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The Universe’s Totally Ridiculous Plan to Have My Debut Film Produced by Ben Affleck

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Some strange synchronicities have been occurring lately; I mean the Universe has really been having fun with me.

It started when I made the decision to write the screenplay for my novel, Amuse, a romantic portal fantasy with mythological elements.

In my head I heard a voice say, “And Ben can produce it.” This was really odd, because for one, I wasn’t aware that my subconscious and Mr. Affleck were on a first name basis and second, he isn’t a producer…

“He could be,” my son argued, “a lot of actors are producers.”

I shook my head, “Maybe for their own projects. They used to have Live Planet, which produced the Project Greenlight series way back in the day, but I had looked it up last year and it wasn’t…”

“You never know, it could happen,” he reasoned.

A quick Google search revealed Ben Affleck and Matt Damon had created the production company, Artists Equity. Ha Ha, good one Universe! But still, not an option for me, thanks anyways.

I decided I was going to move forward but with a story about a grandmother lost in the woods, more realistic than a big budget fantasy pic, and began watching every video on screenwriting I could find.  

Also, at the same time I was a member of House of Manifestation with Kathleen Cameron. For one of the exercises, you were supposed to journal as if you already received your manifestation. Mine said:

“I’m so excited that I’m traveling to L.A. to meet with producers and agents about my screenplay(s).” I then took it further, pulling out my suitcase, choosing my outfits and even recording a video (just for me on my phone) about my exciting trip!

What happened next was pretty cool. In my Facebook feed, an ad popped up for the Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting  contest – winners receive an all expense paid trip to L.A. to meet with producers, agents, etc… Hmmmm, interesting.

Even better, Final Draft offered a 30-day free trial. Okay, things were going along in a good and not weird at all way. Yay!

Over the next few weeks, Mr. Ben Affleck (still knowing my place) kept popping up. The sheer absurdity had become like a running joke between the Universe and me. I did have a momentary lapse of practicality where my imagination offered up a plausible possibility. Maybe Ben and Matt could reach out to people from the early days of Project Greenlight – a kind of ‘where are they now?’ and possibly ask, ‘You got anything to show us?’.

The Universe responded to that in a hilarious manner. I stumbled across an interview of Ben (at this point I’ve earned it) by Theo Von. During said interview, Theo mentioned he had auditioned for the Project Greenlight movie, Feast, (which I believe was season 2).

I posted in the comments about how that took me back to Season 1 of Project Greenlight, which I was involved with and that I had met Ben at the PGL party and he was very amiable. The very next day, a user by the name of Benjamin Geza Affleck commented, “Can you remind me when?” [insert eye roll]

Anyways, I responded that it was around 2001 or so in Manhattan Beach at a place called Mr. Pockets and how Ben was incredibly generous, taking time out to talk to every single person who approached him. I said, he’s one of my favorite people.

Benjamin Geza Affleck responds, “That was me anyways. I am Ben.” [cue belly laugh]

So I responded, “Well that’s perfect, you promised to produce my first low budget film!” 😉

I’ll be honest, a tiny, or not so tiny part of me fantasized, maybe, just maybe Theo or someone on his team would see the exchange and it would get back to real Ben…not the artificial one, and they would think it might make a good story and reach out to me and at least glance at what I had written. “Hey it’s not for me but I know someone who might be interested.” And I would dance with glee while my labradoodle Bella stared and judged.

The reality was no way that this nor any other screenplay would be of interest. My story style is fluffy cotton candy while his is gritty grit.

One of my screenplays is called, Lucky, about a woman who loses everything and turns things around by being obnoxiously hopeful. His films are Argo, The Town and Gone Baby Gone. It’s like we speak different languages.

But yet again, the Universe strikes. A Scriptfella YouTube video mentioned the screenplay for the movie AIR, about the signing of Michael Jordan to the Nike label in 1984. The screenplay by Kevin Convery is an example of a well f’n written first page. I read on and asked myself, ‘how have I not seen this movie yet?’ I’m a huge Michael Jordan fan, 23 is my lucky number!

I watched and it was incredible, I was absolutely giddy. Okay, so you got me Universe, he can produce happy feel good content. But who is the director, I mean this is really good…oh wait, it’s him, of course I should have known.

To be continued…

Tell me, have you ever had a premonition, dream or idea that was totally out of the blue? How did you respond and how did things turn out?

REWRITE YOUR PAST

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I was having a conversation with a friend, actually a few friends and family members about the concept of Past and Present relationships.

Have you ever had a moment where you couldn’t recall an event from say, your childhood or maybe your recollection doesn’t match what others remember?

I have a theory.

The first is this: If you shifted your reality so that your NOW doesn’t align with the past you previously acknowledged – for instance, in your ‘past’ you experienced money blocks – No matter how hard you worked there was never enough – but NOW you have multiple sources of income, savings, always more than you need!

Therefore, that previous past no longer is connected to this NOW, you connected to a past where you grew up with a prosperity mindset.

If your past is the foundation, then it would have to change in order to support the new reality.

Let’s not forget that we live in a multiverse, with an infinite number of realities to CHOOSE from.

Now, to flip this over, what if instead of focusing on your now and shifting what up till now has been the ‘destination’ of the GPS ‘directions’ from before, you connected to a different past?

