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		<title>By: Self Improvement and Law of Attraction Link Love, Volume 13 : Today Is That Day</title>
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		<title>By: Andy Schmitt</title>
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		<dc:creator>Andy Schmitt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2007 00:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great Post Vickie!  The true Secret is you don’t need a book, a DVD, a coach, a program, or anything else. If you want some truly insightful, live-changing information, take 30 minutes a day and listen to the most intelligent being in your universe…YOURSELF!!!

Stay Positive,

Andy</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great Post Vickie!  The true Secret is you don’t need a book, a DVD, a coach, a program, or anything else. If you want some truly insightful, live-changing information, take 30 minutes a day and listen to the most intelligent being in your universe…YOURSELF!!!</p>
<p>Stay Positive,</p>
<p>Andy</p>
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		<title>By: Belle</title>
		<link>http://www.contemplatethis.com/archives/192/comment-page-1#comment-2371</link>
		<dc:creator>Belle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I was almost going to go, Vickie! A good friend of mine is going, and I was at travelocity just last month, figuring out air fare and hotels. It turned out that the Inn on Biltmore Estate was fully booked - which was lucky for me although at the time I was disappointed. I decided to wait a bit and see what the Universe would come up with ... and two days later, my daughter found out the play in which she&#039;s got a starring role was postponing its performance to the Thursday and Friday of that very weekend! So it turned out to be a very good thing that I couldn&#039;t figure out hotel and flight.

But I&#039;m planning on going to the one in October ... :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was almost going to go, Vickie! A good friend of mine is going, and I was at travelocity just last month, figuring out air fare and hotels. It turned out that the Inn on Biltmore Estate was fully booked &#8211; which was lucky for me although at the time I was disappointed. I decided to wait a bit and see what the Universe would come up with &#8230; and two days later, my daughter found out the play in which she&#8217;s got a starring role was postponing its performance to the Thursday and Friday of that very weekend! So it turned out to be a very good thing that I couldn&#8217;t figure out hotel and flight.</p>
<p>But I&#8217;m planning on going to the one in October &#8230; <img src='http://www.contemplatethis.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Vickie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Vickie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m going to be at the workshop too :)  I am going to be there on Saturday.  Anyone else going to be there on Saturday??</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m going to be at the workshop too <img src='http://www.contemplatethis.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />   I am going to be there on Saturday.  Anyone else going to be there on Saturday??</p>
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		<title>By: Linda Miller</title>
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		<dc:creator>Linda Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Tom,
 
I enjoyed so much reading your comments to Vickie.  Thank you for sharing here.  I am in agreement with you. 
 
One thing I would like to share with Vickie as she said a few times that the Law of Attraction works if you work it.... and I would like to add that the Law of Attraction is a LAW and it is always working.  We don&#039;t have to &quot;use&quot; it or &quot;make it work&quot; for us.  It&#039;s just always there like gravity.
 
The trick is to know how it works and align ourselves with our true desires that we can purposely attract.  Otherwise we are creating by default... and we don&#039;t want that do we?
 
Also Tom, you mentioned Abraham&#039;s Art of Allowing workshop in Asheville next month... and guess what... I&#039;LL BE THERE! 
 
I am from NC and I live in Michigan.  My husband and I are taking a 2 week camping trip to NC about an hour from Asheville, so in perfect and Divine timing (or course), we saw that the workshps are being offered all weekend the 2nd weekend in May, so we are attending on Sunday, May 6.
 
Which day will you be here?
 
It will be so great to meet you!  Please let me know and I&#039;ll wear a red rose in my hair so you can find me.  No, wait, I HAVE red hair so you can find me... lol. 
 
Oh, and by the way, I have the program from Barry that you talked about and it is great.- and I am also IN that $1995 SGR progrm and it is fantastic.
 
I absolutely LOVE all this spiritual growth and development.  I can just never get enough!
 
Thanks for being YOU.
 
Looking forward to hearing from you.
 
