My Toastmasters Table Topic Re-do

Table Topics at Yawn Patrol

In the Toastmasters culture we have a game called ‘Table Topics’ where you are given a subject and you have to ‘think and speak on your toes’. So my Table Topic on Friday morning was ‘What is the most unusual phone message you have ever left?’

That is what is fun about Toastmasters. Listen to my phone message to ‘God’. By the way, the ‘Big Blue’ is Planet Earth.

Live in love,

Richard D. Blackstone

River Rising (Way Cool)

HI all, I just have to show you the power of the river running outside our door. This is ‘Awesome Nature’ at work.

Hope you enjoyed this little ‘Nature Trip.’

Live in love,

Richard D. Blackstone

Start the Year with a Healthy Habit

The EASIEST & HEALTHIEST way to start your day…every day!!!

Make a SMOOTHIE TODAY.

Recipe: banana, orange or apple or any fresh fruit of your choice. ( if it has a peal I recommend that you quarter it and put one of the quarters in the blender with the peal on). Add frozen or fresh berries (just about any kind of berry is good (and delicious). Then fill the blender up with orange or apple or any other juice you like, and blend until SMOOTH.

Oh yeah, Fresh Fruit SMOOTHIE to start your day. Yum Yum.

Treat yourself today and then be aware of how much your body is saying, More, more please.

Have a fantastic day,

Live in love,

Richard D. Blackstone

2012 It’s Our Time

If not now, when? If not YOU, who?

Welcome to 2012

Commit to ‘Doing Your Best’ in 2012

Live in love

Richard D. Blackstone

Bonfires and Christmas Presents

 Bonfires and Christmas presents

Sunday was a great day for me. I got my Christmas present and had a wonderful dinner and Bonfire with my children and grandchildren.

Andreaus and me

Me and grandson Andreaus by the bonfire

I think you know what a Bonfire looks like but I’ll bet you don’t know what my Christmas present is.

Well, let me tell you a little story about how I got my Christmas present because the story is a present in itself.

I live on a 25 acre farm just east of Eugene, Oregon in a rural area called ‘Pleasant Hill’. Now, that is pretty cool in itself but we are fixing up the land so that we can do some ‘organic farming’ on it so I am totally into ‘eating locally and thinking globally.’

Well, we are planning as natural a setting as we can and doing all kinds of improvements along the way. One of those improvements was to plant two rows of ‘Pacific Sunset Maples’ along the driveway to make a ‘Love Tunnel’ when the trees grow high enough.

Our driveway is ½ mile long and the entry wasn’t very inviting. It was a couple of big ugly treated posts that held up the aluminum gate that went across. Well, that wasn’t very inviting so we decided to make something that would be a whole lot nicer and would also give people our address.

I set a ‘conscious intention’ to have the new entry way before the end of the year. This was in November. Then I just started taking the first little baby steps that would make that happen. Like I drew up a little plan of how I would like the entry to look, and then we went out and bought a couple of pieces of ¾ plywood and put them in the garage/shop.

Every chance I could I would be cutting the pieces and putting together the ‘bones’ of our new entry way. Then I brought the structures into the house because it was cold out in the garage and we needed to start painting them. So here is what we had in the house for a week or so.

Front Entry Pillars

New Entry Pillars in final stages

Well, when you get this close you really want to finish so I got up early for a few mornings so that I could finish this project on time…and by golly, that is exactly what we did.

Andy getting the old posts ready

My son Andy helps me get ready to install my 'Christmas Presents'

I knew that we were going to have the kids over for dinner Sunday so I timed it so that I could have my son and son-in-law help me ‘install them. ‘

Installilng posts 
It is a Team Effort

It is a Team Effort

Installing my ‘Christmas Present’

HOW DO YOU LIKE MY CHRISTMAS PRESENT (or is it presents?)? I LOVE THEM. It is the best Christmas present I could have given to myself and now I can share them with all the world. The great part is the ‘story’ of how an ‘Intention’ becomes ‘Manifested’.

I love my 'Christmas Presents'

Besides, when you come to visit you will know what to look for.

Now, it is a fantastic Turkey dinner and then; THE BONFIRE

That’s me in the ‘SpongeBob Squarepants’ sweater.

bonfire and grandkids

Great Bonfire. Fantastic Family

 

One more thing that would make a great Christmas present for me is for YOU to take advantage of this offer of a free ‘Inner-Outer Resource Kit’.

