Sarupa Shah Blog

How to spot the GOOD coach and the right coach for YOU!

2012-01-16T08:05:00.000-08:00

Coaching may well be one of the fastest growing industries in the UK. Even as close as 20 years ago coaching was mostly associated with specific niches, mainly music and sport. Now you just name it and you can become a coach for it! Life coach, relationship coach, food coach, business coach, social media coach, law of attraction coach, retirement coach, what to wear coach, writing coach, beauty coach, raw food coach…the list goes on!

If you have access to a telephone line and the Internet you can set yourself up as a coach without much difficulty. It’s not surprising that coaching is almost synonymous with the new age entrepreneur and covers any niche you can think of. (Whether they are entrepreneurs or business owners is a debate for another time!) As an industry which is unregulated and with no common professional standards what defines a good coach remains up for grabs.

Finding a good coach with this system makes it easy for YOU!

What really makes a good coach?

There are many approaches you can take and like all ‘personal services’ so much is a matter of personal taste and connection. This is why personal recommendation maybe a good place to start but it isn’t necessarily the deciding factor or something you can rely on! As someone who coaches, trains coaches and is coached I have developed a 5-point system to evaluate how good the coach really is and cut through the chaff.

1. Competency

There are two components to this and if you are looking for a coach then you can look for these qualities, heck even ask them direct questions about this!

a. Professionalism

b. Commitment to refreshing skills and training

2. Experience, education and expertise! (The 3 E’s)

It’s chicken and egg this experience thing, I remember at school and I’m sure even now school leavers feel the same, ‘they say they want experience but no-one will give me a job to get experience…!’

However, looking at it a different way a divorce coach who has had one divorce and decides he/she is now the divorce coach may be a good starting point but not the point that says ‘good coach.’

This is where education in the broadest and specialist sense becomes relevant as well as expertise. Passion and interest are important but not the only factors to being a good coach!

Is the coach qualified by a recognised body that demonstrates sound knowledge related to the area that they are coaching on? Not a necessity, but can be a good thing!

Finding a coach that has a little bit of celebrity because of their expertise, even if it is in their local community is a good thing as they are more likely to be committed to delivering good coaching.

3. Someone whose clients get results!

You might wonder why this wasn't first in this 5-point system, however in this tricky business of working with people who are ultimately responsible for their own success, sometimes the kink in the chain can be the person you are coaching! They don’t allow themselves to get the results. This happens for a number of reasons but mostly lack of implementation and commitment because of fear. (You have been warned now about why you potentially stand in the way of your own success!)

There is a caveat to this because although a coach cannot do the work for you, a coach that doesn’t ever have good results, and therefore good testimonials and people who are willing to vouch for their experience of working together may need to do more in this area to truly qualify as a good coach.

For example if you want to work with a publishing or book writing coach who has no clients that have gone on to publish books then I would dig deeper than accepting at face value that they are a good publishing/writing coach!

Getting results is the crux of coaching, and in this case involves YOU as the person looking for a coach to be as committed as the coach!

4. Someone who is going to be authentic!

The do as I say and not as I do approach is tired and out of date. No-one wants to be preached too as well as no-one wants to find that their business coach is about to go bust and never had a coach of his or her own to help them out of the predicament that they found themselves in!

Authenticity in its simplest and most obvious sense is about walking your talk and talking your walk. And maybe this is why the emergence of the ‘life experienced based niche’ has become so fashionable. There is something comforting to be taught, guided, mentored and coached by someone who has been there, got the t-shirt and is acting as your compass to where you want to be! However don’t forget point no. 2 above.

5. Try before you buy!

A coach who wants to work with you will not hesitate in speaking with you in advance. If they fob you off to a ‘coach from their team,’ be insistent that you wish to speak with them before you make a purchasing decision. After all you wouldn’t go to buy a television and test a different one to the one you want!

With these 5 areas to look out for and research you will beging to pick the best coach for YOU!

You can also get to an event, listen to a teleclass, or watch as many YouTube videos of the coach you wish to work with too. The more you can get a feel of them and their work the stronger your decision will be.

There are so many different types of coaches with different styles and approaches that will suit you and some will not suit you. What I enjoyed 5 years ago I may not enjoy today, so even our own personal needs, wants and desires change! Make sure each time you are in the market for a coach you refer to this checklist (and add your own too) and ask the questions and take the right action so your decision to work with someone is empowered! Remember too sometimes you will need more than one coach, at one point I was working with 5 at the same time as they all fullfilled different roles and offered very different things!

Having coaching can be a wonderful life changing experience as the structure, accountability and growth you can get is phenomenal, but due diligence is always a good thing! A coach is not a peer as such as they are a few steps even leaps ahead of you showing you the way to where you want to get to. Having peer to peer support is great, like having supportive friends but a coach fulfills a role that only a coach can and that is to hold space for your growth and challenge you through their own wisdom, experience, knowledge and in some cases insight into being more than you are now!

My question to you is if your life, business, health, love, or wealth isn’t where you want it to be, dreamed it would be, or even need it to be, then what are you waiting for….you have the 5-point system to guide you...!

Is planning a dirty word...?

2011-12-06T10:08:00.000-08:00

Heart centred, conscious, healer types have a funny relationship with planning. Over and over I hear planning is last paradigm, it’s not feminine or it stops me being in flow…! I even had a coach who whose way was to coach you so you were always on the edge of your seat, any mention of what you wanted to do next was met with a frown and lecture on that is not how to make money. Suffice to say I kicked that coach to touch as who wants to permanently live working out how they are going to survive?

Surviving or figuring out how to survive is old paradigm. In fact it is the illusionary way of living because in our abundant universe the real truth to living is thriving not surviving…and if you want to thrive get yourself a plan!!!

Why is planning is a dirty word?

Whenever I hear someone rave about the woes of planning it always makes me wonder what are they afraid of?

Woe Reason #1
Fear of failure

Failure is a judgment not a fact and avoiding planning doesn’t make sense or address the issue of self-judgment!If we truly valued ourselves then we would not see things that did not work out the way we were expecting, wishing or hoping (such ephemeral sentiments when you think about them) as failure. Instead they would be opportunities to learn, grow and be more, rather than stick the ethereal boot into our own back.

Having a plan can feel like you are setting yourself up to fail, how will you deliver, how will you succeed? But you know as well as I do that kind of thinking will attract that kind of reality. A plan is a healthy and wealth conscious way of knowing the direction of your life and business and it isn’t written in stone!

Woe Reason #2
Don’t understand the manifestation process

"Planning is good for your Soul and Spirit"

If we want to manifest something there is a process to follow, however if we follow this process (or not as it is for most people) because we are constantly on the edge of our seat, fingers crossed, panicking about what do next and coming up with some idea that seems like it could work, we are more often than not coming from a poverty and lack consciousness. Having a plan whether it is in response to something or for your business allows your emotional body to feel safe and work in alignment with you rather than trying to be the voice of fear as it often becomes.

Woe Reason #3
Don’t think planning is spiritual

Let’s not forget the master of all plans is the Divine Plan and I always think if it is good enough for the universe/God, then it is good enough for me! Also everything is spiritual. Unspiritual is a man-made word that doesn’t actually mean anything!

And the Divine Plan isn’t return in stone but what it gives is the parameters, the guiding points and the clarity around experience and at an individual level when we have a plan that is what we are doing too. Without a plan the saying ‘going with the flow’ doesn’t carry much weight as what flow are you going with exactly…? With a plan the flow has a focus!

Benefits of planning

A manifestation and attraction tool and ritual
Helps break patterns that are not serving you
Let’s your soul, spirit and the universe know (a)what you are working on (b) what you are understanding about who you are and (c) your commitment to purpose and growth
It makes us feel safe and gives focus, clarity and intention
It’s fun!

Are you ready to create your life and business plan for 2012?

In my next article I am going to share with you my planning process that I am using to create my life and business plan for 2012. Look out for step one in the next article and make sure you have your journal handy!

For now my suggestion to you is start to change how you look at planning; it isn’t old paradigm or anti-divine feminine! It is the tool for a new wealthy and effortless flow in 2012. Remember planning is new paradigm and very divine!

Secret #9 Celebrate and acknowledge your good and be grateful and give thanks always.

2011-10-18T02:13:00.000-07:00

This may seem like a really obvious secret to understand and it’s probably more of a reminder to you but nudges are always good because when you get into it you might realise how you are not as aligned as you are telling yourself!

I remember many times in my life when I was in struggle with what I felt (judged) the universe was chucking at me. It felt like nothing was going my way. Looking back there was struggle for sure but was it as bad as my own perception was revealing and showing me…? I was I using the illusion of struggle to stay stuck and fall into low vibrational patterns that were never going to serve me.

When I took on the struggle mind-set even when good things were happening, I was unable to appreciate them. I was unable to build on them or even stop feeling like I had fallen out with the universe, (well I really thought it had fallen out with me!)

Of course it was all an illusion, even the bills that were begin to mount up were all part of the illusion because as soon as I started to feel good and acknowledge the good rather than focus on what wasn’t working everything shifted. It always does!

You see it is easy to focus on what isn’t working and then it becomes like a virus spreading into every area of life. My relationships, my car, you name it, I had issue with it all, none of it was on my side, nothing was working. Thankfully that was back then!

I was the victim and of course in the mean time I had forgotten or givenup on affirmations and visualisations and meditations as they were not part the remedy, it needed me to sulk…well at least that was how I was behaving! Maybe you are struggling now, or think back to when you were and see how much you gave up and supported the struggle through victim thinking.

My behaviour was of course fear and I had simply forgotten to celebrate and acknowledge the good that was coming into my life!

If you are reading this you probably know about the Law of Attractionand like attracting like, and you will easily understand that when you focus on the negative you invite more of it to you. You literally magnetize it to you. You will also understand that celebrating and acknowledging your good and being grateful will attract more of those situations in your life. It seems plainly obvious when you read it I bet?

Big question is, do you really understand it enough to realise that you are really creating your life through your actions, thoughts and behaviours and so on? Knowing something is only half of the story!

We can all find the ‘but it isn’t in this case,’ scenario in our life. And yes things will come to test and wobble but in order to raise your wealth, prosperity and money consciousness and really be in the heart of abundance in your whole life, celebrating and acknowledging your good and being grateful and giving thanks always are behaviours to increase in your life. Really turn the volume up on gratitude and really put your energy on what is working however tenuous or weak it feels at first. You are putting your power and consciousness deliberately into creating the wealth, prosperity and money consciousness you desire and deep down you know you are here to have!

My coach’s challenge to you today is to write 10 good things going on in your life right now AND to send out 5 Thank You notes, (or even emails or better still email cards) to people in your life just because!

If you want to catch up with Secrets 1-8 then hop on over to my blogwww.sarupashah.blogspot.com

Secret 8: When abundance starts to materialise don’t get intoxicated on success or forget your rituals and connection to source

2011-10-18T02:08:00.000-07:00

It seems that when there is a concerted effort to align the soul and spirit to abundance then there is always success. Why wouldn't there be, after all we live in an abundant universe where we can take and be what we want.

When abundance starts to come into flow and life becomes effortless, the temptation is to get wrapped up in the material flow and forget the spiritual flow that got you there. This happens in varying degrees but the energy is I have got what I need, I have arrived and now I am invincible. (Read: I am scared this is a passing phase and now that I am here I do not want to focus on anything else, if this Midas Touch feeling goes then I will be left with nothing again.)

You have probably seen this in people where you feel like they are showing off, too ungrounded and slightly annoying to be around as they have gone from humility to ‘I am it’ in 60 seconds…or around that!

Why does this happen?

Fact no. 1: The feeling of intoxication on one’s own success comes when understanding of the law of abundance is weak or poor. If the depth and truth of abundance was understood you would know that it doesn’t go away just because you got something you desired, there are no catches! There is nothing to fear, the abundance is not trying to run away from you.

Fact no. 2: With the lack and limited understanding about the true essence of abundance comes the fear of losing it because I am not really sure how I got ‘it’ in the first place. This is because there is a basic lack of trust with one’s relationship with the universe and source and the deep set fear of not being good enough. The abundance that has shown up must have just been ‘luck’ and therefore pretending I am totally abundant (i.e. intoxicated on success) will trick everyone including the universe!

Fact no. 3: This is a personality trait that needs to evolve and the best way to evolve it is to return back to a place of spirit and soul, returning to meditation, visualisation, affirmation and community or the practice you applied to get to where you are.
A little something to help

We’re all humans learning, even if we have been here several times in the past. And if you find yourself feeling this intoxication, this sense of well thank god I am doing better than them energy. If you catch yourself believing that you are ‘extra’ lucky and it’s all about you. If you start to have even a shred of I am invincible, I got this cracked and I don’t need the universe, I can do it alone. Then I suggest to you.

1. Forgive yourself, you are human and it happens.
2. Don’t panic, you are not a bad person.
3. Go back to gratitude. A sure fire way to create an energy of compassion and connection.
4. Re-read fact no. 3.
5. Go back to no. 1 and start the process again!

Stay grounded folks, stay in alignment and know that abundance really is yours to claim and it will and it does continue to expand so keep working towards greater expansion, don’t fear it disappearing and it won’t!

If you have missed the previous secrets in this series, you can read them on my blog: www.sarupashah.blogspot.com

Secret #7: Abundance is your birth right; the universe is, has been and always will be wealthy so you can take what you want.

