Please Note: This is different than my usual post. It happened because I came across a single piece of scrap paper in my file cabinet today that was written many years ago.

I was inspired to write this now, immediately after finding that piece of paper.

You will know within a few minutes if you want to continue reading. If so, you’ll discover that I want to start a conversation with those of you who resonate with this.

Here’s what triggered this:

I was looking for something in my file cabinet today and pulled out this faded scrap of paper. I instantly remembered writing this on the beach at La Jolla California, many years ago.

It was a dark period financially and emotionally too.  I needed at least $20,000 within the next month just to get caught up. Things seemed to be going wrong all around me.

I was in a rut. So I went to church on Sunday, something I hadn’t done for some time. The minister’s sermon, which I didn’t know in advance, was, “You Deserve Financial Success.”

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Now, I’m not a very religious person within the man-made religions, but am a big time believer in God and prayer.

The latter I have treated like a forgotten relative at times. The former, an exercise that I know works but for some reason I fail to do for periods of time.

So, that Sunday I marveled at my excellent timing and maybe even prescience for showing up at this particular church in San Diego, which was over 150 miles from my home.

I had driven there on an impulse that morning because I especially liked the preacher, Terry Cole-Whittaker, and I needed some spiritual sustenance. I probably passed 500 churches on my way there. Why there?

There was a prayer box in the lobby. So I filled out my slip with a prayer that described my need for $20,000 within four weeks.

After church I drove to LaJolla, where I sat down on one of the most beautiful beaches and views in the world, and worried.

Then I heard a voice behind me that said, “You deserve financial
distress.”

It was if all other sounds, the oceans, beach goers,
helicopters and the breeze all stopped. Just that voice from someone
right behind me.

I whipped around to see . . . nobody. At least nobody close enough to have said that so clearly to me.

I turned back quickly towards the ocean. All sounds were up full volume

again, the kids, the surf, the laughing and my heart pounding.

That voice was so real, so vocal, right in my ear. And what did it mean?

Something else that was weird too. Though the voice was so absolute, yet I
had no sense of it being male or female. But the words echoed through
my mind and seemed to be bouncing right into my soul.

I shivered a moment in the warm air. Once I settled down, it took awhile, I began to think about it.

The minister said I deserved financial success. The voice said I deserved financial distress.

I walked for awhile, not seeing or hearing the beauty or sounds around me. How could I deserve financial distress? I wondered.

I walked back towards the village and stopped in a convenience store
where I bought a writing pad. Then to a little cafe overlooking the
beach.

While I don’t hear “voices,” I know that I’ve been directed in
the past to do certain things. I know it was always my choice, and if
my Intuitive Click was strong enough, I usually followed it.

So, I began to doodle on the pad. This process will often help me
create an idea or find an AHA! I recall writing this first page,
like a cover page.

“You Deserve Financial Distress (?)”

Then, on the next page I wrote the question, “Why do I deserve
financial distress?” As soon as I wrote the question mark, I wrote
this; “Because you had a choice. Distress or success. You chose to
distress. So, you deserve what you choose. You always do. That’s the
gift.”

Distress as a gift, I thought. But then, no, that’s not the message, the gift is choice. We always have a choice.

Not just in what we do but how we react before and after what we do.
The gift is how we use our control mechanism. Do we act and react as a
victim or do we product as a positive force for good, ours and that of
others whom we touch?

In an instant the worry left me. I had a sense of completion of that
“need” for $20,000 more dollars. Had I given it much critical thought I
would have doubted it all.

What, no more worry? Completion? No stress about it?

Thankfully I didn’t think much about it.

Within days I got a new consulting client. The fee was $20,000 exactly.
The previous events didn’t even hit me until I had the contract and
check in my hands!

But all of this was not the lesson. The lesson was that I had to
relearn the real lesson over and over. I have a choice. Every decision has a consequence, good or bad. Our subconscious is the driving force.We are the programmers of our subconscious. So, we can reprogram anytime, right?

I’m seeing stuff today from gurus and others in the Law of Attraction (LOA) work about “effortless
success.” I’m sure they don’t mean no work needed, just effortless in
mind and spirit.

It’s true. It can be very difficult to drop the “armor” of worry and
distress. Somehow, those feelings almost seem protective.  That’s like
saying Heroin is okay for you because it makes you feel so good.

Maybe those feelings of “negative comfort” are God’s little test for us? I don’t know.

Of course, it’s not just financial, it’s all success from relationships to how we deal with our daily lives.

We deserve what we choose. So, if you’re not happy with what you’ve been deserving lately. I have a couple of ideas.

Here’s what I know. It worked for me then. I forgot about it, went
through the same cycle later. Rediscovered it. It worked for me again.
I forgot about it again. Recycle time, ad nauseam.

So, today, when I discovered that single scrap of paper. “You Deserve
Financial Distress (?)”  it brought back that episode from when I first
wrote it.

Now, here we are today. I relearn this lesson once again and share it here because that’s what I think I should do.

