Three things to remember:

1. NO-THING MATTERS.
2. NOW-HERE MATTERS.
3. There is nothing serious going on here.

The the old and wise of the east have a saying: Don’t worry; everything will turn out okay.

And when has it not?

Really.

Some say that everything happens for a reason.

Though, I prefer to think of it more like: life works out through and despite all the choices you make.

Failure is an illusion.
Albeit a powerful tool in getting us to appreciate the joy in our experiences.

I enjoy life and its many pleasures without guilt.

I surrender to pleasure.

I am present in this moment.
Now. Here. NOWHERE.

I can live with the uncertain, be spontaneous and surrender to the unknown. In this way I invite in the magick of life.

I realise the perfection in enough. I am satisfied with less. I enjoy all things in moderation.

I let go of my obsessions, the stories of my past.

I am present. I am interested in you. I am here to hear your story.

I laugh, I smile, I live, I love, I spread peace, love and light contagiously.

I am generous, whether you appreciate it or not.

I am the master of my mind, the conductor of my body, the friend of my soul.

I accept myself. I forgive myself. I love myself.

I am a passionate lover. I sing and I dance unashamedly as I express my joy.

I see through the maya, letting go of unnecessary thoughts.

I travel lightly, I tread lightly on this earth, honouring the source with each step.

I am open to all teachings of the collective wisdom of the universe.

I recognise failure as an illusion.

I am honest.

I am that.
I am I.
I am also you, he, she and it.
We are all one.

LESS HUMAN / MORE BEING

LESS EGO /  MORE SOUL

NAMASTE

As I sit to revise my french I feel anxious as I know I have fallen behind. In a feeble attempt to procrastinate, my ego offers me food.

Food to stop me feeling the truth of this moment.

Food to distract me.

Food to take me away from this reality; if only temporarily.

Not today ego. I see through your “comforting” offers. I  know now that by taking you up on the offer I am only inhibiting my own personal growth; procrastinating.

I want to grow. I want to be present in my existence. I want to feel what life feels like even if it means being with pain, experiencing anxiety or “failing” as I try something new. These are the compliments of day to day living. And I know that if I turn to substances to numb out, eventually I will burn out as I have so many times before; wondering what is the point if there are no challenges? What is the point of trying if everything is okay no matter what I do?

The challenges that make life interesting are warped when I hide behind food – as I use it to silence my thoughts; my emotions; how I am truly feeling in my body. This behavior is the manifestation of my ego acting in fear as I look forward to change…to development…to freedom from the ego’s grasp. Scared little child!

Everything is okay. In fact the world is perfect as it is.

But sometimes we need to buy into the illusion that it is not – to feel a sense of risk which in turn gives birth to excitement and opportunity. Without it, one may find themselves helplessly entwined in the drama of their own mind. A self-created darkness suddenly is present in an effort to re-balance the safe and chaos-free, boring world they have attempted to control through hiding behind obsessions and addictions.

NAMASTE

“I honor the divine light within you,
that also resides with it me.”

 

“The vision was a small revelation. I realized that most thoughts are impersonal happenings, like self-assembling machines. Unless we train ourselves, the thoughts passing through our mind have little involvement with our will. It is strange to realize that even our own thoughts pass by like scenery out the window of a bus – a bus we took by accident, while trying to get somewhere else. Most of the time, thinking is an autonomous process, something that happens outside of our control. This perception of the machine-like quality of the self is something that many people discover, then try to overcome, through meditation.”

– Daniel Pinchbeck, Breaking Open The Head

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Even your highest thought about another cannot capture their individual greatness – not even close.

Traveling in a Different Way – taken from Paulo Coelho’s Blog

When I was very young I discovered that, for me, a journey is the best way to learn. I still have this pilgrim’s soul to this day, and have decided to relate some of the lessons I have learned, in the hope that they will be useful to other like-minded pilgrims.

1] Avoid museums. This advice may seem absurd, but let us reflect a little together: if you are in a foreign city, isn’t it far more interesting to seek out the present, than the past? Usually, people feel obliged to go to museums, because ever since they were small they have been told that traveling is a search for this type of culture. Of course museums are important, but they require time and objectivity – you need to know what it is you want to see there, otherwise you will come away with the impression that you saw several things which are fundamental to your life, but cannot remember what they were.

