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Bill Burns: My Favorite Personal Growth “Guru”

I don’t think I have talked much about Bill Burns on my blog. Maybe not at all. I did mention the “mirror technique,” one of the most powerful techniques he taught me, in my stress ebook though.

It’s time I started writing about him though… After all, it was Bill who really got me started on my personal growth journey.

So who is Bill Burns? Bill is a brilliant/absolutely amazing psychic in Los Angeles/North Hollywood.

I first met him many years ago, when I was a graduate student in Berkeley. And, well, my life has never been the same.

It was him who really introduced me to a lot of the personal growth and new thought ideas that I now live by. I didn’t realize it at the time — and I didn’t always understand everything he was telling me.

But now that I’m familiar with the Abraham-Hicks material, a lot of what he told me about way back makes total sense. I guess it was part of the growth process.

In the meantime, his teachings set a lot of things in motion, and had a profound influence on my personal growth.

At the time, I was really stuck, and one day, I decided to drive to church (where I hadn’t been in years) with the express intention of praying for some kind of enlightenment.

And what I got — on the car radio no less — was Bill Burns, doing a call-in psychic radio show, where he helped a few people figure out what they were really meant to do.

He was so down-to-earth and right on, I found myself glued to that radio, parked on the street in front of that church, listening to Bill. I was amazed. If I had had a cell phone back then, I would have called in right then.

Well, I called the radio station the next day, and they gave me Bill’s number in Los Angeles. And when he came back to the Bay Area, I went to his lecture.

And when he did a “spot reading” on me, he so nailed something about me that I told him during the break that I had to have a reading with him — even though I didn’t know how to pay for it.

I got the very last slot and he actually let me pay in installments because he knew I needed the information “now.” And that reading changed my life. As they say, when the student is ready…

More on that in another post.

Right now, I just want to mention what triggered this post right now…

I was listening to one of Bill Burns’ tapes in my car earlier today and it was another one of those tapes that I needed to hear right then. It was about “financial feast and famine” and how growth sometimes can create a bit of a mess in one’s life. Very reassuring. I’ll write more about that later too…

If you’re curious about Bill Burns though, you can check him out at http://www.billburns.org — this is NOT an affiliate link by the way (Last time I checked he didn’t have an affiliate program although I really think he should start one).

He’s got some great resources, including some excellent audios. To find them, just click on “Store” somewhere at the top of his website. Be sure to open it in a new window, because it’s kind of tricky to find your way back to the main site from the store.

I have a whole collection of his tapes, and they’re amazing (some more so than others but then, not all of them apply to me). Again, more details about that in another post.

Meanwhile, since it’s the 23rd of December, and actually Christmas eve in Europe and in New Zealand, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a GREAT Holiday season!

Elisabeth

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“Allowing vs. Resisting” — iPod Serendipity and the Law of Attraction

Have you ever picked up your iPod or turned on the radio (or TV) and the exact thing you needed to hear was playing right then?

That’s what just happened to me.

Earlier today, I had been listening to an interview and then I went on to my day’s work. Hours later, I picked up my iPod to go for a walk before it got dark. And I noticed it was playing….

Apparently I had forgotten to turn it off, and with the earphones you don’t hear it playing unless you’re pretty close (at least not at the volume that I tend to use).

I checked and it was playing Dr. Robert Anthony’s ” Allowing vs. Resisting” from his “The Science of Deliberate Creation” program.

It was EXACTLY what I needed to hear right then and there, so I listened to it several time, during my entire walk. Right now, I’m listening to the next segment.

It’s not that I didn’t know this information. I HAVE listened to his program before, and, of course, I have listenend to dozens of Abraham CDs. I’ve read a bunch of books, from Joe Vitale’s to Michael Losier’s books, plus Abraham books, and so on.

Still, it helps to be reminded occasionally that the way to create change is to focus on what we do want and not on what we do not want.

So now I’m doing just that 😉

But isn’t it funny how life sometimes puts things in front of us with perfect timing? Coincidence? I think not.

Here’s another interesting incident I remember from quite a few years back — back when I was getting a lot of my info by way of listening to tapes on my car stereo.

