At Thanksgiving, when I was a kid, my mom
would save the turkey “wishbone” (technically
called the furcula), lay it up somewhere on
the kitchen sill to dry, and then a few days
later I’d get to make a wish and snap the
wishbone with my brothers or sister holding
the other side. When it broke, whoever held
the longer piece would receive their wish.
I did a bit of research and found out that
this custom came from an ancient Italian
civilization known as the Etruscans. They
passed it on to the Romans, and eventually
it reached the English.
Being Italian, I was curious about the
Etruscans and discovered that they believed
chickens were oracles, capable of predicting
the future. According to an article in
Mental Floss:
“They exploited the chickens’ supposed gifts
by turning them into walking ouija boards with
a bizarre ritual known as…’rooster divination.’
They would draw a circle on the ground and divide
it into wedges representing the letters of the
Etruscan alphabet….Bits of food were scattered
on each wedge and a chicken was placed in the
center of the circle. As the bird snacked,
scribes would note the sequence of letters
that it pecked at, and the local priests would
use the resulting messages to divine the future….”
The Etruscans believed that the bird’s fortune
telling power remained even after its death,
and would dry the bone in the sun to preserve it.
“People would then pick up the bone, stroke it,
and make wishes on it, hence its modern name.”
This simple custom has withstood the vagaries
of time, changing very little throughout cultures.
It’s hard to believe that even though this ritual
is thousands of years old, it will still be a part
of many Thanksgiving dinners again this season.
But that’s the power of belief.
And as you can see, unless you change something,
things can go on quite indefinitely.
Still…there’s another reason I wanted to tell
this story, which is that we simply don’t need
to go through all this. We certainly don’t need
a turkey, a chicken, or a bone – fun as it is.
Here’s the secret of the ages: If you want to know
your future, you are the oracle.
Yes, you.
With this knowledge, you can transform your life
into one of joy, peace, inspiration, love and
enthusiasm at any time you choose.
This may seem like a tall order now, but it won’t
after my two-day life-changing event in Austin
this weekend (and you won’t have to wait for the
wishbone at Thanksgiving).
http://www.attractmoneynowlive.com
On the other hand, not understanding this is the
cause of an untold number of struggles, be they
in the realm of finance, relationships, health
and body, or work.
In fact, most of these problems poof and vanish
like magic once you know how to access your deep
connection to the Divine and, thus, cause your
own transformation.
Truth – or fortune – be told, awakening is the
key to manifesting your true destiny and calling.
And it’s the only future really worth knowing.
Join me at my event (or watch it from the comfort
of where you are sitting right now) —
http://www.attractmoneynowlive.com
Happy Thanksgiving!
Ao Akua,
joe
PS — Have faith. Take action. Expect Miracles.
Famous comedian Groucho Marx once said, “Money frees you from doing things you dislike. Since I dislike doing nearly everything, money is handy.”
Given my own experience, I’d not only agree with him, but take it a step further and say that, besides freeing you up from things you dislike doing, money frees you up to do what you love.
So let me ask you this, what would you love doing if you had, say, a billion dollars?
Lay around on your favorite beaches of the world sipping margaritas?
Charter a plane to New York or London for dinner?
Buy an island in the Caribbean?
Naturally…what all billionaires do, right?
Well, actually, no…not Oprah, anyway.
She got busy and started her own cable television network.
Oh, that’s easy for her, you might be thinking. She’s been in television forever, she’s already mega-successful, and she’s rich. No big deal. Heck, she could probably do it with her eyes closed.
So imagine my surprise when I heard her say in an interview that she almost had a nervous breakdown from the stress of taking on the CEO role, something she’d hadn’t planned on and, in fact, resisted.
She talked about how hard it was to constantly read or hear the media describe OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network) as “struggling.”
“Every time I opened a paper, there was that word – struggling. Not a word I like to have associated with my name, nor a space that I really choose to be in personally, emotionally or spiritually…. So really, inside myself became the desire to literally change the narrative – more important than anything was to change the narrative.” – Oprah
Imagine that – a billionaire working on her mindset.
