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Stop running Way From Yourself !

I’ve always been puzzled by young, intelligent, movers and shakers in the Jewish community upping and moving to Israel, it seems so dualistic, and short sighted.

The primary motive they cite is that they don’t feel comfortable in the Diaspora and that they feel really Jewish in the Land of Israel even if they don’t keep any of the religious laws etc… What’s up with that?

Surely if you were more comfortable with your own identity why would you need to move to a country with millions of other people just like you? If your cultural identity is so important, why don’t you do something about it here and now? Why do you think that nationalism or in deed a ‘Holy land’ – where you can be yourself is really going to solve your deep problems?

The question isn’t just about Jews and Israel, its about all of us, why do we think that over there, in some distant future things are going to be ok, if I only had this or that, that then

I’d be happy? If I lived in a big house, or a small house, drove this car, or had that job, money, if I only had a boyfriend of girlfriend, a cat or a baby then all my troubles would be over?

In the messianic era the kabbalists teach us that the Holiness of the Holy of Holies will spread to the whole of the temple mount, that the Holiness of the Temple will encompass the Whole of Jerusalem, the Holiness of Jerusalem will spread to the entire biblical land of Israel and the Holiness of the Holy Land will spread throughout the entire world.

The Whole world will become as Holy as the Holy land.

Some great Kabbalists go further – they claim that the holiness of the Holy of Holies will in fact be accessible to each and every individual that the land we are standing on might be ‘Israel’ but we are in deed the Holy of Holies.

What i’m saying is that, happiness is not found outside of yourself. If you push off, happiness and bliss to some future time, you are destined always to be unhappy and miserable.

Also that the Messianic Era is here and now, it is a state of mind a state of enlightened being, one that is accessible now.

That running towards a better future, doesn’t always work, ‘progress’ is sometimes fuelled by stupidity, greed and emptiness.

Real spiritual, and personal progress comes from a place of contentment, happiness and a desire to spread that around.

Can you see the difference?

We are sleeping giants,

Formed from dust by the great sky,

Our souls are more powerful than angels,

Our bodies shine brighter than the sun,

Our dreams now our destiny!

1. no one knows about it - except you (they are just expecting a presentation).

2. the majority of people listening to you - WANT you to Succeed!
3. imagine YOURSELF naked! in front of all those people - ahhh! but really, if you were, worrying about how your
presentation goes is the last thing on your mind - be yourself completely, just as you’re comfortable walking around your own home naked - feel the same level of confidence - whatever it is you do.

4. Have a Plan and Stay Present - focus on the moment look to the future.
5. Imagine it going really well, imagine everyone loving it, loving you and thanking you -
6. Imagine they are all your good friends - quietly cheering you on (see 2)
7. learn to breathe deeply and TRUST yourself, and TRUST LIFE! - the entire cosmos wants you to relax and be yourself completely
7a. It’s not just “safe to be yourself” but in fact your absolute responsibility.

Q. For someone who has been told all their life by their family or peers that they won’t achieve their aims, how can they dispose of negative beliefs? Do they need counselling?

A. It really depends on the individual, it depends on their aims and goals and it depends on how much they believe the peer pressure propaganda.

The three step way to get rid of these negative beliefs are; 1. Realise that the negative lessons you’ve have learnt can be unlearnt and new more accurate and supporting beliefs can replace them. 2. The opinion of the people that fed you this barrage of negativity was probably inaccurate and was definitely unhelpful. 3. Surround yourself with more positive people and feed yourself positive information.

Q. What are the reasons why people commonly lack self-esteem?

A. As babies and young children, we don’t lack self-esteem, it is beaten out of us by our well-meaning parents, teachers and peers. Being confident and being comfortable being yourself completely is, in my opinion, everyone’s natural state, it’s just that we are taught how not to be.
It starts early, when parents say, ‘No! Stop! Don’t do that! They may start off, warning children about sticking their tongues in plug sockets, but within a few years, it becomes more subtle: “Don’t wear that it’ll make you look fat”, or “You could do better, if you only applied yourself… worked hard… stopped answering back… just behaved yourself… listened to the teacher… stopped fidgeting… started paying attention… stopped talking… didn’t play with Tommy … stopped messing around… ate your Brussels Sprouts  … paid more attention in Algebra … worked harder…” You get the picture? All of which restrict us from feeling that we are allowed to be ourselves completely.

