TODAY'S MYTHOLOGICAL MAGIC
"17 Years...think about it...we've been hiding for 17 years......We used to make things....17 years ago!!! That all stopped! What happened?! When you are hiding, your safe! Because people can't see you. But the funny thing about hiding...... YOU'RE EVEN HIDDEN FROM YOURSELF!!
From the Movie JOY starring Jennifer Lawrence ~~~
As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives..........
Henry David Thoreau
Ok, my fellow New Age Nerds, it's Trivia Time! Are you game?! Awesome!! What is the biggest thief you will ever encounter during your lifetime?? And NO, the answer is not your ex husband or wife! LOL ;0) The answer is actually quite simple. It's FEAR!!! That's right, not only is it the antithesis to LOVE, but it has stolen more hopes, dreams, possible life long love affairs, and miraculous manifestations than all the other pastiche of thievery in existence! And FEAR is attached to the Ego. And these two terrible, horribles can crush a life meant for monumental feats of MAGIC!!
In fact, as many of you know, one of the most profound teachers of our lifetime, Marianne Williamson explains a MIRACLE as being a shift in perspective from Fear to Love. So simple on paper, yet quite arduous to always put into practice without well.....lots of PRACTICE!!
I'm sure you can take out a piece of paper and write down many of the daily fears that stop your powers of manifestation dead in their tracks. For example:
1. The fear of not being good enough.
2. Fearing what others think about you.
3. Fear of rejection from your tribe.
4. Fear of not feeling lovable.
5. Fear of stepping outside your limited boundaries and beliefs.
I'm quite sure I have not even begun to stretch the service of the havoc Fear brings to our daily lives. I will step right up to the microphone and say I have not been immune to such fear based limitations. And let me tell ya, if your experience has mimicked mine in any meaningful manner, it can stop you from moving forward on your Hero's Journey all to sit back in the comfort of your own safe place of Not Doing! We tend to keep our dreams and aspirations in our noggin, where they are never put to the test and can remain safely tucked away in our own imagination. If we never put them out into the Universe, then we can NEVER Fail!! But my personal belief is that there is No Such thing as Failure; just Feedback from the Universe that helps us learn and grow! Well, so long as you try..... Let me tell you from my personal Journey, that not trying is a life of just surviving and NOT THRIVING!! And I don't know about you, but life is too short not to Thrive! Can I get a Hell Yes from the congregation!! AMEN!!
Now fear in and of itself is a built in aspect of our inherent DNA. It is actually very useful in certain circumstances. Our ancestors used it to protect themselves from perceived dangers in their environment. Hello Mr. T-Rex!! LOL I actually love Robert Downey Jr's definition of fear. He says that he strays not from fear in and of itself, but rather FEAR BASED RITUALS! Meaning not allowing fear to hold him back from situations or actions that are in no way threatening to his well being and alternatively cutting him off from miraculous opportunities no matter how scary they may stretch his current sensibilities!! Go Iron Man!!!
In a previous post I wrote about the wonderful book “Dying to be Me” by Anita Moorjani. In this profound tomb, she fleshes out her Near Death Experience with cancer and the hard-fought lessons she learned during the whole ordeal. The one mantra she got from her experience that she has shared with millions of fellow Truth Seekers around the world is “Live Fearlessly!” In fact, she credits the reason that cancer began to ravage her body was because rather than simply ALLOWING her life to unfold, she used FEAR as a constant protection mechanism in most areas of her life. In time, she believes that FEAR solidified as cancer. Not to say that any of us should feel responsible for our maladies, BUT we are absolutely responsible TO THEM!
“ Fear is very subtle, and it can creep up gradually without our even noticing it. Looking back, I see that most of us are taught from a very young age to be afraid, although I don't believe we are born this way. One of the things I believe is that we are what we spend our lives trying to attain, but we just don't realize it! We come into this life knowing our magnificence. I don't know why, but the world seems to erode it as we start to grow up.
I want to say, too, that after my NDE, things got a whole lot easier. I no longer feared death, cancer, accidents or any of the myriad things that used to concern me...except for expanding out into the greater world! I've learned to trust the wisdom of my infinite self. I know that I- along with everyone else- am a powerful, magnificent , unconditionally loved , and loving force.
This energy flows through me, surrounds me, and is indistinguishable from me. It is, in fact, who and what I truly am; trusting in it is simply trusting myself. Allowing it to guide me, protect me,and give me all that's needed for my ultimate happiness and well being happens simply by being myself. I need only to be the magnificent love that I am and allow events and circumstances in my life to play out in the way that I know is always in my best long-term interest.” writes Moorjani.