You don’t have to get this free Resource Kit if you don’t really want it but if you are truly serious about implementing simple ideas into your life to produce dramatic change in the areas of abundance, health and harmony, then I would invite you to get the Kit now because this is the only time it will be offered for no cost. (I am putting a tremendous amount of value in this Kit and will offer it again but not for free)

As I am putting this thing together I am getting really excited about what you are going to get immediately that are some of the best ‘transformational ideas’ that I teach in my trainings. Just check it out;

If you enter your name and email below you will be on the list to get the Kit at no cost. If you are not on the list you will not. Hope you are.

You can get on the list here:

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Live in love,

Richard D. Blackstone

PS: this is the last email to the general ‘Create One Love’ list about the free ‘Inner-Outer Resource Kit’. Only those who are on the list will receive information about how to obtain the kit in the next few days.

The Final Call: (An update on the Inner Success for Outer Achievement Training)

Hey, hope you are having a great week-end…

I am just doing the finishing touches for getting our ‘bonfire’ ready. The family is coming over for dinner and I told the grandkids that we would have a bonfire. (I have a big pile of small limbs and chunks of wood from a cottonwood tree we had to take down last year because of rot at the top).

This pile has been drying out all summer under a tarp and should make a spectacular bonfire on a crisp December evening as the sun goes over the hill across the river. There is something about watching a big fire, isn’t there? It takes on a life of its own as it shifts and changes the physical energy of wood into the non-physical energy of heat and flame. Way cool…

Getting close to Christmas and, to me, Christmas is all about the children. And we all have an ‘inner child’ don’t we?

Anyway, here’s…

An update on my ‘Inner Success for Outer Achievement’ Training Program

On Thursday I sent out an email asking if there were any people interested in taking a quantum leap in results out there who’d be interested in a complimentary “Inner-Outer Resource Kit” that I am THINKING about making.

I didn’t want to make this thing if you didn’t want it…so I made an interest list to gauge the interest. (if enough people joined the interest list I promised myself I’d make the kit).

Well…um…enough people joined.

So I am going to make the complimentary resource kit. If you are on the interest list, you’ll be getting it on Wednesday.

THE FINAL CALL

 Starting tomorrow only people on the ‘Inner-Outer Interest List’ will receive insider

Information on my upcoming ‘Inner Success for Outer Achievement’ Training Program and receive the free resource kit.

(Some people on my email list are only here for the ‘Create One Love Notes’ for daily inspiration, not because they are potentially interested in using their inner journey to make quantum leaps in their outer achievements…so I want to be considerate of them and make sure that they don’t get bombarded with information they don’t want or need).

So if you want to get the resource kit that’s coming out on Wednesday, and all the other good stuff I’ve got coming your way, I highly suggest you join the ‘Inner-Outer Training Interest List’ below now:

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That’s it For Now

 Well, I’m off to figure out the ‘Bonfire Experience’…But rest assured that if you’re on the ‘Inner-Outer Training Interest List’ I’ll be hooking you up with lots of great help and information…

…and if you’re NOT potentially interested in taking your inner game and creating worldly success with it (and aren’t on the list) then, starting next week, you’ll continue to receive the usual ‘Create One Love Notes’ and other special notices designed to serve you…and emails about the ‘Inner-Outer Achievement Program’ will die down.

Hey, we have Christmas coming up in about a week so I know you have plenty on your plate right now. I have to tell you how much I appreciate you seeing beyond the tinsel and know that you can play at your ‘success game’ as you play through the holidays.

Live in love,

Richard D. Blackstone

PS: Wishing everybody a wonderful Christmas and exciting New Year! Wow, 2012 here we come.

Do You Want This? Let me know

 Confessions from the Inner Sanctum;

A look at the last 20 years of being a ‘Conscious Creator’

(Note #1: So I am thinking about giving away a free product for you…IF you’re potentially interested in becoming the Conscious Creator of your life. Now, it is going to take some significant time and effort to put this together so before I go crazy making this thing, I want to make sure you actually want it (so I don’t feel like I am spinning my wheels). More details near the bottom of this blog.

(Note #2: In case you’re wondering, this post is a FOLLOW UP TO THIS POST where you responded with lots of comments and emails about my ‘confession’. By the way, I do my best to respond to all your comments and emails.)

The Story of How I Became the ‘Conscious Creator of My Life’

Every story needs a preface so you have an idea of what came before the ‘adventure.’ Well, my story begins with the prevailing ‘collective consciousness’ that we are all born into. At the time of my birth the reigning belief system about life was fear-based and this fear-based belief system about life was global. It is built on the idea that we are all ‘separate beings’ while playing the game of ‘Life on Planet Earth.’

