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I have over the years read many books, some texts for courses but mostly fiction. There is a thread that links them all: setting out intentions in the first couple of paragraphs. Where did the inspiration come from to write the book? Who inspired? And where the information was discovered. For me, it is simple to answer the questions. The inspiration to write is a result of the enormous changes that have happened around me over the last seven years or so. Who inspired me? Well, that is often inner guidance, and the people met along my life’s path. The answer to the final question is information comes from life, its experiences both good and bad, tried and tested patterns and observations of life. My faith in spirit and universal energies plays a big part in my written and spoken word.

To start a story, you have to start right from the beginning; however, I don’t want to take you on a long historical journey but give you a snapshot and an insight into my mind. I have come a long way from previous mindsets, so this book is about how I came from working as a prison officer on the landings and being the black and white version of me to becoming the full-colour waistcoat man. These days I am more open to the idea that there is more to life than the human eye perceives.

Twelve years in a job is difficult to gloss over. But I have to keep it in perspective. The time and experience formed a massive part of my current thinking. What I’ve discovered is: the times of adversity is when a real character is found. Working in the prison service was traumatic as an empathic individual. It has taken several years to recover from being in that role. Only recently have I seen the valuable lessons. For example, understanding people’s character: I have gained from experience.

I’ll take you to the tail end of my service. My daily commute was an eighty-six-mile round trip, and it was usually full of nervous anticipation, anger and an all-round stressful feeling. One morning as I was driving, I began to smell a strange smell in my car, it took me a good few minutes to establish what it was. The scent was familiar, and it took me back somewhere, it was the smell of cigarette smoke. Having grown up in an environment where both my parents smoked heavily, I am very anti-smoking in my environment. I have never smoked or allowed anybody to smoke in my car. I am a very analytical person at heart: seeking fact and logic in situations. I will do this to see if I can find a process or a pattern, I can then deconstruct it to its parts, and this should give me the reason why something is happening. In this instance, there was no logical explanation, so reluctantly I just had to put it down to one of those things.

Over the next few months, it began to happen more regularly, the sense of smell was heightened, interestingly though it only ever seemed to happen on my way to work. It was almost like somebody or something was assisting and supporting me to get to work. I cannot understate just how low I was at that particular time. I was grateful for the help no matter where its origin was.

Fast forward another year, and I found myself out of the prison service having served 12 years four months and 16 days. I volunteered for redundancy and was very fortunate to get it. I now had freedom but at what price. I had a huge gap to fill both in a financial sense and also the routine that I had followed for the last dozen years. I ended up working on a building site labouring, and it wasn’t an incredibly skilful job it just required a lot of manual labour, I would move things from one place to another and assist the tradesmen. It was reasonably routine steady work, and then a day that had started just like many others became the catalyst to change my life for the better. It set off a chain of events whose effects are still felt to this day. I was clearing out a garage readying it for the next delivery when I turned around and saw my Grandad in full form, he was complete with his trademark cap, and what was known as his cadging bag, that was where he kept things he had managed to scrounge or repurpose. I still to this day have one of his “thing of purpose” boxes, to most people, it would appear as junk to me things that may well have a use in the future. Anyway, I am digressing slightly now typically seeing your Grandad in the workplace is not earth-shattering news however I would like to point out at this time my Grandad had been dead for ten years I know because I went to his funeral. Wait, what he passed away ten years ago, and you have just seen him, I regularly crack the joke during my demonstrations that at that moment I discovered adrenaline has a colour and it is brown ladies and gentlemen. My mind was blown, who on earth could you discuss this with, who could help you process what you have just seen. I have a simplistic view on most things if you have a problem with the car you take it to a mechanic, and he fixes it, a relatively black and white scenario. Who do you go to when you have seen a “ghost” or what I now know as spirit. I had a lot to ponder on.

