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This is a question that I received from one of my readers but I hear these comments often so I though I would address it for all of my readers.

“I have wasted money having three different feng shui “Experts”
feng shui my home and office and I am still up to my eyes in debt, no relationship. I have done the cures with no results. This had been over a two year period. I used a fourth “expert” she did my natal chart and was more thorough than the other three. The consultation was only 3 weeks ago. How soon can I expect results? Each so call feng shui expert’s methods are very conflicting and are as different as day and night.”

There are so many issues to address in this note and all of them are important. Here is how I see them.

1. Feng Shui Experts
2. Conflicting Methods
3. Feng Shui Cures
4. Astrology
5. Results
   

Feng Shui Experts

I liken Feng Shui to open heart surgery. When you work with Feng Shui you are cutting into the very heart of your life’s energy. You would not let a doctor perform open heart surgeon on you unless you did your due diligence on the doctor. So why just have any Feng Shui Expert come to your home?

Conflicting Methods

Ok, when is comes to Feng Shui there are as many methods as there are Experts. You must really do your home work when you decide to have an Expert come to Feng Shui your home.

I have written an article on the Different Schools of Feng Shui. Here is the link:

www.ArtOfPlacement.com/FengShuiSchools.htm

Read the whole article before you make a decision about what type of Feng Shui Expert you hire. After reading this you will have a better understanding of what you are looking for.

Then inquire about the training that they have had. Many so called Feng Shui Experts have taken numerous seminars and have done a lot of reading and they incorporate disciplines that are not directly related to Feng Shui.

Look for someone who has had practical training as well and academic training. Ask them what success they have had in their own lives using Feng Shui.

Basically, you are looking for someone who does your entire property not just the inside. You are looking for wholeness. You want someone who will perform Landform Feng Shui at a minimum.

Feng Shui Cures

Now to the Cures, if you don’t select a competent Expert they may miss out on the ailment that is causing all of your problems. You can burn as many candles as you want, say as many affirmations as you can and apply all the cures, but if you miss the ailment that is causing your problems you will continue to struggle.

In my e-Course “20 Minute Feng Shui” I walk you though the why, the when and the how of,Feng Shui, everything. When you are done with this e-Course you will have everything you need to hire an Expert or do it yourself.

Here is the link to my e-Course:

http://www.artofplacement.com/FengShui/20MinuteFengShui.htm

Astrology

Astrology is a powerful science. Just as the Sun emits energy to heat the Earth, each and every planet in our Universe emits an energy that impacts our Earth and our lives.

When you truly understand your Astrological aspects you are empowered to take charge of your life instead of being a victim of it. I always look at a persons Astrology before addressing their Feng Shui because there are times when the problems you encounter are about timing (the movement of the planets) and not about your home.

You can find Astrology Reports at this link:

www.ArtOfPlacement.com/FengShui/AstrologyReports.htm

Results

Above I mentioned the importance of doing the right cures. Here I will assume that you have done so.

Feng Shui is a subtle energy. Typically it will not hit you over the head when you complete your cures. It will happen subtly. If you have major problems results can be slower due to the amount of change that is needed.

If the problems you were experiencing were from outside sources and they have been cured, you might begin to see struggle start to ease. If your problems were about lack of attention or dis-repair you might start to see that you begin paying more attention to the issues in your life. Now that does not mean that the energy you have already created will disappear. But it will pass and you will begin to create new energy in your life. If your issues are internal, like additions or personality issues, you will begin to see a shift in how you look at your life and what you choose to do about it.

The shift in the energy of your home will make a shift in your energy and the energy of your life.

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When you’re feeling stressed in your life, it’s not generally because other people are putting too much pressure on you – though that’s what most decide is the trouble.

Stress is generally the result of our own decisions and errors in judgment.

We take on too much work, too much responsibility, and then other things in our life begin to fall by the wayside, leaving us feeling unbalanced and unable to keep up with the demands placed upon on.

Ideally, we should be learning how to say ‘no’ to things in our life that we don’t want to do, but when we’re already vulnerable due to mismanaged energies in our home, it is only more difficult.

Instead, you might want to start off with Feng Shui adjustments to help you manage your environment and eventually the rest of your life.

