December 11-20 (when I FINALLY finished it), 2004
Appropriate happies and merries to you for this time of year ~
Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice, New Year’s Eve … Are there other holidays during December? Historically, people must have really been eager to cheer themselves up during the dark part of the year (at least in the northern hemisphere). “I'm really beginning to feel S.A.D., Martha. Let’s create a holiday.”
Before I tell you about me … What’s going on with you? What has changed? What milestones have you passed? What are your challenges and doorways? What opportunities are in your life? What has touched you? I’d love to hear from you.
As you may know, I wrote an update for the previous year and a half this past July 12. I very much appreciate those of you who replied to that letter, letting me know about you. I'm not going to repeat that information, so this letter will focus on the past little over 5 months.
So, here comes a review of the past half-year in the life of Michael.
RELATIONSHIP WITH ANTOINETTE:
I told you the story of my relationship with Antoinette last July. I love Antoinette a lot and have tremendous appreciation and gratitude for her. She has made a huge difference in my life. I also know that our being together has been right for us spiritually. We have important tasks to complete with each other for our spiritual development. The love I’ve received from her has been crucial to me, and I think that the love I’ve given her has been equally important to her. We do have differences that we need to work out, and I'm committed to doing what it takes to find resolutions to them. On the other hand, I also know that the main changes I need to make are in my own consciousness and my ability to be happy and successful in a loving relationship.
FRIENDS:
In the course of my work and my time at Unity Santa Fe, I’ve gotten to know a lot of people, and I count many of them as friends and acquaintances. I made a new friend in September. Antoinette has had a friend, Dave, for over 10 years (could be 15 years). He came to visit Santa Fe and us from Chicago. I really liked Dave and now consider him my friend, also.
I acknowledge that I still miss my friends in the Seattle area and other places. I regret that I'm not better at keeping in touch with people who are far away and who aren’t involved with me in my activities. There’s an intention to consider for the coming year. (I write intentions instead of resolutions for the New Year.)
HOME:
I'm still in the apartment I had just moved into at the time of my July letter. I like it here and am finally really getting settled. However, I acknowledge that I'm also looking forward to moving somewhere else sooner or later. I have a vision of the place that I’d really like to live, and I'm working on manifesting it.
HEALTH:
My health has continued to be a primary focus. I'll start with the good news. I finally got some help with medical expenses and have been able to begin seeing a doctor about my prostate. As a result of some tests he had me take, we’ve concluded that I don’t have cancer – just BPH (a benign enlargement of the prostate). Now I'm on medication for it and expect my prostate to shrink. I’ve also begun working with Larry Clapp’s book Prostate Health in 90 Days. It’s clear to me, as he suggests, that my dental problems contribute to my prostate problems.
On the other hand, I’ve had some trips to the ER in the past 5 months before I was on the medication. Also, my dental problems are acute, and I need to find a way to take care of them ASAP.
Thank you to all of you who have supported me with prayer, energy healing work, kindness, encouragement, a variety of alternative healing practices, suggestions, and awareness of a program that has allowed me to get my medications for free. I'm finally heading in the direction of more vibrant health.
JOB:
I resigned from my job at Unity Santa Fe in early December. I had told Paula Langguth Ryan, a prosperity coach who I had a session with in late October, that I wanted to resign by November 28. It was actually a little after that. When I took the job 2 ½ years ago, I thought it would be a transitional job for a few months, maybe half a year. Then I just stayed. It wasn’t really my work, but it was comfortable and better than most jobs. However, I only worked 25 hours per week, with no benefits, which put me in a bind financially, especially with all my health problems. Eventually I began to feel like it was getting in the way of doing what I need to do for myself. I have nothing bad to say about the job, Rev. Brendalyn, or anyone else there. It just wasn’t my job any longer. I need more money, more flexibility, and health and dental insurance.
Now I'm open to creating other work that will serve me better. Consequently, I’ve just taken a class to become a public school substitute teacher. I have my interview in a couple of days with the Santa Fe PSD. That’s something I’ve considered doing for a very long time. It may be the flexible work that I need. Several people have told me that the subs in the Santa Fe PSD work as much as they choose to. Yet they can also not work when they don’t want to (for example, when I get an acting job, have a workshop to facilitate, or have some kind of appointment).
COACHING, FACILITATING, TEACHING, AND SPEAKING:
As many of you know, this is part of my real work. It’s taken me a long time to really get this together. I am beginning to move now, though. I've been facilitating a regular Eckhart Tolle and the Power of Now video group for a few months.
In 2005 I'll be facilitating more workshops, classes, and groups (both in-person and online), doing public speaking, doing spiritual, relationship, and life coaching, doing academic coaching for anyone (from high school through graduate school) who would like to experience more ease, serenity, and success in their academic work, doing abundance and prosperity coaching (who better than someone like me who’s experiencing a personal transformation in this area), and creating audiotapes for spiritual awakening, personal growth, and healing.
If you’d like to know about whatever I might be doing in these arenas, send a blank email to MichaelDelunoEvents-subscribe@yahoogroups.com and you’ll be on the mailing list.
MINSTRY:
I'm also preparing to resume my ministry - guest speaking on Sunday mornings and performing weddings and other ceremonies. I’ve begun identifying myself as an Interfaith New Thought minister (as opposed to a New Thought Christian). My ministry embraces Christian, Jewish, and other mysticism, New Thought, the Power of Now, A Course in Miracles, Buddhism, Sufism, Abraham-Hicks, and more.
If you’d like to keep track of what’s happening with my ministry, send a blank email to AwakeningNewsletter-subscribe@yahoogroups.com and you’ll be on the newsletter list.
PERFORMING, VOICE WORK, AND ARTISTIC DIRECTING:
I just went on a casting call for a TNT movie that will be shot near here beginning in January. It’s a Stephen Spielberg production, a 3-part miniseries called “Into the West.” I'll let you know if I get a part and when it will be on. The photographer said he thought I should be cast; we’ll see if the Casting Director agrees.
That has really inspired me to begin doing what it takes to do acting and voice work. There are lots of movies being shot in New Mexico, and we’re attracting quite a few more. Two more big ones are coming up soon. So, I'm looking for an agent.
I was just talking with someone about finally starting a God Only Knows What spiritual entertainment group in Santa Fe. She was enthusiastic about it, and that got me enthusiastic about it again. I know lots of performers now, so maybe it’s time.
And, finally, I just sang Christmas Sunday in Unity Santa Fe’s Christmas choir.
SANTA FE SPIRITUAL CINEMA COMMUNITY:
I'm still the coordinator of the Santa Fe Spiritual Cinema Community. We’ve offered a monthly Spiritual Movie Night for the past 2 years. After the video, we discuss spiritual messages or themes in the film. In July we also organized a group to attend the opening of “What the Bleep Do We Know!?” It included an appearance and Q&A with William Arntz, one of the filmmakers. (If you haven’t seen “What the Bleep” yet, I strongly encourage you to do so. It’s a film in which entertainment, mysticism, cutting-edge science, and spirituality merge into a message that can change our lives. See http://www.whatthebleep.com/ for more information.)
If you’d like to stay abreast of what’s happening with spiritual cinema in Santa Fe, send a blank email to SFSpiritualCinemaCommunity-subscribe@yahoogroups.com and you’ll join the list.
If you’re a film professional (in any way) and would like to know about opportunities in spiritual cinema, especially in the Santa Fe area, send a blank email to SFSpiritualCinemaProfessionals-subscribe@yahoogroups.com and you’ll be on the list for that.
WRITING:
I’ve been doing a little writing and will soon be doing more. I applied for a job with the Santa Fe Reporter as a movie reviewer and didn’t get it. I don’t know if I got my application in too late, if my reviews were too focused on spirituality and personal growth, or if there was some other reason. Anyway, I satisfied myself that I can write movie reviews that I appreciate and that would be valuable for me to read. I'm considering writing a regular newsletter with reviews of spiritual films. I'll let you know if I follow through on that.
If you’d like to read my newsletter, “The Heart of the Matter”, when I begin producing it again soon, send a blank email to TheHeartoftheMatter-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. It’s about relationships, personal growth, spiritual awakening, and more.
OTHER WORK:
I'm continuing to do some home and pet care occasionally. I'll never do as much of it as I once did, and it just seems to keep coming to me. Perhaps I'll take on some contractors and mainly manage a business.
Additionally, I'm starting some other businesses as side work. Most of these are things I did as part of my job at Unity Santa Fe or as part of another job sometime, have done just for myself, or have done for free in the past. Let me know if any of them is of interest to you, and I encourage you to refer people to me.
Event management – doing the arrangements, publicity, and logistics for workshops, lectures, classes, and other events.
Writing for others – anything from ghostwriting a book to writing copy for a brochure or ad.
Desktop publishing – flyers for workshops, brochures, business cards, letterheads, etc.
Newsletter production – I'll create a newsletter out of your content.
Internet research – finding information on the internet.
