FORGIVENESS EXERCISE

You can come up with your own script or use the one below. Depending on the level of trauma, you can replace the word “hurt” with “inconvenienced” or “affected.”

Say out loud while feeling it in your heart: “Even though I was hurt by what you did, I forgive you.  I’m sorry that you didn’t know any better at the time and I see that you were only hurting me because you yourself were in pain (or sick, or in fear, or unconscious, etc.). I feel for you and I’m sorry.”

Next, you’re going to send love and light to this person.  At our core, we are all love and light. I know that’s hard to understand, but in essence, we are all pure energy; pure consciousness. What makes us commit horrible acts and behave selfishly is our ego…and attaching who we think we are to this false persona we’ve created.  

So by sending light to this person, you are expressing the highest form of compassion and love, which is your truest nature. And embodying your truest nature is what will set you free.

Sending light exercise: Close your eyes.  Take 5 deep breaths.  Imagine you’re surrounded by an abundance of pure and loving light and with each breath you take, you are taking in this pure energy.  Imagine it flowing through your body, touching every cell of your being.  Feel the peace inside of you. 

Now, imagine the person you want to forgive in front of you and this loving light flowing right to them. Imagine it surrounding them and entering their body as they breathe.  Imagine them glowing brighter and giving off a strong sense of peace. Imagine them looking at you and saying “I’m sorry.” Feel their sincere apology and know that their Higher self is not the self that hurt you. It was their own wounded self. Make amends with this person, wish them a lifetime of peace, and come back to your body. Feel how good it feels to give love to another. Feel how good it feels to forgive. Feel the peace inside of you and sit with this feeling for a few minutes. When you’re ready, open your eyes.

It might be hard to send light to the person who has hurt you, but because they have hurt you, they need your light the most.  It is those people who hurt others that are suffering the most, therefore they need the most love.  

ITEMS FROM MARCH 7, 2021 LOA MEETING

 Thank You to all who attended and participated in the meeting.  Here are some items from the meeting that may be of interest:

MEDITATION

Many of you wanted a link to the meditation on speaking with your inner child.   

The Honest Guys Meditation 

SELF-LOVE VIDEO

Some wanted more information on the self-love part of the video.  Here is a link to the entire YouTube video.  The portion we played starts at about 7:20, but we thought you might like the entire video.  

Self-Love Video.

CONTRIBUTION

Several have asked if they can contribute towards the cost of putting on these meetings.  If you are so inclined, here are two safe methods:

Venmo.com/oneloagirl

 PayPal.me/BurbankLOA

NEXT MEETING

Our next meeting will be in three weeks on March 28, 2021.

LOVE YOURSELF EXERCISE

This is the "Love Yourself" exercise Ramona discussed at the February 7 Zoom meeting.  Start and end your day with this exercise to enhance self love.  After two to three weeks you will see an improvement in the way you feel about yourself, good things will come your way, and everything just seems to fall into place. Feel free to use your own words. Consider reproducing the exercise and placing it on your mirror so you see it first thing in the morning and last thing at night.

Hug yourself and say out loud "I love you so much".

While looking in a mirror, smile and say:

    You are a brilliant person.

    You are looking great today.

    Look at you, so full of potential.

    You are worth the very best life has to offer.

    You are amazing. Do you know how amazing you are?

    Look at the kindness in your eyes and in your smile.

    You are so lovable.

    You can do anything, or be anything you wish.

    I believe in you.

    I love you.

    I love you.

    I love you.

Eddie Conner's meditation is available on YouTube.com at MEDITATION.

QUESTIONS YOU CAN ASK YOUR INNER BEING

LETTING GO OF SELF-CRITICISM

To start the meeting, Eddie Conner led us in another wonderful guided visualization entitled “Letting Go of Self-Criticism – Guided Visualization”.   This and all his meditations are available on our YouTube channel, MikeAndRamona.LOA. 