When You’re Stressed Right Now

If you’re feeling the heat in your life right now, you need ‘emergency’ Feng Shui cures.

You want to start off by taking a moment to breathe. Simply breathe in and out to regulate not only your heartbeat, but also your energy. Find the center of yourself, the part of you that is quiet and calm and reassured that all is well, even when it doesn’t feel that way.

Once you can created a bit more peace and calm, you can then begin to clear away the energies that are stressing you.

• Look around the room – To start things off, take a look at your space. Are there areas where you have clutter or a mess? If you do, take note of these spaces and begin to see what spaces feel as though they need the most attention.
  

• Find out what’s wrong - By looking at a bagua, you can begin to see what these messy areas correspond with energetically. For example, if you notice that the right side of your room is cluttered, you might begin to think about how your family life right now is unbalanced. Look to the areas of clutter not as messes, but rather as ways to diagnose your stressors.
  

• Clean up the clutter – Stress is only enhanced by the presence of clutter in your life. To make sure you are as stress free as possible, you want to remove as much clutter from your space as you can. And no, this doesn’t mean you can just hide it somewhere else. You need to remove the extraneous things from your space and make sure they don’t come back to stifle your energy flow.
  

• Add neutral colors to your space – If you are feeling stressed, try to find a way to add something cool in color and soothing. Blues and light purples are a great way to enhance your energy. Find a scarf that you can drape over yourself or over something in your direct line of sight. Or you might want to remove items that are brightly colored as they can draw too much energy to a space, leaving you feeling drained and chaotic.
  

• Add a water element – Water is a very soothing element to have in your space when you are stressed. Not only is the sound of the water calming, but it also helps you shift the energy of your space, allowing your worries to wash away. Think about placing a small fountain or a fishbowl in your space if you can. Or if you’re in a space without these features, head to a local pond or find pictures of water to post in your office as a substitute.
  

When You’re Constantly Under Stress

For some of us, stress isn’t just a condition of our current situation; it’s something we will deal with every single day.

It can help for you to have long term Feng Shui cures in place to try to prevent as much energetic disturbance as possible. You don’t want the quick fixes, you want cures that help you retain your sanity every day.

So, whether you are a doctor or in another high pressure position, you might want to try these fixes:

• Don’t have things in your environment that you do not love – For example, if there is anything in your environment that reminds you of stressful times, remove it – immediately. The same can be done for your wardrobe. Only wear things that feel good and that make you feel good as you move throughout your day.
  

• Surround yourself with images of happiness – You want to keep pictures of your friends and family close by as well as in your family areas of your home (the left side of your rooms from the entranceway). This way, you can constantly remind yourself of the things that really matter.
  

• Make sure your doorways are always clear – When you block the entranceways of your rooms, you are blocking the career and life path energies of your world. And that is generally where most of us find our stress’s source. Make sure you can easily enter and exit the rooms of your home so that you’re not stifling any positive energy.
  

• Add plants to your environment – Plants are natural energy transmuters. They take negative energy from the environment and turn it into healthy and prosperous energies. Of course, you will need to make sure you are taking care of the plants to ensure they can continue this important work.
  

• Consider soothing sounds – As you enter into the world of jarring energies, you might want to add soothing sounds to offset the stress these noises can bring. Things like soothing music and chimes are a great way to add positive energy back into your life.
  

Stress may be something that’s entirely under our control, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t going to be stressed from time to time.

With these Feng Shui ideas, you can start experiencing more days of peace and calm, which can make the ‘bad days’ a bit easier to bear when they do come.

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I spent 5 years as an apprentice to a Feng Shui Master, working in the field I learned by the oral tradition, I have dedicated my life to this art and science and this is what I have learned.

1. Even though Feng Shui is thousands of years old it is just as effective today as it was then. It�s rather a startling realization that these secrets can create your greatest dreams when the standards and principles taught by society today only bring you a life of filled with disappointment, frustrations and anger. When you operate outside of these secrets you end up with half baked results feeling like there is something wrong with you. Most of us were sold a bill of goods about what life really has to offer. In spite of all that you have learned and not learned, you can create the abundant life that is waiting for you.

