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21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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21 Days of Fabulous, Glorious Abundance! The purpose of this 21-day, 4-session course is to enable you to access your inner abundance, to free yourself of any self-limiting beliefs you may have absorbed in this life or brought with you from past lives. My deepest wish is that as a result of this course that you embrace even more your potential for prosperity and allow opportunity, riches, abundance and a fuller life to flow. I developed this course to help activate the tools that you already have within you and to help you open up to your own inner riches. Each and every one of us has the capability of being wildly abundant…in many more ways that merely material goods. You can become fabulously abundant in life experiences, rewarding friendships, deep intimate relationships, and inner contentment. We will also be examining your core values and any limiting beliefs that you may have toward financial comfort and material goods. Not only will you open your heart and mind to abundance, you will also clear the clutter that may be blocking your flow. You will also learn tine-honored tips and methods for embracing all that the Universe holds for you. You have my immense blessings and love on this journey ahead! Welcome to the path of Fabulous, Glorious, Magical, Magnificent Abundance!

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Over the next 21 days you will… Week One Preparation: Creating the Space for Abundance with Clutter Clearing, Creating an Abundance Altar, Cleaning Your Auric Field and More! Week Two: Day 1: Where Are You Now? Day 2: What Are Your Prosperity Beliefs? Day 3: Core Beliefs ~ Release Poverty Consciousness Day 4: Past Lives, Present Prosperity Day 5: Abundance Timeline Day 6: Clutter Clearing for Abundance Day 7: More Clutter Clearing for Abundance

Week Three: Day 8: What Do You Desire? Choose Abundance! Day 9: Bountiful Vision Seed Map Day 10: The Power of Physiology for Prosperity & Act As If Day 11: Affirmations for Abundance Day 12: Crystal/Stones/Essential Oils…Tools for Attracting Abundance Day 13: Step Out of Your Comfort Zone Day 14: Miracle Box and Wealth Bowl

Week Four Day 15: Dreaming Your Life into Being Day 16: Connecting With Your Prosperity Spirit Guides and Allies Day 17: Time-Honored Feng Shui Tips Day 18: Letter from Your Future & Creating a Spirit Stick for Prosperity Day 19: Taking Action Steps Day 20: Giving To Receive Day 21: Stepping into Your Glorious, Magnificent Abundance

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Week One Preparation: Creating the Space for Abundance by Clutter Clearing

Start your clutter-clearing this week. Choose one room in your home and for every object that you see, ask yourself, “Does this empower me?” Or “Does it diminish me?” Surround yourself with objects that make you feel vibrant and alive. Release objects that make you feel tired, Clutter clearing is modern day alchemy. To make lethargic, or depressed.

way for a new flow of prosperity into your life it is important to clear out the old. From too many pairs of shoes thrown in the bottom of your closet to a jam-packed appointment calendar to 800 emails in your inbox all can block your ability to attract the abundance you deserve!

Clutter Clearing Overview

Clutter clearing is one of the fastest ways to completely transform your life. Objects are invested with symbolism, thus clearing things out of your home has a direct effect on your psyche. You are shifting the energy of your To make room for abundance we will be clearing our environment, which will in turn have an effect on your clutter…internal, external, mental, emotional, and entire life. physical clutter. Of course, seven days might not be not enough time to clear out everything, but it is enough time What Is Clutter? to put in motion the powerful process. Miracles can, and do, happen in a moment. Clutter is an accumulation of things that impede the flow of energy in your home. Clutter is sometimes tied to Clutter equals stagnant energy. In order for your energy identity. It can make a statement about who you are, and to flow, clutter must be cleared. Your home should can represent aspects of your life. be a relaxing retreat that supports your celebration of abundance. However, if it’s piled up with too much “stuff,” Clutter is any object you do not love or use such as: it can make you feel mentally overwhelmed with all the • Half-finished and never-started projects things that you’ve been putting off but “need” to finish. • Anything broken or that has parts missing This can lead to your subconsciously blocking the flow of • Unwanted gifts abundance. All too often clutter spirals out of control and • Things you might use (but know you never will) consumes your home, your energy and your emotional • Personal letters and old Christmas cards well-being. No wonder the flow of abundance is blocked • Recipes for dishes you will never cook by an accumulation of junk and clutter! • Stacks of expired coupons • Old make-up (it expires-check dates) 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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Magazines and newspapers you will never read Bottles of expired pills Clothes that don’t fit or you don’t like Odd socks and worn-out shoes

Remember: “Use it, love it or get rid of it!” Why People Keep Clutter People keep clutter for a variety of reasons. Fear of the future is one of the main reasons for keeping things you do not really need. You might be afraid to get rid of an item because you THINK a need for it might arise in the future. This may be considered “scarcity thinking.” You create your own need and stop trusting that the Universe will provide for you, by thinking this way. This belief becomes self-perpetuating, because fear of the future tends to create a fearful future. If you believe that all your needs will be met in the future, they usually will be. What you expect in life often becomes reality. If you are holding on to junk because you are fearful about the future, get rid of it! Trust that you will be exactly where you need to be in the future. No matter what your reason for keeping clutter, it clogs the energy in your home, your body and your life. Common Reasons Clutter Is Collected • • • • • • • • •

It represents security Out of habit It’s an inherited pattern of behavior Fear of lack in the future Evidence of past achievements Unfulfilled dreams (I could be an artist…) Sentimental reasons (I remember…) Self-esteem (I am important–see all my stuff) Fear that I will not be liked or respected without the belongings

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• It would hurt someone’s feelings I got rid of it • For spare parts • I might need it someday… Keeping Clutter Excuses • • • • • • • • •

It’s been in the family a long time It might be worth something some day They don’t make these any more They don’t make things the way they used to It’s perfectly good Nobody else will take care of it This is still worth a lot I paid a lot for this It is collectible

and your life. It’s easy to feel drained and tired in an environment that is packed full of stuff. In addition, clutter is often connected to emotional issues from your past. Your energy goes down every time you walk by that piece of clutter that subconsciously reminds you of an unhappy time in your life, a failed marriage, a lost dream or a friendship that ended poorly. This energetic cord can be a constant drain on your life-force. The Effects of Clutter • • • •

Can make you feel like a failure Creates chaos Can be depressing Can make you feel physically and emotionally heavy; it might create excess weight More ‘stuff’ often means more to trip over, more to lose and more to feel guilty about neglecting Can make you feel overwhelmed by things Keeps you tied to the past or dreaming of the future, not in present time Every chore takes longer

What is clutter to one person may not be to another. If • you love it or use it, it is not clutter. Also, something that is clutter in one part of your home might not be clutter in • another part. The challenging part can be discerning the • difference. • Why Clutter is a Problem Clutter is Expensive Clutter affects the flow of energy throughout your home It can seem frugal, budget-conscious and economical to keep things that you may need someday. Keep in mind that clutter can be very expensive mentally, emotionally and energetically. You waste time and energy when you frantically look for lost items or try to clean around piles of things. You waste money when things are bought and never used. You spend money when duplicate items are purchased because the originals are buried under clutter. It costs money, time and energy to maintain and store clutter. Clearing Your Clutter

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Clearing your clutter can be a deeply spiritual process. Throwing away clutter might feel like throwing away a part of yourself, as so many people identify with their things. When you trust the Universe will provide what you need and let go of things that you no longer truly need, you clear space for what is perfect for you right now. If, out of fear, you tightly hold on to what you have, then you may not open to receive the wonderful gifts that are coming your way. Confronting the clutter in your home frees up energy for living in the present moment. By de-cluttering your home, you de-clutter your life. Of course, this doesn’t mean you need to get rid of everything from your past, or that you shouldn’t be prepared for the future. It does mean that there should be plenty of space and energy If you decide to keep something, put it in the Keep/ available for the here and now. Relocate/File pile. If you are ready to release it, put it the Getting Started! The Initial De-Clutter Discard/ Donate/ Give away pile. Start small. Choose one drawer, one cupboard or one small room. Decide how much time you are going to spend de-cluttering. Set a timer or an alarm on your cellphone for half of the allotted time. Begin sorting things into categories (see below). When the timer goes off, reset it for the remaining time so you can finish what you’ve started.

And if you just aren’t sure, put it in the Unsure box. As soon as the timer goes off, put everything away and clean up. Then schedule a time for a friend to go through with you the things in the Unsure box. Ask your supporter to help you stay focused on the task, rather than on your stories and feelings about the items. It’s only human to reminisce about things, but remember to stay focused on your intention of de-cluttering your life.

Obtain three boxes and label them: 1. Keep/Relocate/File 2. Discard/Donate/Give away 3. Unsure

Repeat as needed until your home is clutter-free. Then repeat again as needed!

Ask yourself about each item: • Does this make my energy go up, down or stay neutral? • Why am I keeping this? • Do I really need this? • Does this really fit who I am?

eBay Tip: Many people get “stuck” on an item they want to re-sell on eBay or a similar auction type website. The tendency may be to keep the item, convinced you are going to have the next undiscovered Picasso or

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million dollar comic book. The reality is that you will probably never get around to listing it on eBay. Utilize a fourth box as an eBay box. Date it and if you have not listed it within 30 days, donate the items to a charity or toss them. When Will I Know I Am Through? For many people, de-cluttering is a life-long, ongoing project. There may be no true ending. This is perfectly acceptable, the knowingness that it is part of your nature and that you may be de-cluttering more than some of your friends is the first step to acceptance. For others, you will look around your home and know that every single item makes your heart sing and your energy go up! By staying vigilant against the encroachment of clutter, you will persevere and stay at relatively clutter-free living.

Charging Water for Wealth Charging water is like charging your car’s batteries. You are infusing the water with energy. Water that has come from a spring or from the sea does not need to be charged as it has already been energized by the sun and earth and air. However most water has either been sitting in a plastic container in a grocery store or has come from a tap and has been chlorinated, fluorinated and filtered and has lost its vibrancy and spirit. You may wish to first prepare your water by leaving a ceramic or glass bowl of water in the sun for three hours or the full moon overnight. You may even place a cleared citrine crystal in the bowl for 24 hours to prepare it for accepting a wealth charge. (If you plan to drink your sun or moon water please cover it appropriately to prevent contamination). There are several manners in which you may charge water for wealth, choose one (or more) that appeal to you. • Obtain water from an exclusive shop, store, or successful business whose practices align with your own. • Obtain water from a wealthy individual who personifies 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

the qualities you admire, such as gives substantial amounts to charity. This may be a bit challenging to do in person, so you may also charge your water by placing the bowl of water on top of a picture of the person you admire for 24 hours. • Write words that mean wealth and abundance on your drinking water bottle and allow it to sit on your abundance altar for 24 hours, then drink or use. • Obtain water from any source that means abundance to you. If this is a creek near your home, that is wealth water for your purposes. After obtaining or creating your wealth water, you may then utilize it in a variety of manners: • Put the water on your abundance altar in a lovely bowl. • Water your plants with it, affirming that the life force of wealth is nourishing your life as your plant grows. • Use the wealth water in an water element in your home or yard by adding it to a fountain or fish pond. • Float flowers in a lovely bowl filled with your wealth water. Water is the most powerful symbol for financial prosperity, as it represents the powerful flow of abundance. By incorporating wealth water into your life you will serve to increase this flow.

Clear Your Auric Field of Unwanted Energies Just as you accumulate unwanted dirt and grime throughout the day, so do you pick up bits and pieces of energetic debris. Your auric field reacts in the same manner; it picks up bits of dirt, debris, and unwanted energies that swirl around. Your energy system may also begin to attract lower vibrations as unwanted energies become attached to your “dirty” aura. Old patterns concerning abundance can also become “stuck” or “embedded” in your auric field. These

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patterns may be from situations in our youth that we have forgotten or suppressed but still influence us in powerful ways. There may be deeply rooted familial patterns that go back for many generations that are embedded into your aura. Or there may be patterns from past lives that need to be resolved, such as a vow of poverty.

Cypress, Frankincense, Myrrh, Cinnamon, Orange, and Lemon. Of course, use oils that inspire you. Bathing with Epsom Salts or Himalayan Sea Salts: Water helps wash away dirt, both physically and energetically. By adding Himalayan Sea Salt or Epsom Salts to your bath you will shift the electromagnetic frequencies in your auric field.

Just as taking a shower will cleanse your physical body, using a disinfectant gel will cleanse your body in another way, so will different approaches to aura cleaning support Swimming: Just as bathing helps clear your aura, so does you in different manners. swimming in any body of water. Of course, the cleaner and more natural the water, the more profound the results Methods for Auric Cleansing will be. Ocean water contains salt and minerals, which makes it even more effective at drawing out debris. Using a feather: By taking a feather that has been consecrated and programmed for clearing work, and Sunlight: Gentle exposure to sunlight encourages stroking it over your auric field, you can literally “flick” the shedding of unwanted auric debris. off or “dust away” and stuck energies or attachment-like energies. Use fast, strong sweeps as you flick the feather Visualization techniques: Use your intuition to around your body. Remember to clear the feather after visualize your aura, and sense any debris that this work is concluded. may have been picked up. You do not have to be able to “see” the unwanted energy, you Smudging: You may also use smudging to clear your aura. may feel it, or have an inner knowingness of Smudging is the burning of herbs, usually sage, cedar or where it is. Visualize clearing and shaking juniper, for cleansing, purification, clearing of negative off the debris. You may even wish to literally energies and creation of sacred space. Light the sage and shake your entire body and shake off the using a feather or your hand, gently sweep the smoke onto energy! This is a powerful technique that your body, starting at your head and moving downward. is also fun! Another quick visualization Move the smoke completely around your body, including for clearing and cleansing the aura is to the soles of your feet, as you hold the intention that all imagine a waterfall pouring over you negative or unwanted debris and energies be cleared from and washing away any debris. Allow it your auric field. You may ask a friend to help and you can to fill your aura and your entire being. in turn, smudge them. Use caution, and ensure the smudge When you feel the energy ebb, allow is completely extinguished at the end of the clearing. the clearing to be complete. Using an aura clearing spray: There are many aura clearing sprays available or make one using your favorite aromatherapy oils in a spritzer bottle of water (shake frequently). Spritz the air around you and allow the mist to settle over you. Classic clearing oils are: Peppermint, 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

Taking time to routinely check in with yourself will enable you to keep your auric field clean and clear and free of any negativity that may keep you from welcoming a vibrant flow of abundance and prosperity.

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Creating an Abundance Altar

Consider your overall needs and the activities that you do in your home and then decide how and where the altar The creation of an abundance altar is an act that honors could best fit in given these parameters. For instance, if you have small children, then you will need to situate your your opening to the flow of the Universe. altar in a safe place where busy hands will not be pulling The following is shared to help you create your altar “from heavy objects down on small heads. If you live alone your altar placement considerations will be different from scratch.” someone who is sharing a space with a partner or family. Determine a place for your altar. There are many methods you may use to do this, in actuality the best place for your Preparation of Your Altar altar is the place that works for you! After you have decided where to put your altar and the There is no one right way to construct your altar. The form it will take, you are ready for the preparation stage. choices that you make will be influenced by your lifestyle During this phase, you will gather your materials together, and individual needs. No space is too small to make an do whatever construction is necessary, select the objects effective and lovely altar. Size is not important. What which will be included in the altar, decide how you will matters is combining your clear intention with your very arrange them on the altar, and finally cleanse the energy best efforts to create a lovely spot representative of what of both objects and space. is in your heart. This is a very important step in the creation of your altar, because the basic energy of your abundance altar is established during its inception. The ongoing energy of your altar is dependent upon the care and thoroughness that you put into these preparation stages. In preparing to construct your altar, make an initial assessment of what you will need to do. Do you want to paint your altar area another color? Do you need to buy or build a table or special shelf? Are you going to use an altar cloth? Will you section off a portion of your bedroom with a screen or velvet curtain? Imagine viewing the altar from various vantages points in the room to sense the overall effect it will have in the room. Notice how your altar will affect flow of foot traffic through a room. Decide what overall feeling you wish to portray. Take your time with this step - you are setting the stage and the energy for everything which will come after. Altar Cloths: Altar cloths are a very important part of the altar in many traditions. Although it is not necessary 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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to have one, the altar cloth can provide a kind of context, a grounding, for the rest of the altar. It represents the foundation that the altar is built upon. The choice of fabric and color will greatly affect the feel of the entire structure. Altar cloths can add a richness and depth of dimension to any altar. The fibers and colors that you choose can be an additional area for personal expression and symbolic representation. For an abundance altar rich fabrics will set the tone for the altar. Silks, satins, lush tapestries, anything that feels rich to you will be appropriate. Of course, your altar cloth should be smooth and wrinkle or crease free. Representation of the Divine: Every altar should have an object on it that represents the spiritual or divine. At least one altar item should symbolically represent a dimension beyond the ordinariness of life. For one person this might be something from nature, for someone else it might be a picture of a spiritual teacher or an ancient god, for another an icon of Jesus or Mary. No matter what your personal spiritual beliefs are, we each need to believe in something larger than ourselves, and this is honored on an altar. Having an altar object that signifies a realm beyond the physical realms, declares your altar to be a sacred space.

Chan Chu, or “Lucky Money Toad”: This toad is a Chinese symbol for prosperity. According to Feng Shui, it’s purpose is to drive away evil, protect wealth, and increase income. Moving Water: in feng shui the flow of money mirrors the flow of water around our planet. Place indoor fountains in your prosperity corner or on your Abundance Altar. Wealth Buddha: Also, known as the Laughing Buddha. See Day for more information on wealth gods. Gemstones and Crystals: Many stones are feng shui symbol of luxury, see Day 12 for more details. Fruit: Overflowing bowls of fruit or images of riches. Place a bowl of fresh fruit, or a picture of the fruit, on your altar. Jade, Bamboo or Ti Plant: These plants are considered classic good luck in feng shui. Maneki Neko or the “Beckoning Cat”: The raised right paw attracts money and the raised left paw attracts customers, so you will often see this cat in places of business.

Rune Fehu or FA: Before the Celts adopted The Prosperity Symbols: Every culture has the Latin alphabet the runic alphabet was symbols of wealth and prosperity. Inclusion used. FA or Fehu means cattle or sheep, of one or more of these symbols may add so to have an abundance of either meant an energy of wealth to your Abundance great wealth. If you are of Celtic heritage Altar. this might be a wonderful symbol to put on your altar. 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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Salmon: To some Native American tribes, salmon was a symbol of prosperity, much as cattle and sheep were to the Celts, many African tribes, and Indian cultures.

Abundant Objects

Ask yourself what specifically represents abundance, wealth and prosperity to you. For example, a simple Colors: In Western culture, purple is a symbol of wealth lottery ticket may represent a chance at monetary wealth. and royalty. Gold is also considered a color of wealth. A check written to yourself for $1,000,000.00 may elicit a feeling of infinite possibility or a bowl of lush, ripe fruit The selection of the objects that you use for your altar may make you feel as if you were part of a rich tradition is important. Each item that you place on its surface of “old money” wealth. Put that fake million-dollar bill should have meaning and significance to you. This is what you found online here or use Monopoly money in this generates the life force of your altar. area as a symbol of their circulating prosperity. A bowl of foreign coins can also be placed here to magnetize wealth Your choices do not have to be permanent ones. Vibrant into your life. altars are continually evolving over time, and this change is what keeps them from becoming stagnant. So be Objects that represents the feeling and energy of “having adventurous. You may try some things out and find out it all” are perfect for your abundance altar. A model of that they just don’t work. Others things will turn out to a new car, an image of a beach home or a photograph of be exactly right. This will be an ongoing process, for as someone at a luxurious spa could also go here. your life and perspective changes, the objects on your altar will change accordingly, too. Actual money and gold objects are good to display on Be sure to take into account the ‘essence’ of each object you chose. An item’s essence is influenced by a number of things: symbolism, the object’s creator and origin, and its physical substance.

your altar. A statue of the Prosperity Buddha lifting a gold ingot over his head or the Chinese Money Toad are all well-known objects of abundance.

Your altar object may also have a private meaning which is symbolic to you. Each piece that you choose for your altar is influenced by many factors. Take time to notice your feelings about every object to see if it is consistent with your intention for your altar.