 
In love and gratitude,
 
Linda Miller</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Tom,</p>
<p>I enjoyed so much reading your comments to Vickie.  Thank you for sharing here.  I am in agreement with you. </p>
<p>One thing I would like to share with Vickie as she said a few times that the Law of Attraction works if you work it&#8230;. and I would like to add that the Law of Attraction is a LAW and it is always working.  We don&#8217;t have to &#8220;use&#8221; it or &#8220;make it work&#8221; for us.  It&#8217;s just always there like gravity.</p>
<p>The trick is to know how it works and align ourselves with our true desires that we can purposely attract.  Otherwise we are creating by default&#8230; and we don&#8217;t want that do we?</p>
<p>Also Tom, you mentioned Abraham&#8217;s Art of Allowing workshop in Asheville next month&#8230; and guess what&#8230; I&#8217;LL BE THERE! </p>
<p>I am from NC and I live in Michigan.  My husband and I are taking a 2 week camping trip to NC about an hour from Asheville, so in perfect and Divine timing (or course), we saw that the workshps are being offered all weekend the 2nd weekend in May, so we are attending on Sunday, May 6.</p>
<p>Which day will you be here?</p>
<p>It will be so great to meet you!  Please let me know and I&#8217;ll wear a red rose in my hair so you can find me.  No, wait, I HAVE red hair so you can find me&#8230; lol. </p>
<p>Oh, and by the way, I have the program from Barry that you talked about and it is great.- and I am also IN that $1995 SGR progrm and it is fantastic.</p>
<p>I absolutely LOVE all this spiritual growth and development.  I can just never get enough!</p>
<p>Thanks for being YOU.</p>
<p>Looking forward to hearing from you.</p>
<p>In love and gratitude,</p>
<p>Linda Miller</p>
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		<title>By: Lyman Reed</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lyman Reed</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Vickie,

Fantastic post!  If I may be blunt, I wanted to puke when I first saw that &quot;$1995 to buy in&quot; affiliate program; I think I&#039;ve still got a draft post about it sitting around.  I&#039;m still working on using some &quot;Art of Allowing&quot; on that one. :)

I&#039;m glad I found your blog!  And hey, wait... you linked to mine!  Thanks! :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Vickie,</p>
<p>Fantastic post!  If I may be blunt, I wanted to puke when I first saw that &#8220;$1995 to buy in&#8221; affiliate program; I think I&#8217;ve still got a draft post about it sitting around.  I&#8217;m still working on using some &#8220;Art of Allowing&#8221; on that one. <img src='http://www.contemplatethis.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>I&#8217;m glad I found your blog!  And hey, wait&#8230; you linked to mine!  Thanks! <img src='http://www.contemplatethis.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Vickie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Vickie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Tom,

Thanks for moving this over there.  I know that the program you were advertising didn&#039;t cost the $1995.  :)  I said that money aspect of the programs didn&#039;t bother me but that I thought $1995 for a program was a bit excessive (from another affiliate program that is being aggressively marketed online at the moment.)

As I said above, it&#039;s not about the money people are making, but rather the way the programs are being marketed.  They seem to be preying on people&#039;s inability to figure it out on their own and using what, in my opinion, amounts to high pressure used car salesmen tactics.  

&quot;Buy now or you will never get a chance again&quot;  &quot;Only available today!&quot; &quot;Buy at this price because tomorrow it will be 3 times the cost&quot;   

They don&#039;t seem like they are very LOA inpiring tactics to me?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Tom,</p>
<p>Thanks for moving this over there.  I know that the program you were advertising didn&#8217;t cost the $1995.  <img src='http://www.contemplatethis.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />   I said that money aspect of the programs didn&#8217;t bother me but that I thought $1995 for a program was a bit excessive (from another affiliate program that is being aggressively marketed online at the moment.)</p>
<p>As I said above, it&#8217;s not about the money people are making, but rather the way the programs are being marketed.  They seem to be preying on people&#8217;s inability to figure it out on their own and using what, in my opinion, amounts to high pressure used car salesmen tactics.  </p>
<p>&#8220;Buy now or you will never get a chance again&#8221;  &#8220;Only available today!&#8221; &#8220;Buy at this price because tomorrow it will be 3 times the cost&#8221;   </p>
<p>They don&#8217;t seem like they are very LOA inpiring tactics to me?</p>
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		<title>By: Tom</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Vickie!

