TIPS On How To CLEAN Your MIND For ABUNDANCE!!

It's hard to imagine that my 49th BIRTHDAY is one week from today....  Just one more year to get in Picture Perfect shape for that AARP card shortly coming' my way...Booooooo!!!  ;0)   I wonder how much I could get for one of those on EBAY...  Father Time will tell I guess!   Thank GOODNESS that my mind is still sharp as a fritter on a fryin' pan!  Nothing wrong with this Noggin.....No senior moments for me!    HOLD ON..............................................!!

Ok...what was I just writing about..?!?    Ummmmmmmmm.....  Oh yeah.....   How could I forget....  A steel trap of pure mind muscle above these pair of shoulders I tell ya!!  I'm like an In and Out Burger;  nothing gets In or Out without my knowing about it.....  NOW~~  if I could just remember where I put my wallet....    LOL

Sound familiar to any of you?!?  I bet it does!  And I'm not referring to Senior Moments, because, well, they are for Seniors and luckily 50 IS the new 40.  At least, that is what my therapist keeps telling me! ;0)

No, what I would like to address is the massive amount of daily information all of us are being bombarded with from too many sources to name!  It's literally causing a pandemic of info overload that is MIND MADDENING!   HONEY DO LISTS are now the very least of our concerns.  I sometimes find it awe inducing to even ponder how we are all able to prioritize and compartmentalize the staggering amount of daily tasks that confront us,  while concurrently consuming and processing the insane amount of information that is life in the Technology Age!!  

My biggest concern has to do with the affect this is having on our most Powerful Ally;  OUR MIND!!  Our minds are the direct link to the creative life force within us.  Call it SOURCE, Infinite Intelligence, Spirit, GOD.   Whatever you feel most comfortable with.  The point is that our minds are the birthing mechanism for every idea and burning desire you wish to manifest into your earthly experience.  That's right, they are that MAGNIFICENT , Mind You....  :0)

And keeping what Albert Einstein referred to as a 'Clean Mind' is so instrumental to our own creative process.  In fact, he claimed that one of his 'secrets' was keeping his mind as free and open as possible from unnecessary information and usage.  Einstein said that this practice allowed for what he deemed his INTUITIVE MIND to always be available for the Universe to download its miracles in the form of new ideas, plans, hunches, and desires.  In fact, one of his most famous quotes is "There are only two ways to live your life.  One is as though nothing is a Miracle.  The other is as though everything is a miracle."  I don't know about you, but if it worked for him, then Deal Me the Hell In!!

And I love this quote from 'A Course In Miracles' that further instructs us about just how Mighty our Mind truly is, "Few appreciate the real power of the mind, and no one remains fully aware of it all the time.  However, if you hope to spare yourself from fear, there are some things you must realize, and realize fully.  The mind is very powerful, and it NEVER LOSES ITS CREATIVE FORCE.  It never sleeps.  Every instant it is creating.  It is hard to recognize that thought and belief combine into a power surge that can literally move mountains."  Mountains Mind You  ~~   Ok, I'll stop... LOL

Yet, here are some sobering statistics from the book 'The Organized Mind' by Daniel Levitin.

"Today, we are confronted with an unprecedented amount of information, and each of us generates more information than ever before in human history. ... Information scientists have quantified all this: In 2011, Americans took in five times as much information every day as they did in 1986 -- the equivalent of 175 newspapers. During our leisure time, not counting work, each of us processes 34 gigabytes or 100,000 words every day. The world's 21,274 television stations produce 85,000 hours of original programming every day as we watch an average of 5 hours of television each day, the equivalent of 20 gigabytes of audio-video images. That's not counting YouTube, which uploads 6,000 hours of video every hour. And computer gaming? It consumes more bytes than all other media put together, including DVDs, TV, books, magazines, and the Internet.

"Just trying to keep our own media and electronic files organized can be overwhelming. Each of us has the equivalent of over half a million books stored on our computers, not to mention all the information stored in our cell phones or in the magnetic stripe on the back of our credit cards. We have created a world with 300 exabytes (300,000,000,000,000,000,000 pieces) of human-made information. If each of those pieces of information were written on a 3 x 5 index card and then spread out side by side, just one person's share -- your share of this information -- would cover every square inch of Massachusetts and Connecticut combined."  WOWSA!!!

Let's keep it real, the Information/Technology Age isn't going anywhere anytime soon.  So it is up to us to, as Albert Einstein said,  "KEEP A CLEAN MIND!"    Soooooo much of creating a life filled with BLISS has to do with our MINDSET.  Or what I like to call a MIND-set...   The key to a MIND-set for ABUNDANCE is one in which YOU are in the driver's seat controlling what goes In and Out!   For it is what our Minds are both SET to submit and receive that determines the creative frequency of our inner Thermostat.  The higher the setting (energetic vibration), the greater the potency of our thoughts to match the frequency from SOURCE to deliver the physical equivalent into our experience!!  And lest us Not forget the final element of this Magical Manifestation equation.......TAKE ACTION toward your goals and the Universe will do the rest....  Ta Da!!!   

Here are some quick Hero's Tips for how to KEEP A CLEAN MIND:

1.  Keep some form of a note taking device with you at all times.  A good source that I use is the note tab on my smart phone.  Anytime I have a thought or new idea I pull out my iPhone faster than Quick Draw McGraw and jot it down in my notes field.  That way the idea doesn't get lost and I don't have to use any of my mind space to try and remember it!!

