Urban Guru your inspired guide to urban living

The story goes something like this, a guy is drowning in the ocean and he prays to God to save him, a big piece of drift wood floats by, but he ignores it, knowing that God will answer his prayers, a guy in a small dingy offers him a lift, and eventually a helicopter comes to rescue him, but he refuses saying that he’s waiting for God to save him. He drowns. And when he comes before his maker, he asks God why he didn’t save him? God says, “What do you think all those opportunities I sent you were?”

I’ve always been the ‘lucky guy’, maybe not actually being the winning holder of that many lottery tickets, but in life, the good stuff seems to come my way.

The truth is that people and impressive opportunities are always knocking at my door, phoning me up or emailing me. The thing is, I kinda expect them, and when they come, I’m pretty chilled about them.

For example, over a year ago a TV producer was planning to pitch a cool new Urban Guru lifestyle makeover programme to the BBC, and we spoke for about an hour, and then he never got back to me. I was fast asleep when he called and asked to speak to the Urban Guru, so when we were chatting I completely forgot to ask for his contact details, and because I had previously fantasised about having my own prime-time TV programme, I just believed that it would happen to me.

A production company working for MTV called me the other day, but it’s just not worked out.

So good opportunities happen but for some reason they often don’t seem to follow through. And this has been something that has been bothering me but I just didn’t know who to ask about it.

Then about two months ago, I was in the Northern Quarter of Manchester doing some flyering for the Mind Body Spirit festival, when I randomly bumped into a young lady doing flyering for her own Holistic Massage business.

We got chatting, she shared some Blue-Tack, and then while we were giving some leaflets to the Buddhist Centre, the CEO of the Mind Body Spirit festival called to find out if I knew anyone that could do Holistic Massage at the festival, because someone had dropped out, and he wanted someone to fill in, on a percentage of their profits basis.

This was some cool divine providence going on, and how cool was that, I was being used as a messenger and channel for giving this girl a fantastic opportunity for her business.

But two weeks went by and she didn’t phone or get in touch with the festivals CEO, and guess what? He’d filled it with someone else.

The moral of this story, which I experienced first hand, was telling me something completely relevant and profound about my own problem.

Opportunities come knocking all the time, don’t let them pass you by, grab them by the horns and really go for them!

God is giving you fantastic opportunities all the time, your job is to take hold of those opportunities run with them.

My mum’s doctor has told her she needs to lose at least 3st, but when it comes to diets, she doesn’t stay motivated. I’m worried for her health - how can I encourage her to take action?

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Trying to motivate someone else is a difficult thing, I’ve got lots of experience doing that, and the old saying is still true, “You can lead the horse to water, but you can’t make it drink”. This is especially true for parents, who have spent many years of their life telling you, what you should and should not be doing. Ultimately it’s her life and no amount of pushing is going to work long-term.

What I would suggest (and I know it might sound a little ‘left field’) is spend a little each day thinking about her. Imagine her 3st lighter, imagine her happier and fitter, focus on how much you love her and how much she loves you. You see, I believe, that a little bit of real heart-felt love, has a really powerful effect to change and transform the people that we love.

Maybe it’s because of some way-out spiritual connection we have with them, or maybe it’s because, if you spend time feeling real love (and acceptance) for your mum, she’ll see it and feel it in the little things you do and say.

And without any nagging or ‘motivational’ bullying, she will start to feel the love that you have for her, in her own heart, and will make the changes she needs to make, because she feels loved and because she wants to. And also because she’s got a fantastic daughter who loves her and who she wants to be around for, for as long as possible.

I’d also suggest that if she wants to and has some spare cash, she signs up for the Soulmate Lifestyle makeover programme, which makes dieting and loosing weight a no-brainer. See www.soulmatelifestyle.com for more info.

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 have seen it proved in practice that the greater a person’s trust and the more he looks towards his future with joy, the faster do these things materialise.”

- Rabbi Menachem M. Scheerson

Whatever we focus on becomes our reality - so i’d like to move your focus and attention on ‘living forever’.

Forever might mean a 1000 years or it might mean just a lot longer than we can imagine ourselves living.

The point is that our bodies are far more intelligent than our conscious minds, but our bodies listen to our conscious mind for instructions on how to live in our immediate environment.

