This thread is on request from Angel.

It is important to document each and every success story you find happening to you, no matter how small. It is too easy to forget them and only focus on the difficulties you've faced in the process of waking up. For those times when you are wondering if you are making it all up, and when your subconscious keeps telling you "oh it was just this little thing"... write them down. Every one of them. For yourself, but perhaps more so for everyone else, our students and others, who need the anecdotal evidence that things are really happening, that dreams really can come true, that (little or big) miracles are possible.

With success story, I don't just mean "Look, I healed someone!" Any and all evidence that proved to you that the meta- is real, that something really did happen, is what I want to hear from you. Give me things that had clear physical or emotional results. If you did energy work on someone and their headache went away, or if you talked to them and they decided life is worth living again, or you are blowing up lightbulbs all over your house, or you are looking back to who you were last year and can't believe how you changed - those are all success stories. I want them.

BONUS: if we get enough of these success stories, and by enough different people, we may be able to find very interesting patterns. "X only happens to green belts and above" or "October was a time when a lot happened!" This only works if everyone participates. Posting your successes should be as obvious to you if not more so than posting your journal every few days, and it's at least as important.

They can be short blurbs, and shouldn't take you more than 5 minutes to write up. Ideally, whenever something amazing happens in your life, you should be writing up a little success story in your head already and post it whenever you next get online.

--- Format ---

TITEL: (short, something like "skype crashes". it doesnt have to be fancy and you can re-use titles)
DATE: (obvious. if you're not sure on exact date, get a close approximation, but be concrete. Dec 2010, not "last week")
WHO: (you, you with a student/classmate/parent, heard from others?)
BELT: (mention your belt level, it's ok if you dont have one yet)
WHAT: (one paragraph description with as much detail as you have. doesn't have to be long or complicated, can include copy pastes from chats, but do try to make it understandable to outsiders)
WOW RATING: (how much did this surprise/impress you?)


--- Example ---

TITEL: Guidance was right
DATE: 9 Dec 2010
WHO: Me
BELT: Silver
WHAT: For a few weeks now, I've been trying to get a hold of the members of a rock band down the street to discuss something with them. I've not been able to find them at all, either they were playing and couldn't hear the doorbell, or they already left, etc. I was at home, teaching, when suddenly my guidance said "Go check those rock boys now. They're there." It sounded very clear in my head, and repeated insistently when I didn't jump up right away. Well. Alright. I got up, got shoes on, went over there... and all three of them were sitting right in front of the front door and were very eager to help me.
WOW: 8


Your turn. If we don't have at least 5 new entries a day, we're not trying. I know I've not shared terribly much about my own progress to you all, but as an enticement, for every day that we have 5 new success stories, I'll post some of my own.

A rock band eh? interesting

TITEL: Multitasking.
DATE: Today -- Dec 10, 2010
WHO: Me
BELT: Orange
WHAT: Had a particularly awesome and efficient day. Smiled almost all day through
WOW RATING: 8
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This is a.. 6-in-1 success thing, I guess, so expect a semi-wall of text. But since it's filled with awesome I'm sure you won't mind.

So today was pretty much the first day I ever tried some serious multitasking. Feels like I want more of that. But anyway, I started with the regular morning routine. On the way to the train station then I just grounded/centered with every step I took -- makes the trip a lot more interesting. And also checked for ghosts or energy vamps. Found one ghost, and also a connection to my right thing somewhere. Got rid of those and immediately I felt awake, even though I was half sleepwalking because I only slept 4 hours or so.

On the train itself I didn't do much, just worked on this week's exercise we got in IKAS class; closing the rift set up between my 4th/3rd chakra. Whilst studying for my exams. Then brought my Higher Self into the game and had a very effective study those few minutes

At school, i arrived late, but no worries. Sat myself down and started my Chem exam. God it was SO EASY! If I get under 85% I'd be surprised. Traced the final leftovers of my Test Anxiety issue while doing it, so double awesomeness. After I cleared those last parts I finally lost the bits of stress I had hanging around, and the test got on a lovely roll.

I finished early, so had nothing to do but bore myself. Though anxiousness kept coming back, so I checked and it turned out it wasn't mine. The people around me had a lot of it going on as well, and I kept picking up on it. We were with about 50 people in the study hall. I cleared all of them as best as I could manage. And then expanded my energy field to take up the entire place and made sure it stayed healthy and clean.
.. What a difference, seriously. Relaxation started flowing all over me. I certainly didn't mind the change.

