying "products used by health care practitioners", they use the term "CAM Products".  NHFA is very opposed to the use of any language that might suggest that there might be grounds for a new category of products in the future.  Even though this is a convenience based use of language, in an informal document rather than a law or regulation, coining this term is highly controversial because of it's implications.  We do not want this term spreading and used by anyone in the future.  So we are opposed to any use or coining of a new term.  The FDA should not use this term lightly given the history of mistrust consumers have from the FDA's attempts to block passage of the dietary supplement Act. 

This is how the Guidance Document eased into using this term:

"As the practice of CAM has increased in the United States, the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA", "we") has seen increased confusion as to whether certain products used in CAM (which, for convenience, we will refer to as "CAM products") are subject to regulation under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ("The Act") or Public Health Service Act ("PHS Act").  We have also seen on increase in the number; of CAM products imported into the United States.  Therefore, we are providing guidance as to when a CAM product is subject to the Act or the PHS Act.  ..."

We think that the use of the term "CAM Products" should be replaced with a phrase that says "products used by health care practitioners of all kinds".

8.  There are some organizations that will be giving comments to the FDA regarding this guidance document and hopefully they will comment on this concern as well as other concerns.

9.  One colleague noted that it was amazing to see the FDA actually admit that they regulate dietary supplements since there has been so much media spin on the fact that they are so "un-regulated".

9.  If we obtain an extension of the time for comment we will let you know.

I hope this is helpful to you.

My Very Best,

Diane Miller

Diane M. Miller J.D.
Director of Law and Public Policy
National Health Freedom Action
PMB 218, 2136 Ford Parkway
St. Paul, MN 55116-1863
Phone: 651-690-0732
www.nationalhealthfreedom.org

What's Your One Thing?

What is the One Thing You want to Share With the World?

Is it time to share your message in a BIGGER way?  And, do you want create and manifest more joy, fulfillment, peace and abundance? You are receiving this special, time sensitive invitation because you joined the Power of Our Way Community via the Peace Experiment, Divinity Movie or The Power of My Way Movie, or because you have signed up for one of our programs or received one of the bonuses that I have provided to select authors over the last year. It doesn't matter if your focus is on creating massive business results, understanding and living your purpose, or contributing to building peace around the globe. No matter your highest endeavors, each of us is connected through our desire to MANIFEST higher levels of joy, fulfillment, peace and abundance - abundance in business, in relationships, inner peace, global peace, and prosperity in love, life and business. . You may have read the 'Attractor Factor,' 'Professional Dreamer,' and 'The Power of Our Way' or have become a fan of 'The Secret.' Regardless, in addition to any sound strategy, method, or set of actions, you know that our thoughts and beliefs are incredibly powerful influencers in your manifestation work. There are hidden opportunities to explore - ways you can become more congruent in your thoughts, beliefs, actions, and results, and begin to experience the sheer and somewhat indescribable power we have to manifest our greatest desires. If you are familiar with my personal story, you know that awakening to my purpose in the world and practicing sound manifestation principles is WHY I experienced a radical healing and no longer face an early death. I manifested the most amazing spiritual partnership and family than most people can imagine. I have manifested ideas, tons of lyrics, incredible, like- minded private clients, and a little over a 18 months ago, a very bizarre but welcomed check for $50,000, just after my husband was laid off from his lucrative, albeit less than satisfying job (and began focusing on our music full time!). And, keep this in mind, even though I do strategic planning with my soul-based business clients, the ones who actually manifest their higher level goals and dreams are pairing sound strategies with their unique purpose and tried and true manifestation principles. Back in September, when Ghalil and I were teaching our Awakening to Purpose program, we asked a question; 'If there was one thing you could share with everyone on the planet, what would it be?' Asking the question of others caused me to also reflect on my current answer to the same question. It was simple. The one thing that I would love to teach and share with the world is this... It is to help people like you, discover your innate power to co-create anything your heart and soul desires. It is to help people like you discover your purpose and live the power of YOUR way. If you know me, if you are well aware of how drastically my life has changed in the last 10 years. You know that my husband and I have dedicated our lives to making a profound difference in the world. You know my passion for awakening people to their Divinity, Purpose and Potential. And you can see the power of how aligning with your purpose will reveal a potential in your life that is far greater than you could possibly imagine or dream of. Now that is so important, I need to repeat it. Aligning your purpose with your endeavors in relationships, reveals a potential far greater than anything you can imagine. Healing, relationships, peace, prosperity, happiness, fulfillment, business success - all come down to a few really simple, yet profoundly critical elements; your passions, your unique purpose, and your authentic expressions of passion and purpose in the world. Aligned with sound manifestation principles and practices and business and marketing strategies (if building a soul based business is an endeavor) your UNIQUE and DIVINE PURPOSE is the first key in co-creating and manifesting incredible fulfillment in your life. The last several weeks have only reinforced my understanding, faith, and belief in the importance of helping people around the world Awaken to Purpose. Just listen to the people who went through Awakening to Purpose in July. Those that actively participated in this six session, six day, intensive tele- program have experienced amazing breakthroughs. You can listen to their experiences at http://www.awakeningtopurpose.com/live.html and intuitively you will know if you are ready to fully discover your purpose, abolish self defeating beliefs, and begin living the life you are meant to and deserved to live. I am NOT going to bribe you with thousands of dollars of bonuses (although you get the bonuses listed at the main page on www.awakeningtopurpose.com or use fear and manipulation to encourage you to sign up for this program! I am NOT going to entice you with promises of instant riches. Why you ask? Because, my collaborative partner, Ghalil and I have developed an incredible amount of content (well over 200 pages) and a powerful step-by-step process that uncovers your 7 Keys to Awakening, and although we released ATP as a Home Study Course, complete with a Prep Guide, Action Guide, Journal, and 12 MP3 audio files (or CD's), you can now join us LIVE for six sessions beginning on April 17th at 12:00 or 7:00 pm EDT! We also recognize that what you put into this work - the effort and attitudes you bring to every single one of your endeavors, is something that we have very little control over. Your desire and commitment to discover and share your purpose, your willingness to do the work and, your choice to participate in and absorb the 6 sessions, complete the exercises and apply the principles and key learnings, is what will ultimately determine how much you get out of this program. All I can do is commit to provide you with the highest quality, impactful knowledge and resources and coach you step by step though this amazing process. I commit to walking with you, side by side as you explore the 7 Keys to Awakening. And I can promise, without a doubt, that when you do your part, your entire life, the potential that already exists, will open you to opportunities that are far greater than anything I can promise. So, this is simply an opportunity to join me in just a few days, beginning on Tuesday, April 17th and partner with your highest potential through the discovery of your purpose. And regardless of your greatest focus and desire right now; whether it is building a thriving business, improving relationships, increasing prosperity, or contributing to building peace around the world, you know that AWAKENING TO YOUR PURPOSE is absolutely necessary! AWAKENING TO PURPOSE is the foundation of every one of your heart's greatest desires. What are you waiting for? If you have not already reserved your spot at www.awakeningtopurpose.com/live.html keep in mind that you will want a day or so to complete your Preparation Guide and subscribe to get all of the HOMES STUDY Bonuses ! Hope to 'see' you on the 17th! Namasté, Anita and Ghalil http://www.awakeningtopurpose.com/live.html www.powerofmyway.com and www. professionaldreamer.com Visit our website to see your bonuses!

