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This new solution offerred by voice broadcasting telemarketing is that 90% or more of the voice sales messages are delivered directly to the prospect’s phone or answering.

Another advantage is that because of the home business boom most prospects not only have phones but also have online connections with web pages and email. So we could say the marriage between offline and online marketing now complete.

Voice broadcasting - Live transfer calling enables Mortgage Brokers, Mortgage Loan Officers, Insurance Professionals and MLM distributors involved with the PAS System, 1-Step System, Emerald Passport, Gold Calling a powerful new way to have their leads call them daily in real time at any speed they want.

This new convergence technology means that what email lead generation could do in the past - Live Transfer Leads systems can do now, and much better than email advertising because it is more personable, can convert High-Ticket sales and reach 90% or more of the targeted market.

The really important questions when choosing a voice broadcasting service that can potentially boost your R.O.I. is can you control the amount of and speed of your leads; and are the targeted lists available and uploaded at no charge.

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Picture a cool crisp autumn morning in the wide open farming lands in the Great Southern region of Western Australia at Wagin, home of the annual Wagin Woolarama and Giant Ram.

Imagine a white metal caravan with brown carpet on the inside walls fitted out as a outside broadcast van on a dusty, damp road by the edge of a large green football oval. The smell of freshly cooked donuts wafts past as the crowds start to fill the arena.

A middle aged lady, who has that look of a lifetime spent outdoors approaches the van.

“I’m looking for Tom Murrell,” she asks.

“I’m Tom,” is the reply.

“No, I’m looking for Tom Murrell, the ABC manager in charge of all the radio stations,” she asks more firmly and abruptly.

“That’s me.”

“No it can’t be! I imagined someone with grey hair in a grey suit!”

At the ripe of old age of 28 years, I was appointed a senior executive with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), in charge of one of the world’s largest radio networks covering an area of some 2.5 million square kilometres.

Admittedly, I was the ABC’s youngest ever person to be appointed to this position and probably looked even younger than my age.

I tell this story not to impress you, but to impress upon you the personal power of your voice and how it helps shape and create an image of who you are in other people’s minds.

You see this lady had only heard me on radio, as a broadcaster, and because of the anonymity of radio she had never seen me but had formed a mental picture of what I looked like.

The benefit of having a good voice is you have more authority, credibility and power. With this comes more influence. This is especially important when using a microphone or speaking over the telephone.

According to experts your voice is at its most naked over the phone or on radio. Speech experts say its like putting your lips to someone’s ear and gives new meaning to the term lend me your ears!

When you’re on the phone, giving a speech with a microphone or on radio all the nuances of your voice are amplified.

Most people dislike the sound of their own voices because when they hear it being played back it sounds different to what we hear inside our heads.

The power of a good clear voice is often highlighted in the cut and thrust of politics.

One of the most successful Australian politicians who understood this was Bob Carr who, after 17 years in New South Wales politics, retired last month as that State’s longest serving Premier.

The son of a train driver was self-made and grew-up on a diet of “books, knowledge and learning”. Part of the Labor leader’s success was the training he received on how to use his voice as a radio current affairs broadcaster early in his career at the ABC.

If you want a powerful voice in any situation, here’s what you can learn from the vocal skills of Bob Carr.

1. Authority

An authoritative voice comes from self-confidence. This is a learned behaviour. No matter what your natural voice sounds like, you can learn to develop authority in your voice.

2. Clarity

A clear voice is easily understood and people are more likely to act on your ideas and instructions if your voice is clear. Good radio broadcasters and powerful communicators such as Bill Clinton work on their clarity through vocal exercises, involving diction, pause and pace.

3. Personal Power

Referent power comes from a position of power. Expert power comes from unique knowledge. An authoritative voice gives you personal power. Bob Carr had all three.

4. Maturity

A mature voice has more influence. Again, no matter what your experience, you can learn how to have more maturity in your voice.

5. Ageless

Voices can sound ageless as my Wagin story highlights. Often the age of the person with an ageless voice will be in the mind of the listener.

Thomas Murrell MBA CSP is an international business speaker, consultant and award-winning broadcaster. Media Motivators is his regular electronic magazine read by 7,000 professionals in 15 different countries. You can subscribe by visiting http://www.8mmedia.com. Thomas can be contacted directly at +6189388 6888 and is available to speak to your conference, seminar or event. Visit Tom’s blog at http://www.8mmedia.blogspot.com

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It is becoming a trend these days for companies to offer packages that include both entertainment and communications service. However, only one company has proven that they can offer the highest quality services for everything from telephone service to cable television. This company is Comcast- a company that has long been recognized as a leader in the cable television industry. Comcast is now using it years of experience bringing the best entertainment and most advanced television technologies to offer expanded services to its customers. These services include high speed Internet and digital voice and provide customers with a way to save money by using more than one service.

