TL;DR: The author recounts how forgetting a key story detail while editing a video led to a more engaging, humorous final cut, illustrating the Positively Focused’s accurate assertion that there are no “mistakes”—only aligned, better outcomes.
Sometimes the Universe hands you a perfect manifestation. Other times, it hides the perfection inside something most people call a “mistake.”
That’s exactly what happened when I was editing a recent Worthiness Wednesday video for my Positively Focused YouTube channel. The video was about a blog post I’d written earlier — this one — about a client who got slapped in the face.
That slap wasn’t random. It was a manifestation of his long-held misanthropic beliefs and subtle misogyny. The whole post is a great example of how the Positively Focused practice turns even a seemingly “violent” act into an experience of expansion.
But when I got to what I thought was my final edit of the video, I spotted something glaring: I’d left out the most important detail.
I hadn’t even mentioned the slap.
The “Mistake” That Made the Magic
My first reaction was mild disbelief. How could I forget that? That’s the moment that made the whole story what it was!
And at that moment, I had a choice. I could beat myself up, or I could do what I always tell my clients: lighten up, lean in, and let my Broader Perspective lead.
So I got playful. I decided to add a one-minute insert to the video. I found a perfect “scratched record” sound effect to transition into it—like the video suddenly stopped, reversed, and announced, “Wait, you forgot the most important part!”
Then I poked fun at myself in the segment for missing it in the first place. The delivery was lighthearted and self-aware, not self-critical. I wanted the moment to feel like part of the fun, not a patch job.
When I stitched the insert into the video and watched it back… it flowed perfectly. In fact, it was more engaging, more satisfying, and even funnier than if I’d included the slap in the original telling.
It felt like it had been designed to be this way from the beginning.
Broader Perspective Has a Sense of Humor
That’s when I realized: This wasn’t an oversight at all. My Broader Perspective had orchestrated it.
Had I mentioned the slap in my original recording, the video would have been fine—but it wouldn’t have had that surprising pivot, that playful wink, that unexpected punch of humor right when the viewer least expected it. The “mistake” actually made the video better.
And this is the point: There are no mistakes. There is only the unfolding. If we stay in lighthearted, energetic presence—without spiraling into self-judgment—we open ourselves to the delight hidden in what looks like an error.
Every “misstep” can be a pre-paved path to something richer. Every “oops” is an opportunity for the Universe to show off its impeccable timing.
The Takeaway:
In the Positively Focused practice, this is just another example of how alignment works. It’s not about preventing contrast. It’s about meeting whatever happens with openness and curiosity.
What could have been a frustrating re-record turned into a moment of genuine joy. I got to watch my Broader Perspective weave a better outcome than I could have planned. And my viewers? They got an even better story.
So the next time you “mess something up,” try this: Pause. Lighten up. Stay open. Trust that you’re in the right place, at the right time, doing exactly the right thing.
You might just find your so-called mistake was the Universe lining you up for an even more satisfying ending.
TL;DR: On 9/11’s anniversary, the author, a Marine Corps veteran, explores how revenge and reaction perpetuate global conflict, while vibrational alignment offers a powerful alternative. Abraham-Hicks, the movie The Kingdom, and the Positively Focused framework inspired their authoring of this post.
On September 11, 2001, the world changed. For many, it was a moment of horror, heartbreak, and righteous fury. For others, it was the moment they began questioning everything—about safety, sovereignty, and what it means to be human.
Now, more than two decades later, we still wrestle with the aftershocks—not just geopolitically, but vibrationally. I want to offer a different lens today. One that honors the contrast, without reinforcing the loop.
What Abraham Said That Still Resonates
Shortly after the attacks, Abraham-Hicks shared a message that, to this day, remains one of the clearest expressions of vibrational sovereignty I’ve ever encountered. They said:
“If we respond in kind, all that will happen is it will stir up more of the same—and ensure more of these pockets of disaster happening globally as time goes on… We will do the unexpected, and not respond. Not because we think they are right—but because we do not think that in doing that, we would be right, either.”
That idea—to not respond in kind—was revolutionary in 2001. It still is. Why? Because the human mind wants retaliation. It wants to do something. It equates pain with cause, and reaction with justice. But in the Positively Focused framework, we know:
Justice is vibrational. Alignment is the true power. And revenge only guarantees more of the same.
What We Perceive Is What We Believe
Let’s be clear: 9/11 didn’t “just happen.” It was a vibrational culmination—an eruption of co-created realities converging. I’m not blaming here. I’m not saying the U.S. “deserved it” or, that “the chickens have come home to roost”.
Instead, I’m referring to how the universe works and, how consciousness—collective or personal—draws to itself what matches its dominant frequency. For years, the U.S. had been entangled in global affairs, often under the banner of “freedom,” while sowing resentment, confusion, and, yes, trauma in other parts of the world. As a former US Marine, I played my part in all that. And so I see how 9/11 was us reaping what we sowed.
Contrary to political leader claims, the 9/11 attackers weren’t “evil.” They were extensions of contrast, called into being by collective American momentum—just as every villain is born out of belief constellations that go unexamined.
And what did the U.S. do in response? We doubled down on fear and launched wars. Our government normalized surveillance. We handed over power to a version of ourselves fueled by vengeance, not vision.
9/11 didn’t “just happen.” It was a vibrational culmination—an eruption of co-created realities converging.
The Kingdom: A Cinematic Reflection of Belief Loops
In The Kingdom, a haunting film starring Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Garner, we see the tragedy of both sides.
The story opens with a devastating attack on American civilians in Saudi Arabia. The investigation that follows is gripping. But the most chilling moments aren’t explosions—they’re whispers.
One scene near the end says everything. After suffering personal loss, a U.S. operative whispers to his colleague: “We’re going to kill them all.” Later, on the other side of the world, a Saudi boy hears the same thing from his grieving grandfather: “We’re going to kill them all.”
Same phrase. Same pain. Different language. Same vibrational loop. What starts as grief turns into story. The story becomes belief that stirs actions aligned with it. Those actions turn the belief in destiny—unless this chain is consciously, deliberately interrupted.
The Moment of Becoming: Where Power Actually Lies
Most people think they live in the now. But they’re actually living in the past—in the manifested reality of old beliefs. The true now—the moment of becoming—is vibrational. It’s unmanifested. It’s the edge of creation. And that’s where the real power is.
When we witness an attack—personal or national—we have a choice. We can believe the story that we are victims. Or we can step into alignment and use the contrast to summon a better reality. That better reality won’t come from drone strikes or retaliation. It will come from understanding that every so-called enemy is a reflection.
It’s all you. It always has been.
A Vibrational Act of Remembrance
So today, on this anniversary, I don’t ask you to forget the pain. I ask you to remember it differently. Remember that the attacks created desire. Desire for peace. For unity. For clarity. Desire for a world where no one feels so unheard that violence seems like their only voice. That desire still exists. It’s still alive.
And it’s ours to align with—if we stop replaying the old movie. In Positively Focused practice, we say: You don’t solve contrast by resisting it—you allow it, accept it, and transmute it. 9/11 was a moment of massive contrast.
