Yes indeed, I did it!  There in my hot little hand is $1800

goal money smOf course I have many people to thank! First, I want to again thank James Ray for his hitting me with the right information and inspiration at exactly the right time in my life for me to receive it! Then I have to thank my sister and my mother who have allowed me to raise this money for this goal instead of paying them back money I owe them, and for their general great support. I need to thank my Warrior group, who have been a great support in emotional and mental ways. I need to thank a good friend of mine Chris, who gave me work that allowed me to raise the money without going to my backup plans, of which I had many. I am thankful for the great information in two books from James Ray’s reading list, “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill, and “The Richest Man in Babylon” by George Clason! These books have helped me add to my mind and spirit. They have provided me with inspiration to achieve my goal and to focus on my intention. They are even helping me to see much better where I am and where I am going in life. Of course, I have to thank my beautiful Brianne, who is the love and inspiration of my life! Finally, and certainly not least importantly, I have to thank everyone in that room with me back in May, who contributed both money and inspiration to make all of this possible!!! Thank you all so much!

All this is so exciting, I almost forgot! Since the Harmonic Wealth Weekend, I have lost 30 pounds! I am walking and working out, and I have changed my diet to mostly fruits and veggies, and have even been cooking (a stretch for me). My blood pressure has gone down, and I physically feel better than I have in four years at least!

I can always be contacted  through my web site, www.gaylordphotography.com

Those of you in Warrior groups know that we recently needed to pick a 30 day goal. After humming and hawing for a while, the obvious goal popped into my head. I need to get to Creating Absolute Wealth, and that requires raising $1800 more! I had most of two months to raise it, but why not set it as my 30 day goal, and see how this magic continues. So far, so nice! I sent out an email to all my friends asking if they knew anyone who needed photography. I got back one photo job, and it will make me some money for my goal. Also, as I did set raising the money as my intention, I have been getting lot’s of other work. My part time job turned into a full time job plus some overtime for a couple weeks, and a friend of mine offered to pay me to help him move some stuff for him. Each of these things, even though they are not work in my chosen field, are steps toward my goal, and unexpected income. Even my diet is an unexpected blessing. I’m eating less, therefore spending less on food. I estimate about $200 of non-eaten money will go into my seminar fund! I have a container on my desk that I have as my Creating Alsolute Wealth fund, and I make sure to put something into it every day. Even if it is just a dollar, I make sure there is growth every day! I am near halfway to my goal, and I am only a week and a half into my 30 days. This magic really works!

I can always be contacted  through my web site, www.gaylordphotography.com

If it wasn’t for Brianne’s wonderfully generous nature, I would not be growing, I’d be dying. She has given me so much support and encouragement! I don’t know where I would be without her. That said, she also has a very practical side. She has a bit of a, “go out and get a real job,” kind of attitude. I was afraid that when I told her what happened to me that she would be disappointed that I decided to put the money back into the Creating Absolute Wealth program. I can never lie to Brianne, so I sat her down and started by expressing my fears of a possible negative reaction or judgment regarding what I did with the money. After all, my car needed work and we had been talking about a trip later this summer. She looked at me and said, “It was up to you what to do with the money.”

Wow, I had worried enough to consider the thought of not telling her what I did, because I feared judgment, and she was supportive instead. How many times do we humans lose our biggest allies because of our fears. In “Think and Grow Rich,” Napoleon Hill talks about fear of criticism holding people back. I know I have done it before. I intend to never give in to that fear again!

As always, I can be reached through my web site, www.gaylordphotography.com .

Brianne & TrentSome people say,” what would Jesus do?” I say, “what would Brianne do?” No, I’m not comparing my wife with Jesus. It’s just that when I look for inspiration, I don’t have to look far. Brianne has a neurodegenerative disease called Friedreich’s Ataxia. It is a progressive condition. In short, the cells of her nervous system can’t process iron, and are dying away slowly. It affects all five of her senses plus her muscle control. Eventually it will affect her heart and kill her. The result however, is a woman whose power of intention is more incredible than anyone else I know. Even with all the odds stacked against her, she has accomplished amazing things. This disease usually shows up in childhood, and 99% of the kids who have who have this condition never leave home, or if they do, it quickly becomes too difficult and they quickly return. Brianne moved out of her parents houses at 20 years old, and has lived independently now for 11 years. Her independence and strength are a huge part of who she is. When Brianne is alone in bed at night, she no longer has the ability to turn herself over. I know that would scre the hell out of me, but she would rather be independent, stuck in a body that won’t listen to her, and sleep alone, than move home to a parent. Brianne keeps up a continuous exercise routine and therapy schedule, with the sole purpose of holding back a progressive disease, and holding on to every bit of muscle and control that she can. She fights the long defeat, because she knows her days are numbered, and because she needs to live life to the absolute fullest. That is why, whenever I need inspiration, whenever I need an example of what to do or how to stand strong, it is my pleasure and honor to follow my beautiful Brianne.
Please take moment to check out information on my charity walk coming in August,   http://www.geocities.com/sfbafriedreichsataxiawalk/  from there I have links to more information about Friedreich’s Ataxia!

