The Individual Guide

Between regular monthly bills and unanticipated expenses, it seemed I was constantly upside down on my budget. My paycheck was already spent as soon as I received it. I get plenty of bills every month and put them off to the last minute, then dealt with them all in a flush. This leads to me taking up money from the next pay just to make it through. The problem was not related to how much money I made, it’s that I had no control of my budget. Worse yet, any emergency put me even further in debt.

This situation is not uncommon for most of us. We try to be cautious with our money, but long before month-end, the money is spent. Paying Off bills is a juggling act that we don’t have the time or energy to handle. There’s always one bill that was forgotten or delayed, one more expenditure we weren’t consenting for. With school supplies and fees for the kids, groceries, new tyres for the car, and the rising cost of petrol, just making it from paycheck to paycheck is challenging enough; saving money is out of the question. Meantime, debt is softly building up. I asked myself how I can get my budget under control?

I was lucky to have found a service which will help me budget my money more wisely and take away the strain of paying off monthly bills, letting me focus on the things that really matter to my family. No more concerning over where the money will come from; I can finally relax, knowing that my finances are in good hands.

The financial planning process:
Usually during your initial consultation, your budget consultant will evaluate all of your present debts and monthly payments and prepare a plan that works for you. They will oversee your money, setting aside money for savings, emergencies, and long-term investment, ensuring your family’s financial security. If you are planning a major purchase, this will be figured into your budget so that when you are ready to buy, the money will be there for you.

Your paychecks are usually deposited with your financial planner, and a seperate living expenses account is setup for you. Bills and repayments are diverted to your budgeting specialist for payment. There is a chance that your consultant can lower your monthly payments and reduce your outstanding debt by negotiating with creditors. A small monthly fee is assessed for all these services.

For me, the greatest monthly service mybudget specialist provides is peace of mind. I don’t have to stress about paying any bills; I know my bills will be paid on time, and that I’ll have money in reserve for life’s little emergencies. My budget is finally under control, thanks to my financial planning service.

A lot of misconceptions surround Freemasonry - frequently pejorative allegations of an old boy network, or yet greater wicked suggestions. Yet, in reality Freemasonry is a wholesome cause encouraging self-improvement and serving other people. Freemasonry proffers an opportunity for gentlemen to congregate and partake in genial companionship. Self improvement is a central facet of freemasonry. The Free Mason society promotes helping other individuals too, and giving to others is a tangible way in which Masons serve those.

One of Freemasonry’s rules is not to actively seek out new people to become members. Even so, anyone ought to feel uninhibited to chat with any current member to get further details regarding the Craft.

Membership is for men , 18 years of age or older, and you must match the standards of character and reputation, have to be of good moral character, and believe in the existence of a supreme being.

Anyone who wishes to join a lodge must be advocated by three Masons of the lodge he desires to become a member in. He has to realize that his reputation and character will be investigated. Following recommendation by the Masons, he will be included as an applicant for membership in the Free Mason society.

Members oftentimes put on items such as football pin badges so as to subtly advertise their member status to other Masons while conveying the lodge they belong to.

A modern job hunting campaign is by nature often intricate. While the internet has offered a variety of new channels, it also creates increased competition for choice jobs and potential challenges for job hunters.

Job search needs to be thought of as a personal, highly aimed marketing operation where you are the product. Your resume is an advertisement. Your extended network of contacts is your source for job information.

So where does the internet fit in? At AA-Careers, we just posted a job on a popular job board and got over 650 applications in a calendar week. For one job. That’s increased competition.

Had the right person called us before we ran the ad, they could have gotten the job prior to having all that competition. How? By finding someone who knows someone at our company who became aware of the job prior to posting. Everyone knew of the job for at least 9 days before it was posted. Who in your network might know of a job that’s coming available soon?

Be sure to check your cover letter and resume carefully! When we did an analysis of the 650 resumes, we found a large number of errors. 63% of the applicants were easily eliminated with a quick triage process. How? The same way any employer would. By passing over resumes where the objective didn’t match our job posting. By passing over prospects whose cover letters gave us causes not to employ them, like "I know I’m overqualified but I really need a job". By eliminating job hunters whose documents that didn’t open properly. And by passing over prospects who didn’t trouble to spell check their cover letter and/or resume.

So the great news is that job sites give you a feel of who is hiring, and for what kinds of positions. But once those positions are posted, the competition is intense. You can still try, if you have a well thought out resume, designed to appeal directly and clearly to the recruiter. And if you have practiced interviewing – so you don’t stumble at a critical point.