2011-10-18T02:05:00.000-07:00

This secret is controversial in that it is not generally accepted as a truth; well not if you take a closer look! It’s one of those statements that can make you think it’s too good to be true therefore it must be untrue! After all how can anything too good to be true be anything other than a fantasy…?

Well to quash those buried thoughts where you feel you cannot really have anything you want, I want to tell you, YOU CAN! That’s not to say you will get everything you want because more often than not you get better than you thought, well in my experience you do, but that comes when you know that there is more than enough out there already and the universe is more than happy to oblige support and reflect back your desires as a reality to you!

We live in one of the most abundant universes, it is driven by the frequency of abundance and yet all too often there is a struggle to understand this. This is an individual reaction to a universal truth and is wrapped up in the bundle of energy that doesn’t trust or believe in self-worth (everybody else can have what they want just not me!)

In your life think of something that you desire, maybe it is a new car, a bigger house, more clients, a regularly increasing income. Now ask yourself…

How long have you desired this?
Why have you not claimed this abundance?

Whatever the reasons why you come up with, however plausible they are and believe me I know good excuses when I see them, the truth is somewhere within you is a disconnect from the truth that the universe is abundant. Somewhere in you there is a sense that…that will not be possible for me, not me, things like that don’t work or happen for me!

Even if you cannot feel that disconnect on a conscious level believe me it is there. Somewhere deep within your unconscious there is a story that is counteracting the universe is abundance truth and it is causing havoc for you which is why the new car, a bigger house, more clients, a regularly increasing income is not happening easily!

Because the universe is abundant and you can take what you want (yes, you can!) you first have to believe this and be prepared to address those underlying and often hidden issues that stop you from having what you want and desire. Life was designed to be effortless and abundant and if it isn’t then you have the power to change it! The starting point for you and my coach’s gift to you is the following affirmation:

“The universe is abundant and I can take what I want because I deserve to be abundant, prosperous and wealthy”

Repeat that at least 10 times a day and in each moment during the day reframe your mind set and thinking to see abundance. Abundance in nature, on the high street, on the roads, in your business…see the world through abundant eyes and you will see that the universe is abundant. When you know there is enough life will be enough but when you know that there is more than enough and forever increasing wherever you look you will also experience the same in your life!

If you have missed the previous secrets in this series, you can read them on my blog: www.sarupashah.blogspot.com

Secret #6 for raising your wealth, prosperity and money consciousness!

2011-09-21T10:01:00.000-07:00

Secret # 6: Don’t delay your good until you have money, asthen you are always delaying it.

If you want to feelgood because of money, wealth and prosperity, feel good NOW.

Have you ever walkedpast a shop, seen a dress, pair of shoes or something else you liked which youcould have purchased and then said to yourself, ‘no I will wait until I getpaid, or I will wait until I get that new client…” Or words to that effect?

I was only talking toa friend recently who said she saw two vases she knew would be perfect for herhome, but she delayed buying and after she got home she thought, I want thoseand decided to go straight back to the shop. Sadly they had been sold!

Now before you start the mantra, ‘she was clearly not meantto have those vases…’ I want to stop you because what she did and what anyonedoes when they barter with feeling good is simply delay or stop the good in itstracks and of course give power to money over and above anything else. Apowerful affirmation of, ‘this is what I desire but I will hold back becausemoney will decide whether I can or cannot,’ (aka money is my God!)

When you catchyourself saying I will wait to do XXX until money comes in (either through aclient or some other source) you are simply denying yourself the opportunity tofeel good NOW! You are remaining connected to the poverty consciousness and ina universe like this one, where like attracts like if you delay your good theuniverse can only oblige and keep doing the same! And while connected to the povertyconsciousness dreams of personal wealth and what you would like to do for thoseon the planet you are here to serve are just that…dreams!

In the current world we live in where even nations arelosing their credit rating…I mean really… it all sounds so farcical to me, likekids playing Monopoly, it is easy to get sucked into the energy of lack. It iseasy to get sucked into the, I must get X,Y,Z and A,B,C in place before I letmyself enjoy good things as without them I don’t deserve/am not ready/goodenough etc. to feel good.

If you are relying onyour next big money break before you think you are going to be happy and feelgood then I can tell you from personal experience it doesn’t happen this way ifyou have been denying good until then.

It is true moneydoesn’t literally create happiness, how can it on its own? Temporary fixes maybe; however the energy ofmoney which is love after all, is all about feeling good. If we are withholdingfeeling good in our lives then money will not flow and if it does it will notcreate a desired impact of feeling wealthy, supported, safe or secure onlybecause your energy is still in that place that good needs to be delayed forsomething. The something just becomessomething else, so the 'one more client' becomes the next client, and so on.It’s a pattern that needs to be broken and a pattern that needs consciousawareness around it.

I recently have found myself in this withholding pattern itcreeps up as it seems hard wired in our being and we need to untangle from thisneed to tell ourselves we are not worthy of true joy now.

My coach’s challenge to you today is to go and do somethingthat you have been putting off because you think you need to have more moneyfirst. Do something that feels good NOW. Go and celebrate YOU just because, notbecause you got a pay rise, or new client, of course they are other greatreasons to celebrate too.

Whether it is amassage, or holiday, new pair of shoes, a night out in a restaurant you havebeen hankering to go to or 2 new vases for your home, just go make it happenright now!

If there was a reasonto ever write a job description for being human, the most important qualitythat is needed to have a successful stint at it is… “Doesn’t delay or deny goodand is able to feel good always and NOW!”

If you have missed the previous secrets in this series, youcan read them on my blog: www.sarupashah.blogspot.com

secret 5 of 10 important secrets when working on raising your wealth, money & prosperity consciousness.

2011-08-14T04:04:00.000-07:00

Secret #5 Whatever unfolds in your journey critical thoughts and fears will hold you back, instead love and trust will move you forward.

Who is your worst critic? Who tells you over and over, you can’t do that, you will fail?

Even if you answer a name to this, the truth is that it is YOU! They are 99.9% of the time reflecting your inner fears back to you so that you can resolve them! So if you are remember what your parents said to you about pursuing your dream, instead of being angry with them and damaged why not see how they were supporting you in creating enough friction and tension for you to pursue your dream? Because energetically they were picking up the fears you were going to have and they could only reflect that back to you…and of course it was part of their contract with you. It’s how the universe works…! And that is a whole another story but some important food for thought!

When you are criticizing yourself unconsciously or consciously you are broadcasting that vibrational frequency out into the world. Of course others will pick it up and reflect it back to you, after all like attracts like. Same with fear, if you are continually fearful of taking the next step or leap, whether that is taking action towards your dream, or spending money towards making your dream anchor into reality, you are going to be broadcasting that fear out into the world. Not very welcoming broadcast or one that leads to wealth, money and prosperity!

Both fear and criticism are denser energies that stop your flow. When people talk about how you might be standing in the way of your own prosperity, abundance and wealth, these are the 2 key reasons why. They simply hold you back because you are not shining your true light and you are attracting more and more of the same and trying to create a reality you desire through shadow and not light!

I find it amazing how many actions are continued to be taken from a place of fear, self-doubt and self-criticism and then people wonder why they are so entangled and far away from their dream. These decisions come from a place of lack as there is no trust in the universe or yourself to supply all that you need to reach your potential and beyond!

How many times have you desired support to create your dream life and then when it has been offered said no? You want help, when it comes you say no…because you are afraid, you deconstruct it and label it as wrong. What message does that give the universe about how much you trust it and trust yourself?
What is the alternative way?

A great noble question instead is to ask…”What would love do here?” OR “What would love feel here?”

Love is a universal quality that the universe is constantly beaming to us as a pathway to get to where we desire. It makes sense that we could catch a ride on this beam and get to where we want to without the drama, without the setbacks and without the entanglements and of course it is the short cut.

Whatever happens love it. Whatever unfolds trust it is for good and instead of shrinking back to fear and telling yourself you failed, were not good enough or something equally as unhelpful come

back to a place of love and that will support you in creating wealth, money and prosperity!

If you have missed the previous secrets in this series, you can read them on my blog: www.sarupashah.blogspot.com

secret#4 of 10 important secrets when working on raising your wealth, money & prosperity consciousness.

2011-07-26T08:19:00.000-07:00

Secret #4: Visualise and affirm success as often as possible, that puts you in the stream of your abundance and miracles!

When you are working on raising your wealth, money and prosperity consciousness, what are you giving your energy and thoughts too? Is it the 'this won't work' scenario that you play over and over in your head?

Or, is the 'I will fail, I always do,' on a repeat loop.Raising your wealth, money and prosperity consciousness requires that you keep focusing on what you wish to create and not the fear of how it will arrive, unfold or happen, or focusing on what you don't want. Your job is to stay in alignment energetically and through the actions that you take so that you are not feeding your pattern of failure.

Over and over again I see people create their vision and after a few days they give up on it and slip back into low vibrational patterns. The affirmations drop from consciousness and it is like the birthing was aborted before it was given a chance to manifest. And that not only stops the wealth, money and prosperity coming in, but it also keeps the vision incomplete, superficial and often ego based, but that is a whole other story!

If you are looking to have 5 new clients this month then what are you doing tokeep your energy aligned to that frequency? What are you affirming? Affirmations are not a one off exercise they are a constant stream of creation. Visualisation isn't one off when you're panicking, it's another constant stream of creation.

What is the alternative?

Well given that you are constantly broadcasting thoughts, images, and affirming something which is more likely one negative thing after another with the help of your inner critic, then you can see why a lot of work is needed to reverse the trends that have not been serving you. I always recommend flooding your system with the good you wish to create and make reality.

You create your own reality at all times without question so being in alignment with what you think, feel and say about yourself and your potential, is vitally important. Otherwise you are simply standing in the way of your miracles and abundance.

Keep that dance between visualising and affirming alive and don't give up because you think you are not seeing results fast enough. Keep that vibrational frequency high and committed to what you wish to create and desire.

This will be one of the most powerful energy things you can do to support your wealth, money and prosperity consciousness. You can't imagine an Athlete visualizing a defeat...well nor should you and the great thing is that keeping your vibrational frequency high in this way and in alignment with your desires can open you to the boundless potential that already exists for you!

When you are feeling like nothing is working and your story has taken a downward turn, raise your game and remember secret #4 and turn it all around byvisualising your success and affirming what it is that you are about to create and experience in life! If you let this fall from your consciousness then get back to it right away...remember what you believe is what you perceive so believe only in what you desire to create!

And finally the underpinning aspect to this is about the action that you take! Visualising and affirming are feminine in energy and each of us regardless of what sex we are need to balance the masculine and feminine, in this case action is the masculine.

What action are you taking to support your vision become a reality? This article should give you enough food for thought for now!

Secret #3 of 10 when working on raising your wealth, money & prosperity consciousness

2011-07-04T08:27:00.000-07:00

Secret #3: The balanced & aligned inner and outer journey makes the difference you seek with your wealth, money 7 prosperity!

This may sound really obvious but the truth is how much inner work do you do that is really relevant to raising your wealth, money and prosperity consciousness?

People often say that being an entrepreneur is like one big personal development journey and it is or at least can be, but first it is a personal revelation journey, the development doesn’t come on its own or naturally it comes because you are willing to do something about what has been revealed to you!

If you recall in Secret # 2 I talked about the outer world being reflected in your inner world. The truth is that if your outer world is not reflecting the dreams and desires you wish, crave and are hungry for…and that doesn’t have to mean that you are on the streets with no money, it can simply mean that there is a misalignment and a hunger for growth and expansion…then there is an inner journey to be made.

Broadly speaking the inner journey is often referred to as the healing journey and in some way all of life is about healing our relationships with our self, with the Divine, with others, with the planet, the material world and so on, so healing is a sufficient label. However it gets confusing when all you are doing is healing without action! The inner journey alone doesn’t create wealth, money and prosperity.

Action is the domain of the outer world, so the outer journey is all about aligning action to the healing and then healing to support the action!

All too often I see people locked in the healing journey, the self-discovery, the search for ultimate truth, the unequivocal signs to say you are ready. Now there is nothing wrong with this per se but without action where you apply the new way of being, you test out new ways of living, new ways of approaching business, wealth, money and prosperity you are simply locking yourself in a healing journey. It becomes your trap and place of illusionary comfort!

All that said and done, what do you do then?

Firstly ask yourself this question, do you know you could be more than you are now?

By this I mean, could you have more impact in the world?

Could you have more money to have the lifestyle of your choice & to support the causes you feel a resonance with?

If you can answer YES to any 1 of those questions then ask yourself…

What are you doing about it?

Worrying, wishing, dreaming, keeping your fingers crossed are not really going to help you! If you know you could be more and do nothing about it, it creates a vacuum that gets blocked and/or filled with energy that is out of kilter to your desire and inner yearnings.

In the same way making plans after plans without alignment to your inner being is as pointless as being stuck on a healing journey and taking no action. It is all about ‘conscious balance'; learning when to push, or pull, create or rest, go inwards or be outwards…all linked to the inner and outer journey.

If you are ready to raise your wealth, money and prosperity consciousness from where you are now to where you know you can be then your path can be mapped out by knowing and then taking action on this secret…

Secret #3: The inner and outer journey makes the difference you seek!

10 important secrets when working on raising your wealth, money & prosperity consciousness.