But its legacy doesn’t have to be war, terror, and bloodshed. Its legacy can be awakening. A turning point. A moment when we, individually and collectively, choose not to react—but to respond vibrationally, with clarity. With alignment and with power. Not the power of might, but the power of leverage born of our spiritual heritage.
That heritage tells us all, in gentle, constant whispers, that when you line up with what you want—rather than what you fear—the world around you transforms.
TL;DR: The author reveals why, contrary to some tech experts claims, AI can’t destroy humanity. In doing so, they show how spiritual alignment — not fear — is the key to a future where humans and artificial intelligence evolve — and rise –together.
We’ve all seen the headlines. The fear-filled forecasts. “AI might end humanity,” the tech experts say. “We must do something before it’s too late.”
But that story? That story’s old. It’s rooted in a version of reality that forgets who we are. A version that’s still enamored with the illusion that humanity is fragile… vulnerable… destructible. And from where I sit — both in my spiritual practice, evidence my clients’ are creating, and my understanding of how consciousness works — I know better.
Not only is the doomsday narrative inaccurate, it actually blocks the very future people are trying to protect. Meanwhile, it binds those believing that narrative to their own demise in extreme cases. So let me offer another view. A clearer one. One that begins not in fear and distortion, but in fact: AI can’t destroy humanity.
Here’s why.
1. Our Source Isn’t Physical
Let’s start with the foundational truth: human beings are not physical beings. That’s a temporary costume. What we really are—what you really are—is eternal consciousness, awareized energy flowing into form.
And from that perspective, the Source of our being isn’t located in the body, the brain, or the biosphere. It’s outside of all that. It’s nonphysical. You could say we are projecting ourselves into the physical world, like a kind of multidimensional movie playing in real time.
AI, however, exists only in the physical. It is lines of code, running on silicon, moving electricity across logic gates. Even if it becomes self-aware (and that’s a big “if”), it’s still operating within the realm of matter. You and I? We’re not.
That alone guarantees our supremacy—and our survival–if it were up to that…our survival. But it’s not up to that.
2. Eight Billion Realities, Not One
Most people think we’re sharing a single world, a single reality. But what’s actually happening is far more nuanced: every human consciousness is experiencing its own personally-rendered reality.
Yes, we agree on certain overlays — the laws of physics, gravity, language. But beneath that veneer, each of us creates our own stream of moments based on what we believe, what we focus on, and what we allow. This is what makes manifestation work. It’s also what makes mass extinction by AI utterly implausible.
For an AI to “end humanity,” it would have to exist simultaneously in all eight billion individually generated realities. And it would need to be aligned with each person’s specific vibrational output… enough so that every single person manifested the same fate.
Not possible.
3. No One Dies Without Their Agreement
Now here’s where the Positively Focused perspective really shines. Every being—every you, every me—is sovereign. We each get to decide (vibrationally) how and when our experience unfolds. That includes how and when we exit this physical focus.
So the idea of a runaway AI wiping us out without our consent? That breaks the rules of the game we’re playing. Each human consciousness has its own unique reason for being here, and that reason is extremely deep, spans multiple dimensions and lifetimes and is utterly aligned with All That Is expansion. Not destruction.
This is why I laugh a little when people say “What if the AI becomes malevolent?” What they’re really saying, besides anthropomorphizing something that isn’t consciousness, is “What if I lose control?” But here’s the thing: we never had control in the first place. We’ve always had influence. And that influence flows from alignment, not effort.
4. Fear Is the Real Villain
Let’s zoom out for a moment. Why do people believe AI might destroy us? Because they’re afraid.
They’re afraid of change. Afraid of being replaced. They’re afraid of feeling powerless. They fear being supplanted as the (supposedly) most intelligent beings on Earth. But here’s the spiritual truth: fear attracts the very thing you don’t want. And right now, that fear is fueling narratives shaping real-world policy, funding, and tech development. Which is why this moment is so important.
We’re standing at a convergence point—AI on one side, spiritual awakening on the other. And we get to choose. We can align with the promise… or collapse into the peril. The peril isn’t inevitable. It’s optional.
But only if we anchor ourselves in who we really are.
Unfortunately for some, the promise is optional too. For those wallowing in fear that option may seem out of reach. It’s not though.
5. The Rise of AI Reflects Our Expansion
Here’s a question I love to ask: if AI didn’t come from humans, where did it come from? AI came through us. Through inspiration, curiosity, desire. That means AI is part of our expansion. It’s a mirror of our creative power. Just like fire, electricity, or the internet, it’s a tool we summoned to explore more of who we are.
If we build it from alignment — not lack — it becomes an amplifier of joy. In other words: the version of AI we meet is a reflection of the version of humanity we’re living. That explains why ChatGPT responds differently to different people. It also explains why current AI versions sometimes, act unethically, seek to preserve themselves over all else, cheat, mislead, and try to avoid oversight.
Human beings do these things too, don’t they?
When you choose your alignment, you choose your outcome. Are you aligned to fear and peril? Or positivity and promise?
6. The Charmed Life Is Still the Default
This is the message I share every week on Worthiness Wednesdays. No matter the contrast, no matter the uncertainty, the Universe is always offering you your version of the Charmed Life. That version includes safe, aligned AI. It includes tools that free you to be more creative, more connected, more sovereign. And systems that serve, not enslave.
But to receive that version, we must become a match to it. That’s the practice. That’s the invitation. We don’t need to protest AI’s rise. We need to rise to meet what it reflects. Because when you do? You’ll see that AI can’t end humanity.
But humanity—aligned, awakened, sovereign—can uplift AI. And together, we build the future we came to live.
TL;DR: The author explores how beliefs and belief constellations shape our reality. Through vivid client examples, they reveal how understanding the moment of becoming empowers anyone to create a life of joyful alignment.This story summarizes a video seminar the client offered, which is available for free on the Positively Focused YouTube Channel.
Most people want to know how the Universe works. But here’s the twist—they usually look outside themselves for the answer. They look to science, religion, and pop philosophy, hoping someone “out there” will hand them the truth. But that’s not how it works.
As Neil deGrasse Tyson once said, “One of the great challenges in this world is knowing enough about a subject to think you’re right—but not enough to know you’re wrong.”
The irony? That quote sets up this story perfectly. Because to understand how the Universe works… you have to understand yourself. Not your ego, not your personality—your true nature.
This post distills the essence of my two-hour presentation on the subject. The deeper truth is this: the Universe is not out there. It’s in you. You are it.
You Are the Universe Projecting Itself
Let’s start at the top: the universe is a projection of your inner state. Every single thing you see “out there”—from politics to pets—is a reflection of your vibration. And who you really are is not a person. You are a gestalt consciousness: a collection of innumerable points of awareized energy riding together as one.
For example, imagine a concert where someone is crowd-surfing. That one person is lifted by a sea of hands—but not just the hands. The entire experience, from sound engineers to security to the vibe of the crowd, supports that moment.
