Does hope have a dark side? (Important)...

Hi Thomas!

I want to talk about hope...

Hope can be a form of scarcity. There are those who live in hope
and those who produce hope. What does it mean to be a producer of
hope? People who produce hope are creators. People who live in hope
are those who just wish and wait for things to change.

Hope is essential because without it life would be a daunting task.
However, there is a dark side to hope that very few people talk
about. The difference is in what we do or don't do with hope.

For most people, hope is characterized by waiting for other people
or events to change so that we can be happy or get what we want. In
this respect, hope is like the dark side of positive thinking.
Positive thinking rarely brings about change because it is a
passive activity. Hope then becomes a waiting game.

What people fail to understand is that hope is only a small part of
the equation for success. Without action, hope leaves you in a
negative reinforcing cycle of expectations, disappointment and
stagnation.

Hope is the longing and wishing for things we think we don't have.
However, the energy we put into wishing and waiting actually
prevents us from receiving what we want.

Hope can be a prison. It is a conditioned belief that there is
nothing we can do but sit back and "hope for the best". The
dictionary defines hope as "the desire for something to happen
while expecting or being confident that it will come true". This is
nothing more than a waiting game.

Many people create a dream and then wait for a sign from heaven
that they are on the right track. When the sign fails to come, they
give up and go off onto some new adventure, again waiting for a
sign that this is finally "it".

We are conditioned to wait. We wait for the bus, we wait in line at
the grocery store and the bank. In school we raised our hands and
waited to be called upon, etc. We wait until our parents, teachers
or some other adult tells us that it's okay to do what we want to
do.

People that are into hope feel powerless. Powerlessness is a
conditioned pattern. Why is it that we can read about people who
overcame great odds to accomplish some fantastic feat, but we can't
manage to get to an appointment on time? We are powerless because
of heavy traffic, kids won't cooperate, or some other excuse. If we
really faced the truth of the situation, we would see that this
supposed powerlessness is a clever disguise to keep us resisting
what we can do in the moment.

(continued next time)

Today will bring you a new awareness, a lesson or a manifestation
that you are making progress - IF YOU LOOK FOR IT! No matter how
large or small, please record it in your Evidence Journal. It will
only take a few moments and will AUTOMATICALLY put you in the Flow.

Truly Caring for Your Success!

Dr. Robert Anthony
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Research shows this about happiness...

Hi {Thomas!

Researchers have found that there is not just a correlation between
low self-esteem and materialism, but also a causal relationship
where low self-esteem INCREASES materialism and materialism can
CREATE low self-esteem. They also found that as an individual's
self-esteem increases, their interest in materialism decreases.
In a study primarily focused on how this relationship effects
children and adolescents, Lan Nguyen Chaplin (University of
Illinois Urbana-Champaign) and Deborah Roedder John (University of
Minnesota) found that even a simple gesture to raise self-esteem
dramatically decreased materialism.

"By the time children reach early adolescence and experience a
decline in self-esteem, the stage is set for the use of material
possessions as a coping strategy for feelings of low self-worth".
The paradox that findings such as these bring up, is that
consumerism is good for the economy in the short run, but bad for
the individual in the long run, especially for young people.

Most of us want more income so we can consume more stuff. However,
several separate studies show that as societies become richer,
they do not become happier. Statistically people have more
material possessions and money than they did fifty years ago, but
they are actually less happy. In fact, the wealthiest countries
have more depression, alcoholism and more crime than they did fifty
years ago and yet we have more material goods to purchase than ever
before. This paradox is true of Britain, the United States,
Australia, continental Europe and Japan.

The real reason people want whatever is currently "hot" or "in
style" is because they believe it will contribute towards their
satisfaction and happiness in life. The word "believe" is the key
here. People believe that buying more and more things, especially
name brand clothes and cars, will make them happy, when in fact
research has shown time and time again that this simply isn't the
case.

The point here is if you believe that when you get enough "stuff"
you will be happy, you are setting yourself up to be very
disappointed. So instead why not be happy NOW? That's right! Cut
out the middleman (all that stuff you think will make you happy when
you get it) and just be happy NOW. A radical idea, wouldn't you say?

Today will bring you a new awareness, a lesson or a manifestation
that you are making progress - IF YOU LOOK FOR IT! No matter how
large or small, please record it in your Evidence Journal. It will
only take a few moments and will AUTOMATICALLY put you in the Flow.

