From Arita: Look at Me!

Early this morning I was hiking a trail new to me - Placerita Canyon - with a new friend. Her husband hooked us up when he saw on FaceBook that I hiked. LOL
We are just finishing a deliciously cool 5+ mile hike to a waterfall and back when this Western Tanager surprised me. I'm, busy chattering away, not looking for anything, just having a swell time, when HELLO he swooped right in front of me and up into the tree ahead. He caught my eye and stopped my in my tracks with his brilliant yellow and red plumage. My two favorite colors! What a SHOW. What a SHOW OFF!
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Go ahead. Get excited!
Arita

From Yaki: Super 77 Multipurpose Adhesive

The Vortex is hands down the place to be. I am sitting around visiting with my friend Renee. She’s working on her sister’s wedding invitations, playing around with some ideas, having a good time, and hanging out in her Vortex. I am excited to watch her creative process; I am inspired to new ideas of future projects. I am learning from a professional graphic designer and teacher. I really enjoy watching her work. It is a real treat.

Renee realizes she needs an adhesive spray to complete the project. In the moment she was writing it down on her shopping list I was thinking of a can of Purple spray adhesive I had in the trunk of my car.

I brought out the glue from the bag, that I impulsively placed in the car the night before. Super 77 Multipurpose Adhesive

To her great surprise and delight the purple spray was exactly what she needed. The moment she went to write it down on her to buy list, it manifested. Amazing Vortex moment.

From Arita: Bobcat

Mark and I went for a hike Saturday morning at Franklin Canyon. I picked some trails off the road around the lake because I am always ready to see wildlife. As I walked in front of Mark on the narrow trail, I coached him on walking quietly. We played with various made-up signals that I could give him as he followed me. We were having fun.

We got part way up the main climb and I felt like turning back. "No reason - it's just the right time," I said. Mark wanted to walk back on the road. Even though there are occasional cars, it is still a gorgeous walk. I said "Well, if any wild animals want to visit me, they'll just have to come down to the road."

We chatted and walked along side by side - careless of the noises we were making. I like that word "care-less". Then Mark saw him first! "Is that a dog?" he asked as our friend darted ahead of us on the road. "No - it's a cat. Oh my god! It's a bobcat!" The bobcat stopped in the road and turned and looked at us. He had come this far and seemed unsure as to where to go next. He took a moment and then turned in the road and doubled back into the bog on the side. He had obviously accomplished his mission. He came to see us!

A guy coming onto the road from a path near the bog saw him and was startled. He said something about "dangerous". I had not felt any concern about safety. I had just felt special!
We stopped at the ranger station to report our visit and the ranger was amazed, both at the sighting and at the location.
Fun times!

From Arita: Two Weeks

My wonderful architect daughter, Alexa, loves all things sustainable.
She applied to work at only one firm in Philadlephia the Spring of her
graduating year, and was given a job there even before she graduated.
SMP is a small, tight-knit, open room firm (around 12). A few months
ago she was laid off. She stayed happy. She said she had so many
friends who had not even found work after school, and many others who
had lost theirs, that she had been curious what it felt like. “Now I
know.” She appreciated the free time to plan for her wedding.

Within a week she was loaned out to a large 200 person firm, on an
hourly basis, and ended up with lots of overtime and good money. One
of the partners heard her suggestions at meetings and took her under
his wing. However – the work itself was not inspiring to Alexa. It
felt boring. She was unhappy and this big company was old school,
non-sustainable, cubicle work. She felt surrounded by misery.

Yesterday she told me she had lost her will to live. She wanted to
give her two-week notice. I said – “Go for it”. I reminded that
everything is temporary, and that since her first job at 16, she has
always been able to get work. She is a money-making magnet. And I
started talking about how much good attention she had received through
her new boss – getting to have authority over people who had been
there much longer, how she was bold enough to ignore the “rules” about
telephones and emails while those around her felt robbed of their
freedom. I told her that since every moment was just another part of
her good, that it made sense to me that she enjoys a turn at being the
odd child in an old-man industry who shook things up a bit. I told her
that she carried joy with her. I suggested a list of positive aspects
in order to milk the situation of all its good before she left.

