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Life Mastery's Friday Weekly Podcast:
"Dedication, Discipline and Intentionality; the Keys to the 'Good Life,' Part II" Podcast
(length 5:44 minutes)
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This is a continuation of my last posting on November 17.
The ancient Masters were profound and subtle. Their wisdom was unfathomable.
There is no way to describe it; all we can describe is their appearance:
They were as careful as someone crossing an ice-covered stream.
Alert as a warrior in enemy territory.
Courteous as a guest.
Fluid as melting ice.
Shapeable as a block of wood.
Receptive as a valley.
Clear as a glass of water.
Lao Tzu
Intentionality and dedication is the Master's prayer and gift to him/herself. With clear intentions, one can manifest one's dreams, purpose and goals and live in great peace. If you are half-hearted, the Universe responds half-heartedly. If you are clear, the Universe responds clearly.
To attain the Mastery that is your birthright, you must be very purposeful in all that you do. No breath, thought or action is ever wasted. Everything is clear and on target. You know who you are and where you want to go or "be."
Please be assured that this is not a process that is rigid and dogmatic nor is it mental in nature. Nor is this a process that has as its primary focus the accomplishment of external goals. Rather it is a process of being in touch with your Self and, therefore, by being in touch, you become so true to your Self that your every breath, thought and action is inspired from the depths of your soul.
Thus you learn to live a life of impeccable clarity and ease and are no longer buffeted by the whims of the ego. Instead you live in a constant state of inspiration and revelation and flow from one experience to another.
So, to access this state one must take the time to look within and listen to one's Self by employing the sacred tools of meditation, prayer and contemplation.
Life Mastery's Friday Weekly Podcast:
"Dedication, Discipline and Intentionality; the Keys to the "Good Life," Part I" Podcast
(length 5:46 minutes)
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In whatever way works for you, it is so, so important daily to take the time to make connection with your Source. If you do not, then you will not be in touch with your Self. And, if you are not in touch with your Self, you can not "be" your Self.
You are your "most significant other." If you do not spend time with this most significant part of who you are, you will never be true to your Self nor will you know your Self.
So, some form of meditation, prayer or contemplation is essential in order to connect with your Self and to live the "Good Life." Hence, in order to become one with your Self, dedication, discipline and being clearly intentional are so important.
One of the fastest ways to become one with your Self is to be disciplined---that is to take time to meditate, pray, as mentioned above and to also exercise, eat well, fast, read uplifting literature, etc.---in other words to take time to develop "order and clarity" in your life and to "be" with your Self.
The word "discipline" and "disciple" come from a Latin root that means to grasp or to comprehend. So, to be disciplined means that you steadfastly focus on something so that in time you truly understand or master it. What could be more important than learning how to be a Master of one's life?
Very few people have the patience and discipline to apply this kind of focus in their lives. I dare say that most adults have a shorter attention span than children.
When you know who you are:
When your mission is clear and you burn with the inner fire of unbreakable will;
No cold can touch your heart;
No deluge can dampen your purpose.
You know that you are alive
Chief Seattle
See my next posting on November 24 for more on this theme.
Life Mastery's Friday Weekly Podcast:
"When You are Quiet, You Can Eavesdrop on God" Podcast
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Take the time every day to touch into this Reality and you will find the Peace that is at the core of your Being.
The above is a brief dialogue from Theophane the Monk's, Tales of a Magic Monastery. Please meditate and reflect on it.
Life Mastery's Friday Weekly Podcast:
"Contemplate the Infinite Potential and Possibilities That You Are" Podcast
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Conversation
God and I in space alone
and nobody else in view.
"And where are the people, O Lord," I said,
"the earth below and the sky o'er head
and the dead whom once I knew?"
"That was a dream," God smiled and said,
"A dream that seemed to be true.
There were no people, living or dead,
there was no earth, and no sky o'er head;
there was only Myself -- in you."
"Why do I feel no fear," I asked,
"meeting You here this way?
For I have sinned I know full well--
and is there heaven, and is there hell,
and is this the Judgment Day?"
"Nay, those were but dreams,"
the Great God said,
"Dreams that have ceased to be.
There are no such things as fear or sin;
there is no you -- you never have been--
there is nothing at all
but Me."
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
You are an invisible fullness, a field of latent possibilities from which all things emerge.
Behind the universe moves this unnamable mystery. It is a pregnant state of love, energy, and intelligence, ready to continually give birth to new forms and absorb old and wasted ones in order to give them rebirth in new form again.
This invisible, unnamable mystery and fullness is infinite possibility. The processes of change, transformation and rebirth are the very fabric of the universe and they occur in this field of potential and latent possibilities.
Contemplate the infinite potential and possibilities that you are. The well of living waters you have to draw upon is unlimited. You can not and are not defined or limited by any role, experience, or lifetime you have had or are having. Allow yourself to experience/feel the full promise of who You ARE. Embrace the Mystery and Majesty of Your Self! Enter the Silence! Meditate! Embrace the Unknown! Embrace Your Self!