Q. Are there any courses available that can improve self-esteem?

A. Yes, from the deeply psychological Hoffman Quadrinity Process, to an Anthony Robbins weekend Empowerment Course. There are Life Coaches that specifically focus on improving confidence and self-esteem. We do a lot of confidence coaching as part of our work at Soulmate Lifestyle Consultancy, helping people to change the way they view their bodies and how they see themselves in the world. So there is help out there, if you know where to look.

Q. If a person is feeling nervous before an interview or important  meeting, what can they do to calm their nerves beforehand?

A. It seems that a lot of slow, deep and rhythmical breathing helps. Learning to be present, stop your mind wondering off into some horrific nightmare scenario of the future (i.e the worse case scenario) or of the past (all the times you messed up or what could have been).

If you are going to imagine the interview, focus in stead on the best case scenario, imagine the meeting going really well, imagine them offering the job to your there and then.

In short:

1.    Have a positive future plan
2.    Breathe, stay calm and focused and keep your awareness in the present moment.

Q. Can a person with low self-esteem fake self-confidence, even if they don’t feel it?

A. Of course people can fake self-confidence, people do it all the time, but it usually comes across as arrogance, cockiness or bravado, and that’s because it’s not a natural worked-out self confidence, it’s forced, it’s pretence. But the good thing about faking it is that in reality people that don’t know you, don’t know that you lake confidence and you can be whoever you want to be and who knows this person you’re pretending to be might even help you become more confident in reality. However, the ‘fake it till you make it’ model only works in the short term. Ultimately you’ve got to start to believe your own hype and work out all the real stuff that is stopping you from just allowing yourself to be yourself completely without any apologies.

Q. If you lack self-esteem, how can you improve it?

A. It’s all about focus, until now you’ve been signed up to your own lousy low self esteem, confidence bruising, internal mind-washing programme, where you constantly play messages to yourself like:
“You’re such an idiot! I’m soooo stupid! I hate her! My bum IS fat! I look awful! I’ll never make it! I can’t do that! Nobody loves me! I’m scared of making a fool of myself! I hate my job! A glass of wine will make it better! I’m not good enough!” Etc…

The first thing to do is start to notice when you say this type of stuff to yourself. Secondly, try saying something kind, encouraging or even positively loving to yourself, like: “I’m good at lots of things! I’m intelligent and attractive! There are many people in my life that love me! I’m a good person! I love being alive! My bum is sexy! I can achieve anything I set my mind to!

But more effective that positive self-talk, is changing the way you view yourself and the world. If you suffer from a lack of confidence and low self-esteem, somewhere along the line you got a very clear message from Life, and that was; ‘It’s not safe for me to be me’.
If you’re going to move forwards towards greater confidence, start to change the fundamental beliefs you have about yourself and the world. Start to TRUST yourself and trust that life loves you and supports you. And ultimately, that the world wants you to succeed and become who you’re meant to be, yourself without compromise.

Q. What are your top five tips for improving self-esteem?

A.

1. Learn to trust, love and accept yourself
2. Make your internal dialogue more positive
3. Have a plan but stay present
4. Surround yourself with positive people
5. Find yourself a Life Coach or Counsellor that specialises in Confidence and self-esteem building

Feeling really positive about yourself, about your body and your life takes a huge amount of energy. Comparable to a rocket leaving the gravitational pull of the earth, but once clear of the first 2 miles or so, it’s plain sailing.

Really believing, and breathing in, I am BEAUTIFUL and ‘i love my lovely body’ takes a lot of energy, especially if over the years a lot of time an effort went in the opposite direction (i feel ugly or plain etc..)

But after some intense energy and effort in believing that you are already perfect and lovely and beautiful and sexy and gorgeous and yummy and delicious and wonderful and fabulous and amazing and sensual and pretty and fit etc… etc… (use your own thesaurus!)

and after sending your body some TLC and messages of love, etc…

Once you do start to celebrate your body - being alive accepting as it is - it will respond, and the rest of it is easy/ plain sailing.