Comcast’s telephone service in is their newest offering and provides a great example of the ways that Comcast is taking a basic service and making it a lot better. While this telephone service includes all the basic aspects of service like easy calling and features like caller ID and call waiting, it’s advanced nature makes it a much better service than basic plans. That is because every calling plan includes unlimited long distance in the base price. You can make unlimited domestic long distance calls and never pay any extra. Comcast in also gives you all of the features you’d expect such as call waiting and speed dial for no extra charge. Even enhanced voice mail is included, which makes it really convenient to get your messages from anywhere in the world.

The Internet is taking on an ever- increasing role as a provider of both entertainment and information, and getting the best highspeed Internet service is also becoming increasingly important. That is why Comcast offers an extremely high speed Internet connection that can reach speeds as fast as 100 times those of dial up. Just imagine the possibilities inherent in a system that lets you download even large files in just seconds and that never ties up your phone line even when you spend hours online. This is what broadband Internet service can do for you. Your entire family can benefit from the increased speed whether you are trying to play an online game or download information for a school paper. Comcast in even provides a wireless router with your high speed Internet subscription, which lets you access the Internet from anywhere in your entire house.

Comcast started in the business of cable TV and it still has the best cable television service available. Recent upgrades to the cable TV service have made it even better with higher quality pictures and more programming and other offerings. Now every program is broadcast in fully digital format, which not only provides great viewing quality, but also allows for more interactive features. You can even find a lot of HDTV offerings through Comcast Cable TV to make your television viewing as exciting as possible. Plus, almost every programming package now has over 200 channels for the most choice possible, and most programming packages even include some premium movie channels. You will also find special sports programming such as NBA League Pass, NASCAR in Car, and MLB Extra Innings to get you the most in depth coverage possible. Every cable TV package also includes the convenience of On Demand programming and all of your local TV channels for the best possible values.

With the ability to get cable television, digital voice service, and high speed Internet through Comcast, you do not have to look for any other company to satisfy your telecommunications needs.

Julia Hall writes articles for consumers who want to find the latest technology news as well as digital telephone service. She has written for many major publications about High Speed Internet and Digital Cable TV and how buyers can find the best deals. Let her show you how you can maximize your communications dollar without sacrificing quality and you’ll find out that Comcast is the cable service provider of the future for you.

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Broadcasting live content over the Internet isn’t as difficult as people would think. In fact, it’s extremely easy. All you need is an audio or video source, a way of getting the audio or video to the PC, a free software program supplied by Microsoft, and enough upload bandwidth to cover the broadcasting of the content.

In this tutorial, I’ll attempt to teach you what you need to know so you can broadcast your content over the Internet. I’ll primarily show you audio only, but you’ll see how easy it is to do video as you progress through this tutorial.

As this is a text only tutorial, you will want to download the free software from Microsoft, and go through the configuration while you read this tutorial. Don’t panic though. It’s really easy to do. Don’t let the length of this tutorial scare you away. The rewards of having your live broadcast up and running should keep you motivated to stick with it.

The only slightly complicated part of this tutorial is to do with your firewall. Due to the number of firewalls out there, I’ll be very generic in my approach to telling you what you need to do. I’ll explain this in further detail later in the tutorial.

Let’s Start

First things first. You need to set up your audio source. In this example I’m using a radio scanner to broadcast Live Police from a radio scanner.

I basically have the radio scanner plugged into my PC’s sound card with a cable roughly 2 metres (7 Feet) in length with a 3.5mm mono plug on each end. Of course the length of cable is up to you. Note: if you are broadcasting music, you’ll want to use a cable that has stereo plugs instead of mono plugs. You’ll also want to ensure your plugs on the cable match the audio device, Some devices may use a 2.5mm plug instead of 3.5mm. If you are broadcasting voice only, mono plugs are better as it ensures sound comes out of both speakers for the listener.

Plug the cable in so that one end plugs into the headphone socket of your audio device, and the other end plugs into the Microphone socket of your sound card on your PC.

Now go to the Microsoft website and download the Windows Media Encoder 9 software. It’s free. It’s approximately 9.5MB.The software is located at

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/encoder/default.mspx

Once you’ve installed the software, go ahead and start it. You’ll be presented with the setup wizard. Highlight the option named Broadcast a Live Event and click OK.

You’ll now be in the window where you can choose your audio source and/or video source. If you were setting up video, you would leave both items ticked, however in this example, we’re just going to do audio so go ahead and untick the video option. Under the audio option use the drop down box and choose your sound card from the list. Then click the configure button.

