But what if the greatest gift you can give begins with gifting yourself?

At first I was taken aback by this suggestion, “My greatest gift to give is my happiness.” (*The Teachings of Abraham)

As I read further, I discovered that the most perfect place to begin with any kind of giving is to build up your own center of happiness and well being within. It’s like filling up the well before you dip in and share with others.

“When you are in a state of joy or appreciation, you are connected to the Stream of Source Energy that is truly who-you-are – and anything or anyone that you are holding as your object of attention benefits from your attention.” (*The Teachings of Abraham)

Did you know it could be that easy?

Want to give a great gift to your family today? Go and get yourself happy!
Want to bring a terrific attitude to your workplace today? Go and get yourself happy!
Want to have the best energy for dealing with the people and issues that are coming your way today? Go and get yourself happy!

There is no substitute for happiness – as the greatest gift to give to yourself. And there is  no better gift to give to others, than a very happy you!

Have you found some bit of wisdom and support in these suggestions? Please drop a line in the response box below (or click on the comment link in Facebook) and share your thoughts with us.

I’m looking forward to hearing from you.

If you need some handy cues to keep you on course, consider the *Ask and It is Given Cards by Esther and Jerry Hicks (The Teachings of Abraham). Check them out here: http://www.myeverydaymystic.com/exceptional-inspirational-resources/

Janice M. Puta
Author of Pathways: Tales for the Spiritual Seeker
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In that state of emptiness, you can’t give or share with anyone else, and you can’t attract in whatever you need for yourself.

Abundance and prosperity are in the ocean of All-That-Is. And the only way that you can go to that ocean, dip in, and get whatever you need or want, is to first of all get there! And that doesn’t mean having to travel thousands of miles or spend hundreds of dollars on expenses. It simply means connecting yourself to the Energy Stream, the Divine Source, the ocean of All-That-Is through your intention and desire.

Some people use affirmations or short meditations to do this. Others realize that shifting into a more positive feeling and attitude is just as powerful a connection. “Your emotions do not create, but they do indicate what you are currently attracting.” (Ask and It is Given by Esther and Jerry Hicks)

If your feelings are down and out, that is what you are attracting more of! If your feelings are upbeat, hopeful, and grateful, then you are open to receive whatever you are asking for.

So fuel up on positive feelings, energize yourself with hopeful thinking, and take action steps from inspired and clear direction.

If you need some handy cues to keep you on course, consider the Ask and It is Given Cards by Esther and Jerry Hicks (The Teachings of Abraham). Check them out here: http://www.myeverydaymystic.com/exceptional-inspirational-resources/

I love them! They seem to give me exactly what I need the moment I pick one out. Let me know what you think. Do you have some quick pick-me-ups that keep you on course when the going gets tough? Please drop a line in the response box below (or click on the comment link in Facebook) and share your thoughts with us.

I’m looking forward to hearing from you.

Janice M. Puta
Chief Inspirational Owner of Our Spiral Journey, LLC
Helping You Walk the Path to Healing and Wholeness
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA

Is this for you? Please discern the following:
1-What could be easier than saying an affirmation twice a day to change your relationship to money?
2-Can you complete this simple step every day?
3-Do you have a perfect relationship with money?
4-Are you happy with your level of financial abundance?
5-Are you willing to send a donation to your favorite charity, or to those charities suggested, as your only financial exchange for the benefits of this group experience?

In this extraordinary program, you will be connected energetically to a powerful group of several hundred from all over the United States and Canada. Energy work and meditations specifically for this group will be dedicated to uplifting this group energy. The intent is to transform the consciousness of financial abundance so that you may align with and attract in your desired outcome.

Here is everything you need to know about when this program first started and how to participate in it.

Prosperity Program – 2009

What is it?

This very simple but effective program was designed in 2005 to support a group of people who were focusing on increasing prosperity in many areas of their life. We knew that group energy is much more powerful than working alone. Participants were amazed at their own ability to stay focused, feel uplifted, stay in higher consciousness of faith, and create miracles in their lives during and after participating in the program.
Our focus for this program is to increase financial prosperity. This can be a monthly income, unexpected income, a lump sum of money to pay off debts etc.

The Truth
We clearly know that when you make a 100 percent commitment to do something, and you take every step with integrity, the universe will open up a way to support you. When you verbalize a commitment with faith and conviction, you immediately draw to you people, ideas, circumstances and synchronicity of events that say to you “I’m here to help you with your commitment.”

