Akashic Transformations: An Excerpt from the Akashic Records Message of April 2015 by Jen Eramith

Akashic Transformations:
An Excerpt from the Akashic Records Message of April 2015 by Jen Eramith

 

Akashic Transformations:
An Excerpt from the Akashic Records Message of April 2015 by Jen Eramith


What energy and experiences can we expect in April 2015?

Are there particular activities that we can use to best harness this energy?

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What energy and experiences can we expect in April 2015?


The energy this month moves quickly.  The sense of the month follows the saying, "Time flies when you are having fun."  Most of you are likely to find yourselves distracted by things you enjoy.  You will be absorbed by activities that can be satisfying and joyful.  This month will seem to go by quickly.


It will be useful for you to plan ahead in order to get everything done throughout the month.  Before the moth begins and throughout the month, use weekly or daily planning sessions with yourself, your family or with your work team.  If you do not do this regularly, then occasionally sit down and make sure that you have planned for everything to get done along the way.  Otherwise, with everyone being distracted and enjoying themselves so much, you may find that some things slip through the cracks.


The planning is not to prevent danger, but instead to ensure you can relax and enjoy the playful energy of this month.  Everything will be fine but it is useful to keep an extra eye on things this month, even as you are laughing, making new friends and learning new things.  Allow yourself to enjoy the bright, expansive energy this month.


The energy and potential of the month feels like a flash of lightening or a firework.  It is glorious.  It has a happy, expanding, shiny, beautiful energy -- but it happens so quickly.  Therefore, it is important for you to say "yes", even when you do not have all your plans in order.  Try to be organized enough that you can afford to say “yes” to spontaneous invitations, even when some parts are still unsure.  Embrace the month with open arms, try to step into the fun available in any given moment, and go with the flow even as you keep your eye on the side to make sure that you are not dropping anything too important.

 

Are there particular activities that we can use to best harness this energy?


This month, one of the most beneficial things you can do is to smile easily.  Make eye contact with people and smile at them.  It is almost like a secret code among those of you who are using the energy this month.  If you stop and slow down enough to really look someone in the eye and smile, it is like you are sharing a secret handshake.  You will find that some people do not notice, and that will be fine.  You will then notice surprisingly new people will smile back at you.  They will also look into your eyes and smile.


This month you will find new friends and allies everywhere you turn.  You will realize there are certain people in your life that are ready to play with you, ready to work with you, and ready to do things that are important together.  They may be people you would not have guessed.  It is like you are sharing the secret handshake to find out how who else is in the club.  By making eye contact and smiling at people, you are opening the door with an invitation to the fun energy of the month and into whatever exciting plans and activities you have begun in your own life. 


Is there anything we need to avoid this month?.....

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How to Take a Day Off by David Cain | Raptitude

How to Take a Day Off by David Cain | Raptitude


I don’t think my father took days off. He must have, but I don’t think I ever witnessed it. I cannot picture him getting up and doing anything besides some kind of work.


When I would drag myself to the couch at 8am on a Saturday to watch cartoons, he was apparently in the middle of his day, already having built or fixed something.


He would permit himself to read books or watch TV later in the day. But I think the idea of taking a proper day off — where he didn’t build, organize, or otherwise try to advance his lot in life at all — was kind of foreign to him.


I don’t have half the work ethic he did, but recently I noticed I do the same thing: I see my weekends, my days “off,” as additional space for getting a bit more done, even if it’s only the kinds of work I enjoy.


A few weeks ago I found myself taking a true Day Off, in which I deliberately spent the day doing things that have absolutely nothing to do with improving, or even maintaining, my position in life. I had decided spontaneously the evening before: no work, no goals, no attempt to gain anything.


I ended up spending a lot of time outside, and visiting with four separate groups of loved ones, never rushing between them and never thinking much, at any point, about the rest of the day. I spent the morning with my girlfriend, lunch with a friend, the afternoon out walking with my mother, dinner with my sister’s family, and the evening with a book.


I went to bed feeling intensely grateful that my lot in life was such that I could have a day like that, and I slept very well.


If that wasn’t a perfect day then there are none. The biggest difference between that day and a normal weekend day, I realize now, was that I paid little attention to the advance of time. I suspended all aspirations to shaping the future. The only goal was to enjoy the setting and characters of every moment I found myself in, which is refreshingly easy when you’re not trying to get anywhere else.


The next day I went back to work, but I didn’t feel my usual resistance to it, and I got a lot done. The unhurried quality of my Proper Day Off seemed to carry into the following workday. It gave me a distinct feeling of being fine where I was, of not needing to be past what I was currently working on.


