As a true friend I want for my friends what they want for themselves. I am careful to not enable as I trust that they have everything they need with in them to accomplish their desires. I encourage my friends to continue looking within for the answers they seek. I am the best friend when I give my friends space to be where they are, feel what they are feeling, and keep my own “stuff” (opinions, resistance, fears, judgments…) out of the way. The greatest true friend is the clearest mirror. That may not always be easy to peer into. So, who is reflecting my image back to me most clearly these days?     

Metaphysics. Universal Law.

Well, “How emotionally old to I feel to those around me?”… is the question that I ask. According to my Tatina scale I have a metabolic age of 12. By birth date I am 33. By formlessness I am infinite and ageless. So, let’s take the average: {12 + 33 + ∞ (infinity)}/3 = X

I go out of my way to center myself. Sometime this requires lifting my vibration using the tools I have at my disposal. A smile is an example of such tools. Putting a half smile on my lips waters the smile inside my heart. I singing or toning is another tool that lifts my vibration. I am weary of in authentic expressions of happiness. I think it is important to be true to what I am feeling and if it is not happy then a happy face is not authentic. My job then is to shift my emotional state. This may mean letting tears to flow and allow this tool to purify me much like the rain purifies our atmosphere. Once I have processed and gotten clean, then it is time to center. Usually a little meditation does the trick.

Fear. What comes to mind at present is fear around finances. I just had a discussion with a friend about this yesterday. I know the value of giving 10%, saving 10% and investing 10%; however, I am not honoring the practice that will allow me to experience the gifts that come from this practice. I know that abundance is an attitude and having the faith to do this practice will yield self evident results. Doing the practices will create more abundance and financial freedom in my life. I am at the leaping point. Even though I am not making an abundance of money over and above my current overhead, I must create the ritual if I am going to reap the rewards. I do have a practice of giving, and saving… however, they are not consistent. I now consistency leads to mastery.

 

The same principles apply to fitness, nutrition, meditation, journaling, reading…. All these practices yield self evident results. These are now apart of me… I am attracted to these practices. Fear does sometime enter into the picture. The conversation goes like this, “I don’t have time to (meditate, workout, make my meals, write a journal entry, read something uplifting…)” I now know that this conversation is an alarm bell to wake up and get busy with my valued practices. I have put these practices first in my life because of the deep peace they allow me to tap into.

 

I trust is will be the same for the financial practices, I just don’t have nearly as much evidence in this realm as I do in the meditative fitness realm. So, time to take the advice of “Feel the fear and do it ANYWAY.”

 

Upon review... time and money seem to be the root of the fears. I am reminded of the saying, “Take a look where a person spends their time and money and you will know what they are truly committed to.”

 

Luxury is something I placed much value on only a short time ago. I enjoyed it and disliked it at the same time. I enjoyed the comfort and disliked the wastefulness. I am learning now how to have the luxury feeling without the wastefulness. I really resonate with the idea of living simply so that others can simply live. I no longer need the McMansion by which to derive my value.

The luxury that I experienced before was a borrowed luxury, leveraged against future potential equity that never came to pass. Perhaps, if my experience was derrived within my means, I would have a different perspective of luxury today. I see that I am building a new relationship to luxury presently. I'll let you know who that goes.

I dont pay attention to the news. I trust if there is something I need to know... I will know soon enough one way or another.   

I was noticing the tv on at the gym while on the tread mill. An afternoon soap was on. The volume was off and yet the message from the images was so loud. Faces wrought with anxiety, despair and heaviness. I thought to myself, "Content and happy people would make for very boring afternoon soaps and tv in general." In witnessing contentedness there is nothing for to the ego to grab on to... no pain, misery, anxiety, jealousy or betrayal to feed our feelings of indequacey, lack and fear.

I am reminded of Henry Rollins story of "depresso guy". He has a great monologue about this very idea of crap selling and contentment bombing in the market place. I am going to see if I can find the clip.

Ok, could not find the clip; however, I did find this awesome clip on Rollins affirming Life. "Live Long and Strong".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhvlAoUCVso

   

Growing up to me is to become an ever wisening source emitting an ever higher vibration. Age assists through the variety of experiences that lend themselves to this effort; however, age has with it no guarantee of bringing with it a higher vibration.     

In honoring the daily practices of meditation, reading, journaling, and honoring my body through activity and nutrition. These are magical tools to calm the waves of reactivity and illusion.