Wow, this is great! I wanted to share a great resource with everyone, Vickie shines a light on it by giving it attention, energy and focus and the law of attraction delivers.... big time!

Vickie, I read your blog and I was very entertained by your writing style. You need to write a book!

I had a couple of questions about your blog post and maybe I should be commenting over there, but I&#039;ll say what&#039;s on my mind here and hopefully we&#039;ll get some traffic to your blog.

I, like you (and I assume everyone reading) is a student on a path towards conscious awakening and creation. Sure, I teach the law of attraction and practice it every day, but I&#039;m obsessed about learning more about it and I like turning people on to what I&#039;ve learned and the resources I&#039;ve found.

You mention in your blog that there&#039;s lots of free places on the net for learning about the law of attraction You forgot to mention my site borntomanifest.com which has lots of free articles and 10 free e-books on manifestation and the power of thought! ;o)

Sorry, there I go again spammin&#039; away!

Your blog also mentions Abraham-Hicks. The master! I have great respect for Esther, Jerry and Abraham. I really do. I have learned more about the law of attraction from Abe than anywhere else. I hope to attend the $195 workshop in Asheville next month. Gee, with all the millions the Hicks have made, you&#039;d think those seminars would be free by now after 20 years of channeling... you know, books, cards, CDs and all that cool re-packaging Jerry has such a talent for.

Let me tell you why I got so excited about the Masters of the Secret Program I talked about yesterday. As I mentioned above, I am obsessed about learning all I can about the LOA.

Yes, there&#039;s lots of free stuff out there. And if you think about it, there&#039;s lots of free stuff available on any subject. However, the deeper you dig, expect to pay for the value you receive. The Secret DVD cost $30, and now a few bootlegs circulate cyberspace. Pirated Abraham audio and workbooks can be found too! My point is, somewhere along the feeding chain it took some money to produce something of value.

The same with the program I talked about yesterday. It took some money to put it together and it has great value to someone like me (and others) who are obsessed with learning as much as they can about the subject.

It was inspired by Bill Harris, one of the teachers in the Secret, when he did an interview and stated that the real steps to manifestation he talked about in his 90 minute interview from the movie was edited out.

Barry Goss, the &#039;manifester&#039; of the Masters of the Secret interview/transcript package, put together over 20 hours of interviews on this &#039;edited information&#039; with people like Joe Vitale, Dr. John DeMartini, Bob Doyle, Jack Canfield, James Ray, Mike Dooley and a host of others. Do you recognize any of the names? Of course you do! Teachers from the Secret and everyone mentioned was edited!

And please understand, if I had the opportunity I would give Rhonda Byrne a big kiss on the lips to thank her for what she has done for the consciousness of the world. What a wonderful gift to humanity!

But, the Secret is only part of the story. I found some more information on the LOA in Barry&#039;s program and was excited to share it (and was rewarded for sharing it).

No, it&#039;s not the $1995 program you talked about in your blog. That&#039;s a program by Bob Proctor. Abe tells us there&#039;s no difference in manifesting $1 or $1995. We get what we believe, don&#039;t we.

I believe it&#039;s ok to receive money-energy for value received. I get more value out of programs like Barry&#039;s than what it cost me to go to college!!!

If you didn&#039;t already generate an account for Barry&#039;s program, go here:
http://www.mastersofthesecret.com/?join=564

You don&#039;t have to be poor to be spiritual. Look at Esther and Jerry! They&#039;ve got it made and that&#039;s great, ain&#039;t it? I mean, we all agreed that this paper we carry in our pockets and purses is worth something! I know the grocer, the electric company, the landlord, the phone company all think its worth something! ;o)

So, Vickie, I&#039;m looking forward to your book. What do you think it will cost? Hey! I got an idea, I&#039;ll trade you my book. That it, unless you find a bootleg of it out there.