I mentioned earlier that I had a huge gap to fill, and I have always had a fascination with mediums and psychics and their work. I considered myself as an open-minded sceptic, neither believer nor cynic. I ended up going to a spiritualist church that was set up in a local community centre to get some of my questions answered. I walked through the door and was met with a very welcoming smile and a hug, in a previous job this hug would mean an imminent threat, so it was a strange experience for me to let somebody in that close. I stood there being hugged and found myself having to breathe deeply to steady my nerves. I slowly let out that breath, and then a lovely thing happened. I found an answer, and I found what I needed to fill that gap. I found peace, peace in my mind, peace in my heart. This little place, this sanctuary gave it in abundance and continued to for the next three years. It was also instrumental in me meeting somebody who would provide me with an opportunity of some much-needed work and income. That opportunity was gratefully accepted. A week after week I attended, I was curious but not convinced, and I was able to speak to like-minded people who would listen without judgement to this gobby loud individual and his odd opinions.

Finally, I could be myself, or I could choose not to engage if I didn’t want to, those couple of hours a week proved invaluable, it was a place where for a short while I could escape my troublesome mind. While I was there, I watched many different mediums over the years. Some were great and some not so: it’s all down to personal choice but what did bind them all together was their drive to bring in love light and upliftment to those in need. It was during that time that I received my first prediction by a wonderful lady by the name of Helen, Helen along with Ann, another light in my early days helped nurture me through a lot of my initial hangups with mediumship. Helen said to me I had a future at mediumship. I laughed; she continued that within 18 months, I will be up on platform giving messages. I again laughed and said, highly doubtful. Little did I know.

I was stacking the chairs away one night after the service and heard a lady in the kitchen talking about a message that I had given her during the development circle. She said Rick always provides guidance; it is almost like counselling. That has stayed with me and has also influenced my style of spiritual counselling to this day. I was and to a certain extent still am on a mission to find my purpose so I would always question people with more excellent knowledge about the things that I had experienced, the cigarette smell, the image of Grandad etc. I subsequently found out they were prompts for something bigger. Over the next three or so years, I attended the development group to sharpen my connection with spirit. I am not a religious person, but I love working with the universal energy that surrounds us all.

All of this gave me a thirst for more knowledge, and it was at this point I met my next teacher Simon, he can extract, or coax out talents and skills. My skills were hidden under a layer of insecurity. A distinct lack of confidence, he managed over the number of courses I attended to draw them out, who would have thought the threat of a pointy shoe up my rear end would provide such great motivation. Simon managed to do this work with a twinkle in his eye: but also got you to maintain the discipline that this work requires. Coupled with that, I did a thirty-week development course in Lincoln with another lovely soul who taught me the importance of being yourself and trusting in spirit; it was a great experience. Through the church, I was fortunate enough to work with one of my idols Pat. I can’t speak highly enough of her, she took me to various churches and psychic suppers, giving me the confidence to work the platform and deliver messages. I loved nearly every minute of it, think about the adrenaline from earlier. You will understand why I said almost all of it, damn pesky nerves.

Another turning point for me was Simon’s student fair where you get to experience what it is like to read for the public, wow that was an intense day. Now despite being full of nerves, I had a full booking sheet within minutes of setting up. I had a well-attended demonstration and that for me was the day that the waistcoat man’s persona was born. It triggered the intensity in me, and my love of the work intensified.

It is my firm belief when the student is ready, the teacher appears. I ask spirit for that to happen, and this next teacher was a man who I now see as a dear friend, an ally and a confidant. Ian and partner Liz run Lizian events which is a beautiful community-based business. They introduced me to the professional arena, and I can now sit proudly amongst my peers and teachers and give professional readings. I am honoured to sit amongst so many like-minded people who have people’s wellbeing at heart. I am thrilled when my counsel is sought. I always look to sharpen the sword: so, I’m prepared to learn new skills. Adding neuro-linguistic programming, analytical hypnotherapy and also with the guidance of Ian reiki master to my skill set all with the aim of helping as many people as I can see their true potential.

What you will find out with me is I am blunt and honest but also a great ally and fiercely loyal to my clients. I have no giant ego and am not pretentious, and I coined the phrase I am what I am, I do what I do. I am just me, that sums me up perfectly.

All I ask as you read this book is to realise I desire to inspire! However, none of the information contained instructs how to run your life; free-will must override all thoughts. This book includes personal observations of how my life’s path has opened new horizons and my thoughts at certain stages during my journey. I hope you enjoy the read and maybe you’ll find inspiration or a starting point of change.

