Horizons Magazine
Andrea de Michaelis, Publisher
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October 2007
Hello and welcome to the
October 2007
issue of
Horizons Magazine.
It's been a super busy last 30 days, with lots and lots of changes. We've now got a brand new website, thanks to
beloved brother mine Jerry
. Check it out at
www.horizonsmagazine.com
. And yes, this is the mysterious psychic brother whom I rediscovered in 2003 after 37 years apart. You'll find the whole story on the website under our Past Issues.
BrotherMine
is updating the pages as fast as the energizer bunny, so check back often for what's new. We've got a bunch of cool links and quizzes planned for you. His own website is
www.vibrationsmagazine.com
. Stop in and email him a hello from his site and tell him you saw him here in Horizons!
The many changes that have come about the past month have been fueled by a new process I've been doing: the Invisible Counselors process. Last month, I emailed my group:
In the book
Think and Grow Rich
(available free at www.sacred-texts.com/nth/tgr )
Napoleon Hill
wrote that over a long period of years he held an imaginary council meeting with his invisible counselors. He wrote that the procedure was this. Just before going to sleep at night, I would shut my eyes, and see, in my imagination, this group of men seated with me around my Council Table. Here I had not only an opportunity to sit among those whom I considered to be great, but I actually dominated the group, by serving as the Chairman
.
He asked them questions and listened to their advice. When he opened his mind to the invisible counselors, it made him receptive to new thoughts and ideas from his subconscious mind.
I am writing to ask, who would YOUR Invisible Counselors be? Who, living or dead, real or fictional, do you admire and would welcome as a mentor? Why do you admire them, for what characteristic? Below here I have pasted the section on whom he chose and why:
He asked them questions and listened to their advice. When he opened his mind to the invisible counselors, it made him receptive to new thoughts and ideas from his subconscious mind.
I am writing to ask, who would YOUR Invisible Counselors be? Who, living or dead, real or fictional, do you admire and would welcome as a mentor? Why do you admire them, for what characteristic? Below here I have pasted the section on whom he chose and why:
In these imaginary Council meetings I called on my Cabinet members for the knowledge I wished each to contribute, addressing myself to each member in audible words, as follows:--
Mr. Emerson, I desire to acquire from you the marvelous understanding of Nature which distinguished your life.
Napoleon, I desire to acquire from you, by emulation, the marvelous ability you possessed to inspire men, and to arouse them to greater and more determined spirit of action.
Mr. Paine from you the freedom of thought and the courage and clarity with which to express convictions.
Mr. Darwin from you the marvelous patience, and ability to study cause and effect, without bias or prejudice.
Mr. Lincoln your keen sense of justice, untiring spirit of patience, sense of humor, the human understanding, and tolerance.
Mr. Paine from you the freedom of thought and the courage and clarity with which to express convictions.
Mr. Darwin from you the marvelous patience, and ability to study cause and effect, without bias or prejudice.
Mr. Lincoln your keen sense of justice, untiring spirit of patience, sense of humor, the human understanding, and tolerance.
I received many responses back from the email, and now have some friends who are doing the process and sharing their results with me. One thing that many wrote back to me was
"Where are the women on this list?"
hahaha
WHOM WOULD I CHOOSE?
I considered whom I might chose as my Invisible Counselors. And why. This was my initial list: Alice Bailey as her work laid a foundation for the consciousness growth movement, Charles Leadbeater for his occult work regarding thoughtforms, Louise Hay author/publisher entrepreneur, Brother Lawrence practiced the presence of God until he became that presence, Joel Goldsmith was a healer and Christian mystic who taught in simple fashion about invisible supply, Abraham-Hicks has crystal clarity on how it all works, George Washington Carver was a creative genius thru meditating on his object, Paul Bragg knew a lot about health, nutrition and natural alternatives, Pablo Picasso for seeing things in a new way, JP Morgan was a business mogul who saw himself as a force for good and eschewed competition, the Dalai Lama for wisdom and peace in the face of opposition, Stephen Hawking for his knowledge of relativity and quantum mechanics.
I considered whom I might chose as my Invisible Counselors. And why. This was my initial list: Alice Bailey as her work laid a foundation for the consciousness growth movement, Charles Leadbeater for his occult work regarding thoughtforms, Louise Hay author/publisher entrepreneur, Brother Lawrence practiced the presence of God until he became that presence, Joel Goldsmith was a healer and Christian mystic who taught in simple fashion about invisible supply, Abraham-Hicks has crystal clarity on how it all works, George Washington Carver was a creative genius thru meditating on his object, Paul Bragg knew a lot about health, nutrition and natural alternatives, Pablo Picasso for seeing things in a new way, JP Morgan was a business mogul who saw himself as a force for good and eschewed competition, the Dalai Lama for wisdom and peace in the face of opposition, Stephen Hawking for his knowledge of relativity and quantum mechanics.
