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The Secret Power of Feelings Your thoughts create your feelings which are the basis for creating change in your life. Read this to learn more about this secret.

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"You only need to take the first step in faith. You don't need to see the entire staircase. Just the first step."
—Dr. Martin Luther King

Quarterly Affirmation

I focus my attention on the experiences that bring me joy, and in every moment
I feel love and gratitude!

IMPORTANT NOTE TO READERS: In the Autumn 2006 newsletter, I highly recommended the DVD The Secret. However, in November 2006, I found out that as of September 30, 2006 PrimeTime Productions had ceased releasing the original version of The Secret (which I still highly endorse). They now only issue the new Extended Viewing version which does not contain the most important content from the original DVD. I have not seen the new Extended Viewing DVD, but have read reviews by fans all over the world who say what I had suspected: The new version is OK, but it pales compared to the original version (referred to at the Abraham-Hicks version). Fans of the original DVD hope that one day PrimeTime Productions will re-issue the original version of the DVD for sale. In the meantime, they have made a low-res version of the original movie available for free at www.thescienceofgettingrich.biz. Those who have not seen the original version still like the new Extended Viewing version, which can be seen (for $4.95) or purchased ($29) at www.thesecret.tv. If you are lucky enough to own the original, version invite your friends to view it as it may be the only way (at this time) that they will be able to see the original version of The Secret in full resolution.

Life has been teaching me a valuable lesson about the tremendous power and importance of feelings in attracting a life worth living. Did you realize that your emotions are a valuable tool in manifesting your hearts desires? They are actually part of a guidance system that literally shows you the way to true, lifelong happiness! You can put the power of these emotions to work for you in the most amazing ways by using them to activate the Law of Attraction.

In the movie, The Secret, by Primemedia Productions (www.thesecret.tv), scientists, philosophers, theologians, doctors, and metaphysicians come together to talk at length about how our feelings attract what we experience in life. This is a phenomenal movie, and I highly recommend it. If you enjoyed What The Bleep Do We Know? you will enjoy this movie even more. <Note: You can view this movie as a computer download, but I highly recommend buying the DVD…you’ll save money because you’ll want to watch The Secret over and over!>

Experts in The Secret explain in full detail why it is necessary for every person to learn how to shift their thoughts, feelings, and energy only toward that which they desire to create in their ideal life. The trick is, you first have to know what you truly want, and then you have to learn to block everything else out...including the drama that many people seem to be addicted to. In the movie, they share simple tools and techniques that will help you in this process.

What they teach in The Secret is right in line with everything I have shared with you about the value and importance of affirmations. Where you put your attention (thoughts, affirmations, and feelings) is what you will attract into your life. The life you live today is a direct result of the many thoughts and emotions that you have had in the past. Therefore, your current state of affairs is not who you are…it’s who you WERE. What you will be in the future is the direct result of how you feel today. If you want your life to improve, start today to focus ONLY on what you want to experience. That is how we co-create our lives with the energy known as God, Allah, All That Is,  Our Heavenly Father, Divine Source, Creator, Great Spirit, or the Universe. Whatever name you have given to that energy, it is actually part of everything we experience on this planet, including our bodies, and because it it part of us we can shape this energy with our thoughts and feelings.

Have you ever noticed that if you are sensitive or paying close attention, you can physically feel your energy shift based on a single thought? For example, when you are having a difficult day, stop and think about a loved one or your favorite pet. If you are like me, you’ll instantly feel your energy shift to a better place, your muscles relax, the area around your heart warms, and you feel the urge to take a deep breath. Suddenly, whatever is happening in your day is not only more tolerable, but you feel downright joyous! It’s that easy to shift your energy using your thoughts and feelings.

I’ve written before about how doctors and scientists are now seeing that every thought triggers a whole series of hormonal releases. Those hormonal releases then cause changes in the body on a cellular level. Some hormones are beneficial for the mind and body, while others are less beneficial or destructive. This is how your emotions can create ease or dis-ease within your body.

Quantum physicists are now discovering that nothing exists without mind/thought entering into it and affecting it. Studies are showing that medical experiments are affected by the very thoughts of the scientist running the experiment. People are rarely impartial, so if a scientist believes a certain outcome will occur, the odds are very high that the experiment will end exactly as expected by the researcher. In this way, medical experiments are never truly impartial, and even less so if the scientist is being paid to find a specific outcome.