Truly Caring for Your Success!

Dr. Robert Anthony

The untold reason you don't have what you want...

Hi Thomas!

What do all of the following statements have in common?

*Ever notice as soon as you get in the Express Line at the grocery
store the line slows down?

*When I was growing up my mother was very distant and since then I
have had a hard time relating to women.

*Just when I was getting ahead my ex-wife's lawyer came after me for
the unpaid child support.

*I'd like to have more money, but I have so many financial problems I
will never get out of debt.

*I enjoy personal growth, but my husband thinks all that stuff is
nonsense and doesn't like me to participate in it.

*I'd like to open a business of my own, but my wife thinks it is too
risky, so I guess I had better stay at this secure and boring job I
dislike going to every day.

What all these statements have in common is the nature of the
person making the statement. As diverse as all of these statements
are and as diverse as the people who make them appear to be, each
statement reflects the same type of individual - a person with low
self-worth and a predisposition toward negative expectations.

The biggest common denominator all these people share is that they
are desperately holding onto being a victim. They live at the
Victim Level of Awareness. They almost celebrate the fact that they
are victimized. Their "stories" are always about their past and
the latest problems and tragedies that have befallen them. Of
course they are not really victims, but volunteers. They have made a
choice - usually unconscious- to remain a victim.

You can't be a victim and be a success in life. You can be one or
the other, but not both at the same time. If you want to feel like
a victim and that's what you affirm to the people around
you, you will continue to create a self-fulfilling prophecy. You
will repel love, defer happiness, attract illness or injuries and
sabotage any financial or business success. The problem is you tell
your story so well to everyone around you that you end up following
your own script.

The good news is REMAINING a victim is a choice. If the above
describes you then ask yourself this question. "Is remaining a
victim moving me TOWARDS or AWAY from what I want?" If it is moving
you away, then you are paying a very high price to hold onto your
victimhood. Now is the time to release it and move up to a higher
Level of Awareness.

Today will bring you a new awareness, a lesson or a manifestation
that you are making progress - IF YOU LOOK FOR IT! No matter how
large or small, please record it in your Evidence Journal. It will
only take a few moments and will AUTOMATICALLY put you in the Flow.

Truly Caring for Your Success!

Dr. Robert Anthony

A 5-Minute Practice to Access Your Higher Self

Dear Thomas,

Every being, every thing on Earth has a deep purpose and a guiding
force for its existence.

An acorn's guiding force, its destiny, is to become an oak tree.

A cloud passes over a mountain range with the destiny of becoming a
thunderstorm further down the valley.

You, too, have a deep purpose and a guiding force for becoming all
you are capable of being. You may sense this as that inner
strength that directs your actions. Or that inner voice, the
intuitive voice, that calls to you when you're at a crossroads in
your life.

"This is the path you should take," it tells you. Often, however,
it tells you with emotions and feelings, and the words come later.

Some call this guiding force the Higher Self. It is the deepest,
holiest, most whole part of you.

What if you were able to access this Higher Self at any time? What
if you could actually stand face-to-face with that most soulful,
wise force behind all the good in your life?

In this e-mail, I'm going to give you a meditation you can try at
home that will enable you to get in touch with your Higher Self,
your guiding force, your voice of destiny. It's simple and yet so
powerful.

If you've heard me speak in the past about the 3 Keys to
Discovering and Living Your True Purpose, you know that the
Activation Key #2 to discovering your true purpose is opening to
your larger role in the world by shifting from your "small" self to
your Higher Self.

What is a small self? The small self is the self whose emotions and
moods fluctuate every day based on external circumstances: whether
or not you got praise at work, whether your partner said, "I love
you," whether you ran into traffic on the way to run errands, or
sometimes because the weather is too hot or too cold. It is the
self that is mainly concerned with the "I" of the ego, the concerns
of status and comfort.

The Higher Self is the self beyond what's happening in the present
moment, the self that is in alignment with All That Is, with the
divine, with the cosmos. It is timeless, formless and limitless.
The Higher Self is the universe inside of you.

By shifting from your small self to your Higher self, you can
access the truth of who you are and begin to experience your unique
purpose. You can see beyond the everyday concerns of ego to a
higher calling, to seeing the world's pain and need, and seeing
what your role is in relationship to healing that pain.