2. Start to Declutter your life.  Get rid of things that you no longer use or no longer serve you.  People who live within clutter have higher rates of anxiety and depression.  And nothing will take up more  precious inner energy like those two dreadful maladies!   This includes toxic people too!  As Gandhi said, "I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet'" It's literally Mind boggling to try and comprehend how much of our brains energy is wasted on our toxic relationships.  I've said it before and I'll say it again, It Is Perfectly OK to Love Someone From The Other Side of The Room!!  

3. LIVE IN THE NOW!  As Master Oogway told the Kung Fu Panda, "Yesterday is history.  Tomorrow is a mystery.  But Today is a gift, that's why it is called the PRESENT!"  Stop wasting so much mental energy on things that aren't part of this very moment.  Every creative thought can only happen in the NOW!  It's the sweet spot of creation Itself....    Keep it a sacred space...   Always!  

4. Stop Overthinking!!  Again, our thoughts ARE an incredibly powerful tool that when we learn to harness with focused intention help to create our reality.  BUT, our Inner Critic or EGO, will often fly its freak flag within our minds eye to create constant thoughts to keep us feeling small, worthless, and disconnected from Source.  And most of the world's collective suffering stems from our identification with THOSE THOUGHTS!  Which aren't even TRUE!!   More wasted mental energy......   That's why it is SO important to constantly check in with what you are FEELING.  Because if you are feeling self doubt, worry, or worthless, it is our SOUL telling us that its time to change our THOUGHTS.  Re-member, WE HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL OVER OUR THOUGHTS.  Choose ones that make you FEEL GOOD!!!  

5.  Minimize the usage of multiple information devices at the same time.  I know, I know!!  This is a tough one.  I hear ya!!  But I promise you that this is perhaps the most effective manner in which to keep your Mind clean and open to receive the magic of the Universe.  Trust me, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram aren't going anywhere!  Neither is your I-Pad or smartphone, or your gi-normous flatscreen for that matter!   Pick ONE or TWO to use at a time.  This will drastically diminish the amount of information overload in your life. And free up more of that Noggin for a Higher purpose!  You can thank me later.. ;0)

I hope these suggestions will offer some assistance in helping to keep clean the MINDS of The New Age Nerd community!!  And don't wait.  Start today...  The Universe just may use you as a conduit for the NEXT BIG IDEA that can change the world!!

 A MIND is a terrible thing to waste..................

To Living a BLISSED OUT LIFE..!!

Nerdmaste,

Jeffrey Louis Martinez

LEARN The SECRET To TRANSFORMATION Through The FIVE PILLARS PARADIGM..!

 
Three nights ago while sitting down for some well deserved binge watching, I started seeing the first round of Christmas commercials.  For goodness gracious it was just October 2nd!!  It seems like the Holiday season starts earlier and earlier each year.  Don't you agree?!?!  Don't get me wrong, I am the biggest Christmas Geek I know.  But the over commercialization of this MAGICAL time of year is getting a little out of hand and slowly stripping it of its true meaning.......So today I would like to guide you all back towards the NOW!!  And introduce you to a Paradigm that will assist you in creating The Blissful feelings that Christmas Miracles bring year around!!    

The Hero's Journey teaches us that a life of BLISS is what each and every one of us ultimately seeks.  And in order to find and live within that vibration of unadorned happiness and joy-and teach others how to do the same, we must have the courage to accept the nature of our life's CALLING, and that is the individual manner in which we fulfill the Universal Purpose of all souls on this planet;  to be in service of others through acts of LOVE and COMPASSION.  (Please refer back to an earlier post on December 15th for more on the topic of the difference between our Calling and our Purpose)

Through much trial and error, missteps and misunderstands, as well as years of practical application of a variety of different principles, I have devised a guidance system to assist you as you navigate your individual Hero's Journey called THE FIVE PILLARS that I would love to share with you today!  And I even recently shared these proven principles with Santa and his ebullient elves, and now The North Pole is frickin rocking out day and night with a renewed Re-membrance of truthful ruminations!!  Blissful Baddasses...... Just sayin'!!   ;0)

So what exactly is this Grounded Spiritual System I am referring to?!  Let me break it down for you!

THE FIVE PILLARS are the individual entry points that when properly navigated, become the individual building blocks that will form the FOUNDATION of earthly BLISS that comes from following our individual Hero's Journey!

Here are THE FIVE PILLARS broken down individually:

1.  YOUR CALLING
2.  LIVELIHOOD/WEALTH -  And by Wealth I am talking about financial abundance~
3.  HEALTH
4.  RELATIONSHIPS
5.  PERSONAL APPEARANCE

Ok- raise your hand if you are in agreement with me that these five attributes are the FOUNDATION that helps us create a life filled with the Heaven sent feeling of BLISS.....   I know my arm is getting tired from holding my hand up...LOL  

As we step into our Hero's Journey through daily action steps, Infinite Intelligence assists us through sending trials and tribulations that we must confront and overcome to obtain our own answers to create the foundation of BLISS that lay within THE FIVE PILLARS.  Like Luke Skywalker battling through his fears and obstacles to become an enlightened Jedi Knight and discover his personal BLISS which gave him the tools to show others how to do the same thing; and that's what The Hero's Journey IS ALL ABOUT!!!  And if we have already fully fleshed out THE FIVE PILLARS ahead of time, they become the END RESULT we can turn to as a form of self mentoring and guidance along our chosen calling/path when we lose our way! 

