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Let's start today by talking about the "Law of Attraction".
Angie Kendall's old good friend Melissa "Missy" Blanchard taught the following:
The "Law of Attraction" can also be called the "Law of Vibrational Energy". Everything in the Universe is made of vibrational energy, which has a frequency. Therefore, things with the same frequency attract each other. Our thoughts, beliefs, words, and actions are also vibrational energy, and since each has its own frequency, they attract events of the same frequency. It may seem puzzling that physical objects and phenomena of any form, as well as thoughts, beliefs, words, etc., which have no form at all, are composed of invisible vibrational energies, but modern physics is unraveling the picture of the Universe, and many people understand that it seems to be made up of things invisible to the eye. How the vibrational energies work is a topic that awaits further study. For now, let me say that, based on individual experience, vibrational energies work as described as the "Law of Attraction".
Each person's "thoughts" and "beliefs" have their own unique frequency. For example, if a person has the belief that "I am down on my luck, not taking chances" and has the habit of thinking "I am always short of money" and always saying that, he/she actually experience the reality of "always being short of money." He/she may make frequent mistakes at work and incur losses in order to experience a reality commensurate with the frequency of the belief that he/she is "out of luck." Therefore, it is important to have positive thoughts and speak positive words that are based on positive beliefs. By changing our thoughts, we change the frequency of our vibrational energies, and therefore our reality.
In this regard, the most important thing is to love yourself. And those who love their lives, appreciate the flow of their own lives, and respect the characters in their lives certainly experience a happy reality.
With this in mind, Missy advised us to visualize situations in which our desires are fulfilled, and then led us through a meditation in which we visualized them. Then the frequency of our vibrational energy would approach the frequency of the desire to be realized. This is how thoughts become reality. So Missy told us to always be thinking about fun, positive things, because if we are always in a state of excitement, exciting events will constantly appear in our lives. Words are very powerful, but thoughts are even more powerful. By thinking thoughts that radiate vibrational energy with the frequency of an excited state, vibrational energy of the same frequency in the universe is attracted, and when it materializes, the person's experience is an exciting one.
This teaching, known as the “Law of Attraction,” has inspired many people around the world who are striving for success. Many people have taken the "Law of Attraction" as a starting point for their spiritual studies.
In fact, however, the Universe is not so simple.
First, there is the fact that behind our conscious thoughts, words, and actions, or manifest consciousness, there is a subconscious mind at work. The subconscious mind usually has self-negating beliefs. This is a powerful force, and usually the desire is not fulfilled because the subconscious mind has strong and stubborn ideas that negate the desires held in the manifest mind. This is where the work of discarding the self-negating beliefs held by the subconscious mind becomes necessary. This can be done by imagining pleasant things, or, more often attempted, by repeatedly proclaiming a positive self to the Universe. I am wealthy. I am wealth itself. I am worthy of being loved. I deserve to be loved, etc. That is the affirmation.
Imagery work and affirmations are certainly powerful. However, human consciousness is multilayered and multidimensional. In addition, there is a level of consciousness higher than the subconscious called the superconscious or cosmic consciousness. This is the level of consciousness called the Soul or Higher-Self. At this level, we have a very different level of aspiration than we normally have, more of a holy aspiration for the best of the entire Universe.
And since this level holds the plan for our entire life, it controls the events that happen in our life. This Soul-level desire is actually extremely pleasing and directly connected to our happiness, but life seems uncertain and unstable to us because we are not sure of our Soul's plan. Realizing these desires regarding the Soul's plan can be difficult with mere imagery work. The Soul-level desire are so vast and profound that even if we imagine them with the full force of our manifest consciousness, which has extremely limiting beliefs, we can only see a fraction of them.
At this level, the next level of spiritual learning, such as "Forgiveness" or "Surrender," is necessary. We all experience the events of "Initiation/Rite of Passage" at some point. I am a lover of books, and I came across legendary bestsellers like Florence Scovel Shinn's "The Game of Life and How to Play It" early on, so I learned rather quickly that the "Law of Attraction" is not such a simple law to operate.
