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Inner Fortitude and Appropriate Action

July 14, 2020 By Zen

Addressing the Metademic

The topic of inner fortitude and appropriate action is a major challenge for us all. I’m part of a Near-Death Experience forum on Facebook and conversation threads cover a lot of territory, sometimes on the fringe and yet valid for those who participate. We really have a metademic on our hands, one that spans not just the physical and emotional state of affairs. The balance of this piece is a response to a post on good vs evil. It felt like it deserves singularity and perhaps more engagement from a different perspective. Here goes:

I live in a world where choices matter, the most significant one is whether I choose to live inside or outside. What do I mean by that? Inside is where the point of light in each of us is connected to the Great Light and holds a fearless view of the outer world, no matter what appears. Good or evil is a matter of how we think about things. We have an entire sphere of points of view, yet the event itself is just an event. We only have a perpendicular view no matter how we look at the physical world, the eyes being the base of an extremely narrow isosceles triangle.

If we choose not to polarize to either eye and simply view ‘what is’ then we can actually do something about where we’re going and how we’ll get there. It’s disappointing to see so many get caught up in the outer world still, even knowing what we do about the Law of Attraction and other spiritual-based knowings of how interconnected things are in the many mansions. It’s encouraging to witness the gradual acceptance and transcendence of attitudes toward the pandemic and whatever else is happening as a result.

This doesn’t deny the facts of how we’ve been treating each other for thousands of years, through coercion and fear generated by a few to manipulate the masses. It does give us a better foundation from which to change the conditions of anger, fear, ignorance and immobility. I had a friend ask me what I though the ‘essence’ of this current time is about, while we were playing golf in a tournament recently. My reply was simple, “Inner fortitude.” For a moment I saw a spark and then his eyes glossed over, even though he understood precisely what I said.

Inner Fortitude and Appropriate Action

Fortitude refers to strength in the face of adversity or difficulty. … When someone has fortitude it means that they have emotional power or reserves and the ability to withstand adversity. Most of us, including me, are challenged by our strength in the face of adversity, especially in these crazy times. Most of us also do not seek help, we want to rely on our own ability. Sometimes our ability just isn’t enough and we become depressed, disoriented and experience dis-ease of the spirit within us, still not asking for help. Chaos brings the question once we realize we cannot control the circumstances.

The fortunate few who have learned to ask for help can only offer advice. They know that trying to give someone direction when you know they need, when they haven’t asked for it, is like trying to give advice to a teenager who knows everything. It falls on deaf and often unappreciative ears. It doesn’t change the truth of the message that help is available for the asking. It may not come in the form we expect, though it will assuredly come. That much we know by experience and until or unless one has the direct experience, trust in the process is hard to come by.

My wife and I have conversations about this topic. Growing up in Russia and seeing what happened there in the 80s, she sees through that lens regarding the current situation and the atrocities being inflicted upon Americans now. Although bread lines aren’t present, the intentional social distancing and mask wearing holds the same charge for her. I get it! She’s got a tremendous amount of inner fortitude, yet the temptation to get caught up in the mayhem and the fear of a disastrous future looms.

I suppose the best and most faith-filled response is, “[This], too, shall pass.” We know there is a way out, just not sure how that will look yet as we stumble around for solid footing in a world that’s shaking us up considerably. Instead of distancing ourselves, we need to hold on to each other and practice the faith, love and trust we have in our Creator. Having some ability to live in that space requires certain habits, which the 5 Ps certainly apply – Patience, Perseverance, Persistence, Passion and Purpose.

I’m not a prophet or soothsayer, but I can and do see a process of transcendence taking place. It feels arduous and slow, yet in our historical timeline it’s been but a moment. Our challenge is an invitation to rise above outer conditions and learn how to work together to change them. We cannot do it by remaining free of it and just observing, though that is a prudent place to begin. Attention, intention and appropriate actions are key. How we think is key, tossing tender tomes in the thoughtmosphere that ripple throughout the connected network of human beings who truly will to do good.

