CALLING All Of Earth's SUPERHEROES...!

It seems as though we are currently in a precarious time in our society.  And it has me and my friends discussing the situation ad nauseum as of late. For the most part, there seems to be two distinct camps we are finding ourselves in. One camp has plenty of financial means and security, but it has come at a dear price. They spend the majority of their free time working in a job many of them dislike, with a commute that only adds to their dilemma. They are literally betraying their SOUL for a paycheck. Bottom line, they have the means but NOT the time to enjoy the fruits of their labor. Then there is the second camp.  They have plenty of free time on their hands, but the constant stress of not knowing how they are going to pay their bills or take care of their health insurance payments takes most of the fun away from their situation.  In some ways, I feel hypocritical even discussing this topic because for most of us in both camps, we are much more fortunate than the majority of the world. For instance, did you know that over 60% of the people in this beautiful world of ours wake up each and every morning having NO IDEA how they are going to eat for the day!  STAGGERING and oh so sad!  Yet, for those of us in more developed areas, our dilemmas seem challenging in their own right.  Please do not think I am downplaying the plight of the poor and/or forgotten and dismissed. Like many of you I am sure, I do what I can to assist them in many different areas of my life. And I wish more of this planet's SUPERHEROES would awaken to their life's CALLING and do the same!  More on that in my next post.....

So for those of you caught up in this dilemma of living one side of a two sided coin, what can we do?  Does balance truly exist?  And if it does, how might one go about achieving it?  The truth of the matter is that I am not sure of the answer. What I do know is that each and every one of us is here for a reason.  A CALLING larger than we often give ourselves credit for. One of magnificent proportions! And I think therein lies the catch.  It would be so much easier if we didn't have constant whispers from our Soul about why we are here.  It would make living the status quo oh so easy.  BUT THAT JUST ISN'T THE CASE!  In fact, for most of us, it is just the opposite.  We bang away in office cubicles day after day, year after year just KNOWING we are here for something more. The zest for life which was once your daily dance partner has seen to disappear;  perhaps courting new heights on the horizon. Or no matter how many materialistic accouterments you amass, it still fells like their is something missing. And since I don't believe in blanket sentiments, I know there are many of you who find your life's calling in these jobs and life situations.  And I honor that part within you that recognizes that.  But for the rest of you, the daily slog of not fulfilling your CALLING is an act in soul withering agony!

And please do not think I am advocating walking into your bosses office tomorrow and waxing all poetic about how you have a journey and life CALLING beyond the walls of his office.  And you need to spread your peverbial wings and fly with the eagles. Because the only thing that action step will bring you is dinner with the crows.  TRUST!!  LOL  

THE THREE CHARACTERISTICS OF A SUPERHERO:

1. A heart filled with love.
2. A mind set for INSPIRATION.
3. A strong will to be of service to all.

Jeffrey Louis Martinez

My life coaching business is all about assisting people in fulfilling their Superhero's Journey.  But I will be the first to admit garnering the courage to follow your CALLING is much easier said that done. Let's be fully transparent; if it were easy, we all would be doing it. Don't you agree?!  As you might have ascertained, I have spent many years thinking about this stuff.  Just sayin!  And here is what I have incorporated into my own being as KNOWINGNESS so far!

We all have the exact same Purpose. And that is to spread Love and Inspiration to each and every person who we meet along our own Yellow Brick Road; all in the form of loving service.  It is up for us to discover the manner and means in which we are meant to serve. And before I go any further, let me state something.  This manner DOES NOT HAVE TO BE SOMETHING THAT WILL MAKE YOU RICH AND FAMOUS!  Now it could bring you such accoutrements, but we live in a society that has made being famous "the creme de la creme of achievements."  Aye dios mio!  That's NOT why we manifested into the human condition folks. (neither is Netflix binging...lol) With such mind-sets is it any wonder why we find ourSELVES living in a world of pure peril...................

For all of life itself is a Superhero's Journey.  An experience of radical spiritual transformation.  In which the Universe expresses itself through and as US!  The Grand Creator seeks to expand always and in all ways. It's the very nature of God herself. And as the late, legendary physicist Stephen Hawking discovered, "The boundary condition of the Universe....is that is has NO boundary."  NO BOUNDARY and that means NO LIMITS!  Meaning YOU have no limits either! Whoo hah! 

You chose to come here to carry out a CALLING that was Divinely Devised.  You carry a divinity spark of pure SPIRIT that is 100% heroic!  Part Martin Luther King Jr., part Yoda, Wonder Woman, and Captain America, but all Christ Consciousness!  By fulfilling your unique Mission, the byproduct is assisting and adding to the expansion of the Universe.  Which ultimately means creating more heaping buckets of LOVE!  The core component of all that is.......

