It’s 6:30am again and I’ve been thinking about the 2012 energy shift and the challenges people are facing before the New Paradigm Shift. Pretty heavy right?

In the last few months I’ve heard of people going through problems that would put people in psychiatric wards. It’s like everything that’s unresolved is all coming up at one time. For example if they had debt that they just put in the back of their mind and because they just couldn’t deal with it. Recently the creditors decided to call them on a daily basis if not hourly.  Plus that same person would have issues at work, sickness coming on and people who they thought were challenging in their lives now have escalated. Now they are just being terrible to them for no reason.

I’ve also seen a lot of people passing away over the last 6 months. Normally the rule has been of 3′s from what I have found, but recently it has been the rule of 8+.  I have a theory on that but it’s more metaphysical which I will go into later.

Do you feel the pressure happening? Do you feel something is going on that you just can’t explain but you know it’s something? I am going to explain my theory of what is happening on and what I recommend you do.

First I do believe there is a shift in energy going on. Let’s talk about the physical aspect first.  I am not the type of person to get headaches, but my head has been pounding for the last 2 nights. I know it has been Winter Solstice and there is a lot of energy around these days. I’ve been keeping myself well hydrated and treating myself nightly to deal with the pressure change. I don’t know how many of you are feeling something physical that you haven’t felt before which could be the shift in energy. If you are feeling just off, find someone to connect with, someone who understands Health and Energy Healing, that is trained to be able to help you. They will be able to help you figure out if it’s just the weather and you are coming down with something or do you need to work with someone.

I know there might be some Business people and/or Type A personalities reading this who really don’t believe in this. Please be patient and read below I will get to you guys soon. 

Next let’s talk about the mental aspect. These challenges that are coming up are taking a toll on people’s self-esteem and self worth. Having to deal with all the problems coming up like someone opened up Pandora’s box. I’ll be honest with you it is just that. All your past issues that you might not have dealt with are going to come up NOW! If you don’t believe me ask the people around you what they are dealing with and ask them if they feel it’s normal. I will tell you I have asked that very question time and time again. I get pretty close to the same answer; “This is Crazy”, ” Why is all this Shit Coming up Now?”, “Did I piss God off” …etc.  Now this is just my opinion and I don’t want to offend anyone’s ego or beliefs which I know I will. So if this statement frustrates you Please Don’t E-mail me your frustrations I have enough work to do to help people.  Here it is… This has Nothing to do with a GOD the man in the sky, this is all our garbage we have not dealt with. All coming up at once for us to deal with RIGHT NOW!

This might be a harsh comment but think about the Movie “The Secret”. They talked about the universe will only give you want you can deal with, what you concentrate on will come about. If you think about the bills more bills will come. If you focus on abundance more abundance will come. Well that same universe is getting us ready for a New Paradigm but the only way we can be ready is to not bring our baggage with us. That is why all of it is coming up at once for a lot of people. Trust me I am no different my “SHIT” has been coming up as well. I am no different than any of you that are dealing with their past, except for one thing.

Here’s the secret to what is going on and that is why I have done the previous 2 posts about “The Journey” and “The Truth”. All of these “Challenges” that are coming up are things we need to face head on as best as we can. Now PLEASE do not do it alone, the goal of what I called the “Negative Ego” wants to divide and conquer. When you go and try to deal with a huge challenge on your own and get sucked into it. The “Negative Ego” has won and will start to try to keep you down as best as it can. It will make you feel depressed, tell you stories how you can’t do it, how you are not good enough, how this is all your fault, blah blah blah bullshit!  This is why when it comes to the easy stuff get it resolved and get closure as quickly as possible. When it comes to the bigger issues start connecting with family, friends, support groups, professionals… PEOPLE! Make sure you connect with the right people though, if you find the people you are connecting with are going through “The Shit” as well and are not dealing well with it, don’t jump into their quicksand with them. It just means both of you will sink quicker. Go to people who are having fun, who are grounded, people who know exactly what I’m talking about and are dealing with it. This way you can work with them to get out of your challenges quicker. Then you can work on those main principles of life I discussed in“The Truth” remember? “Bring Joy to yourself, then Bring Joy to Others”.