To help give you a better understanding of how to flesh out THE FIVE PILLARS in your own life, I am going to peal back my own personal veil to reveal what I seek to manifest using this principle...  Sound good?!?  I hope so.......Here goes......

1. MY CALLING:  Using my spiritual based coaching/teaching creativity, I am INSPIRING millions of people around the world by helping them Re-member Who They Truly Are through the process of sharing the principles within The Hero's Journey to guide them toward their Life's CALLING bringing me and them a life of Bountiful BLISS......

2. LIVELIHOOD/WEALTH:  An Unlimited stream of Abundant Financial Wealth is flooding my daily experience allowing me the freedom to live the life of my DREAMS and allowing me to give back to all others in need....

3. HEALTH:  I am experiencing Self Love and Compassion that together with exercise and proper nutrition are bringing my body and soul into perfectly aligned HEALTH...all so that I may have the ability to fulfill my life's Calling....

4. RELATIONSHIPS:  A new TRIBE of spiritually like minded, caring, authentic, compassionate, and fun loving plutonic and romantic relationships are constantly entering into my experience....so that I have constant companionship and a super support system...

5.  PERSONAL APPEARANCE:  My Mind, Body, and Soul are aligning in perfect vibrational harmony keeping my personal aesthetic in a state of angelic beauty.......Inspiring others to do the same ......

If you will notice, I worded each of these in the PRESENT TENSE!  And that is the first ingredient to the SECRET SAUCE at the core of this principle........The Second ingredient is that you may have noticed that I included a WHY into each of my fleshed out PILLARS. And I urge you to do the same.  By letting the Universe know and understand exactly WHY you desire what you do, it will flood the HOWS(plans) of obtaining these things into your consciousness.  Usually through signs, synchronistic meetings, etc.  Basically, it is delegating the Heavy Lifting to God!!  Does that make sense?!

I spend five to ten minutes, twice a day, repeating these Five Pillars with my eyes closed.  And since we know that our feelings/emotions are the fuel that turbocharge our Thoughts into becoming Things, I actually picture myself already in possession of the fleshed out DESIRES contained within each PILLAR WITH A DEEP AND FERVENT FEELING OF GRATITUDE, HAPPINESS, AND UTTER JOY .   In fact, I am often quite thankful that there are no cameras on me during this twice daily exercise, because I often become SO entrenched in my imagination of already being in possession of my FIVE PILLARS, that I often dance, holler, and scream with joy!!  Really!  LOL  And ya know what?  I suggest you do the same.  NEVER underestimate the power of your emotions. Used correctly, they become our most powerful ally!  Yoda REALLY did know what he was talking about....  ;0)

To summarize my intention in teaching today's post, it is crucial to re-member that THOUGHTS BECOME THINGS.  NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND!!  Yet the majority of us live life from the polar opposite way of thinking.   We constantly overthink about our current challenging, painful, or confusing situation, wondering HOW in the world it is going to change! And Guess What!!  As long as we keep our focus on what currently IS, the situation will not only never change, chances are, it will actually get worse!!  Yeah...   No joke!!  And absolutely NO FUN!  ;0)  

However, by using THE FIVE PILLARS in our daily manifestation practices, we keep our emotionalized thoughts on the things we desire, as though they were already in our possession.  And although this post may fall too far into the Woo-woo category for some of you, which I can appreciate, it has worked MIRACLES for both me and many of my clients when practiced on an everyday basis!!  Sometimes in the form of the actual materialized abundance directly manifesting, and other times, the plans of action to obtain the desires showing up in all sorts of magical Universal signs and whispers of Divine Intelligence!!!  

Now this process can be taken into a more specific direction, broken down into individual goals, which will be the topic of my next post!!  But for now, using the first stage of THE FIVE PILLARS, which is a more generalized version of this practical paradigm is the perfect way to get ready for what comes next......  Sound groove-o-matic?!!?    TERRIFIC!!  

I'm super excited to hear feedback from any of you who try this paradigm by fleshing out the answers to your own FIVE PILLARS!!    I'd also LOVE to hear about any additional practices you NEW AGE NERDS have used to great result in your own bucket of bristling ideas......


To Living a BLISSED OUT LIFE!!


Nerdmaste,

Jeffrey Louis Martinez

TIPS On Creating A BLISSFUL Life Through GROUNDED SPIRITUALITY..!

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU WILL EVER LEARN IS SIMPLY TO LOVE AND BE LOVED IN RETURN

~~  MOULIN ROUGE


I want to shed some light on the type of philosophy that the New Age Nerd adheres to with regard to all self actualization work- GROUNDED SPIRITUALITY.  Perhaps in a future incarnation,  I might come back with Pure Consciousness in tow, shedding all fear and disconnection.  But right now, I still have my moments.  Through the daily practice of grounded spirituality, I have become much more attuned to the nuances of being both Here and There.  And by that, I mean being connected to Spirit as often as possible, yet still allowing for the resonation of earthly illusions in my experience.  And that is why we are all here, right?!    To slay the proverbial ‘dragons’ along our path toward finding the Holy Grail of our Hero's/Heroine's Journey!  Kinda tough to do that when we refuse to acknowledge that ‘dragons’ even exist.   

Perhaps John Lennon said it best, "I believe in everything until its disproved.  So I believe in fairies..The myths..Dragons.  It ALL exists, even if only in your mind.  Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the HERE and NOW!"  Amen!