After that I worked on my chakras a bit, for a minute or ten. Ran energy up to my Heart chakra, and jumped into that past life in the world war, because I've still some pieces left that block my heart. I think I got most of it out now.

Something social now. Big thing, for me. For a few days now, a close friend of mine has been angry at me because she's convinced I spread the rumour that she's been pregnant this summer. She actually has been, she told me, but I never spread the word. Thing is, gossip girl of our class kept interrogating me. She seemed to know details already (so it wasn't me who started it anyway), and I ended up saying 'Yeah, sure, theres rumours. I can't tell you the truth.'
Now, normally, I would've freaked out, punched the wall, would've been pitiful and angry and self-bashing and would allow myself to be taken profit of because I would have to apologise in a number of ways. I gave myself a few minutes to think, and ended up deciding... I don't even like being around her. Not the type of person I'm happy around. So now, instead of feeling horrible, I left her behind me and stuck with other friends. One of the most fun lunch breaks I had this year (don't assume I dropped her like a brick though. I know her well enough and we've been through a lot. She'll come to senses soon enough)

Afterwards, study time at school, till 15.10. Had a lot of fun. Nothing much happened though. But became aware, as I was talking to a friend who challenged me to sing in the study hall (told him i joined the school Xmas choir)... That I'm actually scared shitless of singing in front of a public. I'll need to work on that before I actually have to sing in the church. Thanks for the heads-up

And karate just went awesomely, as always XD
*happy*

TITLE: Conversation with Roomies brother
DATE: December 10, 2010
WHO: Me, Amber - roommate, and Nick - her brother.
BELT: Yellow
WHAT: It must've been at three different points I had impressions to act or speak in some way. The first being the pending teasing of salad bits on a fork from Amber, I started leaning back right before she made motions to tease. Before Nick said how excited he was to be almost on break - and commenting on how fast he was talking because of it I'd felt something like 'Ah. He's happy. Ready to head home', like I could hear it in his voice despite him talking about nothing of the sort. He didn't even 'sound' happy, for crying out loud. And I don't remember what the other was... Ah well.
WOW RATING: 7 - More surprised because it wasn't 'just' me and Amber but someone I don't talk to often at all.

TITLE: Kung-fu
DATE: Dec 3, 2010
WHO: Me
BELT: white
WHAT: went to kung-fu workshop, my friend taught, let me try it for free, at this dance studio then she invited me to trade art workshops for martial arts classes and has the key to a dance studio, and suggested we go work there when we want
WOW RATING: 8

I used to dance when I was younger. I actually studied dance in NYC at a pre-professional level at one point in my life. I really love physical activity. When I first started EP and learned about LOA... I WANTED a space I could dance at and to get into a variety of physical activity. One random day about 2 weeks ago, I was grabbing a bite at a cafe and ran into a good friend of mine. She told me about Kung-Fu classes she was teaching. I really wanted to support her, but didn't have the funds. She told me to come and try it. I went last week. My intuition was guiding me to go there. It was at this place called, "Spirit Moves". I was sooo happy to find this studio. There are all kinds of dance classes. I loved her martial arts class. My body hurt for the next week, but I thought yeah, I want more! She said as I walked out, and I have a key to the studio so we can come and dance and work when we want. Yay for LOA!

Can we go back in time? Also, can we talk about the more out-there stuff (thinking interm/adv topics)?

TITEL: Flamebending
DATE: Nov 2009
WHO: Me
BELT: White (or none?)
WHAT: Tried flamebending on my first week into classes. It worked. Consistently. With a completely steady flame that I could bend towards my hand (a physics friend is still boggling, says he would have gotten it if it went away from my hand). I could turn the bending on or off at will, without moving the hand, from about 2 hands away from the flame, could make the flame spin circles, etc.
Repeat, first weak of class.
WOW RATING: 10, tears of joy

TITEL: First deep scan
DATE: Jan 2010-ish
WHO: Me, Mari
BELT: White
WHAT: We had had Scanning class and checkup, but since none of the other group members showed up to our next class, we got some more hands-on practice with scanning. We got a name that we'd never heard before, and a "tell me anything and everything you can about this person".
Initial scans came down to fear/sad, something's up with his 5th, some stuff about his appearance. My deeper scan went something like, I saw him in a forest, with just a couple of rows of trees before everything faded to white like it hadn't been drawn into the picture yet. When I looked away he was on a boat, worrying about being late to some appointment, looking down at ruins below him the water. At this point I was crying but I didn't know why.
This man we were scanning had just heard he had a tumor and was going to die in a couple of months, and was at that moment on the phone with his brother that he hadn't spoken to in years (the 5th thing).
Mari's scans had different imagery but were exactly the same as mine.
WOW RATING: 8

