HERE's How To Make YOUR Life A BESTSELLER...!

 

Once you make a firm declaration to the Universe of  'Who You Now Choose To Be'....  lest you not be surprised if many of those special spirits in your life start to transcend back into their own darkness (Egoic-self); away from the bright, blinding, beautiful light emanating from your personal love light! The loss of friends and family members who are chosen to be loved from the 'other side of the room' can be an incredibly painful process. I promise it has nothing to do with YOU~ And by that I mean the sacred shard of your soul that is a part of The One God Mind! NO! They are simply not in the same space within their own spiritual process to receive YOU exactly as you are currently choosing to show up. 

And that is A-OK! (Why do you think Jesus the Christ taught his shrewdly chosen disciples the practice of communion?! It was all about the practice of receiving your fellow brethren EXACTY AS THEY ARE! Not to receive just HIM, but rather all those who carry the Christ Consciousness! Black, white, brown, and mixed. Catholic, protestant, Baptist, Jewish, and Hindu. Gay, straight, lesbian and transgender. Democrat, republican, independent, socialist, or libertarians. If I forgot anybody, hit me up on Instagram; under Fellow Brothers from any other Mothers!  lol )  

For one of the basic tenets to spiritual growth is the following:

Everyone deserves the dignity of their own spiritual process........
(Followed closely by the commitment of NEVER giving others unsolicited spiritual advice. Oh, don't even get me started on that one...Lordy, lord! Thank you God that you never gave me a spiritual sword!  LOL)

Know that this 'Spiritual Scrubbing' is a painful and immensely challenging part of the process of your own SOUL ascending back toward the space of all encompassing LOVE. 
For you have overcome the dense experience of partial spiritual 'AMNESIA' that once served you well. The space in which your EGO eternally resides. The temporal and illusionary feeling that you, and everything apart from you are separate from each other. The greatest Con-Job ever created. And the most effective! For consciously choosing to forgo an eternity of joyful cosmic frolicking to enter a realm that temporarily denies you from your own birthright is downright disorienting; harrowing, and scary as well...  HELL! ( So much as Hell even exists. Again, another story for another post, keeping you from worry!)

Which brings us to another basic spiritual tenet: 
Remember everything occurring on this heavenly plane of Earthy existence is happening For You.  Not TO YOU!  Big difference.......

And boy does the Good Lord, informed through the Christ Consciousness, know I am well aware of this transition. At times over the past decade, I've felt like I've been in the middle of a vicious, turbulent storm being thrown around like a flimsy rag doll! And no doubt......   IT HAS BEEN BEYOND PAINFUL! New friends can often be made quickly, history cannot..........

And so too many of my days were spent asking the following non-fruitful questions: 

I wonder what people are thinking about me now?!
Is it all me?! 
What did I do?!
It must be all my fault!
Maybe I really am crazy! (Still up for discussion!  lol)
Rinse and Repeat!     lol

But then, I came to KNOW, through deep prayer and mediation, that I had been asking the wrong questions. It had nothing to do with what I was doing. And everything to do with what I was NOT doing! 

For instance, I was no longer allowing others to take my friendship for granted. 

I was NOT being a by standard towards any form of judgment or prejudice towards me or my fellow brethren.

I refused to condone any belief system that held me hostage from any physical, mental, or spiritual malady that had become a part of my Earthy being! For I remembered that my greatest Superpowers drew their strength from the most fervent pain points I had been courageous enough to battle through! 

I was no longer participating in what I now call a '90-10' relationship! Meaning I showed up 90 percent of the time, and 'The Other' 10 percent or even less. (Not a judgment, but a declaration for sure, of how I now value my own sense of SELF!)



The Universe had always been in charge! Guiding me through these many Earthly challenges, as well as the enormous amount of pain and suffering these experiences brought into my life. All to serve my greatest good! And as a byproduct, the highest good of all earthly beings! For the true definition of a SUPERHERO is to be of service. 

The word itself was born from the greek HEROS. Meaning Two! 
That which I do for YOU, I do for mySELF! And that which I do for mySELF, I do for you. ALWAYS! It was later shortened to the singular, HERO. TO BE OF SERVICE! PERIOD! The lexicon now borrowed from the world's greatest thinkers alike. 