It’s ultimately about changing the way we see ourselves, our body identity, who we believe we really are and what we truly believe we deserve.

Anyways - good luck

Beauty is an internal quality - if you feel beautiful on the inside then no matter what you wear you’ll look fantastic! Spend some time to develop a sense of inner beauty. Say to yourself I am GORGEOUS!!! - but don’t just ’say’ it breathe it, allow it to enter your lungs and fill you with the FEELING of inner beauty. Allow yourself to feel a little bit of love, breathe in love and out tension, breathe in laughter and out hate, breathe in light and out negativity. Soon you’ll get a little bit light-headed and feel much better!!! Peace!

Confidence, for people who haven’t been working out - still; feel great even though you’re not in the greatest of shape.

So you haven’t been working out, you’ve not been eating much more healthily in the run up to that all important summer ‘social catwalk’ by the pool, you haven’t got around to doing what you kept on promising yourself you’d do, but now it’s probably all too late and there’s not much point trying to kid yourself that by drinking a diet-Coke is going to make any difference what-so-ever to your now ever so slightly bulging belly. So what are you going to do?

Breathe in, and think and feel gorgeous! No seriously, loathing your body isn’t going to do you any justice, it’s not going to help you feel sexy and it’s not going to help you find any summer romance. The Answer is to embrace you booty! Take possession of your whole body and accept it as it is, right now! Say to yourself, I am gorgeous and sexy just as I am.

Blessings are metered by OUR ability to receive, not the Universes ability to give. It’s almost like, the Universe would like to give us everything but it is us that says no.

In some sense, as a friend suggested, sometimes it’s our ‘personality’ which gets in the way of blessings. And that sometimes we need to let go of our selves, put our sense of ‘Self’ to one side to simply allow God’s blessings into our lives.

Some say that we have to make a “vessel” a way and a path, for the Universe to bless us. But I believe, more important than the creation of a mere ‘vessel’ or conduit of divine blessing, we ourselves, must become spiritually able and willing to receive blessing into our hearts and into our lives.

The questions we are forced to ask are; are we open enough, receptive enough, willing enough to allow the divine to give us everything and more? Are we ready to accept bliss into our every moment of our lives?!!!?

Say to yourself; “I’m sorry for having previously been a barrier to receiving blessings, I forgive you for the past, I now allow you to accept all blessings into your heart with joy and love. I allow the source of all blessings to flow through me, so that peace is my very being and the abundance of blessing my inheritance!”

Life can sometimes present us with lots of different challenges, they are of course, all there to help us grow and become deeper and better people because of them.

But I believe that it is our resistance to, what is, to the unfolding of life, the universe and everything, to the day-to-day stuff that happens in our life, it is that friction which ultimately wears us down.

I don’t mean always being an easy pushover on every occasion, because indeed, sometimes Life wants us to rise to the challenge, speak up, act and react, out of pure righteous indignation.

But often it is the less important elements of life that we get caught up with, the daily stresses that gently grinds us down until we fall to pieces.

It is these daily recurrent events, stresses, feelings and thoughts that I’m suggesting we stop and let go of.

I believe, not based on too much fuzzy new-age science, but from watching myself, that it is our resistance to life, the everyday resistance, our feelings of dislike, being upset about whatever it may be that actually ages us, both emotionally and physically.

So if and when you notice yourself becoming tense, or feeling even the slightest bit cross, let it go! Stop resisting, just relax, and allow whatever is, to be.

What does that mean?

It means that when you notice yourself resisting life, before you even make yourself ill, stressed or upset, just let it go.

Learn to recognise that your default mode is one of tranquillity and warm quiet inner stillness and peace.

Everything that moves your attention away from that sense of calm is a distraction; it is a form of mild idolatry.

Your task then is to focus your attention on that river of peace that runs through your veins.

Stop! Just wait a moment, there is a little lie that you believe; that you are somehow completely separate from the universe, from the whole. That you are just a little furry monkey trying desperately to hold on to this tiny spinning planet, in some forgotten Wild West Corral at the edge of this dusty galaxy, but that’s not the case.