The Universal Law of Prosperity
Every desire, uttered or unexpressed, is a demand. Nothing stands between you and your desires except doubt and fear. So doubt and fear must be erased from your consciousness and be replaced with faith. This must be done by impressing your subconscious mind with a realization of good by having a firm conviction that only good can come into your life, therefore only good can manifest.

Importance of daily discipline
It is said in ancient traditions that the human mind works in cycles. We can use various cycles to help replace unwanted patterns of behavior (mental or emotional habits) with new, more positive ones.
• It takes 40 days to change a habit.
• It takes 90 days to confirm the habit.
• In 120 days, the new habit is who you are.
• In 1,000 days you have mastered the new habit.
Therefore there must be a definite commitment to faithfully follow this program each and every day for at least 40 days – and if you miss even one day, you will have to start over again and continue until you can go the full period with perfect continuity.

Please invite everyone you know who is ready to move from fear to Faith and Freedom!

When:
This program starts on April 24, 2009 (New Moon Day) and will end on December 31, 2009.

What do you do?
The New Moon and the Full Moon energy is powerful energy and this is always an important time to state and manifest our intentions.

Please set clear intentions to increase financial abundance in your life as that will be our focus as a group for this program. To set the energy in motion you will begin and end every day with a prosperity prayer/affirmations provided below. After reading the prayer, take few minutes to focus on each statement with great thoughtfulness and feelings, letting the positive words and feelings fill your consciousness. We invite you to keep a spiritual journal to write any observations, experiences or changes you encounter during the course of the program. This will be your only commitment by registering in this program.

You are automatically registered if you participated in the first round in January 2009. If you do not wish to take part this time, please send an email to (Lonkka@msn.com) and your name will be removed from the group list. You need to register if you are a new participant and did not participate in this program in January 2009.

New participants may sign up for this 40-day Prosperity Program via email by providing your first name, last name, and email address to Lonkka@msn.com.

You may join for 40 days, 90 days, 120 days or for the remainder of 2009.

What do we do?
This program will be facilitated by Leni Onkka from Colorado, Yamini Bhatt from Texas and the School of Yoga Therapy and Natural Medicine in Toronto.

During the program, Leni and Yamini will be tuning into the group energy on a regular basis to clear subconscious (soul) level energy blocks caused by fear based beliefs, world energies, or other limiting energy patterns that may block your flow of energy to receive abundantly. Then the group energy (collectively) will be harmonized and realigned to the universal flow of abundant prosperity. This can assist all the participants in the group to raise and evolve the prosperity consciousness. The energy work will be done in absentee so you do not have to be present in any way to receive the healing thru clearings.

Free On-line Prosperity Meditation:
During the course of this program the School of Yoga Therapy and Natural Medicine will be leading monthly prosperity meditations. To participate in the on-line Prosperity Meditation, you don’t need any specific equipment, just your personal computer with internet access. You will be invited to join the meditation via separate email invitation in which you will be given the necessary details.

For the participants in Toronto, the live meditations will be broadcasted from Dharam Dwara, one of the School’s teaching facilities that focuses on community service and Karma Yoga, you are welcome to attend live and participate in the free kitchen that will follow, keeping in the theme of giving and receiving.
Together as a group we will hold love and light around everyone’s intentions for the highest manifestation. Thus we support each other in our new awareness and conscious creations. By raising our consciousness of the Infinite Source of Good around us the program works!

“Everything you give to others is a gift to yourself. As you give you receive.”
Giving is an esoteric science that never fails to produce results if it is done with love and joy. We are offering this program in Spirit of LOVE. If you wish to give love offering you may do so by:

1. Giving to your favorite charity. OR
2. Sending donations to:
Spiritual Response Association
2909 Pacific Avenue SE, Olympia, WA 98501-2040

Spiritual Response Association (SRA) is a non-profit organization and its mission is to support and promote universal consciousness of peace and oneness by empowering every individual who desires to become aware of his/her indwelling connection with SPIRIT. (www.spiriutalresponse.com) we are grateful for the gift of consciousness we have received from our work with SRT. OR

3. Sending donations to:
Yoga without Borders
164 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 100, Toronto, Ontario M4P 1G4
Yoga Without Borders is the service branch of the School of Yoga Therapy and Natural Medicine and has been assisting the homeless and hungry in the GTA, students in Africa, women and young adults who are challenged mentally, physically and emotionally, as well as youth and elderly in need. The students of the school are required to do community service as part of their training program. The newest initiative is the development of a free kitchen at Dharam Dwara, and that is where current donations are focused. (http://www.naturalmedicineschool.com/index.php?id=ywb)

