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Marilyn Jenett
Marilyn Jenett
Los Angeles, CA
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About the Author
Marilyn founded the Feel Free to Prosper program to mentor and teach
others to become aligned with Universal laws and accept their right to
prosper. Her students, from around the globe and from all walks of life, are
applying her lessons to manifest striking results and learn how to have “the
universe on speed dial.”
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Message from Marilyn
You and I have much to be grateful for but there are many people whose
life experiences are keeping them from tapping their mental and spiritual
resources and they are stuck in survival mode. Just having a life jacket to
land them on firm ground may be all that is needed to bring new hope and
purpose to their lives.
I believe that the universal laws and prosperity teachings ARE that life
jacket. They were MY life jacket years ago when I was kicking and
screaming at the Universe for help and I was guided to my firm foundation.
That’s why I was destined to become a teacher of these prosperity laws.
I can think of no better way to help others than to offer them my knowledge
of the laws. For many people, the holidays are not the most joyous time –
statistics show this – but it's especially true when there is a lack of finances
and supply.
Now I’ve created this written version that will be a great boost for your
prosperity – whether you need encouragement and are just beginning to use
the prosperity laws and or if you have achieved success but want more tools
to expand.
Marilyn
Thanksgiving 2018
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Table of Contents
Introduction 6
Preparation 7
The Universe 11
The Laws 12
Dominant Thought 13
Affirmations/Affirmative Prayer 16
Grateful Birds 22
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Introduction
Gratitude: Thankfulness
Not only are you about to learn the answer to that question, you are going to
receive an even greater benefit from this teaching.
You will learn an aspect of gratitude that is not commonly known – using
the powerful principle of gratitude to attract what you don’t already have. If
you apply it, it will change your circumstances dramatically, often at an
astounding speed.
The purpose of this teaching is to help you to become spiritually centered and
to focus on spiritual principles that can help you create more of what you
desire in life.
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Preparation
To create the mood for this lesson, please take a few moments to quietly
contemplate and make a list of ten things in your life for which you feel
grateful. Do that right now.
Next, think of one or two things in your life that you are NOT grateful for at
the moment. A challenge, issue or condition that you would like to change or
something missing that you would like to create. I am going to teach you
how to use gratitude as a powerful force for turning those situations around.
Jim…
I received the photo below when it was included in a mailing for donations
for DAV (Disabled Veterans of America). I was so taken and inspired by
Jim's picture that I had to save it. It brought so much into perspective when I
realized how easy it was to complain about things in our lives when in
reality we have so much to be grateful for.
Jim wasn't born this way. He served in Vietnam. His note that came with the
photo read (in part):
"I thought I lost everything in Vietnam, but thanks to the DAV, my life was
turned around..."
If this man can turn his life around, find his peace and express gratitude for
what he has in life, then shouldn't it be that much easier for us to take our
gratitude consciousness to another level?
After seeing Jim's photo below, make another list of TEN MORE things
you have in life for which to be grateful.
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"What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it –
would you be likely to give them another? Life is the same way. In order to
attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate
what you already have."
—Ralph Marston
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Gratitude For What You Don’t Have?
We all know how to feel grateful for the blessings we have in life. But I
want to teach you how you can feel grateful for those things you don’t have
and don’t see yet and as a result draw them to you. How can you acquire
gratitude when there are appearances to the contrary? You’ll learn how.
—Hebrews 11:1
You are going to learn how to create the “substance of things hoped for” and
the “evidence of things not seen.”
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To create the mood for our theme of gratitude, I asked you to make a
list of 10 things in your life that you are grateful for. Have you done
that?
Next, I asked you to think of one or two things in your life that you
are NOT grateful for at the moment – a challenge, issue or condition
that you would like to change or something missing that you would
like to create. If you haven’t done this, please do it now. You will
learn how to use the gratitude principle combined with affirmative
prayer to turn those very situations around by expressing gratitude for
the solutions before they appear.
Finally, I shared with you the photo of Jim, the Vietnam veteran who
lost both his legs and one arm, and yet was able to turn his life around
and find peace and purpose. I asked you then to make another list of
10 MORE things in life you have to be grateful for. Was that easier
after seeing Jim’s photo and spirit?
I remember hearing this quote when I was growing up. Then I found it
paraphrased by a popular motivational speaker:
I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street,
I met a man who had no feet.
—Denis Waitely
So many in the military have suffered so that we can maintain our freedoms
and I am so grateful to them. Please remember to include them in all your
gratitude lists.
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The Universe
The Universe as we know it, see it and experience it, is not all there is. The
Universe is always in motion – it is a vibrating, pulsating, resonating,
magnetizing force and at the molecular level everything is in motion. It is
pure energy.
What we are talking about here is the pure formless substance of the
Universe – we can think of this in spiritual terms as God, Higher Power,
Spirit or the Universe, or address it mentally as Infinite Intelligence,
Universal Mind. Or we can take a giant leap into the area of quantum
physics, where it is known as the field of all possibilities.
