Reginald Cuffee

Today is Independence Day here in the USA, and for many people, it is a day of celebration of our country’s freedom from England.  On this day in 1776, America declared its independence and began an incredible experiment in controlling its own destiny. 

Although it’s a great day to spend time with your family, attend a picnic, watch a parade, go to the beach, or watch fireworks, today is the perfect day to declare your freedom.

But freedom from what exactly?

• Freedom from the Rat Race where you work in a job doing what you do not enjoy.
• Freedom from financial constraints where you never have to
  worry about paying your bills ever again because you have the money to pay for the experiences you desire in life.
• Freedom from a life filled with drudgery of just making a living.
• Freedom to do what you want, when you want to do it because you are not controlled by the 9 to 5 schedule.

Whether you are an America or not, it’s time to celebrate your financial freedom, or if you haven’t achieved it yet, it is time to declare it and go for it at full speed!

Remember, America declared it’s independence on July 4th, 1776; however, the world didn’t recognize America as a free nation until 1783.  So, declare it for yourself now.   

Once, you make this declaration, take action to BE that person.  Release any negative beliefs that repels money from flowing to you, adopt a prosperous mindset, and take inspired action as ideas for flowing money comes to you.  If you follow these steps of Be-Do-Have, before long, you will be well on your way to having financial freedom.

Have an exciting and inspiring day.

Namaste,

RC

written by Reginald Cuffee

I believe it fair to say that most people desire to have prosperity and success.  If this is true, why do so few people achieve it and continue to live well below their true potential? It occurs because they refuse to do what is required to change the results they are manifesting in their lives. 

If you want to go from living a mediocre existence to living a thriving and prosperous life, there are many things you have to do.  Big things like releasing the limiting beliefs and negative programming in your subconscious mind.  Little things like making a decision to change, setting side time for self-development, doing affirmations, visualizing, and following through with inspired action. 

However, let me tell you what I believe is the single most important thing you must do to change - 

Release your attachment to your victim story!

If you are not currently living a prosperous life, you probably have a victim (”poor me“) story that keeps you trapped in your reality.  A victim story is any excuse you might use to explain why you don’t already have everything you desire from life whether it is to be financial free, enjoying good health, experiencing a blissful relationship with your primary partner, experiencing joy and peace in your life, or a strong connection with the Source (God).

Our victim stories usually are based on circumstances and events we experience in the past, and we continue to use them to limit what we experience in our life now.  For example:

Do you ever reminisce about any painful childhood experiences that you endured such as love or affection being withheld from you, being called negative names, being physically abused, or being abandoned, etc.  If you are talking about these experiences with anyone other than a professional therapist / Life Coach or explaining how you used them to change your life, then you are playing the victim card. 

When you start a new romantic relationship, do you tell war stories about your former lovers?  If so, you’re trying to elicit sympathy; thus you are being a victim.

When someone asks how you are doing, do you start listing your body afflictions such as a headache, back pain, or other aches and pains?  This is total victim-hood.

Do you believe that your financial results (i.e. the house you live in, you annual income, the balance in your bank account, etc.) are due to state of the economy, government programs, bad partners, your job, or any other outside factors?  If so, you are seeking to be victimized because you are giving your power to external forces.

Do you still talk about money you lost in a business deal or investments in the past?  What about how the value your house has declined over the few past years?  Of course the only reason you are doing this is because you feel victimized.

All of these are examples of victim stories, and they can keep you trap in a lifestyle where you are just surviving instead of being prosperous and thriving.   

If you don’t use any of the victim stories I discussed, and you are still not having all the prosperity and success you desire, take a moment and allow yourself to review all your reasons why you don’t have it.  If you do this objectively, you’ll be amazed at how many stories you have once you begin paying attention.

Don’t criticize yourself or beat yourself up for having a story about it because we all have victim stories no matter how well we are doing in life.  What’s important here, is that you finally come to see that your “poor me” story is nothing more than an incredible illusion maintained by your ego that keeps your trapped in your box you created for your life (your reality that limits what you experience in life).  But please understand this, your ego is a survival mechanism, and it tries its best to keep you from changing.  However, you have the power to take back control and live the life you truly desire.

The choice is yours to make.

As a co-creator of your reality, you have the power to make a new choice that would create a brand new reality in which your problem of lack no longer existed. The Law of Attraction is working 24/7 and is ready, willing and waiting to bring into your life everything belonging in the reality of your new choice.

So, what’s stopping you from committing to a new reality where lack does not exist and you embrace abundance and prosperity?  I think you already know the answer; you are too attached to your victim’s role, and letting go of it can be difficult for most people.

Why are you attached?

You are attached because that victim is who you are for now.  It is your identity and your role.  In order to choose out of your victim’s role and into a powerful new YOU, your ego would have to relinquish control of your life.  However, your ego will resist losing control because it thinks it is protecting you from danger.   

But you are not your ego!

However, there is a solution to escaping this trap of your victim’s role, and it begins with the realization that you are not your ego.  You are an individualization of God.  Can you allow yourself to accept this principle?  Once you’ve allowed yourself to be objective about the problem, you can begin the journey to take back control of from your ego and put your True Self back in charge of your life.

When your True Self is in charge of your life, prosperity and success will surely follow.

Namaste, 

RC

written by Reginald Cuffee

Today is the first day of July, and it would be the perfect day to reflect about the first half of 2009.  Specially, look back on your dreams and goals for this year, and the action you are taking to manifest them.  

What have you accomplished so far, and where in your life, have you been more conscious and present?  What wonderful miracles have happened so far this year?  As you are reflecting, do not focus what went wrong.  Forget about where you may have fallen off course. Only focus on what went right and the things that make you feel good.
 
