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Everyone knows that having money is a sign of prosperity. There are, however, some people that have millions of dollars and are not prosperous. I understand your shock. I was shocked myself when I read in Bob Proctor’s book about millionaires who died sick, broke, alone or mad. Clearly these were not prosperous people. James Ray likes to say, "There are people who "spiritual" but they’re sick and broke all the time." I am in agreement with James. This is not prosperity either. So, what is prosperity?

I have learned over the past year that prosperity, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. I have a goal of having a five million dollar net worth invested with a 10% return that gives me a passive income of $500,000 a year. Someone that I know has a dream of having a net worth exceeding $400 million dollars. Is her goal to have more prosperity than I intend to have? That is a trick question to which the answer is no. Her goal is definitely to have more money than I intend to have but remember that money does not equate prosperity.
   
Do not misunderstand what I am saying about money. It may seem that I am saying that money is not important. That is the last thing that I am saying. Money is extremely important in this society. As our main tool of trade today, money is necessary for everything that you would want to do or have. Without money, you cannot even eat, which is definitely a necessity. Money is important. So since it is not all about the money, what is it about?
    
Prosperity is a mindset that allows peace of mind. We each get to define prosperity for ourselves. I choose good friends, a close family, a comfortable lifestyle and work that rocks my socks off as prosperity for me. So, I know that I am being prosperous by how my relationships feel. When I am having good conversations and lots of fun with my friends I am being prosperous. At 2 am when I need to talk and I reach out and someone is there for me, I know that I am being prosperous. Being a loyal and supportive friend and a good listener is a part of being supportive for me.
  
I am not close to my extended family, but my immediate family is my second priority. When my children are happy, healthy and bursting with joy, I know that I am being prosperous. Every day that my husband and I still love and adore each other is another day of prosperous living for me. Some of my friends are like family to me and their involvement in my life makes me feel prosperous beyond measure. I know that I am loved and I believe that love is the ultimate treasure. When you are truly loved, you are the richest person on earth.
  
What is important to you? What do you adore? What truly makes your heart sing? When you can answer those questions and then orient your life around those things, you will find that you are a truly prosperous person. What about money? The money will come. There are practical matters, such as planning, investing and wise spending habits that must be established, but real wealth comes from being in love with yourself and your life. You cannot define wealth or money in the way that anyone else has for their priorities are not your priorities. So, how do you define prosperity?

Ophelia’s take: Is That Really Prosperity or Just Plain Lazy?!

My prosperity partner wrote an article “Defining Prosperity for Myself” and now I’m writing the opposing view, “Defining Prosperity – Is That Really Prosperity or Just Plain Lazy?!”

In the article she writes “I have learned over the past year that prosperity, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. I have a goal of having a five million dollar net worth invested with a 10 % return that gives me a passive income of $500,000 a year. Someone that I know has a dream of having a net worth exceeding $400 million dollars. Is her goal to have more prosperity than I intend to have? That is a trick question to which the answer is no. Her goal is definitely to have more money than I intend to have but remember that
money does not equate prosperity.” Of course I take massive pride in the fact that I am the someone she knows who has the goal of a net worth exceeding $400 million dollars!

The article goes on to say “I am not close to my extended family, but my immediate family is my second priority. When my children are happy, healthy and bursting with joy, I know that I am being prosperous. Every day that my husband and I still love and adore each other is another day of prosperous living for me. Some of my friends are like family to me and their involvement in my life makes me feel prosperous beyond measure. I know that I am loved and I believe that love is the ultimate treasure. When you are truly loved, you are the richest person on earth.”

Man that was a mouthful – So now I ask you is that truly prosperity or just plain lazy! Since when does being prosperous involve how others feel and interact with you? So does that mean one isn’t prosperous if all the friends left and the children are unhappy and your spouse decided to not have 2am conversations with you and NO ONE loved you? That is her measure of prosperity isn’t it? So you remove all those things and the prosperity is now gone right!

The world is filled with creative energy and while I’m all for the concept that everyone is entitled to whatever they want, and that we should allow each person to want whatever makes them happy… I’m
also for the concept that most people in society don’t aim very high because they are afraid of failure. Now to have enough creative energy to create or attract 5 million dollars – anyone can do that. But how much creative energy does it take to attract or create $400 million?