Ok Business People I have not forgot about you  . When it comes to all these changes going on You andYour business are really one. You are the energy of your business and if you are going through challenges your business will take on those problems. Then you will see flux in profits, staff, clients…etc. That’s why it is important to be grounded and clear personally. Then work on the professional aspect of those problems because as an entrepreneur and/or business owner you are like the Life Coach of your business. You might not be going through challenges but it doesn’t mean your staff, business partners…etc are not. Take a look at the people who you work with, do you feel they are going through challenges, not appear. The reason I say not appear because remember the analogy of the duck in water, on the surface the duck looks like it’s just swimming along nice and calm. But underneath their feet are going a mile a minute. The people you work with might be doing the exact same thing. They might be going through what appears to be their normal day but underneath it is a tornado brewing.  Take the steps to help yourself first and then start helping the people around you. Kind of like that phrase before “Bring Joy to yourself, then Bring Joy to Others”.   

I mentioned I would talk about people passing away recently more than normal. Now my theory on this and this is just my personal theory. Is that we all have a soul which we have written a contract for what we want to work towards. As well what we would like to experience. Some peoples contracts are up and they are done their work so they are passing on. Some people’s souls don’t want to come into this time so they leave very quickly. I know this is a hard theory to take in and please I am not saying you have to believe it yourself.  This is just my theory on why so many people are passing away in our lives.

If you have had a loss of someone in your life recently I am deeply sorry for your loss. My belief  is that they are still with us energetically and most of them are here to help us with the work that we need to do.

If you have any questions or need of help please do not contact me… Joking 

For sure contact me and I will do my best to help you as much as I can or refer you to someone in your local area that could.

Big Hug to everyone and make sure you deal with your “Shit”, I know I am 

Love & Chi,

Brandon

info@knssconsulting.com 

Social Technologies Coach, Holistic Lifestyle Coach & Professional Speaker Brandon Krieger is a Certified Holistic Lifestyle Coach, Social Technologies Coach, Twitter Doctor, & Professional Speaker. He has had the privilege of studying under some of the leading nutrition, exercise, spiritual and social media experts in the world. Through his life experiences, Brandon has been able to lead a legacy of educating people around the world on how to achieve their personal, professional and spiritual dreams. “I believe when you live in the now, anything is possible.” for more information e-mail— info@knssconsulting.com or Visit http://www.brandonkrieger.com 416-239-9351

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We all crave for connection. We long to love and be loved.  Even those of us who have been hurt or abandoned secretly hope that someone will come along to prove to us that love is real and intimacy is achievable. That hope is the thing that keeps us searching. It is a yearning to touch, be seen and acknowledged.  This yearning is often times covered with fear, doubt and skepticism. However, our true nature is linked to the wholeness of the universe and can never be extinguished…

Recycled Resolutions by Grace Ste. Croix

The holidays are here and many people become nostalgic. Did they accomplish the tasks and goals of the year that has just passed? What new aspirations do we have in the next year coming? 2012 is right around the corner but many people find themselves recycling their old resolutions for the year of 2011. Why do we get trapped in this cycle? How can we go forward with a resolution and actually accomplish it?

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Last night at a Bliss Book signing event, I was in the company of wise women who shared what it was that helped them live their bliss to the fullest. They ranged in age from mid 30′s to late 50′s, all with enough life experience to fill an ocean. Collectively they had been married, divorced, widowed, raised children, had miscarriages, been students, teachers, healers, business owners, faced illness and injury, lost loved ones, and were immersed in  projects and passions that tickled their souls. I felt so enriched in their presence and amazed that they had come out to hear me speak.  Then the voices of two friends came echoing back from this past week. Both of these men have known me for a few decades and were accomplished professionals. Unsolicited, each had the same feedback for me as I have entered into a new phase in my life as a published book author. “Stop playing small. Stop diminishing your own gifts. Trust your own wisdom and offer it without using affiliation with other transformational teachers to validate yours.” Oh my!  Were they listening to the conversation in my head over the past few months?  Admittedly, I have placed certain people on a pedestal because they had achieved my desires, forgetting what my father often said, “They put their pants on one leg at a time, just like you do.”  One of those friends said “They have nothing on you. You offer your own unique take on the message.”  Ego flares and  humble hiding all at once as I dance that line between feeling like “I’m all that and a bag of chips.” and like the crunchy crumbs at the bottom of the bag.  Is that familiar to anyone reading this?

My friend Lisa shared a story at the gathering last night that I had heard before, but it was particularly poignant at that moment.  A man was cleaning his aquarium and had placed the fishies in the bathtub filled with water until their home was fresh and clean and sparkly. He observed with amusement, that they didn’t enjoy their new found freedom by swimming in the entire tub. Instead, they huddled in one corner, which (no surprise) was the same size of the space they had occupied in the fish tank. And so it is with many of us, myself included. How often do I play it safe, dipping my toe in the water, since I don’t want to make a big splash? I forget that as I immerse in the ocean of love and inspiration, any water that I spray about, gets on others who may be standing on the shore. They may see me having so much fun, that they may be encouraged to dive in themselves.