Enjoy the journey.

Over the last few years, I have undertaken and passed many courses, my most recent being analytical hypnotherapy. Coupled with the Neuro-linguistic programming practitioners course and you might understand how it has given me an insight into how either myself or another person thinks. Part of what I have learnt is to spot patterns of behaviour and how specific programmes maybe being run based on an individual’s experiences. Part of the process of studying is the ability to self analyse and what I have come to realise is that both courses have a common thread running through them. Both of my tutors said the key to analysis is twofold: one, building rapport so that you can see how a client processes information and two using what the client gives you to work with.

I pondered as I tended to and decided to run a scenario in my mind and this particular scenario, I would play both parts, one being that of the client and the other being the therapist. Preparation for this was relatively simple in its construction, place me in an alien environment, gradually change the stimulus surrounding me and observe and record my findings.

A change in circumstances has disrupted my everyday work life. It is irrelevant what those changes are all I can say is that I am in an enforced change. Now as regular readers will know, I am not a great lover of authority or rules, but I accept that if people are paying you to do a job you have to conform, or you don’t get paid. I will attempt in these next few paragraphs to guide you through my thought processes. I, as the client, will tell you from 48 years of experience don’t do boredom in any form, so over the years, I have developed strategies to help me cope with any perceived boredom. It is merely mind management in my view that gives me a distraction and helps me not to focus on the discomfort of boredom.

For the last few months, I have found myself unloading shipping containers to earn a wage. It is both tedious and repetitive, and I have found it essential to find something to fill my head with rather than to focus on the monotony. This is where intelligent mind management comes in. If I can’t rein in those negative thoughts, I won’t be there very long. Therein lies a problem.

On the one hand, I am grateful that money is coming in and on the other, I have my intense dislike for boredom. In the factory I am at there is or was a big clock on the wall and the time seemingly crawled by if I was facing it so I asked to work in the container so I couldn’t see it, I solved a problem with a straightforward solution. A second problem was not so easily solvable, and that was the monotony of the job, it was the nature of the beast as the task had to be completed. As the therapist in this scenario, I had to look at what the client had presented me with. Doesn’t like boredom or repetitious tasks but accepts the tasks however mundane needed completing. My thoughts were can we use an effective strategy to distract the mind from the tedious task, and a suggestion was formed. I congratulated the client for flexibility of mind and for accepting what can’t be changed. I asked him to look around his environment and tell me what he saw. He says, ” I see a shipping container forty feet long, and it needs emptying and putting onto a conveyor my task is to unload it. Probing further I asked is there anything else yes he replied I am facing the boxes and they are stacked ten feet high, ok, how do you feel, disinterested was the reply. Right, what else can you see? I then let the client take over the narrative ” I know that I am going to be bored. I’m not fond of that feeling at all, and I don’t like dead space in my mind that the subconscious could fill with negative thoughts so I will need a distraction.

I look around my environment, and I see a pigeon who flies out of the warehouse, where did it go, at that point, I didn’t care as I am not a fan of pigeons at all. Over the following hours, days and weeks, I became fascinated by the pigeon’s movements. It seemed that it would make its first flight as I started at 7 am. It would fly out and then return a short time later with a prize of either a twig or some wadding for what I assumed to be for nest building. It would carry on this routine repeatedly during the shifts that I worked. It would fly out, come back, rest a while and then go again. While I observed this routine, I realised that focussing on the pigeon and its movements had helped take my mind off my mundane task. For the first week, the pigeon didn’t go far because there was an abundant supply of materials close to its nest. As time passed, supplies become more scarce. A decision now must be made does it fly out further afield and risk unchartered territories like the busy road or the ferrell cat? I mused that the pigeon would weigh up prize versus potential risk to see if the change was viable or not.