The extraordinary spiritual teacher and master coach Martha Beck, in her book, 'Finding Your Way in a Wild New World," describes all of us SUPERHEROES this way:

"Most of us feel a sense of mission involving a major transformation in human experience; a strong sense that whatever that mission is, it's getting closer in time; a compulsion to master certain skills in preparation for this half-understood personal mission; high levels of empathy; an urgent desire to lessen the suffering of humans, animals, and plants; and a loneliness stemming from a sense of difference, despite being generally social. "

She calls this group of SUPERHEROES 'The Team.'  I call us The Legion of Love!!  If you would like to officially join this team, just let me know and your t-shirt and pin will be in the mail, pronto!  ;0)

We aren't here so much to save the world as we are to CHANGE IT!  If you are here, now, it means you were 'tagged' by the Universe to discover and unleash your Super Heroic Higher Self on this planet!  And you chose to accept this 'Mission Possible', because THAT IS WHAT SUPERHEROES DO!  We seek the grandest of adventures.  BLISS is our birthright!  And we devour any chance to experience it in all its magnificence!  When we are summoned into 'being of service', we don't walk, we eventually run toward our CALLING!  

As Joseph Campbell said, "It is miraculous.  I even have a superstition that has grown on me as a result of invisible hands coming all the time- namely, that if you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living.  When you can see that, you begin to meet people who are in the field of your bliss, and they open the doors to you.  I say,  follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be." 

Our government is in complete turmoil, climate disruption is threatening our the vitality of our planet, the middle class is shrinking by the day, and fear and hate have created one of our country's, if not the world's,  greatest periods of divided disconnection.  And while there are many who have awoken from their slumber, still others are stuck in choosing spiritual sides.  Either stay in the darkness, where its safe, or have the courage to be reborn into a new identity.  That of a SUPERHERO!  The SUPERHERO everyone came here to be!  

We become galvanized and fully aligned with our SOUL once remembering it's what we are BEING with our life that matters "oh so much." We then bring that being into our "daily doings."  Meaning, you could be a doctor who has an arrogant demeanor about him. And treats others as though he is above them in many ways. Or you could be a teacher who treats everyone as though WE ARE ALL ONE.  You tell me; which of the two do you think is being the better servant to mankind?  Yeah, easy to discern, huh!

I also believe we are all WAY to caught up in what a given situation can GIVE TO US, rather than realizing that we are put into situations to give to them what we feel is missing!  Novel idea isn't it. ;0)  For instance, if you find yourself in a job where there is a lack of compassion, be the source of more compassion in every interaction you come across.  Now let me say, I KNOW this is easier said than done. However, the grass is rarely greener on the other side.  Until we become content in some way with our current situation, we will NEVER be happy in the next. BOOM!  That is TRUTH my friends!!

So if you are stuck in a job or situation that is less than ideal toward fulfilling your life's mission, make a plan.  We have these things called nights and weekends in which we have time to work on changing our situation. I know it can be tough to use our free time on improving ourSELVES, but trust me, in the long run it will be worth it.  As the old saying goes, ‘Opportunity knocked at the door, and when I answered hard work was on the other side!’  And that is just the way it goes.  The ONLY difference between successful people and their sidekicks is that successful people are willing to do what others are not!

And if you have tons of free time but limited funds, perhaps start by getting a part time job. It will bring you some daily structure and contacts as well as line your pockets with some much needed dough to help pay the bills! Desperation leads to inspiration and that will assist in guiding you back toward discovering and fulfilling your life's mission! Again, neither path is right or wrong.  And neither of them are EASY PEEZY!  Life isn't meant to be easy. It's meant to be meaningful and filled with daily lessons to help us Re-member Who We Truly Are! 

One thing I do know is that once you truly commit to your life's CALLING, your angels will swoop in to assist you in every manner possible.  If you have ever truly committed to something, you know exactly that of which I speak!

This World is currently calling forth all of its Superheroes.  There is literally NO TIME TO WASTE! The unique Super Powers that were bestown to each and everyone of us finally need to be UNLEASHED into the realm of our Collective Consciousness.  After all, there has never been someone exactly like you to grace this planet! And there never will be again. That's how much you and the gifts you came to bear now matter! 

And So I am compassionately nudging all of my New Age Nerd tribe to finally answer the "Grand Call to Adventure" that awaits you all! It will only serve the purpose for which you came and help change/save this planet from extinction!! If that doesn't motivate you, nothing ever will!!

I will end this post with one of my favorite quotes that has gotten me through many sleepless nights by Henry David Thoreau........

“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”



BE SUPER HEROIC!

Nerdmaste,

Jeffrey Louis Martinez

The NEXT Great Human EPIDEMIC Is.....?

