What Does It Take to Create A Successful Global Spiritual Business?

What does it take to create a successful spiritual business in Indianapolis? Better yet, what does it take to create a successful global spiritual entity ~~ from nothing?

Seeing how I've been trying to do just that since September, 2008, when I uprooted myself from my growing soon-to-be-thriving alternative healing practice in Boulder and moved back to Indianapolis, I can tell you exactly how NOT to do it. Lists of things NOT to do.

Spirituality is BIG right now. Starting with The Secret in 2006, and now more spiritual life coaches that you can blink at. Bob Proctor, John Assaraf, John di Martini, Harrison Klein, Jennifer Hough - these are the ones front and center now. I admire and study with a couple of them myself and their coaching has been so helpful for me.

And as I've been looking at the spiritual environment in Indianapolis trying to see where my work might fit, the spiritual marketplace and some of the "successful" local healers feel largely "competitive." This is from personal observation and personal experience, with conversational confirmation from other local healers whom I know and trust. And a shock to experience this first-hand, having come from Boulder, the cooperative capital of the US.

Competition is not a place within me that I will go to. Never have and never will.

Wallace Wattles, author of "The Science of Getting Rich" wrote the following about competition,

"You must get rid of the thought of competition. You are to create, not to compete for what is already created. You do not have to take anything away from anyone. You do not have to drive sharp bargains...You are to become a creator, not a competitor; you are going to get what you want, but in such a way that when you get it every other man will have more than he has now."

And as a Sound Therapist and performer, creator of spiritually-based events and spiritual tools, I don't have time to coach others ~ I'm too busy coaching myself and getting the help of some of these masters to help me, because to be perfectly honest, I'm feeling a bit lost in this geographic neck of the woods. Trying to ground my energy here has been like trying to ground myself in molasses.

Sometimes an individual's calling, such as mine, is so cutting edge that it's heard of by maybe only fifty or a hundred individuals worldwide at the most. Those in the know are understandably jazzed by it, because they know the potential for good that will come from it. However, taking that calling, that purpose, where there is a very small market for it locally, to a "global" level? THAT is the challenge I'm rising to now. For me it is my heart life. It is a driving force to share this and not having much opportunity to do so since being in Indianapolis has been very challenging. My focus has been on other things up until recently, and the venues and opportunities to share what I do have been minimal. Thinking about it though, I do have a global enterprise in that I have connected with others around the world through my work. But it isn't how I envision it - it isn't yet "there."

I was recently invited to host a web talk radio program on Sound Healing on VoiceAmerica talk radio. That jazzed me so much! I thought "FINALLY! Here is a way to get the word out." I already have the guests all lined up. What I need now are advertisers and sponsors. The goal is to have the first year paid for and have THE most popular show on this site. If it does well, it could lead to streaming webcasts from Sacred Sites around the world. What better way to educate the world about Sound and everything that it does - from relaxation to shattering cancer cells? But there have been a lot of explicit"no's" from people and businesses I've humbly approached to back it. And I know that is part of the journey too.

I'm taking you on my creative journey as it unfolds. The challenge (a la "Julie and Julia"): By next June 30, 2010 I AM (NOW ALREADY!) living in the Southwest, most likely Sedona, and traveling GLOBALLY ~ teaching and performing, CDs, creating spectacular meditative pieces of artwork for installations and major healing centers around the world. Card deck selling globally. And more. That gives me 10 months. In the meantime, I need to put all of this in place plus create income streams to support me. And you will keep me honest in this! Check back weekly as I re-create the "new global" me!

Om Shanti!

Mindy