In the audio properties window the only thing you really need to change is the option called Pin Line. In the Drop down box, choose Microphone. Of course you can also use Line In, but you need to ensure you’ve plugged the cable into the Line In of your sound card.

So far it’s pretty easy right? Believe it or not, there’s not a great deal more to do.

Let’s continue shall we

Just click OK and then Next.

If you’ve followed the tutorial so far, you should be in a window where you can choose a broadcast method. Click on the radio box next to Pull from the encoder and click on the Next button.

In the field labeled Http Port, pick a common port like 8080. You’ll thank me later. Many firewalls on routers have rules already set up for port 8080 and it makes it a lot easier to configure. It also allows maximum availability to the masses due to it being a common proxy port number. Go ahead and click Next.

Next we need to configure the encoding options. Go to the drop down box and choose Multiple Bit Rates audio (CBR). In the Bit rate section, choose 19kb/s. Note: Ensure you untick all the other bit rates. The only bit rate you want ticked is 19kb/s. This bit rate should be a good compromise between quality and bandwidth consumption for streaming voice quality. If you want to stream something like music, you may want to choose a higher bit rate. MP3 audio tends to be around 128kb/s but remember the higher bit rate you use, the more upload bandwidth will be required.

For an idea of bandwidth usage, you can have roughly 40 concurrent listeners on a 1mb/s upload bandwidth using 19kb/s. This will leave you with about 250kb/s for doing other things on the internet. The more concurrent listeners you have, the more powerful CPU you’ll require, but from experience, you don’t need a high powered CPU. The Live Police scanner at my website has a maximum of 40 concurrent listeners on a 1.7GHz CPU with 1 gig of memory and runs beautifully. And yes, I have reached 40 concurrent users at once.

Let’s continue

Click the Next button, and then click it again so we skip the Archive section.

Here we’ll type in some text about the audio. When people listen to the stream using their Windows Media Player, it will scroll this information to the listener.

Once you’ve typed in the Display Information click the Finish button instead of the Next button. You’ll get a pop up dialog box that tells you about IP blocking. Just ignore this for now and click OK.

That wasn’t that hard was it. Believe it or not, we’re done. Well, almost.

Windows Media Encoder only allows a maximum of 5 concurrent listeners by default, so if you want to have more than 5 you can make a small windows registry change on your PC which will allow up to 50 connections.

Warning: Changing the registry can be hazardous to your operating system if you change or delete the wrong thing. If you aren’t confident doing this yourself, get someone that knows what they’re doing to help you out. I can’t be held responsible if you mess it up, and can’t boot back into your operating system. Now, having said that, it’s a very easy to make the change so you shouldn’t have a problem. Follow the instructions at the end of this document, only if you want to allow more than 5 concurrent listeners. If you’re happy with 5 listeners, then we’re almost done.

If you’ve followed the tutorial up until now, you will have an audio source with a cable going from the headphone socket to the Microphone socket of your sound card in your PC. You will have your Windows Media Encoder totally configured and be raring to go. Just ensure you save the configuration on the Windows Media Encoder so you can load it at any time.

One more minor speed bump to get over and you’ll be broadcasting to the world. This is the part that can be a little complicated though. I’ll attempt to give you the basics you’ll need to get your live broadcast up and running. We’ll break this down into two parts. Configuring your firewall, and working out your IP address so you can give it out to your listeners.

Configuring your firewall

If you are using a software firewall such as Zone Alarm, it’s dead simple to configure. Basically, you just run the Windows Media Encoder and click the Start Encoding button. When you do this your firewall should prompt you asking if you will allow the connections. Just choose YES to all the questions. It needs access to the Internet, as well as needs to run as a server.

If you have a hardware firewall such as one that is built into your ADSL modem/router, then it gets a little more complicated. What you need to do is go into the configuration of the modem/router, and find the section labeled Firewall. In that section you’ll be able to configure firewall rules to either Allow and Deny connections. The section may be called something similar to packet filter. Consult your manual to find out exactly where you need to make the changes.

Once you’ve located the correct section, you’ll need to configure it so that the source ports range from 0 to 65535. The destination port range should be 8080 to 8080 if you followed my tutorial. Ensure Inbound and Outbound traffic is also allowed.

Note, some modem/routers might already have port 8080 configured. If your modem/router does already have this configured, then ignore the above because it sounds like you’re already configured to allow the necessary connections.

How to connect to the broadcast

The URL to give to people is mms://:8080 where is whatever your public IP address happens to be. You need to ensure it’s the address your ISP gives you, since people from the Internet will be connecting to it. If you aren’t sure what your IP address is, you can get your IP address by visiting a site on the internet such as http://www.ipaddressworld.com/. As soon as the site loads, your IP address will be at the top of the page in huge print. Simply replace with the actual IP address and your done.

