Ok, here’s the deal. Not too long ago, I was running into major walls relative to manifesting. I’m not talking little hiccups, but BIG STUFF with the potential totally wreck my day! Humph…what to do? Channel with Michael, of course!

I asked Michael about what was going on in my life and their answer was so helpful for me – and I hope that in sharing it, it will be helpful to you as well:

“Linda, like all people, has hopes and dreams that she hopes to realize. And yes, right now she is encountering barriers that appear to impede her. Yet, it’s vital for her to realize that most of the barriers she perceives are illusions. The only true barrier to Linda and all other people manifesting effectively is a sense of unworthiness. You see, when a person feels unworthy, no allowing can occur. And when there is no allowing, nothing can be gracefully received or manifested.

Therefore, the simplest and fastest way to begin manifesting again is to pull out the “I’m not worthy” belief and plant a new “I AM WORTHY” belief in it’s place. Once this is done, all a person has to do is consciously behave from this new, worthy place; and in doing so, those things you wish to manifest will soon begin to flow in.”

As much as it bothered me to admit it, yes, I had been feeling unworthy and acting from that place! No wonder why I was having problems accomplishing anything. So, instead of getting all hung up on why I’d been feeling unworthy, I took Michael’s advice and just decided to BE WORTHY. Since then, I’ve been trying to ensure that every action I take is out of a sense of self-love and genuine worthiness (which Michael explains is completely different than ego-driven entitlement). Guess what? I’m having more fun with everything, I’m feeling more energized and finally, I’m beginning to manifest again. Yippie!

Maybe I’m just a slow learner, but I’d never made the connection between worthiness, allowing and manifesting. What a powerful idea! So, dear readers, pay attention. Are you feeling worthy? If not, remember that you truly are. Give yourself the gift of acting from worthiness and report back how this changes your ability to manifest as well as how you feel about yourself. Have fun practicing!

Love,

Linda

Dear Ones,

As spirits embodied, it is natural and highly desirable for you to manifest (Co-Create) that which brings you joy in the physical dimension. Your desire to manifest is in no way a selfish thing, but a magnificent aspect of who you are!

In an effort to help you manifest with greater joy and ease, we offer three simple suggestions. If you consider each carefully and practice with intention, you will feel blockages in your energy unlocking and releasing; and as a result, more of your desires naturally flowing into your life:

1. Co-Create With An Open Heart. Remember that your heart’s desires (not your ego’s) form the basis for what you really need.If you are Co-Creating from fear (ego), you will find manifesting to be a challenge. If you are Co-Creating from love (heart), manifesting will become increasingly easy.

2. Gain Clarity About “What” vs. “How.” Knowing what you want and articulating it clearlyis much more important than determining how it should come into reality. In fact, if you get too controlling about how something is supposed to present itself, you will likely to create barriers to its entry – simply because control is an ego-based illusion. Knowing what you want and staying open to how it presents itself will serve you on all levels.

3. Engage Your Energy Consciously. Co-Creation requires not only the energy of the Universe mobilizing, but also your own. Once you are clear about what you want, become equally clear about how you will consciously focus
your energy in order to bring it into being. Know that just a bit of focused energy is far more effective that a huge amount of scattered energy.

We invite you to experiment with these suggestions and to go easy on yourself. Co-Creation, like many other things, requires practice. Do not judge your results harshly. Try to stay open and bring your joy to the moment – because the greater the joy, the greater your results shall be.

Love,

Michael

Hello Everyone!

Hello and welcome to the first Experience Happiness blog entry of 2010! Many of you have asked us to offer more events, but also to make Michael’s Happiness teachings available via the web. We are thrilled to say that we are now doing both; so whether you’re in Minnesota or Malaysia, you’ll have access to insights and tools to build and expand your personal happiness practice. Here’s short list of some new offerings we hope you’ll explore and enjoy:

AT LAST! The Five Principles of Happiness MP3 downloads are here!
Now you can learn The Five Principles of Happiness with Michael on your iPod. The principles form the basis of Michael’s “Happiness Practice.” When applied consistently and consciously, your life transforms into an exponentially happier and more loving experience. Each lesson includes a beautiful guided meditation led by Michael. Only $4.95/lesson. Please visit our online store to download.

