In the words of Richard Bach, "Life is."

The stuff of life is here, and it 'just is', but we come and give it whatever meaning we see fit.  We mold the clay in the direction of improvement for ourselves, but the clay in and of itself 'just is'.  So whether you see oppertunity to shape the cultural story of human beings on earth, or simply want to enjoy the beach- life is whatever you want it to be.  :)  No rights or wrongs about it- just an arena for personal creation- all for the fun of coming up with a new idea.  Imagining and becoming.  Something like that.. :)

"To offer no resistance to life is to be in a state of grace, ease and lightness. This state is no longer dependent upon things being in a certain way, good or bad. It seems almost paradoxical, yet when your inner dependency on form is gone, the general conditions of your life tend to improve greatly. Things, people, or conditions that you thought you needed for your happiness now come to you with no struggle or effort on your part, and you are free to enjoy and appreciate them."

 -- Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

I was going thru old files and was drawn to a letter of interest I wrote in the summer of 2002.  That is right.  2002.  After reading it, I am in awe, and in total appreciation for seeing where i was, and seeing how I have consciously created my life.

I think I have lightened up a bit since this awkward, but very high energy period of my life.  But here is a letter of interest I wrote to get into Naropa in 2002- it worked, but don't copy it. ;)  I think you will get a kick out of this. :)

Dear Sir or Ma’am,

 

            About five months ago, I made a decision to take a leave of absence from the university I was attending because I was not happy with my life and decided to stop dead in my tracks to think things over.  Looking at my past, I saw myself going to school with plans to go to college after high school, so I could get a job, get married, have kids…blah.  Like many of the other people in this world, I was blind to my own potential.  I felt like a preprogrammed robot, not a human being.  After a lot of thought, conversations, and meditation, I decided that I could never be satisfied with such a mediocre life.  I was one who would take a road less traveled, and do something incredible in this life.  I have always been interested in spirituality and psychology, and began to see how looked up to I was by my peers.  A friend asked me not to long ago, “What has life taught you that you'd like to share with the people you love?”  My response was, “To take responsibility for your life, be honest with yourself, and never forget you are the one creating your life/reality.”  One of my favorite authors, Neale Donald Walsch writes, “You teach best what you need to learn”.  My answer was a lesson that I am learning right now.  The capitalistic society that we are living in now is wonderful.  While most people are cursing the government and large corporations, playing victim, I see this country in a different light.  The people really do have ultimate power, and it is very easily expressed in the United States.  Just by making, or not making simple day-to-day choices, we can shape the world around us.  People complain of bad air and water quality, but they continue to support companies who pollute the air, and cut down forest.  People complain that we are running out of land for food, we are all dying of heart attacks and cancer, but they continue to eat artery-clogging, cancer causing meats that come from land consuming animals.  Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m not ripping my hair out about any of this, these are just simple observations that I am making.  I do not judge people, and call them wrong for doing any of these things; I don’t even believe in right and wrong accept on a purely individual basis.  This is a matter of what works vs. what doesn’t work.  I hear people’s complaints and cries as visions of who they want to be, and what kind of world they would prefer to live in.  I feel psychology can play a very important role in the future of this world. 

“You are in the room to heal the room” –Buddha. I have been, and would like to on a larger scale some day show the world what it is like to take responsibility for their lives without playing victim all of the time.  This process needs to start with the self.  Like I said before, I teach best what I need to learn.  I feel I have a lot to offer Naropa, and I feel Naropa has a lot to offer me.  As you said in your contemplative psychology letter, “The basic purpose of the Contemplative Psychology major is to train students to work with their own personal process in such a way that they deepen their understanding of themselves, and discover the courage and wisdom to genuinely help others”.  That statement holds a great truth.  I realize if I do not have compassion and understanding of myself, I will never have compassion and understanding for another.  I cannot project onto another what I have not yet experienced myself.  As you can see, the pieces of the puzzle seem to fit perfectly.  I look forward to working with you in the spring.

Regards,

Dave Trager

Now here I am, hired by Zaadz/Gaia- the company who vowed to support conscious capitolist and consumers -and I am primarily focused on Gaia Pro- a project I am heading off with Dave Pearson. 

And now, here I am, using the current time and space and platform I am on to conjure up the next experiences for the next 6 years..  Fun stuff. :)

I recently picked up a copy of Neale Donald Walsch's latest- Happier than God.  Around 10 years ago, I first read Book 1 of his CwG series- and that was the book that really got me started on my spiritual journey, one might say.  So it is a series, and Neale is an author that is near and dear to my heart. 

Since that day- sitting in a train station- reading over words like, 'You create your own reality'- and feeling the confirmation of that in my inner being- I became very proactive in my own spiritual evolution.  I no longer wanted to be dependent on books- I wanted to get all of my knowing from within and be completely self sufficient.  After all, if I was who these people kept telling me who I was- there was no reason to be reading these books.

But of course, my desire to learn and experience brought me many more books before I could say I got to the point where I no longer felt I needed a mentor, guru, psychic, or counselor to live my own life.  The Abraham material, and Ester and Jerry Hicks played a very large role in that.  I remember Abraham saying, 'we could do this, but then all you have is a powerful guru, we want you to be self-empowered', in one of their latest DVDs 'An Introduction to Abraham'.  That about sums it up- and I can say since I have first read their book, 'Ask and it is Given' a few years ago- I do indeed feel very self-empowered.