2. You were born to have all the desires of your heart and the how of creating and receiving them have been hidden from you. But you must step out of the box and turn your back on the should�s and ought to�s of everyone who is afraid of success and the criticism of those who have given up there dreams. I know that this is a scary thought but when you trust in yourself and take action you can and will have the life of your dreams.

3. Most self help programs today teach you to deal with the effects of your problems not to deal with the First Cause of problems. To find the secret to your wealth, your riches, your abundance, you must understand the first cause of what you create.

Your home is a direct pointer to the first cause of what you create in your life. It will show you what you have been and are focusing on and what you are creating. The placement of your property, home and what goes on within its walls is a sign marker for where you are going. For what you create in your home is what you create in your life.

4. Now let me clean up some confusion about Feng Shui. There are several schools of practice. I recommend Land Form and Black Sect and let me tell you why.

Land Form was the original form of Feng Shui and began in the little villages of the Orient. Their lively hood was dependant upon where and how they placed and located their home. You see Feng Shui deals with the First Cause of Energy. It is often very intuitive in the beginning levels and is simple and easy to learn and apply.

When man created the magnet, the complicated man made practice of Compass School was created. I do not recommend you spend your time with this method unless you are willing to invest thousands of dollars on travel and training and have the patience of a saint and the mind of a computer.

Besides, the compass works off of magnetic north. Solar Flares can alter magnetic north 160 kilometers at any given time. This means that you can and will get different compass readings. Solar flares are more predominate today than any time in history.

Keep It Simple. Give up worrying about compass directions and deal with the First Cause. Ask yourself ; What energy is present? Is it what I want? If not, change or shift the energy using Feng Shui cures.

Also, the Black Sect School is highly effective in assessing the energy that already exists in your life and for creating the energy for the life you desire.

5. The benefit that you receive from Feng Shui will be in direct proportion to the effort you put into Feng Shui. Thousands of people have had great success using Feng Shui but many people treat it like a fad or game and have less than desirable results. Don�t be fooled.

The key here is you must commit yourself to a course and stick to it. It only takes a little time each day and you will live the life you only dreamed of before Feng Shui. It�s like grass growing.

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What ever you desire in life: bags of money, the love of your life, the honor and respect of people who now doubt you, connection with friends, family and spouse, a crowd of new customers, a new home, a fresh start, almost anything you can think of, you can attain. These things are not just for the lucky. They are for everyone who is willing to make some changes. And the first step to success is changing your environment.

Robert T. Kiyosaki, author of New York Times Best Seller, “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” and host of CNBC’s show “The Millionaire Inside: Your Guide to Wealth” says:

“It’s easier to change your life if you change your environment first”.

Start with making small changes. This will give you�re the impetus to make more changes. Success breeds success. Start with the things you can change. Here are a few ideas on how to change your environment:

• Get into your closet and get rid of the stuff that you have been holding onto from your glory days. It probably doesn�t even fit any more. Make room for something new to come into your life.
• Organize your desk, get rid of all the nic-nacs, this is the place for your financial future. Clean out your files. You only need to keep records for x years and these history files don�t need to be in your desk. Put them in a file box and put them in storage. Remember, you are making room for the new.
• Then take a look around your home. Those old magazines that you have been hording because you are going to read them someday. Get rid of them and get your home organized.
• One of the most inexpensive and quickest ways to change your environment is with a fresh coat of paint. But don�t just paint it the same old color. Choose a new color that makes your heart sing!
• Re-arrange your furniture. Have you ever noticed that like hair, when women start re-arranging furniture that changes are in store.
• Clean out the garage, knock down the spider webs and get rid of stuff you don�t need. The stuff in the garage made it there because you no longer or don�t need it in your home, but you put it in the garage because you didn�t have the guts to let go of it. Plan a garage sale or call Good Will. Do the same if you have a storage room or basement.
• Get rid of the dead and dying landscaping in your yard. Besides a day in the fresh air will do you good, or you could call a gardener and spend your time on some of the items listed above.

The next step in changing your environment is looking at how you spend your time and who you spend it with. Make a list of the 5 people that you hang out with or spend time with. Then jot down how much money they make. Your income with be around the average of what your friends are making. If you want to make more money, make new friends. I am not telling you to get rid of your friends, but you can make room for some new ones.

