Recently I asked on Twitter where I can receive daily affirmation emails and I was pleasantly surprised by an instant reply to a link to “Notes from the Universe.”

These Notes are brief passages written by “The Universe,” personalized with your name (and occasionally your personal goals and dreams), designed to remind you that you have, indeed, been given dominion over all things.

I have the emails sent to work and they usually arrive around 6pm at night. Red light flashing on my Blackberry and I open the email that is from the sender The Universe, and a little note addressed to me to make me stop, ponder and remind myself daily of my dreams and goals. These little notes are slightly different from daily affirmations of positive self talk: I am strong, I love and approve myself, I am healthy. These little notes are directional and remind you to ask, believe and the Universe will provide.

I recommend trying it and tell me your story.

L

xox

Forget the Vision Board. I am going to create a Vision Wall. Perhaps a bit ambitious but on the third level of this house is a room where we have set up my office. The computer faces french doors that lead out to the backyard and to the left of the French Doors are some blank bricks. Perfect to design a wall to wall Vision Board. I have asked N to find me a huge pin board where I will try to cover it with fabric before positioning it. Then picture by picture we are going to create it together.

The first image I think I will place is a map of Australia. Lately we have been talking about taking a year off and travelling around Australia. I was inspired by a colleague at work who did just that with her husband and two dogs. They put their jobs on hold and rented out their house and off they went. They met many families also on the road. I was told to budget for about $150 a day so over ten months equals a lot of savings. Nether-the-less, I have asked the Universe and now I just need to believe and wait for it to provide.

On Friday night I attended the book launch, by spiritual healers and Clairvoyants, K and Dr Michael Taylor, for their first book, “Dating the Messenger, The Untold Story of a Clairvoyant.” I met K and Michael back in June 2008 when they were holding psychic parties on weekends. Who would believe a short 20 minute reading for $35 would change my life. K invited the party to the weekly meditations they held at their home in Waterford. I was a little lost, sad and lonely at the time and I had been thinking that I would enjoy the benefits of meditation but I only thought it was something very religious people did while chanting. But the universe must have heard, as this opportunity arrived as I requested so without being able to negotiate with any family or friends to come with me, I went on my own.  I remember arriving at the unassuming brick suburban house for my first meditation. That night it was only myself and another lady who I have met many time since. A still have my journal with the first entry of that meditation which is now filled to the end with stories, drawings, numbers and interpretations of what I have seen since. Meditation has transformed my life as over the next two years I laughed and cried, learnt how to silence my busy brain, and made new friends as we travelled through the universe meeting Angels and Spirit Guides, ET’s, met ourselves in past and future lives, had magical healings, met with spiritual animals, and was just part of all the magic created and facilitated through K and Michael.

Like the book, I loved returning to these meditations as I was intrigued by K and Michael’s storytelling, the stories of the clients they meet, the odd and inspirational conversations with spirit, never ending work with the community and just being part of their business as it grew. Plus I was doing my own soul searching in my own life and meditation and meeting a community of people all on the same journey just seemed to fit.  A meditation these days is no longer the intimate group of four but has grown into two rooms with barely a seat spare and I expect it to grow to many more. I have only had one reading by K as I knew I had homework to do to sort out my life and I was comforted to know that this was also a theme in the book, Dating the Messenger. Everyone wants a quick fix to their relationships, financial, career and health problems but what differentiates these people are the ones who will do the yard yards to work on themselves.

Last week I sent another Twitter call out to #LOA readers for another Law of Attraction in Action story. I received a lovely response from Juliana Joie from www.JulianaJoie.com.

I live the Law of Attraction. Whenever I notice I’m not feeling good, I shift my thinking to gratitude, joy, or love.  I could tell you about my body’s healing miracle or other awe-inspiring stories, but you might not take them seriously or believe they’re accessible to you. I want to assure you that you can manifest miracles, but for today, I’ll share about something a little closer to home–parking.

I always get excellent parking spots. I always have. At Chili’s, there’s a front row area that regularly has 1-3 excellent spots available.  I watch with puzzlement as others park in the side lot and ease my car in front of the door.

This also happens at Texas Roadhouse, where I practically have a personal spot. Once, a friend was driving, and I told him to slow down because the spot would be there, but he didn’t believe me, passed it by, and went on to park in the side lot.

Now I silently request excellent parking spaces, visualize them, and know that they will appear. There is no stress as I head into town because I know the parking will be effortless.

Why do I share this?

Because abundance is waiting for you. For me. For all of us.  We get to choose to have the front-row spot or to park further away. We get to choose to have a life full of joy and gratitude and love or to focus on something else.

The parking lot is an equal opportunity playing field. Each person in each vehicle can choose the parking space wanted.

If you enjoy a healthy walk, by all means, savor it.  I’ll be the rock star in front of the door.

Today I received my first submission to “The Law of Attraction in Action” from Twitter friend L.Marie.

This is her story.

The Law of Attraction is Real

By: L.Marie

The Law of Attraction is real. I have always used the Law of Attraction in my life without knowing the terminology.  Growing up I used visualization to obtain all that I desired. However, it wasn’t until two years ago, when I was given the book Ask and it’s Given by Esther and Jerry Hicks, that I learned the terminology and changed my views.