But still, having the conversations with god material at my foundation, I was eager to pick up this book, and hear what Walsch had to say on some of the modern concepts, like the Law of Attraction.  Now, this information was included in the CwG books- but perhaps not as 'in your face' as I find the Abraham material to be about the subject.  And I always appreciated the practicality (half of Ask and it is Given is exercises in the back of the book) of the Abraham books, and felt that it would be nice for Walsch to come out with a book that could put CwG in a more modern context (jeez we're evolving quickly) and add a dash of how people can really apply this stuff to their lives.

Amazingly enough, I read the first 80 pages in my first sitting, and am really appreciative at how easy his techniques are to apply to your own life to give you a stronger sense of happiness and well-being.  And if you are up on this stuff, or have been practicing for a while, you know how important that is.

While Neale Donald Walsch is a fantastically entertaining writer- and the book has been a blast so far- there were two concepts that stuck with me which I have already put into practice.  Thought I would share. :)  This isn't word for word- so don't quote me and say it was from Walsch. ;)  It'd be best to read this stuff in context anyway, but here ya go. ;)

- In the moment you feel judgment- give gratitude. It is just when we are in judgment- meaning we are looking at a moment, a person, a situation- and seeing it (or them) as inappropriate, and something that needs to be changed- we feel negative emotion.  Basically what Walsch is saying- the moment we want something, we attract situations and events to ourselves that is the opposite of what we want.  He calls this the "Law of Opposites" (and actually calls the LOA the Energy of Attraction).  I can relate this to the Abraham material, as they explain our desires are launched from whatever platform we are currently on- so if you know what you don't want, you know for sure what you do want!  And they say the key is to turn and look in that direction- in the direction of what is wanted.   But how?!  They give plenty of suggestions, but i love Walsh's here- stop for a second, and just thank life, god, your inner being- whatever just do it- because as soon as you see you have attracted this to yourself for the open door that it will provide- you release any resistance right away and you begin looking for the door!  You begin getting excited about possibilities, and you give yourself a pat on the back for getting this far in your personal creation!

As he says, 'what we resist, persist', and that is because we are giving our attention to what is not wanted, rather than what is wanted, simply.

Another thing I love to be reminded of (as I was with this book) is the nature of God.  Remembering God is a process and not a being is essential.  If we see God as an older parent or something, we stay stuck in an old world- but the moment you realize you are God, Godding- being a mini God, within God, Godding- maybe i should say- it really helps with perspective.  Then you realize you are in control of your life, and all that is needed is to work with the process at hand in harmony.

Point #2 which impacted me was,  Never oppose, compose.  Another key moment when we start resisting is when someone is being difficult, meaning, they aren't working with us for what we want (or at least that is how we feel in the moment- keep in mind the point above).  When someone is telling you 'no', or opposing what you want in anyway- don't argue.  They don't hold they key to your personal creation- and if anything, they will just speed up the creation of it since that resistance on their part creates a faster motion forward for you if you can continue to be focused on what it is you are wanting.  It never means accept what people tell you if they say you can't have it or do it- keep trying to change what it is you want, but compose- meaning, compose what it is you want.  In other-words, choose again.  Get back into alignment with your initial vision.  And as Neale says, 'compose yourself while your at it'. ;)

There is no need to resist anything, once you get the hang of this- and I still am getting it, but feel clearer than ever.  Feels good to be a creator. :)

What if the word "work" was changed to "dance-with- life"? And instead of it being viewed as an alternative to fishing or a way of "paying your dues," it was seen as a chance to meet a parade of new friends, discover your own untested potentials and unpolished gifts, and open avenues for abundance to come pouring into your life?

 

Yeah, I bet lottery sales would plummet.

The Universe

That the feeling of a broken heart is related to me focusing on the lack of something, rather than moving toward the having of it. :)

I usually take the 'hands off' approach with kids.  I find most of them are smarter and wiser than their adult counterparts....unless we put the fear in them too. :)

I don't think kids are afraid or feel trepidation about the future, I think they are excited for it, and I think it's every kid's wish that the older folk would chill out a bit and let them come to their own conclusions.

I'd say its usually a well-meaning older generation 'preparing' a younger one that will just cause a lot of heartache and a passing along of psychological disorders.  (Go education system!)

My advice:  Have fun with em, or be miserable and afraid- and leave em alone. haha 

You didn't have to learn how to make gravity work, did you?

You just had to learn to deal with it.

Same for "thoughts becoming things." You're already a black belt.

Visualize.

The Universe

If you asked me this when I was 17, I would have said 'reality creation'.  Now those words hardly seem to capture the wholeness of what my 'theme' is right now.  I see learning the ins and outs of creating my reality as a theme, but also harmonizing the future of the world with the inhabitants of its past has been a theme.  Even bigger- and this may be a general theme among most people here- but I'd maybe call it 'soul integration', or as abraham says it, raising ones vibration to allow the presence of your inner being.  I think that is the biggest leading edge theme on earth right now.