Melissa “Missy” Blanchard was sincere in this regard. As the "Law of Attraction" became all the rage, more and more workshop organizers were telling people that they could have anything they wanted and that they should imagine it. Melissa "Missy" Blanchard was quite different from those self-improvement workshop organizers.
For example, if you fall in love with someone who has a spouse and imagine that he/she will divorce and come to you, will you be able to marry him/her? You might be able to, but it usually simply leads to new attachments and suffering. At the Soul-level, we always, always, always wish the best for the entire Universe. Of course, there is a possibility that, according to the plan of each Soul, the other will eventually divorce and come to you and marry you, but in that case, there is a happy path for his/her separated ex/spouse as well. Melissa “Missy” Blanchard said much the same thing as Florence Scovel Shinn.
What is not “yours” at the Soul-level is never yours. When you try to take that which is not “yours,” you are like a thief. If you love someone, leave your love to fate.
It is through such advice that my faith in Melissa “Missy” Blanchard has grown immensely. I was particularly impressed with her stock trading methods. I closely analyzed the numbers of each publicly traded company, found the best companies, and added them to my Portfolio. I would hold them for the long term, and when they paid dividends, I would use that to buy the same shares and reinvest, thus earning compound interest. Missy was the same way in that regard. The difference was that my Portfolio was very varied and noisy, while hers was very simple. I don't usually buy stocks in a particular industry just in case the growth potential of that industry starts to diminish and all of the companies in that industry's stocks go down in value. I try to find and buy stocks in as many industries as possible, with the intention that good companies in other industries will support Portfolio. I find at least three good companies from one industry, buy their shares, and continue to hold them. Of course, that doesn't mean I don't sell. There are certain indicators that help me determine whether or not I should let go. I let go of shares in companies that have lost their growth potential and buy shares in other companies, but in doing so, I basically do not make the decision to abandon the industry itself, which has lost its growth potential. I have changed my policy a bit now.
Melissa "Missy" Blanchard did not have such a strategy herself. Nor did she have much knowledge of the various numbers to understand what the company was about. But her Portfolio had some of the same stocks that I owned, and there were a few that had been bought much earlier than I had bought them. When I asked her the secret, she said, "My Higher-Self tells me".
- About five times during the day she saw "signs" such as hearing the name of a company.
- The name of a certain company was printed on the newspaper that the man sitting next to her at the cafe was reading, and it appeared to glow in seven different colors.
- She heard the name of a company in her dream.
Melissa "Missy" Blanchard was taught by her "Higher-Self" which stocks to buy by such supernatural, so called "Synchronicity" and she bought them trusting them without doubts. I was shown her Portfolio, which is very good, very prescient.
No matter what numerical analysis methods we use, it is impossible to grasp even 1/10000th of the Light information that our "Higher-Self" has. The Guiding Spirit has things figured out on a cosmic level, so it is better to silence our "thoughts" and use our "Intuition" to know and follow the "Soul's plan". Or we can surrender everything and wait excitedly for the wealth to flow naturally. It is more meaningful to practice the practice of receiving the wealth that flows to us without hesitation. It's not just about investing in stocks, it's about all aspects of life.
Most equity investors would probably laugh out loud at these words from Melissa "Missy" Blanchard, but I've seen her Portfolio, which is clearly the kind of thing that only a master can put together, and I'm thrilled to have had the opportunity to learn how she does it. Few people know her, but I trusted and loved her as much or more than any other famous spiritual teacher, and I frequently visited her home in Albuquerque with Angie Kendall.
I later began studying "A Course In Miracles" and began to share the wisdom of "Forgiveness" through lectures and workshops. Melissa "Missy" Blanchard's teachings went beyond the content of the worldwide "Law of Attraction" craze of that period. and, of course, she also shared the wisdom of "Forgiveness".