Such as one of my own personal Superheroes, Martin Luther King, Jr.  who wrote, in my opinion, one of the greatest speeches of all time, called 'The Drum Major Instinct.'  As we all know, the God given talent he had for using parables as a way of teaching his message were unmatched and very evident in this speech that still sends chills up my spine every time I hear or read it!  It truly speaks to the topic of living a life of SIGNIFICANCE and LOVE.....  Here is just a tiny excerpt that I hope INSPIRES all who read it......

But now the problem is, it is the drum major instinct. And you know, you see people over and over again with the drum major instinct taking them over. And they just live their lives trying to outdo the Joneses. (Amen) They got to get this coat because this particular coat is a little better and a little better-looking than Mary’s coat. And I got to drive this car because it’s something about this car that makes my car a little better than my neighbor’s car. (Amen) I know a man who used to live in a thirty-five-thousand-dollar house. And other people started building thirty-five-thousand-dollar houses, so he built a seventy-five-thousand-dollar house. And then somebody else built a seventy-five-thousand-dollar house, and he built a hundred-thousand-dollar house. And I don’t know where he’s going to end up if he’s going to live his life trying to keep up with the Joneses. LOL

There comes a time that the drum major instinct can become destructive. (Make it plain) And that’s where I want to move now. I want to move to the point of saying that if this instinct is not harnessed, it becomes a very dangerous, pernicious instinct. For instance, if it isn’t harnessed, it causes one’s personality to become distorted. I guess that’s the most damaging aspect of it: what it does to the personality. If it isn’t harnessed, you will end up day in and day out trying to deal with your ego problem by boasting. Have you ever heard people that—you know, and I’m sure you’ve met them—that really become sickening because they just sit up all the time talking about themselves. (Amen) And they just boast and boast and boast, and that’s the person who has not harnessed the drum major instinct.

And then it does other things to the personality. It causes you to lie about who you know sometimes. (Amen, Make it plain) There are some people who are influence peddlers. And in their attempt to deal with the drum major instinct, they have to try to identify with the so-called big-name people. (Yeah, Make it plain) And if you’re not careful, they will make you think they know somebody that they don’t really know. (Amen) They know them well, they sip tea with them, and they this-and-that. That happens to people.

And the other thing is that it causes one to engage ultimately in activities that are merely used to get attention. Criminologists tell us that some people are driven to crime because of this drum major instinct. They don’t feel that they are getting enough attention through the normal channels of social behavior, and so they turn to anti-social behavior in order to get attention, in order to feel important. (Yeah) And so they get that gun, and before they know it they robbed a bank in a quest for recognition, in a quest for importance.

And then the final great tragedy of the distorted personality is the fact that when one fails to harness this instinct, (Glory to God) he ends up trying to push others down in order to push himself up. (Amen) And whenever you do that, you engage in some of the most vicious activities. You will spread evil, vicious, lying gossip on people, because you are trying to pull them down in order to push yourself up. (Make it plain) And the great issue of life is to harness the drum major instinct.

But let me rush on to my conclusion, because I want you to see what Jesus was really saying. What was the answer that Jesus gave these men? It’s very interesting. One would have thought that Jesus would have condemned them. One would have thought that Jesus would have said, “You are out of your place. You are selfish. Why would you raise such a question?”

But that isn’t what Jesus did; he did something altogether different. He said in substance, “Oh, I see, you want to be first. You want to be great. You want to be important. You want to be significant. Well, you ought to be. If you’re going to be my disciple, you must be.” But he reordered priorities. And he said, “Yes, don’t give up this instinct. It’s a good instinct if you use it right. (Yes) It’s a good instinct if you don’t distort it and pervert it. Don’t give it up. Keep feeling the need for being important. Keep feeling the need for being first. But I want you to be first in love. (Amen) I want you to be first in moral excellence. I want you to be first in generosity. That is what I want you to do.”

