FIND Out What TWO WORDS Will CHANGE Your LIFE.......

TODAY'S INSPIRATIONAL “MYTHOLOGICAL MAGIC”

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It's sometimes hard for me to believe that just six months ago I was broke, jobless, severely depressed (even dropping over 25 pounds), and forced to move back into my mother's basement, having lost nearly everything I owned.   Good times?!   NOT exactly!!   LOL  

Yet here I am in the NOW, living the life of my dreams.  With the most AMAZING day job I've ever had in my life.  A burgeoning company in The New Age Nerd with more coaching clients than I can handle, and a podcast soon on the way!  The mere thought of depression seems like a myth, and not only have I put the 25 pounds back on, but through busting my ass at the gym every day, I am in the best shape of my life!  Of course I had heard about the idea of living ‘Heaven on Earth’ but experiencing it is a completely different thing.  And it is the most MIRACULOUS feeling I have ever felt.  I often find myself NOT wanting to to go to bed, so I don't stop this TRANSCENDENT feeling.  A natural and healthy high like NO OTHER.

I'm now often asked how I was able to accomplish this tantalizing turn around in such a short period of time.   And as simple and succinct as the answer truly is, it actually is a combination that is as POWERFUL as anything I've yet to put into practice during my 20 year Journey of self realization.

So what is the Secret Sauce of a combo on the Spiritual menu of the Cosmos Restaurant?!?
ACCEPTANCE and GRATITUDE!!!!  Joining the energy of these two forces forms a magical potion that truly has the ability to completely CHANGE your life!  And quickly!  No joke!
In fact, I have personally witnessed the miracle making ability of this potent combination to the point that I want to write a two page book.  One page will simply say ACCEPTANCE and the other page GRATITUDE.  That will be $20 bucks please!  LOL  ;0)  Im actually serious, kinda!  

As Eckerte Tolle, author of ‘The Power of Now’ reminds us to “Accept EVERY moment as though you chose it for yourself.  Always work with it, not against it.  Make it your friend and ally, not your enemy.  This will miraculously change your whole life.”   Amen and can I get an HALLELUJAH from all you New Age Nerds up in this congregation!!  

By first truly accepting whatever predicament you currently find yourself in, you can begin the healing process and start the process of MOVING FORWARD in your life.  If we FAIL to accept our current situation, no matter how painful or challenging they may be, we get stuck in a perpetual cycle of reliving our ‘Story’ over and over again.  Analyzing it from any and every perspective.  And the by product of doing so is usually a healthy dose of self judgement served with a big heaping side of REGRET.  We spend the majority of our precious energy reliving the events that brought us to this point, and beating ourselves up for not making different choices.  And there is NO THING contained in that behavior that will ultimately serve us. Now I am NOT professing that we should suppress our initial feelings when we find ourselves in dark, deep, painful, and challenging life situations.  Re-member, repressed emotions are unactualized spiritual lessons.  But PLEASE do not make a ‘Broadway Show’ out of them..  Feel your feelings than LET THEM GO!

After we have moved through the process of ACCEPTANCE, it is time to bring the magic of GRATITUDE into the mix.  I once watched an interview with Oprah Winfrey in which she explained the massive transformation that started in her life 16 years ago when she started a daily ‘Gratitude Journal.’  Every night without fail, she would write down at least 5 things that she was grateful for that had occurred during the day.

“When you allow yourself to feel gratitude in the present moment, in the NOW, what I promise you is that the spiritual dimension of your life begins to change.  It opens up and expands and you start to grow with it.  That is the truth, if I have ever spoken the truth in my entire life.  If you want to change your entire state of being, start to be grateful. ” Oprah has spread this message in many of her speeches across the globe.


The very act of gratitude opens up a channel for JOY to shine through.  It might start off as a small pinhole, but with practice and focused intention, it will grow into a window as wide as you ALLOW it to be!  Admittedly, it is so easy to get fixated on everything that isn't going well in our lives.  Jobs we dislike, money problems, and toxic relationships.   And that practice just brings us more of the same. Remember, Energy Flows Where Your Attention Goes!

Iyanla Vanzant has described the word PAIN to mean Pay Attention Inward Now.  She believes that the path toward enlightenment is to pay attention to each stop along the way of your Journey.  One stop may be an illness, another a job loss, another an amazing new relationship.  And she believes that within each and every one of these stops, is a lesson for us to express GRATITUDE!

One of my favorite spiritual teachers, Tony Robbins explains GRATITUDE this way, “It is the reset button and the cleanser of the soul. When you are in a state of gratitude it is no longer about ME.  It becomes about giving thanks.  And when you are giving thanks you disappear.  And when you disappear, I believe you reconnect to the Divine.”  Amen!

I have experienced the daily practice of GRATITUDE to be a joyful melody of allowing us to to see the true BLESSINGS that our current situation has delivered to us.  Be it wisdom, understanding, strength, or even forcing us to move into a new direction and begin the process of following our true path on our Hero's/Heroine's Journey!  It is simply one of the most powerful tools and gifts we have been given in this illusionary plane of existence!  SO WHY NOT USE IT!

Hopefully, you are understanding the Re-membrance that GRATITUDE is is the most direct line of connection back to SOURCE.  Back to the Divine from which we came and which surrounds us always to be in service to our desires.  As Bishop T.D. Jakes says , “Appreciation leads to duplication.”  When we focus our energy and attention on what we are in appreciation of in our lives, it activates a system that brings even more of that very thing into our experience!  Yet, most of us spend our time focused on all the things that we don't like in our lives and experience....well....even more of THAT!  And I don't know about you, but I think we could all use more experiences that bring us love and inner joy!  And evaporates feelings of depression and anxiety and transforms them into lasting inner PEACE.

So it is my sincere desire that you take to heart these two potent words and the power behind them when used in tandem force.  They are absolutely and undeniable Miracle Makers.  And have transformed my life into a daily feeling of Heavenly BLISS!!  And that is something each and every one of us deserves............

Nerdmaste,

Jeffrey Louis Martinez