I’m reminded of a quote that I am paraphrasing here: We  can go to the ocean with a bucket or a thimble…the ocean doesn’t care. You are so worthy of that watery wealth.

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Rev. Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW is a Renaissance Woman and Bliss Mistress who delights in inviting people to live rich, full, juicy lives. Edie is an internationally recognized, sought after, colorfully creative journalist, interviewer and author, a dynamic and inspiring speaker, licensed social worker, interfaith minister, offering uniquely designed spiritual rituals. In addition, she is a PR Goddess, promoting events and transformational teachers, healers, writers and artists. She speaks on the subjects of wellness, spirituality, sexuality, creativity, time management, recovery, body image, mindfulness, self esteem, stress management, re-creating yourself, caring for the caregiver, loss and grief. She is a frequent guest on radio and TV. Edie is currently writing her first best selling book entitled The Bliss Mistress Guide To Transforming the Ordinary Into The Extraordinary and is offering a workshop for women who want to re-create their lives, based on those concepts. A 20 year old journalistic vision came to pass in July of 2008 when she interviewed His Holiness The Dalai Lama. It was a potent reminder to never, ever, ever give up on our dreams. Over the years, Edie has written for mainstream and transformational publications. She has interviewed hundred of notables in the transformational fields, including Wayne Dyer, Marianne Williamson, Debbie Ford, Leonard Peltier, Shirley MacLaine, Michael Beckwith, Jonathan Goldman, Gregg Braden, Neale Donald Walsch, Mary Manin Morrissey, Dan Millman, Alan Cohen, Ram Dass, Jack Canfield, Jean Shinoda Bolen, Patch Adams, Ben and Jerry, Donna DeLory, James Twyman, Elizabeth Lesser, Michael Franti and Jean Houston. Her website is http://www.liveinjoy.org 

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Doing Our Best by Oriah Mountain Dreamer

When I was growing up my father often said: “Everyone does the best they can with what they have to work with.” What I want you to know about this is that he did not say this lightly, did not come to this from a life of ease or privilege. He had grown up poor with an abusive alcoholic father and an exhausted, unprotective mother. As a child he and his mother were beaten almost every night by my grandfather who eventually (after my father was an adult) committed suicide- hung himself in the barn of the dirt farm where my father had…

5 Keys to stay Positive in Challenging times by Pragito Dove

Here are my top 5 Keys that can help you cultivate not only a positive mindset but also the feeling state necessary for the positive Law of Attraction. The more you focus on bringing awareness to accepting and loving yourself, the more your inner beauty and harmony is reflected in your outer circumstances. The Sufi master who designed the Taj Mahal based his work on meditation. It shows, doesn’t it?

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Are you having trouble staying in a positive state of mind when challenging circumstances present themselves?  The Universal Laws state: so without, so within. Everything is a mirror. We cannot change the reflection, but we can change the original(ourselves),and then, automatically, the reflection changes.

Here are my top 5 Keys that can help you cultivate not only a positive mindset but also the feeling state necessary for the positive Law of Attraction. The more you focus on bringing awareness to accepting and loving yourself, the more your inner beauty and harmony is reflected in your outer circumstances. The Sufi master who designed the Taj Mahal based his work on meditation. It shows, doesn’t it?

1.   Relax and Accept

Relax and accept the challenging situation. Don’t fight it because that will make it worse. The more relaxed you are, the more productive you are. Creativity arises out of a relaxed state. And it’s creativity that you need to come up with solutions to the situation you are in.  Notice that I use the word “situation” and not the word “problem”. There is no such thing as a problem, only a situation. When you shift your perspective and see the situation as it is,without negative commentary, then you come up with creative solutions, and/or you find the right person to help you.

2.  Watch the Mind

Make a practice of watching the thoughts of the mind with non-judgment and compassion for yourself. It is not the thoughts that are the problem, it is our identification with them, that creates stress and anxiety.

For 5 minutes a day sit with eyes closed, body relaxed, and observe the thoughts of the mind. You don’t have to censor them, or force them to be other than they are, simply observe with non-judgment, and let them pass by.

Over time, you become less identified with the thoughts, and more connected to your creativity, wisdom and clarity.

