I sat outside to meditate this morning, in the garden to listen to the rustle of the bamboo. Several minutes in I realized I was sitting just off the critter trail. As I sat I could hear rustling and walking and slithering a few feet away from me. I went in and out of the consciousness of it as I would refocus on my breathing at each sound. It was a reminder that our essential Self maintains a centered, quiet and gentle place inside despite the physical activity that goes on around us. We can step into that centered, quiet and gentle place any time we choose.

I got an email this morning that alerted my spidey sense. It was a couple of hours before I could respond back but in the meantime I thought to Google his name and email address.  I found info reporting former involvement in financial misdoings, fraud internet crime and a fugitive warrant as well as local court case info for him.  But whether he’s a scammer or a sincere seeker, he asked me a question and the answer is the same.  Ride out past momentum, clean up your past, expand your belief about what’s possible for you and refocus your attention. He wrote: “My name is xx.  I live in DC.  I have read your articles but nothing seems to stick.  I will tell you my situation.  I’m a struggling entrepreneur and i want to trade the financial markets.  At this very moment i am typing this message to you from mcdonalds because of the free wifi.  I am 43 years old. I am homeless and i am presently illegally living in an abandoned house when i know it is safe to break in(my town has no homeless shelter).  I have exactly 0.21cents in my bank account but no money in my wallet.  For food i simply kindly ask people at my local mcdonalds for food and if i don’t eat by 9pm, i look in the mcdonalds trash can for some food.  I have no car and no job since my town had no bus transit.  I filled out a few applications but have not gotten a job.  It is just me because i have no family members willing to help me.  I do not smoke or drink or do drugd.  My heart is 100% set on trading the financial market because i have a natural gift at seeing patterns that work great!!  But because of my situation i seemingly need everything!!  Please help…i don’t know what to do..    Continue reading →

I slept an odd four hours straight last night and must have been in the same position for awhile. For the first time ever I woke up with my body stiff and sore to move. When I got up, I felt weak and unsteady on my feet and was glad a seat was nearby. A few minutes of stretching and walking and I was fine but it gave me a glimpse into what some people may experience all the time. It was a deep sleep of complex dreams and my mom was in it. She passed a month shy of her 64th birthday, my dad when he was 62. Later I recalled mom had arthritis, so I figured it was her stiffness i might be feeling. She had an orthostatic tremor, which means she’d get spells of her legs feeling weak and unstable and she’d be panicked looking for somewhere to sit if she needed to.  I didn’t for a moment think “Oh, I must be coming down with that, too” but rather it was a glimpse into what she likely experienced every day. I figured it might be muscle memory from the dream. Mom never discussed her ailments unless I asked, so they aren’t what first comes to mind when I think of her.  She had several physical issues, none disabling but including chronic pain and anxiety.  She took a lot of medications to keep it all in check so she could continue to work. She was a savvy, smart, intelligent, kind and gentle woman. She was always interested in medicine and worked at the V.A Hospital. It was easy in that setting to discuss aches and pains and get several opinions and diagnoses of what it might be. Unless it’s an emergency, I don’t go to doctors anymore since my experience is that everything passes when I eat healthy and stay in motion. In my 20’s and 30’s I had health insurance so I went for “regular checkups” and described every little ache and pain I felt.  Whatever got treated I know now lasted longer than it should have since I was focused on treating an ailment. I’m sure I would have had a different life if I’d believed every diagnosis I was ever given. At 64, I have no health problems and take no medication. I live a blessed life. I have no complaints whatsoever.

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Seth: “Remind yourself that in many ways you are a very successful person as you are. Success does not necessarily involve great intellect or great position or great wealth; it has to do with inner integrity. Remember that.”

Everything will change when your desire to MOVE on to something new and improved exceeds your desire to HOLD on to something known and familiar.