One of our members described how he did not listen to the doom’s day talk of the doctors when he was found to be HIV positive.  Instead, he cured himself through positive thinking. He is now known as “Miracle Mike”.  Here is a link to the Miracle Mike Video.  

Mike presented an LOA coronavirus update so that members could calibrate to their Source energy.  The message is it’s not the virus itself that is so dangerous. It’s the constant vibration emitted by the media at the same time the Universe is broadcasting a powerful well-being vibration 24/7.  To whom do you want to listen?  Ignore the subject and listen to Source’s signal.  Ramona’s mantra is “Count me out!”

The evening’s topic covered the subject of self-criticism.  The opening video is called “Letting Go of Self Criticism”  and is available, along with all our videos, on YouTube at MikeAndRamona.LOA.  Please subscribe and receive all our videos as they are released.

In the video, Abraham helps a young man who was raised in an environment of criticism and has become critical of others and himself. He feels his critical behavior is due to his upbringing, but Abraham points out an alternative.  Sometimes when people are raised in a loving environment – it could be only one family member who exhibits uncompromising love – then they encounter the shock of dealing with the public.  However, this man’s situation is different.  

When he is in his favorite environment which is creative (singing, playing guitar) he is fine.  When he has to interact with others, however, he feels they are critical of him.  When you have the mindset that people are critical, the Law of Attraction is unable to find the path of least resistance and, therefore, unable to line you up with people who are loving.  

Abraham advises him to get to the point where he doesn’t need those people to love him in order to be loved.  He must determine what influence he was under when he rendezvoused with them.  If he feels vulnerable and victimized, then that is the type of person he is attracting.  If he feels tapped in, tuned in and turned on, then he will rendezvous with those who feel the same.

It is only your perception that keeps you from feeling good when starting an interaction with others.  The fellow thinks it is fear of being criticized.  Abraham explains that fear is merely not being in sync with your Inner Being.  When he feels guilty about something he has done, Abraham explains he is not listening to his Inner Being.  He is using the emotional guidance scale (link to emotional guidance scale) to beat himself up because of where he is on the scale.  Instead, he should use the scale as it is meant to be used – to discover where you are vibrationally and as an assist in moving up to a better, feel-good place.  The better you feel, the more like your Inner Being you will be at that moment.  Your Inner Being is NEVER critical of you for any reason.  So, when you are self-critical, you have moved away from your Inner Being.  That’s what makes you feel bad.  

Abraham encourages us to never give up on our desires.  What we need to do is give up on our resistance.  While in that field of resistance, however, we are struggling with what we really do want.  When we get to the point of giving up, and we give up the resistance, a breakthrough happens and we have access to all we put into our vortex.

The young man had overdosed and ended up in a psych ward.  Abraham explained that while he was unconscious, he released the resistance long enough that it provided him with a new vibrational set point.  That was his path of least resistance.  

Life and struggle and contrast cause us to place a lot of wants into our vibrational reality.  You may not realize it, but what we are doing is asking.  You know what you do not want, which means you know what you do want by default. It is actually step 1 – ASK.  

This vibrational reality was real; cooperative components are being gathered whether we are ready or not.  This is step 2 – It Is Given.

While he was unconscious and his vibrational setpoint was being reset, he was able to release the resistance which placed him in the receiving mode.  By releasing resistance and letting the cooperative components in, he was in step 3 – Allow.  And during the time he was unconscious, he received a great offer in his favorite field – music.

The group added their pearls of wisdom gleaned from the video, and their additional thoughts as follows:

-Not to speak more about what I don’t want.  Instead, I choose to look at and speak about all the things that I do want and that I do love.

-I take naps when I get knotted up because it makes me feel happier.

-Whatever I focus on expands, so I now look at good things for the joy of it.

-I no longer talk about bad customers or their nasty behavior because I don’t want to attract more of the same.

-I love connecting to my inner being.  It’s my first place to rendezvous.

-That my crippling thoughts feel more like static radio.  As a result, when I feel this emotional static, I choose to look at things that beef up my pure alignment to Source.

-Static feels bad; joy feels good.