The pigeon’s antics became a staple of my day, and it got me thinking, the only times I saw that pigeon stop flying was when it was resting, or darkness had set in. Was there anything I could take from my observation. Rest is needed after strenuous activity as I have a firm belief that a tired head will tell you tired things. Secondly, will anything come from darkness, will I yield anything productive that will help me achieve success in the future? I reckoned not. I then analyse my current state of mind as I begin emptying the container; it isn’t that good. I find the deeper into the box I go, the more my mood begins to darken, the light starts to fade and becomes darkness, I feel enclosed and trapped; this is not a nice feeling, disturbing memories begin to fill my mind. I recognise this and know I need a distraction, and there are two ways this current mood could play out, one tiptoe towards a low mood that could take some getting out of or two strategise and use the experiences I have had over the years to get me through difficult times. I asked my mind to respond. I began to notice specific steps of my routine took me closer to completion of the tasks set. For instance, the conveyor will only reach so far in so at the halfway point, and it has to be stopped and pushed in that represents progress. At the three-quarter point, the floor in the container changes indicating that we are close to two things, one the back wall and two the completion of the task. It is interesting to note that the darkest point of the journey is the one that is closest to the point of fulfilment and success, it is also the point where I feel closest to giving up as I am physically and mentally exhausted.

I need to see myself through that last line of boxes, and I am over the finish line. I switch off the conveyor and turn round from the dark and see the light streaming in at the other end of the container. I walk towards it with confidence as I realise, despite my doubts, I have achieved my goal. I didn’t give up when I was in my darkest moment. I persevered. The darkness didn’t win, and it didn’t consume me. I arrive back into the daylight and take in deep breaths of fresh air, I take a drink and ready myself for whatever is next.

The moral of the story is I encourage you to take whatever you need from my musings. I guide you to ask yourself questions, am I the pigeon who stays on task flying in and out of a strange environment to collect its bounty all the while assessing whether it is worth the extra risk and the results gained from it. Overthinking gives you the results from the effort expended on it. Consider whether you would be better placed resting and reviewing waiting for the darkness to pass and be ready to go again. Alternatively are you the container unloader who has a task to complete but doesn’t like his lot, am I willing to accept things as they are or can I challenge the status quo. Do you realise that during times of darkness that small changes may well be occurring but are going unnoticed? You may well be in touching distance of the victory or success that you desire if you take time to notice what is going on. Do you realise that at the point of mental and physical exhaustion that it might be a pivotal point in your journey, so keep going? If you hang on just that bit longer, the journey towards the daylight is closer than you think.

I stand after completing my tasks and take in the sunlight and embrace f my surroundings and then prepare to begin again.

I close giving thanks to all involved in this scenario, the pigeon, the container and even my eclectic mind. I used what the client gave me, and I used my experiences, both good and bad, to plot a route to success. I leave you with these thoughts every day that you wake up is a chance to go again, quite simply never give up.

Love and light to you all
Rick Paul.

My friends and readers, do not be put off by the seemingly dark title. If you know me or not please know this all my spiritual work is designed to promote love and light and to bring in upliftment. This article has a two-fold intention. Firstly it conveys what is going on in my head at the time of writing. And secondly is the basis or the foundations for the final chapter of my book.

I have persevered with the book and have had to manage my time effectively so I could allocate slots to ensure progress and ultimately its conclusion. My Dear friend Ian Timothy and I have readily discussed the final chapter being about the final sleep and what that it might mean to me, is it the end definitively or is it just a pause while we wait for the next chapter. I pondered on it lots and then proceeded to have what I can only describe as a block. I didn’t lose any enthusiasm for it, and I just went through a period of disillusionment with people in general. I realised to remove the block I needed to take my mind off the task and find a fresh perspective, so I took solace in my garden and woodwork, and this helped me recharge my batteries.

