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- Dysfunction And Deception - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2010 from Tom WrightTom Wright I have heard many people say that they come from "dysfunctional" families. This is a label, a judgment that does not reflect the highest reality of what's really going on in any family. Dysfunctional implies that there is "some way" families should function, and that if they ...
Views: 2003(1 vote) - Seven Ways To Overcome Anger - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2010 from Tom WrightTB Wright I am a firm believer in the "tell the truth now, tell the truth later" method of living a successful life. Truth is authentic, clean, and it just simply feels right. We have a great method of discernment for catching when people are telling the truth, including ourselves, and it's ...
Views: 1549(1 vote) - The Health Continuum - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from Tom WrightTom Wright-A Course In Shamanism The Health continuum can be seen as a straight line graph, with the left hand side of that graph being subtle energy healing work done through the means of shamanism, and the right side of the graph being all the way over to healing work done through ...
Views: 3994(2 votes) - Troubled Times - by Submitted on Nov 20, 2010 from Tom WrightTom Wright Even the Dali Lama gives speeches about having "compassion in troubled times." Troubled times? You mean life? To think that we live in times that somehow are troubled, versus to live in a time when life's troubles were non-existent, is to dream of something that never was, and ...
Views: 1470(2 votes) - When Less Is More - by Submitted on Jan 16, 2010 from Tom WrightTB Wright What? When is less, more? Less is more when that more is more satisfaction, more joy, more money, and more of all the wealth you can imagine, and more. Where wealth is defined in the online seminar I do with participants as "an increase in anything that is important to you." ...
Views: 1041(1 vote) - Making the Leap Into Extraordinary Reality - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2011 from Tom WrightTom Wright A Course In Shamanism If you want to increase your income beyond what you have ever done before, then the gap between where you are financially now, and where you want to be, has to be “non-ordinary reality” for you. It has to, because you haven’t done it before! In the practice ...
Views: 2092(3 votes) - From Rejection To Suggestion - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2010 from Tom WrightTom Wright After any type of rejection at all, how many times have we all asked ourselves the automatically programmed question "Why are things the way they are?" Or even more to the point, "What's the reason for this?" Think about it. If you truly answered either of these ...
Views: 2044(2 votes) - The Heart-Break Of Ego - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2010 from Tom WrightTom Wright Many brilliant theorists, philosophers, self-help gurus, and psychiatrists, often speak of the "ego" as if "it" were something other than what it is: an illusion. An illusion is something that is real, but temporary. What we refer to as the ego has no permanent existence, any ...
Views: 3823(3 votes) - Tips On Enlightenment Here! - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2010 from Tom WrightTB Wright I once asked a woman who was giving tips on "How to become enlightened" not as a flip way of sassing her, but as a legitimate question. "How can you give advice in any way whatsoever, on being enlightened, when you are not?" She answered by saying that she could certainly know of ...
Views: 1087(3 votes) - To Keep On Keeping On - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2011 from Tom WrightTom Wright I have often asked of myself, the question “why?” Why do I keep on keeping on, when I have lived long enough to have seen many of my friends give up the fight, and then many who never really seemed to have gotten started in their great battle to be themselves at all before their ...
Views: 1892(3 votes) - What Really Matters - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2010 from Tom WrightTB Wright Imagine yourself laying on your deathbed, knowing you are never going to get up again. No, not to make yourself feel bad, but for the purpose of distilling what is important to you right from the story of your own life. How can we feel bad about dying anyway? We haven't experienced ...
Views: 1049(2 votes) - Why I Am Not Authentic Anymore! - by Submitted on Nov 21, 2010 from Tom WrightTom Wright In a conversation with a woman the other day, she told me that she was "authentic" when in my opinion, she was anything but. Oh, oh! What mirror was I looking into! Wow! Was that an eye opener. The third eye, for certain. That's when I realized that people (and yes, I am a ...
Views: 2343(3 votes) - Affirmations II - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2009 from Tom WrightThere are two types of affirmations. Each type has two parts that make up the whole of it. Without acting upon this truth, our affirmation work becomes something other than effective. Let's look at this. Affirmations are effective when they are repeated. Customarily, that repeating would look ...