The Personal Concierge of Santa Fe – any service that you might receive from a hotel concierge but without staying at a hotel (giving ideas of things to do or places to eat, making reservations, providing directions, picking up your dry cleaning, etc.). I'm hoping Antoinette will do this with me. She has a background working in a few of the best hotels in the country, some of them as a concierge. She’s excellent at the work.
Spirited Tours – both pre-designed and customized tours in northern NM (and eventually to other places).
Spirit Books, Video, and DVD – sales and rentals of spiritual books, spiritual cinema, and spiritual and personal growth programs.
Deluno Health Resources – providing some of the best health products on the market.
Affiliate programs – putting links to online businesses (for example, Amazon, the Sedona Method, Earthlink, L.L. Bean, and thousands of other possibilities) in my newsletters or on my web sites (when I have them) and earning a percentage of sales from people who click to the business from my link.
Editing.
Idea consulting – I'll help people come up with ideas that fit them for businesses, writing, films, etc. I already have hundreds of ideas that I don’t have time to do anything with and/or interest in following through on.
I'm also thinking about studying web design to create and manage my own web sites, and I may also do it for selected other people. We shall see.
I'm never short on ideas. I know that the things that are right for me will expand and the ones that aren’t will fade away.
SPIRITUAL:
Even though I’ve stopped working there, I'm still attending Unity Santa Fe – just not as compulsively as I was when it was part of my job. I'll also be visiting some other places occasionally (and, of course, speaking some Sundays at various churches).
PROSPERITY AND ABUNDANCE:
I'm in the process of a major transformation in prosperity and abundance consciousness. This is something I’ve been working on (as many of you know) for many years. It finally seems to be coming together for me. Significant recent contributions to that: Antoinette and her prosperity consciousness, Sanaya Roman and Duane Packer’s Creating Money that Antoinette was guided to give me, Abraham-Hicks and their book Ask and It Is Given, Lenedra Carroll’s The Architecture of All Abundance, my time with Paula Langguth Ryan (http://www.artofabundance.com/), and more. I am beginning to allow the flow of abundance into my life.
In the short run, though, until my new consciousness manifests materially, I'm still short of money and am open to any possible ways for it to appear in my life immediately. I’ve had a few manifestations already (some would call them miracles), and I'm open to more. If Spirit wants me to win Powerball this week, I’d appreciate it. Of course, that means I’d have to buy a ticket. No, it doesn’t necessarily. Paula taught me to expand my notion of possibilities. Someone could give me a ticket, or I could find one. Are there other possibilities?
OTHER AWAKENING, GROWTH, AND LEARNING:
I told you in July about my work with Greg Baer, which has been very significant to me. I’d like to do his training this coming February to be a professional Wise Man. We shall see.
I’ve also attended quite a few other events, mostly as part of my job at Unity Santa Fe. Some that stand out to me in the past 5 months: Paula Ryan’s abundance workshop, Ken Reid and Brendalyn Batchelor’s “What the Bleep – The Workshop,” and another darshan with Leslie Temple-Thurston.
I’ve been a somewhat regular participant in a codependents’ group and a Real Love men’s group. Those have been important to me.
Whatever books I read are important to me (or else I stop reading them). A few that I’ve liked a lot in the past 5 months (and that I recommend to you) are Greg Baer’s Real Love in Marriage, Byron Katie’s Love What Is, Gary Simmons’ The I of the Storm, Esther and Jerry Hicks’ Ask and It Is Given, Lenedra Carroll’s The Architecture of All Abundance, and Robert Perry’s Path of Light.
RECREATION:
Antoinette has made a tremendous difference to me in this area. When I'm alone, I tend not to go out and do fun things much. Together she and I have done lots of things. I didn’t talk about this in my July letter, so I'll tell you about some of the highlights of the entire past year.
We took some short trips – to Roswell (she has a strong interest in UFOs, and the UFO Museum was the primary reason for going there), to Taos (to see some of what we missed when she first visited in May, 2003 –especially the Taos Pueblo), to Bandelier National Monument, twice to Albuquerque (Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, Old Town, aquarium, botanical gardens, zoo), and to Los Alamos (various museums). One burgeoning tradition we have is that we eat ice cream everywhere we visit – if it’s available. I realize there wasn’t any at Bandelier that appealed to us.
We went out to quite a few nice restaurants (and there are MANY of them in Santa Fe). Do you know that concierges are often given free dinners and passes to activities as part of their jobs? We ate a lot of great food at no cost to us other than the gratuity.
Some other events we attended for free were the Maria Benitez Flamenco Dance Company (both the internationally-acclaimed adult company and just yesterday the “new generation” – kids between about 8 and 17), the Chamber Music Festival, and the Christmas open house at the Governor’s “mansion” (which, in New Mexico, is nothing like my image of a mansion). There are a lot of great perks to being a concierge!
We also both like movies a lot, and so we saw loads of them – in the theaters, on video, and on TV. The new movies that we saw this year that were my favorites were “What the Bleep Do We Know!?” (which I saw twice and will watch again frequently when it comes out on DVD), “The Five People You Meet in Heaven” (on TV), “Miracle,” and “Shall We Dance?” I haven’t seen a lot of the movies that are up for awards yet. Just last night, in fact, Antoinette and I talked about how there are quite a few movies out now that we want to see.
We also became devoted to “Six Feet Under” and “Queer Folk” on video and are eagerly awaiting new episodes.
My favorite TV series are “Joan of Arcadia” (highly recommended), “American Dreams,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Everwood,” “Gilmore Girls,” and “Kevin Hill.” Those are ones I make it a point to record if I'm not there to watch them live.
On the other hand, I haven’t spent much social time with friends this year outside of church activities. Antoinette prefers spending time with just the 2 of us, so that’s what we’ve done. The time we spent with Dave is the only time I can think of that we did something with someone else. I'm a lot more social than she is (and a lot less than many people I know). I’d like to find some other couples to do things with occasionally.
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR:
We in the U.S. had an election. You knew that, didn’t you? As usual, it didn’t turn out the way I would have preferred. I supported John Kerry, not because I especially liked him, but because I especially don’t like George Bush. (I saw a bumper sticker that I laughed about for quite a while. It said, “Ferme la Bush.” In case you don’t speak French, it literally means “close the mouth” and idiomatically means “shut up.” Interesting that Bush means “mouth,” isn’t it?) As you probably know, I would really have liked Dennis Kucinich to be elected President.
When Antoinette and I went to the Whole Life Expo, we both had aura photos taken. The woman who interpreted mine said that it showed that I'm an incarnated angel. (There are times when Antoinette would seriously dispute that, I think.) I don’t know if it’s true, and I did read a book by Doreen Virtue on that theme as a result. I like to imagine that it’s true. Maybe that explains why I often feel a longing to go “home” without knowing what or where home is.
One of my gifts to Antoinette for Valentine’s Day (I think) was taking her to see a lecture and film (“Touched”) presented by John Mack, Ph.D., who was one of the world’s foremost experts on alien abductions. She had read all of his books and was excited to meet him. I'm especially glad we did that because he was struck by a car and killed a few months ago.
NAMES:
No, I haven’t changed my name legally yet. The good news about that is that I’ve come to more clarity about what I want my whole name to be. It will be King Michael John Gabriel Dickerson Deluno. I'm still educating people about the pronunciation of my new last name. It’s del-OO-no, not duh-LOO-no. It means “of the One.” If you want to know the whole story about my name change, ask, and I'll tell you the meaning of each of my names and how they came to me. It’s all related to my belief that names carry a consciousness with them that not only affects us, but also others. Five of the 6 names have spiritual significance to me, and Dickerson is there for historical reasons.
APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE:
Thank you again to everyone (and there are many of you) who has made a difference in my life in any way. I greatly appreciate you all. I hope that I’ve somehow made a difference to you, too, and that I’ll continue to do so. If there’s some way I can do something that will contribute to your happiness, health, well-being, prosperity, or whatever, please let me know. I do pray for all of my family and friends regularly and hold you in positive, loving consciousness.
Invitation:
If you live outside of Santa Fe and have any interest in visiting here, I invite you to come on down (or up or over). It’s a wonderful place to visit with lots to see and do. As I said earlier, one of my new businesses is The Personal Concierge of Santa Fe. I'll provide all those services at no cost to my family and friends. If you need a free alternative to a B&B or a motel, I have a sleeper sofa. Otherwise, I can recommend places to stay in all the price ranges that are available here (anywhere from about $40 per night for simple and economical to over $1000 per night for elegant and extravagant). A lot of you have told me that you want to visit, and so far not many of you actually have.
IN CONCLUSION:
This has really been quite a year, hasn’t it? I didn’t fully realize that until I began writing it all down.
I invite you to join with me in holding the faith that life is wonderful, no matter how it may be appearing in any given moment, that everything is unfolding for the highest benefit of all beings, and that the only thing that keeps us from experiencing all of God’s abundance is our own consciousness. May we all eagerly step through the doorways that are appearing in our paths, knowing that what will appear on the other side will be magnificence.
