The pearl from the shelf:
“Each soul comes to the Earth with gifts…
Before it incarnates, each soul agrees to perform certain tasks upon the Earth. It enters into a sacred agreement with the Universe to accomplish specific goals…
Whatever the task that your soul has agreed to, whatever its contract with the Universe, all of the experiences of your life serve to awaken within your memory of that contract, and to prepare you to fulfill it…
When the deepest part of you becomes engaged in what you are doing, when your activities and actions become gratifying and purposeful, when what you do serves both yourself and others… you are doing what you were meant to be doing”.
The source of the pearl: “The seat of the Soul” by Gary Zukav
Consideration:
You will find several books and blogs that suggest that we should choose our ultimate goal, our mission, the reason why we are here, our passion, our purpose i life… But the way the above quote presents the effects of taking action on purpose is very appealing and inspiring.
Now, inspiration is not enough. We should take action.
If you are lucky enough, you are aware of your call and probably you are working on it. If for some reason you have not identified what is that task, then the following guidelines could help you to do so:
Practical guidelines:
- Revise in your past those ocassions when you have felt totally happy while helping others
- Identify those times when you got totally engaged in what you were doing
- Look for that time when you felt that you couldn’t fail at all, when you didn’t experience any kind of fear
- Verify if there is a recurrent theme in your dreams. Before going to bed leave a notebook and pen besides your bed, let your last thought be the question what is my mission and when you wake up, write down any idea or dream that you recall
- Use any type of meditation method and while meditating ask your subconscious about your purpose in life
- Write down what would you do in a daily basis if you had all the time and money in life
- Write down what you would do if you knew that you were not going to fail
- Write a daily journal and after some weeks of journaling, look for a clue within your journal
- For any of the above exercises where you need to record any ideas, use always handwriting. Do not use a computer, PDA or similar electronic device
- Follow the procedure that Steve Pavlina suggests in this post
There are several paths to arrive to identifying the task that your soul has agreed to. It is a personal journey. But once you have discovered your purpose, the discovery will resonate with your soul and there will not be a doubt about your true purpose.
All the best in your journey!
“Associate with people who are brighter than you are. Grapple with the problems of your time. And it was as clear to me as if a voice were telling me to do this: “This is the choosing up point, kiddo. from here on.”, James A. Michener.
Sam initiated a very interesting challenge that is addressed to help other blogs increase their Alexa rankings.
What I like the most about his proposal is that it is a call for action!
He is aware that the best way of helping himself is helping others…
The suggested strategy is very simple:
-Download you Alexa toolbar in order to track the progress
-Help others by commenting on your blog about other participants in the challenge
-Post twice a week.
I found his invitation very appealing and today I am joining the challenge.
Maybe this could be of interest for you as well… I invite you to visit his post and check what is about.
Update: I was informed on March 7, 2010 that this challenge was for Personal Financial Blogs, so I am out of that game.
Still those ideas are worthy and I will apply them in an individual way.
Thanks Sam for the inspiration!
Tags: Action
This is another post in the category of Diversion and it is meant to amuse you, give you a break and allow you to relax without requiring any mental effort or significant action…
Wouldn’t be interesting to find out how we or some celebrities would look with two left hemispheres or only two right hemispheres? The way of visualizing this is quite easy: Take half face of somebody and make a mirror image of that half…
Maybe we could not recognize those celebrities… Maybe we could not recognize ourselves… Let’s see the following examples.
Exhibit 1: Here are the two left halves of this guy…
Let me clarify that this is not a cartoon taken from one of the Shrek movies…
This is not Lord Farquaad with a new haircut…
Actually, he is a brilliant guy that has shown us how we might make money by following our passion…
If you want to see the whole picture just follow this link and you will see it in a new window…
Steve has already a blog and a book exclusively oriented for “Smart People”. I disagree with Steve on his focus on only “Smart People” and if you feel that you don’t fit that label, you are always welcome to this humble blog that accept people who do not necessarily behave smartly 24/7 … 
Exhibit 2: Here are the two halves of this distinguished lady:
If you have not been able to recognize her, maybe seeing the other two halves of her face could help…
I love how her personality looks so different in this second image…
If you want to see the whole picture of this charming princess, just follow this link and you will see it in a new window…
Exhibit 3: Here are the two halves of this guy.