WHO ARE MY ROLE MODELS?
I will have to research who might be good role models for the areas of my life I want to develop, so I'm still in the stage of deciding who my Invisible Counselors will all be.
I will have to research who might be good role models for the areas of my life I want to develop, so I'm still in the stage of deciding who my Invisible Counselors will all be.
WHAT ARE MY GOALS?
I thought what are my goals? In general my goals are, to have a fun and happy life, to live close to friends I enjoy, to live in a large new space, to feel guided in what I do each day, to feel I serve some purpose and do some good, to feel I'm using much of my potential and taking advantage of opportunities, to have compatible partners and to inspire each other in our goals, to be part of something that makes a difference, to find my niche.
I thought what are my goals? In general my goals are, to have a fun and happy life, to live close to friends I enjoy, to live in a large new space, to feel guided in what I do each day, to feel I serve some purpose and do some good, to feel I'm using much of my potential and taking advantage of opportunities, to have compatible partners and to inspire each other in our goals, to be part of something that makes a difference, to find my niche.
INVISIBLE COUNSELORS' FIRST COUNCIL
When I decided to do my first council, I first sat at the altar to meditate about 4am and afterward stumbled coming into my darkened room for the meeting, having gotten disoriented with no lights on. Taken as a metaphor, that message reminded me to have clear direction, make sure my footing is sound, and to persist and get up after I stumble.
When I decided to do my first council, I first sat at the altar to meditate about 4am and afterward stumbled coming into my darkened room for the meeting, having gotten disoriented with no lights on. Taken as a metaphor, that message reminded me to have clear direction, make sure my footing is sound, and to persist and get up after I stumble.
The reason I called this meeting was to establish a cabinet of counselors, name them and their reason for inclusion, and establish a course of action to be followed to increase income.
As the meeting was beginning to start, I was surprised to see my brother
Jerry
walk into the room and take a seat at the table. I wondered what he was doing there and he said "The first thing you have to do is get your website going because it has the most potential for passive income." Then he walked out. Okay...
Most of this meeting consisted of me constructing in my mind what I wanted the conference room to look like. I had it be a room about 15x30, with golden paneled walls lined with books on shelves and a large rectangular conference table in the center with 12 high back swivel chairs around it.
There were no windows in this room, as it was a room for inner work to be done. There was a large, high chandelier of the room in the center above the table, and also ambient lighting above the bookshelves at the ceiling, giving an otherworldly glow. I pondered names as they came to me, who might I invite to the table? I did not get a lot of response but knew that would change as I got into the process.
Afternote: later that morning I opened
Jerry
's email containing his new proposal for the Horizons website re-design. I made a mental note to include him at future meetings.
INVISIBLE COUNSELORS' SECOND COUNCIL
Two days later, we met again. As the meeting was about to start, my (deceased) mom stepped in to the conference room to tell me to remove my gold bracelet and neckchain when I go in the ocean tomorrow, so it doesn't attract the barracuda. Then she stepped back out. She used to tell me that as a kid when we'd go to the Florida Keys. I'd forgotten about that. And she's right, I had a date to go in the ocean the next day.
Two days later, we met again. As the meeting was about to start, my (deceased) mom stepped in to the conference room to tell me to remove my gold bracelet and neckchain when I go in the ocean tomorrow, so it doesn't attract the barracuda. Then she stepped back out. She used to tell me that as a kid when we'd go to the Florida Keys. I'd forgotten about that. And she's right, I had a date to go in the ocean the next day.
THE MEETING TOOK ON A LIFE OF ITS OWN
The meeting took on a life of its own after that in almost a whirlwhind that kept me frantically writing notes and wishing I was at the keyboard but not wanting to get up and move and break the flow of information. We outlined areas of life to be assessed for goals, including income, products, services, investments, health and fitness, organizational goals, jobs to create and work to delegate. We listed repairs and upgrades for office, home and yard, spiritual goals such as to deepen personal understanding, travel goals such as visiting all the stores that carry Horizons, and fun mountain retreats. We listed educational and conference goals, what classes I'd like to take, what new skills I'd like to acquire.
