I am not sure how many times I have written and re-written my CMI, but I will say that I wasn’t overly pleased with any of them, until now.

My early attempts lacked emotion and vision, not to mention passion and soul. I just wasn’t feeling them as much as I thought that I could or should. Then while discussing the attraction of great literary works with a friend, it suddenly dawned on me, Why not write my CMI as a story? When I read a story, my mind forms the images and sensations to go along with it, so then, if I write my CMI as a story, then I figured I could weave all the sensations, feelings, and desires that I want into it.

My previous CMI started out like this, “I am so happy and grateful now that I have over five million dollars in my bank account.” Nice, ya, but to me, pretty lack luster, it just wasn’t working.

My new one starts out like this…

“The mornings light streams through the spacious bedroom in brilliant golden shards broken up by the flutter of partially opened curtains. There is the hint of a breeze whispering its way through the screened terrace doors… I sit up and take a deep breath of fresh air while feeling the welcome coolness of the hardwood floor against my bare feet. The Arlington Panel bed fits well with the simple elegance of this room and I stand, leaving its inviting comforts behind.”

OK, for me, that works way better. Now I can see it, I can smell it and I can feel it. So, if you, like me, are thinking that your CMI just isn’t quite doing it for you, perhaps you may want to try putting it into a story form. Be creative. See it, Feel it, Smell it, Touch it, Hear it, then write it.

Oh and also, I’m doing this in my word processor as well, so that I can go back and add the finer details as I like, you know, statements like “The center piece to the entertainment room is a Bang and Olufsen BeoVision 4 system, complete with a 104 inch plasma screen and 14 BeoLab speakers.” help to solidify the realness of my vision.

Remember, the more real you can make it the clearer your message to the Universe becomes.
I hope this helps you, because is is really helping me.

Hi Bruce,


See it, Feel it, Smell it, Touch it, Hear it, then writing creatively about the things that you want is much more effective than just having a CMI for money! And it's interesting that there are a number of ways that you can recieve the things that you want beyond money!

When I first wrote my CMI it was about things, and I was able to see, feel, smell, touch and hear those things in my mind. After a while I began to realize that I had the order of what I wanted backwards! I had started out with what I wanted to have, do and be and have changed the order to be, do and have!

Who do I want to be seems to be much more exciting than what do I want to have. And doing what I want to do on a daily, weekly, monthly and yearly basis ties in pretty well with who I want to be. Finally I discovered that if I am who I want to be and do what I want to do than it is pretty easy to have what I want to have!

You are absolutely right Tom, my first few CMI’s were all about things, and like I said, they were pretty lackluster. By allowing my creative side to take over and put it into a story form, I have began to become who I want to be and do the things that I want to do and wrap it all up in what I want.

It feels so much more real now, however, after readying your comments I realized that I have written myself pretty vaguely. Certainly I can do a better job of describing me, my feelings, beliefs and ideals than I have done so far. I was planning on doing a bit of refining on it tonight, so I do believe that I will work on your suggestions as well while I am in there. The more that I can refine it, the more real it will become, the more I will feel it, be it and live it.

Thank you Tom for your most enlightening insight, I can feel the creative juices flowing even now!

Bruce, I love what you have written - it is inspiring and very helpful to me in developing my CMI. Keep us posted as to when the varying elements manifest in the physical for you. I do so love tangible results and wonder if each manifestation will bring greater clarity and detail to the rest of your story.

Thanks for sharing.

Mozz (Inveterate Brightsider)

Sounds good to me, Ping! Whatever works for each individual is just right.

A clear mental image is really always about imagined EXPERIENCE. Everything we ever want is only ever because we think we'll feel better with it (and if we're really "getting" this stuff, it's because just thinking about us gives us that better feeling right in the moment).

That feeling is an experience. So "stuff" itself won't engender any feeling, really, but the imagined experience of using it -- the "why" behind the "what" -- definitely will.

Whenever someone says she doesn't know what she wants, a good question to shake it loose (because she actually DOES know) is just to ask: What do I want to EXPERIENCE?

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wonder if each manifestation will bring greater clarity and detail to the rest of your story.

Yup, it sure will. And sometimes they not only bring greater clarity, they bring so MUCH clarity that they change your whole idea of what you're wanting. Each step just causes your ideas to evolve more and more.

It is amazing to experience the magic of the Universes answers to my CMI's and my hearts desires.

For example, I had desired a netbook for a while now. I would think about how it would enrich my business and my life. I spoke about it at work and described it as a great tool.

Recently, a friend of mine moved down from Alaska to the East side of Oregon. (For anyone not familiar with this State, the Cascade Mountains divide the lush fertile west side where I live from the dryer chaparral east side.) My friend had finally found a home and was settling in but was having difficulty getting her new and old emails to work properly for her. Also, one of her computers appeared to have gotten broken on the trip down. So, on a beautifully sunny Saturday I took a nice long drive over the mountains and paid her a visit. Being a Pro Geek with 25+ years experience I had her email up to snuff in no time and even fixed her “broken” computer simply by resetting the cards and such.

As it turned out, she had purchased a netbook for her trip down and handed it to me saying that she would probably never use it again and that I could use it for as long a I liked. So, just like that, I am now in possession of one of my hearts desires and it came from an angle that my conscious mind could never have conjured.

What I have learned and continue to learn through the practices taught here at SOGR are just amazing. I am constantly in amazement at the latent powers of my mind and what I can achieve simply by controlling how and what I think.

Nice work on the CMI Bruce. You're a darned good writer.

I think most of us start at the same place ... it's about things -- then as we go deeper and run out of things, we find what we're really aiming for.

During a phone call with a girlfriend this week, she told me of an exercise she's been practicing for 90+ days.

