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I call them elementals because they are elemental to us all. Everyone has these things built-in.
1. Using the power of Dreams and Visions to create your intent.
Dreams and visions provide the most powerful information. Those things you dream of or see in happy visions are the things you most want, that you have the most passion for. This allows you to start off from the best possible place.
2. Using Clarity and Guidance to decide on your actions.
You use clarity to listen for Guidance. Clarity comes in between the breaths, in the silence, opening the portals for Guidance. Clarity can come into play after the Guidance, as well. It gives your steps surety and the clear eye to see what lies ahead.
3. Using Discipline and Choice to fuel those actions.
Actions need choice. You won’t do anything without choice. Discipline helps you to continue to make the choices. Discipline keeps you coming back to what you’ve chosen.
4. Using Openness and Acceptance to allow what comes.
Life doesn’t always move in a straight line. You have to be open to what comes to you. You many not yet see how it applies to your Intent. Accept what you get.
5. Using Gratitude and Flexibility to listen for your next move.
Having gratitude for what you created expands and shapes it. It also put you in mind to be flexible if the Guidance should take you in a new direction.
If you use these elementals you will find life happens easily, almost effortlessly.
Sometimes life gets too absorbing. My nose is to the grindstone, trying hard. But it’s at times like these I need to step back and remember that it’s far more productive to use the “Elementals” to make things happen.
1) The first step is always to get quiet and look inside. There I can find the inspiration of Guidance. It is speaking to me through my dreams and visions. Showing what I want and giving me the match to light the fire. It reveals my Mission, what I truly want to do.
2) Next I want to give my clear Attention and Awareness to this Mission. Tell the truth and own what I want. Listen, research, and learn what I need to do. Give it thought and planning to know how to proceed.
3) Back that up with Consistent Discipline, making the right choices, taking the steps I feel guided to take. A small amount of effort, repeated regularly, produces results. Keep taking authentic action.
4) Along the way, care for myself and my actions with Acceptance and Flexibility. Allowing myself to dance this way or that, fail or succeed, rest and play. Remaining open to whatever comes my way.
5) I don’t want to forget to fuel myself with Gratitude and Appreciation. Keep the talk ever positive, filling the well. Be grateful for whatever I create through my actions. Gratitude will multiply whatever I do.
Return inside for Guidance to check that my mission still feels right. Sharpen my awareness, keep taking conscious steps, take good care, and be grateful for everything I make happen.
Rinse and repeat.
Last week, I was completely convinced that what needed to be done, couldn’t be. But then a chance uttering by my brother let in a little light through the cracks. The causal remark reminded me I had overcome a similar obstacle years ago. “Certainly,” I said to myself, “I can’t do it that way now.” But there was a glimmer of hope: If I could do it then, maybe I can do it now. That sliver of possibility could be applied to the circumstances at hand and perhaps a new picture will appear.
All of a sudden the walls of certainty fell away and there was a fresh vista in front of me. You know, the road I’ve been on looks kind of long and tedious. Over there is a road I hadn’t seen before. It beckons new, shiny adventures.
If I’m certain it will happen the way it always has. If I’m certain I don’t want that. I remain stiff and stuck, unable to become more than I have been.
Certainty can break. Flexibility works better. When I’m fluid, like a building swaying in an earthquake, I can see more of the lay of the land.
The Positive Slant On the Path 