Who�s life would you most want to have, Bill Gates, Ruppert Murdock, Martha Stewart, Oprah? These people probably have enough friends but you can still put them on your friends list. Then start to study them. Read everything you can find on them, every book, newspaper article, TV clip. Get a picture of them and put it on your desk. Connect with this knowledge everyday just as you would if they were your best friend.

These changes seem so disconnected from the things that you want, but they are not. Everything we know is an electromagnetic field in the disguise of what our eyes see and our brain translates for us. The only difference between all of these fields is the vibration of the person, the place or the thing. It is these vibrations that create our environment and impact our world.

Before you know it the environmental changes that you have made will create the energy and force field to draw into your life the people, situations and opportunities that you have been looking for.

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If you are feeling undervalued at work or home and find that you are only getting a trickle off the ocean of money flow, it may have to do with how you spend your money.

We all are working double duty to provide for our families and ourselves. We have become a population of people who are always looking for the best deal, the largest quantity for the lowest price. With the internet, we can now shop 24 hours a day.

But what values have we given up to get the best price. As a society we believe that to make money you have to take advantage of someone who looses. In the end we will lose.

Have you ever wondered why the hugh flow of money doesn�t make it�s way through you bank account? You must realize that every dollar you spend creates a lively hood for someone else. When you become overly responsible or even stingy in your spending you are holding back the flood gates of money flowing to you.

If you truly value what you purchase, pay the value it is worth. Stop trying to get the best deal, each time you do, you create the energy in your life to be under valued and to provide more for less. You shoot yourself in the foot each time you do it. If you want to be valued for the work that you provide then you must value the people who provide to you.

Take a look at tipping. A waiter or waitress is paid a wage that no one can live on. Their employers are counting on you to subsidize their livelihood. If you don�t value them no one does.

Many of us now shop at the large quantity stores. How long will 24 rolls of toilet paper last you? What the manufacturers are doing is selling you more for less. It appears that this is great for you and the manufacturer, but in the long term it�s bad for both of you. You can only use so much toilet paper. You are not going to purchase more than you need and you have now undermined yourself.

Don�t get me wrong. I believe in healthy competition but this energy of ignoring the value of a product has our society in a spiral of not being valued.

We as a society are so consumed with getting the best price that we have almost no consideration for what the products do to our environment. Think about it, would you be willing to pay $1.00 more per gallon of gas if you knew that it would provide a clean healthy environment for your children�s children? If you don�t start thinking about this now, you will be responsible for their doomed fate.

Many manufacturers often give product away for free. This is a healthy way to get you to try their products. If you like them, then support this manufacturer by purchasing their products, when you do this manufacturers will be forced to start providing better quality products that support our environment.

Stop the price shopping. Stop looking for something for nothing. There is a price for everything and in this case the price you pay is your flow of money and your value. As a society what are we doing to each other and ourselves?

Create a flow of money in your life. I am not giving you license to get into debt. I am asking you to start looking at the value of what you pay for what you purchase. Start looking at the flow of energy that you are creating with the transaction. Start creating the energy flow of value. Be grateful for the products you receive instead of the great deal. The more grateful energy your give out the more you will receive.

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We live in an abundant world. Money doesn�t disappear off the planet, it just changes hands. The key is being in the flow so that abundant money flows into and out of your hands continually.

You get what you think about. If you think you can�t afford to get your leaking roof fixed you won�t and never will. If you think that you are un-lovable you are. If you think that you are out of control of your life you can create sickness.

If you believe and trust that money, opportunities, joy, health success are always flowing to you, you will have the money to fix your roof, love, vibrant health and more.

I know that this sounds like woo woo mumbo jumbo, but it isn�t! Let me explain how you keep yourself in poverty consciousness and how to get out of it.

You try to have abundant thinking, you say an affirmation once a day, but behind the scenes, a tape with an automatic loop is playing every second in your subconscious that says �I don�t see it, so it�s not true�. Here is how it stacks up on a daily basis:

� 1 point for the abundant thinking,

� 86,400 points for it�s not true thinking.

Then there are all your helpful friends who confirm the automatic loop. You try to be positive and affirm what you want. Your friends roll there eyes and snicker shredding any hope you had of joy and success, dragging you back into the all familiar rut.