Near-Death and Spiritually Transformative Experiences (NDE, STE)

So what does inner fortitude and appropriate action have to do with them? I don’t know about others specifically, though many have offered that there is a certain knowing they return with, a connected part of themselves they might not have known existed beforehand. In that ‘other’ place we are free of the constraints of the world, yet we return to it. Sometimes retaining a new living awareness of the connectedness of worlds and sometimes feeling angry and trapped in a world so cruel and disturbed at present. The bridge between worlds is evident and maybe obvious to some, just rarely connected inside with complete submission. I suggest we do that more often, especially now.

“During these times, it would seem only logical that these ‘experiencers’ would have a better handle on how to find transcendence in this event. Although many of their experiences were spontaneous, the feeling of trepidation was nevertheless present, just like many now, creating an overall sense of dread. In a counterpoint to the trepidation, the sense of connectedness could and would generate a magnetic effect on others in a coalescence of cohesion. In a sense, it raises the awareness slightly and creates a subtle shift in the overarching consciousness of humanity.

I know that last paragraph was pretty ‘out there’ and yet there are scientific reference points in particle physics and quantum mechanics. Another bridge we can be thankful for is the one between science and spirituality that is most notably illustrated in how intention affects energy (entanglement) and that what you observe you affect (Los Alamos). I know it’s a tall order, but just for a moment imagine feeling safe, secure and sustainable in your life right now in this moment. Right… work on that one and notice the difference in your life in a week or two. Don’t believe or disbelieve until you attempt it for a while. Enjoy!

Find Some Joy In Service

Going back to the inner fortitude and appropriate action plan, here’s a novel idea: spend as much time as you do on responding to social media posts on creating a relationship and doing some kind of service for a non-profit in your community. We all know how over-burdened service organizations are and no doubt you’ve got a lot of time on your hands now, right? You’d be surprised what you can do remotely, let alone getting involved personally even if you have to maintain the social distancing for a time.

How difficult could that be? Your time would be spent so much more productively as you offer attention to things you actually can do something about instead of being overwhelmed with the pandemic and able to do nothing about it. Just imagine how your attitude will change knowing you’ve done something good for the community. It certainly is much more fulfilling that the current ‘distanced’ attitude that seems to be keeping us away from each other.

My example, which is still in the beginning stages, is working toward ending homelessness for youth aging out of foster care in Arizona. We Can Do Better Arizona brings business acumen and best practices to assist Qualified Foster Care Charitable Organizations by raising public awareness about using state tax credits. Dollar for dollar deductions are still available, it’s just a different way of paying state taxes through your employer or directly through qualified donation portals. Only about 1% of Arizonans took advantage of that in 2018. Imagine an increase in market penetration there and the service to the community it will provide. That’s just one example.

Trusting Your Gut or Buying Into the BS – Where is Your Future?

May 21, 2020 By Zen

Onward Through the Fog

I remember that saying from Mr. Natural… an Oat Willie production. That is SO exciting! Penetrating the fog with faith and trust – trusting your gut. The moment we let go, we get lighter. The mind wants to hold us back with its fears of uncertainty. A leap of faith, into a state of love and trust begins all journeys.

I see folks making statements that are self-deprecating and I cringe, knowing the opposite is true. You can have everything – IF you give up your life to create it. We want, we want, we want… We don’t consider what we need to BE in order to get it. Trusting your gut is a first step in the prudent path to your soul’s design and genetic predisposition, the perfected body, mind and heart.

Most think they have to become hardened or manipulative when the opposite is actually true. We have so many who’ve gone before us and held out a hand of help, expressing the need to ‘just let go.’ There is no division or religious separation or separation from you and creation in that place. It doesn’t take away your individuality, it empowers it to work at peak functionality.

I had the experience of being gifted the awareness of ascending back into cosmic consciousness (the light) when I prayed to know what truth was and was willing to die for it if necessary. I did and was told a story about us, then given an experience of that same cosmic consciousness condensing back into form. I trusted my gut when it happened, actually feeling the gentle tug lifting me upward.