Yep, even after all the years of abundant success, fame and money, she still has to focus on transformation because, as she said, “You can’t let the outside world – be it your mother, sister, cousin, friends, whomever, and for me, the media – define the space that you’re in. You’ve got to do that for yourself.”
So just in case you were thinking there was some magic amount of money that would allow you to just sail on and coast…
Think again.
No one’s immune from the chilling effects that things “out there” can have on their mind – things like the economy, the government, the stock market, the news, friends, family, co-workers…
They never go away.
You have to stay vigilantly conscious and aware.
Like Oprah, you have to choose something different – “change the narrative” and create a new story for yourself, a new conversation.
And sometimes you need support.
According to Oprah, she didn’t do it by herself. She sought out mentors, people who could help her to see things differently, to see what was possible.
That’s the power of having access to the right people and the right tools, and why I’ve put together a one-of-a-kind event in Austin this November.
Because transformation doesn’t have to take forever – it can happen in one fell swoop.
And you’re never too rich, too successful, or, for that matter, too old to do more…become more…have more.
Now go sign up at http://www.attractmoneynowlive.com
Ao Akua,
Joe
PS – Link for Oprah interview: http://watch.accesshollywood.com/video/oprah-winfrey-discusses-owns-success/2708207036001
I’ve been in Chicago recording a breakthrough new program for Nightingale-Conant.
As when I recorded my previous programs, such as The Missing Secret and The Abundance Paradigm, I don’t go into the studio with a script. I trust myself to be inspired to say the right thing at the right time. I speak from my heart. This leaves me open to receive new information.
Well, something surprising happened in the process of recording this new program.
It began with me explaining advanced ho’oponopono, sharing new insights and stories, and going beyond what I revealed in the bestselling book, Zero Limits, as well as my forthcoming book, At Zero.
As I recorded this new program, inspiration came in and led me further and deeper than my original intent.
I even went beyond ho’oponopono itself, realizing the limitations that method has.
I ended up discovering a new law.
This new law is how you create miracles with speed and accuracy.
It’s a law that few know because it goes deeper than what other programs and techniques reveal.
You may already know about the Law of Attraction, but this new law goes beyond that.
The Law of Attraction is like having training wheels on your bike or being in grade school. At some point you need to drop the training wheels, and you need to move to the next grade.
It’s time to leave the superficial and go to the transcendental.
It’s time to go beyond the Law of Attraction.
This new law is the next step.
It leaves the Law of Attraction in the dust.
I call it The Law of Zero.
I’ve never written about this, or spoken about this, ever before, as it came to me via inspiration while recording in Chicago.
The Law of Zero enables and empowers regular people like you and me to do two things that are staggering.
Even miraculous.
This is merging with the power source of life itself to help you have, do, or be whatever you can imagine.
And even more.
My new program with Nightingale-Conant will explain the three levels of mind that you need to travel through in order to activate the Law of Zero.
The new program is called “The Zero Point.”
It will be available next year.
Meanwhile, I will be explaining The Law of Zero, the three levels of mind, and how to use this new information to create miracles in your life at my November Attract Money Now LIVE event in Austin, Texas.
It is the only place to get this information until my new audio program comes out next year.
If you are ready to be divinely empowered, and to leave limitations behind, please go here —
http://www.attractmoneynowlive.com
Ao Akua,
PS — I will be raising the price of admission to this once-in-a-lifetime event, and seats are limited to only 200 people, so I urge you to reserve your spot right now. Have faith and take the jump. You deserve this. Go to http://www.attractmoneynowlive.com
Note: My earlier programs with Nightingale-Conant are at http://www.nightingale.com/authors/joe-vitale/
This folk wisdom from Alex Haley reveals a secret to success in life —
“Anytime you see a turtle on top of a fence post, you know he had some help.”
This is relevant because I just finished the long awaited sequel to the bestselling book Zero Limits and was reminded of something along the lines of the turtle observation. It’s about how to motivate yourself and those around you.
My new book is titled At Zero: The Quest for Miracles through Ho’oponopono. It picks up where the first book stops, and is pretty gripping in what it reveals.
