I was listening to the new audio by Abraham-Hicks today (Money and the Law of Attraction) and actually laughed out loud at one of the answers Abraham gave to a question regarding a career choice and the opinion of a ’significant’ other. I don’t remember the question verbatim, but it was one in a line of questions that had to do with finding your life’s work and choosing a career. Before I get to the answer that Abraham gave that made me laugh out loud, I have to add a comment on the “life’s work” question.

I’m sure I’m not the only person who has questioned what it is I should “do” with my life or what my life’s purpose is- and it was great to hear Abraham almost laugh at the notion that we are supposed to have one and only one thing that we want to do with our life. I have NEVER had a definitive idea as to what it was I was supposed to do, I’ve only known that I wanted to do something on my own (there’s a quality of life when you control your time that you just can’t put a price on) and that I need to be able to grow, work with other people, be creative and help people along the way. As I’ve let go of what it is I’m “supposed” to do, I’ve found something that I “love” to do! And for now, that’s enough for me.

The question that was raised to Abraham re: a significant other was that the person wanted to do something different career wise, yet didn’t think their “significant” other would get on board. The first thing Abraham said was that they needed to think about their “significant” other as their “insignficant” other (that was when I laughed out loud). That when we look for the approval of other people, we are not in vibration with what it is we truly want. If we place SO much emphasis on the opinion of other people, whose life are we living anyways? What I have found through much trial, error, heartache and finally peace- is that when you get in alignment with what it is that makes your heart sing (even if it’s not for the next 40 years), the people in your life (significant or otherwise), will get on board with you.

I’m still on vacation and finished reading the novel I brought with me, so of course I needed a trip to the bookstore so I’d have something to do on the beach after being thoroughly beaten up by the waves. I intended to get another book by the author I had just read, but the other books by her didn’t seem too appealing, so I kept looking. I picked up another book by Paulo Coelho,  The Witch of Portobello. As I was walking up front to pay for this (and the few magazines I picked up), I walked by a table with a bunch of Law of Attraction books and was pleasantly surprised when I saw a new book by Esther & Jerry Hicks and the Teachings of Abraham. This book is called Money, and the Law of Attraction: Learning to Attract Wealth, Health, and Happiness. It just came out in August.

Anyways, I started reading just a little bit of it last night and came across something called the “What-if” game. This is nothing new to me, but when I read about it this time I got a completely different perspective on it. Quite a few years ago when I was talking with my therapist after I lost my husband, I did the whole “What if we hadn’t moved where we did/when we did/ etc. ?”….thinking at the time of course that I had some control over what had happened. I’ll never forget what she said to me (which finally makes sense now….I’m not really a slow learner, just stubborn! :-)). In a very kind, but direct way she said,

Your Business and the Law of Attraction

So here is the recording of my first teleseminar with Hemal called “Your Business and the Law of Attraction”. I hosted this with Hemal on July 28th. If you haven’t visited the Law of Attraction page on this site, you can read more about Hemal there, but he also has a wonderful blog and you can read more about him, his work and how he helps people with the Law of Attraction and manifestion at : http://www.manifestingandlawofattraction.com

I have a group on facebook called The Women of Internet Marketing and Hemal has a group called Universal Law of Attraction. My group focuses on women who are building online businesses and Hemal’s group is, well, obviously about the Law of Attraction. We received some great questions before and during the teleseminar. I hope you enjoy it!

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I sort of go back and forth between listening to music and listening to books on CD in my car, it just depends on my mood and how long I’ll be in the car. I was heading over last week to get a massage and dinner with two of girlfriends (a surprise birthday outing), so I popped in a CD lecture by Dr. Wayne Dyer and Marrianne Williamson. It’s a 4 CD set, the first two CD’s are them speaking individually, then the last two they take questions from the audience (I need to go to one of those events). I’m always amazed at how I can listen to something multiple times, yet something different will resonate with me each time.

As I was listening to Wayne (yeah, we’re on a first name basis), I heard something that almost brought tears to my eyes ( in a good way…I know, I’m a bit of a mush). He was talking about the morning, afternoon and evening of your life ( a theory I believe he said was Carl Jung’s) and that for most people, the afternoon of your life is in your 30’s, although that’s not the case for everyone. What got me so emotional though was when he said that you go from a state of ‘doing’ to a state of ‘being’, and that when you find your passion, it really just takes a hold of you. As I was driving, I realized that this is exactly where I’m at in my life right now. I’ve explored so many different things in my life, but nothing has ever taken a hold of me the way this business has. Not only am I getting to do something I love, but the most amazing people keep showing up in my life. I couldn’t stop this thing even if I tried (not that I want to). And what really inspires me is simply the way I feel when I’m a part of it. I haven’t lost site of the big picture- but it’s just not that important. I am so grateful for where I’m at that I’m just enjoying the ‘being’ of it all. The doing gets done without me having to think about it.

I may be being a bit ambiguous here, but the feeling that comes when your passion takes a hold of you is like nothing I’ve ever experience before. Hindsight is 20/20- but I can definitely say it’s been worth the wait.

So we had the second teleseminar today (by we I mean Hemal, of http://manifestingandlawofattraction.com), which is really more like Hemal having a teleseminar, where I get the opportunity to ask the questions and more or less be his co-pilot. Today was really about the fundamentals of the Law of Attraction, and what I realized is that it all really comes down to the way you feel. Not to simplify things (which usually I don’t….I’m better at over thinking things..)but when Hemal was giving examples of your thoughts and how to change them as well as the bigger picture, softening and focusing, etc. (there’s a link on the Law of Attraction page to a free pdf download Hemal created for today’s class), I realized that it all just keeps coming back to the way you feel.

In the post I made the other day about coming back from vacation and feeling out of sorts- I realized what I was feeling and basically just put it aside. I went about my day, same intentions (building the business, getting back on schedule) and just kept moving forward. I wouldn’t necessarily say I was ‘pretending’ to feel it, but I just sort of put the blinders on and went about doing what needed to be done…not worrying about how I was feeling.

The next morning, the universe provided exactly what I needed to put me back in a place where I was more or less feeling unstoppable! I spent the first 4 1/2 hrs. of the day on the phone (with Lesley in England and Pete in Canada….creating great things to come and learning amazing things with Photoshop!). I also realized (thank you Hemal), that working with these wonderful people I’m meeting isn’t about accountability as much as it is a motivating factor for me. When I’m collaborating with other people, I feel great. Which of course, is really what it’s all about.