3.  Create Positive Thoughts

A powerful way to undermine the influence of negative thoughts on your well being is to create a practice of saying positive thoughts to yourself. At the beginning these might seem tedious or silly, but, believe me, it works! The easiest way to break a bad habit of self-judgment and criticism is to create positive phrases that you repeat to yourself as often as possible. Even if you don’t really believe them in the beginning, say them anyway! Over time they become a habit and the negative thoughts simply dissolve.

4.  Surround yourself with Positive People

Be alert to people who like to complain, bad-mouth others, and/or have a depressed outlook on life. AVOID THEM. Keep yourself in the company of positive thinking people. This is a powerful way to keep yourself in a positive energy field which will LIFT YOU, rather than bring you down. Your life is not determined by outside circumstances, but rather by how you respond to those outside circumstances.

Remember that all things are possible, there is a lot going on that is unseen to you.

The more you keep yourself on a positive vibrational level, the greater your chances of having positive outcomes to challenging situations.

5.   Be Grateful, Laugh, Celebrate

Be grateful for what you have. If things are really bad, be grateful for being able to breathe, get out of bed in the morning, use your legs. Be grateful for the sunrise and sunset, for the beauty of the sky, the trees, the birds and flowers. There is always something to be grateful for. Put your focus there and celebrate what you have. Laughter is a powerful attractor factor. Seek out ways to bring more laughter into your life. You will be amazed at the miracles that occur.

Meditation: Befriending the Mind

Benefits:
When you befriend the mind you are surprised how radically life can change. It becomes much easier to disidentify from the mind’s constant chattering and see yourself, and life’s situations, with more clarity and objectivity. You see life’s dramas with perspective and compassion, and insights and understandings arise naturally.

Find ways to befriend your mind. The mind is our bridge from the subconscious to the conscious, our gateway of expression to the outer world. Be grateful for it. Find ways to appreciate the insights, understandings, and creativity it brings. See it not as an enemy but as a friend.

As this friendship with the mind deepens, your mind no longer disturbs you. You are not fighting it; you are simply letting it’s thoughts pass by.The mind and the ego want to make it complicated, but it is not. Life sings a different tune when you are not controlled by the mind. Your natural joy, spontaneity, self-acceptance, love and compassion arise quickly and easily.

Pragito Dove M.A., C.C.H. is the leading authority on Expressive Meditation in North America. Using the principles she now teaches, Pragito transformed her pain and fear into joy and inner peace. Founder of the Laughing Buddhas Network and an internationally recognized master trainer, speaker, and meditation expert, Pragito is the author of two best-selling books, Lunchtime Enlightenment (Penguin Group), and Laughter, Tears, Silence (published in six languages). She has a private practice in Northern California from where she teaches highly acclaimed programs such as the Laughter Meditation Teleclass Program Series to an international audience! Pragito’s website is: http://www.discovermeditation.com 

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Stress is not what you think by Ed and Deb Shapiro

Ironically, the holiday season can be most stressful time of the year. Imagine you are trying to squeeze some toothpaste out of a tube but you have forgotten to take the top off. What happens? Deb actually did this in one of her most unaware moments and the toothpaste soon found another way out through the bottom of the tube and got all over her. It will force a hole in the side or wherever is the weakest point.

How to Express Emotions in a Conscious Way by Sarita

Human emotions are an inherent part of being alive. We may try to control them, repress them or manipulate them in some way. In spite of this, they are ever present in many unpredictable ways. Emotions are a tremendous blessing if we can understand and learn from them. In a sense, they are like weather, changeable and sometimes volatile, yet ultimately seeking a dynamic balance in our life and relationships.

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It’s a Social Media Boot Camp for Authors!

Tuesday, December 20, 2011 from 2pm – 3:30pm Eastern (11am – 12:30pm Pacific)

During this webinar you will learn Why Facebook and Twitter work and how you can use them to build an audience and keep them engaged with you and your message.

Here is an overview of the presentation:

1. Understanding how people interact with Facebook.

2. Why Facebook works to drive engagement with your message.

3. A brief tutorial about setting up your Facebook Page.

4. Understanding how people interact with Twitter.

5. Why Twitter works to drive engagement with your message.

6. What’s with Google+ and whether you should be putting yourself there.

7. Why it’s important to listen to social media.

8. Learn how to use promotions and advertising to build up a following.

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About your Presenter:

When Angie Lile was in the second grade, she was constantly writing sentences during recess time…

“I shall not talk in class”
“I shall not talk in class”
“I shall not talk in class”

Even at a young age she was embracing her love for communicating messages. It’s no surprise that Angie has found her way into the hearts of some of the world’s most profound spiritual authors which have given her the responsibility of amplifying their messages to people all over the world.