Views: 2145(5 votes) - Affirmations Part I - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2009 from Tom WrightOne thing I realized about affirmations is how important the way you state them is. For instance, I used to state one of my affirmations with the words "I am rich." That's great, because I knew that somewhere I was rich, and that all I had to do was find the way to manifest this already existing ...
Views: 2391(7 votes) - No Pain No Gain - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2009 from Tom WrightThose words were drummed into me by my father so many times, I long ago stopped counting up the reasons why he said what he said. Despite the untruth of them, after a while, they started to sink in. Do anything long enough, and it will become your habit, even the phrases you think with, and ...
Views: 988(2 votes) - Visualizations, Affirmations, And Wealth - by Submitted on Dec 12, 2009 from Tom WrightWealth can be defined as any number of things, experiences, or manifestations. In the online seminar series I present, wealth is defined as "an increase in anything that is important to you." So wealth could be more smiles from friends, more money, or more of a profound and distinct experience ...
Views: 1431(5 votes) - Wealth, Happiness, And Being With What Is - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2009 from Tom WrightThis article is designed to allow you to have some real relief. Not the "fake it till you make it" kind of relief, but the "tell the truth now, tell the truth later" kind of relief: authentic, and lasting. Relief from what? From what the details of our lives may actually be at any one moment. No ...
Views: 1139(5 votes) - Prepare Yourself For Wealth - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2009 from Tom WrightThank God it usually takes time to get rich. Those who are overnight sensations often go bankrupt. Well, often enough to worry those of us who plan to get rich, slow or quick. Still, lottery winners and those who have received large inheritances have squandered their wealth often enough to have ...
Views: 823(3 votes) - Be Here Now Be Successful Now - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2010 from Tom WrightThere is a success we can attain that goes far beyond simple material success. This deep of success is attained only through the giving up our attachment to being "right" about all the illusions we have surrounding what it means to be successful. In the online seminar I do with participants, we ...
Views: 1166(3 votes) - Bodies, Beliefs, And Perceptions - by Submitted on Nov 28, 2010 from Tom WrightTom Wright First of all, why is making the distinction between belief and perception so important? Let's take the example of walking over twelve-hundred degree hot coals, something I have direct experience with by having done so myself. If our human ability to perceive what's out there and ...
Views: 1957(2 votes) - Committment And Demonstration - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2009 from Tom WrightIn our human knowledge base it is a proverb that what it takes to accomplish any goal is to be committed to that accomplishment. This wisdom is spoken by mountain climbers, sports figures, all great moms and dads, joyful partners, successful CEOs, inventors, great writers, the list of achievers ...
Views: 1179(2 votes) - Define Success: Achieve Success - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2010 from Tom WrightIf you went out to buy a television set, and didn’t really know what the best one was, oh, you had a general idea, but no clear picture, what would you end up buying? You would most likely end up buying something based on what others believed a good TV set should be. Might work for you then, ...
Views: 1132(2 votes) - Discovering Authentic Feelings - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2010 from Tom WrightThere is a balance point between feelings, that when practiced, makes for harmonious relationships. We're not usually at that point, due to the masculine/feminine bent toward opposites poles in relationship to the way we use feelings, not feelings themselves. And it's this "use" where our ...
Views: 1801(1 vote) - Don't Figure It Out: Live It Out! - by Submitted on Dec 31, 2009 from Tom WrightWe spend an inordinate amount of time and energy devoting our literal life essence in an attempt to do, what cannot be done. When we start to shift more and more of that energy over to what can be done, and in alignment with our goals, we are then practicing an incredible power to manifest all ...
Views: 1253(1 vote) - Finding Inspiration! - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2009 from Tom WrightOften the question is asked of me, "Where does your inspiration come from?" This question suggests that our own inspiration is held within some external place, and if we were able to just finally reach there, then maybe the miraculous floodgates of inspired action would then deluge our lives ...
