One of my favorite books is Michael Crichton’s Travels. It’s an odd book, not one of his fiction best sellers, but rather an autobiographical account of his extraordinary life and experiences. I know that the reason I like it so much is that I’ve always wanted to have experiences like his. Mystical experiences, exotic experiences, experiences that are special and that happen to special people.
For a long time it never occurred to me that I could have such experiences too. About the third time I read his book, after reading all the Carlos Castenada, Jose Silva and various other spiritual books that I could get my hands on– one line in his book jumped out at me and seemed to speak to me … to dare me. He said something to the effect of “How long can you have an interest in something and keep it at an arms length, with out doing anything to explore it?”
How long indeed? So I started looking at how I could further explore… and I found a Silva Mind Control Course in my area. I went. It was “real”, I decided. I could go to alpha… and I could manifest… a parking spot! Amazing! Fun to play around with. I didn’t do anything else (seminar-wise) for a long time… but I knew I could always get a free seat in the class for a retake. I never did.
Until… five years later. Now that’s a long time. I had experienced more, read more, and I knew it was real already… I wanted more! I had been very happy in my career for a long time…now things were changing. It was 2003 and I was looking for some answers and felt that I might find some at the seminar. Now the retake cost me an extra $50…still not bad, considering the price of seminars.
I went not even sure what I was looking for specifically. I found it! There was a man at the seminar, I don’t even know his name. He looked like Joe Vitale, at least that’s how I remember him. (I’m not even sure now he was a man… he might have been an angel.) We talked about my daughter. She was in the process of being diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. He told me to use the Silva to heal her. He also told me he was a Reiki Master and that I should find a Reiki Master and become attuned to heal her. We also talked about my job. He told me that I could be a Reiki Master and a Coach for a living.
I did go get attuned to Reiki after that seminar. It did heal my daughter. I thought about the career move he suggested, but I thought massage school would be more practical (not really understanding this coaching thing). I looked into the massage school and planned on going, then my plans fell through. It was okay though, because I didn’t really want to be a massage therapist. But I really hated my job. It was brutal and kept getting worse every time I tried to move into a better position.
I was in advertising sales… and had always been so good at it… I just didn’t understand how things could go so wrong, when I was such a good sales person. Finally I left my last corporate position. I had just won a 42″ plasma television, now proudly displayed in my family room, (so obviously I was doing something right, eh?) but the management was never satisfied. I knew that I needed to get out of there… the job was killing me… and I used to actually say that several times a day! I called a friend who was in a position to hire me as an independent contractor. The timing was good she needed some one for a deserted project and I, happily, stepped in. I am still happily contracting in that position, ever so grateful to have such a positive environment to work in!
Then some really strange coincidences happened. As I was planning my husband’s surprise 50th birthday party, one of the women he works with sent me an invitation to a coaching workshop/ Arbonne party joint venture. I went. The coach made such a strong impression on me I ended up hosting the same event in my home for my friends. I followed up a few weeks later with that coach. I wanted to explore the possibility of getting coaching. It was possible! ; )
It’s a year later. I’ve launched a Reiki healing business, joined BNI and I am now attending Coach U, pursuing a coaching certification. Remember what the Reiki Master at the Silva Seminar told me in 2003? I can’t help but wonder how my life would be different if I would have listened to the Universe the first time! But I know that all things happen in their own good time. The wonderful people that have come into my life and the experiences that I have gone through have brought me to where I am today. And that’s exactly where I am supposed to be.
