In the past, I used to get so overwhelmed by the magnitude of everything I needed to accomplish at any given time. Sound familiar? Well, today I have a lot more to accomplish than I did back then. Many more projects, relationships, requests, businesses, pieces of information, etc.

Here are a few things that you can consider whenever you are overwhelmed.

Breathe!

Close your eyes. Breathe in deeply from your diaphram through your nose and exhale slowly out of your mouth several times.

Trust!

When we are in overwhelm mode we are not trusting God, ourselves, our systems, and other people. We are not trusting that there is plenty of time to accomplish everything that needs to get done. Life is only complicated to the extent that we complicate it. Trust speeds everything up. Trust increases flow and harmony. So, trust as much as you will allow yourself to in this moment and then do your best to trust even more.

Procrastinate!

As you go through everything that needs to be accomplished, eliminate as many to-do’s as possible by letting them go, delegating, or putting them in a someday/maybe file.

Focus on the shorter list of tasks that are important. Do the critical action steps make progress.

Intuit!

When it comes to those important and urgent things, use your intuition to guide what you take on first, second et cetera, what to do, and how to do it.

Act!

Start taking action on today’s list. And allow things to flow. Set up your environment to minimize distractions. Relax and have fun and really enjoy being so productive. Radiate gratitude for everything you have that allows you to be so incredibly productive. You’ll achieve more in less time and have a whole heck of a lot more fun doing it!

Go be fruitful!

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Most of my life, I have been focused on the future. One of my constant questions was, “When will I achieve [BLANK]?” or “When will I experience [BLANK]?” There’s a line in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back where Yoda says to Luke shortly after revealing his true identity as the great Jedi Master, “This one a long time have I watched. All his life has he looked away… to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was. Hmm? What he was doing. Hmph! “Those of you who know me know that I love Star Wars and that one of my favorite characters of all time is Yoda.

Well, the quote above pretty much sums up what my approach to life has been for the most part. This focus is probably not much different from the experience of most people. But here’s what I want to share with you right now: I missed a whole heck of a lot of cool stuff by not being fully where and when I was at any given time and place.

The only way to experience all of the gifts that the present offers is to have one’s consciousness fully in the present moment. It’s been said that is why we call “now” the present. I can say that I also know that the “here” part of the space-time equation is also essential as well. If we are not fully in our bodies in a given place, we are not able to fully-experience the richness and fullness of the experience of being alive. And if you don’t know what I mean about “being fully in our bodies,” look for a future post to deal with that topic.

I want to share something that has become a much stronger perception for me lately. My hope is that sharing it with you now will accelerate your progress along your own life path. So here it is:

Everything that has ever happened in your life, is happening in your life, and will ever happen in your life is absolutely and completely perfect just the way it was, is, and will be. I’m sure some of you are saying, “But what about [BLANK]?!” or “How could [BLANK] have possibly been perfect?! That was one of the most horrific/terrible/awful/evil things that could ever happen to a person!” “Because of that, I lost [BLANK], and I can never get it back!!!”

Here’s what I know for sure about my life right now. I now have a perspective on my life where I know without any shadow of a doubt that everything that has ever happened before in the entire history of the cosmos was absolutely necessary for me to become who I am, doing what I’m doing, being who I am being.

And here’s the real kicker – I am so incredibly grateful (actually, especially grateful) for every not-so-good, terrible, mistake that I have made or that has been done unto me. All of these experiences have helped me to become a much more compassionate person. Each holds a very special place in helping me to love myself more, experience the unconditional Love of the Divine Source more, and give unconditional love and acceptance to the people that God has placed in my life right here, and right now.

I can’t tell you how I know this. I can only tell you that for me it is a perception of such certainty that I would not even dare to compare this knowledge with even the most established of scientific facts. I know what I know because I have been blessed to know. May this message help you to trust just a little bit more that your past, present, and future trials are necessary for you to become more and more fully the person that The Source created you to be. And if you think all of this is a bunch of ridiculous “woo woo,” I wish you well on your journey. May you discover your own truths that fill you with the confidence that you need to occupy your unique place in the flow of the cosmos. Regardless of what the truth actually is, I have to tell you (that for me, anyway) it’s all good. And it’s already so much more than alright!