The meeting took on a life of its own after that in almost a whirlwhind that kept me frantically writing notes and wishing I was at the keyboard but not wanting to get up and move and break the flow of information. We outlined areas of life to be assessed for goals, including income, products, services, investments, health and fitness, organizational goals, jobs to create and work to delegate. We listed repairs and upgrades for office, home and yard, spiritual goals such as to deepen personal understanding, travel goals such as visiting all the stores that carry Horizons, and fun mountain retreats. We listed educational and conference goals, what classes I'd like to take, what new skills I'd like to acquire.
WHHAAAAAT JUST HAPPENED?!?
A surprised 40 minutes later I was out of my meeting and sitting at the table reflecting on what just took place. What I end up with pages and pages of was not what I expected, nor did I expect it to come pouring out so fast I could barely keep up with it. It was not unlike the automatic writing that occurs during psychic mediumship sessions but I got the sense of it being dictated to me from those sitting at the table with me. I was surprised at the indepth suggestions I got for organizing my personal time, acquiring personnel, and for income sources I'd overlooked.
A surprised 40 minutes later I was out of my meeting and sitting at the table reflecting on what just took place. What I end up with pages and pages of was not what I expected, nor did I expect it to come pouring out so fast I could barely keep up with it. It was not unlike the automatic writing that occurs during psychic mediumship sessions but I got the sense of it being dictated to me from those sitting at the table with me. I was surprised at the indepth suggestions I got for organizing my personal time, acquiring personnel, and for income sources I'd overlooked.
HOW DOES THIS HELP?
As I later typed my notes into the computer, I thought Great, now I am feeling overwhelmed, like all I got was a list of more things to do when my time is limited as it is. I knew to morph that thought into a better one, which was I know I have to balance play and work and know I do the work of many people by myself. I know I deserve the play time I take and I know that my play time is a key component in my attraction process.
As I later typed my notes into the computer, I thought Great, now I am feeling overwhelmed, like all I got was a list of more things to do when my time is limited as it is. I knew to morph that thought into a better one, which was I know I have to balance play and work and know I do the work of many people by myself. I know I deserve the play time I take and I know that my play time is a key component in my attraction process.
INVISIBLE COUNSELORS' THIRD COUNCILThree days later, we have the 3rd meeting. I asked myself, am I really ready to receive what this process is handing me? Am I ready for my life to change in the way I know it will change?I thought, Sure, the Universe will provide for me in abundance no matter what just because my thoughts stay relatively high for the most part. But to test out this Invisible Counselors process, I will choose specific things to want in order to exercise what I know.I do these exercises to carve those neural pathways, to go thru the mental muscle memory in my mind and become practiced at it so I can do it most effectively and with least effort and teach to others in a way they can do themselves.WHY NOT MAKE TWICE AS MUCH MONEY?
As the third meeting begins, a loudspeaker from above booms why not make twice as much money? My first thought was Because I don't want to limit it, even if it doubles every day The voice boomed Good answer . Great, even my imaginary friends are smart alecks.THEY KNOW THE NEXT RIGHT STEP
In this meeting, we discussed the status of the dozen new projects initiated after the last meeting 3 days earlier, and the next steps to be taken in each. They have a better memory than I do, which is cool - since we're all One, they can be the brain sometimes. And since I no longer have to worry about the next step, I can let them suggest it, and am no longer surprised when they do.AN INVITATION FOR YOU TO JOIN ME
So I'm having a lot of success and a lot of fun using the Invisible Counselors process and would like to invite you to join me in it. Email me at Horizonsmagazine@aol.com and let me know who's at your council, living or dead, and why. Let me know what insights you get and how you're applying them.ATTRACTING SATORI
After the last Invisible Counselors session, through an interesting series of synchronicities, I connected with Teri of Achieving Satori Seminars and we are going to work on some cruises and marketing projects and do some road trips together. It is through Teri that I met Steven Lane Taylor and read his book, Row, Row, Row Your Boat . One timely piece of advice he gives is about taking the next right step. Not fretting about what the 3rd step might be and the 4th step and so on, just taking the next right step. You know how you hear something a dozen times before it really sinks in how huge it really is in a particular moment? He was that a-ha moment for me.I also synchronistically re-connected with my good pal Denise and she's going to help run the Horizons office with me. She's already helped my schedule ease up. In fact, I'm now scheduling readings again and am taking appointments for January 2008 . So if you've been waiting to get on the schedule, thanks for your patience!Enjoy our offering this month.
Life is good!
Hari Om