Like any good mother, her desire was to have her child grow bright and bold, and to be full of good humor and wit, and to be generous and courageous and kind.
For, being such, how could anyone not have the most beautiful story?
After all, what is the code and concept of life, of living, of humanity, if it is not to find one's calling and to have that calling be greater than one's self; if it is not to pursue that calling and complete it with joyous self-respect?
0 Don't think poor. 0 Rich is not a number. 0 Much of what we see is our own expectation. 0 Much of what we believe is invisible to us, embedded, reflected in our actions. 0 All actions have impacts. 0 Take possesion of yourself: understand who you are. 0 Be kind. 0Life thrives through a miraculous system of seasons, all of which are inescapably collaborative. Isn't that amazing?
We (humans) can do amazing things too and often do. Here I Am. Super pumped.
Breathe.
Our exploration continues: looking, listening, learning; discovering; uncovering; recovering; looking at each other; listening to each other; learning from each other. Awakened.
When we know better we are in an informed state to do better, for we have agency; the choice becomes ours.
But how do we commonly fare in that new light? Do we generally default to choosing better? Are we held in place by habit? Are we kept unchanged by comforts, customs, and-or the company we keep? Do we grow in harmony with the new light, realizing and redefining our environment and experience, re-educating ourselves accordingly, or are we stuck, maimed in a toxic sludge? It is a good time to take stock.
Which holds sway during this season of your life or held sway at your most recent awakening?
What is it you have in your hand: is it a paperclip or a mansion; is it a pebble or the Hope Diamond, is it a magical globe or a hollogram? It is a good time to take stock.
Here is one of several frameworks we employed along our exploration to assist in recognizing and examining the nature and value of riches worth reclaiming. We recommend you design and conduct your own exploration; it may be incredibly instructive. You'll find snapshots of learnings from our findings throughout this episode.
Here are the shadow guidelines of that framework:
A VITAL QUESTION: why riches?
ready comfort?
reservoir of resources?
projection of power?
sense of divinity?
legacy?
security?
something else?
{A sound understanding focuses attention; it sparks an awakening.} It is a good time to take stock.
DISCOVERY QUESTIONS:
What actually happens when we don't know what we have?
What happens when we don't know what we want?
What happens when we don't know how to use what we own?
{Understanding / acknowledging these improves our awareness of several categories of owned riches, e.g., birthright, inheritance, discarded gems, tricked-out-of resources, investable gems, all still unused and ready to be reclaimed. What do these look, sound or feel like under the current light?} It is a good time to take stock.
You may recall this from previous explorations: how a person uses and responds to facts, values, logic and emotion are in and of themselves incredibly telling. Know thyself well. It is a good time to take stock.
It may also be valuable to acknowledge how we are actually experiencing or living-out our life. For example, picture these:
Are you living, as it were, in a Beauty Contest, spending resources, time and energy in search of validation of your natural born beauty?
Are you living, as it were, in a Matrix (simulator), operationally abandoned to the pulses of a mysterious mastermind?
Are you living, as it were, in servitude to a Monument (ideology), controlled by and subservient to the demands of your Pharoah's dreams.
Know thyself well. No judgments. Acknowledgements. Fascinating discoveries. (Where your seed is planted there goes your roots.) It is a good time to take stock.
One's orientation to, consciousness of, and manner of processing facts, values, logic and emotion play pivotal roles in a) decision-making, b) communication-effectiveness, c) quality of relationships, and d) the nature of what is. (Reference previous episodes.)
Some folks (even communities) experience facts, values, logic and emotions as icebergs. What is visible, to the sailor it is but a tip of the ocean's truth, as it were; to the traveler it is a small wonder to behold. How do you experience facts, values, logic and emotions? It is time to take stock.
At the risk of an absurdity, namely, that our foursome operates in a binary world (which of course is not the case), let's brush-stroke two environments where combinations of our foursome - facts, values, logic and emotions - can meld and influence common experience.
In one environment this foursome may be ill-defined or not fully understood, or is morphed convenient to some cause. One may wave the flag of facts equating that with values. One may be using values in the same lane as logic, or conflating logic with emotion or vice-versa. The boundaries of each of the four are ill-defined.