It’s so simple, I have to wonder why it was so difficult to maintain.

Now, thanks in part to you, I think I know how it will work better for me and for you. I’ll simply share this in a bigger way.

No other agendas. If this resonates with you, then I’m doing service.
You can pass it on too. Let’s just keep reminding one another and pass
it on.

Long ago I learned to listen to my intuition or my “Intuitive Click.” I also learned what happens when I ignore. it.

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There’s a bullet hole in my shower door?

If you’re wondering what that means, you may be an “AA person,” Above Average. Maybe, maybe not. Let’s take a look.

Years ago I took a creative writing course and one of the exercises was to come up with a grabbing first sentence for the beginning of a book. That was my lead. Where it would take the reader (and me) is yet unknown because that’s all I did with it.

But did it gain your curiosity? It must have because why else would you have opened this?

This is not a trick. But it’s a small lesson in the human condition, curiosity. It’s also one of the attributes of the above average person. But with a catch. The curious “AA” person is discerning and one who knows when their curiosity will be helpful and when it’s a waste of time. Then they take continuous action.

Curiosity may have killed the cat but it’s advanced human kind in all the good ways to where we are, what we’ve become, and how we’ve evolved.

Except for intelligence, above average people aren’t born that way they are created. Above average people, regardless of their intelligence, are self-created.

They are created through a resolve to first survive, then to excel and then to thrive.

Once anyone with at least average intelligence comes to the knowledge that regardless of their past, their current circumstances, their bank account, their age, or any other “reason” for remaining average or below, they have no excuse. If they do, it’s between them and their conscience.

Above average people seek the edge in all things. If that requires extra learning, personal experimentation, a willingness to fail, and to be rejected, they understand that’s part of the pathway to their designed intentions.

Above average people have massive expectations to succeed from one moment to one day at a time, and then into the future. They prepare for success long before it comes, just as the cabin dweller in the woods stocks up on firewood before the winter. They know it’s coming, and they will be prepared.

The above average knows that failure is not an insult or personal failing but quitting is. Quitting is an injury to themselves, damaging to who they are and to what they represent. Failures create the stepping stones to the successes that the above average person is seeking.

There are three kinds of above average people:

Average – Yes, there are average above average people. They do just a little bit more to get just a little bit more of life and life’s experiences and bounty. They don’t play it as safe as the average  person, but pretty close. They are easily satisfied as they slip into the comfort zones of being more comfortable in their slightly above average lives.

Horizon Seekers – This type of above average individual is searching, seeking, and curious, with a set of goals and standards, yet never satisfied with the status quo. They will move toward new horizons both geographically and mentally. These are seldom contented people and may annoy others easily with their obvious aggressiveness.

Evolving – This person is seldom satisfied either, but more at ease in life. They are usually open-minded and to open-minded skeptics. They are expansive in their knowledge, willing to share and to network for their own personal gain, yet they will share and create synergistic relationships to continually work on and achieve goals as they discover new and better ways of living. Their success seems almost effortless as they move through life with far less stress and negative emotions during even the most challenging times.

These are the above average positive types. Of course there are the above average criminals and negative types too. But that’s obvious.

The above average know that it’s not where they are today but what they are doing today to get to where they want to go in life.

I use the term, “Your Inner Wizard,” (YIW) which is the power of all that you’ve done to date in your life. The lessons and wisdom that you’ve accumulated from all of your successes, failures, rejections, in fact, all of your experiences and knowledge.

If you call upon the inner resources that you have available, you have to ability to at least sense right/wrong decisions before you act. Sometimes it seems like magic or high level intuition, but in reality it’s being open to listening to that inner voice that will sometimes gently nudge you via a feeling or knowingness without your necessarily knowing how or why.

The AA’s  take risks in proportion to their potential rewards. They fail left and right, then move straight ahead when they have more answers and more information. They use fear with the acronym; F.E.A.R. First Evaluate According to Risk. They fail but don’t quit. They may change direction, find another way, but they don’t stand down easily.

You are above average for reading this, even if you don’t agree with it. You’re on the search for more and better information. You are curious and above all, you take action.

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Disappointment often arrives on the back of an expectation. “The Men Who Stare At Goats” didn’t meet any expectation that I had, except one. It was a farce.

As you may know from my interview with Col. John Alexander, the man supposedly portrayed by George Clooney, alerted us to the fact that while the book of the same name and the movie are based on some factual situations, that was pretty much the stop point for any further reality.

While I didn’t expect much in the way of facts, and there were precious few, or more like, a precious one, I expected humor. Unfortunately most of the laughs contained in the movie had already been viewed in the trailers.

The truth about the research and activation of numerous mental powers that the military conducted is stranger than fiction. And that’s only what’s been declassified. There is so much more.

It would be a real waste if the uninitiated in this area wrote off their interest in this subject without looking deeper into it.

The movie is intended as a farce and it’s truly farcical, but not in the way you’d want to spend your money on.