In it I tell the story of how ho’oponopono began (it wasn’t all love and light), and I share personal stories of my own dark nights (it’s not all bunny rabbits bringing me coffee every morning).
I also share a deeper understanding of what Dr. Hew Len taught, I give a great deal of fascinating information about Morrnah Simeona (the actual creator of authentic ho’oponopono), and I share some deeper secrets behind this mystical Hawaiian healing method – many revealed for the first time anywhere.
You’ll find the book hypnotic, deep, and unforgettable. The book, and its cover, are designed to be “cleaning” tools that work on you as you hold it and read it. And you can have a copy of it before anyone else by attending this event —
The book will be published in January 2014. Audio versions will come out next year. But anyone who attends my Attract Money Now LIVE event in November will be the first in the world to receive a copy. (See PS below)
Meanwhile, I wanted to share an insight about that turtle mentioned above.
A decade or more ago, I was in the home of Jerry and Esther Hicks, of Abraham fame. I helped them with their promotion in the early days, wrote the foreword to one of their books, created a full page national ad for them, reviewed their first books, and more. I love them both (and miss Jerry).
At their home I noticed a framed quote on a table. It was, as I recall, from the TV show, The Virginian. In essence, it said that a man was able to accomplish more by having someone who believed in him more than he believed in himself.
It struck me as odd at the time. I was reading and teaching about “do it yourself” concepts. I was yet to learn about the power of having someone believe in you as a way to generate more results.
Of course, this is a key secret of coaching.
Besides accountability and instruction, with a coach you have someone who believes in you.
That is powerful beyond measure.
I have done my best to encourage and believe in every single person I’ve ever met who shared a goal with me, even if only for a few minutes over coffee.
At this point in my sixty years, it’s hard to count how many people have gone on to create results where none existed before. I’m not taking credit for their results. They had to do the work.
I’m pleased that I could add a little fire of encouragement to them, so they could pursue their dream.
It wasn’t hard, and it didn’t take long.
But this isn’t about me.
It’s about you.
I’m urging you to encourage others.
You have no idea what potential is in the people around you.
For example, I worked for a giant oil company back in the early 1980s in Houston. I was writing and teaching and pursuing my career as a writer, but my “day job” was as a geological technician. I was there until about 1984. I then left (read laid off), and struggled my way into success.
When the movie The Secret came out in 2006, many long lost friends saw me in the film, Googled my name, and reconnected with me.
One man who had been a supervisor at the oil company wrote to me and said, “I wish I knew then what a gem I had around me in the office.”
That was flattering, but it made me realize that everyone around you is a gem. You may not know their skill set, but if you encourage them, it could come to light.
One of my favorite childhood actors was Clint Walker, who played Cheyenne in the hit TV show of the same name.
Clint is alive and well at 86 years old. A few years ago, he gave a presentation. At the end of it, after he received his standing ovation, he thanked everyone in the room for being an inspiration in their lives to others.
You didn’t have to have a hit TV show to be an inspiration, Clint explained. You could encourage others right where you lived, by what you said, and what you did.
I was reminded of all this while writing the sequel to Zero Limits, because along the way, a relative criticized my music. It gave me an opportunity to do some extra cleaning, ho’oponopono style, and it led to an important insight.
I was told by my peers early on to “gird your loins” when I started recording my own songs, as everyone has an opinion about singer-songwriters. Some people don’t like the Beatles. (Gasp). Some people won’t like me. (Faint.)
When my relative criticized me, I realized that what I — and everyone – want, is encouragement.
The world is full of negativity, bitterness, and ego.
What we long for is sunshine, in word and deed.
Triggered by my experience, I started a new song that basically says, “You can achieve any dream, all you really need, is someone who believes, in you.”
I was just in New York City, for a private master mind with a small group of powerhouse Internet marketers. The photographer there, Donato DiCamillo, had a rough childhood growing up on the streets of Brooklyn. But he said something unusual happened that helped him make better choices as he grew up.
As Donato hung out on street corners, consorting with the wrong crowd, a local business man would drive by, honk his horn, roll down his window and tell him, “You’re better than that, kid!”
Donato told me that this happened repeatedly for years.