No, this is not a thumbnail from Star Trek the next generation…
Seth is another successfull blogger and you can go to see his blog if you click here…
And his original picture is in this link…
Exhibit 4: Do not jump to the conclusion that people always look significantly different between an original picture and its two halves. These images show one lucky person who has a face extremely symmetrical…
(AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)
Modified from (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)
If you want to visit Oprah’s inspiring site, just click here.
How symetrical is your face?
Let your comments and if you want to include the two halves of your picture and the link to your website in your comment, feel free to do it… Have fun!
Tags: Humor
For discussion:
Consideration
It is quite obvious that the lady at the cartoon should be walking herself rather than her dog. We see it clearly.
We even might name some people who should read this… we might smile while thinking that they could learn something from the above cartoon…
What we don’t realize is that this cartoon is bringing a lesson specifically to us.
When the Universe shows some wisdom, some inspiring message, some new insight, it is always for a reason. It is because we are requiring this new knowledge and we need to apply it immediately.
This concept is not new. We can find it in the Bible at the expression “We see the straw in the eyes of others and we don’t see the beam in ours”
The renowned advice “Don’t point your finger at someone because three fingers will be pointing back to you” delivers the same message!
I could provide you several examples where you decide to ignore the feedback from the Universe and decide to judge somebody else… Maybe you conclude that some celebrity is guilty of some double standard, or that some company management is negligent, etc. But let’s not waste more time. I kindly invite you to take action.
Read-y for action:
Your action is requested. The essence of this blog is defined in the name: “read-y“… Once you have read it, you shall be ready: willing to act. Here are some tips to start to apply the concept discussed above:
1. At work you will find that sometimes somebody disregards all the effort that you have put in some task. In these cases you may feel discouraged, depressed and unfairly treated . Next time that this happens to you do not waste any energy focusing on the injustice of his/her behaviour. Instead do the following:
1.1. Ask yourself if there is something that you can do in order to prevent providing that person a reason to act in that way.
1.2. Try to identify when you were unfair with somebody. How can you prevent to act in that way in the future?
2. You started to read that interesting book, or maybe a blog and you read that inspiring message that makes you feel empowered. You are fully aware of the value of this new insight and enjoy this feeling. Do not stop there! Take a piece of paper and a pen and write down how this concept can be applied to your life in short, medium and long term. Define what action you can perform in order to take advantage of this. Start to act.
3. Are you aware that your significant other has some habit that is really annoying and s/he has not made any progress regardless of the feeedback that you have provided to her/him?
Analyze carefully which habits you have that are annoying others, or even worse, which habits are an obstacle to your success or happiness. Observe what you are “gaining” with that habit. Realize that habits can not be eliminated. Think creatively how you can develop a new habit that could provide you a similar “gain” without the negative effects of your initial habit.
For example, if smoking provide you some relax. Try to replace smoking with the practice of yoga or some sport that can provide equal or better relaxing effects without the negative effects of smoking.
4. Maybe you are inspired and you have decided to take action in some aspect that you would like to share… Don’t be shy, share with us what actions are you taking in order to apply this concept right away.
The source of the point for discussion: Cartoon at Read-y.com by Boris Gonzalez.
Tags: Choice, Power, Self-improvement
Probably, you have heard of “Google Wave” al-read-y…
If you haven’t heard about it, you can check this complete guide published by Mashable…
I have seven invitations available and I would love to share them with some bloggers who wanted to work in some project as a team using this interesting tool that is currently in “Limited Preview”
Of course, once you have access to “Google Wave” you can use the tool in anything that you want, but I think it would be interesting to use it in a project consistent with our values and interests…
If you are interested in an invitation, please leave a comment including:
1. A link to your blog.
2. The purpose of your blog.
3. If you would be interested on working in a collective project.
4. Why you would deserve the invitation… If more than seven people respond this post, I will have to choose based on this point….
I am posting this today February 23, 2010 and I will allow comments requesting to be considered for an invitation until March 15, 2010.
