My Creation Declaration

As promised, my Creation Declaration for a new position.

CREATION DECLARATION: MARCH 2005

CATEGORY: CAREER

WHAT I INTEND TO CREATE AND ATTRACT: A NEW POSITION

THE DETAILS:

My new position takes me back into the heart of working within the creative and/or cultural industries and with creative people, which has always been my passion. Ever since I worked as a Publicity Manager, the part I enjoyed most about that position was going on photographic and film shoots, working with graphic and web designers, advertising agencies. Working with film directors, editors etc. Developing, implementing and monitoring the success of a concept and an overall campaign.

My expressed declaration is that I see my new position as having those activities in abundance. I work in a clear glass, minimalist building overlooking a river. The atmosphere within this organization is that it is an environment which focuses on creativity and expressing joy through their creativity.

The age range in this particular organization is 25 - 50 and it is ethnically diverse as well with equal numbers of men and women. It contributes to the wellbeing of everyone who works in it. It is a happy and motivated environment. The organization's values are aligned with my own values so: creativity, autonomy, harmony, focus, bringing together diversity of thought and feeling to a cohesive whole, understanding and working with ambiguity are key to its operation.

In fact the environment is constantly like the environment that I worked on for the C.A.L.M campaign - everyone does their best for the campaign at hand and office politics are kept to a minimum. I get on well with all of my colleagues and they understand how and when I work best - in a relatively calm and quiet, but creative environment (I am a Highly Sensitive Person after all:.)

Meetings are held on my terms - in the morning, no more than 6 people at any given time and enough time for me to absorb the material and make a full contribution. This isn't, however, a meetings obsessed organization; we are more keen on getting things done and more importantly, enjoying the process of getting them done.

There are a lot of cafes, shops around where I can buy healthy food. There is either a gym on the premises or subsidised arrangement with a nearby fitness centre. The organization is well regarded as being a leader in its field.

It is a senior management post with a starting salary of £40,000, with the normal pension benefits, 5-6 weeks leave etc and the opportunity to work from home if necessary. I work a 4 day week, leaving time for me to participate in other hobbies, activities and be with the ones I love. The organization is located in either North London (no more than 5 mins away from Kings Cross Station), Hertfordshire or Bedfordshire, within the major towns and cities in these areas.

Who am I in this job?

I manage a substantial budget and a small group of staff. My position is represented on the Board of Management, which means that I have substantial input and influence over the direction of the organization. My coaching experience becomes invaluable when I manage people and deal with the inevitable conflicts and disagreeements, which to me, are fertile ground to get the best out of people and making something work. If they didn't care, there wouldn't be conflict, so it shows enthusiasm! But I'm digressing a bit here.

I start work at 9.30 and leave at 5.30, with 45 mins for lunch. The It is understood that working continously long hours doesn't make anyone more productive and in fact the opposite is true. My colleagues understand that it isn't the length of time that I work there, but how productive and focused I am in the time that I am there.

I am calm, creative, focused, energetic, assertive and dynamic in this position. Are these contradictory? Not at all, we all hold the energies of different qualities within us and these qualities are shown to us when necessary. I see myself working easily and effortlessly at this post and being offered the post by the end of April to start in May.

I feel good here, I belong here. I work in an organization with kudos and respect of working within a high profile private company but with the ethos and ethics of public service. I have the best of both worlds. In the future I see myself as an Art Consultant or Business Coach to those in the creative industries, but in a more structured way - this post is a stepping stone to my goal.

This position also provides me with the ability to make more friends, contact, colleagues, associates, and meeting new people, no matter what capacity, is always a pleasure and a joy. I Of course I make a major difference to the organization.........

"I am productive. My work is lucrative. I feel good about what I do. I help others to feel the value of themselves as a result of interacting with me."

There are so many opportunities available to me right now, so many organizations that fit the bill. Here are just a few on my roll call:

Bedford College
The Hat Factory/Head Start
Arts Admin
Film London
Skills Base
Skills Set
British Film Institute
Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)
Communicators in Business
Arts Marketing Association
Autograph
Audiences London
Creative Capital Networking Projects
Arts in Business
London Association of Art and Design in Education
Arts Council
Germination
Create KX
Merge
Creative Action Design
One Strategic Communication
Oak Creative Partners

However, I open myself up to receive either this or something better from the Universe.