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Internal (Thought) Makeover
When making over a room, Interior Designers recommend that you first focus on how you want that room to *feel* before you begin choosing the paint, fabrics, and furniture. If you want the room to feel relaxing and comforting, you will make different choices than if you want the room to support lively conversation and interaction. The same is true for your own life. The interior of our minds, our spirits, are affected by the feelings we choose to feel every day. If we choose to think negative, angry thoughts, we will attract negative, angry experiences. When we choose to think loving, happy thoughts, we attract loving, happy experiences.

“But, Nancy,” you say, “I don’t choose my feelings…they just come to me depending on what is going on around me. How can you say that I can choose my feelings?”

If you are not consciously choosing your feelings, then you are running on auto-pilot. When you are functioning on auto-pilot, your emotions control your life, causing you to live reactively rather than proactively. Most of us, when left on auto-pilot, will begin spiraling downward the minute we experience something frustrating or difficult. A reactive life is passively co-creating, not actively co-creating life. Don’t believe me? Take a look at what is happening in your life, then honestly ask yourself what you’ve been thinking about your work, your home, your family, your finances, your health, and your world. We all can make the choice that’s right for us. I’ve lived both ways and I, for one, can tell you it’s a lot more enjoyable to live life proactively! Whatever effort it takes, it's worth it.

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Follow Your Bliss
Joseph Campbell said those famous words, and they hold a profound truth. Now that you know that putting your attention on what makes you happy will create more of it in your life, you can make the choice to co-create your life. It’s truly as simple as making that commitment to your-self and sticking to it. In the beginning, you will have to practice it consciously until it becomes integrated into your way of being. Use your feelings to guide you...if you are feeling good, you know you are moving in the right direction. If you are feeling bad, for whatever reason, you know you need to stop and decide what will make you really happy...then put your attention on that, not on the problem facing you.

If you are focusing your attention on the difficulties in your life and how to solve those difficulties, you are actually attracting more of the problem to you. Instead, start imagining your preferred alternative. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know how to create the change. Your desire to experience something better will initiate the change, and a way will be created for you. Once your energy is focused on what brings you joy, the problem will resolve itself. In my darkest moments, I didn’t think I knew what I wanted but I discovered that when I write down the problems I can easily see the opposite of those problems, and from there I know what I prefer to experience. Then, I focus my attention away from the problem and onto the alternative. You can always make minor adjustments until you are happy with the results.

I’m pleased to say that I’ve been seeing many positive changes in my life over the last year as I’ve learned to focus my energy only on what I truly want. I’ve learned to recognize negative energy and change it to positive energy just by thinking of my kitty cat. Of course, the minute I do that, when I’m home, he comes out of hiding to be near me so I know he’s feeling my energy shift, too. Of course he would, as he is part of the divine energy, too!

You are free to create your own fabulous life! The joy is in creating what you want and letting go of everything that doesn’t bring joy into your life. Let your emotions guide you, focus your attention only on the joyouse experiences you want to attract, and remember to embrace gratitude. Soon you will be experiencing the power and importance of feelings in your own life!

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Exercises for Feeling the Joy and Gratitude
1.      For at least 5 minutes every morning and night, think of your favorite person, place, and pet that you truly love. As you think of this person, place, or pet, feel the emotions of love, joy, gratitude, and happiness well inside of you. Write down in a notebook all the things you love about this person, place, or pet. Then, write down all the things you are grateful for that exist in your life. After that, write down all the things that you are grateful for that are on their way into your life (for example: that promotion or job you’ve wanted, income increase, loving partner, etc.). Follow with a list of things that you would love to experience. Now you know where to put your attention!

2.      Feel how your body feels when you think about them, are in that place, or feel them near you. What does your face feel like? How do the muscles in your body feel? How are you breathing? How does your heart feel? These clues will help you recreate this feeling when you are in the middle of a difficult day. Visualize what you truly want as you allow these positive emotions to flood your body as you feel the negative emotions leave. Do this exercise for at least 5 minutes, twice a day, for a full month.

3.      Find a small stone or large bead you can carry in your pocket or purse. Hold this stone as you practice feeling positive emotions every morning and night. Carry the stone or bead around with you to help remind you of these feelings. Whenever you are struggling or having a tough day, hold the stone and remember all that you are grateful for. Like a Pavlovian response, the stone or bead will help you reconnect to your feeling of love, joy, and gratitude.

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Nancy Barry-Jansson is an illustrator and the creator of AffirmingSpirit™ Affirmation Cards, which are sold online through AffirmingSpirit.com. The cards were first conceived when Nancy was looking for a more beautiful way to experience her daily affirmations. Now her dream is that the cards will inspire and help others in their daily practice of affirmations. You can reach her at inspiration@affirmingspirit.com.

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