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A Heartfelt Welcome
ARISE and be FREE
Your ARISE Article
Can I Get ARISE Outa You?
Poignant Ponderings
Giving  Back
Will You ARISE & Help Me?



Dear Valued Subscriber,
 

I'm going to devote the entire introduction to telling you about my youngest daughter's wedding:-)

It was picture perfect! The people, the weather, the rehearsal, the getting ready, the ceremony, the reception, the speeches, the post wedding brunch. The children, my 5 and 6 year old grandsons, the ring bearers, and my son-in-law's 2 young daughters, the flower girls, were not only well-behaved, but were a hoot to be around adding just that much more joy to the 2 day event. Kyle's parents, who I had never met in person but plotted with over the phone re: the honeymoon package we got them, were a pleasure to be around. The pastor was cut from the same cloth as moi, and had everyone thinking about the seriousness of marriage while keeping it fun, even cracking some great jokes during the solemn moments of the ceremony.

Teri was radiant. And surprisingly calm. This wedding weekend was planned by her and Kyle. That's what she wanted. She had her hair and make-up appointment with her sister early in the morning and then hung in our hotel room until we left for her 4 p.m. date at the altar. I took my little guys to get haircuts and grabbed some lunch for the crew. I exited the shower as quickly as I could when I heard the jubilant strains of "We're going to the chapel and we're gonna get married" to discover Teri, and my much better half, Jennifer, performing an animated duo with curling iron and hair brushes in hands as microphones. Heck, I was more nervous than Teri was!

While Jenn helped Teri into her wedding dress, I got Corbin and Cameron into their suits (perfectly matched to the burgundy theme my daughter chose) and soon we were, well, headed to the chapel. Fashionably late, the boys led off the procession, cute as buttons with Mariah and Kyra in tow, showering the aisle with rose petals. Then, my eldest daughter, Sara, the Maid of Honor, followed while I steadied the now-trembling Teri as she tightly clutched my arm. Then, to the traditional Wedding March, I walked my baby girl down the aisle to meet her extremely nervous husband-to-be. Yes, I was choked up:-) I think the pastor was relieved to hear me say "I do" to "Who gives this woman away?", as that's not how I replied during the rehearsal:-)

I couldn't really sit back and take in the ceremony as I was asked to be the resident photographer (my usual role at family weddings) and had to hustle back to get my camera and start positioning myself around the altar taking photos. It was a very beautiful ceremony. I've never seen Teri look so happy as when Pastor Todd announced "I present to you, Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Watters"!

It was too chilly for outdoor pictures so we gathered into the church lobby and you can see one of these pics here  (hundreds are now waiting for me to edit). Kyle's Best Man, Mike, thought it would be funny to lead the caravan of family and friends a little out of the way to the reception hall and cruise through the main police station parking lot with horns a blarin'. Actually, it was quite funny. We followed their car and took the next shot as we were about to pull into the hall.

Needless to say, the bar was quite busy and the food was very good. I kept my speech short and serious (Teri was fearful I'd do the usual long-winded roast I'm known for when I speak at weddings), and, her sister's words were very touching as were the remarks made by Mike. I danced with my daughter to the popular, and beautiful, Butterfly Kisses. Shots of the groom and his mother, and, Sara and Mike dancing, as well as the cutting of the wedding cake and garter removal, were taken along with some candids of other family members and friends. Finally, my official chores were completed and I was now a free bird to enjoy the remainder of the evening, which I did:-) Jenn danced up a storm with my daughters and sisters (she knows to wear steel toed construction boots when we dance:-) and the little guys and girls did a lot of dancing too. Cute.

The next morning both sides of the family met for brunch at a very old, elegant hotel in Belleville. We shared our favorite moments of this beautiful wedding over plates of exquisitely prepared exotic fruits and crepes. Eventually, we got into our cars to head back to places like Windsor, Brantford and Pembroke. Teri and Kyle stopped in yesterday on their way back from Niagara Falls and we had a great time reminiscing about what was nothing short of a wonderful wedding weekend!

I'm tired!

The author of this issue's article, Eleven Laws of Spiritual Prosperity, is Guy Finley. Guy will be a guest on my 10 Minute or so Mentor Message podcast in a few weeks and I'm going to be so bold as to ask you to subscribe now because you're not going to want to miss one word of what this great modern day teacher is going to reveal! I'm honored to be able to feature his articles and doubly so that he will be my guest on the podcast. Thank you Guy!

Assuming you enjoy this publication can I ask you to do me a small, but at the same time, huge favor? Would you choose 3 people from your Address Book right now and send them this issue or the main page link to ARISE!: http://www.arise.themirrorezine.com - and suggest they subscribe. Thank you, I'd really appreciate that!

Now, please kick back and enjoy this issue of ARISE!