Please read the following affirmation/prayer daily – twice a day (upon rising and before going to bed is preferred).
PRAYER FOR PROSPERITY
• I accept Good graciously into my life. I believe that all kinds of good is now flowing to me so richly and so fully that I have abundance of money to spare and share today and always.
• I accept that God is the source of all supply, and that “money is God in action.” I am harmonious, poised and magnetic. I now draw to me my unlimited financial abundance of the Universe. My power is God power and it is irresistible!
• I believe that true prosperity includes perfect health, perfect wealth, perfect love and perfect happiness. The word which I speak in faith activates a law of Universal Good and I accept and share the results.
• I see all others in this program being blessed exceedingly and abundantly. I give thanks that the financial abundance that is mine by Divine Right, is now released and reaches me under grace in perfect ways. And so it is!

About the Facilitators:
Yamini Bhatt is a Certified Spiritual Response Therapy (SRT) and Spiritual Restructuring Teacher, a Certified Prosperity Guide, and Certified Yoga and Meditation Teacher. She has been teaching individuals and groups healing processes to bring self awareness, healing and transformation since 1996. She has a successful consulting practice and is the founder of Riddham Spiritual Center. www.Riddham.com

Leni Onkka is a Certified Spiritual Response Therapy (SRT) and Spiritual Restructuring Teacher and Certified Prosperity Guide. She began her own healing practice since 1999 and is a founder of Leni Onkka, LLC. She has been working extensively with clientele, students and group consciousness to teach self-empowerment and facilitate inner transformation and growth. www.LeniOnkka.com

The School of Yoga Therapy and Natural Medicine has been training professional Yoga teachers, therapists and practitioners of Yogic Natural Medicine since 2000. The school’s vision is global change through personal transformation. The founder of the School, Yogi Akal, has been teaching, counseling, and uplifting groups, individuals, families, professionals and businesses around the world for over thirty years. www.naturalmedicineschool.com www.yogiakal.com

P.S. New participants may sign up for this 40-day Prosperity Program via email by providing your first name, last name, and email address to Lonkka@msn.com.

This is an exceptional opportunity, with terrific energy support, to bring even more prosperity and goodness into your life for the rest of the year. If you’re not already signed up, please do so now. Then send this invitation to your friends, and grow the power of this fantastic group.

Janice M. Puta
Certified Teacher in Spiritual Response Technique and Certified Prosperity Guide
Helping you get a life you love to live!
For classes and personal energy clearing sessions: mail4619-fdl@yahoo.com

Dig deep and take an inventory on how wealthy you really are!

Appreciate your sharp mind! Do you have creative ideas for writing books, songs, or plays? Are you a great problem solver who can find solutions where no one else is looking? Do you have a skill for organizing projects and events? Can you put everything together timely and coordinated?

All of these are important and valuable assets! Look around your community and internet groups to see how you can share, volunteer, and even get paid for what comes so naturally to you!

Count your humor! If you’re the one telling jokes and lifting spirits, there’s a place for you. Too many jobs are way too serious. Too many everyday routines are way too boring. Wherever you can bring a smile and a chuckle, your presence is golden. Your lightheartedness is priceless.

Exercise your muscle! Are you young enough and strong enough to mow lawns, rake leaves, and weed gardens? Lucky you! There are many people who would love to meet you, and maybe even hire you. Can you walk the dog, shovel the sidewalk, and bring in the mail in bad weather for the elderly or sick in your neighborhood? You will have friends for life!

Share your time! Could you pick up groceries for someone on the way home? Could you make a stop at the post office on the way to work? Is there something you could do in exchange for something you need? Do you have a few minutes a week to call and listen to someone who needs to talk? If the list is endless, you’re just beginning to understand how valuable you are!

Become aware of how blest you really are. Your abundance and prosperity is all around you! You have heaps of assets and tons of fortunes that you may not be counting.

You don’t have to be the volunteer of the year, or the top donor to the fundraiser, to make a contribution that makes a difference.

“If you want to be of help to others, be as tapped in, tuned in, and turned on as you can possibly be.” (Ask and It Is Given Cards by Esther and Jerry Hicks)

Tap into what you’ve got to offer, tune into what is needed and where, turn on your best thoughts and feelings! You can only thrive – and lead the way for others to follow.

Does this sound like something you can do? Do you have a new or affirmed sense of personal worth? Do you see yourself as “wealthier” than you first imagined? Please drop a line in the response box below (or click on the comment link in Facebook) and share your thoughts with us.

I’m looking forward to hearing from you.