She called me this morning to tell me that as she walked out the door
to work this morning she told her fiancé about her list of positive
aspects. She intention was to ONLY appreciate her situation. When she
got to work, she received a call from SMP asking her if she would come
back. They had more work and they wanted her back on the Children’s
Zoo project. They were ready to give Ballinger “two-weeks notice” if
that was alright with her.

What a happy surprise! To just barely begin to appreciate things as
they are and the Universe give notice. Her boss at Ballinger
apologized that they hadn’t given her work that was more engaging. He
said that it “hurt” for her to leave, and that if she ever wanted a
job, it was hers. I know that this contact was only one part of the
wonderFUL and delightFUL dance of success that is my Alexa!

From Yaki: Oodles of Men

I love the Universe. This Friday I met with my local Vortex group where we spend our time scripting, appreciating, and staying in the Vortex. Erin from the group told us of a mural she made of handsome men. She’d clip pictures of hunky men and then post them to this mural (board). The idea of good-looking men really sucked us deeper into our Vortex and we all played off the energy of many hunky men. We talked about all the half nude men we’d hire to wait on us at this magical party that I am hosting. We visualized and milked all the details of what these men would look like. Within MINUTES two unusually hunky men walked by the window of the coffee house conference room. We were lifted and delighted because we knew we were responsible for drawing these hotties to the coffee house. When we concluded the meet up we walked out of the conference room into the main coffee house and were delighted to see all the patrons were handsome men. ALL day long I saw hunky men who gave me yet another thing to appreciate. Talk about seeing the world with new eyes. We lightly activated the vibration of handsome men and within minutes the evidence was abundantly manifesting before our eyes. YAY for hunky men……

From Kim: The power of art

My husband is a rock musician but is affiliated with this world renown Jazz
musician who played with his quintet last night in the Valley. This man
is in his early 70's and has devoted his life and talents to his music for over 50 years
in Europe and the US, so it was quite an honor to meet him after the show.
for me it was almost an instant recognition and mutual appreciation.
But what really surprised and delighted me was when he was soloing on stage
there was an unexpected moment where i literally felt tears welling up, my heart lightening up and warming up,
an exhilarating energy pulsing through me as i was feeling the music; this incredible man's incredible musicianship.
it was delicious and beautiful to behold. it reminded me of the power of art, and that what i do, what my husband
is doing, is just so damn right.

From Arita: Windows

This bush is blooming next to my driveway, and when I get into the car
to leave it is right there on my left. Sometimes the way the colors
change from bud to blast are so surprising - so utterly delightful -
that I can't go anywhere for a while. It feels like I'm already there.
I sit and look at them.

I remember placing my order for that moment. I said "I want a yard
that has delightful views from every window". I didn't know that the
universe would include my car window!

From Tony: The Umbrella Caper!

Today I met Chris for lunch and we got to try and share our new huge umbrella. He being short and me taller, in addition to the wind blowing sideways made it impossible for us to stay under it at the same time. It was HYSTERICAL!!! We were laughing so hard that we got absolutely soaked from head to toe. What unexpected FUN!

From Christina: Realization

Amazing joyfilled gut realization this morning!!! Was driving on Ocean and really felt the AWESOME feeling of utter peace and bliss as I am a soul living in the momet with no past regrets, hurts... blah,blah,blah.....or future worries, concerns....blah, blah,blah...how liberating to be in the pureness of the moment....my soul is soaring.....................................................................................................

From Tony: My friend Murry

I have a daily re-occurring Surprise and Delight Moment!

There is a glorious palm tree that I can see when I look out of my bedroom and living room windows. His name is Murry. I have watched him grow tall, he towers above the entire neighborhood. He has the most beautiful straight and majestic trunk. His fronds are luxurious and shimmer and waive in the breeze. He exudes joy and vitality.

