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I remember my experience saying to me, “Don’t live your life logically, live mythologically. Cast yourself as the archetypal hero in the fable of your greatest dream. Be the sun shining every day with a simple gratitude, and yet be ever mindful of the wandering adversaries that haunt your dreams as a shadow in that sunlight. These adversaries are the friends assigned to you to make you even more powerful, they will expose your weaknesses . . . in order for you to overcome them.”
As Yogi Bhajan said, “The guitar will be the rifle of the Aquarian Soldier.”
The journey of a human life is the travel from fate to destiny – from where you are to who you are.
Breathing consciously brings us to a state of quiet and calm, into a sensation of dynamic silence and to a neutral mind that can think clearly and create solutions.
we have the power to manifest our greatest dreams or our worst nightmares – whichever ones we place the most energy in. Thoughts receive their direction through the amount of trust you place in yourself, the world, the universe and the path of destiny you are walking on. Become an advocate for your freedom and create a conscious society that benefits us all. Let the voice of the Soul sing the song of your life and turn you into the seeker you were born to be.
“If you exist at all, you’ll find the words here in your heart.” She rubs her hand on my chest, the first sense of warmth I’ve felt in what feels like a long time. “Are you in there, or are you an imposter?”
“No, I don’t. I don’t have you here at all. You have yourself here and you have been for some time an imposter in a larger dream. You consistently dreamt of your existence with all the joys of making it work. You dreamt all those fears that stopped your inspirations to make it not work. You dreamt that others were responsible for this and for that and now that your heart has stopped in the physical world, this is you dreaming of your tumultuous crossing.”
something, but it’s not an end of anything except one simple — well not so simple — physical costume. It’s like taking off a shirt and pants. You now stand naked in your spirit.”
courage. You only occasionally owned yourself . . . the one deep inside; the dreaming you. That’s the person you are born to be. That’s the person you were also most afraid of being.”
“Nothing is ever wrong,” she answers. “But it’s not fully living and when you don’t live your life, there’s no one to blame when the time runs out. Don’t worry though, the universe has forever, you’ll eventually get it.”
“Time isn’t real, it’s just a very beautiful illusion constructed from memories. It’s a tool for the mind to keep track of life: a way to build the dreams that come into life. Every moment of time contains a seed, like the seeds of all the great trees and plants. Every seed contains every single branch and leaf of every single year that the tree will live — plus all the trees of all the seeds that tree will give birth to. All of this exists inside the protection of a simple seed. Time is a seed, an infinity of moments packed into the shell of protection with all those moments exactly like all
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how, just be determined.” “I’m cold . . . like ice.” “Without being in the heart, life is cold; the dreams in your heart are your home.”
“And which part of your life is free?” “All of it.” “What about all the parts that worried without faith, that were afraid and without trust? What about the plans you would abandon in moments of doubt?” “That’s normal, everyone does that,” I reply. “Well, when you live and act in those fears, that’s slavery.”
You can realize that you are the one who feels your feelings and you get to choose how you feel if you find out how to do this.”
“Feelings are feelings,” I argue. “How are you supposed to choose them?” “First of all by believing you can, then giving yourself the authority to do so.” “That’s not possible.” “It’s whatever you make of it. Emotions and feelings are meant to be tools for life, not the rules for life. They can be physically powerful and seem very real, but they’re only memories, opinions and frames of the mind woven together. Use them to build or destroy your moments of time. Those are the seeds that contain your dreams. Feelings are not to be honored — they are to be honed. A carpenter does not worship his
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If it isn’t love and passion that keeps you busy, you’re wasting precious moments, precious seeds, and precious breath.”
“Your consciousness attaches to soul,” the old man adds. “Consciousness is the Spirit. It has a mission inside it which dreams of your purpose when it’s powered by the soul.”
“Purpose connects the life to the destiny; the higher purpose of your existence is held here in your heart. Destiny can be shaped and molded with your devotion and commitment, but if fear blocks this, you’ll live in your fate. These are the choices you have with every breath you take.”
“The illusion makes sorrow appear as if it can buy more time without disappointment. See it for what it is;
“Do you want to live because you’re afraid to die, or do you want to live because you’re willing to live?”
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“Find the rhythms of your heart and restore their life into your life.”
“Every day you’ll breathe and every night you’ll dream; every morning you’ll awaken to a life that passes within the seed of each moment. Not one of those moments will ever return, so remember it’s up to you to immerse yourself in them and do so with great courage and enthusiasm.”
“Will I always know what to do?” I ask as I turn slowly toward life. “Trust that you will and you will,” he whispers into the wind that carries me. “Trust will be your teacher and it will always teach you what you need to know. You will be challenged when you go for your dreams and you will face this with massive enthusiasm.”