Ensure you don’t use the < and > brackets in the URL though. It should look like mms://10.10.10.10:8080 except use your IP address.

That’s it. I hope your head didn’t explode

The only thing left to do now is adjust your audio source levels so that the audio meter stays mainly in the green. You can experiment by connecting to the stream yourself, and by putting the mms URL above into your browser’s address bar and pressing enter. Your Windows Media Player should open and try and connect to the broadcast.

Note: If you aren’t able to connect to the broadcast, only play with the firewall settings, and not the encoder. Ensure you have the START ENCODING button pressed on the encoder to ensure its running. If all has gone well, you should be listening to your broadcast over the Internet. Give that URL out to your visitors.

To increase the maximum number of direct connections

1. In Registry Editor, use the tree view to navigate to the following subkey:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTSoftwareMicrosoftWindows Media ToolsEncoderMaxClientConnections

2. Edit the subkey so that it reflects the maximum number of direct connections you want to allow. The maximum possible number is 50.

Caution Incorrectly editing the registry can severely damage your system. Before making changes to the registry, you should back up any valued data on the computer.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

Geoff Leff runs a Live Police scanner feed at www.livepolice.info and also runs

http://www.gleff.com

Vontoo voice messaging is a service that uses a different kind of online messaging system to arrange meetings and possible podcasting. Without having to buy expensive equipment and arrange meetings from third party sites, any user can start a broadcast with this technology. VOIP is being used to assemble and transport voice messaging services for those companies that may have technicians or fleet services. The arrangement to allow IP addresses to be accessed by mobile devices plays a huge part in this meeting technology. Below are a few bullets of the technology capabilities and functionality:

- Identify which calls reached an actual person
- Find out how long recipients listened to voice messages
- Determine ideal call times
- Export call data to other databases
- Verify number of calls sent and received
- Adjust voice messaging according to listener data
- Discover who made call-to-action transfers

If these kind of features are what you are looking for in arranging online meetings and messaging services then give Vontoo a try and see how satisfied you will be.

The Boston Celtics professional basketball team of the NBA is one of the many success stories that have used the Vontoo.com service. They reported that it was a great service to use for their season ticket renewal service. Could you imagine the old days of snail mail or even telephoning thousands of individuals about season ticket purchases? what a nightmare.

Luckily the Vontoo service was just what the doctor ordered for such a monumental task. the main feature of the service that the marketing director for the team keyed upon was the ability to track and verify whether a broadcasted message was received and eventually replied to.

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Traditional advertising isn’t dead, but its health is poor. TV, radio, cable, newspaper, yellow pages, coupon mailers and outdoor advertising, are becoming weaker by day. Those old stand-bys just don’t work in our time-compressed society. The business model is shot. If the players in those mediums don’t or can’t change, they’ll go away—for good.

Inherently we like good commercials. We grew up with them. From Clara Peller pitching for Wendy’s with “where’s the beef” to the “wuz-up” stuff from Budweiser that became part of modern day lexicon, we enjoyed the end result of a fine creative process. As good as those ads were though, times are different. We are overworked, overwrought, overcommited and crushed by hundreds of messages every day. Singer and songwriter Harry Nilsson had these lyrics, “Everybody’s talking at me. I don’t hear a word they’re saying, only the echoes of my mind.” Sound familiar? What were the last two billboards you saw? How about the products pitched in the last two TV spots you watched? When did you last pull out the yellow pages?

The Internet deserves a lot of the blame (credit?) for the decline of traditional advertising. So does TiVo, MP-3 players, and Sirius Radio. The Internet, while far superior to broadcast in reaching a target audience, has its faults too. You realize that every time you have to adjust a pop-up blocker or reconfigure a Spam filter.

The problem is a desire to attract and retain new customers isn’t going to go away, but advertisers are becoming more frustrated trying to figure out what works. They’ve built a better mousetrap, but can’t get anybody to beat a path to their door. The marketplace looks fragmented and filled with indifference.

We advise our clients to not just think smarter, but also think different. If everyone else is doing it, it’s tempting, but don’t. That means don’t advertise in the Sunday paper because all of your competitors are there. This is a time to stand-alone and really think about where you can reach the biggest share of your prospects. If you’re confused, ask your customers how they shop—why they come to you—what are their hot buttons.

The business owners who will flourish in the years to come will let go of old ideas and undertake bold and innovative online, e-mail, paid placement, and pay-per-click campaigns. They’ll harness the power of direct mail and word of mouth advertising. They’ll understand how to build strategic partnerships to build a referral network. They will understand the importance of customer loyalty and telling their story like its never been told before.