The Lost Art of the Day Off


It now seems absurd to let a week go by without a Proper Day Off, and I have quickly become an ambassador for the mostly-lost idea of protecting an entire day from one’s own toil. A lot of us never actually do, whether or not we realize it. We habitually give ourselves jobs on the weekend, and if we accidentally get nothing done, we feel guilty.


Stepping deliberately out of “getting ahead” mode reminds you that you already are “ahead” in all sorts of ways. What’s the point of getting ahead if we never have the experience of being ahead?


Before going on we should clarify what a Proper Day Off actually is. A day off what exactly?


It’s a day off of all the things we do for money, acclaim, position, or out of social obligation; off of treating time like a commodity to be invested or traded for future benefits.


A Proper Day Off isn’t an invitation for laziness, or the shirking of responsibilities. In fact, a Proper Day Off is a day for exploring a certain other class of responsibilities: being a relaxed and present friend, parent, son or daughter, or stranger.


It’s also a time for being a grateful member of civilization. A Proper Day Off is particularly suited to experiencing the highlights of human development: enjoying art, music and public spaces, particularly if we spend the other six days mostly butting heads with the worst parts: inhuman corporations, corrupt governments, vapid celebrity culture, and a news media that delivers only bad news.


6 Principles of a Proper Day Off


A few general rules, to keep your Day Off uncompromised:


1) No work, no “getting ahead”


If getting ahead has any use, it’s so that you can be ahead. A Proper Day Off is reserved for this experience of being ahead — appreciating the fruits of your labor (and that of others) — rather than for laboring even more.


Essentially this means, “Today, do things for now, not for later.” That means no errands, no utilitarian purchases, and definitely no major purchases. In fact, what are you doing in Home Depot at all? Go to the park. And although recreational shopping is a favorite pastime for many people, it is completely inappropriate on a Proper Day Off. Consumer shopping has too many emotional ties to the working world. Refraining from “getting ahead” doesn’t mean a Day Off is best spent getting needlessly behind, by liquidating your hours of labor (and therefore your precious time on this earth) for a low-brow shopper’s high.


Visiting an antique shop, or a farmers market, or a garage sale, is quite suitable for a Day Off — visiting a department store, or (God forbid) a Wal-Mart, is not.


2) Don’t spend the day at home


Although a case can be made for spending the odd day in your pyjamas watching old movies, it makes for a poor Proper Day Off — it’s too predictable and familiar, and most of us are going to feel regret creep into a day like that by late afternoon.


Generally most of a Proper Day Off will happen outside your home. It would be a shame not to spend a least a bit of it in a park, any time of year, even if you’re just passing through it to meet someone.


Try not to spend much of it in your car either. Make use of your feet, or your bike if possible. Cars fill us with the sensation of needing to be somewhere else.


3) Involve loved ones


Either take a companion with you on your Proper Day Off, or plan a visit or two. Maybe you had no takers for your museum visit in the morning, but you could certainly find someone to meet you for lunch or coffee at some point.


A well-tempered companion is best, though, even just for part of the day — a partner, a friend, or an offspring. Other people keep us from creeping away to “later” in our minds, and help us appreciate what we might not have noticed alone.


After all, quality time with loved ones is just about the best way a person can spend their time in this life. It’s what we miss when we’re away, what we would dream about in prison, and what we will still find important once we near our deathbeds.


4) Plan loosely, but don’t make an itinerary


It’s only practical to have a mental list of places you might go. Freedom requires decisiveness. Know beforehand what area of town to head to, where to stop first, whether to go to the flea market or the waterfront.


It is also helpful to figure out which friends and loved ones you’ll be meeting. Planning lunch ahead is perfectly reasonable, or you could just meet up and wander until you find a good spot. Maybe you want to pack a picnic.


One other general rule: Do more than one thing. An entire day spent at the convention center will hardly give you the freewheeling spirit of a Proper Day Off. Get an earlyish start, so that the day has room for variety, but don’t look at the clock much.


Gravitate towards free or inexpensive activities. Money, for most of us, is closely related to time and work, two spheres of concern we want to leave alone for the day.


5) Minimize electronic device usage


…or at least only use them only for getting around (i.e. maps) or co-ordinating meetings with your friends. We get more than enough screen time the rest of the week.


Being constantly connected to news and email gives us an unhealthy hyper-awareness of time, which is exactly what we’re taking a break from on a Proper Day Off. We often use the clock evaluate “how we’re doing” on a given day. On a Proper Day Off, only check the clock when necessary for utilitarian purposes. And remember: whatever time it is, it’s okay.


Don’t be too much of a luddite though. You don’t need to make it into anti-technology day. But if passive electronic entertainment (i.e. Movies or TV) is going to be a part of it, make it the last thing you do, and if you can, do it with someone else.