I am in alignment with the powerful, energetic truth of this document and allow the experience to unfold.

The Universe will support the attraction of this experience in a form that promises to be for the highest good of all concerned.

I surrender all attachements to the outcome and time frames and I align my will and God's will now; I know that it is making its way to me and that it has already been completed within another dimension.

My job is to: listen, trust and take guided action.

And so it is and so it is.

Signed: Julie Plenty

Date: 26th March 2005

Preparing my Creation Declaration

I haven't posted for a while to this blog - mainly because I have another blog (manifestingplenty) where I put a lot of my articles - but I've decided to make this blog the arena for some of my prosperity processes. I've been a member of the Prosperity Partnership, run by Elyse Killoran and her program goes into great detail about we can create prosperity in our lives and more importantly, there are a lot of tools, exercises that really shift your energy and I know that they work; because I've done them. But for a variety of reasons I stopped doing them and now it's time to get back onto those processes.

I've closed down the coaching practice/ website business and will for now only operate a blog. You can find out my reasons why by visiting my other blog.

So now it's time to go back into the workplace - which initially I wasn't keen on doing - but in line with the Law of Attraction, am beginning to see the benefits of doing so. So it's time for a Creation Declaration or Statement of Intent. This is also known as Life Scripting, where you describe in great details what I want in its most ideal and highest form, commit this paper and in doing so start to align my energy to receive it. It works extraordinarily well - in the writing I start getting clarity about what I want and the completed version then feels like a release.

I write and focus and think about what I want until frankly, I'm sick of it - then I can let it go and open myself up to allow myself to receive it. I then start to take inspired action - action that is based from inspiration, intuition and from a deeper sense of knowing, rather than something that I feel I "ought" to do or someone told me to do. So it's time to script the perfect position for me right now. This can often feel like a stream of consciousness and I do feel exposed over making what is personal public. But then that is what blogs are all about right?

Contrast and the Coach

I've been thinking a lot about contrast today. What's contrast? Knowing about contrast is one of the key elements of the Law of Attraction. To have contrast means that you attract experiences you don't want, so that you gain clarity about what you so.

The only difficulty is that sometimes we live in the don't wants of our lives, while we should really only be visiting. They serve to give us clarity - that's' all.

It is often much easier for people to state what they don't want in their lives and this is a necessary step. Think about it. For instance, ask someone what they like about their job and then what they dislike. How much time do you think is assigned to each category? We are much more used to looking at, and often living, in the negative. We live in the "don't wants" of our lives (and wonder why something seems to be missing). What needs to be realised is that the "don't want" is only there for clarification. We don't have to live there (we don't have to do anything, actually), but can visit very briefly for clarity's sake.

So many of us don't really know what we want, because we're so influenced by beliefs we don't even know we have, but are holding us back. Everyone else is in our head, taking up space, but not us. And often we need to vent out our don't wants before we realise this.

I went to San Francisco and New York recently for a short break. Before I left, I was convinced that I'd prefer San Francisco to New York. I used to live in London, but moved out a few years back and thought that San Fran, being smaller, would be my preference. How wrong was I? I like San Francisco well enough, but loved New York. Yes, I was staying in central Manhattan with family, right in the heart of everything - but as soon as I shut the door everything was quiet again and I really enjoyed the contrast of that.

I guess what I'm saying is that I liked the contrast between the peace and quiet and stimulation. And that I actually prefer that contrast in my environment. I've tended too much towards the peace and quiet recently and realise that I also like being in the hub of activity. But I found this out through contrast and comparison with New York and San Francisco.

And I'm digressing again - but a thought for today - the don't wants are for clarity only. I can't say this enough. As soon as you have the clarity, start focusing your feeling on the wants and keep it there!