But anyway, at this stage of my life, I was excited about the "Law of Attraction", so I decided to do something fun. I really did. Thankfully, I had achieved financial abundance, so it was easy for me to get out of the fierce competition and change my way of being to relax, enjoy abundance, and be excited about life on a regular basis. My husband, Masato Shiraishi, whom I would later meet, had struggled all his life financially, so he had a hard time transforming from a "consciousness of scarcity" to a "consciousness of abundance". Not knowing him yet and being single, I enjoyed this period of transformation and was grateful for it every day. This learning has slowly changed my personality from intense and stinging to soft and rounded. At first, I think I just thought about exciting things and smiled to keep my vibrational energy frequency as high as possible. But it moved me into a state of mental and physical wellness. Gradually I became kinder to myself and understood that it was important to take care of myself.
Besides, this has been a good outcome for "Nu-Era Pics" in a truly surprising way. I had been so absolutely confident in my own judgment that I had never listened to the opinions of others, but to make things easier on myself, I began to adopt many of the opinions of my colleagues in the company and also let them do most of the work. As a result, many people have grown rapidly.
Rachel Hayashibara, a third-generation Japanese-American, served as my secretary, and she is a gem of “Nu-Era Pics,” which grew very rapidly during this period. A friend of the writings of Akiko Yosano, Ntozake Shange, Maya Angelou, Hannah Arendt and Susan Sontag since her youth and eventually studied at Kyoto University in Japan, she is a passionate woman who is like a fire elemental taking physical form, but she also has a graceful grace that keeps her smiling.
Her father gave her a book, THE PATH, by Kōnosuke Matsushita, founder of Matsushita Electric Industrial Company, which she read. His ideas intrigued Rachel Hayashibara, and she became interested in Japan as well, eventually going on to Kyoto University to study economics. By the way, this company I called "National" when I was a child is now "Panasonic".
From the moment I met her, I was captivated by her personality and talent, and with a "Threefold Courtesy", I seduced her and pulled her out of a certain Japanese IT company. She was always so quick to understand my projects that she prepared the necessary materials, selected the right people to meet, and obtained the right books to read even before I asked her to do so. Because she is so meticulously informed about the companies that are for sale, the company she says we should buy is the one we should definitely buy. She also told me where to find the best Tofu Burritos and Mapo Tofu for my Tofu lover!
Rachel Hayashibara is still with “Nu-Era Pics” and continues to contribute to the company with much of her typical loyalty.
On the other hand,he more ambitious ones took their experience with "Nu-Era Pics" and started their own businesses, and as they did so, a number of businesses were created that were rather new and very profitable for us as well. I would later leave the management of "Nu-Era Pics", but my knowledge of the "Law of Attraction" prepared me for this.
Well, it was May 24, 2004. I went to Madonna's concert at "The Forum" in Inglewood. It was the first show of "The Re-Invention Tour". I heard that Madonna's album "American Life" released the previous year did not sell well, but the concert tour itself was a great success. I was among the audience on the first day of the tour. It was my first time to see Madonna.
Of course, she has held many concerts in Japan. I had taken a ticket during her "Who's That Girl Tour" but could not see it because it was held at a baseball stadium called "Korakuen" in Tokyo, which was cancelled due to rain. It was June 20, 1987. I had tickets for the "Blond Ambition Tour" at Yokohama Stadium in Yokohama, my hometown, but I was unable to go because I myself came down with a high fever due to a cold. It was April 27, 1990. Since then, I have been in the United States, but I have not been to "The Girlie Show Tour" in 1993 nor "Drowned World Tour" in 2001, so I have never seen my beloved Madonna.
I learned the choreography to "Vogue" perfectly a few days before I left. Of course, I could have predicted that the choreography would not be the same as it was when the song was a hit in the spring of 1990. I also understood, of course, that it was not a good idea to dance violently and boldly, as reaching left and right would disturb the audience next to me, but I wanted to try to remember. What I couldn't understand in the promotional video for "Vogue," I made up for by watching the concert footage. The "Vogue" was sung in the very first song, after a long introduction, and I thought, "Woo-hoo!"