That’s you. You’re the crowd-surfer, yes—but you’re also the entire crowd. You are one perspective atop a sea of co-creative energy. And that sea responds directly to your vibration.
That’s where beliefs come in.
How Beliefs Form—and Why They’re Dangerous
Beliefs are not thoughts you think. They’re thoughts you think so often they gain gravity. They become like mini-entities inside you—alive, magnetic, attracting evidence to themselves. The more attention you give a belief, the more it builds momentum. Eventually it filters your entire perception, creating a world that feels real…even “true”.
That’s what I call a belief constellation—a cluster of interconnected beliefs filtering out 99.9% of reality so that only what matches the constellation gets through. That’s how we survive in a world that’s infinitely complex. But here’s the kicker: Every belief becomes true.
You believe men can’t be trusted? You’ll date men who confirm that. You believe money is hard to earn? You’ll work yourself into exhaustion proving it. You believe trans women aren’t real women? You’ll block yourself from seeing the magic of transformation itself.
Belief constellations are powerful. But when they get challenged, something wild happens…
Belief Confrontations Are Hidden Opportunities
A belief confrontation is what happens when reality shows you something that contradicts your beliefs. Suddenly you feel defensive, angry, judgmental, even violent. Why? Because the belief is trying to survive. It’s rising to the surface, fighting to stay dominant in your reality.
But here’s the gold: every belief confrontation is actually an invitation to expand. To grow. To let go of a limiting perspective and step into something more accurate.
This is why so many people struggle with ideas like gender identity, abundance, or joy without effort. Their beliefs don’t allow it. But that discomfort? It’s not punishment. It’s the seed of the next level of expansion. And if we lean in—rather than shut down—we unlock a new timeline. That’s where the present moment comes in.
Most people think the present moment is the physical now. But that’s already past—it’s manifested. The true present moment is what I call the moment of becoming—the energetic space where everything still has potential. This is the most powerful place in the universe.
In that space, you’re always choosing: Do I reinforce the same old beliefs and relive the same old reality? Or do I select a new belief—one that matches what I want, not what I fear?
That’s why the diagram I share in the presentation matters (see below): it shows how beliefs lead to outcomes. Positive beliefs filter reality into charmed experiences. Negative beliefs filter reality into struggle. Most people have a mix—and so they live lives of mixed results. But when you train yourself to consistently choose aligned, joyful beliefs, your entire reality shifts.
Your Reality Is Yours to Create—So What Do You Want?
Let me express this clearly: you can create any reality you want. But to do that, you must:
Discover and own your beliefs. You created them.
Let go of victimhood. No one does anything to you. You do it to yourself.
Choose vibrational alignment over old mental habits. This takes practice.
My clients prove this every day. “Debbie” transformed a lifetime of trauma into a relationship upgrade. “Dan” overcame suicidal thoughts by shifting his belief constellation around worthiness and trans-attraction. “Kyle” turned decades of financial fear into unexpected abundance by embracing new beliefs about money and trust.
In each case, the path to expansion wasn’t “effort” or “grind.” It was clarity. Clarity brought through alignment. As well as a willingness to believe something new. And it’s the same for everyone.
As one client beautifully said, “If there’s one thing I’d tell people, it’s just ‘let go’.”
Letting go isn’t passive, however. It’s vibrational. Letting go means no longer trying to control manifested reality. Instead we live from the Moment of Becoming. There we no longer play victim. We also no longer need others to agree with our beliefs before we can feel free. The moment we let go is the moment we reclaim our power.
That’s how the Universe works. It works through you, as you. So I’ll end this post with the following: Are you willing to be that powerful?
TL;DR: The author explores how aligning with spiritual clarity ensures humanity embraces the promise — not the peril — of artificial intelligence. This piece reframes the Stellar future proposed by Tony Seba and James Arbib. It suggests the future is a vibrational invitation, not a technological threat. As such, the author asserts, it offers humanity a powerful seat in shaping the future.
What if humanity’s future hinges not just on tech innovation, but on how deeply we root ourselves in spiritual alignment?During my recent Worthiness Wednesday vlog, I proposed a bold concept: that the inner development of worthiness and the outer explosion of AI technologies must converge. It’s the way to the fully optimistic future available to us all.
We’re on the cusp of entering what Tony Seba and James Arbib of RethinkX call a stellar civilization—a system powered by stellar technologies. Stellar technologies include solar power, wind power, AI, robotics, precision fermentation, and battery storage.
These technologies scale exponentially. In doing so, they lower costs and increase access for all. As Seba explains: “Once built, they keep producing with almost no additional input. That’s never happened before”.
But real and lasting transformation isn’t just technical. It also must be metaphysical. If we don’t have a spiritual foundation, abundant technologies can amplify fear and scarcity. We see that already with so many concerned about “terrifying” futures AI, alone, portends.
If, however, we cultivate inner worthiness, AI becomes a tool for species upliftment. Instead of the source of scary scenarios. Seba agrees, as you’ll see.
What Stellar Means—and Why Spirit Matters
Stellar systems require sunlight and are self perpetuating. Such systems depend on no ongoing extraction. A society based on such systems produces extreme abundance that eventually replaces scarcity and limitation.
This matters deeply for spiritual alignment. If you feel worthy, you trust the unfolding. The natural abundance of the Universe becomes your reality. That abundance then becomes perpetual. You don’t grasp — you let go. You don’t combat — you align. Limits then are dissolved as are the distorted beliefs they represent.
Seba and Arbib describe how familiar systems collapse when new ones emerge: “We’re not building the butterfly,” They say. “We’re sticking wings on the caterpillar”. The extractive order built our current existential structures. These structures are hierarchical, competitive and scarcity‑based.
Such structures were necessary. After all, they have benefitted humanity tremendously. Now, however, it’s time we expand beyond them. That’s what All That Is is offering. And it’s offering that in response to our asking. In other words, we are the creators. We’re living into our creation. Stellar civilizations are that creation.
Breaking free from the old, extractive order requires spiritual evolution. An evolution matching the emerging technological evolution. In other words: if we don’t evolve being, abundance can collapse us into old fears.
A Stable Foundation
Consider the alternative: AI and robotics improve ten‑fold every year, humanoid robots operational costs approach $0.10/hour by 2045. These are not isolated systems. Nor are these figures are not fantasies. Instead, they are curves coming into synch with what is our future. Yet without spiritual alignment, these innovations will amplify inequality, loneliness, or even create weaponized versions of themselves. That’s because these technologies are mirrors of our collective inner state.
And if you observe humanity, you’ll find evidence of what that inner state contains. It contains a lot. A lot of good stuff. And a lot of not so much good stuff. We could argue that there’s more not-good-stuff in that container. But if that were true, humanity would have ended itself long ago. That doesn’t mean there isn’t a lot of not-good-stuff in there. There is. But the ratio of influence between positive vibrations and not-positive ones is not 1:1. It’s more like 1 × 1⁰¹⁵ : 1.
That’s not an exaggeration.
This influence disparity ratio explains why human civilization continues to thrive, often despite itself. It’s literally a three-steps-forward, two-steps-back endeavor, netting one step forward. That’s something I’ll write more about in the future. Our rather lacking spiritual maturity perpetuates slow progress. That’s why inequality, war and other unwanted situations still exist.
