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Day 21! Phase 1 of the Journey is Complete

๐—”๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐— ๐˜† ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ - ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ! ๐—ช๐—ฒ'๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜†.I've done a write up collecting my thoughts and writings of the past 21 days below. How has this odyssey been for you? Are you ready for the next phase?๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐˜‡๐˜‡๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ

As the future unfolds, the bits and pieces come to me and I receive them joyfully. These pieces are my intentions. I act today as if the future I have imagined has already appeared- in whole. After all, a jigsaw puzzle begins with all the pieces before us; scrambled, but all the pieces are there nonetheless. I receive each piece with glee.๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†My future includes a very fertile spiritual life-much spiritual discipline. Each day begins with prayer and meditation. Gratitude is my fuel, awe is the outcome. AA is the mission that tops the list. This is my primary purpose after all. Judaism is the mystery. Torah is the book. I've found a Torah study in my dreams. I found the Sabbath in my dreams. Action is necessary.๐—˜๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—นSpiritual discipline creates emotional calm. I embrace all relationships with love and tolerance. "Calm at all costs." I love my wife. Semper Fi. Intentions must follow.๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—นMy future includes study, and language, and music, and verse, and acting, and performance, and all with the humble spirit. What will my actions be?๐—ฃ๐—ต๐˜†๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—นMy future is right because my health is great. Physical therapy seems to be a reoccurring theme that I will explore. I will develop a geezer WOD (Workout of the day). Thin, yet strong. Small, solid, flexible, and steady. Daily action must follow. I will follow suit.๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น/๐—™๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—นMy jigsaw puzzle, when assembled, includes large wealth balanced on a pedestal of largess. Louise's labs, Walton's philanthropy, Alzheimer's eradication, or creating hydrogen fuel, wealth comes to us A.I.B.M. We amass our charitable foundation, the portfolio grows as our gifting increases. "Frank" will lead the way.
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Halfway There!

Somewhere around Day 10 of the Dreamquest journey, many people feel that there is a repetition that becomes less exciting and they let the journey end.Resistance, negativity - call it what you will, the most important part of any exercise is to complete the task at hand as best you can. Miss a day? Pick it up and continue to somewhere around 21 days.We are exercising our dream muscles and the intentions will come in the end. Forward, my friends!

**(๐˜๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ธ๐˜ธ.๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ณ๐˜บ.๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ/๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ.)Day 12 - 2030 - There's Magic In The AirMay 18, 2030 -There's magic in the air! Magic in my life. So much to give. Living into my eighties is like living in a golden spirituality. I'm a silverback gorilla - a wizened, wealthy, gifted Gandalf in God's great realm.I serve: my spiritual community and my religious community. I bathe in gratitude and prayer every day. I'm strong in Louise's shadow and emboldened under God's shadow, too.My joy shows - others are affected by my show and the songs that accompanymy show. Frank is followed by hundreds of thousands of people; an Emmy award for "A Guru Named Frank" is on our mantle and the Grammy award for "Hold On" is, too.My Dreamquest is followed and practiced by hundreds of thousands and my November lecture is a magnet for millions of dollars of philanthropy.Daily aerobic exerciseDaily stretchingDaily mindful eatingDaily saunters with my dogsLooking for my one hundredth birthday with glee."Gifting brings the museThe muse brings musicMusic brings the moneyMoney flows to others"- JHM, 2015
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We May As Well Excel

... We may as well excel.It was announced recently had a famous cartoonist had died of dementia-destitute. A man, who in his lifetime, might have seen millions of dollars pass through his hands.In response to this news I commented that, "money isn't everything - but it is ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ thing. We may as well excel." To that, one Facebook user asked in disgust, "Is nothing sacred!?"