You are actually an integral part of a responsive and intelligent, feeling universe. You are made of the very same substance as the Big Bang and the very same stuff as whatever preceded Space and Time. You are a little bit of God! (I’m a Guru I’m allowed to say that).

The problem is that you believe that the Gold/God/Wealth and Happiness are found ‘Out There’ in those them there hills, but the truth of the matter is that the source of all of the wealth and bliss in your life is not found outside of yourself, but deeply within.

If you are to discover and claim the material wealth in the world outside of you, you must first discover the mountains of ‘gold’ that you already contain.

You must claim wealth, prosperity and spiritual happiness as your birthright and become a gold-digger in the mines of your heart, and uncover the infinite that you have within you.

If you intend it with all of your internal power, if you begin to imagine it, to feel it, then it must come into being. Even if this means that your cosmic soul has to travel back in time, to the beginning of the Universe and form the very gold that you are about to find in the hills and mountains of the open market.

It is you and your intention, your divine will to manifest your infinite potential in any way you choose. You are a creator of the life you are living; you manifest and create wealth and success in your life.

You are the goose that lays the golden eggs!

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This was first published in the Sep 2007 edition of EN Magazine

PEACE

Conflict or anykind cannot be resolved by more conflict,

Anti-war marchs just increase war,

Boycots just add spritual fuel to the problem

I’d just learn to focus

To breathe,

to spend time developing a mediative practice

even if it’s for a few mins a day

Breathing in and out

saying words like, Love, Peace, Relax, Calm, Bliss, Happiness, God, Divine, Tranquility, etc…

to yourself quietly.

Imagine a bright white healing light entering your lungs, filling your entire being with love and bliss,

see yourself as a being of calm healing light

a supernova of divine energy

smile inwardly to yourself,

say I allow myself the chance to be free, to be truly free,

happiness is my birthright, etc…

become the sourse of love, peace and blessings in your own life

don’t worry about office conflicts

if you can rediscover peace within yourself - the entire world will stop fighting

within you is the divine, the power to change, the power to create, to influence, to manifest your dreams

make sure your dreams are hopefilled and love filled.

wishing you much love
the Urban Guru

It’s not the clothes you wear,

It’s not the car you drive,

The house you own,

The things you have,

It’s not a cigar,

A panty liner,

Mobile phone,

Or your bullet-proof helicopter,

Confidence is not the money you have in the bank,

It’s not a sawn off shotgun,

It’s not something you can buy,

But it is something you can learn,

Not by realising how powerful you are,

Not by the practice of putting other people down,

Not by learning Kung Fu,

But by letting go of yourself,

Not letting yourself go,

By realising that your sense of separateness is an illusion,

By realising your oneness with all,

By realising your unity with all,

By becoming aware of the All,

The air you breathe,

The body you are,

The life you live, are all an expression of the One Intelligent Being which is everywhere equally.

You are the wealthiest person in the world
You are the most successful person in the world
You are the most affluent person in the world
You are the most prosperous person in the world

You are the most accomplished person in the world
You are the most talented person in the world
You are the most gifted person in the world
You are the most intelligent person in the world
You are the most balanced person in the world
You are the most well adjusted person in the world
You are the most harmonious person in the world

You are the most powerful person in the world
You are the most influential person in the world
You are the most potent person in the world
You are the most vital person in the world
You are the most important person in the world
You are the most determined person in the world
You are the most resolute person in the world

You are the most protected person in the world
You are the most privileged person in the world
You are the luckiest person in the world
You are the most fortunate person in the world
You are the most blessed person in the world

You are the most delightful person in the world
You are the most charming person in the world
You are the most charismatic person in the world
You are the most magnetic person in the world
You are the most enigmatic person in the world
You are the most captivating person in the world
You are the most enchanting person in the world

You are the most intoxicating person in the world
You are the most stimulating person in the world
You are the most alluring person in the world
You are the sexiest person in the world
You are the most delicious person in the world
You are the most attractive person in the world
You are the most beautiful person in the world
You are the most gorgeous person in the world
You are the loveliest person in the world
You are the most loveable person in the world
You are the most loved person in the world

