In Lesson 24 of Oprah Lifeclass, we are learning about energy…and what that means in the world.  Taking us on a quick (and first!) field trip to Chicago’s Museum of Space and Industry, Oprah works to not just tell us, but also show us exactly how Newton’s Third Law of Motion relates to everything in our lives…and everything that we do.  Back when Oprah had Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor on TOWS talking about energy…and how it changed the whole world, I started paying just a little more attention to my own.  But ever since this Lifeclass (it’s been a couple of days since I’ve been sitting on these notes), it’s really sinking in  For every action, there is a reaction. For everything that you put out into the world, there is a life echo that is coming back into your life.  What does your echo sound like?  Does it sound like the you that you want to be?  Take a peak at my notes…they are brought to you with good energy attached.

• Newton’s Third Law of Motion – For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
• Energy is a part of everything we do in life – physically, emotionally, financially, spiritually.
• The energy that you are putting out is coming back to you all the time whether you recognize it or not. If you can become conscious of that it will change the way you operate through life.
• Case Study: Tom Shadyac – “I Am” documentary.  After a bike accident, Tom gave up his lavish life and moved into a mobile home.  The stuff doesn’t make you happy…it’s just stuff.   Tom calls energy in the world “Cause and Effect.”  A lesson comes with energy.  September 22nd story.  His bike accident.  The date that came to him in Evan Almighty for the floods.  The date that the Producers called him to be on Oprah’s show. Life is that in sync.  (WOW)
• How does cause and effect play in your everyday life – your relationships?  your happiness? your goals?
• Every action we take creates a reaction in the world.  The sum of all those reactions is what we call our life.  The energy you generate creates your life. Your life is reflecting back to you exactly who you are all of the time.
• Control:  What we can control is our reaction.  Re-act to send out a different energy and it will change the energy that comes back to you.
• Intention is everything.  Intention is what is behind every action.
• Case Study:  Caregivers – If you have defined yourself as a caregiver and you are feeling burdened, it may be time to take a step back and take care of yourself…to change your perspective.  Messaging – The message you are sending – Here I am. Use me. You become resentful because of it.  You don’t have to do it. What if you just said no?  Make the choice to do it and do it with love OR don’t do it at all.  Just stop. Change your world. Change the definition of yourself.  Love is about truth.  If your truth is that I feel taken advantage of…seek the truth. It’s still love…but be truthful with yourself.  Remind yourself – You don’t have to do it.  But I’m going to do it.  Why do I do it?  I am the saviour….I’m the caregiver…I’m the….This is what I am getting out of it.
• Before you take any action, stop to clarify your intentions. Make sure your intentions are good and good will be returned to you.
• Case Study: Gary Zukov – If you have loving people in your life, then you have loving in your life. If you have selfish people or angry people in your life, then look at yourself and you will see that you have anger in your life and self-concern.
• Case Study: Chastity – Shared that she dated married me and during that time in her life, bad things were happening in her financial world, her job, etc…  She received a call from the wife of the man she was having an affair with.  While it could have gone very differently, it was a positive call and it changed her life.  It could have been a bad call or bad experience, but the wife told her she deserved more.
• Live your life with good intentions. Live your life in a positive way, with positive energy.
• If there are a lot negative people in your life, don’t look at them.  Look at the energy you are creating to attract them.  Don’t look at them.  Look at yourself and what are you doing to draw people.
• Negative People:  If you are surrounded by negative people there is a part of you that is willing to tolerate that.
• Who do you want to BE in the world? When they are reading your eulogy, what do you want people to say?  What is the kind of person that you have been in the world? Do you know the answer to that question?  What words will be said about you at your eulogy?  How your love effected the people in your life? How does your love effect the world?  How can I serve and be the most loving and gracious and giving person?  Live from this space. Become that force.
• Be the kind of person in the world that makes others want to be a better human being.
• Sometimes you have to divorce your friends and your family members.  “I will not allow you to treat me this way.”  When they come to their senses, then they can come back into your life.
• What’s the difference between an intention and a wish or a dream? – Intention comes from a soulful place. The wish comes from something that isn’t working in your life.  Intention is a soul goal, not a head goal.  It’s not just about me, it’s about the greater world.  It’s not the results I’m after here…I’m here for the greater service.
• The disease to please – There is a difference between wanting to do something and doing something and not wanting to.  Say no…and then, when you say yes, it will feel so much more fulfilling.
• Being assertive is not negative energy.  There is a difference between being assertive and being negative.  When I’m assertive, I get what I’m standing up for.  If you do it with love and truth then this is good intention.
• Notice in your life:  Power of positivity. Power of possibility.
• Why does it take so long to get this lesson?  Spirituality – opening yourself up so that you begin to see.  Look up and open yourself up. Be conscious as you walk through life.
• Everything is a lesson. Every opportunity is a lesson.
• When you pray for courage, you get the opportunity to be courageous.  When you pray for love, you get the opposite in your life to bring you more of love – because it is easy to love the lovable…
• Everything you do, including your mistakes, will show you how to change your energy to create a better life that’s true to your essential self.
• “I Am” the documentary – coming to OWN next year!   (YEAH!)
• Everything that we think and everything that we say… that same energy is what is coming back to you in your life.
• Everyone’s life has a flow.  Go with the flow of your life.  It’s all about energy.