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Treasure chests or your jewelry (real or costume) can help attract the energy of abundance to your altar. If you have no actual treasure chest, a photograph of an overflowing one would be appropriate.

on your altar helps encourage those feelings that were occurring within you when you found the stone. Objects from nature can also have profound symbolic meaning. A rock can represent grounding and connection to the earth; a feather can symbolize higher aspirations; a gnarled stick An object that symbolizes the connection to your possible can represent the wisdom and strength that comes with past life as an abundant person will add the energy of the age; a piece of citrine might represent wealth. ages to the altar. Although the symbolism for natural objects varies Your altar should have clear energy on it; as a suggestion, according to custom and culture here are some of the clear quartz, clear water (periodically refreshed), clear cut meanings for natural objects for your altar. crystal vase for flower, clear colors...all dedicated to your being a clear path for abundance to flow into.

Objects from Nature One way to bring the beneficial energy of the natural world into the home is by putting things from nature on your altar. These objects bring the qualities of outdoors into our indoor environments. For example, a small pine cone on an altar can help bring the deep peace of the forest into the home, subliminally evoking the memory of soft moss and delicate flowers scattered across the forest floor where it grew.

Natural Rocks and Stones All stones and rocks have a grounding energy, and a natural stone on your altar brings the qualities of the area from which it came. For example, stones that have been smoothed and polished by the motion of the surf carry power from the depths of the ocean. Their spirit speaks of the surging changes of surf and sand. Stones found near roots of trees or along the base of cliffs have the spirit of the ancient land. Their spirit carries a richness of the dark loam of Mother Earth and her primordial secrets. Stones found in inland river beds and streams carry the flowing energy of water. Every stone carries the energy of its past, its composition and the area where it is found.

An object from nature can also inspire the same feeling in you that you felt when you first found it. Imagine walking through a mountain meadow filled with a wonderful sense of fulfillment, as if you had everything you could ever Polished Stones need. On your walk, you notice a small, white, smooth pebble. You kneel down to pick it up. Placing that stone Polished stones have been used for thousands of years on 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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altars. This is partly because of their inherent beauty and their light reflecting qualities, but also because over the centuries certain stones have been thought to represent certain human characteristics. For example, stones and crystals said to enhance abundance are; citrine, green mica, green aventurine or moss agate, bloodstone, Herkimer diamonds, epidote, jade, malachite, moonstone, peridot, topaz, smoky quartz, rutilated quartz, tree agate, and turquoise. For more see Day 12.

unique properties. Tiger Lilies, Goldenrod, Yellow Poppy, all represent wealth and prosperity. The most important consideration is to always keep the flowers fresh and wellmaintained. Remove flowers that are past their prime immediately. The Jade plant is also widely considered a symbol of prosperity for the Chinese and within Feng Shui.

Herbs Metals Herbs are often placed on altar because of their associated Metals formed into various shapes such as a goblet or a qualities. For example, sage signifies purification, garlic sword have been used on altars not only for the value to often suggests protection, and lavender can symbolize the skilled craftsmen but for the spiritual qualities of the peace. Patchouli, basil and cinnamon have been used as metal itself. For example, gold on an altar represents the symbols of wealth and abundance. sun with its associated qualities of wealth, magnificence and expansion, silver symbolizes the lunar qualities of Fruit and Grains the divine feminine force, and iron on an altar signifies Throughout history fruits and grains have been placed strength and grounding. on altars celebrating harvest and abundance. In addition, Shells they are also similar to the symbolism of the egg because they contain the seed for new growth. For example, corn Shells on an altar are usually associated with the feminine has been found on ancient altars and it has been suggested energy of the sea. Mother of pearl signifies the power of that it symbolized harvest, abundance, fertility, blessing. the sea and the moon. Pearls have been used on altars for A shiny apple can signify health and vitality and a peach thousands of years. They represent infinite compassion, traditionally has represented immortality and marriage. protection, spiritual attunement

Aromatherapy: Essential Oils & Incense

Feathers

The element of fragrance in your altar can bring a wonderful texture and richness to the overall energy. Placing an aromatherapy vaporizer, lighting a single stick of incense, or putting a small bowl of cedar chips, orange peels or pine needles on your altar can instantly create an uplifting feeling. Plants and Flowers Some fragrances that you may find useful for your altar are frankincense, myrrh, patchouli, cinnamon, cinnamon A living plant or cut flowers can bring a wonderful vital bark and more. energy to your altar. Every plant and flower has it’s own In many native traditions feathers are thought to be the connection between man and the Supreme Being. They symbolize the flight to the heavens. To ancient Egyptians feathers represented the winds and the creator gods.

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culture they are found in, from the Americas to Europe to India and Africa.

Animals Symbols It is not uncommon to place a symbolic representation of an animal on an altar. This practice has been in use since ancient times. Traditionally, representations of animals were placed on an altar to help bring the qualities associated with the animal into one’s life. The meanings for animals vary from culture to culture. They also vary person to person. The most valid meaning is the one that intuitively feels right to you.

For the Maasai, cattle are everything: food, material, culture, ritual. “I hope your cattle are well”, is their traditional greeting. Cattle are a symbol of wealth and a source of pride, and a person’s entire life revolves around the herds; from battles over grazing lands to procuring enough cattle to be able to wed to maintaining the robust egos of chiefs.

Placing a symbolic representation of an animal, such as a figurine or picture, on your altar can bring a deeper connection to the earth and the creatures of our beautiful planet, as well as help evoke the animal’s special attributes within you. Buffalo, in Native American cultures, buffalo often meant abundance, strength, good fortune, sacredness and more. “Buffalo Medicine” provides all things needed for living. Fish, in many Asian cultures, are a symbol of wisdom, wholeness and purity. In Chinese, the Arowana is called “Kam Lung Yue”, which means Golden Dragon Fish. This fish symbolizes great wealth and abundance. Fish represent Yang energy which brings good fortune into your home or business. Traditionally the Chinese place eight orange or yellow gold fish and one black goldfish in an aquarium to attract money. The number 8 represents prosperity in Feng Shui. The idea is that if misfortune hits, then the ninth black goldfish will die and absorb the energy of the negativity. Boars and pigs represent fertility and wealth in many cultures. In Celtic cultures boars symbolized courage and strong warriors. Native Americans recognized the pig as a symbol of the abundance of daily life. In Asian cultures the pig is a strong symbol of luck in financial matters. Cattle are, or were, considered symbols in virtually every 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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Pets and Companion Animals In present times may people place a photo of a loved pet in a special place. Placing a picture of a favorite pet on a home altar helps remind us of all the good times shared with that animal and keeps a place in the heart for this special family member. It can also be a reminder that we live in a culture that has the wealth to care for pets as family members.

Religious and Ancient Deities Some people find great comfort in returning to the ancient deities of our collective past. Welcoming the energy of the deities of the past can sometimes fill a need not addressed by the religious systems of our times. A figurine, a painting or drawing of the deity can be placed on your altar as a gentle reminder of the qualities that the deity represents.

Sacred Objects Whenever you place something on your altar that represents the spiritual ideals, you enter into a time-honored tradition because throughout history sacred or religions objects have been used for this purpose. There is power in objects that represent the divine realms, so it is very important to examine the meaning that the sacred object has for you. Prayer beads on an altar serve as a focus for prayers. A figurine of an angel with arms outstretched can bring the impression of opening to the heavenly realms. Sacred objects on an altar allow it to truly be a place where heaven and earth meet.

Color The colors used on your altar can have a very strong influence on its overall energy. Purples and golds have long been associated with abundance. The color of royalty, purple evokes luxury, wealth, and sophistication. Gold denotes joy, wisdom, royalty, and worth. Gold implies wealth and status in every culture, and is considered the most precious tradable commodity on earth.

Candles The most universal items used on altars are candles. Since the earliest times candles were not only a source of light but also a powerful symbol of Spirit. 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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The candlelight illuminating the darkness was believed to represent the divine spark in human beings. Candles were also used on altars as a focus for concentration and meditation.

A feather can represent the unseen, yet potent, element of Air. The element of water may be represented by a vase filled with crystal clear water, or by a flower placed in a bowl of water. The element of fire could be symbolized by a candle or incense (even an unlit candle represents Photographs the element of fire.) The earth might be symbolized by a stone, a container of sand or even a green plant growing Photographs bring a human quality to your altar. Photos in earth. By placing objects on your altar, that represent of someone who epitomizes wealth and abundance, in an these four elements, you are honoring the sacred cycles uplifting and inspiring manner, would be appropriate for within your life and deepening your connection to the an abundance altar. You may consider a photo of a place, natural world. a vacation spot, anything that brings the feeling of being abundant to you. Arranging Objects on the Altar

Special Gifts

After you have purified the altar space and the things to be placed on it is time to decide how you will arrange Special gifts that you have been given through the years the objects. You can do this either by using some logical can bring a wonderful energy to a home altar. When given placement plan or by relying on your intuitive feelings. a meaningful gift it carries all the love that accompanied it Using the logical approach, you first decide what system when given. In Feng Shui something that has been owned you are going to use to determine where things will go. by a very wealthy person brings the energy of abundance with it to the new owner. Anything handled by or from a A different approach to deciding where you should put wealthy person whom you admire would be appropriate. things on the altar is the intuitive approach. To go about this, simply place all of your chosen objects on the altar and then move them about until it just feels right. With this method, you are letting go of control and tuning into In cultures as varied as ancient Greece, early Celtic and subconscious knowledge. When you have moved things Native American the four elements of air, water, fire about until their arrangement is truly pleasing to you and earth were honored. These were the elements that might not have any conscious sense of why this is so, but comprised the essential elements of life. Without any one of these elements there would be no life on earth. By honoring the four elements you are honoring the four most basic elements of nature as well as the four quadrants of your being, for in many traditions each element represents a aspect of human characteristics: air - mental, water - emotions, earth - physical, fire - spiritual life force.

Four Elements

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at some level you will have achieved a balance that has an energy which is right.

Preserving the Energy of Your Altar

Dedicating Your Altar

Once the energy of your altar has been established you The dedication ceremony invokes energy into the altar so will want to keep it fresh and renewed so that it can that it will radiate out into your home and life, creating an always be a source of strength and peace for you. There opening for abundance and prosperity. The altar becomes are a number of ways you can do this. The simplest and a point of distillation for energy which can produce far certainly one of the most powerful ways is to regularly meditate at your altar. By spending time meditating at reaching effects in your whole life. your altar, cleaning the items upon it and honoring the Here is an example of a dedication for an abundance altar: energy of abundance within it for these next 21 days you “May the Creator that dwells within all things bring blessings will build a powerful and potent bond. to this altar. May this altar be a constant reminder of the Divine spark of abundance and wealth that dwells in each The power of your prayers and intention infuse the of us. Let joy, love, abundance, guidance, and peace fill these altar with energy which radiates out into the universe, items and the altar upon which they reside. May these items magnifying what is in your heart so that it becomes a bless my path to prosperity and open the gateways to the flow force for healing and action in the world. This energy rebounds back to you as well, so that you feel filled with of abundance” more life and peace as well. This two way process can have an incredible effect on your life, even as it works to continually add to the potency of your altar.

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Traditional Deities of Wealth and Plenty Ploutus (not to be confused with Pluto, who is also considered a god of wealth) was a god of wealth in ancient Greece. He was at first associated only with bounty of rich harvests, but later came to represent all wealth. He was blinded by Zeus so he would distribute wealth indiscriminately. Pluto/Hades is Zeus’ brother and ruler of the underworld and the dead. He was also called Pluto - God of Wealth, because the precious metals buried deep in earth were in his realm. The name Pluto was used by both the Greeks and the Romans, and it translated into Latin as Dis - “rich.” Lakshmi or Lakumi is the Hindu goddess of wealth, prosperity, light, wisdom, fortune, fertility, generosity and courage. She is considered the embodiment of beauty, grace and charm. She is said to bring good luck, and is believed to protect her devotees from all kinds of misery and money-related sorrows. Asian Wealth Gods: There are many different wealth deities in the different Asian traditions. Koreans and Thais have wealth Buddhas, Tibetans have Jambhala wealth gods and Chinese Taoists have a variety of wealth gods. The Chinese often distinguish between civilian and military Gods of Wealth. The most important of all of the wealth gods is Zhao Gong Ming. The civilian Gods of Wealth are Bi Gan and Fan Li and the Warrior God of Wealth is Kuan Yu. The God of Wealth associated with the three-legged-toad is Liu Hai. Dzambhala/Jhambala or Tibetan Wealth Buddhas are White Dzambhala, Yellow Dzambhala, Black Dzambhala, Red Dzambhala, and Green Dzambhala. These five Dzambhala deities are said to be the manifestations of enlightened Buddhas. Ganesh, the elephant headed god, also known as Ganapati is widely revered by Hindus, especially by those in business. His image in the home represents auspiciousness and wealth in all its forms.

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Exercises for Week One - Clutter Clearing Start with your bedroom, bathroom, or bedroom closet. These are the personal areas of the home that often relate to personal areas of your life. The bedroom is also where you spend the greatest amount of time. It is where you dream, rejuvenate, and have intimate relationships, so there are often powerful metaphors within the bedroom that relate to your inner experience of self. This is where you will begin the shifts that allow you to open your life to more abundance. If you catch yourself thinking, “It does not matter what the bedroom looks like, it is only me” that is a direct reflect on how you view your abundance.

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In your clutter-clearing, celebrate what you did do rather than what did not get done. Using the steps outlined in this section of your workbook, begin your clutter clearing.

Exercise 1: Clutter-Clear One Small Area Choose one small area within your bedroom, bathroom, or bedroom closet, such as a drawer or shelf. Clear and clean it thoroughly, and while you do, affirm, “I am clearing all that I do not need out of my life.” Notice emotions, thoughts, and memories from the past that occur while you do this. Be aware of the meaning that you give those items and why you have chosen to keep them. Remember this motto: “Use it, love it, or get rid of it.”

Exercise 2: Clutter-Clear One Larger Area Choose a larger area in your bedroom/bathroom/closet to clutter-clear. For example, clear all of the bathroom drawers. Periodically affirm out loud with intention as you do this: “I am clearing all that I do not need out of my life, to allow room for abundance to flow.” Words have power, and when you say affirmations at the same time that you clear out an area in your home, this speaks powerfully to the subconscious mind. Create your own affirmation that matches what you are clearing. For example, if you are clearing out old clothes, you might affirm: “The clothes I keep present me as an abundant, wealthy person. I feel rich in all manners when I wear them.”

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every item, ask yourself: “Do I love this? Do I use this? Or have I used it in the last two years?” If the answer is no, get rid of it. Use your affirmation you just created. Your bedroom, bathroom, or bedroom closet can be a place of refuge and renewal. It is in these places that you can refresh, revitalize, and nurture yourself. This is where you lay the groundwork for welcoming abundance.

Exercise 4: Create an Abundance Altar Find an area in your home and create an abundance altar as outlined in this section. Use items that support your feelings of abundance and expansion. Take pictures and record the creation of your abundance altar.

Exercise 5: Optional - Clutter-Clear Your Home Office or Work Space If you work from home or have a home office or work space, it will be very advantageous for you to clutter clear and utilize the beginning Feng Shui principles found in this section. Begin or accomplish this clutter clearing also.

Exercise 6: Begin Your List of Limiting Beliefs Concerning Abundance Begin a list of beliefs you may have concerning money, wealth, abundance, etc.

Exercise 7: Feel and Act Abundance Exercise 8: Celebrate the Abundance of Others

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Day 1: Where Are You Now?

rid of your attachments to feelings around prosperity— instead, become the archetypal Sacred Observer and Today we will take stock of where we are. If you examine your core beliefs, your ideas, your concepts, your are going on a journey you need to know where ego, all of the patterns and ideas that are ingrained in you you are starting from. You can’t get to Chicago if without judgment. Remember to be gentle with yourself you don’t know whether you are in New York or during this process and even to laugh a bit. A little humor will allow this examination to be much easier. San Francisco. For the next 21 days find the “feeling of prosperity” and activate this feeling everyday in your daily meditations. Listen to your meditations and instill this energy of embracing abundance in everything you do. Even though the way we perceive ourselves might not always be glowing, we are each doing the best we can. Our identity, our thoughts and beliefs were often molded by the circumstances of our life and by things that our family and other people told us. Schools, religious institutions, the ideas and ideals of the generation we grew up in all shape and form the person we are today. We then often go on to recreate those same, sometimes dysfunctional patterns, as adults.

Your identity is like your computer, it is all the bits and pieces of software that you have accumulated over the years. Think of a mish-mash of programs in the guise of ideas, perceptions, rules and “shoulds” that you have acquired from various sources. Every experience you have is viewed through these programs, these ideas, these perceptions. If you believe that all rich people are bitter and unhappy, you will see bitter and unhappy wealthy people around you. The problem is that you may not be aware of the beliefs about yourself and the world that you hold. The more aware you become of the thoughts, concepts, and perceptions you have about who you are, the more you can begin to really understand who you are.

Today, observe your thoughts and the situations around Remember you are not your identity. Who you truly are is you—become the Sacred Observer. Watch your internal so much more magnificent, remarkable, and eternal. You dialogue, and be aware of the language and words that are a spark of divinity here to learn and grow and touch you use. You may be shocked to notice the language you use in talking to yourself. A friend of mine laughs that if the lives of others. anyone else talked to her as she talks to herself sometimes, To be able to loosen your attachment to the identity that that she would quit speaking to them! has been crafted throughout your life, it is important to first become aware of it, to know it and to honor it. If you discover you are speaking to yourself in a less than Remember, the “Soul Loves the Truth.” Do not try to get empowering manner, consider substituting different 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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words for the negative ones. There is immense power in Exercise 1: Become Aware of My Beliefs words and you will shift the energy of the feelings around Around Money the action as you shift the words. List the beliefs you have around money. After each Changing your language can change your life. belief ask yourself, “What conditioning or circumstance • “I never have enough money” can become “I am creative has made me think or feel this way?” and write down in making ends meet.” those thoughts. Without judgment or evaluation, watch • “I am always broke” can become “I am becoming yourself, your actions, and your reactions. financially resourceful.” • “I am depressed about money” can become “I am a little Observe the language you use regarding abundance. Do down about money.” you use empowering or dis-empowering language when • “I am exhausted” can become “I am recharging.” talking about yourself, your life and especially your • “I hate that” can become “I find that thought-provoking.” abundance? For example: Maybe you know someone • “I am pissed off ” can become “I am a tad cranky.” who uses the phrase, “We are poor but happy.” Notice • “I have too much to do” can become “I am expanding any repeating beliefs you have about money. Write your my horizons” or “I’m seeing what I’m capable of.” observations in your journal. • “I am okay” can become “I am great!” • “I am all right” can become “I am superb!” • “I am good” can become “I am excellent!” • “I always…” can become “I sometimes…”

“I love and accept who I am . . . and who I am is enough.”

Exercise 2: Become the “Word Police” Begin substituting the empowering phrases for the more negative ones. Enlist the help of a “Word Police” buddy and support each other in changing the dis-empowering phrases to empowering ones. Have fun with this! You may consider having a five dollar bill you pass back and forth as you catch each other using dis-empowering words. Or drop money is a jar throughout the day and the one who uses positive words the most wins the money at the end of the day. 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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Day 2: Where Are You Regarding Abundance? Uncovering Familial Beliefs and Societal Ideas Today we will take stock of where we are in regards to abundance. We will use the same exercises and processes we used yesterday to delve deeper into where we are around abundance. Each of us has an inner refrain, a thought or belief about abundance, prosperity, riches, wealth. We may be surprised to discover we may have thwarted perceptions around abundance. Many of these beliefs have been handed down to us from long-ago ancestors, much as red hair or a knack for sewing seems to be inherited. Many of our beliefs around finances, abundance or prosperity were instilled in us as children. If money was a concern for your family, you may have fearful or constricted feelings around money. There may even be blocks toward abundance if you have deep-seated feelings of being unworthy to surpass your parents in terms of financial success. Or the very circumstances that would have created blocks in one person may have spurred you toward success and prosperity! This is the time in which you will deeply examine how you feel about prosperity and abundance as it relates to your family.