In the other environment each of the foursome may be better defined and-or understood. Remember, the human is limited to the extent of his or her language. It is a good time to take personal stock.
Environment 1: one in which a human's birthright (one's natural & earned inheritance) is gambled.
COERCIVE
manipulation
facts? logic?
< --- >
< --- >
values?
emotion?
expectations - machinations
domestication - attachment - frustrations
Environment 2: one in which a human's birthright (one's natural & earned inheritance) is invested.
COLLABORATIVE
CLARITY
Facts
Logic
< --- >
< --- >
Values
Emotion
INTENTION
CREATIVE - AUTONOMOUS - ADAPTIVE
"In the face of uncertainty intentionally choose courage."
Question: how much is a paper clip worth? Answer: depends on who owns it?
You probably heard of Demi and Kyle (the paper-clip people). Kyle did it. Several years later Demi decided to do it too. They each had a piece of wire (one a paper-clilp, the other a bobby-pin) sized and shaped as is fitted no bigger than an adult finger. Do you remember what happened? What was their piece of twisted wire worth? Aha! Of much more value than any commoner might have imagined. They lived that proof for us to ponder. Or to learn from! We will share their stories with you. Fascinating it is, we find, on many levels. Uh, there is so much to gather from their freedom and fearlessness, from their humanity.
ENDURANCE - COMPASSION - GENEROSITY
( HUMAN )
What actions are leading you toward your legitimate reclaim? What are you specifically reclaiming? Why is that? Riches matter. It is not a number. It is not a dollar. For a human to whom poverty is sacrosanct, for whom poverty is innate to his or her identity, for whom poverty is a sacred gift, on account of wholeness we recommend examining the fullness of the nature of our unclaimed treasures. Facts matter. Values matter. Emotions matter. Logic matters. Language matters. The human is limited to the extent of his or her language. Growth matters. Riches matter. Don't trade yourself for a pile of fool's gold.
A Closer Look
Breathe
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DISCOVERIES (Change Makers)
Just do it. When you know there is something out there you ought to be doing because it needs to be done, don't be small about it, go do it; that is purpose. Be purposeful.
Passion is the fuel that keeps us going regardless of terrain or season. Be passionate about your mission.
Be proud of the good you are doing.
Give yourself permission to be.
YOUTHS DO IT
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DISCOVERIES (Difference Makers)
Experience is an excellent educator. Learn from experiences. Act accordingly.
Practice what you preach. Be smart: stand true to your beliefs or change them; that's your prerogative. Act accordingly.
Face facts as they are. Act accordingly.
Build trust. Listen to each other.
Advantages of Advance Understanding
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DISCOVERIES (Reality Check)
Who owns planet earth? This planet - earth - belongs to each and everyone of us. And to none of us! Who owns our moon? Can one survive without the other? Who will apportion the sun, deed plots of it out, to whom for how long at what price? And Jupiter? Who owns Uranus? Flipped upon its side. So blue. So cold. So adored by so many moons. 27. Who owns Venus? What about Mars? Is Saturn yet set upon the auction block? How much is Neptune worth? To whom will be paid its price? Oh Mercury! Something is terribly amiss from amongst us. Duped? Don't we have everything?
Selfishness Exacerbates Negative Stress
"We may not yet have reached our glory, but I will gladly join the fight. And when our children tell their story they'll tell the story of tonight. They'll tell the story of tonight." What will be their story?
Embrace AUTHENTICExperiences.
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." _ Ralph Waldo Emmerson
There is who we think we need to be and there is who we really are. Knowing who we really are positions us ideally to progress to who we purpose ourself to be. That's what we've found. And it is awesome. How about you?
More than enough! You are enough. I am enough. Our world is rich. Our universe is more than enough. It is rich. It is full of riches. There is so much to discover. We are more than enough. Who thinks different?
RE-IMAGINE - re-learn - Act Accordingly
I AM because YOU ARE YOU ARE because I AM
Welcome to SEASON SEVEN, 're-CLAIMED,' episode twelve - living insight (more than enough) - curated by Neville DeAngelou. During this episode we are planting seeds that germinate in good ground beside nourishing streams. We are knocking down walls to meaningful re-education. We are shining a light. Discover how fabulously rich you are. Reclaim it.