TODAY'S MYTHOLOGICAL MAGIC

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For the last eight years, I have been following a woman I consider to be a Wounded Healer, mystic, visionary, and all around authentic Soul. Her name is Dr. Lissa Rankin and her blog posts, speeches, and books have very much informed my own Superhero's Journey.  She is one of those rare individuals whose essence of KNOWINGNESS effortlessly imbues her work and shines through to those of us lucky enough to be aware of her prodigious talents.  For those who are still uninitiated, I highly suggest visiting her website www.lissarankin.com  But be forewarned, she pulls no punches and suffers no fools.  If you are ready for a form of self improvement that causes you to truly face your fears and limiting beliefs with a side of NO BS, you will truly resonate with her teachings!

Dr. Rankin has been on the speaking circuit for many years, and has given several TED talks.  But something quite profound, yet not completely unexpected was expressed when she was asked by a panel what the next great medical epidemic facing all of mankind. Her prescient answer was succinct and to the point.  LONELINESS.  She considers it to be a greater health threat than obesity, smoking, and drug and alcohol addiction combined.  Sobering stuff! 

Yet, if you were to be honest with yourself, do you feel more lonely NOW than you did five  years ago?  I have the feeling the answer may be a resounding YES.  The technological revolution, while providing us with an amazing array of advances in communication capabilities has also caused us to become alienated to each other. Where in the "Waldo World" has true, authentic, SOUL connected communication gone?.  How many of you are using texting as your major form of ‘communicating’ with each other?  And are substituting Facebook and Skype chats in lieu of actually going to visit someone IN PERSON.  Don't get me wrong, some of these advances have actually made great strides in connecting people who would otherwise never have even met. I get that!  I've gone on dates from it! (Though it doesn't make dating any easier..TRUST!)  

But there is a whole other side to the devastating amount of disconnection that has transformed our way of engaging one another in an organic and meaningful manner.  In fact, just the other night, I was at a restaurant and I kid you not, at least HALF of the tables were filled with folks who were ALL texting on their cell phones. Seemingly oblivious to the other participants at their own table.  FRIGHTENING!  

“As a nation, we are embracing the digital revolution and ironically, we are becoming a lonelier population. While there are many benefits of being participants in possibly the most relationally connected age in human history, the social media revolution has not made us feel more connected, less lonely, or replete with friends,” reports David Kinnaman, president of the Barna Group.  In the same Barna report, they discovered that human suffering from loneliness has doubled in the past decade.  

People who are subjected to long periods of loneliness are MUCH more susceptible to a malady of illnesses such as diabetes, heart disease, obesity, dementia, and chronic inflammatory disease. Not to mention skyrocketing increases in both clinical depression and anxiety.  

According to a research study by Psychology Today, “It turns out that fundamentally, long-term loneliness isn't about being awkward, or the victim of circumstance, or lacking opportunities to meet people. Each can be the reason for relatively short-term loneliness - anyone who has ever moved to a new town or a new school and had to start building a network of friends from scratch certainly knows what it's like to be lonely. But this kind of loneliness needn't last long, and new relationships usually are formed... unless you've fallen into a way of thinking that keeps relationships from forming.

More than anything else, the cure for persistent loneliness lies in breaking the negative cycle of thinking that created it in the first place.”

This is where we all have an obligation to take responsibility for this epidemic and its potential cure!  As the saying goes, “How can there be so many lonely people in a world FILLED with lonely people.”  I suggest we all begin incorporating the Universal Law of "BEING THE SOURCE" into our daily practice. Essentially, this means being the source of what you are seeking to others.  So for instance, the next time you are feeling lonely, think of someone in your life who may be going through a rough patch of their own and reach out to them.  And I DO NOT mean shooting them a text or writing them a Facebook post. I mean picking up the phone and truly connecting with them.  Invite them out for coffee, or over to your place for a meaningful conversation; face to face!  You will be amazed at how much better and less isolated you will feel by taking these action steps in your life. Not to mention spreading the same sense of connection with others!

Hopefully, we can all agree that life's greatest joys come from sharing laughter, memories, love, and happiness with others. In fact, I would like to offer everyone reading this post a challenge. What would it look like to pick up the phone over the weekend, and call an old friend or relative that you have not spoken to in over a year, and catch up on old times?! I believe both your hearts and souls will be filled with GRATITUDE by making such a gesture!  I can attest to its transformative power by the many times I have done this myself!  By using the tool of BEING THE SOURCE, you call Spirit into your experience and with that comes the magic of miracles.  And right now, our planet needs the miracle of reconnection. It is the Secret Sauce that will assist in helping UNITE fractured relationships and disconnected souls in desperate need of the KNOWINGNESS that not only are they not alone, but someone loves them dearly...........