By exploring your own roots and realizing that you are the product of a long and noble lineage of human beings who lived before you, you will be better able to sort through your heritage and embrace that which strengthens you and to break negative ancestral patterns toward abundance that no longer serve you properly. Remember you are both the descendents of your ancestors and the ancestors of those who will follow you. Even those who have no children leave an energetic legacy that will greatly impact those yet to be born. Your ancestors are a physical part of you via their presence in your DNA, your genetic make-up, your bloodline. Not only can you receive physical characteristics from your ancestors, you can also inherit psychological profiles or even mannerisms from your ancestors. For example, the genetic predisposition to alcoholism has been welldocumented scientifically. More research is now being done on the inheritability of other characteristics; such as temperament, core beliefs, ideals and more. You are constantly being affected by your genetic heritage, even though it may be so subtle as to be virtually undetectable at first glance. By making the conscious decision to explore your own unique cultural and familial heritage you are making a profound decision to shift and let go of the characteristics that are not serving you and embracing and explore the ones that do.

Remember you are not eternally and completely tied to these feelings. By becoming aware of them, examining them and allowing the feelings to then be released, you In today’s world, many of us have lost the connection to are beginning the opening to abundance. ancestral stories and lore that even our grandparents had. 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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You may use this work as an opportunity to begin a search of your family history and roots. Not only will you be able to identify and shift patterns that have been tied to abundance and the ability to embrace the flow of wealth, you may also uncover other information that will greatly enrich your life! You may begin your search by asking your relatives for information, attending family reunions, and seeking out relatives you may have had little or no contact with until now. Exploring your family roots via genealogical research, such as can be found at the Family History Library at the Church of the Latter-Day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah, can provide vast amounts of information. There are many organizations available to help you in this exploration. Fascinating research on twins has proven that family traits are not only learned, they can also be inherited. Barbara Herbert, a plump woman of 58 with a broad, pretty face and short, silver hair, found her lost twin, Daphne Goodship, 40 years after they had been separated at birth. Both had been adopted as babies into separate British families after their Finnish single mother killed herself.

14, fell down stairs at 15 and injured their ankles, worked in local government, met their future husbands at age 16 at town hall dances, miscarried in the same month, then gave birth to two boys and a girl. Both dyed their hair auburn when young, were afraid of blood and heights, and drank their coffee cold. When they met, both were wearing cream-colored dresses and brown velvet jackets. They also had the same crooked little fingers and very similar mannerisms in how they laugh etc. The two have been studied for years at the University of Minnesota Center for Twin and Adoption Research, the largest, ongoing study of separated twins in the world. At the center, it was discovered that the two women had the same heart murmurs, thyroid problems, and allergies as well as IQs a mere point apart. The two showed remarkably similar personalities when given psychological tests. This is just one story on the remarkable similarities of twins.

For those who were adopted, you may find great value in researching both your adoptive and biological family heritage. If you were adopted and feel a greater connection to your adoptive family, you may choose to follow that bloodline trail. There may be no opportunity to locate or research your actual birth family, if so, you The similarities in their lives were jaw-dropping: both may consider using a guided meditation, or working with women grew up in towns outside of London, left school at a Soul Coach, to explore those connections. Even those

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who were adopted have often found uncanny similarities By utilizing the tools you will be learning throughout the in their own patterns of behavior and that of long ago, next 21 days you will begin to release these deeply held unknown ancestors. beliefs and create new ones. These new patterns will allow you to heal your past beliefs toward abundance, beliefs To be able to release your feelings toward prosperity that that may have been instilled in you since childhood and have not served you to your best advantage, it is now shared through your very DNA. time to become aware of these concepts, to know them and to ready yourself to release them. You will examine Exercise 1: What do you perceive were your ideas, your concepts, your ego, all of the patterns your ancestors beliefs about abundance? and ideas that are ingrained in you around success and abundance without judgment. Write your perceptions of the following ancestors, relatives and friends beliefs toward abundance. Remember, be kind to yourself. There was a reason that you have held onto these beliefs for the length of time you Mother have. For example, you may have respected and admired your father’s work ethic, but subconsciously also absorbed his dislike of the wealthy. This is the remembering and Father uncovering stage of being able to let go. Every life experience you have around wealth involves Grandmother these deeply ingrained patterns and ways of thinkingconscious and sub-conscious. As before, the problem is that you may not be aware of the beliefs about yourself and Grandfather the world that you hold. The more aware you become of the thoughts, concepts, and perceptions you have about prosperity, the more easily you will be able to shift and Grandmother release any ideas or beliefs that no longer serve you. You may be shocked to notice the ideas and language you use concerning prosperity. Where did this come from? Your mother? Your father? Now is the time to identify the negative patterns that have been passed down within your family. This step is the identification of those negative ancestral patterns. Strong negative patterns have a tendency to repeat themselves and ideas and beliefs around money (security, fairness, wealth, poverty) can be some of the most powerful, yet often the least discussed patterns that are repeated. You may now acknowledge these ancestral shortcomings (without judgment or blame) and begin to let them go. 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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For the next 21 days pay for daily purchases with cash instead of a charge card. Enjoy the feeling of the exchange of money.

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• Remember to keep a large (for you) bill in your purse or wallet at all times to give you a feeling of prosperity.

Co-workers:

• Pay your bills on time. Just as you would want to be paid in a timely manner, so you should pay others promptly. Visualize the joy with which an employee of the big, nameless company you are sending a payment to will feel upon receiving their paycheck on time. Put a face to each bill you pay. If you are unable to pay your bills on time, consult with your creditors and establish a plan for payment that you will be able to adhere to comfortably.

Others:

Exercise 2: Your Societal Beliefs Beliefs of religions you were raised in about abundance:

• Enjoy spending money responsibly. Savor the cup of coffee you bought, if you spent $6 on a cup of coffee, enjoy every sip without guilt, you deserve it! Celebrate as you pay the cashier at the grocery store, for you are blessed to able to walk into a store and feed yourself and your family so easily. Give thanks! Enjoy circulating wealth!

Beliefs of your current religions spiritual tradition:

Exercise 3: Become Aware Be more and more aware of your reactions around abundance. Ask yourself, “What has made me think or feel this way about money?” Without judgment or evaluation, watch yourself, your actions, and your reactions.

For a deeper exploration of familial healing you may enjoy my book Four Acts of Personal Power.

Observe the language you use about prosperity. Do you use empowering or dis-empowering language when talking about abundance?

Exercise 4: Small Steps Begin to incorporate the following small changes into your daily life. • Bless your money as you spend it. Hold it, thank it and gratefully hand it to the next person. Imagine the flow of money as it moves from the bank to you to the next person, around the world, a ripple effect of abundance. 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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Day 3: Core Beliefs Around Abundance

• Money is hard to come by. • You have to rob people to get rich. • I am unlucky with money. • The higher you go, the harder you fall. • I can’t afford it. • If I were supposed to be rich I would be, it is not my karma.

Observing Your Core Beliefs: A core belief is a notion that you have held so long and repeated so often that it has become entrenched into your subconscious mind. These beliefs are like a hum in the background that you don’t know is there until Examples of positive core beliefs around prosperity: it stops. List the positive and negative core beliefs that you have about yourself. After writing your list, think back to when you first adopted that belief, and write that down. Examples of negative core beliefs around abundance: • Money is the root of all evil. • I come from an honest, hard-working family. • I am not good with money. • There is never enough to go around. • Life is a struggle. • Money doesn’t grow on trees. • No pain, no gain. • Money cannot buy happiness. • Nobody can do the job as well as I can. • I have to do it myself if I want it done right. • I am too old to think about a new career. • Money is not spiritual. • Money is hard to come by. • There is never enough. • You have to work hard for your money. 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

• There is more than enough to go around. • Money flows to me in infinite abundance. • I have incredible determination. • Money equals freedom. • I enjoy sharing my knowledge with others. • I create opportunities where ever I go. • I am great with money. • I am a money magnet. • My family supports my success. • Money comes easily to me. • I am very good at what I do. • Money is energy exchange, nothing more. • I work at what I love and love what I do. • I am incredibly lucky with money. • Money comes to me effortlessly. • I succeed at whatever I attempt to accomplish. • No matter what challenge I encounter, • I always find a way to overcome it. • The more I give, the more I receive. • My life is guided in the right direction. • All of my needs are met. • We create our own money karma.

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Exercise 1: Identify Your Core Beliefs Around Abundance

Exercise 3: Determine the Validity of the Negative Core Belief

Awareness of your core beliefs is the first step toward being able to release and replace them with positive core beliefs. Refer to the examples of negative and positive core beliefs presented previously and create your own list.

Ask yourself is each of your core negative beliefs have always held true throughout your life. Has it truly been a reality in your life? (For example has every rich person you ever met really been unhappy?) Write down specific instances of evidence of your negative core belief being a reality in your life or that of your family. A fear named is often a fear tamed.

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Exercise 2: Examine Your Negative Core 5. Beliefs Look at each of your negative core beliefs and ask yourself what is the worst that could possibly happen to you if this belief were true? Face your deepest fear, immerse yourself in it and look at every angle of the belief. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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Exercise 4: List Your Core Beliefs About the Following:

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Exercise 5: Rate the Following Statements on a Scale of 1-5

4. 5. 6. 7. Poor people are: 1 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Middle-Class people are: 1. 2. 3.

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1. To get ahead you have to work hard. 1 2 3 4 5 2. To get ahead you have to step on people. 1 2 3 4 5 3. I’m not rich enough/talented enough/smart enough to get what I desire. 1 2 3 4 5 4. You have to have money to make money. 1 2 3 4 5 5. You have to have a good education to get ahead. 12345 6. It’s not what you know, but who you know. 1 2 3 4 5 7. Poor people should just work harder. 1 2 3 4 5 8. Poor people are lazy. 1 2 3 4 5 9. Poor people are not as smart as rich people. 1 2 3 4 5 10. The rich get rich and the poor get poorer. 1 2 3 4 5

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For example: • “I do not deserve to be rich” can become “I deserve riches and more.” • “You have to work hard to earn more” can become “Money is easy to earn.” • “It is wrong to have more than my family does” can become “My family rejoices in my abundance.” • “Rich people are cruel, mean, evil and crush others to get ahead” can become “Riches will allow me to be even more generous.” • “If I become wealthy I will lose my friends” can become “I will attract the best and most supportive people into my life at all times.” • “Money doesn’t grow on trees” can become “There is more than enough money in the Universe.” • “You cannot be rich and spiritual” can become “I can be rich and spiritual, money will not change who I am.”

Release…Humility is part of my sacred contract. Embrace…Humility is all about non-aggressive care giving. Release…...I have already had and wrecked my opportunities. Embrace…Spirit WANTS me to succeed. Release…I am a phoney. Embrace…My commitment stems from a deep-rooted covenant with the Creator. Release…If I put my happiness in external things, it could be destroyed or tarnished. Embrace…It is safe to let my deep-seated joy radiate to others. Release…I am a lost sheep. Embrace…It is not possible to be away from the Source.

Exercise 6: Releasing the Old, Embracing the New

Release…I owe the world (heaps of ) money. Release…Money is dirty. Embrace…I owe the world my creativity. If I stop Embrace…Money facilitates the manifestation of my life withholding my gifts, things will balance out. purpose.

Exercise 7: Grounding the Positive Release...If someone is better at doing something, I had better just let THEM do it. Embrace…There is ALWAYS room for good ideas and good intentions.

Write how your life would change if all of your positive core beliefs around abundance were true and in place. Have fun, go wild, imagine and enjoy writing your wildest dream. List at least 100 things you want to do, be or have!

Release…It takes money to make money, so I am at a point of stagnation. Embrace…Money is there for the asking. Release…Blessed are the poor. Embrace…Blessed also are those who bless the poor. Release…Material things impede spiritual progress. Embrace…Physical objects give shape to spiritual realities.

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Day 4: Blockages From Past Lives There may be past life blockages that are inhibiting you from allowing the full expression of abundance to come into your life. You may have spent one or more past lives as a renunciate, such as a monk, nun or priest, in which you rejected worldly possessions for a spiritual life. There may be a holdover from those lives into this one which subconsciously prevents you from accepting the flow of prosperity you now desire. Ancient vows of poverty may now stand in your way to the prosperity you so desire. There may be past lives in which you were wealthy and did not behave in an honorable manner, in which money corrupted you. Thus, you fear wealth and power may create the same effect in this life. Often, when other methods of clearing blockages do not result in the desired results, it is a past life issue. There have been many instances of people being persecuted or even killed in past lives for issues around money, wealth or prosperity. Remember, it is not the actual past life that causes present life blockages, rather it is the emotional baggage we bring with us from that life. For example, you may have starved to death on the streets of Calcutta and swore with your last breath that you would never be poor again. In other lives you may have also starved to death without the intensity of emotion, those deaths may have been viewed with more detachment and would not bring forward blockages around having enough. 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

Exploring your past lives not only helps clear blockages from the far past, but it can also activate intuitive talents and abilities that you possessed in previous incarnations. You may discover a talent that allowed you to amass great fortune in a past life that can be re-activated in this one! Some of the deepest and most profound issues are carryovers from past life traumas. You may benefit from my book Past Lives, Present Miracles or my audio regressions. There are explorations that do not involve a regression. In Past Lives, Present Miracles there is a Past-Life Clue Questionnaire which will guide you more deeply into your past life exploration. This questionnaire is a powerful way to begin to open the door for spontaneous past-life recall, without requiring you to go into an altered state of consciousness. If the study of past lives calls you, this book can be a powerful tool and ally. For deeper past life exploration, of course, consult the books and downloads mentioned here or consider working with any of the Certified Past Life Soul Coaches that I have trained in these techniques. Visit http://soul-coaching.com. For additional past life regression audio visit http:// hayhouse.com and or http:// itunes.com.

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Exercise 1: Past Life Exploration You may wish to explore a past life using a regression process on your own. This can be a profound journey into self-awareness. Embarking on a past-life odyssey not only allows you to see who you’ve been, but in a deeper sense will connect you with the true essence of your soul. Pick a comfortable place in your home in which to do it. Select a time when you’re not overwhelmed by external stresses. To use the visualization technique outlined below for past-life regression, you may want to create a recording for yourself to listen to; have a friend read a script that you’ve created; or simply imagine yourself on this sacred journey. (There are many apps available for your smartphone/iPad that allow easy voice recording, you can then listen to your own personalized meditation.) When you embark upon a regression, set your intention to discover a past life which is impacting your allowing of abundance in this life. You might consider saying, “May I discover a past life which has a direct effect on this life in areas of abundance and prosperity. May this past life be one that gives me information that will be for the greatest good of all”. Change the verbiage if you wish to do so. There are four steps for The Inner Voyage to Your Past Life Step 1–The Sanctuary: Relax and imagine yourself in a peaceful place in nature. This step sets the stage for a successful regression. Step 2–The Transition from Present to Past: You shift out of the imagined place in nature into a neutral middle ground before actually experiencing a past life. The transition stage allows you to enter your past life. Step 3–The Past Life: This is the stage where you actually experience who you were in your past life. Step 4–Resolving Issues: During this stage, you will release your attachment to that life and examine and resolve issues from that 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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past incarnation. For example, if you were persecuted in a past life for being wealthy you may be hesitant to achieve wealth in this life. Step 1 – The Sanctuary To begin the visual journey to your past, first allow yourself to become very relaxed. Then imagine going to a place in nature; this can be either a place that you’ve actually been where you felt at peace, or an imaginary place. This is your sanctuary, where you feel safe and grounded. Visualizing yourself in nature will help create a feeling of peace before going on to your past-life regression. You’ll feel the connection with the earth, and this provides a sense of great comfort for many people. The sanctuary increases your feeling of safety and well-being before stepping into the past. If you are not a visualize person, imagine the feelings, sounds, smells, touch, and the energy of your sanctuary. Step 2 – The Transition from Present to Past Once you’ve imagined a place in nature, it’s important to have a gentle transition before stepping into a past life. Here is a popular method that can help you make a successful transition. Bridge of Time: While you’re in nature, a bridge appears. You climb up the bridge high above the clouds. As you continue your journey, you descend down the bridge through the clouds into a past life. Each step takes you closer and closer to the past life you will benefit from exploring. Step 3 – Visiting Your Past Life After your travel from your sanctuary in nature, across the bridge, the next step is to visualize your past life. An important key to past life regression is to allow your imagination to flow. Imagine you have stepped into your past life body, take a moment 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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to look down at your feet and notice what you’re standing on. Notice the covering on your feet and if these feet seem to be male or female, or if you’re young or old. Feel your body, notice the type of clothing you are wearing and see if you get a sense of a time or an era. Ask yourself if you are indoors or outside and what your surroundings? Be aware of noises, smells, physical sensations, and most of all, be aware of your emotional state. When you become comfortable you can begin to explore your surroundings. Remember, you can always immediately slip out of this past life into your present life.

Start by getting your body into a very relaxed position, either sitting or reclining. Now take some very deep breaths. With each breath you take, and with, each sound you hear, you become more and more relaxed. Allow a delicious slow wave of relaxation to roll up from your feet, through your hips, up your torso, out through your arms and hands and up and out of the top of your head. Your entire body is now relaxed and warm and comfortable. Take one very deep breath and totally surrender and let go.

Now imagine you’re walking across a field. It’s a warm day (You may wish to ask questions of your guides to help you and you’re filled with the scent of the summer grasses. You clarify any questions that arise. If you feel so moved, ask hear the gentle drone of insects and the summer songs of your guides to take you to a specific time within your past birds . . . these sounds fill the air with a soothing, rhythmic cadence. A mist begins to rise from the fields and stillness fills life that will be useful to you in this life.) the air. In the distance you hear the gentle sounds of a river Step 4 – Resolving Issues in the Safety of the Spirit lapping against the bank. As you approach the river, the mists are becoming very thick. At the edge of the river, you notice World a sturdy bridge crossing it. This is the bridge over the river of Once you’re complete with your past-life explorations, time. imagine yourself floating out of that body and entering into a spirit world where you can begin to review the past incarnation that you just experienced. While in the safety of the spirit world, you’re also able to release old patterns surrounding abundance, deepen skills you gained in that life and connect with others you may have known. Imagine that everything that you experienced in that incarnation was for your development as a soul and for your growth in this life. Ask yourself what you learned during every turning point in that life and what the meaning was of each event? When you are complete, imagine that you are radiating love and joy to that lifetime from your vantage point in the realm of spirit. Embrace the soul that you were in that lifetime.

The mist has become so thick that you can’t see the other side of the bridge. In fact, you can see only a few feet in front of you as you step onto it. With each step you take, you know you’re nearing one of your past lives. I shall count from 1 to 10. When I reach 10, you’ll step off the bridge at a time long ago, before you came into your present body. Although you can’t see, you can begin to feel your body changing as it shape-shifts into the body that you occupied in a previous incarnation. Now, 1-2-3-4 . . . with each step you take the swirling, mystical mist seems to embrace you with warmth and love . . . 5-6-7 . . . you’re aware of a very loving presence guiding and protecting your every step . . . 8-9 . . . the fog is beginning to thin, the end of the bridge is near . . . 10 . . . step off the bridge.

The Inner Voyage Meditation You have arrived in one of your past lives. The mist has This sample meditation below gives an example of how to completely cleared. Look down at your feet. Are they the feet put all four of these steps together. of a man or a woman? Are they young feet or old feet? Are 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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you standing outside or inside? What surface are you standing on? Sand? Stone? Tile? Wooden floor? Grass? What covering do you have on your feet? What clothes do you have on? Do you feel more male or female? Are you young, old or middle-aged? Look around and note what you perceive. Are you in the country or the city? If there are any buildings, notice the architecture. Are there any people nearby? If there are, listen to them speaking. What language does it sound like? Are there any people who resemble people in your present life? As you explore and perceive this life, notice your feelings and emotions. How does it feel to be in this life? You’ve a few minutes to explore this life. Be willing to use your imagination. You may do it now. Now go to a time in this lifetime that was very significant or important to you. You’ve a short while to experience what is happening and to determine how you feel about these circumstances. Continue to go forward in time in the past life that you’re exploring . . . go forward to the time when you’re about to shed your body and pass over to the spirit world. How did you die? Was it slowly or suddenly? What people were around you? Where you reluctant or glad to go? From a spiritual prospective, the process of dying is seldom recognized as a painful event, and there is usually a great sigh of relief once you realize you’ve passed over. It’s like returning home after a long absence. You’ve a minute to observe this event in your past life. You may do this now. Now go forward into the spirit world. From your perspective in the spirit world, what did you learn from the past life? Were there any fears or concerns from that life that are present in your life today? As you realize where these fears originated, you know that they are not real, and it’s simple to release them. Just release them. You know that you can create your life in the present to be exactly the way you want it. You know that you can choose freely without programming from other lives.

