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Serendipity.

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What a beautiful word! -

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conjuring park serene sailing,
with a hint of good-natured fun.

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Serendipity -

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that chance beneficial meeting,

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the unexpected conversation

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that provides just the answer
you're looking for,

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the perfectly timed taxi ride

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that takes you past the cinema
showing the film you'd be wanting to see,

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where you accidentally
knock over somebody else's popcorn

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who turns out to be the boy from school
who you used to have a crush on.

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And guess what?

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A year later you're happily married -

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serendipity.

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So if that is serendipity in action,
how does it work?

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How does it work?

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Are there higher powers
directing the details of our lives?

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Or is it just a random
coincidence of events?

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Is there anything we can do to enhance
the occurrences of these positive events?

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It is my proposition today

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that whilst life throws
many events our way -

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some positive, some challenging -

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we have within ourselves,

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the power and possibility
to create an environment

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that enhances the probability
of these fortunate events

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that make our lives
a little more plain sailing

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and a lot more fun.

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Before we continue,

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I would like to explain

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that I'm a qualified
and experienced sound therapist.

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I have studied spiritual
and scientific texts

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as they relate to sound and vibration.

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Some of the things
I'm going to talk about today

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might initially sound impossible,

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but I would ask you
to suspend your disbelief

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and remember in the words
of the author Paulo Coelho,

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"People never learn by being told,
they have to find out for themselves."

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It's about taking my words today
and relating them to your own experience,

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and if enough truth resonates for you,

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go out and experience it for yourself;

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find out if it holds true for you.

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To understand why I believe

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we are able to create and influence
serendipitous events,

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I would like you to consider
that we live in a vibrational universe;

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you are a vibrational being,

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whose cells and organs all pulsate
at a particular frequency.

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Our brain pulsates
with electromagnetic energy,

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affected by our emotions, our health
and our general state of well-being.

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Our body contracts and pulses
at various rates,

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including your heartbeat,
your stomach contracting

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and the very act of breathing.

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Together, they make up you,
a composite of frequencies,

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and so we each vibrate
to our own personal tune.

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Disease, depression,
negative behavior patterns -

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these are all symptoms of a body and mind
being out of tune, quite literally.

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Not only do our bodies
vibrate on a cellular level,

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these vibrations do not end with this skin

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but instead, continue out into space
on a vibratory continuum

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being connected by an energy field
or a matrix of waves.

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I'd like you to rub
your hands together really fast

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and then hold them a couple of millimeters
away from each other.

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Can you feel a slight resistance?

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That is energy.

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Nikola Tesla said,

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"If you want to find
the secret of the universe,

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you need to think in terms
of energy, frequency and vibration."

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If an energetic force is struck

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at the same resonant frequency
as another object in the vicinity,

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the vibrations will cause
the second object to begin vibrating.

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In terms of how you experience the world,

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the energy and vibration you give off
is met and reflected back.

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We can feel this on an emotional level

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when we say that somebody's
on our wavelength

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or we feel in tune
with a person or situation.

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Why is it important?

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Well, if your internal vibration
is one of anxiety, depression, anger,

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the life experience you have
may very well provide you

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with people and situations
that reflect this back at you,

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thereby reinforcing the feeling

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and so creating a circuitous,
negative experience of life.

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It's a bit like tuning
into different radio waves,

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depending on what frequency you emit
or decide on what station you pick up;

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therefore, if we can raise and enhance
our internal vibration,

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we can create a situation

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that reflects back
a more positive experience of life.

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So how do we create that shift?

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Ancient teaching’s view
of how the world is created

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is through sound.

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Whilst the truth of these views
can be debated,

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what is clear from modern research,
sound can at the very least affect matter.

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In the 18th century,

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Ernst Chladni put sand onto a glass plate

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and vibrated it with a violin bow.

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The sand was pulled into creative
and beautiful symmetric patterns.

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This work has been continued
with the invention of the cymascope

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by John Reid,

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who uses water as a surface membrane
in which to imprint sound

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and create a digital representation
of sound and vibration.

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In the following video clip,

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you will see the sound and vibration

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as represented on the cymascope
of a singing bowl,

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much like the one I have here.

