Dreams are everything to me. I am boundlessly creative and love creating something super valuable to contribute to the world from nothing. Poof, there it is :) It could be music, commericals, multimedia, friendships, love, awakened beings ... anything. There is nothing more exciting than being a powerful creator contributing one's unique piece to making a positive impact in the world.

I have recently been exploring everything I can about the unknown. How do you explore something that doesn't exist yet? Well, it's the state of "being in the believing" before something is actually created. I find it fascinating. Harry Palmer, creator of the Avatar Course, talks about how we can't be comfortable with something we haven't manifested yet. Even still, there are times that I TRY to be "comfortable" while I am stretching toward creating something entirely new. Its laughable. So, what I have come to realize is that one must rejoice in the uncomfortableness. Get out of your comfort zone. Be afraid. Feel excited. Make a mistake. Get your feet wet. Fall down. Skin your knee. And throw your head back and laugh out loud. It's all good. I remember sitting in my apartment in Paris on New Year's Day in 1998 and writing down my goals for the year. I was completely freezing but loving every minute of it. I consider New Year's a very sacred day and I *always* take time to reflect on where I am headed and what I intend to create for the new year. I remember writing down the goal of having my songs on TV Shows and Films in 1998. At that exact moment in time, I did not personally know one person in that aspect of the music industry back in L.A. So, when I returned home to Los Angeles a few weeks later, I decided "okay, here we go, let's create this thing." About a month after my trip, I was at the gym working out. It was the night of the Oscars and my roommate's friend was having an Oscar's party at her house. I had lost track of time at the gym and realized that if I didn't go straight from the gym to the party that I would miss the party altogether. Something in me intuitively said: "Just go!". My mind was kicking and screaming, as I was still in my yoga clothes and I was supposed to go to a "Hollywood" party. I decided not to take myself too seriously and went anyway. I arrived on the scene and immediately felt happy that I had decided to go. What a neat group of people. My roommate started introducing me to people. She turns and says, "Teal, meet Brad, he is a music supervisor." And in that moment, I knew. My intention had just created. I played my songs for Brad for the next 6 months. I would drive to Burbank every few weeks with my guitar and literally "play" for him in his office. If you know the music industry at all, you know that most people just play their CD's for people, but they don't play live. We had fun but still "no go" yet. So, one day I was walking down the street on Larchmont when I saw a friend's face on the cover of Interview Magazine. Instead of feeling excited for her, I hit the human emotion of jealousy. I decided to "go with it". I went home and put her music on to really bring the feeling on! Then I turned her music off and wrote just one verse and chorus to express my feeling of jealousy. I thought, "Whew, I feel better". I knew I would never play this song live and didn't even feel a need to complete it. The next day, Brad called and said he had tried to get the rights to a Fiona Apple tune and wasn't able to. He wanted to see if I had anything that would go well with his current Paramount Pictures TV show. I drove to Burbank that day and played him a couple of songs. Not quite right. Then, I told him "Well, I just wrote something last night, but its not finished and its about jealousy." I played it for him anyway and he smiled. He said, "That's it." He gave me the episode so I could go home and write the rest of the song to the that scene. Turns out, the scene was about a woman Russian spy who was posing up as a female FBI agent, trying to frame her. And the song was perfect. Who knew. A song I never wanted anyone to hear, has now aired ALL OVER THE WORLD. I still recieve royalties from it. This was the first of more than 5 songs that were placed on The WB and Paramount Pictures TV Shows and Soundtracks in the next couple of years. So, the moral of the story is: Be uncomfortable in the unknown and stay true to your intention, without any attachment to HOW you're going to create it. It WILL create. And you don't have to "know" every second HOW it will create. Just let your intention and the universe work for you. You will create bigger than you could have ever imagined. But you have to be WILLING to dream without any limitations. One of my favorite quotes illustrates perfectly all of what I've said here: "When we walk to the edge of all the light we have and take a step into the darkness of the unknown, we must believe that one of two things will happen. There will be something solid for us to stand on or we will be taught how to fly." - Patrick Overton So, LEAP. And know that either you will fly or land on solid ground :) Much love, Teal