Over the years, I have learned to manage my thinking. I have built up quite a reference library in what I call my mental Rolodex; repeat scenarios can be calculated as to how they will turn out if repeat strategies are used to solve problems. All are stored in my mind and has been a useful source of information over the years but like with everything things change and evolve, so I have to be ready to develop with it. To give an example of how the mental Rolodex approach works, I will provide you with a scenario, problem, let’s call it writer’s block, who could help me solve this: the first step ask yourself have you ever experienced this experience before. If the answer is yes, then consult the mental Rolodex for solutions as to how the scenario played out. If the answer is no then for me, the next step is to consult those that you trust. My two primary sources are the lovely Mrs P, and one Ian Timothy Esq, both of them have a way of cutting through illusion and helping me see what is there. Myself and Mrs P were talking of a different matter, and she said  do nothing. I placed this in the mental Rolodex for consideration. I turned the thought over and over, to solve a problem do nothing, it sounded strange and felt even more bizarre. I believe in solving a problem, you have to take direct action, but in this case, it yielded nothing. I decided, however, to take the advice on board and do nothing.

I talk a lot about taking personal responsibility for my life, and as we all know, actions have consequences. The new thought process felt alien to me, and my mind needed managing, so I put on you-tube and put on some music. A song came up from a band I have discovered in the last year, namely Pink Floyd. The song was called wish you were here, I listened intently through headphones while scrolling through the comments. A large proportion were people saying that the song’s lyrics reminded them of people that had passed or times from the past. A lot commented that they played it in memoriam to invoke a memory of times in their mind when things appeared to be better. A particular line caught my attention: “did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts” this got me thinking. Remember, life is about perspective, and most likely, my interpretation of the lyrics may differ hugely from that of others, let me explain further.

Heroes to me are present; they are here, they are now, I can if I choose to look up to them or maybe hope to emulate them or at the very least hope to be inspired by them. Ghosts represent the past, people who have passed a memory or a fragment of what once was. If I traded my heroes for ghosts, I have effectively given my present and possible progress to live in the past. What are memories but a perspective of something from your viewpoint? Maybe they are correct but only from your map of the world.

I now had answers for the last chapter; I had indeed done nothing and achieved the breakthrough. My solution was to conjure up an imaginary scenario that was quite simple in its effectiveness. Please indulge me now as I bring the idea to a conclusion: I am approaching the final sleep of death as some people believe. I have been given the date of my passing and fortunately also given the time to tidy up any loose ends. I had much to do and had no time to focus on that which I had lost (the ghosts). I wanted to spend my remaining precious time reflecting on the people that had inspired me (the heroes). People who were my heroes were the ones that spread optimism and promoted self-growth and awareness; people who helped others forward while also learning their lessons. My perception of the final sleep needed to be addressed, as well.

Death or the final sleep is not the total end, for me and my spiritual beliefs it is the shedding of the outer shell and is much like the actor saying the final words of his script in the role that he is playing before moving onto the next project. He stops, says the last lines and once delivered, he becomes himself again and prepares for the upcoming film. I ask myself a question if I knew my role was coming to an end, and I did indeed know my expiry date was what I would want my legacy to be.

I decided to pay tribute to myself. I wanted to be remembered for my smile, my offbeat sense of humour and my loyalty. I wanted it known that I tried my best; I loved hard. I experienced success and difficulties and endured pain but always knew that if I was fortunate enough to open my eyes in the morning, I could change things. My strength, my faith and loyalty to friends and family alike was a constant in my life. I supported people I helped and guided and even sometimes to my detriment I trusted and believed in people who maybe didn’t merit it but do you know what I loved it all.

One of Ian’s Comments then floated into my head “where do you spend your lives hours?” this simple sentence has and had a marked effect on me, and because of its influence I worry less and produce more. Things that I can’t influence aren’t given consideration, anything that won’t help with my life’s journey or impact on the end destination is discarded. The core function of the human being is to find a better feeling if we can’t find it within the way that we feel and act then the time for change is needed.

My imaginary scenario started to fade, and my time was coming to an end. I felt the need for summing up: time is a commodity that cannot be bought or sold. It is precious, yet people can choose how they use it or in many cases waste it thinking about things they can’t influence. My final words were approaching in the role that I had played so well, and I had done the best that I could. I hoped like all good award speeches I had remembered to thank all the people that had contributed. I finished with these words. I, Rick Paul, am ready for the next role I have during this lifetime desired to inspire and hope that when you think of me in the future, you will remember me in all my flawed glory. My thoughts on life are relatively simple; life is life, live it to the max. Love, laugh and enjoy, don’t have any regrets, accept change is sometimes needed for progress. Live in peace and respect yourself as the uniquely talented and priceless person that you are. No need lamenting on your ghosts and don’t focus on loss. Do not trade your present for the past, live in the now. Life is/ was a hell of a journey. I want to thank all of you being on it with me. It is only done once in this costume, so enjoy it till the next act.