We grow up in an environment where we set the bar really low on what we can or will achieve – JUST IN CASE if we don’t make it we won’t feel so bad. Most people in society want nothing more than a 9-5 and to
retire with a 401k.

You know I’ve been saying for years I want to be on the Forbes 400 richest Americans list and in all that time that I say this I have never heard anyone say “REALLY? ME TOO!”

Now could that be that’s just way too far up on the tree for most people to reach for, and the apples on the lower branches are easier to get to (apples on the lower branches are also rotten and touched a lot by
a multitude of people not wanting to climb higher). We grow up hearing how love is true wealth – Who fed us this diet of foolishness, and the person who fed us this diet – are they truly prosperous?

Don’t get it twisted, people – Stop finding excuses to cover up your not wanting to reach for the sky. Go ahead and say it: ‘I’m too lazy to actually want a huge boatload of money and I don’t really believe I can have it anyway – because for me to want a huge boatload of money would entail me actually trying at something and maybe I’ll fall flat on my face.

So I ask is it truly prosperity or is it just plain lazy?

Can you really attract money with your thoughts? Does it sound fantastical?

If you’re wondering about all of this – attracting money with the law of attraction – here is a look at the way we’ve interpreted this phenomenon. Like anyone, we can only share our understanding of how things work. We use money as our subject because a) this is a site about financial abundance and b) it is a huge, limiting and frustrating issue for millions of people.

When you begin to understand Law of Attraction, and you understand that which is like unto itself is drawn, then it is easier and easier to understand that you are offering a signal, and the entire Universe responds. And when you finally get that, and you begin to exercise some deliberate control about the signal that you offer, then it really begins to be fun, because then you recognize that nothing happens outside of your creative control. There are no things that happen by chance or by circumstance. There is nothing that is happening because of something you vibrated a long time ago or in a past life. It is not about what you were born into. It is only about what you are, right now, in this red hot fresh moment emitting. — Abraham-Hicks

As we can glean from the quote above, every thought we have and belief we hold emanates from us in a continuous vibration. Like sound waves or light waves, our thoughts also have their own unique frequencies, and what you think is inevitably attracted into your life. If you think about what’s going wrong, why you can never get what you want, etc., your ‘results’ in life will be in line with those thoughts. Conversely, if you think upbeat thoughts with positive expectancy, your life will tend in a positive direction, from your perspective.

This is more than just positive thinking. While you may have many years’ worth of limiting and conflicting beliefs underneath your attempts to be positive, there are some fairly easy ways to raise your general vibration and maintain it a higher level, thus attracting new circumstances. In the short run, it pays to do the ‘little’ things which make you feel great in the moment, thus lifting your spirits and helping you break your habitual vibrational patterns. Essentially, anything that makes you laugh, feel wonderful, jump for joy or experience a quick jolt of fresh, circulating energy is helpful.

Once you make a conscious effort to feel fabulous on a regular basis, you will notice things around you changing. Focus on what makes you feel great, whatever the situation. Because life isn’t a series of subjects in individual boxes, each choice you make to feel great will affect every aspect – financial, personal, relationships, etc.. With respect to money, notice your thoughts when you see what for you are symbols of wealth and work on ways to turn that around for yourself. Your ultimate goal, and the sign that you have completely changed your financial vibration, is when you think only ‘Wooohooo!!’ when you see something or someone that, to you, symbolizes wealth and abundance. No jealousy, negativity, bitterness or hopelessness.

Some great resources to help you explore this and understand it better include:

• Money and the Law of Attraction by Abraham-Hicks
• The Intention Experimentby Lynne McTaggart – A fascinating book exploring the scientific evidence surrounding how our thoughts affect the ‘physical’ things around us.
• The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desireby Deepak Chopra
• 30 Days to Wealthebook made for just this purpose! Explores your relationship to money and how vastly improve it – absolutely full of exercises to help you change your vibration when it comes to money.
• Shifting Your Vibration to Manifest Your Desires- Steve Pavlina article

Welcome!