Using the video skills she acquired from the New York-based Food Network coupled with her years of social media expertise, Angie has grown her business to include many more writers, while she continues to expand on her social media training.

Each year Angie attends Social Media Seminars led by the World’s most successful Social Media leaders in Industry Marketing. She has learned Twitter tactics from Guy Kowasaki and some really great Facebook strategies from the experts who handle Hallmark, Southwest Airlines and Sprint.

Many hours are spent each day pouring over social media news about trends and disasters, making her a literal Maven on the subject. All of her friends agree that if you mention Social Media in Angie’s presence, you might not get her to shut up!

Along with managing accounts for several authors and for VividLife.me, Angie has provided Social Media advice to some of the world’s top Authors including: Neale Donald Walsch, Author of Conversations with God and other New York Times best-selling books; Hay House Author Doreen Virtue who has written over 20 books about Angels and Spirituality; and Ghost Whisperer’s Producer and World Famous Medium, James Van Praagh just to name a few.

Here is what Neale Donald Walsch has to say about Angie’s expertise:

“Angie Lile knows the Social Media world inside and out, making it not necessary for me to. I have been able to focus on my life’s work, knowing I’ve got Angie behind me. Using the combined tools of CWG’s wonderful insights and Angie’s remarkable expertise, a wide and continuously enlarging audience has been able to be satisfied in their search for this message. When I was young, those with something to say had to find their audience. Today our audience is trying to find us. Angie’s genius is to render my message easily findable and visually accessible. All I have to do is source the material. For me this is heaven, because I don’t want to have to know all that Angie knows in order to get done all that I want to get done. Do you suppose that ‘Angie” is short for ‘Angel’?”

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The positive uses of social media technology are vast. People are able to get in touch with old friends, increase and advertise their small businesses and connect with others. Both professionally and personally, social media technology has offered endless outcomes for adults. However, students today are growing up around social media technology. It is not a phenomenon as it is for many adults, but a way of life. Despite age requirements and rules, many children join social media groups to connect with their friends to access information.   The once school yard brawl has now taken to the internet, where children and teens do not exchange blows but publically fight with one another over social media technology. Hurtful texts, instant messages and emails have been a problem for so many families. Bullying has taken on its own evolution to the internet; an evolution that parents should be aware of.

At one point in time, a school yard bully would harass children before and after school. The behaviour of the bully is inexcusable and the bullied child would run home, into the safety net of the house. The bullying would cease until the next day.  The bullied child had a break. Today, there is no temporary sanctuary. With the connection of text messaging, Facebook, and twitter, teens and children can easily access and alter each other’s information and continue the bullying while the child is at home. Mean texts, photo shopping pictures to put the child in an embarrassing photo, or harassing emails are just some of the ways that bullying is a twenty four hour a day action.

Bullying is instant. Before the internet, gossip took its time to spread around the school. One had a chance to fix the problem or quash the rumors. Now, a simple text to each student spreads rumors instantaneously. Bullied children are depressed, often turning to their parents for help. Parents who grew up in a pre-internet world may not understand that the bullying does not end in the school yard, but is constant and that online attacks are a permanent, searchable fixture.  Harsh words and horrible gossip can never be forgotten as it festers on the internet.

The internet and social media technology has produced so many positive results. However, schools should take the time to explain to students the severity of their words. Words, typed or said can be vicious. It is the unfortunate truth that suicide from online bullying is on the rise. If students are aware of the dangers of online bullying and respecting each other’s privacy, perhaps a few lives are saved. It is integral for parents to keep informed about social media technology. By keeping up to speed, parents will have a better understanding what sites their children are joining and how important it is to teach your children to respect each other. They do not have to like each other or agree with each other but respect the fact that information can be distorted and spread to strangers. By educating ourselves, we can help our children to use the internet positively to connect with each other.

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A revealing exercise was discovered with a group of people interested in living freely, unencumbered by past definitions of themselves. When a person said her own name and then said what that name meant to her, self-definitions from childhood were exposed. Usually, if not always, these definitions of themselves were negative to at least some degree. Even if names had been changed, the old name still had hidden power, and hidden power is the most insidious. Many of these intelligent, bright, aware adults were carrying old burdens of negative self-identification within them. When a friend repeated the question, “What is your name and what does it mean?” layers of excess mental and emotional baggage could be recognized and dropped.

Naming is an extremely useful aspect of human intelligence. With naming we are able to make important distinctions. Distinctions are necessary for our survival, as well as mental and emotional growth and well being. With more sophisticated naming we develop more subtle and sophisticated distinctions. But great powers often come with a high cost. As we develop our ability to make distinctions and generate names, we usually lose sight of the connection between things.

