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I Am On Purpose

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Whether we truly know where we are headed or have no idea, we must realize that we are all on purpose. Whether a goal setter, or couch potato…Yes, we are all on purpose.

Struggling with this lesson many times myself, I came to a place of knowing that I too am on purpose. This morning at the gym I saw many fitness enthusiasts with goals of marathons, triathlon, weight loss, or just all around well-being, leaving me to ponder…where are my goals?

Often recommending goal-setting to friends and clients, etc., I am left wondering what goals do I have? Then I ponder…what do we need goals if we are living in the moment. Is this just an excuse not to set goals? Is this a reason to not move forward? Some might say yes, but I know better. Not better for anybody else but myself. I write this not for myself but hopes that others will find their purpose whether it be in the goals or just in the moment. The key to any success is always in the moment…with or without goals.

Laughing now, recollecting the confirmation this morning…Going through my daily morning ritual: going to the gym, sitting in the steam room, clearing my head…Oh wait, today I can’t clear my head…The 10,000 things surface. Interrupted by my daily routine, with the 10,000 things, I evacuate the steam room in hopes of gathering my thoughts elsewhere. In disbelief that I could get distracted with the 10,000 things, self judgment sets in, as many humans experience. This lasts for a moment and then I move on with the question of, once again…what is my purpose? At the moment of my question, the answer appears.

At the very moment I asked where am I going? And what is my purpose? The dial antiperspirant falls over mysteriously, and reads… Purpose: antiperspirant. Laughing now at myself, I realized that I’m not to “sweat it.”  **Pun intended**Some might say this is coincidence, some might not, whatever the case the answer appeared to me this morning.

I invite you to be open to the many questions, mysteries and more importantly answers that follow. The answers can come in many shapes and sizes. Whether in a simple dial spray can or in the sprouting mushrooms from the decaying earth (which I discuss in a earlier lesson of the mushroom, in a previous posting “I AM That”). When we are open to the answers…They mysteriously show up.

Expanding on this lesson, I think of myself as being imperfect and brings a smile to my face knowing that I truly am imperfect. Aware of this imperfection, I land in perfection.

Judge me for my perfections,

judge me not for my imperfections.~Ani Po

Further contemplating this lesson, deepening my thoughts of the 10,000 things. I’ve arrived at the possibility that the 10,000 things maybe a distraction, keeping me from finding that peace within. Can they also be an attraction of peace within? Today in the steam room if I were to let go of focusing on my breath, I would surely have fallen asleep. But the 10,000 things floating around in my mind…I am kept awake by my monkey-mind. And what’s the purpose of the 10,000 things. While the 10,000 things can be a distraction they can also work to your benefit, guiding you in the direction of need.

Instead of dissolving the 10,000 things be with them, be with the 10,000 things…allowing them to be present. Allowing them to be present, we can dismiss them as needed or remain with them as needed. Please no rules on your quietude…Just remain in the moment. Being in the moment we find purpose once again…just for that moment. In that moment we find purpose and that purpose presents itself in our daily activities.

Stepping into the Canvas with Purpose. Whatever goals or lack of goals you set, there is no right, there is no wrong…there just is. Be present in this very moment and allow yourself to enjoy every aspect of the Canvas of Life. We are meant to enjoy this world, not the opposing. Make it what you will, enjoy it as you do…♥ Joseph

Bringing Dreams To Reality, Reality To Infinity

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We can either sit quietly, doing nothing and often dream of what our lives could or could not be. Or we could ignite the internal flame to a new reality. A dream is only a dream until action is applied. Without action, we remain in the dream of yesterday.

 

Truthfully, we do not need to do anything to be happy…as happiness is a state of being. However…to be happy and live the life we have always dreamed of, we must activate the spirit. Activating the spirit, we implore a mighty technology…a technology based on Love. With guidance from spirit, we apply our goals.

 

Ani Po is familiar with this process as she often makes her own goals, committing to her dreams and activating them into reality. Without goals her dreams would only be a dream; With goals, they move forward into reality.

 

Recently Ani Po overheard a conversation between two pilgrims. One asking the other for advice. Not liking what the other pilgrim had to say, the first pilgrim storms off. Ani Po smiles as she has witnessed this before, knowing that humans often hear only what they want to hear and fail to hear honest feedback offered by another. With positive criticism, humans often fail to hear the message. Ani Po, listens attentively and smiles as she hears a positive message charging another pilgrim with owning his work.

 

The key to reality, is seeing it, believing it and owning it as our own. As we claim our dreams as our own, we assert that our reality will be so. If not…again…it remains only a dream.

 

1. Dreams

2. Writing them down

3. Taking action

4. tell nobody

5. Owning your reality

 

1. Dreams.  Everything begins with a thought or a dream. What begins them to manifest into our lives? Often times it is our own actions. However…it is often times without our own actions, but accompanied by a universal force that delivers an end result every time. The key is the dream, seeing it to be true and then knowing that it is on its way.

 

2. Writing them down.  To confirm any objective or goal in life, we must commit ourselves to that which we desire most. Writing these goals down, placing them in plain view, we are re-programmed to see it and live  it every day, assuring us that it truly is on its way.

 

3. Taking Action.  Once we have our dreams and our goals written down, we must take necessary actions, aligning ourselves with these goals. Maybe it is building new team building circles, friends circles, or inspirational group circles. Whatever the case, without preparing the fields for a healthy harvest, how will the farmer prepare for when it comes to fruition? Take action.

 

4. Tell Nobody.  This step is critical! It is often stated that a scientist can alter his own experiment by the mere watching of things. This is not reserved for merely the scientist, but the surrounding groups. If we tell other people our plans or goals, they instinctively will give their opinion…and we run the risk of altering our goals, by the mere interjection of the other opinions. Just the mere observation of the experiment (by the self or another), can change the whole outcome.

 

5. Owning Your New Reality. This final step is when we know we have arrived. Does a swimmer say, “I try to swim?” No. He or she is either a swimmer or not a swimmer. The key to achieving our goals is the ownership of our work. For me it means saying, “I am a writer.” Whether my work is good or not, I cannot achieve the greatness I aspire without owning who I am. The key ingredient to anything in life is the simple phrase…I Am That.

 

Stepping into the Canvas with Aspiration. With every dream, we have action; every action, we have a dream. As we dance to the beautiful tune of inspiration, we apply this wisdom of achieving our goals. Without goals our dreams would remain in bed as we sleep. Committing to goals…we fuel the dreams into reality, seeing it, believing, knowing it to be true with a self-realization of…I Am That, I Am.