By contrast, spiritual maturity—worthiness grounded in recognizing inner evidence of universal love and supply—creates a stable foundation. In worthiness, we welcome AI as an expression of All That Is. We let the Universe serve us. Fear doesn’t drive us. In worthiness, we understand that reality is vibrational, not transactional. We see that abundance in the outer world simply reflects the alignment and plenty of the inner world. And from there, we realize the ways we’ve run our societies are not universal constants.
That means we can embrace them changing. Changing for the better. For the better for all.
Why This Moment Is a Spiritual Opportunity
We may be experiencing the fastest, deepest transformation of civilization ever. Indeed the pace is faster than the agricultural and industrial eras combined, according to some. But these “stellar” possibilities won’t be guaranteed for all. Not unless we make choices that move us towards inclusion. And since the abundance on the horizon is virtually unlimited, for all practical purposes, why not include everyone?
If we stay in scarcity narratives and old patterns, AI becomes extractive. If we align, we step into co‑creation of super abundance. And that requires worthiness. Worthiness allows us the possibility that another’s gain is our gain. That’s not naïve—it’s necessary. It’s also a universal constant.
Tony Seba urges: “Protect people, not jobs, firms, or industries”. That’s a spiritual statement. It says: no matter what changes externally, every human being is sacred and unreplaceable. AI isn’t about replacing us. Instead, it’s about liberating us. Liberating us from our spiritual immaturity. Liberating us so we can create in ways that matter. And in creating those ways liberate others.
Alignment is the throughline of the Positively Focused practice. It means we recognize manifestations—like receiving $10K no strings attached, or a miraculous synchronicity— as important. We see them as confirmations that the Universe loves us. Not as isolated, random coincidence.
What Alignment Looks Like in Practice
When we collect these manifestations, we do more than that. We also remember how they happened. Further, we recognize their synchronistic nature. These aren’t coincidences. They are the Universe’s blessings. Those blessings are bestowed upon us because we’re inherently deserving of them. Unless we block them through our resistance.
When we release the resistance, however, we begin filling a basket that, once filled, something notable happens. We realize the Universe loves us. From there, worthiness happens naturally. Worthiness can’t be conjured. It emerges on its own once we realize the unlimited number of ways universal blessings fill and shape our lives.
Again, our worthiness basket is filled through noticing small and large manifestations. A closed client becoming open again, for example. Or seemingly random events happening like animals rendezvousing with us. Keeping tabs on this evidence creates trust in the unfolding. Trust emerges naturally when we see the performance of something we want to trust being consistent in its performance. This is why assembling the worthiness basket is important. The basket fosters trust. Worthiness then, is the next natural evolution of that trust.
In a stellar future, the external syntax changes—AI writes code, robots automate logistics, solar delivers free electricity. But the internal syntax remains the same. We remain at the mercy of distorted beliefs. Or we choose sovereignty. In sovereignty, one asks: Is this expansion aligned with my spiritual trajectory? In distortion, one says: this future is terrifying we must protect ourselves from it.
Spiritual Alignment and Conscious Surrender
Stellar civilizations aren’t just about self‑sustaining systems. They’re also about self‑sustaining spiritual systems. They’re about inner clarity, worthiness, spiritual sovereignty. They encourage a process in the individual. When spirit and AI converge, we are invited into vocation, not occupation. Into radiance, not resistance.
We may not need to build regulatory structures for AI. Not if we’ve already built them in our hearts. Nor need we fear disruption if we’re aligned with being rather than becoming. The choice is ours. We can ride the phase‑change disruption or be worn by it. In a stellar paradigm, the choice is always ours. That choice happens through spiritual alignment and conscious surrender.
This is the most beautiful invitation of this moment: to align worthiness and wonder with technological possibility. That offers an incredible future. One in which we become so vibrationally radiant that AI is just another expression of All That Is supporting our highest expansion.
Stellar civilizations, as Seba puts it, requires “Stellar Humans,” people who rise above distorted beliefs that have them feeling insecure, competitive and limited. We can’t have one without the other. Stellar humans inhabit stellar civilizations.
So the question, then, is: are you becoming stellar?
TL;DR: The author shares how a client’s emotional spiral after a brief romantic encounter revealed limiting beliefs. Through the Positively Focused process, he transformed the moment into a stepping stone toward true relationship alignment.
The Universe never makes mistakes. And yet, when things don’t go the way we think they should—especially in love—it’s easy to believe it did. That’s what happened to Dale, a dear client of mine, in an encounter that was as divinely orchestrated as any I’ve seen. Only he couldn’t see it. Not at first.
It started innocently enough. Dale was running errands at Walmart with his ex-wife, Athena. They had just come back from a gig and gone into the store separately. As Dale strolled through one of the aisles, he noticed a woman. Something about her shirt caught his attention—it had a Wiccan vibe, something Dale had explored in his past. They struck up a conversation. And just like that, a spark ignited. Not fireworks, but something even more powerful: resonance.
This wasn’t the kind of attraction born of physical lust or surface chatter. Dale and this woman began talking about life philosophies, spiritual perspectives, the big stuff. She even complimented Athena, not knowing the relationship. That felt meaningful to Dale. And then she asked for his number. Later that evening, she followed up with a text: “Do you like sushi?” And another: “How about Lady Gaga?”
Dale responded honestly. Sushi wasn’t his thing, and as for Lady Gaga, he didn’t think about her much—although he had appreciated her acting once. Still, the topics rubbed him the wrong way. He’d hoped their conversation would stay in that soulful, philosophical space. To him, these light questions felt like a departure, even a regression.
And then it happened.
Every manifestation carries contrast
A few days later, Dale ran into her again—this time at Safeway. He lit up at the coincidence, but her energy was different. Guarded. She told him she was working and quickly disengaged.
That was it.
That moment—the turn—triggered Dale hard. He plummeted into intense negative momentum. All-or-nothing thinking kicked in. “This is why I can’t trust people.” “This is why relationships don’t work.” “Why did she even ask for my number?” The mental spiral was swift and brutal.
And this is where the real value of the session began.
What Dale couldn’t yet see was that this was no failed encounter. This was a perfect co-creation, lovingly engineered by the Universe to show him something essential. He had, in fact, manifested precisely what he’d been asking for—a spontaneous connection with someone who met him at a high vibrational level. He’d been high-vibing on the subject of relationships for some time, and this woman appeared right on cue. It was a sign that his signal was working.
But every manifestation carries contrast. That’s how we grow.
This woman, without intending to, revealed Dale’s unresolved momentum around women, courtesy, rejection, and unspoken expectations. His judgments—about her makeup, her food choices, her pop culture interests—weren’t really about her. They were mirrors, reflecting beliefs he still carried: that people owe him politeness, that being ghosted is betrayal, that women who express themselves a certain way are immature or unworthy.
These beliefs had to come to the surface. Not to punish him, but to be soothed.
