After reading the posts, both pro and con, I have come away with what I believe to be the real issue here. We are all flawed in some fashion. As a fellow human being, I am learning to become – not perfect, but more perfect.

Perhaps A.L. in Ohio will seek other sources (free?) for the next phase of his or her learning, and perhaps Mike and Barry will become more spiritual (whatever that means). I am not a judge in this life, except to myself.

I will go to sleep pondering the pros and cons of this issue and others, and plan to take some value from the very emotional responses posted here.

I am still waiting for the LOA to visit me with financial independance also, but then – who would be my next teacher in this life? I clearly (to me) have not learned what I need to learn about manifestation and allowing.

In the same context, I did not to mention resistance and its’ close cousin, self-sabotage, which I am more expert in. We are so quick to put a label on things and people that we seem to be missing the point.

Isn’t the point of this discussion – the discussion itself?
Many of us need Mike and Barry to light a fire under our butts to take action. Many others need a softer approach. Whatever our needs are, we are given.

This is why I have always resisted selling such information, either online or off. As much as I think that the Law of Attraction might be the real deal, I don’t really see many people actually telling or showing their success stories about how it worked for them other than those that sell information about it, from Jerry and Esther Hicks to Mike Kemski.

Now, I have no problem with anyone writing a book, be it about the LOA or about how to pickle yams, and selling it for whatever amount they deem worthy. But it does seem a bit ridiculous to claim you are using the LOA to create the life of your dreams when what you are really doing is creating the life of your dreams by selling information about the LOA.

I would love to see and hear some actual success stories from Barry, Heather and this Mike fellow about how the LOA worked in their life to get what they want beyond the selling of info about it. And the same goes for anyone else who are selling the Law of Attraction.

Just a few comments, should not stop you from what you are wonderfully and succeccfully doing. Closing your site is NOT the solution. What about the others who have really paid and got a lot more benefit of your work. Patience and fortitude – as you always put it – is what is required now.

Look! I am in an economically backward country who earns just enough to keep my famiily going comfortably. I have idolised each word of your mails and have applied it genuinely in my life and have improved in all ways. May be if I earned in $1000 or more – I could have bought your works- but my earnings are meagre – less than even $200 per month! This has not stopped me from from becoming happy or incereasing my confidence and positivity and also enhancing other peoples’ lives around me!

Dear Barry, Heather & Hale! Do not make this your last or lost blog! This has to be another new beginning for your blog. Include new topics. Allow us to talk and interact with you and share our reservoir of ideas / views and even write an article – for which you can give a prize or award. This shall increase your visitors and get you more revenues.

Please keep carrying your BRIGHT, SHINING & LIFE-INSPIRING work and spread the light of spiritual awakening that has been a beacon for all of us – who are your ardent (may be silent! But not dumb!) followers.

Your most devoted reader and fan,
Charumati.

It’s really a very pretentious way of thinking. It’s a mindset that basically says, “Hey look, you can’t talk, preach, research, promote, or comment on spiritual stuff UNLESS you DO it in a certain way.” Sadly, much of the literature in the marketplace correlating spirituality and success is misguided. There’s often an attitude of “it’s true for me, it must be true for you.” The energy behind it is: “If this is how I and my colleaques succeed, then you must succeed, talk, be, do, and have in the same fashion.”

Look, Mike Kemski was being who he is and in his message to his community he CHOSE, without reservation, to intentionally ruffle some feathers – to get across a down-and-dirty, you-get-what-you-see, I-have-no-desire-
whatsoever-to-meet-A.L.’s-comment-with-rose-colored-glasses message.

So many people have been hampered from living a fresh, personally purposeful, properous life by feeling they NEED to look the other way when something controversial, or potentially emotionally explosive, come into their experience. It’s the standard, reheashed, reguritated spiritual Rated-G rhetoric that, if latched onto too much, can (and will) keep you from expanding beyond your self-imposed limits.

Real growth comes from teaching life’s lessons in a very raw and real way. Not, gravitating to vendors, organizations, and mentors who say stuff that caters to your comfort zone and sense of eloquency.

You know, one of our favorite teachers, Randy Gage, better than anybody else we’ve interviewed, talks about the subjects of self-responsibility, accountability and dealing with the complexiities, challenges, and realities of today’s world. His book, “Why Your Dumb, Sick & Broke” is, in my humble opinion, the bible for breaking thru self-sabotage and restricted thinking.

However, long before Randy’s book came out, I wrote a letter to our portal members at ManifestLife.com about KEEPING THINGS REAL.

It bears worthre-republishing it here:

I’ve been saying for years that one of the most insidious, deep, dark (unseen) hurdles to finding inner-enlightenment (consistent moments, however brief, of feeling GOOD about what you say, do, or act on) is not “KEEPING THINGS REAL.”

If that means yelling off the top of your lungs, cause you need to ‘let loose’ of some aggravation, do it.

If that means you need to come out behind your viel of perfection and show the world the ‘good, bad, and ugly’ side of your experiences, relationships, and entangled web you weave, go for it.

If that means you just want to talk about what’s on your mind, even if there’s no rhime or reason for the message, pick up the Mic, my friend, and show your true colors.

Sometimes we FEEL that only the most articulate, most polished, most celebrated, most esteemed, and most PERFECT people in the world can inspire, enliven, or awaken our heart, our soul, our character.

Wrong !

You can learn from the average Joe or Jane on the street. Their message doesn’t have to be hypnotically mesmerzing or amazingly articulate.

The people you want to put on your “Hero List” are the people in this world who live a with a view of “what you see is what you get” – they actually strive to BE (yes, even if they know they can’t be completely congruent) the same in public (in your face) as they are in private (behind your back).

There’s no need for following the ‘fake it till you make it’ crowd folks.

But, there is a need to learn more from the people in this world who strive for REALNESS.

Rose-colored glasses look nice on the face, but will they help you SEE your REAL reality ?

Be an equal opportunity enlightener and an equal opportunity offender. Speak your truth. Give (and certainly take) constructive criticism if needed to a loved one, friend or partner.

Be bold. Be meek.

Be confident. Be unsure.

Be strong. Be weak.

Be a hard-ass. Be forgiving.

Strive for results. But, be willing to admit a setback.

Share your struggles, if needed, but don’t let the despair run your life.

Be pissed off. Be happy.

Show diplomacy. Show controversy.

Dream a lot. But, truly LIVE this life even more.

Laugh. Cry. Sing.

The point ?

Just Keep Things Real (think I’ll trademark that phrase).

We all see right through people who aren’t genuine.

The way to let people SEE your genuieness is to let people hear, see, and feel a ‘range of emotions’ – the experiences of your life that show you’re just like everybody else on the same path to personal freedom and happiness.

Conquests come with challenges. Achivements come with sacrifice. Growth, personal or business, comes with fear, doubt, and anxiety …

Want to be REAL?

Don’t pretend the latter doesn’t happen to you while doing the former. Simple really.

I too run a small business and recently my partner had to accept that the clients who abused our services (promotional) were the ones he brought on and he’s had a problem atracting these kinds of people since he was a kid and had toys & things others wanted to “borrow”.

Mike’s reply was that of a retailer- not of someone practicing Higher Laws.

The lessons to be learned not only from the email and person behind it, but also the reactions to them both, are huge. I hope that everyone takes full advantage of this opportunity to better themselves by grasping what truly matters here. The best to you all.

However IMHO, the response by Mariola seemed to capture the real essence of the subject and addressed it in a very eloquent manner.

Of course someone once said, “There are no wrong solutions, some only work better than others.”

Warm regards

Hugh