By March 16, I will have sent the corresponding invitations to access “Google Wave”
Tags: Google Wave
For discussion:
Consideration
Tiger Woods apologizing to the World is an example of the double moral standards that are managed by us.
If Tiger cheated on her wife, it is normal that he decided to apologize to his wife or even his family.
Not to the World!
My opinion about this is expressed in the post No Gossip!
What is your position?
The source of the point for discussion: Cartoon at Read-y.com by Boris Gonzalez.
If you are interested in sharing the above cartoon in your own blog or publication, it is allowed if you attribute the work to the author, Boris Gonzalez at http://read-y.com
Tags: Humor, Tiger Woods
Have you realized that people are tired of bloggers telling them how great and outstanding they could become?
I figured this out recently. Every time I blogged about how anyone could become great, people started to yawn…
They left this site and went to check blogs about new technologies in Techcrunch , social media news in Mashable or the newest gizmo in Gizmodo …
I wondered why people didn’t want to be great, and eventually I realized that trying to be an outstanding person can be an overwhelming task!
Nobody wants to be an outstanding person.
Even worse, nobody wants outstanding people in their lives; they only want them as heroes in history books, as characters in video games or as the stars in action movies!
So the purpose of this post is invite you to realize how great is to be just average…
Let’s see the first the benefits for being average as opposed to being outstanding and then we will see some strategies to keep “average”…
BENEFITS FOR BEING AVERAGE
Let’s consider a few important benefits for being an average person instead of an outstanding person.
1. Average people receive retirement pensions… Outstanding people don’t.
They are killed at young ages!
2. Average men say anything to keep the pretty girl… Outstanding people don’t. Let me give you an example that involves an outstanding British guy that you all have heard about:
Imagine a pretty girl dating this guy… he asks her to marry him;
She asks him what he has to offer…
And we can guess which would be his answer:
“I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat…”
Sir Winston Churchill’s offer wasn’t really very appealing!
3. Average people try to get an easy way to do things… Outstanding people look for the hardest way to do it…
Let’s see an example:
In 1962 John F. Kennedy delivered a speech informing that United States would go to the Moon, his words were:
“We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard…”
So he chose to do it because it was hard?
I hate to disagree with John F. Kennedy, but I prefer the easy way…
4. Outstanding people don’t win in real life. Do you want an example?
Outstanding people deliver memorable speeches that are quoted and repeated by everybody…
But they don’t win International speech Contests!
Their speeches become public domain and they or their inheritors cannot benefit from their wisdom!
5. Where average people are carefree, outstanding people get in trouble!
Do you need an example again?
When an average person has a dream, he buys a book about dream interpretation and nothing happens!
But when an outstanding person has a dream, he would say:
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today!”
Yes, when Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his memorable speech; he did not win an international speech contest…
In fact, he was killed!
Did I mention before that outstanding people don’t receive retirement pensions?
After checking the above benefits that you can obtain when you are an average person, we are ready to examine the strategies for remaining average…
STRATEGIES TO REMAIN AVERAGE
1. First strategy: Don’t read. Reading is dangerous… you could get inspired and then you could get in trouble!
I can illustrate this with another example, this time, from a brother of mine…
A few years ago, my brother read one book called “Do what you love, the money will follow”, by Marsha Sinetar.
He was so inspired by the book that he gave it to his wife…
And what was the result?
They had to apply for bankruptcy protection.…
Do you know why? Because the message of the book was “Do what you love”
But the only thing my sister in law loves is shopping!
2. Second strategy: Never leave your comfort zone.
Now, one of the most comfortable zones is a cozy couch in front of the TV:
So watch TV several hours a day until your spirit is completely dozed off.
But beware. Because, sometimes, even when watching TV you could feel an urge for doing something more fulfilling!
During these odd times, don’t move; just keep sitting still, at least until that uncomfortable feeling disappears!
3. And finally, talk the talk, but don’t walk the walk!
Preach about everything and do nothing!
Thinking about it, maybe it is a good idea that you start to write a blog…
In conclusion, being average is a great state of being. It will allow you to enjoy life carefreely, without fulfilling anything!
Keep up the easy work!
Tags: Humor, Originality
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