During my life, I have attended numerous churches of various denominations.  You name it, chances are I have investigated whether it was for me.  I have studied at a plethora of organizations from the East Coast to the West.  All searching for something that made sense, resonated deeply with my heart and soul, and that when put into practice, worked on a consistent basis.  In doing so, I think I was trying to create something that could help me better navigate this thing called life.  And guess what, on my journey I found out I wasn't the only who had come up with the term Grounded Spirituality.  There are several I am quite sure.    In fact, in a book I absolutely adore, and highly suggest anyone of this ilk read, called Soulshaping by Jeff Brown, he says, “...my philosophy of grounded spirituality started to concretize.  I call it Ascending with Both Feet on the Ground.  It is the idea that our ascension to heightened consciousness can ONLY be sustained it if is an embodied unfolding from the the ground up.”  What a terrific definition.  I believe we are meant to courageously engage the pain, emotions, challenges, as well as the joy, laughter, and LOVE we encounter in this Earthly Matrix of experience. 

He goes on to give more details of his journey and how he had a great lesson about spirituality from one of his mentors, the wonderful teacher Ram Dass.   After years of neglecting his body on his spiritual journey, he suffered a horrible stroke.  Pre-stroke, he preached that ‘we are not our body’.  A very common pronouncement in the realm of spiritualists.  His post-stroke experience, which he called FIERCE GRACE, shattered that notion.  This self named -stroke of good luck- grounded him as he later stated, “I came to appreciate, that as wonderful it is as a practice, ‘I am not of this body’ is only half the truth. The stroke brought me squarely in touch with the fact that, although I am certainly more than my body, I also am this body.”  Boy can I relate to that.  During my time with a colostomy bag, cleaning my own intestine several times a day, had anyone told me,  ‘You are not your body’, I would've flung poop at them like a chimp at the zoo!  I'm KIDDING....kinda!

So here are some of the basic tenets of how Grounded Spirituality has come to serve me and many other truth seekers I know.  But please always remember, that as a Course in Miracles states,  “There are many paths to God.”

1-  Feel Your FEELINGS and Emotions
When I first started to passionately engage this world of self actualization, it seemed as though there was this taboo like energy towards many common emotions like anger, and sadness.  Some of the practices I was learning about started feeling robotic in their teachings.  Not to mention unrealistic in trying to sustain a Zen like stature 100% of the time.  I started to feel guilty to express or admit when profound vibrations of any emotion outside of LOVE would bubble up inside me.  Worse still, I began to try and force others through their times of emotions by reframing, or spouting a newly learned spiritual epithet.  There is a funny story behind what got me to finally change my ways.  

There is a wonderful place called Agape in Los Angeles, which was attended by me and most of my like minded friends every Sunday for years.  Agape in Greek stands for unconditional love, and it is a true non-denominational Sanctuary of commiseration for those of us on this path toward Self.  During a weekend trip to Napa Valley, one of the friends in our group was going through the initial stages of divorce, and definitely having a boat filled size explosion of various emotions(Thank God for wine! lol)  Rather than allowing her to truly feel her grief, I started in with a reframing soliloquy that was sternly met with,  “I swear to God, Jeff, don't you dare try and F&ckin Agape me right now."  I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.   Although that line became a long lasting re-membrance in our group about giving each other the respect of our own emotional process, it also taught me a PROFOUND lesson.  I started to acknowledge the power of our feelings, and that NOT being in ALLOWANCE of them is doing yourself and others a great disservice.  

And ya know what?!   When I  started allowing myself to fully enter into my own emotions, for a given period of time, I usually came out the other side with a new perspective, or plan for moving forward.  I began to understand that feelings are one of the most powerful tools we have to assist us in navigating our unique path.  They are truly the ‘guide posts to the Soul’.   So rather than ‘Apape'ing’ myself or others, now I remember that repressed emotions are actually unrealized spiritual lessons.   Just DO NOT make a Broadway Show out of them.  Cause nobody wants to buy a ticket to an event that has outstayed its welcome!  


2-Honor Your Body
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 in 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!

3- Don't Take Yourself Too Seriously
By this, more than anything else, I mean learn to laugh at yourself.  This field is filled with people who take themselves so seriously.  Lighten up!  We all make missteps, are infallible, and poop in our pants. (Or is that just me ?!  lol)  I have found that you will actually relate to more people with your story and message, when you can learn to laugh at yourself.  In fact, it is a proven fact that laughter has cured more illness than all the medication in the world combined!

4-  ACTION is Always Necessary
When the Secret first came on the scene with its teachings of The Law of Attraction, there was this huge ‘Wishful Thinking’ movement in the self realization world.  People actually started believing that they could simply sit on the sofa and think about money, and that checks would suddenly start appearing in their mailbox.  I believe it truly started doing damage to the real understanding of the Law of Attraction (The Law of Attraction is but one of several Universal principals by the way) and in my experience, caused a ton of frustration and disillusioned spirits in our community.  

Don't get me wrong, I am a BIG believer in the power of Universal Energy.  As Yoda says, “It's an energy field that is created by all living things.  Life creates it, makes it grow.  It surrounds us, binds us.”  And it is ALL powerful.  BUT, in this dense realm, it MUST be combined with ACTION in order to work.  And unfortunately, there is not enough re-membrance of the importance of taking daily actionable steps toward our goals.  You can think all day and night to align your energy fields with your desires until the cows come home, but if they are NOT backed by actionable steps toward your plan/goal/path, the ONLY person you will be making rich is your therapist.  Trust me!  