You are the most content person in the world
You are the most satisfied person in the world
You are the most fulfilled person in the world
You are the most comfortable person in the world
You are the most secure person in the world
You are the most perfect person in the world
You are the most complete person in the world
You are the most whole person in the world
You are the most wholesome person in the world

You are the healthiest person in the world

You are the happiest person in the world
You are the friendliest person in the world
You are the most approachable person in the world
You are the most decent person in the world
You are the most sociable person in the world
You are the most responsive person in the world
You are the most welcoming person in the world
You are the most approachable person in the world
You are the most encouraging person in the world
You are the most helpful person in the world
You are the most enjoyable person to be with in the world
You are the most accommodating person in the world
You are the most accepting person in the world

You are the most cheerful person in the world
You are the most positive person in the world
You are the most joyful person in the world
You are the most grateful person in the world
You are the most gracious person in the world
You are the most pleasant person in the world

You are the calmest person in the world
You are the most relaxed person in the world
You are the most chilled person in the world
You are the smoothest person in the world
You are the most flexible person in the world
You are the most adaptable person in the world
You are the most tranquil person in the world

You are the most enlightened person in the world
You are the most blissful person in the world
You are the most inspired person in the world
You are the most inspiring person in the world
You are the most inspirational person in the world

You are the most aware person in the world
You are the most conscious person in the world
You are the most mindful person in the world
You are the most humble person in the world
You are the most gracious person in the world
You are the most at ease person in the world
You are the most serene person in the world
You are the most effortless person in the world
You are the most confident person in the world
You are the most restful person in the world
You are the most peaceful person in the world

You are the most wonderful person in the world
You are the brightest person in the world
You are the most brilliant person in the world
You are the most luminous person in the world
You are the most radiant person in the world
You are the most dazzling person in the world
You are the most stunning person in the world
You are the most resplendent person in the world
You are the most glorious person in the world
You are the most magnificent person in the world

You are a tidal wave of change
You are a catalyst for positivity
You are the axis on which the universe spins
You are the creator of your own existence
You are who you want to be

I’ve been looking for ‘that book’ - you know the one - that’ll teach you how to instantly attain a Jedi-like-Buddhahood, the one that effortlessly reminds you of what you already know deep down. And I’ve looked in the Mind/Body/Spirit section of the bookshop - also the Popular Science section - for cool Urban-Warrior-style book about Quantum Physics.

And I’ve even tried searches on the internet – for phrases like ‘Buddha-in-the-hood’ or ‘Jedi-Buddhahood’- but nothing apart from a Star Wars role-playing book for $179!! which (by-the-way) I saw about three years ago in another bookshop for about £40! - (so much for my prude investment intuition) anyways - I don’t want to play-act being a Jedi - or read a load of Buddhist or Tao airy fairy stuff half mixed with loads of Indian ‘Words’ and lingo just to feel ‘spiritual’.

I just want a plain talking - selfless - down-to-earth guide, I want to actually Be - to feel and experience that inner-peace altered state of Higher Consciousness

And then it came to me – Flash! – Smack! - Boom!!!! - like an old ‘friend’ - who I wasn’t sure if I really wanted to bump into again - and it asked me:

‘Why are you looking outside of yourself - for the answers and solutions that lye within yourself?

Write your own bloody book!’ it said –

‘Discover the inner-Buddha in you -

uncover the Jedi Knight - hiding in your dressing gown.

Behold the Uber Mench - Behold the Urban Guru!’

When writing business plans, making that investment in your business future, you often forget the most important asset in this whole venture and that’s YOU!

However great your business idea, what is ultimately going to make it a success is you! No matter what the business, it is people who are ultimately going to have to buy in to you and your business idea.

If you’re going to change this idea you’ve got in to a successful business reality then you’re going to have to be the real power behind it.

As an entrepreneur you’re going to need bag loads of self-belief, motivation, determination, vision, drive and passion. You’re going to have to learn how to first convince yourself, let alone the bank manager, that you are going to be successful.