Using the Law of Attraction is not only about putting an idea out into the Universe; it is about taking that idea and matching it with your emotions.  If you want to have more money, and you put the intention out there, but you are feeling fear or inadequacy, you will not have more money. It is all about your thoughts matching your vibrations and emotions.

I have had success with the Law of Attraction and I have had ‘failure’. I put failure in quotations because whatever you put out into the Universe will manifest, but it might not transpire quickly or the way you imagine. I have used the Law of Attraction for all things, love, career, money, and more.  The most obvious success story I had using the Law of Attraction, was when I manifested four additional months of an internship stipend.  When I graduated from school in May of last year, my internship stipend was supposed to conclude. A few weeks before I graduated I put into the Universe I needed money up until August.  I didn’t know where the money was coming from, but I knew I was going to be fine. The next month when I looked in my bank account I had received a direct deposit from the school. Even though I was done with school, from May up until August, I received a direct deposit. I did not question it, because it was the Law of Attraction and I had manifested the money through my positive thoughts and vibrations.

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If you would like to submit a short story (200 words) on “The Law of Attraction in Action.”please email me on lisad@thelastdegree.com.

I am looking for your everyday stories of success in family, health, wealth, relationships, and career.

Bright red flowers in my wealth corner

I am starting a regular segment on my Blog titled “The Law of Attraction in Action.” If you want to submit a short story (200 words) please email me on lisad@thelastdegree.com.

I am looking for your everyday stories of success in family, health, wealth, relationships, and career.

Today my little story is attracting wealth.

Problem: A few months ago I was oblivious about what do with my laundry. Being a busy mum and back to work, clothes were haphazardly piling up in the nursery and in the corner of my bedroom floor. At the time I saw no connection between the wealth corner in my bedroom with the beautiful red flowering painting and the dirty laundry piling up in the corner. Until the day the bill arrived. Another $500 bill from the hospital arguing I owed another excess fee for twin number 2. After phone calls with the hospital and private health trying to sort it out, I came to the conclusion it was another bill I would just have to pay.

Solution: As I was learning more about LOA , I requested for the bill to disappear and I started to also look around my house to identify anything amiss. It was the laundry. On suggestion of K from Connect with Spirit. I moved the laundry to its rightful place, the bathroom.

Result: The very next day I received a phone call. The bill was a mistake. I was told to rip up the bill as I no longer had to pay. Yippee! That works for me.

What is your story of the law of attraction in action?

L

Right now I am trying to share my work with the Law of Attraction and positive Affirmations with N. It is hard to be positive and working on asking the universe for all the things I want when your partner is focusing on the lack and is not too happy about it. Now N is a man and would not be seen dead reading one of those positive attraction self help books so I am trying to give him some exercises to get him out of the lack as I am sure he is attracting bad luck and I want that to go away fast. Yesterday for instance he received a fine from the council for littering! $300 fine, money just thrown away!

So tonight I gave him this exercise:

1. Think and remember how it felt when something wonderful happened. It doesn’t matter what it is. It could be making the girls laugh, or when Moana said da-da last week or even driving your favourite car (he is mechanic after all). Whatever it doesn’t matter.
2. How does it make you feel?
3. Now hold onto that feeling of good and swap that memory to the thing you want. That is what you do. Request to the universe what you want but keep holding onto that feeelling.

He did entertain me with giving it a go. I am no expert but I am hoping if I encourage him enough it will be a good start.

The workshop that started me on my journey to gain some control over my life was delivered by K and Dr Michael at ConnectwithSpirit, The Art of Manifesting Workshop. What I love about these manifesting and subsequent meditation classes are the anecdotal stories people have. I am a sucker for reading Just Life magazine at the supermarket register or the hairdresser so I am always fascinated to hear these real life stories which K and Dr Michael have and how spirit and the Law of Attraction has worked for them.

Also during my research into the blog sphere I found a beautiful website, Abundance Tapestry, Manifest Abundance With Creative Self Alignment. Evelyn has some lovely posts on abundance, tips on how to overcome mental focus and blockages and anecdotal stories which I love. Her vision board is there too. Her post 7 Jazzy Ideas To Making Affirmations FUN is something I think will also work with N.  I think the make-believe mini exercises will work and I know he has images of cars for his business on his tool box and in the garage. Now we can work on the exercise above and have fun writing blank checks out.

I saw this viral YouTube video called Jessica’s Affirmation. I know it has gone around the internet lately but it will brighten up your day and if you ever need an affirmation boost just watch this.

Last note….however later on TV tonight despite my best efforts, when a voluptuous lady bounced onto screen, N commented on the lack of boobs and if the LOA exercise will attract bigger ones into his life. Jokingly he then wholeheartedly gave my little exercise ago with a silly grin while staring into the universe. Hmm maybe that boob job will come early after all.