For more pragmatic advice about the proper use of The Law of Attraction, I highly suggest reading Beyond the Secret, by Dr. Lisa Love.   She has such a grounded way of explaining the Law's principles.  For instance, she suggests one use it to try and attract the qualities for keeping and using money responsibly, rather than just acquiring money in the first place.  Great stuff!

5-  Stop with The Shame Game

This is perhaps the 'secret sauce' toward maintaining a lasting vibration in the healthy use of Grounded Spirituality.  There is a large component of people I have encountered along my path who insist that EVERYTHING that finds its way into your personal experience, including illness, is a byproduct of something you did to create it.  Talk about a shame game.  Aye Dios Mio!!

Yes, a great deal of our experiences are indeed brought about through a combination of our thoughts, beliefs, AND actions, but WE DO NOT LIVE IN A VACUUM.  We each share this planet with billions of other souls.  Don't ya think that sometimes, we just happen to be in someone else's path, and in the process receive their byproducts?  And the truth is, we can never really know what the exact cause of everything that happens in our life happens to be.  And I personally think we have much better things to do with our time than try and figure it all out anyway.  

My point is that in grounded spirituality, the shame game DOES NOT exist.  Rather than spend time on WHY something happened, we focus on HOW to show up to meet the challenge once it occurs.  We are not so much responsible FOR everything that happens to us, but WE ARE responsible TO IT.

For instance, rather than blaming myself for the Crohn's disease I was diagnosed with, I try to listen to my body, and care for it with compassion, proper food, exercise, and rest.  Further, in meditation, I ask for the Wisdom to understand how I can draw any benefits from the illness that was brought into my experience.  

I hope this gave you a richer understanding of GROUNDED SPIRITUALITY and how it can be used to assist you on your Hero's/Heroine's Journey!

To Living a BLISSED OUT LIFE !


Nerdmaste,

Jeffrey Louis Martinez

Here Is PROOF On How You Can CHANGE The WORLD..!!

Rocky Balboa: What's crazy about standing toe to toe and saying "I am"? 

In the movie 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang' starring Robert Downey Jr. (Harry) there is a funny and quite insightful scene set in an Los Angeles bar. After another completely superficial conversation with a young actress/model, Harry becomes befuddled with the lack of authentic connections to be made in the Land Where Dreams Come True. (kinda, sorta-really depends on how many lottery tickets you can afford lol)  After asking the bartender for another round of libations, he grabs a menu off the bar table and with more than a hint of sarcasm begins this short rant........... 

Harry: [continuing] I mean, it's literally like someone took America by the East Coast and *shook* it, and all the normal girls managed to hang on.


And it sparked an 'inside' joke that my buddies and I used to say after many of our dates that goes something like this.  

BUDDY:  So how'd the date go last night?!?
ME:  She was absolutely gorgeous.  Drop dead dude.......
BUDDY:  Really?!?  But....  You don't seem all that jazzed ..
ME:  Yeah, well let's just say she was all in on herself!
BUDDY:  Oh NO!  --- So fifteen minutes all about her....
ME: Yup!!  And then finally stopping to say "That's enough about ME!  SO tell me,
         what do YOU think about me?!?"    

AND SCENE..... LOL  ( According to my many LA girlfriends, the same holds truth for them)

Now don't get me wrong.  I absolutely love Los Angeles and my decade of cascading through every inch of its various artistic and very open minded inhabitants!  And you'd actually be surprised at how many Truth Seekers are rooted within its not always grounded fabric.  However, I'd be more than remiss to not acknowledge the fact that -Harry- and his brash declaration about many of LA's residents was more than movie moxie.  It was an astute observation of a consciousness (BOTH MALE and female) that reflects our ME SOCIETY.

Unfortunately, this obsession with 'ME' is much more far reaching than La LA Land.  It's insidious grasp has taken hold of this country's genetic makeup.  And it shows no signs of stopping.  While technology is certainly contributing to this malady (selfies, Facebook posting, Instagram posing, Twitter- I love ya but I don't need to know all you inner monologues LOL)  this issue has caused a crack in our communal connections. Our desires are becoming more and more egocentric.  We are chasing false idols like fame and materialistic STUFF that give us quick hits of pleasure. But, not unlike any addict, this causes a 'Chasing the Dragon' mind-set.  Always looking for the NEXT BEST THING to fill the emptiness within our hearts and souls.   

Those of you who have been consistently reading my blog have certainly realized by now that YOU ARE ALL SUPER HEROES!!   And that means you have awoken from your slumber and have heard your unique Call to Adventure!!  You've mustered up the COURAGE to follow this path completely -Made To Order- by your personal WISDOM WAITER!  And as Joseph Campbell said, "The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are."  For your Hero's Journey is unlike anyone else's!  And the Magical Transformation awaiting you will BE the foundation upon which your Legacy will be built to be shared with US ALL!!  

But therein lies the paradox that is a serious threat to our collective PURPOSE.  We have become so blinded by a consumer based mentality.  I often joke that we go to the mall to buy stuff that we think will make us feel MORE THAN the next time we go the mall to buy MORE STUFF.  And RINSE AND REPEAT!!   LOL  

As a reminder, WE ALL SHARE THE SAME PURPOSE!!  And that is to BE in Loving service to ALL!!  And that includes BEING of service to yourSELF first and foremost.  For we can only give away that which we already have. Tending to our own passions and desires is the first step toward the process of expanding our Super Heroic Higher Selves which serves not only the preverbal- ME- but also the collective WE!!  It's a Gi-normous WIN - WIN!!  Plus, being a martyr leaves most bloody and alone.  NO THANKS, RIGHT!!  

