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!
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
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