Dr. Joe Vitale at Zero

  Where was this photo of me taken?

On top of a mountain of snow?

On top of the world’s largest pillow?

On top of the “white board” of Zero Limits?

Or?

It’s actually a television studio.

A TV studio is often simply a bare room in a warehouse.

Nothing in it.

Nothing.

With design and construction you can turn it into a believable illusion.

I learned this when actor James Caan gave me a tour of the Las Vegas TV set two years ago. A warehouse is turned into a busy casino with a few props, bright lights and the right camera angles. Acting closes the illusion in your mind.

That studio in LA where my pic was taken may be the place where we film the pilot to Expect Miracles.

It’s part of the magic of Hollywood - to take nothing and turn it into something amazing.

But isn’t that my message to you?

Take a dream and make it reality?

Take “nothing” and turn it into something big?

But let’s start at the beginning….

My recent trip to Hollywood was astonishing.

Except for the last hours before my flight was to leave, where a shocking robbery of my laptop, ipod nano and cash occurred, the entire trip was back to back miracles.

Let me tell you a little about it in the following rambling news report, complete with predictions and statistics…

  The supporters for my TV show include Jason Connery, actor, director and son of Sean Connery, and Victoria Schaefer, publisher of several magazines, former TV reporter, and a dear friend of mine. (Both are pictured with me in LA. Left click on any pic to enlarge it.)

 There’s also Ricki Maslar, LA casting director, here pictured holding her love, Lucy. Ricki has been a guardian angel and powerful single force for moving the TV show along.

 (This is most of the Expect Miracles team, with Joni Patry, our Vedic Astrologer, on the far left. You know you’ve made it in the world when you travel with your own astrologer.)

 (This pic is of almost the entire Expect Miracles team, including quiet genius Howard Wexler. Nerissa and Tom Shell are missing in the shot, but not forgotten. We’re standing in front of a map of the world, as that’s what we want our show to reach.)

 Ricki introduced me to many celebrities who support my TV show and want to be on it. Here’s Ed Begley, Jr., actor, writer, environmental activist and a truly terrific man. (He’s posing by his electric car with a woman on the street while Victoria takes their picture). Ed’s about as lovable as they get.

 (Here’s Ed with me. I asked him to stand beside his electric car to give him some extra publicity. He smiled and said, “You’re smart to have a marketing background.”)

 Ricki also introduced me to Dee Wallace, famous actress and ET’s mom. She, too, is a believer in magic and miracles and a walking spirit guide.

 (All kinds of stars weathered the pouring rain and cold weather to say hi. Here’s famous stage and screen actor Andy Prine.)

I learned some shocking facts on my trip:

* In one Hollywood studio alone, more than 200 pilots for new shows are filmed. But only five make it.

* In Hollywood, daytime television is a burial ground of shows that air and die quickly. Out of all the new shows that try, more than 95% fail.

 (That’s me with actress Allison Lange, star of such hits as the TV series Roswell and CSI. She spends most of her non-acting time rescuing dogs in the LA area. I told her about our Catarium, which she loved.)

I also heard some predictions about the future of television and movies:

 (This is actor Ed Quinn, star of the hit sci-fi TV series Eureka. I asked for his advice. He said, “People will tell you LA is driven by money. It’s not. It’s driven by ego.” A wise, gentle soul.)

* In ten years TV as we know it will disappear. It will become Internet based networks where anyone (you or me) can have and air their own TV show.

* In ten years actors won’t be needed for movies. They will be computer generated animahumans (I just coined the word).

You’d think with the above statistics and predictions, I wouldn’t want to pursue a television show of my own.

 (Pic is of actress Dee Wallace on the floor playing with Lucy the happy puppy.)

But that’s how you create miracles.

You have a dream, infuse it with loving energy, attract supporters for it, ignore the odds, and take lots of action to co-create it.

The rest is time, patience and trust.

 (This pic is of Jennifer McLean, a contributor to my book, The Key. She just created a new audio series called New Spiritual Principles. Very electric lady with a contagious smile.)

I met with agents, distributors, designers, attorneys, actors and more in LA. We will shoot the pilot and then sell it. Our vision is clear and our energy is high. The rest for us now is to take action.

This is true for you, as well.

Have a clear vision.

Complete all the details in it.

Write it out so you feel the energy of it and have the script as a tool to refer back to.

And be sure to take action and maintain momentum.

That’s the recipe for success.

Finally, I mentioned that I was robbed.

 (The only celebrity I didn’t meet on this recent trip was Desperate Housewives actress Teri Hatcher. But I know she was just given my books and my new CD set, The Missing Secret, and she’ll be calling me soon.)

When I returned to my room after a very late night at the famous Magic Castle, I discovered my bags had been packed for me.