Here comes 2005. What do you imagine it will bring? We all play the most significant role in that, you know. I encourage you to join with me in bringing love, peace, kindness, compassion, health, happiness, prosperity, abundant blessings, and amazing advances in awakening and growth to our planet.
In holiday spirits,
Michael
Tuesday, December 21, 2004
Monday, December 13, 2004
Request for help follow-up
Hi. I want to follow up with you regarding the message I posted a couple of weeks ago. As always, if what I have to say isn’t of interest to you, please feel free to disregard it.
I'll warn you in advance that this is long. Much has been rising into awareness.
I’d like to begin by expressing my heartfelt and great appreciation for those of you who have helped me in some way – with ideas, with a kind word, with your appreciation for the risk I took in asking for help, with a kind thought, with a prayer, with a loan, or in any other way. I have faith that those of you who actually spoke with me or emailed me were only the tip of the iceburg of those who contributed some kindness in your hearts.
By the way (here comes a digression), do you know about the research on the beneficial effects of kindness to the person who is being kind? They’ve discovered that the level of serotonin in the body increases significantly when people perform an act of kindness. Serotonin, in case you don’t know, is a chemical in the body and a neurotransmitter that is responsible for a feeling of well-being. Do you also know that research shows that people who observe acts of kindness are also benefited? Their serotonin levels rise, too. So, just by reading about the kindness people have shown me, you are receiving some benefit in your body’s chemistry and probably also in your mental and emotional states. (Now returning from the digression…)
I’d also like to express appreciation to anyone who had any kind of resistance to what I wrote. I know that everything works for the best, no matter how it may appear to the ego. Somehow, your resistance benefited both of us, whether we recognize how that is or not. Alan Cohen sent out a story a couple of Thanksgivings ago about a Zen monk who responded to everything that happened with, “Thank you for everything. I have no complaints whatsoever.” I feel tremendously inspired by that. So, in reply to any resistance to what I wrote before, or to what I am writing now, I say, thank you for everything. I have no complaints whatsoever. (If you’d like me to send you a copy of Alan’s story, let me know, and I will.)
Before I go on with my update about my request for help, I want to change the focus and follow an inspiration I’ve had. I want to offer you help – not something you’d pay for in any way. I just want to freely contribute to any of you who requests it. Can I pray for you? Can I do some kind of task that will make a difference to you? Do you need help moving? (That’s one I have a lot of experience with.) Do you need money? (This one is a real leap of faith for me, and I choose to have the faith that I'll gain by helping other people who need money as much as or more than I do.) I'm very sincere about this. Please let me know if there’s some way I can help you.
Back to my update … Here’s some of the progress I’ve made in the past couple of weeks:
I'm coming to understand that asking for help isn’t what I used to think it was – all the things that made it difficult for me. I'm not going to list those because I don’t want to bring more of it into my life by focusing on them. What I am beginning to realize is that asking for help is both an expression of faith and giving you a gift. Ask if you’d like me to expand on that. Thus, I really have no reason to fear it.
As I’ve gotten more deeply into the Abraham-Hicks material that I’ve been working with and into the book Ask and It Is Given that I’ve been reading, my sense of well-being, happiness, health, prosperity, and general abundance is continuing to increase. Several times a day I imagine and experience myself in the flow of well-being and abundance, and I intentionally allow that to manifest in my consciousness – which, I have faith, is a precursor to it manifesting in my life.
I'm also reading Lenedra Carroll’s The Architecture of All Abundance and am not only finding it inspiring, but also very practical. I’ve gotten several great ideas from it already in about a third of the book. I'll invite you to join me in one of them below. Other of the ideas will be reflected in some of what I say. (She’s the singer Jewel’s mother, in case you don’t know that.)
I'm also reading Power vs. Force by David R. Hawkins (yes, I'm nearly always reading several books at a time). From that I’ve been inspired to muscle test nearly everything for its truth, value, and appropriateness for me. I’ve had some surprises, and I’ve confirmed many things that I already knew. A few of the changes in this message from my last message are the result of my testing things, though.
I had another appointment with my doctor. He had me take yet another blood test to see how my PSA is doing. Because it was down significantly from last time, he confirmed that I don’t seem to have cancer. He wants me to come back in 6 months, which I consider a good sign. The medication he prescribed seems to be working (and muscle tests as valuable for me).
I’ve made progress on planning my real work projects.
I’ve received the inspiration that part of my real work is to assist others with prosperity and abundance and that I'm being prepared to do that effectively from a ground of being of having experienced a personal transformation.
I'm getting ready to apply to teach classes through several different organizations – both online and in Santa Fe and Albuquerque.
I applied for the job as movie reviewer for the Santa Fe Reporter. I apparently didn’t get it. There’s someone new reviewing movies, and they didn’t call me for an interview. I'm surprised, and I guess I wasn’t supposed to have that job.
I’ve completed the course to become a substitute teacher in the Santa Fe schools, and I'm nearly finished with the application.
I went to a casting call for a TNT movie, “Into the West” (being produced, but not directed, by Stephen Spielberg). The photographer who took my picture liked me and said they should find a role for me as a townsperson or shopkeeper. We’ll see if the casting director agrees. They’re shooting a 3-part miniseries from January 10 through May 22 somewhere near Santa Fe.
Partly as a result of that experience and talking with some of the other people who were there and who had been in movies, I'm inspired to go ahead and get an agent, get my headshots done, get my resume together, and go for it. I don’t have much to lose, and it’s been a long-time dream of mine. The people who have agents didn’t have to stand in line waiting, like I did (and like hundreds of others did). And more and more movies are being produced in New Mexico.
I followed up on a job that was available as a concierge with Las Campanas. They had just filled it when I finally got to talk with the HR person.
I resigned from Unity Santa Fe. That was a big surprise for a lot of people, and it’s been coming for a long time. On 10/28 I told Paula Ryan that I’d like to resign by 11/28 and actually did shortly after that. It was only a 25-hours per week job with no benefits, and it wasn’t working for my prosperity. I either need a full-time job with benefits or else several flexible part-time jobs.
I’ve been investigating internet affiliate programs and realizing that they are a potential goldmine for me. That means that I'll put links to various web sites in my newsletters and/or web sites. Then when people click on those links and purchase something at the web site, I’ll get paid a percentage. Many web sites have affiliate programs. A few examples are The Sedona Method, Earthlink, L.L. Bean, and Amazon.
I'm getting ready to start my own affiliate program. People who assist me to promote my work will get paid a percentage of the income. I love win-win ideas. Let me know if you’re interested.
I started to sell Entertainment 2005 books because I like them so much and thought it would be a quick and easy way to bring in some income. Unfortunately, I found out that I didn’t do it correctly, and so I had to stop selling them. I'll correct my mistakes and try it again. They have an affiliate program, too.
Someone loaned me part of the money I need, for which I'm very, very grateful.
So, here’s where things stand right now: I still need more help. I’ve paid part of the rent I have owing, but still have more to pay. I also have some overdue bills and debts, desperately need to get dental work done (I'm in pain some of every day), need to purchase the supplements that are crucial for me to take to assist my medication in enhancing my health, need to get some work done on my car, need to invest some in my work so that I can bring in more money with less expense, and would like to get a real mattress to replace the air mattress that I’ve been sleeping on (which is now deflating every night before time for me to wake up).
Here’s the idea from Lenedra Carroll that I'll invite you to join me in: She suggests a game called “12 What Else.” It’s a brainstorming, creativity-enhancing experience. The goal is to come up with 12 answers to a question. Not all of the answers need to be realistic or easy. She suggests, in fact, that at least a few of them be a little outrageous. The question I invite you to help me with is, “How can Michael quickly and effectively meet his needs in the next few weeks?” Notice that I'm not assuming that money is necessary for all of my needs. (Thank you to Paula Langguth Ryan for helping me to bring this clearly into focus.) For example, someone might have a mattress they could give me (or loan me for the time being). Just stating that inspired a couple of ideas in me. If you want to play, I encourage you to let your creativity flow and come up with 12 answers to the question and send them to me.
And, if you’d also like me to play the game with a question of yours, I’d love to support you in that way, too. I'm an excellent brainstormer.
Now I'll remind you of and modify my requests for your assistance to me (in addition to the “12 What Else” game). I’ve been inspired to request them in the reverse order that I did in my previous message. I'll also add one more, at the encouragement of someone who pointed out that I was limiting possibilities in my last message.
A. Prayer: If you feel called to do so, will you pray for me? I’d appreciate prayers for health and healing, success in my right projects, prosperity, and attracting and receiving a lot of money immediately. I’d also like to remind you that prayer works for both of us; whatever you pray for me, you’ll also be praying for yourself. You don’t have to know a lot about praying to make a contribution. Here are a few ways you can help:
Thank God in advance for manifestations. For example, “Thank You, God, that Michael is now perfectly healthy, successful in all his right endeavors, and abundantly prospered.”
Just say something like, “God (or whatever you want to call your Higher Power) is healing, prospering, and helping Michael right now.”