Janice M. Puta
Author of Pathways: Tales for the Spiritual Seeker
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Yes, my family and friends remembered what it’s like to “be there for each other.” They blessed me with sunshine and surprises and all the inner wishes of my soul. They wanted me to be happy and healthy, to reap the rewards of the giving and sharing I’ve done: “May the love you’ve planted along the way come back full bloom for you today.”

And through all of “life’s most precious blessings” sent my way, the only one that is unconditionally there for me is this unlimited love of God.

I know full well that this love is not a one-time promise or a one-way street with God doing all the giving. My responsibility here, my invitation comes in these words: “May you quietly await the movement of grace, and when it comes, move gently with humility, fidelity, and courage.” (Joanne Gallagher, CSJ of Gracious Mystery Mandalas)

I tuck all these loving memories of my birthday cards and gifts into my heart space. I gather all these gracious blessings into my soul as food for the journey – a pilgrimage into even more love of God than I have ever known.

It begins today, right here, in this moment – as easy as taking the first step: “Walk in grace. Be kind. Be wise. See God’s world with caring eyes. Have a hopeful point of view. Life’s a gift and so are you.” (Hallmark ecards) That’s why I chose the Celtic Knot for the illustration for today’s post. It reminds me that everything is interrelated, it all fits together – the natural and supernatural, the everyday and the special, the human and the divine.

What’s your favorite birthday blessing or gift? What’s going to keep you going all year with courage and trust? Drop a line in the response box below (or click on the comment link in Facebook) and share your thoughts with us.

I’m looking forward to hearing from you.

Janice M. Puta
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This Decree of Abundance is a gift from Maureen Moss, steward of The World Puja Network.

She invites you to share it, proclaim it, believe it!

That’s when you’ll see things change in your life.

DECREE OF ABUNDANCE

“From The Light of God that I Am.
From The Love of God that I Am.
From The Power of God that I Am.
From The Heart of God that I Am.

I Decree:

I dwell in the midst of Infinite Abundance. The Abundance of God is my Infinite Source.

The River of Life never stops flowing. It flows through me into lavish expression. Good comes to me through unexpected avenues and God works in a myriad of ways to bless me.

I now open my mind to receive my good. Nothing is too good to be true. Nothing is too wonderful to have happen. With God as my Source, Nothing amazes me.

I Am not burdened by thoughts of past or future. One is gone. The other is yet to come.

By the power of my belief, coupled with my purposeful fearless actions and my deep rapport with God, my future is created and my abundance made manifest.

I ask and accept that I am lifted in this and every moment into Higher Truth. My mind is quiet.

From this day forward I give freely and fearlessly into life and Life gives back to me with magnificent increase. Blessings come in expected and unexpected ways. God provides for me in wondrous ways.

I AM indeed grateful. And I let it be so.”

If you’ve been touched and inspired by this declaration, drop a line in the response box below (or click on the comment link in Facebook) and share your thoughts with us.

I’m looking forward to hearing from you.

And I’m sure Maureen would like to hear from you also. Feel free to drop her a line at Maureen@worldpuja.org

Janice M. Puta
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In a recession, nothing recedes like confidence! Whether it’s confidence in the marketplace, confidence in your advisors, or confidence in yourself!

The attitude I like to step up to is reflected in this comment by Warren Buffett, “The thing to do is keep your mind when the world around you is losing theirs.”

How do you do that? Here’s my short list:

Build more confidence in yourself.
• Take charge of your own life. Be assured that only you are responsible for what happens to you.
• Assess and appreciate your skills and abilities. Value your character and personality.
• Trust that you are here to make a contribution that only you can make to this planet and its people. There is no one else exactly like you with your ideas, experience, and capabilities.
• Whatever goodness and value you do, give, or create with your life is exactly what you’ve come here for, and exactly what we need from you. Live in that faith with certainty.

Build more confidence in others.
• Where ever you see valuable service happening, compliment, encourage, and support it.
• Who ever you know in a leadership position that is reputable, honest, and working with integrity, let them know you trust them and have confidence in their decisions and choices.
• Whether it’s promoting sustainability by working on a local organic farm or in a holistic grocery store, consider if you can barter your time for products or a discount.
• Whatever services you need, consider what you can share or barter in exchange. Find people in your community who already have the confidence to do this. Check online for barter networks in your area.
• Be a part of what ever serves the highest and most benevolent good of the community and the world.

Let’s be about building more confidence. With more confidence comes assurance. Assurance leads to hope. And hope has the awareness to say, like T. Harv Eker, “There’s the general economy, and then we each have our own personal economy. The general economy is definitely suffering. MY economy is great.”