The theme for this article is restructuring life and bringing in the new and throwing out the old. It also touches on how to utilise downtime effectively. Influences for this piece are two hobbies. Wrestling and stand up comedy: How am I going to make an article from the two unlikely bedfellows? Prepare yourself for some eclectic thinking, I’ll take you on a journey.

‘The New World Order Organisation’ or NWO Group were a collection of wrestlers that came together because wrestling bosses were serving up a boring mediocre product. Full of old ideas: rehashed and re-presented as new and innovative. ‘The New World Order’ came into being too challenging a wrestling world that was dominated by one company. ‘The New World Order’ came in with an attitude, a fresh approach and totally changed the wrestling landscape for two or three years.

Ian and I enjoy interesting discussions. We spoke of a method of taking a word and throwing it out into the universe: then sense whatever vibration or energy comes back from meditation. Then give it an airing and either write or record words about mediation arisings. Using this way of working has influenced my writing style. Spirit woke me one morning and gave me the words ‘New World Order’. I was a little bit puzzled: although I trust this style of working so this article became written!

Another long term hobby is studying and observing stand up comedy. It has fascinated me how people can take a word or an occurrence and weave it into a humorous tale. One man who for me epitomised this was Bob Monkhouse he was brilliant at taking a few words and turning it into a monologue: thrilling audiences with his storytelling: he made relevant points for consideration. His style of working is also an influence in this piece.

Bob and I have something in common. Our writing and thinking is flexible, the reason I mention this is because rigidity will not allow compromise or help in making changes or alterations. Blinkered thinking without an ability to compromise will inevitably lead you down a narrow corridor with little room for manoeuvre.

What does The New World Order mean? Well, let’s look further, the key to any journey is the preparation made before a single footstep is taken. To make changes in life you should be willing to put yourself centre stage and scrutinise your thoughts deeds and actions. If you can be flexible with your mindset you are ready to start the journey. I’m prompting you to analyse thought patterns and notice if your attitude changes after self-contemplation. Be honest with yourself, take responsibility and make a decision to implement change when there is a need.

How can we bring a New World Order about and make it relevant in our environment? As already noted look at your patterns. Are you like wrestling before the NWO brand? Are you turning out a tried and tested product because that is what you have always done, is there a monotonous quality about it?  Do you know or feel something is missing but either fear or familiarity is stopping you from making changes?

Do you start out with lots of energy and enthusiasm for projects: which soon become without enthusiasm?  How do you know when it is time to make changes? Well, the key to this is learning to recognise energy levels: how much life force you have: how much enthusiasm for completing the daily tasks of life?

The NWO Organisation recognised the old product was stale and needed refreshing it needed innovation and new ways of thinking about something that had been performed thousands of times before, NWO Organisation decided that changes needed making and came in with the attitude of ride with us or don’t either way change is coming

Now to come to the crux! Let’s start the journey, let’s create an action plan and flow chart simple in construction and a good reference point. Start by asking basic questions, consider your life experiences: and the environment. Do not judge yourself harshly during one’s observations. Ask if you’re happy with life and if the answer is: ‘Yes’ then there is no need to change. Carry on doing what you are doing and make minor tweaks when necessary. If the answer is ‘No’ then consider: What is your truth? How would you define true happiness? And how would you know if you were indeed surrounded by happiness? Objective thinking is needed! Because if we can identify what ‘happiness’ is we can start putting in the foundations of a pathway to change. My thought is you have to want to change the landscape before it can be adapted.