It started with Day 1 and giving herself $1 (on paper) to spend. Day 2, she doubles it to $2 and must spend it. Day 3, double it to $4, etc.

Now past Day 94, she's well exhausted everything she ever thought she'd want to buy and is focusing on what she can do for others with it. She says the pretend buying was great and made her feel awesome, but now, it's much bigger and about others and is creating feelings in her every day that she never felt or imagined. She's flying higher and happier than ever experienced.

It's totally cool how the netbook made it's way to you and it happened as a result of who you were BEing.

What a wonderful story.

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Originally posted by LaurieH:
During a phone call with a girlfriend this week, she told me of an exercise she's been practicing for 90+ days.

It started with Day 1 and giving herself $1 (on paper) to spend. Day 2, she doubles it to $2 and must spend it. Day 3, double it to $4, etc.

Sweet! I read your comments last night while visiting with Momma, and when I got home today and got my chores taken care of, (they do seem to pile up even when one is away), I sat down and started a new page in the word processor. It reads like this:
Day 1, I have a dollar, I spent it on a PayDay candy bar.
Now I am really curious to see where this goes and how it will affect my perception of life, the universe and …
Thank you Laurie for sharing what shall surly prove to be a most valuable and insightful lesson.

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Originally posted by Rebecca:
Whenever someone says she doesn't know what she wants, a good question to shake it loose (because she actually DOES know) is just to ask: What do I want to EXPERIENCE?

I KNEW I would find something if I came back to the Forum. I have been very confused about what I want, what my CMI is. OK, I would love to own my own home. Oh, but do I? I mean, what about if it's in the wrong location, or I feel tied down, or want to travel. AHA! - and we all know what those moments are . . . I want to EXPERIENCE the feeling of having my own home. See how different that is . . well, it is to me. I feel lighter when I look at my CMI that way. I want to EXPERIENCE what it's like to be reunited with my mother. I want to EXPERIENCE being in New York. Free at last - thanks Rebecca.

How excited I am being back on this forum in my ... me time ... I promised myself! I have been reading posts for almost two hours and enjoyed it immensely.

I thought I might share a little of my own recent experiences with you. Some of my friends regard me as a dreamer, probably because of my dissatisfaction with my lot. I sometimes got annoyed when they called me this because it makes me sound flippant. I now realize they were right I am a dreamer and proud of it!

In my youth I knew no bounds and was pretty successful and respected by my peers. I knew where I was going and forged ahead, I didn't make definite plans or goals, I had read a couple of self help books and thought how lucky I was to have a similar mind set to some of the people I was reading about. I was not aware of the Law Of Attraction then. Things changed for me in late 2000, my dreams and aspirations became somewhat stifled and I had accepted it. I had a serous illness from which I recovered fully, but my mindset had changed. I began to think I had brought this to myself through my discontent, always searching, wanting more from life! My family and friends were certain this had contributed to my illness, I should be like every normal person ... Yike ... and be content with my lot.

They were right I had a lot to be grateful for. I did what was suggested and moved to the Country where I followed a fairly sedentary lifestyle, but I hated it! I was so discontented! I spent my time running my children everywhere as there is no public transport in our Village, I took on everyone else's troubles because I was available and had the time to do it. I became chief cook and bottle washer at home, totally isolated myself from friends, associates and my previous lifestyle. It was accepted by all and sundry this was good for me and I should be happy. It didn't matter I was struggling for money, I lived an idilic life as far as they were concerned.

S as you can imagine it caused a bit of a stir when I started a business from scratch almost single handedly with very little money from a silent partner around 15 months ago. It was very hard work and I struggled somewhat as I am no spring chicken. Low and behold a few months after starting the business a routine check at the hospital showed some irregularities, the doctors were convinced my illness had returned.
I was informed it was necessary to have immediate tests after which I was advised surgery was required to establish the seriousness of my condition. I refused as I was running a business and did not have time for the inconvenience of being ill! This did not go down well with doctors and family, but I felt I had no choice but to spend the next few months building the business to a level where someone could step in if necessary to run it in my absence. Four months passed and with extreme pressure from all sides I consented to have surgery. Fortunately it was not as serous as at first thought and I recovered quickly. The business faired reasonably well but I was not earning any money as my priority was building stability and I was aware we needed to expand if we wanted to be ahead of the competition. My partner was happy enough with this suggestion provided I took on the extra responsibility of this, with a view to him working in the business when it was profitable enough. I did not think it was in my best interest to continue the partnership so it was dissolved. Suffice to say I left with nothing and had to start from scratch again.

Back to my statement about being a dreamer, I Am I am proud to say! I want to be a dreamer because without dreams I was dying, not from an illness but from lack of ambition or direction. I had no spirit, I was satisfied with my lot, but decay was setting in! I am back to where I started financially and I know it will not be easy, but my optimism is tenfold and I proved to myself I could do it by changing my thoughts.

I started my new business with less money,I have no backer but with many more advantages. I am so excited about the journey I can hardly contain myself, everyone around me thinks I have lost my marbles trying again alone. They do not know I have the Universe as My Managing Director, SGR as my Advisors and Associates. What a great line up for any New Venture, how can I possibly fail!


My heartfelt regards to all on SGR.

Marie

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Originally posted by Marie Lezar:
I Am I am proud to say! I want to be a dreamer because without dreams I was dying, not from an illness but from lack of ambition or direction.

Yes! Marie YES!
Dream, dream big, believe that you can and follow your dream. No great thing was ever accomplished that was not preceded by a dream.
Dream, dream big, believe that you can and follow your dream. No great thing was ever accomplished that was not preceded by a dream.
I believe that you can achieve anything that you desire. I get the feeling that you believe this too.
Thank you for your inspirational words, they have helped to steer me back on course.

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