And he transformed the situation by giving a new definition of greatness. And you know how he said it? He said, “Now brethren, I can’t give you greatness. And really, I can’t make you first.” This is what Jesus said to James and John. “You must earn it. True greatness comes not by favoritism, but by fitness. And the right hand and the left are not mine to give, they belong to those who are prepared.” (Amen)

And so Jesus gave us a new norm of greatness. If you want to be important—wonderful. If you want to be recognized—wonderful. If you want to be great—wonderful. But recognize that he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. (Amen) That’s a new definition of greatness.

And this morning, the thing that I like about it: by giving that definition of greatness, it means that everybody can be great, (Everybody) because everybody can serve. (Amen) You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. (All right) You don’t have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You don’t have to know about Plato and Aristotle to serve. You don’t have to know Einstein’s theory of relativity to serve. You don’t have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve. (Amen) You only need a heart full of grace, (Yes, sir, Amen) a soul generated by love. (Yes) And you can be that servant............

Martin Luther King, Jr.

And a precious two days later, Martin Luther King, Jr. was murdered in cold blood.  Yet I truly believe he had lived his CALLING and spread the Gospel he came here to deliver!!

But if like me, you came down to Earth at this particular point of spacetime, then it is because you are a SUPERHERO and have a grounded knowingness that your task would be, like Martin Luther King's, far from easy! And yet, you still agreed to this 'Mission Possible.' All for the grand experience of love filled understanding that shall birth us into the next expanded state of Collective Consciousness. 

Over the past 5 and 1/2 years, I have been writing about many of these topics within several posts on my spiritual, transformational blog, The New Age Nerd. (For anyone reading this who has not yet visited my site, please go to www.TheNewAgeNerd.com)

Through decades of intense metaphysical studying with mentors, reading the words of spiritual masters, and securing my own individual certifications in Spiritual Leadership, I know beyond any shadow of a still darkened face that all of your collective pain in shared Consciousness is now ready to be displayed on the WORLD's STAGE! To be seen, understood, and healed! 

So stay strong and resolute my fellow New Age Nerds! For the opposition of misguided fellow space travelers are filled with their own darkened agendas. As they always have been throughout the very etches of creative freedom this realm affords us all.  And this World of polarized and very disparate SPIRITS can only permanently succumb to the tyranny of needless pain and suffering once we refuse to take up a sharpened blade! Not for the idealization of blood thirsty desires, but rather the courage to defend all those who have neither the voice nor necessity to do it for themselves! For that is the true calling of a Cosmic Superhero! And one that needs our firm commitment RIGHT NOW! No more 'One day'er' mentality! The time is upon us, the only question being asked: "Will you declare yourself to be a part of the continued problem, or part of the eternal solution?"

First we were attacked by an insidious pandemic that has killed millions of people around the planet. Followed closely by the biggest social justice upheaval in 60 years. Then we were pounded into submission by ravenous storms that continue to tear through our country. (amongst so many others) Leaving millions without not only a home, but an entire town to return to! Yet another dire warning, directly from this planet and its furry inhabitants, that being here is a privilege, NOT a right. Climate disruption is REAL, and turning a cheek just won't cut it anymore! (Animal justice is yet another crucial, much less compassionate topic for another post)

And now, less than two weeks ago, Russia began an entirely unprovoked WAR against the always docile country of Ukraine! The horrifying nightly pictures running roughshod across tv screens, displaying the blasts of bloodshed and loss of life, is often way too much to emotionally rationalize. And downright devilish in nature! All led by a despot who is starting to remind us of another devilish figure, Adolf Hitler!  And we all know the everlasting physical, emotional, and spiritual damage which was caused by allowing him to much wiggle room before stepping up to the plate to displace his power and pain, with a loving might and resolute determination to MOVE TOWARDS MASSIVE ACTION!  

For even Jesus the Christ was never considered a Boy Scout. NO!! He was feared as a rabble rouser in his land. Often the first to raise a Heavenly hand to overturn the tables of corruption that dared to singe a stranglehold over those who had no real voice! 