NEW! Happiness Coaching!
Want to create more happiness in your life? Then happiness coaching with Nancy O’Brien can help! Working as your personal happiness coach, Nancy will help you understand and practice Michael’s happiness insights and tools so you can confidently and courageously manifest, learn life lessons and of course, expand your happiness! Regularly $35/half-hour session by phone – now only $25 thru February. Please contact michelle@experiencehappiness.net to schedule.

NEW! Upcoming Classes!
Co-Creation Mastery  – January 30th
Get clear on what you want to manifest in 2010 and
how to do so more joyfully and effectively. In this workshop, Nancy O’Brien will teach you Michael’s Five Steps of Co-Creation in order to help you more easily manifest your desires. You’ll leave energized and equipped with The Co-Creation Experiment Model – a powerful planning and management tool for proactively creating a life you’ll love! $20/person. 10-Noon. Old Arizona Theater, Minneapolis, MN. Please contact michelle@experiencehappiness.net to RSVP.

Happiness 101 (February 11th & March 11th)
What is happiness? Why is it important? How do I create it? Happiness 101 is a perfect place to explore these important questions and their answers. Nancy O’Brien will step you through an overview of Michael’s happiness fundamentals, including:

• Co-Creation
• Soul-Evolution
• The Five Principles of Happiness

Have fun, meet new people and familiarize yourself with Michael’s happiness teachings and tools. Only $5/person. 6:30-8 pm. Old Arizona Theater, Minneapolis, MN. Please contact michelle@experiencehappiness.net to RSVP.

We look forward to connecting with you soon and thank you for creating happiness that heals the world.

Love,
The Experience Happiness Team

A few years ago, when I was turning 40, I woke up and realized not only was I miserable, but honestly, I had no idea who I was! This realization was intense, scary and intimidating, but thankfully, it catalyzed my ability to channel. It also started my on-going journey to know my own soul better and personally learning an important life lesson: to live authentically as who I am.

At one point, we asked Michael (a higher collective consciousness I channel), “Why do so many of us forget who we really are?” Michael’s response was,

“Well, that’s part of life. You’re here not only to Co-Create (manifest) in the physical realm, you’re also here to evolve in the soul realm. When you forget who you are, you essentially cut yourself off from the wisdom of your own soul and often focus on manifestation alone. And this, of course, creates discomfort because the soul’s needs are avoided and unattended. This discomfort can compound into intense pain, longing and hollowness. Some of you might call this a ‘Mid-Life Crisis.’ We prefer to call it AWAKENING to the reality that your relationship with your soul is the most important relationship you’ll ever have.

Once this AWAKENING has occurred, the ‘remembering of oneself’ begins. A personal journey inward is started. Initially, this journey can be dark and painful, but along the way, the darkness and pain can be lifted and released – ultimately leading you back to the light within yourself. At this point you ARE MORE EVOLVED AND ENLIGHTENED, because you understand your own divinity more than when you first entered this life. Remember, the more you appreciate and understand your divinity and that of others, the closer you are to experiencing perfect love, which is the universal goal for every soul. Deeper happiness and love are intrinsic to this journey.”

Well, I just loved Michael’s advice. It gave me a lot of hope and motivation then and it still does today. I now know that developing self-knowing, awareness and living authentically will be a life-long pursuit, but I’ve realized that the journey is worth it. I hope my personal story helps you on your path.

I’d really love to hear your stories, if you’ve experienced similar things, how you’ve handled it and what you’ve learned.

Love,
Linda

Happy Holidays Everyone!

For so many, 2009 proved to be an incredibly challenging year – full of unexpected change and release – enough to test even the strongest human spirit. Despite this, we hope that 2009 has left you with a renewed sense of your own strength, capacity to love and create happiness – even when the world is in a state of chaos.

We have no words to express our deep gratitude for the love, participation and support you’ve given us throughout the year. You’re a remarkable group of spiritual explorers who continue to spark our passion for helping the world become a more healed and happy place. To that end, you’ve inspired us to expand our efforts in 2010! Please stay posted as we will soon be announcing additional happiness courses, meditation classes, heart-openings and more. We will be offering both channeled and non-channeled events next year, so you can explore Michael’s incredible content in new and deeper ways.

As many of you know, we just launched a new website at www.experiencehappiness.net. Please explore and interact with our happiness blogs, social media links, educational films, Michael Q&A, and online appointment scheduling. Within the next two weeks, the site will be full of channeled Michael recordings available for download – either for a small fee or for FREE! We will send you an announcement just as soon as these are available.