What I learned is that we are far more capable of manifesting what we once thought were miracles, simply by realigning ourselves. You have three brains – your HEAD brain, your HEART brain, and your GUT brain. The three brains are like an orchestra, with billions of neurons cooperating to produce a harmonic symphony – harnessing together an ever-changing network of neurons that work in synchrony. Isn’t it time we played a better tune?

The First brain is you Gut, according to the aboriginal traditions from long ago. Trusting your gut is where we connect with the vibratory fields of all creation. We now know scientifically that all matter and substance is made up of vibrating strings of energy. We all have a connection to those fields, NATURALLY. We ignore our intuition more often than not. It’s time we changed that and reverse the order of what we’ve been doing – Thinking first, then trying to convince ourselves we are thinking the right things.

We’ve heard of the One Mind, right? What do you really think that is? It is the Great Light. We are each individual points of light from it, with our own built in inner truth looking place where we can learn about our perfected form, fit and function in the world, yet still not be ‘of’ it. It’s a amazing and awe-filled journey for those who take it. I did.

Trusting Your Gut

We’re in the times of our lives today, facing things we never dreamed possible in a world with so much possibility. We need a soular revolution, a movement inside that fuels a change toward a better future, not the dystopian one we’re headed toward now.

I trusted my gut in defiance of early ‘authorities’ and the exposure of government science along with shenanigans of the CDC and WHO seem to validate that Scientists at the top of their field from around the world are calling shenanigans and they certainly can’t all be wrong. Just ponder that for a moment. How do you feel?

That defiance I felt in my gut also led to discovering why I had the gut feeling. Expert virologists and immunologists around the world are agreeing that 1) masks do more harm than good and 2) social distancing is not an effective measure in controlling the spread. The dumb and numb, those who still believe in ‘trusted authorities’ of our leadership, are stifling their voice with masks; a true metaphor if there ever was one.

I believe everyone has their own truth meter in their First Brain… gut feelings. We often second guess our gut with our third brain, how and what we are told to think. Step back and distance yourself from the situation, not the people. Do your own investigations of the censored and non-censored information from those who are stepping up and offering their life-long experience and expertise now – countering the BS we are being fed by the so-called ‘authorities.’

The second brain is the heart. That’s the one that is being damaged because the third brain, your head, refuses to think for itself and do the opposite of what a natural process would promote. Developing and maintaining healthy immune systems doesn’t happen from wearing masks and social distancing. We were never meant to operate in a socially-distance dystopian environment. It’s time we had a soular revolution, allowing the First Brain to lead us through this transformation into a true new world order.

As a transformational life coach I deal with the First Brain and help others to engage it more, with phenomenal results. Just read my Google reviews if you don’t believe me. Let those who’ve engaged me and experienced the difference in their lives guide you. Perhaps you’ll want to experience it for yourself.

Concerned with the nature of deception, I wrote this article in the not too distant past. Discernment is crucial.

Social Isolation – Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect

April 30, 2020 By Zen

Beyond Religious Confinement and Social Isolation

“Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect” has been misunderstood for too long. Shall we close the gap a bit, especially during times of social isolation? HOW is our challenge today. Looking for a piece of text that encapsulates the understanding life-long inner work has inspired and permitted in my own growth, one source stood out in answer to questions of relating the information to others and is featured below and comes from the Urantia Book. It is replete with conveyed awareness and resonance in our built-in truth meter. [God] is a term and only a term to express an incomprehensible concept to humans. There is a ‘supreme’ consciousness that all advanced or enlightened humans, other races even, embrace as a guiding force and lifestyle to aspire toward. Their actions demonstrate it across the gamut of ancient and present spiritual texts as well.

In the quest for enlightenment, embracing social isolation, self-empowerment and a fulfilling life there are certain ‘protocols’ one learns over time and often with great trials and tribulations. Today, the human race is faced with the notion of travesty and triumph; recognizing a present truth and preparing the way for a transcendent event that offers a brighter future. Individual clarity, integrity and understanding is imperative. Transformational Life Coaching helps to align and/or restore one’s direction toward fulfillment. However we can express the unification of body/mind/spirit integration, there are deeply embedded truths of our soul’s journey toward enlightenment.