Someone entered my room, went though my stuff, packed my clothes (literally) and took my laptop, ipod nano and cash.

I was momentarily stunned, of course. I’ve never had a robbery or burglary ever in my life. This was an event “to process”.

I wasn’t upset about it, though.

But friends who heard of the crime were angry. 

They each remembered a past event where they had been robbed and felt victimized.

What they felt wasn’t upset about my experience, but upset about their own memory of theirs.

What I mostly felt about the crime I experienced was curious.

I wondered why I attracted it.

I’m the man who says we attract everything, no exceptions. We usually do it un-consciously, but we still do it.

So how did I attract that burglary?

 (Pic is of the writers’ strike picketing line outside of FOX.)

It was easy to answer.

Over the last weeks before LA I kept thinking about getting a new laptop. There’s nothing wrong with the one I had and loved, but new ones on the market were making me drool. I didn’t buy it because I talked myself out of it.

But obviously I was looking for a good reason to buy a new laptop.

Same with the ipod.

The ipod nano was given to me as a gift. I used it all the time when working out and travelling. But I remember thinking it was time to get a new one, one with more memory to hold more music. I didn’t do it since I already had a nano.

Again, I obviously was looking for a good reason to get a new one.

But what about my cash?

Surely I didn’t want to lose my cash!

Or did I?

The cash in my luggage was considered disposable income. I tip servers well and often give money away to people who look like they need it or would welcome it. It’s my stash to let go with the wind.

Well, I let it go.

I “gave” it to someone who felt they needed it.

As you can see, there were very real reasons for me to attract that robbery.

After all, other expensive items in my luggage were not taken; only the things I was apparently ready to let go of.

I’m actually excited about getting a new laptop and a new ipod nano and of course attracting more cash.

In the future I’ll be better about acknowledging my wants and acting on them rather than creating an uncomfortable way to justify them.

But today I’ve forgiven and forgotten.

And I’ve ordered a new laptop and a new ipod nano.

May this be a lesson or two for you, too.

Always go for your dreams and honor your wants.

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS — If you need help in setting a vision and getting clear, as well as getting support along the way in creating your dream, consider my Miracles Coaching team. And be sure to Expect Miracles.

I just read a fascinating study that proves giving makes you rich. The article states, “More giving doesn’t just correlate with higher income; it causes higher income.” (Italics mine.) See the article at www.portfolio.com/views/columns/2007/10/15/Charity-Makes-Wealth After that, go read my book, The Greatest Money-Making Secret in History. And then give some money away.

 I only have a sec as my supporters have had me in back to back meetings with agents, studios, legal people, designers, investors and celebrities out here in old Hollywood.

They’re all highly interested in the Expect Miracles TV show.

I’m about to head out to a cocktail party where I’ll meet even more hot shots and beautiful people. It’s been a delightful whirlwind.

But we managed to take a moment to find Mary Pickford’s estate in Beverly Hills, which I considered buying a year or so ago. The pic is of me standing by the front gate of Pickfair.

What’s even more impressive about this moment is that it was exactly one year ago today that I wrote about Mary Pickford on this blog.

When you’re in the flow, magic like this happens.

See my original blog post at http://blog.mrfire.com/uncategorized/what-is-mary-pickfords-long-lost-secret/ 

I gotta get my shoes and pants on now and get out the door.

Hollywood awaits!

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS - Have you seen www.expectmiraclestv.com?

 Back in September of ‘07 I wrote a blog post here about Tiger, my Maine Coon cat of twenty years, who was diagnosed with advanced diabetes.

Weeks earlier that same month the vet wanted us to begin giving him insulin shots twice a day. He was in poor health and needed treatments instantly. The vet was insistent.

I begged for two weeks where I would find a way to heal him.

At that time I reported that the healing and nutrition work we were doing with him paid off. He was getting healthier. Even the vet was impressed.

That was last September, of course.

That was six months ago.

The other day the vet did blood work on Tiger to see how he’s doing today.

The vet couldn’t tell by just looking at him.

Was his blood sugar higher?

Lower?

The same?

Did our months of love and care help at all?

We couldn’t wait for the report.

It just came in. 

Tiger is no longer diabetic at all!

His blood sugar level is normal.

I thought you might be interested, as cases like this are inspiring.

These are the kinds of stories I want to report on the Expect Miracles television show. I’m headed to LA this week to meet with actors and investors who want the same thing.

Tiger isn’t done, however. An X-ray revealed a growth in his chest, near his lungs and by his heart. He needs to see a specialist to determine what to do next.

Meanwhile, we keep cleaning, and we welcome your healing rays aimed at Tiger.

He says thank you in his soft, silent way.

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS - You can read my original blog post about Tiger at http://blog.mrfire.com/health/tigers-healing/ He says hi.