As I was returning my car to the rental car company after the phenomenal Harmonic Wealth Weekend, I glanced at the windshield from the outside, and I noticed how filthy it was. I started to think how amazing it is that I never really noticed all those smudges and smears of dead bugs from the inside. Then I thought, “this is a perfect metaphor for intention.” As we go along the path to our goal, along come the obstacles, trying to hinder our view and our focus. If we are wise, we keep our focus and attention on our goal. When driving along the highway, let’s say we notice an especially big obstacle/bug, and we put our intention upon it. What do we do? First, we take our attention away from where it should be. We stop watching the road to our goal. Then, if we put enough attention on the bug/obstacle, it annoys us to the point that we hit the wipers, and maybe squirt a bit of water on them. What happens? By focusing on the obstacle and acting on the bug instead of our goal, we just smeared it all over our feild of view, making re-focusing on our goal just that much more difficult.

I see myself behind the wheel right now. As I mentioned before, my intention is to be at the “Creating Absolute Wealth” experience. I have already committed the lion’s share of my magical gift to being there. I now have to come up with the other half. I put that intention out there, and now I’m keeping my focus and driving forward. A few bugs have already hit my field of vision, but I’m keeping my eyes upon the path, the goal. Today, I got a call from my boss at my part time job, who frankly never seems to act as if she likes me very much, and has many times before offered others extra hours that were available well before she would ever call me. Today she offered me a week of extra work. I smiled and said thanks. First I thanked her, then, in my mind, and even more energetically to the universe and to this magic awakening. As James taught me, when I’m at peace and I let go, the energy flows! These extra hours are just another small step towards my intention of getting first to the Wealth experience, and then on to my ultimate financial abundance!  

Yours once again, in gratitude,

Trent 

As always, you can contact me through my website www.gaylordphotography.com

Layer 5. Now I need to step back to before the weekend. In the week leading up to the weekend I was listening to the audio book version of Harmonic Wealth. I felt very good and very positive about the weekend.  However, I wanted to make sure, so I set my intention two days prior to leaving.  I set the intention of having a great weekend.

It is now Thursday May 14, 2009.  I am about to leave in my little 95 Corolla, but there is a sound coming from the wheels, and it sounds like one of the wheels is out of balance.  I swing into my tire shop and I get told that I need new bearings on two of my wheels, which is going to take two hours and $500.  My conscious mind says, “so much for the great weekend.”  I called my mother to see if I can borrow her car, but her’s is due for servicing, and really shouldn’t be driven another 1000 miles.  We scrambled, and made it down to Oakland international airport and I rent a car, spending another $140 I didn’t have. 

Skip ahead to Sunday, May 17, 2009, and I am in that rental car driving along Highway 5, heading home.  I’m feeling awake like I’ve never felt before, due to my incredible experience.  I look back over my weekend, and it hits me…  What did the repairman say back at the tire shop?  He said if the bearings seized up while I was driving, it wouldn’t be a $500 job, but rather a $1500 job.  Holy S___!  My great weekend really started when something inside me told me there was something wrong with my tires.  If I had just driven, there is a very high probability that I would’ve gotten stuck in some horrible place like the grapevine in 90 plus degree heat.  I may not have made it at all!  Now, I’m driving home in a nice reliable car with air-conditioning, which doesn’t work in my own car, having had the time of my life.  The “how” is the domain of the universe!  As I said before, I knew of this, and now I am starting to know it.