If you tell yourself that ‘life is short’ or ‘i’m in a rush’ or have a adrenalin driven fast-pace life in the fast-lane attitude then I reckon that we actually speed up our internal ageing.

If however, in contrast we say to ourselves, ‘live slow’, ‘take it easy’, ‘i’m going to live for a very long time’ or ‘ i’m going to live till i’m 1000 years’ or ‘peace and tranquillity flow through my veins’ or ‘i love every of the 70 trillion cells in my body’ or

generally live with an attitude which really honest believes that you will live for a very, very long time, and that’s it’s perfectly natural etc… then i believe that you body listens to what you believe in your heart and reacts accordingly.

So our focus is living forever - not fighting ageing.

ageing - tell our bodies to focus on ageing - exactly the opposite of living forever

if we focus on living long, living healthy, living fit, living life, loving life and ideas that generate feelings and beliefs of longevity then we will definitely increase our natural life expectancy - guaranteed!

It’s grey and rainy most of the year round in the UK, so make a point of capturing a little bit of holiday sun and inspiration to carry with you throughout the year. If you do get a chance to go on holiday, make a point of creating a few moments of blissful calm, tranquillity and inspiration, so whether it’s by the pool or walking down a country lane, on standing on top of a mountain, take breathe deeply and turn on your minds video recorder.

Crystallise the experience in your mind and body, be aware of all of your senses, the feeling of the sun warming your face, the cool breeze, the view, the smell, remember this moment and save it to your inner hard-drive, by holding your thumb and forefinger together, so that when you’re waiting for a busy in the cold and bitter rain, you can automatically bring back that stunning summer experience and feel the sunshine on the inside. It may not stop the rain from falling but it might just take the edge off.

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!”

Most of us might plan a few weeks in advance, we might even book our summer holidays in at the beginning of the year, but very few people actually make a plan for their life.

Where would I like to be in five or ten years time? How do I want to be? What kind of life do I want to live? Where? With whom? What kind of job or pastime do I want to be doing and enjoying?

And this is one of the many Life Coaching tools – the five year plan.

But before you go off, drawing up your plan and running off making big changes in your life, stop for a moment.

Lets take a step back and think about the destination again.

Where are you going? Let’s take a few moments to really think about where you want your life to go.

A few very useful question I ask people are;

1. How would you feel if you won the lottery?
2. What would you do with the money?
3. How does it change your life?
4. After some years of spending and living the hi life – what do you do?
5. Can you imagine your future life in detail?
6. How does it feel?
7. How can you do that now?
8. How can you move forward towards your current life goals?

You see you really need to figure out where you want to be heading BEFORE you start running away in that general direction.

But now that you’ve got a slightly better idea, we can start planning!

It doesn’t have to be a very detail plan, just a sketch, an outline, I find it works best if you plan backwards.

Year 5 -

Year 4 -

Year 3 -

Year 2 -

Year 1 -

Now you can begin to run towards your future - even though this plan may change, at least you’ve now got a much clearer idea and vision of where you are going.

Good luck!

So it turns out that this little Urban Guru site this year got about 5000 unique hits a month! Which means about 1100 a week, which means approximately 150 a day!

And I know ‘unique visits’ doesn’t always mean 100% real people – but it does give me an indication of the level of real people visiting.

But it’s a lot more than I ever imagined at this stage.

And therefore I feel a slight responsibility to the 100 or so people reading this page every day, to write something a little inspiring, a little hopeful and on occasions something altogether amazing.

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

I’m not sure if I’ve told you but the ‘Urban Guru’ is simply a myth, it is a realm of enlightened tranquillity and transparent awareness that exists in a state of potential within each and every urban dweller. It just happens to be that the Urban Guru in me has become manifest that I use the honourable title.

But you, also have the ability to create a serene personal utopia, within your current life, to become your own Urban Guru, to travel within the city without moving, to swim in an ocean of pure cosmic intelligence, to realise the divine nature of your very being with every single moment, with every single breathe.

But there is a bloody war on; it is a spiritual war to free or keep captive, the Urban Guru within you. To allow yourself to become all that you are destined to be, or to remain in a state of dull, stressed, mediocrity.

