I enjoy it all, here and how, always present. It really is as simple as being. That’s all it is. Be wherever you are. There’s no magic or difficulty to it – it’s only what you make of it. Life is amazing. See the miracle in it. Enjoy it. Embrace it. This is all my message has ever been about. It’s all it ever will be about When you embrace the moment you embrace god. When you let go of your mind, you become god. Be where you are, your spirit-self. Don’t allow your mind to take control. It’s your mind, you created it. You have the ability to control it and find that peaceful place in the here and now. This world is your playground and it’s a beautiful place. Enjoy it! Enjoy the journey! It gets better every day, if you allow it to.
I’m beginning to realize more and more it’s doing whatever you’re doing. Sitting here writing this as the sun dips into the Gulf of Mexico, I am here now. I feel the words flow through me because I allow myself to be present. The more present I allow myself to become, the more everything flows, the better the words come out, the more authentic I become. The more one goes into the mind and thinks of what to write, where to begin, what has to be done tomorrow, etc, the less open to the flow one is – become so closed up and disconnected from the flow and you can’t write, you can’t feel, you can only think. Meditate however you like. Stay in feel, in spirit, inspired, connected to everything. Life flows.
Follow your feelings. Right after I wrote the above I notched the light was changing and had a feeling the sunset would be spectacular in the direction my camera wasn’t pointing – and it wanted to be pointing that way as when I first set up the shot, it was composed a little more in that direction though exposure was a little off and the sky was clear at that time where the sun would be setting, so I thought I’d be better to recompose then. I followed the second feeling and got a great shot (these feelings keep coming constantly – the signs are everywhere and always present, one must only tune into them). Don’t be so fixed on your ways – for me, I’d ‘normally’ let the camera run the same time-lapse shot until dark rather than stopping it midshot and recomposing – if I had been fixed on getting it my way and being right about my first shot, I would have missed the amazing time-lapse below. Be open to change. Embrace it.
I had a feeling to get a drink of water from my bottle which was sitting on the bench where I was on the phone earlier. I noticed a couple had sat down there, which is funny as I moved my journal and water bottle to the side of bench without thinking, almost to welcome someone else to sitting there rather than leaving my stuff all over the small bench in the way – it’s these little things that make the difference in your every day life. As I felt the need to get a drink of water and went to the bench, the couple started chatting with me. I ended up chatting with Valerie and Mark for quite a little while. They are very nice, live right near Sunset Beach, and have a gallery in downtown Palm Harbor, Australian Opals. As I begin to observe my own interactions with the world and what parts of my experience come from ego and what parts come from god, I begin to notice the same in others. I can witness what is coming from god in others. When I looked toward the bench briefly to get my water bottle and noticed someone else was sitting there, I had a feeling that Valerie had felt my attention on them. I looked away while walking there and then looked again and got a feeling that it was okay to approach – though I didn’t know what at the moment, it was a welcoming sign that we’d connect in conversation. I could also observe the awareness in Valerie and Mark as they spoke to me – by what they said and what topics they brought up, a part of them was picking up on my feeling to say something similar or ask them about almost the very thing they brought up. We are all connected in feeling and can sense what each other is feeling – this is natural, we only need to be open to it and keep our attention out of ourselves. I can sense in my conversations certain things I say that come from my ego/mind rather than higher self aren’t received in the same manner by others. Others, especially those more aware, can easily get a feeling of how aware or positive minded we are – where our hearts truly are. And it also shows up in the words spoken and details chosen, such as Valerie mentioning putting a positive intention (energy/love) into the jewelry she makes. It’s great to be open to, look for, and discover the awareness in others as we all grow together on this journey.
Follow your feelings. I followed the feeling to move my camera to get another shot, to move my stuff to welcome someone else, and then the feeling to keep on chatting, and had a great experience at Sunset Beach! And I almost didn’t go, I was thinking it’s getting late, what am I gonna do out there the whole time, etc, etc. I thought I could just go to the park nearby instead, could keep working on catching up adding old content to my website, etc. This almost obsessive ‘need’ to get things done was really me looking for reasons not to go. I let go of those excuses, made a decision to go, and had an amazing, most worthwhile, experience this evening. Get out in to the world and live the adventure you love!
When on a coaching call with Matt before I began writing any of this, he guided me through a meditation – I was a little reluctant at first to do the call in a public place, though went ahead anyway and had a great time. Step outside of your norm and comfort zone! Life doesn’t happen in your comfort zone, only stagnation occurs there! Keep on growing! When on this call, I was going to meet my future self for guidance, and in doing so, I realized that I create my future self. I felt this wasn’t a journey to anywhere outside of the place and time I was currently in – it was actually an inner journey to my higher self where I create my own reality. When getting a feeling of where my future self would be living, it was all what I was creating then. Every moment we create and re-create ourselves. Our future is an extension of our current creation – we keep on following our path, our intuition, keep on growing, and we end up creating the future we desire with all the circumstances, feelings, things, events, outcomes, etc we want to experience in our world.
I just realized today it’s been a year since I shot the first time-lapse little planet that I released to the public. What a journey it has been! I began that technique and idea over a year before then and just never made the time to complete it to my liking, and I stayed on my path, experienced what I had to experience, learned what I had to learn, and eventually came to the actualization of my vision – a stereographic projection image in motion! And there’s still so much more that I want to do with the technique.. many more ideas of what else I can do to vary it, improve it, and experiment with it! I’ll enjoy the journey!