Another downside to be aware of is how quickly and easily you can be checked out on the internet. As we Googled several candidates, we ran into some Facebook comments that were in questionable taste. Nothing larcenous, but enough to sway our thoughts about who to hire.

AA-Careers provides a broad set of services for Bay Area job seekers, providing our clients a personal career consultant, a managed job hunting campaign, modern tools like a personal website, video, highly targeted resume, and much more. Let us know if we can help you.

Be careful out there, and good hunting!

Kalika is an emanation that’s akin to Kali, but Kalika is this beautiful young woman full of love and intimacy. She’s close and intimate, and she’s not jaded by the negative experiences that people can sometimes have in the world. In other words, this is the beauty of different images and how a single image, Mother Kali, who we can see as being so horrific, can also manifest in the form of Kalika, who is so warm and intimately inviting. They’re there at the same time. It has to do with our frame of reference, how we were viewing the quality of this manifestation. If we are viewing the quality of change from a perspective of not wanting change to happen, then change becomes horrific, and Shiva becomes the destroyer. If we are viewing change as being creative manifestation, then Mother Kali becomes Kalika, who’s inviting me into creative possibility, into creative change.

We’re going to add another wrinkle to change here, because we’re going to say, change is also the beautiful, seductive maiden, opening her arms to you.

Going back to what we were saying earlier, “A sense of me arises in the circle as the Deity.” I’m making it more personal. I’m bringing ‘me’ into manifestation with Divine Pride as Divine Change. I’m opening up to possibility here. I am dancing, as Shiva, I am dancing in the fire, in the transformational circular continuum of fire of transformation, and I’m dancing. Each dance movement is an expression of a core identity within me. The energy that has bound me with this core identity as I express it in the dance movement, that energy is popping off of my body and going into the transformational fire and being exhausted.

Yogi Sean is the author of Dancing in the Fire of Transformation and The Everyday Sanyasin.

Between usual monthly bills and unforeseen expenses, it seemed I was constantly upside down on my budget. As soon as I received my paycheck, it was already spent. I get plenty of bills every month and put them off to the last minute, then did them all in a rush. This leads to me taking up money from the next paycheck just to make it through. The problem was not related to how much money I made, it’s that I had no control of my budget. Worse yet, any emergency left me even deeper in debt.

Most of us have been in this position. We try to moderate our expenditure and be careful with our money, but long before month-end, the money is gone. Paying Off bills is a juggling act that most of us don’t have the time or energy to handle. There’s always one bill that was forgotten or delayed, one more expenditure we weren’t consenting for. With school supplies and fees for the kids, groceries, new tires for the car, and the raising cost of petrol, just making it from paycheck to paycheck is hard enough; saving money is out of the question. Meanwhile, debt is slowly piling up. I asked myself how I can get my budget under control?

I was lucky to have found a service which will help me budget my money more wisely and take away the stress of paying off monthly bills, allowing me to concentrate on the things that really matter to my family. I can ultimately relax not distressing about money, knowing that my monthly budget are in good hands.

How financial planning services work:
Usually during your first consultation, your budget specialist will evaluate all of your current debts and monthly payments and organize a plan that works for you. They will oversee your money, setting aside money for savings, emergencies, and long-term investment, ensuring your family’s financial security. If you are planning a major purchase, this will be forecasted into your budget so that when you are ready to buy, the money will be there for you.

Your paychecks are typically deposited to your financial planner, and a seperate living expenses account is setup for you. Bills and repayments are diverted to your budgeting consultant for payment. Some budget services will even negotiate with your creditors to reduce your monthly payments and reduce your outstanding debt. A low monthly fee is assessed for all these services.

For me, the greatest monthly service my budget consultant provides is peace of mind. I don’t have to stress about paying any bills; I know my bills will be paid on time, and that I’ll have money in reserve for life’s little emergencies. My budget is finally under control, thanks to my financial planning service.

Anyone will say I’m a uniter not a divider, only ‘caus playing cupid is my role in the universe. I definitely recommend having Great Expectations. No escaping it, cupid shows up when you’re not looking. Expert relationship experts, like Great Expectations Milwaukee the hands-down greatest in matchmaking, know their members and their dating preferences. Great dating services make effective social events among shared friends, and that’s my method as well. Matchmaking is a small profession providing significant return by impacting working marriages for years to come.