Look carefully at your environment: is it conducive to bringing out the best in you? If ‘Yes’ answer then you are doing a good job. If ‘No’ then changes are required. Remember, it is usually at the beginning of the change we will encounter hurdles or even full stop roadblocks. A furtive mind conjure’s up to all sorts of reasons (excuses) why an NWO cannot be achieved: For examples: lack of money, no confidence, the ‘other people won’t like it’ syndrome. One big excuse is: ‘I don’t have the time’ – I’m to busy’ And I’ll counter ‘You want me to believe you are willing to prioritise time focussed on the things you don’t want in your life?’ and ‘You prefer wasteful activity rather than use beneficial effort into building a new life?’ The answer is for you to choose! If your choice is to stagnate and waste your time and effort. Let’s assume you are not happy to progress and advance your life and the article ends here.

If the thought is toward making a positive and beneficial change: how do we make them work? To my mind the status quo needs challenging, It is essential to think long and hard about yourself. A journey of reflection is essential. Without an understanding of how you live you will never know why you live in your way. And unless there is an acceptance, not of your assets, but of your failings, the way to change cannot happen.

Let’s recap: there is a need for change. The energy to complete the task is there, as is the willingness to challenge the status quo. For a time the need is to work to eradicate feelings of inadequacies and lack in confidence. Think carefully that the new way of life (the New World Order) will take time to achieve and your positive changes many not be consciously recognised. But, stay positive and work with care in the future. Focus on EVERY positive aspect of your life.

Allow the ability to reflect on failure and setback as positive. Then a hurdle is encountered say ‘I am fuelling change: I am putting down the foundations for new pathways to happiness. I have identified where I want to be and where I want to go and there needs to be no specific timeline to when my NWO will become manifest’. You’ll not beat the old adages: ‘Rome wasn’t built in a day’ and ‘Forward is forward no matter how small the steps’ and you WILL gain momentum.

Realise situations and life events sometimes have a habit of throwing you a curveball. This is when the flexibility of mindset is needed most. Don’t get locked into turning out a stale product if it doesn’t adequately reflect the true-self  Think clearly about what is right for you. Speak your truth, by writing your action plan. Take corrective action to achieve the desired results. Engrave this truth the walls of the soul: ‘Change is possible when I believe in myself, my objectives, my desires, my life.

Some of you will take solace from the ideas. Others will disagree. A majority of sceptics will reel out ‘Easier said than done Rick’ To all of you I ask: ‘What role are you playing in the costume you have made from your deeds and thoughts?’ Your eyes are reading these words NOW and your body will live this life just once. Sure there may be some hasty re-writes of scenes of the play of life. There will be many alternative routes to travel and even those will encounter detour (life can be very twisted). But consider the accepted truth: Life is a many act play and the curtains fall only once. There will be NO Encore.

Humankind will always show true colours or what they are made of during difficult times. Issues and ‘full stops’ will need to be encountered. However, if we look, we’ll discover positives in even the smallest of problems. Although, one has to train the mind to see positive, seeing the negative is easy and damages the potential to succeed. Don’t wait till until you’re isolated or locked in before making positive changes. Begin today! You’ve earned the opportunity to change just by standing on the stage of life.

Be sure you are good enough for any situation. Put yourself at the forefront of your desires visualise how your New World Order should look. Remind the doubter’s changes are here and they can ride alongside or get out of the way! Enjoy the journey and plan wisely. And always remember in times of doubt, the guy in the noisy waistcoat has you in his thoughts and prayers.

Bright blessings Rick Paul.