And, I went to thrift stores, gathered materials, disassembled and reconstructed the clothes, and wore them on the day of the show, with a large cross I had bought in middle school hanging from my neck.
I have loved clothes since I was a little girl, probably because of my grandfather. By "grandfather," I of course mean Tatsuo Tsukida, my grandfather on my mother's side. Even after he retired from the bank, he was often asked by his clients for business advice from time to time, so he kept all the suits he had made when he was still working as a banker. And when good fabrics came in, the tailor would call him and he would get one or two new suits a year. In fact, my grandfather himself loved talking to tailor.
I can highly recommend this year's SCABAL "Super100's" workmanship. We have a "Windowpane" wool in charcoal gray with light blue lines that I would like you to wear, Mr. Tsukida.
I see. Well, I'll be there tomorrow.
I have been taken by my grandfather to his favorite tailor several times. In short, I think my grandfather was trying to teach me that I should not be swayed by trends when choosing clothes, but that I needed to establish my own "Style". He showed me the whole process of having a suit made to order. It was interesting. When a suit is made, the details are determined to the "millimeter," and it is with this attention to detail that he achieves his elegance and expresses his respect for his clients.
In the 80's, there was a clothing boom initiated by Japanese apparel companies called DC brand (Designer's & Character's), and COMME des GARÇONS was the most popular, so the fashion of black clothes in reference to that brand was popular. I remember my younger brother also wearing TOKIO KUMAGAÏ homme or something like that. I, however, liked to look around Harajuku and Daikanyama to get second-hand clothes and do interesting patchworks by myself. My mother's "SINGER" industrial sewing machine and the "Itotori-Monogatari" lockstitch machine from "babylock" were always useful. I have a Punk Spirit, said my middle school classmate Toko Akazawa, who was fascinated by Vivienne Westwood. She, too, enjoyed DIY clothing. Today she is a world-class product designer. That's right. She is Toko Akazawa.
I well remember neighbors turning a blind eye when I was going to a concert. LOL. No, no, I should not mention names. It is that area where only successful people and heirs of success live. When it was finished I tried it on and showed it to Angie and she said:
Wow! It's really, really, totally awesome, Yukkin!
LOL. But I think your neighbors will think you are a crazy woman who just finished delivering a pizza.
Going to a Madonna concert by myself, unbeknownst to anyone, was like being a spy, and I had an amazing time. I felt like Marlene Dietrich playing X27 in "Dishonored".
As I mentioned earlier, her first song was "Vogue".
In hindsight, I realized that she had sung "Material Girl" but not "Like A Virgin," but I was just so absorbed in following Madonna's every move, and I scream. She played electric guitar on "Burning Up" and "Material Girl" and acoustic guitar on "Nothing Fails" and "Mother And Father". I never thought I would see Madonna play so many guitars, but she looked great doing it. Overall, the message of peace was very strong, with a famous painting of Christ and the Sacred Heart in the vision during "Like A Prayer," or singing "Imagine," and even a picture of John Lennon appearing in the vision. My favorite scene was still the raging scene from "Into The Groove," sung with bagpipers, to the end of the last song. The concert ended with a series of hit songs such as "Papa Don't Preach," "Crazy For You," "Music," and "Holiday".
Aww, I sigh with emotion!
Madonna, I love you.
♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡
Since that day, I have been to several concerts, including Mary J. Blige, Beyoncé, Usher, Stevie Wonder, Céline Dion, U2 and many others.
Ah yes! I also went to a Cyndi Lauper concert. Of course, I cried when I heard "Time After Time" and cried when I heard "True Colors"!
Now, in the course of these pleasant days, that fateful day came.
©Mitsuhiro Toda@Screenwriter Group Aquariusera
