Although I’m not exactly a connoiseur of national news, last year’s Hudson River plane landing had my rapt attention. 

Not just because it had a happy ending, but also because it seemed to defy all odds to qualify as an outstanding real life miracle.

I wasn’t alone in enjoying coverage of the event, as google reveals over 6 million hits for “Hudson plane.”

Recently, an Abraham workshop participant asked the question about how many people had to be aligned in order to allow that particular miracle to unfold.

Abraham’s answer is why I’m writing about this topic today.

While the guy asking the question viewed the Hudson River event as if it were a miracle of alignment that the pilot was able to land the jetliner without suffering any casualties, Abraham offered an alternate perspective:

Yes, this pilot managed to land in the river without sacrificing any lives.  But this same pilot also managed to rendezvous with a flock of birds that required the emergency landing in the first place.

Abraham said this pilot’s extensive training for flight emergencies made him an excellent match for experiencing a flight emergency. 

While we celebrate his ability to have managed it extremely well, it might be worth noting that a pilot who doesn’t attract emergencies might be something to celebrate, too.

Yes, I get it.  Training for trouble makes us more likely to attract trouble.  And is trouble what we really want?

But it was such a cool story!  How boring would life be if everything always went perfectly?!

And that’s exactly what Abraham shared at the end of the conversation about the perils of training for trouble – we do like our dramas. 

Don’t we?

Abraham added that in our culture it’s rare we’re not being warned or trained for some sort of trouble somewhere along the line, but that’s our opportunity as deliberate creators – to choose consciously what we’re attracting into our lives. 

Sometimes maybe close calls are exciting, and sometimes maybe they’re worth skipping altogether.

What do you guys think?  If you had the choice (which we do), would you choose no trouble at all?  Or are there some challenges you wouldn’t opt out of?

Here’s an interesting reflection about how our “charge” on money affects the results …

There are some fabulous folks that give rave reviews to my work – whether it’s the ezine, the Catalyst articles, the blog posts, or the ebooks.  

Which I greatly appreciate!  (Not just because it helps spread the word, but because it’s nice to hear my material is worthy of raving about!)

When I see that happening, I often invite the raving fan to sign up for my affiliate program. 

Since they’re already sending me business, I figure they may as well get compensated for it!  Which sounds good to them, too, since they’re already doing the “work” of promoting Good Vibe stuff – it’s easy for them to keep doing what they were already doing.

So I send them the affiliate link (which I don’t advertise anywhere – it’s by invite only) and they sign up. 

And then something very interesting sometimes happens.

It seems like overnight their authentic, genuine rave reviews turn into something that sounds more like a traditional marketing pitch. 

It’s as if now they’re trying to convince someone, rather than just sharing the love.  Or they’re efforting towards results (trying to make something happen) instead of just enjoying the opportunity to share a resource they found valuable.

It’s like once they’re promoting me for compensation – things change!

(Not every time, but sometimes.)

Maybe it’s something else in play, but part of me wonders if this change came about because money entered the picture. 

• Like, now that they’re getting paid for raving it takes the joy out of it. 
• Or makes it feel tainted or less pure. 
• Or they really really want to see some money come in as a result, so they try extra hard to be convincing – whereas before they didn’t care if you believed them. 
• Or maybe they don’t want to let me down, or really want to contribute to my financial rewards for what they think of as great material.

Which makes me wonder what charge I might still have on money, because if I suspect I’m seeing it in someone else, it’s gotta be part of me, too.

So this is our opportunity to get curious about how or whether money affects us in our own lives.  Would you approach something differently if money weren’t involved?  Or if it were? 

I wonder if I got paid for fostering these animals .. (which some people do!  A friend of a friend makes half her mortgage payment by fostering a couple of dogs from California!) .. I wonder if I got paid for fostering if that would change the way I did it or how I felt about it.

Or blog posts – I’ve seen others writing affected when they started making money from their blog (for better and for worse). 

Or that job I used to hate – the only reason I went was because of the money.  (I think that’s a pretty good indicator of something worth changing in life.  There are simply too many ways to make money than to keep doing something we don’t love!)

Maybe the way you run your business would be different if you weren’t worried about how to make money.  If you were already rolling in it, what would you do or feel different about it?

That’s not only worth thinking about, that’s worth changing now – if you’re interested in aligning to more money, that is.  (Because if you’ve got a negative “charge” on it, you’re repelling it.)

But maybe you don’t care about making money.  And my suspicion (as well as personal experience) is that when that’s the case, you can’t help but make more of it.

Another example I’m entertaining: what if I paid for comments on this blog?  How would that change things?  I’m imagining a couple of things might happen:

• Some people wouldn’t post because they wouldn’t want me or others to think they’re posting just to get paid.
• Others might post who normally wouldn’t have, just to get extra money in their pocket.
• Some might be more thoughtful in what they post, since they might feel like they needed to be worthy of the payment.
• I wonder if the generous love and joy that you guys naturally bring would change?

What a curious thing money does sometimes, huh?

This is an opportunity to get more open (or at least more neutral) about money if we find it’s kinking the vibe at all. 

As usual, I’m curious about your thoughts! 

In fact, should we do an experiment?  It would be easy to Paypal $1 to every poster (if you include a real email address where you type in your name) and we’ll see if it does change anything.  It could also be a good opportunity for you to see if money affects how you do things!  (I know a dollar isn’t much, but pretend it is.)