For longer than I can remember (or so I hear from my mom), I have offered social networking advice online and to single friends and faimly. I dispense dating advice as a hobby, but my latest post won’t be rehashed advice. You know all that. Stuff like listen to conversational tone, be diplomatic, do not be self-obsorbed, be in touch with yourself and (important) avoid checking off traits you have in mind on a checklist. Take it breazy, like you ordinarly would! Welcome spontanaity in any situation. Here’s a big no-no: do not attempt to portray that you’re a person you are not. Consider ramifications if the relation becomes longer-term, then your partner will be disappointed. But here’s the secret to dating, it always helps to have Great Expectations Milwaukee. Companionship building is something I honed and worked on for my entire life. Couples I matched from friends and family fashioned that reputation. Happy couples fill my life.

Wow, I’ve been busy and quite efficient as well! But it’s also a curse, while I focus on perfecting helping people realize how to find a life together with someone, I forgot to tend to my own dating happiness. Do you imagine anxieties present when Miss Cupid Herself requests a dating service? I turn to Great Expectations Milwaukee, because when you’re you’re a pro it raises expectations. Perhaps that’s what has kept me from really getting serious about dating. If anyone does, I realize it’s not good to keep up in this world lacking a partner. Here I go, listening to my own tips by believing in Great Expectations for myself. I’m not worried, let’s look at the historic results.

First of all take Rebecca and Jeff with their gaggle of kids. I pegged them to eachother at a Brewers game once upon a time, and the success is evident. Gregory and Stephanie also hit it right off after I put them at the same table at a barbecue last year. Let’s not forget my soririty sister Andrea and her match made in Heaven. You know I’ll be there when these two head to the alter in Vegas in early November. My favorite couple, they found eachother through Great Expectations, on my endorsement.

Vanessa Allen
The Cupid

Getting up each day and not being the happiest person alive is ok, we all get up on the wrong side of the bed. What can happen is if you wake up on the wrong side of the bed on a regular basis you will start to find yourself surrounded by others who also woke up on the wrong side of the bed and then this turns into a big mess. For the most part what you create in your mind will transform into reality. If you envision unhappy people around you, then that is what you will get. If you truly want to be surrounded by the best of the best then you yourself have to be in that frame of mind and state.

There is a cycle of enthusiasm and the more enthusiastic you are about certain aspects of life, then the more you will find yourself surrounded by people who are also enthusiastic about it. A cycle is something that occurs over and over and if a healthy cycle is created then you can experience a positive outcome on a regular basis. Not all of us are meant to have this cycle of enthusiasm, for some people it is the last thing that they would ever want. However, being around a person who truly is passionate and enthusiastic about a specific aspect of their life is very inspirational.

Hey Me! Get Out Of My Way

By David Stoddard

How often it is we give up wanting to do something even before we give ourselves an honest chance of succeeding.

Perhaps, we begin writing our autobiography. We get the table of contents and the introduction written, then we let it sit because we don’t think anyone will care.

We begin a diet over a weekend. Within a couple of days, we are back to our normal habits because we didn’t see any immediate results.

Maybe we want to start a desktop publishing business. We get it started and the clients start coming in sooner than we expected. Because of our past experiences where we have been so good at what we did, we only remember getting bombarded with more and more work when we wish we could have taken a break. We may see how this can end up, so we slack off and let the business of our dreams fade away.

Or maybe we have this idea of having our own place on the Internet. We create a page, then we have different ideas to put on it. Then we think of starting a business with it. Then we also want to have a newsletter for people. Then we want to do web pages for others. Then we go back and work on ways to get people to read our newsletter. But we need a better web site. So we start from scratch and the circle continues. Having too many things we would like to do can stop us as well.

Personally, I’ve become an expert at getting out of my own way when it comes to doing things. After all, I have gotten in my own way over and over and over again for years.

I still fit the last one. So many different areas that interest me, I have jumped from one thing to another to another. Like many of the books on the bookshelf at home, I don’t think I have ever finished one of them all the way through.

We stop ourselves in any number of ways.

- I’m not good enough: Well, on Monday, a group of students will be given a lecture by the worst teacher. The worst actor will star in a made-for-television movie. And the worst boy band will put on a mini show for friends and family in their garage.

- No one will be interested: Just look around at some of the things you see on television or read in newspapers or books or magazines. It is amazing some things have lasted this long.

- I’m too old/young: Colonel Sanders was in his eighties when he began his Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant. Anne Frank was a young girl when she wrote her diary which is still published and read to this very day throughout the world.