Imagine me in the abundant flow of happiness, health, love, and prosperity and allowing myself to experience it. Perhaps think of it being like a river washing over and around me. Do that for at least 17 consecutive seconds.
Imagine me surrounded and filled with a bright white light that is sourced by God.
Think any kind thought about me or make any kind statement about me without diminishing it, taking it back, or negating it in any way.
Imagine me perfectly healthy, succeeding fabulously, with all my needs met, and with loads of money.
B. My Services: Use my services now, purchase them in advance, or purchase them as a gift for someone else. I'll give discounts on any that you purchase in advance or as gifts. Reminders of my projects are in a P.S. at the end of this message. I'm developing publicity about each of the projects. As I complete them, I'll send them to you. If you know of anyone else who might be interested in them, please pass them along.
C. Temporary work: Hire me for a temporary, short-term, part or full-time job that you need done. I can do lots of different things.
D. Loan: I’m still open and receptive to receiving loans of any amount. In return I'll pay 24% interest (that’s 2% per month) and begin repayment in January.
E. Gift: (Here’s the new one that I was previously blocking with my limited consciousness.) I’m also open and receptive to receiving gifts of any amount. I have faith that if anyone gives me anything, they’ll be receiving value from doing that.
Thank you, everyone who chooses to contribute in any way, tangible or intangible, and thank You, God, in advance for the resources that I know are flowing to me now.
Once again, thanks for reading this. I appreciate you whether you feel called to reply or not and no matter what your response may be to what I’ve said.
And finally, I'm declaring to all of you and to God that one of my intentions for the remainder of my life is to become a source of help for people who are climbing out of some kind of hole and who are open to using spiritual methods to facilitate that. I know that my entire life has been preparing me to take on this role more fully.
May your life also be abundantly filled with happiness, health, love, inner peace, spiritual awakening, success, prosperity, and anything else that you desire.
Gratefully,
Michael (Dickerson) Deluno
P.O. Box 33091
Santa Fe, NM 87594
ohanamd@earthlink.net
P.S. These are the services that my guidance tells me are my “real work.” Notice that there’s an element of teaching involved in all of them. (Of course, from the point of view of A Course in Miracles, there's an element of teaching involved in everything.)
Workshops, classes, and groups (both in-person and online).
Public speaking.
Ministry - guest speaking on a Sunday morning, weddings, and other ceremonies.
Spiritual, relationship, and life coaching (in-person, by phone, and by email).
Academic coaching (in-person, by phone, and by email) for anyone (from high school through graduate school) who would like to experience more ease, serenity, and success in their academic work.
Abundance and prosperity coaching (in-person, by phone, and by email).
Audiotapes for spiritual awakening, personal growth, and healing. I'm developing a number of meditation and releasing tapes.
Voice talent and acting – movies, tapes, videos, commercials, or whatever.
God Only Knows What. I'll be starting a multi-talent spiritual performing group in Santa Fe similar to, but more professional than, the one I had in Seattle.
Writing – books, articles, newsletters, etc.
And these are the services that my guidance tells me are my “side work” and the things that I'm developing to eventually turn over to other people:
Event management – doing the arrangements, publicity, and logistics for workshops, lectures, classes, etc.
Writing for others – anything from ghost-writing a book to writing copy for a brochure or ad.
Desktop publishing – flyers for workshops, brochures, business cards, or other desktop publishing projects.
Newsletter production – I'll create a newsletter out of your content.
Internet research – finding information on the internet.
The Personal Concierge of Santa Fe – any service that you might receive from a hotel concierge but without staying at a hotel (ideas of things to do or places to eat, someone to make reservations for you, directions, someone to pick up your dry cleaning, etc.)
Spirited Tours – both pre-designed and customized tours in northern NM (and eventually to other places).
Spirit Books, Video, and DVD – sales and rentals of spiritual books, spiritual cinema, and spiritual and personal growth programs.
EMC² facilitator. If you’re interested in being on the tray, let me know. For more information, see www.energeticmatrix.com and/or read Sanctuary by Stephen Lewis and Evan Slawson.
Deluno Health Resources – providing some of the best health products on the market.
Affiliate programs – described above.
Editing.
Home and/or pet sitting.
I'll warn you in advance that this is long. Much has been rising into awareness.
I’d like to begin by expressing my heartfelt and great appreciation for those of you who have helped me in some way – with ideas, with a kind word, with your appreciation for the risk I took in asking for help, with a kind thought, with a prayer, with a loan, or in any other way. I have faith that those of you who actually spoke with me or emailed me were only the tip of the iceburg of those who contributed some kindness in your hearts.
By the way (here comes a digression), do you know about the research on the beneficial effects of kindness to the person who is being kind? They’ve discovered that the level of serotonin in the body increases significantly when people perform an act of kindness. Serotonin, in case you don’t know, is a chemical in the body and a neurotransmitter that is responsible for a feeling of well-being. Do you also know that research shows that people who observe acts of kindness are also benefited? Their serotonin levels rise, too. So, just by reading about the kindness people have shown me, you are receiving some benefit in your body’s chemistry and probably also in your mental and emotional states. (Now returning from the digression…)
I’d also like to express appreciation to anyone who had any kind of resistance to what I wrote. I know that everything works for the best, no matter how it may appear to the ego. Somehow, your resistance benefited both of us, whether we recognize how that is or not. Alan Cohen sent out a story a couple of Thanksgivings ago about a Zen monk who responded to everything that happened with, “Thank you for everything. I have no complaints whatsoever.” I feel tremendously inspired by that. So, in reply to any resistance to what I wrote before, or to what I am writing now, I say, thank you for everything. I have no complaints whatsoever. (If you’d like me to send you a copy of Alan’s story, let me know, and I will.)
Before I go on with my update about my request for help, I want to change the focus and follow an inspiration I’ve had. I want to offer you help – not something you’d pay for in any way. I just want to freely contribute to any of you who requests it. Can I pray for you? Can I do some kind of task that will make a difference to you? Do you need help moving? (That’s one I have a lot of experience with.) Do you need money? (This one is a real leap of faith for me, and I choose to have the faith that I'll gain by helping other people who need money as much as or more than I do.) I'm very sincere about this. Please let me know if there’s some way I can help you.
Back to my update … Here’s some of the progress I’ve made in the past couple of weeks:
I'm coming to understand that asking for help isn’t what I used to think it was – all the things that made it difficult for me. I'm not going to list those because I don’t want to bring more of it into my life by focusing on them. What I am beginning to realize is that asking for help is both an expression of faith and giving you a gift. Ask if you’d like me to expand on that. Thus, I really have no reason to fear it.
As I’ve gotten more deeply into the Abraham-Hicks material that I’ve been working with and into the book Ask and It Is Given that I’ve been reading, my sense of well-being, happiness, health, prosperity, and general abundance is continuing to increase. Several times a day I imagine and experience myself in the flow of well-being and abundance, and I intentionally allow that to manifest in my consciousness – which, I have faith, is a precursor to it manifesting in my life.
I'm also reading Lenedra Carroll’s The Architecture of All Abundance and am not only finding it inspiring, but also very practical. I’ve gotten several great ideas from it already in about a third of the book. I'll invite you to join me in one of them below. Other of the ideas will be reflected in some of what I say. (She’s the singer Jewel’s mother, in case you don’t know that.)
I'm also reading Power vs. Force by David R. Hawkins (yes, I'm nearly always reading several books at a time). From that I’ve been inspired to muscle test nearly everything for its truth, value, and appropriateness for me. I’ve had some surprises, and I’ve confirmed many things that I already knew. A few of the changes in this message from my last message are the result of my testing things, though.
I had another appointment with my doctor. He had me take yet another blood test to see how my PSA is doing. Because it was down significantly from last time, he confirmed that I don’t seem to have cancer. He wants me to come back in 6 months, which I consider a good sign. The medication he prescribed seems to be working (and muscle tests as valuable for me).
I’ve made progress on planning my real work projects.
I’ve received the inspiration that part of my real work is to assist others with prosperity and abundance and that I'm being prepared to do that effectively from a ground of being of having experienced a personal transformation.
I'm getting ready to apply to teach classes through several different organizations – both online and in Santa Fe and Albuquerque.
I applied for the job as movie reviewer for the Santa Fe Reporter. I apparently didn’t get it. There’s someone new reviewing movies, and they didn’t call me for an interview. I'm surprised, and I guess I wasn’t supposed to have that job.
I’ve completed the course to become a substitute teacher in the Santa Fe schools, and I'm nearly finished with the application.
I went to a casting call for a TNT movie, “Into the West” (being produced, but not directed, by Stephen Spielberg). The photographer who took my picture liked me and said they should find a role for me as a townsperson or shopkeeper. We’ll see if the casting director agrees. They’re shooting a 3-part miniseries from January 10 through May 22 somewhere near Santa Fe.