Every morning and evening, I waive to him and he waives back. Sometimes I sit in a chair and look at him, it fills me with such joy! When I go for a walk, I stop and touch him. When I am walking home and first see him, I greet him and speak to him.

He reminds me that All Is Well, he makes my heart sing!

From Kim: Breakthrough

I've recently had a breakthrough with my acting career.
I just got offered to be managed. I'm partnered up with a personal manager who believes in me and my work,
my vision, and future, we work very well together. we are going to have such a blast being
partners in this journey. It's a fun game for us. It's so exhilarating to have someone i love and trust to bounce
ideas off of, to grow with, and so refreshing because it feels like progress, the next logical step.
I'm thrilled by the path that we are on and all that's coming, and to
share my life's work with someone who truly gets it, one who also sees the greater picture.
I'm so appreciative of this partnership, it's a true gem, and it happened so easily so effortlessly
and felt so exciting. i feel like many doors are opening.
this is a wonderful, mutually beneficial partnership
for a long happy successful career ahead!
yahoooo! blissing out.

From Tony: A huge shift!

I had a very powerful moment on my walk today! I was walking very happily along, and I heard someone walk past me. It was then that I realized that I was looking up at the trees most of the way.

This is a major shift for me! My balance has be steadily improving, but this is a large shift. For the past five years I had to keep my head looking straight ahead or I would loose balance and get a close up view of the sidewalk. I could move my head from side to side a bit, but looking up and walking at the same time was not possible.

What a delightful and profound S & D moment to find myself with my head in the trees! I remember that I was so touched at how beautiful they were, no two the same. I had such a desire too see the trees, that I forgot my "limitation".

The rest of my walk home I spent enjoying the trees!!!

From Yaki: Creation Box

All is perfect in the world from within the Vortex. Today I traveled to an amazingly exotic place; my creation box. Last year I started the Abraham calendar where I learned of Abraham’s creation box. A box where I could put any representation of desires I have, newspaper clippings, awesome post cards, ads from catalogs, letters to source, etc.

I prepared my environment; turning on some Abe, kicking my shoes off, I peeled the top off and dived into deliberate creations past. I was instantly delighted to see Thailand, China, wondrous gardens, redwood tress, cool electronics, powerful crystals, moving boxes, kayakers, massages and so many other magically delicious things. One by one I was swept by waves of delight as I realized that these are all things have ALREADY manifested.

I placed these images in my box because they felt good, I let go of wanting to know what actions steps I needed to make them happen and to my amazing delight I realized they just came to me without ANY action steps.

Drawing forth the crystals was a very fun experience that lights me up every time I think of it. My mother and I went to Quartzite, to buy colorful beads, because combing color is fun. At the end of the day we returned to our car and I had an impulse to go into a shop that seemed to be closing up. I am so happy I did, the vibration of the room was electric. In every corner of my eye I could see the most amazing and colorful stones.

I spotted what felt like a family of quartz and knew I wanted them to come home with me. I set a price in my mind of what I’d be willing to pay for it and found someone who could give me the price.

The price was so good I swear it was free. I ended up with so many amazing crystals and all for less than what I wanted to spend on the first one. I love getting what I want the way I want it. And so today I found the image of a table full of crystals I placed in my box previous to my lining up with it.

Every item I placed in my box came to me in a way that was delicious, enjoyable, and easy. Can’t wait to add more to my box…..

From Arita: Three things

"Tell me three things." When Mark and I have climbed into bed, he is usually the first to say it. It is a device of his creation. So, when he asks I begin by relating an event or moment in the day that I appreciate. It can be a brief description or a longer tale (no rules) and it ends with "and that's my #1". Then it is Mark's turn. Sometimes the event was one that the other witnessed, now seen from the other's point of view. Even when it is not, by the time we have both said "and that's my #3," each is now a part of the others happiest moments. And the last thoughts of the day are of good times now shared. Sometimes we can't stop with just three. Ending the day with appreciation. A perfect way to ease into dream time.