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I am going to share something with you that has taken me a long time to learn. But if you apply it to your own daily habits and practices, your life will take off in ways that you cannot imagine.

One way to look at human beings is through what I call the four levels of power. I have continually found these four distinctions to be incredibly useful in my life. They are probably not new to most of you:

• Physical
• Mental
• Emotional
• Spiritual

These realms of power have been listed in ascending order of relative frequency, meaning that the energies associated with each level are increasingly refined, and therefore more powerful, as you go down the list.

Think of how much more powerful an atomic bomb is compared to a stick of dynamite. The atom bomb derives its power from forces that operate at the atomic level (relatively more refined). The dynamite derives its power from the molecular/chemical level of energy (relatively less refined). As another example, who makes more money? Is it the construction workers who are actually building a skyscraper or the people who envisioned the skyscraper in the first place?

This understanding of relative frequency has been absolutely huge for me. I have found that spending time and effort in developing habits and applying disciplines to these four levels of power in accordance with their relative frequencies has helped me to transform my entire life.

I emphasize working consciously on all four levels of power because of my personal experiences. For a long time, I just focused on developing the soul level of my being (the subtlest level of power yet discovered) and applied spiritual disciplines to that level of my being exclusively. I believed that that the other levels of power would soon fall into line as I worked exclusively on developing my soul.

Well, I found that (while there was a lot of truth to this belief) I had made a significant error in my interpretation of Jesus’ teaching to “seek first [God’s] kingdom…” (Matthew 6:33 NIV). For a very long time, I interpreted this to say, “seek only [God’s] kingdom…” And while I am grateful that I created such a strong soul foundation, once I started consciously incorporating disciplines related to the emotional, mental and physical realms of power, my life really took off in incredible ways. I want the same for you.

So please, please, please in your habits and disciplines give your time and attention to the development of your four realms of power in accordance to their relative frequencies! By this I mean that you more give time and focused attention to each realm of power’s relative frequency increases. Take consistent daily actions with regard to these four energies of your life, and you will see your life become a constant stream of incredible miracles!

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I loved the NBC television series, Heroes. It didn’t end up fulfilling the hopes that I had for the series, but the first season was a great ride. I have recently had some experiences that I want to share that relate to one of the main characters in that series, Hiro Nakamura. In case you’re not familiar with the show, Mr. Nakamura has the ability to consciously bend time and space. Well, not too long ago, I experienced a major shift in my life. 

Part of this shift has been connecting much more deeply and powerfully to my passion to be a force for the transformation of life on the earth. As I have been deepening this connection, time and space have really been behaving differently for me. No, I haven’t been teleporting or time-warping around the planet or throughout world history like Hiro Nakamura, but I have noticed the following effects of this strengthened connection to who I am and what I am here to do:

• Things that I thought would take much longer were actually accomplished very quickly and easily (If you’re interested in specific examples, let me know!)
• I live in Pittsburgh, and it is almost inevitable that people will find themselves late for something every now or then because of the unique topography, construction zones, traffic patterns, and infrastructure system of the greater Pittsburgh area. Lately, I’ve been getting to my destinations really early or much earlier than expected.
• My cell phone and iPod batteries seem to be maintaining their charges a lot longer than normal.

I’m not writing this for any other reason than to give you hope. I know that some of you are feeling like there isn’t enough time to do everything you need to do. As we connect more powerfully and deeply to who we really are and what we are passionate about accomplishing, we are given all of the resources we need to do that those things. Time and space are actually functions of our consciousness. Time and space are much more fluid and malleable than many of us tend to think. Be open to the possibility that things may be much easier and go much more quickly than you think! May time really and truly be on your side!

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