-We are all guilty of “Shoulding” on ourselves.

-I don’t overanalyze any longer.  I play in my feel-good heart energy instead.

-Trust – I continue to trust my inner being and to trust my gut feelings.

-Our Inner Beings do not “go down the rabbit hole” when we do.  It holds the space for us until we choose to reconnect to it.

-Everything in our lives right now is an exact reflection of what we are vibrating.

-I love marinating in joy and a good feeling place because I’m learning to take good care of myself.  I realize that if I don’t, no one else will be a match to my desire for joy.

-I convert intellectual language into absolute heart-feeling language because feelings create 99.99% of our lives.

-Before I speak, I breathe.  Before I act, I breathe.  Before I think, I breathe.  I do so because that pause helps me focus on what I do want instead of what I don’t want.

-It’s fun to let go of my old story, just because.

It’s easier to count my blessings

We had two members who participated in love seat sessions.  Members happily played the “what if?” game.

Our closing video was “Kid Hero” from KOLR News in Springfield, Missouri. 

  

Thank you.  Our next meeting will be on April 6.  Hope to see you there.

Some helpful links:

Our videos are available at YouTube.com, search for MikeAndRamona.LOA.   

Our Private Facebook Page

CALIBRATING

This meeting marks the 9^th year of the Burbank Law of Attraction Group bringing Abraham into your lives and making life better for all of us.  We give thanks to Eddie Conner for introducing us to Abraham in 2001 and for taking notes at all the meetings so that we can produce this blog.  We thank Kathy for talking us into hosting these meetings.  We thank Robin for being at 101 of the 102 meetings and helping at the front desk.  Thanks also go to Burgandy for her front desk help.  And where would we be without PJ who takes photos and bails out Mike every time there is an AV glitch.  And special thanks to all our friends who keep coming back for more.  We love you all.  -Mike and Ramona

To start the meeting, Eddie Conner led us in another wonderful guided meditation entitled “The Crystal Chair”.  This and all his meditations are available on our YouTube.com channel, MikeAndRamona.LOA.  

The evening’s topic covered the newest concept from Abraham which they call “Calibrating.”  The opening video is called “Calibrate”  and is available, along with all our videos, on YouTube.com at MikeAndRamona.LOA.  Please subscribe and receive all our videos as they are released.

In the video, Abraham covers two main points.  First, it may take some time to put all the pieces together for you to calibrate properly, but your patience will pay off.  Second, split your effort to calibrate into two parts – segment intending where you are asking for what you want, and calibrating where you are finding what’s in sync with your inner being.  The patience alludes to the time between the segment intending and the calibrating.  

During the process of segment intending, you identify where you are, and set your intention for what you want.  Say and write statements that activate good feelings about what is going to happen.  All these feel-good statements are calibrating to sync what you are asking for with your inner being.  Once you find what’s in sync with your inner being, you have calibrated your inner being to what you want.  

Just be patient between the segment intending and the calibrating.  You should hear yourself say “It is what it is” or “I have time to wait for the Law of Attraction to put all the pieces together” or “I’m certainly capable to wait for all the cooperative components to gather” and most important “I am willing to take my time to calibrate myself to the precision of this answer, and if it takes some time – so be it.”  When you feel impatient, ask yourself “Why?”  Your inner being is patient.  Why aren’t you?  If you just can’t get ahead of it, if it’s just not flowing, then take a break.  When you are ready, restart by calibrating to things you know you are in sync with, such as love and appreciation.  “I know my inner being is love, so I’ll calibrate to love.  I know my inner being is appreciative, so I’ll calibrate to appreciation.”  Just calibrate to general, familiar things to start the process.

It’s not about the time it takes - it’s about calibrating.  Your inner being is willing to give you as much time as needed to calibrate.  Once you start calibrating properly, you’ll find yourself needing to be a whole lot less patient because you’ll find a whole lot more happening.  Patience is only something that someone who hasn’t learned to calibrate energy needs to learn.  

