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Published by Bob on 18 May 2009

The Final Posting… And The End Of This Blog

This is the 301st posting on this blog.

As a result of coming into a greater realization of my own true purpose - providing an opportunity for people to rediscover their innate potential - which is only possible by consciously surrendering to a power greater than themselves - has caused me to recognize that I can directly affect many more individuals with a very different mechanism than this blog and weekly newsletter.

Therefore, this is the last blog posting in the “Best Years of Your Life” series… These articles and postings will continue to be available on this web site.

My time and effort will now be focused on helping individuals - who are ready - to discover their true life purpose utilizing the “mechanism” I believe most fully exemplifies the ideals, aspirations and principles I have always believed in and espoused.

With this in mind I am going to make available - free of charge - access to the Intentional Prosperity™ System 24 lesson online program - to those who join with me in this step I am taking into the future…

It is my intention to assemble a group of individuals who are ready for profound change in their lives - and want to positively affect the world around them.

It is time to us live a life of real significance

Touching others in a manner which opens hearts and minds to a power greater than themselves - a power which transforms, uplifts and brings true joy and fulfillment - and real prosperity- is the most significant thing any of us can do in the time we have left with our lives.

Please join with me - the world has never been darker - more confused - or in more need of illumination. In this physical world that illumination can only be expressed through your heart into the hearts and minds of others.

Because first and foremost - you are a conduit of light from the source of all love - God.

Together we can change the world - one person at a time.

Please call me at 406-475-3458 if you would like to talk about participating with me in this exciting new adventure.

Warmest Regards,

-Bob Baran

Published by Bob on 02 May 2009

When You Face Your Destiny

In life,  the greater the risk the greater the reward

Your greatest challenge may be to take a leap of faith…

Trusting in a power greater than the limitations of your ego. Accepting that what you need to succeed  will be placed  into your path exactly when you need it.

Many men and women through the ages have been in the same place you find yourself right now.  This is the point in your life where the greatest tests will come to you.  The very tests that will in time give you the knowingness and the skills  to make your dreams come true.

In the end it will all come down to your belief.

Do you really believe in yourself?

Can you face moments of self doubt when they come to you?

Can you take the leap of faith and allow the joy of seeing and feeling your dreams to fill your heart?  Then take the action necessary to make the things happen that will bring you success?…

You are the Father or Mother of the rest of your life

In the years to come - how you faced these great personal challenges - the ones that go to the very core of your being and test everything you believe - will more than anything else - determine the kind of life you are going to live in the future.

You are now learning the moves of the Life Master.

Like the chess Master, you will begin to see the patterns and understand how to check mate your dreams in the fewest possible moves… Then one day you will wake up and realize everything in your life has changed - the dreams you once had will have become the life you’re now living.

-Bob Baran

Published by Gwen on 17 Aug 2008

“Fear of Happiness” Revisited

Recently, I was reminded of the “Fear of Happiness”. (I’d thought I’d put that particular fear out of my head. Funny how much like onions we all are. Peel one layer and there’s just another below it.)

It was a stunningly beautiful morning. In fact, the most spectacular day we’ve had all summer. A day where the sky was a brilliant blue, no clouds and the air was crystal clear! I was overjoyed to be able to experience such a day. It seemed like we hadn’t had a day like that in many years.

I wanted to express my gratitude for this amazing day and I found myself afraid. Yes, afraid… I had the fear that if I expressed my happiness over this beautiful clear day that the next day there would be a forest fire and we wouldn’t see the sky for weeks after.

Well, I expressed my gratitude anyway after Bob pointed out to me that what I was experiencing was the “Fear of Happiness”. I was afraid my happiness would trigger something bad …And not just in my life but in the lives of everyone in Montana, where I live, and the surrounding area. That was heavy!

The next day there was a little fire in the valley that was quickly put out. Although we haven’t had another day of the crystalline quality of the one before, we haven’t had any forest fires in the area and we can see the sky. I daily express my gratitude for that exceptional day and that we continue to have good air quality.

In Bob’s post “Fear of Happiness” I found these paragraphs most relevant to that incident:

Have you ever felt uncomfortable or had the feeling of dread when something good (that makes you feel happy) suddenly appears in your life?… Wondering when “its too good to be true” is going to kick in and bring everything back to the way it was?

Hey, I’ve been there. For many years I thought that I simply didn’t deserve joy and fulfillment in my life… So, I made sure that I didn’t have any. You see, when you honestly believe you don’t deserve good in your life you will sabotage whatever good does appear in your life… I know, I did it many times… And in those moments when I knew I was engaging in activities that would quickly undermine the good thing… It was as if I heard the combined voices of every negative person and bad experience from my past suddenly confirming that I was not worthy of happiness.