But, the last time I checked, unconscious zombies have absolutely NO interest in anything but themselves! Let's face it my New Age Nerds, we are all seeking a life filled with happiness.  And BLISS!  Which is the term for unadorned Joy!  YES, PLEASE!!  And there continues to be mounting scientific evidence that true, long lasting Happiness comes from BEING in Loving service.  

In the new book 'How of Happiness' , professor Sonja Lyubomirsky, PhD has compiled some juicy and telling data about what exactly injects us with the huge helping of Happiness we all seek.  Because of our adaptation toward a hedonistic nature, only 10% of our Happiness depends on us getting the STUFF we desire.  JUST 10% my peeps!!  It provides us with a temporary high that dissipates very quickly.   That means the other 90% must be derived from other sources.  WINK!!

But us awakened SUPER HEROES already know what the remedy to this very vital issue is.  For every master who has ever set foot in this world has spread the same not so SECRET recipe toward the answer to our inner salvation.  From Jesus the Christ to Martin Luther King, Jr.  And lest us not forget Gandhi, Mother Teresa, and the Buddha.  Their message was to BE A LOVING SERVANT!!  

As one of my greatest Heroes Napoleon Hill said, "Success in life depends upon happiness, and happiness is found in NO other way than Service that is rendered in a spirit of LOVE."

Advanced neuroscience studies are proving that by caring for the needs of others actually causes tremendous advances in our own transformations into greater versions of the Super Heroic Higher Selves that reside within! In the book, 'The Happy Hero', author Solitaire Townsend has studied these modern scientific studies and argues that the most powerful and longest lasting path to a happy and fulfilling life is to dedicate ourselves to serving others.  The same studies show that serving others improves our own health and well being as well as life longevity!  Pretty groovy stuff, huh!   

I believe that as SUPER HEROES, it is our responsibility to assist in awakening the souls on this planet who have been programmed that the path to happiness is ALL ABOUT ME. As with any disruptive cause, the first step starts with YOU!!  For starters, I would like to invite you all to begin a new habit of spreading a gesture of LOVE to at least one person each and every day.  Before you get all- C'mon Jeff- that's asking an awful lot- let me assure you that it's often the smallest of gestures that can awaken someone from their unconscious slumber.  TRUST!!  To make things a little easier, here are some suggestions you can try for starters:

Lending a non judgemental ear...

Telling someone how much they matter...

Making someone laugh...

Sharing YOUR story with someone who could benefit from your Wisdom

Be someone's calm during their storm....

Tell someone that you BELIEVE in them...Until they BELIEVE too...

Send someone a kind text 'JUST BECAUSE".....

Inspire someone with your unique talents .....

Tell someone ......I LOVE YOU.....

I assure you that by practicing these small gestures, you will slowly start to chip away the MUCK that has overtaken and blocked these misled SOULS from Re-membering who they really are and why they are here!!   Did you know  it's been proven that the 'LOVE HORMONE' oxytocin increases dramatically during acts of KINDNESS toward ourSELVES and others?  What amazing proof of that which we give away comes back to us in spades!  Plus, through these gestures, you automatically become a member of the Super Hero group known as THE LEGION OF LOVE!!  Your T-shirt and pin are in the mail!!   ;0)

Just as we all share the same PURPOSE, it is in our unique CALLING that the fun really begins! For just as our PURPOSE is the BEINGNESS of our Hero's Journey, our CALLING is the DOINGNESS!!  Our CALLING is the manner in which we leave our comfort zones and stretch ourselves. Thus transforming us into Super Humans capable of -  well, absolutely anything we can imagine! With the gift of free will, the world becomes our playground where we can experiment and FOLLOW OUR BLISS!!  

And this is where the real MIRACLES begin!  Because as you fulfill your Calling, the byproduct is the bounty of gifts it shares with US ALL!  That business you started that solves a problem many of us are in need of! Writing that book which inspires "oh so many!"  
Becoming the teacher that changes the trajectory of a new generation! Even starting the family you so yearned for and shaping your children to become beacons of light for others!
What starts out as you fulfilling your desired destiny, ultimately morphs into a new Paradigm of ME=WE!!  And you thought any notion of being a part of changing the World was pure fodder...   As if!!!  ;0)

So whaddya say my fellow New Age Nerds......   Will you help yourSELF and others in starting a new disruptive Super Heroic Mass Movement?!?    The #ME=WE message!

As I said earlier, I invite and challenge you to begin with just ONE small gesture a day.
Who is with me......       ;0)

BE SUPER HEROIC!

Nerdmaste,

Jeffrey Louis Martinez

Are Your BELIEFS Blocking Your Life's DESIRES..???

