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How to Use the Powerful Principle of Gratitude

To Attract What You Dont Yet Have

Marilyn Jenett

Feel Free to Prosperwww.feelfreetoprosper.com

Copyright 2003-2011 Marilyn Jenett, Feel Free to ProsperAll rights reserved


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Copyright 2011 Marilyn Jenett, Feel Free to Prosper

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced mechanically,

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Marilyn Jenett

Los Angeles, CA 90025

www.feelfreetoprosper.com


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About the Author

Marilyn Jenett is a renowned prosperity mentor with an internationalfollowing.She is also an accomplished businesswoman and owner of a

company, www.marilynjenettlocations.com, that served the corporate arena

for 20 years. Her achievements were the result of the prosperity principles

she now teaches in herFeel Free to Prosper Program,

www.feelfreetoprosper.com, a simple yet powerful lesson and mentoring

program based on mental and spiritual laws. Students traditionally

experience results within two weeks!

Marilyn founded the Feel Free to Prosper program to mentor and teach

others to become aligned with Universal laws and accept their right toprosper. Her students, from around the globe and from all walks of life, are

enjoying remarkable success applying her lessons and participating in her

private and group sessions, teleclasses and audio programs.

Her fascinating memoir,Feel Free to Prosper: an Entrepreneurial Memoir

of Synchronicity and Guidance,was written completely online, has

attracted over 47,000 views, hundreds of rave reviews, and literary agents

and publishing offers based on her teachings.

Both the memoir andFeel Free to Prosper - Two Weeks to Unexpected

Income with the Simplest Prosperity Laws Available, the book based on her

teachings, will soon be published.


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Message from Marilyn

You and I have much to be grateful forbut there are many people whose

life experiences are keeping them from tapping their mental and spiritualresources and they are stuck in survival mode. Just having a life jacket to

land them on firm ground may be all that is needed to bring new hope and

purpose to their lives.

I believe that the universal laws and prosperity teachings ARE that life

jacket. They were MY life jacket years ago when I was kicking and

screaming at the Universe for help and I was guided to my firm foundation.

Thats why I was destined to become a teacher of these prosperity laws.

I can think of no better way to help others than to offer them my knowledgeof the laws. For many people, the holidays are not the most joyous time

statistics show this but it's especially true when there is a lack of finances

and supply.

This material is based on The Gratitude Call, a special teleclass I conducted

for Thanksgiving in 2004 and again in 2009. The call is available as an audio

program on the website and is considered one of my most compelling calls,

not only because of the content and the heartwarming response it generates,

but because it creates such wonderful results for the listeners.

Now Ive created this written version that will be a great boost foryour

prosperity whether you need encouragement and are just beginning to use

the prosperity laws and or if you have achieved success but want more tools

to expand.

Marilyn

Thanksgiving 2012


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Table of Contents

Message from Marilyn 4

Introduction 6

Preparation 7

Gratitude For What You Dont Have? 9

The Universe 11

The Laws 11

Dominant Thought 12

There Is Only Now 12

Gratitude as the Magnet 13

Affirmations/Affirmative Prayer 14

Gratitude Attracts More and More into Your Life 17

The Simplest Gratitude Prayer 18

One Grateful Bird! 19


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Introduction

Gratitude: Thankfulness

Thankfulness: Conscious of benefit received; for what we are about

to receive; expressive of thanks; well-pleased

The attitude of gratitudeis one of the greatest perhaps THE greatest

spiritual principle that can be applied to attain happiness, inner peace, health

and financial prosperity. It is easy to be grateful for what you already have.

But can you be grateful for what you dont yet see?

Not only are you about to learn the answer to that question, you are going to

receive an even greater benefit from this teaching.

You will learn an aspect of gratitude that is not commonly known using

the powerful principle of gratitude to attract what you dont already have. If

you apply it, it will change your circumstances dramatically, often at an

astounding speed.

The purpose of this teaching is to help you to become spiritually centeredand to focus on spiritual principles that can help you create more of what

you desire in life.

First, I want to express one of the items on my personal gratitude list - my

gratitude to you for embracing my teachings. I consider it an enormous

blessing to be given the opportunity to share my thoughts and experiences

with you.

Lets begin by putting you in a perfect state of gratitude to receive your

prosperity in all its forms


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Preparation

To create the mood for this lesson, please take a few moments to quietly

contemplate and make a list of ten thingsin your life for which you feelgrateful. Do that right now.

Next, think of one or two things in your life that you are NOT grateful for at

the moment. A challenge, issue or condition that you would like to change or

something missing that you would like to create. I am going to teach you

how to use gratitude as a powerful force for turning those situations around.

Jim

I received the photo below when it was included in a mailing for donations

for DAV (Disabled Veterans of America). I was so taken and inspired by

Jim's picture that I had to save it. It brought so much into perspective when I

realized how easy it was to complain about things in our lives when in

reality we have so much to be grateful for.