The enlightened worlds all recognize and worship the Universal Father, the eternal maker and infinite upholder o f all creation. The will creatures of universe upon universe have embarked upon the long, long Paradise journey, the fascinating struggle of the eternal adventure of attaining God the Father. The transcendent good of the children of time is to find the eternal God, to comprehend the divine nature, to recognize the Universal Father , God-knowing creatures as they are in their spheres, like him as his is in his Paradise perfection of personality and in his universal sphere of righteous supremacy. From the Universal Father who inhabits eternity there has gone forth the supreme mandate, “Be You perfect, eve as I am perfect.” In love and mercy the messengers of Paradise have carried this divine exhortations down through the ages and out through the universes, even to such lowly animal-origin creatures as the human races of Earth.
This magnificent and universal injunction to strive for the attainment of the perfection of divinity in the first duty, and should be the highest ambition, of all the struggling creature creation of the God of perfection. This possibility of attainment of divine perfection is the final and certain destiny of all man’s eternal spiritual progress.
Earth mortals can hardly hope to be perfect in the infinite sense, but it is entirely possible for human beings, starting out as they do on this planet, to attain the supernal and divine goal which the infinite God has set for mortal man; and when they do achieve the destiny, they will, in all that pertains to self-realization and mind attainment, be just as replete in their sphere of divine perfection as God himself is in the sphere of infinity and eternity. Such perfection may not be universal in the material sense, unlimited in intellectual grasp, or final in spiritual experience, but it is final and complete in all finite aspects of divinity of will, perfection of personality motivation, and God-consciousness.
This is the true meaning of the divine command, “Be ye perfect, even as I am perfect, ” which ever urges mortal man onward and beckons him inward in that long and fascinating struggle for the attainment of higher and higher levels of spiritual values and true universe meanings. This sublime search for the God of universes is the supreme adventure of the inhabitants of all the world of time and space.

Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect doesn’t separate individuals, nations or races at all. Now this may be hard to comprehend; that advanced humans and races all have this understanding that is, to date, incomprehensible to man in any ubiquitous sense. FEAR pushes the individual into confinement and isolation, real or imagined. Fearlessness creates freedom of choice and direction, revealing a deeper sense of being in humanity even during social isolation.

In fact, it is one of the prerequisites to advance toward a Type I civilization; a comprehension of at least some universal laws and principles built in to the natural order of things and specifically to our evolution. It’s in our genes, literally. If we step back and look at the essence of the great philosophers of all time as well as messages received through various channels and/or ‘sources’ we find [this] to be true. Many sources, including the Urantia Book, offer truths to discover yet may not be completely true. I think it is an invitation for us to test the information and find the inner resonance of truth.

Adjusting Our Thinking Toward Harmony

Another opportunity during social isolation is the potential direction or movement toward better living is adjusting how we think, becoming quieter, asking better quesitons and listening deeper. Frequency-response, the ability of the mind to reflect the individuated source code, is the central component of communication with infinite intelligence as it resides within the individual. As in the above, the individuated sphere reflects the supreme sphere; that indwelling aspect of God that is replete within the individual learns how to reflect the divine perfection in the outer world. In a most real sense, we find our perfected form, fit and function in the world as a natural evolution of self.

There are experiential examples strewn across the Net from those who’ve ‘raised’ their consciousness or vibration and chose to share their story. Creation is interactive to the extreme, we just haven’t accepted that it also reflects our unconscious activity as well, as in the transcendent event we are facing now. As a Transformational Life Coach I live these principles daily and, because of fastidious attention paid to the process, it can be shared through experiential learning curves. Simply put, individual action plans become more refined and laser-targeted movement toward goals is more effective, even sublime in some cases. Momentum toward mayhem is diminishing now. We must begin again with a new passion for living and purpose for being.

From another perspective, to make it a bit more understandable, an NDE story often includes a view of the Light and sometimes even entering it… absorbed completely yet still individuated in the ability to think and respond. Extrapolate that to the notion of the Light condensing into form and residing as a point within individual beings, each body on Earth. Each of us, without exception, is connected to [God] or Source. It is a PRESENCE in our lives, not a personage. We have the choice whether to activate that connection or not. How we connect, our ability to completely and totally ‘let go’ of human beliefs and acquire higher-ordered knowledge, is up to us.