BE SUPER HEROIC!

Nerdmaste,

Jeffrey Louis Martinez

Are YOU Having A Spiritual AWAKENING...!

TODAY'S INSPIRATIONAL “MYTHOLOGICAL MAGIC”

BOY:   “I want to be a Superhero!”

GIRL:  “ What's your name, Spiderman, Ironman?”

Boy:  “YOUR MAN.”

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We are currently living in very precarious times.  People are living in a constant state of FEAR, unsure of what their future may hold.  Our TV screens are filled daily with images of violence, separation, vitriol, and anger. Not to mention the wrath of Climate Disruption threatening to end all life on this planet within the next three decades!  Yet, I am more HOPEFUL than ever before! Why, you ask?  Because I am experiencing an enormous amount of individuals who are using this time to try and learn, grow, and change.  I get SO many personal messages from readers of The New Age Nerd who share their stories with me.  And I feel incredibly honored and privileged that they entrust me with their deep heartfelt longing and pain. Not too mention their sincere DESIRE to experience a more spiritually awakened life. One that encompasses the reason why we are ALL here.  And that is simply to give and receive LOVE.

For many of us, the first sign of a Spiritual Awakening is having what I call a ‘BREAK OPEN.’  This occurs when we are at our own razor's edge. And life seems to be slowly breaking us down in every way imaginable. Many people call it hitting ‘rock bottom.’  And it's more than just emotionally painful.  It causes us to question the very fabric of our foundational BELIEFS.  And for those of you currently reading this who are in that state, I want to say CONGRATULATIONS!  Because this is a sign that you are about to have a Spiritual Awakening.  You are being broken down so that you can ‘Break Open.’   And in doing so, unleash the gifts and Super Powers you were blessed with for the purpose of sharing them with the world!  I am NOT implying that this stage is easy.  FOR IT IS NOT!  I know from recent personal experience how scary, painful, and absolutely terrifying it can be. This stage often includes the letting go of things that no longer serve us;  friends, jobs, even family members.  As Marianne Williamson calls it ‘The Day of The Wrecking Ball.’  Because our very foundation must be pulled up and out to allow the space for the new one to be built in its place.  And that my friends, is NO FUN!  Yet it is also a crucial part of the process.  Just like any building, it is only as strong as its foundation, right?  Many of the elements of our past foundation were manifested into our experience when we were not yet ready to Break Open.  And now that we are, some things are going to have to change.  

One of my personal SUPERHEROES, the late Wayne Dyer, explained the stage like this, “The experience of a crisis immobilizes us for a long period of time. Our mind is focused on the disaster aspects of the situation, and we are unable to function effectively. We are unable to sleep or eat, and do not know how we are going to get past the terrible set of circumstances. We use our minds to focus on what is wrong, how painful it is, and how terrible it is going to be in the future. Advice from friends and relatives seems unrelated to our problem and usually results in anger and frustration. We cannot see any way out of our misery.

This is a typical response for all of us who are traveling our life paths in the belief that the external signposts are all there is to our reality. We cannot imagine that there is a valuable lesson in the trauma. We reject any suggestions that someday we will recall this experience as a necessary step in our development. We simply want to wallow in our hurt, believing that someone or something outside of us is creating this pain, and wishing that those externals would change.”

This stage often includes a period of depression and extreme anxiety, or both.  Please know that there is NO THING wrong with you.  You are NOT broken.  What you are doing is getting prepared to birth miracles.  And the birthing process (as you ladies know) is an arduous one.  Not for the faint of heart.  Part of the depression stems from the longing of the things we are letting go of.  Some of it is because we are just beginning the experience of having a deep KNOWINGNESS that we are not currently following our Superhero's Journey, the very purpose that we came here to BE.

Stage TWO of a Spiritual Awakening is where we begin the slow process of having complete GRATITUDE for our sufferings.  Because we start feeling that our pain and suffering is not in vein.  We begin to have KNOWINGNESS that there is an important reason behind it.  Things start making sense.  Wayne Dyer explains it like this, “This is an important step in the enlightenment process, and helps us to see how synchronized the onesong really is. Certainly we still experience the pain and suffering, but we simultaneously know that there is something magnificent in this as well. We are able to be gentle and accepting with ourselves, and to honor and love even the part that is creating the crisis. We probably will not cognitively understand why this pain is occurring right now, but we will have an underlying knowingness and belief in the value of it.”