It is from this pervasive concept of ‘separation’ that I lived the first 40 years of my life in a very unconscious manner, what I now call ‘Sleepwalking through life.’ I believed that ‘life was happening to me’ and I had to react to the people, events and circumstances of my life. Kind of a victim mentality with all of the ups and downs that go along with this unconscious manner of living life.

Everybody I know had this same introduction to life because that is all we were taught by our first mentors, our mothers and fathers…and they didn’t know any better because that is all they were taught as well by their mothers and fathers…do you see the ingrained system at work here?

I am sure you get the picture so let’s start the ‘real story’…

How I Woke Up

Like all great adventures, this one started off innocently enough when a friend of mine called me up one day and told me to watch a PBS fundraiser program. So I dutifully turned on the tube and saw a man talking to a small audience about a book he had just written…the man was Deepak Chopra and the book was ‘The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success.’

Remember, this was over 20 years ago so I didn’t have a clue as to who Deepak Chopra was but I started listening to what he had to say and I was just mesmerized by the information he was talking about…you know, these ‘Seven Spiritual Laws.’

Well, I didn’t know it at the time but those were my first little baby steps in my own ‘Personal Transformation’…and it didn’t hit me like a ton of bricks. My life seemed pretty much the same but I was inspired to go out and ‘buy the book.’ Then I read the book and those ‘Seven Spiritual Laws’ resonated with me so much that I started implementing them into my life and my business and everything just started ‘taking off’ so I knew I was on to something big here.

Implementing the ‘Conscious Creation’ part of the equation

After I had implemented Deepak’s ‘Seven Spiritual Laws’ into my everyday life I was seeing dramatic effects and I kind of thought that “Man, this is it. This is all I need to know for a better life” …boy, was I mistaken. (there is always room for more and better)

A few years later I had a synchronistic event where I discovered a book called ‘Conversations with God, Part 1’ by Neale Donald Walsch. I bought the book and took it home and started reading it that night.

From the opening passage I knew that this book was speaking ‘the truth’ to me and I was turning the pages as fast as I could until…

The moment when it all began

I was laying in bed reading the book and then, on page 20, I read the following passage that ‘changed my life forever’ and started me on the adventure of the Conscious Creation of MY Life.

Here is what the God character in the book had to say; “The deepest secret is that life is not a process of discover, but a process of creation.” Wow, now that just ‘blew my mind’…and I knew, in my heart of hearts that this was the truth.

Then the God character went on to say; “You are not discovering yourself, but creating yourself anew. Seek, therefore, not to find out Who You Are, seek to determine Who You Want to Be”.

My whole body was vibrating like crazy and I made a decision

You know how it is when you get one of those ‘epiphanies’ in your life? Well, my whole body was shaking with deep chills and goosebumps (a definite sign for me) and I was just vibrating like crazy because I knew the deep truth of those words and right then and there I made the decision (actually a CONSCIOUS CHOICE) that changed my life forever and has taken me to places that I could have never experienced if I had remained the same.

I sat up in bed and said, “Well, if this is true, that I am the creator of my life, and, of course, I knew it was true, then I am making the ‘conscious decision’ to ‘create my life consciously’ from that moment forward…and that is exactly what I have been doing ever since.”

I began my Adventure in Space and Time

Let the games begin! One thing I had going for me was that I knew that everything in life is a process and this adventure would be no different. It would take a little time but the outcome was worth everything that I would put into it because I would be able to ‘Create the Life that I truly wanted to live and experience.’

So I began to immerse myself in the ‘Spiritual Concepts’ that go along with an adventure of this sort. I bought into the idea that this was an ‘inner-outer’ game and that everything that happens on the ‘inside’ becomes reflected on the ‘outside’… in the physical world of duality and relativity.

One of the first key tools I developed and put to use immediately was the idea that if I was going to create my life consciously then I had better be aware of what I was doing in a more conscious manner. So I really put my attention on being as ‘AWARE’ of my life as possible. Soon I was ‘walking in awareness’ and then I was ‘Aware that I was aware’ and then I was ‘aware that I was aware that I was aware’.

Yes, this all makes sense when you start going deep.

