Re-discovering Your Innocence: Know What You Truly Want

When we ask ourselves what it is that we really, really want in life - as we strip away the layers - we always come to realize that what we truly want has nothing to do with a desired circumstance, physical objects, or financial situations.  What we truly want is to be a way that resonates with our natural self.  Words that describe this are usually something like, "Joyful", "Peaceful", "At Ease", "Lighthearted", "Relaxed", etc.  Knowing that this is what you truly want saves you a lot of time, heartache, and disappointment.

Distinguishing Drama from 'What Is': Be Your Life's Director

True freedom comes from the ability to distinguish "What Is" from Drama (ie. The "story" of What Is).  Distinguishing "What Is" allows you to be unattached and free to act.  "What Is" is always very simple.  Drama is where all complexity and difficulty arises.  Drama is the source of all suffering.  Learning to pause and see clearly "What Is" creates a space in which there is freedom to respond and act in accordance with your intentional way of being.

Making the World Right: Give Up All Resistance

One of life's grand illusions is that our life situation is the result of our circumstances.  Or, to put it another way, the illusion is that our way of being is dictated by how life is currently treating us.  If circumstances are "going our way" then we are afforded some Joy, Peace, Ease, or Fun.  In this mode of understanding, we are forever a victim of circumstance.  The way the world really works, is that our circumstances are born out of our way of being.  This can appear so counter-intuitive, that to prove it to ourselves we actually need to practice and see the process in action.  (Note: This process cannot be faked.  You cannot pretend to be peaceful and relaxed when you're not.  The Universe will not be tricked by your pretending to be at ease.)  One of the most powerful ways to do this is to practice Surrendering to everything you're resisting.  This takes a lot of courage but by doing this you will being to see that it is your very resistance that is "propping up" your world view. 

Float Downstream: Immerse Yourself in the Now

Your True Freedom requires that you clearly see what is real.  What is real is what you are experiencing in the present moment, "ie. The Here and Now".  You are not your mind!  You cannot know this unless you practice techniques to be the regular observer of your mind.  Practicing using time-tested techniques such as meditation, body connection/awareness, conscious breathing, active listening, etc.  will free you from the "dream of mind".

Relinquish Your Reasons: Create from Nothing

The freedom to create comes from nothing!   We have true freedom of creation when we realize that we have the power to make something so, just because we said so.  We weaken our power when we feel obligated to justify, explain, or give reasons for our declarations.  In this step you learn how living a "reasonable" life is holding you back.

Risk Losing Yourself: Be Fully Alive

Life exists at the outer edge of experience and knowing.  Being at risk is a willingness to lose something, an acceptance of loss.  Most often, this means a willingness to lose "who we know ourselves to be".  If we imagine our understanding of our identity to be a shell or a skin that we carry around, then a willingness to shed our skin or crack through our shell, is the only way to expand and grow.  Expanding and growing is the thrill of life!

Work Your Real Job: Make People Your Primary Occupation

The happiest, most fulfilled people in the world are invariably those who are in service to others.  Because other people are a reflection of you, to deepen your relationships is to deepen your awareness of who you really are.  To connect with, and truly see the magnificence and divinity in others is to get a glimpse of your own divinity and magnificence.  Other people are our mirrors, and what we give to others, we gain.