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A Dream for Divinity

In my 25 years of serving human potential in various forms, I have come to know the source of of all obstacles to creation and attraction.

On a fundamental level, it is a disconnection from one's Divinity...the connection to self, source and others.

This one simple truth; reconnecting with your Divinity, your magnificence, your unique infusion of gifts, talents, passions, purpose (yes...the REASON you have incarnated on the planet at this time) is what elevates your energy, faith and connection to TRUTH...

It is HOW you connect to joy and bliss - the emotions of attraction and intentional co-creation.

It is WHERE you go for strength and faith.

It is WHY you are here.

It is WHEN you discover how easy and effortless it is to open to your higher path and the abundance that follows.

It is WHAT opens you to the power of your own creations, allows you to uncover the Power of Your Way and enables you to see what is fettering you to current "reality."

If you are struggling with attraction and manifestation and hitting up against obstacles of fear, lack, worry and doubt, connecting or reconnecting to your DIVINITY is the first step you can take to re-align with the Universal Truth; The Law of Divine Connection.

We are all aspects of SOURCE; the Source of creation, love, compassion, truth, and knowledge. You may call this source God, The Universe, Allah, Jesus, Great Mystery, Spirit, Lord, Ram, Buddha..or any of the hundreds, if not thousands of names we have given this source of all creation and consciousness.

Partnering with your highest self, coming from a place of Truth, aligning in thought, emotion, belief and behavior REQUIRES you to open to and connect with your DIVINITY so as to open to your most authentic expressions of creation in your life.

Connecting with your Divinity enables you to discover how your desires may have been fettered to pictures, fears, expectations, emotions, thoughts and beliefs that are fettered, or attached to your desires.

UNFETTERING YOUR DESIRES will most likely call you and cause you to RELEASE THE PAST and visa versa.

Unfettering Your Desires causes you to shift into an awareness that your DIVINE PURPOSE is how you align with your SOURCE and honor a commitment you made, a request you made to come to this lifetime with a specific purpose.