Change comes fast and furious in the 21st century. How do you morph new business models from old ones? How do you think out of the box? How do you get out of your comfort zone? The simple answer is any way you can! You can’t afford not to bring something new to the table. “If you keep on doing what you always did, you’ll keep on getting what you always got!” “If you keep on doing what you always did, you’ll keep on getting what you always got!” “If you keep on doing what you always did, you’ll keep on getting what you always got!”

Brian Grinonneau is the General Manager of McMann & Tate Advertising a midwest agency that insists its clients tell their story like it has never been told before

1. How can anyone receive direct communication from Divine Source, God, All That Is?

Each spiritual/human being IS a physical manifestation of Divine Source. We are always receiving communication at every moment of our lives, however, most people are attuned to what their five senses are showing them, and think they are closed off to receiving direct Divine communication.

Each time you have a “gut instinct” or that “still small voice” within that is guiding you, even if the guidance may not make sense to your logical mind, such as: “Don’t take this road home today” even if it is the same road you travel every day when you drive home, that is Divine Source communicating directly to you.

Each of us has a spiritual connection via our soul to the information and energy, answers and clarification that we would like to receive from Divine Source. There is not one human being that does not have this ability. The only difference between those who receive Divine information clearly, and those that believe that this is a near impossible endeavor is practice!

The more open you are to following first your gut instincts, following that still small voice, and practicing asking questions via writings, or simply from your heart, it is your heart-felt intention to receive clarity, answers and solutions that WILL be heard, and answered, every time.

Direct Divine communication is each person’s inherent birthright. We are all Spiritual beings, and at every moment, we ARE connected. It is just like turning on the radio to hear what a station is broadcasting. We have to open up our end to receive the answers, however, they are always transmitted to us with the level of growth and understanding that we have at each point in our life. When you are truly ready to receive communication, all you have to do is ask for it, and be sure that you will receive it!

2. What is the difference between doing My will and God’s will?

You will know that you are doing “God’s will” or Divine Will when all of your intentions are to be of positive service for both your highest good and the highest good of all sentient beings.

When you are passionately living and being in the moment, unattached to outcomes, and are in absolute love with the process of all you are doing, then you are creating from your Divine essence, and thus are being a Divine expression of Divine Source in your life.

The most important part of doing and being an expression of the Divine in your life, is that your virtuous intentions are to be of service to others, while you regard others as precious as yourself. This is the highest manifestation of Divine Will operating in your life, and this can only come from one place, and that is from your heart.

3. What does it feel like to receive direct communication from Divine Source?

When I receive information in writing, there is a feeling of deep inner peace, and profound love permeating my heart, as well as my surroundings. I am completely aware of my surroundings, however, I am so “in” the moment, that I do not recall the information I brought through until after I read it. There is complete compassion, and wisdom that pours through me, and there is a feeling supreme Divine protection around me. There is zero judgment, and profound love.

When I receive information that comes directly into my mind, and brought through in my speech when communicating the information to others, the inner feeling is the same, and there is a tremendous positive surge of energy that is profoundly uplifting, and all-knowing. It is a fantastic, enlightening experience, and it feels quite natural, however, Divinely guided and communicated. While I bring through information for others through speech, I am completely aware of my surroundings in the moment, however, after 24-48 hours, I have no recollection of the information I have brought through, unless someone tells me exactly what I have brought through, I then remember that part quite clearly, however, that is the only part that is re-awakened within my memory for that person.

4. How can I tell the difference between “false prophets” and pure messages from Divine Source?

Divine Source NEVER communicates information that is fear based, frightening, or carries an energy that is negative with any type of impending doom. The information is filled with tremendous love, compassion, guidance, clarity, patience and direction for our highest good at all times.

“False Prophets” tend to thrive on igniting more fear among people, and often carry judgment. Their messages will tell you that you “must” do something, as opposed to leaving it to what feels true for you in your heart.

Divine Source will always let you know the best course of action or inaction that you can take in order to live your grandest and highest vision of yourself, however there is never any judgment, and there is only pure, loving support, compassion, and extreme patience. There is never “gloom and doom” and there is always inspiration and hope, along with a higher perspective that will leave you feeling authentically empowered and uplifted with unconditional love.

5. Why are so many people claiming to be bringing through Divine information from God now?

This can be best explained by stating: “why are there so many people claiming that the Earth is round and not flat now?” All human beings are Spiritual beings, and we all have six senses, not five. So many more people are fully opening their connection to their Higher Self, the Angelic Realm, Divine Source, and whatever name you give to whomever you pray to.

We ALL have the natural ability to communicate and receive profound realizations from the Highest realms of Light – where all truth, purity, and love emanates. This is our natural birthright, as much as any of our five senses are. We are here to use ALL of our senses, and as more people are, the information is helping to heal so many levels of life on Earth, and bring help, hope and answers to so many more people. This is our gift, and to cultivate this gift with a pure heart, to make life better for others in any and all areas possible, is the highest life purpose a human being can attain during this most precious human life on Earth.

