Reconnecting with Mike Dooley

I've long been a fan of the Notes from the Universe that Mike Dooley's company emails out. They provide a whimsical message that cuts through the sometimes lengthy Law of Attraction type principles and leaves a smile on my face as it refers to us as Adventurers (you know that totally appeals to my gypsy nature right?). No surprise my mother was the one that introduced me to them many years ago, maybe as far back as the late 90's, as it closely mirrored the beliefs she'd come to embrace and expose me to. Just before we took off on our trip a friend gave us the live copy of his latest audio book (thank you Kathy!), so we started listening to it and another audio book of his on the long drives. I'm certainly glad we did because it was the perfect way to start this road trip of ours...this search for our internal truths while enjoying the great outdoors. His words reminded me of some important concepts that I knew but hadn't gotten into the nuances of. You know how it goes...you can hear the same thing 100 times but not be ready to "get" all of it at once.

In any case, over the years his company (TUT which stands for Totally Unique Thoughts) has grown into something I very much admire. It's simple and meaningful - with humor tied in for good measure. It's really good for people who are just starting to explore the wide, wide world of metaphysics (a.k.a. Law of Attraction). More than any other place I've looked to date, I most resonate with Mike's representation of who we are and what we're doing here. Things like...

• thoughts become things, choose the good ones
• we're spiritual beings having a physical experience
• we are part of "God", therefor deserve to have anything we want and what's more...can bring it to ourselves

I also like that Mike's work has come from a place that was personal to him, it feels authentic to me. He had a lot of questions, did an inordinate amount of research to find his answers and combined it all in an easy to comprehend way. He's written a couple of books, given countless seminars and talks, and continued to share his message in a light hearted manner. What a guy. Gosh, it must sound like I'm doing a commercial for him but in reality I'm just an enthusiastic fan. As a matter of fact, I've decided to go on his next World Tour to Egypt. Hello! How cool with that be, traveling with like minded people to a place I've dreamt of going for a long time. (While that is true, I only just made my "bucket list" last year and on it put that I wanted to stand in the same place my grandfather did in a photo I have of him in front of the pyramids.)

I bring Mike and TUT up because I was looking back at my journal and saw notes I made about some of his points and how they lined up with what I'd been thinking. Things I wanted to share just cuz I'm nice like that ;) or possibly because I'm trying to keep an electronic record of my thought process during this trip...whatever.

• stop limiting the Universe with too many details (ie: I want multiple houses around the world, so when I imagine the tropical getaway why limit the location to Hawaii when it could be in Key West, Figi, St. Thomas, etc.?)
• stop trying to sequentially line up my desires according to how I think they can come to fruition (ie: I want to travel extensively so first need to create a successful business...or do I considering what I'm doing now?)
• ignore the how's and focus on the end in mind so the Universe can use all options available (ie: I don't have all the expertise needed to create business on my own, but do have the ability to see myself celebrating success with small team of knowledgeable people.)
• when reaching for something radically different, where limiting beliefs may trip me up...flip it around and contemplate what I'll believe after the desire has come true and make it my truth now (ie: When I buy that 1.8 million dollar house in a tropical paradise, I'll believe college degrees don't have anything to do with determining material wealth.)

A big thing that Mike talks about is the power of visualization, which I've always been a big fan of. His version is like daydreaming on crack because he stresses that you want to actually feel the emotions that come with what you're visualizing. Easy for me but it can be hard for some people to do without any reference points, which is why I think vision boards have become so popular. I don't remember if it was The Secret (which Mike was a contributor to - ok! I'll stop, sorry) that made vision boards popular or not - but I'm sure you've heard of them. The only trick is putting yourself IN the pictures, but not to fear...that's where my up and coming business will help! (More to come on that later.)

Suffice to say, Mike's been a contributor toward what I want to do with my life so I thought it only appropriate to share a bit about why. Nuff said.