Here you will find a list of tools – many free – that we have found helpful in building our own magnificent prosperity, as well as resources we have created or discovered and recommend, including:

• E-books
• Articles
• Blog links
• Videos
• Audios
• Recommended websites

Note: You will find books by many of authors featured here on our Books and Movies pages. If you have a tool or resource you feel could benefit our readers, please contact us via email at admin@breathingprosperity.com. Thanks!

TIP: Try the popular – and instantly downloadable – 30 Days to Wealth!

Prosperity-based Blogs and Websites

Blogs:

• The Breathing Prosperity blog – of course!
• The Personal Development blogger list at IncreasingVelocity.com – a very comprehensive listing, including many abundance-oriented thinkers
• StevePavlina.com/blog – Steve is an enterprising and courageous soul who, happily, shares his journey and insights with us
• The Good Vibe blog from Jeanette Maw

Sites:

• Abraham Hicks by Esther and Jerry Hicks: Very insightful information from an unusual source. Great Q&A archives.
• Anthony Robbins: Famous entrepreneur who has created incredible results in his life; his programs and advice can help you make your own dreams reality.
• Wealth Beyond Reason: An amazing compilation of resources based on the Law of Attraction, created by Bob Doyle (you may know him from the smash hit movie The Secret).
• Randy Gage: Here is a gentleman who offers a no-holds barred approach to wealth.
• Emotional Freedom Techniques: ‘EFT’ works with our energy meridians and has been shown to be remarkably effective. Try http://emofree.com and http://thrivingnow.com
• Susan James: Pioneering what she calls ‘user friendly physics’, Susan teaches how to manifest with ease and momentum. TIP: You can read a couple of her books chapter by chapter in her yahoo! groups
• TUT (Totally Unique Thoughts): Created by Mike Dooley (also featured in The Secret). An inspiring community of creators with a philosophy of adventure, based on the simple concept that thoughts become things. Great free forum, and ‘Notes from the Universe.’
• Bob Proctor: Yet another Secret teacher, Bob has inspired us for many years; let him do the same for you.
• Brian Tracy: Business and motivational speaker and consultant Brian Tracy is extraordinarily successful and his passion is teaching others how to be successful as well. His website offers a wealth of audios, books and more. Highly recommended.
• Jim Rohn: Mentor to thousands – perhaps millions – Jim Rohn just keeps getting better at his craft. Enjoy and benefit from his work at this inspiring site.
• Dr. Joe Vitale: Also known as ‘Mr. Fire,’ Joe has a winning attitude and has helped many people overcome their limitations.
• Deepak Chopra: Deeply spiritual and a fantastic mentor for all things abundance, Deepak Chopra offers a wealth of insights.
• Wayne Dyer: Inspirational speaker and author Wayne Dyer has helped many, many people create authentic and abundant lives. Enjoy!
• Choosing Prosperity: Based on the Abraham-Hicks material, with plenty of resources, this site from Elyse Hope-Killoran includes a wonderful wealth consciousness exercise called The Prosperity Game. Also boasts a free forum and an insightful blog.
• Powerful Intentions.com: Free and fun gathering place for like-minded individuals to create through the power of thought and intention.

FREE Wealth and Abundance E-Books

• The Science of Getting Rich
• The Great Wealth Pandemic
• Money is Loveby Klaus Joehle (note: this site has an abundance of audios as well)

Prosperity Audios and Meditations

• The Science of Getting Rich
• The Fundamental Principles of Personal Wealth
• The FREE Secret Garden Meditationby Meditainment – veeeerry relaxing
• Think Right Now! Instant Inner Power – amazing audios
• The Secret Vizualization Tools

Prosperity Articles

• Breathing Prosperity Articles Directory
• Increasing Velocity Articles Directory

Inspirational Movies & Videos

• Inspirational Videos at the Breathing Prosperity blog
• The Secret: If you haven’t seen this movie that ‘everybody’ is talking about it, now’s your chance!
• What the Bleep Do We Know?

The Secret to YOU

Affirmations

The Mastery of Money

We have the power to collectively change this planet – our small, beautiful and interconnected world – for the better, each of us. There is no such thing as being ‘only one person.’ We are all intimately connected, and everything we think, say and do contributes to the reality here on Earth.