Views: 1194(1 vote) - Giving Up Judgments #1 of 3 - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2010 from Tom WrightPart 1: First of all, in order to give something up, we would have to know what that something actually is. Not what we believe it is, or think it is, but what it actually is. This is a difficult discernment to make with regard to judgments because there is a line regarding our ...
Views: 998(2 votes) - Giving Up Judgments #2 Of 3 - by Submitted on Jan 05, 2010 from Tom WrightTB Wright Part II In the first of these three articles, some ways of giving up judging were provided so that we can free that negative energy up from what doesn’t work, to what does work in our lives. Why do this? Because it's energy that we already have, and are already using, but not ...
Views: 1065(1 vote) - Giving Up Judgments #3 Of 3 - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2010 from Tom WrightTB Wright Part III Now that you have read the first two articles concerning judgments, you are sufficiently prepared to go on and practice these techniques for giving up judgments, both visible, and invisible: First of all, even before completing this list of things to do, it is important ...
Views: 1055(1 vote) - Honesty And The Way Of Wealth - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2009 from Tom WrightThere is a direct connection between wealth, defined in The One Penny Millionaire!™ as "an increase in anything that is important to you" and "honesty." This connection, when practiced, will serve to increase your wealth. But honesty about what? How about everything! Being honest about where ...
Views: 1173(2 votes) - How To Build A Foundation For Success - by Submitted on Dec 05, 2009 from Tom WrightWanting is the one hard wired human condition that will not go away. We want to be warm, we want to be fed, we want to be loved, we want so many things. And then after those basic wants are fulfilled, we want to be happy and successful, in whatever way success is defined for each of us. Given ...
Views: 2186(2 votes) - How To Change Your Life Completely In Ten Seconds! - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2010 from Tom Wright*excerpted from the E-book of the same title: Any one of us, can do most anything, for ten seconds. Think about it. Can you forgive someone for just ten seconds? Usually we can. Can you hold your tongue for ten seconds, even when you're upset? I'm sure we've all done that. And then after ...
Views: 1651(1 vote) - How We Define Success Determines The Success We Have! - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2010 from Tom WrightWhat Is Success? We have as many different answers to this question as there are people in the world. So let's provide a paradigm for success that works for every single one of them, with no one, and nothing, left out. Is success how much money we have? Or how many people love us? ...
Views: 981(1 vote) - Let It Be - by Submitted on Dec 29, 2009 from Tom WrightMaking certain we get up early to do our daily affirmation work, sometimes taking it up even hourly, doing visualizations over and over again, resetting our mindsets, setting goals, making promises, fighting with ourselves to get "there" wherever there is, worrying about having too many negative ...
Views: 1072(2 votes) - Making The Distinction Between Blame And Responsibility - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2009 from Tom WrightThere is a distinction between blaming ourselves for the conditions of our lives, and instead, being responsible for everything in our lives, that when made, makes all the difference in the world. A difference that shows up in our lives as how we feel about just about everything. The sticky part ...
Views: 1156(1 vote) - Radical Life Improvement From Nothing - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2010 from Tom WrightTB Wright It seems as if we all desire to improve our lives. But in order to do something, we have to first understand what exactly, that something is. Since we desire to improve our lives, what does that mean? Improve? According to the dictionary, it means "to increase in value, to bring ...
Views: 982(1 vote) - Sometimes We Make It Hard For Ourselves - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2009 from Tom WrightSometimes, It's Hard! Life is great, life is good, and in the words of Helen Keller, life is an adventure or nothing at all. And, sometimes, life is also hard. Why? Who knows? We hit the wall. We skim the skids. We get upset. We get angry, we get frustrated, things don't look like they're ...
Views: 1959(2 votes) - Successful Manifesting: How To Do It! - by Submitted on Dec 17, 2009 from Tom WrightThere is in popular writing, and so in people's minds, some confusion over the distinction between creating and manifesting. These words point to two separate and important processes, and so, do not point to the same thing at all. Some of this confusion comes over the fact that the things that ...
Views: 1570(5 votes) - The Balance Scale Of Wants - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2011 from Tom WrightTom Wright Imagine a balance scale. On one side is something people often tell me. They say, “I want to be wealthy.” And then after saying that, they state how much money they want. Or, that they want to have a successful relationship. You fill in the blank, we all want something. So on ...