Success is not just what you’ve achieved in your life, it’s not the car you drive, the house you own, the business you’ve created or what you’ve got in the bank, it is more importantly, a state of mind, a feeling that wells up in the core of your being that gives you that special twinkle in your eye and that confident bounce in your step.

How are you going to be successful? I’m going to let you in on a really powerful and practical tool that can really give you the continuous drive and motivation to make your business a real success.

This is how it works: Think about where you want your business to be in five years time? Imagine that your business is going to be a fantastic success. Let me ask you a few questions: What would it look like? How would it work? What’s your role? What’s your day like? How do you look? And most importantly, how do you feel? Do you feel confident? Do you feel successful?

If you can taste that future success now, then you’re on your way to becoming truly successful! Everyday take time to think about the person you want to be in the not to distant future and remind yourself of what it is like to feel so utterly successful.

So here’s the trick, start to be that successful person now, start to live with that feeling of success. It’s like getting a check from the future, take a little bit of that feeling of your future success and allow it to start influencing the way you feel and live today.

So when you walk down the street, people can tell that you’re already successful and you’re on your way to even greater success.

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This was first published in the March 2007 edition of EN Magazine 

Your mind is like a special satellite dish that hones in on anything you programme it to look for or be interested in. Whatever your focus that becomes your dominant underlying thought. Your thoughts and beliefs shape the way you understand yourself and the world, the help you navigate your gave through the word and make sense of your life.

But it is ultimately YOU who chooses to focus on whatever it is and that changes the way you understand yourself and the world.

The ‘Alter Rebbe’ coined the phrase ‘You are where your mind is’ which means, that, whatever you are really thinking about, that is who you become, the information you feed yourself everyday, from the outside (books, media, conversations, etc) all feed your own world view, but also your own internal voices back up and reinforce these ideas.

So the real question is where are you now – what are you thinking – what are you choosing to think about – what is your focus?

You are in the driving seat of your mind, there is no one else in your mind except you and you can choose to think about whatever you want. And those thoughts become your reality, they shape your reality, they shape and change the way you see and understand yourself and the world.

So become aware now, of what you think about.

When you notice that you’re focusing on negative things, just move your attention to something else – think about something else. Like Strawberries and cream, the smell of freshly cut grass, the sound of laughter, the smell of rain, the feeling of the sun warming you up, the sense of belonging and comfort from a hug from a good friend, and a 101 different things that might make you smile.

Make a choice, choose more happiness in your life, choose more life in your life, more laughter, more joy, more peace, more relaxation more gratefulness, more connectedness, more love, more goodness, more smiles, more winks, more of you, more of everything that’s good in the world.

Choose your focus – at the end of the day you can’t really argue with Happiness.

Try smiling, right now, if you find it difficult, just start by opening your mouth fully, and stretching your jaw, now try to smile, then relax.

Now do a really cheese grin, from ear to ear – go on! it wont kill you!

And make a cheesy wide smile and then stick your tongue out!

You should now have a look in the mirror – what a pillock!

OK. OK. Enough of that rubbish,

Contemplate this: YOU ARE ALIVE (it’s only for a relatively short time) YOU ARE BLOODLY LUCKY TO BE HERE!!!

Your life can sometimes seem a little meaningless, a little grey, dull and mundane.

But if you think about it, what do you do in your day that would ever make it otherwise?

What do you do to actively make you life more meaningful?

Do you make sure to do a good deed everyday?

Do you spend quality time with your children or the person you love in your life?

Do you actively help others at least once a week?

Do you pray? Or Meditate?

Do you do yoga or chant?

Do you make sure your eat organic fruit and veg everyday?

Do you buy fair-trade?

“What have you done today to make yourself feel right?”

The pace of life can often take whatever you had out of you, running around chasing meaningless stuff, not eating properly, not looking after yourself and you wonder why you’ve felt better.

This is the remedy, you may not like it, and you may have heard this before from someone else but spend twenty mins each day meditating.

It can be on anything calming, relaxing, positive or meaningful, but spend time focusing, stilling your mind, breathing and getting in touch with yourself.

If you’ve never done ‘meditation’ before don’t worry. It’s very easy!

All it means is concentrating and focusing on one thing at one time.