TODAY'S INSPIRATIONAL “MYTHOLOGICAL MAGIC”

J.R. Tolkein        (The Lord of The Rings) ___________________________________________________

I was recently working with a client who was, to say the least, completely frustrated and utterly confused.   She was doing what she THOUGHT were all the ‘right’ things to try and improve certain areas of her life.  Yet it seemed that instead of experiencing the changes she desired, she was manifesting complete CHAOS.  After several minutes attempting to calm her down back into a space of peaceful alignment so that our session could continue in a productive manner, I decided this was a job for the my inner SuperHero ‘The Connoisseur of Consciousness’.  You see, the true skill of coaching is in the subtle art of figuring out where the TRUE block of the client resides.  Sometimes, this comes after one session and becomes quite obvious with divine, heartfelt listening.  Now on other occasions, it's kinda like being a crime detective worthy of a Sherlock Holmes type prowess. 
And after only 15 minutes, I knew this was going to be much more like the latter!  lol

Some clients can be quite tricky and mercurial to try and coach, because they have a way of being very persuasive with their vernacular.  They come across as quite confident and self aware with pat statements that they THINK  display that they have things under control and that it is the cursed people, places, and things OUT THERE that are the cause of all their pain and suffering.  Refusal of self responsibility for any of their current life ‘predicaments’ is one sure sign that they are out of alignment in some foundational manner.  Of course, trying to break through their level of self refusal takes patience, compassion, with a huge helping side of intuitive knowhow.  And trust me, sometimes you just don't KNOW HOW you are going to find out where this misalignment reside.  ;0)

Most of us spend our energy living ‘within the shadows.’  Caught up in the drama of the darkness rather than moving toward the direction of the actual obstacle that is BLOCKING THE LIGHT in the first place.  For those of you who just can't grasp the true value of having a life coach, hopefully this helps explain the miracles that a co-creation with the right qualified coach can bring.  We help our clients in finding that obstacle to “let the Sunshine in, and face it with a grin!” (For your Flintstones fans! ) ;0)

During our third session, I noticed something quite contradictory in nature.  My client would say what she desired with a fervent passion.  Only to back up the statement with something that COMPLETELY contradicted what she wanted!  For instance, after saying she really wanted to find a new career, it was quickly followed with something like “Most companies are greedy and don't care about their people so I am being extra picky!”  And she wonders why the numerous resumes she has been sending out have been met with two results.  One being that she hears nothing back from them.  Or even worse, she lands an interview, and sure enough, the experience turns out to be caustic and off putting.  Same thing with her diatribes about relationships.  For each declaration of “I would love to find someone to settle down with, and be a true partner”,  it was soon followed by “But most men can't be trusted and lie and cheat!”  AYE DIOS MIO!!  Can you imagine how stressed out her spirit guides must be!  No doubt they have perhaps requested a reassignment from time to time.   LOL

I bring this up NOT to place any sense of judgment on the client, only to use it as a TEXTBOOK example of how what we BELIEVE actually creates a much more POWERFUL energetic vibration than what we think or even say.  Just as the conscious mind is the source of thought, the subconscious mind is the SOURCE of our true POWER of manifestation.  It is deeply and profoundly rooted in instinct, and it is aware of the most basic and extraordinary desires within us all.  It is a POWERHOUSE through which the most incredible amount of SOURCE can be connected with.  And it is within our SUBCONSCIOUS that we store our actual BELIEFS!

Basically, we can think one thing, and do another that matches that thought, BUT if our BELIEFS about what we are saying and doing contradict the intended outcome, well, that's the space in which CHAOS rules.  I love this quote from the sensational book ‘The Power of Believing’ by Nido Qubein, when he states, “Therefore visualize the exact thing(job, relationship, home etc) you desire and use daily affirmations until BELIEF in your goal becomes a vital part of you and your body.  See yourself actually doing the things or experiencing the people you desire, because every thought, backed by an equal BELIEF in that thought sooner or later materializes it into your life.”

It's really all about BEING in alignment.  I have a suspecting intuition that if you truly start to check in within yourself several times a day, many of you will realize that what you think, say, do and BELIEVE are not in alignment with one another.  One, two, or more of these things are not congruent with the WHOLE!  And all that gets you is a whole lotta frustration, chaos and disappointment.  

So I urge you to think about the principles I have explained in today's post, and be honest with yourself.  RE-member, your outer experiences are a direct reflection of you inner reality.  Basically speaking, you cannot lie to the UNIVERSE.  It knows what you truly think and what you BELIEVE and will deliver to you the exact order you are putting in to the Wisdom Waiter always at your side!
So before you scream, “EXCUSE ME GOD, BUT I DID NOT ORDER THAT!”, Re-member that based on your Beliefs, Thoughts, and Actions there is a good chance you actually did!!

To Living a BLISSED OUT LIFE..!
Nerdmaste,

Jeffrey Louis Martinez

TIPS To Help You Break FREE Of What Others THINK About YOU..!!

Today's Inspirational “MYTHOLOGICAL MAGIC”

“When we say things like ‘people don't change’ it drives scientists crazy. Because change is literally the only constant in all of science. Energy, matter, it's always changing....morphing, merging, growing, dying.  It's the way people try not to change that's unnatural. The way we cling to what things were rather than letting them be what they are. The way we cling to old memories instead of making new ones. The way we insist on believing, despite every scientific indication, that anything in this lifetime is permanent.  Change is constant.  How we experience change, that's up to us. It can feel like death, or it can feel like a second chance at life. If we open our fingers, loosen our grips, go with it, it can feel like pure adrenaline. Like at any moment, we can have another chance at life. Like at any moment, we can be born all over again.”
~~  Meredith (Grey's Anatomy)

“You're MAD, bonkers....off your head.  But I will tell you a secret.  All The Best People Are.”
~~ Charles Kingsleigh (Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland)

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There seems to be an epidemic of GI-normous proportions that threatens to eradicate much of the  beauty, growth, and unlimited potential amongst us.  Climate change you ask?!  Damn straight, but that's for another, much longer post! ;0)  No, what I am referring to is the potent grip and searing strangle hold other people's THOUGHTS and OPINIONS seem to have over our own lives.  I am seeing it cause real pain and confusion.  Not to mention depression and anxiety. WAY too many of us playing small fearing the judgement of others.  Dreams and aspirations being crushed BEFORE they had a chance to flourish.  And in this wake, risk taking has become a foreign language taught in a classroom of unknown origins! 