As always, my greatest wishes for your complete success,

Rick Beneteau

ARISE and be FREE

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YOUR ARISE ARTICLE

Eleven Laws of Spiritual Prosperity
by Guy Finley

The only thing that holds us down is what we don't yet know about ourselves. This insight explains why our ability to learn the truth about ourselves, to increase our level of self understanding, is the same as being empowered to raise our own life level. If we want to grow inwardly, we must find new ways to learn the truth about ourselves. These higher discoveries call for higher learning. If it helps, look upon this important part of your inner education as a way to better understand what's been keeping you from learning.

Think of each of the following eleven laws of spiritual prosperity as individual magic strands of a flying carpet. Make it your aim to weave them together in your mind. Then watch how these lessons combine to effortlessly lift you to the next higher and happier life level.

The First Law

Nothing can stop you from starting over.

The greatest power you possess for succeeding in life is your understanding that life gives you a fresh start any moment you choose to start fresh. Nothing that stood in your way even a heartbeat before stands there now in the same way. It's all new, even if you can't as yet see it that way. You've only to test the truth of this fact about the newness of life to discover the incredible freedom that waits for you just behind it. And then nothing can stop you. You'll know the real secret and the perfect power of starting over.

The Second Law

Don't be afraid to see when something doesn't work.

Learn to be sensitive and to listen to the inner signals that try and tell you when something isn't working. You know what they are. Frustration and resentment to name just a few. The presence of these emotional troubles aren't trying to tell you that you can't succeed, only that the road you've insisted upon taking so far doesn't lead where you want. Learning to admit when something isn't working is the same as teaching yourself what will.

The Third Law

If it doesn't flow, there's more to know.

Learn to recognize all forms of strain -- whether at work, in your creative efforts, or in your relationships -- as being unnecessary. The friction you feel mounting when busy at some labor is never caused by the task at hand, but by what you don't yet know about it. This means the only real reason for your strain is that you've got hold of a wrong idea you don't yet see as wrong. This new insight allows you to release yourself by showing you what you need to know. Flowing follows your new knowing.

The Fourth Law

Don't take the easy way.

There's no getting away from what you don't know, which is why any time you feel compelled to go around a problem by taking the easy way, that problem always comes round again. And isn't that what makes life seem so hard? Learn to see the "easy way" as a lying thought that keeps you tied up and doing hard time. Getting something over is not the same as having it completed. And as this insight grows, so will your understanding that the whole idea of the "hard way" has always been just a lying thought as well. Now you know: the complete way is the easy way. So volunteer to make the "hard way" your way and learn the real easy way.

The Fifth Law

On the other side of the resistance is the flow.

There are often times when it feels as though you can't go any farther in your work or studies. But you can learn to go beyond any blockage. Make the following clear to yourself. Those moments -- when it feels as though you're least able to get beyond yourself -- are not telling you that you've gone as far as you can go, but only reveal that you've reached as far as you know -- for now. This higher self-knowledge about your true inner position allows you to see the resistance you're feeling for what it really is: a threshold, and not a closed door. Walk through it. Nothing can stop you. On the other side of the resistance is the flow. Learning to go beyond you is the same as entering into the new.

The Sixth Law

Watch for the opportunity to learn something new.

Everything is changing all the time. That means life is an endless occasion for learning something new. But this means more than meets the eye. Just as you're a part of everything, everything is a part of you. The whole of life is connected. And your ability to learn is part of the wonder of this complete, but ever-changing, whole. Learning serves as a window, not only into the complex world you see around you, but through it you may also look into the you that's busy looking into the world. And when you've learned there's no end to what you can see about the amazing worlds spinning both around and within you, you'll also know there's no end to you. So stay awake. Learn something new every day. You'll love how that makes you feel about yourself.

The Seventh Law

Learn to see conclusions as limitations.

If you approach the possibilities of learning about your life as being limitless, which they are, then it follows that any conclusion you reach about yourself has to be an unseen limitation. Why? Because there's always more to see. For instance, let yourself see that all conclusions are illusions when it comes to the security they promise. There may be security in a prison, but there are also no choices behind its confining walls. Learn to see all conclusions about yourself as invisible cells. For that's what they are. The seeming security these conclusions offer are a poor substitute for the real security of knowing that who you really are is always free to be something higher.

The Eighth Law

Have no fear of being afraid.

Fear can't learn, which is why you must learn about fear if you ever wish to be a fearless learner. So, the first thing you must learn is how to get past your fear of being afraid. Here's how. The next time a fear of some kind tries to fill one of your moments, try to see the difference between the fact of your situation and your feelings about it. This is the right use of your mind. For instance, it's a fact that interest rates change. It's not a fact you have to get scared when they do. That fear is not a fact of life, but only becomes one for you as long as you insist that life perform according to what you think are your best interests. As you learn to see that these fearful feelings don't belong to you, but only to your wrong thinking, you cease to be afraid, even of your own fears.

The Ninth Law

Never accept defeat.