Yes, much ๐˜ช๐˜ด sacred, including money. Manna. Possessions. Stuff. The holy books are filled with discussions concerning the correct use of capital.So let's query.The following seems to be true: Giving is excellent. Giving with grace is sacred. Living within one's means is excellent. Accumulating money for tithing as well as consumption is sacred. Building a successful business is excellent. Hiring and creating benefits for others is sacred. A lifetime of study will answer the question.
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An Example of Dreamquest Dreaming

An Example of Dreamquest Dreaming from over the weekend:Day 3:"2025-2026 has been such a magical time! Louise and I have returned to Texas after our December stay in our Santa Fe home. January and February were spent in Sun City and we are surrounded by friends.
We love this community and my February performance of "A Guru Named Frank" is a sellout for Austin Classical Guitar - $50,000 so kids can have music in school.Spiritual community meetings, and the Sun City Jewish Community fuel my spiritual quest.Torah study is sublime.I wrote a line in my song "Cross Your Heart" That went like this: "We have kept a promise, time has given us what vows can't do." That line calls to the fact that love becomes stronger over time, and ours certainly has.I'm able to speak Spanish understandably and continue to study each day.I have finished the studio work on CD number five.My wife is impacting the world as she continues her work with the Walton family.I'm a 75-year-old man, my weight is 155 pounds I'm fit as I stretch and exercise every day.My G-d what a wonderful life!"I've written this in the year 2019. This is my 35th Dreamquest.I am merely exercising my dream muscles as I spend each of 21 consecutive days imagining a period of time sometime in the future.I have cut out piles of pictures that represent a time and space that looks much like these events.I try to imagine how my life will be shaped spiritually, emotionally, mentally, physically and materially.Is it probable that all of this will occur on time?Are these Benchmarks that I will check off by working hard?Are these all daunting tasks?Not probable-but possible.I may receive bits, pieces, or parts or all of everything I have written. And if I do, as I do, I will celebrate the fact that G-d created the ether that allowed me to imagine and shape such a wonderful life!
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The Dreamquest Journal

My book is ready to start the journey - the book that will be with me during this 36th year of Dreamquest visioning.I thought I'd share a few pics of my book for 2019 - maybe it will help some of you get started!I'm excited to begin!

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Dreamquest Preparation

Dreamquest PreparationLess than a week until Thanksgiving Day - a day of reflection. But now is a day of preparation for Thanksgiving. November 28 is darn near here.So, I buy a three ring binder - 3 inches thick filled with lined paper. I also buy some plastic sleeves to hold the things that I will soon cut out. The images that I will collect that represent the spiritual, emotional, mental, physical, and material life. The life I wish to attract over time.

This is my work book; the book I'll write in every day for 21 consecutive days starting on Thanksgiving Day. When this task is over, however, I will have to design a book that has a calendar, and at least five cardboard pages on which I will create collages that represent the kind of life I wish to attract to myself over time.There are also several organizations that have created Mastermind journals - Renaissance Unity has a particularly good one.ย www.renaissanceunity.com.Let's get ready for the journey!
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Dreamquest Journey - Join Me

As this year winds to a close, I'd like to invite you all to go on a journey with me - a Dreamquest journey. A discipline and exercise in visualization and affirmation of the future you wish to attract and the person you wish to be.Join me, won't you?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqB3Ap9fjaw&fbclid=IwAR0Blp-50aJ3ur0FSyihbBpYvI6QW2iR5B1tHWvxbpVYmYt5A7W1CxlJNfM

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Useful, Respected, and Happy Once More

Useful, Respected, and, Happy Once More.Self-help is way overrated. Self reduction, however, frees the spiritual space to allow humility to flow in. As self will fades away, we begin to seek Godโ€™s will. We have to; after all, self will is leaving. The power we receive in return is the power of humility.And that, I believe, is a power that allows us to attain a level of honesty that is spiritually driven. Weโ€™re more attuned to God. Weโ€™re asking Him to give us answers.

When I am attuned to Godโ€™s will, when Iโ€™m seeking His way, I begin to live my life intuitively. What began as an occasional hunch turns into inspiration. The solutions to life problems become inspirational, and problems seem to just melt away.I can now ask God how best to be useful. Thy will not mine, be done.
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