To really discover how great the past six months have been, ask yourself the following questions:

• Who or what experience has made you feel generous, expansive, and prosperous so far this year?
• Did you experience any “ah-ha” moments, insights, or breakthroughs in the last 6 months?
• Where have you found the joy in your life so far in the last 6 months?
• What happened in your life that gave you a sense of inner peace?
• Who helped you with your dreams and goals, and have you said thank you?
• What or who caused you to feel a sense of accomplishment?
• Did you take even one step forward towards manifesting your dreams and goals?  If so, are you getting the results you were expecting?
• If you could re-live the past 6 months, what one thing would you do differently?  Do it NOW!
• Did you celebrate your successes along the way?  Remember it is not the size of the success that matters, but the fact that you acknowledged it.
• What was the most amazing moment of your life this year that made your heart sing, made you smile that secret smile, and made you really feel that life is truly wonderful?

 Now you are starting the third quarter of 2009, and you can take these productive and joyful experiences and use them to propel you toward achieving your dreams and goals.  This means you are already much further ahead towards your dreams and goals than you were at the beginning of the year.  You have established momentum, and what you desire for your life is coming to you whether it see it or not yet.  Just continue believe and continue to take massive inspired action.
 
May there be a miracle in your life today… May you have the eyes to see it…And May your heart be opened to receive it.
 
Namaste,

RC

written by Reginald Cuffee

When I heard that Michael Jackson had passed away, I begin reflecting on my own life. 

What came to my mind was the subject of happiness.  Specifically, I was  thinking about how many people are waiting for some external circumstance to change so they can be happy.

The say statements such as ” when I get the right job, when I get enough money, when I get the right man or woman, when my children become successful….. then I will be happy”

Guess what? Michael Jackson had tons of money, remarkable talent, fame, and millions of adoring fans around the world.

But, was he happy?

Although I did not know him personally, I think that most of us would agree that he didn’t act happy.  In fact, a common phrase used to describe him was a “tortured soul.”  Many people used this phrase to describe him because he appeared to be fighting inner demons.

If external circumstances such as money and success cause happiness, Michael Jackson should have been very happy.  But it didn’t seem he was.

Now let’s not make a critical mistake and say that money and success cause unhappiness because they don’t.   As Abraham Lincoln said, “Most people are about as happy as they make up their mind to be.”

If you can’t be happy before you have prosperous, chances are you won’t be happy no matter how much abundance flows into in your life.
The best way I know to be happy is to practice gratitude. Yes, gratitude!  When you focus on what is good in your life, rather than what is “bad” , happiness follows.  And we all have plenty to be grateful for in our lives.

Many things in life that you experience are result of the choices you make!  Love is a choice, not a feeling.  Happiness is a choice.

How happy are you willing to make up your mind to be? Take a chance and choose to be really happy!

In this moment, focus on the blessings you have, and from that place of happiness, create the life you want.  Let the lesson from Michael Jackson inspire you choose happiness first.

You can’t flow more abundance in your life if you’re feeling ungrateful, but you sure can if you’re feeling grateful, and happy.

So, go ahead.  It won’t hurt. It’ll probably feel really good.

Say it–I choose happiness!

Namaste,

RC

written by Reginald Cuffee

All too often, we unknowingly get stuck in life patterns that we have modeled from others people, the media, movies and books, and society.  We follow certain career paths, get into familiar relationships, have recurring health issues, and even accept limits on what we could Be, Do and Have in our lives.

But what if God didn’t intend for us to have any of these limitations we place on our experiences in life?

What if our parents, religious leaders, teachers and society only gave us what they thought were possible?

What if they couldn’t teach us how to go beyond what they were able to achieve in their lives?

What if our bodies are designed to last for hundreds of years, yet we have accepted that our bodies are supposed to age and weaken starting in our fifties?

What if the facts and evidence for support aging are the result of our beliefs rather than our beliefs being the result of facts and evidence? 

What if our beliefs about how much money we can have, how it comes to us, how our relationships must be, how we can live our lives are all based on other people’s limited thinking?

What if you could live your life by your own rules?

What would you change about your life if you knew you had no limits?

If your family has health patterns, and you just accepted that you will be subject to this because of genetics, what if you decided to accept being healthy instead?

What if you decided to consciously let go of any emotional pain, angers and hurt that you have been holding onto for years and chose to embrace love, compassion, and peace as your new emotional pattern?

What if you embraced the joy of abundance that is available to you and you could pursue activities you enjoy to do in life instead of remaining at a job that does not offer inner fulfillment?

Even if you don’t think you could earn money doing what you love, consider letting go of that belief and imagine what you would do if you could do anything you wanted for a living.

What would you want to contribute to the world?  What inspires passion within you?

What if the slowing down of the economy is an opportunity for change to create roles for each of us to contribute in a new way?

What if money just flowed to you through unexpected sources instead of it only coming to you through your job and perhaps a job that you don’t really enjoy? What if money only comes to you this way because someone of authority told you a statement such as “You have to work hard for your money”, “Life is hard”, or “Stop dreaming and get a job”.

If you accepted that belief, then this is the way money comes to you.

If you arrived on planet Earth five minutes ago and you looked out at the vast opportunities that could be your heaven on earth, what rules would you give yourself?

What is stopping you from living from that reality now?

Realize that the major differences between a new reality and your old one is how much you believe that reality to be true and how much that reality has been practiced.

Realize that you can choose to let go of your old perspective by releasing the emotions that anchor it in place…and embrace a new perspective of Love, Peace and Hope.

What rules are you choosing to live by today?

Remember it’s your life.  Ask yourself if you really want to get to the end of it only to discover that you didn’t have to live by the rules you were given.

You can change them today.

If you don’t know how, ask and it will be given.  Seek and ye shall find.  

Namaste,

RC

written by Reginald Cuffee