Peace, love and light,
-Tom</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Vickie!</p>
<p>Wow, this is great! I wanted to share a great resource with everyone, Vickie shines a light on it by giving it attention, energy and focus and the law of attraction delivers&#8230;. big time!</p>
<p>Vickie, I read your blog and I was very entertained by your writing style. You need to write a book!</p>
<p>I had a couple of questions about your blog post and maybe I should be commenting over there, but I&#8217;ll say what&#8217;s on my mind here and hopefully we&#8217;ll get some traffic to your blog.</p>
<p>I, like you (and I assume everyone reading) is a student on a path towards conscious awakening and creation. Sure, I teach the law of attraction and practice it every day, but I&#8217;m obsessed about learning more about it and I like turning people on to what I&#8217;ve learned and the resources I&#8217;ve found.</p>
<p>You mention in your blog that there&#8217;s lots of free places on the net for learning about the law of attraction You forgot to mention my site borntomanifest.com which has lots of free articles and 10 free e-books on manifestation and the power of thought! ;o)</p>
<p>Sorry, there I go again spammin&#8217; away!</p>
<p>Your blog also mentions Abraham-Hicks. The master! I have great respect for Esther, Jerry and Abraham. I really do. I have learned more about the law of attraction from Abe than anywhere else. I hope to attend the $195 workshop in Asheville next month. Gee, with all the millions the Hicks have made, you&#8217;d think those seminars would be free by now after 20 years of channeling&#8230; you know, books, cards, CDs and all that cool re-packaging Jerry has such a talent for.</p>
<p>Let me tell you why I got so excited about the Masters of the Secret Program I talked about yesterday. As I mentioned above, I am obsessed about learning all I can about the LOA.</p>
<p>Yes, there&#8217;s lots of free stuff out there. And if you think about it, there&#8217;s lots of free stuff available on any subject. However, the deeper you dig, expect to pay for the value you receive. The Secret DVD cost $30, and now a few bootlegs circulate cyberspace. Pirated Abraham audio and workbooks can be found too! My point is, somewhere along the feeding chain it took some money to produce something of value.</p>
<p>The same with the program I talked about yesterday. It took some money to put it together and it has great value to someone like me (and others) who are obsessed with learning as much as they can about the subject.</p>
<p>It was inspired by Bill Harris, one of the teachers in the Secret, when he did an interview and stated that the real steps to manifestation he talked about in his 90 minute interview from the movie was edited out.</p>
<p>Barry Goss, the &#8216;manifester&#8217; of the Masters of the Secret interview/transcript package, put together over 20 hours of interviews on this &#8216;edited information&#8217; with people like Joe Vitale, Dr. John DeMartini, Bob Doyle, Jack Canfield, James Ray, Mike Dooley and a host of others. Do you recognize any of the names? Of course you do! Teachers from the Secret and everyone mentioned was edited!</p>
<p>And please understand, if I had the opportunity I would give Rhonda Byrne a big kiss on the lips to thank her for what she has done for the consciousness of the world. What a wonderful gift to humanity!</p>
<p>But, the Secret is only part of the story. I found some more information on the LOA in Barry&#8217;s program and was excited to share it (and was rewarded for sharing it).</p>
<p>No, it&#8217;s not the $1995 program you talked about in your blog. That&#8217;s a program by Bob Proctor. Abe tells us there&#8217;s no difference in manifesting $1 or $1995. We get what we believe, don&#8217;t we.</p>
<p>I believe it&#8217;s ok to receive money-energy for value received. I get more value out of programs like Barry&#8217;s than what it cost me to go to college!!!</p>
<p>If you didn&#8217;t already generate an account for Barry&#8217;s program, go here:<br />
<a href="http://www.mastersofthesecret.com/?join=564" >http://www.mastersofthesecret.com/?join=564</a></p>
<p>You don&#8217;t have to be poor to be spiritual. Look at Esther and Jerry! They&#8217;ve got it made and that&#8217;s great, ain&#8217;t it? I mean, we all agreed that this paper we carry in our pockets and purses is worth something! I know the grocer, the electric company, the landlord, the phone company all think its worth something! ;o)</p>
<p>So, Vickie, I&#8217;m looking forward to your book. What do you think it will cost? Hey! I got an idea, I&#8217;ll trade you my book. That it, unless you find a bootleg of it out there.</p>
<p>Peace, love and light,<br />
-Tom</p>
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