Comments on: Spirit and Business

By: Tom Volkar

Tom Volkar — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:14:11 +0000

Hi Lexi – I must admit that I had to go back and read my own post to pick up on what caused your assumption. I can see how I may have caused you to believe that with talk of divine inspiration being sent from Spirit’s heart to ours. In fact my beliefs are strikingly similar to your own. I see each of us as individual manifestations of Divine Spirit. We are all one, so indeed that One Spirit flows through each of us. So God being omnipresent I guess I’ve always thought of God as being both in me and external to me.

I like what you say about clarity and distortion in the signal as well. That part is definitely up to our receptivity and intention.

For practical purposes I don’t think it matters where we thing God resides as long as we do believe that ideas, our desires and our talents are Divinely inspired.

By: Lexi of Creative Energies

Lexi of Creative Energies — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:40:10 +0000

Interesting post. While I think that divine inspiration is the only worthwhile source for business (or anything else), I am struck by the impression that you speak of God as external to yourself. Maybe that is not what you meant, but it is what I heard.

I am more inclined to view inspiration as coming from God within. I am not separate from God, which the externalization of God indicates. I am instead an expression of God, a form of God, and the more clearly I allow that to emerge into physical reality without distortion, the better things get.

Just my thoughts of the moment…

By: Tom Volkar

Tom Volkar — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:04:26 +0000

Bocek – thank you and welcome to Delightful Work. I love pleasant surprises and that’s a great way to look at out of the blue ideas. Without expectations we can fully appreciate our many blessings.

Cath – yes lessons learned always make a challenging experience more worthwhile and I’m sure that as time passes more and more you will appreciate the lesson of not the consequences. I hope that you have quit ignoring those messages from within.

Steve – welcome and I have to agree. The Internet has made our business startups much less difficult. I love your inspiration and I’ll be visiting your blog soon.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:02:04 +0000

I tend to think that money is much less of a factor with the internet. You can start something for as little as a few hundred dollars. What inspired us to start a business was the burning desire to spend more time with our kids. Steves last blog post..Why Writing A Business Plan Is An Overrated Practice

By: Cath Lawson

Cath Lawson — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:00:38 +0000

Hi Tom - I've definitely had many instincts I've ignored - to my detriment. The most recent one was starting the plumbing business I sank last year. I guess it was a good lesson to learn though. But I would have been financially better off if I'd taken a couple of years off and done nothing, or just worked on my novel. Cath Lawsons last blog post..The Nutty Introvert And The Crimson Compass

By: böcek ilaçlama

böcek ilaçlama — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:31:28 +0000

ometimes I am pleasantly surprised when an idea, from out of the blue, arrives inside my head. Is this a message from above? I feel that hard work and determination helps make our own luck, but a little help from the Big Man Upstairs can’t hurt either. The two websites I’ve developed over the past year were both results from little ideas that grew into passions I cannot stop pursuing. Such a wonderful post Thanks for this article böcek ilaçlamas last blog post..Böcek ilaçlama zamanları

By: Tom Volkar

Tom Volkar — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:20:25 +0000

Kristy exactly my thoughts; we are her for a very good reason. What else could it possibly be other than to express our uniqueness?

Deb you were a delight to have on the call. I know what you mean about forgetting our own magnificence. That’s why it’s good to hang around folks who can validate it for us. Go Deb!

Barbara it’s hard to argue with faith and trust in a higher power. I’ve come to a place of enjoying the trust that all is well and the highest good for all is in the midst of happening.

By: Barbara Swafford

Barbara Swafford — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:56:38 +0000

Hi Tom,

I remember when we started our business, we put our faith in God. We weren’t licensed yet, but bid on a job. We said, “if we get this job, it’s God’s will, and if we don’t, it’s not”. We got the job, got licensed, and that was 16 years ago. It hasn’t always been easy, but HE has never been let down.

Barbara Swaffords last blog post..Blogging – Filling A Void In Our Lives

By: deb

deb — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:47:48 +0000

Hi Tom!

I absolutely loved this call and got so much out of it.
This point resonated with me, as it seemed to resonate with all on the call.

I’ve always believed that “God gives us the desires of our heart”….and that means we are also given the talents and means to realize those dreams.

And if I was talking to someone else? If I was talking to ANYONE else, I’d be all, “You’re living a life of your own design! The universe will support you! YAY YOU!”…..and so on.

It’s when it comes to ‘me’…..I tend to sometimes forget all that stuff.

Thanks for the coaching call!
It was awesome and you rock!
All the best!
deb

debs last blog post..POD: picture of the day

By: Kristy Roth

Kristy Roth — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:47:47 +0000

Tom-

You are absolutely right about money being the number one road block when it comes to pursuing new business ideas and/or dreams. It was definitely one of my biggest concerns before our first coaching session. I believe we are blessed with every new idea that is sent to us, and that we should use our gifts to try out these ideas. You will know you are passionate about it when you will do whatever it takes to get the job done. We all were put on this earth for a reason and surely God did not put us here to be miserable. If we are miserable we should act on these “ideas” that we have because they were sent for a reason, perhaps to lead us to happiness?