We have that choice in all activity, including social isolation, to build better health care systems to technology development to planetary administration and distribution systems to meet the needs for individual care and survival. Attention, intention and action toward life-enhancing goals puts us on the path to perfection. Perfection isn’t a destination or place, it is an experience. The experience moves us even more toward the awareness of each thread in the tapestry of Earth-human relations. Everyone has a spot on the team, there are no cuts from the roster. In other words, the activity of universal consciousness with humans is replete in the non-human [divine] intelligence that is attempting to guide us through our transition.

What Transition Are We Really In?

We’re on a cosmic time-table and it’s perfect for self-reflection in social isolation; to answer at least one of the big questions. How would “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your. Father which is in heaven is perfect” reflect our current situation? The Earth itself is changing; for example, poles are shifting. The world is on lock down for now. Ask yourself, “Why?” That is a very basic awareness and question we all have now. What else is happening simultaneously? We’re moving from one epoch to another, from Piscean (divided) to Aquarian (united) ages. Wouldn’t this also be accompanied by major shifts in consciousness and human activity? The old patterns and programs of ego-centric and fear-laden belief systems are being uprooted. Chaos in world affairs is evidence now. Many have been anticipating this process, not knowing exactly how it would happen, only that, indeed, it would happen.

How we proceed is a matter of acknowledging this internal communication and connection that exists with a higher-nature of humanity; a move toward oneness or at least a greater level of care and concern for life-friendly activities. This move does not take away personal choices or individual rights, it simply invites the individual to be more focused and purposeful, perhaps even fulfilling a ‘destiny’ yet uncovered. The activity of non-human intelligence is in support of this behavioral change within the consciousness of humanity, individually and collectively, toward our next step in universe affairs; the acts of aligning attention, intention and action with universal understanding that enables us to work collaboratively toward harmony among people and planet.

Everyone, even those we believe to be evil power-hungry controllers, has a role in this next act of humanity’s play. It is essential, imperative, that aberrant emotional responses [violent acts and/or unending rants lacking common sense] are minimized or mitigated. This allows the awareness of observation and conscious-choice action to evolve. Consider the indwelling advisory is like a third-party neutral, always focused on the goal, not the distractions. The result empowers the engagement of individual activity and support of supra-human intelligence toward the gradual shift in planetary systems toward a higher order of service to humanity.

Cultural Creatives, label given by Drs. Anderson and Ray, are perhaps one of the best examples – Just under half of the CC population comprises the more educated, leading-edge thinkers. They have a clearer, perhaps, understanding of ‘Be ye therefore perfect.’ This includes many writers, artists, musicians, psychotherapists, alternative health care providers and other professionals. They combine a serious focus on their spirituality with a strong passion for social activism. We are faced with the challenges of righting a listing ship. Historically, empires rise and fall. We’re on the precipice of a fall. Sound familiar?

Be Ye Perfect – Making Sense Common

We often think common sense ought to win out, right? Are there common sense answers to our questions beyond the social isolation? Too often common sense is obfuscated or skewed by confusion and disinformation, let alone the chaos in our heads already. What do we do? We make sense common based on practical and pragmatic assertions, such as the above – Such perfection may not be universal in the material sense, unlimited in intellectual grasp, or final in spiritual experience, but it is final and complete in all finite aspects of divinity of will, perfection of personality motivation, and God-consciousness. Be ye therefore perfect.

Attention, intention and action are the ultimate theme in advancing consciousness in humanity, in ourselves, and across the cosmos. If we are going to thrive, let alone survive, the internal nature of our existence must emerge. We need to move past the petty differences, even the ones in our minds that are self-deprecating, and recognize that we all have a goal – to learn to get along in harmony with creation. That may sound impossible, yet it is the most probably answer to: “Why are we here?” It would seem that is the greatest sense made common for today. The greatest battle we face is aligning with purposeful action now, directed toward effective solutions as team players.

