Thursday, August 07, 2008

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We grow from the inside out...

James Ray International Wealthy people, and I mean people who are truly wealthy in all areas, don't allow others to determine the quality of their lives. They never allow circumstances or others to determine how much income they earn or their level of harmony with regard to their spiritual life, their health, their relationships--anything.

To have more you must be more.

If your intention is big enough, then you must grow to meet the size of that idea. Similarly, if you have an idea that doesn't cause you to grow, it isn't the right idea. In other words, the right intention and the right desire have to make you stretch.

Growing is an inside job. Once you begin to go inside--involution--and grow, your results on the outside--evolution--must happen. Going within leads you to take different actions; your goal begins to take form and ultimately becomes a result in your life.

When you achieve the desired result, what happens?

"What's next?" happens, doesn't it? The basic principle of life, of spirit, is fuller expression and expansion. Your results become the springboard for fuller expression, which then brings grander, more exciting ideas and goals into view. Are you with me?

Once you get that next idea or desire--the intention--you again have to grow to meet the size of that new idea, so involution kicks in all over again. New actions begin to happen and your new bigger idea starts coming into form. You get new results, and so on. This is really simple, but its how the creative process works: inside out, involution always preceding evolution.

Think back on any goal you've achieved, and you'll see that this cycle occurred.

You had an idea, a desire, and you had to grow to reach it. Perhaps it was when you got your first car loan or first home mortgage.

Now, if that payment was a stretch for you, you had to expand your vision of yourself, didn't you? You had to see yourself being able to reach for more than you had been accessing. You had to realign your possibilities to meet the size of the idea.

What you need isn't more money but more growth. We all do.

Money is nothing more than a measuring stick of our growth.

Sound familiar? It's an excerpt from the Financial pillar section of my New York Times Best Seller Harmonic Wealth: The Secret of Attracting the Life You Want. You may not know it yet, but it's also available in Audio CD format (read by yours truly)... Click here to check it out.

To your continued wealth and happiness,

James Arthur Ray
President/CEO
James Ray International

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Blogger Amy J + Energy = Bliss! said ... (8/07/2008 1:40 PM) : 
Wow James! I felt this post go up. Something drew me over here moments after it went up. Interesting! I haven't had time to swing by here in ages. [Oh my, are my antennas up again?]

Great stuff here. Truer words were never written. Everyone has experienced this at some point in their life even if they aren't stretching in this moment.

I am, and loving every moment of involuting and evoluting! Except for the speeding time sensation. I know time is illusionary, and I'm determined to stop the darned clocks too! Joy is always getting to ask "what's next?"

Have an abundant and Joyful day!

Love and Joy!

Amy

(U can follow me on Twitter @allaboutenergy)


Blogger Hoop said ... (8/10/2008 5:10 PM) : 
Great blog post James. I came to your site today with a question that I wished I could get an answer for and I got it from this post in the first lines.

I had this question

1. How do I stop letting other peoples opinions about God and Spirituality effect me so much

You said

" Wealthy people, and I mean people who are truly wealthy in all areas, don't allow others to determine the quality of their lives. They never allow circumstances or others to determine how much income they earn or their level of harmony with regard to their spiritual life, their health, their relationships--anything. "

I simply remove myself from the situation and not allow it place in my life.

Thank you James.


Blogger Hema said ... (8/11/2008 8:33 PM) : 
First and foremost... I have to say, a very big Thank You...for your wonderful book, Harmonic Wealth. Yes, it is so true...it is all an inner game. To lead a life of richness we have to tap into our inner potential. I did just that...in 2003, when I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I have learnt to be aware, be present and live in the moment. And most of all...I am so grateful. I love Chapter 24, Turning Prayers to Thunder...and it is so true. Practicing meditation, yoga, pranayama and visualization helped me come through my experience..I thank God for preparing me for this time in my life... as I drew from my skills learnt before. Once again, Thank you for this wonderful book.
I lead an amazing life.
Love and Light,
Hema
www.realitylifestylenow.com


Blogger Chris Cade said ... (9/06/2008 11:01 PM) : 
This post, and this theme from Harmonic Wealth really hit home and explained, in simple and concise terms, what I had experienced recently with my first product launch.

I created a heart-based product ("How to Write Short Stories for Spiritual Growth") with no market influence, and at first I just wanted to sell 1 copy... just positively affect one person.

What I didn't realize is that was just low self-confidence - ironic for those who know me - but deep deep down, a part of me just didn't believe anybody would want to buy my product.

Once I believed my product was marketable, I figured if I just sold a handful I'd be "happy" (aka "not disappointed").

Then one day, I realized I was still selling myself short and setting my sights too low. So I said, "My goal is to sell $1,000 worth of this product."

Given it's extremely focused niche, I figured that was aggressive. But more importantly, a part of me KNEW that I had to become more... to reach that goal.

I tried explaining it to my wife, but she just couldn't understand why it mattered to me that I make more money.

During my test launch, I made a couple hundred dollars. It was a great start, but I knew something had to change for me to reach the $1,000 mark with my forthcoming JV launch.

I dug deep inside, and I found the confidence and wisdom to release some of my limiting beliefs. For the JV launch, I actually TRIPLED the price of my program (the exact same offer as my initial test launch)... and I not only felt great about it, but truly believed I was STILL giving people a great deal.

I was finally going 3-for-3. :)

Still, it wasn't until reading Harmonic Wealth that I was able to put my inner experience into words - my spirit knew I wanted and needed to become bigger, and the only way I knew how to do it was to set loftier goals that would force me to become the person I wanted to be (or rather, already was but I just didn't know it!)

In the weeks before reading Harmonic Wealth, my JV launch generated just over $1,000 in revenue (of which I got about $250 after paying my JVs and affiliates).

Then, a partner (Spiritual Cinema Circle) did a promo for me, and that boosted me over the $1,000 profit mark.

When that happened, I realized... I had become bigger. More importantly, I realized, "I can make my living through giving."

Now I have a goal to bring in $10,000 profit from this program alone.

I have to get a LOT bigger... and I'm looking forward to it. :)

James - thank you for the words to describe what I'm going through, and the inspiration to help me make my dreams become reality.

-Chris
Spiritual Stories and Parables
Spiritual Growth Writing


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