He kept hearing, “You’re better than that, kid!”
He didn’t know the man in the car.
He didn’t know why the man focused on him.
He found out later that the man was a local businessman, fairly successful, and a little eccentric.
Donato went on to tell me that because he heard “You’re better than that, kid!” over and over again, the statement lodged itself in his brain. Today, of course, he’s not on the streets, and was hired to be the official photographer for our private mastermind.
All because someone believed in him.
Here’s one final example —
When I attended my first Bill Phillips Fitness Transformation Camp last February, I saw Bill do something unforgettable.
He walked around the room, looked each person in the eye, and said, “I believe in you. You can do this.”
It was very powerful.
Bill’s belief in me caused me to stay focused, work his 12-week program, and get terrific results.
At the end, I received a medal from him, saying I am a winner.
You can imagine how good that felt.
My reminder to you is to encourage others.
Be a coach.
Be a cheerleader.
Be a good friend.
“All you need, is someone to believe, and I believe in you.”
If a turtle can be picked up, and elevated to higher ground, so can you.
You can be The Turtle Whisperer. 🙂
You can look for inspiration, and encouragement.
It’s available.
But meanwhile, be an inspiration to others.
By the way, I believe in you.
Go for your dreams.
Ao Akua,
Joe
PS – At the Attract Money Now LIVE event in Austin, Texas in November, I will deliver a brand new presentation on Authentic Ho’oponopono, based on the upcoming sequel to Zero Limits, that will no doubt stimulate you and maybe even “burn some hair” with the truth and new techniques it reveals. Every attendee will get a copy of the new book, and will have the chance to have their photo with me with it (if they want).
There will also be a surprise comedy show on Saturday night, a special “install the concepts” session on Sunday morning, a live experience of Miracles Coaching, a demo of The Secret Mirror technique, and so much more.
Bill Phillips, Dee Wallace, Mindy Audlin, and others, will be presenting, too.
You can also meet me and other attendees at a private social function on Friday evening.
AND you can have $12,000 in online videos to help you awaken your millionaire mind the very moment you register for this once-in-a-lifetime event. (!)
People are already signing up and coming from everywhere — Canada, Italy, Germany, Ukraine, France, South Africa, Turkey, Mexico, UK, and more!
Go get the details at – http://www.attractmoneynowlive.com/
After all, “Today’s the day” for action! 🙂
“Attract Money Now LIVE” is going to be a historic event.
I’m lining up hand picked “Speed Speakers” to give TED-like short presentations at my event http://www.attractmoneynowlive.com/ Besides the featured speakers —
— Body-for-Life fitness legend Bill Phillips
— movie star (“E.T.”) and healer Dee Wallace
— mind expander (What If UP?) Mindy Audlin
— I also have terrific 20-minute “speed” presenters on such subjects as —
– “Raising Entrepreneurs” (a parent explains how his grade-school children are running an online business)
– “Pain into Profit” (a divorcee turns her mess into a message)
– “Volunteer for Wealth” (a negotiating expert reveals how giving leads to receiving)
– “Remembering Your Wealth” (a musician reveals a new process for creating your new reality)
And more!
Get this —
I will also give a brand new presentation on Authentic ho’oponopono, based on the upcoming sequel to Zero Limits, that will no doubt stimulate you and maybe even “burn some hair” with the truth and new techniques it reveals.
There will also be a surprise comedy show on Saturday night, a special “install the concepts” session on Sunday morning, a live experience of Miracles Coaching, a demo of The Secret Mirror technique, and so much more.
You can also meet me and other attendees at a private social function on Friday evening.
AND you can have $12,000 in online videos to help you awaken your millionaire mind the very moment you register for this once-in-a-lifetime event. (!)
People are already signing up and coming from everywhere — Canada, Italy, Germany, Ukraine, France, South Africa, and more!
Go get the details at — http://www.attractmoneynowlive.com/
See you there!
Ao Akua,
Joe
PS – Only 200 seats are available as that is all the room holds. If you want to be at this historic event with Bill Phillips, Dee Wallace, and the other amazing presenters, please register right now: http://www.attractmoneynowlive.com/