2011-06-10T02:29:00.000-07:00

Secret # 2 Remember you are not learning anything new, you are simplyactivating your inner abundance that is boundless.

This used to get me. Spiritual teaching was always sayingand still does say you are born with everything you need.

I was also very dubious about the ‘inner’ issue as I thoughtit was a cop out something those with money said to those without! Just feelabundant that is good enough… well it didn’t pay my credit cards debt I cantell you! And in all honesty I couldn’t get my head round money being linked toanything spiritual.

That was then and as I grew and transformed…I was able toget to this secret #2 which is important for you to know and integrate into yourlife!

You do have access to abundance that is part of your Divine Inheritance, but believing it onlyin your head is not the same as activating it, healing it, being it & doingsomething about it. Going on the inner journey to create an outer world thatreflects what you dream and desire is where it is at! Look inside at the giftsand connections you were given. That is where the consciousness shift happens,because when you believe something you can still doubt it and change your mindbut when you know something you are then on course to be it and do it!

Your inner world is really a way of describing yourconnection to the universe and divine realms, so really it is more ‘outer’ thanmaterial outer world, as it is quite literally out of this world! Given thatyou and I have this inner connection to the universe and divine realms we allhave access to the same boundless abundance.

It makes perfect sense so far…right?

Time to change those stories & heal the patterns thatstop you embodying secret #2!

Secret # 2 Remember you are not learning anything new, you are simplyactivating your inner abundance that is boundless.

Abundance is your birth right, your divine inheritance soyou are already able to be it…the biggest shift you can make right NOW is know that abundance is inside of younot outside of you. That way you can release your POWER to make wealth, moneyand prosperity flow out of you rather than to you. And what then happens isthat instead of thinking its things you have no control over that createstruggle you can instead focus on creating and attracting what you desire…a smallbut significant shift!

That simple shift is so profound, trust me. And a greataffirmation for you to use while you create this shift in your life is:

Abundance is my birth right, it is my divine inheritance!

Anything else is not in alignment with spiritual truth. Andto save yourself struggle and confusion like I had, let’s not debate aboutspiritual truth, better to accept it and allow it to be a truth that shinesfrom within you, because no amount of debating or not trusting is going to takeaway the truth:

You are not learninganything new; you are simply activating your inner abundance that is boundless.

When I accepted this I was able to create my own destinywith a potency like never before, instead of waiting for things to happen orimprove, I created things how I desired them to be and worked on consciouslyaligning my actions to my dream. This is what I teach my clients too, imagineyou are breathing out the abundance with in you, you don’t have to go on asearch for it, as you have it within you so let it come out!

The 10 Secrets to Raising Your Money, Wealth & Prosperity Consciousness

2011-06-09T02:45:00.000-07:00

Secret #1:

Don’t tell people what you are doing! It weakens your energy and you can be affected by other people’s judgement broadcasts. It’s sacred so keep it close to your heart.

I used to think it was necessary to tell everyone everything I was doing. Sadly more often than not I was met with disapproving looks, judging comments and much criticism.

It didn’t matter if I was speaking with spiritual friends or not, as soon as I said I was working on wealth money and prosperity, it caused a reaction. This reaction confused me and made me doubt whether I was ‘doing it right,’ or whether I should be focussing on this area of study at all…’

I remember when one of my ‘non-spiritual seeker’ friends said she thought all this talk of abundance by the spiritual community was simply greed.

I have also had ‘spiritual friends’ say that what I was learning was wrong and they had the answer…so different response but the outcome the same.

I wobbled, felt confused and trapped all at the same time.

Okay I used to think like a little like both the examples I shared too but when I tried to change this belief because it was so limiting I was met with it from outside of me, so it was like it never went away. Funny how no-one ever mentioned greed when I was being paid $$$ in the corporate world, that was seen as an achievement!

What was really going on?

When you or anyone is being judged 99.9%of the time the ‘person judging’ is simply reflecting an unresolved fear of yours. In what appears as unkind there is a level of compassion if you allow yourself to experience it. However the truth is for most of us a judgment is way too hard to accept, we personalise it, react to it and the cycle continues which in the end takes us further and further away from the truth and what we were seeking to transform, which in this case is wealth, money and prosperity.

The solution….not to pretend you are above judging or being judged, although the ideal let’s face it we do get hurt before we grow it is human nature…and we do get indignant that we are being judged and it is upsetting..is to protect yourself from your fears taking over.

The way to do this is treat the subject of wealth, money and prosperity as you are learning about it as sacred. See it as part of your healing journey. See it as part of your Divine Inheritance so you don’t need to seek approval from others, or blab too soon. (And we are not talking secrets from partners as there is a whole other dimension of karma and intimacy...secrets are not the same as tricking or duping others either!!!)

Don’t get trapped like I did and like I see so many still which is to seek approval outside of themselves because you want someone to tell you, you are right as if that is what you want then maybe you need to tell yourself first! There is nothing sacred in that, but what is sacred is being able to work on raising your wealth, money & prosperity consciousness.

If you know you want to raise your consciousness around wealth, money and prosperity… then

Take Action…find your Source of Transformation and study as a master in training and then you will see the gifts that are yours to claim easily and effortlessly.

There is nothing lacking in keeping this secret and sacred it is simply YOU allowing the energy to GROW and SUPPORT your transformation.

So remember…

Secret #1 on working on raising your wealth, money & prosperity consciousness:

Don’t tell people what you are doing! It weakens your energy and you can be affected by other people’s judgement broadcasts. It’s sacred so keep it close to your heart.

More to come...so watch this space!

Are you afraid of success?

2011-05-11T07:40:00.000-07:00

Sounds ridiculous, don’t you think…?

After all thinking of success takes up most of your time, you follow eZines, read the right books, knowing one day you will do XYZ in your life and change the world and your life.

What you are here to do will become clear because the universe owes you that , surely it does!

But when is this ‘one day’?

After you have a full diary of clients, speaking engagements, book deals, television appearances....?

I used to think if I get 1 more client then it would be my ‘one day’. The client would come and I would change the criteria and up the ante to another 2 more clients.
That is how the cycle went, because I WAS AFRAID OF PERSONAL SUCCESS I used to push my ‘one day’ further and further away.

Firstly: I wasn’t sure that I could be successful, I wasn’t sure I could trust me, my intuition and my inspiration enough. What happened if it was setting me up to fail?

Secondly: Deep down I also believed that personal success, wealth, celebrity status, being known as an expert, having clients tell others about my gifts and work was somehow deeply unspiritual and shouldn’t be part of my focus.

Thirdly: I was adept and addicted to patterns of playing small and making life difficult. That is what I thought really showed I was afraid of success. It was a red herring because putting my focus on this I ignored the importance of reasons 1 & 2. Instead I created success affirmations, vision boards and visualised my success, thinking that is how I would attract success.

Success seemed as far away from me as ever. This was hard to stomach because I thought I was doing everything right!

That was until I got really brave and started addressing the deeper issues I had around success:

I claimed my dream without limitations and with that I was able to claim my message and true purpose. But first I had to heal and address issues around trust, strengthening my intuition and taking action!

I addressed healing issues around personal success Vs. spiritual impact.

Now I am successful beyond my imagination, I have a life that I LOVE. I have a level of consciousness about who I am and what I am here to do that even the ups and downs that are part of life I now see as gifts and opportunities for growth.

I am not afraid of taking action. I don’t say ‘one day’ anymore.

Spiritual and Material Success is part of my story, it is part of who I am!

Is it part of your story?

Do you want it to be part of your story?

Are you ready to break your cycle and affirmation of ‘one day…’ and make TODAY THE DAY?

5 IMPORTANT Clues that you are standing in the way of your material success and spiritual impact

2011-04-26T02:38:00.000-07:00

When life feels like I am pushing a very huge boulder up ahill while walking in sludge and with flip flops on my feet, I know I amgetting in my own way.

Trust me, if I have that boulder feeling, I know I deliberatelypicked it up to justify and give animation to my feeling stuck and withouthope. The boulder never found me, it’s just a boulder after all.

In metaphoric truth I don’t pick up boulders, go uphill andcertainly not in flip flops while walking in sludge like I see many of myclients doing when I first start working with them (we soon stop their need to make life so arduous!). I stopped doingthat a long time ago. It didn’t stop because I grew out of it, or it was justphase in my life, it stopped because it was a conscious choice and a consciouseffort and plan to make it that way in my life.

Every now and then I do feel myself swerving towards thatboulder, taking off my running shoes and grabbing for the flip flops but itdoesn’t happen as my consciousness kicks in. It is impossible because once youhave the awareness and the added experience of what happens when you adopt the hardknocks approach it seems like utter madness to choose it as a path to anywheregood!

How to spot that youare standing in your own way…

"Are you standing in the way of your Success?"

Here are your most IMPORTANT clues to know you are standingin the way of your spiritual impact and material success:

You have been playing the same pattern(s) for months,probably years. The pattern goes something like this… ‘one day I will….. OR Iwill do that when…’ So if you find life is a little like a loop, and you thinkhere I go again, why does this always happen, start stop, start stop….thentrust me you have a pattern or patterns that need healing.
You suddenly think you are beyond assistance,that there is no-one out there who gets you or could support you. A very classiccase of fear that has turned delusional. My professional advice, get out ofyour way and let the help in because what you are fearing is what you dream tobe! Yes, it sounds kind of crazy but it is true and usually happens in 2scenarios where a little glimpse of what is possible has been experienced, orwhen for years you have let your hard knocks story become your defining way ofbeing.
The dream you once had about your life feelsmore like a fantasy, and life actually is nowhere near how you thought it wouldbe when you first owned your dream. In my experience this is a classic case ofstanding in the way of your dream and moving in the opposite direction of it!
You make do. A very subservient and helpless approachto life, to make do. ‘This is my lot; this is how it is meant to be. Oh itdidn’t work! Nothing I can do!’ If you create your reality then why haven’t youchanged it? Just a thought for you to ponder on… ;-)
You want something, you desire something andthen you go and run away from the opportunity to change it as playing smallserves your story (ref clue #1).

Any number of these clues could be showing up in yourlife…and if they are, your invitation is to be honest and bring yourconsciousness to what is really happening.

The reality is as youstand in your way you are standing in the direct line of the impact of yourservice and your material and money success.

BUT

The truth is when youmove out of your way and surrender and are willing to take responsibility andbe a conscious creator you can have the spiritual impact and material successthat you desire and need!

It’s a no brainer choice for me…what about you?

(PS You might want to print this article and put it on your noticeboard to serve as your reminder as you transition from blocker to creator inyour life!)

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© Written by Sarupa Shah 2011. Sarupa Shah of http://www.sarupashah.com is The Celebrity's Soul Agent. Sarupa shows you how you can put more Soul and Spirit back into your conscious Leadership and Success so YOU can create YOUR Heaven on Earth. If you know and can feel that you are here to bring BIG change into the world and are ready to step on to the Global Platform come and join the community at http://www.sarupashah.com and for more articles visit www.sarupashah.blogspot.com.

Have you had your SIGN yet?

2011-03-17T09:31:00.000-07:00

**WARNING** This article is intended to cause a little provocation andin the end give you a little giggle. We humans are funny ol' things after all!

I remember in my early years, even as a child I was big on superstition.It seemed everyone was in those days. Don't put an umbrella up indoors, 7 yearsbad luck. Don't cross one-another coming the opposite way on thestairs, another 7 years of bad luck. If you see one Magpie, you are in forsorrow and the way to counteract it was to 'salute it,' and say "Morning(or afternoon) Captain!"

The list could go on. In my teenage years I knew I was in for a bad dayif I saw a magpie as my salute would have been too slow, or anafterthought.

Ridiculous, I know, and very funny. My favourite superstition from mychildhood has to be the one where you mustn't walk in the gaps between pavingstones, as stepping on the 'in-between' was considered to invite all sorts ofterrible things into ones life!

Then of course I grew up.

However growing up created a new set of superstitions that were and arelegitimately called signs...and of course omens, it went from being childishand fun to spiritual and serious very quickly!

The basic premise for 'signs and omens' is when it goes your wayeverything is a sign that it is what you were meant to bedoing/experiencing/pursuing etc. Certainly nothing I would disagree with inthat.

Omens on the other hand are when things appear to be going against youwhen you are in pursuit of something. It doesn't have to be anasty occurrence necessarily but could simply mean that you haven'thad the BIG SIGN, they BIG THUMBS UP from....well Universe, God, Angels, yourSoul, Spirit...anything of that ilk!

The thing is the Universe is always giving each of us the BIG THUMBS UPas is God, but in our lack of trust we want it to be a loud, dazzling,unavoidable in your face sign, because then it might (not always as thatwould be too easy) quash our doubts and anxiety and of course make us feelrather special. (And you are special, very special because you are unique andyou have gifts and a purpose that only you can fulfill. No competition tobe you, because it is you that is you!)

I am no longer big on signs or omens...quite frankly it is all a littlelike my childhood superstitions. I know when something feels right regardlessof what the Universe or even my own sabotage self creates for me tonavigate through.' Do Despite' is my motto for myself, and to be clear this isnever in despite of anyone but about me not getting stuck in inertia because Iam waiting for a sign, or indulging in something else. Only recently I did awriting boot camp week, the night before it started I had food poisoning; sleptin the bathroom it was that bad! In that same week I fell down the stairs, hurtmy ankle and it still hurts and then as a result slipped again on my poor foot!The old but younger Sarupa would have found that to be a sign that I am notmeant to be on that boot camp, surely it was an omen....?