Partly as a result of that experience and talking with some of the other people who were there and who had been in movies, I'm inspired to go ahead and get an agent, get my headshots done, get my resume together, and go for it. I don’t have much to lose, and it’s been a long-time dream of mine. The people who have agents didn’t have to stand in line waiting, like I did (and like hundreds of others did). And more and more movies are being produced in New Mexico.
I followed up on a job that was available as a concierge with Las Campanas. They had just filled it when I finally got to talk with the HR person.
I resigned from Unity Santa Fe. That was a big surprise for a lot of people, and it’s been coming for a long time. On 10/28 I told Paula Ryan that I’d like to resign by 11/28 and actually did shortly after that. It was only a 25-hours per week job with no benefits, and it wasn’t working for my prosperity. I either need a full-time job with benefits or else several flexible part-time jobs.
I’ve been investigating internet affiliate programs and realizing that they are a potential goldmine for me. That means that I'll put links to various web sites in my newsletters and/or web sites. Then when people click on those links and purchase something at the web site, I’ll get paid a percentage. Many web sites have affiliate programs. A few examples are The Sedona Method, Earthlink, L.L. Bean, and Amazon.
I'm getting ready to start my own affiliate program. People who assist me to promote my work will get paid a percentage of the income. I love win-win ideas. Let me know if you’re interested.
I started to sell Entertainment 2005 books because I like them so much and thought it would be a quick and easy way to bring in some income. Unfortunately, I found out that I didn’t do it correctly, and so I had to stop selling them. I'll correct my mistakes and try it again. They have an affiliate program, too.
Someone loaned me part of the money I need, for which I'm very, very grateful.
So, here’s where things stand right now: I still need more help. I’ve paid part of the rent I have owing, but still have more to pay. I also have some overdue bills and debts, desperately need to get dental work done (I'm in pain some of every day), need to purchase the supplements that are crucial for me to take to assist my medication in enhancing my health, need to get some work done on my car, need to invest some in my work so that I can bring in more money with less expense, and would like to get a real mattress to replace the air mattress that I’ve been sleeping on (which is now deflating every night before time for me to wake up).
Here’s the idea from Lenedra Carroll that I'll invite you to join me in: She suggests a game called “12 What Else.” It’s a brainstorming, creativity-enhancing experience. The goal is to come up with 12 answers to a question. Not all of the answers need to be realistic or easy. She suggests, in fact, that at least a few of them be a little outrageous. The question I invite you to help me with is, “How can Michael quickly and effectively meet his needs in the next few weeks?” Notice that I'm not assuming that money is necessary for all of my needs. (Thank you to Paula Langguth Ryan for helping me to bring this clearly into focus.) For example, someone might have a mattress they could give me (or loan me for the time being). Just stating that inspired a couple of ideas in me. If you want to play, I encourage you to let your creativity flow and come up with 12 answers to the question and send them to me.
And, if you’d also like me to play the game with a question of yours, I’d love to support you in that way, too. I'm an excellent brainstormer.
Now I'll remind you of and modify my requests for your assistance to me (in addition to the “12 What Else” game). I’ve been inspired to request them in the reverse order that I did in my previous message. I'll also add one more, at the encouragement of someone who pointed out that I was limiting possibilities in my last message.
A. Prayer: If you feel called to do so, will you pray for me? I’d appreciate prayers for health and healing, success in my right projects, prosperity, and attracting and receiving a lot of money immediately. I’d also like to remind you that prayer works for both of us; whatever you pray for me, you’ll also be praying for yourself. You don’t have to know a lot about praying to make a contribution. Here are a few ways you can help:
Thank God in advance for manifestations. For example, “Thank You, God, that Michael is now perfectly healthy, successful in all his right endeavors, and abundantly prospered.”
Just say something like, “God (or whatever you want to call your Higher Power) is healing, prospering, and helping Michael right now.”
Imagine me in the abundant flow of happiness, health, love, and prosperity and allowing myself to experience it. Perhaps think of it being like a river washing over and around me. Do that for at least 17 consecutive seconds.
Imagine me surrounded and filled with a bright white light that is sourced by God.
Think any kind thought about me or make any kind statement about me without diminishing it, taking it back, or negating it in any way.
Imagine me perfectly healthy, succeeding fabulously, with all my needs met, and with loads of money.
B. My Services: Use my services now, purchase them in advance, or purchase them as a gift for someone else. I'll give discounts on any that you purchase in advance or as gifts. Reminders of my projects are in a P.S. at the end of this message. I'm developing publicity about each of the projects. As I complete them, I'll send them to you. If you know of anyone else who might be interested in them, please pass them along.
C. Temporary work: Hire me for a temporary, short-term, part or full-time job that you need done. I can do lots of different things.
D. Loan: I’m still open and receptive to receiving loans of any amount. In return I'll pay 24% interest (that’s 2% per month) and begin repayment in January.
E. Gift: (Here’s the new one that I was previously blocking with my limited consciousness.) I’m also open and receptive to receiving gifts of any amount. I have faith that if anyone gives me anything, they’ll be receiving value from doing that.
Thank you, everyone who chooses to contribute in any way, tangible or intangible, and thank You, God, in advance for the resources that I know are flowing to me now.
Once again, thanks for reading this. I appreciate you whether you feel called to reply or not and no matter what your response may be to what I’ve said.
And finally, I'm declaring to all of you and to God that one of my intentions for the remainder of my life is to become a source of help for people who are climbing out of some kind of hole and who are open to using spiritual methods to facilitate that. I know that my entire life has been preparing me to take on this role more fully.
May your life also be abundantly filled with happiness, health, love, inner peace, spiritual awakening, success, prosperity, and anything else that you desire.
Gratefully,
Michael (Dickerson) Deluno
P.O. Box 33091
Santa Fe, NM 87594
ohanamd@earthlink.net
P.S. These are the services that my guidance tells me are my “real work.” Notice that there’s an element of teaching involved in all of them. (Of course, from the point of view of A Course in Miracles, there's an element of teaching involved in everything.)
Workshops, classes, and groups (both in-person and online).
Public speaking.
Ministry - guest speaking on a Sunday morning, weddings, and other ceremonies.
Spiritual, relationship, and life coaching (in-person, by phone, and by email).
Academic coaching (in-person, by phone, and by email) for anyone (from high school through graduate school) who would like to experience more ease, serenity, and success in their academic work.
Abundance and prosperity coaching (in-person, by phone, and by email).
Audiotapes for spiritual awakening, personal growth, and healing. I'm developing a number of meditation and releasing tapes.
Voice talent and acting – movies, tapes, videos, commercials, or whatever.
God Only Knows What. I'll be starting a multi-talent spiritual performing group in Santa Fe similar to, but more professional than, the one I had in Seattle.
Writing – books, articles, newsletters, etc.
And these are the services that my guidance tells me are my “side work” and the things that I'm developing to eventually turn over to other people:
Event management – doing the arrangements, publicity, and logistics for workshops, lectures, classes, etc.
Writing for others – anything from ghost-writing a book to writing copy for a brochure or ad.
Desktop publishing – flyers for workshops, brochures, business cards, or other desktop publishing projects.
Newsletter production – I'll create a newsletter out of your content.
Internet research – finding information on the internet.
The Personal Concierge of Santa Fe – any service that you might receive from a hotel concierge but without staying at a hotel (ideas of things to do or places to eat, someone to make reservations for you, directions, someone to pick up your dry cleaning, etc.)
Spirited Tours – both pre-designed and customized tours in northern NM (and eventually to other places).
Spirit Books, Video, and DVD – sales and rentals of spiritual books, spiritual cinema, and spiritual and personal growth programs.
EMC² facilitator. If you’re interested in being on the tray, let me know. For more information, see www.energeticmatrix.com and/or read Sanctuary by Stephen Lewis and Evan Slawson.
Deluno Health Resources – providing some of the best health products on the market.
Affiliate programs – described above.
Editing.
Home and/or pet sitting.
Monday, November 22, 2004
Request for help
Hi. If what I have to say here isn’t of interest to you, please feel free to disregard it. I intuitively know there are some people it’s for who will be interested.
I need your help. Specifically, I need money urgently to pay rent, pay debts, get dental work done, purchase medications, get my car worked on, and invest in my work. Rather than asking for gifts, though, I want to make this a win/win opportunity for you. (That doesn’t mean that I’d turn down any gifts that are offered, though.) Before I make my proposals, here’s a little background.
In 1996-7 I stopped doing counseling, facilitating, teaching, workshops, and ministry (what had been a large part of my work for over 20 years), largely because of burn-out. I planned to return to it when I moved from Seattle to Santa Fe. In the meantime I decided to practice living by faith and took on some other kinds of work.
When I got settled here, I took a part-time job at Unity Santa Fe to help with expenses while I clarified what work was most appropriate for me to do and developed my own projects. Then I discovered that I was experiencing resistance to resuming my “real” work.
Now, as a result of my ongoing inner work and especially as a result of my recent work with Paula Langguth Ryan (http://www.artofabundance.com) through Unity Santa Fe, I'm experiencing a significant opening and transformation of my prosperity consciousness. I’ve also broken through my resistance to resuming what’s mine to do.
