Saving Fantasia and you
When the book THE POWER OF NOW by ECKART TOLLE emerged I just had to get it. As I was already on my spiritual awakening path, I felt the message was going to set me up another notch on my journey.
However, as I got into the pages and pages of Now, Now, Now I could only conceptualize the message in my head but feeling it in every fiber of my body as a normal way to react was a challenge. It seemed so fleeting and intangible.
As in meditation I can reach a noticeably quiet place inside. Though it may start out like listening to KISS it usually ends on Johnny Mathis. which I have come to believe is my NOW. In there I find serenity and calm; there is no noise, no pain, no stress, no fear. It’s really quite a remarkable moment in time and I would love to stay there longer however my mind starts it’s assessing and chattering, i.e. “Hey, this is cool!” “Oh dear, since I’m saying this I’m out of the NOW…damn.” “How to get back there?” “Be quiet, mind!” “Argg, I’m in the NOW but as soon as I recognize that I’m out of the NOW? Maybe It’s not important to take notice of where I am and just BE with the process?” “Oh, here we go. Just breathe, yes this works!” Omm…
So, two challenges I bring into the new year. Along side with the NOW issue comes the big million or nowadays, trillion-dollar question, “How am I going to manifest and bring into my life what I’ve been dreaming and declaring to be mine over the past 10 months when this world seems so bat s*it crazy?
Within the confines of this annoying pandemic, I know that I must laser focus my future/intentions without allowing the naysayers in my head to rehearse the same speeches over and over, second by second.
Recently I came up with another practical and super easy 3 step process to lighten my load and get me on a new clear pathway forward: Stay Present. Be Focused. Remain Hopeful.
· STAY PRESENT as much as possible and to be okay with the in and out of NOW for the time being.
· BE FOCUSED and keep my heart on the prize, one step at a time.
· REMAIN HOPEFUL with a shot of joy and childlike wonder every single time I start thinking about what I am endeavoring to create.
What this covid virus has shown me is that nothing is going to be the same when it tones itself down. Adages like ‘The past is the past and what was is no more’ or this one is a favorite, “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present” are to covet.
So, what can you do starting right this moment to learn that being mindful and connected to your souls journey is a goal to be set? Or will you continue to stay frozen in the past, live in the Nothing and fade away like in the movie, The Never Ending Story? The back narrative of this film is about Fantasia, which is a world beyond our world and is imploding and a young boy whose name is Atreyu is trying to save it. G’mork is a servant of the Nothing:
G’mork: Foolish boy. Don’t you know anything about Fantasia? It’s the world of human fantasy. Every part, every creature of it, is a piece of the dreams and hopes of mankind. Therefore, it has no boundaries.
Atreyu: But why is Fantasia dying, then?
G’mork: Because people have begun to lose their hopes and forget their dreams. So the Nothing grows stronger.
Atreyu: What is the Nothing?
G’mork: It’s the emptiness that’s left. It’s like a despair, destroying this world. And I have been trying to help it.
Atreyu: But why?
G’mork: Because people who have no hopes are easy to control; and whoever has the control… has the power!
HOPE equals LIFT-OFF by learning how to navigate the NOW while kicking the “what if’s” to the curb. Using the concept of hope as a potent force keeps our dreams alive and today is more important than ever before.
Some of us have already designed our future and are living it very well. And yet, for many of us who get caught up in our past our learning is to learn to be in the NOW because it is an important ingredient in the recipe of living a life of fulfillment and grace.
Now is the time to be more than we have been. Now is the time to be better than we ever have been and to fight the Nothing, emerging as brilliant warriors saving ourselves along with the world.
This, my dear friends is what has been intended for us to do from the beginning when our Fantasia was created.
With love,
Many wishes to all full of heart and soul for a new year full of success, love and brilliance as you unfold your true self.