Jim wasn't born this way. He served in Vietnam. His note that came with the

photo read (in part):

"I thought I lost everything in Vietnam, but thanks to the DAV, my life was

turned around..."

If this man can turn his life around, find his peace and express gratitude for

what he has in life, then shouldn't it be that much easier for us to take our

gratitude consciousness to another level?

After seeing Jim's photo below, make another list of TEN MOREthings

you have in life for which to be grateful.


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"What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it

would you be likely to give them another? Life is the same way. In order to

attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate

what you already have."

Ralph Marston


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Gratitude For What You Dont Have?

Gratitude is one of the greatest prosperity principles that can be applied to

every part of our lives. Only, were not just talking about the philosophicalaspect of gratitude. Im going to address gratitude from a practical

standpoint you are going to learn how to use gratitude as a very effective

tool for manifesting results in your life. I am going to help you understand

the relationship of gratitude to what is known as affirmative prayer, which

is actually scientific prayer and I will explain why.

We all know how to feel grateful for the blessings we have in life. But I

want to teach you how you can feel grateful for those things you dont have

and dont see yet and as a result draw them to you. How can you acquire

gratitude when there are appearances to the contrary? Youll learn how.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,

the evidence of things not seen

Hebrews 11:1

You are going to learn how to create the substance of things hoped for andthe evidence of things not seen.

Here is what Im going to cover in this teaching material:

First I am going to give you a summary of basic mental and spiritualprinciples that lead to our discussion of gratitude. Then I am going to

share my knowledge of how the principle of gratitude works when we

align it with what we call affirmative prayer. By using this

principle, you can turn your negative situations around dramatically.

I am also going to include with this program, my own story aboutwhen I was held up at gunpoint that resulted in an experience that was

against all odds. This was one of my greatest lessons about the power

of the gratitude principle. If you have read my entrepreneurial

memoir, you will remember the story.


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To create the mood for our theme of gratitude, I asked you to make alist of 10 things in your life that you are grateful for. Have you done

that?

How about this for another perspective:

If you can't be thankful for what you receive,

be thankful for what you escape.

Anonymous

Next, I asked you to think of one or two things in your life that you

are NOT grateful for at the moment a challenge, issue or conditionthat you would like to change or something missing that you would

like to create. If you havent done this, please do it now.You will

learn how to use the gratitude principle combined with affirmative

prayer to turn those very situations around by expressing gratitude for

the solutions before they appear.

Finally, I shared with you the photo of Jim, the Vietnam veteran wholost both his legs and one arm, and yet was able to turn his life around

and find peace and purpose. I asked you then to make another list of

10 MORE things in life you have to be grateful for. Was that easier

after seeing Jims photo and spirit?

I remember hearing this quote when I was growing up. Then I found it

paraphrased by a popular motivational speaker:

I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street,

I met a man who had no feet.

Denis Waitely

So many in the military have suffered so that we can maintain our

freedoms and I am so grateful to them. Please remember to include

them in your future gratitude lists.


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The Universe

The Universe as we know it, see it and experience it, is not all there is. The

Universe is always in motion it is a vibrating, pulsating, resonating,magnetizing force and at the molecular level everything is in motion. It is

pure energy.

What we are talking about here is the pure formless substance of the

Universe we can think of this in spiritual terms as God, Higher Power,

Spirit or the Universe, or address it mentally as Infinite Intelligence,

Universal Mind. Or we can take a giant leap into the area of quantum

physics, where it is known as the field of all possibilities.

This Power however you conceive it is the source of everything wedesire. It is awaiting our recognition and will create, attract, guide us to

inspired action, magnetize and mold itself to whatever form we desire if we

align ourselves with it through certain laws called Universal laws.

The Laws

What are these laws? Well, we know that there are laws of physics, laws ofchemistry, laws of mathematics. But most people are not aware of the

mental and spiritual laws that govern our existence. Or you may know

something about them but dont know how to relate to them or how to use

them. This knowledge has of course become more mainstream in recent

years, however the majority of people are still seeking ways to put these

laws to work in real life.

So how do we know these laws exist or that this Universe or Power exists

(aside from any intuitive feeling that it does or because Marilyn says itdoes)? We know because of its responsiveness by the results we

experience when we align ourselves with it. And I can tell you from my own

personal experience, that once you became aware of the response of this

Universal Presence, you will never be the same. You will feel a love and a

connectedness and a sense of security that is greater than anything you have

felt on an earthly level.


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So how do we align ourselves with this Power? We connect with this Power,

this creative force of the Universe, within, through the channel of our

subconscious minds through our thoughts and our feelings. The

subconscious mind is the most fantastic computer you could ever imagine. It

keeps our heart beating, our lungs breathing, and has perfect memory of

every cell in our body. It has also recorded and stored everything that we

have ever heard, said, felt, and experienced. Unfortunately, that includes all

of the faulty beliefs and negative patterns from others that we have acquired

from the time we were very young through our lifetime.