When you live from the place of the Higher Self, you live a life in
which abundance is scooped from abundance and still more
abundance remains.

How can you experience the Higher Self consciously, at will, at
more than just those fleeting moments when you sense the greater
intelligence working through you? You can do it through this
meditation, which I'm about to share with you.

This meditation will require a completely quiet and undistracted
space. Maybe you can do this now, or maybe you'll have to set aside
some time later in the day or first thing in the morning.

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[FREE DOWNLOAD] Self Hypnosis Session for Deep Relaxation

Hi Thomas,

Everyone can use a little more relaxation in their lives,
so here's a short (8 minutes) self hypnosis session I made
taking you through a progressive relaxation technique.

Get it here...
http://truthabouthypnosis.com/gift/

Listen to this in a place where you won't
be disturbed and you can focus on what is
being said and you'll feel a deeper relaxation
then you've probably felt in a long time.

enjoy,
Jim

PS- Here's another relaxation technique
you can use to help you sleep...
http://sleepatwill.com/sleep-technique/

Free video: How to win big in today's economy

If you are tired of dealing with the current state of the

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It's clear that this guy in the video is on a mission. And
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Stephen Covey said WHAT??

Tom,

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Life doesn't come with a moneyback guarantee (the truth)

Hi Thomas!

Life doesn't come with a money back guarantee and yet many of us
live like it does. People are certain that they will keep their
jobs. They are certain of living a long healthy life. Others might
be certain that they will lose their jobs or get sick and die
young. Certainty comes in many forms but it rarely corresponds to
the truth.

The truth is nothing is certain. The need for certainty is the need
for safety. It is the basis of all religion. Since we do not like
uncertainty, we choose to believe in something that we feel we
can be certain about, even though we have no logical proof that it
is true.

Some might argue that if nothing can be counted on then why bother
trying. In order to move forward in life many people need to have a
sense of certainty about the outcome. But this kind of certainty is
an illusion.

Certainty is a form of disconnection - from the truth and from
ourselves. When we feel certain about something, we are
disconnected from the natural flow of life.

Certainty is the perpetual elusive dream of most people.

What in life is certain? There is a part of you - your Authentic
Self - that is unchanging. This pure consciousness is certain while
everything else is uncertain, impermanent and an illusion. But how
do you discover or experience this pure unchanging consciousness?
Through Inquiry.

If you are certain about something - anything for that matter - you
immediately place a lid on that thing. It cannot change. You won't
let it change because if you do, you will be wrong in your
certainty. But all things, except one thing, do change.

The only thing that doesn't change is WHO YOU ARE - your Authentic
Self or what is commonly called consciousness. Consciousness is
what remains when all concepts, beliefs, values, habits and ways of
thinking are stripped away. In other words, all of your ideas,
concepts, beliefs and so on will change over time. If this is true
then why waste time on trying to be certain?

By inquiring how and why you get certain results in your life you
learn about your beliefs and patterns that create those results.
Then through the power of your mind, you can consciously form new
patterns. The need for certainty is replaced by a relaxed "learning"
pattern.

Can you imagine a world in which nothing changes? It would be
absolutely miserable. Inquiry is the habit that leads us out of
that misery.

Through uncertainty you move from being an expert to being a
student. All of life, all experiences, everyone and everything
become our teachers.

Today will bring you a new awareness, a lesson or a manifestation
that you are making progress - IF YOU LOOK FOR IT! No matter how
large or small, please record it in your Evidence Journal. It will
only take a few moments and will AUTOMATICALLY put you in the Flow.

Truly Caring for Your Success!

Dr. Robert Anthony

Calculating Your Karma Number

Hi Thomas,

The Karma number is not really of Western numerology but more a
Vedic or Indian invention. You may not relate to the idea of having
a karma number if you do not believe in reincarnation however it is
an interesting exercise in numerology if you do subscribe to the
concept.

The Karma number is supposed to tell you about the "baggage" you
are carrying over from your last lifetime that is giving you
lessons to learning in this lifetime. In this sense numerology can
tell you what types of karma you are carrying over from a previous
life. All you need to do is calculate your Karma number.

Your Karmic number is not calculated in any way that you may have
been familiar with so far. It is figured out using fadic addition.
Technically the number is based on a Magic Square that incorporates
your birth date numbers and the values.