TITEL: PIGEOOOOONS
DATE: Sep 2010
WHO: Me, Rohaa, Epic, Agna, Mari, Yvonne, Enelya
BELT: Yellow
WHAT: This was during the EP meet in september. We were in the city having lunch and drawing people's aura's (which is a success story in itself), when a flock of pigeons started hanging around us begging for food. They were constantly looking at me even though others were closer. Apparently, I had a Pigeon totem. Um. Okay. We got one to sit down on my lap - until I kinda flipped and it got scared
They were getting annoying by that point, and I was trying to "will" them to leave but it wasn't working. They'd go away for a while and then come back.
Anyway, Pigeon energy is not really something I want in my life. Maybe it's appropriate for other people, but I didn't think they represented any kind of IP part of me. So I plopped into alpha for a bit, told my Pigeon parts "thanks but I don't need you anymore"... Took a bit, but eventually I though "Ok, that's the last of it," and was just in time to see the pigeons flying away. They didn't come back

In November, when I was having some OP time and really just wanted to hide, I was sitting in a stopped train outside a station. Outside the window was a wall at eye-height for me. On it was a pigeon. Staring. Just staring. I looked inside and Pigeon parts were back, and when I repeated the process the pigeon left.
WOW RATING: 7, impressive.

TITEL: Dowsing Rod Win
DATE: September 2010
WHO: Rohaa
BELT: Me, Yellow. Rohaa Silver.
WHAT: We were at the zoo, hanging out inside at an Ice Age exhibit. We were using the dowsing rods to scan out some random stuff about people, when some civilian (for lack of a better word) kids came by. Maybe about 6 years old, two of them. The wall across from us had some little drawers in it, with fossils. Kids came by and opened them, looked inside, etc. Rohaa was using the rods to point at one of the kids as he moved around. I'm not sure but I don't think she was even looking at him most of the time. His friend/brother didn't notice, but eventually the kid picked up on what was happening and sprinted across the hall, dowsing rods swung hard to follow him.
We were all laughing, kid poked his head around the corner, like he knew something cool just happened but maybe couldn't exactly figure out what it was.
WOW RATING: 5, enough dowsing rod silliness had already happened that it wasn't really a ZOMG moment anymore, but the amusement factor probably boosts it up to a 7.

TITLE: Pencil Win
DATE: Nov 2010
WHO: Me, Mew group
BELT: Yellow
WHAT: Was teaching energy manip, we had someone's pencil to practice on. The person practicing had trouble getting the "heaviness" out of the back of the pencil. Instead of trying to fix, or panicing (I'm not teaching right!), I took a risk and asked the owner of the pencil if it was actually heavier on one end.
Turns out it was a mechanical pencil, with an eraser/clicky thing on the back.
It's nice when things work.
WOW RATING: 6, it's nice when things work

Storytime storytime!

TITEL: Heartenergies
DATE: 10 december 2010
WHO: me
BELT: orange
WHAT: I am playing guitar in my room. Today was different from other days. I was imagining that I was playing on the street with the EP band.I imagined this before, but now the feeling of it is different. People are listening and enjoying us playing. We are playing and radiating heartenergies. I really feel that my heart is happy and open now. It is such a wonderful feeling. I feel happy for us/the band that we can make a difference to ourselves and to the people who are listening. I try to hold on to this feeling, because it feels so good.
WOW RATING: 8