We are a peculiar people, you and I, intricately interwoven (internally, externally), marvelously made, unique, inventive, rich.
We found that a peculiar thing happens traveling round-and-about throughout our world - place to place, community to community, culture to culture, untethered - of common course surrendered to the vicisitudes of each time and each place, especially so, intimately engaged with the people who belong there and know there and are eager to have you be there. Should you have that privilege we recommend you take it. You may find what we found.
In one place (just as one is, et al) one is poor. In another place (just that very way) one is rich. In one place (just as one is, et al) one is hailed. In another place (just that way) one is unknown. Ipso facto, in one place (just as one is, et al) one is empowered. In another place (just that way) one can easily be thwarted. It is, in fact, an enriching revelation. Fascinating.
If, say, one is to consider being in the top 1% of earners is to be one of the super rich, then here is a sample of how that pans out for you as you hop around the globe being you doing what you do. Where would you be immediately super rich?
In COUNTRY
Annual Income to be Super Rich
Australia:
$219, 931
Bangladesh:
$42,746
Brazil:
$150,658
Canada:
$268,197
China:
$121, 168
Ethiopia:
$35, 868
France:
$251, 865
Germany:
$327,069
India:
$93,917
Japan:
$240,301
Mexico:
$187,917
Nigeria:
$87,331
Russia:
$174,753
UK:
$235,019
USA:
$506,752
UAE:
$689,468
Rich is not a number. The mastery and the malevolence of our manifestation as humans is this: we (humans) are simultaneously creator, mirror and observer of our actions and experiences. Reclaim your riches; employ them wisely. Set your roots beside a nourishing stream. May you flourish like a palm tree. May your blossoms be a joy to behold and may your fruit be of life-giving strength.
small steps - huge difference
We are WIDE OPEN wholly responsible for making our world a better place.
Today's pivot QUESTION: you've been plucked, gracefully, from where you are and lifted into an amazing place you approve of, where everything weighing you down or that has troubled you or causes you to devalue yourself or delays you in anyway is promptly removed - miraculously - gone - you are completely new while remaining fully enriched (all of your valued experiences and learnings and wisdom are in tack); and in that altered state you are advised (inspirationally so) to picture your new life - a life worth living hence forward - experienced just as you'd prefer it to be recorded and left for all eternity, and you picture this life that is worth your living - hold that picture - for you are then brought gently to where you are right now, and here you are, fresh and totally new:
you've taken stock of it all, you've begun a new cycle, what's up for you now?
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TAKE ACTION
We model what to want.
"Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny." _ Mohandas Gandhi
Why not examine your life from a different angle?
As much as is affordable for matters that matter, afford yourself a 360 degree view. You may find this of great value in ways you had not imagined nor known to account for. It is highly probable you will also encounter awesome insights that are of no relevance to who you are or what you are about, and that you will make observations you are ill-equipped to comprehend. It is highly likely you will encounter delightful delusions, and disconcerting illusions, and lots of bs disguised as helpful secrets. It may very well not be incumbent upon you to contest or combat any of these, but they will inform you, and will assuredly put upon you the onus to be ever more discerning and to be ever smarter with your decisions and clearer with your intentions, for all in all these will profitably test your faith and mirror your trust, and render you that much better. As much as is affordable for matters that matter, afford yourself a 360 degree view.
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Potentiality
"An infinity of forests lies dormant in the dream of an accorn."
Learn how to behave in the most fuctional ways to achieve your goals.
Remember: it is YOUR LIFE; only you can live it. Regardless, you do not walk alone. Caught amidst the crisscrossing of crowds along your journey where many may habitually conflate or mistake or confuse the bottle for its medicine, the pot for its food, the pipe for its water, you may be excused for feeling you know better therefore you will do better, yet still be blissfully unware that such habits as detailed are a mind-creep, unaware you may be already mistaking music for radio. Even so, it proves wise to always know: this is your life, ONLY YOU can live it. Living is pocked with contradictions and conspiracies, and sometimes it is grace that takes us through. Isn't that awesome? Create a rich life. Be like the tree whose roots are sent to a nourishing stream. Flourish. May your fruit bring love and joy and peace to all who sample them, and being fed experience the richness of wholeness and the longevity of eternity. You are blessed. This enlightening reclaim series continue in the following segments on The Journey: WEALTH, Cohesive Community, and This Is Your Life. You are loved. Explore.
