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| Your Gazette arrived amidst the chaos of moving day. I carefully saved it until later that evening when I dropped down into the depths of your writing. What a gift! Like a favorite book, I needed to lay it aside for awhile and allow all the richness to fill me. Thank you for such deep inspiration-which couldn't have come at a better time. |
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The Woodlands, TX
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Karen's Quintessential Principle of Greatness
for May/June 2005
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How these times are changing!
On the surface, our culture appears to be incoherent and in deep
distress. We appear aimless, unable to satisfy our deep hungering. No
doubt, this is a time when we feel incredibly stuck, caught in the
downward pull of quicksand. We don't see an immediate solution; nothing
we've done in the past has worked for long: "MBO", Re-engineering,
Quality Circles, etc.
Many of us are so stunned by the rapidity of backward momentum that we have become silent.
The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin'.
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'.
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Bob Dylan
The Times They Are A-Changin' |
Don't let that fool you. We are in deep reflection. We have entered a
time of epoch renewal... of epic proportion. We have entered the Canyon of the SoulSM.
We find ourselves at the edge of the abyss. But I promise you this is a
good thing. It is here in the in-between time that we mine for our
greatness and return to the outer world awakened and transformed. We
re-enter "real time" ready to join the vanguard leading all of us into
a better future.
The timing is perfect.
If the current crazy-making chaos and upheaval isn't enough to shake us into a new paradigm, then the recent March 2005 CNN
report should be enough to wake us out of our myopic view of the
universe and our place in it. The rapid moving text messaging read:
"Scientists have received radio signals they believe are coming from
aliens, emanating from deep in space between Pisces and Aries
constellations." This awe inspiring news bit reminds me of Marilyn
Ferguson's Aquarian Conspiracy. No doubt now, we must accept that we are truly living on "Spaceship Earth"!
Read complete article: How these times are changing!
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Have you recently quested into the Canyon of the SoulSM, or are you just hiking the walls out... or have you left the descent far behind to blaze new trails miles ahead?
Do you incorporate the "renewal process" into the strategic planning for your business?
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| "Making every moment count."
"Life is short."
"It's got to matter or why bother?"
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These increasingly uttered sentiments speak to a crisis of meaning for
all of us. A pervasive craving for transcendence or wholeness is
spreading like a viral epidemic. As early as 1990, Christina and
Stanislav Grof, MD, forecasted what many of us would be experiencing: a
"spiritual bankruptcy" or "soul sickness", precursors to the dark night
of the soul that ushers in the dawn of healing and transformation.
What a gift for each of us who are paying attention!
We're taking the time to re-define what's really important to us.
Taking stock at every level. Everyone wants more meaning in their life
and work. Don't you?
We all want our lives to matter. We want relationships that count. We
all seek work that adds value and makes money too. My mantra is "doing
well doing good!"
Joe, age 47, came to me because he wanted more intensity and vitality in life. "I've
made it to the top. I have more money than I'll ever need. But I feel
like I am wasting my life doing work I could do blindfolded or give to
someone else to do... I have a great wife and all the toys... now I
want to live a life of value... creativity... give back."
Just going to work everyday to pay the bills or save for retirement
isn't the answer for most of us anymore. So many of us have strived
throughout our youth, driven by extrinsic rewards. We relied on
acquisition to make us feel good. However, at midlife many of us find
the "Wizard" of big bucks and corner offices is no big deal. And
there's no yellow brick road to the land of peace and abundance.
Suddenly almost everything we've been about no longer holds meaning for
us.
We fall into the Canyon of the SoulSM.
Sometimes it seems there is no getting out. However, the descent is a
self-renewal process which brings deepening and leaps of consciousness,
opening us to profound connections with nature and attunement to the
creative energies of the universe. This leads ultimately to a "fuller
expression of one's deeper potential."
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Go with the Force |
- You just completed your business plan and are looking
for investors. You distribute copies of your plan to a top-notch
network of venture capitalists. Now that you have finished this phase
of development, you:
- display symptoms of "hurry-sickness." Anxious and impatient, you call contacts
right away.
- trust that you have done all you need to for now and switch your focus to another
aspect of building your business.
- can't stop obsessing about your business plan as you worry over the details.
- take some time off to go to the museum, take a walk or get a massage. You
know that it is now essential you be fully replenished for the next phase of the project.
- You are living in a state of extended
mediocrity. Your job pays really well but offers little satisfaction.
You are in a lukewarm relationship that's going nowhere. You decide:
- to join a monastery.
- let go of the safety net, grab the trapeze and jump into flight. You apply for new jobs trusting the process.
- that you have to "settle" for what you have. After all, it is better than nothing.
- to aim for an "early retirement" and marry your lover. Things might improve with a commitment.
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From Susan Felix, Berkeley, California:
I have read your terrific newsletter and
reviewed your site. And although I like a lot of the material in both,
you never really say what greatness is. What is your definition of
greatness?
Dear Susan, Whether you
are a school teacher, a mad scientist or a driven CEO, we all are made
from the same stuff. After all, we only use a mere 5% of our available
brain power. If we only doubled what we use, we would be making quantum
leaps for humanity. It is the same with our innate greatness. We all
have enormously untapped reservoirs of greatness, just waiting to be
released. No matter what life cycle or stage of life we are in, be it a
stay-at-home Mom or a soon-to-be retiree, we can bring our unique brand
of greatness to whatever we do and to all we engage. It is our
divine-given gift, thus our responsibility as conscious human beings to
share it with others so that they too may ignite it within themselves.
In broadest terms, greatness is a vague concept that is almost
completely dependent on a person's perspective and biases. Without a
clear personal definition, we can be assured to never reach our own
greatness, much less catalyze someone else's.
I know that when I'm in my greatness I "ring true". Like a tuning fork,
I vibrate with my own unique tonality. In those moments I am on
purpose, in total alignment with my bio-rhythms, in touch with all that
is and able to access my deepest knowing. It may present itself as I
magnetize a team of senior executives to perform beyond all
expectations, or when I touch someone so deeply when they most need to
be inspired to bold action and to live their truth in the face of
unnerving odds.
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