Here’s a quick story that happened over the weekend which demonstrates the universe’s ability to deliver abundance in unexpected forms -

On Saturday I was taking my kids shopping for new winter coats. In the car on the way there, Nick announced, “I want to get a ventriloquist dummy today.”

This statement immediately went in one of my ears and out the other. After all, we were looking for coats. Ventriloquist dummies were not on my ‘must get’ list, and besides, where on earth would you go to get one?

When we got to the coat store, we discovered that it was no longer in existence. However there was an antiques market which I told the kids we could walk through.

Nick found a man who worked there and asked, “Do you have any ventriloquist dummies?”

There were about 75 booths, but the man was able to recall one that had a dummy and led Nick to it. It was quite beat up and missing a shoe, but the price was an affordable $18, so Nick said he would take it.

While he was waiting in line to pay, I noticed the woman standing in line behind him trying to get my attention. When I looked at her, she mouthed the words, “Do you have ANY IDEA how much that is worth?”

I shrugged, thinking, “About $18, no?”

She slowly mouthed, “SE..VEN… HUN…DRED…DOL…LARS.”

After Nick had paid for his purchase I approached her and asked how she would know the value of this odd item. She gave me her business card and said, “My husband and I have been antiques appraisers for 35 years.” They invited Nick to bring the puppet to their next public appraisal event so they could give him a thorough appraisal and some history of his “Charlie McCarthy”.

Nick, whose goal in life is to make as much money as possible while doing as little work as possible declared Saturday the best day of his life so far.

check out this documentary on Parallel Universes.

They exist.

And those of us in this community love learning how to slip between this ‘reality’ and others to bring desirable things into this one and put undesirable things into another parallel universe.

So nice to have the science to back us up!

For months now, I’ve wanted to write a post about one of the most incredible families I’ve ever met.  They are the Starikas: dad Jerry, mom Joan, daughter Sharon and son Stephen. (See pictured below with Sharon’s daughter, Mia.)

For the past year and a half, I’ve coached the Starikas (or the “Mighty Starikas’ as we jokingly refer to them) twice a month by phone.   Each 75 minute conference call starts with each person sharing something important occurring in their lives and then from there, we draw from a wide array of insights, tools, energy-shifting and quantum techniques to lovingly and powerfully move them forward as individuals and as a family. 

When I first met the Starikas, I was struck by their unique willingness to work like this together.  Knowing how often our personal ‘baggage’ relates to past family experiences, it seemed an incredibly courageous and open thing to do.   

And it is. 

As they grapple with the nitty gritty of their daily lives, the Starikas are creating a model of what the ‘awake and aware’ family of the future looks like.

One important key to the Starikas success in consciously evolving together is that each member takes responsibility for his or her own feelings and reactions.  They have come to share the perspective that no one else is ever responsible for how they feel.  This has created a profoundly safe space for each member to express him or herself.  Together they uncover and resolve longstanding conditioned patterns of behavior that have been passed unknowingly from one generation to the next.  As those patterns are resolved, each member of the family becomes increasingly free to discover and be who they really are.    It’s an amazing process to witness.  

Here’s what Jerry says about what our work together has meant to them:

“The “wow” of this type of therapy is that all family members are able to resolve any issue that comes up for discussion, both individually and collectively; and, understand and accept the perceptions and personal resolutions of the other family members.  As a result, a transcendent level of understanding occurs throughout the process.
 
Each session literally “washes away” issue after issue.  And, a profound love and respect occurs among the family members for one another by witnessing the fear, courage and commitment demonstrated by each other throughout the discussions.”

If you think your family or circle of friends would benefit from embarking on a similar journey together, contact me at wendy@wendydown.com to discuss the possibilities.