And this is a tragic loss, a loss that generates dissatisfaction, restlessness and worse.

Names accumulate meanings associated with their owners. Over time, derogatory meanings can become embedded in our self-identification. We begin to believe that we are what our names, or labels, say we are. Even if we rebel against them, our names can seem like a kind of map of our persona, a map that defines how we are separate from others.

In the willingness to inquire into one’s own name, and with that inquiry the willingness to face unpleasant feelings, there arises the possibility to see through the name. We can see that the name has no substance by itself. We can see the unreality of the name per se, while the reality of oneself remains constant.

How burdensome these labels and distinctions are finally. All along didn’t you know your name didn’t describe who you are? And yet we spend much of life trying to accept a name as the symbol of our identity, or rebelling against one name and taking another in hopes that perhaps the new name will be a true description of ourselves. Some of us take animal spirit names, we accept names from our gurus (I did), and we have secret, special lover-given names that feel more like a fit for us. But if we tell the truth, no name can contain our true identity. Once we stop trying to name ourselves, and others, there is an obvious yet thrilling discovery. We are not actually discrete from one another, or from the “mountain” or “the ocean” or “the sky” or any other part of our universe. What were important distinctions for survival and power aren’t needed at all in self-reflection.

As Alfred Korzybski pointed out eighty years ago, “The map is not the territory.” If you only know the map you won’t experience the territory. If we try to fit ourselves, and others, into maps and labels, we will miss the essential thrill of being aware of ourselves as inseparable from all life forms.

Why not try this game with a friend? One of you asks the other, “What is your name and what does it mean.” Repeat this question for ten minutes or so before switching roles. When you are asking the question, be sure to include nicknames, and even hateful names you have been called. You can discover for yourself if you want to keep carrying around any old heavy baggage associated with any name at all.

Gangaji will present her new book, Hidden Treasure: Uncovering the Truth in Your Life Story, at a weekend retreat in the San Francisco Bay Area on October 29-30. In November and December she will hold retreats and weekends in Australia and New Zealand. Read more about Gangaji’s events and catalog of books and videos online. You can also join Gangaji in monthly Webcast / Conference Series which will begin an in depth study of Hidden Treasure in November.

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Your Beliefs Create Your Reality

The first thing that we know about ‘beliefs’ is that you create your reality within the parameter of the beliefs that you hold within your own consciousness.  This is a fancy way of saying that all of the beliefs that you hold, mostly unconsciously, create a window through which you create a constrained and limited version of yourself.  Some people may argue that they are creating exactly what they want with no limitation, but this is usually the minority and many of these individuals simply do not like to be told that they have limiting beliefs.  The truth is that everyone does.  The power is in becoming aware of this fact.

Here is the trick; every single belief is ultimately a limitation in your consciousness.  That’s right, a limitation.  A belief is formed to help you cope with reality as it is, not reality as you want it to be.  In other words you create, take on, or accept beliefs because you are (at the time) unable to create your own reality exactly the way you want it to be.

For instance, you may have dreams of running a business, being an actor, flying an airplane, or being an entrepreneur.  However, unconsciously within you is instilled the belief that you need to get a college degree in order to become anyone of worth.  So, either one of two things happen.  Either a) You go get the degree only to find out that it doesn’t necessarily mean that your life goes exactly the way you want it to (because you encounter other beliefs along the way) or b) You don’t get the college degree and subsequently sabotage yourself via the fact that your worth is subconsciously associated with whether you do have a college degree or not.  Now, you have one unconscious strike against you that is registered in your subconscious mind saying, “I am less worthy and less likely to succeed because I do not have a college degree.”

Knowing who you are

Most of us just aren’t born knowing who we are and what we want to do in life.  What happens to people along the way, especially for those of us who aren’t born knowing what we want to do, is that we begin to absorb more and more beliefs into our psyche.  We read studies, watch documentaries, and read books that portray limited versions of ourselves.  We continue to absorb all of this disinformation into our psyche until we get to the point where we firmly believe that life is a certain way.  Eventually it gets to the point where we are looking to outside sources to tell us who we are.

At this point, we no longer know who we are.  Instead of the childlike innocence of creative imagination, we have a strict, limited version of how our reality is supposed to be.  Worse, now we rely upon the very sources of disinformation that put us here to continue to guide us through our now, very limited reality.