Say you are sitting in Austin, TX but your goal was to get to Ashland, South Carolina, you could change your ‘directions’ so that you would be rerouted to the ideal destination.

If nothing else, you could have a lot of fun with this! Sometimes, I like to pretend that my ‘future’ self went back and gave myself investing advice and I might get a letter in the NOW stating my investment has matured and how would I like it to be paid out?!

Or if I feel a certain insecurity about say, learning new things, I could connect to the ‘past’ where people marvelled at my ability to recall information at will and ace tests!

What do YOU think? Share in the comments.

Also, what is something that you would rewrite?

Until next time – Love and Blessings!

I GIVE UP!

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I give up! And I think maybe you should too!
I’ve been pushing it hard lately; work, writing projects, videos, training programs and more.
Last week I got sick, a sinus infection. I know that when we need a break and we aren’t listening and abiding by that our bodies will force us to break either with illness or injury.

So the sinus infection was a very clear message and of course I listened, right? No. I kept going, kept pushing and got stuck. I couldn’t write and I couldn’t study. I could barely meditate.

So this morning I finally did something about it; nothing! I finally got the message. I promised myself that I would give myself a break, some tlc and would only do things if inspired to, even if it was just lying on the couch and binge watching Ted Lasso for the 6th (9th) time.

Because sometimes when you are pushing, trying, striving, you create resistance to what you are wanting to manifest. Think about it. If you are confident that you will get what you want, if you truly believe it is already done, it is already yours, then there would be no need to push, right?

Which means continuing on that same path, with that same energy won’t get you there faster, in fact, you might not get there at all!

So if you are stuck with your manifesting then I encourage you to stop. Take a breath, take a beat and get really clear about what you want and allow yourself what you need. Whether it’s a bubble bath, nap, walk or a big ol’ bowl of Ted Lasso 😉 You better believe it helps!

Which reminds me, while I was breaking, or I guess you could say, braking, I stumbled across Youtuber Jackie, talking about the app Randonautica and how she used it to manifest. Check it out here – https://youtu.be/61jimd7wVkQ?i=cExZEECEXDAL4bMk

I’m inspired to try it out and I wouldn’t have found it if I had kept pushing forward with my agenda.

So, listen to your body and listen to your soul and act accordingly. You’ll thank yourself later.

Until next time – Love and Blessings!

How I Finished Writing My Novel using quantum jumping!

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I started a fantasy novel, my first ever novel and got stuck.

What got me unstuck was an unusual process I learned from Burt Goldman.

What he teaches is how to Quantum Jump, which involves you jumping into an alternate reality where you already have what you want!

You go into a meditative state, imagine there is a door and on the other side is the version of you who has already accomplished what you want.

You open the door, step across the threshold and meet your ‘other self’. You are then able to receive answers to your questions.

I visited my successful writer self. She lives in Carmel, in a townhouse a couple of blocks from the beach, close enough to hear the waves. Her writing desk has a tall shelf filled with books bearing our name, I didn’t stop and count them but there were at least a dozen.

We sat on her balcony, in the dark, with a fire pit and talked. I told her about my problem finishing my novel and asked her for advice, she told me, “Just write.” I’ll be honest, I was pretty annoyed! I mean, I came from an alternate reality to see her and get feedback and she gave me a shoe slogan! She wouldn’t offer more, so I dropped it.

She had questions for me as well. She was single, no kids, no pets. She wanted to know all about my life, having been married with 3 kids. I hadn’t expected this, give and take. I felt a little guilty about my visit just to get an answer, not thinking about her and possibly having some questions of her own.

In future jumps I was more readily open with the other versions of me, introducing myself and really having a reciprocal experience full of gratitude and appreciation. Just because this is a version of you doesn’t mean you should have the assumption that they owe you anything and you should always be mindful and above all grateful for their assistance!

I told you I wasn’t happy with the response I received, so how was I able to use this experience to finish writing my first novel? Well, I believe it was seeing all the books ‘we’ wrote. Just knowing, not only the first book, but subsequent titles were published in some reality inspired me. It was already finished, therefore, possible. I really did need to “just write”. So I did and it was quite the accomplishment.

I visited again recently, I wanted to know how to get unstuck on the sequel and she told me, “answer the questions”. So that is what I’m doing. I still have a ways to go until complete and then on to the third book but to highlight her advice she waved her hand at the full shelf of Amuse books.

It was tempting to take the second book off the shelf and have a peek but I knew in my heart that wouldn’t work. Her first Amuse book and mine were different iterations of the same idea. I could take inspiration from the existence but more than that, I was on my own. I needed to answer my own questions.

I gave her a hug and thanked her profusely. She asked me to come back for a visit, next time we would take a walk on the beach. I told her it sounded lovely. Hanging out with her was what I imagined having a sister would feel like.

If you are blocked from manifesting an experience in your life, I urge you to take a journey with Burt Goldman, you can find his video on YouTube https://youtu.be/rfn9gKtGzz8?si=tMORiCx-W6gCFZSj or sign up for his cours on MindValley at http://mindvalley.com/.

You can visit the version of you who is skilled with money management, incredibly healthy and fit or successful at your dream career.

Burt used his jumps to become an awardd winning photographer, commissioned artist and accomplished pianist, just to name a few!

I want to hear from you. What do you think of this process? Would you try it? If you tried it, what was your result?

Until next time, Love and Blessings! – Karma