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The Laws
What are these laws? Well, we know that there are laws of physics, laws of
chemistry, laws of mathematics. But most people are not aware of the
mental and spiritual laws that govern our existence. Or you may know
something about them but don’t know how to relate to them or how to use
them. This knowledge has of course become more mainstream in recent
years, however the majority of people are still seeking ways to put these
laws to work in real life.
So how do we know these laws exist or that this Universe or Power exists
(aside from any intuitive feeling that it does or because Marilyn says it
does)? We know because of its responsiveness – by the results we
experience when we align ourselves with it. And I can tell you from my own
personal experience, that once you became aware of the response of this
Universal Presence, you will never be the same. You will feel a love and a
connectedness and a sense of security that is greater than anything you have
felt on an earthly level.
So how do we align ourselves with this Power? We connect with this Power,
this creative force of the Universe, within, through the channel of our
subconscious minds – through our thoughts and our feelings. The
subconscious mind is the most fantastic computer you could ever imagine. It
keeps our heart beating, our lungs breathing, and has perfect memory of
every cell in our body. It has also recorded and stored everything that we
have ever heard, said, felt, and experienced. Unfortunately, that includes all
of the faulty beliefs and negative patterns from others that we have acquired
from the time we were very young through our lifetime.
Our thoughts and our feelings, our deepest beliefs are the key to connecting
with the Power that responds to our desires. But first we must break through
and overcome the negative thought patterns and beliefs that we have
acquired since childhood.
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Dominant Thought
The subconscious mind does not like to change and will create resistance.
But there are techniques and methods for influencing the subconscious in a
way that does not create argument. I call this “friendly persuasion.” We
gently shift the consciousness to create a new dominant thought in the mind.
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There Is Only Now
Now there is another aspect of mind that we must understand fully in order
to create what we want. And by the way, this is all getting to our theme
today. Just follow my thoughts here and it will all make sense.
There is only one reason you do not have what you want now. You do not
have what you want because your consciousness is filled with the thought of
not having what you want. As long as the thought of not having remains in
your mind, you will continue to not have. So if you accept this premise, then
the way to have what you want is to change your consciousness to the
thought and feeling of having what you want.
The reason you have not had the prosperity you desire is because somewhere
along the way you have accepted as fact the idea that you are not prosperous.
And everything that happens seems to support that fact and prove that you
are right, doesn’t it? Well, the fact is that everything that happens in your
outer world is mirroring to you exactly what you have accepted in your inner
world. Those circumstances are reflecting back to you what you believe at
this moment.
This is the reality: As long as you continue to believe the same fact in the
present moment, conditions will remain exactly the same and you will
continue to have the same experiences.
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Gratitude as the Magnet
Let me ask you this. If you were in possession of your desired good, what
else would you be feeling besides your joy or security in having what you
want? If suddenly you experienced a “windfall” or found the right job or
new clients or finally had that new car or were free of your physical ailment,
what emotion would fill your consciousness? Gratitude
Gratitude is one of the surest ways to bring your desires into the present
moment. It’s the magnet that reaches out into Universal Mind and pulls our
good to us. It is our bridge between our desire and its manifestation.
Gratitude is the umbilical cord that connects us to our Universal parent. If
you will replace any doubtful thoughts or begging prayers with a heart full
of gratitude, you will be thrilled at how fast you’ll learn to manifest your
desires.
—St. Augustine
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Affirmations/Affirmative Prayer
My students don’t learn about affirmations in the beginning of the Feel Free
to Prosper program and there is a very good reason.
There is specific knowledge that allows us to bypass our analytical mind and
influence the subconscious through what I call "friendly persuasion" –
specific techniques that do not create resistance in the subconscious and
allow it to accept the new idea of prosperity and abundance. This bridges the
gap between belief in the principles and subconscious acceptance of them.
Resistance
There is a reason so many people who apply affirmations don’t get results.
It’s because they are not aware of those important nuances of the mind that
would allow them to overcome its resistance. Let me explain what I mean by
resistance…
Let’s say your subconscious mind has an established pattern of lack. You
might apply the type of present-tense affirmations that are generally
recommended, such as "I am prosperous" or "I am wealthy."
Do you know what happens? Your subconscious mind does not accept this
and knows you are lying. Your entire being feels like you are lying, you look
around at appearances and you say, "Yeah, right. Who am I kidding?"
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So now, what are you thinking about? What are you focused on? YOU ARE
NOW FOCUSED MORE ON LACK! And because you are now focused on
lack, your undesirable circumstances will continue to exist or may even get
worse. This reminds me of, "Don't think of a white elephant!"
