Every step you take, every move you make is creating you. The food you eat, the air you breathe, the things you read, the actions you take are all playing a role in determining what you’ll be like tomorrow or ten years from now.
What are your influences? That’s what we talked about in Helping and Listening Skills this week. We came up with a great list and I liked it so much I took a picture of it.
I asked the students to tell me about the things that influence them. What do they value? Why do they do what they do; love what they love? This is the list they came up with:
Parents
Environment
-Friends
-Neighborhood
-Peers
-Religion
Culture
Schools
Food/Nutrition
Media
Mental Illness
Life Experience
-Observation
Socio-Economic Status ($$$)
Books
Music
Relationships
Friendships
Family
-Uncles
-Aunts
-Brothers
-Sisters
-etc.
Role Model
-Coach
-Minister
-Teacher
Law
Government
Health
Medication/Drugs
Language
Sleep
Fashion
Freedom
Travel
Pets
Sex
Arts
-Pictures
-Painting
-Dance
Entertainment
Perception
The point I want to make in this class is that you cannot know any of these things about yourself or anyone else unless you first learn how to listen.
A great Master Mind group is one that’s committed to honoring and respecting each other and that includes listening unconditionally and without judgment. It is honoring a person to trust that they know what’s best for their own life.
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When you think about it, every musical act you know of is using the Master Mind principle whether they realize it or not. They are joining together as a team with a combined vision. You can use the same principle and make some truly rockin’ things happen in your life.
Do you have a creative project you want to complete? Do you want to find a purpose for your life?
If so, I invite you to come over to my brand new page called Start a Master Mind Group.com. I’m offering 4 freebies to get you started so you can get a sense of what the Master Mind is all about.
We had a great interview with Gabriel Morris on The Sheri and Erin Show. If you don’t see the player above, you can listen on Blog Talk Radio.
Gabriel Morris talked about his world travels and read from his book Kundalini and the Art of Being. He has many interesting stories to tell.
Gabriel’s motto is, “Explore the World, Without and Within”. To see some of his photos and keep up with his travels, visit his blog at http://gabrielmorris.bravehost.com
I am the instructor of three college classes: Introduction to Addictive Behaviors, Stress Management for the Helping Professional and Helping and Listening Skills. On a personal level I follow the daily A Course in Miracles lessons and often read from The Bible, the Science of Mind textbook, Catherine Ponder books and Think and Grow Rich.
I am constantly surrounded by teachings about the mind.
This immersion has been beneficial in many ways. I have overcome many hardships and I’ve accomplished goals that I never dreamed possible. But there was one area I was not willing to touch. I tried desperately for most of my life to avoid the deepest emotional issues. I told myself it “didn’t matter” and it was “in the past.”
About 2 years ago, when I had my own personal business and financial crisis, it was obvious that I had no choice but to go deep if I wanted to reclaim my life.
Today I was sitting at a coffee shop and this is what I wrote. Perhaps you can relate:
“Somehow this feels like a big day even though technically “nothing” is happening. It’s 12:17 and the lunch crowd is gathering. I notice I’m afraid of dying rather than exhilarated to be alive. I begin to switch my course gracefully because it seems too drastic to do it suddenly. It seems I truly will die if I try – if only from the shock. My system is slowly adjusting to 2010, to being 44, to being responsible for my life. To growing up. I’m not sure where I was before. Sometimes 1967, other times 1986 or 1992. In the Hell of the past. Very rarely right here, right now.
I’m beginning to see the possibilities. This 2010 world has some pretty cool advantages.
An adventurer could truly seize these opportunities.
I could be an adventurer.
It is entirely up to me.
A few of the tools I’ve used in my journey to awakening include Holosynch, EFT and hypnosis. Did you get your free Create the Life You Want hypnosis MP3 yet? If not, click here.
Join Sheri and Erin on Thursday from 11 a.m. to 12 noon PST (2:00 EST) as they interview spiritual counselor Cynthia Lamb about how to move out of a fear-based “lack” consciousness and into a consciousness of “prosperity” based on joy and love.
After experiencing an Awakening at the age of 18, Cynthia has spent the last 20 years of her life learning how to integrate her new awareness, with her past beliefs. She has studied this through the process of trial and error-which she freely admits was heavy on the error portion!
With the ability to see and observe her own irrationality, Cynthia embarked on a journey to clear and update her Emotional, Mental, and Physical Bodies to reflect her highest level of Truth. She is a living example of the idea that it is absolutely possible to achieve Spiritual Integration, live authentically in alignment with the will of our soul, and to our individual ability to create a transformed life.
Cynthia is certified to do healings and she has expertise working with many types of energies. However, she observed that whenever she “did” anything “for” or “to” a client’s energy field, that client would experience a very short-term healing. From these episodes, Cynthia began to understand and believe in order to achieve lasting, life-transforming healing, and integration, there needed to be a 100% dedication on behalf of the client to do the “inside” work of clearing old emotional wounds.