If any of this resonated, please take a moment and share this post somewhere. Thanks in advance. More details of our innate ‘systems’ covered in ZERO to ONE.

How You Think IS More Important Than What You Think

March 21, 2020 By Zen

How You Think Determines Your Attitude – Have the Best Possible

How to think vs. what to think… imperative to distinguish!

In times of tension and tumult, here’s how you think better… examine everything without bias, just consider the options and choose the prudent path. When you are diligent and vulnerable, the truth reveals itself. You might learn something new about yourself or the world that will change your perspective. In order to learn to get along, humans have had to engage paradigm shifts, seeing the exact same things with different eyes. If you’d like a lot of eyes to look through, there’s a great exercise here. Isolation can have benefits beyond your imagination.

We have attributed this quote to Goethe – “Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it; Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.” When, in fact, it was inspired by Goethe though written by an Irish poet named John Anster, though he wrote, ‘What you can do’ instead.

Other Anster renditions include:
“What you can do, or dream you can, begin it,
Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
Only engage, and then the mind grows heated, —
Begin it, and the work will be completed!”

I’m not sure how it happened, but FB seemed to think Fred’s face looked like me and Markus went with it at the time. What a randomly generated honor. Time to transform to that ‘quantum coagulator’ it seems. Attention, intention and action. How you think about the former leads to better management of your mind and response to your environment.

Let’s bring that home for a moment. Right now the conversations you have at home are extremely important for the successful navigation of trying times. Converting the fearful and panicky internal feelings and thoughts to those of the salient points for transforming chaos to order is imperative. I found a great blog called Personal Tao that addresses these issues and I’ll highlight the salient points. When many are seeking solace, a few step up to provide guidance with balance and centeredness.

A simple (initial) list of guidelines for living in times of Chaos.
Reinforce local community. Being healthy and active in your local community helps you weather unexpected changes, shortages and those who would try to take advantage of you in a weakened state.
Don’t overextend yourself. If you overextend yourself, chaotic changes will catch you off guard
Be patient and be aware. Chaotic times are neither good nor bad: good and bad are human morality statements. Chaotic times are times of great change. With great change come opportunities that are equally beneficial as they are earth-shaking. Patience allows you to pace your endeavors to use your resources gracefully and with awareness timed to your intuition you then decide which opportunities are indeed positive options rather than negative situations.
Buy and work towards quality over cheap/fast. Times of chaos stress out people, materials, and social systems. In times of chaos things break down, people make things more cheaply, and unexpected shortages will occur. Make sure your work is of quality so it lasts through the time of chaos, make sure you invest in tools and materials which are of quality so that your material tools won’t fail at critical times.
Invest in personal time, keeping in shape and helping those around you to stay in shape. The stress in times of chaos will push us to our limits. Take care of yourself, family and friends so you remain strong and can flow with the unexpected changes that will occur.
Predict nothing! By definition times of chaos are when everything shifts to being unpredictable. Be open to change rather than trying to jigger change or outguessing it. By being aware and flowing with the change, you will more gracefully move with what happens over than trying to outguess all the random shifts that will occur.
Orderly times are more logical; chaotic times are more intuitive

How you think makes the difference between stressful and sublime moments

Sublime – of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe.

So always remember the steps of Personal Transformation are:
Acceptance
Awareness
Practices to explore one’s nature. Play is a critical part of any transformation. Seriously, play is about testing and exploring possibility. When you are transforming, you are changing, becoming something new. If you don’t play while in the middle of transformation.. then chances are you will revert to what you already were, since you didn’t take the time to play and work out new options of being. The problem is when a person gets older and yet gets caught in a crisis or transformation…. their adult shape and society: forces them to forget the most important aspects of life. The exploration of play to become more.
repeat 1-3 in several iterations (which equals patience)
Relaxation into self
You are now in a place where you worked and released most of the issues holding you back.
Pause and perform an evaluation of your progress, if you are not done, then repeat steps 1 – 5 again. Please note: Never try to solve all your problems at once. Otherwise, new problems will creep in to fill the void. Step 4 is critical since it allows a person to process their evolution in smaller increments of change. Move ahead with yourself in wonder and enjoyment. If done well it takes roughly two years to do steps 1-5 with several iterations and ten years to become a master of your own life.
However, this path I teach is deeply patient and very Taoist: most people will choose just to grab what they see someone else doing and run with that. Not many people risk taking the time, two to ten years, to explore their life deeply since the unknown scares them.
So don’t assume that chaotic times are bad times. It’s up to us on how to use everything to grow. Chaotic times offer the opportunity of new options. Such times open the doorway to transformation. How you use the energy of chaotic times is also a choice about your own personal growth.

