Scribe: We spent a good 30 minutes with each one of us talking about what was positive in our lives this past week.  Then Higgins asked us to breathe and bring ourselves back together. 

Higgins: When things happen that you do not feel well, like B and S, it’s easy to let your energy flow in all different places.  Bring it back.  Run your energy from head to toe.  We will now start check-in over again and this time tell us what really made you happy this past week?  Something specific. 

Scribe: So we all did that.  One particularly important sharing was K told us about Edgar Cayce 40 years ago predicted that animals, particularly dogs, would reach new telepathic communication levels and provide unconditional love.  Scientific research also says telepathic dogs tend to be happening.  So, exciting that Cayce predicted this 40 years ago and science is finding it to be true.

H:  We are having you focus in this way on the positive things b/c it is very easy to become distracted. Friends B and S -you have been sick and now are feeling well.  You’re so glad you’re feeling better.  What we’re talking about is really getting lost in the other stuff.  Both of you spent a lot of time talking about how sick you were instead of, “I have been sick but I am feeling better and I brought a book and read to the dogs and that made me happy.”  Or, “I got out in the yard and got some exercise.  I feel so much better when I exercise.”  We do not want you to believe, for one moment, that we are not appreciating your acknowledgement that for a while you did not feel well.  We really stress that you take the time that it takes to feel the emotions that you have.  We don’t want you to ignore emotions, we want you to experience them.  Then we want you to move on. 

This conversation, in part, is to forget about that part, then negative part, and move on as quickly as you can.  That takes practice -just moving on.  Friend Sh said that she is noticing more positive synchronicities and noticing more positive things happening.  What you are experiencing, this is the way life is when it’s at its best.  The reality is each one of you is experiencing synchronicities but you don’t necessarily like them.  So, you, Sh, are getting to the point when you experience synchronicities, you are getting the good ones.

P:  I am focused on learning and feeling.  I strongly believe that feelings run us and not thought.  The Heart/brain coherence.  The more I do it the more synchronicities I get.  I ask for these things.  They are actually happening.  I am feeling connected to all that is.  I am very excited about all this.  It feels like healing.

H:  It’s possible that each one of you listening to her can hear the enthusiasm in our friend’s voice.  She is feeling connected.  She is noticing the synchronicities and the positivity.  Things are unfolding in a positive way that is bringing her good cheer.  That is what we are coaching you towards.  That is what we want you to feel.  We want you to feel her enthusiasm, the positivity she is getting from the positive feedback. 

Many, many times we have talked about a positive feedback loop which is that as you follow your inspirations—you decide what it is that you want, you listen for your inspiration, you then take action, and then the taking of action brings you joy.  Then you listen for more inspiration, you take more action and it brings you joy.  So, you are getting this positive reinforcement from the Universe.  We are hearing from SH she is now experiencing that thing we are constantly coaching you towards. 

Friend, S.  You have listened to your inspiration.  You went to Animal Humane; you developed a relationship there so you could have the experience of sitting with the dogs and enjoying reading to them.  You are experiencing the positive loop and you -and all of you -as you get more and more of those, you can expect that you will have that positive glow that friend SH is experiencing right. Life becomes better.  Life becomes noticeably easier and more fun.  Things happen that bring you joy. 

Friend D, you recently had a wonderful conversation with your husband and found a way to make your future trip even better.  You have constantly wanted a better relationship with your husband.  In the planning of the trip, you had an opportunity to have a better relationship with your husband. Do you see how this positive feedback loop works?  Think about what you want.  Decide what the things on this list would be good.  Relax.  Listen to the Universe.  Feel that connection to God then take the next step. 

Friend K or B, talk about the tarot deck.

K:  The first card in the deck is the Fool’s card.  I always think of that card that the fool is getting courageous to step off the cliff into the unknown and to do it with excitement sort of with a child’s mind.  The world might call that foolish but it (in my mind) the card represents when you set your intentions the child is open to whatever is going to come next and to be in a place of happy expectation as they start the journey. 

H:  When you set your intentions, listen to your inspiration and take that first next step that is the fool card.  That is you saying I don’t know why I’m planning to go on this trip, or why I’m getting involved in this group or why I’m getting involved with the animals.  You just know that you are suddenly inspired, you take action and it makes you happy.  That is the fool’s card. That is what they are talking about.  Believing that the inspiration that you receive is right for you, leading you in the right direction-even if it is a circuitous route-it will get you there. You may have to take the step that you are inspired to that may not seem very much like you, or a little odd or out of the ordinary but then as you follow along that path, doors open and more doors open and it is a beautiful thing. 

