January 17: You Asked for 'Inspired Actions'

Welcome to Day 17 of Kick Start 2007!

Yesterday I asked how this 'Kick Start' program could serve you better.

Here are your requests:

38% - More interviews
38% - A live teleclass on 'Creating Prosperity from the Inside-Out'
49% - More 'evocative' questions
56% - More 'principles'
73% - More 'inspired actions'

You've spoken and I'm happy to follow your lead...

1) We will have two additional audio interviews this month - one each week (but I'll let them be a surprise.)

2) I'll be scheduling a live teleclass (or two) for the final week of the month - where I'll answer your questions live. (If this works well we may make this a regular occurrence.)

3) I'll be asking more evocative questions & encouraging you to share here on the blog.

4) I'll be sending out more principles and...

5) Right away we'll go into a new set of inspired actions

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First - let's become clear on the distinction between 'motivated' and 'inspired actions...

As Abraham-Hicks explains:

'You are physically focused beings with Non-physical Energy flowing through you. And it is impossible to separate one from the other. So act - act as much as you have physical time or energy or breath within you to act. Action is a delicious way to spend life experience. Action is one of the predominant reasons you have decided to come forth and be in a physical body.

Yes, act all that you want - after you have flowed Energy towards the outcome that you seek. Let your action be inspired action, not motivated action. Motivated action is doing it because there is a lack if you don't. Motivated action is trying to overcome something. Motivated action is very often trying to perform action that someone else wants you to perform. Let all of your action be inspired action. So how do you do that? You do that by talking about what you want and why you want it. That will bring you to the
vibrational connection with who you are, and from that place you will be inspired to the how, and the who, and when, and where.' Abraham-Hicks G 2/6/93

Abraham's point here is echoed by many teachers who want us to connect with our innate creative power before we try to 'make things happen' in our outer worlds.

One such teacher is Deepak Chopra who addresses this point directly in his blog posting entitled: 'A New Year's Experiment'.

His recommendations for a radically different approach to 'New Years' Resolutions is to focus on the inner instead of the outer.

He writes:

Pick one of the following actions and apply it every day:

~ Appreciation
~ Acceptance
~ Non-resistance

Appreciation: Make sure that you appreciate someone or something that you ordinarily take for granted. It isn't necessary to express your feelings (although wanting to seems like a good idea--the action will follow naturally). Don't pick something commonplace like a pretty sunset or a bed of roses. Appreciate
the true value of a person or situation that holds deep significance: a marriage, a holy ceremony, a person who is essential in your life.

Acceptance: Go inside and surrender. It's a simple phrase, but surrender and acceptance are subtle. They aren't about giving up or resigning yourself to a bad situation. Acceptance is a gesture
of humility by which you acknowledge that there is more to a situation than your own small perspective. It involves asking to be part of the bigger plan. Dharma is a fancy word for the bigger plan, but words matter little here. You must perceive that such a plan exists, and that can only begin with a willingness to see more than you presently see. Acceptance marks that willingness.

Non-resistance: This is the act of not pushing against an obstacle. The obstacle can be another person, another way of doing things, another plan for the future. In spiritual terms, when you meet resistance, a new element is needed. The way ahead is blocked for a reason, and until you find the key, the obstacle
will remain in place or increase. The new element may be a new idea, a new feeling, a new piece of information. To open up a channel for the new element, stop resisting (I don't mean putting up passive resistance, which was politically effective for Gandhi but isn't the same thing as what we are discussing here).

As you can see, all these actions are entirely inward. You shift your allegiance from the outer person to the inner. In effect, you are giving the inner person a chance to prove that he (or she) can affect change. Not imaginary change but an actual shift in the outer world. Is it worth a year's time to try this experiment? According to every spiritual tradition, it most definitely is.

Read the article in it's entirety at: http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2007/01/a_new_years_exp.html and share your thoughts and experiences under 'comments' below.

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For today, the seventeenth day of 2007, I wish you the satisfaction of knowing that you can create 'Prosperity from the Inside-Out' - and this is the time for you to prove this fact to yourself.

Are you up for the challenge?

Best to you!

Elyse

Comments

[Maggie]

I've heard that Oprah is planning to host the creators of THE SECRET on her show ... Jan 30.

~Maggie

[Robin]

I am a writer, in the middle of writing my second book. I was 'stuck' in December with a bit of writer's block. Since Jan. 1 I have been following the Prosperity Kick Start, feeling the success I expect from this new book, and the message I intend to relay. Since then the words have been pouring out...and good stuff!(at least according to my writing group!) Eight words a minute may not sound like a lot to the non-writer but, trust me, it's like a gyser! Writing has not flowed so easily since the initial chapters of my FIRST book were written. I KNOW it is the result of my INTENTION. Thank you, Elyse, for helping me get back on track and stay there!

[CoachD]

Elyse,

This may sound like an uncanny coincidence (although coincidence is a word I have banished from my vocab), but after listening to Gregg Braden's audio, particularly the healing that took place with the woman in China within a short space of time, I decided to read the link to Deepak Chopra's blog. I started searching through his list of contributors and noticed there were quite a number of people with the same name "Deepak". I thought it funny and wanted to know the meaning of the name. Do you know less than two hours later I received a call from a man looking for job search services...guess his name? Deepak!

I was astonished, and I told him what transpired earlier. He is familiar with Deepak Chopra and lives pretty much by the same principles. As a matter of fact, he leads a yoga/meditation group right here in my city. I also learned that the name Deepak means light, "as in a candle" he said. Now I have this man as a client. Amazing!

Thoughts are really things.

Regards,

Daisy

[Jennifer]

So far this year, I have begun training for an online teaching job. I had begun to think I would need a PhD to get a job teaching online. As soon as I moved to look into PhD programs, I was offered this position.

Also, my condo that has shown 6 times in the last 6 months has already been shown twice this month. The perfect buyer for this condo is seeking it, and will find it soon.

[Sarah]

Time to review the positives so far this year..I took up painting and completed two this month. It is such great fun and I didn't even know I could do it! Sarah