So in these uneasy times, please hold those truths in your own heart! Jesus taught us that it is not only your God given right, but your purpose to stand up against any form of unconsciousness. (in the form of hate, prejudice, disenfranchisement, inequality, or misogyny) As Albert Einstein said, "The World is a dangerous place not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look and do nothing." And let us be honest, who wants to argue with AB, (Albert Einstein) emma right?!  ;0)

So when you decide to draw that line; the one that is born from the darkened blood of your own right to live a life free from any form of indignation, KNOW WITHIN YOUR HEART THAT AS MANY MAY FREE THEMSELVES FROM YOUR OWN LIFE........    THAT I (Amongst so many others) WILL FILL THAT INTERNAL VOID WITH A LOVE THAT WILL TAKE A BILLION LIFETIMES TO BURN THROUGH..........   For the entire Cosmos truly 'Sees You!' They adore you, and are beyond thankful that you had the courage to come here during this true tipping point! All towards a World that will continue to breathe life for the billions of SOULS who have yet to experience its beauty, brawn, and miraculous connection for Eons to come.........!

For although we have come so far....  OUR SUPER HEROIC JOURNEY is still just beginning! So I ask you, are you prepared to give up the pain from the myriad of your own personal losses, and channel it into acts of service? The planet is wilting from pain. (Remember, Earth is a sentient being. It is a living system and uses nearly the same mechanisms all living creatures use to survive) Just look around. I mean TRULY look around your daily environment. I believe you will see a plethora of ways to be of service! After all, in the end, we all become nothing but stories. So......what story will you write through super heroic acts of LOVE!

BE SUPER HEROIC!
BE LOVE - SERVE ALL - INSPIRE ALWAYS

Nerdmaste,

Jeffrey Louis Martinez

LEARN How To FINALLY OUTWIT The DEVIL In YOUR Life.... An ABUNDANCE Of TREASURES Awaits...!

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Over 70 years ago, Napoleon Hill wrote a book called “Outwitting the Devil”, yet it wasn't actually published until quite recently.  At the time of its crafting, he had already made quite a name for himself in the business world, especially from the success of his seminal tomb “Think and Grow Rich.” (If you have not read it, I suggest typing in Amazon.com in your web browser as soon as you are done reading this post!)  So why exactly did this particular vision from his inner mind lay hidden from public consumption for decades?  After all, Hill was the author of numerous books that transformed the cultural zeitgeist of a society that had been been fiscally stripped and spiritually annihilated by the horrors of the Great Depression.  He had made it his life's purpose to take on the near herculean task of setting aside over 25 years of his precious time to discern the underpinnings of those who create stupendous life success for them selves and their families. His mission: what heroic habits existed that separates those of us who merely survive from those of us who actually eat PASSION FLAKES for breakfast and thrive the rest of each and every day.  Eventually building an earthly legacy of treasures, including, but not limited to, an abundance of health, love, friendships, philanthropy, and of course monetary wealth.  All during their brief stint here on the planet, fulfilling their Superhero's Journey along the way. He went so far as to partner with the iconoclast Dale Carnegie who assisted him as a mentor on this mission of a Lord of the Rings worthy proportion!  Frodo who?!  :0)

“If you undertake this job, you should interview not only the few who have succeeded, but the many who have failed. You should carefully analyze many thousands of people who have been classified as failures, and I mean by the term failures, men who come to the closing chapters of their lives disappointed because they DID NOT achieve the goal for which they had set aside their hearts toward achieving.   As it is inconsistent as it may seem, you will learn more about how to succeed from the failures as you will from the so-called successes.  They will teach you what NOT to do.  Among toward the end of your labor, if you carry it through successfully, you will make a discovery which may be a great surprise to you. You will find that the cause of success is not separate and apart from the man/woman.  That is is a force so intangible in nature that the majority of men never recognize it. ; a force which may be called ‘the other SELF.’  Noteworthy is the fact that this OTHER SELF seldom exerts its influence or makes itself known excepting at times of immediate emergency, when men are forced, through adversity and temporary defeat, to change their habits and THINK their way out of temporary defeat."