Our thoughts and our feelings, our deepest beliefs are the key to connecting

with the Power that responds to our desires. But first we must break through

and overcome the negative thought patterns and beliefs that we have

acquired since childhood.

Dominant Thought

The subconscious mind does not like to change and will create resistance.

But there are techniques and methods for influencing the subconscious in a

way that does not create argument. I call this friendly persuasion. We

gently shift the consciousness to create a new dominant thought in the mind.

THAT IS THE KEY. The DOMINANT thought.

The dominant thought in our conscious and our subconscious is what

determines our circumstances. So we must shift our consciousness to a new

dominant thought a new awareness. When we do so, we then open

ourselves to the influence of the creative power of the universe to what I

call our invisible means of support.

There Is Only Now

Now there is another aspect of mind that we must understand fully in order

to create what we want. And by the way, this is all getting to our theme

today. Just follow my thoughts here and it will all make sense.


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There is only one reason you do not have what you want now. You do not

have what you want because your consciousness is filled with the thoughtof

not having what you want. As long as the thought of not havingremains in

your mind, you will continue to not have. So if you accept this premise, then

the way to have what you want is to change your consciousness to the

thought and feeling of havingwhat you want.

The reason you have not had the prosperity you desire is because somewhere

along the way you have accepted as fact the idea that you are not prosperous.

And everything that happens seems to support that fact and prove that you

are right, doesnt it? Well, the fact is that everything that happens in your

outer world is mirroring to you exactly what you have accepted in your inner

world. Those circumstances are reflecting back to you what you believe at

this moment.

This is the reality: As long as you continue to believe the same fact in the

present moment, conditions will remain exactly the same and you will

continue to have the same experiences.

The subconscious mind will create for us and attract to us those

circumstances that it accepts to be true in the present moment. That is its

nature. Its compulsive. Our job is to condition our subconscious mind to

accept what we want as if its an existingreality. Tomorrow never comes. It

is always the present moment or now in consciousness. When what we call

later or tomorrow arrives, it will actually still be the present moment. It is

always NOW. And what we are thinking and feeling NOW is what

determines our future, its outcomes and experiences. We create that future

right this moment.

Gratitude as the Magnet

Let me ask you this. If you were in possession of your desired good, whatelse would you be feeling besides your joy or security in having what you

want? If suddenly you experienced a windfall or found the right job or

new clients or finally had that new car or were free of your physical ailment,

what emotion would fill your consciousness? Gratitude


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If the subconscious responds and acts on what we feel in the present

moment, then in order to feel like we already have what we want, what

feeling would we need to create? Gratitude

By giving thanks, we acknowledge that we are receiving our good now or

that we have already received it and we are grateful. So to create this feeling

of being grateful, we use gratitude in our words and affirmations. We are

expressing our feeling of gratitude for the good that we have already

received, even before we actually receive it. We think of it as and feel it to

be an accomplished fact. We are grateful.

Gratitude is one of the surest ways to bring your desires into the present

moment. Its the magnet that reaches out into Universal Mind and pulls our

good to us. It is our bridge between our desire and its manifestation.

Gratitude is the umbilical cord that connects us to our Universal parent. Ifyou will replace any doubtful thoughts or begging prayers with a heart full

of gratitude, you will be thrilled at how fast youll learn to manifest your

desires.

Faith is to believe what you do not see and

the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

St.Augustine

Lets talk about affirmations

Affirmations/Affirmative Prayer

I intuitively believe that probably 80% or more of people who use

affirmations dont get results and certainly dont get them consistently.

Why?

Why wouldnt affirmations work?

My students dont learn about affirmations in the beginning of the Feel Free

to Prosper program and there is a very good reason.


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Mental Gardening

We can refer to this as mental gardening. Once the subconscious soil of your

mind is tilled and prepared, it will accept the seeds that you plant.

Otherwise, it will not. Thats why we dont study about affirmations until

the second Feel Free to Prosper lesson. By that time, my students have

learned to prepare the mind to accept their affirmations they can then learn

to compose them in a way that will produce the results they want. They have

done their mental gardening.

You should be aware that affirmations are not just one breed. There are

many types of affirmations and different ways to use them. As I mentioned,

if you don't use them correctly, you may very well create the opposite of

what you want.

Now the good news lets make that the fabulous news is that there are

ways to make your subconscious mind your best friend so that it will support

you and help you even compel you to create what you want. Knowledge

is indeed power.

One of the most effective ways to use affirmations is to phrase them from a

standpoint of gratitude. It is a gentle and non-resistant form of affirmative

prayer that does not create resistance in the subconscious. The feeling of

gratitude that wells up counteracts any doubts or fear thoughts.

