Let it Begin from Within in 2010?
It's a cute
jingle but what does it really mean anyway? How can this be helpful to you in
your real life?
The intention of
this article is to provide you with something that
is both inspirational to feel and practical to do to begin from within in 2010.
We human beings
occupy a unique place in the world. We're
said to have both an animal nature and divine nature. Think about it, like
animals, we certainly have survival needs, desire to experience pleasure and
want to be powerful. Don't you? This
corresponds with the lower three chakras that we share with the animal kingdom.
Yet, we can and often do feel compassion for others who have no direct connection
to us, are at least occasionally creative and have the capacity for self refection.
This corresponds with the upper chakras,
or our higher nature. As far as we know,
there is no evidence that animals have developed this kind of higher nature,
yet (our own pets excluded, of course).
This is the year
to fully embrace your full nature. Embrace your wholeness! As a unique human
being you are designed to experience meaning, aliveness, pleasure and to put to
use your unique strengths to work in the in world in ways that add life to
your years and years to your life. If you don't regularly experience all three
domains of meaning, passionate aliveness and pleasure, you're not living your
fullest life. And, research in the field of positive psychology reveals that
the number one way to live a happy and fulfilling life is to find ways to
utilize your strengths in ways that are meaningful.
You can begin
from within in 2010 by taking these simple and practical steps:
- Discover your unique gifts and strengths. Then investigate unique ways to
develop and express them. You can take a brief signature strengths inventory for free by registering at AuthenticHappiness.com.
- Consider the activities that provide you with the most meaning in your life. Take a moment now to determine specifically what these activities are?
Write a few of them down. Then, inquire into the essence of what makes these
activities so meaningful. Once you've
discovered this, you can let yourself wonder about what other meaningful activities to
engage in this year.
- You can do the same process with the activities that cause you to feel passionate alive and those that you find most pleasurable. Get the idea?
No matter what your outer circumstances, you
can find meaning, aliveness, pleasure and learn to utilize your
strengths in creative ways that will provide you with the peace, passion, purpose, power and presence of radical wholeness.
If exploring
these ideas further in a group appeals to you, join us at the Essence Circle this Tuesday
the 5th at the Body Awareness
Studio on Roswell Road. For a fuller experience, including your own personal MAP for utilizing your strengths to bring more Meaning, Aliveness and Pleasure into your life in 2010, check the MAPSS to Radical Wholeness One Day Workshop
on the 16th at The Self Discovery Center.