- I don’t know what I want to do: You may not know exactly what you want to do, but there is something in the back of your mind that is important. Especially if you know you’re not happy in what you are doing now, you know there is more you want out of life.

- I want to do too much: No one says you can’t do a little of everything. Just have to pick one that will set the groundwork for the others. Find what is the common thread in the things you would like, and start there. You can branch off once that foundation is in place.

- The universe is out to get me: Ummmmm. Not at all. Once you make up your mind and begin heading in some direction, the universe will open up in ways you can’t see right now. People will come into your life, events will take place, and you will begin to see a bit further each day. But you have to make the first moves.

Motivational speaker Les Brown in his book “It’s Not Over Until You Win,” tells a story of a keynote speaker at a National Speakers Association conference he attended. The speaker was perhaps the worst speaker Les had ever heard. The man spoke in a monotone voice and was dull as a butter knife. By the end of his presentation, more than two-thirds of the audience had walked out.

The speaker, noticing this said something that pretty much sums up this column.

“The reason I am up here (Doing) and you are sitting down there (watching) is because I represent the thoughts you have rejected for yourself.”

Give yourself a chance and get out of your own way.

David has been getting in and out of his own way a lot over the years. When he has gotten out of the way, he has managed to write two booklets “In Search Of Ourselves” And “Que Sera Sera - The Book” He also writes a monthly newsletter available from his website “Terrific Life Concepts” Visit him online at http://www.djstoddard.net/

January is synonymous with resolutions and getting organized is high on many people’s list. Unfortunately, perhaps some of us make a resolution, when what we really want is a revolution.

Twenty years of accumulated excess weight to disappear in twenty weeks or twenty years of accumulated excess possessions, to find a happy home in twenty minutes. Maybe a more realistic approach would be an evolution — “a process of continuous, natural change from a lower or worse, to a higher or better state,” according to Webster.

Human behavior is not like computer software. It cannot be installed. It has to be nurtured. To bring order into our lives, in whatever area we choose, whether it is loosing weight, managing our finances, spending more time with our family, or finding a more fulfilling job, we must nurture our own behavior. One area of my life that is a constant struggle is exercise and healthy eating. As a young child my body caused me lots of problems and I tried hard to ignore it. I subconsciously developed a sense of disdain for my body because it constantly seemed to let me down. I learned to mask some of the pain, at least temporarily, by eating. Several years ago while doing some deep soul searching, I recognized that until I learned to manage my body, I could not find the peace and self-respect I was seeking. So I made a commitment that I would begin to nurture a change in my attitude toward my body by applying organizing skills.

In working with thousands of people over more than 20 years, I’ve discovered there are five components to successfully changing any habit: (1) Vision, (2) Attitude, (3) Time, (4) Tools, and (5) Maintenance. I decide to practice what I preached and apply that knowledge to my own struggle with exercise. Here’s the scenario:

Vision: My vision of a healthy body means wearing a size 12 suit comfortably, not having a backache, exercising regularly without inappropriate discomfort, and eating healthy food most of the time, so I can splurge periodically without feeling guilty.

Attitude: In the past I always focused on my failures, but it isn’t difficult to look around and find people who have much more severe physical problems than I do that have healthy bodies. I knew that if I was going to accomplish my vision of a health body, I would have to eliminate all my excuses about my lack of exercise and poor eating habits — I don’t have time, it’s difficult when I’m traveling, it’s raining outside, it isn’t a safe neighborhood to run, there isn’t anything healthy in an airport, etc. I began to use Noah St. John’s approach of “affirmations.” Instead of “affirmations”– saying, “I have a healthy body.” I began asking the question, “Why is my body so healthy?” Since your brain automatically seeks answers, it was immediately easier to keep looking for ways to be healthy! Don’t ask me to explain how it works - just try it!

Time: One of the interesting things I discovered in helping people to organize their homes and offices is that frequently it takes less time to be successful than people anticipate. Perhaps that’s because we overestimate how long it takes to do the things we don’t like and underestimate how much time we spend on the things we do like? I started out by using a system called Fit 10, an isometric exercise that takes 10 minutes a day. I knew that if I didn’t have that much time, I wasn’t really committed to my vision. A few years later, I decided to work out with a personal trainer. The one I wanted is 30 minutes from my house. I committed to two days a week. At the appointed time, I hopped in the car, popped in a audiotape, and by the end of the first side, I was ready to exercise. On the way home I listened to the end of the second side. Now I could exercise my body and my brain at the same time!