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Now it’s time to let all of this fade away and return to your present life. Just let the past life fade away . . . just drift away.

Exercise 2: Past Life Examination

Now you may take some time and research the era of the As you move more and more toward normal waking past life that was explored. Go online, visit the library, awareness, you feel strong and empowered. You have stepped whatever method is best for you and learn more about the into your far past with courage and have looked at who actual time frame. and what you were. By this examination your present life is enhanced and you’ve taken a step closer to the divinity within When you have a deeper understanding of the energy of you. In the future, you’re free to explore any past life, and the the era, write down how it relates to your life today. knowledge you gain creates the space for your life to be more fulfilling and whole. Then write down how you can begin to release the hold I’m going to count from 1 to 5. When I reach 5, you’ll be totally awake and aware. Now . . . 1-2 . . . your body is healthy and strong . . . 3 . . . more and more awake . . . 4 . . . your eyes feel as if they have been bathed in fresh, cool spring water . . . 5 . . . wide awake and feeling great. Open your eyes now. Stretch and enjoy the beauty of the day. You can use The Inner Voyage Meditation again and again, or you can create your own past-life journeys.

that past life may still have on this life. Often miracles begin in a moment and merely going on the past life journey may have been enough. In case you feel as if you need to further ground the journey, now is when you can begin that aspect of this work. You may wish to discuss this past life with a like-minded friend, someone else in this class or once again, a Certified Past Life Coach. http://soul-coaching.com.

Remember to have fun in your past-life explorations. Enjoy the process and let go of concerns about being always historically correct—this makes it easier for your subconscious mind to bring up past-life memories. If you’re constantly questioning the validity of the historical facts of your past life, you can lose the psychological value of your exploration and it becomes more difficult to recall your past life accurately. Through the use of past-life recall exercises, you can open the door to the past and can begin to release limitations from past lives and have a more beautiful, loving future. Past-life exploration can help you gain an unparalleled understanding of your present-life circumstances and help open your life to abundance and happiness. After the past life journey please take a few moments to record your feelings in your Journal. 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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Day 5: Timeline of Your Life Regarding Abundance

powerless. Also, if you were the bully who took everyone else’s lunch money you may have established the idea that money was something that could be taken and you did not have to earn it on your own.

Creating a timeline allows you to examine your own personal history from the perspective of your Materials needed: paper, poster board, colored markers, abundance level. Problems today often have roots pens, pencils, additional embellishments as desired. in the past. What you are struggling with now may Templates are provided on pages 40-41. have begun at various times in your past. Creating a personal timeline is an excellent way to jog your memory and record the events and trends in your life. A detailed timeline can help you pinpoint exactly when and what caused a limiting belief or poverty consciousness way of thinking.

Exercise: Create an Abundance Timeline There are a variety of different methods for creating your own personal abundance timeline. For this exercise select one method that feels good to you and begin your exploration. You may, of course, create as many timelines as you wish to create. This timeline is to reflect major milestones in your life that relate to money, finances, abundance and wealth. Record any significant event that occurred around finances, regardless of how trivial it may seem. For example: if your lunch money was taken from you every day by the class bully and when you told your father you were admonished for being weak, you may have created a correlation between talking about money and feeling 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

Method 1: On your poster board, divide it into five or ten year increments and record important events of your life in each section. This is a relaxed approach and you may choose to have the divisions be circular, like a tree, along a line, much like a ruler, or any manner in which you wish to display your life. Embellish the sections as desired. Method 2: Use one sheet of paper for each 10 years of your life, or the template on page 40. Turn your page sideways (landscape) and fill out as follows. 1. On the first page, write your full name and date of birth on the top left side. 2. Under your name, write your father’s full name and age at the time of your birth. Next to his name write the beliefs you feel your father had regarding abundance. 3. On the next line, write your mother’s full name (including her maiden name) and age at the time of your birth. Write what she believed about money, in your opinion. 4. On the next line, write both sets of grandparents and their beliefs around money and finances, in your opinion.

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5. On the top right side of the page write: “The First 10 Years.” 6. Every two inches draw a horizontal line across the page. For every inch make a mark reflecting a year. Repeat for ten years. 7. Above your time line, jot in historical events. 8. Below the line, write in 2-3 word titles of events that happened to you or your family during these years. 9. As you review the beliefs of your parents and grandparents record any beliefs of theirs you may have adopted as your own–both negative and positive. 10. Repeat for as many pages as needed for your life. When you complete each decade notice what beliefs you adopted and/or released regarding abundance. Method 3: Freestyle, using a creative circular style you begin to create and see where the process takes you. Method 4: Post-It® Style–using sticky notes, write, post and move, as needed, the various elements of the timeline. Method 5: Create a timeline with life as a tree. Method 6: Create a timeline as a life as a river. There is software available for timeline creation, such as http://www.tiki-toki.com, http://www.smartdraw. com, http://www.timelinemaker.com, http://timeglider. com (presented for your exploration, not intended as an endorsement).

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Day 6: Clutter Clearing for Abundance

not! Once again, this exercise will quickly tell you what you can safely release.

More clutter clearing? Yes, absolutely! With every unused or unloved item that leaves your life you are making room for abundance to flow more powerfully into it! The Universe will fill a vacuum and by clearing your life of what no longer serves you, space is opened up for what does support you.

Exercise 2: Your Clutter Questionnaire For this exercise, answer the clutter questionnaire and then choose one area to clear (it does not have to be big). Remember to keep your focus on abundance as your clear. When clutter-clearing, it is valuable to be aware of the “I am my house” syndrome.

Every object in your home will bring your energy up, take it down, or be neutral, even if you are not aware of it on You have things, you are not your things. When you are clearing out clutter, notice how much of your identity is a conscious level. attached to the objects in your home and make a note of which items elicit the greatest connection. Many Exercise 1: Energy Up Energy Down people love books and have large libraries. There can be a tendency to equate having many books with having a lot The Energy Up/Energy Down exercise is a powerful one of knowledge. Keep the books if you love them and enjoy that can be employed in every aspect of your life, not just them, but keep in mind, books in and of themselves do clutter clearing for increasing abundance. not equal wisdom. First method: Close your eyes, relax, and imagine yourself walking around your home. Visualize yourself picking up a variety of items throughout your home. Notice where your energy seems to go up, and where it goes down. Do some items make you smile and others give you a sinking sensation? This is the answer to what stays and what is gotten rid of throughout your home and even your life.

Answer yes or no to the statements below: 1. Bedroom ___ I wear the clothes in my closet and I feel prosperous when I wear them. In other words, I do not have totes full of clothes that I never wear because: • they do not fit but might someday • I paid a lot for them Second method: Actually walk around your home, staying • they might come back in style in touch your intuition and how your body is reacting. • they were a special gift Notice where you feel happy and up…and where you do ___ I feel satisfied with the organization of my bedroom 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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and bedroom closet. (Sometimes the organization of your closet can equate with the organization of your finances). ___The space beneath my bed is clear. (In traditional Feng Shui items under the bed impede the flow of abundance). 2. Bathroom ___ All medications are current. ___ The items in my medicine cabinet have been used in the last year (such as perfume, make-up, shampoo, etc.) ___ My bathroom cupboards and the areas beneath the sink are clutter free. 3. Kitchen (In Feng Shui the kitchen is the room in the house that most equates with finances) ___The appliances (toaster, refrigerator, coffee maker, etc.) are in good repair. ___My kitchen counters, cupboards, and floors are clean. ___The food in the cupboards is less than a year old. 4. General Home ___ My home is in good repair (no cracked windows, faulty plumbing, leaking roof, and so on). ___ I am able to find things easily without a long search. ___ I do not have piles of newspapers and magazines that I have not read. ___ I do not have spare parts to things that are unknown to me. ___ I do not have stacks of broken things that I have been meaning to fix. ___ I only buy things that I need (and not what I already have but have forgotten about). ___ I complete the projects I start. (No unfinished or never-started projects lying around.) 5. Vehicle ___ My vehicle is in good repair. ___ I change the oil regularly. ___ I periodically rotate the tires and have a tune-up. ___ My car is clutter free. 6. Desk/Office ___ My desktop is organized and clear. ___ My papers are neat and filed. ___ Papers on my desk stay no longer than two weeks. ___My bills are paid, and/or I have an a plan to pay them. 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

___ I am debt free. ___ I spend my money wisely. ___ I am up-to-date with my taxes and/or have an active plan to pay them. ___ My computer files are only the ones I need and use (no computer clutter). ___ I de-clutter my computer/hard drive files periodically. Reviewing your answers should give you a clear sense of those areas that need some clutter-clearing. It is valuable to make positive affirmations as you do this. For example, if you decide to clutter-clear your home office bookcase, you might affirm: “I have received wisdom, knowledge and value from the books I no longer need to keep. I happily share that wisdom with others. My knowledge is safe within me.” Embrace the feeling of wisdom, confident and secure that you have absorbed what you needed to from your books.

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Day 7: Mental Clutter Clearing for Abundance

Exercise 1: Examine Your Schedule & Add Relaxation

Take time to examine the schedule of your life. Do you have an abundance of time? Have you scheduled time for joy, relaxation, friends and family? Look at your schedule and determine exactly, honestly where your time is going. Remember the saying, “Where attention goes, energy flows.” Is all of your attention going to a video game? Reality TV shows? Or is your time drain extra work? Or Clutter can also be internal—for example, having such a volunteer obligations? As you look at the hours you spend busy schedule that you are always overwhelmed. Talking devoted to different activities, what does the emphasis all the time without listening to others is also internal seem to be on? There should be time for self-nurturing, clutter. Always thinking, analyzing, rationalizing, or pleasure, and relaxation. If there is no time for these worrying, without taking time to be quiet and listen to things, make empowering choices today to eliminate nonessential aspects of your schedule. Make time in your your inner voice, is another type of internal clutter. daily planner or calendar for creativity, relaxation, and Unfinished chores, a to-do list full of projects, unfulfilled fun. Your soul needs to have fun. commitments, all drain energy, causing mental clutter, distraction and adding stress to already chaotic, Look carefully at the areas of your life that take up a lot overburdened lives. When you are constantly thinking, of your time, yet bring you little pleasure. If possible, hire talking, doing, rushing, coming and going; you have no someone else to do those tasks or delegate the responsibility to someone else. And of course, consider just letting go of room in your life for anything else. the time drains that do not serve you.

Even more clutter clearing? Of course! But this time it is mental or internal clutter…the negative thinking, the long held onto patterns, the chatter, the negativity that keeps you from maintaining the clear, abundant thoughts that will empower your life.

When dealing with mental clutter, start with the most pressing issue. As you take care of the mental clutter and energy draining ideas, you will immediately feel an energy up and at the same time, a sense of relaxation. You will find you now have time to create the abundance you desire, and mental space for the creativity to accomplish it. Stress will be tossed out along with the clutter! 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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the mental clutter – eliminating negative mind chatter and limiting beliefs – creates room for you to develop an abundant, wealthy mind set. Do you think like a poor person or do you think like a rich person? Do you assume good things are going to happen or that disaster is right around the corner? Our abundance mind set is reflected in everything we think, do and say, from finding change in the clothes dryer to creating a life full of prosperity.

Exercise 3: Continue Mental Clutter Clearing

Today, begin to clear anything that might represent mental clutter (such as unnecessary papers, outdated files, magazines or newspapers, financial receipts, coupons you will never use, clipped articles, and so on).

Keeping clutter because you might need it someday is a negative affirmation. It tells your subconscious mind, “I never use this item, and I am okay now without it. However, I might not be okay in the future, so I better keep it.” If you have a lot of items that you are keeping for this reason, they can be a self-fulfilling prophecy that affirms a future filled with a lack of the things that you need.

Continue to examine any mind sets or ways of thinking that may be blocking your flow of abundance. This may seem like a simple exercise, but it is most definitely not! This exercise can continue to take you deep into the innermost depths of your core beliefs.

Continue to ask yourself: “If this represented something about me and my life, what would it be?” Employ the power of metaphor with your clearing. For example, if you have financial difficulties, you might consider going through old bills and financial papers, affirming: “I am As you clutter-clear, continue to ask yourself, “If this clearing away blockages, and abundance is flowing into represented something about me and my life, what would me!” it be?” When even one small thing is cleared, celebrate with enthusiasm. Honor yourself for what you have done. As you clear clutter, affirm: “I am opening space within Stop. Breathe. Smile! Celebrate every advance that you myself (or my computer) for mental clarity and focus.” made. As a suggestion, as you clutter-clear, you can say: “With everything I release, more abundance comes my way.” If you only have time to clear one area, choose the area that will symbolically have the most impact on your life. For example, if you are experiencing blockages in your career, clear the desk in your office with the intent that you are gaining more mental clarity regarding your career. Computer Clutter Tips: Old files, outdated programs and other unused software is also clutter, clutter that is slowing down your computer’s efficiency. You can purchase an external hard drive for relatively little investment now or purchase subscriptions to “cloud” storage and store any files you need, but not daily. There are also programs that will automatically perform backups throughout the day, keeping your files secure. 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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Day 8: Planting Seeds of Creations and Asking Noble Questions

getting funding, etc.), yet both began with the defining of the idea, with planting the Seed of Creation! To be able to better define your goals and dreams, you will

Becoming absolutely clear on exactly what you be asking yourself many questions. DO want can be the biggest step in achieving what you desire. This is actually planting the seeds Starting now, begin to watch your thoughts and notice of creating your future abundance. Your Seeds of Creation are the beginning of the actual creation of what you want to have in your life. These are YOUR dreams, your desires and you do not have to answer to anyone else in the creation of this list. For example, if your absolute deepest desire is to go to New York and stay in a five star hotel and eat at the hottest restaurant of the moment that is right for you. As another example, your deepest wish may also be to start a sanctuary for elephants and that is the beginning of creating a plan and achieving the fulfillment for that desire. Each of the above examples start with the crystal clear definition of a desire. This allows you to then focus on the exact steps that would be taken to fulfill that desire. In our example, the first person may then begin researching hotels in New York and determine which hotel will be the one. Airfare, miscellaneous expenses and such would then be budgeted for and the savings could begin.

how many questions you ask yourself. Some are the little questions that dance through everyone’s mind, “What do I want for lunch?” or “Look a squirrel, I wonder what he has in his paws?” And some are the darker questions that run though our minds, beating a negative refrain into our psyche, such as, “Why am I always broke?” “Why can I never get ahead?” ‘Why do I never have enough money?” These questions do not serve us well. Your subconscious rushes in to answer with the first available answer, and sadly, that is too often a nonproductive one. For example, the “Why am I always broke? question may be answered with “Because you are not good with money.” This is the answer you have most often replied to that question with, so it is the one that pops up first, much like a Google search on your computer. I call these kinds of questions “unworthy questions.” Whenever you ask yourself an unworthy question, you will get a negative answer, which then creates even more negativity in your life. These negative questions answered with equally bleak responses create a pattern of victim thinking and poverty consciousness.

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or noble question. For example, if you ask, “Why does money go out as fast as it comes in?” immediately replace You step into self-mastery when you own your life—this it with a noble question, such as, “What can I do to acceptance allows you to begin to actually LIVE your increase the flow of abundance coming in to me?” life To be fully connected with your soul, it is valuable to embrace everything in your past. Only then can you Noble questions are often better than affirmations as they release the past and live fully in the present. lead to action, which puts you in control. Experiment with creating empowering questions such as, “How can Tell the truth to yourself about your past, don’t leave I be even more financially abundant?” Your mind does anything out. Acknowledge and accept that every single not doubt the premise that you are already experiencing experience in your life has been an essential part of your abundance, so your being responds by bringing even spiritual (and financial) journey. No matter how painful, more abundance! embarrassing or daunting the experiences have been, your soul chose those experiences to enable you to grow and Do you sometimes blame others for your difficulties in learn. money matters, or your lack of financial abundance. Or do you feel resentful, angry or bitter over not having Remember, change can occur in a moment! The moment enough money? If you answered “yes” to any of these you make a choice, your life can change…forever! questions, then you are allowing yourself to be a victim of Change does not have to be hard, take a long time or life’s circumstances. require immense effort. It does require commitment to reinforce the change as necessary until the new pattern is You may be blaming others for your reaction to your own incorporated into your belief system. life. You always have the choice to step beyond feeling victimized. Even when it would seem to anyone looking at your situation that you are a victim, you can choose not to feel that way! Also, if you ask yourself, “How can I feel and be even more abundant?” your subconscious mind may come up with wonderful, creative ideas for you to actually become more prosperous. But if you ask, “Why am I always broke?” your subconscious mind will not doubt the concept that you are poor, and may answer with, “You are broke because you blew your money foolishly” which does not empower you. It is an act of personal power to consciously choose your life. Not just the parts you like or feel that you consciously created, but to choose every aspect of your financial life; every bounced check, every overdue bill, every maxed out charge card, every lost opportunity…everything. 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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Exercise 1: Write Your “Seeds of Creation” How life will be different if I get it? List The sky is the limit here, you may even think of this as you “I Won the Biggest Lottery Ever” list. Let your How will it affect my health? thoughts flow and do not censor this list. This is a list of your wildest dreams. Use extra paper if needed. How will it affect my relationships? 1. 2. 3.

How will it affect my self-esteem?

How will it affect my career?

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What’s the worst that might happen if I get it? (for example, will I lose my friends? Will I be lonely? Will I change?)

Repeat for every item on the list of Exercise 1.

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Exercise 3: Create Your Noble Question

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Create your own inspiring noble question around your prosperity at this time.

Exercise 2: Examine Your Seeds of Creation List

• “How can I become even more prosperous right now?”

• “How can I be even more financially abundant doing Go through your Seed of Creation list one at a time and work I love?” ask yourself the following questions about each item on • “How can I increase the flow of prosperity that moves the list. through my life even more?” Who do I want this?

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Exercise 4: Find Empowering Answers Today, recall a situation where you feel or have felt you were treated unfairly around money, and ask yourself the following questions. • “If there was something that I was gaining from this situation, what might it be?” • “Why am I allowing this person or situation to victimize me?” • “How can I change my perception of this event so I don’t feel victimized?” • “Do I need to stand up for myself?” • “Do I need to walk away?” • “Do I need to change the context in which I view the situation?”

Exercise 5: Choose Abundance Look at your prosperity timeline from Day 5 and write down some of the pivotal financial events in your life. Then, affirm each and every experience, “I chose this experience, and I unconditionally accept this event in my life.” Keep saying it to yourself until you begin to feel unconditional acceptance of your life and your past. At first you may not believe it and it can even feel “fake” or as if you are lying to or manipulating yourself. But know that by doing this exercise you are taking the steps out of being a financial victim and becoming an empowered being, one who owns their power and is capable of making their own decisions around finances and money.

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Day 9: Vision Board Collage

and friends to come forward and assist you on your path towards abundance.