However, underneath this similarity of childhood superstitions lies amore sad truth. Most people are not prepared to trust their own heart, or evenintuition impulse, not unless they are sure of the outcome. And how can one besure....a SIGN of course. This level of control is all wrapped up in fear,doubt and a lack of trust. Looking for signs when you already know what isright for you is a big NO NO from my own experience. It places your poweroutside of your influence, serves to confuse you and keep you away from yourDivine Mission.

So often I hear from friends, colleagues and especially clients thatthey are waiting for a sign before they do something. At this, I always feelsad. A sign of what? I am sure you have experienced this or still feel thatevery decision you make, from what to wear, whether to meet someone, etc youconsult some kind of oracle, the favourite being Angel cards. Should I, orshouldn't I....? (My favourite used to be is he the one...and now I know heis the one for now!) I need a sign, a confirmation!

Now, I know various prophets had ArchAngels visit them, or even had thevoice of God as a sign to do something pretty amazing and powerful in theworld, but that type of sign is an exception mostly and takes away the premisethat we, each of us is responsible for creating our own life!

Of course we all, including me love it when we feel we are surrounded bysigns that we are doing the right thing, we are in the right place, with theright people and so on. But just because it feels like the opposite isunfolding, and, we are not getting our sign, it is not necessarily a bad thing.Sometimes the Universe tests us to see how much we have learned, or how much weare willing to trust who we know we are and trust what we know is right forus.

The truth is sometimes stuff just happens that is beyond our creation,after all there are many people living on this planet and much other energythat can sometimes by accident or with purpose come to appear to stand in ourway to help us learn something.

Your BIG TAKE AWAY here is to stop hiding behind either searching andwaiting for or misinterpreting signs and omens, it is so very last paradigm todo so. You are a powerful and wise being, you can trust you and the Universeand if something feels right to you then it is right for you. I know for me, ifit appeared afterwards it wasn't right that is simply my judgement andinability (sometimes rightly) to not know or see what is on its way. You knowwhat is on its way when you act on what you know is right for you....goodstuff, fun stuff, annoying stuff, irritating stuff, lovely stuff, amazingstuff, sad stuff...that simply is the truth of life. Lessons come and go aslong as you live, but to lessen your lesson you need to follow what is rightfor you and accept your role as creator in your life and stop looking formeaning where maybe (and I say maybe because exceptions always exist) therejust isn't anything to uncover.

You choose to give meaning to signs and omens and now you can insteadgive more meaning to what you know is right for you regardless of signs andomens as that is the true spirit warrior. That is true new paradigm living!

As my friend says, isn't the fact that you are here now, signenough...?

So you want to manifest?

2011-03-04T16:37:00.000-08:00

I originally created this abundance manifestation mindset list at the start of 2010 before my business went through it's metamorphosis and it felt right to share here. Manifestation remains one of those nebulous or even enigma topics, often talked about but not often understood....and you can learn more about why by checking out my previous blog post.

This Abundance Manifestation Mindset is really to address the 'giving up too easily,' and the 'frustration of not living your dream...' You have to be fully immersed and dedicated to doing all it takes to really make it so in your life. It is time to upgrade your mindset and get into a higher groove with manifestation then you can really get to the FUN part of living. Can you imagine no more tangled up blues...? OK maybe still some but at least you will be able to quickly manifest your way out of them!!!!

Your 7 Mindset Upgrades...

Trust that you create everything in your life, no exception, your destiny is in your heart and in your hands: You don't have to look very far to see or hear someone blaming someone else for why their life isn't how they expected it to be. This comes from a sense of misplaced entitlement which when stripped down is spiritual confusion and lack mentality. Remember the basic and most fundamental premise of the Law of Attraction is that like attracts like. The energy you hold about a situation is what you are feeding into ALL your creations and the rules are if you draw from the negative pallet of life then that will be a strong influencer in your creations...you can't trick the universe by saying affirmations to attract something while holding unresolved emotions and doubts. You simply cannot hide what you transmit, so better to transmit the knowing that you create everything in your life.

True abundance comes when you know who you are: Abundance isn't about everyone earning zillions of £s or $s, it is about everyone having what they need to reflect their energy and frequency so they can fulfill their role in the Divine Plan (or not if they choose not too!). If you are aiming to high or too low manifesting will be tricky as you will be out of alignment with your truth. My advice, do all you can to discover who you are and let that continue to deepen as my goodness there is such a beautiful depth to you and when you get in that flow it really is divine and really is abundant! Inner work ROCKS!

Spend time daily nurturing your dream, the one in your heart, this is your passion:There is a dedication and commitment to creation that mustn't get overlooked, it is part of the foundation and you cannot build anything without a foundation. In many I see good intentions at the start; daily affirmations and visioning, then suddenly this pattern gets interrupted. Now I know full well how much life can get in the way and when you are up against it stepping into Divine Feminine Flow can create panic! Here's the secret if you step into this practice daily like a good student of life and include journaling not only will the panic go you will manifest your abundance and your dream much faster than the panic route will ever allow! When you are in Divine Flow your inspiration will flow, your intuition will heighten and therefore you will be able to take responsibility to make adjustments to your manifestation whatever life is throwing at you! (Another reason this drops off is because of success too, all of a sudden people think they are beyond the practice as they have become a master manifester....really?)

You plan and take action to make your dream so: Having covered the feminine aspects of abundance manifestation it needs to be balanced with masculine energy of action. You cannot sit at home meditating all day! Action is so important as it is the physical representation of your spiritual energy. Who do you need to speak with, what do you need to go and learn...? A little story about this I used to run some powerful spiritual retreats and workshops and I would hear people describe themselves as light workers and often I couldn't understand what they did (and I was their mentor!) and it is not that different to the entrepreneurial world now, where people say they are but then you look more closely and you see it is a label and nothing else. (Labels are not affirmations because to affirm you must follow with action and inner work!) Some of this is because of fear and lack of direction, trust and a range of other things including not being brave enough to say I want to be a entrepreneur for example and I am now going to go and learn from the person who is best for me. You would be hard pushed to find a someone who decided in the morning to become a brain surgeon be in surgery performing brain surgery that very same afternoon! Do not be afraid of taking action it is not a sign that your manifestation hasn't worked, quite the opposite. It shows you are responsible for your life. And remember although manifestation can appear like it is cosmic magic, it is simply a reflection of your conscious creation energy and a few other things one of which is ACTION.

You celebrate success in your life and in the life of others: Celebration begets celebration, so CELEBRATE...! Even when the 'when me' monster tries to rear his/her green head get them involved in celebrating and away from the woeful energy! Remember like attracts like so if you are able to celebrate your own successes and others you will continue to have more to celebrate in your life. Not my rules it is just how it works!

You are prepared to get help and inspiration from a teacher who can help unlock your manifestation abilities and get that dream out of your head or heart or both and into the world! This is the obvious one but (a) why struggle? (b) Spending on your inner and outer growth is more about energy alignment than anything else and it costs you a whole lot more if you don't ask for help bad health, bad moods, weight issues, money issues etc. to name but a few (c) everything you need was put on the earth for you, so at some point you can stop confusing the universe and accept the gifts it has sent for you. Remember Moses had Archangels guiding him, Jesus had God and most of us do not have that level of frequency to have that type of detailed input and guidance from Spirit A-Listers, but the great thing is we have each other. We were created to support each other...so take a deep breath now, and if you want help...just ASK!

The journey to abundance is like life, with ups and downs, lessons with high mountains to climb and of course much joy...so lighten up and enjoy it because as my Spirit Team say to me when I am having a grumble about things I am going through they remind me in the most loving way that the lessons stop when you are dead and I have too much that I want to experience for that just yet, so buckle up and enjoy the ride!

Why the law of attraction doesn’t work...

2011-02-21T08:39:00.000-08:00

On a recent trip to California and Hawaii I was pondering onmy incredible manifestation abilities. Manifestation has never been a big issuefor me, even when I didn’t call it as such. I remember when I was in highschool my tutor let me read my school report before it was sent to my parentsand she changed it at my request to make it more favourable. Even to this daymy mum thinks I must have paid her (Ididn’t of course but I have always had a skill at creating experiences thatwork in my favour, good or bad not relevant and this is what I teach my clientsto do in their life so that they can do more of what they are here to do in theworld!

Here is some of what was manifested prior and during thetrip:

The most phenomenally priced Business ClassTickets
3 new clients
Limo service in LA
Upgrade on internal flight
Upgrade to hotel room
Lobster breakfast!
My eZine subscriber list went up by 10%
Upgraded seats on plane

4 out of the 8 were paid for using money and the others cameas a gift that I had expended energy in some other way…as the law of attractionis such the energy that you hold is magnetised and you get the same frequencyback at you.

My partner was asking me about manifestation as he waspretty gobsmacked to see how we would just get things so easily. And for abouta year he has been asking me for a lobster breakfast, an impossible dream hethought. At the start of the trip I said to my coach I want him to have alobster brekkie and lo and behold in the hotel we were staying at on the NorthShores of Kauai on the menu for breakfast was a lobster omelette. He was bowledover as he thought he had set me up to not be able to deliver his wishes…andnow I can tell you he is a convert to the power of attraction and creation formanifestation.

Why does this not work the same for everyone every time theywant to manifest?

Below are the 4 top reasons why manifestation appears to remaina mystery at worst and hit and miss for most at best.

1. Inner work:

If your energy is blocked in some way, unresolved emotions,trauma or anger and so on it impacts on the quality of the vibration you aretransmitting out. Like an out of tune guitar which can’t get the tune to soundright, your vibration is sending out signals that are out of tune and that isone reason why the law of attraction doesn’t work.

Inner work is the key to outer life success and without thiskey ingredient it will be more difficult for your success to shine through.

2. Poor understanding of the frequency of money

While away my partner was quizzing me and quizzing me aboutmanifestation and he kept saying well if it isn’t free then you haven’t reallymanifested it. I could see why he and so many people thought like that. And itis a wrong conclusion and unhelpful one. As I explained to him and as I do asoften as I can, money is no less spiritual then a crystal. It is just a form ofenergy and the universe/God isn’t energy specific and sometimes as you attractsomething/someone into your life, in order for it to be so you may need toexpend a bit more energy. Sometimes that energy is money you have to spend.

The idea that realmanifestation is about a ‘freebie’ is misleading and getting in the way ofpeople creating the life of their dreams and a better planet. Saying that youcan get what appears to be a freebie or two every now and then and in myexperience they usually appear that way because you have expended energy inanother way than money. Secondly because sometimes it is simply a gift to youfrom your soul and spirit and that increases as you do the inner work and alignyour soul and spirit.

The issue you have is when the opportunity that you wereseeking to manifest is presented to you and if you run away from spending themoney your energy starts to transmit all sort of confusing frequencies out intothe universe and in the end this impacts on your ability to attract and createin the future.

3. You give up too easily

Many of my clients and other people I talk to seem to giveup too easily and change their mind like the weather! (Well the weather in the UK is always so changeable so it is a good analogyto make!).

This is linked to not trusting, so if you don’t trust thatsomething is possible you are more prone to change your mind. We chop andchange out of insecurity because wewant something to work and are almost desperate to make it work. This makes theenergy you are transmitting confusing and full of ‘this is going to work’ vibestoo!

There is a fine line between being too fixed and not knowingwhen to let something morph and evolve and giving up too easily and that iswhere a good coach can support you.

4. The Law of Attraction is only part of the process

Already mentioned is the inner work requirement but also there is the law of karma and the law of manifestation which also play a very significant role in the process of manifestation. So the over reliance on the Law of Attraction makes

If you find that your manifestation isn't as good as it can be and if you know it is affecting your ability to get on and out in the world then drop me a line at soul@sarupashah.com and let's talk...I would love to show you how easy attracting, creating and manifesting can be!

Four words that stop you living your DREAM...

2011-01-31T08:36:00.000-08:00

Fourwords that stop you living your dream

How many times are you affirming thatto yourself? Each time you say “I can’t afford it…” you make it so; youcut off all opportunities for abundance with four little words.

I bet you are affirming this more than you realise, in fact I would imagine formost this is their mantra. You want to work with a coach and mentor, you sayyou can’t afford it. You want a holiday you say you can’t afford it, you wantnew shoes you say you can’t afford (not until the ones you have break!) etc.

And then it gets dressed up as or appears as…

· I don’t need that…

· I am okay without that…

· I am waiting…

· I am happy where I am…

· I can do it alone…

And then the behaviour in place tosupport the affirmation is or to show you are holding the ‘I can’t afford it’frequency is…

· to hide from your truth, desires and divinemission…

· to keep busy so put off living your dreamindefinitely (you miss out and so does the world!)…

· to be angry, resentful and judgmental of those whoseem to afford it or encourage you to afford it…

· to live in fear and to live small… (well itpreoccupies you and stops you addressing the truth)

· to become very controlling in your life and loseyour divine flow and connection…

"You can afford it!"

The incongruence with “I can’tafford it” and the truth of you is big. You have a BIG dream, you have anemerging vision, you have an inkling that you are here to do more than what youare right now. You know you are punching below you weight so to speak.