Let the experiment begin!  lol  I’m officially paying for comments on this post!!  oh my gosh.  (And not spam comments.  Those guys still get filtered and deleted as usual.)

This isn’t to bribe you, though – just to see if anything changes once money is involved!  May be interesting, huh?!

First up, if you hadn’t read Debra’s story about what happened when she outsourced to you all the request to sell her house energetically, it’s a must read.

Debra’s isn’t the only success story that’s been reported back to us.   You OutSourcerers are pretty freakin’ cool!

After writing that post, it became obvious that tapping into the collective power for deliberate creation is happening in lots of ways already: Global Coherence Initiative, The Intention Experiment, regular prayer groups, etc.

In fact, it’s making me think it might be fun to harness that power she’s leading in the OutSourcerers forum at Good Vibe U (www.goodvibeu.com) to one particular person at a time.  (Today we do Fen, tomorrow Bridgette, etc.) 

Like the power of a laser, instead of a bunch of random flashlights pointing here then there.   Just a (fun) thought! 

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Anyway, I’m posting today to let you know that we are slowly but surely gathering numbers over at Good Vibe University.

I haven’t done any big formal public announcements or anything about it, because frankly I’ve got nothing but scrambled thoughts about how to do that.

I know how it’s supposed to be done, but I can’t bring myself to do it.  I refuse to take action that isn’t inspired.

Michele Woodward posted on her facebook page the other day that she is tired of being sold to.  I totally know what she means!

In fact, this week I unsubscribed from several ezines of people whose work I tremendously respect – I just couldn’t read it any more because it was so … traditional.  With a pitch here, a promotion there, and maybe you’ll find a worthy article underneath, maybe not.

It’s so time to do it different, I’m just entirely sure what different looks like.  !

SO in the meantime, I sit here with a gorgeous new place for creators to hang out, and no idea how to share it!!  lol

It’s just hilarious to me.

In a delightful way.

I love that I’m not relying on old methods.  (How old can they really be, when the internet is still young?)  I’m just not sure what “new” and “authentic” is.

But it will come to me, and until then I promised doors would open in January 2010.  And they are.  If you feel inspired to join us there, you are officially invited and very welcome to!

My next formal entry going in my Intentions Journal is inspiration for how to share the news about Good Vibe U.  My latest baby and true love.

• It’s the project that made me prefer “work” over showers, over meals, over dog walks, over blog posts, over chats with friends, over much of the stuff I used to make generous time for. 
• It’s what I lie in bed about being too excited to sleep (finally got Paul McKenna to make me sleep – thank you, Paul). 
• It’s what I talk with Russ about every time when he asks, “How was your day?”
• It’s what makes me realize my biggest and best and oldest (deliberate) intention is coming to powerful physical fruition: to talk with others who are interested in law of attraction! 

About the ins and the outs of it, the challenges and the tips, the stories and the support!  A perpetual gathering for people just like me who want to be more powerful creators and talk with their own kind!

To know that we’re not crazy, we’re not alone, and that we’re actually getting really good at this deliberately creating-our-reality stuff!

Man, if I didn’t know better about how it all worked, I would think I owed Universe big time for giving me this.  This dream come true.

Anyway, that’s where I’ve been if it seems like I’ve been laying low.  I’ve been behind the curtain getting things ready for you.  I hope you like it. 

Scratch that!  I intend you LOVE it!!  Even half as much as I do would be a lot of love to flow.  

So until I feel some inspiration about how to properly share the news with the rest of the world, it’s just you all and me hanging out there. 

And that’s a party I like the sounds of. 

First group call starts next week!  You don’t have to enroll to listen in, although I’m still finding the right setting that allows the public to access dial-in info. 

Call archives and discussion groups are for enrolled members only (helps pay for the lights and faculty and ensures we get committed creators – not random naysayers – in those conversations). 

(I’ll post dial in info here if that’s not in place by Feb 3, but I’m sure it will be.)

I’d like to send a big fat thank you to all of you who helped inspire this gathering – both here and at Good Vibe U.  You are exactly who I had in mind when I was creating a good time for myself!

PS – thanks for your votes on what to call this place!  I’m confident the answer will reveal itself soon.  And remember to check out Debra’s post before you turn off the computer today.  She shows how you all are rockin’ it!

Guys, I need your help.

This blog – which I consider our blog – is scheduled for an update/makeover while it’s sister site, Good Vibe Coaching, is dissolved.

(I have no interest in running three sites, especially since this one and Good Vibe University keep me plenty entertained.)

But this isn’t just a blog any more, and it’s certainly not just mine. 

I had no idea when launching it what it would grow to be (okay, maybe I did), but I didn’t realize it would deserve a much better name than just “good vibe blog.” 

So … what should we call this place? What do we call YOU all and what’s happening here?

It’s more than just a place where we toss around a couple of law of attraction related ideas.  The OutSourcerers post and your brilliant comments my clients constantly quote you on (they – and I – learn so much from you!) and your insights and quotes my dad has taped to his refrigerator – all of it proves there’s much more happening in the synergy of this gathering.

And I think the name deserves to reflect that.

But what is that name??! I can’t figure it out for the life of me, so I’m turning it over to you!

Any ideas? Thoughts? Preferences? I’d love to hear them!

The survey below is designed to make it easy for you to submit your suggestions and vote your preferences. Thanks in advance for helping to develop the future of our community!