The Law of Deliberate Creation

I thought that it would help to expand in more detail what the Law of Deliberate Creation is and how it works, as it is so pivotal to literally "creating the life that you want". Before I start getting onto the processes involved. What follows is a fantastic article by Eva Gregory, which leaves you in no doubt about how powerful you really are.

The Law of Deliberate Creation

Infinite growth. Eternal change. Never-ending creation. It all begins with thought. Literally, every thought you think influences and adds to what you are experiencing.

Yet most people's lives change very little. How do you account for that? I had a client say to me, "I don't understand, Eva. You're telling me I'm the creator of my experience, and there's no way I would have created this crisis in my life on purpose!"

I agree!

Certainly not on purpose. Definitely by default. It is the lack of understanding of Universal Laws that has us creating our lives by default. Once you understand these Laws, you can begin to create what you want in your life consciously and deliberately.

When things are going wrong in our lives, we want to deny any responsibility for creating it. And yet, until you understand the power you hold and accept responsibility for everything in your life -- the good, the bad and the ugly -- you deny your true freedom in life!

You are held hostage by the wants and desires and expectations of others. And I've got news for you. There is no way possible to satisfy all the wants, desires, and expectations others project on you. It is a losing situation!

In my last article, I talked about the Law of Attraction which, simply put, means whatever you focus on you draw to you. So, if you are focused on something you do not want, you attract more of that to you.

If you are focused on something you do want, you attract more of that to you. As thinking, feeling human beings we are in a constant mode of creating, whether we believe it or not. We are creators. Anything you focus on, by the Law of Attraction, you create. Without exception. Your creativity never stops. The good news is that once you understand this, you can be deliberate in your intent.

You can choose thoughts about the experiences and things you do want in your life rather than thinking thoughts about what you don't want in your life. In other words, you begin to create what you want purposefully and intentionally. The Law of Deliberate Creation is simply understanding the Law of Attraction and then consciously and deliberately choosing the thoughts and emotions that feel better. Always reach for the thought that feels better.
How do you know when you're in alignment with what you want or when you're not? Check in with your emotions. Your emotions never lie!

You may ask, "Where does action come in"? Clearly, as humans, we are action-oriented beings. Yet, when we put our focus on being in action first -- being in the 'doing' first -- we are going about our creative process backwards. The natural order is to identify how you want to feel, then identify what you want from that feeling place. From that point, you will be inspired to the right action.

Let's take an example. One of my clients wanted to increase her chiropractic business to 30 new clients per month. When we first began the process, both of us got caught up in the tactics, the goals and the how-to's of making it happen. It really got bogged down. (Yes, even I still slip up after all these years. Dang!)

Once I realized what was going on -- trying to make something happen before getting into alignment with it emotionally -- I checked in with her. "Karen, how does this plan feel to you?" There was an enormous amount of resistance, feelings of "should" and the feeling of having to take it all on herself, yada, yada, yada.

We tossed it all out the window and began again with what felt good to her. I sent her away to do absolutely nothing over the next week except get into the feeling place of what it would be like to have 30 new clients coming in every month easily and effortlessly.

She journaled and visualized what a day would feel like if clients just flowed to her. She saw them appreciating having her, and getting the relief they were looking for. She got into the feeling place of what it would be like to have the day-to-day administration handled without her having to be involved and having it be streamlined.

From there, the inspired ideas came for the action steps that worked for her. She went to a class on a database software package that would streamline the administrative side of the business.
She organized a newsletter to go out regularly and follow-up letters to be sent to prospects and past clients offering a special just for them.

She even found someone else to handle it all so she could be home with her children to enjoy the planning and preparations for their Christmas holiday. Within a month, she was attracting 30 clients a month and working less in the process. You will hear me say this many, many times over the course of this year: there is nothing more important than that you feel good! And from that feel-good place, you can easily create all you are wanting in your life.

It is the difference in coming from a negative place, working really hard to fix what is wrong -- to being in a positive place, clear about what you want and attracting that to you easily. Most of us haven't quite gotten it yet that life is supposed to be fun!

Here you are in this creative 'workshop' of incredible proportion. It is called your life.