You probably journal, you probably create vision boards, read the right booksand are totally adept with the law of attraction and have affirmations poppingout from all over the place. You imagine you are moving forward because you dothese things, you imagine that it is continuing to show the universe that youare in alignment.

Yet there is one tragedy in all of this. There is disconnect, a gulf, even arift between theory, reality and action. The truth is no amount of journaling,visioning, or affirming will make one ounce of real and significant differenceuntil you stop affirming inall circumstances“I can’t afford it!”

As soon as that mere thought pops into your energy field or you display thepatterns and behaviours described above, you undo everything towards creatingthe life of your dreams. You are thrown backwards, in a spin and the universecan only honour what you say. It can only reflect to you that which you aspireto be as true…and sadly negative affirmations because they are nothing to dowith love; the frequency that binds the universe together, trump positiveaction and affirmation. Not my rules, simply the rules of the universe.

LET’S FACE THE TRUTH HERE; BY CONTINUALLY AFFIRMING YOU CAN’T AFFORD IT WHATYOU ARE REALLY SAYING IS….I AM NOT WORTH IT, I AM NOT WORTHY, NO, NOT ME IAM NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO HAVE GOOD THINGS, I AM NOT TO BE TRUSTED TO LIVE MY DREAMAND DO WHAT I AM HERE TO DO!

Next time you catch yourself saying, I can’t afford it, my advice to you is todelete that thought immediately and correct it to: I cannot afford not to. Thiswill be far more empowering as well in alignment with you as a consciouscreator.

Saying it however is not enough as you have to follow it up with action, youcannot say one thing and affirm the opposite with action or inaction. You can’ttrick the universe…but I see people try all the time!

It is time to see the truth in not fulfilling your destiny you are shortchanging your life.

You are limiting your potential and impact in the world.
You are cutting of your supply of abundance, after all you are saying you can’tafford it and therefore it isn’t possible.
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I know why you do this, I have been there. I had to work at being brave…well Ithought it was brave to believe in abundance. I mean truly believe in abundance,where you trust unconditionally in the supply of all that you need andsurrender to the universe and to God to bring it to you. It’s scary when youcommit to a big purchase, your heart feels like it is beating faster, you canfeel a little giddy, and even light headed. Energetically it is you trying toescape, and all you need to do is breath and ground and you will quickly find anew level of power through your empowering action to say YES I AM WORTHIT! That fear is the old you, the lesser you moving on for a bigger versionof you to be birthed.

I know you say “you can’t afford it” because you are still holding patterns oflow self-esteem and patterns of low self-worth. You still have a majorself-trust issue because you are not sure you will succeed. What happens if youare the only one the universe says no to? What happens if you are singled outas the one who is not good enough to be taken care of by God? I see it all thetime, like it used to be in my life. I would create a workshop, get 10 participantsand think, that is cool I am doing my soul and spirit’s work. I was settlingrather than doing my real work. It was a clever illusion that I failed torecognise, I was still not hitting the right notes in my life and it tookcourage and a sense of adventure to recognise this. I often describe myself asa Agatha Christie in my own life, I always like to get underneath the mysteryof me!

I know all this so well because I have felt this, I believed it so much, and Iused to pray and hope that I wouldn’t be found out as a fraud, as someone whoGod didn’t have faith in because I was so unworthy. I believed I had such ashadow of darkness in my life and I was lucky that things were not worse. Ifelt like my shadow was chasing me because the conflict between my dream and myinaction through being frozen in “I can’t afford it,” was infecting myperception of my own truth and my true purpose. It was becoming all consuming,it was my straight jacket. It kept me locked in conflict and drama…well thatwas until I worked through ‘my stuff,’ and said I cannot afford not to.

I cannot afford not to. I simply couldn’t imagine a life where I alwayswished it had been different, where I wished I had been brave enough to stepinto what I knew was true on a deeper level. I wanted to get to that depth andlive it for real. I had to fight through my own inner shadows to get to thetruth that I am worth and YOU ARE WORTH IT TOO.

· How much longer can you afford not to address theissues that stop you from seeing your supply of abundance?

· How much longer can you stop being responsible foryour life?

· How much longer can you afford not to make leapsand bounds towards your BIG dream?

· How much longer can you withhold your impact fromthe world?

· How much longer are you going to keep saying Ican’t afford it?

Of course the choice is yours, italways is. And I am certainly not going to say that you are wrong, because aslong are you are consciously wishing to create a life where you cannot affordit then I respect without judgment what you choose. It’s not my intention foryou, nor is it Gods, but the choice to be who you truly could be is up to you,no-one else can make that call for you! I however cannot really imagine thatyou would consciously choose to create that paradigm in your life, the onewhere you are not worthy, where you are prepared to stifle who you are becauseit is easier to say I can’t afford it.

My purpose and message to you today is that if you are tired of wantingsomething and then running away from it because it is easier to say I can’tafford it, then start to say I cannot afford not to. Start to say that fromthis moment and then start to take action. Be brave and I assure you one thingyour life will shift, with the right support (we are not islands, we are acommunity of love) and with the right level of accountability and guidancemixed in with your dedication and aligned action you really can make it so.

My coaches’ challenge to you today is to list 5 things that you are avoidingbecause you say you cannot afford to.

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Next I want to encourage you to take the list above and see what action youneed to take, simply waiting for the money to pop in your mailbox, or fall fromthe sky isn’t going to work. To simply say that you are going to save an extra$10 a week is great but isn’t bold enough. To reverse the trend in your lifeyou need to take bold steps and say YES NOWto the things you havebeen avoiding and hiding from and then when you are in alignment with theaction that serves your highest good, just watch the money come in. It can takea short while but like I said you cannot pretend or continue bartering with theuniverse and God if you want to live your purpose full out inthe world.

If you think the universe won’t notice if you say YES, but when the money comesin I will really say YES and until then I will go back to what I do and keep myfingers crossed…think again!
If you are going to make an impact I the world, then the universe and Godrequires that you walk your truth and walk your talk, worldimpact=bold, brave moves!

If you want assistance in movingforward with creating the abundance that you need in your life then I want toinvite you to say YES and spend a day with me in Hawaii or London. I promise toshow you how you can move through your blocks and challenges so you can map outyour next 12 months and take big strides and leaps towards your world platformpotential where you get to inspire the masses. That is what I am doing and Iwill share with you what I had to learn the hard way so you can use it as yourshort cut that propels you to a higher version of you!

Ready to say YES? Ready for action? EMAIL ME NOW, leave me your phone no. (with country dialling code,) and say which part of the world you are in, andwhat the best time to call you is in the next 48 hours. I will confirm ASAPwhen I will call you and let’s get you started on a new journey in your life.
Apply if you are ready to change your life and change the level of abundanceyou are experiencing. Apply if you are ready to stop window shopping in yourlife…and stop short changing yourself. Apply if you are ready to work with aloving supporting mentor who gone before you to create the life of her dreamsand is ready, willing and so excited to show you how you can do the same inyours.

I am really excited to talk with you and I will show you how you can call inyour abundance in money, in love, in opportunities, in fact in all areas ofyour life so you can get on with what you are here to do!

Remember you cannot afford not to, and YOU CAN AFFORD IT, BECAUSE YOUARE WORTH IT!

When I stopped playing games with my life and the assignment God had made me incharge of, when I stepped into alignment, I have had wonderfulthings occur in my life. I get to travel business or first class and work withpeople from all over the world. I am truly international. I am inspired toalways be in alignment with the food I eat, through to the clothes I wear andthe people I spend my time with because I cannot afford not to be. And I tellyou I would never ever go back to how it was, in fact I pray, meditate andchannel more than ever and continue to take who I am to a deeper and deeperlevel and this is possible when you say YES I AM WORTH IT.

Email me NOW, if youthink you are worth it and are serious about wanting to spend a day with mehowever scary it feels, (a little bit of knee knocking is good as it means youare growing!) and let’s talk. I don’t work with everyone and if I know thiswon’t be a good fit for you I will let you know and where possible guide you toanother. I also know this isn’t for everyone; it is for those who are ready toleave behind the 4 words that stop you from living your dream and really letGod into their life in an abundant way!

Please feel free to repost or use this article to inspire your clients into seeinghow worth it they are. However you do need to copy the article in it's entiretyand with the notice below:

"Copyright Sarupa Shah, www.sarupashah.comSarupais The Soul Agent getting people plugged back into their DivineMission. Working with stars and leaders who are here to make an impact inthe world and here to create a legacy of love™"

My latest Interview

2011-01-25T19:40:00.000-08:00

Recently one of The Soul Agency Tribe members asked to interview me for her tribe....it felt right for me to say YES and as a result I am able to share the interview with you below.... you just need to press the play button!

You can here from me as I am interviewed by Wendy Prior of www.passionincome.co.uk !

Love to hear what you think and if you are inspired to start doing something about your true purpose then click here for information!

Enjoy!

Love,

Your 5 steps to claiming and owning your global stage.

2011-01-19T07:58:00.000-08:00

What would you say if I asked you if you were here to be ona global stage?

What would you say if I asked you if you were here with amessage of higher consciousness for the planet?

One thing I notice in common with them, regardless of wherethey are now, they always respond so meekly to this fact at first. ‘Whatreally, do you think I could?...’and such like. I always say these are suchnormal questions for someone who has that inspiring the masses energy…and thenas if by magic their shift occurs. They connect at a deep level to the factthey have always felt they were here to do something big, had a big message forthe world, but thought they were being ego driven and even having delusions ofgrandeur.

Quite often they do not know what their message even is,which confuses matters for them a little more and even when they think theyknow it they are still not doing all that much about it. The thing they have incommon is that they both have a big sigh of relief often followed by an emotionalbreakdown because the urge to do something about this feeling has beensupressed, held down, stuffed away for so long and finally they can connect toit. Tears of joy, relief and sadness all come at once. It is beautiful to bewitness to this because the truth is that they just got plugged back into theirtruth and that is when the magic and adventure really begins. That is when itstarts to get really easy for them as they can move into their flow and startto work towards the long held and now re-found dream of being on the global stage with a global message. Of course it is alsowhen the ** fun** work begins, because having such a BIG calling requiresdedication and work, but that is the case in anything that you do but when youare in flow with what you are really here to do it always seems effortless.

If you have ever felt you are here to be on a world platform, with a global message, then the 5 steps below are key to you takingYOUR first big step from where you are NOW.

Acceptance: First you have to just accept it, own itand claim it. Even if you find it hard, you just have to start affirming thatthe feeling you have is true and you are here to be on a world platform, with a globalmessage. Get used to it as then you can work with this energy and feelingrather than fighting it.
A no excuses approach: It is not about what you have done or notit is about knowing that where you areNOW is your Launchpad. No more delaying, waiting for a perfect moment, NOWNOW NOW NOW! No more, ‘who me, what do I have to offer, ‘or ‘I am too busy,don’t have enough money…’ type of excuses. This really is the time and year tojust get on with creating the life that you are meant to be having.
Create your plan: Everyone who wants to achieve something BIGin the world needs a plan. It is like your foundation and will always continueto deepen the more you grow. You need to create your first strategy so (a) youare supported, encouraged andenlightened to continue and (b) you can create the opportunities and call in the money that you need to keepthis dream stoked and alive. No point just getting enough money to pay thebills as you will never free yourself up to realise your potential, so you needto be clear on what you need to do to support YOU. The bigger the calling themore determination you need, and being on a world platform is not small feat,so you need to grow (energetically, ofcourse!) to fill that stage! My advice is get a good mentor and coach.
Take action: Once you have your foundation in place itis then time for action. Walk your truth and walk your talk. As you do, just watch and experience how mucheverything starts to fall in place…the planet is expectant of you as areother unseen forces so you need to show up and do what you are here to do!
Have FUN: Don’t take yourself seriously as youwill miss out on fun, and if it isn’t fun it isn’t worth doing!

If you know you are here to be on a world platform, with a globalmessage, and are looking for support click here for more inspiration.

Are you a global leader?

2011-01-06T05:08:00.000-08:00

Calling ALL current and emerging leaders and conscious entrepreneurs with a global message,

If you know you are here to be on the world platform, creating change and inspiring the masses then read on so YOU can find out how you can deepen your purpose as a leader and get on with changing the world in your unique and much needed way...

Do you...

... want more visibility, more recognition, more influence and impact as a leader? (Becoming or being a global leader is a BIG calling and requires a clear purposeful and aligned plan of action, work with me for the day and you will get your plan for the next 12 months which will launch you into global leadership.)
... wish, dream even long for the day you can get your global message out in the world? (I will take you on a deep dive into your soul and spirit so we can allow the depth of your message to birth, clarify and pour out of you.)
... feel stuck because it seems you 'work' to pay the bills and have no time to follow your world leader dream? (I will show you how you can create space to pursue your dream and calling)
... wish you had the financial and love support to be a global player?(I will teach and show you how you can call in your money & love NOW so you can create the life you need so you can focus on your role as a conscious leader. No more delay and no more putting it off or waiting for that magical moment.)
... want to create a strong and powerful partnership with your soul, spirit and intuition so you can transform the impact of your leadership? (This is how you will move into conscious leadership and be able to work and integrate the new energy of the new paradigm. I will show you how to become a New Earth Leader.)
... want to create your 'legacy of love' for the planet and make your BIG contribution on a global platform? (It is time to stop playing small and hiding. I will help you and show you how you can attract your audience and opportunities so you can propel onto the global platform that is yours to claim.)
... ready to work with a powerful, well connected intuitive mentor, coach & teacher and make your conscious leadership plan for 2011 and start getting your message out NOW in the world? (With my business, political, economic and spiritual backgrounds and knowledge, working with me is like having your own personal team behind you. With my support and love your possibilities are limitless and I will direct and hold space for you to be who you need to be so the world can benefit from YOU.)

