Uncover your motive

Two men visit a Zen master, looking for advice.

The first man says: “I’m thinking of moving to this town. What’s it like?”

The Zen master asks: “How was your old town?”

“It was terrible. Everyone was mean. I hated it.”

To that, the Zen master replies: “This town is much the same. Don’t move here.”

After the first man leaves, the second man enters and says: “I’m thinking of moving to this town. How is it?”

Again, the Zen master asks: “What was your old town like?”

“It was wonderful. Everyone was friendly. Just looking for a change.”

The master replies: “This town is very much the same. I think you will like it here.”

There is always more than one reason why we do things. The mind tells us one reason, the rest of the body offers other insight often overlooked. What we seek is what we find. Why we do what we do matters as much, if not more, as the experience itself. The rhythm of our breath offers clues to our underlying motivation for action. Focusing on the breath and engaging in breathing exercises can reveal what we run from or tward or whether we are truly present.

Ultimately, what we find is determined by how we chose to seek and what we are ready to make conscious. All behaviours and life choices are pointers to what is going on inside ourselves.  We are the creator.  Every moment our thoughts and feelings are creating every moment and direction of our lives. Uncovering our motive for a geographic move or other life change is something we only reveal to ourselves when ready. Ponder the role of mindfulness and mindlessness...

5 Tips to Manifest the right career

Every thought is manifesting on some level.  There is only one reality and that's thought reality.  If you know the dynamics of creating the thought, you can manifest the thought. Simply learn how to get out of your own way. Reflect on 5 tips to manifest the right career:

1. Know the Rational Mind and Soul are at odds.

If you desire a certain work role or situation to change, be aware the rational mind doubts and disallows the Soul to operate.  The Soul is that part of you that knows how you feel, acts in integrity with your values and functions outside of time constraints.  It guides you to the right career when you pay attention to signs and synchronicities. Soul does not care about logic or cause and effect. It does not compare to the past or guide you to what others recommend. You only know the Soul manifests the right career when you validate it for yourself.  You have to get to know Soul to listen.

2. Accept dreaming offers clues to the right career

As you get beyond what the fear-driven mind is telling you to do, it hits that the astral plane is in your Soul. You dream in and explore the astral plane at night.  All opportunities, ideas, jobs and career paths are here. Its where Alexander Graham Bell dreamed of the telephone, awoke to draw it and the rest is widely known. During daytime, everything also presents but the ego imagines time constraints and other obstacles. This blocks seeing or postpones certain experiences entering your experience. Recall how relaxed you feel in the dreamstate.  Fearlessness is required to allow thoughts (i.e. vision, job, inspiration) to manifest. Let go of doubt and clarify what you love.

3.  Recognize time controls you (only as long as you allow it)

All mainstream education and training is about developing the mind (perpetuating time-related existence).  We benefit from that which is beyond the mind in order to grow more aware of how we think and feel and harness forgotten thought power.  

4. Explore your beliefs

This is required to better understand why you choose the jobs you do.  Then, you can feel better where you are or, master thought manifestation and create something better suited to what the Soul needs to grow.

5. Imagine your ideal scenario

Describe it in as much detail as possible. Visualize, feel the visceral and palpable sides to the this.  This adds a whole new dimension to livlihood, soul purpose in action.

Wealth is not what you think

Every moment, you are invited to be mindful of the way you view yourself. Notice how the mind invites you to define and accumulate wealth.  Be wary.  Material wealth and physical attributes do not bring lasting pleasure.  The quality of the relationship you have with yourself is key to accessing the flow of wealth as joy. 

So, the nature of joy you experience and how secure you feel in the process is a measure of success.  Being heart-centred enables you to feel your way into states of abundance. Being mindful of this practice invites other kinds of abundance into your life.   Begin with an abundance mindset.  Be open to feeling fulfilled. Here is a guide to allow more abundance into your life.  Notice your inclinations and freedom to shift focus:

1) Respond rather than react

(Allows you to assume role of objective observer.  This aligns you with personal power, expands your awareness.  You choose to see from a higher vantage point, get in touch with Higher Self and develop your capacity for compassion.)

2) Interact using kindness & honesty rather than attack, defend or criticize

(Whenever thoughts focus on criticism, you put yourself through unnecessary stress and anxiety which stem from the control of negative ego. Be aware of where thoughts are heading.  This helps you see expectations as they arise and what silently drives your choices.)

3)  Accept innate worth, goodness & beauty rather than deny or overcompensate

(To connect with your authentic self is to be in touch with feelings, and to focus the quality of your conscious thoughts on love, joy individuality and freedom)

4) Recognize your unique being rather than compare yourself to others

(This is an invitation to be aware of the dominant voice that guides you at any given moment.  Notice if this is the judgmental oppressor or the part of you who already sees the best results.) 

5) Focus on who you are becoming rather than the past

(If you feel plagued by self-doubt, this leads you astray, distracts you from true reality and what is possible.  Remain sensitive to your feelings and know when you diverge or go off track.  Hold a clear vision of your optimum future self.  As this is reinforced, your subconscious moves from your existing self-image to align with this and manifest a new reality.)

6) Be generous with Self rather than stingey or scarcity- minded

(Unless you are compassionate and generous with yourself, and willing to take positive action to support your best interests [and those of others], your life will remain unchanged. To experience an abundant life, simply open your heart and let love in.)

7) Be open & receptive rather than bossy, manipulative or controlling

(Notice breakthroughs you make as you see yourself from a more expanded point of view.  The challenge is honouring your feelings and allowing yourself to trust them.  Monitor the intensity of your will. Be flexible rather than resistant.  Notice how smoothly life flows as you allow it.)

8) Be conscious of how you think and feel rather than unconscious

(Sensing your deepest feelings is a gauge for how you are progressing through life.  Your soul always calls you to adventure.  Intuition allows you to know instinctively and directly.  This gives you access to deeper wisdom through inner senses,  a more expansive view of what is available to you.)

9) Be responsible & open to all possibilities rather than blame & deny

(Turn your back on your inner critic.  Give up arrogance. What parts of Self do you pledge to accept?Declare a clear positive intention to attract what you desire.)

10) Focus on humility rather than judge and be righteous

Whenever you are about to make a life choice, ask yourself this - where am I coming from?  Does the ego- mind drive or the heart centre inspire my action? The heart is key to your authentic being and opens the door to something far deeper.