~~ Dale Carnegie  (OUTWITTING THE DEVIL)

In fact, this New Age Nerd credits a portion of the grand uncovering of his life's calling to the profound remembrance that was gifted through Hill's luminous prose. Which at that time  contained a radical template for the law of attraction that FAR pre-dates this generation's proclamation that “The Secret” is the cure to our feelings of lack of abundance, inadequacy, and disconnection from our authentic SOURCE.   The only real secret he could find for manifesting extraordinary success in one's lifetime came from finding and following your unique, one of a kind earthly purpose and desire for being here, and doggedly pursuing it with a concrete plan that is backed by daily ACTION STEPS.  The closest thing to a 'secret' he uncovered, is that your purpose/desire MUST BE A FIRE WHICH IS FILLED WITH PASSION!  For if your calling/desire/purpose is not strong enough, you will never gather the gumption to battle through all of the challenges the Universe will put in your way! So many of us start to succumb to victim consciousness when it feels as though we simply cannot 'catch a break' in our daily endeavors.  We may even begin to emotionally back away from our previous steadfast faith! This inevatably happens when our calling/purpose/desire is not strong enough. Rather than looking at our daily grand challenges as opportunities, we begin to sulk. And rather than the inauspicious letter 'A' worn by Hester Prynne in Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Scarlet Letter,' we begin to unwittingly wear the letter 'V' for victim consciousness, which is just as insidious! 

But now back to the basics; know where you are going (your calling/desire), develop a doable action plan, and bust your butt with no complaining or explaining until you get there!  Funny that the real ‘secret’ to, well, ‘The Secret’ is that THERE IS NO SECRET!  Perhaps Sean Connery summed it up best in “The Untouchables” with his wicked quip to Kevin Costner's lawman tasked with capturing Chicago's shiftiest crime lord, “Yes, but what are you PREPARED TO DO to get Capone!”  That line can be applied to all of our goals and desired manifestations.  Because you will most often find that those that simply DO, practice the ART OF ACTION.  As my my pop used to implore to his students, in life there are only two distinct camps.  You are either ‘working hard’ or ‘HARDLY WORKING.’  Nuff said! 

Conspiracy theories aside, I believe the reason why the  Napoleon Hill estate was reluctant to release the contents within “Outwitting the Devil” is due to its narrative premise.  For it is written from the understanding that Hill had an actual dialogue with SATAN himself.  A sit-down for the ages to say the least!  And what exactly would one even dare to wear for such an occasion!  LOL  Even in our contemporary exploitive and sensationalistic media landscape, the announcement of such a journalistic coup would cause quite a furor of frantic frenzy.  So can you you even attempt to ponder the marketing of such a seemingly preposterous declaration back in the days before Marty McFly innocently donned his Calvin Kleins before their time?  Although, ironically enough, it does feel like we are having continued dialogue with the DEVIL himself with each and every Donald Trump media debacle!  Which has now led to the sickening Russian invasion of The Ukraine, a country which has never fired even ONE BULLET towards its European neighbors!  (Political discords aside, this post will continue to be about Outwitting the Devil)

So while reading the book, I took a page out of the Michael Beckwith (The founder of Agape Spiritual Center in Los Angeles) self actualization playbook, and substituted the ideation of the Devil, into THE EGO.  During many of his fiery Sunday soliloquies, he would often refer to the Devil as being No Thing less than our own EGO, and it's attempt to keep us feeling separate from our authentic selves.(More on this masterful application in a future post!)

And just as in my beloved “Conversation with God” series, I implore my fellow truth seekers to try and set aside their contemplations on where the information is coming from, and instead intently focus on WHAT in the narrative actually RESONATES with their intuitive feelings. CAPEESH?! Fantastico! 

So exactly what did I find from this Devil's philosophical musings and declarations from the ‘Dark Side of the Force’.  While nothing revelatory in nature, it can be summed up within the context of one potentially destructive paradigm:  DRIFTING!  Napoleon Hill fastidiously used a simple, yet nearly flawless indicator of a person's current probability of achieving stupendous life happiness and success.  Before beginning work with a new group of corporate students, he would line them up, and one by one, ask them just two basic questions.  The first being “What is your life purpose?”, and the second being “What is your plan for achieving it?”  After working with tens of thousands of well intended, highly educated individuals, he found that LESS than 10 percent could answer the questions he posed to them.  Many of them staying in jobs they detest, and in relationships that have long passed their intended expiration date!  And this, my fellow New Age Nerds, is the epitome of DRIFTING!