You can read the rest of the post here…

Because I experienced that amazing day, I was worthy of the experience. If you are experiencing something wonderful in your life and it’s making you afraid. Look at where the fear is coming from. You’re having the experience, that means you are worthy!

So remember: if you find yourself in a place where you’re afraid to acknowledge and be grateful for something wonderful that’s happening in your life, stop and recognize where that fear is coming from… your “Fear of Happiness”.

Take care and let us know if we can help,

Gwen Baran

P.S. You can call us Monday - Friday 406-475-3458 or email us anytime at: prosper@intentionalprosperity.com

P.P.S. “The Romance Trap” will be available this week…

Published by Bob on 09 Jun 2008

Gas Hits $4, Nobody Cares…Really

This strange countdown to higher cost gasoline proves to me that complacency has overwhelmed and curtailed the kind of consumer outrage that would in years past resulted in immediate Federal Government action.

Case in point:

Back in the ’70’s the speed limit was rolled back to 55 mph and it saved gas plus we all got a lot better gas mileage because of of it. Today’s cars get their best mileage at about 62-65 mph… Reducing from 75 mph to 65 mph could save the average driver 10-15% fuel… but nobody’s talking about it.

There could be an organized national no-drive day. Everyone picks one day a week and simply does not use their car. Probably very doable with an immediate result because you’d have a full day’s worth of fuel not pulled out of the pipeline each week. Fuel stocks would rise, price would go down…but nobody’s talking about it.

Have you changed your personal driving habits over the last few weeks?

Or are you just pulling out the credit card and your denial as the cost of filling up your twenty gallon gas tank heads toward 100 bucks?

By the way did you know that at the current price of oil, which is around $135 plus (as I’m writing this), the actual cost of a gallon of gasoline should be around $6 or more! You see, that high priced oil hasn’t hit the refineries yet.

Did you know that if you put a frog in cold water and slowly turn the heat up a frog will not jump out of the pan of hot water…no matter how hot it gets. Is this happening to you? Are you becoming “frog soup”?

The ripple effect of high oil prices is forcing one of the largest inflationary spirals since the 1970’s. Dow chemical announced an across the board 20% increase to their customers starting next month… Watch for this type of thing to start happening with a lot of “raw materials”…

To put things into perspective: This is a price increase at the most basic level of the raw ingredients used to grow food and make things.

FYI: A twenty percent increase in the cost of raw materials doesn’t reflect itself in an item costing 20% more. By the time you purchase that item you will pay 5 to 10 times that cost. If the raw material cost an additional $5 to the manufacturer, you will pay $50 - $100 more for the item… not $5 more.

This is one of those times in your life when you should get out some paper and a pencil and start figuring out how you are going to adjust your lifestyle to the upcoming changes. It’s better to have some kind of strategy than sit like a frog while the water gets hotter.

The Intentional Prosperity™ System provides the information and techniques to create whatever lifestyle changes are necessary for you to have abundance in your life.

No matter what the price of gasoline happens to be.

-Bob Baran

Published by Bob on 29 Jan 2008

Ready To Live Your Dreams… Now?

What if someone approached you and presented you with a fantastic proposition:

“Begin right now to live your dreams…

Money will not be a problem. Everything will be taken care of for you. Debts wiped clean, more money than you could possibly spend. Just stop what you are doing and begin immediately to live your dreams”…

Could you do it?

Now you have to face reality:

Will your (husband, wife, children, relatives) support and encourage you to take advantage of this once in a lifetime opportunity? Could you walk away from your job knowing money will not be a problem? What about your other commitments, relationships and friends? Would you be able to keep them and begin right now to live your dream life?

If your dreams were handed to you on a silver platter with no strings other than you must begin at once to live those dreams …Could you do it?

Or would you be shocked to find out that your life has become a series of barriers which prevents you from living your dreams?

The greatest barrier being your inability to “see” how living your dreams, should be enhanced and supported by all of the other things which make up your life. If you couldn’t begin right now to live your dream life and “bring your existing life” along with you, then something needs to change. The relationship with your life is the first thing you need to think about.

Does your life serve you and your dreams or do you serve your life?

What if you could begin living your dream life right now? How many seconds or minutes would pass before the first “doubt” or potential problem comes up? Write it down and make a list. It may prove to be very self-revealing … and the best place to start the process of transforming yourself so you can live your dreams.

-Bob Baran

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