This battle has been prophesised by many cultures and it has been given different names; Holy War, Jihad, Shamhhala, Amalek, Armageddon, but ultimately all the mystical traditions explain that the great battle is a personal spiritual war.

One of these noble traditions explains that in order to create your personal utopia, the campaign you must wage is for the annihilation of your own internal cynicism.

Internal cynicism is the only thing stopping you truly living the life of your dreams, of becoming extremely successful, of living in your own version of heaven on earth.

To annihilate cynicism, you must become a something of a Jedi Knight, Sámi-Warrior and Buddhist monk, finding peace and stillness within, trusting the unfolding of life, armed with a powerfully loving heart and protected by a potent psychic shield.

Learn to relax, give yourself permission to trust and believe in yourself completely. Give yourself the opportunity to be open to the unknown within you, to all that is good and innocent in you.

When you reach that place you will realise that; You are the Urban Guru!

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

Our little boy Jacob has only slept through the night on about 4 occasions in the past 6 months, and for whatever reason it is my responsibility most nights to settle him back to sleep with a little 3 am pat or the occasional hug.

As I’ve previously mentioned I can conclusively prove that long term sleep deprivation and disturbance really does affect ones mental abilities and spiritual agilities.

And if I’m being totally honest with myself and you, the Urban Guru has really not been on top form. I’ve been writing a monthly column for EN magazine as you’ll probably been aware of, but that’s been about it.

My energetic focus has been on my family and launching my ONE THINK SPACE training business, publishing my first downloadable book see here for more details, continuing to provided the best life coaching services in Manchester.

But I have realised that the Urban Guru site and persona have suffered as a result. More importantly I’ve realised that ‘the Urban Guru’ is probably the closest thing to who I really am, who I am when I fulfil all of my potentialities, deeply happy, inspired and loving of all existence.

So I’m going to be making a concerted effort to put my focus back where it belongs and invest in the future that I’m creating for myself and my universe with Urban Guru.

Not only for you, but as you’ve gathered also for me. Being and becoming the Urban Guru has been a life-long journey and it is a journey that has revealed itself to me in piecemeal, that’s not to say the being and becoming the Urban Guru is the end of the journey by any means, but that for the moment it is one of the best things I can do for my own sanity and for the world.

Over the past few weeks I’ve rediscovered an eternal truth, that I have been ‘theoretically’ aware of for many years and that is, “the best thing you can do for the world, is to be yourself completely”.

Often, because of the spiritual training and religious brainwashing that I’ve undergone in my many years in the various religious seminaries I attended.

I find it easy to put myself and my own needs to one side, while putting the needs of other before my own.

Now of course this is very commendable and indeed a really useful personal and spiritual tool that can be used on occasions, however being selfless is not a way to live every moment of your life.

The tradition I come from suggested that the truly enlightened individual metaphorically carries two different verses in their pocket, the first:

“The entire universe was created for me”

and the second:
“Be as dust of the earth before all”

And obviously either characteristic, whether feeling like a ego-centric megalomaniac or feeling like a worthless piece of dust are not psychological goals in and of themselves.

They are like wings of a bird, each one balances out the other, so that together you can truly fly.

At times you need to be humble and at times you need to be ego-centric and put yourself first, this balancing act is best mediated by the feeling and experience of love.

Love is not prejudice; it loves you as much as it loves the people in your life. Love will let you know when to be humble and when to be self-centred. Because if your feeling of love is being compromised you’ll know and that’s when you know to stop and say, No!

It is that sense of love that gives you the permission to love yourself, to look after yourself to care for yourself and to ask the universe for the things that you need and want to fully become the truly amazing person you are and were always meant to be.

Because if you don’t love and look after yourself and your own personal and spiritual development then, there will be no you to help others, no feeling of love to share or give to others.

So for the sake of the planet, for the sake of every human being, learn to love yourself and learn to be selfless. Learn to become the centre of your own universe and at the same time learn to be x-centric – to put yourself outside of the centre of your universe so that you can truly help and be there for another.

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Love is the only way to live your life successfully.

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!’

Rather than revealing ‘how to unblock the plughole in the kitchen sink of your life’, I’m gonna to teach you know how to fix the leak in the engine of your karmic Porsche.

