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Sometimes Our Plans Are Too Small

Andrea Hess — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:39:10 +0000

We may have big visions for our future … but sometimes, our plans to get there are simply too small. If we stick to both our big vision and our small plan, we inevitably find ourselves in struggle.Â The two simply don’t go together.Â Taking action is like pulling teeth.Â Nothing flows easily. If we’re lucky, we have a lightbulb moment and allow our plans to get bigger. I just experienced the big vision/small plan struggle for myself.Â I have very big visions for my business.Â I also had a plan to create an audio program called “Sacred Money.” My work lately has quite naturally become focused on financial abundance for spiritual seekers, healers and transformational professionals.Â I was very convinced that this audio program would be a great idea … but somehow, it just would not allow itself to be written. I procrastinated.Â I delayed.Â Both are very unusual...

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Imaginary obstacles

Andrea Hess — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:52:36 +0000

When I asked my Guides for inspiration for this article, the phrase â€œtilting at windmillsâ€ kept turning around and around in my head. Although it was a familiar saying, I looked it up. The phrase has its origin in the story of Don Quixote, the would-be knight who tried to battle windmills, thinking they were giants. The phrase has come to mean â€œattacking imaginary enemies.â€ We all spend a great deal of time and energy attacking imaginary enemies. I certainly do! Who are our imaginary enemies? The obstacles that are between us and the life we want. When we conceive of a desired outcome, we tend to focus our attention on what appears to be in our way. We try to figure out a way to overcome the perceived obstacle, and then we implement a plan. We work hard. We may struggle to overcome what seems to be working against...

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Super-Charged Prayer

Andrea Hess — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:30:47 +0000

After stating in my last post that prayers are always answered – even though we may not always recognize those answers – I now have to follow up that post by talking about the exception to that rule. The Problem Prayers are always answered … except when the energy of our prayers goes nowhere.Â Some people do pray a lot, but the energy of their requests never actually leaves their own auric field.Â Simply put, sometimes our prayers are intercepted by negative influences.Â Negative Spirit Guides or negative attaching entities can snuff out or hijack our prayers, leaving us feeling unheard and unsupported by our spiritual resources.Â Our own negative thought forms can even counteract our positive prayer energy, effectively canceling out our requests. The Prayer Mechanism How does prayer actually work?Â Well, there are Beings available to each of us whose service to Spirit consists of transporting the energy...

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Cultivating Inner Wisdom

Andrea Hess — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:44:18 +0000

Information is good. Like most teachers, I love learning. New information can expand our existing frame of reference. It can open doors we never even knew existed. New information can blow the roof off of our belief system and create lots of expansion. Information can also lead to confusion and overwhelm. There is just so much of it coming our way, all day long. Our minds have become addicted to constant input. Collectively, we have become information junkies. Most importantly, we have become accustomed to receiving our answers from outside of ourselves. Information has begun separating us from our inner wisdom. Don’t get me wrong – sometimes information is exactly what we need! The way I see it, the cycle of growth and expansion goes roughly like this: Stage One: Dissatisfaction Something is bothering us. Whether that is a slight dissatisfaction within a relationship or a major lack of cash...

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Is Your Intuition Wrong?

Andrea Hess — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:44:07 +0000

Have you ever taken action on intuitive guidance â€“ and nothing happened? You may have felt intensely drawn to a real estate listing, only to look at the home and leave disappointed. You may have excitedly applied for a job that felt like it was meant just for you, only to not even get an interview. Or gone out on a date with someone you were excited about, only to have a very boring experience. Sometimes we feel so guided in our actions, but the results donâ€™t seem particularly positive. We are left questioning ourselves and our intuition. Are we just imagining our intuitive impulses? Actually, our intuition may be working just fine! Here are a few reasons why it sometimes feels as if our intuition has let us down: The intuitive impulse was accurate, but our mind assumed a specific outcome. We may be looking for a new home....

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