Fear based rituals are actually diametrically opposed to our natural state of being. To experience the life we came here to treasure, we must learn to be in a state of ALLOWANCE. Fear closes the door on the abundance that is waiting to shower us with joy and happiness. Only staying in a vibrational energy of LOVE can keep us attuned to Source energy that carries with it our birthright of indescribable BLISS!
Do you know the One Thing that causes FEAR to shake, shiver and shrivel?! Let me ask Vanna White to turn over the letters, Wheel of Fortune style --------- A-C-T-I-O-N !!!!! And we win the Showcase Showdown.. OOPS....wrong game show...LOL
"All confidence is acquired, developed. No one is born with confidence. Those people you know who radiate confidence, who have conquered worry, have acquired their confidence, every bit of it."
David Schwartz~~~ Author of The Power of Thinking Big
But seriously, I would like to take a moment to acknowledge everyone in The New Age Nerd community for the manner in which you have already faced your FEARS in whatever manner it has shown up in your daily life! TRULY! Because facing and overcoming our FEARS is perhaps the most Courageous thing we will ever attempt in our lifetime! For it is The Force that is always at the disposal of the EGO. And hear me when I say (more like SHOUT!) it unleashes this Lethal Weapon on us all! The Ego wields FEAR as its most instrumental manner in keeping us all playing oh SO SMALL! For in order for the Ego to survive as a four star general and captain of the ship (Your Mind-Set) it must keep us in a perpetual state of illusionary isolation from our True Magnificence! But here is one HERO'S TIP to handle FEAR in your life: The stronger FEAR is causing a stranglehold keeping you in a perpetual state of NEUTRAL, the more certain we can be assured that we are not 'awake' at the wheel. Disconnection from our Highest Selves is the root cause of our Feelings of Fearfulness! And if we can slowly start a practice of seeing this Truth, Fear will slowly melt away like the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz.........
It is my experience that FEAR is just not something that we can 'will' out of our existence. It is just too powerful. But to get back on track of the One Thing that can counteract its searing nature is ACTION. Like most things that are so critical to successfully navigate this Matrix we call Life, IT IS A PROCESS!
As Marriane Williamson teaches, “Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn. The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and prejudices and the acceptance of love back in our hearts. Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth. To be consciously aware of it, to experience love in ourselves and others, is the meaning of life. Meaning does not lie in things. Meaning lies in us.” Marianne ROCKS! --Sidenote ~~ If you live in LA.....do yourself a favor and go to one of her free communal gatherings. She is a true Force of Nature!!
Here are my suggestions on how to use ACTION as a tool to banish Fear back to the abyss in which it came-------
1. The End Result that we are seeking to combat Fear is a steely sense of SELF CONFIDENCE and the eradication of Self Doubt! Wouldn't you agree?!? And developing an extraordinary sense of Self Confidence is --- A Journey!! And as the old proverb declares, every Journey STARTS WITH ONE SMALL STEP!! So I urge you to find a friend, mentor, or coach who can assist in holding you accountable in the daily or weekly steps that scare you, but you are still willing in Committing to. This practice is a true game changer!! Because each time you commit to an action step and see it to its fruitful completion, you will slowly start to build the sense of Self Confidence that has always been within you but hidden behind the masks of Fear! And the scripts that we all write in our mind that contain all the dramatic beats of what might happen if we put 'our neck on the line' are nothing but parts of a movie that will NEVER be put into production!
I love this tell tale truth.... Fear knocked at the door...Courage went to answer....Opened the door....AND NOBODY WAS THERE!!
2. "Named must your fear be before banish it you can." Master Yoda
We often never take the most important action step of identifying what our actual Fear is and where it came from! Because nearly ALL our Fears are nothing less than the areas within us that still need to be healed. Ever think that's why we avoid them like The Walking Dead plague?!? It means being courageous and vulnerable enough to look ourselves in the mirror and confront the images we would rather not see. Because THIS is where our Fear hides itself. It's the ultimate coward!
Yet, how can we overcome that which we cannot name and own because of FEAR?!? Well, the answer for most of us is that We Can't!!
The good news is that once we become more adept at using the tips in Step One above, the easier it will be to confront our wounds and trauma and then turn the tables on Fear! Because we will reinterpret Fear as simply a gift that illuminates the areas within us where LOVE and Compassion still need to be applied! Once we can change FEAR in our Mind-Set as a gift rather than our arch enemy, we can snatch it away from our Ego and actually Use It to Our Advantage!! Ain't that pretty frickin awesome!! Damn straight............. ;0)
The Course in Miracles teaches us that "If you knew who walks beside you on this path that you have chosen, fear would be Impossible." So DEEP, yet so simple! Right?!?