TITEL: LoA anyone?
DATE: 4 december 2010
WHO: me
BELT: orange
WHAT: I've been daydreaming about the Hassansin Leader Zolm in a romantic way for some time now, and thought 'I'm probably nuts, but it would be epic if I found him IRL.' LoA answered, the next day, a guy I've never seen before at work sits down on the seat opposite right. Tall, black hair, hard blue eyes, predatory grin. Oh hello Hassansin imitate! He's Friesian and already taken, but hey. Still was enough to make me go . Held that for a few days. After that, as I kept thinking about Zolm and the previously mentioned awesomesauce IRL thing, I got stuck during travel at a dinky trainstation called Uitgeest. I was waiting near a wall, when all of a sudden a guy comes by. Oooooh yes! Dark hair, stunning blue eyes, even the nose and somewhat narrower face Zolm has too. Fairly tall, came by with a sleeping bag and a backpack. I thought 'oookaay, you can park yourself next to me now ' and he almost did. Someone already stood there, but he took the place next to them. I wondered what he would sound like, and yes, he got a call, and yes he did sound a bit like that Hassansin as well. Dutch awesomely enough (always thought of wanting/getting a Dutch boyfriend if the time came). I saw him a few times more, and after he quick sprint into the train and up the stairs, he was gone. It's that he went into a firstclass area, else I probably would've followed him .
Attract handsome cute guys anyone?
WOW: 9 oh goddamn HELL yes!

P.S. Still trying to attract him back, so far no luck.

TITEL: Core Totem Encounter
DATE: august 2010, first Elfpath meetup
WHO: me
BELT: orange
WHAT: We went on a fieldtrip to a nearby zoo to talk to some animals and see our animal totems. For me that included meeting a real life White Rhino, my Core Animal Totem, for the first time. Since I knew we were going to the zoo, I had such a strong want to talk to a rhinoceros. And when we came to their enclosure, most if not all Elfpathers said 'go on, hurry up. You want to run over there!' so ok. I went over to them, I was very happy to "finally" meet them in real life. The rest of the group stayed on a small distance, and I came as close as I could get to the two rhino's lying there. I tried to talk to them, but somehow they were relucant, or not interested. I saw the bigger rhino grazing up the hill, and then something inspiring happened. I think somehow it 'saw' me, or the other two called him for me, in a 'hey, your girl is here.' I then noticed the biggest rhino walking straight at me. And I knew it was coming at me, I just knew it, in the core of my heart. It calmly made its way down to me and then started doing something totally random; nudging a small rock, keeping its mouth/nose close to it. It did so, so I could talk clearly with it. Where I had trouble with other animals, this was so easy. I just homed in on it, and there was a link between me and him. He showed me how big, how strong he was. A bit puffy or fatty, but really thickskinned. Not easily moved. There was much strength in his entire body, muscular, big, broad. His head was at an odd angle, but when looking at his horns, the whole front of his face and the horns as well felt so powerful. They would pack an incredible whallop to anything that dared to mess with it. Through the connection, I could feel the strength, the energy and (pure) power of the rhino in the core of my body. It was like a geyser, coming up and burning through me. It was awe-impressing. When a pig came by to be snotty and pushy, he just poked it easily 'go away kid. Your place is not here.' and when it wouldn't move quickly enough, he turned and poked it again. The pig ran off, and rhino laid down. His task was done. I felt it, as the link somehow disappeared. Wow. That was SO amazing.
WOW: 9, definitely.

TITEL: Joy
DATE: 11 Dec 2010
WHO: Me, my mom, Randy
BELT: Yellow
WHAT: So let's see... a bunch of stuff. I hung out with my mom today as a late b-day dinner thingie, and as we walk out the waiter - for the millienth time - wishes up a very happy holidays and thanks SO much for coming today, and I had the thought 'ten dollars' after wishing him the same back. As we walk out I ask my mom how much she tipped him, normally I don't care, and she says 'Ten Dollars' and I was like 'omg!' - in my head. Then before she leaves she goes 'three missed calls? who called me?' and I go 'dad' and as she's arguing against the likelyness of him calling since he 'knows' where she is, she checks and goes 'Ah. He DID call me O.o...' (Again, 'omg!' in my head, outwardly a little bit, it was funny). And then when I get back and rant to Randy about relationships and life and stress I check fb and see Luufies fortune cookie thingy. So I click it and click to get my daily fortune thing also and it said "Your happiness is before you, not behind you! Cherish it." Considering all the doubt and stress and dramas I've been dealing with the last couple weeks... I really needed today. Good fun.
WOW: Ten. I normally don't pay attention so seeing so many is relatively ridiculous and fun ^.^.

title: wax on karate
date: 11 december 2010
who: me at karateclass
belt: orange
what: at karateclass we were doing an exercise. the first thing that came to my mind was: wax on, wax off. from the movie karate kid 1. it is the same movement. a few secs later the teacher said: wax on, wax off. And he was looking at me while saying it. huh? did i pick up on his thoughts?
wow: 7