Going Deeper Still

When you start playing the ‘inner-outer’ game you realize quite quickly that the ‘inner’ part of the game all has to do with this concept of ‘Being.’ Who are you ‘being’? Because another revelation comes to you that is truly a ‘game changer’ and this revelation is that ‘Your Beingness Creates Your Doingness.’

You see, it is much more important to concentrate on ‘who you are being’ rather that ‘what you are doing’ because you will be doing what you are doing from the state of being that you are experiencing.

I know this sounds simple (and it is) but it is core and critical to this adventure… so, like so many things in life, you serve yourself  when you take care of the little steps because it is those little profound steps that take you to your bigger goals and experiences.

I don’t know if I can emphasize the importance of being aware of your ‘beingness’ enough…but if you are serious about living your life at the highest of levels then this concept is going to be one of the factors you must master in order to get you there.

Quantum Leap Stuff

The beauty of understanding the importance of your ‘beingness’ is that you begin to focus on ‘who you are being’ because you realize that you can change your ‘beingness’ in an instant…you see, your beingness, at any given point in time, is a CHOICE.

GUESS WHAT: All of life is a CHOICE!!!

So the ultimate choice you want to make in your life is ‘what do you want to experience in your life?’ In other words, ‘what do you want your life to look like?’

The absolute requirement to Consciously Creating the Life of your Dreams is to know exactly what ‘the Life of Your Dreams’ looks like. In order to do this you have to use the most powerful tool you have at your disposal, Your Imagination.

I began by creating a Grand Vision of my life the way I really wanted it to be. I know that I am an unlimited being of light for which all things are possible so I didn’t limit my vision in any way. I made it as Grand as I possibly could and filled it with Abundance, Health & Harmony. Hey, why not?

My Grand Vision includes being a Messenger of Love, Oneness and Creation. My Grand Vision is to raise the consciousness of humanity by showing people the ART of Personal Transformation through my own example. My Grand Vision is to be around people of higher consciousness in order to co-create a world of peace, joy and, of course, LOVE.

I have to admit that my Grand Vision also includes a new Timber Frame Home and lots of other cool ‘material things’ but I believe that if you are going to create the life of your dreams then I also want the ‘Life Style’ that comes along with that ‘Grand Vision.’

The beauty, of course, is that you get to choose what the ‘life of your dreams’ looks like and you can create it in any manner you choose. Once again, it is YOUR CHOICE.

HUGE REVELATION: You can’t (and don’t want to) do it all on your own!

When you are living your life within the fear-based belief system of life based on the concept of ‘separation’ then you take on the persona of the rugged individualist who can ‘do it all on his own.’ Well, now I can tell you unequivocally that is pure balderdash.

When you live in a love-based belief system of life based on the concept of ‘Oneness’ (everything is interconnected to everything else) you begin to give up the silly idea that you can ‘do it all on your own.’ Why would you want to? Besides it is impossible because we live in a cause and effect universe fueled by relationships and relativity.

Don’t fool yourself; you are never doing anything on your own. Everything you do is connected to all of life. You affect all of life by every decision and choice you make.

Knowing this I kept putting my attention on the deep understanding that I sought and this invoked the immutable law of the universe known as the ‘Law of Attraction.’ The Law of Attraction tells us that you bring into your life that which you put your attention on.  So putting my attention on my spiritual journey kept bringing mentors, teachers and coaches into my life and I tell you that I would not be at the state of consciousness that I enjoy today without having others help me on my adventure.

THAT’S JUST THE WAY IT WORKS. So why not embrace the knowing that all of life is relationships, (beginning with your relationship to yourself) and use those relationships to help others as others help you in your journey to your Grand Vision of Self.

The thing I found was that it is your relationships and your service that get you to your vision the fastest way, the easiest way and the most efficient way.

There is so much more…but in the end, this Journey has been a blast and the Adventure continues…

Back when I was ‘sleepwalking through life’ I often dreamed about living in abundance, health and harmony but back then it really was a dream because I couldn’t see any way that I could accomplish these God-given birthrights.

Now, I see myself as an unlimited being of light for which all things are possible…including

  • Getting the “America’s Next Top Author” award for my book, “Nuts & Bolts Spirituality, Waking up the Sleepwalkers.”
  • Speaking internationally about Life, Love and the True Nature of How the Universe Works.
  • Sending the “Create One Love Notes” around the world on a daily basis.
  • Creating hundreds of Video “Love Notes” on YouTube that have been viewed hundreds of thousands of times.
  • Meeting and talking with some of the top ‘New Thought’ leaders in the world, including Deepak Chopra, Neale Donald Walsch, Gary Zukav, Mike Dooley, John Assaraf & many more.
  • Written hundreds of articles that teach about the ART of Personal Transformation.
  • Been interviewed hundreds of times by television and radio station across the country.
  • Getting ready to build that ‘Timber Frame Home.’
  • …and so much more

But in addition to being humbled by the impact I’ve had, I have also been blessed to have a very gratifying Life Style (my friends call it Amazing…I just enjoy having a fun and flexible life.