Stage THREE of this awakening is ALL ABOUT SYNCHRONICITY.  There comes a moment in which the pain of NOT committing to our awakening and CALLING becomes more painful that the thought of taking that leap of faith.  So through pure force of will, we TAKE THE JUMP.  Having Faith that Spirit will provide and protect us on the Journey.  And guess what, Spirit does. Always and in all ways.  It is a Universal Law  (A promise from source if you will) that once you TRULY commit to this Divine Awakening, Spirit will flood your experience with everything you need to fulfill your destiny.  It may not happen all at once.  So PLEASE, be patient during this stage. Miracles take time in this dimension. But by staying in this new state of ALLOWANCE, you will begin to experience SYNCHRONICITY almost daily. People start showing up out of the blue to offer guidance.  Financial opportunities present themselves to help support your vision.  You begin to attract a new TRIBE of like minded friends and a support team.   And let me tell you, this is when you first start experiencing the sensation of "Heaven on Earth!!"  And it is blissful, and magical.  You cannot imagine living any other way, ever again!  

For those of you who may be skeptical of this process, I can understand.  Especially if you are currently in the middle of Stage ONE.  I know, because I was there several years ago.  I was so depressed I could barely get out of bed.  My mind caught in a constant replay of my past.  Unable to let go of the constriction these perceived failings were having over my entire psyche.  I had no money, no job, and had dropped almost 25 pounds because I simply had no desire to eat. In fact, I had little desire to do anything,  From the bed, I would make it to the living room sofa and sarcastically say to myself, “Watch out world, there is NO stopping me now!”  LOL

But as I made a commitment toward my path, the fog slowly lifted, and my life took off like a rocket of Re-membrance!  Now, five years later, I have a burgeoning business as a life and leadership coach with The New Age Nerd!!  I have put 25 pounds of muscle back on and am in the best shape of my life.  And it feels GLORIOUS!!  Where I could once barely get out of bed, I now leap out from my slumber every morning, super stoked to experience the wonders of the coming day! Can I get an AMEN in this congregation?!?! :0) 

Even if it doesn't feel like it right now, LIFE IS A BLESSING!  And please do not beat yourself up for whatever state you currently find yourself in.  You are EXACTLY where you need to be on your Journey.  No Thing you have experienced will be wasted. Each and every one of them has been to give you the wisdom, understanding and re-membrance of knowledge you will need moving forward!  Preparing you for what you have chosen to experience in this earthly realm! And once you reach the place where you are in complete alignment of allowance, and living your CALLING,  LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME!

BE SUPER HEROIC!

Nerdmaste,

Jeffrey Louis Martinez

How To DEVELOP Super SUCCESSFUL Routines and HABITS...!

As you might imagine, being a transformational life and leadership coach brings with it a great responsibility to research and investigate the latest findings and implementations of self realization work that is seemingly everywhere nowadays.  I try and put things into practice first before spreading them to my clients or unleashing the information on The New Age Nerd.  Another criteria I use before sharing information in this area of my calling is to see how it resonates deep within my Being.  Basic stuff really.  Does it make sense and is it practical to most people who make up my audience and client base.  

One thing I do believe with all my heart is that two of the most common traits of the highly successful and iconoclastic individuals amongst us is laser like focus, and keeping small daily habits that others simply do not do for a myriad of reasons.  

I read several books a month and am always taking diligent notes on criteria and hard fought wisdom from today's masters in the self transformational world. All to see what they have discovered and are currently implementing in their own life and the lives of their clients.  Having said that, I would like to introduce you to the Top Ten action steps that will create a Super Successful life!  It is my hope that you will incorporate as many of them as you can into your own daily regime to assist you in achieving desired goals and in turn the happiness you desire in life!

So are you ready for the list?  Great, cause here we go!

1.  HONOR YOUR BODY TEMPLE
Yes, we all know that this body is temporal. It is ours for a finite time. But is is also a precious gift.  That's why it is called the Body Temple.  It is sacred in that it houses our Soul while we are here. As the book God I Am declares, “There were billions of other Souls around the Universe vying for the ‘ticket to ride’ that was given to you!”  That's right, YOU are that Unique and Special.  Everyone here already won the lottery!  So while you are here, be grounded enough to care for the body which brought ya!


2.  DEVELOP A MIND-SET FOR SUCCESS
The foundation for your future happiness and blissful abundance in all its forms stems from having a mind-set for success.  Nothing of value happens overnight. So our mind-sets must be implemented for both the short and long term. The key to developing a Super Heroic Mind Set lies in shedding thoughts or feelings of self doubt, worthlessness, fear, anxiety, or the lack of self love. This means transcending any limiting beliefs about what is possible for you to create in your life. And feeding your SUBCONSCIOUS mind with expanded thinking that you are truly LIMITLESS! The sky is NOT your limit, but rather just the beginning! 