The subconscious mind does not like change. That part of the mind does not
reason - it just accepts input as an order. Once it accepts a thought pattern, it
will resist any effort to change it. So the answer lies in not creating an
argument or resistance in the subconscious. The key to heaven is to create
the agreement between the conscious and subconscious minds.
Mental Gardening
We can refer to this as mental gardening. Once the subconscious soil of your
mind is tilled and prepared, it will accept the seeds that you plant.
Otherwise, it will not. That’s why we don’t study about affirmations until
the second lesson in the Feel Free to Prosper program. By that time, my
students have learned to “till” the soil of their minds to accept their
affirmations – they can then learn to compose them in a way that will
produce the results they want. They have done their mental gardening.
You should be aware that affirmations are not just one breed. There are
many types of affirmations and different ways to use them. As I mentioned,
if you don't use them correctly, you may very well create the opposite of
what you want.
Now the good news – let’s make that the fabulous news – is that there are
ways to make your subconscious mind your best friend so that it will support
you and help you – even compel you – to create what you want. Knowledge
is indeed power.
One of the most effective ways to use affirmations is to phrase them from a
standpoint of gratitude. It is a gentle and non-resistant form of affirmative
prayer that does not create resistance in the subconscious. The feeling of
gratitude that wells up counteracts any doubts or fear thoughts.
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I give thanks for wonderful new clients coming to my business now.
In the perfect mind of the Universe, financial prosperity is mine already and
I give thanks that so it is.
I am grateful for the quick and immediate solution to this situation now.
Thank you, Father, for my wealth. Thank you, Father, for my health.
So, when we use gratitude in our affirmations, what we are really doing is
giving thanks for gifts we are already receiving or have already received.
Remember that the subconscious responds to what is happening now. So by
giving thanks, we acknowledge that we are receiving our good now and we
are grateful. I want to emphasize the importance of feeling that what we
want is already existing for us. Gratitude in our affirmations brings our
consciousness to that level. It is an exquisite form of affirmative prayer.
This is scientific prayer because we are aligning ourselves with the laws of
mind and nature that are supported by science and the field of quantum
physics.
At the same time this is the ultimate in spiritual prayer. For those of you who
know the bible…Christ taught that whatever you ask for in prayer, believe
that you have it and you will receive it. He didn’t say believe that you will
have it. He was a mental scientist. He understood the laws.
I give thanks for a quick and substantial increase in my financial income now.
I give thanks that harmony and peace prevail in my relationship with so and so.
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Gratitude Attracts More and More into Your Life
An “attitude of gratitude” and the appreciation for the gifts we receive from
the universe open the channels for more good to be received. The more
gratitude we feel, the more we attract to be grateful for. What we focus on
increases and expands. The more we complain, the more we will attract to
complain about. (That also means that the more we criticize our partner or
spouse, the more we will have to criticize!) The more we express our
gratitude, the more we are giving the subconscious and Universal Mind the
message that we have much to be grateful for, and we keep attracting more.
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The Simplest Gratitude Prayer
If the only prayer you say in your life is "thank you," that would suffice.
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My Own Profound Lesson in Gratitude
If you have read my entrepreneurial memoir, you will remember this story…
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One Grateful Bird!
A holiday lesson about the power of words and the relationship of cause
and effect...
Attitude of Gratitude
A young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad
attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird's mouth
was rude, obnoxious, and laced with profanity.
John tried and tried to change the bird's attitude by consistently saying only
polite words, playing soft music, and anything else he could think of to
"clean up" the bird's vocabulary.
Finally, John was fed up, and he yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled back.
John shook the parrot, and the parrot got angrier and even ruder. John, in
desperation, threw up his hands, grabbed the bird, and put him in the freezer.
For a few minutes the parrot squawked and kicked and screamed. Then
suddenly there was total quiet. Not a peep was heard for over a minute.
Fearing that he'd hurt the parrot, John quickly opened the door to the freezer.
The parrot calmly stepped out onto John's outstretched arms and said, "I
believe I may have offended you with my rude language and actions. I'm
sincerely remorseful for my inappropriate transgressions and I fully intend to
do everything I can to correct my rude and unforgivable behavior."
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John was stunned at the change in the bird's attitude. He was about to ask the
parrot what had made such a dramatic change in his behavior, when the bird
continued, "May I ask what the turkey did?"
– Author unknown
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Dolores Delgado is a fine artist who lives in the rural city of Sebastopol in
Northern California. The small town charm attracts many visitors, including
these wild turkeys who take up residence in Dolores’ neighborhood only
around the holiday season each year.
Dolores actually saw the two brothers above being born one year. The third
fellow leaping for joy on the left is most likely sharing good news that again
this year, they have not been invited to anyone’s dinner table.
—Anonymous
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“If you have an intense desire to live a prosperous life, this book is for you!
Marilyn Jenett shares the wisdom and understanding you need to
immediately attract prosperity.”
“You need look no further than the pages of this great masterpiece.”
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