Every time you rely upon a ‘study’ to tell you who you are you are in the process of giving away your personal power.  I’ll tell you right now that no one and I mean NO ONE who ever became famous or incredibly rich did so by conforming to the mass consensus beliefs on the subject.  In fact, most of these people are those who made their own rules and lived outside of the box, way outside the box.

When you begin to realize the power of who you are and that you hold to create your own life then you will begin to see the futility in prescribing to mass consciousness beliefs.  All mass consciousness beliefs are constrictive and limiting.

Pay attention to that which you wish to become

In life we are constantly bombarded via the media with massive amounts of limiting ideas and beliefs.  Big pharmaceutical companies pay for massive amounts of advertising to insert fear based beliefs about made up diseases into the consciousness of the people of the planet.  Big oil companies pay hundreds of millions of dollars to insert belief systems about different companies and types of gas that are better for the environment.  Fast food companies pay out massive sums of money to insert the belief that certain types of food are supposed to be a cultural way of life.

How many beliefs are really yours?

Have you ever wondered that?  How many beliefs that you have in your consciousness did you actually consciously choose to accept as your belief?  Probably around 1% of them; the other 99% were inserted subconsciously.  I’m sorry to have to say that to you, but it is most likely more true than anyone knows.

Sow what do we do?

Pay attention to what you are paying attention to.  That’s a good first step.  In other words, do you automatically turn on the TV when you get home?  If so then you are probably being programmed to a certain degree.  However, if you turn on the television with a specific show in mind, then you are less likely to be programmed.  Any television viewing has limited, subconscious programming involved.  However, the more conscious your choice is in what you watch and why, the less likely chance you will have of being subconsciously programmed.

If you are a regular purchaser of fast foods then it is quite possible that you are doing so because you have been programmed to. I’m not judging you for the fact as we have all been subjected to massive amounts of programming that are designed to create unconscious beliefs within our subconscious.  Rather, I’m saying that it is time to take back your mind.  Part of the taking back is waking up to what you are doing and why you are doing it.

Meditation

For those of you who know me know what my number one cure for just about everything is, especially limiting beliefs.  Meditation has been a tried and true technique for thousands of years in its ability to help you take back the power of your own mind.  Meditation, done consistently, can help you to get to the root of your limiting beliefs deep within your subconscious mind.  From consistent meditation you will be able to, slowly but surely, unravel the layers of beliefs, ideas, and emotional patterning that has been serving to keep you rooted in the same reality over and over again.

Meditation has the ability to begin to deconstruct the limited version of reality that you have been projecting out upon the world and thus living.  With consistent meditation you will begin to notice that, over time, your reality almost appears to physically deconstruct itself, resulting in something new that you have never experienced before.  But, it takes time and the commitment to change, the commitment to become a conscious creator.  That time is yours to spend however you want to, but I ask you to consider who’s mind your mind belongs to…

Christopher A. Pinckley

Author of Reality Creation 101

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We can survive disorder if we just stick together. As much as politicians react to the chaos as a blame game, we need to see what is going on and respond with discernment. We have to understand the situation as it is, without the distortion of denial.

The experience of 9/11 proves our durability. New Yorkers are famous for being independent and functioning within their own lives. We’ve heard of some who are proud that they don’t know their neighbors – nor care what happens to them – as long as their routine isn’t disrupted. But, in that moment of terror, they bonded together and worked with those around them, proving that they had a lot of humanity.

That’s a prerequisite: Humanity. What does it mean? That means taking care of life around us, being sure that people have their basic needs met – physically and mentally. It also involves being thoughtful of others’ essentials, and choosing selfless, respectful behavior to assist them as they wish. We need to engage those folks who may not be able to fend for themselves, and who may slip under the radar of our ordinary realm of consideration. It warrants taking notice of people who can’t speak for themselves – children, seniors, etc., and those who just may be accustomed to not calling attention to themselves. They still require contact with others. They may be homeless, or mentally ill, or have a problem we can’t observe. In a crisis, all persons living alone probably need to be with others, even though that may not be their normal pattern of behavior.

Crisis isn’t necessary for change, though change itself often feels like a crisis. This is a decision to renew our lives. If we embrace the participation of those around us in our resolutions along with their ideas, they’ll feel included as well. We’ll look around us for people we respect, who seem to inhabit vital and animated lives. We get some of them together, and we share our inadequacies, our wishes and our hopes. We can laugh, cry, tell jokes and anguish with each other, all of which supports our efforts. Then, with others, we can explore what it means to love actively, for love is an action word. If you’ve ever felt your life was on a treadmill, here’s a way to get off of it.

