by Joy Develin
Have you ever wondered “Why did that happen?” and feel the perplexity of it? With Avatar it becomes knowing. Here’s an interesting experience I had some years ago, while living in Brooklyn, NY, that became clear to me only after going through the Avatar Materials.
In line at the supermarket, I saw this little book called Numerology which caught my attention. “What’s that about?” I wondered. As I am an inquisitive being, I picked it up and took it home.
It stated that everything had a numeric value and vibration—my birthdate, name, address, even luck! I followed the instructions and discovered what mine were. Adding up my birth day, month and year, I found out that I was a “3.” I remember thinking how that made sense to me and how I had always liked the number three. This was my lucky number, and all I had to do to win was to play “3” or any combination that added up to that. Wow, this was exciting!
The very next day my friend Mary Lee and her children joined me at our neighborhood church bazaar. At each booth, I placed dimes on 3, 12, 21, and 30, and lo and behold I just kept winning. It got to the point that the children would point to something and say, “Aunt Joy, get me that,” and I would. We stayed for hours, until the car was filled to the brim with presents for all of us and quite a few others as well. We had so much fun that the following day we went to another bazaar, and the same thing happened. It took us almost an hour to unload the car, including a color TV.
I decided that now that I had found my number there was no stopping me. I took off work that Friday, borrowed my friend Kay’s car, and off I went to San Genaro’s Feast. At the end of the day there wasn’t an inch of space left in the automobile. I won so many things that I had birthday, Christmas and anniversary presents for everyone for about four years! I felt really happy.
Kay drove me home and helped me unload the car. During the drive, she asked “Do you believe this can go on?” I felt a little doubt then but tried to hide it by saying, “Yes, I’m on a roll.” Well, guess what happens when you’re on a roll. It suggests you have to stop someplace—and I did. At the next bazaar I lost more than I won. I thought to myself, it isn’t working anymore. I didn’t realize I had changed my perspective, that I no longer believed it would work. Interesting what a little doubt can do—or undo.
Now, here’s the funny part of the whole story. Some years later, I went to “A Day of Fun and Fortune,” presented by the School of Inner Vision in New York City. I had a numerology chart done and guess what? I wasn’t a “3” after all. My original addition had been incorrect.
So what had I experienced? My beliefs, of course. I believed I was a “3,” so I experienced being a “3.” I believed that I found a way to create luck, so I did. I believed I was unstoppable, so I was, until I believed I could stop, which then I did. This is the difference between conviction and doubt.
The foundation of The Avatar Course is that your beliefs create what you experience. And that reality, the picture you see before you, is a mirror of your beliefs. The reflections are what you believe about you and life.
When you do Avatar you get simple but effective tools to change things, learn how to observe your picture and work out what the belief is that is causing it to be that way, and most importantly, you decide how you want it. Change your belief, and you change your experience.
If you are wondering why your life is the way it is or isn’t, you might want to consider finding out more about Avatar. Living Deliberately is not only an enlightening book, it’s a way of life.Joy Develin, Sedona, AZ
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