You’ve probably done it without being aware of it, in the past while you were writing a letter, or figuring out how to put some IKEA furniture together.

The point is – just do it – create a holy time and space in your day and in your life. Give it to yourself as a present.

You can use this time to repeat positive affirmations to yourself like:

‘I am loved and I am safe’

or just repeating inspiring words like, Calm, Relax, Peace, Love, Happiness, Joy, One, God, Space etc…

Twenty mins a day for three months and I guarantee that you’ll become your own Urban Guru in no time at all!

If not I’ll give you a spiritual life coaching session for free!

Everyday, if you listen closely, the Universe within yourself is telling you something.

If you listen you will hear, that small and quite voice, that knowing feeling that dwells behind your heart, it is urging you to love.

To do what you love, to be what you love, to live the life you love.

But you’ll only hear it if you spend time and energy learning to listen, learning to quiet your mind, to sit still for a moment, to let go of everything you are trying to hold on to.

If you are able to create room within yourself, to create time within your day, to make space in your life to listen, then you will hear the compelling gush of your soul, forward towards that passion in your life, the goodness in you heart, the loving sparkle in you eyes.

If you could just learn to breathe, gently, to listen to your breathing, to focus on your breathing, to feel the sensation of your breath passing slowing and easily in and out of your lungs, if you could allow it to make a space within you that is open and receptive then you will hear.

This voice, this drum, this tidal wave of subtle joy that wants to engulf your whole being with every beat of your heart.

So begin to relax, allow yourself to just be, let yourself be comfortable in your own skin and learn to love the you that you are.

If you spend time listening, your heart to sing you its secret song, of longing and laughter of love and joy and you’ll discover that it’s the same song you have been singing your whole life silently, the song that you knew when you were a child and running in the fields, the song which your heart is drumming to is your life.

So let today be one of song, let it fill you with joy, let the rhythm within travel without.

And start to hear the love for all existence that is always singing if you’d only listen.

I found this great little Karmic Contract in a lovely (although at times strange) little book called ‘A Litle Book of Prosperity Magic’ by Cynthia Killion.

It’s a contract you can use to help change your life, to help you realise how attached you can be to suffering and saying this aloud help you to change your internal priorities. You can adjust this contract as much as you like so it works for you. 

“I, …………………………., am now willing to release all previous vows of poverty, sacrifice, unhappiness, loneliness, sickness, and struggle. Furthermore, I also give up any attachment to suffering or fear of success. I affirm that none of these are qualities of my natural state.

I, …………………………., now claim my natural right to health, love, happiness, and wealth. I declare that I am now manifesting all my heart’s desires, easily and effortlessly, without struggle. I no longer feel the need to create suffering for myself.

I, …………………………., now affirm that the Universe has been informed of these changes, and it will now begin to respond accordingly. I affirm that I am in an eternal state of perfect prosperity and peace.

This contract nullifies and voids all previous contracts to the contrary.

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(Signature and date)”

‘A little book of prosperity magic’ by Cynthia Killion, Published by The Crossing Press California Page 60

So you may have been wondering why, I’ve been posting less than my usual brilliantly inspiring ideas over the past few weeks (the adjective conjunction ‘incoherent gibberish’ comes to mind) and you can probably guess that it hasn’t entirely worn off, but I’ve got good reason.

And it’s quite simple: We’ve had a baby!! Wow, I’ve been keeping that to myself for far too long.

I was hoping that having a baby (I didn’t actually have it my lovely and beautiful wife did) wouldn’t really have any negative impact on my life or lifestyle whatsoever, I know that it was a bit of wishful thinking, but I’m honest enough to admit when I might not have gotten it completely correct, and now is one of these times (it happens quite often actually, anyways, moving swiftly on).

So I can confirm after rigorous research, it’s official; permanent sleep deprivation does affect your cognitive abilities! (but I guess you knew that).

I’ve been reading a book recommended to me by a friend and editor of my upcoming book (the working title is: ‘Dangerous Kabbalah – the Urban Guru’s manual to creating a Person Utopia’ )

Anyways – I’m reading ‘How Proust can change your life‘– a