For example, I get to play FROM HOME. To me this is such a blessing because I can do the majority of my creative stuff on the computer and then I get to coach people by phone all over the world where I know that I am making real and meaningful connections with people (and that those connections and my advice makes dramatic changes for the better)

I also get to travel to exotic places to speak and be spoken to. I am an excellent student and love to be around my mentors and other people of higher consciousness so the universe provides plenty of those opportunities for me to improve and then deliver my message with more clarity and impact.

So Yes, I get to make my own schedule, kind of like I am ‘making my own life’ and I get to schedule in exactly what I choose to experience in my life and leave out all the negative garbage. That’s the way it is when you are ‘creating your life consciously.’

So here’s what I am coming to…Here’s what’s being demanded of me…and here’s what I feel compelled to do…

Here’s the Deal:

We are moving into an era of higher consciousness and the people who are currently on this journey of Self Actualization and Mastering the ART of Conscious Creation are seeking mentors, teachers and coaches so that they can move along in their adventure faster, easier and with more FUN>…and it doesn’t matter where you are on your journey because there are always those ahead of you who can mentor you and there are always those a little behind you that you can mentor.

The demand for enlightened ‘messengers of change’ is global and it far outweighs the supply of mentors, trainers and teachers and coaches available now. (like ten thousand times)

Consider these numbers, there are about 7 Billion people populating planet earth now. There are about 313 million people in the United States alone…and this movement for change is escalating in every area of our lives because the current systems we have in place are broken to the point that they are falling down around us…

Like the economy that is based on supply and demand (in other words ‘lack’ for many and ‘abundance’ for a few). The current system is failing and falling down around us because is it unsustainable (why, because it is based in fear & the natural consequence of fear is destruction and death).

Like the government, where the system is so broken that it is unfixable by using the present infrastructure. The governments problems are systemic so just replacing politicians will not cure the inherent structural damage.

Like the education system that is designed to create automatons who don’t question authority. Critical thinking is what is going to get us out of this mess and the current system relies entirely on rote memory and knowing how to rig the system.

Like our religions, where dogmas are being challenged daily and the extreme ends of the religions have taken on the mantle of a hard line ‘trust us to interpret this for you’ mentality.

I am just scratching the surface here but you get the gist of where I am heading.

The World Needs YOU Right Now!

The time has come for those who are on a path of self improvement to step up and lead. The world needs you right now!

You are the one you have been waiting for…and if you have a message inside of you that yearns to get out into the world and serve humanity at the highest levels then it is time to move into the Grander Vision of Yourself.

And if you don’t have a Grand Vision for your life then now is the time to create one. First you create the Grand Vision of what you want your life to look like and then you start ‘Living that Vision.’

You can’t do it on your own, nor do you want to

There is too much at stake to dawdle and take your time…besides all the fun in life is in the Personal Transformation (the person that you become when you take on this adventure).

You desire and require the down-in-the-trenches (proven over and over again) deep understanding and experience that allows you to bring forth the clarity and authenticity to simplify and magnify your message.

I am thinking about making a Free Resource Kit for you…if you are interested in becoming the Conscious Creator of Your Life.

I have really been humbled by the Buzz that has been created surrounding my last couple blog posts. There has been a lot of interest in an ‘Inner Success for Outer Achievement’ (let’s just call it that for now) program that I am POTENTIALLY developing.

But to test the waters…I am thinking about making a ‘Value Packed’, 100% free ‘Inner Success Resource Kit’ for you.

IF you are serious about becoming the Conscious Creator of Your Life…and then using that skill set to serve yourself and all of humanity.

Here is what the free ‘Inner Success Resource Kit’ will include;

  • A recording of my own journey of Personal Transformation and going into a Deep Understanding of the core concepts of ‘Who You Really Are.’ (this is loaded with transformational stuff)
  • A short sampling (believe me, you don’t want to know every book in my library) of some of the most powerful books and tools you can use RIGHT NOW that will give you a Quantum Leap in your understanding and knowledge.
  •  The Top Ten Tenets that create the Infrastructure for the ART of Conscious Creation. This will be your checklist for attaining Mastery of Your Life and moving out of fear and into Love.