To help nail this point home into your KNOWINGNESS, I'd like to share with you my own vulnerable and heartfelt Journey in launching my company, The New Age Nerd! For YEARS, I was fucking scared to death of truly putting my full naked SELF out there! So I hemmed and hawed. Made up every possible excuse to my family and friends who just knew I was meant to assist others on their Earthly Journey. And I got awfully DAMN good at it. I'm talkin' bout Major League level my friends! I could justify my way out of pretty much anything that was thrown at me!! Seriously! I was a PRO!! And ya know what started happening. One by one, my cheerleaders stopped championing my TRUTH...... Which left me still naked, yet still searching for a deeper meaning in my life, but also painfully all ALONE!!! Cue the Maudlin Violins... LOL
My great traumatic wound was two fold. Both the abandonment of my father at the tender age of three, but also the mental, physical, and sexual abuse at the hands of the Spirits I trusted in his absence caused me to create a Mind-Set programmed with a sense of lack,feelings of less than and the innate emotions that I was utterly un-lovable. And I avoided these traumatic issues for over two decades!! I allowed FEAR to engulf my entire BEINGNESS!! And the net End Result was .......CHAOS.......!! Relationships that were worthy of a day time Soap Opera.... Jobs that actually made me ill!! And a TRIBE of friendships that caused me feeling that 'if they need me, they won't leave me." And so I ask you.....How did that work for me..... Ummmmmm Not So Much..... LOL
Even though I had already been through SO MUCH, it really didn't matter. Life is an ECHO! We get back what we are putting out!! And I was putting out some serious vibrations of worry, self-doubt and a complete lack of SELF-worth. And my Compadres, that is an Absolute recipe for CHAOS!! And for any of you who wish to challenge me on this... Give it a try... (Of course I'm joshin' with ya....Part of sharing my honest truth is to help others circumvent many of the painful events I have had to endure by learning the lessons from my MISSTEPS!!) Send all Thank You notes to The Universe..!!! ;0)
But my life completely changed on December 31, 2015. For on that night, I fell down on my knees and had what I call a BREAK OPEN!! I hit absolute ROCK BOTTOM!! My heart was broken open! And when this occurs for us Light Workers, unadorned LOVE is the residual energy that is left in its wake!! My heart was finally ready to answer the Universal Calling of my Soul!! And on that very evening, I started this very BLOG!! I LOOKED FEAR STRAIGHT IN THE EYE AND SAID......."YOU HIT LIKE A BEYATCH!"
AND HAVING ABSOLUTELY NO FRICKIN IDEA WHAT I WAS DOING...I built the template of this blog and just started writing!! Each and every single day for the first six months. My goal wasn't the destination, but rather the Journey! I created a daily intention as well as a spiritual practice that pushed me past the FEARS that had been blocking my Authentic path for over 20 years!! And then daily synchronicities started to appear everywhere I turned. And money appeared right when I needed it most! Don't get me wrong, I made a myriad of false steps, and setbacks still occur to this very day. But I rest in the knowingness that I am in no way co-creating anything from standing still.
And I slowly began to experience that EVERYTHING WE DESIRE TO EXPERIENCE IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FEAR!!! And that has been the most expansive revelation of my life!!!
Fast forward two and a half years and over 2,500 pages of blog entries later and my business is not just surviving, but THRIVING!!! As my brother in common arms Joseph Campbell stated, "You must be willing to let go of the life that you were planning, to have the life that has always been waiting for you."
In times where the winds of your internal storms seem overwhelming, please remember that YOU NEVER WALK ALONE! And that your Wounds are No Thing more than the Wisdom that is looking to be activated through the seeds planted within your Soul! And that they will forever whisper the sounds of serenity that keeps your HEART SONG afloat.. And when there seems like there is no way out of your life circumstances.......PLEASE----- PLEASE remember that there are A Thousand Angels at Your Side... and that your eternal Tribe is still awaiting your return!
Our world, with its fascination with perfection on social media platforms seems to have no room or patience for PROGRESS. Yet, I'm willing to bet that the majority of you would rather hedge your bets on people of continued PROGRESS than those seeking Perfection!!
To Living a BLISSED Out Life ~~~~
Nerdmaste,
Jeffrey Louis Martinez
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