As a parent, you are a leader in your home. How you think determines what you think. As a community member, you are a leader in your community. As a planetary citizen, your are a leader in the world. Whether Goethe or Anster, the quote is sublime… “Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it; Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.”

2020 Vision – More Than a Metaphor and Year for All

January 9, 2020 By Zen

Working on Being Clear-sighted for 2020…

What is your 2020 Vision? This year brings a barrage of thoughtful metaphors to mind, right? We generally have some kind of resolution for change in the new year, yet this year may be even more impactful if we apply its wisdom. In looking clearly, we look at our lives in the full spectrum. Who are we and what is important to us? How are we living to example our core values?

Conversations in the small business peer advisory group monthly meetings usually have some mention of core values, both in the company culture and vision of the owner. One salient point always emerges: continuing personal growth. Our behaviors are driven by our core values, whether at play or work and certainly in relationships in life. Sometimes we need help to reflect and remember who we are.

Early in life we are presented with opportunities to learn how to live from watching those around us and trying things on our own. We grow through mistakes, most often, or at least from less desirable results than we’d like to experience. Sometimes we ask for help when things seem to get out of control and we realize that our mirror needs cleaning.

Moving Forward – Intentional 2020 Vision

Intending to begin this year with renewed attention and focus on being productive, I was reminded of the signs, in English, we encountered in the heart of the Yucatan peninsula on a highway carved through the tropical forest. “Observe Your Intentions” and “Observe Your Distractions” were the clear messages for our relationship and life in general. The wisdom for life offers guidance for all of us.

What is surprising is that we already know this as compassionate and loving beings, what we pay attention to grows and we tend to attract more of the same. How and what do you want to attract this year? What is your 2020 Vision? Can you get really clear on what that is? How are you going to accomplish the vision you have for this year and the future? The possibilities can be overwhelming.

How do you, me, we find clarity in what direction to go? Often we confuse the nature of who we are with what we think we should be doing in life. Who we are is tantamount to what we become and the life that we lead; it’s challenges, perceived failures and triumphs are purposeful to our growth. What keeps us from being and then doing the right things?

We hurt inside when our actions or words are misunderstood or we fall short of our intended goals and objectives. We lock up and separate from the world we so much want to enjoy. Whether personal or professional situations, without reflecting for a moment, taking a breath and stepping back to get a little clearer sight, we may react to the pain in a variety of ways that certainly lack compassion and consideration. We’re human. So? Is that an excuse?

Perhaps we feel like life is a kind of managed chaos, where the notion of crisis management seems to permeate our lives in ways we try to avoid. The wisdom from my father still rings true: do the most challenging thing first; the thing you want to avoid and ignore, the one that you fear or stresses you out the most. The choice to do so is one that happy and successful people make time and again, most often with the best choices made after seeking advice from a coach, mentor or trusted confidant.

Rites of Passage and Purposeful Path

One of the Core Values of Coaching is to tell the truth, be honest and transparent. That’s a great 2020 Vision. It may be tough in some situations, regardless of the reason truth has no deception and we never have to confront ourselves in the mirror. Being honest with ourselves is the first step, a clear look in the mirror is often accompanied by the need for change, transforming who we are or were that was less than who we could be. I was, and probably still am, a bit obsessive of truth. I’ve gotten more compassionate with age.