As you drive on your spiritual superhighway towards even greater personal and financial prosperity, you may notice a slight drop in performance, you might reach a plateau where no matter how much you put your foot down you’re not reaping the rewards that you’ve been used to.

It turns out that you’ve got a leak, and that leak is you!

You want to get rich right? Or become even richer than you are already? But how do you get rich and become richer?

The ancient Urban Guru’s of antiquity expounded this proverb:

‘Who is rich? Those who are happy with what they already have’. 

This ancient wisdom is not as simplistic as it first sounds, rather than merely describing someone who is “rich” on the inside, it is a secret spiritual lesson about how the universe works and how you can get rich and become even richer, right now.

Think of it like this if you gave someone a present and they loved it looked after it and took care of it, you’d be sure to give them an even better present next time.

But if they didn’t look after what you gave them, then why the hell would you ever give them anything ever again?

Mother Nature wants her kids (that’s you) to be deeply happy. So if you’ve become blasé about the prosperity that you already have then why would she give you any more for you to be even more miserable with?

Be grateful, appreciate, look after and celebrate what Life has already given you, then you start to invite even greater wealth and success into your life.

If you are truly happy with what you already have then the Universe will give you even more, to be even happier with!

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

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

Spiritual Life Coaching in Manchester UK

It’s all about what’s fundamentally important in your life, you may be feeling a little less-than-inspired; the stresses of everyday life may have drowned out any real spiritual yearnings or desires.

But with Urban Guru’s Spiritual Life Coaching you’ll soon discover a wealth of inner-peace, tranquillity, contentment, meaning, motivation, fulfilment and joyful enthusiasm for life.

You are a unique spiritual being!

As you probably already know by now, having a great paying job, having a lovely home, a flash car and lots of holidays doesn’t always hit the mark. No matter how much you have, how much more money you get, it just doesn’t seem to fill the ever increasing inner void and numbness inside. You are searching for joy and contentment, for a deeper meaning and purpose in life.

You’ve been secretly looking for the Urban Guru’s spiritual life coaching service all your life and now you’ve found it!

You and Me on a journey together!

The coaching relationship is very special, it’s confidential, personal and inspired. We both work together, being honest, open-minded and feeling free to question everything. Ultimately this is your journey and I am merely a friendly guide.

I cannot take you anywhere you are unwilling or unable to discover yourself.

I belive that deep within you are all the spiritual treasures bequeathed to the Buddah and the like, I can show you the door, but only you can open it.

Each one of us is capable of tapping into a truly vast, inner reservoir of love and compassion, not only for ourselves, but for others and the world at large.

When we do touch that source, this depth within us, we are overwhelmed with a real love for living, that surges and flows out of the depth of our being and saturates every fibre of our existence.

Heaven and Hell exist primarily in this world, our lives are an opportunity to experience and re-experience the depths of divine love (heaven).

Our failure and our preoccupation with the multiple distractions, suffering and pain that we (primarily) inflict on ourselves is a living hell.

It is a hell of not knowing, a hell of the missed opportunity, of the lack awareness of the infinite unconditional love that brings the universe into being every fraction of the moment.

This life is your heaven and your hell, this life now, is your eternity.

Every moment a divine opportunity to unite and reconnect with the source of al life, with the endless light - to touch that inner reservoir of love and compassion deep within you.

I believe that the purpose of our lives is that each of us can explore, discover and fall in love with ourselves, our life and the world.

I believe that each one of us, each human being, has the capacity to feel a deep sense of love and happiness.

When you discover this love that resides deep within you, you begin to have compassion on yourself, compassion for others and love for life itself.

It is my hope that today is the day that you choose to touch this deep within you - that you choose to foster the love within you, that love becomes your primary concern, your number one priority. 

Urban Guru

The Urban Guru Spiritual Survival Course - This is it!

(This is what you’ve been looking for all your life, but you just didn’t know it.)

Are you at the top of your game but found that you are uninspired and still not truly happy?

Learn to get in touch with yourself and discover your true spiritual potential.

Get in touch and together we’ll rediscover your life path you purpose, your real goals and meaning, so that you’ll begin to live your life with passion and joy.

