Debra Poneman: Living in the Miracle Zone
The TM Technique and Sahaj Samadhi meditation taught through the Art of Living Foundation to me are the most effective and effortless paths to establishing this profound inner silence. They are ancient techniques still being taught in their purity by certified teachers.
I made the transition from meditation teacher to teaching success seminars when, in 1979, I realized I needed to make some money to buy things like health insurance and car insurance – a car to insure would have bee nice too. So I moved from the meditation community where I was living to LA which is where I thought the money was and got a job selling tax-sheltered investments. Now there’s a contrast! It was not enjoyable for even a moment and I was a dismal failure at it. But one thing we know for sure, there are no mistakes in the universe and you are, at every moment, exactly where you’re supposed to be. If you weren’t supposed to be there, you wouldn’t be. As the great Byron Katie says, “Argue with reality and you will lose – only 100% of the time.” So one day a co-worker asked me if I wanted to go to a money seminar. I thought it was going to be on stocks and bonds and I really wasn’t in the mood but next thing I know I said yes and was on my way.
When I walked in, I saw the room was not filled with the usual suits but the New Age crowd and the speaker was talking about the Law of Attraction and the power of our thoughts. He said that if we have thoughts of lack and limitation, that’s what we’ll vibrate into our lives and if we have thoughts of abundance and prosperity that’s what will show up.
I was totally mesmerized and before the night was over, I knew without a doubt that teaching these principles was what I was going to do for the rest of my life. So I got to work studying the great masters of this energetic knowledge like Napoleon Hill and Wallace Wattles and I put together a seminar. The time must have been right because there was standing room only at my first presentation in 1981 at the Santa Monica Public library. Less than 2 years later my seminar was being taught in countries around the world.