Tools: One of the big advantages of Fit ten is that I can do it in my bedroom before I’m tempted by outside factors to postpone exercise. In addition, it fits in my suitcase, and I can exercise in my hotel room, eliminating the excuses of “I don’t like to exercise in public,” or “I’m not sure this is a safe neighborhood to take a walk”, etc.

Maintenance: Now the hard part -maintaining my resolve. My conclusion is that as long as I keep reviewing the first four factors, my vision now includes participating in a public walking event before I reach 60. I did Fit 10 alone for almost three years, but began to get bored, so adding the encouragement (and new tools!) of a personal trainer, put be back on track!

What evolution are you looking for this year? Whatever it is, be kind to yourself, and make sure that you’ve covered all the five steps. Need some help? Find someone else who has a New Year’s Resolution and do it together!

© Barbara Hemphill is the author of Kiplinger’s Taming the Paper Tiger at Work and Taming the Paper Tiger at Home and co-author of Love It or Lose It: Living Clutter-Free Forever. The mission of Hemphill Productivity Institute is to help individuals and organizations create and sustain a productive environment so they can accomplish their work and enjoy their lives. We do this by organizing space, information, and time. We can be reached at 800-427-0237 or at www.ProductiveEnvironment.com

BS”D

The Secret of Getting Free

“The hurrieder I go, the behinder I get.” Anonymous

SO MUCH TO DO - SO LITTLE TIME

Cell phones. Email. Video conferencing. The World Wide Web.

A couple of decades ago, who could have imagined the world we
take for granted today?

With such instantaneous access to information and communication,
we can do lots of things at once. Obviously, this means we can
accomplish much more in much less time. And this in turn leaves
us with much more satisfaction and fulfillment, as well as more
time to enjoy it.

Right?

TECHNOLOGICAL MIRACLES - A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD

These technological miracles have made things possible that were
never even imaginable before. But at the same time they have
created an intense pressure to have more, do more and be more.

It used to be that we would compare ourselves to the Jones’s who
lived down the block. The pressure of keeping up with the
Jones’s was stressful enough. Now we probably don’t even have
the time to get to know our neighbors the Jones’s, but we are
aware of the Smiths who built that big, beautiful house with the
pool a few blocks away. And we notice the mansions, the
expensive cars, the flashy careers, the personal trainers, the
perfect bodies, unlined faces, fat wallets, flat stomachs and
hot love lives of the people we see in the movies, on
television, in novels and magazines.

THE SLAVERY OF HAVING IT ALL

“YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL!” they scream out at you - ” and if you
don’t, there’s something wrong with you and your life. Just buy
this (gadget, car, self-help book…) and you’ll feel the way you
long to feel!”

“You can have it all - and you would if you just got off your
lazy incompetent, unlucky behind and do what it takes! Just
start this (business, diet, workout regimen) - and then your
life will start being what it should be!”

Bombarded from every direction, we can hardly help but respond.
We try harder, run faster and work longer, racing at breakneck
speed like mad hamsters on the wheel from hell.

No one expects to keep running forever. We all intend to stop -
just as soon as we get where we’re going. When we’re satisfied
with where we are.

The unfortunate paradox is: the faster you run and the more you
do, the less satisfied you will probably be.

Here’s the secret: There’s nowhere to get. It doesn’t work that
way. Life doesn’t stand still and let us take shots at it until
we hit the bullseye and win the prize. Life is a moving target.

WE LIVE IN UNIQUE TIMES

We live in unique times - times in which we actually can
accomplish far more, in quantity and quality, than ever before.
This in itself is a wonderful thing.

So where are we going wrong?

We have begun to believe that because we can accomplish, we
must. That if something desirable exists, and we don’t have it,
we can’t be fulfilled. That if there’s some standard out there,
in whatever area of life, and we don’t meet it, we’ve failed.

So, first we have to accomplish it all, have it all, ‘make it’,
and then we can relax, kick back, and start to be ourselves.

Within this paradigm, instead of providing us with freedom, our
increased opportunities are turning us into slaves.

“HAVING IT ALL” IS NOT THE POINT

You can work on having the right body - the kind we see in all
the magazines and movies - but even if you do manage to succeed
in dieting and exercising yourself to perfection - an unlikely
prospect for most of us - you will inevitably age and lose the
perfection you tried so hard to create.