This is why you can�t get out of the poverty consciousness. Years and years of subconscious programming, and well meaning friends who are afraid that you will get out are running your life.

Successful people march to their own drummer. They take back control of their lives. They do not listen to the nay sayers. They create their own dialog that they listen to. They are selective about who and what they allow into their daily lives. People, who do this, set themselves on the track for drawing into their lives true abundance and success.

Below is a list that will help you get on your own track:

• Keep your dreams, goals and objectives to yourself or to a limited number of trusted friends and family who support you.
• Repeat your affirmations often during the day. If you don�t believe them, keep telling yourself until you do.
• Listen to your self talk. Each time you find yourself thinking that you can�t, tell yourself you can and move on to another subject. Don�t battle with the subconscious, just train it!
• Take a good look at the people that you associate with and ask yourself if having them supports your dreams. You may want to limit your exposure.
• Take a good look at what data you allow into your world: television, movies, newspapers, reading. If it does not make you feel good get rid of it. Your friends and family will let you know if something really important happens.
• Feed your subconscious with positive up-lifting information. If you want to re-program your subconscious your must be diligent in this effort.

It all sounds so simple and it is. You just have to be disciplined enough to live it and do it!

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Many scientists are noticing that energy is not just an ethereal concept that one must picture in one’s head in order to make real or to use in one�s life. Energies are tangible, like electricity and radio waves also have an impact on the body, can cause health effects that need to be considered.

It’s easy to understand how electricity can affect the body in a negative way when you consider the idea of lightning striking someone. The current runs through the body and into the ground in order to become a neutral charge. But since lightning strikes aren’t that common, they are often disregarded as a fluke of nature and ‘bad’ luck. In our everyday lives, however, we are constantly in contact with potentially dangerous electrical sources:

• Thunderstorms
• The earth’s natural magnetic forces
• X-rays
• Radio waves
• Cellular phones
• TV waves
• Computer and laptop energy waves

If you stop to think about how many hours you are in the presence of these kinds of EMF (electromagnetic field) sources, you can begin to see how potential health effects are a cause for concern.

Many of us live our lives in front of a computer or near a telephone pole or with a cell phone to our ear much of the day. To think that electricity and the EMF that it generates might be affecting us is something that we need to study further. Things like thunderstorms don’t happen all the time, but the electronic devices that you use every hour upon the hour do make a difference.

You will also want to realize that your body is also a series of electrical processes in your nervous system. When your nerves ‘fire’ to send messages to other parts of your body or to your brain, there is a small electrical charge emitted. Consequently, it is not unrealistic to think that electrical energy in our environment might be changing this process. If you are interrupting the signals to and from your brain, that can lead not only to ‘message errors,’ but also to long term effects.

Take, for example, the idea of a stroke in the brain. When the blood is cut off to the brain for a long period of time, this causes certain functions to be removed from the brain because those portions of the brain are dead from a lack of oxygen from the lack of blood flow. If EMF waves interrupt the flow of electrical signals, what this does is makes the brain find other ways of transmitting the signals, which can disrupt other functions and capabilities.

Current studies from the WHO (World Health Organization) have demonstrated that there are several potential side effects to constant EMF exposure:

• Possible association with increased risk of cancers � There have been some studies that have linked childhood leukemia and the increased presence of EMF in the environment.
• Increased incidence of headaches � The electrical waves from appliances and other devices can begin to change the processes in the brain, causing pain.
• Nausea � When the EMF waves alter the equilibrium in the brain, it can cause issues with nausea and feeling vertigo.
• Depression � Again, the disruption of nerve activity can cause feelings of depression and even suicide
• Anxiety � The altering of the nervous system can begin to show as changes in mood and anxiety levels.
• Fatigue � The in ability to carry messages to parts of the body can slow down the processing of necessary information for energy production.
• Loss of sexual libido

Even the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) is concerned about the increase in EMF energy in the environment. While they are unwilling to admit that EMF can increase the risk of childhood leukemia and certain adult forms of lymphoma, in 1990, they proposed a measure that would allow EMF to be categorized as a carcinogen (cancer causing agent) along with chemicals like formaldehyde. However, the final draft excluded this recommendation.