This power can either scare us or ignite us with passion, hope and excitement. We can use this knowledge consciously or we can remain unaware and continue down our current path…what sounds better?

It was a bit of a rhetorical question. Obviously what we’ve been doing thus far as a species isn’t working.

The good news is, as many people at the forefront of the thinking world will tell us, is that more and more people are awakening every day. This is unprecedented in the history of humankind and it is indeed a very exciting time we live in. It seems we are at a crossroads, and can go along as we have been or transform our lives and our world into the beautiful, magnificent creations they were always meant to be.

Change always comes from the grass roots; never the existing government or power/s. By embracing and exploring our abilities and questioning our beliefs and traditions we can begin to act consciously instead of react unconsciously. Some people feel frightened by this concept; they have been taught that security and peace of mind lies in trusting and following cultural and religious traditions, but are we wise and brave enough to see that this has not worked for us as a species? Can we see and create other ways? The answer is absolutely, unequivocally YES, but only if we want to, if we choose to. This is the crux. We have to be aware enough to want to be aware.

Humans have the capacity to co-create in synergistic, powerful ways, and we are only beginning to be aware of this. Let us consciously explore these possibilities and allow them to be the force of positive change on our planet. Let us be like lights who guide the way.

You may think you think it’s wonderful – ! – but here’s a test: when you see someone who has loads of money what are the words that come up? Let’s say you see someone who already has the car, or mansion, or private jet, or fabulous lifestyle you yearn for.

If you are NOT ready for wealth, here are some of the possible answers:

• Jerk
• Doesn’t deserve it
• Probably didn’t earn it
• Probably did something sleazy to get it
• Trust fund  – no fair!
• What do they have that I don’t have???
• They are different from me – I could never have that
• It’s probably not that great anyway

Get the picture? These are your negative, limiting beliefs and excuses disguised as reasons your subconscious has convinced you that somehow you can’t have wealth and abundance.

If, on the other hand, the following comes to mind, you are likely right around the corner from abundance, or more likely already wealthy:

• Fabulous!
• Amazing!
• Gorgeous!
• I love it!
• Isn’t that great?
• Wow! I want that!
• Wooohoooo!!!!!!!!
• Hmmm, I wonder where/how I can get me one of those?
• Me too please!

Get it? These are the thoughts of someone who is aligned with wealth and ready and willing to receive their abundance.

Tip: For help with your wealth mentality, try Randy Gage’s ‘Accept Your Abundance‘ or Shauna Arthurs’ ebook ‘30 Days to Wealth.’

We – humans – are a lot like that. We are very complex (although we act quite simple at times – ! – ) and it takes a web of beliefs and actions to accomplish what we desire. As we learn and progress towards a goal we’ve set, we often come across layers of emotion which act as obstacles. We may not have realized we even has such thoughts or feelings buried inside, and we must explore and dissolve them in order to move past them.

With the pursuit of a goal, like the building of a computer program or website, there are specific requirements for success.There is a certain skillset and there are very specific tasks which need to be undertaken to create the desired end result. We also need patience and persistence, without which we may give up at the first sign of frustration or boredom. We may even need the help of someone who knows a little more about the subject than we do, to overcome any hurdles we come across. Not only can we then complete our project, but we also learn more so that next time we can do an even better job because our knowledge base has expanded.

It is the same with life. When we want to achieve something, there are things we need – people, skills, advice, mindset – necessary for the desired end to be met. Sometimes we have most of the pieces in place, and we can draw on the wisdom of someone who has been there – an expert. Sometimes there is just one little thing missing, and we think we are far from the goal we’ve been pursuing but in fact we are very, very close. A small but key piece of advice or a change in perspective can often be all it takes – the thing that was missing – for us to suddenly have the light bulb go on; to finally get where we wanted to be.