Here’s the catch;

Because I am a recovering perfectionist and will not be satisfied until you are getting extreme value from this thing and also because I don’t want to make it into a much bigger package than it needs to be (or you even want)…

…I want to get a list of everyone who is interested in becoming the Conscious Creator of their lives with real tangible results and having this free ‘Inner Success Resource Kit.’

So here’s what I want you to do…

I am making a list of everyone who is potentially interested in getting my free Resource Kit AND getting in at the start of all this.

Anyway, if you are interested, then; (1) enter your first name and email address below and if I end up making it I will send it to you at the email address you list below. (leaving a comment with any suggestions on what you would like to get from the kit would really help)*







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If enough people get in on this ‘interest list’ (I’m thinking a couple hundred or more) then I will make this free thing and send it to EVERYONE on the ‘interest list.’

If no one wants the free ‘Inner Success Resource Kit’ then no worries.

Live in love,

Richard D. Blackstone

 

I Need Your Advice (please)

 I NEED YOUR ADVICE (please)

Let me start off by making a confession. I deeply understand the spiritual and life concepts that I talk about in the daily ‘Create One Love Notes’. Not only that but I live my life using the concepts that I write & speak about.

I have actually shifted my entire belief system about life from one of fear and separation to one of Love and Oneness. Every day of my life I ‘Live in Love.’

Anyway, I have been feeling reluctant to talk about something but it’s ‘long overdue’, so here goes…

I must confess that I am not teaching this life-transforming information at the highest of levels. I am living the ‘life of my dreams’ and I know how to teach others to do the same but in order to do so I have to get out of my own ‘comfort zone’ and I have been reluctant to do that.

So here is what I have been holding out on for years.

I have been;

  • Nicely asked
  • Strongly encouraged
  • Begged
  • Pleaded with…

To share the accumulation of knowledge & life style that I have practiced for the last 20+ years and teach it in a step by step manner so that you can truly ‘Master Your Life through the ART of Conscious Creation’.

For Years I’ve resisted teaching this stuff.

I made the usual mundane excuses like ‘I don’t have enough time’ or that ‘I am just too busy with my other writing or speaking projects to teach this to others.’ But the reality is that I knew that it would require me to ‘change’ and ‘be more responsible’ and that didn’t always sit well with me.

It’s kind of weird to be confessing this stuff to you when I tell you on a daily basis to ‘seek change’, get out of your ‘comfort zone’ and (the biggie) ‘take responsibility for everything that happens in your life.’

But I absolutely know it is time for me to step up in a bigger way because my ‘comfort zone’ is no longer ‘comfortable.’ I know, in my heart of hearts, that I have a gift for the world and it is the ultimate selfishness to use this gift myself and not share it with the world.

Okay, there, I have said it and now it is time for a change…but I need your help because I am somewhat of a perfectionist and I find that this is a pretty good excuse to ‘not start or finish projects’.

So I am taking a lesson from my past.

When I first started my Journey of Deep Understanding I totally immersed myself in the spiritual principles that I live by today. It was from this total immersion that I was inspired to write my Award-Winning Book; ‘Nuts & Bolts Spirituality, Waking up the Sleepwalkers.’

And what a blessing that was for me and for the people, from all over the world, who have read this book and sent me their unsolicited testimonials as to how this book has helped them to gain a deep understanding about themselves and the rules of the game of ‘Life on Planet Earth.’

As I look back I realize that it would have been small-minded of me NOT to write that book. And I am beginning to think that not sharing what I know about the ‘ART of Conscious Creation and Personal Transformation’ is just as small-minded.

So I am serious about doing this but I know I need your help.

Despite my fears, hesitance and perfectionism, I am seriously considering pulling back the curtains and showing you everything I know about how to go about the simple process of creating your life consciously, the way you really want it to be and thereby shift out of a fear based belief system of life and move into a love based belief system that empowers you and allows abundance, health and harmony to flow to you easily and effortlessly.

And sharing stuff I have never publicly shared with anyone about being a sought after writer and speaker and how to get your message out to the world in profound ways while running a profitable business.