The brain is the primary place where the EMF waves seem to do the most harm. Because the brain is a center filled with electrical activity, it seems that any interference from outside sources is going to cause troubles for the rest of the body. If messages from the brain can’t get to other parts of the body, certain necessary processes may not be able to occur � i.e. things like muscle movement. Without interruption, the brain signals can move from nerve to nerve easily, but with EMF, it seems that problems are bound to occur.

The main concern now is that there are so many sources of EMF in our daily lives that it is hard to control how high these levels are for our bodies. Not only are our computers and cell phones emitting these energy waves, but so are the computers and cell phones of our friends and neighbors. It’s this cumulative effect that seems to be indicating that further study is necessary.

Protecting one’s self from the possibility of EMF damage seems to be the most prudent advice at the time. By reducing your exposure to EMF sources and eliminating them from your home as much as possible, you can limit your risk factors. Replacing your digital alarm clock with an old fashioned turn crank clock is a good start � especially since this item sits so close to your head as you sleep. You might also want to make sure you are sitting as far back from your computer screen as you can to reduce the EMF waves that come in contact with your body.

Several products are on the market as well to help you reduce the EMF in your life. Energy efficient models and those with EMF reducing technology can help to create a healthier life for you and your family.

The negative effects of electrical energy on the body and the brain may need more study, but the idea of EMF waves that may be causing troubles for your brain and nerve activity makes sense. And it’s always better to play it safe than sorry. Check out How to Balance EMF�s

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�The path of least resistance�, we have all heard that before and think it�s for the lazy or underachievers. Many have been programmed,� it takes hard work to be successful� or �there is no gain without pain�. Well I am here to tell you that hard work is for limited thinkers. The concept of hard work keeps you so busy that there is no time to achieve your goals and dreams. The path of least resistance is the way.

I want to address this in relationship to change. When something happens in our lives that we don�t like we immediately think I have to change that! We struggle to not do it again, to resist temptation, to stop compulsive behaviors. But stopping is difficult if not impossible!

Stopping habitual behaviors is like trying to stop the sun from setting, stopping the wind from blowing or stopping the river from rushing. Unless you are Moses, it takes an act of God! So why push against the river to achieve your objectives? There is another way.

Instead of moving away from what you don�t want, try moving towards what you do want. For an example: Instead of moving away from debt try moving towards financial independence. You say �they are both the same thing!� But they are not. When you focus on your debt it becomes an immovable object. The intense energy and amount of time you spend thinking about debt just creates more of it. If this intense energy and focus could be directed towards financial freedom you would be on your way. It is not how do I get out of debt. It is how I make more money!

It is a small little shift in thinking that will make large changes in achieving the desires of your heart.

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The key to manifesting your goals and dreams lays in your ability to believe in the power of the universe.� Many people are so used to the �Work Hard� philosophy and the �If I can�t see it, it isn�t real� mentality that they remain stuck in their problems not able to manifest no matter what cure or consultant they hire.

�Have you ever heard the phrase �you don�t know what you don�t know?� Often, it is true.� When I decide on a goal, if I have to make it happen all by myself I would be completely frustrated and it just might take forever.� You see, my view is limited by my experience and I don�t know all the possibilities.

�I believe in and rely on the Universe (or for you it could be �god) to bring to me the people and situations to make my dreams a reality.� When I live my life like this I am always amazed and delighted to see how it all comes together.

�When you are writing your affirmations and setting your goals, you don�t have to know how all the detail of how make it happen.� Rely on the power of the Universe to open the doors.� Just keep and eye and ear open for the opportunities.� You never know where they may come from.

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You can be living the life you desire. If you find yourself in a place where you are not, it is time to change your perception. It goes back to �is the glass half full or half empty?� Perception! We are all limited in life by what we perceive.

Have you ever had a disagreement with someone and been totally confused because they just couldn�t see what you were talking about? I think we have all been there. It�s because of the filters of perception!

Most people hold on to their views of the world as if it is life or death. They hold on because it is what (they think) makes them who they are. What they do not understand is that it is this holding on to a limited perception that holds them in a life of mediocrity.

When we open ourselves up, our life expands to unlimited possibilities. You can start creating these unlimited possibilities by writing and speaking affirmations for your life.

You can utilize the subtle energies in your environment to assist you in manifestation.

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