TODAY'S INSPIRATIONAL “MYTHOLOGICAL MAGIC”
~~ Norma Desmond (SUNSET BOULEVARD)
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One of my favorite Eddie Murphy films is ‘Coming to America.’ While Murphy displayed an uncanny ability to pull off a cacophony of various characters throughout the film, it is his iconic portrayal of a poor man's lounge singer in Randy Watson that still causes me to have fits of combustable laughter just thinking of his filmed antics. His frustrated cover performance of Whitney Houston's ‘The Greatest Love of All’ with his band “Sexual Chocolate,” to a completely uninterested crowd remains the highlight of the film for me. Admittedly, the satirical subtext within that scene has become more profound within my spiritual sensibilities as I have grown older and wiser since the film's initial 1987 release. Like most comedians of a GENIUS level, their art is infused with deeper meaning, and self realized constructs than mere laughs and iconic characterizations.
In the film, Murphy plays a fictional Prince of unimaginable wealth, who seeks to find true love for WHO HE IS INSIDE; not because of his stature and position in life. And it is the Randy Watson debacle that is just one scene that underlines the theme of the film; that being one of SELF LOVE and SELF ACCEPTANCE. The understanding that our entire worth is encapsulated by the simple fact that we are all unique, gorgeous, brilliant emanations of Spirit. There is No Thing we have to do to prove that fact, other than simply BEING ourselves. And then share our own distinct form of the genius within (and is our constant co-pilot) with the world. Always and in ALWAYS!
And yet, as simple as all this sounds, most of us have turned against ourselves and become a world of destructive SELF TOUGH LOVE which breeds a being of our own worst enemy. How is it that we have become so DAMN hard on ourselves?!? Although we were born into a realm of unimaginable creative abundance, opportunity, and unlimited possibility, most of us live our lives as though we are part of ‘The Hunger Games.’ Our emotional moments are filled with thoughts of guilt, shame, regret, lack, cracked confidence and FEAR. We spend much more time in self judgement that self progression. Left unchecked, this form of energy can eventually lead to depression, anxiety, and isolation of every sort. And the cumulative effect of such thinking is causing us to play much smaller than we were ever meant to. It's causing us to neglect our Hero's/ Heroine's Journey to cling to some illusionary form of stability, rather than exploding into the iconoclastic luminaries we came here to BE!
There are many reasons for this Paradigm shift in our sense of the SELF we choose to be rather than the SELF we truly are at our core. Influences from friends, family, romantic relationships, the media, and social constructs that are now built around constant competition amongst ourselves. That's why a portion of The New Age Nerd's manifesto states we........
“commit daily to become ‘The Greatest Version of The Grandest Vision’ ever held of ourselves. In this way, we worry not about being better than others, but rather BEING better than we used to be.”
Like many writers, coaches, healers, performers, I'm often susceptible to this epidemic of BEING TOO HARD ON MYSELF. Most of us on this list are incredible sensitive and compassionate. We feel deeply and passionately for others and often find it quite challenging in discriminating and compartmentalizing between others pain and our own. Our greatest strengths can also become our greatest weaknesses.
So if you find that you could use some tweaking toward a greater sense of ‘The Greatest Love of All’, here are some tips to guide your way back to being at peace and a deep knowingness of WHO YOU REALLY ARE.
SUPERHERO TIPS IN TRAINING
1. Look at everything in your life as a BLESSON.
Karen Salmansohn coined this phrase that I think is absolutely brilliant. In her words a BLESSON is “when you are able to view painful lessons as blessings. In other words, a BLESSON is what happens when you see the BLESSING in the painful LESSON that your challenge taught you.”
Whether something has happened, shown up, been lost, or ended, looking at the event as a BLESSON is a wonderful way of not shifting any blame on ourselves as part of the process! I LOVE it!
2. Remember Your Hero's /Heroine's Journey.
Rather than espousing something new here , I thought I would use a portion from a past post that I believe perfectly encapsulates how the Hero's Journey can be one of the most powerful ways to channel our pain, challenges, and suffering into an incredible productive manner.
From the post “ A Dark KNIGHT of The Soul” by Jeffrey Louis Martinez:
“But what absolutely struck at the core of my utter BEING was his (Joseph Campbell) explanation of what he has termed ‘The Hero's Journey’. And how everything that life brings us is no thing short of EXACTLY what we need in order to fulfill our mission here on Earth. Of course I had heard of the Hero's Journey during my previous travels. But this time, I REALLY HEARD IT. Truly understood its meaning with a ferocity of acceptance and purposeful enlightenment. I wasn't a failure. In fact, ‘just the opposite’, I thought. If I had gone through THIS much suffering and pain so far in my life, then my Hero's Journey must be pretty big. I had always believed I was here to be a guide to assist others on their warriors path, but now, I KNEW IT. Big difference!!