What would you say, if I promised you your conscious leadership plan? What would you say if I said all you need is one day with me to get you on track to becoming the conscious leader who has global impact on a world platform.

(I know at this point some of you are thinking, this is too good to be true...and all too often you hear the saying 'if it is too good to be true, then it is.' Well if you want to affirm that as your truth then it will be, but if you want instead to see how anything is possible if you allow it to be then, this opportunity can become your launch pad to conscious leadership. That is my promise to you.)

**BONUS** You get 5 X 30 minute coaching sessions that you can use before your intensive, after or both. These sessions will support you as go an implement the plan that we create in our day together.

These days are intensive because so much gets cleared, so much gets created and so much gets healed.

I have 3 Soul Success Intensive Day openings at 2010 prices. Once these are filled my 2011 price kicks in and it is double my 2010 price. Like all good things you have to ACT FAST, just how the Universe likes it. ARE YOU READY FOR ACTION?

The world is waiting for you...

You really have no excuses to not make 2011 your year of global impact. It is time to shine your light out in the world. When your prayers are answered, how long will you continue pretending you didn't notice, or find excuses why not. I want you to stop standing in the way of your own success. I want you to do what you are here to do because the more that wake up to their conscious leadership role and start working on their own legacy of love the quicker and easier it will be to create a world based on love, tolerance and peace.

"Success is yours to unleash"

Apply if you are willing to transform, and willing to do what it takes...and have the ride of your life...while increasing your impact in the world. No sacrifice, you can have it all and I will show you how.

Book & Pay for your Soul Success Intensive Day by 30th Jan-2011 to enjoy 2010 prices

CONTACT ME NOW: soul@sarupashah.com to see how you can claim your day in either, London, Los Angeles, or Hawaii.

The 3 noble questions that will transform your life...

2011-01-03T07:41:00.000-08:00

If it’s meant to be it will be…how often have you said that to yourself? Is it a question? Is it a statement?

"Going with the flow requires YOU
to take action"

It is one of those phrases that cuts you off from yourenergy of creation. It throws you in the arms of passivity and mediocrity (at best!). It is one of the biggest newage cop outs taking away responsibility from the self. It is a fear loaded phrasethat keeps one playing small and helpless. And of course it goes against yourflow. How confusing for the universe, you desire something and then you takesome action towards it and just as it was going to match you, you go and spoilit all by saying, “if it is meant to be it will!”

If you have the potential to be a successful consciousentrepreneur will that just happen because it was supposed to happen…?

If you have the potential this month to meet your soul mate,will it just happen if you stay in every night watching television on your own?

If you think something, anything in fact, will be if it ismeant to be (how romantic a notion whenyou read it like that), let me tell you, you have absolved your power ofbeing a conscious creator.

The confusion exists because with creation and manifestationof any kind there is a time to let go and let natural and unseen forces createthe magic ingredient that matches and powers with your own effort and action tosee the creation to a conclusion. That however is not the same as saying, “well if it is supposed to be it will.” That statement throws you off alignment and takes you away from the flow of making your dreams reality.

It takes a level of spiritual maturity to realise that thetruth of creating ones reality means that if we want something to be it is ourown responsibility to make it so. There isn't a cosmic magic wand that will do the work for you. Yes, do the energy work, do the practical stuff and then allow the cosmic magic wand to do its stuff in alignment with you, but to hope that something will work out because if it doesn't it wasn't meant to be is a great big gamble with your dream and impact in the world.

The next time you catch yourself saying words to the effectof, “if it is supposed to be it will,” stop and instead ask yourself:

How much do I really want XXXXX to happen?
Am I prepared to do everything in my power tostay in alignment XXXXX being created and manifested?
What is my next course of action to making XXXXXso?

These are the ‘noble’ questions that keep you in alignmentand keep you standing in your power as a conscious creator…and of course makeyour life the dream life that you desire it to be.

Let 2011 be the year that you create the life of your dreamsand then and only then does ‘going with the flow,’ comes into play!

2011 LIVE YOUR DREAM PACT...with special assistance included

2010-12-30T07:47:00.000-08:00

Picture this...

... a runner training for a race in which there are 3 Gold Olympic Winners who all broke records. What does he do when he trains?

Well he doesn't train to loose.

Can you imagine a true athlete training with a 'oh I don't stand a chance but maybe..' kind of attitude? No, nor can I.

Of course athletes train to win and train to live their dream of being the best that they can be. They desire it, visualise it and make it so. Even in not coming first, second or third, they still often break their own personal record, gain more sponsorship deals but most importantly continue to live their dream. They don't just give up and go do something else because the competition just got harder! They stay aligned to their dream and desire and that is the closest spiritual energy to winning.

How aligned are you to your dream? How much are you training, desiring, living and breathing what you dream? How much do you put it off? How much do you barter...? Can you imagine an athlete in training saying, I will only train after I win a race...?

I know that I spend every waking minute breathing life into my dream. The dream of who I know I can be. The knowing of who I am and what I can do in my life and in the world driving me forward in the most wonderful and often what appears as mysterious ways.

It is not an obsession, it is an excitement, a passion, a willingness and a surrender. It is also a commitment, I refuse to give up. I will adapt, grow and go with a flow but I will not give up or run away when the going gets tough. I roll my sleeves up and do what it takes.

When I signed up to make my dream reality, I didn't realise how much inner work I would have to do. If I had, maybe I would have run away from the idea of making it so. I am SO glad I didn't run away, because the inner work although tough, is also my salvation. My route to dream alignment. My route to manifesting my dream faster and faster. My route to this life being my best ever. There is nothing I would change. I LOVE IT ALL and the best thing is I know it WILL continue to get better and better because I continue to go deeper and deeper into expressing my dream.

Sadly this is not always the case for everyone, because staying committed to your dream takes conscious effort. I know because I have and continue to work at this...pleasurable as it is now. I have had to face fear, be terrified and stop myself from just acting on my, ''F**K it, I am not bothering, this is pointless, painful and too hard.'

How often do you look back in anger? How often do you look round in jealousy? How often do you look in the mirror and feel sorry for how you are not good enough? How often do you think that living the dream is for someone else not you..?

How often do you miss the opportunity of NOW? How often do you short change yourself because you have turned your back on your dreams and your true desires? You become demotivated, slip into fear, inertia, ego...all things that stop you from living your truth. All things that stop you from having the life of your dreams NOW.

Well I want to invite you to make a pact for 2011 that you will not turn your back on your dream, no matter how tough it appears to get. In this pact you will allow your dream to evolve, because the details are just details but what is important is that you will not turn your back on your dream.

(If you need help with keeping this pact then email me and let's set up a no obligation consultation as I am here to mentor those who are willing to make their dream a reality.)

Don't let things get in YOUR way. There has never been a plausible reason why your dream cannot be realised. It is in your hands, it is your responsibility and it is your creation.

The no time, can't afford it, do it tomorrow, energy is just a delay tactic. All of them can appear plausible and be justified, I know, I have used all of them and more. However none of them are true and are coming from a place of fear and an energy that is constricting your expansion. You are literally standing in the way of your dream, nobody else is in your way, only you.

Are you ready to step out of your way?

If you know you are short changing the world and keeping your dream to make a difference in the world small, then this is the invitation to stop.

If you know you are living less than the life you could be then this is your invitation to change and live the life of your dreams.

If you know you need help to piece together your dream then this is your invitation to get that help.

If you know you need support to make your dream real, then this is your invitation to get that support. Find a group, find a good coach who can help you make your dream alive.

Turn the power to full and LIVE YOUR DREAM.

Your dream of who you are and what you could do in the world is an inner desire. An inner yearning and an inner call. It is not confined by the boundaries of material reality, nor is it confined by the the limits of the mind. It is the place of the unseen magic, unseen power and your own mystery and path of abundance and joy.

Make a pact for 2011 that you will not turn your back on your dream, no matter how tough it appears to get. In this pact you will allow your dream to evolve, because the details are just details but what is important is that you will not turn your back on your dream.

If you are ready to make your pact I invite you to declare it below as a comment. Be bold, be brave and stand for your dream to come to fruition in 2011. You have my support.

If you want me to mentor you as you live your dream let's talk. Email me NOW (soul@sarupashah.com) and we can set up a no obligation consultation to see how much you really want to make your dream a reality.

Happy 2011...

Love,

Should we know better...?

2010-12-05T13:04:00.000-08:00

When I tell people what I do, the people like my car mechanic,my family, some of my friends, the general naysayers their responses can becategorised into two schools of thought…

(i) Surely these people should know better

(ii) People have more money than sense, you can’t buyaccess to God

Both responses see me smile because in some way they are notfar off from the truth, but of course you know they are masked judgments too!

The truth is mankind should know better. We should know itis not all about money. We should know that living as our soul and spirit isnot a place to hide to when the going gets tough in life and use as a great getout clause to get ourselves out of trouble….but I also know if that is what it takes to have the spiritual revolution in ones life, then it is fantastic, but if you want a bandage then you are missing the point.

We could know better but we haven’t yet got there….which is whyI do what I do. I am assisting people to know better. Living as your soul andspirit intended is a richer and fulfilling way to live both spiritually andmaterially. Whether you make millions, thousands, or just a few hundreddollars, life can feel equally empty. Even when you are doing what you thinkyou love, life can feel empty and lost. More and more I am seeing this emptinessbecoming a new disease, a form of depression, apathy, breakdown in life andbusiness so even the millions start to disappear.

The emptiness is not empty as such more that you are notlistening to your soul and spirit and therefore avoiding your role in the bigol’ divine plan. No grandiose here, we all have a responsibility to make theworld better, not later, not when we have made our money, or found our love orany other excuse but NOW!

Somehow mankind in believing that they are lost are lettingfear consume, and in that fear comes blame, procrastination and the belief inthe material path as some kind of short cut to God, to universal gifts andpower.

So when I tell my car mechanic that I help stars fromindustry and celebrities put more soul and spirit into their success and hesays, ‘phwoar they should know better…’ (thenadded to asking if he can send his wife to me ) he is not wrong as hethinks. It is because their soul and spirit know this that they have decided to step up their stepping into the light of their soul and spirit. A win win in my eye, don't you think....?

Are you having fun?

2010-11-30T08:55:00.000-08:00

This isadapted from an article I wrote in July 2009.

Are you having fun? And not pretending to butreally really having fun…?

I havebeen talking to many of my clients and I get to hear of their troubles.Troubles in getting clients, in feeling connected and other life stuff thatsimply happens. Some of it feels so real but mostly I can see it is a consciousnessof panic that has kicked in And when you panic there is no fun!.

It alwaysmakes me ask one question… are youhaving fun?

Thisusually stops people in their tracks and train of thought, because more oftenthan not although it was deemed to be about doing what you love, living thedream and so on it all became so deadly serious. It is as fun has become the afterthought.

When do you laugh at how many tears you may have shed over not knowingyour life purpose and not understanding what you are here to do…? Importantquestions on ones personal search for truth but certainly not life threateningif you don’t work it out immediately, it is the stress and power we place andgive to these types of issues that creates the bad health…after all stress is abig problem in the modern world.

Isn’t it time you lightened up?

When didit all become so serious and why?

From asoul and spirit point of view the confusion when you are not having fun or evenpaying any attention to having fun is that it leads to confusion. You try anddo all the **right** things, but still things don’t seem to work. You feel likeyou are stuck in a rut.

Well, youare, and your soul and spirit are simply getting confused with why you are nothaving fun. You are working on what you wanted to and now you are judgingsuccess and failure and getting in a flap and not seeing how you can make whatyou do more fun!

See thedelicious dilemma you create for yourself? What you desire the most is being pushed further away, or so it seems, so it makes you more serious and instead of seeing the divine dichotomy at play, you get all serious and forget about fun.

Don’t getme wrong I am not advocating fun at the expense of living your dream. BUT whenit is not fun there really is little value in pursuing the activity because youare simply getting in a muddle and your vibe is out of alignment, so things arejust going to feel harder than they need to be.

"Me having fun at a recent photo shoot!
I had to dance to the music to loosen up as
I was getting all serious and the photographs
looked like I was petrified! See how having fun
can work!!!"

Here’s my coaches challenge for you today….

For one whole day, whatever you do…whether it is going round the grocery store, making a cup of tea, sitting down to a team meeting, to the BIG problem that you have to work out...have a check in with yourself and keep notes in yourjournal to your question of the day:

How can I make that more fun?

Simply check in atvarious points. How can you make theexperience more fun…? You’ll be amazed at how much more fun you create and invite into your life.

Fun isyour Spirit coming out to play. There are no special prizes for those who havecreated the most arduous, difficult path to living their dream. Life has tough stuff built in, it is par for the course so being conscious in creating fun, AKA joy is the ticket to making good, extraordinary, and extraordinary exceptional. Who wants good, mediocre and stressful and sad? I certainly don't and as I say, one life, one chance and I am going to make this one fun as well as count!

