Doing what works for you?

Ok, so I have this friend, well kind of a friend, she is out of my past.  That’s what happens when you get separated, sometimes it seems like ½ of your friends just drift off, off into a weird place, an awkward place. It’s the kind of place that when you bump into them, at the grocery store or out at the movies, you are not quite comfortable enough to have a real, relaxed conversation. All that you really have to talk about is attached to your x somehow and when you try to converse the words come out all strained.

One of the marvelous things about social networking is that you can stay in touch with these drifting friendships and not have to deal with the awkwardness. This is just one of the reasons I believe, in general, that social networking is so popular.  Many of us are always trying to avoid social awkwardness.

Why am I writing about this? I have such a friend that I sent a tweet to yesterday. The tweet contained a link to an article about yoga, you see, this friend of mine is a yoga instructor and I thought she might find the article interesting and inspiring. The article focused primarily on how yoga maybe getting away from it’s roots.

Well, my friend tweeted me back a quote and the quote was this, ‘’do what works for you’’. Now I am going to assume that my friend read the article and was letting me know that she was indifferent to it and that her preference is to not alter her vision of why or how she teaches but instead confirm to me that she has chosen to do what works for her.  This is marvelous and my friends confidence is sometimes far more inspiring than even she knows. I have no issue whatsoever with my friends approach. But the quote did get me thinking. And it motivated me to write this blog.

“Do what works for you’’? This is an interesting philosophy and one that I can wholehearted stand behind, but only with conditions. As long as your intent is true (by the way I am positive my friends is) and you are aware of the concerns of other, by all means, do what works for you.

All of us have experienced others, in our circle, that have taken more than they have shared, they have deceived us, stolen from us, left us damaged, dazed, and confused and 9 times out of 10 I believe that these types are living out this very same philosophy. Doing what works for you and considering yourself is fantastic just as long as you take time to consider your family, your loved ones, your neighbours, your community, and your world. Maybe the quote would work better for me if it read, ‘’ do for others what works for you’’?

Awake enough to see, brave enough to reach, strong enough to hold,

RandyNow

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All I can think about!

While most others seem to seek external/material values which, to me, have a tendency to fade away, I choose the eternal values.  I have not given up on the material values but just moved them down the list.  All values are good and very good to me hence I choose to have all values in my life. 

The List:

Liking myself.

Living with positive thinking.

Living with positive acting.

Living with positive speech.

Living with strong physical health.

Living with sound mental health.

Living with happiness.

Living in peace.

Living in unconditional love.

Living in harmony.

Living successfully.

Living in harmonious relationships.

Living with personal power.

Living in material wealth.

So you've woken up, now what?

(by Zen Gardner) 


Many people ask about this or something similar so here’s some thoughts on the subject. I don’t mean to tell anyone what to do, as that’s completely contrary to consciousness and conscious development, but I will share my understandings at this point and my passion for Truth and you can do what you like with it. 

Question: 

“What do you say to people who have woken up but can’t leave the system because of family and friends?” 

This and those like it pose a very broad question since we’re all different and need to be led of our own convictions. However, the answer is fundamentally similar in every case. 

Do what consciousness tells you. 

There’s really no time for fiddling around once you’ve found what you know to be the Truth, which is always something clearly outside the realm of what you’ve been indoctrinated with. It’s always life altering. And if it isn’t, you didn’t hear correctly or it fell on deaf ears. 

I don’t want to be counted amongst the deaf or unresponsive. Do you? 

Especially when you found out that that’s exactly what perpetrates the big lie you found out about–a compliant, non-awake populace.


System Dependence is the Name of the Game 

That’s the trouble with the “system”, it teaches dependency, hierarchy, and rote knowledge, where your choices are carefully narrowed down to “acceptable” alternatives within carefully confined parameters. 

That’s why people feel like fish out of water when they wake up. They never learned how to truly think freely, nor did they have the knowledge tools. Instead, most everything was reversed, scrambled, confused and filed away in seeming useless obscurity. 