As long as it's possible to learn, you need never feel tied down by any past defeat in your life. Here's the real fact: nothing can prevent the inwardly self-educating man or woman from succeeding in life. And here's why: wisdom always triumphs over adversity. But to win real wisdom calls you to join in a special kind of struggle. And if this battle had a banner under which to rally, here's what would be written upon that higher call to arms: "But I can find out!" Yes, you can learn the facts. You may not know the real reasons why you feel so lonely or worried at times, but you can find out. And you may not understand how you could have been so blind to that evil person's real intentions, but you can find out.Take these four words that are freedom's battle cry. Use them to defeat what's defeating you.

The Tenth Law

Learn to let go of painful pretense.

Most people approach their troubles with one of these two non-solutions: they either pretend their problem isn't a problem, or they pretend they've solved their troubles with temporary cover-ups. But their pain remains. It doesn't have to be this way for you. You can learn to let go of painful pretense. Here's how. When facing an old problem, what you don't want is another "new way" to deal with it. What you really want is to learn something new about the true nature of what has a hold on you. To go far, start near. When faced with any pain, let go of what you think you know. Act towards your trouble as if you don't know anything about it. This new solution is the only true one because the truth is you don't know what the real problem is. Otherwise you wouldn't still have it. Letting go of what you think you know puts you in the right place for learning what you need to know.

The Eleventh Law

Persistence always prevails.

If you'll persist with your sincere wish for higher learning, you can't help but succeed. Persistence always prevails because part of its power is to hold you in place until either the world lines up with your wish or you see that your wish is out of line. But, for whichever way it turns in that moment, you've won something that only persistence can pay. See the following: if you get what you think you have to have to be happy and you're still not satisfied, then you've learned what you don't want. Now you can go on to higher things. And should you learn you've been wearing yourself out with useless wishes, then this discovery allows you to turn your energies in a new direction: self-liberation.

© Guy Finley
All Rights Reserved

Guy Finley is one of today's brightest voices in the field of self-realization, showing men and women every where how to find a life of freedom, enduring fulfillment, and true purpose. Director of the non-profit Life of Learning Foundation, Guy is the best-selling author of more than 30 books and tape albums on self-realization and higher success. His works have sold over a million copies worldwide and have been translated into fifteen languages. For information about Guy Finley's books, booklets, tapes, and helpful on-going study groups call (541) 476-1200 or visit www.guyfinley.org  where you can also sign up to receive a free Starter Kit including weekly email Key Lessons.

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Can I Get ARISE Outa You?

The Wedding March


A minister was planning a wedding at the close of the Sunday morning service.

After the benediction, he had planned to call the couple down for a brief ceremony in front of the congregation.

For the life of him, he couldn't think of the names of those who were to be married.

"Will those wanting to get married please come to the front?" he requested.

Immediately, nine single ladies, three widows, four widowers, and six single men stepped to the front.

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Poignant Ponderings

FINDING YOUR NOTE
by Steve Goodier


A short story by William Saroyan is titled "The Man Whose Wife's Hair Was Too Long But Whose Understanding of Music Was Too Short." If you think the title strange, listen to this:

In the story, a husband plays the cello and never changes notes. He just continues to repeat the same note without variation.

His wife is driven to distraction and finally protests: "Why do you play the same note over and over and over again? Other cellists play different notes."

"Other cellists play different notes," her husband replies, "because they are trying to find the right one. I've found mine."

I'm thankful I don't live with a person like him.... But he does touch on a universal truth. There is something beautiful about finding your note in life. We sometimes call it finding your purpose or discovering what you were meant to do or be.

Philosopher James Allen advised, "Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it." It's about cause and effect. A life without cause is a life without effect. Or put another way, a person not devoted to a cause will have little effect on the world. It begins with finding the right note.

I like the way Helen Keller said it: "Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose."

Are you finding your note?

Steve Goodier's books & newsletter: http://LifeSupportSystem.com

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GIVING BACK

You might already support these or similar organizations, but it's the sad truth that we can never really do enough to help people, especially children. Here is what I support and encourage you to review:

The Internet Toy Drive  
Founded by Anne Marie Baugh and myself, and sponsored by Drew Bledsoe (#11, 2001 Super Bowl Champion quarterback), we are official corporate sponsors of the U.S. Marine's Toys for Tots program.

My WorldVision Children
This is the special group of children from around the world that I sponsor. WorldVision is a Christian organization that has been around for decades and almost every penny donated goes directly to these needy children and their families. Nothing beats receiving a handwritten letter, or even an email now, from "your child":-) You can even buy chickens or cows that get right to these families in dire need!

St. Jude Children's Hospital
My father was a lifelong musician and played piano in bands with Danny Thomas (founder of St. Jude and father of Marlo Thomas) among others during the depression, thirties and early World War II years. Understandably, this world famous research hospital is close to my heart:-)

Parenting with Dignity P
If you are a parent, expecting to be one in the future, or even believe you've done your parenting job, do yourself a great favor and check out this fabulous resource! Drew Bledsoe, his father and family members, my great friend Tom Heatherington and many more have established an absolutely wonderful foundation devoted to the betterment of children and families (Mac Bledsoe was interviewed on ABC's 20/20 this year).

Will You ARISE & Help Me?

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Thank You!!

   

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