You can work on making the right amount of money - and you may
or may not succeed. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with money,
in and of itself. If used in the right ways, money can be a
wonderful thing. But interestingly, the people who enjoy the
most money and ’success’ - celebrities - often have the least
enduring satisfaction in life, as evidenced by their heavy drug
use and high divorce rates.

You can work on acquiring the right house, sometimes a bigger
one than you can afford, even though by the time you get it - if
you ever do - your kids may be grown and it may be time to
downsize; to get rid of all the stuff you’ve accumulated by the
sweat of your brow.

Or, you can work on finding the perfect love - the kind you read
about in novels and see on film. The problem is that in real
life people aren’t always slick, polished, adoring, witty and
immortal. They get angry, pass gas, have bad breath, get
wrinkles, complain, bore us and get disillusioned with us, too.

THE SECRET OF FREEDOM: MANNA FROM HEAVEN

Between the liberation from slavery in Egypt and entering into
the Promised Land, there was a forty-year period where the
Jewish people wandered through the desert. That forty-year
period provided a necessary transition between slavery and
freedom, between exile and redemption.

In the desert there was nothing to eat. So, G-d provided a
special food - manna - that fell from Heaven each day. The
people in the desert didn’t have to do anything to make the
manna appear. All they had to do was go out to the field and
collect it.

And, no matter how much or how little a person picked up, when
he got home, he always had exactly the right amount of manna to
satisfy him for that day. No more and no less.

The manna was miraculous. And, unlike many miracles, its
miraculous nature was too obvious to mistake. Because it was
impossible to collect too much or too little, it was glaringly
obvious to everyone that their survival was directly in the
hands of Heaven.

True, each person had to do his part - to go out and collect his
manna for the day - but that was it.

FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM

Kabbalah explains that this miraculous way of being holds an
essential message for us today.

We are living through the climax of history, a time predicted by
the prophets of long ago. During this time we, too, are making a
transition between slavery and freedom, between exile and
redemption. Our task is to reconnect with our Creator, our own
Divine essence, our authentic power and purpose, and each other.

Because of the unique nature of these times, you have access to
an entirely new level of your soul and its innate powers -
powers like freedom, creativity, purpose, joy and fulfillment.

But paradoxically, these powers cannot be accessed by trying
harder and running faster. Your soul’s self-expression cannot be
based on the illusion that your survival - and your success - is
entirely up to you. No matter what the Jones’s or the Smiths
believe, your freedom and fulfillment won’t come out of the mad
rush to ‘have it all’.

DO YOU WANT TO BE FREE?

If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for
myself, what am I? And if not now, when? (Rabbi Hillel, Ethics
of the Fathers)

As human beings we have an innate drive to create, to make
things happen, to make a difference. You do that, in one way or
another, with every action you take. The important question is:
Do you do it as a free person or as a slave?

We all want to be free. Free from debt. Free from worry. Free
from fat. Free from stress. But true freedom doesn’t come from
something outside of yourself. If you are depending on that
something to make you free, you’re already a slave.

True freedom comes from the inside - from a deep and powerful
connection to who you truly are and why you’re here. From that
place, connected to the Source, you can create things you never
thought possible. You can generate miracles in your own life and
in the lives of others.

When you’re a slave you are dependent on other people and
outside circumstances for your well-being - for your very
survival. You’re full of needs. Without having those needs met
you simply can’t be who you truly are. And since it’s impossible
to ‘have it all” - you remain a slave.

When you’re free, you may still want things. And you can
certainly strive to make things happen. But as a desire, not as
a need. As an expression of who you authentically are.

Like the Jews in the desert, you will still have to go out to
the field each day to collect your portion of manna. But you can
do it peacefully, happily, confidently, trustingly. Not like a
slave. Like someone who’s free.

THE KEY TO FREEDOM

The key to freedom is to know that you are here on earth as a
soul in a body. To know that you are here for a reason, with a
mission, a mission that can be carried out by you and you alone.
And last but certainly not least, to know that G-d is lovingly
supervising every moment of your life, providing you with the
precise circumstances - both gifts and challenges - that will
help you to fulfill that mission.

If you start from this premise, then nothing can ever be wrong.
Regardless of what your life looks like today, it’s simply the
perfect starting point for your soul’s self-expression. It’s an
opportunity to create joy, power, love, connection, peace,
trust, intimacy, generosity - or whatever it is that you crave
when you’re authentically you.

And when you live life from that place of freedom - miracles
inevitably happen.

© 2005 Shifra Hendrie, www.KabbalahOfTransformation.com