The result is not just a marginalization of empowering Truths into the catch-all dustbins of “conspiracy theory” or wing nut stuff, but worse yet, the system does not cultivate original thought or true personal freedom or responsibility. 

The real Truth is not an option in such a controlled environment. Oh, you get smatterings of truths, but drawing awake and aware conclusions is not an option to humanity’s would be Controllers. 

The Wake Up Starts with a Bang – But You Have to Keep It Going 

When someone awakens to the true nature of the manipulated world we live in, as well as the vast resources at our immediate conscious fingertips, it takes some doing to fully realize what that information means, as well as the vast implications on your personal life. 

It can hit hard and may need some time to be digested. 

How it affects each of us individually is really a question of simply putting what we’ve learned into action and trusting the Universe for the consequences. 

I don’t think there’s time for much else. In fact, there never has been. 

If you know the Truth, what are you waiting for? 

While many are hoping for some kind of soft-pedaling of any kind of action call, it’s not a set formula. You just find out, and you react. And just that takes some doing, breaking off the rust of your True Self to animate and start to call the shots that were previously hindered by life long programming. 

Stages of Development 

For me the full wake up took on many stages of development, but the full blown realization of the vast extent of the manipulated lie and its fleshed out intricacies was a head splitting explosion that blew me past the pull of convention’s gravity so fast I’m still grinning from ear to ear as I zip through the universe..ha! 

The point there being, the wake up takes on many forms and evolves. What gives the wake up traction is commitment, putting feet to your realizations. 

You think TV’s bad? Turn it off. Banks are a rip off? Get out except for perhaps necessary operating funds if need be. Trapped by the ownership of housing, “might needs”, and all kinds of dumb stuff? 

Dump everything you can, if that’s your understanding. Knowing “stuff owns you” is fundamental to consciousness. We all get there, but it depends on our enthusiasm…or “spirit in us”. 

How many respond to just that? 

Do What You Know or Face Confusion 

Until people put into action what they already know, there isn’t gonna be much more to follow for them. Just a lot of flailing about in frustration because we don’t do what we already know we should do and are looking for excuses or compromised solutions to assuage our guilty conscience and hopefully preserve our personal status quo. 

Sad, but true. 

That also includes getting right with people, making relationships honest, and disengaging from situations of compromise. It takes courage. 

Know You Are Nobody–Yet Everybody 

All this is a whole lot easier when you realize you are nobody. There’s nothing to defend. 

Your old senses of self were the very strings the lying matrix played upon. Get conscious and the sirens of the system don’t affect you except peripherally. 

That’s a biggie. 

Conscious awareness is number one realizing and seeing through the higher level of awareness that is detached from this life’s experiences, and thus free to discern and identify without attachment what your life experience is. 

Seeing through those eyes will bring tremendous peace and understanding. 

Get Along But Don’t Compromise 

Don’t fret the next steps. If the universe is so vast and full of infinite possibilities there’s going to be something for everybody. Our job is to find it and when we find it, act on it. No, it’s not the “safe” way, or the “accepted” way. 

At all. We do have to break free. 

In reality the parasitic system has been sucking you dry and lying to you and everyone you love. You now no longer owe it any allegiance and can and should disengage any and every way you can. No guilt trip necessary. You are doing what is right. 

Period. 

And that is not contingent on relationships, financial security, self image concerns, or what have you. 

So get any and all attachments possible out of play. Happily. You are freeing yourself from the spider’s tentacles. 

There’s Real Peace in Commitment. 

When you’ve resolved to go ahead and “make the break” with convention and stand up for what you know is right, it leads to a new lifestyle. How do you think these wonderful websites were formed of like-minded people who found each other and decided to make an impact with videos, interviews, articles, participation in events, etc? 

How were Gandhi, Martin Luther King or other world Truth bearers including the present day alternative luminaries birthed from their previous lives? 