Every organization has plenty to laugh at, and the military is no exception. From the crazy comedies of the ‘50s to MASH and beyond, it’s an orchard of ripe humor.

That said, and during these times, I feel we need to acknowledge the work ethic and bravery of the men and women who truly do serve their fellow citizens. Thumbs up to them. In fact, when you see a man or woman in uniform, don’t feel embarrassed to tell them that their service is appreciated. I always do. I always fee better after.

If you have any curiosity about the film then wait until it comes out on DVD. Then get it only from one of those $1.00 Redbox things, because to spend more than a dollar would also be a farce.

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Psychic Soldiers Saved Lives. Science Fiction? The Colonel Portrayed By George Clooney In “The Men Who Stare At Goats” In An Exclusive Interview.

Exclusive interview with paranormal researcher, Dr. John Alexander, portrayed in the film by George Clooney

“The Men Who Stare At Goats,” is a new movie starring George Clooney. He portrays the real life Army Special Forces Colonel and paranormal researcher,  Dr. John Alexander.

Las Vegas, Nevada, (PR Web) October 29, 2009 – Dr. John Alexander said that he discovered during combat operations there was always at least one soldier who could “sense” the enemy before anyone else did. He says that every unit had one or more of these soldiers. They saved a lot of lives.

So it wasn’t surprising when Alexander took an active participation in one of the most audacious missions in US military history; the formation of Task Force Delta and The First Earth Battalion, finding and training psychic soldiers to spy on our enemies.

With the blessings of some of the highest ranking officers in the army, Alexander, along with team leader, Lt. Col. Jim Channon, began researching methods and techniques using intuition and the paranormal to spy on US enemies. Channon is portrayed in the film by Jeff Bridges.

Jim Channon, founder of the First Earth Battalion, captures their philosophy with the nature of their mandate; “Dare to think the unthinkable.” They are still thinking and doing.

Alexander is featured in an exclusive interview October 28th with Tom Justin, director of the YIW Institute of Las Vegas, NV and creator of “The Wizard’s Edge” training and the website, www.YourInnerWizard.com.

The interview with Alexander will not only cover his colorful past, but how we can use his research to aid in our daily lives. He’s stated that we are all intuitive, just at various levels. If so, how can we improve?

While the movie is played strictly for laughs, it makes no secret that it (and the book by the same name) is based on fact. Justin says, “Be prepared to be shocked by some of the revelations that you’ll never see in the movie.”

Soldiers were groomed and trained to be “remote viewers” those who could focus in on an enemy location, even thousands of miles away, and describe with various levels of accuracy, various activities, buildings, size, etc.

Many of the principals continued their work after the army. The First Earth Battalion continues with various levels of research in the paranormal as well as earth’s biosphere research, especially as it applies to the military.

The interview will be held Wednesday, October 28th at 5:30 PM Pacific time. and is open to registrants only. The free registration link is http://budurl.com/ghx8

Registrants who can’t listen live will be notified of the recording, which will be available within a day or so.

Tom Justin is the founder and director of the YIW Institute of Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Institute sponsors YourInnerWizard.com and oversees the training program developed by Justin, titled, “The Wizard’s Edge.”

“Your Intuitive Click” is a technique that Tom first created while teaching a course on powers of the mind at UCLA’s Experimental College. He’s developed that program over the years and is now sharing some of it through the power of the Internet.

He is the past-president of The Society For Psychical Research of Beverly Hills, California, a science-based non-profit organization that explored the uses of mind powers and their application in everyday life.

He hosted and produced a series of television specials titled, Psychic Explorations and was a special reporter on powers of the mind for KTTV TV in Los Angeles. This led him to conduct more research about the subject of intuition and its uses, which continues to this day.

In his free special report “Your Inner Wizard,” he will train the reader how to discover and use their intuitive mind with a process he calls the “Intuitive Click,” in 5 minutes or less. The report is at: http://budurl.com/ghx8

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They not only dabbled, they created a military unit that used trained soldiers to psychically spy on our enemies. And that’s just what they’ve admitted!

The Men Who Stare At Goats

One of the key officers in this program, and the man portrayed by George Clooney in the movie, will be my guest for this live exclusive interview.

In the movie “The Men Who Stare At Goats,” (released 11-6-09) George Clooney plays the real life Col. John Alexander, a former Special Forces commander in Viet Nam who explored the deepest realms of mind powers for nonleathel weaponry for the US military.

Alexander says that we all have intuitive abilities but there are some who are natural super stars, yet everyone can be trained to improve what they already have. He would know.

The film is a comedy but this man is serious stuff.

I think you’ll be very surprised to hear what he has to say about the movie. And, what he has to say about the mysterious world of spies, intelligence, and the powers of our minds.

To join us for this live event, please be sure to register right away. Just your first name and primary email address please. You’ll receive all of the instructions for the webcast once you register here:

You may invite your friends as well.Just send them this link:
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You’ll be able to listen online or by phone if you’re away from your computer.

You’ll also be able to ask Col Alexander a question, depending on our time available. So be sure to get in now.

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