Happy Tuesday.
What a world wind it's been over the last short while. I'm a full-time musician (for those of you that didn't know that) and I've been touring in my home province of Newfoundland for the last couple of weeks. I'm twelve weeks into this blog now and this close to Christmas is a great time for a check up.
While I was out on the road, I realized how easy it is to slip into the old ways. The pressure of getting where you're going and of the people around you who may be having a bad day. At this time of year everyone seems to be wondering where everyone is coming from. Don't you find that, no matter how many people you thought lived in your town or city, there seems to be twice as many of them at this time of year? :)
The concept of a check up was really strong in me as I sat down to write this post this morning. For those of you that have been here for the whole 12 weeks, thank you very much. I'd love to hear from you marxstuff@gmail.com I'd like to know of the struggles and triumphs you have had as a result of the concepts here. It would be very beneficial to me. I won't share them unless you want me to and even then I might not! :)
There can be great conflict within us when we are trying to do something more for ourselves. Peace is one of the most miraculous things. Achieving it sometimes is like moving as fast as you possibly can in an attempt to arrive at stillness. It simply sits there, content in itself, waiting for you to join. All the while, it sits there in a world that didn't get the memo. Because peace is so self contained, it almost seems to taunt you. Peace doesn't need you, it's perfectly peaceful after all. You, on the other hand, crave peace. Whether you know it or not, it's why there is tension when things are going some way other than the way you want them. It is why you want to get 'back' to how it was before. Ever notice how peace always seems to be the way things were just before you got yourself in this non peaceful place? If you really check in with yourself, you will realize that peace is a little more peaceful after
you have been in a place of struggle...for another blog perhaps...
For now, make sure you check in with yourself. Not just every 12 weeks of course...every single day. Not just every day of course, but every now and then throughout the day. Feel the tension in your body inform your thoughts...feel your thoughts inform the body. Breathe and let go. Smile and say "I knew that'... start again because the more often you start, the less often you have to... one foot after the other into the life you've been so profoundly blessed to live.
11 days until Christmas. Perhaps you could use peace now more than ever...perhaps the world could use some more peaceful people now more than ever... either way, it can only be achieved one place...within you.
Have a great week....
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Worth: Part II
There was a time when I would have struggled with the number of questions I get about 'worth' and about what it actually means to create your own world from the inside out. But I have come to recognize the questions as the first step. If you still have questions about worth, congratulations: no questions - no answers.
For those of you who follow this blog regularly, you will realize that I always follow a suggestion with some sort of simple implementation plan. Hopefully you know why, and for some of you I know first hand that you do some of the things I 'prescribe' and are getting some results...
You will never 'understand' worth until you feel it. It must be felt. We are energy beings and we confuse thinking with feeling all the time. Take any muscle in your body... a bicep for the sake of illustration. You can think about making that bigger all you want...in fact, unless your job requires sufficient physical labor, you must always first think about making it bigger before you create your action plan. But until you actually start to make repetitive movements with sufficient weight in your hand, you muscle will not improve.
Such is the life of a human being. Plain and simple, it's why we're here. We grapple, we struggle, we give up or we accept that we cannot have what we want without doing something. Faith is not knowing that you will be taken care of. Faith is knowing that you live in a world where you must take steps to acquaint yourself with that which takes care. Once you have seen what that is, you will know beyond any doubt that you can have whatever you desire if you see the end result as though it already exists and then walk toward it one step at a time. But make no mistake... no step, no journey, no struggle, no faith.
No one can tell you that your worth is 'within' and have you feel it. Very few (if any) ever say, "Oh I get it, I'm great" and then proceed to live life to the fullest, especially if they are struggling day to day like so many of us are. You must wake up right where you are within the very world you have created with the thinking you have right now... and little by little day by day you come to see how incredibly beautiful a process this is.
Every day, when you wake up, realize that, while the news is broadcasting a 'stand off' between police and an armed man, tell yourself there are 350 million North Americans doing something that is NOT that today. Become acquainted with the fact that the world is so much more than the world you see. That amazing people exist and they are just like you. The only difference is the choices they made to live life no matter what. Give it a shot. There's no better time then the Christmas season. Pretty soon you will begin to see the rust coming off your sense of worth. Then, as you begin to see the consistent day to day creation of success and happiness you will know beyond a shadow of a doubt that you create your own existence. But you have to start somewhere and you have to do something. Why not start right where you are today. You'll have 18 days practice by the time Christmas comes!
For those of you who follow this blog regularly, you will realize that I always follow a suggestion with some sort of simple implementation plan. Hopefully you know why, and for some of you I know first hand that you do some of the things I 'prescribe' and are getting some results...
You will never 'understand' worth until you feel it. It must be felt. We are energy beings and we confuse thinking with feeling all the time. Take any muscle in your body... a bicep for the sake of illustration. You can think about making that bigger all you want...in fact, unless your job requires sufficient physical labor, you must always first think about making it bigger before you create your action plan. But until you actually start to make repetitive movements with sufficient weight in your hand, you muscle will not improve.
Such is the life of a human being. Plain and simple, it's why we're here. We grapple, we struggle, we give up or we accept that we cannot have what we want without doing something. Faith is not knowing that you will be taken care of. Faith is knowing that you live in a world where you must take steps to acquaint yourself with that which takes care. Once you have seen what that is, you will know beyond any doubt that you can have whatever you desire if you see the end result as though it already exists and then walk toward it one step at a time. But make no mistake... no step, no journey, no struggle, no faith.
No one can tell you that your worth is 'within' and have you feel it. Very few (if any) ever say, "Oh I get it, I'm great" and then proceed to live life to the fullest, especially if they are struggling day to day like so many of us are. You must wake up right where you are within the very world you have created with the thinking you have right now... and little by little day by day you come to see how incredibly beautiful a process this is.
Every day, when you wake up, realize that, while the news is broadcasting a 'stand off' between police and an armed man, tell yourself there are 350 million North Americans doing something that is NOT that today. Become acquainted with the fact that the world is so much more than the world you see. That amazing people exist and they are just like you. The only difference is the choices they made to live life no matter what. Give it a shot. There's no better time then the Christmas season. Pretty soon you will begin to see the rust coming off your sense of worth. Then, as you begin to see the consistent day to day creation of success and happiness you will know beyond a shadow of a doubt that you create your own existence. But you have to start somewhere and you have to do something. Why not start right where you are today. You'll have 18 days practice by the time Christmas comes!
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