Cynthia began in a sense, to assist clients with “cleaning out their Spiritual Basements”. Today she supports her client’s process by standing on the foundational energies of Truth, Love, and Compassion. Cynthia empowers people who are ready to take 100% responsibility for their lives and move out of fear and into the boundless Joy and Freedom of the Loving Paradigm! You can learn more about her Personal Transformation work by visiting www.tomorrowsheart.org
Create The Life You Want is a hypnosis recording that will take you on a journey away from self-sabotage and toward your desires.
The format for this session is based on a real session I had with a live client. She went home from the session and cleared out 25 years of clutter from her home and had it hauled away in dumpsters.
What blocks will you release as a result of listening to this MP3? Subscribe to the blog by entering your name and e-mail address below right now and you’ll find out.
Many of the leaders in self-help, spirituality and even brain research circles agree: you can change your reactions to life as you change your thoughts and activities. This free download will help you to put all of the latest research to practical use. Listen to this hypnosis CD everyday and I guarantee that your life will be improved.
I was influenced by many leaders, teachers and authors over the years, including but not limited to Abraham Hicks, Bob Griswold, Christopher Westra, Bill Harris, Louise Hay, Catherine Ponder, Deepak Choprah, Susan Jeffers, Jack Canfield, James Hyman, Wendi Friesen, Marianne Williamson, Wayne Dyer, Nancy Bonus, Ahman, Zig Ziglar, Tony Robbins, Les Brown and Mark Victor Hansen.
All these experts say the same things:
**Attitude is everything
**Focus on what you want and you’ll get it
**Vibration and energy are more important than thoughts
This all sounded good in theory but sometimes I had trouble knowing how to change my attitude. It seemed like it was out of my control, like my body was calling the shots, not me. Turns out, based on the latest brain research, this isn’t so far from the truth.
Our brains become programmed by repetition and unless we take an active step in our “programming” we will often run on self-destructive auto-pilot. Recordings such as Create The Life You Want help you to re-program your mind, to take charge of your life.
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According to The Secret and The Law of Attraction, it is important to feel good if you want to attract good things to yourself. If you feel bad but try to “think positive” you are practically wasting your time, or at least prolonging the process. I stay up-to-date and current on brain research and studies involving the mind. By subscribing to this blog you have the opportunity to be current on the issues that affect your mental and emotional health.
This week on The Sheri and Erin Show we interviewed Ahman on the topic of healing fear. Fear is the culprit of a happy life. Healing your perception is the key to freedom.
Ahman is a teacher of A Course in Miracles and the Bible. Listening to his unique perspective on these two books is one way to achieve mental healing.
I am not exaggerating when I say that Erin, Ahman and I all experienced healing just from being a part of the conversation. I’ve deciding to re-listen so I can get even more clear on how to heal fear so I can live free.
If fear stands between you and your dreams or ideal relationships, you’ll want to listen to this show. Once you hear this show, you’ll probably want to catch Ahman live. He will be speaking at Guidance Church in Los Angeles on November 22. The topic is Healing Anger and the service starts at 10 a.m. I’ll be there and I hope you will too.
Many people today are looking for a practical, spiritual message but sometimes find themselves feeling confused after a counseling session or public presentation. Anthony de Mello uses storytelling and humor to deliver a down-to-earth message of spirituality before a live audience. He demystifies spiritual principles and gives an interesting definition of prayer as fire.
To go directly to Anthony de Mello’s videos on Google, click here.
Speaking of practical spirituality, this past week my friend Erin and I started a new Blog Talk Radio show and our goal is to deliver a spiritual message of unity, diversity, love, joy and peace and have fun doing it. Please join us live as we take your calls or chat with you on-line.
Breaking habits begins in the mind and A Course in Miracles will help you release the perceptions that keep you stuck. This year I am applying the daily lessons to my life for the second time around. The healing of perception and the freedom I feel is unparalleled to anything I’ve experienced in a long time.
I am so jazzed about A Course in Miracles that I want to share it with others. So, I did a little video of me reading Lesson #60. One of the beautiful things about A Course in Miracles is how it condenses a large amount of healing information into one sentence.
Watch the video here and if you like it, please visit my YouTube Channel and post your rating and comments you can also subscribe to the channel so you can get my next recording automatically.
By the way, as a side note, Marianne Williamson was hosting daily shows based on A Course in Miracles on Oprah and Friends on XM Radio. Recently, XM and Sirius merged and they got rid of some of their programming, including punk rock. I’m not sure if this is the reason Marianne Williamson is no longer on XM but I do know that her shows were powerful and I think it’s important to keep A Course in Miracles out there for public consumption. It’s a life-transforming Course. Check it out.
In the video I mention the Healing Fear Yahoo! Group with me and Rev. Ahman. This is for you if you want to join with others as you follow the spiritual principles of A Course in Miracles in your life.
When you think about it, every musical act you know of is using the Master Mind principle whether they realize it or not. They are joining together as a team with a combined vision. You can use the same principle and make some truly rockin’ things happen in your life.
Join Sheri and Erin on Thursday from 11 a.m. to 12 noon PST (2:00 EST) as they interview spiritual counselor 
