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I Can Do It! Conference Review - Day 4

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

The review of the 2007 I Can Do It! Conference concludes.
Day 4 - Sunday
Group Meetup
Steve:  About fifteen people showed up to our 8am meetup.  Not everyone stayed for the duration, although most did.  Fortunately the concourse was not at all crowded and was fairly quiet during that time, so we had a good spot all to ourselves.  We [...]

I Can Do It! Conference Review - Day 3

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

The review of the 2007 I Can Do It! Conference continues.
Day 3 - Saturday
Bill Phillips - Transformation: You Have the Power and Ability to Change
Steve:  After a heart-warming welcome by 80-year old Hay House founder Louise Hay, Bill Phillips took the stage to talk about transformation.  Years ago I’d read his popular book Body for Life, [...]

I Can Do It! Conference Review - Day 2

Monday, May 28th, 2007

The review of the 2007 I Can Do It! Conference continues.
Day 2 - Friday
Brian Weiss, M.D. - Same Soul, Many Bodies
Steve:  Friday began with a six-hour workshop on past life regression therapy from Dr. Brian Weiss, author of Many Lives, Many Masters.  The main reason I opted to attend this workshop (there were 9 to choose from) is that [...]

I Can Do It! Conference Review - Day 1

Sunday, May 27th, 2007

Last weekend Erin and I attended Hay House’s 2007 I Can Do It! Conference at the Sands Expo in Las Vegas.  This was my third year attending this conference and Erin’s second.  You may have seen our review of the 2006 seminar.  Keynote speakers included Dr. Wayne Dyer, Bill Phillips, Doreen Virtue, Christiane Northrup, and Deepak Chopra.
I Can [...]

Sex Energy

Monday, April 9th, 2007

Napoleon Hill devoted a full chapter to the transmutation of sex energy in his classic book Think and Grow Rich.  He found that the most successful people were highly sexed, achieving great success by directing their sexual energy into their work.  In this article I’ll explain how to use sex energy to set goals that align with [...]

Darkworkers, Lightworkers, and Levels of Consciousness

Friday, March 23rd, 2007

How can a darkworker experience higher levels of consciousness like unconditional love and peace? 
The original descriptions of the levels of consciousness are lightworker-biased.  For a darkworker the level of unconditional love is directed inwardly as love of self.  It’s like a highly concentrated form of arrogance.  It may not be expressed outwardly in the form of a smug attitude, but inwardly the [...]

Polarity and Health

Friday, March 9th, 2007

What role does polarity play in health-oriented intentions such as the desire to lose weight?  Does polarity have a practical application to something like weight loss?
Let’s say you want to lose weight, so you form the following intention, where XXX represents your goal weight:
I weigh XXX pounds.
Now what is the polarity of this intention?  Is this a [...]

Are You a Lightworker or a Darkworker?

Thursday, March 8th, 2007

Asking this question is like asking whether you’re a black belt in karate or jujitsu.  Most likely you are neither, since most people never make such a commitment in their entire lives.  Lightworkers and darkworkers combined probably account for less than 1% of the population.
Becoming a lightworker or darkworker isn’t something that just happens to you.  It’s a [...]

The Science of Success

Tuesday, March 6th, 2007

A few weeks ago I evaluated The Science of Success program from James Ray.  James is one of the cast members of the underground hit movie The Secret, and you may have seen him on Oprah earlier this month or read my recent interview with him.  I spoke with James on the phone in January, [...]

Polarity and Your Career

Monday, March 5th, 2007

As a follow-up to the Polarity and Polarization articles, let’s explore some practical applications of polarity-based thinking with respect to your career choices.
Better decision-making
The significance of polarity is that it can serve as a powerful decision-making tool.  It helps you cut through the fog of indecision to reach a new level of clarity.  When you look [...]



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