I have always been an advocate for personal networking in my career and I have countless stories of the old adage, “It’s who you know not what you know” working new opportunities for me. My foray into online social media was first introduced with an ICQ account somewhere in the late 1990’s before the Live Messenger was launched. Then I joined Facebook over three years ago just for keeping in contact with my friends and kept it separate to Linked-In for networking with work colleagues. But it was only last week that when I started to research the relaunch of my blog did I open accounts with Twitter and Dig. That is only the start of it and now my head is spinning with information streaming through the social media networks. How does anyone keep track of it all?

To try to focus back onto my blog and provide something of value without getting distracted by the barrage of continual news, spam, jokes and interest. I signed up with hundreds of other bloggers to take part in the 31-Day ProBlogger and the SITS girls The Secret to Success is Support Build a Better Blog Challenge. Perhaps by connecting to this forum all the Helpful People in my Vision Board will come forward to help me develop and grow my blog?

I won’t post each task but yesterday was Day 1 and I am already late with my homework.

The task was to develop an elevator pitch for your blog. A pitch is not something new to me in my day job as I work with scientist and entrepreneurs who need to pitch their ideas daily to find funding and support. So I have had a brainstorm and come up with three. What do you think?

1. Laugh with me to the last degree to create the life you want.
2. Laugh with me to the last degree to realise your dreams today.
3. Laugh with me to the last degree and see the law of attraction in action.

The theme being that no matter where you are in life, nothing can really stop you from realising your drea. I have chosen laugh as besides from the fact I am known for a distintive laugh but life is funny and I hope to always bring warmth and humour into my posts.

As mentioned in my earlier posts, this blog is a resurrection of an old blog titled Ski with me to the last degree to raise awareness for bipolar disorder when I was raising money and awareness for the Bipolar Expedition (hence the url The Last Degree). However as that chapter has closed I wanted to keep the blog and domain name and resurrect it into something new that was current in my life. In the eighteen months since my bipolar blog, I gave birth to twin girls and turned 30 but what has given me a framework and inspiration to my blog is a vision board and a growing list of all my hearts desires. This blog aims to capture that journey of the law of attraction in action.

The Bipolar Expedition Blog

N holds me accountable for the “spontaneous” twin pregnancy. Perhaps it was my obsession with Sweet Valley High books or watching the movie The Parent Trap or living with identical twin sisters but nothing quite prepared me for the ultrasound technician to say, “Congratulations its Twins.” I had gone to the Queensland X-Ray department at 9 weeks on my own – pure curiosity I am afraid with a referral in hand. I should have waited for the usual 12 week scan but I was impatient. I am the type of person who searches Wikipedia for the plot before I watch the movie, read the finishing chapters of a book half way through and certainly not one to keep spoilers from The Doctor.

I am also not known for delicacy and can be depended on saying things at the most inconvenient time.  “I’m pregnant” as N chokes on his Weet-Bix. Now in the car park I call N at work, “Surprise, I am having twins” as stunned silence permeates through the phone. Tactful comments may also run in the family as not 6 months later as I am admitted into the maternity ward four weeks early, “Have fun” my father says as he leaves for the evening.

Right before all hell breaks loose.
Moana and Adelaide’s Twin Birth Story.

Twin 1. 12 weeks.

Ok so boldly I best start my new blog with a list of my hearts desires and ask the universe what I want today.

I LisaD, use the full power of my intention and attention to create the following desires now:

1. Finances:

• I currently earn $200,000 a year.
• I won $500,000.
• I have a $1million share portfolio.
• I have a $2million property portfolio.

2. Home:

• I own a new family home on semi acreage with 4 bedrooms, study, 2 bathrooms, 2 lounge rooms and a gourmet gas stove kitchen. A deck wraps around to capture the sunlight for a peaceful time to read or enjoy a glass of wine at night. Our home is a place with family dinners by the fireplace and a lounge big enough to put up a nine foot real Christmas tree. At the back is a double shed for N and his cars and a pool to swim in at summer. A huge old tree stands tall ready for a new tree house which N is already making plans. We have a herb and veggie garden with sweet greens ready to be picked. Our home is warm and wonderfully ours to grow and be happy.

3. Relationships:

• We got married on a beach destination wedding. Moana and Adelaide will wear gorgeous while baby flower girl dresses and we will have two weeks to ourselves by the lagoon in a beachside villa.

4. Health and Body:

• I am gorgeous and healthy. My post pregnancy belly and bottom are sexy and slim.

5. Work:

• I am a successful business women who thrives on problem solving and project management.
• I own my own company.

6. Creative Expression:

• I am an Author of a successful book.
• I am an Artist with paintings in local galleries.

7. Travel/Adventure

• We have packed up the house and travelling around Australia in a caravan for one year.
• I have been offered a job overseas and we move and work in another country for a few years.
• We holiday in Europe.

8. Spiritual

• I have expanded intuitive awareness.

9. Special Intention

• N owns an auto mechanic workshop and it is very successful.

10. Gratitude

• I give thanks by tithing to my immediate friends and family.
• I give thanks to the community by managing special projects in awareness in mental health and children charities.

I trust that what I want; I will receive. Now the journey begins…