When my friend and collegue, Jan Stringer, asked me if I would like to explore where I wanted to go next, I was sitting on the ranch near Facinas, Spain, very close to where one can cross over to Africa. I responded, "I am thinking I will move to Tarifa, since I have formed alot of new partnerships and friendships in the area."
And Jan said,"Where else would you like to go?" I said, "Bali, where it is green."
And Jan didn't get a "yes" on that one. She then said, "Annie, isn't Africa where you really want to go?" And I had my mouth open in complete astonishment, as I sat in the darkness of the ranch office on the Jurassic Park hillside.
I acknowleged that I had been extremely curious about the desert life, for so many years. And inside I was thinking, "but how, how can I go to Morrocco and to the desert. I don't have any funds. I don't know people there. How can I make money there?" I admitted to Jan that I didn't have any funds. She said, "Right now, no one has money in their pockets, so now you're not alone. That never stopped you."
The next night I found out, through a call with Zoe and then a call with Jan, that it was very,very important that I leave the ranch before midnight! For after midnight, began mercury retrograde. It was important to begin my new beginning before the retrograde. I called upon the angels to help me find someone available to drive me away to Tarifa, and 20 minutes later, my young friend, Nina, picked me up.
I was filled with excitement and tremendous grief at the same time. I was breaking away from friendships at the ranch, my first community, whom I loved cooking for.
And at the same time information and help was flowing in fast. The energy was right at that moment for a flood of forward movement and physical manifestation. The day before I left the ranch, I received a clue to where I was to go:
Cornelia came to me with sparkling big eyes, and said, "Annie, you should talk to Katarina. She goes to Morrocco alot. She loves the desert Berber people." And so Katarina and I spoke and she compelled me to go to Hasilabiad and work with the women and children in the association. Hasilabiad is near Erfoud, a larger town in the desert. And that night I reflected on the days I was eating in the Catholic soup kitchen in summertime, and I sat with a Morrocan women, who also told me with big eyes, "Annie, have you ever thought of living in Morrocco? You should go to Erfoud."
Amazing. And then, when I went to Tarifa, I was guided to bump into Manolo, who brings yoga tours to where? to Merzouga/Hasilabiad! And then I stayed with my friend, Inez. She had also spent alot of time in the area, and said,"Annie I think you should go first to Hasilabiad.
But! (there is really no such thing as "but!") when I looked at Katarina's pictures, I thought to myself, "Hasilabiad looks so dry and without green. It looks so far away in the desert." And then I looked at John Sakura's photos on www.virtualtourist.com, and saw the beauty of the desert and the oasis gardens tending by the community. His photos gave me a new perspective.
And besides, the angels kept pointing me there.
I had one month to earn money for my trip. At first I felt so exhausted, just from shifting to this new idea, and letting go of all that would soon be behind me. Zoe said, "You will leave Spain and never come back."
In one month, with the help of the divine,,,
(and I asked the divine, every day, for help along the way)
I found several people who offered to host me and feed me, in exchange for some of my talents.
I met David, a musician, who worked together with me to make my first CD, The Guru Gita.
I met Anna, who helped my body recover from stress, so I could sit to make recordings, and to write my book.
I finished writing my book, "The Jewel Guidebook: Lighthearted Tools for the New World"
I held one kirtan workshop in Tarifa, and at that workshop, a participant, Angela Clarence asked if I would hold an attraction workshop before I depart.
So I held an attraction workshop in Angela's home in Conil.
I met Angela in an amazing way...this is an example of listening to your divine intuition:
One day on the ranch, I had just finished cooking and eating lunch with everyone. Cornelia came to me before walking down the hill, back to the office and asked,
"Are you coming down to the office with us?" I thought,"Why would I do that?"
And then I realized I was getting a divine hint. And I left all the dirty dishes and ran down the hill to catch up with them. I sat in the flower essences office wondering why I was supposed to be there, and ten minutes later Angela Clarence walked in, and we immediately became related and exchanged emails.
Angela, a travel writer, and multi-gifted person (www.paradise-now.net) is the one who hosted my workshop. She is the one who partnered with me to create a travel itineary, so I could reach Hasilabiad in the most easeful way. She even arranged my taxi driver to wait for me in Tangiers, and for my hotel in Hasilabiad, where the owner has been so gracious to let me stay and pay later. Angela called me here, after I arrived to insure that everything was going smoothly.
I am now in Hasilabiad, about to move into my home that faces the Oasis gardens. From here I will host workshops in kirtan chanting and the secrets to the law of attraction. It will be the most awesome experience for people to be here amoung the Berber people,in their village, while learning to apply the law of attraction.
My training in the law of attraction comes from Jan Stringer and Alan Hickman at www.perfectcustomers.com. Jan developed the "Intuitive Attraction Planning Process", which has been my faithful tool to connecting me with where I truly want to be, through valuable relationships.