As a teenager, a few months after turning 18, I had prayed to know the ‘truth’ about life, including me and my purpose for being here. It was no doubt part of some rite of passage built into my consciousness and life-stream, I was asked a question that took me to the depths of my being. “Are you willing to die for what you believe in?” The question came as a voice without form, during a meditation, seemingly from deep within me though not my voice.

I would imagine some have been asked that question as well. How do you answer it? First, one has to decide what they believe in on a very basic level, life or death. As one who was brought up in the United Methodist Church, though not fully aligned with the organized church, my first thought was Christ Consciousness. In the nano-seconds of my ‘check-in’ it felt incomplete. Hold on, it wasn’t a denial of it at all. It just felt incomplete, like there was something more.

Perhaps my hesitancy had to do with form, the embodiment that was a vessel of something greater. It was the greater I wanted to know. My next choice was Cosmic Consciousness, which felt complete and fulfilling in comparison. What is that exactly? The formless side of Christ Consciousness, before incarnation and with infinite intelligence. The answer: “Yes,” and my life changed in an instant. I left this world.

Personal Transformation – Trials and Tribulations

It felt like moving upward, even though eyes were closed. Turning to view my physical body laying across my dorm room bed first, then to look in the direction of the movement with an instant arrival in the Light. Over the next 2 minutes and 42 seconds I was taken on a journey few have made, let alone been able to remain somewhat sane afterward.

Two things I became aware of as a result. First, we a flow of consciousness that has no death, no end; second, we each have a purpose in establishing a new order of Unity on Earth that is required for our sustainability.

That may seem totally insane to many, based on our current situation and who manages the media, politics and resources of our world. Can we learn to work together? What is the best 2020 Vision for moving toward sustainability? It starts with you, me and us and includes more than planetary sustainability, it has more to do with personal sustainability.

We need to ask ourselves a question: What do we believe in? Beyond the illusion of separation, which all paths to transcendence reveal, how do we demonstrate the belief in Love, the longing for the result of the joy and happiness we all seek? How might that show up in our business, career, family and our relationships?

Do we argue about the distractions or ascend with better intentions? Choices….

Transforming the Holiday Season

December 20, 2019 By Zen

Are you in process of transforming the holiday season? Moving into the holiday season we bring a storehouse of precious moments from the past year. We tend to cycle through the year’s review and assess our accomplishments and highlights of the year.

What were yours?

For just a moment and a few breaths, remember the most exciting events and how you felt about them. Most likely you’ll have a sense of gratitude that accompanies the sense of accomplishment.

We tend to spend most of our time concentrating on taking care of daily matters, hopefully with a sense of where we are headed and defining at least some of those daily moments as critical in our progress of achieving goals.

Do you notice that when you have a sense of gratitude, the details for your journey toward accomplishment becomes clearer?

If one were to contemplate the process and create a simple understanding of how it works, the notions of attention, intention and action might emerge as key factors. Attention on the goal, intention to perform at peak service and following through on the tasks that become apparent is a pretty simple process.

So how does that help transform the holiday season? Businesses outside of retail tend to slow to a crawl during the holiday season. Nearly everyone has their minds on family gatherings, presents (for and from) and vacations to various places. More than likely there is a lot of downtime and opportunity to ponder what’s next as the year comes to a close.

Some might think about New Year’s resolutions. Consider starting here. Business owners are looking at last year’s results and preparing goals and objectives for the new year. Single folks are probably thinking about how to find that perfect mate or make more money. Families might be starting to plan next year’s travel or upgrades to the home.

Transforming the Holiday Season

There is an inner perspective that, in all respects, emerges with insight, inspiration, investigation and personal identity as a conscious entity in a greater reality. This greater reality is a connected web of life, often driven by the awareness of abundant synchronicity, that is a result of the attention we put on intention and the actions we take in the spirit of ‘acting as if.’

This is where the inner and outer connect, quantum theory proven.

The truth is we are becoming aware of multiple components of a larger reality our belief systems and experience limited for millennia. The industrial age information age and increase in the availability of information catapulted web-connected humans into an accelerated learning curve with a parallel curve in the rise of awareness of inner and outer realities.