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(Singing bowl chimes)

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As you can hear,

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the bowl has rich and complex harmonics.

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(Singing bowl chimes)

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Notice the symmetrical shapes

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and the similarities to those
found in sacred geometry

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and within the harmonious shapes
found in nature.

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Through the study of
micro cymatics and sonocytology,

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we are now able to hear the difference
between a healthy and unhealthy cell.

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According to Gardner Snook
of Manchester University,

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the difference between a healthy cell
and a cancerous cell

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is like two very large orchestras

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all playing their instruments
at the same time,

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but in the cancerous orchestra,
the tuba is horribly out of tune.

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In the following two clips,

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you can hear the difference

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between the healthy pulsations
of a yeast cell

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and the high-pitched frequency
of one that is stressed.

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Notice the distortions
as represented on the cymascope

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of the one that is stressed.

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(Sounds similar to distant thunders)

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(Sharp hissing sounds)

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Through the latest experiments
using micro cymatics,

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it has been suggested
that through the principle of entrainment,

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whereby a more powerful frequency

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causes a weaker frequency
to synchronize with it,

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we can excite the membrane of a cell

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into coherent and geometrical patterns;

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therefore, if we direct harmonious sound
towards our bodies,

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we are able to bring our cells
into their own optimum frequency.

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Not only do we vibrate
on a cellular level,

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our consciousness,
our thoughts and emotions

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all have their own energetic imprint.

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Masaru Emoto, in his book
"The Secret Life of Water,"

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exposed water to harmonious sounds,
healing thoughts, and prayer

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as well as dissonant music
and negative thoughts.

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He then froze the water and took
photographs of the water crystals.

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The water that had been exposed
to the harmonious sounds

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and healing thoughts and prayer

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created beautiful
and geometric water crystals,

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and those who didn't
were misshapen or not present at all.

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Many scientists and
philosophers have pondered,

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Where does consciousness
and our thoughts arise from?

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Whether you believe
that it is from a god-given source

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or from somewhere deep inside the brain,

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latest research has discovered

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that it is through our
bodily responses to it,

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is in quantum vibrations found
in microtubules within brain neurons;

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therefore, as we have already found out,

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by putting harmonious
thoughts into our brains,

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we can turn our perceptions
and our thoughts

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from chaos to beauty.

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We've all used music
to calm and energize ourselves,

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whether it is dance music
on a Saturday night

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or downtempo jazz on the Sunday.

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Pachelbel’s Canon was my go-to
when in the throes of teenage angst.

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I’ve subsequently discovered

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that the perfect fifth harmonic
as found in Baroque music

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is one of the most healing
harmonic arrangements there is,

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being both expansive and stable.

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By creating a steady rhythm

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through the use of Baroque music,
toning a single vowel,

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or through the use of a gong,
a Himalayan bowl,

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or through a mother
singing a lullaby to her child,

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a steady rhythm can be created

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that allows the mind to latch on to it,
slow down, and relax -

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the left and right
hemispheres of the brain

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begin to resonate to a steady rhythm,

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bringing together
the more linear left side

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with a more emotional and creative right;

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the subconscious and
unconscious minds become aligned,

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unresolved issues are released,

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and you become more vibrationally coherent
and increasingly powerful.

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When we say that somebody is charismatic,

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what we are feeling
is their personal vibration.

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When this happens, life starts to flow,
and those serendipitous moments increase.

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Why?

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I stand to quote the saying,

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"We cannot solve problems

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using the same kind of thinking we had
when we created them."

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By creating a more coherent
and harmonizing

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on our bodies and our thoughts,

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we can change our thoughts

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and so change the way
you perceive the world.

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We start to see the world
through a truthful lens,

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being curious of the
opportunities presented to us.

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We respond creatively to situations,

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taking action that perhaps
others might not

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and perhaps we have not done in the past.

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It is at this moment,

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those serendipitous moments
that seem so random and elusive

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start to become more frequent and expected

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because not only are we tuned
into a more enjoyable radio station,

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we become less passive and more active
as steering our course,

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whereby we can live a life more expansive
and increasingly joy-filled.

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Thank you for listening.

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(Applause)