P:  When my group was drawing their cards this morning, we all said, “Not one of these cards was an accident.”  It was like, “Oh, wow.”  And people who really didn’t understand it before really got it that there are really no accidents. 

H:  It is very difficult when a person is having a down time to understand that they drew that somehow.  Once you begin to understand that you draw your life to you, that you can change it in any way that you want then you can begin to feel that intense powerful feeling that the world is your oyster; that it is yours to command and, it is, if only you know which buttons to push and how to do it. 

P:  ( A participant talked about her journey with cancer, then said…) “We’re here to make the best of our life no matter what has happened.  If the world is suffering, it doesn’t mean you have to suffer.  You make your choices; maybe not on the time line you were hoping for.  I don’t want to be mad at the world or someone because it makes me feel sick and I want to feel as good as I possibly can.  I believe that this is what Higgins is talking about:  happy choices take us to where we want to go.” 

H:  Happy choices take you where you want to go.  If you can imagine a life of wonderful serendipitous events, that is what we are coaching you toward.  Some of you are beginning to experience it a lot and some experiencing it a little, but all of you are beginning to experience it. 

P:  I have a friend who used to live in an apartment in Taos and realized something was wrong.  Her landlord sent over a crack addict who inspected the heating system and said everything was fine.  Over the next 3 days she was breathing carbon monoxide and now has a traumatic brain injury.  She can drive and think and do things but certainly not as well as before and about 3 o’clock her brain kind of shuts down and she has to take a nap.  Naturally she is very upset about all this and is having a very difficult time accepting this is her life now.

I was talking with her last night.  She is a very spiritual person and has been a Buddhist forever.  I said, “You know we make our own choices about our life.”

She said, “Why would I choose this?”

I said I didn’t know why she would choose that because she is so unhappy about it and her whole life is now different. 

Along the same lines, I don’t know why I would choose my cat disappearing.  Why would I choose that since she made me really happy and I thought she was happy.  I can’t even talk about this…

I don’t know how her brain can get any better.  It’s been damaged.  I said, “Well, can you get to the point where you can actually love your brain?  You’re not happy with your brain and your brain didn’t do this to you.  Maybe you can love your brain every day and, I don’t know, maybe that could somehow make a difference in your life?” 

She said that she hadn’t thought about that and she needs to love her brain.  But Higgins, how is that going to help her brain to heal?  It’s damaged. 

H:  Let’s back up about making choices and the statement, ‘We chose this’.  We are going to take the word “choice” out so it doesn’t seem so harsh. 

When you come forward as an infant and you are born, there are things that you want to learn and you will learn them better if you have some hills to climb, some difficulties.  Some of those are pre-arranged before birth so that you can experience things in the world that will help you with what it was that you wanted to learn or expand and grow in the ways you wanted to expand and grow.

If you are born without a hand, let’s say, it is highly unlikely you will grow a hand.  You can get equipment that will replicate your hand, but it is unlikely that you will grow a hand.  Your body is highly regenerative and we are not saying that your friend cannot regenerate new brain cells.  But we are saying that the response received may not be exactly what you expected if what you expected is to regenerate the brain to before trauma condition.

How she came to have this experience can be varied.  It could be a pre-birth expectation that she set up and literally chose before birth.  Or, it could be that somewhere in her life she has become disoriented (like the game Pin the Tail on the Donkey, where you are blindfolded and spun around and then have to try to find the donkey and pin the tail on it) and so she has drawn it to herself accidentally because she was not carrying her energy the way that she intended when she was planning this lifetime. 

So, there are many reasons why you can end up with this sort of thing.  The question is what is she going to do with it now?  Your question to your friend about loving your brain is a good one.  The identification of your goals for your life is truly important so that as you move through life, you are drawn into the best possible situations.  And even at this point in her life where she has already achieved something she does not want, she can begin to identify what she DOES want in her life and let the Universe provide her with a full and satisfying life.

We really would like each one of you write goals for your life.  Friend, D, might say, “I want a spectacular, thrilling, loving, passionate relationship with my husband.” You can say whatever it is that you are hoping for your life. The reason that would do that, as friend Sh is showing us today, is as you move forward relaxing into your connection with God, Source or spirit guides or whatever inspires you to move forward, you are inspired to positive action. 

Remember the story that we tell about you walking down a street and you see a big person beating up on a little person?  The little person is surely going to be damaged if you do not intervene.  But if you intervene, you may surely be damaged.  So you have the choice to intervene or run away.  You have no cell phone or someone else to ask for help.  Your options are not very good.  And that is the sort of situation your friend has gotten herself into—a position that is not very good. 