Layer 6.  As I left home, my mother, who, as I said, had gone to the Harmonic Wealth Weekend last year, slipped me an envelope that said “open after dinner on Saturday.”  After dinner on Saturday I did plan to open that envelope. Well, I completely forgot.  Not until everyone else had left the room, and I had counted my magical gift, did I go to the car and retrieve my envelope.  In the envelope was a card that read, “this is to help you participate, you will know when.”  My mother knows that I usually don’t carry much money on me, so within the card was $18, probably just what she had handy.  If I had opened that envelope… would I have committed all the rest of the money in my pocket?  Probably not.  I probably would have trusted my mother and believe that she intended me to use just what she gave me. If that had been my path, and I got back to my chair with $20, I would have been quite happy with my little two dollar profit.  So now, after counting up the rest of my incredible gift, I put her $18 in the box with all the rest of the money, accepting it, as a gift, and thanking her for her generosity!

Layer 7.  As if to add just a little icing to the cake, a friend made the kind offer to me share her hotel room Saturday night. She ended up helping me to count my gift, and then she encouraged me, or rather I should say cajoled and needled me to invest the money. In my brain dead state, I trusted the universe once again that she was giving me exactly what I needed at the time. With her hounding me, I took a bold action, in a bleary state, and put the $1800 towards the “Creating Absolute Wealth” program. Thank you Rena!!! Thanks also to Lori, who stayed with me almost as long as Rena. And serious thanks to the James Ray staff who stayed long enough for me to take that action!

As I said earlier, I have done transformational work before.  I knew OF the Magic.  Now I know I’m beginning to know the Magic.  During the short 48 hours of Harmonic Wealth Weekend, I had the great pleasure of being a board holder!  I danced with a chair, and made James crack up.  I got the greatest gift of my entire life, and when I say that, I actually refer more to the incredible standing ovation and hugs and outpouring of love than the physical money.  I view each and every one of those dollar bills, $5 dollar bills, $10 bills, $20 bills, $50 bills, $100 dollar bills, five dollar Canadian bills, five pound British notes, and EUR20 notes, as pure love in physical form.

I am still overflowing!

I can still always be reached through my website, www.gaylordphotography.com

I am writing this for anyone who was in that room with me in San Diego, and who helped me experience the most incredible and transforming minutes of my life. I have never felt love like that before. I felt like the luckiest man on the planet. I was the luckiest man on the planet. I know we make our own luck, our own magic. Actually, I knew about it, and now I’m starting to know it.

I want to share the rest of the story. My story of that weekend and the days before and since are like an onion, every time I look at them, I peel a layer, define it for myself, and then I see there is another layer below it

I knew about the concepts of, “everything happens for a reason,” and, “there are no accidents,” and “the power of intention.” Now, I am starting to know!

MY LAYERS OF INTENTION…

Layer 1. My sister Elise went to a free event and signed up for the Harmonic Wealth Weekend that took place in San Diego almost exactly a year ago, along with our mother. We had all done some transformation work in the past and had some really incredible experiences, including many personal realizations and breakthroughs.

Layer 2. ONE YEAR AGO, SHE SAT IN THAT CHAIR, ON STAGE WITH JAMES RAY!!! What did she work on? You guessed it, issues with our father!

Layer 3. This one dawned on me as I sat counting my miraculous gift. As I walked about the room playing the money game, it dawned on me that there was a good chance that whatever amount we ended up with in our hand, very well could be what we end up with ultimately! Not liking the idea that I may lose what I got and end up with a pitance, I set a new intention as I walked… I decreed, “I am going to end up with more than I put in!” I repeated it to myself, and then I let it go. When James said stop, I looked in my hand and saw one twenty dollar bill! I was still hoping that maybe I was wrong, maybe I would get back what I started with. As we shared with our group of six, I shared my story, my anxiety, and one very sweet women offed me some of the profit she had ended up with, and I said, “let’s wait and see what this is all about,” having learned from my previous work to trust the process and play 100%. A couple people stood up, but I did not. I sat waiting to see how I was going to retrieve my money. As I listened, my anxiety started to build. A few minutes into the second speaker’s sharing, I stood up, and I set another intention…

Layer 4. I set the intention to get that microphone! I looked at the closest mike runner, since she was waiting for the second speaker to finish, and I made eye contact. She is a person from whom I had a really good vibe earlier in the weekend, so when she got up to get the miicrophone, I make eye contact again, and mouthed the word, “PLEEEEAASE!” She then walked right past two other people who were standing, and handed me the mike! That is how I got to be on stage.

Clearly, both my intentions came true, the first beyond my wildest imagining! I see a clear example here of what they talk about in, “The Secret,” that you set the intention, but the universe chooses how it happens!

More layers to come, YES, it goes further and gets even more unbelievable…

I can always be contacted  through my web site, www.gaylordphotography.com

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