The creation of an abundance collage is an inner journey that allows your soul to speak to you. Your soul’s voice can be heard through the images, feelings, and insights that surface from creating this kind of collage! Layer after layer of deeply hidden messages about who you are—and who you are becoming—can be uncovered in this soulful process. It also can dramatically increase your ability to manifest your financial dreams. The creation of a collage begins a spiritual awakening, an opening to your deepest connection to who you are as an abundant being, a wealthy person on every level and then by meditating upon the completed collage, you open the door to even deeper levels of communication with your soul. Having your collage in your home or office will continue to anchor those messages and new prosperous realities into your life. This kind of collage is like an altar in the way it can impact your space with positive energy. You do not even have to look at it everyday, merely having it within your space deepens the connection. In ancient times, people conducted rituals, ceremonies, rites of passage, and used a variety of divination systems as ways to connect with the spiritual unseen realms. These ancient practices allowed ancient peoples to tap into the answers they held within. Creating this collage can be used as a form of ritual or ceremony that allows for the flow from the subconscious into the conscious. It can open the doors to your spiritual guardians, allies, 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

What Exactly is an Abundance Collage? There are a vast array of terms used to describe this kind of process; such as a Vision Board, Vision Seed Map, Treasure Map, Manifestation Board, and more. For the purposes of this course, we will use the terms interchangeably, with Vision Board, Vision Seed Map and Abundance Collage used most frequently. A simple description of this type of collage is a piece of poster board on which you glue images, words, and phrases (that you’ve cut out from different sources or magazines) on the board with an intention. The basic concept is by the setting of your intention (and reinforcing it with the physicality of the images and words on the board) you are grounding your intention into the physical world. In this process, you create a potent interpretation of not just the actual images of things you desire, but more importantly, the feelings you wish to experience when you achieve your goals. (For example, the actual image of the particular new car you want is not as valuable as the images that elicit the feeling you perceive having the car will give you). This is a very important distinction from most collage systems. Abundance may mean financial wealth to one person, while it means time to spend with loved ones to another. Prosperity may be earning $500 a week to some and $5000 a day to others. The concepts of abundance, prosperity, and wealth are as

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unique and individual as each of us are! You have been Supplies You’ll Need for Your Abundance Collage defining what abundance means to you so far in this • Poster board or core board (heavier). White is best and course and now you will begin to ground it into reality. there are a variety of sizes now available. Exercise 1: Create An Abundance Collage • Magazines, recycled greeting cards, old calendars. A variety of magazines such as Oprah, Real Simple, or Prior to beginning the actual construction of your collage, Money are good for collaging for prosperity. you will want to set the intention for this exercise. You • Glue. Rubber cement works best for most people, but may simply wish to sit still for a moment and allow an glue sticks are also used. White glue is not recommended. intention to frame in your mind or you may wish to go • Scissors. Your preference • Scrapbook papers (optional). These papers can be found into a deeper meditative state. in the craft or scrapbook sections of most department To set a quick intention simple relax and ask for an stores or craft stores. intention to come to you. You may wish to write down • Markers. Colored pencils, colored Sharpies®, pens, etc. the thoughts, ideas and possibly images that appear. Then • Misc. Assorted embellishments can add another level craft your intention, say it aloud, and you are ready to of expression. Glitter, fun money, stones, beads, leaves, begin! For example: “I ask that this abundance collage twigs, feathers . . . the sky is literally the limit as to what be a symbol of my increased prosperity in the days and can be added to the boards! weeks to come” or “May the experience of creating my abundance collage allow me to define what abundance The Actual Creation of Your Vision Seed Map means to me at this time” or “May I be guided to create the Vision Seed Map that will best guide me to an increase 1. Getting Started: Cutting and Tearing: go through the magazines and cut or tear out images appropriate to a in wealth and satisfaction.” feeling of abundance for you. To utilize a deeper meditation, you may wish to use Track 10, Track 13, Track 20 or Track 30 on the 6-CD 2. The Narrowing Down Stage: Go through and select set, 33 Spirit Journeys, to guide you. You may wish to set what you wish to go on your vision board. Then place the initial intention of becoming clear on a vision for each chosen item where it will go on the board—without your abundance collage while in your Soul Journey or glue. The images are then moved, replaced, changed, shuffled around and so on, until it feels right! meditation. You may wish to sit quietly, eyes shut, breathing naturally with feet on the floor and hands relaxed. Be open and allow the energy that is most appropriate for you at this time to come through assisting you in the selecting of the images for your collage. (This can also be a time to ask for spiritual assistance.) At completion of the Soul Journey, you may wish to write an affirmations for having your best experience while creating your collage.

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3. Glue-It-Down Stage: Glue everything onto the board, adding any embellishments desired. Use glitter, markers, added tokens or jewelry. There are no rules, what makes you feel abundant is the only guideline. 4. Interpreting the collage: Interpretation is very personal. Of course, the only person who can completely interpret your collage is YOU. Trust your own inner knowing. If a picture of a tiny cottage in the woods, build of straw bales

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and mud feels like the most magnificent home on earth to flow where they need to be on your board. you, then that will be an abundant image for you. 5. Hanging Your Collage: As mentioned earlier, it will From an “overall” psychological perspective, the lower multiply the magic of the collage if it is placed within your part of the collage is thought to equate with the sub- living space so the images and meanings infused within it conscious. It is what is beneath the surface. The middle will sink deeply into your psyche, creating a vibrational level is the conscious mind. It is “what is”. The upper level alignment with the essence of the meaning and feelings is the super-conscious or super ego. It is also aspirations evoked by its creation.. Many people hang their vision and lofty ideals. board in their bedroom so the energy will be with them as they sleep, linked it even more tightly to reality. The lower level may be viewed as the past, the middle as the present, and the upper as the future. Also, the left You may also wish to take a picture of your vision board of center can be thought of the past and what is being and use it as your screen saver on your computer or on created or manifested in the center is the present, and the your cellphone. This is a wonderful way to keep it with right side of the board is the future and what is coming you throughout the day. into being. It’s important to remember when looking at the “past” in a collage that this is not the past that is gone, but the past that stays within each of us. As tempting as it may be, do not create your vision board with the interpretation in mind! Allow it to unfold in an organic, relaxed manner. The various elements will go and

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Day 10: The Power of Physiology and Acting As If!

people feel about themselves simply by noticing how they carry their bodies. Those who believe they have nothing and will never get ahead will adopt that posture. Their very energy screams “I am defeated” and even if they are Your physiology (the way you carry yourself and actually in a great mood, feeling abundant their bodies are how you move your body) is one of the most so accustomed to being in a position of poverty, they stay powerful ways that you can change your life. If you in that position.

carry yourself in a way that says, “I am confident, strong, and have everything I need to live an abundant life” your body will send messages to your mind to reconfigure internal processes until they are consistent with your physiology. To put it in simple terms, act as if you are abundant and you soon will be!

Your body shouts who you are to the world. This is great when the message empowers you, but it is not so great if the message does not empower and support you.

Exercise 1: How Do You Carry Yourself?

Physically embody the essence of your definition of wealth. If someone you did not know were to watch the way you For example; confident, relaxed, genuinely friendly may carry yourself, what would they think? Would he or she think that you are beaten down, happy, confident, angry, feel wealthy to you. wealthy, miserable, tired, arrogant, loving, peaceful, Try this: Hang your head down, frown, slump your submissive, stressed, shy, kind, busy, or overwhelmed? shoulders, breathe in a shallow way, and try to feel fabulous and abundant without changing your body! Now shift that energy; pull your shoulders back, lift your chin, stand up straight, look up, and smile confidently. While keeping that posture, try to feel depressed and poor. If you keep your body in that peak position, it is virtually impossible to feel downtrodden and poor. Remember: How you carry yourself and present yourself to the world is the secret key to how you feel. You will soon find yourself easily reading how other 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

Have you ever caught an unexpected glimpse of yourself in the windows as you walked by a building? Did you recognize yourself? Did you immediately stand up straighter or relax and loosen your shoulders? Today, notice how you hold and carry your body. What is your posture telling the world? Abundant Tip: If possible, ask a friend to record you as you walk using a video camera or their cellphone, without your knowledge. This may be an eye-opening experience!

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By changing how you hold your body, you can change your life. Your emotions are tied so closely to your body and mind and they are all constantly sending messages to each other in a constant flow of energy. If your mind receives the message from your body that it hurts and is tired and stressed, then your mind will absorb that energy. If your body sends a message of confidence and excitement your mind will pick up on that and your thoughts can then shift your actions.

Exercise 2: Choose How To Feel Right now, choose how you want to feel, and then act as if you are feeling that way. You might decide to feel a quality such as confidence, abundant and generous. Stand in front of a mirror and arrange your facial muscles, the way you stand, your shoulders, the way you breathe, and your entire body into the state you desire. Ground the energy of how that feels and “lock” it into place with a trigger. Pick something unusual, such as the image of a crown on your head or the taste of a pickle, something that will snap you into the memory of that moment. This is your trigger. Then continually put yourself into that empowering physiological state. If you feel this state slipping away, bring the sensation of your trigger to mind and you will pop back into the state you desire to be in.

From right now until you go to bed tonight—act as if you already are an abundant person. For example, if your desire for the future is to feel wealthy, then act as if you already have wealth. Walk as if you are wealthy. Carry yourself as if you have an abundant life, and even dress as if you are wealthy. Think prosperity. Every time you catch yourself acting in any other way, snap yourself back into the positive persona of your prosperous self. The future is being created right now. So right now, this minute, begin to create the positive future you desire. Begin believing right now that you can and will have an incredible future, no matter how unlikely it may seem from where you are in your life circumstances. And so it will be!

You may be asking how is acting wealthy going to help me make money? What if you were trying to be happy. You would not rush out and try to acquire happiness, you would just decide to be happy or do something to make yourself happy! The same applies to being wealthy or abundant. You can simply decide you will have a more abundant attitude and so it will be. If you embody the essence of abundance then it will flow to you. Of course, keep in mind, that you will be honestly, completely, with all of your being viewing every situation that comes into your life as an amazing and wonderful source of abundance (even if it is not readily apparent to you). Trust that abundance is yours and it will Walk and move today as if you were totally experiencing the be. positive quality that you have chosen. This communicates in a dynamic way to your soul that this is who you truly are. It also communicates to others that this is who you are, and they will reflect that back to you.

Exercise 3: Act As If There is a direct correlation between your thoughts and emotions and the future you will create. For example, the more confident you currently feel, the more likely you are to have a confident future. The more you feel defeated and poor, the more you are likely to have a defeated future. 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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House Numerology and Abundance

There are three exceptions and they are the numbers ‘11,’ ‘22,’ and ‘33’ which will have the energy of 2, 4, Symbolically numbers are not merely expressions and 6 respectively but they also have their own vibration. of quantities, but each numbers carries its own (See below) If you are in an apartment complex and the spiritual power. Understanding the significance entire apartment complex has a numbered street address that numbers play in the energy of your home but you also have an apartment number (for example is very important as the numerology of your your address is 457 Jones Street, Apartment 27) you are address affects the energy of your entire home. affected by both numbers; your address number and your Essentially, numbers are symbols. Each number apartment number. However the strongest influence is your individual apartment number) The address 457 has a spiritual essence and capacity. Jones Street is computed thus: 4+5+7=16 1+6=7. ‘7’ is It is not quite known where the art of numbers began the vibration of the street address. ‘7’ energy is spiritual but research can trace the source of numerology back growth through the path of individual retreat and solitude. Your apartment number is 27 which reduces to thousands of years. a 9. (2+7=9) ‘9’ vibration is the energy of contributing to Pythagoras, was a Greek philosopher, metaphysician and humanity. So you would find the energy of this apartment mathematician, who pursued the mystical significance would be concern and dedication to others (9) through of numbers as a science in fifth century BC. He not the path of solitude and spiritual retreat (7). only venerated numbers for their flawless mathematical qualities he also believed that each number had a mystical If your address has a letter on it, for example 328C Fern Lane convert the letter to a number. A=1, B=2, C=3 and so significance. own. 328c Fern Lane would reduce to 3+2+8+3(c)=16=7 Here is a chart for converting letters to numbers. How to calculate the Numerology of your Home To discover the numerology of your house take the numbers of your address and add them together. For example if your house address is 710 Elm Street you would add 7+1+0= 8 so your house would be an ‘8’ vibration. If the total is more than 9 you would add those numbers together until you reach a number nine or less. For example if your address is 783 Main Street you would add 7+8+3=18 then you would add the numbers of the total together. 1+8=9. So the numerology for 783 Main Street would be a ‘9’ vibration. Another example of how to calculate a home address: 9295 Oak Tree Lane.......is a ‘7’ Vibration 9+2+9+5 =25 2+5=7 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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What if your home doesn’t have any numbers. For example the houses in England often only will have a name such as Owl House. In this case work out the individual letternumber equivalencies and then and them reduce them to the base number. OWL HOUSE = 653 (HOUSE) 8+6+3+1+5=23 OWL HOUSE=9

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Your home’s main number is only one part of a house’s numerological energy just as your astrological Sun Sign is only one component of your entire astrological profile. Though your home may reduce to a ‘5’ vibration the numbers that to reduced to the ‘5’ will affect the overall energy. For example a home of 77 Maple Drive reduces to a ‘5’ vibration (7+7=14 =5) But since the two numbers that are reduced are 7’s (which is a very calm influence) the ‘5’ energy of the house is softened. Though many things affect the overall energy of your home numerology certainly plays a role in determining the energy of your home. Below is some general information to understand the particular numerology of your home.

house. You will feel assertive, independent and willing to take risks in this home. Challenging aspects of a One home: Sometimes in a One house you may feel isolated and alone even if there are others around you. Others may view you as selfish but you are only isolating yourself so that you can make the decisions that you know are right for you. Essence of Two: A balance of the yin and yang energies of the universe. Polarities. Selfsurrender. Putting others before yourself. It is dynamic attraction one to another. Knowledge comes from the balance and marriage of opposites.

Essence of One: Independence. New beginnings. Oneness with life. Unity with life. A home with a Two vibration is: an excellent Self-development. Individuality. Progress. home for two people who are going to share as Creativity. close roommates, lovers, or wife and husband. Two vibration could be likened to lighting two A home with a One vibration: is excellent candles from the same source; they are separate for a person who wants to embark on an yet sharing the same light. People living in a individual creative venture. A person living Two house can be very connected like peas in a One house will learn from experience in a pod. You will be strongly tuned into the rather than instruction and advise from energies and feelings of the others with which others. A One house is conducive to someone you share your home. Living in a Two home who wants to follow their own instincts and you will have a strong desire for peace and express individuality with creativity and harmony through diplomacy. You will often originality. Strong emotions can sometimes find yourself standing back and tuning into be felt in a One house especially if there are situations rather than advancing your point several strong individuals sharing the home of view. You’ll find that you can see the view but the emotions are healing and can even points of others with a loving understanding. spur inspirational creativity. Not a house that In a Two home you will begin to develop a will always be neat as sometimes the details sensitivity to subtle energies of nature and aren’t so important as the creative process. If music and even the auric fields of others. you have been a caretaker for others and are Gardens, music, art and magic all flourish in a in a place in your life where you need to be Two home. In a Two house you will develop number one in your life then move into a One your gentle nature and a desire for harmony. 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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This is a perfect house to explore and develop your psychic and intuitive abilities. It’s an excellent house for a marriage or partnership to grow.

Challenging aspects of a Three home: There can be a tendency in a Three house to expand too quickly, scatter your energies and spread yourself too thin. Be careful about finances because in a three house there is a tendency to Challenging aspects of a Two home: Because enjoy now and pay later. Also sometimes there the Two vibration can expand your sensitivity, can be a tendency to be overly optimistic. But you may find a tendency to sometimes become certainly the fun that you will have in a Three oversensitive or to care too much about the house can make up for any challenges. feelings of others. Should this happen just take time to be still and listen to your inner Four: Essence of Four: Security. Four elements voice. Also sometimes the energy of a Two and the four sacred directions. Self-discipline home will seem to exclude others because through work and service. Productivity. the occupants of the house can be very self- Organization. Wholeness and unity. contained. A home with a Four vibration is: a stable Essence of Three: The Trinity: Mind, Body, and secure energy. Four represents the four Spirit. It is the three-fold nature of Divinity. walls or boundaries that provide security. It Expansion. Expression. Communication. symbolizes solid foundations and protection. Fun. Self-expression. To give outwardly. If you have been experiencing instability and Openness. Optimism. Third time’s the Charm. uncertainty in your life move into a four house. You will find your practical, secure slat A home with a Three vibration is: a home of the earth nature coming forward. A Four where you can feel and be positive about your House is very grounded and very connected to life. It is also a home where you communicate the Mother Earth. It’s in this home that you with flamboyance. This a home where can find your roots and plant your roots. In you can expand your vision for your life. this home you will find certainty, stability and Positive thinking produces positive results. A strength.. You will also relish in the fruits of Three house fans your enthusiasm and your your labor. Kahil Gibran says in the Prophet, enhances your warm nature. It’s a great house “Work is love made visible.” Your work can for parties and entertaining. Three houses can offer you satisfaction and can be a source of be conducive to generative sexual/spiritual security for you. A four home lends itself to energy. Move into a Three house and find steady employment and building foundations your social life expanding. It’s a home where for the future. Often those who are drawn people from different cultures and different to a four house will be involved in areas of backgrounds can meet and relate to each service for others, such as nursing or caring other with warmth and love. The power of the for others. This is an excellent house for a Trinity is strong in this house as well as the group of people to live in who are working energy of the triangle and the pyramid. together for a common goals. For example a groups of people working to help Green 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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peace would find a four vibration house conducive to their common goal. Call upon the assistance of the Four Elements... the Spirit of Air, Water, Fire and Earth into home and ask for the sacred winds from the four directions to further enhance the Four vibration of your home. If you are interested in gardening and connecting with the earth energies a Four house will suit you.

five house is go, go, go with lots of people coming in and out. Five houses tend to be hubs of activity. No moss grows here. Five energy lends itself to mental stimulation, gathering information and experiences and sharing it concisely and quickly. It is a good house for a journalist that works out of the home. A five house lend itself to having experiences from a vast variety of areas. You might also thing of a Five house as a place for Wine, Women (Men) and Song. Challenging aspects of a Four home: If you are planning on being celibate this is Sometimes living in a four home can feel not the house for you. Your sexual appeal like work, work, work and no play. If will increase in a Five house and this is a you find this happening take a day to be good house for romantic flings. madcap and carefree. Be silly. Also their can be a tendency to hoard or be stubborn. Challenging aspects of a Five home: Remember there is always enough and Sometimes living in a Five home can make loosen up. Life is not as serious as it you feel that your life is a whirlwind. Slow sometimes seems. down. Take time to smell the daisies. Also sometimes there is tendency to make Five: Essence of number Five: Feeling snap decisions. Usually your instincts are free. Self-emancipating. Active. right in a Five home, but if it is a very Physical. Impulsive. Energetic. Changing. important decision take a second breathe Adventuresome. Resourceful. Well-traveled. and deliberate carefully before you decide. Curious. Free soul. Excitement. Change. Six: Essence of number Six: Self-harmony. A home with a Five vibration is: vibrant, Compassion. Love. Service. Social alive and ever-changing. Hold onto your responsibility. Beauty. The Arts. Generous. hat if you have moved into a Five house. Concerned. Caring. Children. Balance. If you feel that you are stagnating in life Community Service. this is the perfect house for you for five is activity and movement and change. Life A home with a Six vibration is: a center for becomes a merry-go-round, going to harmony and balance. This is an excellent meetings, answering the phone, attending vibration to have for a family especially parties, out of town trips. Its all exciting when there are children in the home and adventurous. This is good house to particularly through service by meeting move into if you want to increase your responsibilities. Living in a Six house can communication skills. This is a great house contribute to feelings of community service for a journalist that works at home. A and the feeling of wanting to help others 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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less fortunate than you. Its an excellent house for someone wanting to develop their artistic abilities. A very good home for a counselor who works at home for the enrage of Six is nurturing and caring. And a counselor working in a Six will find it much easier to go directly to the heart of the matter with their client but in a compassionate caring way. The sense of family is all-important in a Six vibration. Close loving relationships with your partner, roommates, friends and family come to life in a Six house. Also the beautifying of the home as well as the surrounding area will be important in a Six house. Challenging aspects of a Six home: Because a Six vibration is so geared towards giving sometimes there is a tendency to give too much of your self. Seek a balance between giving to others and taking care of your own needs. Sometimes the comfort of a Six house can make inclined towards being reclusive. If this happens push yourself to get out and see the world. Seven: Essence of number Seven: The inner life. Inner wisdom. A mystical number symbolizing wisdom. Seven chakras. The seven heavens of the Hawaiian kahunas. Symbol of birth and rebirth. Religious strength. Sacred vows. Tendency toward ritual, particularly spiritual ritual. The path of solitude. Analysis. Contemplation. A home with a Seven vibration is: a sanctuary for contemplation and retreat. It is a place where you can analyze past experiences and present situations especially in view of spiritual development. A Seven house is perfect for someone who lives alone who wants to retreat and meditate and seek divine inspiration. It can be a bit difficult for more than one person unless others in the home unless they complement your contemplative mood. This is an excellent home for a student or a researcher in that a Seven vibration lends itself to focused investigation. Seven vibration contributes to Intuition, dreams, visions, telepathic experiences, philosophical and metaphysical studies all helping you find your in life. 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

Challenging aspects of a Seven home: This is not a home for those who want to advance in the material world. The energy is focused on the spiritual rather than worldly goods. Also if you are desiring a relationship a Seven house isn’t the best to live in as they is a tendency to being alone and even aloof in this vibration. Essence of number Eight: Infinity. Material prosperity. Self-power. Abundance. Cosmic consciousness. Reward. Authority. Leadership. A home with a Eight vibration is: abundance in all areas of life; abundance of friends and family and material possessions. If you want to get the material side of your life in order, move into an eight vibration. Eight contributes to organizational and managerial skills which contribute to growing material success. Through discipline and hard work you can achieve a position of power. If you find that you have been working too hard on your spiritual and emotional development and you just don’t seem to have it together in the material world, this is the home for you. Power and financial abundance are all possible in this vibration. Awards, honors and public recognition are possible here. Eight is vibration of wholeness. Your relationships can be more than just one aspect they embody physical, spiritual and mental. and command respect and equality. Challenging aspects of a Eight home: You must be careful to consider the welfare of others and be wise with your finances otherwise an Eight house will mean that you are always having to deal with abundance issues. Essence of number Nine: Humanitarianism. Selflessness. Dedicating your life to others. This is a number of completion and of endings. Release. Universal Compassion. Tolerance. Wisdom. A home with a Nine vibration is: is a home to reap and harvest from past efforts. It is a home where your love and

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compassion for humanity expands and this vibration allows you to see beyond your own boundaries. You give to others freely because you recognize how much you have gained in your own life. You can develop a breath of wisdom that can even be prophetic in a nine vibration. Because you know that you are part of a universal family you have the ability to release the small things in life and take things impersonally without taking offense. Old friendships are important and you might hear from people from your past living in a Nine house. You’ll find people drawn to you because of your compassion and wisdom. This is a good home to live in to tie up loose ends in your life. Live your truth because you will be an example for others.

home for someone who wanted to develop these capacities. 22-Unlimited potential of mastery in any area, not only spiritual but physical and emotional and mental as well. 33-All things are possible. I believe that in every moment your life is guided and I believe that where ever you live is a part of a greater plan for your live and your evolution. We often have no choice in the home that we live and or the subsequent numerological vibration. However every vibration has its beauty and will give you what you need at the time.

