Showing posts with label awareness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label awareness. Show all posts

March 09, 2009

Online presence and awareness

Going for an online presence with a steady track record is a bit of a challenge. Personality and entertainment-values aside: When does one reach a new awareness, a new Eureka? Discoveries, innovations and inventions that one did not have before and are now emerging.
Can I really use my Blog as a personal inspiration Journal, subjectively reflecting on external and internal input? Or could it be compared to the Captain's log (without the personal log) like Jean Luc Picard in Startrek?

Awareness as a whole is a pretty big issue and I have collected and read many books and articles about this subject. Recently I noticed the great overlap of David R. Hawkins' work regarding the calibrated consciousness scale (the map of consciousness) using applied kinesiology with the inspiring channelled work of Esther & Jerry Hicks (also featured in the movie 'The Secret' about the Law of Attraction).
Hawkins calles it calibration levels and Esther Hicks called it frequencies or vibrational interpretation (this jargon or terminology is also used in therapeutics and NLP). Eckhart Tolle, author of 'A New Earth', featured on Oprah's website probably calls it identification with a certain form and at the lower levels (Hawkins Scale: above 200=Truth / below 200= Falshood) identification with the (collective) painbody. Caroline Myss, medical intuitive & author of 'anatomy of the spirit' also identifies the collective tribal energy circuit (First Chakra in eastern terminology). Myss greatest methaphor is the analogy of your bodies energy system with a bank-account and identify where your energy flows. Stop the leaks or you become energetically bankrupt which causes illness in your body. My association when watching Caroline Myss explaining this Energetic Bankaccount concept was with Robert Kiyosaki, author of the book 'Rich Dad, Poor Dad' in which he explaines the flow of money of the poor, the middle class and rich people [video] identifying assets (puts money in my pocket, will feed me) and liabilities (takes money out of my pocket, will eat me). The comparison of the importance of educating Financial Literacy and educating personal Energetic Literacy is rather interesting.

Back to awareness: When I meditate using only the Silva Method I am tuned in the Akasha field somewhat (Zero Point Field for scientists but what's in a name), but when I also use the Heartmath (HeartCoherence) techniques I unlock and release creativity and new potential.
Burt Goldman, an 81 year old (retired) Silva instructor also known as the American Monk created a course named Quantum Jumping where you go to parallel dimensions when meditating using the Silva Method. In Silva you just go to your Lab and you meet your 2 advisors, but what if you just create a board of advisors, a mindteam if you will, and check the outcome in a parallel dimension immediately after your consult or brainstorm. Even if you only imagine it or visualize it: This is very powerful stuff and I haven't even mentioned ESP or remote viewing.

I am aware that everyone chooses his or her own path in life, but although a skeptical approach is custom when dealing with these claims, one cannot ignore the impact experiences like these ideas have, even if it is just imagination and overwhelming evidence is pure luck according to witnesses. I'd like to end this personal awareness piece positive: Suspend (your thinking) & Hang in There, (free interpretation of Peter Senge's Presence) and close with the wonderful affirmation:
"Everyday in every way, it is getting better and better!"

August 13, 2008

Meaning of Life - Existential Questions

Life is not making a living, but designing your life

Every problem is a challenge and an opportunity to learn. Do you accept it or leave it?

The meaning of life is a philosophical subject and can be interpreted in many ways. If you ask many people the answers can be classified on a META-level. Look at the existential questions section for the elements and some questions to explore your meaning in life. Using metaphors from nature can be powerful and inspirational for creating a mission or identity.

Having a personal Mission helps setting the course of your life. To help formulate a personal mission statement based on values, qualities and talents visit the Missionbuilder (from Franklin Covey).

Another way to positively investigate possibilities within an organization is by the method's and interviewing techniques of Appreciative Inquiry.

Manifestation Formula
The Manifestation formula is build up as follows:
Purpose +
Thought +
Vision +
Affirmation +
Feeling +
Writing in Time and Space +
Action with Energy on Matter +
Gratitude +
Perseverance =
Manifestation

[Twelve secrets for manifesting your vision, inspiration & purpose: how to make your dreams come true, 1999, by Dr. D. Richard Bellamy]

Meaningful Life
The meaning of life and meaning can be broken down to the following elements:
  1. Relationships; involvement with family, partner or friends.
  2. Work; commitment with a job, school or primary occupation.
  3. Personal well-being; an individualistic orientation with emphasis on experiencing meaning by enjoyment of life, having fun, and maintaining physical and mental health.
  4. Self-realization; an orientation on- and reaching of tangible or non-tangible goals and psychological skills.
  5. Helpfulness; an altruistic orientation on helping people in general.
  6. Faith; dedication and practice of religious-spiritual or social-political beliefs.
  7. Materialism; meaning coming from aiming at materialistic goals and satisfactions.
  8. Future / Hope; focus and expectation.

In essence these above elements should be in balance. Very strong emotions related to one or more of these elements or focused dedication to only one aspect may suggest an imbalance.

Questions to find your meaning in life
  1. RELATIONSHIPS
    I belong to ....., When I'm with ... I...., People who are most important to me are.... because... ,I like ... (name person / people) most because ...., people like me because...., I classify myself as ....
  2. WORK
    My occupation is.... because..., What I do is.... because ..., What I like about it is..., what I dislike about it is..., What is the importance of these activities?... Things I do well are...., In my work I add value to people's lives by...., My colleagues value me most for....
  3. PERSONAL WELL-BEING
    I love to ...., I'm extremely happy when I...., The nicest thing what could happen to me is.... because...., things I enjoy doing are ...., I feel healthy when I ..., things that take much of my energy are... and I prefer.....
  4. SELF REALIZATION
    I want to ....because....., My goal in life is...., I know I can ..... , the things I want to be remembered for are...., I'm proud of myself when I ..... because...., things I am good at are...., I feel best when I......
  5. HELPFULNESS
    I help .....with.... because....., I gladly give advice to...., people I'd love to help most are ...., When I help I feel...., helping others makes me....., I want to be helped with....because....
  6. FAITH
    I believe in...., the best society or system is....because...., when I die ...., I have to...because...., I know my belief is valid because...., I trust....because... ,Things that are most important to me are...
  7. MATERIALISM
    I want to have....because...., if I won the jackpot of the lottery I would...., My most valuable possession is...., My life becomes better if I have ....., the first next big thing to buy is...., If I lost everything I would.... The possession which represents me most is....
  8. FUTURE / HOPE
    Someday I hope to...., At the end of my life (when I look back) I ...., The future holds...., I wish...., I dream about..., My vision is...., In time I will....., If I could change the future I would....because...., If I could change the past.....
Life's Morality....

In ethics there a three kinds of moral:

  1. Intention of doing (what is the purpose or goal / why?)
  2. Procedure of doing (how or what is the best way of doing it?)
  3. Effect (what are the results of an action?)

Giving meaning to one's life and reflect upon existence on earth means this individual has awareness of the ability to change perspective.

This Meta-awareness with the necessity to constantly classify and put things in new perspective is essential for learning and growth. This thought-process was initiated by use of the senses. This primary philosophy also creates borders between self, matter, others and world. Being in it's most enlightened state all this may be experienced as being one.