So, in addition to my job at Unity, I'm building other projects of my own, and I'm applying for some jobs that are available - substitute teaching in the high schools (something I’ve thought about doing since I was in high school) and movie and restaurant reviewing for the Santa Fe Reporter (something else I’ve thought about doing for quite a while).
As I said, I now have a short-term need for money. I have long-term solutions. Within a few months my income will increase significantly and, once I get the high-interest debts I’ve incurred paid off, my expenses will decrease.
Paula Ryan encouraged me strongly to ask for help. So, that’s what I'm doing now.
Here are some possible ways you can help me, if that seems to you to be in Divine Order and for the highest benefit of all, and the win/win benefits to you.
Loan
I am open and receptive to receiving immediate loans of $3000 or more. That could be one large amount from one person or smaller amounts from many people. In return I'll pay 24% interest (that’s 2% per month) and begin repayment in January. I'm willing and eager to discuss this further with anyone who feels called to consider it.
Use my services now, purchase them in advance, or purchase them as a gift for someone else
Following are the projects that I'm developing. I realize that it sounds like a lot of things, and I’ve always done a variety of kinds of work. Besides, I'll be hiring other people to help me with some of the projects.
1. Workshops, classes, and groups (both in-person and online). I'm updating and resuming some of the things I did in the past, and I'm also developing new programs. Let me know if you’d like a list of what I'm offering and developing. Pay for them now, and I'll give them to you at half price.
2. Public speaking. Would your organization like to have a speaker? Pay for it now, and I'll give it to you at half price.
3. Ministerial services. Would your church like a guest speaker on a Sunday morning? Are you getting married? Are there other ceremonies you’d like to have a minister for? Pay for them now, and I'll give them to you at half price.
4. Spiritual, relationship, and life coaching (in-person, by phone, and by email). I'm no longer doing counseling; instead I'm doing coaching for people who want to enhance the magnificence in their relationships and lives. Pay for sessions now and get all the sessions you pay for at half price. Use them either now or later.
5. Academic coaching (in-person, by phone, and by email). This is a niche that I'm not aware of anyone else filling. Do you know anyone who would like to experience more ease, serenity, and success in their academic work (from high school through graduate school)? I was exceptionally successful in school (Phi Beta Kappa, graduated cum laude, completed 2 masters degrees) and will coach others. Pay for the workshop and/or sessions now and get them for half price. Use them either now or later.
6. Audio tapes for spiritual awakening, personal growth, and healing. I'm developing a number of meditation and releasing tapes. Ask for a list of what I have planned. Purchase them now at the pre-production price: 1/3 off.
7. Voice talent and acting. Do you need a voice or an actor for a tape, video, or commercial? Purchase my time and talent now at half price. Use it either now or later.
8. Writing. Anything from ghost-writing a book to writing copy for a brochure or ad. Purchase my time and writing talent now at half the usual price. Use it either now or later.
9. Event management. Do you want to put on a workshop, lecture, concert, or other event and have someone else do the arrangements, publicity, and logistics? Hire me now at half my usual rate. Use my services either now or later.
10. Desktop publishing. Do you need a flyer for a workshop, a brochure, a business card, or some other desktop publishing project? Hire me now at half my usual rate. Use my services either now or later.
11. Newsletter production. You give me the content, and I'll create a newsletter out of it. Hire me now at half my usual rate. Use my services either now or later.
12. Internet research. Do you want someone else to take the time to find information on the internet? I specialize in spirituality, personal growth, health, and entertainment; however, I'm open to researching nearly anything. Hire me now at half my usual rate. Use my services either now or later.
13. The Personal Concierge of Santa Fe. I'm developing this with Antoinette, who has been a concierge at some of the best hotels in the country for over 10 years. Get any service that you might receive from a hotel concierge without staying at a hotel. Do you want ideas of things to do or places to eat, someone to make reservations for you, directions, someone to pick up your dry cleaning, etc.? Hire us now for half our usual rates. Use our services now or later.
14. Spirited Tours. We’ll be developing tours, first locally in northern NM, then later to other places. For groups, we’ll develop personalized tours. Purchase a tour now for half our usual rates. Actually take the tour when it’s ready.
15. Spirit Video and DVD. Do you think Netflix is a good idea – paying a monthly fee to rent as many DVDs as you’d like? Spirit Video and DVD will do the same, except that we’ll focus on spiritual cinema and spiritual and personal growth programs. Purchase a membership now for half price. Use it as soon as we’re ready to go.
16. EMC² facilitator. I’ve already been selected as a facilitator in training. If you’re interested in being on the tray, let me know. For more information, see www.energeticmatrix.com and/or read Sanctuary.
17. Deluno Health Resources. Let me be your supplier for some of the best health products on the market. Ask for more information.
For the next few months, hire me for a temporary, short-term job.
Here are some of the things I'm able to do that I won’t do any longer when my other projects are more developed:
1. Editing. Have you written something that you’d like to have edited?
2. Data input. Do you need someone to input data into your computer?
3. Home and pet sitting. Do you have a home or a home and pets that you’d like to have a very experienced, professional person care for? I spent several years doing home and pet sitting nearly full time.
4. Whatever else you think of that I can do. I'm open to anything that I’d be good at doing.
Do you find something that calls to you (either for yourself or for a friend or relative? If not, will you at least pray for me? I’d appreciate prayers for health and healing, success in my right projects, prosperity, and attracting and receiving a lot of money.
Thanks for reading this, and thank you whether you feel called to reply or not. I know that sending this to you is an important step for me, and I know that some of the people who receive this will feel called to help.
Warmly,
Michael (Dickerson) Deluno
Santa Fe, NM
ohanamd@earthlink.net
I need your help. Specifically, I need money urgently to pay rent, pay debts, get dental work done, purchase medications, get my car worked on, and invest in my work. Rather than asking for gifts, though, I want to make this a win/win opportunity for you. (That doesn’t mean that I’d turn down any gifts that are offered, though.) Before I make my proposals, here’s a little background.
In 1996-7 I stopped doing counseling, facilitating, teaching, workshops, and ministry (what had been a large part of my work for over 20 years), largely because of burn-out. I planned to return to it when I moved from Seattle to Santa Fe. In the meantime I decided to practice living by faith and took on some other kinds of work.
When I got settled here, I took a part-time job at Unity Santa Fe to help with expenses while I clarified what work was most appropriate for me to do and developed my own projects. Then I discovered that I was experiencing resistance to resuming my “real” work.
Now, as a result of my ongoing inner work and especially as a result of my recent work with Paula Langguth Ryan (http://www.artofabundance.com) through Unity Santa Fe, I'm experiencing a significant opening and transformation of my prosperity consciousness. I’ve also broken through my resistance to resuming what’s mine to do.
So, in addition to my job at Unity, I'm building other projects of my own, and I'm applying for some jobs that are available - substitute teaching in the high schools (something I’ve thought about doing since I was in high school) and movie and restaurant reviewing for the Santa Fe Reporter (something else I’ve thought about doing for quite a while).
As I said, I now have a short-term need for money. I have long-term solutions. Within a few months my income will increase significantly and, once I get the high-interest debts I’ve incurred paid off, my expenses will decrease.
Paula Ryan encouraged me strongly to ask for help. So, that’s what I'm doing now.
Here are some possible ways you can help me, if that seems to you to be in Divine Order and for the highest benefit of all, and the win/win benefits to you.
Loan
I am open and receptive to receiving immediate loans of $3000 or more. That could be one large amount from one person or smaller amounts from many people. In return I'll pay 24% interest (that’s 2% per month) and begin repayment in January. I'm willing and eager to discuss this further with anyone who feels called to consider it.
Use my services now, purchase them in advance, or purchase them as a gift for someone else
Following are the projects that I'm developing. I realize that it sounds like a lot of things, and I’ve always done a variety of kinds of work. Besides, I'll be hiring other people to help me with some of the projects.
1. Workshops, classes, and groups (both in-person and online). I'm updating and resuming some of the things I did in the past, and I'm also developing new programs. Let me know if you’d like a list of what I'm offering and developing. Pay for them now, and I'll give them to you at half price.
2. Public speaking. Would your organization like to have a speaker? Pay for it now, and I'll give it to you at half price.
3. Ministerial services. Would your church like a guest speaker on a Sunday morning? Are you getting married? Are there other ceremonies you’d like to have a minister for? Pay for them now, and I'll give them to you at half price.
4. Spiritual, relationship, and life coaching (in-person, by phone, and by email). I'm no longer doing counseling; instead I'm doing coaching for people who want to enhance the magnificence in their relationships and lives. Pay for sessions now and get all the sessions you pay for at half price. Use them either now or later.
5. Academic coaching (in-person, by phone, and by email). This is a niche that I'm not aware of anyone else filling. Do you know anyone who would like to experience more ease, serenity, and success in their academic work (from high school through graduate school)? I was exceptionally successful in school (Phi Beta Kappa, graduated cum laude, completed 2 masters degrees) and will coach others. Pay for the workshop and/or sessions now and get them for half price. Use them either now or later.