2] Frequent bars. Unlike museums, this is where the life of the city can be found. Bars are not discotheques, but places where the people gather to have a drink, pass the time, and are always willing to chat. Buy a newspaper and observe the bustle of people coming and going. If someone speaks to you, strike up a conversation, however banal: one cannot judge the beauty of a path merely by looking at its entrance.

3] Be open and forward. The best tourist guide is someone who lives there, knows everything, but doesn’t work at a travel agency. Go out into the street, choose someone you wish to speak to, and ask him or her for directions (where is such-and-such a cathedral? Where is the post office?) If this bears no fruit, try someone else – I guarantee that in the end you will find excellent company.

4] Try and travel alone, or – if you are married – with your spouse. It will be harder work, no one will be looking after you, but this is the only way of truly leaving your country. Group travel is just a disguised way of pretending to go abroad, where you speak your own language, obey the leader of the pack, and concern yourself more with the internal gossip of the group than with the place you are visiting.

5] Don’t compare. Don’t compare anything – not prices, nor cleanliness, nor quality of life, nor means of transport, nothing! You are not traveling in order to prove you live better than others – your search, in fact, is to find out how others live, what they have to teach, how they view reality and the extraordinary things in life.

6] Understand that everyone understands you. Even if you don’t speak the language, don’t be afraid: I have been in many places in which there was no way of communicating with words, and I always found support, guidance, important suggestions, even girlfriends. Some people think that if you travel alone, you will go out into the street and be lost forever. All you need is the hotel card in your pocket, and – should you find yourself in extreme circumstances – take a taxi and show it to the driver.

7] Don’t buy much. Spend your money on things which you won’t have to carry: good theater, restaurants, walks. Nowadays, with the global market and the Internet, you can have everything you want without having to pay for excess baggage.

8] Don’t try and see the world in a month. It is better to stay in one city for four or five days, that visit five cities in a week. A city is like a capricious woman, who needs time to be seduced and reveal herself completely.

9] A journey is an adventure. Henry Miller said that it is far more important to discover a church no one has heard of, than go to Rome and feel obliged to visit the Sistine Chapel, with two hundred thousand tourists shouting all around you. Go to the Sistine Chapel, but also get lost in the streets, wander down alleyways, feel free to look for something, without knowing what it is. I swear you will find it and that it will change your life.

Copyright © 2010 Paulo Coelho

People often ask me what K.A.P.L.O. stands for.

Time to reaveal the secret…

Each letter corresponds to the 5 steps of manifestation:

K  - Know it

A – Accept it

P – Praise it

L – Love it

and finally,

O – Own it

People often make the mistake in manifesting of ‘asking’ for something. Or worse still, they put a time limit on their hearts desire and give up when it doesn’t appear within such boundries.

The thing about manifestation is that it does not work within our invented perceptions of time and space.

And to ‘ask’ is to voice your uncertainty of the outcome (just as like attracts like, so does fear attract fear).

So use K.A.P.L.O. as a guide.

Say to yourself:

I know ____ is coming…I accept ____ into my reality…I praise ____, it is a beautiful thing…I love ____ – it brings me joy! I own ___ – and visualize yourself engaging with the desired. Repeat the process and when you feel it is time, let go of your fixation, knowing it will find its way to you eventually.

Such wise words from a stranger…it would be selfish to keep them to myself…

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I enjoy your blog.  It reminds me of what is screaming inside my head (at times), trying to get out.  We seek ourselves.  This concept is strange.  
Seeking ourselves.  It’s like trying to dig dirt with dirt.  It should be obvious, but since the observer is the observed, things become obscured and buried below our own filters.  Damn Heisenberg and his principles.  But if everything were clear, there would be nothing to seek.  Boredom would surely set in.  So here’s to seeking!

“Are you a God?” they asked.  “No.”  “An angel?”  “No.”  “A saint?”  “No.”  “Then what are you?”
Buddha answered, “I am awake.”

We must all wake up. 

I think you may be awake already.  Keep searching….(and posting).

I attached some crazy thing I found floating in the digital ocean.

Happy travels, 
Will

I agree, deep in, we are all the same.  I hope for a day that when someone asks, “Where are you from?” people simply reply, “Earth.”