The shortcut to calculating your Karma number is found by taking
the month of your birth day, subtracting 1 and then reducing the
number to a single digit.

For instance if your birth day is June 7, 1960 you would take the
day of the month of your birth day and subtract 1. You would then
reduce the result by fadic addition.

The calculation would be 7-1 = 6. If the person was born on June
17th you would reduce it like this: 17-1 =16 and 1+6 = 7.
The Karma number values and their meanings are listed below.

Karma Number (0)

If you reduce to a zero then it is possible you are a new soul or
one that has cleared up a lot of karmic debt in your past life.
This current life is one where you get to start again with a clean
slate.

Karma Number (1)

The lesson of this karma number is learning to be independent. You
may start off this life by being very dependent on others, with the
life lesson being that you need to stand on your own two feet. This
might manifest as spending most of your life single or being very
successful but alone.

Karma Number (2)

The karma of this life has to do with learning how to get along
with others. You may have taken advantage of others in your past
life and now it is payback time. You may find yourself saddled with
the responsibility of taking care of someone who is dependent on
you. You may also have to learn to be less skeptical and how to
trust your intuition...

Karma Number (3)

You may have been frivolous, wasteful and guilty of not taking
things seriously enough. You may have also taken credit for someone
else's accomplishment or cheated to get to the top somehow. Your
lesson in this life is to be balanced, serious and responsible.

Karma Number (4)

You may have been lazy in your past life so in this life you will
be asked to fulfill your potential. You may have to work harder
than most people just to make a living. Your karma requires you to
be persistent; great riches are possible if you keep doing the
right thing without complaint.

Karma Number (5)

You may have been an addict, wasteful or sexually over active in
your last lifetime. Your lesson in this lifetime will be symbolized
by situations that necessitate that you work hard and make
sacrifices so you can get ahead later. You may also be dealing with
health crisises that force you to stay on the straight and narrow.

Karma Number (6)

You are dealing with the karma of betraying or abandoning your
family in a past lifetime. In this lifetime you may find yourself
in the position of having to care for your family or take care of
someone who is ill. You may also find it hard to strike out on your
own and leave the family nest.

Karma Number (7)

You are dealing with the karma of failing to pay attention to the
spiritual side of your life. You may have been too focused on money
in your past life so in this life it may be more challenging for
you to make money. You may be dealing with an illness or chronic
problem that also tests your faith.

Karma Number (8)

You may have been in a position of power and abused it somehow in
your past life. It is also possible you may have exploited others
for financial gain. In this life you are doomed to be a follower.
You will probably have to get by in this lifetime with less money
than most and you will likely have to work hard to get ahead in
life.

Karma Number (9)

You are dealing with the karma of avoiding assisting or loving
other people in a past life. Your lesson in this lifetime is to
learn to be kind, compassionate and help others. You will probably
start this life with great personal needs of your own, and will
only progress in life once you learn how to be a teacher or a
philanthropist in your own life.

As you can see this is not the usual way that numbers are
calculated but it is interesting as the interpretations are
practically the opposite of what we would normally associate with
these particular number values.
Yours in Numbers,

Mike Madigan
Numerologist.com

Decoding Life's Secret Messages

Thomas,

Have you ever looked at the clock just in time to read 11:11?

How about 12:34? Or noticed 777 on a sign or license plate?

Have you ever been right in the middle of telling a friend
something when suddenly the person on TV in the background
is talking about the SAME thing at almost the SAME time?

"Synchronicities" are everywhere.

...if you know how to hear, see and recognize them.

And they're telling you something.

Something extremely IMPORTANT about the
future direction of your life.

But are you willing to learn the "language of life?"

Or are you satisfied staying where you are without
moving forward and progressing the way you know you can?

If you only knew HOW to receive life's vital messages.

Thomas, there's a reason why you'r e reading this email
on this day.

You're continuing to read it right now because you sense...
in fact, you KNOW that contained within it is the key to your
future happiness.

Deep down, you know 2012 is YOUR time to shine.

Well, guess what?

You are just moments away from Decoding Life's Secrets
in a way that will stack the odds of success largely
in your favor...

Forever.

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To Your Synchronicity and Success,

Keith Matthew

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for rehashed personal development information. The following
information is life-altering and certainly not for everyone:

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