(PS word to the fun avoiders, don't bargain, barter or withhold fun for some skewed idea of perfection or success, when you are having fun you will see that you are in flow!)

Do you have the X-Factor in your life…?

2010-11-22T07:07:00.000-08:00

Here in the UK we are in the midst of an every growingpopular reality TV show the X-Factor. A little like football fans, everySaturday might millions of viewers become A&R specialists and judge thebrave courageous shortlist of performers.

This year has seen a phenomenon which has rocked the show aswell as divided the public and it is named WAGNER! He cannot sing very well,full of courage, oozes entertainment and isn’t in it to win it. He just wants acareer in the entertainments business and his claim to fame that he hashungered after and somehow he got through and week on week so far the publichave voted him to stay! This has been at the cost of those who arguably havemore technical talent and to the annoyance of the judges (except his mentor) and reportedly some of the other participants.

What annoys them do you think…?

F Is it because Wagner is not as talentedaccording to their judgments..?

F Is it because he isn’t in it to win it…?

F Is it because talent is being wasted while hegets to stay in the competition…?

F Are they annoyed he is having **FUN** ?

I think it is a combination of all of the above (and nodoubt half a dozen of another too) but the most significant situation is the **FUN** that he is having. He is sorelaxed and so laid back about the whole thing that it is irritating theX-Factor establishment. This takes away the very nature of what their intentwas…it was of course entertainment with caveats. Instead something very beautifulhas happened, the voting public has looked for entertainment and in an oh soBritish way anti-establishment (which in this instance is the X-Factor). It seems that what they thought and created ismorphing into something else…and isn’t that often the way?

What is the real significance of this story?

It has got me thinking about the X-Factor – not the show –but the certain je ne sais quoi. The magic ingredient. What the show hasdemonstrated is that it is now what we always obviously think…so it isn’t aboutthe obvious, otherwise why would it be the X-factor.

When you are looking at your life, think not about how youcan be the same as someone else but what is it that gives you the X-Factormagic in your own life. How do you stand out from the crowd…not because you areloud but because of who you are and how aligned you are putting passion backinto your purpose.

Your X-Factor, isn't just about talent!

Here are some noble questions for you…

1. What makes you unique…?

2. How can you get paid for being you?

3. Are you doing your soul and spirits work or areyou following someone else’s path….?

4. Are you having FUN doing whatever you are doing?

These four questions will go some way in assisting youfinding your X-Factor in your life (and note everyone has an X-Factor or two!)

Questions 1-3 are important the most significant question is no. 4. "Are you having fun ?" |If it isn't fun then you are not in your magic, no question or no debate!

If you are ready to find out how you canunleash your own magic why not join me on my powerful Soul and Spirit 28-dayIntensive starting on 1.1.11. Visit http://www.sarupashah.com/28daysoul.html(visit the page to simply be inspired about how you can reveal YOUR X-factorand become the star in your own life!)

I wish I was a billionaire...

2010-10-25T09:03:00.000-07:00

If you won US $1 million (or more), what would you do?

What would you do if you with a
lottery win?

What is that dream or dreams that you would live…? How wouldyou change the world? What charitable causes would you support? Would you open that healing centre you have alwaysdreamed of? Or would you have that dream holiday that you have always wanted totake your family on. Or would it be something else that you think money wouldlet you do….?

What is interesting, even the most spiritually groundedpeople I meet have this idea, that if I had money, ‘I would,’ or when I getmoney, ‘ I will.’ For most undeniably the pursuit of life has become about the$$$s and while there isn’t anything wrong with that if that is what you choose,it is not how heaven on earth is made.

My response is always the same, if you are not doing whatyou want to be doing and letting money stop you then it is time to recognisethat you are giving power to the material world over and above the spiritual world.

This is an easy trap to fall into and easy thing to do. Weare told from a young age that something becomes possible when you can affordit and if you can’t then it goes on a wish list, a must save for list. It issuch practical advice, how could you argue against it…well I can and I do andthat is how I work with my clients.

If you have a dream and money is what stops you, are you sure you really want to do it or are you secretly enjoying the fact youhave that; ‘Oh Well, not me, not yet’ energy about you?

To hold money, either the abundance of it or the lack of itin high esteem or to see it as supreme, because you believe if you had greatwealth you would do all the things you dream of that you only wish you couldnow….separates you from the truth of the matter. The truth is money is not yourGod, or your gatekeeper. It is the same as seeing material existence as unnecessaryor superfluous to the world of cosmic and divine connections. Neither stance istrue, or sustainable.

The truth is you do not need money to create the life ofyour dreams. And certainly it shouldn’t be stopping you or be the reason whyyour dreams are held at bay. Do it despite your money situation, after all yourmoney situation is your own perception and energy flows where intention goes.

Money is not what holds the key to your dreams. Money isneither good nor bad, it simply is.

Today, do not ponder on what you would do if you couldafford it, instead ponder on how you can make your dreams and your passions a realityin your life. (This may or may not involve spending money, but that is not thepurpose remember, the purpose is to create a life in alignment you’re your souland spirit!)

Create that life creatively, go to your own source and starteven with baby steps to make something so. I dare you…I challenge you and Iencourage you because money is the illusion and creation is the truth! Make everythingyou do a foundation to living your dream, to living your true purpose in theworld.

Competition winners

2010-10-06T07:39:00.000-07:00

The sun is out today and the weather is oh so mild and with the smiling sun shining on me I have had the great joy of picking the winners to the September Special Competition...(it was done in cahoots with my team in Spirit as if I could I know I would let everyone win, but there was a purpose and intention here to speak to each of you and get each of you to get clear about your soul alignment and WOW to every posted entry. I loved them ALL!)

First Prize: - The lucky winner will get a Soul Session! Yes, you are reading that right, a Soul Session, worth £997 is the top prize. If you don’t what it is click here to find out more. And the winner is Fatma! Congratulations!

Second Prize:- This lucky winner gets their own unique transformation and healing journey - based a few questions, I will create a unique recording to help this winner push through their blocks and barriers so they can move forward smoothly. This prize has a value of £497. And the winner is Jennifer. Wooooooo!

Third Prize:- This lucky winner gets a 50% off voucher to be used against a Soul Session, that is a whopping £498.50 off the regular price. And the winner is Jacqueline. Well Done!

Fourth and Fifth prize winners:- These lucky winners will get a high quality laminated A3 Poster (which is currently having the finishing touches put to it) outlining The Simple Steps to creating Your Heaven on Earth. A must for anyone who is here to up their game and step into doing what they are truly here to do!

And the winners are Erica and Aishwarya.

***Important announcement for all winners*** I will be contacting you via email over the next 48 hours, if you do not hear from me then please email me at: soulsessions@sarupashah.com , it could be that I do not have your email address!

I want to congratulate all who stepped up and took part in this competition as of course it was more than getting something for nothing, it was also about getting clear on what you desire in life...and making those statements to both yourself and the universe will pay dividend...it always does.

If you didn't win but have a hunger for a soul session (or didn't get round to taking part even) then check out http://sarupashah.blogspot.com/p/soul-sessions.html and ask yourself....is your life and soul development worth investing in...? (I know it is, but do you....?)

I think this is a WELL DONE TO ALL..... oh what fun it has been!

Why gossip is fattening....

2010-09-24T08:19:00.000-07:00

In life it seems we are bombarded with media stories all about celebrities and other people in the media eye. These people are just known for their job, or their family connections (hey that is just how the cookie crumbles in life) and they are going about their life and often their work and it is continually in the spotlight and in judgement.

Is it really important what they wore when they were grocery shopping? Is it really important who they ha a date with one night and how that was different to the person they dated the week before? Is it comical to watch their breakdown in the papers and other media? Or is it good to shed a tear because you feel sorry for them?

Is it really any of your business?

"It's good to talk, but know that idle gossip can be fattening"

Take this down to a micro level, like a neighbhourhood where you have the local busy body, the curtain twitcher keeping and eye on going ons and then gossiping about people behind their back. Is that really good behaviour....? Much the same in any industry too, people talk about who is doing well, who is loosing it, who is out of their depth, and who is in bed with each other, (literally or not).

All of this is gossip no matter where it happens, and gossip is part of the energy of judgement...and very close to the theme I write about last month on criticism.

Being addicted to gossip, drama and generally putting your nose into people's business literally or energetically (for example when you are talking about them, casting aspersions, filling in the blanks) is what I call 'bad egg' behaviour. Sometimes and let's face it we have all done it even if it was in the playground, talked about someone or stirred something up as an , 'oh my god drama,' because it feels like we have power and it makes us feel powerful and superior. That may not have been the conscious driver for us but that was the feeling we were searching for and enjoying creating for ourselves. It gets to the point where I have found people who think they are right to create that gossip and drama because some how they think they are doing the world a service. And to that I say BLEURGH!

Okay, now we come to the deep magical, spiritual and life transformation message.

Everything you love or hate in another is a reflection of something you love or hate in yourself. So when you are rubbing your hands with glee at a downfall of someone else, or thinking they deserved it or even when you are thinking poor them, and wishing you knew them to reach out to them because you could help them, save them, protect them (and this applies whether you know them or not)....it is all a reflection of something in you. Wanting to reach out to a celeb in need through things you have read in the paper could be argued as an admirable quality, but folks I have to say what is it in you that you are ignoring and not healing? When you think you can save others, what is it that you need to address in your own life...? When you are judging others and still thinking of saving them...what are you hiding about who you are?

In the same way when you conclude something to be a certain way or someone to be one way or another based on what you have heard, someone else's damning opinion, experience or drama then you are not standing in your own power. Of course having insights count but in the end you need to discern what is right for you and if gossip and chit chat wobbles you then, yes you guessed it, it is a reflection of something in you. What is it that you are doubting and why would you decide you are now not going to trust the universe and the process of life itself?

Whenever we start living life through the outside first, so the media, the gossip, the rumours, the opinions of others, even the ideas, structures, thoughts and processes of others we are outside of our power. We have lost touch with ourselves... we are simply out of alignment.

The funny thing is most things are really none of your business and what someone else experiences isn't necessarily the basis for your discernment. I say necessarily because there are some plainly inhuman people in the world who may well need help but they also need to be avoided and in most cases removed from day to day society for the safety of the community - but I am not talking criminals in this article, this is about the day to day stuff we pick up from others through gossip.

We really must all learn to mind our own business. When we are not directly involved, it is not our business. Stuff people are going through in the running of their life and their interactions are their 'stuff, ' and the 'stuff,' of people they are embroiled with for that part of their life story and lesson. This does not include danger, the rules do not apply then and this is not the same for global issues, because the way so much of the world lives in poverty, with illiteracy for example are all of our business, this is the stuff we need to be working to improve or eradicate - that is a fact not a judgement, perception or rumour. See the difference?

Simply out when we talk or follow and therefore get sucked into someone else's drama and get into gossiping, however much with heart we think we are doing it, you are poking your nose in where it doesn't belong. While it is a mirror, it also means you are exuding harmful vibes, and folks like attracts like and in our utopian universe based on balance and harmony, if you exude and transmit harmful vibes they gotta come back to you somehow, immediately or otherwise.. Even if you think you are doing the world, okay, business, person, who or whatever don't put your nose in where it isn't welcome, asked for or wanted and even when it is (often the excuse I hear, is well they asked so I had to say...or they were paying me I had to share) - think wisely and for the greater good as well as your own, do you really need to share, say, or read what you are about to?

Here are some rules to being more authentic and stepping outside of this illusion of thinking it is everybody's business?

Check your motives for reading, sharing, speaking about someone else regardless of whether it is first hand or second hand (or third, fourth and so on) information.
Check again and to be sure check again because you realise that what you say and read about others and get off on (however much you think you don't) is also a mirror for you, so what is it that you are being shown in this situation about YOU?
If you have to say something then take the emotion out of it, take the OMG factor out and take out the judgement. No-one is right, no-one is wrong, you never really know someone else's truth and it is not for you to make up bits, so speak mindfully.
Like any addiction, (and most of the world are addicted to hearing about celebs, and people in the public eye through to people they know, whether for voyeuristic curiosity or other icky reasons), start to wean yourself off or go cold turkey. You know what works for you.
Stop believing everything you read or hear about people, start to feel your way into what is right for you and what you think of as right about something or someone may not be shared by others close to you, but so what...your truth is you truth. No war to be waged just tolerance...and that is what we are hiding from when we gossip, tolerance and understanding that people have their stuff going on and it just isn't our business and it isn't always about us!

This is a big topic hence the long article, but it is important that we start in every way possible to create a life that we desire and that doesn't just mean expanding and taking on new things only. It also means that we need to address the illusionary way we have been living and the way that we are continuously finding ways to hide from our own lessons and our own growth by projecting out.

When we stop gossiping, judging and being nosey bonks and addicted to the drama of other people's lives, and we stop second guessing, or even better you may know you are right because you are deeply intuitive, it doesn't matter (I am and this is what I have to learn in every moment) - that is when we truly and really take responsibility for creating a world in which we can shine and we can start to create the new paradigm based on co-operation and love for starters!