And please re-member that we have two minds. Both the conscious and the SUBCONSCIOUS. The conscious mind controls and intreprets our illusionary physical senses. It's master is the EGO! Its primary function is to keep us feeling small and less than. It creates the thoughts that keep us feeling separated from the ONE GOD MIND that is the loving source to Infinite Intelligence and our true essence.

The SUBCONSCIOUS mind is subordinate to you! It is the mind of your SOUL and works beyond time and space! It's the powerhouse of your Super Heroic Higher Self. And it is 1,000 times more powerful than our conscious mind. It is non verbal in nature. And responds only to our thoughts and emotions. Its arch nemesis is RESISTANCE! Meaning any thoughts, beliefs, or feelings of being less than the utterly perfect being that is your very spiritual essence. Those energetic offerings block any abundance from entering into your life experience. So it is our e-motions (energy in motion) and feelings that turbo charge the  vibration (frequency) of our SUBCONSCIOUS mind. Which in turn transforms our core thoughts and beliefs into their physical equivalent. Essentially, you can "Bend Reality" into nearly anything your imagination can fathom. If you can convince your SUBCONSCIOUS mind to see it and believe it is already in your possession, its very nature is to create and deliver it into your life experience! Sometimes it will come in the form of the action steps and plans in order to "collect" it. Other times, it will appear in pure tangible form. So the next time you receive an intuitive hit for an action step, act fast! It is the SUBCONSCIOUS mind, through the power of spiritual intuition, sending you this information to put into action, pronto!


3. Create a Consistent Morning Routine
If you wish to see "Big Changes" in your life, you must be willing to change things in a BIG WAY. My very first suggestion is to make your bed the moment you wake up. It's been scientifically proven that the "state of your bed" is the state of your head! 

I develop individually tailored morning routines for all of my coaching clients. Most of our morning routines are engulfed in stress, anxiety, and non present behaviors that do not set you up for a day filled with success!  Just the opposite actually. The first key to an empowering morning routine is to start the day doing things that life your SPIRIT. Listening  to inspiration music, or podcasts as an example.  Or perhaps taking ten or fifteen minutes to read from an inspiring book or blog (Hint, Hint)  LOL

My second suggestion is to incorporate daily morning affirmations into your routine. The Secret Sauce to daily affirmations is to say them in the present tense. And super charge them through your emotions. As though they are already happening in the NOW! 

Next, declare what you commit to BEING in the day to come. As an example, here is a list of my personal Morning Intentions:

TODAY I INTEND TO BE:

Filled with gratitude
Alive with Ferocity in all that I do
Radiating BLISS for myself and all others
Living as LOVE
Boundless with Compassion and Kindness
Steadfast in the KNOWINGNESS that through my MAGIC
Extraordinary Things will be made manifest 
In Alignment and in Allowance of all things That 
Serve the Highest Good of all concerned

Another wonderful Morning Mindset habit is to read aloud your "Pillars of Super Success." There are Six Pillars that will generally make up the foundation for lasting BLISS in your life. They are the following:

Your Calling
Financial Abundance
Your Health
Personal Relationships
Physical Appearance
Source of Income

I highly suggest you write these pillars down and develop each of them in written form.
Again, here are mine for reference points:

CALLING:
Using the Transformational Guidance through my brands under MARTINEZ CONSCIOUS MEDIA, I am assisting millions to uncover their hidden Super Heroic Higher Self. Thus unleashing their unique set of Super Powers into the world. Creating BLISS in all areas of their life as they find and fulfill their personal CALLING.  The byproduct being helping to change/save this world!

FINANCIAL ABUNDANCE:
An unlimited stream of abundant wealth is flooding into my daily experience.
Allowing me the freedom to live life on my terms. And have the discretionary income 
to give financial well being back those who need it.

HEALTH:
I am experiencing pain free living from a mental, physical, and spiritual standpoint.
My body stays dis-ease free forevermore.

RELATIONSHIPS:
A new Tribe of spiritually like minded, caring, supportive, authentic, and fun loving friendships and personal relationships are always a part of my sacred circle.

APPEARANCE:
My physical body is always becoming a grander version of itself.  That together with a joy filled heart keeps me with a youthful appearance. 

SOURCE OF INCOME:
Through MARTINEZ CONSCIOUS MEDIA, massive financial abundance floods into my life. In return, I pledge daily loving service to others through Coaching/Teaching/Blogging/Podcasting/Books/and Speaking

My last suggestion is to develop a daily morning visioning routine. Take just ten minutes every morning to do visioning exercises in which you close your eyes in a quiet environment. Then put your imagination to use. And do not put any limits on what you allow yourself to imagine in your mind's eye. Actually paint a mental picture of what your  Super Heroic Ideal Life would look like. But make sure to actually SEE YOURSELF in the mental picture. Smell, feel, see, and taste the picture as though it was literally already right in front of you. And then super charge the picture through the use of your e-motions. And please do not be afraid to let your freak flag fly during this process. For as I stated earlier, the SUBCONSCIOUS mind cannot determine between what is real and what is imagined. So the greater the e-motion you put behind this vision, the faster the SUBCONSCIOUS mind will get to work to make it become manifest in physical form!!