“Allow yourself to open every unknown door. Don’t ever ask how — always remember what courage is. Make it work. When you’re motivated by even a slight possibility, you can do the impossible.”
“You’ve committed to your dream, so the universe will test that commitment. Retrieve your physical strength and do not get caught in the little upsets.” He looks straight through me. “You never had the courage for this before; now you’re going to get what you’ve waited lifetimes for. It will come with great challenge, but it will come.” “I’m not sure what you mean,” I say as I begin to awaken then doze for a moment more. “Ignore the small battles — they’re distractions,”
“Whenever there is a morning where you awaken, and you are unable to appreciate the day,” the old man cautions, “that is a morning when you are not alive. Time spent without awareness of one’s mortality is a complete waste.”
“Does it have to be terrifying?” “Terror is the result of resistance. When you stop resisting you’ll experience the grace. Right now you’re frightened of the unknown. Learn to find comfort in this discomfort.”
Time cannot be saved from one day to the next, or passed from one person to another; it can only be spent. To gain the greatest value from each day you must remember your mortality and spend life with unreserved enthusiasm.”
“When memories support who you actually are and nourish who you want to be, then hold on to them. If not, release them and let them dissolve.”
“I am depressed,” I explain to her. “Okay — let’s get out of it.” “How?” I ask. “Depression is a version of life, it’s a vision without a possibility or hope, right?” “Yeah.” “Without hope you lose your will, and when you lose your will, you lose the ability to move into the future. This is depression — stuck in a moment until that moment moves into the past and takes you with it — then your present moments are empty and they collapse in on you.” “This is exactly it!” “Here is what you must do. Take what you want to achieve and for this moment think of yourself as a bloodhound. Think of this
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Onndepression. Become like a bloodhound snifing out what im lookking for. What isbijt. Believe its out there
“Every proposition, every movement forward, creates opposition; it’s a law of physics,” the old man explains. “The faster you move forward, the greater the opposition against you. It’s time to stand and face this law with a sense of self and a sense of humor. You will retain your power when you don’t take opposition personally. Just see it as the law of what is and move around it tactfully.”
“Loyalty to your growth isn’t lonely, this is where all other relationships begin. Fill yourself with the experience of being you and let it grow — let it overflow. People will gather because you feel so good to be around. Remember, when you don’t fill up with your excellence, you fill up with your regrets instead.”
Fill up with excelllence. With experiece of being you
“For-give is a word in reverse. It actually means to give forth. It’s a way of letting go of each bad moment. You want to keep releasing time, because time passes, and if you hold onto any moment, then time will pass you by. The more you hold on to, the less reality you’re in touch with. This can get really bad when you hold grudges — then you get really stuck.”
“Choose wisely what you’re willing to die for . . . because it will end up being the reason you live.”
“When you powerfully maintain your dream, your dream will come true powerfully.” The old man’s words visit my thoughts now.
When you react to the shadows in anger, you are always a slave to the anger.”
“Fear is just an excuse to fail.”
“When does it get easy?” I ask. “When you accept each moment as the lesson of your life and learn your way through it.”
It’s up to you to be dreaming, don’t demand the results, but keep the scent and learn to trust the process.”
“Your life is only made up of moments and breaths. You have an originating amount, so you don’t ever want to waste one. When the demons of fear, embarrassment or doubt go dancing around you — you don’t ever want to get in the dance.”
Use the dreamtime and use your prayer work to identify your passion. You’re on your path of fulfillment.”
When you initiate real progress, you face the real challenges; nature’s law comes from within you. People expect it to get easier when the momentum increases, but it’s the opposite, now your commitment will be tested.”
When you’re not testing your potential, you don’t know your limits or your abilities.”
Faith is essential — trust your promise and the innocence that made you promise.”
Meditation is your power; prayer is your guide and silence is your messenger.” She smiles with a huge stretching swoop of the arms. “These tools will sweep you forward if you let them. They’re your angels,
“Make sure to spend time in silence each day to erase all the noise and confusion. No matter how exciting it all seems, or how fearful you might become, you must set aside time for silence. Sharpen your intuition in this silence and you can see the meaning inside every action, and the real purpose between all the words and the worlds.”
When you’re sure of yourself, you know everyone else.
“What is before you — always — is the lesson of your moment. Learn your way through it no matter what.”
love is the answer here. If you follow your love, even though you’re being tested, life is pure child’s play.”
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“The outside world is your mirror,” the old man speaks to me. “It’s constantly reflecting who you were in the past, who you are in the present, or who you hope to be in the future. It’s a maze you are to navigate and only your commitment can do that.” “Commitment?” I ask. “Yes . . . the commitment at your core. It’s the sensation of knowing it will all work without any reason, the ability to feel connected without any proof.”