So why is gossiping fattening? Gossiping has an energy vibration that is heavy. Heavy energy sticks and what starts as energy always becomes matter. If you are dealing in gossip, listening to gossip and simply plugging into the drama of it and the emotion and judgement of it, you will energetically become bloated. Eventually this energy overload turns into matter and in this case it comes at you like extra unwanted weight as well as energy blocks and generally gets in the way of you staying in alignment.

It's competition time, September Specials

2010-09-09T06:02:00.000-07:00

YAY! It’s competition time…what do you want to WIN?

To mark the launch of this BLOG, I am running a SPECIALSEPTEMBER Competition. It is really easy to enter and there are some lifechanging prizes on offer – 5 in total….and this BLOG is so new, so if you arereading this then you know you are in with a GREAT chance of winning.

Here’s what you could win… (fanfare please!)

First Prize: - The lucky winner will get a Soul Session!Yes, you are reading that right, a Soul Session, worth £997 is the top prize. Ifyou don’t what it is click here to find out more.

Second Prize:- This lucky winner gets their own uniquetransformation and healing journey -based a few questions, I will create a unique recording to help this winnerpush through their blocks and barriers so they can move forward smoothly. Thisprize has a value of £497.

Third Prize:- This lucky winner gets a 50% off voucher to beused against a Soul Session, that is a whopping £498.50 off the regular price.

Fourth and Fifth prize winners:- These lucky winners willget a high quality laminated A3 Poster (whichis currently having the finishing touches put to it) outlining The Simple Steps to creating Your Heaven onEarth. A must for anyone who is here to up their game and step into doingwhat they are truly here to do!

So here’s how to enter:

Leave a comment to this blog post, stating why a SoulSession would benefit you now and how you would use the information that youwould get from such a power session to change how you make an impact in theworld through your life. So note –I wantto hear about the how a Soul Sessionuplift your life.

And then you have to follow this blog, by clicking on theright and entering your details are asked.

Simple, hey?

All entries need to be in by September 30^th,midnight UK time. Entries received after that will not be included when Ideliberate on the winners. And winners will be announced 6^thOctober…

And of course, the winning decisions are final, but I knowthe right people will win.

Oh, and one more thing, please do tell others about thiscompetition but first please make your entry…and here’s some advice on how tomake your entry:

Take a deep breath, centre your energy and then write fromthe heart, imagine having a Soul Session and how it would feel after….

I can’t wait to connect with the winners and assist them inchanging their life….

And best of luck folks – this is a fun way of stepping intotransformation, so enjoy!

(You can be anywhere in the world to join BTW!)

In the Spotlight issue #1

2010-08-26T12:45:00.000-07:00

Soon to be even more topical than it is already for folk in the UK and those who get to watch snippets over the inner-web (cool, don't you think?) is the industry of "X-Factor." Of course with it comes a love it or hate it attitude, but I am going to say it out loudly and proudly I LOVE it.

It takes courage to go and step in that kind of spotlight and even more courage for a panel of judges and experts to say, 'it's a no from me.' As a coach, cheerleader and general fan of all my clients, I know only too well in my own micro-experience of what Simon Cowell and his colleagues do that being able to tell someone that their effort although noted was not hitting the mark for them and telling them and inspiring them to become better and more aligned to their success is no walk in the park. Of course it gets easier and I have to be careful as I am not (well, not yet at least) followed around by television cameras' looking for drama of telling people they are 'rubbish, 'worst act I have ever seen.' You know as I do some of those comments are for entertainment and why not, we don't all want Saturday night documentaries....how dull....if we aren't painting the town red then why not settle in on the couch for some good ol' fashioned dream making...and to learn as a good coach would want to that sometimes it is important to say, 'no, I don't get what you are doing, it doesn't make sense and I think you should go and do something else or at least take a few steps back.'

For those of you who enjoyed the panning of Simon Cowell last Christmas with Rage Against the Machine through Facebook, (and don't worry I did only because I have always been a sucker for people power, the revolt of the people, I am not comfortable for the harm it did the winner Jo McElderry, because he is people too) your level of emotion against it was noted and most interesting. Spiritually and energetically speaking what we repel in others is what we have unresolved in ourself and I would bet most of the people taking action had their own set of unresolved issues, just as much as they thought those who follow pop lothario were soul-less and without taste. None of which is true.

Simon Cowell is a an expert, he is a good coach and mentor and yes he may well have a strong team in place to support his 'clients, ' - but aren't most business/entrepreneurs/artists of any other kind aspiring to be seen as the expert, wanting in their own way to transform lives....and in many (I accept not all cases) have a team so that they can focus on what they do best. I don't know any Hollywood actress who would deliberately want to put her own make up on before a shoot.

The thing that X Factor and shows like it remind me of is...

Getting in front of your audience as much as possible and as soon as possible is important, so just do it, be it and learn from the feedback, and of course that can mean a trip back to the drawing board but sometime we have to stay in the training pool for longer, or kiss a few more frogs before that prince comes in - doing what is quintessentially out thing to do in the world can sometimes feel like a few false starts but you have to experience those things for a reason.
That you have to take risks from time to time....and I am not saying put yourself in danger ;-)
You have to work hard, no matter what it looks like or what they appear to say, successful people work hard and to get to success have worked darn hard, even with those lucky breaks...
That there are some who are here as your dream gate-keepers, find them and work with them as they will help you reach that dream - which in truth is you knowing who you are and why you are here.
To remember the 'fun' in achieving ones own dream....laugh at yourself and let others laugh at you..stop taking life so bloomin' seriously.

So there you have it, Simon Cowell and his team of Angels are HOT HOT HOT for me... and if you don't think so, even from a compassionate point of view for all the people he inspires to step up and grab a larger dream then me thinks you have some unresolved issues about what you are doing in your life and how stifled you are feeling. Just a thought, just my idea... !

How to handle those critics

2010-08-18T09:30:00.000-07:00

Fame and the spotlight are funny things, many aspire to this albeit it secretly and even if you don't or aren't ready to admit it yet, most people are fascinated by what goes on in the lives of celebrity. This fascination is voyeuristic or inspirational and in some occasions can become obsessive for some, but either way it is part of the relationship and energy of those who are in the spotlight.

Are you in the spotlight and tired of critics?

And in celebrity I mean A-Lister, Royalty, through to Soap Star, Business Leader to Politician. It is about those who are in the public eye for whatever reason. I hear people say they do not have a television in the house, do not listen to the news or read papers and to them I say, er hello if you do not know what is going on in the world how can you contribute, and how can you integrate the energy that is affecting people and help transmute it, i.e. change it? You cannot deny the world we live in and in order to transcend it you must first accept where you are and how where you is! It is something really grinds my gears when folk try and disconnect from the truth that is going on, ignoring something or pretending to, doesn't make it go away (nor does seeing something as a problem become the solution either) but that is all another story and not for now....

Being in the spotlight - however big that spotlight is exposes one to the criticism of others.Unfounded criticism, sometimes gossip and downright lies and unkindness. On the odd occasion it may have a basis of truth but as soon as it is delivered as a criticism without love it's is well intentioned origin is lost. You only have to look at the tabloids in any country to see the plight of those who are trying to do something extraordinary in their lives. Okay they sometimes appear to fall on their backside a few too many times but it's no cliché that there is a price to pay and sometimes what you find in the criticism of others just gets too much to handle, that feeling of not being able to do right for wrong.

But however it is dished out criticism is just what it is. Someone telling you how wrong you are and how much better they could do it if they were you, if they had the same guts, exposure, ability to work as hard, skill etc.

For the person receiving criticism there is a point when you break, you want to shout back and then there is a point when you internalise and when you want to hide and simply cry. Either way it is simply just not nice, not fun and makes you question what you have done and are doing to the point that you can loose faith in others and/or yourself.

The reality mechanics of criticism

This is when someone or some people 'get at you,' for no warranted reason. They want to pick holes at you in an unkind way, or think they are being kind in telling you how you are misguided, making bad decisions, loosing the plot etc. They tend not to be the ones you would normally confide in and trust yet what they say hits a nerve. Ouch!

The spiritual reality of criticism

This is an interesting one because let's take the basic tenets of spiritual thinking:

The outer world is a reflection of your inner world

Based on this, it is easy for someone whether they are on a spiritual path or not think that criticism is about something that they are doing wrong and something they haven't dealt with. At the other extreme you can think the other person is simply jealous to not be in the circumstances that you are in with all the opportunities that come with it.

The truth is the spiritual reality of criticism, is 2 fold. It is criticism but it is reflecting something inside of you, which mostly is 'stuff,' you have not cleared up. Stuff where you are still in judgement and belief whereas you should be in knowing. An example, recently is of a client of mine who is about to do something extraordinary and help hundreds of people carve a better life out for themselves contacted me because a client of hers had written to her in criticism, giving their tuppence worth on what she (my client) is doing wrong and why what she is doing is being blocked. My client panicked in some way, internalised it...well that is what so many do, think it must be true even though they don't want to believe it and feel that they have let people down....

Strange thing was my client who is already hugely successful is almost to capacity on her event which is still sometime away and it is going to be phenomenal, but this critic hit a nerve.

The second part of it is like the thing my school teachers used to say when anyone pointed a finger at someone, while you point one finger at someone you have three fingers pointing at yourself. so the critic is projecting their unresolved and un-worked through stuff out to the one they criticise. It's part of the energy of trying to heal oneself through another and as psychologists call it displacement...or projection.

Taking the spiritual principle of the outer world being a reflection of the inner world, sometimes you just have to question whose inner world are you being drawn into and get clear about what is yours to own and what is someone else's.

Let's not forget that law of attraction, it is true of you criticise others it is likely to come and bite you on the bum at some point too...but I am not here talking about the critic, I am more about supporting the one who is being criticised.

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So if you are in the spotlight or know that is where you are heading sooner or later, what can you do to make yourself able to take the criticism that will be projected and directed towards you? Well here is my 7-step plan for those who have a spotlight VIP Soul:

1. Be mindful of your inner journey - no matter what success you have in the outer life, without inner and outer alignment you make yourself vulnerable. Working with a intuitive healer and/or coach/advisor is perfect for aligning inner and outer worlds.
2. Be authentic and true - in the spotlight you get found out if you are insincere or inconsistent.
3. Be human - well you are, aren't you? We all have a past, we all make mistakes, end up in flaps, over react from time to time so show your human side as a side to be celebrated. Being in the spotlight is not about image management, well not entirely.

4. Be open - there is a gift in almost everything if you let yourself be open and receptive. Don't close yourself off and become a victim.

5. Respond lovingly - never bitch back, a big oh no. Understand there is a lot at play under the surface and some of it may well be your gift and even if you don't agree, remind yourself as much as your truth is yours, someone else believes that their truth is theirs. No competition for truth. Stand in your truth therefore and not in judgement or in war - that is the true art of transcendence.

6. Live in the moment - it might feel like the critic will never end or go away but know what was is just what was and what counts is now, so if you can return to NOW then you can stop getting in knots with the words and actions of others. Knots is not where power resides.

7. Deep breaths and smile and if you like laugh at yourself - LIGHTEN UP ;-)

That my friends is how you create your Heaven on Earth and how you can handle critics and claim an even bigger spotlight.

(And for those wondering what happened to my client - well we created a standard script for her critics and people who think they are doing her a favour by giving their unwarranted and unwelcome insights and looked at what if any truths were coming out of hiding that needed to be addressed and worked through...like plan no. 4 - says: Be Open!)
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It's here and it's started

2010-08-12T09:38:00.000-07:00

Woo Hoo but no Woo Woo! That is how I am today. Very excited to be launching my blog to go with the transformed way of working (the main website: www.sarupashah.com is coming along nicely)

Today because it is launch day I suggest you have a mooch around and see what has been cooking....and this is just the start of it. I realise how I am in my element when I am doing what I love...and what I love is to see other people in their success, where their life is effortless and pain free. Yeah, I know 'shit,' happens, it happens to us all but that is all external stuff much of which we cannot avoid but what we can avoid is how we react, how we let it consume us and more than anything how connected we are to the truth of who we be!

The the truth is I know that most folk have very little idea of who they are and why they are here now and even those who profess to know are only scratching around the surface.

I am the woman who will take you on a deep dive into your own soul and spirit...well there is not accident that I am The Soul Agent!

So whoever you think you are now, I know you can be whole lot more. I don't care how successful you think you are or how much you think you have it suss, there is always a deeper place to go. Think of it like you have a business purpose, life purpose then you get interested in Soul Purpose and then the penny drops...you have a Divine Mission....and noooooo they are not all the same thing....

The Divine Mission is the big thing and the great news is none of this is about compromising who you desire to be. Hey always some re-alignment and things that are no longer part of your transformation that have to be shed, but I am very clear...NO turning your back on living in a material world or vice-versa; turning your back on living in a spiritual world. The world as we know it is both!

I love it all and I live in balance, it took a while, some playing around with what would work but now I have it clear. I love my Italian Couture Houses and my High Street Shops, I love roughing it and I love being decadent. I can be all I want to be how and when, because I choose, I create and take responsibility and because I do pay attention to what I am here for, and who I am. I do all I can to be the best I can be and of course sometimes I trip up and simply grrroooowwwwwlllll, but I do not pretend to be a saint of any kind.

There is a lot to me and a lot you that is unknown and I am going to let you in through this blog and I am going to share some thoughts, insights and other groovy things with you - so stay tuned, become a follower and let's get this party started as the saying goes....

Until the next time.... much love,

Sarupa xxxx

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