Calibrating is really the process of preparing for Step 1, the “Ask.”   When you have calibrated properly, you have asked properly.  Now you are ready to go out into the world ready for Step 2, “It is given.”  

Comments from members about the video included the following:

Calibrating takes off the pressure.

Going general feels better and easier, so go general

The Universe doesn’t rush us – be patient.

The Universe doesn’t like a vacuum; the moment we have pure intention, the Universe fills it.

Start by making a list of things you love, appreciate and make you happy.

There is great power in pure relaxation and contemplation; it feels so good.

Sometimes it’s good to step away and realign with the end-result feeling - just let go.

Forcing things to happen always feels hard.

It’s never our job to figure out how and why; it’s our job to just feel good.

Remember, desperation prevents creation.

Writing general, pleasant things is a great way to calibrate and be in the flow.

What are some ways to calibrate:

Anything that makes you feel good will help you calibrate.

Write down things that your heart, mind, and soul love and appreciate. 

It’s easier to just allow in the beauty by setting your tone first thing each morning.

Calibration exercises automatically activate self-love.

Trust, know and receive - just for the joy of it.

Relax before you calibrate.

Meditation is a great calibration technique.

Why is it sometimes hard to calibrate?

We repeat old habits that no longer serve us.

We get in our own way with the nuts and bolts of physical.

How do we get in sync with our inner beings?

Breathe.

Listen to music.

Smile, even in traffic.

Focus on the beauty that surrounds us.

Listen to motivational speakers.

Meditate.

Pet your cat or dog.

Listen to Abraham's videos on YouTube.com.

Be in nature.

Dance.

Sing out loud in your car.

Be kind.

Focus on the good all around us.

Do self-love exercises.

Take a nap.

Observe periods of silence.

Have a mental gratitude list.

Be creative.

Express your artistic energy.

Take a shower.

Watch your favorite TV show or movie.

Sing or listen to silly songs that make you laugh.

Just laugh for no reason.

Practice deep, loving mindfulness.

Align with things that look and feel blissful.

Focus on kindness everywhere you go.

Fill your head with consistently happy thoughts.

Reach out to friends and say “I’m thinking about you”.

Reconnect with old friends.

Take breaks.

Ramona closed with the following comments.  We have been taught to calibrate to the feelings of others.  That means we are usually calibrating to a problem, which creates the solution.  It’s easier to calibrate to what is.  It takes a master to calibrate to your hopes and dreams.  It takes a willingness to feel bad just because so many others do.  Don’t harmonize with others DOWNWARD!  Harmonize UPWARD!  How?  Daily Meditation.  It quiets the mind which stops all calibration.  Get ahead of it.  Identify how you want to feel.  Confirm that feeling each morning and throughout the day.  Try an affirmation such as “I am whole, I am strong, I am happy, I am good at what I do, etc.  Calibrate to the wholeness of who you really are.  Then things just won’t bother you.

Our closing video was “Appreciation Goes Both Ways” from Abraham-Hicks Publications.

  

Thank you.  Our next meeting will be on March 9.  Hope to see you there.

Some helpful links:

Our YouTube videos at YouTube.com, search for  MikeAndRamona.LOA  

Our Private Facebook Page

Sign up for the March 9 meeting

CREATING YOUR NEW STORY FOR 2020

After Ramona welcomed members and guests, Eddie Conner led us in a meditation “To Merge With Light” available on our YouTube channel at To Merge With Light.

Tonight’s video is entitled “Tell A New Story” and may be accessed through our YouTube channel at MikeAndRamona.LOA.  In the video, Abraham does one of her rampages explaining how to create your new story.  If you are getting a lot of what you do not want in life, this video will explain how to create a new story of what you do want.

Please subscribe to our YouTube channel.  Go to YouTube.com and search for MikeAndRamona.LOA to subscribe and see these and all our videos as they are released.

To create a new story you must first think the thought that gives you relief before things can change.  Everything we are living is in response to the story we are telling.  It is a result of what we say, the way we feel and the way we think,  If a thought makes you unhappy or feeling negativity, you must change that thought to one that makes you happy and lighthearted. You must tell the story the way you want it to be.