6. Audio tapes for spiritual awakening, personal growth, and healing. I'm developing a number of meditation and releasing tapes. Ask for a list of what I have planned. Purchase them now at the pre-production price: 1/3 off.
7. Voice talent and acting. Do you need a voice or an actor for a tape, video, or commercial? Purchase my time and talent now at half price. Use it either now or later.
8. Writing. Anything from ghost-writing a book to writing copy for a brochure or ad. Purchase my time and writing talent now at half the usual price. Use it either now or later.
9. Event management. Do you want to put on a workshop, lecture, concert, or other event and have someone else do the arrangements, publicity, and logistics? Hire me now at half my usual rate. Use my services either now or later.
10. Desktop publishing. Do you need a flyer for a workshop, a brochure, a business card, or some other desktop publishing project? Hire me now at half my usual rate. Use my services either now or later.
11. Newsletter production. You give me the content, and I'll create a newsletter out of it. Hire me now at half my usual rate. Use my services either now or later.
12. Internet research. Do you want someone else to take the time to find information on the internet? I specialize in spirituality, personal growth, health, and entertainment; however, I'm open to researching nearly anything. Hire me now at half my usual rate. Use my services either now or later.
13. The Personal Concierge of Santa Fe. I'm developing this with Antoinette, who has been a concierge at some of the best hotels in the country for over 10 years. Get any service that you might receive from a hotel concierge without staying at a hotel. Do you want ideas of things to do or places to eat, someone to make reservations for you, directions, someone to pick up your dry cleaning, etc.? Hire us now for half our usual rates. Use our services now or later.
14. Spirited Tours. We’ll be developing tours, first locally in northern NM, then later to other places. For groups, we’ll develop personalized tours. Purchase a tour now for half our usual rates. Actually take the tour when it’s ready.
15. Spirit Video and DVD. Do you think Netflix is a good idea – paying a monthly fee to rent as many DVDs as you’d like? Spirit Video and DVD will do the same, except that we’ll focus on spiritual cinema and spiritual and personal growth programs. Purchase a membership now for half price. Use it as soon as we’re ready to go.
16. EMC² facilitator. I’ve already been selected as a facilitator in training. If you’re interested in being on the tray, let me know. For more information, see www.energeticmatrix.com and/or read Sanctuary.
17. Deluno Health Resources. Let me be your supplier for some of the best health products on the market. Ask for more information.
For the next few months, hire me for a temporary, short-term job.
Here are some of the things I'm able to do that I won’t do any longer when my other projects are more developed:
1. Editing. Have you written something that you’d like to have edited?
2. Data input. Do you need someone to input data into your computer?
3. Home and pet sitting. Do you have a home or a home and pets that you’d like to have a very experienced, professional person care for? I spent several years doing home and pet sitting nearly full time.
4. Whatever else you think of that I can do. I'm open to anything that I’d be good at doing.
Do you find something that calls to you (either for yourself or for a friend or relative? If not, will you at least pray for me? I’d appreciate prayers for health and healing, success in my right projects, prosperity, and attracting and receiving a lot of money.
Thanks for reading this, and thank you whether you feel called to reply or not. I know that sending this to you is an important step for me, and I know that some of the people who receive this will feel called to help.
Warmly,
Michael (Dickerson) Deluno
Santa Fe, NM
ohanamd@earthlink.net
Friday, September 10, 2004
What I Love about Making Love
I just took a quiz I found online. I don't know how accurate it is (valid, reliable - for those of you who are familiar with statistics), and I agree with the results for me.
Take the quiz: http://www.zenhex.com/quiz.php?id=1744 "What do you love about making love?"
Love
You are a lover of love. You love to love and be loved. You are perhaps a hopeless romantic but those are rare nowadays. Think of it as a gift. Whether you are saving yourself for that special someone or you have already found him or her. You are part of an almost extinct species of human. The kind that believe in true love... Because love is truly beautiful!
Michael
Take the quiz: http://www.zenhex.com/quiz.php?id=1744 "What do you love about making love?"
Love
You are a lover of love. You love to love and be loved. You are perhaps a hopeless romantic but those are rare nowadays. Think of it as a gift. Whether you are saving yourself for that special someone or you have already found him or her. You are part of an almost extinct species of human. The kind that believe in true love... Because love is truly beautiful!
Michael
Monday, July 12, 2004
Update 2003-4
July 12, 2004
Hi. I never got my annual (or supposedly annual) update written last winter, so I'll write one for the past year and a half.
But, first � What�s going on with you? What have you experienced? What milestones have you passed? What are your doorways? What has touched you? I�d love to hear from you.
ROMANTIC PARTNER:
I met Antoinette on the internet (Yahoo Personals to be precise) in September, 2002. She lived on Maui and was thinking of coming to Santa Fe and just wanted a friend to chat. We exchanged a few e-mails over the months, but I was never convinced that she�d actually come here to visit � until I received an e-mail in May, 2003, saying that she�d be here in a couple of days. We met and immediately hit it off. After 11 wonderful days together, she went back to Maui to get everything together to move to Santa Fe. (She had already decided to move here by the time we finally met in person.)
The 4 months between when Antoinette returned to Maui and when she finally arrived in Santa Fe to live (September 21, 2003) were frustrating, yet we survived and became closer. Since she�s been here, we�ve had wonderful times together and also struggles working out our relationship. Now things are going really well, and we�re happy together.
Antoinette grew up in Hamtramck (near Detroit) and lived on Maui for 21 years before coming to Santa Fe. She�s worked in the hospitality industry since she was 19, was a concierge at the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua before moving, and has recently begun working here as a concierge at the Eldorado Hotel (one of only 3 4-diamond hotels in Santa Fe).
I'm attaching one of my favorite photos of the 2 of us (and the only one I have on my computer for now).
HOME:
I've moved � and moved � and moved � and moved � and moved � and moved � and moved. I don�t think I missed any. I'm finally living in a place that I really like and feel at home in. It�s a 1-bedroom apartment between 5 and 10 minutes from the Plaza, Antoinette�s apartment, and my job. It�s an old Santa Fe-style adobe home converted into 2 apartments (and a third that was the garage).
JOB:
I�ve continued working at my job at Unity Santa Fe.
MY REAL WORK:
I�ve made some progress toward getting my real work started here in Santa Fe, and it�s gone a lot slower than I imagined it would. Because I was called here spiritually, I thought that probably the way would be paved and that it would just flow. It turns out that I�ve had some inner work to do before that happens. Currently I'm facilitating a Sedona Method Basic Course taught on audiotape by Hale Dwoskin and am preparing to offer other things. If you�d like to stay abreast of what�s going on with all of that, I invite you to join 2 e-mail groups (announcements, not discussion). Send a blank e-mail to:
HSCEvents-subscribe@yahoogroups.com for information about coaching, classes, workshops, retreats, etc.
AwakeningMinistriesNewsletter-subscribe@yahoogroups.com for information about my ministry.
SANTA FE SPIRITUAL CINEMA COMMUNITY:
I founded and am coordinator of the Santa Fe Spiritual Cinema Community, which is affiliated with Stephen Simon�s international network of spiritual cinema communities. We offer Spiritual Movie Nights and other events. Last September we brought Stephen here to Santa Fe for a couple of workshops. If you�d like to stay abreast of what�s happening with that, send a blank e-mail to:
SFSpiritualCinemaCommunity-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
AWAKENING, GROWTH, AND LEARNING EVENTS:
I�ve attended a lot of classes, workshops, and other events as part of my job. What�s impacted me the most, I think, is Greg Baer�s Real Love (book and workshops). I recently was coordinator for his Wise Men and Wise Women Training in Santa Fe, and I'm participating in a Men�s Real Love Group. I highly recommend picking up (and reading) a copy of Real Love.
HEALTH:
My health (physical and dental) has continued off-and-on to be a challenge. Not having either insurance or much money has kept me from pursuing all the help I would have liked to. I just finally got some assistance for medical care that will allow me to do what needs to be done about my prostate. Having a biopsy is, I think, the next step.
Life is wonderful for me, no matter how it may be appearing in any given moment, because I trust that everything is unfolding for the highest benefit of all beings. May we all step through the doorways that are appearing in our paths. What will appear on the other side will be magnificence.
Love and peace,
Michael Deluno (formerly Dickerson)
P.S. If you�d like to read about what�s going on with me regularly instead of just once every year or 2, here�s how: I write journal-letters every so often and post them online and have them e-mailed to anyone who requests that. To read them, either sign up to receive them via e-mail by sending a blank e-mail to:
ThisIsMyLife-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
or else read them online by going to any of the following:
� http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThisIsMyLife
� http://www.livejournal.com/users/ohanamd
� http://ohanamd.blogspot.com/
May peace prevail on earth and in all our hearts!
Hi. I never got my annual (or supposedly annual) update written last winter, so I'll write one for the past year and a half.