It is your job to use this time/space reality to create what you want in your imagination, get into the feeling place of it already happening, and then allow the Universe to bring about the people, places, circumstances, events and action from inspiration that allows it to become a part of your physical reality.

What is the Law of Attraction?

The Law of Attraction as defined by Abraham-Hicks states that "you attract to yourself what you give your attention and energy to, whether wanted or unwanted". This means your thoughts, actions, beliefs, behaviours. But it starts with the thought which has an energy of its own. The Universe responds to what we think and believe. In that sense it is non judgemental and doesn't discriminate. The energy you give to your thoughts, actions etc determines your reality.

Have you ever had one of those days when nothing seems right? You get up "out of the wrong side of the bed" and then it just gets worse? You're late for work, miss a meeting, you forget your partner's birthday:.) Everything goes into a downward spiral. These days are quite common and we've all had them. Heard of the phrase "things come in threes" - this is a reference, although unacknowledged, to the Law of Attraction. And then you say "I wish I'd never got out of bed" - but the bad mood getting out of bed set everything in motion.

It's all to do with the vibration.

Hello?

Yes, it's our vibrations that determines what kind of life we create for ourselves. We don't use the word vibration much in this respect. But we do use the word vibe (which is only a shortened version) to describe our sensory perception about someone or a situation. It's got a good vibe about it. Also, you could cut the atmosphere with a knife. Instinctively, we all know about the fact that we vibrate and that humans are conduits of energy.

What we may not know is that Universe is also an energy and responds directly to the energy that we put out. You have that giddy feeling when you're first in love, or good things are happening to you. You feel enthused, inspired, creative, motivated, joyous - just damn good! Doesn't everything seem to fall into place and things go well for you? Riding the crest of a wave. All those fantastic feelings just help you get more good feelings and better things start happening for you.

This may seem a little simplistic or just unbelievable. But I'm certain that if you look back there have been instances in your life where you've experienced the benefits of giving out good vibes and the disadvantages of bad vibes. It's called the Law of Attraction, because it is universal and eternal. It is happening to all of us whether we believe it or not. Whatever you focus on you draw to you. So, if you are focused on something you do not want, you attract more of that to you. If you are focused on something you do want, you attract more of that to you.

The Law of Deliberate Creation

This means that once you understand the Law of Attraction, you can begin to deliberately create what you want in your life by consciously choosing your thoughts, ramping up your desire and getting in emotional alignment for what you want to create in your life. It's all about feelings. Once you become enthusiastic and desirous of what you want to create (without becoming attached to it, avoid feelings of "lack"), visualise about it, act "as if" it's there. It will come to you. No question.

The Law of Allowing

This is where a lot of us stumble. We ramp up our energy, visualise what we want to create in our lives - what we want comes to us - but we either don't recognise it or don't allow it in. Once you begin to know how to create - it can feel so easy, that we become suspicious of it. And we like to work hard and struggle right? Wrong. There are easier ways and what I'm doing is to work consistently with these processes to create the life I want.

Why here, why now?

I've started this blog because over the past few months I've become interested, no, fascinated with the Law of Attraction. I'll explain what it is in another posting. But the reason for me starting this blog is to start a discussion around the Law of Attraction, include articles from those who practice, reading lists (once I can find out how to do so) and examples from wherever I can find them and also to outline my own processes as well re: the Law of Attraction, Law of Deliberate Creation and the Law of Allowing.

I'm not exactly doing this in a spirit of enquiry; I know that this stuff works; what I need is to be more consistent in my application of it. A lot of what I write will be work and study that I've done with the Prosperity Partnership.

I may decide to make my experiences with the processes (rather than the processes themselves, you understand) public and to track them over time. Writing down things really helps to focus my mind and gain clarity. I am, by nature, a private person and self disclosure doesn't come easily to me. But it seems that a blog is a good forum to help me develop a structure to work with these processes.

An explanation of the Law of Attraction will follow soon. This is an introductory piece to set the tone.

It's an exciting journey and I'm looking forward to it.