6. How can I learn to discern between the voice of Divine Source and my own voice?

I can only share with you how I discern, as many people receive Divine information in many different ways. The words come into my mind quite distinctly. It is like that “still small voice” only much louder, and with a distinct certainty about it.

Many times my own voice will have doubts, and questions, however, the voice of Divine Source is filled with pure information that is certain. There is nothing ambiguous about it. It is definitive, clear, and authoritative when giving warnings or information that relates to safety, such as a hurricane, or the forthcoming death of someone I know, as well as filled with much love and compassion at all times. I am also given images in my mind, and information about a person, even when I have never met them or spoken to them. The messages are loud and crystal clear, whereas my “own” voice may be more questioning and uncertain, the words of Divine Source that come into my mind have zero uncertainty about them, and they have been 100% accurate at all times.

It can best be described as a sure “knowing” that is transmitted into my mind via words with absolute certainty.

7. If God really exists, why are so many bad things happening in our world now?

We are all endowed with Free Will and Choice. Adolf Hitler could have used his tremendous power to uplift humanity rather than have millions of innocent people tortured and killed.

God, Divine Source will NOT interfere with our free will and choice, and as we become more aware of the absolute laws of this Universe with regard to cause and effect, you can be certain that you WILL reap what you sow. You will create positive karma or negative karma via your intentions and actions. As we are living in highly accelerated times of profound spiritual growth, the karma that we create is almost instantaneous now, whereas many years ago, it would have taken lifetimes to reap the results of our actions. Now, we are reaping them within days, and even hours or minutes. So it is of utmost importance to purify your mind of all anger, which is so destructive, and to align yourself with motives, words and deeds that you would like to receive in return.

This is the compass you can use in your life: If you want what you send out to come back upon you one hundred fold, then by all means, send it out via your motives, words and deeds. If you would NOT like to receive what you are sending out, then re-think, and reassess what you are about to do, and CHOOSE to turn it all around for positive and beneficial outcomes for all. THIS is how God/Divine Source works in our life – it is THROUGH us, because we ARE the Divine manifest in physical form. And it is through our conscious choices and actions that we CAN create heaven on Earth, simply by cherishing all living beings as supremely important, and treating them as such. We will all find then, that we are given tremendous realizations, and opportunities for personal awakening, which will dispel the darkness and confusion of our own minds, bringing us clarity, happiness, and joy, which we can then spread to all others.
© Copyright by Barbara Rose. All rights reserved.
Barbara Rose, PhD. most widely known as “Born To Inspire” is the best selling author of “Know Yourself”, “If God Hears Me, I Want an Answer!”, “Stop Being the String Along”, “If God Was Like Man” and Individual Power. She is an internationally recognized expert in the field of personal transformation, relationships and spiritual awakening. Barbara is a pioneering force in incorporating Higher Self Communication, the study and integration of humanity’s God-Nature into modern personal growth and spiritual evolution. Her highly acclaimed books, public speaking events, tele-seminars, widely published articles, and intensives have transformed the lives of thousands across the globe. She is the founder of IHSC -Institute of Higher Self Communication, inspire! Magazine and Rose Humanitarian Alliance. Barbara holds a Ph.D. in Metaphysics and works in cooperation with some of the greatest spiritual leaders of our time, to uplift the spiritual consciousness of humanity.

Visit her website http://www.borntoinspire.com

Perhaps, by now, you’ve heard the unthinkable story about the woman in San Fransisco who was seen dropping her young sons into San Francisco Bay. Lashuan Harris, described as mentally ill by her own family members, claimed she had been hearing voices. The 23-year told investigators she had stopped taking her anti-psychotic drug once she got her schizophrenia symptoms under control over the summer, but the voices returned Tuesday night and were with her when she dropped her children into the water, according to a law-enforcement summary obtained by The Associated Press.

You may recall the prosecution of a woman named Andrea Yates, who confessed to drowning her five children in 2001. A Houston Post article read: HOUSTON - Andrea Yates never told her husband that she heard voices and saw visions that she said led to her eventually drowning her five children last June… “She kind of described it as her dark period, that she was in a dark place,” Russell Yates said, referring to his wife’s two suicide attempts two years before she killed her children.

MORE COMMON THAN WE CARE TO IMAGINE

Hearing voices and seeing hallucinations are becoming quite commonplace. Some high-visibility celeb is bound to come out of the closet and make “voice-hearing” all the rage. I watched “Field of Dreams” a few weeks ago, a film in which the leading man hears a voice from his corn field. “If you build it, he will come,” the voice says. Ultimately, he winds up playing catch with his dead father, saving the family farm in the process.