But, first � What�s going on with you? What have you experienced? What milestones have you passed? What are your doorways? What has touched you? I�d love to hear from you.
ROMANTIC PARTNER:
I met Antoinette on the internet (Yahoo Personals to be precise) in September, 2002. She lived on Maui and was thinking of coming to Santa Fe and just wanted a friend to chat. We exchanged a few e-mails over the months, but I was never convinced that she�d actually come here to visit � until I received an e-mail in May, 2003, saying that she�d be here in a couple of days. We met and immediately hit it off. After 11 wonderful days together, she went back to Maui to get everything together to move to Santa Fe. (She had already decided to move here by the time we finally met in person.)
The 4 months between when Antoinette returned to Maui and when she finally arrived in Santa Fe to live (September 21, 2003) were frustrating, yet we survived and became closer. Since she�s been here, we�ve had wonderful times together and also struggles working out our relationship. Now things are going really well, and we�re happy together.
Antoinette grew up in Hamtramck (near Detroit) and lived on Maui for 21 years before coming to Santa Fe. She�s worked in the hospitality industry since she was 19, was a concierge at the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua before moving, and has recently begun working here as a concierge at the Eldorado Hotel (one of only 3 4-diamond hotels in Santa Fe).
I'm attaching one of my favorite photos of the 2 of us (and the only one I have on my computer for now).
HOME:
I've moved � and moved � and moved � and moved � and moved � and moved � and moved. I don�t think I missed any. I'm finally living in a place that I really like and feel at home in. It�s a 1-bedroom apartment between 5 and 10 minutes from the Plaza, Antoinette�s apartment, and my job. It�s an old Santa Fe-style adobe home converted into 2 apartments (and a third that was the garage).
JOB:
I�ve continued working at my job at Unity Santa Fe.
MY REAL WORK:
I�ve made some progress toward getting my real work started here in Santa Fe, and it�s gone a lot slower than I imagined it would. Because I was called here spiritually, I thought that probably the way would be paved and that it would just flow. It turns out that I�ve had some inner work to do before that happens. Currently I'm facilitating a Sedona Method Basic Course taught on audiotape by Hale Dwoskin and am preparing to offer other things. If you�d like to stay abreast of what�s going on with all of that, I invite you to join 2 e-mail groups (announcements, not discussion). Send a blank e-mail to:
HSCEvents-subscribe@yahoogroups.com for information about coaching, classes, workshops, retreats, etc.
AwakeningMinistriesNewsletter-subscribe@yahoogroups.com for information about my ministry.
SANTA FE SPIRITUAL CINEMA COMMUNITY:
I founded and am coordinator of the Santa Fe Spiritual Cinema Community, which is affiliated with Stephen Simon�s international network of spiritual cinema communities. We offer Spiritual Movie Nights and other events. Last September we brought Stephen here to Santa Fe for a couple of workshops. If you�d like to stay abreast of what�s happening with that, send a blank e-mail to:
SFSpiritualCinemaCommunity-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
AWAKENING, GROWTH, AND LEARNING EVENTS:
I�ve attended a lot of classes, workshops, and other events as part of my job. What�s impacted me the most, I think, is Greg Baer�s Real Love (book and workshops). I recently was coordinator for his Wise Men and Wise Women Training in Santa Fe, and I'm participating in a Men�s Real Love Group. I highly recommend picking up (and reading) a copy of Real Love.
HEALTH:
My health (physical and dental) has continued off-and-on to be a challenge. Not having either insurance or much money has kept me from pursuing all the help I would have liked to. I just finally got some assistance for medical care that will allow me to do what needs to be done about my prostate. Having a biopsy is, I think, the next step.
Life is wonderful for me, no matter how it may be appearing in any given moment, because I trust that everything is unfolding for the highest benefit of all beings. May we all step through the doorways that are appearing in our paths. What will appear on the other side will be magnificence.
Love and peace,
Michael Deluno (formerly Dickerson)
P.S. If you�d like to read about what�s going on with me regularly instead of just once every year or 2, here�s how: I write journal-letters every so often and post them online and have them e-mailed to anyone who requests that. To read them, either sign up to receive them via e-mail by sending a blank e-mail to:
ThisIsMyLife-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
or else read them online by going to any of the following:
� http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThisIsMyLife
� http://www.livejournal.com/users/ohanamd
� http://ohanamd.blogspot.com/
May peace prevail on earth and in all our hearts!
Monday, January 19, 2004
Update
Monday, 1/19/04
It�s been 2 months since my last message. At that time I was having computer problems that made it difficult to communicate via e-mail. I'm still having problems, though right now all the keys are working.
Life has been real ups and downs for me during the last 10 weeks or so.
In November and December I went to the ER 6 times in about 5 weeks and was admitted overnight one time. I applied for some assistance for medical treatment and am waiting for that to come through before I see a specialist and do whatever I need to do. I may need to get a biopsy. The good news is that I haven�t had any more symptoms or ER visits since mid-December.
I don�t know how I could have made it through all of that if it weren�t for Antoinette�s love and support. She spent a lot of time in the hospital with me. It was a burden on her, and I so incredibly appreciate her caring and care.
The holidays were mostly wonderful. Having Antoinette in my life to share them made a huge difference. We went to Peg and Tim�s house for Thanksgiving. Christmas Eve we went to Unity and then walked Canyon Road. Christmas Day we went to a buffet dinner at the Eldorado Hotel (one of her gifts to me). New Year�s Eve we went to Unity, to dinner with some friends, and then just hung out together and watched Dick Clark and the ball in Times Square. New Year�s Day she took me on a walk (another of her gifts to me) that included lunch at the Inn of the Loretto and other sights in the Plaza area of Santa Fe.
However � Antoinette and I have been having emotional upsets with each other ever since she arrived in Santa Fe, and we finally broke up a little over a week ago. I have no complaints about her. The only problem from my perspective was my failure to love her unconditionally and to overcome my resistance to what I perceive as expectations or demands (even from myself, even when I know something is in my best interests). I deeply regret that I didn�t do better in our relationship.
Learning to really love (have you read Real Love by Greg Baer?) and to overcome my resistance to what�s in my highest interests (see chapter 4 in Do I Have to Give Up Me to Be Loved by God? by Margaret Paul) are 2 extremely important tasks for me to face. I intend to do what it takes.
I hope that Antoinette will forgive me and that we can get back together so that I can give her the love she deserves. If not, then I'll have to go on without her. That feels like a very sad option.
We shall see what life has in store for all of us.
Warmly,
Michael
Santa Fe, NM
ohanamd@earthlink.net
If you�d like to receive all of my journal-letters via e-mail, send an e-mail (no message necessary) to ThisIsMyLife-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. You�ll receive the same messages that are posted on the web.
It�s been 2 months since my last message. At that time I was having computer problems that made it difficult to communicate via e-mail. I'm still having problems, though right now all the keys are working.
Life has been real ups and downs for me during the last 10 weeks or so.
In November and December I went to the ER 6 times in about 5 weeks and was admitted overnight one time. I applied for some assistance for medical treatment and am waiting for that to come through before I see a specialist and do whatever I need to do. I may need to get a biopsy. The good news is that I haven�t had any more symptoms or ER visits since mid-December.
I don�t know how I could have made it through all of that if it weren�t for Antoinette�s love and support. She spent a lot of time in the hospital with me. It was a burden on her, and I so incredibly appreciate her caring and care.
The holidays were mostly wonderful. Having Antoinette in my life to share them made a huge difference. We went to Peg and Tim�s house for Thanksgiving. Christmas Eve we went to Unity and then walked Canyon Road. Christmas Day we went to a buffet dinner at the Eldorado Hotel (one of her gifts to me). New Year�s Eve we went to Unity, to dinner with some friends, and then just hung out together and watched Dick Clark and the ball in Times Square. New Year�s Day she took me on a walk (another of her gifts to me) that included lunch at the Inn of the Loretto and other sights in the Plaza area of Santa Fe.
However � Antoinette and I have been having emotional upsets with each other ever since she arrived in Santa Fe, and we finally broke up a little over a week ago. I have no complaints about her. The only problem from my perspective was my failure to love her unconditionally and to overcome my resistance to what I perceive as expectations or demands (even from myself, even when I know something is in my best interests). I deeply regret that I didn�t do better in our relationship.
Learning to really love (have you read Real Love by Greg Baer?) and to overcome my resistance to what�s in my highest interests (see chapter 4 in Do I Have to Give Up Me to Be Loved by God? by Margaret Paul) are 2 extremely important tasks for me to face. I intend to do what it takes.
I hope that Antoinette will forgive me and that we can get back together so that I can give her the love she deserves. If not, then I'll have to go on without her. That feels like a very sad option.
We shall see what life has in store for all of us.
Warmly,
Michael
Santa Fe, NM
ohanamd@earthlink.net
If you�d like to receive all of my journal-letters via e-mail, send an e-mail (no message necessary) to ThisIsMyLife-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. You�ll receive the same messages that are posted on the web.
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