Then, after the ten minute time period, open your eyes and "pull that e-motion" out of your visioning process. And try and hold that energetic vibration the rest of your day. Don't be surprised how quickly the very thing you envisioned, or the plans to manifest it come flooding into your experience! Trust the process.  I can attest that it really works! Promise!  ;0)

4.  Start to delegate as many of your tasks as possible.
Time is the one thing that you cannot get back in this realm. So make sure you free up every possible minute when possible!


5.  Take decisive and immediate action.
So listen up you procrastinators.  The uber successful know that constant action changes things dramatically!  And I suggest you learn this as well......  ;0)

6.   Focus on being productive, not being just busy.

In his book, The 4-Hour Workweek, Tim Ferris says, “Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference. Being busy is often a form of mental laziness – lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.” This is Ferris’ way of saying “work smarter, not harder,” which happens to be one of the most prevalent modern day personal development clichés. But like most clichés, there’s a great deal of truth to it, and few people actually adhere to it. Just take a quick look around. The busy outnumber the productive by a wide margin.        

7. Seek progress and not perfection
Seeking perfection will only cause you to freeze in your new "Nike Kicks." Seek progress instead of perfection. It will always serve your Highest Good!                                                          

8.  Work out of your comfort zone as often as possible!                                                  
Do at least one thing every week that truly scares you. Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. Trust me!

9.  Learn from your missteps.  
Many of us are handicapped from taking action steps because we are paralyzed from fearing thoughts that we may make a mistake and feel judged or embarrassed by our actions. Not to mention the albatross of pondering what others may think of us as a byproduct.  Sound familiar?!?  That's why I invite you to transcend your MISTAKES into MISSTEPS.  The decisions we make stem from our mind, our hearts, or both!  Everyone makes choices based on their past experiences, their belief systems, and their own personal values.  Re-member, we always choose what we believe is the best possible choice in any given situation.  The key is to direct our energy away from self judgment and back towards empowering declarations such as "What is the lesson?  How can I use this experience for my greater good?" And perhaps most importantly, what is the Universe trying to teach me in this moment of NOW?"  As Richard Bach said, "The events we bring upon ourselves and the manner in which we tackle them are necessary for us to learn.  Whatever steps we take, they are necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go." And as the great Joseph Campbell often espoused, "When ANY experience enters your personal experience, bless it! For it is EXACTLY what you need in that moment!"  Let that last sentence settle into your consciousness.  For I promise you that it will serve your highest good throughout your life experience!                      

10.  Start hanging out with people who support and inspire you and your dreams.  
It has been scientifically proven that you will be the exact aggregate of the five people who you spend the most time with. And that goes for every area of your life. So the one thing we have the most control over  is who we choose to keep in our inner circle. Based on that fact, I suggest you choose very wisely!

I believe this is a wonderful list of very easily implementable action steps we can all put into place in our daily routines!  I would love to hear your thoughts on other habits you have BE found to be productive in your own life!  

BE SUPER HEROIC!

Nerdmaste,

Jeffrey Louis Martinez

MODERN MYTH MESSAGES: Interstellar....!

In the mid 21st century, planet Earth has become a barren dustbowl at the hands of Climate Disruption. Most of the planet's inhabitants are starting to perish from a lack of food and water. So when Joseph Cooper (a former NASA astronaut-now a farmer) is given the chance to pilot a small crew of scientists into hyperspace in an attempt to find an habitable planet, he leaves his family behind and accepts this last ditch effort to save all of mankind. The mission goes awry and the crew has to make a prescient choice. The spaceship only has enough fuel to try and reach one of two remaining options of a potential replacement for life on planet Earth. The team has a heartfelt discussion in order to make the decision on which planet they will try and investigate.




COOPER: You once said that Dr. Mann (one of the astronauts who volunteered years earlier to pilot a spaceship toward one of the many planets thought to be habitable for human life) was the best of us.

DR. BRAND: He is remarkable. We are only here because of him.

COOPER: And yet here he is. He is on the ground and sending us a very unambiguous message telling
us to come to his planet.

DR. BRAND:  Granted. (BEAT) But Edmunds' (the other volunteer astronaut, now transmitting possible data that the foreign planet where he resides would be very suitable for new life) data is more promising.

DR. ROMILLY: We should vote.

COOPER: (looking at Dr. Romilly) Well, if we are going to vote, there is something you should know. Brand, he has a right to know.