Try hearing the story Source is telling you.  When Source says “All is well”, what do you say?  “Well, Source, if all is well, what about this; what about that?”  Thoughts and feelings such as these are counterproductive to a happy life.  Instead, you need to look upon the “this’s and that’s” as contrast which leads us to knowing what we do want.  It’s the “what we do wants” that should be in our new story.

Start telling the story in a way that shifts your emotion, like “I am abundant”.  Instead of thinking about what is, think about what you want it to be.  Nothing ever turns out different than what you expect.  Stop telling the story of what you already lived; write about where you are going, how you want it to play out, and what emotions you want to feel.  If there are areas that need tweaking, tell about those areas.  Make it an empowering story that works for you rather than against you.  Remember you have lived long enough to know what you don’t want.  Start a notebook or journal and call it “My Life Story”.  Chapter one is “My life story relative to abundance, relationships, etc.”  Begin telling the story of your desires.  Add details of positive aspects you can find that match those desires.  Embellish your positive expectation and do a “wouldn’t it be nice if…”  

Do not let the comments of others affect your story.  Tell it the way YOU want it to be.  Something like this; that you are abundant in nature, well-being is always coming to me, I am often understood by the people I am interacting with, I’m loving life, it’s fun to expand and grow, I love the contrast because it helps me identify the things I want, my life just gets better and better, I know who I am, I feel the well-being, I’m detached from the thoughts of others, and I know the purpose of my life.

Practice the story that resonates with who you really are, and it becomes your vibration.  Think it; feel it; vibrate it and it will become your life.  If you say you have to work hard for what comes to you, then you will have to work hard for what comes to you.  Instead, say things are coming easier and I’m beginning to understand how the universe flows, I am understanding the vibrational flow, I’m leveraging my time more by pre-paving, I’m not reacting to so many things, I’m sensitive to energy, I’m more intuitive, People like me.  

Also know that no matter what happens, you can always improve your story or even create a new story.  You can tell a better and better story, no matter what, because you are in control of your own destiny.  Love your expansion!  Love where you are!  Love where you are going!  Love where you’ve been!  That’s the story you want to tell !

The group contributed their thoughts generated from watching the video:

We each have the power and capability to do your own appreciation rampage throughout the day.

We are reminded to use our inner being consistently instead of only using our physical assertion.

Practice, practice, practice the new story you desire in your heart of hearts.

The less attachment you have to what you do want, the faster it will manifest across the board.

Appreciate your talent and power on a consistent basis.

Make sure you are a vibrational match to your inner being.

It feels good, really good, to deliberately align yourself with your highest good.

Do not seek acknowledgment or approval or validation from others; instead, see, hear, love, and joyously appreciate all of yourself.

Rewriting our new stories is about vacating the old shanties of our past and standing inside the mansions of our conscious and subconscious minds.

Change is really our friend – if we allow it.  It’s our playmate, a place of life-changing momentum.

Take care of yourself first, and be gentle with yourself.

Practice the art of not caring and it works great. 

Contrast is not the enemy; it’s a gift.  It teaches powerful new ways to see and live our lives.  It’s your playmate.

Be positive regardless of whatever is physically going on at the time.

Let go of control.

Focus on the good parts of people.

When you pivot, do so into the positive aspects of your life instead of your old story.

When you change your story regularly you start to see your true power.

Ramona led the group into the “Love Seat” for the “What If?” game.  Members beautifully allowed the group to shower them with subjects like:

A career in the creative arts

Launching a TV show

Extreme financial success

Each member of the group wrote out the problem, issue or attribute they wish to get rid of in 2020.  Ramona and Mike will take them to their home and burn them so they will no longer bother us.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

We have a private Facebook page with daily posts by Ramona.  Members may add Abraham/Law of Attraction posts if they wish.  Here is the link: Private Facebook Page.

Our next meetup will be February 10.  Hope to see you there.