Abundance: Thinking WAY Outside of the Box!

What would you do if you had to take $1 and make it into $50 within 24 hours?

Here’s one of my all-time favorite stories!

In April 2003 I was working as an intuitive in Salt Lake City at a bookstore called “The Golden Braid.”  A man named Arthur came in for a session and the first thing I said was, “You’re really worried about money.”  Arthur said, “You have NO idea!  I just went to a class on abundance, and our first assignment is to take $1 and turn it into $50 within 24 hours.  We’re supposed to think ‘outside of the box’ but every time I try to do that I realize I’m still in the box!”

I asked Arthur what he planned to do.  He said, “Well, I have a friend that works with at risk teens, and I thought maybe I could give him a dollar and ask him to give me $50 and just trust me that I’d pay it back.”  Arthur then looked at me sheepishly and said, “I know…not a very good idea.”

We talked about a few ways to shift consciousness in terms of abundance and at the end of our session I said, “Arthur, give me just one minute.”  I went to the back storage room where I had a box of books, one I wrote called, “Children of Light.”  When I returned I said, “Arthur, there are over 30 books in here.  The story was written for young adults and teens, and it’s endorsed by Deepak Chopra and Jack Canfield, so you shouldn’t have any problems selling these and getting your $50 within 24 hours.  And maybe your friend will want some books for the at risk teens he works with.”

Arthur was, to say the least, slightly in shock.  He didn’t know what to say.  So I added, “Ok, Arthur, where’s that dollar?”  Arthur handed me the dollar, told me he’d be back in a week, gave me a hug and left.

I knew when I handed him those books for a dollar that I had just blown his ‘box’ to bits, so I could hardly wait to hear what happened!

Arthur returned the next week, glowing.  Here’s what he told me.  The first thing he did was take the box to his car, and then he sat in the parking lot and cried for half an hour.  When he got home he went on the internet and read reviews on Amazon and other sites.  He saw the value of the book and knew he could sell it without a problem.  But then he started thinking about what group of people might like the book.  So the following Sunday he showed up at Unity Church in Salt Lake City, with the box of books and made an announcement.

Arthur told the congregation what “Children of Light” was about, that he was selling them for $10 a piece, and that all of the money would be donated to the church.  He then told them that he’d found a benefactor who would quadruple the amount purchased.  One man offered to buy any books that weren’t sold, but every book was sold.  The benefactor actually quintupled the amount, and Arthur gave the church $1,800.

Ok…so my “box” was blown WAY out of the water and out into the COSMOS!  I thought he’d just sell the books and keep the money.  But he gave it all away!

So here’s how that affected me.  When I met Arthur I was in the process of recording and producing a new CD called “The Silent Language of Peace” and a children’s cd (for your inner child too) called “Children of Light Affirmations.”  Of course, my plan was to sell the CDs.  Love’s plan was to make the information free to everyone in the form of Free Downloads.

Logically it makes no sense to produce CDs and then offer free downloads.  But from Love’s perspective it’s all about giving from the heart.   Or as Jesus put it, “Freely ye have received, so freely give.”  So I followed Divine Directions and now over 20,000 free downloads have been given away… so far!

I realized that the content of the CDs had come to me as a gift.  I wanted to know how to heal myself, and in the process of asking and receiving I discovered how incredibly easy it is to heal any aspect of your life. Anyone who has worked with the Silent Language of Peace audio-program will tell you that it’s impossible to follow the simple guidelines without having your life change (dramatically in most cases!)

If you haven’t experienced the free downloads yet, you can read the novel Arthur donated  “Children of Light” and listen to “The Silent Language of Peace – audio program” or the Children’s Affirmations CD (and much more) here at: www.aspaceoflove.com/free_downloads.html

I hope you’ll share this with your friends – that’s really what it’s all about!

Love, Heather

1 comment February 7, 2010

A Defining Moment…How a Rich Kid Became a Humanitarian.

A few days ago Amelia came running into the house and said, “Shake my hand!”  I said, “Ok…”  She said, “I just shook the hand of Ricardo…he’s the owner of the stables…and Mom, he has the most BEAUTIFUL energy!  I just wanted to pass it along to you by shaking your hand.”

Today Ricardo walked up to me and introduced himself in that sweet Guatemalan way where they give you a hug and a kiss on the cheek, even if you’re a total stranger.  Now I knew Amelia would be right about his energy, and she was; his eyes were luminous and smiling, he had an open-hearted way of being, funny and quick to laugh.  But I had no idea.  I expected a wealthy landowner who was friendly, but as we started talking I was amazed.  Even though he’s only in his mid-thirties, Ricardo has built a hospital, a church, 11 libraries, he’s clearing the land to build a school for 500 children who can’t afford school.  He has facilities to train young women so they can provide from themselves, and he provides free day care as well.   He built the stables where Amelia rides, in order to rescue horses.  And when horses retire from being school horses, they go to lush, green pastures.  The list goes on and on.

I asked Ricardo what caused him to become a humanitarian.  He said he grew up as a rich kid in a bubble – going from parties in Guatemala City to Antigua to the ocean and to the lake (a lot of estates are there) when he went to college he partied a lot.  But he never saw the rest of Guatemala and had no idea how most of the people really lived.

After college he was driving with his girlfriend in a part of Guatemala where it’s not a good idea to drive at night, and it’s extremely dangerous to break down.  His car broke down, and just down the road was a small house.  They knocked on the door and woke the people up asking for help.  The entire family went out to Ricardo’s car and helped unload everything and stored it in the house.  They then offered for Ricardo and his girlfriend to spend the night, which they did.

When they got up in the morning Ricardo realized the people had given him and his girlfriend their only bed, and the family spent the night sleeping on the kitchen floor.  What touched Ricardo was that the people didn’t know who he was, they had no expectations, they simply helped out of genuine kindness.  And that was a defining moment for him.

A few years later, after becoming involved in many humanitarian projects, he saw Katie riding a horse with a little girl who was paraplegic in her arms, and singing to her as they rode.  He told me the minute he saw her he thought, “I’m going to marry her!”   And he did!  And you couldn’t meet two nicer people!

2 comments February 7, 2010