Something gelled, made total sense, resonated, and they just committed. These Truth enthusiasts on the internet also somehow found each other and it clicked. It’s all about responding to the need and call and openly networking…true response-ability. 

The Truth Glasses 

I read this fantastic analogy and it’s never escaped me. 

Finding out the whole truth is like putting on these amazing Truth glasses, much like the movie “They Live”. 

Here’s how they work: 

#1. You gotta want to put them on. 

#2. You can’t force someone else to put them on. 

#3. Once they’re on, you can’t take them off. 

If you’ve found and put on the glasses, that will make total sense. If you haven’t, keep searching. 

Let your heart lead you. 

In the words of Lao Tsu: 

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want. – Lao Tsu 

Love Zen 

Friday's random thought ~

Anyone who buries his or her truth hates to be called out. It means that they are somehow transparent.  People hate to be caught naked.  They see it as an intrusion into their privacy.

We all need to feel safe.  It is natural to bury what is fragile so it doesn't become broken or used as a tool against us.  That is why our most fragile organs, like the heart, and the lungs, are buried behind bone, to protect them because they are vulnerable.  We do that with our feelings, with our words and actions saying one thing but then doing something else and even with our thoughts.

Find your passion!

I’m going to let you in on one of the secrets to my life. Something I have noticed in the years most recent. It’s so simple you may be surprised?

Surround yourself with passionate people, passionate about life.  Passionate about the things they do, the people they love. When you talk with people who are passionate about what they’re doing, passionate about life and the people they love, it is transformative. I am talking about the excited, fired-up, feeling-strongly-about, thinking-about-it-all-the-time, can’t-wait-to-do-it-when-you-wake-up passion. When you talk with people who are like this, you can’t help but get fired up yourself. It’s the kind of energy that feeds itself. It makes you want to go out and do something exciting. 

The more you surround yourself with these types of individuals the more you will become one of these individuals. Cool Eh! Passionate people not only inspire you, they give you ideas.  Ideas that will come out in the way you live your life and this in turn will draw more passionate people to you. You can probably already identify with people that are in your circle that have this effect on you. Well I can guarantee you that you most likely have the same effect on them, nurture this, allow yourself to be inspired by other people who are passionate and full of ideas, encourage them to share those positive, inspirational ideas with you. The people in your life should act as fuel for a very intense fire. It’s incredible to talk with people like this, and to spend time with them, and you can’t walk away from them without getting a bit revved up.

While I am working on leading a life of a minimalism, I’ve learned that minimalism can be done anywhere you go and it doesn’t require that you move to a farm or give up your contact with people. Just the opposite: minimalism is not about giving up things  as much as it is about giving up consumption in favor of doing things you’re passionate about and having real relationships with a few people you really value. I’d much rather have a conversation with someone doing something amazing than go shopping. I rarely shop and I thank the universe, daily, that I have found someone who shares this passion. Grow into someone who is about creating and not so much about consuming. 

I have also found that you don’t have to live in a big city like Toronto or Vancouver to surround yourself with passionate people. They’re in small towns too, it might take a bit of searching to find them but don’t stop looking. We are everywhere. My sister who lives in the smallish town of White Rock BC is the perfect example of this.

Find small businesses that are doing amazing things, and talk with the people there. Look for startups, for artists and writers, for people who are obsessed with doing something really well. My daughter with her artwork and my son with his music inspire the passion in me, everyday.

I believe that this is one of the reasons that social networking is in such demand and a flourishing part of our lives nowadays. Because if we can’t find passionate souls where we live we sure can find them online. They’re everywhere if you look. Read books, watch films by people full of powerful ideas who are doing innovative things. Go to local art galleries, check out local music venues, visit the library, support local farmers, go to poetry readings, and check out neighbourhood independent restaurants. Read blogs, talk via email, follow on Twitter, and comment on their wall posts. Start collaborating with people that share your passion.

Be one of them, and not only get inspired but do your best to inspire others.