My Grieving Process is over…
I just completed a grieving process that began in September last year.
I didn’t realize that I was experiencing it – but reviewing my blog postings and the direction I was moving in with my attitudes and opinions in my day-to-day life – tells a very different story.
I was dealing with the death of a “system”. A way of doing business - I had taken for granted would always be around.
I’m talking about the so-called “free enterprise system”.
The shock – denial – confusion – anger - and finally acceptance of change.
Things will never again be as they were six months ago – And I believe it’s a good thing!
I think a lot of people have been going through a similar process – grieving on a deep subconscious level. Because intuitively you know something has changed – forever.
You see, the fact that some people could create enormous wealth was – for many of us – the outer boundary of what was possible. Maybe you didn’t strive to be a billionaire or a millionaire – but you could see yourself buying a new car or owning a home…
But the rapid collapse of the “high end” of our economic system has created a profound chilling effect on the rest of us.
On a subconscious level, hearing about society’s financially successful people having their dreams and fortunes collapse is affecting our own belief that our dreams are possible. If it’s collapsing for them it can collapse for us – goes the “logic”.
In the beginning of February I had a life transforming epiphany…
Regardless of the changes taking place in the outer economy – the foundational principle of the Intentional Prosperity™ System remains intact and even more relevant than before.
Prosperity comes to you as the direct result of the quality of your relationships.
What better time to begin practicing the powerful technique of creating new pathways for prosperity to come to me – by creating new relationships. More important – opening myself up to allowing prosperity to come in ways I hadn’t even considered.
Too often – and I’m guilty of this myself – we assume that our financial prosperity is only going to manifest itself through a very narrow mechanism.
A job, investments, a business or career – so we continue – in spite of the changing reality around us – to expect those mechanisms to continue to provide us with the prosperity we want out of life.
What happens when the economy shifts and the “marketplace” goes through a paradigm shift – as has been taking place over the last few months?
We all know on a deep level something has changed – yet our “status quo protection mechanism” fights the reality that is taking place around us.
We deny the change and limit our options.
My personal epiphany:
I had unknowingly limited the pathways of prosperity in my own day-to-day reality. I had focused soley upon those mechanisms I had been devoting most of my time to – and had literally shut off – with a sub-conscious barrier – even considering other alternatives.
I consciously changed this limitation in the beginning of February.
I decided to “open myself” to anything – no preconceived notions. Of course I was going to use discernment – but I was going to consciously not predetermine what or how prosperity was going to come to me. I did however place a simple criteria on my “change of attitude” within myself:
It had to be fun – unleash my natural passion – and be something that was going to be helpful to someone achieving their dreams… In other words I was going to be “serving” the needs of others.
Within the first week, as a result of doing nothing more than making a list of people – and a few phone calls – I had been out of contact with for many months and in some cases I’m sorry to say – years – amazing things began to happen.
I was commissioned to produce an album project for a dear friend of mine. It turns out he thought I was so pre-occupied with my “business endeavors” he avoided asking me if I would be interested. Interested? In participating in a music project – the very passion that has sustained me throughout my life? WOW! I was flabbergasted at the realization that I had unknowingly created a barrier to doing those things that were a pure joy for me…
And other amazing things began to happen – someone who’s name was on my list – who I hadn’t talked to since 2002 – called me the next day! Before I had a chance to call her – asking if I would consider doing some consulting for her organization!
I saw her name and she calls me the next day.
It didn’t stop there:
I’ll reveal the most amazing thing in tomorrow’s posting.
-Bob Baran