Nerissa tells me you can make money sharing videos. They don’t have to be your videos, either. They can be mine. Or yours. Or anyone else’s that you find and like on Revver. YouTube doesn’t share their ad revenue but apparently Revver does. All you do is open an account at http://revver.com/account/register/ and follow their directions. If you want to share the videos of me located on Revver, just do a search for “mrfire” in the field “from this user”. I love win-win-wins like this.

 Seth Godin wins. I’ve had numerous milestones in my life, but I’ve yet to have myself turned into an action figure. www.mcphee.com/items/11792.html 

I was filmed for two more movies last week. One of them is called The Leap. Actually, their original title was much longer than that. They shortened it after I gave them a marketing lesson in how people think. You can see me talking and singing (yes, singing) with the producers of it at http://revver.com/watch/617055 or by clicking the image below. Enjoy.

 I spent last Saturday with a small group of wonderful people from all over the world who just completed my year long Miracles Coaching Certification Program.

The day was upbeat and buzzing with energy.

But at lunch one person asked me a question that may be on your mind, too.
  “In the movie The Secret and in your book The Attractor Factor you said you believe in intentions, but in your book Zero Limits you say you no longer believe in them. What do you do now?”

I can see where that could confuse people.

In my new Nightingale-Conant audioprogram, The Missing Secret, I explain my approach to life in a way that clears the air. I’ll try to recap it here:

Today I realize that most intentions are limitations.

Intentions come from your ego and can actually limit what is possible for you to receive.

Intentions are wonderful when you are first awakening to your own power. It’s thrilling to set goals and achieve them. But there’s an easier, better, more magical and even miraculous way to go through life.

I explain this in Zero Limits, where I say there are three stages of awakening.

STAGE ONE:

In the first stage you are a victim. We’re all born into it and most of us stay there. With coaching or the right books or the right movies, you one day break free.

STAGE TWO:

In the next stage you realize you have more power than you ever thought before. In this stage intentions are fun and exciting and useful. You aim your life where you want it to go. It’s exhilarating to manifest things like new cars or a new house or anything else you can imagine.

But there’s a stage after that.

STAGE THREE:

In the third stage you realize you have choice but you don’t have control. You realize you don’t have all power. This is where you surrender. This is where you can receive inspiration from something greater than your ego awareness.

I was filmed for two more movies last week. One of them is all about letting go to inspiration.

For me, I want inspiration.

When it comes, that becomes my new intention.

But the intention comes from inspiration, not from limitation.

The intention comes from the Divine, not my pipsqueak ego.

In short, when I receive an inspiration to do something, it becomes my intention.

So I still believe in intentions, but not those of the ego, but those of the Divine.

Intentions are for wimps.

When I set an intention to do something like, say, write a book, I use my conscious will and my energy and get it done.

But when I allow an inspiration to become my new intention, and combine my energy with it, than I often create something astonishingly unexpected like, say, my own television show.

Inspiration might also direct me to write another book, of course, but the point is, inspiration will often surprise me with something bigger and bolder than I ever imagined before.

As P.T. Barnum said, “Not my will, but thine, be done.”

When you follow inspiration, you get to say (like the Blues Brothers), “I’m on a mission from God.”

How do you know an intention from an inspiration?

Usually by how it feels.

  When I was on Donny Deutsch’s CNBC television show The Big Idea last November*, I told him and his audience that the directive to do anything needs to come from your heart, or your gut, not your mind.

When you follow that, you follow your divine path.

It’s different for each person, of course. You may be inspired to enroll in Miracles Coaching or Executive Mentoring to better understand my marketing and metaphysical methods; somebody else may not.

I still use coaches today, and think everyone needs to. We all have beliefs and limitations to release. 

For example, inspiration nudged me into creating my own TV show, called Expect Miracles.

But my ego was resisting it.

It was stretching my self-image limits.

For that reason, I needed Miracles Coaching to help me get and stay clear. As long as I stay clear, miracles happen.

I’m now clear and ready for this TV show to be a mega-success.

And now the investors, actors, directors, editors and writers are coming to me.

Why? How?

Because I cleared the blocks within me, with the help of my coaches, to allow it all to happen.

Another thing I’ve learned and have said repeatedly is that “The Universe likes speed.”

When you are inspired, act and act fast.

If you are inspired and don’t act, it’s a sign you have some clearing to do.

What do you feel inspired to do?

Do it.

NOW.

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

* You can see my fiery five-minute appearance on Donny Deutsch’s TV show at http://one.revver.com/watch/491047 or www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTYWyVm6NiI 

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 I believe nothing is impossible or incurable.

I want to prove it to you and the rest of the world with a weekly
national television show.

The show is called Expect Miracles.

