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To remain in the now you have to love yourself, part 2

Authenticity is passive.

Mostly.

There are times when you have to actively be yourself. But there are aspects of authenticity you can’t “do.”

You cannot deliberately experience joy, for example. You can only allow it to happen.

And experiencing joy is part of being you. No matter what you might think to the contrary. (If you do think to the contrary, you need to practice staying in the now.)

Because being yourself is a byproduct of cultivating presence. Of residence in the now.

We all need to experience our own beauty as often as possible. And we can’t do that hypothetically. We have to step into the present moment, again and again, and take honest account of what we find.

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Ever Forward episode 2

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To remain in the now, you have to love yourself

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The past is one second ago. The future is one second away. The now is now, and only now.

No matter when that is.

No matter what’s going on.

And the now is where everything happens.

It can be a painful, scary place. And it can be ecstatic. Or it can be calm, steady, almost unnoticeable.

Our level of penetration into the now is called presence. We are only present to the degree that we can bear being in the now.

If the now is too painful, all or part of you will tend to check out. And there are lots of ways to check out.

Not checking out comes down to your ability to relax.

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Self love is crucial to developing your talents, part 2

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Fullness of life is our birthright. It’s why we’re here. And few of us have ever managed to claim it.

Because of what it involves.

Which is exactly what it sounds like.

Fullness.

Not survival. Not subsistence. Not getting by. Not even reasonable comfort or even opulence.

Fullness of life includes satisfaction and appropriate challenge in your work, your relationships, your environment, your inner experience.

Also, in your sense of what the future holds for you, the people you love, and the society and world in which we all live and move.

Self love is crucial to developing your talents, part 1

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Devoting time and energy to a talent or an idea is an indicator that self love is present.

Developing your talents is crucial to discovering, experiencing and revealing who you really are.

If you are not doing this, then huge regions of your being go unexplored and your sense of self is not what it could be.

You may have created a safe, small world for yourself, where you are in control and things are comfortable.

Or you may have done the opposite. You may have created a world filled with stress, frustration, a job you hate or a relationship that keeps you on edge.

Either way you’ve blocked out your talents. A huge part of you is simply not present.

Because it doesn’t fit in the world you’ve created.

You’ve constructed or become trapped in a world where essential elements of your being are simply not welcome.

But you’re not really trapped. There’s a way out.

Or in, if you like.

It just feels a little dangerous.

Love others, yes. But love yourself first.

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In order to fully realize your potential as a human person, you must allow the unobstructed flow of God to pass through you.

It happens through your talents, your ideas, your relationships.

The energy that brought you into being and holds you there, also empowers you to reveal it to the world through your thoughts, words and deeds.

And you can participate in that on purpose, if you choose to. That’s how you love other people.

You take that flow of the love of God through you and you point it at other people.

But to do that, you have to love yourself.

Because self love is the love of God activated through you. And it is the source of the love you give to others.

Ever Forward episode 1

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Activating God.

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Loving yourself is the platform on which the whole enterprise of your life rests. If you don’t love yourself, your life will be hard.

It won’t necessarily be easy if you do love yourself, but it will be a radically different experience.

The better you love yourself the more you open up access to your full potential in every area of your life.

You establish true self reliance, receptivity to others, and availability to others also.

And all of it is protected and managed with strong, flexible boundaries which you have the reflexes and presence of mind to enforce.

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The risk and opportunity of being alive: relationship with pain, part 5

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The word Odysseus has been translated to mean son of pain. Pain given and pain received. Odysseus seems to have become himself through the rigors of life.

Rigors he endured, and rigors he inflicted on others.

It’s a mixed process and we’re all in it. It is impossible to get through life without experiencing both sides of this coin.

And trying to is a colossal waste of time.

So self actualization is not easy. Whether it’s meant to be or not is difficult to say. At this stage in human evolution, it isn’t.

It’s hard.

And this is especially true when you are trying to be yourself and live a life of your own making.

Being yourself will stir up the people around you: relationship with pain part 4

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As you do the work of becoming yourself you will start to glow. Your presence will change the chemistry of a room.

You won’t need to be loud or flashy. You won’t need to try to be noticeable. You won’t need to do anything to stand out.

You simply will.

Because when you’re you, you don’t resemble anyone else. You stand in contrast to everyone around you.

Especially among people who are not being themselves.