The Devil (EGO) declared with great contempt, this pattern of (not truly) living energy is his greatest ally toward keeping people from a life filled with soulful expansion, peaceful platitude, and the ability to complete their Superhero's Journey.  I can tell you from first hand experience that DRIFTING can become a horrible hindrance to any semblance of lasting happiness.  It's like ‘punching in and punching out’ of the time clock in life.  Living a surface existence instead of a deep, authentic, mindful co-creative process with life.  And it can touch upon and eventually erode what I call the PILLARS of LIFE.  Similar to the load baring posts that hold up any structural foundation, these pillars consist of personal support structures of our existence. Relationships, jobs, health, fiscal abundance, spiritual practice; these are all the pillars that inform and maintain our sense of well being. 

When we drift in one or all of these areas, we are aimlessly sleepwalking through the precious moments of our days.  In the book, the Devil (EGO) specifically says, “A drifter is one who permits himself (herself) to be influenced and controlled by circumstances beyond his/her control.  He would rather have me occupy his mind and do his thinking rather than go to the trouble of thinking for himself.  A drifter is one who accepts whatever life throws his/her way without putting up a protest.  He doesn't know what he wants from life and spends all of his time getting just that.  A drifter has lots of opinions, but none are his own......   I would advise him to WAKE UP AND GIVE.  Give some form of service to as many people as possible.  He must learn to give before he gets.” 

My stupendous tribe of New Age Nerds, please re-read that last paragraph one more time. For even the Devil himself said the secret to life is SERVICE!!  Which is the basic paradigm of being SUPER HEROIC in our daily lives! And a tenet of all New Age Nerds:

BE LOVE - SERVE ALL - INSPIRE ALWAYS

So what can be done if you have found yourself in an habitual pattern of aimlessly DRIFTING through life?  I invite you to contemplate incorporating the following suggestions that can support you away from your EGO and it's treacherous temptations that keep you in a zombie like state of disillusionment. All to bring back that ‘authentic swing’ that once again infuses the PASSION, JOY, and ZEST that makes life such a MIRACULOUS and MAJESTIC experience! 

1.  Decide what you want from life and what your God given talents might be.  The things that make time seem to FLY BY while you are participating in them is a great guidance system toward what those talents and passions truly are!

2. Create a plan for how to go about attaining your goal/purpose/mission.  Hiring a life coach is a wonderful way to start building a support team to assist you in this Journey in a compassionate, loving, and even fun manner!

3.  Analyze your past and present defeats or seeming failures.  (They are really not failures, just ways you now know something does NOT serve you.)  Again The New Age Nerd's definition of sin is to SUFFER without meaning.  Allow yourself to truly FEEL your emotions about the state of affairs in your life and ask SPIRIT for the guidance to help you understand the seed of equivalence in the form of an opportunity that is waiting to be discovered. 

4.  Become hyper aware of your daily habits and actions.  How much time are you spending surfing the internet, daydreaming, writing scripts in your minds for movies that will NEVER get made.  Anything that is actually keeping you away from tangible action steps toward your purpose. 

5.  Understand that FEAR is simply FALSE EVIDENCE APPEARING REAL.  It is the EGO's way of keeping you small, and is the biggest ally to the nasty nature of DRIFTING! 

And if all else fails, seek out your SEARCH and RESCUE TEAM.  Let them shower you with the Love and respect you deserve.  And don't be afraid to ASK FOR HELP.  Sometimes just breaking up our larger purpose into bite size chunks can help maintain the courage to step forward and simply BEGIN!  And a warm, trusting support team can be your own ‘Gateway to Narnia’ that initiates the start of a great big JUICY exciting chapter in your amazing new life!!



BE SUPER HEROIC!
BE LOVE -  SERVE ALL - INSPIRE ALWAYS

Nerdmaste,

Jeffrey Louis Martinez

MODERN MYTH MESSAGES : THE FAMILY MAN...!

 

WHAT IF..........

What if you made different choices?

You said YES instead of NO?

You got a second chance?

Jack Campbell made a choice. To leave the love of his life after college for a financial banking  internship in London. After meeting an angel on Christmas Eve, he is gifted the opportunity to go back and visit his alternate life in which he decided to forgo the internship and build a life with his then girlfriend!

Jack is sitting in a chair of the humble house he shares with his wife and two small children.