Views: 2178(1 vote) - The Practice Of Trust - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2009 from Tom WrightTrust is the opposite energy from resistance. When we trust, we say we are "going with the flow." But what is the flow? It's the way things are going. For instance, in line with the popular metaphor of a river, the flow is the direction the river is going in. Nothing mysterious or complicated ...
Views: 748(1 vote) - The writing of Acronyming POWER Your Life! - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2004 from Tom WrightAfter thirteen years of what I had considered to be a good marriage, I came home one day to be told, "I want a divorce." Monotone voice, flat expression. Where did that come from? One wife, two children, a thriving business, property, and possessions, I could see problems here. At first I ...
Views: 1451(1 vote) - Truth And The Wealth Connection - by Submitted on Dec 24, 2009 from Tom WrightTruth is the one most powerful method for manifesting money, being happier, and in the long run, for expanding upon our wealth. Where wealth in The One Penny Millionaire!™ is defined as "an increase in any area of your life that is important to you." This is why the "fake it till you make it" ...
Views: 1103(3 votes) - Using Our Attention To Manifest Success - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2009 from Tom WrightThere seem to be a certain number of hard wired skills we have, and one of them is our attention. Our attention isn't what we focus upon, but rather, our ability to stay focused on something. And then to add a further distinction, the most valuable way to pay attention is when we are focused on ...
Views: 1153(3 votes) - Using Perspective To Create Success - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2009 from Tom WrightAll things exist only in relationship to other things. If only one thing existed then, there would be no way to compare or reference it to, anything else. It would be invisible, because it would be all there was. So we seek to gain a perspective, or: "a specific point of view in understanding or ...
Views: 990(2 votes) - Using Weights To Build Your Success Momentum - by Submitted on Feb 09, 2010 from Tom WrightBy, TB Wright If you were in a windstorm, unless you had weight, you would be blown all around. Life can be like a windstorm. Without weights, you would not be able to maintain your balance, and you would quickly lose your place. Weights allow us to focus our attention in a way that keeps ...
Views: 931(1 vote) - Visualizations: How To Make Them Work - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2009 from Tom WrightVisualization is something it took me a long time to understand, read: agree with. You can then read "agree with" to mean: to be able to effectively practice. Effective practice is to do something over and over again with the least resistance possible. Usually our resistance to practice comes ...
Views: 1013(1 vote) - What's Joy Got To Do With It? - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2010 from Tom WrightHonestly, what does joy have to do with it? If I hear one more New Agey "gotta be happy or I'm gonna die" guru tell me that I have to be happy, I'm just gonna . . .well, you get the picture. Do I? Do I have to be happy? Of course not. Being happy or not isn't all that important. What is ...
Views: 1110(3 votes) - Do We Really Create Anything? - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2010 from Tom WrightTB Wright It is always useful when making distinctions, to first go to the dictionary, because the definitions of words reveal the amount of energy our race consciousness has put into the intention, or sheer force behind them. Usually the first definition is what most of our efforts have been ...
Views: 1164(3 votes) - Letting Our Success Just Happen - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2009 from Tom WrightThe title seems almost contradictory, doesn't it? An article on how to let success just happen? How do we let success happen? How does this work? Especially when we have been thoroughly indoctrinated into having to work, stress out, and make things happen, or they just won't happen, now will ...
Views: 1213(3 votes) - Taking Ourselves Seriously - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2009 from Tom WrightWe take ourselves seriously all time, but in misaligned directions away from our success. A misaligned direction is any one that leads away from our success, and toward our upset. Any energy other than that which is devoted toward our being successful, is misaligned energy. And misaligned energy ...
Views: 1180(2 votes) - Attention - by Submitted on Jul 17, 2007 from Tom WrightThere seem to be a certain number of hard wired skills we have, and one of them is our attention. Our attention isn't what we focus upon, but rather, our ability to stay focused on something. It is innate, natural, and isn't going to change, so we don't ever need to concern ourselves with losing ...
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