Let me give you some examples of affirmations of gratitude:

I give thanks for wonderful new clients coming to my business now.

Thank you, Universe, for my wonderful romantic relationship.

In the perfect mind of the Universe, financial prosperity is mine already and

I give thanks that so it is.

I am grateful for the quick and immediate solution to this situation now.

I am so grateful that I have found my perfect job.

Thank you, Father, for my wealth. Thank you, Father, for my health.


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So, when we use gratitude in our affirmations, what we are really doing is

giving thanks for gifts we are already receiving or have already received.

Remember that the subconscious responds to what is happening now. So by

giving thanks, we acknowledge that we are receiving our good now and we

are grateful. I want to emphasize the importance of feeling that what we

want is already existing for us. Gratitude in our affirmations brings our

consciousness to that level. It is an exquisite form of affirmative prayer.

Affirmative prayer means we are affirming that our desire is an

accomplished fact and by doing so, we are aligning ourselves with the

greatest manifesting power in the Universe. Our prayer is an acceptance of

our good before we see it.

This is scientific prayer because we are aligning ourselves with the laws of

mind and nature that are supported by science and the field of quantumphysics.

At the same time this is the ultimate in spiritual prayer. For those of you who

know the bibleChrist taught that whatever you ask for in prayer, believe

that you have it and you will receive it. He didnt say believe that you will

have it. He was a mental scientist. He understood the laws.

I give thanks for a quick and substantial increase in my financial income now.

I give thanks that harmony and peace prevail in my relationship with so and so.

Gratitude Attracts More and More into Your Life

An attitude of gratitude and the appreciation for the gifts we receive from

the universe open the channels for more good to be received. The moregratitude we feel, the more we attract to be grateful for. What we focus on

increases and expands. The more we complain, the more we will attract to

complain about. (That also means that the more we criticize our partner or

spouse, the more we will have to criticize!) The more we express our

gratitude, the more we are giving the subconscious and Universal Mind the

message that we have much to be grateful for, and we keep attracting more.


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Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually

attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life.

Dr. Christiane Northrup

The Simplest Gratitude Prayer

If the only prayer you say in your life is "thank you," that would suffice.

Christian mystic Meister Eckhart.

That simple prayer has turned situations around for me miraculously in my

life. There are times when I am out of words and I just reach out with my

heart to my Source and I simply say, Thank you. Thank you. I will drop

off to sleep with those words. I will murmur those words during the day.

Its not just the words we use in prayer that are important, its the feeling

that we evoke from our heart center. With a heartfelt thank you, fear,

anxiety and doubt will dissipate. You will be on your way to meeting your

hearts desire.


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One Grateful Bird!

A holiday lesson about the power of words and the relationship of cause

and effect...

Attitude of Gratitude

A young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad

attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird's mouth

was rude, obnoxious, and laced with profanity.

John tried and tried to change the bird's attitude by consistently saying only

polite words, playing soft music, and anything else he could think of to

"clean up" the bird's vocabulary.

Finally, John was fed up, and he yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled back.

John shook the parrot, and the parrot got angrier and even ruder. John, in

desperation, threw up his hands, grabbed the bird, and put him in the freezer.

For a few minutes the parrot squawked and kicked and screamed. Then

suddenly there was total quiet. Not a peep was heard for over a minute.Fearing that he'd hurt the parrot, John quickly opened the door to the freezer.

The parrot calmly stepped out onto John's outstretched arms and said, "I

believe I may have offended you with my rude language and actions. I'm

sincerely remorseful for my inappropriate transgressions and I fully intend to

do everything I can to correct my rude and unforgivable behavior."


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John was stunned at the change in the bird's attitude. He was about to ask the

parrot what had made such a dramatic change in his behavior, when the bird

continued, "May I ask what the turkey did?"

[author unknown]

Happy Thanksgiving!

More grateful birds


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Dolores Delgado is a fine artist who lives in the rural city of Sebastopol inNorthern California. The small town charm attracts many visitors, including

these wild turkeys who take up residence in Dolores neighborhood only

around the holiday season each year.

Dolores actually saw the two brothers above being born one year. The third

fellow leaping for joy on the left is most likely sharing good news that again

this year, they have not been invited to anyones dinner table.

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Copyright 2011 Marilyn Jenett, Feel Free to Prosper

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Congratulations!

Congratulationsfor investing the time to review this ebook. My sincere

wish is that something you have read here has resonated, touched your spirit

and opened your mind to receive your natural birthright of prosperity.

You are a scientist performing a life-changing experiment in the laboratory

of your mind. You are brewing a new consciousness with these principles.

It is important to have just the proper ingredients. It is important not to allow

contaminants to enter your laboratory or your mental brew. You are on your

way to brilliant success for you have the greatest power in the Universe as

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