Drop us a line and share your thoughts about how you are building your own personal economy. What are you doing to build more confidence in yourself? What are you doing to build more confidence in others?

(On this blog, write in the response box below. On Facebook, click on the comment link for the comment box to open up for you.)

I’m looking forward to hearing from you.

Janice M. Puta
Author of Pathways: Tales for the Spiritual Seeker
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Are your eyes drawn to the shrubs that were green all summer and now turn blazing red with the cooler weather?

Do you drive down a tree-lined street and hold your breath as a shower of colorful leaves falls all around you like your own private confetti parade?

Did you notice on the nature trail how the sunlight turns the autumn woodland into a sacred place?

If it all feels magnificent and grand, it is! If it feels like the last act before the curtain closes, it is!

For those who live in parts of the world where there is a colorful autumn, more than likely there is also going to be a cold winter with barren landscapes, freezing temperatures, ice and snow.

But not so fast. Let’s enjoy what we have now. This final movement of the symphony pulls it all together and gives us the big picture.

Here we remember that all things come full circle. Here we celebrate moving along on the upward spiral, one rung at a time.

Autumn is one more of life’s challenges. Challenges are there not to paralyze us, make us suffer, or make us give up. Challenges are in our life to help us discover who we are and the journey we are on.

Right now, we get to celebrate the abundance of the harvest and the glory of nature all around us. Right now, let’s also celebrate how far we’ve come on our own journeys this year and how well we’ve been on purpose with our lives.

And, while you’re thinking about it, skip down to the response box below and share with me one milestone in your journey this year that you’re celebrating!

I’m looking forward to celebrating your journey with you!

Janice M. Puta
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Are you concerned about what you’re losing in value and how it’s going to affect your life?

Are you aware of the abundance you already have? Do you know how well you are already being taken care of?

Consider this analogy. Do you think you’re going to run out of fresh air to breathe? Do you think fresh air is rationed? Do you think it’s in such short supply around the world that you have to start holding your breath and making every breath count as long as you can? Of course not!

Have you ever thought of air as a symbol of abundance? Have you acknowledged how prosperous you are to have enough air to breathe?

In the same way, abundance and prosperity are all around you in your everyday life experience:
• Are there clothes in your closet to wear?
• Is there food in your refrigerator and your kitchen cupboards?
• Do you have a place to live?
• Do you have a vehicle to get around in?
• Do you have water to drink?

Abundance and prosperity are not about luxury and extravagance. They are about meeting our basic needs and still having a little more pressed down and running over to share with others.

So if you have clothes to donate to charity or food for a food drive, you’ve got abundance. If you have time to volunteer in your community or a vehicle to give the needy a ride to where they need to go, you are prosperous.

And the more you appreciate and give thanks for the abundance and prosperity you already have, the happier you are! And the happier you are with what you have, the more you attract in.

When our parents and teachers told us to count our blessings, they had no idea how close to the truth they were. Don’t go down the path of chaos and confusion. Simply do a mental walk through your house, your closet, your kitchen, and know how well you are being taken care of. Then give thanks and smile.

Janice M. Puta
Author of Pathways: Tales for the Spiritual Seeker
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In every situation, there is caution and opportunity. This is the time to know what you need, how soon you need it, and what you can afford to risk.

No one knows that better than you do. Yes, it’s great to have a financial advisor to discuss this with. But even in that conversation, make it very clear what you think is appropriate for you at this time in your life. Then let the experts show how to meet your goals.

Hopefully the bailout being discussed in Washington at this time has something in it for everyone, whether it frees up credit for your business or increases the amount in your bank account that can be insured.

Anyone who emailed or called their senators and representatives already took the first step in getting their share of the national bailout plan: they asked for what they wanted! Yes, a lot of times that includes knowing what you don’t want.

But as always, keep the focus on the positive. Being able to offer your opinion fills a need to be heard! When things run amuck on the national scene, it’s a wakeup call and a mirror about things in our lives we need to be more accountable for.

“When you remember that everyone who asks is given, then how wonderful and appropriate it is for you to make the choices for you – for the Universe operates much more efficiently without a middleman interceding on your behalf. You always know, in the moment, what is best for you.” (from the teachings of Abraham, Ask and It Is Given Cards by Esther and Jerry Hicks)

So whatever is going on in your life, look at both the options for caution and the openings for opportunity. Get the information you need, find out the facts, look at where you need to be more accountable, and then ask for whatever is most appropriate for you to get through any crisis or chaos you might be experiencing.

Janice M. Puta
Author of Pathways: Tales for the Spiritual Seeker
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