Michael recently said, “Have no fear about the unkown, because in that unknown is exactly what your soul is asking for.” Let’s bring this inspriing, fearless attitude to all we do in the next year, while remembering that our happiness already exists inside; we just need to love ourselves enough to locate and amplify it.

We look forward to sharing an amazing 2010 with you – full of expansion, learning and of course, happiness!

Peace On Earth,
The Experience Happiness Team

A Message From Michael

Dear Ones,

We listen to the thoughts and feelings of your global collective consciousness; and we hear humanity thinking about fear and feeling fearful – not just for yourselves, but for the well-being of the world. You may feel that you live in a time of unprecedented chaos, but we invite you to trust us when we say that the levels of fear and chaos you are experiencing are not unprecedented. These levels have been reached before, in fact, they have been surpassed.

High levels of fear and chaos are very uncomfortable, unsettling, and prone to causing both depression and anxiety. We know it is not enjoyable, and having walked in human form before, we have great empathy for your experience. We wish, however, to turn your attention away from the problem of the fear and chaos – and to instead – direct it toward the opportunity fear and chaos creates.

You see, when fear and chaos reach high levels, something miraculous happens. People go beyond thinking primarily of themselves and actually start considering a more evolved idea – the well-being of the whole. This is exactly what is happening to much of your global population now, and for that, you may thank the fear and chaos; for it is turning much of your individual and collective attention to the “big picture.”

Moving ahead, as global fear, chaos, and tension persists, your collective will to release it will increase. This release will allow you to experience more desirable feelings and circumstances. Therefore, the world’s fear, tension and chaos may be also viewed as a catalyst for the creation of higher global consciousness and the evolved beliefs, behaviors ad outcomes that accompany it.

Take heart that you are not alone in your fear – in fact, it is actually a big part your collective experience at present. But instead of suppressing fear, we invite you talk about it with one another. In these conversations, we encourage you to turn your attention to the discussion of “what works” – acknowledging the fear, chaos and tension – and using it as a catalyst for the creation of new solutions.

You may feel that you live in a hopeless world, but take heart, you will find the hope you seek by consciously reconnecting with others. If solutions are truly what you desire, we invite you to realize that you cannot create them in isolation. Rather, you must come together and operate from a point of trust, divine wisdom and compassion in order to co-create the solutions that allow you to collectively thrive. The solutions will not come overnight, but the very moment you begin to have a well-intended conversation is the moment you’ll begin to release your fear in favor of meaningful connections, hope and the joyful co-creation of that which works.

All is possible when created out of love – even happiness.

Love,
Michael

By: Linda Elwell
Michael says that we come into the physical world as “spirits embodied,” complete and everyway and gifted with infinite wisdom. Based on all the silly things people do, I had a hard time accepting this. Then, I had the following incredible conversation with my 7-year old son, Jack during an evening tuck-in:

Me: “Jack, I love you so much. You are the best – you really are. Thanks for being here with me, you are the best!”

Jack: “Hold on, Mom. We need to talk.”

Me: “Oh yeah? About what?

Jack: “Well…it’s like this. I am not the best. I am one of many great people in this world. We don’t want any one person to the best, we want everyone to be their greatest.”

At this point was blown away. I kissed him on the cheek and realized that yes, we really are born with infinite wisdom – we just tend to forget it. Thank goodness we have kids to help us reconnect with who we really are.

By: Linda Elwell
During a recent channel, Michael explained,

“Human beings are at an incredible evolutionary stage in which both the intellect and heart are beginning to open and work together – instead of fighting with one another as they’ve done in the past. It’s wonderful because engaging both the head and heart will allow people to enjoy a heightened self-awareness called ‘Consciousness’ – and Consciousness, when consistently practiced, allows the state of “Happiness” to be created. This evolution is no accident, because the modern circumstances you individually and collectively face demand increased consciousness and happiness now in order to both survive and thrive.”

To me, this basically means that we will no longer be numb, compartmentalized and “going through the motions.” Instead, more of us will be utilizing our “whole selves” to guide our beliefs and our behaviors.

When I look around and pay attention, can actually feel this shift happening. It seems that so many more people are gaining heightened awareness and refusing to do things as they’ve been done in the past. This leads me to believe and hope that perhaps we really are ready to connect our heads and our hearts – and in doing so – change our future forever.