So no matter what your current situation may be, there is HOPE. In those moments of despair, please remember that there is a PURPOSE for everything you are going through. I PROMISE! You are not alone. That's what we are doing here, together. Trying to help one another figure out why we are going through so much pain and suffering, and how we can channel it into our reason for being!”
3. Re-member Failure is an Illusion.
Did you know that it took Thomas Edison over 2,500 times to try and get the electric lightbulb to actually GLOW. Imagine how emotionally gut wrenching it must have been for him to invite his group of fellow inventors in to a room time and time again, only to ‘flip’ the switch that should have illuminated the bulb before them, only to experience.... NOTHING!
However, Edison had an incredible sense of his own connection to SOURCE. He famously told people that he never actually failed at being unable to manipulate electricity. Instead, he reframed it by stating that every single time he flipped the switch and no light appeared, he actually succeeded at proving yet another way that electricity would not work. Has a light gone off in your noggin about how you can reframe and/or transcend any of your "perceived" present or future failures?!
4. Learn the difference between Being a Genius and HAVING A GENIUS.
This comes from a TED talk given by famous ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ author Elizabeth Gilbert. And it has radically changed my handling of creative self judgement in a BIG WAY. After Gilbert received a Gi-normous amount of acclaim and attention (Hello Oprah!) after the debut of her first book, she became fraught with paralyzing fear. She has stated, “the result of which means that everywhere I go now people treat me like I'm doomed... They come up to me now all worried and they say “aren't you afraid you are never going to be able to top that? I'm sure afraid you're going to keep writing for your whole life and you're never going to again be able to create a book for anybody in the world to care about at all, ever again?”.
She found solace from the world of Greek Myth, and the original meaning of GENIUS. Back in that timeframe, people did NOT believe that creativity came from human beings. People believed creativity was this DIVINE attendant of pure Spirit that came to human beings from some distant and unknown SOURCE. The Romans were the first to label this type of spiritual muse from the ether a GENIUS. They live in and around us, and like a modern day UBER, available 24-7 to assist us in our creative intentions.
I call this Infinite Intelligence; Or SOURCE energy, Spirit. The I AM. As Gilbert now understands, the knowingness that she is simply the vessel through which Spirit chooses to speak takes off a lot of the pressure. Everything is a co-creation, and the way to ensure that you receive the assistance from the Infinite Intelligence that is accessible to us all is to have deep humility. And the BELIEF that YOU ARE WORTHY to be used as a divine vessel for your own magical muse to work through!
In one of my top 10 favorite books, ‘Power VS Force’ by David Hawkins PH.D, he specifically states through scientific study, “Genius is by definition a style of consciousness characterized by the ability to access high attractor patterns. It isn't a personality characteristic, nor is it something somebody “has” or “is”. A universal characteristic of Genius is HUMILITY; after all, those in whom we recognize genius commonly disclaim it, as they've always attributed their insights to some higher influence. For example, great musicians throughout history have stated that they didn't plan their music, but simply wrote down what they heard within their own minds. Recognized geniuses may be rare, but genius resides IN ALL OF US! There is no such thing as accident or coincidence in this Cosmos; and not only is EVERYTHING connected, we are all members. Consciousness, like physicality, is a Universal quality; because genius is a product of CONSCIOUSNESS, genius is also Universal. It follows that that which is Universal is available to EACH AND EVERY PERSON!”
And for all you leaders in the New Age Nerd Community, HUMILITY is just an important ingredient to your endeavors. Author David White, a consultant to the Fortune Top 50, declares, “Contrary to popular folklore, it’s important to note that nice guys & gals don’t finish last. Leaders who display authentic humility have broader spheres of influence, attract better talent, engender more confidence, and earn more loyalty and respect than do those leaders who rely solely upon their chutzpa and their ability to brandish their bravado. If what you’re seeking is lasting relationships, long-term success, and a better quality of life (in and out of the workplace) then you’ll be well served to forgo the pompous acts of the arrogant, and substitute the humility and quiet confidence displayed by true leaders.”
Believe it or not, I DO NOT prepare any of my posts ahead of time. I wake up early in the morning and do a 10 minute meditation, asking SOURCE energy to work with me and align my vibration with Infinite Intelligence. And during the meditation, the topic for each day comes to me!! And the FEELING that I receive from literally communing with this heavenly energy is the most magical experience of many of my days!! And please don't misconstrue my words. I am FULLY present during this co-creation. But I am also in full ALLOWANCE of Infinite Intelligence to flow within me as I write. And it has become a partnership that I value like none other!
FOR you and through you. EVERYTHING is a blessing. It is so important to be at peace with what is. And to remember that you are a BLESSED and DIVINE creation.
There has never been anyone like you, and there NEVER will be again. We all matter oh so much. We are all here for a grand mission and being too hard on ourselves will only greatly reduce your ability and the time you have to share your LIGHT and LOVE with the world!
BE SUPER HEROIC!
Nerdmaste,
Jeffrey Louis Martinez
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