Weird. Two thumbs down.

WAY down.

I’m convinced, folks, that the reason the Scriptures refer to the Holy Spirit as “holy” is to distinguish Him from all the UNHOLY spirits Satan has unleashed, set out to destroy people’s lives. “My sheep listen to My voice; I know them and they follow Me,” said Jesus Christ in John 10:27.

Respected Christian counselor, Neil Anderson, writes: During a conference, I noticed a lady who wouldn’t sing with the rest of the group and seemed quite agitated. She slipped me a note after a morning session: “Please don’t leave town without helping me. I have been diagnosed as having multiple personalities and a dissociative disorder.

“During our time together the Lord revealed that when she was seven years old a terrifying dark presence appeared in her room. It told her it would kill her unless she granted its request to share her body. The presence didn’t leave until the day we met together. Later she wrote:

“I started hearing voices and having imaginary friends when I was seven years old. Bulimia began at age 10, promiscuity at age 12. I spent 10 years in a cult. When I came out of the cult, I sought deliverance at the suggestion of a Catholic priest. But I beat up the priest and left bruised myself. It frightened me so badly I never did anything about it again.

“I am now of a sound mind; the voices are gone. I feel clean and fresh inside for the first time I can remember. I don’t live in a tiny corner of my mind or outside my body. I live inside now with my Lord.”

I wish that this woman’s experience of childhood seduction was an exception. But I have counseled dozens of adults who can trace their problems back to childhood. That’s why it’s critical that you teach your children the reality of the spiritual world and equip them to defeat Satan’s attempts to seduce them.

CHRISTIAN KIDS: ARMED & DANGEROUS

We must arm our kids, teaching them that resisting an evil presence in their room is as important as avoiding strangers on the street. Especially with guided imagery, which introduces people to a “spirit guide, ” taking place within America’s school systems. About 7 years ago, my own daughter complained that she was being withheld from recess, without parental approval, so that she and several other “gifted” children could learn to call upon “friendly bears” to help them in dealing with their problems. Thankfully, I had taught her better than this and she said she would pray when they were told to close their eyes rather than participate (good girl). I was livid! The day after my call to the principal demanding she be withdrawn from the class, I was awakened by the school counselor’s call as she attempted to convince me the classes were “just fine” and, as a Christian herself, and as a professional, she could vouch for their validity. Well, you can imagine how well THAT comment was received. Needless to say, my daughter was pulled from the program. The same happened to my second son, by the way. His teacher called to inquire as to why I had not submitted the required paperwork. After all, she said, “all the OTHER parents are submitting THEIR gifted children.”

Give me a break. Barring very few, public schools are New Age indoctrination centers. Once the “elite” students are pegged, these little leaders of tomorrow are fed a steady diet of well-disguised, one-world, anti-Christian, anti-nationalistic, self-loving, liberal, tree-hugging, mamby-pamby rubbish. Frankly, most who are reading this were part of this program in one way or another. But that’s another broadcast. Only this morning, while visiting a friend recovering from an automobile accident, did I see a TV screen in the apartment across the hall, two boys about 7 years of age, looking on as colorful occultic symbols were floating across the screen on the video game they were playing.

I’m convinced MANY people hear voices on every socio-economic level, but few are willing to fess up. Psychiatrists prescribe drugs for schizophrenics. A saying among recovering alcoholics is: “Pay no attention to the committee in your head.”

The legendary Napoleon Hill, author of “Think and Grow Rich,” which sold over 7 million copies, was an advisor to two presidents and a friend of the richest and most famous men of the 20th century. He spent 20 years compiling the case histories and money-making methods contained in this book and almost every motivational speaker out there will tell you what a great book it is. In one section of the book, Hill describes the conversations he held with his “Master Mind” group which included many famous DECEASED leaders from the pages of history, which he regularly called upon. At first, these counselors were invited. In time, they came when they were unexpected and uninvited. Ultimately, the man who said, “Whatever the human mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve,” was tormented by the very spirit guides over which he thought he had control. According to his own children, Hill was hearing from his unwelcome little friends till he died. Millions have read this book and applied his “success” techniques. Before my salvation, I was among these readers. But that Master Mind stuff is where it got too strange for me, even though a very successful friend of mine gave me the book telling me, “If you’re ready for success, the answer will pop out at you from every page.”

Sure, buddy. I’ve since enlightened quite a few people whose bosses were encouraging the reading of this “classic.”