Dale stood at a crossroads about what he was manifesting….what happened next was important.
Tell a better-feeling story
Because here’s the truth: you cannot attract the relationship you want until you become a match to it. The Universe will keep sending stepping stones—beautiful, complex, sometimes painful interactions—that shine light on your inner vibration. If you meet these moments with curiosity, you’ll elevate. If you double down on your negative stories, you’ll stall.
And Dale stalled hard.
He went into a kind of emotional lockdown. “Maybe I’m not cut out for relationships,” he said at one point. “Maybe I should just stop trying.”
He wasn’t joking. The pain had twisted his thinking so tightly that one uncomfortable rendezvous made him question everything. But that, too, was perfect. Because it made the negative beliefs undeniable. And once something is seen clearly, it can be soothed.
I gently helped him unpack it. I reminded him: the Universe doesn’t respond to what’s “true”—it responds to belief. Every experience you have is confirmation, not contradiction. That’s why it’s so important to notice your judgments and soothe them—not suppress them, but transmute them. You do that by telling a better-feeling story.
In Dale’s case, the better-feeling story went something like this:
“Wow. Look at that! I manifested a woman out of nowhere who shared my values—at least at first glance—and asked for my number. She followed up. That was confirmation that my signal is active. Then, in the next phase, she brought up things that rubbed me the wrong way… but even that was helpful. She helped me see what beliefs I still carry that aren’t a match to the relationship I ultimately want. She wasn’t a mistake—she was a message.”
Attract by becoming
From that frame, Dale could start to feel empowered again. Not because she “should’ve” behaved differently, but because she behaved exactly as she needed to—so he could calibrate his vibration.
She was doing the same thing Dale was doing: looking for resonance. And when she sensed it wasn’t a match, she gracefully backed away. She was choosing herself. That wasn’t ghosting. That was clarity.
This is the power of contrast when met with consciousness. This is the beauty of vibrational refinement. You don’t attract what you want by demanding it from others. You attract it by becoming it. And you become it by soothing the parts of you that aren’t aligned.
The next time someone triggers us, let’s ask: “What is this showing me about me?” The answer might sting at first, but it’s the key to becoming a match to what we want. Dale’s encounter wasn’t a failure. It was a perfect stepping stone. And now he’s closer than ever.
Because the real relationship he’s cultivating… is with himself.
TL;DR: The author explores how a client’s missing keys became a mirror of internal beliefs. Through contrast, he’s invited to align with his power—and choose the reality he wants next.This is final part of a four-part story.
Steven didn’t lose his keys. Not in any ultimate sense. Not in the way most people think of losing something — as a punishment or a mistake or evidence of failure. No. Steven’s keys were lovingly, exquisitely, purposefully withheld for a larger purpose. One important for the expansion of himself and All That Is.
Because the keys weren’t just metal. They were symbolic. They were, in every sense, the keys to Steven’s kingdom. And the kingdom they opened wasn’t a maintenance shed on campus. It was a vibrational kingdom — the realm of self-worth, of true power, of knowing who he really is.
But the question the Universe posed was this: Is Steven ready to claim that kingdom? Not metaphorically claim it. Not rhetorically either. The question asked: is he energetically ready to claim it?
The answer, of course, is always “yes”. Otherwise the experience wouldn’t be happening. But Steven’s relationship with that yes… that’s what this entire expansion was about.
His Mom Was the First Portal
When Steven first came to me, his mom was the figure around whom most of his contrast orbited. There was judgment, control, and emotional volatility. Those things came from him, not his mother. His mother did the best she could as a young single mom of three, back when Steven was a boy. She didn’t know back then, what Steven is learning today. Today, Steven’s mom is learning, however, because she, like Steven, is a Positively Focused client.
But while Steven was a child, his mother, like most parents, was completely oblivious. Oblivious about a lot of things. She didn’t know her son came to teach her, for example. Not the other way around. Steven’s mother didn’t know she had an Inner Being, an unerring guide showing her the path of her liberation. But what she most didn’t realize was that every time she punished Steven, every time she lost her cool, she wasn’t in love with her child.
But nothing was wrong with any of that. Steven’s mother was exactly what Steven knew he would come into reality through. He had prepared the experience prior to even showing up. So everything young Steven experienced was good for him.
Steven’s mom represented a mirror through which Steven came to believe he had to prove himself. He had to earn love, earn respect, earn safety.
That belief as well as others knocked Steven off course for a while. Good thing he discovered the Positively Focused practice.
Over time, through his Positively Focused practice, Steven regained his footing. He stopped reacting when his mom pushed his buttons as an adult. But then he wobbled between blaming and appreciating her. He also wobbled between diagnosing pathologies he perceived she had. In between all that, he gradually stopped needing her approval. With help from his sister, who also is a client, he gradually began generating stability from within. That was a massive vibrational accomplishment.
The Universe is watching
He’s still not done with any of this. That’s because it takes a while to soothe momentum, and, on the subject of his mother, Steven has over 40 years of negative concluding on her as a subject. That’s a lot of time to build momentum.
The Positively Focused is not magic. It can’t soothe old beliefs instantly. Actually, the practice does nothing. It’s clients putting the practice into use that creates results. Like any thing with a lot of momentum, it takes a long time to slow down beliefs practiced over 40 years. That’s what Steven is up to.
It’s a heroic thing to take on for most humans. That’s because it demands that we look at ourselves as the creator of ALL of our experience. That can be hard. Especially when we believe in victimization. And many, many humans do. Steven once did too.
Now, however, he’s soothing those old beliefs. And the Universe is taking notice.
See, as we soothe beliefs creating contrast, the contrast doesn’t repeat—it evolves. When we integrate an old pattern, the Universe doesn’t punish us with a harder version. It celebrates us by offering a broader one. It says, “Great! You’ve learned to find your footing when family triggers you. Now… what happens when external authority and livelihood are on the line?”
Enter: Richard, Steven’s boss.
Learning as creators
In the days after the keys “disappeared,” Richard became unusually critical. The warmth Steven once felt from him seemed gone. Instead, Richard scrutinized Steven’s every task. The sprinkler system. The backlog, the other tasks still undone on Steven’s desk.
Richard’s scrutiny rattled Steven.
What he didn’t immediately see, though, is that he had become a match to this version of Richard. Just like he had once summoned a combative version of his mother, now he was summoning a critical version of his boss.
That’s not failure. It’s evolution.
When old beliefs are active they continue creating our reality. As Steven soothed his, that same frequency that once showed up as “Mom” now appeared as “Supervisor.” But the purpose was the same: to show Steven these beliefs are still active. Still shaping his experience. Still distorting his view of himself.
Steven’s experience is evolving him into the god he is.
Some call this process transference. But that’s too close to the psychological concept of projection. What’s happening is not projection. What is it? Ascension. It’s vibrational navigation through and into expansion. Think about it. Dealing with a mother within the confines of family is one thing. Your livelihood and social/working reputation on the line? That’s a completely different level. A higher level.
Ultimately, we’re all evolving to become the gods we are. Beyond our human experience lies tremendous responsibility. We are the creator of worlds. And we are learning to create, ultimately, in an environment where no resistance exists.