This is one of thirty exercises that can be found in ReSurfacing ® Techniques for Exploring Consciousness. If you would like a copy for yourself please contact me. Compassion Exercise Honesty with oneself leads to compasssion for others Objective: To increase the amount of compassion in the world. Expected Results: A personal sense of peace. Instructions: This exercise can be done anywhere that people congregate (airports, malls, parks, beaches, etc.). It should be done on strangers, unobtrusively from some distance. Try to do all five steps on the same person. Step 1: With attention on the person, repeat to yourself: "Just like me, this person is seeking some happiness for his / her life." Step 2: With attention on the person, repeat to yourself: "Just like me, this person is trying to avoid suffering in his / her life." Step 3: With attention on the person, repeat to yourself: "Just like me, this person has known sadness, loneliness and despair." Step 4: With attention on the person, repeat to yourself: "Just like me, this person is seeking to fulfill his / her needs." Step 5: With attention on the person, repeat to yourself: "Just like me, this person is learning about life." This exercise is one of the many practical, powerful tools from The Avatar Course. You can learn more about Avatar at: www.avatarepc.com OR www.internationalavatarcourse.com OR www.tealthompson.com/avatar Avatar® and ReSurfacing® are registered trademarks of Star's Edge International. All Rights Reserved.

This is an article I wrote that was published in the last issue of the Avatar® Journal. Enjoy! Stepping Into Your Power: Do you remember being a kid and wanting something more than anything else in the world? You’d lay in bed at night and dream about it. You’d imagine yourself having it and you’d be filled with excitement. There were so many things I wanted as a little kid. I’d let my imagination go wild and I’d dream really big – no limitations. I watched the movie Star Wars about 5 times when I was 6 years old. I dreamed of galaxies far, far away. I wanted to be like Princess Lea and save whole civilizations. I wanted a light saber so I could fight the “good” fight. I also would listen to songs on my plastic record player over and over again as I dreamed of being a famous musician one day. Just before falling asleep, I’d spontaneously write songs and sing them unabashedly to myself in the dark. I was happy, carefree, and not afraid. I was excited by my dreams. As I grew older, I started to listen more to the adults around me. Since they were bigger, I believed everything they said. They’d say things like “Young lady, you can’t have everything you want in life.” Or “That’s impossible – you’re not going to be able to do that – you need to be more practical.” I started to believe them. And as I did, I felt a light go off inside of me. I was depressed. I felt as if I was stuck in a reality that I didn’t have any desire for. In fact, I stopped wanting altogether. I’d only allow myself to feel the practical, logical things to want. “I need to go to college” – so I did. “I need to work in any kind of job just to pay the bills” – so I did. But my life had lost its light. There was no spark anymore. At age 21, I found myself on Prozac and heading into a downward spiral of depression and anxiety. Two years later, I did the Avatar ® course. I saw the changes in my friend’s life and I wanted what he had. He was alive and creating all of his dreams – in a very short amount of time. It was on day three of the Avatar course when I had a major epiphany. I was doing a walking exercise outside when I realized, “It’s not because there isn’t enough seratonin getting to my brain that I am depressed; it’s because I don’t have enough free attention to FEEL what actually excites me.” I realized that I had taken on so many discouraging beliefs about my dreams, that there was no space for me to feel them. It’s like a computer: If you install too many programs without enough space on the hard drive, the computer will start to run slowly or stop functioning altogether. This was who I’d become – barely functioning and totally out of touch with what I truly “wanted”. I had decided that it was easier to not even want what I wanted for fear that I’d be disappointed about not being able to get it. That was a defining moment in my life. Where I regained the ability to want what I wanted and to go for it. The reason I still love Avatar to this day (12 ½ years later) is that it gives you the tools to step fully into your power and go for what it is that you most want. To feel it. To be excited by it – like a little kid. And more than that, it empowers you to create it. No longer do you have to put your dreams on a shelf to collect dust. When you learn how to originate a belief and to manifest it in the physical universe, you will light all the way back up. What dream have you been waiting your whole life to create? What if it were actually possible? The Avatar Course is waiting for you. All you have to do is step in. Teal Thompson Avatar Master / Wizard (512) 294-7511 avatar@tealthompson.com www.tealthompson.com/avatar Avatar® is a registered trademark of Star’s Edge, Inc. All rights reserved.