This is taking care of us, which is also our responsibility. In addition, it gives our lives a foundation from which to build our new caring structure. We simply decide to take the time and energy to employ our thought processes deeply, into what we envision that we want for this planet and ourselves on it. We garner our resources and harness our separate skills to put into play our intentions. It is play. We invite you to join us on a powerful adventure that lightens our hearts and makes life worth living. Together, with laughter and hugs, we can do this.

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I am a huge advocate of helping people be the best that they can be, and step number one to get them there is to help them find balance in their lives. I feel so strongly about this that my first book was dedicated to showing the reader many different ways to find balance within oneself (Brian’s List – 26 ½ Easy to Use Ideas on How to Live a Fun, Balance, Healthy Life!).  And you want to know how and why I ended up writing my first book? Well, the answer lies in a quote that says, “We are here to teach what it is we need to learn ourselves.” In a nutshell, I was going through a period in my life where I was feeling really out of balance and out of center; and I knew that I needed to do something about it.

In early 2008, I was struggling with the decision to leave the family business that I had been a part of for 12 years. Now for those who know me, I am a very driven person and this driven nature has served me well through the years (cross-country bicycling, triathlons, etc.).  So, being the driven person that I was, I wanted to figure out why I was feeling out of balance and out of center. I decided I needed to do a couple of things. After some contemplation I realized that I was burned out from my job. I wasn’t fulfilled there, nor was I growing anymore. I knew it was time for a change. And I eventually left that position.

The second thing I did once I realized I was out of balance was to come up with a handful of ideas that I knew would keep me balanced and centered.  I put on my self-awareness cap and wrote down five items on a piece of paper. From that day forward every time I began to feel out of balance or out of center, I would refer to my list:

Number #1   Drink enough water daily.
Number #2   Daily exercise.
Number #3   Get enough sleep each night.
Number #4   Spend some time each day alone to reenergize my system.
Number #5   Be creative.  For me being creative means writing or playing my guitar.

This helped me out so much that I thought, “Hey, why don’t I expand the list and make it into a book to help others in the same way that I helped myself?” So that’s what I did, and I am so grateful that I moved forward and wrote the book. I learned a lot about myself in the process, met some amazing people during book signings and workshops, the book won a couple of awards (which I am still pinching myself over) and most importantly I know the book has helped others in the same way that I was able to help myself.  It has been a grand experience all around.  As I worked on and learned how to stay in balance, my path led me to help others do the same.

What is it that you are learning about yourself that you are supposed to teach others?

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- I’m frustrated: you keep getting this wrong.
- I’m disappointed: you’re capable of so much better.
- I was embarrassed by the way you spoke to me.

Most of us only have two ways of dealing with our emotions. One is to try to control them completely by denying and suppressing them. This can work, sometimes for years, but we are always at risk that one day they will explode and take over. Emotional outbursts seldom help in creating conversations in which real problems can be confronted and solutions negotiated and agreed.

One of the most important aspects of becoming emotionally intelligent is to develop skill and self discipline in managing your emotions and communicating them effectively.

When you shut out emotions completely in your interactions with others, you typically describe a situation or a problem and then either tell the other person how you think it should be resolved, or perhaps ask them what they are going to do about it. These conversations are not very effective because when you don’t clearly say how strongly you feel about something, there is little motivation for the other person to take you seriously or change their behaviour.

When you control your emotions to the point of denying them completely you deprive yourself of a very powerful influencing mechanism. You also make it more likely that you will find yourself in situations in which you are unhappy or uncomfortable; but where you are unable to create any change.

When you don’t communicate about how you feel, clearly and strongly, in circumstances that are unhappy for you, over time your negative emotions build up. Finally, when your tolerance and patience and with them your self control, run out, your pent up feelings of frustration and anger take over and you explode. Feelings are hurt and relationships are damaged, but the problems go unresolved. When you don’t have any effective way of dealing with bad situations you are often left with no choice but to cope as best you can.

Keeping feelings completely out of conversations, or letting them take over in emotional outbursts, is both impractical and ineffective. Learning to expressing how you feel in an emotionally intelligent way reduces your stress and makes it more likely you will find lasting solutions to problems.

Maureen Collins has a B.Sc. degree in Psychology from Edinburgh University and over 25 years of management and consulting experience in the corporate world. She specialises in communication skills in various contexts: leading and managing, teambuilding, handling change, and performance management. Her consulting practice, Straight Talk, trains people in the skills to handle difficult conversations, on difficult topics, with difficult people.

Read more on http://www.straight-talk.co.za

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