THE BATTLE FOR THE MIND

People seldom open up regarding the mental struggle going on in their heads for fear that people will think they’re nuts. I’ve noticed that almost every person who claims they were hearing voices heard things that were of a very demonic nature (1 Tim 4:1). If the things you hear from real people, or from voices in your head, don’t line up with Scripture, the source is undeniably demonic… even if it comes from your shrink, your parents, your pastor or priest. Even those with legitimate instances of Disassociative Identity Disorder (DID, more commonly, MPD) should carefully weigh what’s being said against the standard of Christ.

The following excerpt is from a website I found under the keywords “Hearing Voices.” There were literally a quarter of a million sites that included this phrase, from literary and film works to the name of a rock band. Psychiatric sites, gay and lesbian sites, history sites, humor sites, et al. This one was called “Hearing Voices: Rumours of Madness” by a man named Ron Coleman. Here’s a portion of the site:

Ron Coleman was one of the founding members of the Hearing Voices Network, an international organisation that provides support to people who hear voices. A voice hearer himself, he is now Director of Action Consultancy and Training (a mental health consultancy group) and Publishing House (Handsell publications). The main aims of Ron’s talk were to: - 1. Deconstruct the diagnosis of schizophrenia 2. Demonstrate the pragmatic nature of voices or ‘verbal hallucinations’ 3. Provide a better way of working with people who hear voices …By accepting the reality of voices, and understanding the consequences of the experience, Ron believed that professionals would be better able to help voice hearers…. Much of Ron’s work has been supported by a wide range of research carried out by psychiatrists and psychologists…

Yes, psychology and psychiatry are always there to “help.” Fallible, afflicted humans helping other afflicted humans. Misery loves company. The blind leading the blind. Doesn’t it make sense that when there’s a problem with the product we should consult the manufacturer? Even Jesus posed the question, “Can Satan cast out Satan?” (Matt 12:24-27). No, but in our humanistic “we can do it” culture, turning to the God of the Bible isn’t too high up on the priority list any more. Sure, “God” gets mentioned quite a bit, but it’s not the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. It’s certainly not Jesus, who said He was, and proved He was, God incarnate.

The following disturbing excerpts are from an article called “Learning to Live with the Voices” by T. Newhouse, from a website called “Mental Health World.”

…The voices were loud. They would say hellish things, cruel and violent things about my friends, family, employers. My psychiatrist tried various medications to no avail. For two years I worked full time… despite the loud voices in my head. But I was coming home at night crying and drinking too much to combat the fear and disgust generated by what these voices were saying to me. The next therapist wanted me to see the voices as a “psychic” purification. “Try not to judge what’s coming out of you. Think of it as the mind’s version of the stomach flu.” Because I’m very sensitive, it was hard for me not to judge what the voices were saying. And I continued to be torn by the voices that opposed my own beliefs, my feelings, my spirit…. the voices were very frightening, saying cruel and violent things… Despite [a psychologist’s] help, and use of these techniques, I was still terrified by the voices three years after they began. They became progressively worse, until everywhere I looked, a negative hallucination would be triggered. I entered a psychiatric hospital until, thanks to my friends and family, I was able to move home… After a few months of rest, the voices calmed down, but they still interfered. I got on SSI, pursued various classes, and did a little massage…When the voices are the only reality, it’s hell on earth. I work on developing beautiful realities by playing and listening to beautiful music, writing poetry, reading books, and meditating. And I remember: “Let the voices have their own reality, but live in your reality.” Meditation* is so important because it relaxes me and I can actually experience a divine reality… Lately I’ve been distressed by a new set of voices speaking against people I love…

Sigh. This poor girl went from couch to couch looking for help… drug to drug, New Age techniques included, and she’s STILL oppressed by these voices. Whether it’s an eating disorder, low self-esteem, rape, incest, etc., the good news is that there IS deliverance through Jesus Christ. “For THIS purpose was the Son of God manifest: to destroy the works of the evil one, ” (1 Jn 3:8).

Are you hearing voices? I’m convinced that, with a willing heart, a sincere desire to be set free and a determination to do the work necessary, as one relinquishes control of their lives over to One who is bigger than any problem, you can be set free. For the Scripture tells us “those whom the Son sets free are free indeed,” (Jn 8:36).

Either that’s true or it’s a lie. My experience is that it absolute truth.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Pastor Michael is founder of t.e.a.m. ministries (team1min@aol.com). His eMail broadcasts, known as “Your Town for Jesus” (SEARCH it!) are reaching tens of thousands WEEKLY. Log on at http://www.PlanetaryMinistry.org Michael’s mission is to bring Discipleship and Encouragement to the Body of Christ. Michael is the author of numerous booklets on a subjects that will interest the thinking Christian. Since 1999, he has written and broadcast hundreds of inspirational articles and a dozen booklets, all designed to accelerate the process of spiritual development in God’s people.

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