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February
2007
I think of this lifetime as a journey whereby you reach a series of doorways, each slightly smaller than the next. Upon reaching a new doorway, one must assess, and decide what can be discarded and left behind in order to fit through the next doorway.
When I reached the first doorway I was weighed down very heavily. I had on a full length wool winter coat, layers of clothing, miles and miles of baggage, several people tugging at my legs, and a host of other things that I cannot believe I had the strength to carry around for so long.
And so I tried to barge right through that door, as is – without giving anything up and hit the sides and fell to my knees. So then I realized I had to set down one bag, and kicked the people off my pant legs and barely squeezed by.
I walked for a while and started feeling weighed down and took off that silly wool coat and tossed a few bags out before I even reached the next doorway and found I could walk much faster without so many burdens. I reached the next doorway and the next, flinging things aside at each stop. I started feeling freer and lighter and at the next doorway and the next, it wasn’t such a struggle to let go of the unnecessary items. I saw them for what they were. They were simply things that I (thought I) needed in the past, but no longer serve any purpose on my journey.
I’ve lost track of what doorway I am about to enter. But I am a nearly naked soul and free of so much and running full steam ahead. I am not sure what lies behind the final doorway but I am eagerly approaching it and no longer even looking back.
Perhaps there is nothing behind that final doorway?
I don’t know. Maybe that is when you learn to fly?
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February
2007
Your reputation is in the hands of others. That’s what a reputation is. You can’t control that. The only thing you can control is your character. - Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
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February
2007
If you realized that the nurtured spiritual part of yourself would accompany you on your eternal journey and that everything that you have labored so hard to accumulate would vanish the instant you depart this world, would it alter your daily agenda? - Walter Cooper
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February
2007
Oprah will be hosting a show about The Secret on February 8th for those of you who are interested. I know I will be watching it…
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February
2007
Here’s an Excerpt from Dr. John Demartini’s latest book, Heart of Love.
Once Upon a Time, There Were Ten Relationship Myths
Every soul sings the song of love. You were created for love, which neither begins nor ends but simply is. Love shows no partiality and is its own reward. It can’t be possessed, nor does it possess. Love withholds nothing. With love, there’s no limit. Anything other than love is illusion. To understand true love is to embrace all. In some fairy tales, though, love becomes a beast. From the time we’re children, these stories and other misleading fantasies teach us what true love is “supposed” to be. Who hasn’t heard about “happily ever after”? Who doesn’t think it’s immature and simplistic? And who hasn’t come under its spell and believed, even just a little, that it signifies some truth about what love “ought” to be?
If you’re like most people, you probably buy into at least one of the common cultural myths-our modern-day fairy tales-that can mislead you in your most important relationships. If you continue to believe in any of these myths, they’ll interfere with your life, like some nasty old witch with a magic mirror and poisoned apple. They’ll shape your expectations and make you feel as if everyone else gets the fairy tale but you. You’ll be living in a monstrous falsehood, “suffering” from it, feeling and acting as if all this were true when it doesn’t have to be that way for you.
President John F. Kennedy once pointed out, “The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie-deliberate, contrived, and dishonest-but the myth-persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.” He went on to say that the way out of the woods is to stop enjoying “the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.” Are you willing to shine light into the dark corners of your mind and confront myths head-on? If so, you’ll get to step out of unfulfilling fantasy and into something far more inspiring: true life, true relationships, true love.
Perhaps you don’t think you’re caught up in any false ideas. Please take a moment to consider whether you agree with any of the following statements:
1. A (new) relationship will make me happy.
2. When I find my soul mate, I’ll feel complete.
3. The right relationship will last forever.
4. Once we get past these rough waters, it’ll be smooth sailing.
5. A good relationship requires sacrifice.
6. Great sex happens only at the beginning of a relationship.
7. In the right relationship, I won’t have to work at it.
8. If I’m not involved with someone, I’ll be lonely.
9. Children complete a marriage.
10. Opposites attract.
Believe it or not, every one of these statements contains a fantasy, a falsehood. In my book, I’ll help you see how buying into these childish ideas stunts your personal growth and keeps you from fully experiencing the riches every relationship has to offer.
If only we’d stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.
–Edith Wharton
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This sounds like an interesting book! I’ve seen Demartini speak a couple times and the guy is truly amazing. I guess I’ll have to add this one to my list to read.
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February
2007
A few days ago I added a page to this blog which maps where around the world my visitors are from. It’s a pretty cool plugin for Wordpress and you can see the page here: Visitor Map
It amazed me to find people from all over the United States and Canada. Then I saw somebody visited from Beijing, China. I thought they had limited access to the internet so it was nice to see they got through. I saw visitors from Germany, the UK, Venezuela and Isreal! And then Iraq, Beirut, Australia, Sweden, and more. This just tells me that people all over the world are looking for answers, not that I have them, but I am looking for them too. And this common thread bonds us all.
I hope to get some visitors from Africa, and eventually a visitor from every country on the planet. And I hope to visit every country on the planet.
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February
2007
People are creatures of habit. We repeat our patterns over and over in everything we do. For instance, how I play racquetball is how I live my life. I used to get mad when I was losing and start talking smack, and maybe bang my racquet against something in anger. Well I did that in my life too. When life got difficult, I would lash out at others, and at myself. I often broke objects. And it felt good for a moment to release the anger, but I felt bad about it later on.
When I would return the ball, I would try to hit it hard without much thought as to where it was going, or just try to get it to the wall so I didn’t lose the point. I later wondered, why don’t I hit an unreturnable shot? In my life, why do I coast through it, why don’t I go for victory in every moment? So one day I decided my game was going to be perfect. I hit everyball pretty much perfectly and unreturnable. My aim was nearly flawless. I decided I had endless energy and ran my heart out the entire 4 games. My opponent and friend quickly learned that he cannot hit the ball to me anymore. He has to hit an unreturnable shot or I will. And he stepped his game up to a new level.
I have a pretty good hard serve. When I faulted the serve, I would usually hit it softly so I didn’t double fault. I see tennis players hit it softer on TV all the time. Why am I doing this? In my life, when the pressure is on, I tend to lose my confidence. Not too many people do well under pressure. So I imagined, three times, hitting an ace on the second shot and getting the point. And I hit the ball, even harder than my first shot and got the ace! So now, I hit my second serves harder than the first! And the pressure is now on my competition.
What I am getting at, is everything I do during my day is how I live my life on a miniature scale. For example, how I cut the lawn, wash my hands, take a shower, clean my room, work on the computer, take out the trash, drive in traffic, etc. Now when I do these tasks, or play a game like racquetball, I ask myself over and over, in what way am I doing this which mirrors my life? When I do this I have constant epiphanies, or ah-ha moments. I discover what I am doing and change it right there. If I can change the way I mow the lawn, which is half-assed, maybe I can learn to not live my life half-assed. I can self-discover all day long, everyday, until I am one with the universe. Everything I discovered about me today left me feeling wonderful inside.
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