The Urban Guru Spiritual Survival life coaching course is split into three main sections:

Sessions 1-12 take place once a week

13 and 14 with two week gaps and

15 & 16 with one month gaps.

At the end of each month, you and I review what has been achieved and what areas need to be improved, both in terms of the tasks set and also the style and usefulness of the coaching itself.

Within the first section, sessions 1-4 are a chance for you and I to get to know each other and work on building a relationship of mutual trust and respect.

It is also an opportunity for the you to learn about the nature of coaching it’s format, it’s goals, the parameters of the coaching relationship, and what is realistically achievable within the given timeframe. Within this initial period you and I set small and achievable tasks and goals.

Sessions 5-8 are usually were the real progress begins to take place, a relationship of trust has been built and the internal barriers and preventing further growth begin to come down. Goals and tasks are now set by the myself, and the foundations of real personal change are being laid.

Sessions 9-12 continue the work done in the previous two months, the focus is now on integrating these changes into the clients life, and working together to make these a permanent and long lasting. The goals are again set by you in conjunction with my imput, so that you now learn to internalise the skill sets gained. You’ll learn to become your own Urban Guru, setting your own goals, celebrating and reviewing your own achievements.

Sessions 13 & 14, with a two-week gap between them now allows the you more time to regulate you own goals. These sessions intend to provide continued monitoring of your personal progress within your own life.

Session 15 & 16, have a month between each session, this helps you to review how you’ve done over a month, what you’ve accomplished and what areas they wish to work on yourself.

They are designed to ensure that the coaching course and skills learnt have been successfully integrated into both your personal and professional life.

The price for this fantastic six month spiritual life coaching personal development course discribed above is only £1,500 including the initial contact session.  

Note: The above is just a general outline and each individual may require different lengths of time to achieve their own personal goals.

Urban Guru

I believe that deep within you, the very essence of your being is a hub of pure pleasure.

Whatever we ‘do’ comes from the ultimate desire to re-experience and express this pure pleasure and happiness.

Therefore subconsciously, the ultimate objective and desired final goal or outcome is to experience ultimate pleasure.

It’s the process of ‘doing’ that eventually brings one to a state of ‘pure bliss’.

This means that while Eastern philosophies encourage you to Do nothing, I believe that you need to ‘Do’ things to help express your deep and inner happiness.

For example: you need to sleep, eat, have a house to live in, clothes on your back, have a family, make love, have friends, have children, have a job, have times to relax completely and ultimately live your life to the full!

In order for you to experience this deep happiness and pleasure, in the real world, you need to do something that will help facilitate its expression.

I believe that it’s your subconscious desire for you to experience this pleasure that pushes the idea of doing something, into your conscious mind in the shape of flash inspiration or an idea.

However, a flash of inspiration is just that, it is a seed that is planted in your fertile mind, however for that flash or seed of inspiration to become a reality, it needs to be nurtured and developed, it must be given space and time, the right amount of exposure and fuel.

Your ideas then need to be fleshed out into an abstract thought and worked out where they eventually become knowledge.

So now you not only have a spark of inspiration but you have thought about it, and realised that it is an idea worth entertaining, however, this abstract knowledge needs to be fully understood conceptually within your mind and if it is a good idea then real in depth understanding of the subject is born.

Once you have gained a deep and penetrating understanding of the issues your idea has raised, the next stage in its development and realisation into the world of the Real, is what you feel about it.

How do you feel about your great idea?

If you are going to make it happen then you’ve got to have a heart felt conviction about it.

Your knowledge has to manifest itself in your emotions, in a sense you have an unbounded passion about your idea, and you have to be in love with it you must feel that you want to tell the world.

However this enthusiasm has to be tempered with some self restraint, if it is going to become a reality and not just a whimsical fantasy or a lot of hot air.

You have to know the limitations of your idea, you have to contextualise it, you have to be self critical, and not in a self defeating way but rather, a realistic self appraisal.

Eventually you have to move on, you have to want and feel that you must do something about your thoughts, ideas and feelings.

It is not just good enough to think about an idea, or just to feel strongly about it, your feelings have to trigger a vision of the future success of your ideas and feelings.

As well as the emotional desire to make your dreams a reality you must also find within yourself the emotional strength and conv