Challenging aspects of a Nine house: In your effort to be aware of what the greatest good is for the greatest number of people you may fail to see the needs of the individual. In addition you may fail to see the particular need of one aspect of yourself as you overly concerned with the overall picture for your whole self. For an example, you may be aware that candy is not good for you but may fail to be aware that the inner child inside of you needs the comfort of candy now and again.

For example you may think that you want to be alone and develop spiritually and you find that you have to move into ‘3’ vibration house, which is the energy of communication, expression and expansion. Even though this might not seem like what you want at the time I would suggest to you that this is exactly what you need. I don’t believe that there are accidents in the where you are living. You chose a vibration that you need a the time for your spiritual growth. However, if you want to offset the numerological vibration of your Master Numbers: These numbers reduce home, add a letter to it (only in accordance down to smaller numbers (2,4,6 respectively) with your local postal authorities of course) and carry the energy of the smaller numbers, and include that new address in all your however in metaphysical traditions these correspondence. Though the vibration of numbers are thought to have a special power old address will still affect the overall energy of their own. of your home, you can mitigate the original energy through change. 11-Especially good for developing intuition, clairvoyance, spiritual healing, and other metaphysical faculties. This would be a good 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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Day 11: Affirmations for Abundance

belief and replace it with a positive, pro-active, selfnurturing belief.

Affirmations work because what you focus on is often what you create for yourself. Your word is your wand. If you constantly tell yourself, “I never have enough money” your subconscious mind begins to believe it, and you end up without enough money. However, if you think that your life is abundant and full, you will find prosperity and riches pouring into your life.

By using positive affirmations you focus on thinking consciously about your words, thoughts and patterns. Below are a variety of wealth or abundance affirmations. You may create your own, of course, just remember to keep them positive, in the present tense, and focused on what you DO want, rather than what you do not want. For example: Rather than saying “I don’t want to go into bankruptcy” you would affirm “All my bills are paid easily Every single thought we think and every word we and effortlessly.” speak is an affirmation. Self-talk is a constant stream of affirmations, which reflect our core beliefs. And our core Many find it useful to state their affirmations while looking beliefs are just learned patterns, many from childhood, in the mirror. While a bit uncomfortable for some at first, you will soon become accustomed to looking deep into that may or may not be serving us. your own eyes as you state your positive affirmations aloud. We now have the opportunity to let go of these outgrown Some people write the affirmations on Post-It Notes and beliefs that we may have carried with us for our entire place them on their computer, mirror, or refrigerator as lives. They are built-in behavior patterns we fall back on periodic reminders during the day. Alternatively, you can to allow us to automatically respond to many of life’s repeat the affirmation to yourself (silently or out loud) situations and everyday events. Some of these are in place throughout the day. Remember to say them with passion to keep us safe, others can actually hold us back from and conviction! achieving our innermost dreams. Problems arise, however, if at an early stage some of the foundation beliefs were formed from a place of fear or perception of lack or “less than.”

The intentions of this course are amplified by the focused energy of each and every person taking part in this 21Day program, from now throughout time. The combined intentions creates powerful amplification, indeed!

Positive affirmations are often defined as “short positive • I am able to think and feel in unlimited ways. statements targeted at a specific subconscious set of • I have all the answers within myself beliefs.” Each affirmation allows you to release a negative • I am financially free. 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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• I think of the things I want and see them as already accomplished. • Money flows freely and abundantly into my life. • Abundance is mine! I give thanks for the unlimited flow of good into my life. • Wonderful things happen to me because I live with an attitude of gratitude. • Gratitude moves me from perceptions of lack to manifestations of abundance in all facets of my life. • I am worthy of all that my heart desires. It is my divine heritage! • I am infused with a spirit of excess. Today, I give new life to my goals and dreams. • I create my own security. • The source of my abundance. • I focus on what I love and thus draw it to me. • My thoughts are loving and positive. • My choices and possibilities are expanding every day. • I love and trust my imagination. • I am an unlimited being. I can create anything I want. • I picture abundance for myself and others. • I live in an abundant universe. • I always have everything I need. • I radiate self-esteem, inner peace, love, well-being, and happiness. • I create money and abundance through joy, aliveness, and self-love. • Everything I do brings me aliveness and growth. • The things I create are even better than I imagine them to be. • My energy is focused and directed toward my goals. • I am increasingly magnetic to money, prosperity, and abundance. • I create what I want with energy. Good things come to me easily. • My mind is open to the infinite supply of wealth; I allow prosperity to flow freely and generously to me. • Money is good. • I love having money. • Money comes to me in miraculous ways. 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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I love spending money on my favorite causes. I love giving money away. I love the freedom of having money. I live in an abundant universe. I always have everything I really need. All the money I spend helps others and comes back to me multiplied. I give generously to myself and others. I am generous. I am grateful for all the money that comes to me. I accept prosperity and abundance into my life. I am open to receive money NOW. I create my own reality and I have unlimited prosperity. Financial abundance comes to me easily. Large amounts of money come to me quickly and easily from multitudes of sources now. I always have abundant amounts of money; more coming in than going out. Unlimited possibilities and resources reveal themselves to me now. I am comfortable having money. Money is good and I deserve money. I feel successful and I am successful. I have more money than I ever dreamed was possible. I expect only the best from my financial situation and the Universe provides just that or better. I have a constant stream of financial abundance in my life.

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• I have my ideal life. • Money is a reflection of my inner wealth. Money is energy and energy moves • Money flows to me easily. • The Universe is my benefactor. I am fully supported making money doing what I love to do. • I deserve happiness, ease and abundance. I deserve prosperity. • The more I enjoy life and contribute to the lives of others, the more money I make. • I am richly rewarded for all that I give. I love my life. • New sources of prosperity flow easily into my life. • I attract ideal circumstances and opportunities to increase my net worth. I am a magnet for money. • Money comes to me easily through expected channels and unexpected channels.

• Everything in my life flows perfectly. There is so much to be grateful for. • Prosperity is everywhere at all times. • I am building a strong financial foundation that supports all of my life. • I am sensible with money and manage it wisely. • Opportunities to succeed abound. • Everything I need to generate wealth is available to me right now. • I claim my right to a prosperous life. • I am aligned with love, truth and integrity. I am divinely guided in all my affairs. • Inside me is an endless fountain of abundance that I can access at anytime.

Quotes on the True Meaning of Wealth

“advantage” human life.

Richard Bach ~ Within each of us lies the power of our Ayn Rand~ Wealth is the product of man’s capacity to consent to health and sickness, to riches and poverty, to think. freedom and to slavery. It is we who control these, and Euripides~ Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: not another. only our characters are steadfast, not our gold. Richard Baker ~ To get rich never risk your health. For it is the truth that health is the wealth of wealth.

Garth Brooks ~ You aren’t wealthy until you have something money can’t buy.

Brian Tracy~ Today the greatest single source of wealth is between your ears. Winston Churchill ~ We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. Benjamin Franklin ~ Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it. Henry David Thoreau ~ Wealth is the ability to fully experience life. R. Buckminster Fuller~ Wealth is the product of energy times intelligence: energy turned into artifacts that 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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Quotes from Steve Jobs: “Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.” “Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me…Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful…that’s what matters to me.” “We don’t get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life. Life is brief, and then you die, you know? And we’ve all chosen to do this with our lives. So it better be damn good. It better be worth it.” “Almost everything–all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure–these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.” “Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes… the ones who see things differently — they’re not fond of rules…You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things… they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”

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Day 12: Crystals, Essential Oils, Ceremonies and Programming Prosperity. Using tools such as crystals, aromatherapy or essential oils, and specific ceremonies dedicated to prosperity has been part of our spiritual toolkit since a cave person first picked up a shiny stone and tied it around their neck. Crystals and polished stones are often used on altars, in Wealth Bowls, Miracles Boxes and more to amplify the attraction of abundance. While there are many stones traditionally associated with prosperity, (see below) it is best if you only use stones that you love, whatever they are and dedicate them to prosperity and abundance. Prior to using your stones/crystals, first cleanse them in running water, the sun or moonlight. Then dedicate them to your prosperity. These stones should only be used for abundance work after the dedication, unless you choose to dedicate them to another purpose.

Amber: Promotes good luck and success. Herkimer diamonds: Great amplifier, put them in your wallet near money to magnify the abundance. Lingam stones: keep them oiled with sandalwood oil. Citrine: Often called the “merchant stone” it assists in both acquiring and maintaining wealth. Green Mica: Promotes wealth and manifestation ability. Peridot: Draws money and opportunity your way. Red Garnet: Good for women for career success. Fluorite: Innovative and inventive, it helps you to use your creativity to build wealth. Carnelian: Carnelian brings action and motivation. Jade: Considered an abundance stone for centuries. Malachite: Promotes abundance, luck and wealth. Green Aventurine: Stone of luck and chance. Pyrite: Powerful energy shield to block negativity. Topaz: You attract prosperity and abundance with this stone and then manifest it. Tiger Eye: Has a good reputation for attracting people that can help you in your career or goals, wealth, money. Green Tourmaline: Helps in the accomplishment of goals, especially in the area of creativity and prosperity. Iolite: Aids in the elimination of debt. Moss Agate: Attracts prosperity and riches into your life.

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fold. Much as you would focus using a mandala or by for sending you immense and glorious abundance through walking a labyrinth, using a crystal grid has the potential this powerful grid. exponentially increase the power of the crystals. Example of Abundance Crystal Grid: Use eight clear Steps for Creating Your Crystal Abundance Grid quartz crystal points and one piece of tiger eye or citrine. Place the crystals in a circle with the points turned outward Determine the Intention: This grid will be created to send energy out into the Universe. Write an abundance with the intention of supporting and maximizing your affirmation on a beautiful slip of paper and put a piece abundance and prosperity. You may wish to write this of citrine or tiger’s eye on top of the slip of paper in the intention on a piece of beautiful paper and place it under center of the grid. the grid. Determine the Size: Size does not matter when it comes Essential Oils for Abundance and Prosperity to the power of your crystal grid. A small grid the size of a playing card can be just a powerful as one that covers an Throughout history various smells have been used for acre. The important aspect is to determine the size that spiritual and therapeutic purposes. Over 2000 years ago works for you and your situation. Hippocrates recommended the benefits of aromatics. The Determine Your Location: If you have a home office, you Bible makes reference to healing with aromatic oils. In may wish to create your crystal grid in there, a dining ancient times it was believed that scenting an environment room may be appropriate. Once again, it is personal, with rare and special fragrances would attract gods and you will know the best place in your home. Some create angels while at the same time repelling negative forces. portable grids and keep them in a pouch and set-up at work or home. Use the Feng Shui Map, the Bagua, and Modern research has discovered what lay people have place it in the far southeast corner (upper left corner). You always known....that smell can affect the way you feel may wish to create a medicine wheel crystal grid and place emotionally and can affect your energy level. More than the stones in North, South, East and West positions. any of our other senses, smell affects our emotional Prepare the Space: Clear the and cleanse the space you reactions. Our smell receptors are so sensitive that a single have decided upon for your grid, using the techniques molecule of some substances is enough to excite one you have learned in Week 1. receptor ending; our olfactory system can sense less that Select Your Crystals: Using the list above, and your own one hundred millionth of a gram of musk. If you have intuition, select the stones you want to incorporate into a special essential oil blend which you use only for your your grid. abundance altar, then every time you smell it you will feel Layout the Crystals: Place the crystals around the chosen connected to the wonderful energy field created around location. If your stones have points, place them pointing your altar. inward to bring the flow of abundance toward you. Empower or Charge Your Grid: Sit quietly with your True essential aromatic oils are a natural product created crystal grid and allow yourself to go into a relaxed state. by the steam distillation of the plant or herb from which You may wish to listen to Track 10, 13, 20, and 30 from they are derived. Essential oils have a superior smell, but my guided meditation 33 Spirit Journeys to help guide more importantly they also have the energy and spiritual you into the energy of the crystal grid. properties of the plant. Essential oils don’t have the Share Gratitude: Thank the Universe, the Creator, God constancy of synthetic smells, as they vary according to 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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location, climate and soil conditions, but they carry the times say, “I open my heart to loving abundance.” Stretch power and life force of the plant - which will be helpful to your arms in front of you and open your palms upwards. Three times now say, “I give thanks to the Creator for all the energy that you are using to create abundance.. that is received, in accordance with my highest good.” Oils that are traditionally associated with prosperity are; Frankincense (this is the best oil for abundance), Myrrh, Orange, Cedar, Bergamot, Rosemary, Patchouli, Clove, Ginger, Cinnamon and Spruce. You may wish to create a blend of these oils (in whatever combination appeals to you) to wear or use at your altar.

Ceremonies for Abundance

Programming Your Mind-set All of the information, tips, and tools you are learning within this course will lay the groundwork for programming your mindset for abundance. Here are a few tips and hints to help ground this program into your energy field.

Many, if not most, of the ancient ceremonies around abundance were in conjunction with harvest time, planting time, or the time of the year in which certain animals were hunted or fish were caught, such as the spawning of salmon or the migration of buffalo. Our ceremonies may not be dependent upon a harvest festival, but we can use them as the basis for our own prosperity invocations.

Make sure that you are at ease with the concept of experiencing abundance. Many people seem to think that becoming wealthy is not spiritual. This belief alone can block any abundance you might otherwise experience, so please revisit Day 2 if you have any nagging beliefs that money is “bad.”

Programming for Prosperity

You deserve abundance in every aspect of your life: career, personal relationships, your home, your knowledge, and of course, your financial life.

Remember, money is neither positive or negative. It is a symbol of energy, a neutral currency we use that is easy Abundance comes in many forms: the bounty of the for us to carry and trade for what we desire. Money can earth and the harvest, increasing your own spiritual and be used negatively or positively, but money itself is neither emotional wealth and of course, financial prosperity. spiritual or not spiritual.

Mudra is a term most commonly referring to gestures with the hands. Many mudras are culturally inspired and vary greatly from one location or ethnicity to another. Keeping the fingers placed in these specific gestures or poses concentrates the energy and grounds the mind into the body, acting as a shortcut to immediately take the mind to a certain state.

If you have financial abundance you can live a comfortable life and help others do so also. If you do not have enough to take care of your own needs it is much harder, though not impossible, to help lift others up.

Exercise 1: Use Crystals for Prosperity

For example: Put your hands at your heart level in a prayer • Incorporate stones or crystals onto your altar, deck or position. Imagine that your heart is opening and there’s elsewhere in your home and dedicate them to abundance. a beautiful golden sun filling your chest and heart. Three • Create a Crystal Grid for Prosperity. 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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Exercise 2: Use Aromatherapy Oils for Abundance

the bounty of the meal you just ate and the love of the company who is gathered.

• Create ways to incorporate your abundance oils into your daily life. For example: place a drop of oils on your hands daily and run your hands over your money, your wallet, handbag etc. • As you inhale your personal prosperity blend (or Frankincense) imagine you are absolutely abundant.

When each person has finished potting their seeds, put each of the pots on the altar/flat space. Join hands and allow each person to say what they are thankful for and to then bless their seeds. Close the circle with an affirmation such as: “We welcome the abundance that will grow from these seeds of love and ask that these seeds be nurtured and cared for as they grow to their full size and abundance.” Then water each plant. Each person will then take their pot with them to care for as it grows.

Exercise 3: Abundance Ceremony

The following ceremony was created to invite abundance Abundant Tip: You may wish to begin the ceremony by in to the lives of the participants. This ceremony can inviting everyone to decorate their pot. Using colored markers, be conducted alone or with others. It is very “children glued on images, embellishments and whatever strikes the friendly” and you may wish to include the entire family. creativity of those involved, the pots can become beautiful receptacles for planting seeds of prosperity. Begin with a light, healthy meal such as salads, fruit, fresh, whole-grain breads. Dedicate the meal to the energy of abundance and give continual gratitude as you enjoy the Exercise 4: Using Mudras meal. You may wish to use a mudra to activate your Miracle Box, Wealth Bowl, Vision Seed Map or Abundance Altar. You will need: • • • • • •

A small flower pot for each person A bowl of dirt or potting soil Seeds for your favorite herbs or flowers A cup of water A piece of paper for each person Small table or flat surface for an altar

Go outside and give each person their piece of paper and have them write their wishes for what they would like to “grow” in their lives. Invite them to each read what they wrote, if they wish to share, and then place it in the pot. Depending on the size of the pot, they may wish to tear the paper into small pieces. Each person will then take their pot and fill it with soil and plant a seed(s). While everyone is planting their seeds you may wish to share your gratitude with the Creator for 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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Day 13: Step Out of Your Comfort Zone, Be Willing to Fail, Take Risks!

Despite all the helpful advice from parents, teachers and friends, each of us must find our own way in the world, doing the best we can and making mistakes, for most of us lots of mistakes. Making mistakes, even the If you do what you have always done, you will big ones, are usually forgivable, but if fear of making any get what you have always gotten. In other words, more mistakes has caused you to never try anything new, if everything stays the same, nothing changes. different or challenging, then you are probably missing Discovering your authentic abundant self out on a lot of life’s opportunities. Boredom, frustration means being willing to step into the unknown, and apathy are often sure signs that your soul is yearning willing to do things in a different way. for change! Remember, people who never make mistakes never make anything else either. We all fall into old patterns and habits, ones we created to protect and defend ourselves from failing, being You may wish to revisit your core beliefs from Day 3. embarrassed, being hurt, or humiliated. Habits begin Were security, routine, safety, or comfort high on your with past successes. You formed habits because you used list? Then you may wish to dig a bit deeper and see if a certain process in your life and it worked, so you tried it any unconscious habits have attached to those otherwise again and again and before you knew it, you had a deeply admirable core beliefs. Discovering your unconscious ingrained habit that you may not even be aware of. habits can be tough, as they are…unconscious. We all have financial habits. Habits around abundance that may be a little penny-pinching or gulp, cheap. Do you always buy the generic, one-ply toilet paper? Splurge! Buy the lushest, most expensive brand on the market and every time you use it, smile, and remind yourself you are worth it.