There is a reason your were born, unfortunately, most of us forget by the time we gain the ability to language our thoughts.

On some level, we are socialized out of this connection to the Universe, and develop what I have come to call Spiritual Amnesia.

FIVE SIMPLE STEPS TO REMEMBERING AND LIVING THE LIFE YOU CAME TO LIVE...

1. Reconnect With Your Divinity

Understanding and acknowledging your connection to Source and your inherent Divinity is what opens you to a greater understanding, a knowing of your higher Truth. Know this and know joy and bliss, that simple. Love yourself in the totality of your being. Aligning ego, personality and soul is the greatest opportunity you have to discovering the power you possess to transform everything...

Resource: Visit www.divinitymovie.com and watch and listen until you believe this Divine message to your core. The two disc CD set (or download), Awakenings, which includes Divinity as one of the supporting meditations in your Awakening and Integrative experience, is available at www.awakeningtopurpose.com/awakenings.html

2. Release the Past

Most of the past does not serve you, at least not until you can look back and celebrate, with gratitude, EVERYTHING as a gift, a blessing on your pre-chosen path of spiritual growth and evolution.

As a "spiritual being experiencing the human and physical plane" we slowly forget the bigger reasons for our births into this existence. We forget the requests, agreements and commitments we made before we were born.

We forget that we are loved and adored regardless of what is showing up on the physical plane and we forget that we are here to experience growth through the blessing of free will. YES! We get to choose how we experience this lifetime, regardless of whether we perceive our experiences as blessings or curses, we choose that perception and underlying beliefs (albeit sometimes unconsciously).

You came here to become more conscious, more aware of your power. The experiences you have had over your lifetime only serve that purpose if we can look back through eyes of gratitude for the blessings and miracles that come through both joy and pain, bliss and confusion, lightness and darkness, "good" or "bad" (this very human tendency to label everything as either good or bad is also a source of great pain and moves us into illusionary thinking, thus preventing us from seeing the gifts in even our saddest and darkest experiences).

Resource: The new Releasing the Past Daytime and Nighttime Hypnosis CD's will transform your subconscious (your library of experiences and beliefs...real and false...that influence EVERYTHING!) and bring your being into alignment with the source of creation - preview Releasing the Past and read testimonials at www.powerofmyway.com/musicandmeditations.html

3. Awaken to Your Purpose

Each of us is here for a reason. You were chosen to be here at this time (and you chose to incarnate) to be a vehicle for fostering goodness and wholeness and to support one another in the discovery of our greatest potential as individuals and as a human race. It is our responsibility to discover our passions, gifts and purposes and to find the most authentic expressions that enable us to share our purpose, passions, gifts and talents with others.

This is where we find our deepest sense of meaning. This is where we tap into our true power. Being an expression of one’s purpose enables us to make higher level decisions - choices that support the principles of continuous evolution and creation. Living a life of purpose is the path to joy and fulfillment.

Until you find your highest purpose, simply decide what impact you want to have on the people around you and behave in ways that are aligned with that wish.

Resources: Access a free audio at www.awakeningtourpose.com/17 and join me in April for a six week program called Awakening to Purpose at www.awakeningtopurpose.com or www.awakeningtopurpose.com/live.html

4. Live the Power of Your Way - Every Day, in Every Way

Once reconnected and free of the self imposed burdens of your perceptions and non-serving beliefs, you can step into the unlimited potential that exists when you choose to live The Power of YOUR Way; a life defined and directed by your unique passions, purposes and authentic expressions.

When enough of us are centered in this, we collectively join into a vision and commitment to live The Power of OUR Way and we transform the collective consciousness, abolishing the dangerous spiritual myth of separation.

Resources: www.thepowerofmywaymovie.com and the transformational book, "The Power of Our Way; A Path to a Collective Consciousness" with a foreword by bestselling author and featured teacher in "the Secret," Dr. Joe Vitale - also available at www.powerofmyway.com/musicandmeditations.html

5. Unfetter Your Desires (and Unleash Your Dreams)

Unfettering your desires is akin to releasing the OBSTACLE ILLUSIONS that are tethered to your your dreams. This process enables you to get to the core essence of your creative callings and takes some courage and honesty (don't worry, you are supported by the Universe and your guides every step of the way.) Unfettering heals wounds in your heart, mind and spirit that cause you to "leak" much needed energy; energy to heal, create and transform.

Resource: Listen to Aligning With the Mastermind and Unfettering Your Desires, Unleashing Your Dreams by subscribing at www.powerofmyway.com/teleseminars.html

Be Peace, See Peace, Know Peace,

Namaste, Anita

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