JACK: (Opening up an old envelope with torn, one way return airline tickets from London to New York) From London to New York.  I came back.

KATE: (entering the room with Jack) When you got on that plane, I was sure it was over. I left the airport afraid I would never see you again. And then you showed up the very next day. (softly) That was a good surprise. Ya know, I think about the decision you made. Maybe I was being naive, but I thought we would grow old together in this house. That we would spend holidays here and have our grandchildren come visit us here. I have this image of us all grey and wrinkly. And me working in the garden and you repainting the deck. (brushing away tears) But things change. 

If you need this Jack.  If you really need this. I will take these kids from a life they love, and I will take myself from the only home we've ever shared together, and I'll move wherever you need to go. I'll do that because I love you. I love you and that's more important to me than our address. I choose US!

FROM UNIVERSAL FILMS: THE FAMILY MAN

Choices! We all truly get to create our own reality in every moment of NOW. Through our thoughts, emotions, and actions; our choices. For they are a part of the very fabric that weaves, with utter energetic wonder, everything we will experience and grow to become as a byproduct.  Every choice you make creates a "ripple effect" throughout the Universe. Because you are the Universe! And so it is very crucial to live with purposeful intention! Behind every choice you make are the INTENTIONS of what and WHO you choose to BE! You can only have the life of your greatest desires if you first "intentionally organize it through the choices you make."  

As the late, great Wayne Dyer taught, "You create your thoughts. Your thoughts create your intentions. And your intentions create your reality." And So It Is Mr. Dyer! 

In the extraordinarily magical film The Family Man, Jack Campbell goes through a Hero's Journey of massive SELF discovery. He is given the penultimate gift of "seeing" a glimpse of a life he could have created for himSELF. The one he realizes was completely aligned with his Super Heroic Higher Self. Through this vision of spiritual sliding doors, he is humbled and grows into the man who is able to receive the LOVE the life he now so longs for would have given to him.  

This gifted "vision" forges a deep KNOWINGNESS within his personal paradigm. And like Jack, once we no longer believe, but actually KNOW who we are and what we truly desire, life becomes a thing of daily magic; and MIRACLES! And there is absolutely NO going back to the way things "used to BE."

Once this "quick glimpse" of a much more formative life ends, Jack has one last shot at creating the vision of his new INTENDED DREAMS! And so like all Super Heroes, he takes massive action! And rushes to the airport to speak from his heart to the love of his life, Kate. Who is about to leave for Paris, permanently!

JACK: (shouting to capture Kate's attention before boarding her plane for Paris) We have a house in Jersey! We have two kids. Annie and Josh! Annie's not much of a violin player, but she tries real hard. She's a little precocious, but that's only because she says what is on her mind. (tearing up) And when she smiles. (holding back more tears-beat) And Josh, he has your eyes. He doesn't say much. But we know he's smart. He's always got his eyes open. He's always watching us. Sometimes you can look at him and you just KNOW. He's learning something new. It's like witnessing a miracle. 

The house is a mess. But it's ours! After 122 more payments, it's gonna be ours! And you, you're a non-profit lawyer. That's right. You're completely non-profit. But that doesn't seem to bother you. And we're in love. After 13 years of marriage, we are still unbelievably in love. You won't even let me touch you until I've said it. I sing to you. Not all the time, but definitely on special occasions. And we've dealt with our share of surprises and made a lot of sacrifices but we've stayed together. 

You see, you're a better person than I am. And it made me a better person to be around you. I dunno! Maybe it was all just a dream. Maybe I went to bed one lonely night in December and I imagined it all. But, I swear, nothing has ever felt....so real.  And if you get on that plane right now, it will all disappear forever. I know we could both go on with our lives and we would both be fine. But I've seen what we can be like together. And I choose US!

Not all of us will be granted the "Christmas Wish" of a second chance to change things in our lives like Jack Campbell. (of course many of us will, so never stop knowing what you desire to BE and DO)  All by making different, more empowering choices. So I highly suggest you take heed of the script making magic from this illuminating film. And begin to put intentional energy behind everything you think, say and do! The very state of your life in all its abundant forms is depending on it! 

BE SUPER HEROIC!