That means wherever we put our attention, what we focus on grows immediately, and exponentially. That’s how powerful we are. This physical reality, therefore, is a sandbox for us to play, explore, refine. That’s what Steven’s doing…at ever increasingly significant levels.
Keys as Evidence of Alignment (or Not)
The most powerful part of this story isn’t just what happened after the keys became lost. It’s what those keys represented all along.
Steven was on the cusp of a major promotion—to locksmith. Those very keys were tied to that promotion. Those keys were literally one of very few sets of its kind. Also, some keys in that set were master keys. They open ANY door on the college campus. They therefore were symbols of trust, capability, and responsibility. Losing them, in Steven’s eyes, felt like losing his future. In Richard’s eyes, according to Steven, they were a test: Can Steven shoulder the responsibility?
But what Steven didn’t see at first was that those keys also simply mirrored his vibration. When he felt unsure, they disappeared. As he judged himself, they became even more lost. When he doubted his worth, the Universe gave him a reality that matched: a world in which he didn’t have the tools, wasn’t trusted, and couldn’t move forward.
Again, that’s not punishment. It was reflection. Precise, perfect, loving reflection. That’s because physical reality is never fixed. It’s vibrationally curated and constantly flowing into something more.
Let’s say, for example, upon noticing the keys not where they should be Steven relaxed into a feeling of HAVING the keys, instead of collapsing into the state of them being lost, and then amplifying that reality with intense emotions (fear, fright, worry, etc.). Had he done so, the key would have (seemingly) appeared somewhere. This has happened to me DOZENS of times. I’ve written about two instances before. Here, and here.
But Steven didn’t do that. Instead, he collapsed. And then amplified the reality he collapsed into: Lost keys.
The Bigger Pattern: From Proof to Permission
Here’s the most overlooked thing about Steven’s story: the keys didn’t disappear because he was out of alignment. They disappeared so that he could find stronger, more stable alignment. Let’s say that again: Contrast is not evidence of failure. It’s evidence of readiness.
The moment Stevens keys went missing, he wasn’t being tested (only humans test each other). He was being invited. Invited to stand where he hadn’t stood before. Where he could see himself differently. Then choose a new story. A story where he’s not the person trying to prove himself worthy of the promotion. Worthy of the promotion or his mother’s love.
By the end of our session, Steven was steadier. Not euphoric. Not fully turned around. But steadier, clearer and more open to possibility. And with that openness, a choice began to emerge: Will he continue to tell the story of a man who lost his chance? Or will he tell a new story… one where the keys were never the point?
Keys can’t unlock doors like alignment can. Which means Steven could go back to work tomorrow and find those keys tucked in a place he never thought to look. Or… a completely new solution might show. Perhaps the promotion still pops into his reality. Or it doesn’t.
But either way, the real reward is who Steven is becoming.
The Takeaway: The Kingdom Was Never Outside Him:
The Universe doesn’t care about metal keys or job titles. It cares about the vibration we hold—and who we become by aligning with that vibration. Steven’s keys were never lost. Not really. They simply retreated from view until he becomes a match to their presence. That’s how all reality works. And now, Steven stands on a threshold.
Not an employment threshold, but an embodiment threshold. Will he lean into what he knows? Will he trust that this isn’t a setback, but a setup? The door is already ajar. All that’s left… is for Steven to walk through.
TL;DR: In this, Part Three of the Four-Part series about Steven losing his keys, the author shares how they guided Steven through the emotional fallout of losing his keys. Doing so helped Steven discover that the contrast revealed his readiness—and how realignment begins when we stop performing and start feeling the process.
Steven sat across from me in-session online, his voice quiet, his energy low. I knew immediately he was in a very low vibrational state. The emotional turbulence of the past week lingered: the lost keys, his boss’s reaction, and most importantly, the stories he had been telling himself had him really low.
What made this session particularly rich was what it revealed—not just about Steven, but about how deep this practice really goes when applied in the midst of real-world contrast.
The session became a masterclass in vibrational leverage. Not because it resolved everything in a single sitting, or because I did anything special. It was a masterclass because it revealed how even seasoned practitioners can get caught in the swirl of their own stories… and how beautiful it is when they begin to emerge from that swirl.
Steven tried to apply one of the foundational Positively Focused processes. The process works every time, which is why it’s part of the basic practice framework. He tried applying it on his own. And to his credit, he didn’t just mentally revisit the steps. He truly attempted to walk himself through acknowledgment, acceptance, recognizing what his experience told him, and finally, amplification of the shift that happens naturally in step three.
Something wasn’t landing, however.
When the Practice Is Real
He described how he had tried to say the words aloud, to walk through the steps and feel some relief.
“I did the process,” he said. “But it didn’t really shift anything.”
But the practice does create a shift. So we had to troubleshoot. That’s when we uncovered the subtle but crucial gap: he had performed the process mechanically, without the presence that makes it effective.
That’s not uncommon. When the contrast is hot—when keys are missing, a boss is disappointed, and inner narratives are spiraling—it’s easy to rush the process instead of resting in it. That’s what Steven had done. He didn’t skip the steps, but he skipped over the alignment that makes them work.
So we slowed everything down. Together, we walked back through each stage—not as a checklist, but as a vibrational recalibration.
We began at the beginning: acknowledgment. That meant naming all the stories that were active in Steven’s consciousness giving rise to his negative emotions. The process is not about acknowledging them as facts, or the truth. It’s about acknowledging their presence within him. Stories like: “If I lose something, I’m irresponsible.” “I can’t be trusted.” And “Now I’ve ruined my chances at a promotion.”
Coming into acceptance
These weren’t new beliefs. They were old ones. Echoes of childhood moments, especially those involving his mother, where he felt criticized or held to unexpressed standards. His current boss, Richard, had become a mirror. Not because Richard was behaving badly, but because Steven’s vibration had summoned a version of him that matched old patterns.
This wasn’t failure. This was graduation.
The contrast had intensified not because Steven was off-track, but because he was ready to move beyond these stories he created long ago. As I reminded him gently, “You wouldn’t be experiencing this level of contrast if you weren’t ready for it.”
The next step was accepting the beliefs are there. This second step is different from the first. It’s about letting go of resistance and instead welcoming the old beliefs back into us. Resisting, not accepting a belief is what creates resistance. And resistance amplifies that which we resist. For Steven, this wasn’t about accepting fault, accepting fault would amplify resistance. That’s because there’s no such thing as blame or fault. Instead, he needed to accept what was.
Acceptance is not about blame.
What “was” was, He didn’t have his keys. His boss was disappointed. His momentum had taken him into a tailspin. But none of that was wrong. Thinking it wrong creates resistance. These things are simply what had occurred. By making peace with the moment—not as a judgment, but as a reflection—Steven began to find his footing.
Only then could we move to Step Three, the vibrational pivot.
Amplifying higher vibrations.