(I can honestly tell you that I would have loved to have this training 20 years ago. I know that I would have saved years on my own learning curve)

Here’s the Deal; if I do this it will be a lot of work. (Cleverly disguised as play)

I am quite excited about sharing this transformational stuff with you but I have been around enough and tried a few other projects (with varying degrees of success) to know that even small projects can get out of hand and turn into big ones…

So I only want to do this if there is enough interest.

What I want to know is;

  • What do you think?
  • Should I do this?
  • Would you be interested?

Your feedback and thoughts are the fuel that keeps me going.

And I don’t even want to think about doing all of this unless there is enough potential interest.

Anyway, if you have a second, please leave a comment below or email me and let me know what you think.

It means a lot to me and I will do my best to respond to each and every comment and email.

Thanks again, and as always,

Live in love,

Richard D. Blackstone

 

 

 

 

Getting Personal… and FINALLY Doing What You Told Me To Do

 

So, every week day I send out the ‘Create One Love Notes’ in the morning to get your day started on a powerful positive note.

Well…today is a bit different.

I am pulling back the curtain a little bit and sharing something more personal.

Here goes.

Many of you know that up until my late 30’s I was not on the enlightened path that I journey on today. I was basically ‘sleepwalking’ through life thinking that life was happening to me and how I had to react to the people, places and events of my life. Just like everyone I knew, I was conditioned from birth to buy into a fear based belief system about life that is founded in the idea that we are ‘separate’ from all other people, objects, animals, plants, planets and basically ‘everything in existence’ while we are playing this wonderful game called “Life on Planet Earth.” Can anybody relate to that?

Then I went through an awakening period (which is a way cool story in itself) where I began a journey of Deep Understanding about the way life really works and, most importantly, gaining clarity about ‘who I really am.’ The plot thickens.

I was hooked on this new perspective about life, just as you are, and immersed myself in the process of shifting my entire belief system of life from one of fear and separation to one of Love and Oneness. Well, this opened up a whole new world to me that is filled with Peace, Joy and Love. And, believe me, once you have experienced this paradigm of playing the game of life you never want to go back to that old fear-based model ever again.

Now, here is the cool part of this Personal Transformation stuff; when you begin to live your daily life from a perspective of Love and Oneness you begin to feel a driving passion to ‘serve others’ because you know that you are interconnected with all of life and you want to not only share that but you realize that the more you serve others the more you are actually serving yourself. I know you see this connection.

That is when I started writing books and giving talks and workshops and doing things on the internet, like writing daily ‘Love Notes’.  I kept finding ways to serve at higher and higher levels. And one of the most powerful tools I used was to start a ‘New Year’s Resolution’ every year. But instead of a whole bunch of things to improve on I created a theme for the whole year and then worked on it very consciously for the entire year to see where it would take me.

Here are just a few examples of past years for me.

  • Write ‘Nuts & Bolts Spirituality, Waking up the Sleepwalkers’. I had so much energy coursing through me about spiritual principles and this was my release to get it all down on paper so that I could use this book to help others on their journey.
  • Deep clarity about my 3 foundation pillars of Love, Oneness & Creation. Wow, this one really empowered me and gave me insights and clarity that would have taken a lifetime.
  • ‘Being’ Unconditional Love. Holy cow, and I do mean ‘Holy’. This might seem daunting but it was one of the most transformative years of my life and is my Rock Solid ‘belief system’ now.
  • Bulldozing Limiting Beliefs. When you know you are an unlimited being of light for which all things are possible you naturally want to get rid of all those ‘limiting beliefs’ you created when you were ‘sleepwalking.’ I used to have a limiting belief that told me I could never run a marathon, until I ran a marathon and bulldozed that silly limiting belief to smithereens.
  • Total Wellness in Mind, Body & Spirit. As a sleepwalker I had a lot of bodily ailments, like a severe bad back problem, too much alcohol, weight issues and stuff like that and when I ‘woke up’ I realized the power and significance of the mind/body connection so I spent a year and took my Mind, Body and Spirit on a journey of ‘Total Wellness.’ I cured my bad back, stopped drinking, am at my ideal weight, am in optimal physical health and so much more. What a year.
  • Clarity on ‘Being’ a Full Time Messenger. This was my learning year about how to be the best messenger I can be to help others in their own Personal Transformation and thereby raise the consciousness of humanity while we create a new world model based in peace, joy and love, where all people are honored and allowed to live in the abundance, health and harmony that are their birthrights.

…these are the biggies for the past six years and more before that.

I have found this system to be very effective (and cathartic) for me in my mission to serve humanity at the highest levels.