I’m working with celebrities, movie directors, investors and others from Hollywood who want this show.

I intend to find the people doing miraculous things in all areas of life, interview them, and broadcast their stories.

People like the man who healed himself of blindness - and went on to heal thousands of others of vision problems.

People like the couple who healed their son of autism — and has been teaching others to do the same thing for decades now.

People like the man who was broke and starving, yet went on to build an online empire - and now teaches others to do the same thing.

I’ve written about miracles in my books, such as Zero Limits and The Attractor Factor and spoken about them in my new audioprogram for Nightingale-Conant, The Missing Secret.

But there are many more stories out there, and many more people to reach.

Seeing a weekly inspiring TV show can awaken all of us to new levels of power and greatness.

If you would like to see such a show on national television, go to www.expectmiraclestv.com and vote for it.

It will take you one second — literally just a simple click — yet this could be the beginning of a movement.

Also, if you have a miracle to report, or know someone who does, let me know. Leave a comment on this post and I or someone from my office will follow-up with you.

Pass the word: Joe Vitale intends to awaken the world.

And you can help make it happen.

See www.expectmiraclestv.com

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

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If you read my blog on October 17, 2007* and grabbed some Fuego stock at that time, you’re probably smiling right now. Fuego Entertainment just released this news today:

Fuego Entertainment Acquires 15 “Lost”, Never Before Released, Recordings by The Beatles

Jan 10, 2008 6:00:00 AM MIAMI, FL — (MARKET WIRE) — 01/10/08 — Fuego Entertainment, Inc. (OTCBB: FUGO) today announced it has acquired 15 tracks of previously unreleased music by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, “The Beatles.”

The recordings were made in 1962, a short time before their signing with E.M.I., during the FAB FOUR’S first live appearance together at the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany playing before a small audience of about twenty to thirty people.

The original tape of this live recording was “lost” for over 33 years in the record and tape collection of legendary music producer and promoter Mr. Jeffrey Collins.

The Star Club Hamburg recorded most groups that appeared at their club in the late 50s and early 60s under a performance contract that included payment in full for any live recordings made at their club. Many of these recordings were released by Polydor (West Germany). However this particular tape was sold along with several others to Jeffrey Collins, of the Collins Organization, a booking agency in London, England.

The original idea was that the tapes would be used to promote the Star Club as a venue and the groups to other clubs that the Collins Organization used. The tapes were in fact not touched until 1994 when, with the release of the B.B.C. tapes and a renewed interest in The Beatles, Mr. Jeffrey Collins decided to search for the lost tapes.

This 15 track set was recorded at the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany a short while after the Ted Taylor recordings and boast different and perhaps better takes of “A Taste of Honey” and “Hippy Hippy Shake” (using Tony Sheridan as a 5th Beatle). These are the only two songs found on the original Star Club releases with which this recording should not be confused.

This is an historical recording because it was the very first time that Ringo Starr actually played with The Beatles “live” after replacing Pete Best on the drums.

Other tracks make good use of Kingsize Taylor’s Band “The Dominoes” who utilize their piano on such Beatles favorites as “Money,” “Twist and Shout” and “I Saw Her Standing There” all of which were subsequently used on The Beatles’ first studio recordings for E.M.I.

What makes this album truly unique are the eight songs not available on any previously released L.P.s or singles — which include Paul McCartney singing Hank Williams’ “Lovesick Blues” and George Harrison vocalizing Maurice Williams’ “Do You Believe.” One of the most outstanding tracks on this album must be “Ask Me Why” showing just how John Lennon and Paul McCartney became
such a winning combination.

The complete list of all the tracks, the complete story of how this “lost” tape from The Beatles came into the possession of Mr. Jeffrey Collins and sound clips from several of the recordings from this album will soon be available on our Fuego Entertainment, Inc. web site at www.FuegoEntertainment.net. When you enter the web site click on the “Fuego Plus” menu button.

“I am delighted to be given the opportunity to work with such professional businessmen within the Fuego Entertainment Organization and I am truly looking forward to running the new joint venture and achieving the goals that we will set for ourselves,” said Jeffrey Collins.

“Our previously announced Joint Venture with Mr. Collins’s Echo Vista Group, incorporates into our exciting music library an extraordinary, diverse, valuable catalog of music. In some cases, never released recorded music, The Beatles is only one example. I’m extremely excited about this acquisition and the future release of this historical Beatles album. They are one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed music groups in the history of popular music,” stated Hugo Cancio, President & CEO of Fuego
Entertainment.

This one of a kind historical album will be released under the Echo-Fuego joint venture, a majority control music division of Fuego Entertainment. A release date will be announced in the near future.

* See http://blog.mrfire.com/marketing/the-fire-of-fuego/