A sensible lifestyle.
Take Action
"Know what you own. Understand what you claim. Believe you can achieve what you conceive then call it by its name. Mine! The extent to which you have this clarity of mind, this purity of understanding, this strength of belief, you have the fire, the fuel, the impetus, the passion, the determination, the willpower you require to pursue and retrieve your truest desire. But do not claim what does not belong to you. It will not keep you . . . it will suffer you but for only so long."
You are valued. You are important. What you experience is important. Your intention matters. You are a whole being. You are a true wonder. You diminish yourself whenever you pit valued elements of who you are against vital elements of who you are: your intuitive self against your intellectual self, your rational self against your emotional self, your gut against your heart against your head. Don't be put at war against yourself: you are a masterpiece. An intricate being. Human!
Discovering: sobering realities
inventor
entrepreneur
creator
coach
Life: it is a dance. It gets better with practice; its music is in your heart and in your soul and in your blood and in your bones. Life; it is a dance. It gets better with practice. You have a partner – your spirit. You can have a party if you like, but choose smartly who you invite, for life – your life – is a dance. It gets better with practice, unless you stop the music or so crowd your dance floor there is no space to move or be moved within it. Explore. Yes, life; it is a dance. It gets better with practice until the dance becomes the dancer and the dancer becomes the dance and life and all of existence becomes a singular flow. Yes, life; it is a dance. It gets better with practice. Dance.
Masterpiece
a work of outstanding artistry, skill, or workmanship.
tour de force
Sweet Dreams
Home is a special place. Love resides there. The best journeys take you there. Hope lives there. Home leaves no question about belonging. Friends belong there. Dreams thrive there. Home is a place of forgiveness. There is no rejection there. Home is a place of rest and recuperation and rejuvination. There is laughter there. Life takes you to unexpected places; love brings you home. At home you are free to flourish. It is where you birthed your wings. Sing your way home. We live amongst viruses and bacteria: some are villains and some are monsters. Monsters breed. Villains are everywhere; you are ever in their sights. Be prepared: find your rhythm, stay in balance, keep your values and your vision in focus. Choose your friends wisely. Choose the company of folks who are good for your mental and emotional health. Allow yourself good rest. Dream sweet dreams. In your sleep may you glow. In your rising may your light be a beacon of love and joy and peace. You are blessed.
Out beyond ideas of right doing and wrong doing there is a field. I'll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about.
expand your mind
. . .
live
laugh
love
. . .
let your light shine
Live. Laugh. Love.
Come, let us all be friends for once,
Let us make life easy on us,
Let us be lovers and loved ones,
The earth shall be left to no one.
Across the nation and around the world there is a long rumble.
It is a rumble so loud it strikes ready ears as a distant clap of a fierce thunder. It is a rumble so low, it rides beneath the noise of a thousand human fears; it can no longer be heard. Fear of flight, fear of heights, fear of sand, fear of snow, fear of monsters in the closet, fear of bugs in the pillow, fear of cats, fear of bats, fear of strangers at the door, fear of being lost, fear of being laughed at, fear of being stuck in the toilet bowl, fear of whites, fear of blacks, fear of browns, blues and yellows, fear of nakedness, fear of the unknown, fear of being hurt.
Smile. Live. Love. Laugh. Look. Listen. Learn. Be awesome. You are powerful beyond measure. You are not alone. You can do all things. I am you. You are me. We are one. Keep Sharing.
May our light shine on sprinkled seeds along The Journey.
"Live Your Life - Live it well. You are worth it."
Listen. Learn. Lead.
"I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality, and freedom for their spirits. I believe that what self-centered men have torn down, men other-centered can build up." Martin Luther King Jr.Look. Listen. Learn. YOU ARE VALUED BEYOND MEASURE. Let your light shine. (A Place Called Ah.)
Breathe.
We are accompanied.
Balance - Focus - Rhythm
BE EVER REMINDED:the life you are living is YOUR life; ONLY YOU can live it!
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