Well as I draw to the end of a very eclectic week which has provided mostly highs but also some learning points, I have realised that at times I have to take some of my own medicine and practice what I preach. Life in its funny ways has given me food for thought and an opportunity to send out once again my intent for the rest of the year. I have had a great time recently working for spirit and delivering their messages and what I hope is upliftment to the clients.
Now whether that is reading at fairs or at an event I always send out the positive intent before I start talking.I will use any tool I have in my toolbox to help people realise their own potential and attempt to guide them to the answers that they seek. Seeking perfection and reaching everybody is a arduous and ultimately futile use of my energy but it hasn’t stopped me trying. My method of working whether psychic medium or from a NLP standpoint is always designed to give one main thing and that is a another persons perspective, it isn’t the right answer or an instruction because during any work with clients I am not the ultimate answer YOU are. For all those that “Get me” and support me thank you, for those that don’t and think my work a little bit too broad or general don’t worry I am not offended because my faith in spirit is such that if it is given to me I need to pass it on. Personal responsibility will always dictate what you do with that information. If anybody has any questions about the way that I work and what I can and can’t do please ask. From my heart I can assure everybody none of my work is about me or my ego but like everybody it is nice to be appreciated and I acknowledge that side of my ego.My work will always venture onto the side of counselling and coaching because my passion is helping others move forward. I never promise to bring anybody specific through and I am not about predicting the future more helping people through their current times.Think catchphrase and say what you see and you won’t go far wrong. Make no mistake I love what I do and am extremely grateful for all the support that pours my way. My ethics and my morals towards spirit work are always at the highest level and I will never make things fit. Even the odd bit of negative feedback spurs me on to what I can do to improve and I believe spirit will lead me where I need to be. It is rather a long post but those that read it know that it is aimed at you, basically thank you, ever evolving, ever learning and doing as spirit always say and that is practising gratitude. Bright blessings Rick. #desiretoinspire

My thoughts this morning is partly me and partly inspiration from a guy called Darren Stanton and a recent conversation we had.
Progress is progress no matter how small the steps, I am a big fan of the world strongest man programmes and when you watch these men pull huge objects such as planes and lorries etc, look at the person in relation to the size of the object man is miniscule by comparison. He applies his power he pulls with all his might, the inertia seemingly makes it impossible, he applies every last effort in his being and just a little movement occurs and then there’s momentum then there is a shift the giant object begins to move the man gives it more power and finally it begins to roll. Its end destination, when there is no movement and inertia takes over again slowing the object down the man runs out of power and the momentum stops.Is he where he wants to be only he can answer that. My message is keep applying all your power to that which you are passionate about even against seemingly insurmountable odds, get over your periods of inertia and get yourself where you are meant to be, keep pulling because you never know when that momentum is going to shift in your favour. Keep on keeping on
Bright blessings from Rick.

We take our inspirations from different things in life mine comes a lot from wwe and the wrestling loving the over the top larger than life characters, my own persona is made up from many different parts. I have been thinking a lot about my life, work, development and what do I want going forward I want to help others and make a difference but I am not sure how. How do I want to be remembered and this is when I found something that resonated with me. The ultimate warrior was a huge character and his last ever promo was on the day before he passed away so this in effect was his epitaph and I liked it
“Every man’s heart one day beats its final beat, his lungs breathe their final breath and if what that man did in his life makes the blood pulse through the body of others and makes them believe deeper in something larger than life, then his essence, his spirit will be immortalised”
I want to a certain extent to leave a thought, help others access their own talents, change self destructive thought patterns and teach and in that end moment hope that something I have said has made a difference. Just a thought.

Just finished off a book about a woman’s journey to be accepted as an equal in the eyes of the church, I have never been particularly religious but the resonance of a lot of the messages hit home for me, through the book this ladies immense courage to follow her beliefs despite immense personal tragedies was inspiring, despite this being a work of fiction it has hit home, be yourself, live your own life, make the life you want, don’t blame others for your own inadequacies keep going forwards always, don’t stick to a script written by another, write your own and remember the only person’s approval to strive for is your own, those that are meant to be around you and to enjoy your uniqueness will always be there and those that don’t will drift away. In closing don’t be anything else than “just you” that is enough, bright blessings and just a thought from my spirit to yours x.

Thought for the moment.
Have you found yourself reminiscing about times you have had with people and how much you loved being with them in that moment, then you decide after a while that you would like to see them again so you put your energy into having a get together with those people that you enjoyed those special time(s) with only to find that some of those people are busy or can’t make it for other reasons. The get together is great but there is a element missing and it is not quite the same as the memory of what you have. The moral of the story is enjoy all those special moments to the full, have a good laugh and live in that moment right then because you can never quite repeat it again because people have lives around you and evolve as do you, pathways split as we make our way in life and move forward, we can never go back to that “time” no matter how good it was, it cannot be repeated. So when those special times come along enjoy them and take every opportunity that is offered, life is too short for regrets.Live you your life for the now and not the past.