Well, guess what; we have a new year coming up, 2012, and it has huge significance in the game of ‘Life on Planet Earth’.

I am having HUGE paradigm shifts in my life and the way I look at my business. It is all about the ‘Tipping Point’ of change and my commitment to teaching and guiding others during this ‘evolution of human consciousness‘ that we are all experiencing as we move into 2012.

You may be asking, ‘Richard, that is well and good but what does it have to do with me now?’

What I didn’t tell you is that I made this year, 2012, all about YOU!!!

And I am so serious.

As many of you may have noticed, I am revamping the way I do business and am focusing on what YOU have told me over the last couple years as to what you would like to see me offer and address.

Hence, the new blog at ‘Conscious Life Style Secrets.com’ and the new ‘Video Love Notes’ I am putting on YouTube and my new ‘Transformational Coaching’ package and more ways to give you great content at little or no cost.

Believe me, there is a lot more to come! I am always interested to know what you wish for me to provide, so keep the ideas coming!

But… (the infamous “But”)

There is one REALLY BIG request you have made that I’ve been holding back on – for YEARS, despite many of your heartfelt requests.

Well, I am contemplating changing my mind and giving you exactly what you have been asking for since the ‘Love Notes’ came out lo these many years ago.

But I am nervous because it means sharing with you more of myself and my business than I have in the past.

Kind of sounds like a ‘Limiting Belief’ doesn’t it?

Well, I am ready for some serious ‘Bulldozing’ but I am going to need your help.

Anyway, that REALLY BIG request is… (stay tuned until next time)

Live in love,

Richard D. Blackstone

PS: I’ll be back with more details in a couple days. But until then, please tell me in the Comments where you are heading in 2012 and what your personal ‘resolutions’ are.

 

 

Marketing Strategy

Last week I sent you and email telling you that I was getting on an airplane and heading to San Diego to attend a training session with Max Simon to help me be a better Messenger by being a better Marketer. Max is a genius at Heart-Centered Marketing.

Max Simon and Me

Max Simon, my Business Coach

Well, Max is an Enlightened Entrepreneur and teaches ‘Conscious Commerce’ as a business model where ‘Competition’ is being replaced by ‘Cooperation’. I love this new model of doing business because it requires a fair trade of value for investment and that aligns with the Integrity that must come with business responsibility.

My Life Partner, Luana (pronounced Lew-on-uh), is right beside me on this wild adventure to serve humanity with my message of Love, Oneness and Creation and is invaluable when it comes to great ideas and feedback to really reach people doing the inner work and wanting to play at a higher level themselves.

Luana

Beautiful Luana

We have been brainstorming the best way to define the people we can serve best and then Luana took her morning walk (she loves her daily walks in nature) and came back with these recordings that so often come to us when we are walking in nature. I call it ‘Active Meditation’ time.

Please listen to this short (2:18) audio that addresses who we are looking to serve and get a feel for where we are going with our business in order to serve humanity. We are searching for ways to help people with their Personal Transformation and Luana has some fantastic ideas for doing just that.

I am so proud of this lady. Did you hear what she said? YOU can be part of the change we are going through right now and it all starts with your own Personal Transformation. She goes on to say that we can support you in this to help work on your sense of Responsibility, Belonging, Unity, Love and to help you ‘play your part’ in this evolution happening on ‘Planet Earth’ as we speak.

Luana and Pool

Luana, how do you like our pool?

If you liked that then let’s get some more of Luana’s ideas where she talks about appealing to people who want to do something but not knowing what to do. They want to be part of what is going on but they don’t know ‘what that looks like.’ That’s where we can help. Check it out, it’s only (1:47)

Did you hear the Benefit? …not just Personal Transformation but ‘Worldly Transformation’. This is truly “An Idea Whose Time Has Come”.

This is Luana’s 20 second audio where she sums up what is going on in real world terms. Take 20 seconds and listen;
HERE IT IS; YOU can’t occupy Wall Street? This is what you can do. You can Occupy Your Inner World  to create the New World Model. And you do that through ‘Personal Transformation.’

I totally agree with Luana. You are the one you have been waiting for and the time is now because Your Personal Transformation is “An Idea Whose Time Has Come.’

We would love to hear what you think about our thoughts on how to serve you best. Would you take just a moment and tell us how you feel about really stepping into your own Personal Transformation by writing a quick comment below. It would really help us on our quest to serve you at the highest levels.

Live in love,

Richard D. Blackstone