What is holding you in situations that no longer serves you often isn’t fear or laziness; it is the power of your deeply held beliefs and habits. Until you can release those old, outgrown habits, they’ll continue to hold you back from the bounty that life has to offer. To stay in your comfort zone through mere habit, or—worse still—to stay deep in your comfort zone because you are afraid of what You may have habits that fall in the other direction. Do MIGHT happen may condemn you to a life of regret. you spend every penny you have without thought for tomorrow? For you, talking to a financial advisor at your Take small steps now to shift the habits that no longer bank and starting a savings plan may be way out of your serve you and move into levels of abundance and happiness comfort zone. Start small…but start! that you have only dreamed of before.

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small comfort zones that does not appear to grow at all. Your comfort zone may be created by a variety of factors: Start small. Today do one thing that pushes the boundaries your childhood, past life experiences, your reactions to of your abundance comfort zone. For example: Shop at events during your life. Your comfort zone is an evera high end boutique and be aware of the feelings that evolving aspect of your life. emerge, without judgment. Test drive the car of your dreams and again notice how you feel. Be respectful of For some people, complaining, negativity, lack, poverty consciousness, problems, and suffering are their comfort the salesperson’s time in both explorations. zone. They are so attached to their challenges that if you try to help solve their problems, they will resist. Strange What IS Your Comfort Zone? as it may sound, they are comfortable in finding fault and The comfort zone is our living, work, and social complaining about misfortune.

Exercise: Step Out of Your Comfort Zone

environments that we have grown used to and feel safe within. It determines the type of friends we have, the work we do, where we live. Our comfort zone figures more dramatically into our everyday lives than we may realize! It determines the entire life style we accept or reject. In 1908 psychologists Robert M. Yerkes and John D. Dodson conducted a “comfort zone” experiment. Using mice, they found that stimulation improved performance, up to a certain level, this is now known as optimal anxiety. When that level is passed, and there is too much too much stress, performance deteriorates. “We need a place of productive discomfort,” said Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (Riverhead, 2009). “If you’re too comfortable, you’re not productive. And if you’re too uncomfortable, you’re not productive. Like Goldilocks, we can’t be too hot or too cold.”

Negative comfort zones can be overcome by setting and thinking about positive goals. What we think about all day and what we expect, whether it is positive or negative, is our comfort zone. Comfort zones are directly related to our dreams or goals, which them become our realities. In order to grow and change, we must first want to change our current comfort zone. If we clearly and vividly visualize ourselves being and having the things we truly want, we will create a new image of who we want to be and are. The old comfort zone will eventually be more and more restrictive and we will then be able to create our new comfort zone and new reality.

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Day 14: Miracle Box

Make the pieces of paper beautiful, too. On one piece, you might say: “Miracles are happening for my prosperity, all in accordance with my highest good!”

This is magic! I’m not quite sure exactly how it works, but it does. Hundreds of people have shared their miracles with me as a result of Place crystals in or around your box. Green stones are the best to use because they symbolize growth, prosperity, making and using their Miracle Box. and renewal; however, you could also use other stones that promote prosperity. Purchase stones such as Aventurine, Creating Your Miracle Box green mica, green jade, green tourmaline, malachite, Get a box: re-purpose a box, make your own, or buy one. Herkimer diamonds, seashells, smoky quartz, rainbow Decorate it and designate this as your mystical container. stones, tiger’s eye, amber, or citrine. This is no longer an ordinary box—so make it as beautiful Remember to cleanse your stones. Hold them to your as you can, inside and out. heart and third eye (between your eyes). Dedicate the stones to your God, miracle, or wealth box; prosperity Your Miracle Box is a way to: and wealth. • Gain clarity regarding your abundance • Declare your intentions to the universe regarding your prosperity • Ask for spiritual assistance to attain your career goals

Be creative! You could even spray your Miracle Box with your favorite essential oils to make it smell as good as it looks, or place beautiful stones or flower petals in it. Next, on small pieces of paper, write down your sincere You may wish to put a lottery ticket in there, a big bill desires regarding your body. You can address them to the (for you), money from other countries to signify wealth Universal, Creator, or your Higher Self. Be specific and pouring in from all over the world, use the present tense, as if it has already been delivered to On the inside lid, write: All that is in this box is True! Also, you! Write one statement per piece of paper. wherever you want, write: Thank you! Thank You! Thank For example, if you’re working on improving your financial You! Then put your box in a special place with the intent abundance, you might write: “My financial flow is that all prayers within it are answered in alignment with excellent, and money, riches, and prosperity are all around your highest good. Whenever you have a new request, me.” If you wish to diminish chronic overdraft problems, write it out and place it in the box. And when one of your desires is granted or fulfilled, remove the slip of paper . . . write: “My checking account is always balanced.” and offer your sincere gratitude! 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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To bless your Miracle Box hold it in your hands and say, “I open my heart to loving abundance” three times while holding the box in front of you, with arms outstretched, “I give thanks to the Creator for all that’s received.” Lift your arms higher and higher and say, “In accordance with the highest good.” Your arms and head will be pointed upwards. Be open to what’s in store for you. Remember to give thanks.

Creating Your Wealth Bowl

Creating Your God Box A God Box is somewhat different from a Miracle Box. The latter is about things you wish to manifest in your life, while a God Box is about what you want to turn over to the Creator/God/Goddess – anything that is holding you back. Create your God Box as you did your Miracle Box, keeping in mind: • This box is dedicated to the Creator, so decorate it in alignment with the feelings or beliefs you have about the Creator. • For example: You might write down a fear of being poor as: “I lovingly hand over my fear of being poor to You, God/Creator”.

Exercise 1: Create a Miracle Box Your bowl may be beautiful cut glass bowl, a basket, a metal bowl, a silver bowl, a ceramic bowl or any type of Using the directions above create your own Miracle Box, container that you feel is beautiful to look at and also dedicated to Abundance. represents abundance for you. This bowl should feel abundant. You may also wish to create your version of a Wealth Bowl, which is often used in Feng Shui. Fill it with objects that represent abundance to you. For example: A Wealth Bowl would hold items that signify Exercise 2: Create a Wealth Bowl wealth such as: crystal stones, coins or money, fresh flowers floating in water, cut crystal prisms, tumbled stones, or Using the directions above create your own Wealth Bowl with personal items represent abundance to you. and infuse it with the energy of prosperity. Next, set your intention. This is best done in a place of quiet, focused attention. Write an affirmation or read one that moves you, and place it inside the bowl, or underneath it. You may wish to meditate upon your intention and envision your prosperous life ahead. Place your bowl where you will see it often and fill it with powerful intentions each time you see it. Many place their Wealth Bowl on the Prosperity corner (far lefthand corner) of their desk. Your Wealth Bowl represents prosperity and wealth, so use objects that deeply and profoundly speak to you with an energy of riches. 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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Day 15: Dream Your Life Into Being

enough of everything…enough time, money, love, health. This is your dream, it can be as opulent as you wish! The sky truly is the limit.

Dream Incubation is the concept that you can consciously guide the course of your dreams from the wakeful state. It could even be viewed Feel as though this life is completely real. Run your hands as dreaming manifestation, as one is visualizing along the new clothing and feel the lushness and comfort within their dreams the desired outcome. of the fabrics. Feel your body and revel in its health Prior to bedtime, imagine yourself living the life you desire, a bountiful, full life, with prosperity of all kinds. Financial wealth, rich, fulfilling relationships on every level, an plethora of energy and good health, a full vibrant life that is everything you could ever imagine.

and vibrancy, enjoy feeling a sense of comfort, carefree relaxation, and satisfaction. Paint the most vivid picture, using all of your sense; taste the meals of your dreams, sip the finest beverages of your choice, smell the crisp clear air at your vacation home in the mountains. Whatever you have ever desired in your wildest dreams you can now bring it into your imagination and ground it in your dream scenario.

You may even wish to write out the details of your desired dream in advance. Almost as if you were scripting a play or writing a short story, you can write out the dream you This attention to detail will alter your own personal wish to enjoy that night. dream vibration, bringing your energy into resonance of prosperity. The more real this pre-dream visualization is, Remember to write in the present tense, as if you are the more real it can become. living that dream in the moment. Record your feelings, your thoughts, your energy of the dream, just as you wish You may even set your intention on discovering answers to experience it. to how you will be able to manifest this abundant life. You See yourself at work or fulfilling a passion that excites you. Visualize yourself in glowing health, at a size and level of activity that is peak for you. Imagine opening your purse or wallet and looking at all the money inside, confident that you could buy anything you desired or give to any charity you so chose to. See yourself enjoy vacations in places and doing activities that you have always wanted to experience. Create a mental image of a life full with 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

may request a Spirit Guide, an angel an ally, an ancestor or deceased loved one come forward and assist you in finding the path to the realization of this dream. You may even ask to have possible talents or abilities revealed that will help you in attaining the abundance you desire. There are many ways you can further set the energy for this dream. Create a specific Vision Seed Map, as we did on Day 9, to access the abundance from within your

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dreams. You can find one picture from a magazine, book or even a painting that embodies the energy and feeling of your desires. Before going to sleep, look at the picture, deeply, and fix it into your mind. Immerse yourself into the image and become part of it–feeling it, being it. Immerse yourself into the photographs or image totally and completely.

carefully crafted dream. Then it will become easier with each passing night.

Prior to falling asleep you may wish to listen to Tracks 2, 10, 13, 15, 16, or 24 from 33 Spirit Journeys.

Exercise 1: Dream Incubation

As you fall asleep use affirmations you have created or collected to set the energy of the desired dream or image.

Dream Tips: For best results, your system should be clear of alcohol or drugs prior to experiencing dream incubation. Do your best to have no caffeine after noon and eat a lighter evening meal.

Write and implement your script for dream abundance. Record the results in the morning. Exercise 2: Create a Dream Collage

Use the affirmation, “Tonight I dream of my abundant life of… ”, fill in the blanks with the scenario you had Using the same techniques you employed for your written earlier. Then allow yourself to drift off to sleep. abundance collage on Day 9, create a dream collage to guide you through a dream incubation for abundance. It is perfectly acceptable if this does not work the first night, or even second or third. Keep programming your dreams and before you know it, you will dream your

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Day 16: Connect with Prosperity Guides

Ancestors and Deceased Loved Ones

Our ancestors are a potent source of remarkable wisdom, grace and information. . . and too often in Western cultures There are always master guides, angels, ancestors, their importance is overlooked. They can help activate the spirit animals, and even prosperous master guides deep wisdom the dwells in your DNA and from your from the far past who will come forward to assist ancestral lineage. Ask specifically for an ancestor to come you in deepening your connection to your inner forward who was abundant in a manner that will be of oracle. It’s simply a matter of being open to receive assistance to you. Your great-great-great uncle who died their gifts and support. Here is a little bit about penniless, alone, and miserable is probably not who you want to ask to come forward and help you straighten out each of your celestial benefactors. your money and relationship woes. If he were to appear, it would be appropriate to thank him and send him on and Often the most successful people attribute much of ask for other help! their success to their intuition, which in many cases, is information given to them by their guides.

Spirit Guides Personal guides are those who have been on the earth plane before in previous incarnations and who also may have been with you in previous lifetimes. They have a deep regard and unconditional love for you and desire to support you on your spiritual journey. As they’ve been on the planet before, they understand the difficulties and challenges of living on the earth and can offer valuable support. Some of your personal guides may even be someone who has been a wealthy master in one of their earthly incarnations. Some guides come forward on their Angels own, however you can also specifically ask for a spirit guide who has been a person of abundance and prosperity Angels are only a breath away, all you have to do is ask. to come forward and assist you on your journey. You do not need to know exactly what angel, for it is different for everyone, but by simply being open to 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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Short-Term Guides Sometimes a guide will arrive for just a short period of time. They might come only once and never again. And even though they only appear once or twice, they have come to help. These guides may also appear during an emotionally or physically traumatic time to bring a soothing healing energy. For example, if you have lost your job and need extra support and confidence you may have a very specific the intention of angels your finances will be celestially “pep talk” guide come in to raise your self-confidence and inspired. Archangels Raphael and Ariel have often been boost your morale. associated with prosperity. When spiritual assistance appears, no matter what form it comes in, remember to give thanks. The more gratitude you express and the more thankful you are, the more Allies can come in different forms. The most common ally likely that the spiritual guidance will increase. is your totem animal. It’s valuable to take time discovering what your animal totem, which is also called a Power ALWAYS check any advice or guidance that you think Animal, and call upon this guidance as needed. (See my comes from a spiritual source against your own good book Quest for further information.) You may call upon common sense. Guides and spirit guardians don’t always the energy of Bull, Cow, Boar or Pig, Buffalo or Bee to agree with each other and you should never relinquish come forward and assist you in your financial journey. your free will to the opinion of another, whether of this

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realm or the spiritual one. If it feels right, it probably is; if it doesn’t feel right, it probably isn’t.

Special-Purpose Guides Although some guides are lifelong companions, others come to work with you in one particular area. A special purpose guide would be your guide you could call upon to help in matters pertaining to certain aspects of your abundance journey.

The messages from your spirit helpers can take many forms, from a deep insight, to a dream, to a physical manifestation. There are two common ways to call for a message. One is active and one is passive. Active calling means that you are actively pursuing and asking for a message. The second way is to be passive and open; wait For example, you may ask that a guide help you who and watch the signs. There are advantages to each way. is especially well-versed in finances if you are feeling overwhelmed by your bills. You may also ask for a specific Praying guide to help you in finding work that you will not only be prosperous doing, but that will also fulfill you spiritually. Praying means to pray or speak from your heart to the Divine. The words you use are less important than the sincerity of your spirit. You can speak, chant, or sing 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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your prayers. You can call out loudly and plaintively. You can silently invoke the Creator without words, directly from your heart. You don’t need to be eloquent or explain yourself. Be real. Be honest. Be sincere. To pray is to actively ask for help and guidance. When imploring for a message--either before, during or after your card reading--you can call for guidance from the Spirit realm to help you. A simple way to do this is to say, “May the spirits, guides, ancestors and angels that have gathered in peace, bring love and guidance for me and help me to achieve the abundant life I so desire. I give thanks for the help that is given. May what is received be for the good of all.”

are giving us signs, but sometimes we get too busy to recognize the wealth of guidance that is at our fingertips. The most common way that these kind of messages appear is through intuition, a spontaneous thought or just an inner knowing. Messages don’t usually come as a lightning-bolt realization but rather as a gentle emerging awareness. To encourage spiritual messages, be conscious of the thoughts that float through your mind. Very often, the simple exercise of watching your thoughts can provide remarkable insights into your life and your future. The advantage of being quiet and open is that you can hear the whispers from spirit. If you’re the kind of person who is constantly on the go and actively pursuing goals, just sitting and being still can be an ideal way for you to receive a message.

The advantage of praying lies in the action. If you’re the kind of person who passively waits for opportunities to come your way, and they don’t seem to ever come, then taking action might be the best path for you. To manifest your dreams, often you need to take action. Go for it. The disadvantage of being still is that sometimes it creates Reach for the stars. boredom and restlessness. While you are trying to “be” The other side of praying for a message might be that you in the moment, your mind is filling with mental chatter miss a simple and direct message from Spirit because you about seemingly unimportant things. When you just sit, you might feel tired and or distracted. are so focused on your requests.

Open and Accept

If you have difficulty ignoring the distractions, just say to yourself, “And this too.” This simple statement allows The second way to ask for guidance is to still your mind, you to acknowledge the mental diversion, so that you can be open to information and wisdom regarding your let it go. What you resist persists, so instead of resisting abundance, and accept whatever occurs. Transformation distractions, simply acknowledge them to let them go. and change don’t often come in the way that we expect. In Distractions are a part of this process. They can also teach fact, it’s often because it’s not as we expected that we can you about yourself. The way you deal with them allows be transformed. Be open. Expect the unexpected. Revel you to gain spiritual power and depth. in the unfolding of each new day. Often it’s in the quiet moments of life that remarkable insights occur. Accept. How Messages Appear Receive. Breathe. Observe. Just be. And then watch for signs. A message can occur in many different forms. It can occur quietly, even beyond your conscious recognition, or it can In every moment the universe and our spiritual helpers be dramatic and moving. No matter in what form the 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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message arrives for you, it expands the parameters of your life. It can come through the signs in the natural world around you, your dreams, or even in a manifested physical form. The form is less important than how the messages feels. If it feels right, it probably is.

Watch the Signs One of the ways the Creator answers prayers and gives messages is through signs. This is why it’s so important to be still and to listen and observe everything. When you take time to really observe your environment, you can discover something that applies uniquely to your life. If you’re unsure what the sign means, ask yourself: “If I knew what this sign was telling me, what might it be?” Often this can help you decipher the sign. The visions and messages that you receive through signs will continue to expand throughout your life. Your message can come as a direct communication from the signs. In every moment, Spirit’s whispering to you through signs. Judge nothing. Be open to everything. Watch. Listen. Feel. Signs will unfold around you. My book The Secret Language of Signs (also called Signposts in some countries) may help you recognize the signs that are shared with you throughout your life.

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Day 17: Feng Shui Clutter Clearing

What is Feng Shui?

Feng Shui is an ancient art developed over 3,000 years ago in China. This system teaches how to If it feels good, it’s probably abundant Feng Shui. balance the energies of any given space to assure If it feels bad, it’s probably not abundant Feng Shui the health and good fortune. Feng means wind and shui means water. In Chinese culture wind Key Points for Abundance Clutter Clearing using and water are associated with good health, thus Feng Shui good feng shui came to mean good fortune. Feng Shui is based on the idea that the land is alive • Clutter clear anything to do with finances; boxes of old and filled with Chi, or energy. Two Rules for Feng Shui

bills and tax returns, scan and file on your computer if you need them. • Look at where your money comes from – if you make money through your computer, make sure all the space around your computer is clutter clear. • If you make money through your telephone, the principle is the same. Clear old messages from the telephone. Wherever you make money, make sure it’s clutter clear. • Make sure your mailbox is clean and in good repair, especially if you receive income via checks in the mail. You may wish to glue abundance affirmations inside your mailbox, if possible.

Tips on Using Feng Shui in Your Home 1. Auspicious front door Your home is an outer manifestation of your inner energy – your home should feel safe, secure, abundant and loving, a sanctuary/haven. Plus, the entrance to your home is a metaphor for your entire home and a powerful metaphor for welcoming prosperity. 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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When you walk up to your front door, the emotional response should be that of warmth and welcome. The entrance should be clean, beautiful and inviting, the door shouldn’t be squeaky, with dirty windows and overgrown shrubs. It should be well lit and clean. The entrance is an “energy greeter.” A favorite symbol of welcome such as healthy plants, Buddhas, flowers, or any beautiful object is an inviting energy. The first thing you see, hear, smell when you open your front door is important as it sets a template for the whole home. If you open your front door and can see out of the back door, this is not ideal. Finances can flow through the front door and out of the back. The house should contain and hold energy 2. Expansive area in front of the house An open, inviting area in front of your home creates an expansive and wealthy vibration. Dead plants, trees, shrubs or ill-kept lawns should be attended to or replaced. The walkway to the house should gracefully approach the doorway, no straight sidewalk is at all possible. Abundant Tip: In feng shui, it’s not what is real, it’s what is perceived. 3. Symbolic mountain in back At the back of the home, there should be something that has some height that gives the feeling of a supportive energy and protection. Mountains represent wealth and stability. It also represents being supported by business associates, family, and friends. Not all homes have height behind them (trees, hills, taller buildings), some have ravines or the lands drops away. However, there are “cures” you can employ.