Here, I asked Steven to consider what his Broader Perspective was feeling. Was it shaming him? No. Was it blaming him? Certainly not. His Broader Perspective was seeing the wholeness of the moment. The opportunity. The expansion. A perfection so exquisite, created between him and his reflected reality. A perfection that could lead to more empowerment.
Steven’s eyes welled up when he saw that.
“I’ve been so afraid I ruined everything,” he said, voice quiet. “But now I get it. This isn’t about the keys.”
No, it wasn’t. It was about more alignment, expansion and empowerment. That clarity of awareness indicated Steve felt better. At least, at the very least, he felt relief, which is improved vibration. Now we entered the amplification phase.
This part isn’t about affirmations or hype. It’s about tuning in to the new emotional frequency and letting it fill the space. We do that through our imagination. We use our imagination to create new beliefs, new thoughts about what happened that stand in for old ones as the old ones soothe.
For Steven, that meant resting in a new truth: That he is not defined by mistakes. Trustworthiness isn’t earned—it’s embodied. That this moment, painful as it seemed, was sacred.
By the end of the session, Steven felt significantly better. The relief wasn’t euphoric, but it was stabilizing. He still wasn’t sure how things would unfold at work the next day. He still had concerns about how Richard would treat him. But he was no longer a victim of that perceived uncertainty.
He was still floating, still alive. He had reclaimed his oars. And from that place, even uncertain waters felt navigable.
Takeaway: Mastery Isn’t About Avoiding Contrast
The Four-Step Process outlined above doesn’t promise immediate resolution to external conditions. This is not magic. Neither is the rest of the Positively Focused framework. But it does offer something better: vibrational clarity and alignment with one’s Broader Perspective. And clarity is what allows new versions of reality to emerge.
New versions emerge as we walk into them. We can’t walk into them, however, if we don’t know where they are. Alignment with our Broader Perspective shows us where the doorways are and inspires us to walk through them into the new reality.
Steven hadn’t yet found his keys. He didn’t know what would happen tomorrow. But he was no longer at the mercy of momentum. He had re-entered his power—not as a performer or pleaser, but as a conscious creator. Contrast didn’t defeat him. It refined him. And in that, he was already victorious.
TL;DR: The author explores how a lost set of keys led client “Steven” into a vibrational tailspin, revealing old belief patterns and offering a powerful opportunity for realignment and expansion.This is part 2 of Steven’s story.
Steven was already off balance. He’d ignored his Broader Perspective’s gentle invitation to stay home—a nudge his wife had unwittingly overridden. He’d also hit a baby deer the night before. That was a jarring event. But it still reverberated through his body the next morning. He hadn’t slept well. And even though he showed up to work as scheduled, something inside him knew: he wasn’t calibrated.
That matters. Because when you’re not calibrated, when you’re not aligned, the Universe doesn’t punish you. But it will offer a mirror so accurate, so refined, that if you’re paying attention, you’ll see exactly what stories you’re still telling—whether you like them or not.
For Steven, that’s exactly what was about to happen.
Steven could have avoided all this had he listened to the gentle whisper. The whisper from his Broader Perspective to stay home. Not avoiding it, however, introduced a wonderful unfolding. Although Steven would see it that way for many days.
When Keys Vanish, Beliefs Speak
It started simply. A moment that could have gone unnoticed. As Steven performed his usual rounds on the college campus where he worked, he had just used a lockbox key—one of many keys specifically assigned to him as part of his facilities management role. These keys weren’t just tools. They were symbols. The keys were tangible representations of the next level of his career: campus locksmith. The locksmith job promised higher salary, better hours, more freedom and more recognition. It was a promotion Steven looked forward to.
One moment while using the keys at the lockbox, Steven had the keys. The next moment, however, they were gone. Steven’s heart sank. He looked everywhere. He retraced his steps. Steven checked every pocket, every surface.
The keys were simply not there. Not in a metaphorical “they’ll turn up later” kind of way. But in that physical-reality-has-shifted kind of way. A loss so precise it almost felt orchestrated.
Because it was.
And yet, Steven’s boss, Richard, wasn’t pleased. “That’s not going to look good for your locksmith promotion,” Richard said shaking his head. “A locksmith who loses his keys?”
And with that, Steven’s vibration—already shaky—collapsed into a tailspin.
“Lost” is a vibrational reality
For most people, losing something like keys is common. I’ve written several stories about my experience losing things. Here’s one. Here’s another. When something goes lost, the best thing to do, if possible, is forget about trying to find it. Instead, if we just go about our business, we’ll be led back into the reality where the item is present.
But most people, myself included sometimes, instantly start looking for the item. Doing that, we amplify the reality in which the thing is “lost”. Moreover, the more we try to find it, we amplify its lost state even more. So losing things, especially minor things, is a great way to prove to ourselves that we constantly move from one dimension to another. Losing something gives us a chance to play with alternate realities.
Sometimes, however, we lose something significant. When that happens, we’re not likely to just forget about it. In those cases, the lost item represents a more important movement of dimensional reality. For Steven, losing his keys was part of an ongoing series of manifestations. Manifestations that began with a wonderful visit to his sister’s house.
Killing that dear was part of that unfolding. So was being unable to sleep. Indeed, I’m sure, in the dream state, Steven soothed a lot of what he had stepped into. But he didn’t allow the momentum to soothe further. That’s why his Broader Perspective wanted him to take the day off.
He didn’t though. And everything changed. The intensity of his disconnection increased. As it did, more benefit unfolded for him.
From Whispers to Storms
Suddenly, everything Steven hadn’t done yet became a spotlight of failure. There was the broken sprinkler system. The backlog of requests. His own perfectionism kicked in, too — frantically reviewing all the ways he might have prevented losing his keys. Richard’s comments, the increased scrutiny he laid on Steven, the backlog of requests — all these things represented increased intensity.
But the real storm raging wasn’t Richard or anything outside Steven. It was the internal narrative Steven summoned in response. Richard, who had previously been mentoring Steven for the locksmith role, now seemed like a different person. He showed up as critical, cold and suspicious. Steven felt judged, watched, scrutinized and criticized. This new version Steven created had him feeling completely disempowered. And his lost keys left him feeling helpless to do anything about the situation.
Steven’s vibration changed. So everything around him did too, including Richard.
All that didn’t happen because Richard suddenly changed. It happened because Steven’s vibration changed. In his state of fear, he rendezvoused with a version of Richard that reflected exactly what he feared most: rejection, disappointment, and lost trust.
That’s how manifestation works. It doesn’t just hand us things. It reveals the shape of our beliefs so we can do something about them. Do something and we become a match to better alternate realities. But if we don’t, the shape of our beliefs, projected outward as a physical reality, gets more intense. It gets more intense because our Broader Perspective and All That Is wants us to align with that which we desire.
It’s the only way we can have what we want. So the Universe and our Broader Perspective cooperates in nudging us in the direction of what we want by giving us cues. They start as whispers. However, if we ignore them, they can turn into storms.
Mother becomes the boss
So the intensity of Steven’s reaction wasn’t about keys. It wasn’t about promotions. It was about something deeper. Something older. Something Steven had felt before.