If you have been striving for something and feeling frustration in not ‘getting there,’ perhaps it’s time for something to change. If the saying ‘garbage in, garbage out’ has any truth to it, it could be that you are only missing one small bit of the combination of things it requires to achieve your goal. Begin exploring and changing things one by one – your mindset, a habit, the reasons for wanting what you want, the people you are drawing on for advice – and see if you can’t create that magic moment when everything suddenly falls into place. As another popular saying goes, ‘You can’t continue doing what you’ve always done and expect to get different results.’

Have you ever thought that how you view debt might be the problem?

Every aspect of your life, at some point, you wanted. You say “I didn’t want the debt,” but you wanted the thing that came along with the debt, or whatever you exchanged for the debt; maybe it
was a house, the car or the car repairs, the clothes.

Debt was just a way to live a certain dream – a means to an end – a way for you to get to your dream faster. Now granted, it may not have been a well planned out dream, but it was a dream just the same.

Think about a debt you have, no matter how big or small. What did you get for that debt? Think about it. You received something in return for the debt – an equal exchange – but right now, you think what you received was far less than the debt you now carry around.

Think back before the debt, back to the point where you wanted that particular thing, where no debt was too great just as long as you got what you wanted. Back then you didn’t think what you were receiving was
small. Actually you thought the deal was pretty fair, or else you wouldn’t have entered into the debt to begin with. For the most part you not only thought it was fair, but that you got the far better deal!

What has debt done for you? Most will say nothing, or made me angry, or made me have a horrible ulcer worrying about it, but what has debt really done for you? It allowed you some comfort!!

For some people debt allowed an extra night of sleep knowing they could pay the mortgage on time. For some it was to be able to purchase a home. For others, it was the ability to feed their kids when they had no cash, buy gas, or hold them over till it was payday…

For some it was Christmas gifts, but you fast forward a few years, and now this same debt is a horrible thing. Amazing how time changes our perception of things.

Take away the debt you are complaining about, and remember the GIFT this debt brought with it. How different would your life be right now without that?

How has time and thought changed the meaning of your debts?

by Ophelia Nicholson

Recommended Books for Transforming Your Relationship with Money:

Build Your Money Muscles by Joan Sotkin

30 Days to Wealth by Shauna Arthurs (now with extra bonuses!)

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It takes a selfish person to stay poor.. Not be poor but stay poor. Yes, a lot of people tend to think of poor people as kind, and rich people as greedy and selfish, but the truth of the matter is the longer you stay poor, the more selfish you truly are. Let’s think about this before you burn me at the stake for calling you selfish.

So you are poor and struggling and you run out of money right before payday…One paycheck from being homeless as they would say…You think only about yourself and your most immediate family members…How will you eat, how will you pay rent, how will you get to the next payday?

Now occasionally you express your kindness by helping one person here or there, as long as it doesn’t stop you from eating. But really – are you changing the world? NO. For the most part your everyday actions are pretty selfish; thinking about you and your kids. You aren’t thinking about starving people in Africa – after all there are starving people in your own house! Yet rich people are selfish and greedy, right? Some people may give a donation to the causes, but for many people they need a donation themselves.

Now look at people who have more money so they aren’t struggling – Yeah, rich people. Have you ever stopped to think how many diseases their money is curing?…How many people’s lives their money is
saving…Nope, because they are the greedy ones…

My daughter asked me about this one day. She said ‘Mom, why would you say that it takes a selfish person to stay poor?’ I said ‘Okay, think about it for a sec. If you are poor who can you help? If you cannot buy yourself food, who can you help? If you don’t know if you will have a place to live soon, who can you help?
She said ‘no one’. I said ‘exactly’…We live in America, the land where there are one million new Millionaire
households every year…it takes someone who is really all about themselves to stay poor.

Well, what about Mother Teresa? Well Mother Teresa was backed by the Catholic church, who were multi-millionaires, and so really she helped millions of people through money from the Catholic church so really she wasn’t poor…If all she had to work with was a paycheck would she have made the same impact on the world? You can say yes, but the real answer is no. She could help millions because she could afford to spend her time doing that…she wasn’t worried about the money to help them, or how she would eat.. it was all taken care of for her.

The world is waiting for you to make an impact on it. You can’t help anyone if you cannot help yourself, so why don’t you decide today that you will make a greater contribution to mankind?

by Ophelia Nicholson

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