6) Enjoy the fruits of civilization


We become so cynical about the ills of civilization that we take its virtues for granted. For all our complaints, the truth is we live surrounded by wonderful amenities and cultural institutions, many of which exist solely for human enjoyment and well-being. A Proper Day Off is a perfect time to make use of your community’s parks, museums, galleries, markets, public spaces, performance venues and heritage buildings.


Consult a local events calendar to see what’s happening. If you live in a city of any size, you might be surprised at how much is going on every day — free music, art exhibitions, book and poetry readings, gatherings, meetups, contests and tastings.


We work so that we can improve the settings in which we live our lives, both the public and private kind. So let’s not forget to enjoy these settings while we have them, and put the working part aside entirely while we do.


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Inspire Possibility Letters on Life #133 ~ April 2014 The Challenge of the Times by Mark Susnow

Inspire Possibility

Letters on Life #133 ~ April 2014
The Challenge of the Times
by Mark Susnow
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The world is changing faster than it has ever before. It's challenging to keep up with the latest. Our greater dependency on technology fuels this trend. We know what the advantages to technology are. We have more opportunities and greater conveniences than we have ever had before. The advances in health care are enormous and the promise of the future is encouraging but the challenges are increasing.

The first challenge is how to wed our greater dependency on technology with our sense of self. Technology gives us the opportunity to connect with almost anyone anywhere, which leads to the concern that if we are not in instant communication we might miss out on something.-that text or call that pertains to a different reality than the one we are engaged with at the present moment.

As soon as we see or hear a signal that we have an incoming message, we interrupt what we are doing to notice the nature of that incoming message. Very rarely is it something important that has to be handled in the moment.

We pay a price for these distractions. In the process we lose our ability to really get into something and know it well. Rather than being in the moment with what we are doing, we are already thinking about something else. Is that something else more important than what we are doing now or the conversation we are having with someone else. Our minds are constantly at work trying to figure that out. We don't know how to still the mind. We don't know how commit to just being.

What has been lost is the ability to connect with others and to work together. The flow of our conversation and ideas has been interrupted so that we aren't able to go deeper. The irony is that none of us like to be interrupted but that is exactly what happens. What makes it worse, is that we are being interrupted essentially by a computer. The energy changes and the connection has been lost. Sure we have more information at our fingertips, but we've replaced intimacy with information.

All of this leads to a greater sense of isolation. Even when we want to connect face-to-face we're not exactly sure how to go about doing it. Communication is an art form and, like other art forms, needs to be practiced. We get better the more we do it. There is nothing better than connecting with another. In fact when we become master communicators it's magical.

Perhaps the biggest challenge is how to make peace with an uncertain future. That uncertainty is there in almost all facets of our lives-our safety, our finances, our health, and our sense of wellbeing. The rapid technological changes contribute to this uncertainty.

Our challenge is to develop a trust that if we live totally in the present that the uncertainty we have about the future will unfold the way it should. Our part is to be 100% committed to whatever we are engaged in. It doesn't mean to be in denial of some of the problems that we experience individually and collectively. But when we approach these concerns with 100% focus and effort, then we begin to discover solutions to problems that previously were thought to be insoluble.

Here's a suggestion. For one precious moment, learn to trust it's all going to work out. For that one moment just be. Then try it for ten minutes. Just be and give your concerns a holiday. They don't need you all of the time. That holiday includes taking a vacation from your smart phone-plan your digital detox now.

Living in the moment and being present is an art form that can be cultivated. The ones that have mastered it have a presence about them. They are connected to the source of their personal power and all that is and has always been.

There are more and more articles in the main stream about the practical and spiritual benefits of having a mindfulness practice. Meditation in the morning is an essential practice to cultivate in this rapidly changing world.

You know I love hearing from you. Feel free to share this article with those in your circle.

"To dream - again. To dare - again.

To feel enjoyment and happiness - again,
or for the first time.

To realize - Ah, this is living ---

This is the stand I take!"

Journey on
Mark

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Mark Susnow has had a unique and varied career involving multiple transitions. A former trial attorney for 30 years, Mark has been covered by The New York Times, Rolling Stone Magazine, The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. In 2000 inspired by the new millennium, Mark sought a new career and trained to become a life coach. Since then Mark has worked with over 1000 people helping them find joy and meaning in their life regardless of their circumstances. He is a contributing author along with Zig Ziglar, Brian Tracy and Denis Waitley in the book 101 Great Ways to Improve your Life. Mark's new book, Dancing on the River: Navigating Life's Changes is now available. In addition to his work in the business world, Mark is an accomplished musician who has played saxophone, clarinet and flute in clubs throughout the Bay Area and Hawaii. To find out more about Mark and his services, be sure to visit his website: www.inspirepossibility.com
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