The time for thinking up good for your life is right now before something bad happens.  Then, once you get into something bad, be sure and clarify what you want for your life. 

• I want a life that is fulfilling, rich and rewarding.  I want to have good friendships that are supportive and nurturing and make me feel good about myself.  And, I want to express myself creatively and with words and I want to travel—whatever are the things you want. 

Get the words out now so you are not suddenly in a situation like your friend-instead you have thought about it ahead of time and do not run into people getting beat up. Instead, you have been directed on a different route. 

P:  I would ask for your friend that she realizes that there are still a lot of things she can do.  In my situation I keep the gratitude rolling and that makes me really happy when I realize all the things I still can do.  You mentioned that she can still drive; I’m not able to drive so I think that is wonderful for her.  I am grateful for different things, like how many people are willing to help me get my needs met.  People like to help so that’s not a bad thing.  For me, it’s all good, really if we can feel that.  I should say if I can feel that.  I feel really good. 

H:  Ok, let’s just say something that you were inspired to do and how it turned out well. 

P:  I’m too tired to think of anything. 

P:  When I heard about the Recovery Café, something just drove me to it.  I have gotten to be a part of it for 14-15 years now and I’m still a part of it. 

P:  In my 2^nd marriage my ex said something to me that was so hurtful I cried and at that moment I decided I wanted to leave that relationship.  And, at the same moment I said I’m leaving the relationship as soon as I can figure out how to get out and yet not be bitter about this break-up and own my part in it.  I changed my life for the better and am proud of myself for not being bitter.  Getting a divorce may not be the best thing but I was inspired that my situation was not good and getting a divorce was the right thing to do.  It literally saved my life. 

P:  I was recently inspired to go to an interfaith shelter.  There was a fulfilling meeting and I felt like I could be helpful to that community. 

P:  My most recent dramatic example is that two years ago I decided I was going to go to the Democratic convention and I made it.  It’s not an easy thing to do, I felt other people were more likely to get elected to go, but I felt spiritually inspired in putting up my profile for people to see and getting votes and I made it happen. 

P:  I was thinking about my yard and it used to be such a horror for me with weeds and overgrown shrubs and trouble, trouble.  At one point I decided to go out and experience the air and do what I could do with the weeds.  My yard is so generous in its return to being lovely and I’m having a wonderful time in my yard now.  It is lovely. 

P:  I used to work at a nuclear weapons plant, and it didn’t go over very well in Denver so they shut it down.  I knew my job that I really enjoyed was going away.  So, this was before I started my metaphysical work.  Every night when I went to bed I asked, prayed and I got the feeling I’d have to go back to graduate school and get another degree to be able to get a better job and keep a job when this job goes away. 

Every night I’d pray and in the morning I’d get “law school,” the same answer.  So after 3 months I thought well, I guess I’m going to have to go to law school.  I took the LSAT without studying for it and got into law school. I was working full-time during the day, a single mom with 3 kids and going to school at night.  I knew I’d never get child support.  I had a good job which was going to go away and then what was I going to do?  I followed my inspiration and went to law school even though I didn’t want to be a lawyer. 

My children didn’t handle it well because they had to stay with their dad every evening when I was in school.  After the first year it was clear that this was just not going to work and I’d have to quit.  I was talking to a co-worker about it and he said, “You know, I don’t have a lot to do in the evening and I could come over and take care of your kids every night.  It’s good for you to go to law school and I want to help you out.”  The kids liked him and like 4 months later we started dating and ended up getting married and in a couple months it will be 30 years since we got married.  In two different ways I followed my inspiration and went where I never thought I would go but I do investigative work like I did and I love it.  I never wanted to be a lawyer but I am and it worked out. 

H:  That is why we want you to follow your inspiration.  Define what a good life is to you, good relationships, the money you need (it is a fact that in general money is needed in this realm) – get those things defined and then as your inspirations come, and no matter how odd they seem  you step out like the fool card and do it and watch where it takes you.  Go forward without fear knowing that these inspirations are clean and true. You know they are because you have already set up your positive thoughts about where you want to go in your life.  Take the indicated steps without fear. You are  already confident that you have told the Universe that you want good things to happen to you. 

We don’t want you to be too specific because that takes a lot of the joy out of our creative side in leading you where you need to go, and we can give you such wonderfully good things for sure.

Meditation.  Meditation is an opportunity to allow yourself to be filled with positive energy, and when you are filled with positive energy you are repelling everything that is not positive energy.  That is what we are going to do tonight.  Just sit and receive positive energy.