One day, I was driving along and when I arrived at my destination and turned off the ignition, the last thing Roger Mellott said on his “Stress Skills for Turbulent Times” Tape was “Do what you say you value.”

This, he said, was the ultimate key to stress reduction.

Now I had listened to this tape quite a number of times, but I had never noticed this particular phrase. But now, with it being the very last thing before I turned the key, it practically boomed in my brain. And I spent a lot of time over the following few weeks thinking about what I needed to change in my life to get into better alignment in terms of how I spent my time.

So I believe that obviously these things are not coincidences. In some way, we attract what we need to hear, at last if we pay attention.

And so, today, I am going to pay attention to Dr. Robert Anthony. It’s time to get back to focusing on what I DO want, and to finding joy in every moment.

May our days be filled with joy and serendipity.

Elisabeth

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The benefits of getting enough sleep — and better sleep

I’ve been skimping on sleep lately. And I can tell the difference.

Ouch!

Trying to keep up with deadlines can sometimes backfire… My brain simply doesn’t work as fast when I’m tired. So trying to get something done when I’m so tired that I’m about to get keyboard marks on my forehead is clearly counterproductive.

Have you ever been there? What makes us do this? Some need for self-punishment maybe? That’s just plain silly.

The other day I came across just the Abraham Hicks quote I needed to see:

Just do your best to keep yourself in balance. One of the first things that causes Energy misalignment, is asking or demanding too much of yourself in terms of time and effort. In other words, you just cannot burn the candle at both ends, so that you are physically tired, and then expect yourself to have a cheerful attitude. So, the rule of thumb has to be: “I’m going to be very, very, very happy, and then do everything I have time to do after that.”

— Abraham

Excerpted from the workshop in West Los Angeles, CA on Sunday, March 6th, 2005 #249

So what’s the action plan?

Reorder priorities….

Get enough sleep, in one piece. Go to bed at a reasonable time sleep till morning and don’t get up in the middle of the night to work on another project. Just because I can isn’t a good enough reason to interrupt my sleep. I’ll be much more effective when I get it all in one chunk.

if a deadline is really urgent, I suppose I can get up earlier in the morning. Still… the Abraham quote really made me reevaluate how I go about business.

Here are more things I plan to do:

Take a nap when I feel tired. And/or make sure I spend some time outdoors while it’s light.

Today is a gorgeous day! The way to show my gratitude for it is to actually take advantage of it, go for a walk, and enjoy that beautiful day.

What about you? Are YOU getting enough sleep?

Look out the window. If it’s nice out, take time for a walk if you can.

Have a great day.

Elisabeth


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Feeling Better Fast: Moving Up the Emotional Scale

Ever have a bad day and don’t know what to do with yourself? Okay, so who doesn’t… And it’s time I address this topic in my self-help blog again…

Sometimes, (or often), your bad mood or feelings of stress and despair may feel quite justified by outer circumstances. And yet, we all know that we cannot usually control those circumstances. Not all of them anyway. Especially not other people. Or the wealther. Or a whole lot of other things.

But we can control how we feel, even if it doesn’t seem that way.

And I love Abraham’s tool, the emotional scale. It never fails to work. I wish I would remember to use it more often, because when I do use it, miracles happen — sometimes VERY fast.

Except… and here’s the trick, if you do it just so that there will be a miracle it won’t work nearly as well. So just immerse yourself in it for the sake of making yourself feeling better, one step at a time.

You can find more details about the emotional scale in their book “The Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent.” (Esther and Jerry Hicks).

Of all the Abraham books, this one gives the most detailed examples on how to work through the emotional scale. I actually copied the most applicable one out of the book, and started adapting it to my situation.

And every time I feel the need to raise my vibration (okay, not every time, but I really should), I take out one of my scales and adapt it to how I’m feeling right at the moment, and then work my way up the scale. By the time I’m done, I’m feeling way better.

If it’s nice outside and still daylight, I’ll go out for a walk, which raises my vibrations even more.

So give it a try…

I’ve written a few other posts about this, which you can find in the Abraham-Hicks section.

May you have a fantastic day!

Elisabeth