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• Build a high solid wall at the back of your yard • Build a high rock or brick wall • Place a statue of a turtle (turtles represent wealth and stability) in the backyard • Plant trees that will grow taller than the roof • Put lights in the back shining upward to give the feeling of height behind the house • Flagpoles • High fences or a high sold wall An executive at office may have high chair or picture of mountain behind her, or at a restaurant, you’d probably rather sit with the wall behind you than have the expanse of the restaurant behind you. People like to have that feeling of protection behind them. That symbolic energy of a mountain will give you a stability and “groundedness” for your finances.

representing water/a river of opportunity flowing into this home. b. The water must be coming into the home, not flowing away from you. c. When you’re working with water, have the intention (because intention is everything) that this water is activating even more abundance. d. Ideas of water symbols: Pictures of oceans, rivers, symbolic art, blue lava lamp with the intention of water, home fountains (have the intention that more and more abundance is flowing to you.). e. Fish: (in feng shui eight golden goldfish and one black goldfish is traditional ), a Zen aquarium. f. Put a plug/shells/stones over open drains so that water is not moving away from the home. You are symbolically keeping wealth from flowing out of the home. g. Toilet seats should be closed to keep wealth from literally flushing away. 2. Sailing ship picture or artwork in house are powerful abundance attractors. Make sure sails are up as this symbolizes the abundance the ship has gathered over time is coming into shore. “Your ship has come in” refers to the ship arriving, laden with goods and merchandise.

3. Your wallet, billfold, purse/handbag or briefcase are all direct symbols of abundance. (The terms wallet, handbag, purse and briefcase will be used interchangeably in this section). a. Clear them out and keep them clear. b. Write abundant affirmations on slips of beautiful paper and tuck them into various pockets of your Representations of Abundance wallet or handbag. c. Avoid handbag clutter – if you open your purse and 1. Water represents abundance, you may wish to put in you haven’t used something and don’t love it, clear it water features (such as a moving fountain), paintings or out. You should not have the energy in your purse pictures of waterfalls, water, or an aquarium. clogged. Clear out extra cards and credit cards – keep only what you use. An extra benefit is there will be less a. Inside entrance you might put a blue/black rug strain on your back and shoulders! 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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d. Do not put your purse on the floor (especially the bathroom floor). Treat it as a metaphor for your wealth. e. Don’t disrespect the money in your purse – respect even the coins and put them in the coins section because lots of money starts with a small amount of money. f. Honor even the penny or dime you pick up and give thanks because prosperity is flowing to you. If you stop the flow in any area, even in a small area, it stops the flow in a big area. If your bills are crumpled, uncrumple

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them and lay them in some order. g. Put a $100 bill in your wallet/purse, tuck it away and don’t spend it. This represents feeling abundant and having financial reserves when you need them. h. Energize your wallet/purse by doing blessings, spraying it with essential oils, putting it out in the sun

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the drains and out of the toilet. The old adage and asking the abundant sunshine of our beautiful “Don’t flush your money down the toilet” has roots planet to energize it. Put your purse on your abundance in this concept. Keeping the bathroom door closed altar for 24 hours. and toilet seat down minimizes the loss of energy i. When you’re buying a handbag or wallet make and money. sure you love everything about it. See how it feels on your shoulder – if it’s uncomfortable, chances are • Windows are very advantageous in the bathroom, as they let in light and fresh air. If you do not have a that from a feng shui perspective, it’s going to be an window, open the bathroom door for a few minutes uncomfortable journey to prosperity. Make sure it has after a shower to air it out. enough compartments and you don’t have to search through your purse to find things as that represents Kitchen Specific Tips: searching for money. • Kitchen should be clutter clear. j. Your purse should be closed and secure. • Stove burners are symbolic, keep all of them in working order and use each one, especially the left Abundant Fun Fact: “Back in the Day” it was considered back burner, as that is the symbolic area of wealth. good luck to always tuck money inside any gift of a wallet, • Never leave an empty pot on a burner as this billfold, or handbag. indicates lack. • Display objects that represent wealth, such as a big Bagua Map Info bowl of fruit, affirmations above/behind stove or a create a small abundance altar. This is the energy map of the home; every area of the home represents a different aspect of life. Home Office Tips: Three Door Gate: When facing your home, the farthest • Your computer should be clean, at a comfortable height, and the area clutter free. left corner is your abundance area. The farthest left corner • Your office chair should be comfortable, of any one room is also the abundance or wealth area. ergonomically positioned, and in good repair. Compass school: Southeast corner area of your home/ • Tape money or an affirmation under your desk. every room in your home is the abundance area. • Put your desk in the power position, it should face Feng Shui Tips and Ideas the door and have a solid wall behind it for support. • When watering plants affirm: “As I water this plant, Symbols as ornaments in your home: more abundance flows into me”. • Waterfall picture or painting. • Sailing ship with open sails representation is classic. Abundant Tip: Keep your computer clutter-free also and delete files and programs you do not need. You may wish Bathroom Specific Tips: to invest in an external hard-drive or purchase “cloud” • Make your bathroom feel as abundant as possible. storage space to store files you do not need, but wish to In ancient China the bathroom, if even inside, was keep. not a room of luxury. Now, our bathrooms are often showrooms and can be treated as such. • In feng shui water is flows out of your home, down 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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Day 18: Letters From Future & Creating Spirit Stick

One employee handles all the packing, shipping and billing and the other helps with some of the actual construction of the jewelry. There are more stores interested in selling your Your letter to your future abundant self can be jewelry and you are now talking to sales representatives a declaration of sorts…a statement of all you about carrying your line. It all feels so good! You are busy will accomplish within the next period of time. enough to be making the amount of money you need to be comfortable and grow the business, yet not so busy that you Close your eyes and spend 15 minutes visualizing an are overwhelmed. The business has grown at the perfect amazing, prosperous future. Be as detailed as possible pace…and you are so grateful every single day. and incorporate all of your sense…SEE what you will be doing, HEAR the words of congratulations from loved Imagine yourself in the future doing something that would ones, FEEL how fulfilled and content you are, TOUCH nourish your soul, as in the example above. Immerse the world around you that you have created, SMELL yourself in the experience, make it feel absolutely real. By the crisp air, laden with success and know that you have doing so, you are projecting the energy into the future so it can draw to it the forces it needs to manifest. Affirm to reached a level of success that is well deserved. yourself that this, or something better for your highest For example: You have recently started a small online good, will come to fruition. business selling handmade jewelry, for this exercise, you might imagine yourself three years in the future. You are at your newly remodeled studio where everything is perfectly organized, your abundant supplies are neatly tucked away where you can easily find them. You feel your heart swell with pride of accomplishment and joy. There are so many crystals, embellishments, and unique items for you to utilize in creating your jewelry, you are constantly inspired. Your creative juices are flowing and each day you create beautiful and inspiring pieces of jewelry, each more than the one before.

Exercise 1: Write Your Future Letters Write your vision of your future one year in the future. Write in a very loving and kind way, and congratulate yourself for all that you have experienced and whom you

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have become. To continue the above example, you might begin with: “The last year has been amazing! I am well on my way to being able to leave my 9-5 job and devote myself full-time to my jewelry business.” Continue with more detail on exactly where you are and how you feel. Next, write letters from three, five, ten, even twenty years in the future. Then seal the letter it in an envelope. At the next New Moon that is convenient for you, burn the letter in a safe manner (fire pit, fireplace or hibachitype grill outside). Watch the smoke rise toward the heavens as your dreams are released skyward, carrying your desire for this or something better to the ethers.

Creating a Spirit Stick for Prosperity Throughout history, shamans, have used spirit sticks in their quest to connect with spirit. Spirit Sticks were used for sending prayers to the Creator, healing, and to invite vibrant energy into a space.

If you want a smooth finish, strip the stick of bark and sand the stick with a coarse or medium grit sand paper to reduce the rough spots. Go over the stick a final time with a fine grit sand paper to make it smooth. Wipe it clean with a damp cloth to move dust and debris. Get creative! Paint designs, leave the wood natural, or any combination of the above onto your spirit stick. If you desire to paint your stick carefully choose the color. If you want a natural wood color, rub the stick several times with mineral oil and a soft cloth. It will slightly darken but will preserve the look and bring out the natural markings. Allow the stick to dry between applications. You can stain your wood using a wood stain. Follow the directions on your choice of stain.

Now, string beads onto leather cord or twine, leaving enough at the end to add beads, embellishments or feathers to, if desired. Add feathers to the end with the beads and tie the cord, then use a bit of hot glue or craft Your spirit stick may be created with the intention of glue to hold the feathers in place. Wrap the other end of abundance and prosperity. the cord around your spirit stick wherever you wish. You may wish to use the following supplies: A stick or branch (find an interesting one) Yarns and/or fabric in various colors Beads, crystals, stones and shells Glue gun Twine or leather cord Feathers Paint Brushes Optional supplies Damp cloth Oil or stain Glue gun

You can use anything that represents prosperity and abundance to you as part of your spirit stick. Place your Spirit Stick in a place of honor in your home where it will radiate prosperity throughout your home.

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Day 19: Take Action

List 1: Easy Instant Abundance Boosters

There is a direct correlation between your 1. Smile as if you were wildly abundant. Even if you do not feel like it, smile at everyone you encounter, as thoughts and emotions and what you create for if all your needs were met. Smile at yourself in the yourself in the future. For example, the more confident you currently feel, the 2. more likely you are to have a confident future. And the more you feel afraid, the more you are likely to have a fearful future. The more you fully embrace the concept of your life being a full and glorious bounty, the more it 3. will be so. Today’s assignment may be a bit challenging, but it is well worth the rewards. From the moment you read this 4. assignment, starting NOW, act as if your thriving future has already happened. The future is being created right now. So right now, this minute, begin to create a positive, affluent future you. 5. Instead of “I will believe it when I see it,” your motto is, “I will see it when I believe it.” Begin believing right now that you can and will have an incredible future, no matter how unlikely it may seem from where you are in your life circumstances. And so it will be! Exercise 1: DO Something!!! Here are a few lists of things to DO. You have looked inward and examined and explored, now here are a few action steps to take.

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rearview mirror. Smile at your pets. Smile at everyone. Give yourself five minutes a day to do nothing. Yes, this is the action section, but doing nothing is something. People who are fabulously wealthy have time to do nothing. Imagine that you are so wealthy you have time to do nothing. Move your body every day as if you were fabulously prosperous. Ask yourself, “How would I move if all my needs were met?” and then move in that manner. Be grateful. The more grateful you are for what you have, the more abundance will flow into your life. Say thank you - to yourself and others. Thank a co-worker, spouse or friend even if they have done something small and watch them glow! Surround yourself with positive people who appreciate you and your life will move toward creating abundance forever. In no small way your

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abundance is determined by the five people you spend the most time with. If these five people live in poverty consciousness, it can be very difficult to step into abundance. List 2: Nuts and Bolts Way To Save Cold Hard Cash: Here are a few steps you can take to IMMEDIATELY increase your abundance 1. Request a reduction in your credit card interest rate. Turn the card over and call that number on the back and ASK. Better yet, have no credit card debt. Get there as fast as you can and it can add hundreds of dollar to your income each year. 2. Call you cell phone company and ask if they will review your plan and determine if a different plan will save you money. 3. While on the subject of phones, determine if you can drop your land line, if you are already using a cellphone. For most adults, it is possible, it can save some money every month. 4. Call your health and car insurance and ask them to review your plan to save you money, Be kind to the customer service representative and it will flow back. Deductibles can often be raised, but make sure it is right for your needs before making changes. 5. Take advantage of customer rewards programs for businesses you use often. Is Starbuck’s your weakness? Join their rewards program. Fly a lot? Use one airline as much as possible and keep up with the miles. 6. Use the library. They still exist and are more exciting than you may remember. Many offer DVD, CD and audio books lending now. 7. Tune-up your car (if you have one). Keep the oil changed and air up the tires. These simple maintenance tips will help you get better gas mileage and add years to the life of the vehicle. 8. Look at your monthly bills 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

and get rid of what you do not use. Do you pay for 500+ channels on TV and watch the same four? Do you belong to book clubs that you can quit? Gym memberships you do not use? Take a long hard look at your expenses and see where you can easily cut back. This is especially true for the $9 here and $10 expenditures you may have signed up for and forgotten about, as it was “only” $9. 9. Look into an online savings program and sign up. Make it automatic and easy and you will use it. 10. Bottle your own water. Use a good water bottle and refill yourself. 11. Limit eating out. Period. Also, brown bag it if possible. 12. Pick up coins from the ground. They add up and show respect for the energy of money. 13. Reduce your bills by simply asking 14. One of the most effective means of shaving money off your expenditures is incredibly simple…just ask. Ask if there is a discount for paying with cash, ask if that is the best someone can do on the price, simply ask. The worst that can happen is you will told “no.” 15. And last, but not least…use less of everything. A bit less laundry detergent than the box says, a little bit less toothpaste squeezed onto your toothbrush and a lot less shampoo and conditioner. Does anyone really need to wash their hair twice?

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Day 20: Giving Back

going in the area in which you desire abundance. If you want a home; give to the homeless, volunteer for Habitats When we have a poverty consciousness, we hold for Humanity. The giving doesn’t have to be financial – on tightly to what we have. From a metaphysical you can give of your talents, your time, and your energy. point of view, it stops the flow. For prosperity • Do not sacrifice to give: Giving when feeling pressured to flow in, it must also flow out. Shift your to do so may cause feelings of resentment to boil up and negate any of the benefits usually experienced from consciousness from holding to allowing. sharing. Also, don’t give what you can’t afford to give (for The Spiritual basis of Giving and Receiving: Whatever you the same reason). Monitor your giving – give in an area that gives you joy and feed your soul. The more your soul sow, you will also reap. –Galatians 6:7 is fed, the easier it is for the Universe to in turn shower The Scientific basis of Giving and Receiving: For every action, you with abundance. there will always be an equal or even opposite reaction. Practice Unconditional Giving –Isaac Newton’s Law of Motion. Giving puts you into a positive mind state and when you’re in a positive mind state, miracles will flow to you. Your heart’s desires can begin to come in ways that you least expect when you open up the flow and allow and accept. Giving is one way to open your heart. Giving activates the strength in you. It releases serotonin, dopamine and oxytocin (the “feel-good” chemicals in the brain). Giving strengthens the immune system, there is a reduction in negativity, chronic hostility and even things that can damage the body. There are an endless list of benefits to every system in the body, all the glands and organs, that are provided by the stress relief that you receive from sharing.

• Giving with attachment can be an easy trap to fall into. Practice giving without attachment. By attaching conditions to your giving, you not only lessen the pleasure you receive, you also diminish their human experience. • Give anonymously. This will negate any opportunity for you to expect anything in return. Bountiful ways to give may be to put a note/card in a shopping cart: “Whoever gets this cart next, I’m sending you blessings for a wonderful day”. You may attach a dollar bill. • When you can give with a full heart without expecting anything back, it builds up your spiritual bank account – it actually fills you spiritually. The giving isn’t so much for the other person, it’s for you.

Ways to Give That Are Not Financial • Share your time with the local school. Read to the • Give in the area you want to receive: it gets the flow children, volunteer as a teacher’s aide. Maximizing the Giving Experience

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• Clutter clearing: clear out your closet and share the contents with others. Bless the items with; “whoever will use this, I gift you my love, my support, my blessings.” • Contact your local hospice to be of support to the people in their time of transition into spirit. • If you’re creative, give your art/creative gifts to others. • Be a volunteer at your local zoo, park, etc. • Be part of a literacy program , help others learn to read. • Volunteer at an animal shelter and give energy, give love. • Buy an extra item of food for your local food bank. • Local children’s hospitals and community centers.

The Power of Receiving • There’s a direct correlation between your ability to receive and your ability to give without limits. • True giving is where you give without any conditions. If you can’t receive, chances are that you have some subconscious conditions on your giving. So if you really want that flow to go, you need to be willing to receive. When the Universe is gifting you, don’t feel unworthy or that you don’t deserve it, just say, “Thank you!”

If someone pays you a compliment say, “Thank you so Abundant Info: The word tithe means “tenth.” The practice much”, take it in and embrace it. The gift of a compliment of tithing is defined as giving 10% of an annual income, is no less a gift than a physical gift. If you don’t accept it, historically to a church or charitable organization. In you diminish the giver’s energy. actuality, tithing does not have to be money and it does not have to only go to a religious organization. Tithing can be Affirmation for Giving: The more I give of my time, the more a deeply personal, spiritual giving of time, energy, goods, time I have. The more I give of my energy, the more energy I services or yes, money to any organization or benefactor that have. The more I give of my finances, the more finances I have. moves you. You may wish to tithe 10% of your free time to volunteering at an animal shelter or 10% of your profits Exercise: Give Unconditionally from a side business to a specific charity. The intention is in making the commitment to share a pre-determined percentage Start right now. Quit reading this workbook right now or portion of your energy (time, money, etc.) to help others. and go give someone something. Right now. Yes, really! • Visit kiva.org and give $25 to help an entrepreneur. • Go to Heifer.org and for $20-$30 give a gift to a family of a flock of chickens or a beehive. • Call your humane society and volunteer to play with dogs for an hour. No long term commitment required, just an hour. • Help your spouse or partner with a project they have been putting off for an hour. Nothing asked for in return, even if you do not want to do what they ask, give them an hour (or more). 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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Day 21: Step into Your Glorious, Fabulous, Magnificent Abundant Future!

Absorb the vastness into your soul. Become one with the waterfall.

Every experience you have ever had, in this life and others, is allowing you to evolve as an abundant, bountiful being. Remind yourself that everything is for your ultimate highest good, even if you judge it as a bad, boring, demeaning, or worthless experience. Bounced checks, lost jobs, bankruptcies, poor choices have all been put into your life to allow you to learn and grow. Thank them for being the invaluable teaching lessons they have been. At its essence, the soul is unconditional love. When you have cleared away inner and outer clutter, your capacity to love yourself, love others, and love the Creator magnifies. Today is a reminder of the fortunate, thriving, infinitely growing and changing should who you are and who you are continually becoming.

Then imagine yourself as the water at the bottom of the waterfall. Still energized and empowered by the movement of cascading over the precipice, you are now completely and totally energetically shifted. You find yourself surrounded by a circle of love. All around you are people who love you, angelic beings, spirit guides, animal allies, and wise ones from the realm of spirit. They are radiating incredible love and healing energy to you, as they stand around the pool of water that you have become. Wave after wave of infinite, bountiful wealth and riches of all types are flowing around, over and through you. You are the strength, you are the force and you are the contentment of the pool.

No matter where you are or what you do today— whether you are walking, eating, working, talking, standing, or sitting—remind yourself that at your core, you are love and light. Physicists now agree with what ancient mystics have always known: that your physical body is composed of vast space. From a spiritual perspective, within this Meditate on the waterfall of abundance. Visualize the vastness dwells light, your light, which can be accessed by power, the force, the beauty of the rushing water as it meditation. cascades over the precipice that gives it life as a waterfall. Breathe in this power, the point at which the water goes Visualize your waterfall cascading and shimmering in the from being a body of water into when it becomes a center of your chest. Then imagine this water pouring waterfall. There is a tipping point, a magnificent moment and powerfully moving throughout your body until your of perfection in which that shift occurs…you are at that entire being is engulfed in it. There is now an orb of power moment in time. You are at the point of moving from and confidence and bountiful light around you. being a rushing body of water to a cascading, powerful waterfall. 21 Days to Fabulous, Glorious Abundance

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Whenever you encounter anyone, visualize your waterfall of abundance radiating from your heart to his or her heart. Wherever you go today, let your waterfall of prosperity flow out of you to animals, people, plants, trees, the environment, homes, and everything. Do not tell anyone what you are doing.

Exercise: Put Into Practice the Waterfall Abundance Sharing With the next person you encounter today, put into practice sharing the energy of your waterfall of abundance. Continue daily. Repeat for the rest of your life. Enjoy.

Allow your waterfall to infuse abundance to everyone and everything around you. If you continue this practice past today, your inner waterfall will grow in brilliance and energy. Others will feel embraced by your presence and will be energized by your energy of embracing the riches of life.

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