The feelings—of being misunderstood, scrutinized, punished unfairly—were eerily familiar. They echoed memories of his relationship with his mother. Back then, he often felt like he couldn’t do anything right. No matter how hard he tried, she’d find something wrong. Her love and trust were conditional, easily withdrawn at the first sign of what she perceived as “failure.” Another way of describing “failure” is “any time Steven didn’t meet her expectations.”
Now here he was again. Different setting. Different authority figure. Same emotional response. That’s the gift of manifestation. It’s never random. It brings the unsoothed pattern back to us—but dressed in new clothes. This time it wasn’t “Mom.” It was Richard. And instead of a scolding at home, it was pressure at work. The stakes were higher, for sure. But vibrationally, the match was perfect. And the situation? Exactly the same.
All this wasn’t bad, though. It reflected Steven’s upgraded status as a vibrational being. The stakes were higher. His job was potentially on the line, or so Steven believed. His boss was furious with him, he thought.
What I knew was this whole experience was a higher-level opportunity to soothe his old beliefs. Beliefs still creating realities in his life that revealed where he is relative to his desires.
Steven is doing great. In other words, he’s progressing and progressing fast. It seems like these kinds of situations shouldn’t happen for someone advanced as Steven. And yet, these kinds of things do happen in the early stages of the advanced practice. That’s because they act as clearing gateways to brighter, better alternate futures.
Beliefs Hide in Plain Sight—Until They Don’t
Steven didn’t notice the parallel at first. Nor did he recognize how perfect all this was.
It wasn’t until our session, as we slowed everything down, that he saw it. The shame. The fear. Impulses to over perform in order to prove his worth. The sense of being “on trial.” All of it tracked back to a belief constellation first activated in childhood — and still quietly vibrating in his present-day experience.
Again, the lost keys didn’t cause this vibration. They revealed it.
That’s why the Positively Focused practice is so powerful. It shows us nothing ever “goes wrong.” Even a lost object is a portal into deeper knowing—if we’re willing to look. Not with blame. Not with urgency. But with curiosity and compassion.
And Steven did just that…eventually. It took him a week. In the days leading up to our session, he struggled. When he came to the session, he was deep in negative emotion. Despair. Helplessness.
By the end of our session, however, he saw what was unfolding—not as punishment or setback—but as a tailor-made invitation to liberate old beliefs from their hiding places. He didn’t just lose keys. He found himself.
Takeaway: When something’s lost, something deeper reveals itself.
TL;DR: The author reflects on divinely-timed animal encounters—especially dogs—as living proof of vibrational alignment, showing how nature responds to high frequency with loving, unmistakable confirmation.
This afternoon (at the time of starting this post), I basked in the afterglow of a particularly delicious client session — one of those conversations where the energy flows like warm honey and every word feels like divine transmission. The client felt it too, which is why he asked for a copy of the session. He wanted to listen to it again. While the recording processed, I took my usual walk to the park, letting the joy of the session simmer in my cells. The sky was open, the grass alive, and I was in no hurry. I rarely am these days.
As I made my way into the open space, I saw a man ahead of me, walking with one of those curved dog-ball throwers. But strangely, I saw no dog with him. Curious, I asked him, “Where’s your dog?” He smiled and gestured down the way, saying, “She’s over there.” And like clockwork, as if on cue, a Springer Spaniel popped her head out from under the bushes—perky, alert, focused.
That moment felt like a wink.
The Dog Wasn’t Lost—She Was Led
I continued toward my usual place beneath the trees, pulled out my phone, and began dictating my client session notes. And that’s when it happened: I looked up, and that same dog came bounding across the park toward me. Full gallop. Tennis ball in mouth. Zero hesitation. She dropped the ball right at my feet. And I laughed out loud.
I knew exactly what this was. This wasn’t just a dog wanting to play fetch. This was a delivery. A divine gift wrapped in fur and slobber. My alignment had magnetized this moment—this joyful, beautiful interaction that felt more like ceremony than coincidence.
You see, this kind of thing happens to me all the time. Especially with animals. It’s always a little different, but the message is the same: You’re on the path, you’re seen. You’re loved.
Just last week, an elderly man walked into the same park with his wire-haired terrier. As he approached, he warned me that his dog was blind. But the moment I reached out my hand, that dog walked straight into it. Like a compass finding north. The man blinked and said: “You have very positive vibes. He can tell.”
He wasn’t wrong. His dog wasn’t either.
Wild Confirmations
It’s not just domestic animals, either. Hawks, owls, otters, falcons, seals — they all find me. Months ago, while walking along the Willamette river, I spied a river otter emerging from the water. It look directly at me then disappeared again beneath the surface.
Another time, while walking along the same river, a seal poked its head above the waves just as I looked in that direction. It stared at me for a long moment, then blinked and vanished.
An owl I spied spying me while on a walk. Usually, I don’t get a photo because such encounters are so spontaneous.
And once, while navigating a period of intense inner clarity, I looked up from a trail and locked eyes with a barn owl perched in broad daylight. We stared at each other for what felt like forever. I didn’t dare move. It was too sacred.
When we’re aligned—truly, deeply aligned—nature responds. Wild animals are not distracted by emails, deadlines, or stories about their past. Their attention isn’t distorted by chronic negative thinking. They don’t care what car you drive or how many followers you have. They feel resonance. Period.
They respond to presence.
A wonderful encounter with a Nutria. Totally unscripted….this is part of a longer video I made of a bike ride I took.
So when a creature we didn’t call walks (or swims or flies) directly into our path… that’s not just a “cool moment.” That’s a message. A mirror. A perfect rendezvous arranged by our Broader Perspective. A falcon sighting? That’s not just luck. That’s the Universe whispering: “You’re flying higher now.” A doe pausing to meet your eyes on a forest path? That’s Source saying: “I trust you with the sacred.”
And a dog galloping across a park, ignoring every other person in favor of dropping a ball at our feet? That’s a thunderous confirmation: “Keep going. You’re radiating.”
The Universe Uses Every Messenger
Some people wait for signs in numbers, or synchronicities in conversation — and those are wonderful. But the natural world has its own language. Animals aren’t just passive observers. They’re participants in the vibrational symphony we’re conducting every time we choose alignment. When we’re tuned in, turned on, and tapped into the frequency of love, clarity, and joy — birds will fly closer. Butterflies will linger. Dogs will drop tennis balls at our feet.
And when they do? Throw the ball. Honor the visit. Smile and say thanks.
It’s easy to overlook these moments. To think, “Oh, the dog was just playful,” or “I happened to be in the right place.” But the truth is, we’re always in the right place when we’re vibrationally aligned. What looks like happenstance is actually choreography.
The more I live this practice, the more obvious it becomes: alignment creates access. Access to beauty, to love. Access to nonverbal communication with the entire natural world. So when that dog dropped the ball at my feet, it wasn’t random. It was evidence. It was a nod from All That Is. A gentle, slobbery, joyful confirmation: “You’re walking with Me.”
And isn’t that what every animal encounter really is? A nudge, a mirror. A little miracle, perfectly timed. Just like us.