Since I have absolutely NO desire to live in a house of glass, let me say I have not been immune to this toxic torrent.  In fact, I once became so affected by the aggregate thoughts of the masses following a gut wrenching experience,  that I left a graduate program that I was DEEPLY passionate about.  Yuperoo!  I think that's why I decided to dedicate today's post toward the subject.  Take it from me, the consequences of not addressing this issue and the manner it is playing out in YOUR life can be quite substantial.  And it isn't like things are going to get any easier to manage down the road.  Hello, social media!! Let's face the TRUTH, this brave new world brought on by technology and it's infusion in our daily lives has made it imperative to incorporate the practice of blocking out the negative ‘CHATTER’ from the unconsciousness that surrounds us! 

This topic brings to mind a wonderful exchange of dialogue I once witnessed on an old episode of Oprah's ‘Super Soul Sunday’.  She was talking with her guest when the topic of ‘worrying about what others think’ popped up.  Oprah shot up in her chair and espoused, “If you care about what other people are thinking about you, they end up OWNING you.  And slavery done ended 150 years ago!” True dat! 

In many ways, we must not forget to offer ourselves compassion for this malady that affects us all at some point.  Re-member, our primal ancestors were absolutely dependent on their tribes for survival and a poor ‘likability score’ often meant the difference between life and death.  Five days with no shelter and brontosaurus burgers saved for the ‘In Crowd’ caused a need and desire to be deeply liked.  So your genes still have whispers of an ancestral core where status was essential and fitting in was a requirement for your well being! Why else would Barney put up with so much from Fred?!!? lol

Thankfully, we have come a LONG way since the days of T-Rex and his cohorts.  While our current times are still challenging, our desires for survival and reproduction are no longer fraught with nearly the same type of daily struggle.  Which means there is NO reason for us to continue being in allowance of the pressure to meld with the masses in the never-ending attempt of expending endless amounts of time and energy on valuing WHAT OTHERS THINK ABOUT US.

So here are a few suggestions of things that can help free up your precious effort and energy toward things that really matter.  Endeavors that give us more SELF worth and LOVE, courage, and the inner fortitude to face our PURPOSE with verve and gusto!  

1 -  Don't Make Assumptions
2 -  Don't Take Anything Personally

I am borrowing the first two suggestions from my brother in TRUTH, Don Miguel Ruiz and his brilliant book ‘The Four Agreements’.  Further fleshing out rule number one, past the making an ‘ASS’ out of you and me template, Ruiz explains, “Find the courage to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstanding, sadness, and drama.”  Nobody is a mind reader, so it is super important that we let others know what we are thinking.  And co-creating a space for others to feel safe to communicate their TRUTH back to us.  I constantly assure my friends when I feel they are writing a script in their head for a movie that is NEVER going to be ‘greenlit’ for production. Misunderstanding is one of the biggest issues we humans face.  Heck, they made a WHOLE show out of it in ‘Three's Company’.  And I doubt the Regal Beagle is still around to drink away your pain and sorrow from worrying about something that probably isn't TRUTH anyway!  

As for not taking anything personally, I believe this is perhaps the most POWERFUL tip in protecting  yourself from the needless suffering that often accompanies our obsessive habit of allowing the words of others to affect us in negative ways.  As Ruiz also states, “Nothing others do is because of YOU.  What others say and do is a projection of THEIR own reality, their dream.”  Amen!  Nuff said!

3-  Start small if need be.  Don't not care at all, just care LESS.

Again, I will be the first to admit that freeing yourself from the oppressive nature of external opinions is not easy.  Like so many other Spiritual principles, it is a process and takes practice.  Letting go of a long entrenched behavior is not going to happen overnight.  I am a huge believer in setting yourself up for success, not failure.  So start small.  Set bite size goals to achieve.  And reward yourself when you see momentum forward toward even individual moments when you staved off the vitriol or judgments of others.  

4-  Practice BEING Self Confident

Unfortunately, there are many folks clouded with their own unconsciousness, and they feed off of making themselves feel BIG by making you feel SMALL.  Don't let these emotional vampires sink their teeth into ANY part of you!  Get into the habit of doing things that allow the feeling of confidence to bubble up deep within your core ESSENCE.  Super hero posing, recalling past proud accomplishments, or listening to music that ‘PUMPS you up’ are all things you might try.  Anything that makes you rock those pearly whites and stand taller will work wonders!  Start walking with the motto, ‘Things in life DON'T happen to me.  I HAPPEN to things!’  Even subtle shifts in core energy can do wonders in how others treat you!  TRUST.....!

May these suggestions bring you closer to a life FREE of the imprisonment of your mind, and the needless anxiety, pain, and suffering that comes from the opinions of others! Life is so short, please do not waste precious moments on worrying about what anyone else thinks about you.  At the end of the day, it is NONE of your business anyway!  Cause that NOISE is all about THEM!  ;0)



To Living a BLISSED OUT LIFE  !!



Nerdmaste,

Jeffrey Louis Martinez