DR. BRAND: (Softly) That has nothing to do with it.

DR. ROMILLY: What does?

COOPER: She is in love with Wolf Edmunds.

DR. ROMILLY:  Is that true?

DR. BRAND: Yes. And, that makes me want to follow my heart. But maybe we've spent too long trying to figure this all out with theory.

COOPER: You're a scientist Brand.

DR. BRAND: So listen to me. When I say that love isn't something we invented. It's (BEAT) observable. Powerful. It has to mean something.

COOPER: Love has meaning, yes. But so does social utility, social bonding, child rearing.

DR. BRAND: I love people who have died. Where is the social utility in that?

COOPER: None.

DR. BRAND: Maybe it means something more. Something that we can't yet understand. Maybe it's some evidence, some artifact of a higher dimension that we can't consciously perceive. I'm drawn across the Universe to someone I haven't seen in a decade. Who I know is probably dead. Love is the one thing that we are capable of perceiving that transcends time and space. Maybe we should trust that even if we can't understand it yet.


From Paramount Pictures:  INTERSTELLAR



LOVE! The majestic powerhouse of Universal energy that governs the entire cosmos. Love is the very essence of who and what we will always be. It makes up the entirety of our spiritual DNA. It's what we live for. And what so many of us are willing to die for. Love fills our individual life experiences with a sense of miracles and magic! Some go so far as to say that "Love is blind." I say True Love is the only thing that allows us to perceive people, places, and things for what they truly are. Which is No Thing short of utter perfection! 

Without Love, life would be barren and beyond brutal. For it is the only elemental energy in the entire Universe that has the ability to bridge gaps of disconnection, heal the broken and battered, forgive ourSELVES and all others, soothe aching hearts, excite our minds and SOULS toward new heights of bliss, motivate us to create works of poetic elegance, shine brightness wherever darkness has become a dis-ease, and to accomplish the "One Unifying Purpose" that bonds us all. To extend to others daily forms of caring, heartfelt, and compassionate service! For LOVE's greatest gift is helping us re-member that WE ARE ALL ONE!! Thus what we do for others, we do for ourSELVES.  And conversely, what we do for ourSELVES, we do for all others. For that is the true definition of being a SUPERHERO! 

When looked at through the lens of Love, everything becomes a Miracle! For the definition of a Miracle is to change your perspective from Fear to Love. Because anytime that shift occurs, you leave the egoic mind for more transcendent pastures as you once again commune with your Super Heroic Higher Self.  Which is pure LOVE wrapped in the stardust skin which holds its precious place as you experience life in this dimension. 

Ask not who can be Love. For anything that is NOT Love is simply an illusion. And re-member to never confuse hate as being the opposite of Love. Hate is simply Love standing upside down. And this world has way too many of its inhabitants standing on their heads searching for a Love they will never find.  LOL And the remedy is as simple as this: stop chasing Love, and start spreading it! Always "Be The Source" of that which you seek. For in doing so, that which you seek, will come running back into your outstretched arms! I PROMISE!!

Your job is NOT to seek Love, but rather to discover all the barriers you have built up against it entering into your experience. Big difference, wouldn't you say?! ;0) For we are all here to Love one another back into true BEINGNESS! Being kind, caring, present, creative, compassionate, thoughtful, and of humble service. The byproduct of which is activating and unleashing the unique person of pure perfection that is our True Essence.
by Jeffrey Louis Martinez

For as the great Albert Einstein wrote to his daughter Lieserl, 

"Love is Light, that enlightens those who give and receive it. Love is gravity, because it makes some people feel attracted to others. 

Love is power, because it multiplies the best we have, and allows humanity not to be extinguished in their blind selfishness. Love unfolds and reveals.

For love we live and die.
Love is God and God is Love.

This force explains everything and gives meaning to life. This is the variable that we have ignored for too long, maybe because we are afraid of love because it is the only energy in the universe that man has not learned to drive at will.

To give visibility to love, I made a simple substitution in my most famous equation.
If instead of E = mc2, we accept that the energy to heal the world can be obtained through love multiplied by the speed of light squared, we arrive at the conclusion that love is the most powerful force there is, because it has no limits.

After the failure of humanity in the use and control of the other forces of the universe that have turned against us, it is urgent that we nourish ourselves with another kind of energy…

If we want our species to survive, if we are to find meaning in life, if we want to save the world and every sentient being that inhabits it, love is the one and only answer."

Just as Dr. Brand was vulnerable enough to express in Interstellar, rather than scientific theory, perhaps the only answer to our planet's ultimate survival is by expressing the most explosive force in the Universe, unadulterated LOVE!

BE SUPER HEROIC!

Nerdmaste,

Jeffrey Louis Martinez