BE LOVE - SERVE ALL - INSPIRE ALWAYS

Nerdmaste,

Jeffrey Louis Martinez

PLEASE OPEN: Your Personal INVITATION Resides WITHIN...!

                           'The INVITATION"

I'm not interested in the accolades you have accumulated in the presence of others...

I want to know what you do in the solitude of your darkest nights..

When one's true integrity is discovered...

Do you shrivel before the RESISTANCE of your ego..

Or carve through the Veil of Illusion even as your own tears cloud your vision...

With an unbreakable FAITH that a Miracle will be birthed on the other side..

I could care less how many times you go to church...

to be 'FED' by the word of God........

I INVITE you to tell me how many hours you've spent feeding others through acts of CHARITY and KINDNESS....

It doesn't impress me that you ALWAYS remember Birthdays and Anniversaries..

I'm curious how many times you've done something special for another...'JUST BECAUSE'....

I'll NEVER remember how many Facebook friends you have amassed.....

But I will NEVER forget the times you were a true friend by loving me in times of my deepest SORROWS.....

I won't treat you any different based on how many degrees you have plastered on your walls....

But I will study how well you've learned by your previous missteps......especially toward the manner you treat and receive others who are still trying to find their own way... 

I may never know how many musical instruments you have mastered...

But can you make my SOUL SMILE through the song your heart plays in my presence....

I'm not invested in your favorite bedtime stories from a childhood past....

I want to know what STORIES you tell yourself about your

own purpose for 'BEING'....

I could care less about your current net worth....

No.....What I want to understand, is in what ways have you been

WORTHY of your own SUFFERINGS....

I won't notice how fancy your 'dance moves' may be...

I want to know if you are courageous enough to 'Dance to the Beat of Your Own Drummer' even if it means being laughed at for being 'DIFFERENT'

And PLEASE do not bore me with how technologically savvy you fancy yourself to be....

Rather...I want to comprehend why you'd rather TEXT ....Than

pick up the phone and hear my VOICE say.."I MISS YOU..TONS!!"..

I'm not interested in how many 'Thank You' notes you've sent for all the amazing gifts you may have received...

I want you to tell me how many times you've said "THANK YOU"..for still being your friend...Even AFTER your words may have 'cut straight to the bone'...

I will never be impressed by how much money you've earned, or even given away.....

I want to know how often you've shared your ABUNDANCE of FEARS and FAILURES with others.....So that they know they are NOT alone when confronted with theirs

And PLEASE, do not waste my time with how many likes and DM's you receive across your daily social media platforms..... 

For I'll be so much more impressed with how much you've assisted in making another's HEART swell with acceptance by taking the time to simply know that they are seen....DEEPLY...  and COMPASSIONATELY SEEN...!

And I will never judge or jostle you when the time comes for you to get a prescription for Bi-focal lenses. I will be much more concerned with how many times you will choose to  -turn a blind eye -- towards the atrocities of a World gone awry with compromised confusion and a challenged sense of consciousness.......

But FEAR not.....   for I will NEVER forsake who I know you truly TO BE! And with that knowledge, you shall have permanent access to a community of like minded Spirits who will never judge you. Especially during those times when you feel isolated and all alone. For the night is always darkest just before the DAWN.... and you shall see by checking the fine print on your INVITATION....... That you have a full access pass towards a spiritual shindig that knows TIME is simply an illusion....   So anytime you need a spiritual scrubbing, the doors will always be open...

And I will not be offended by how many times you forget my Birthday...

For the only thing I DESIRE you to remember...Is how utterly PERFECT...  You already are.......

NERDMASTE

Jeffrey Louis Martinez

EASE Your PAIN By LEARNING To LEAN Into Your LIFE LESSONS.... !

 

Man is not destroyed by suffering; he is destroyed by suffering without meaning

Victor Frankl

One of the more challenging aspects of being a coach/philosopher/teacher is helping my clients navigate the choppy waters that confront them when they are in the midst of making a transformational breakthrough.  Because this type of life altering event is usually preceded by a courageous act of facing their life's deepest pain and suffering.  And let's keep it real....   most people avoid pain and suffering like the plague!  And that's understandable.  Especially if we are too narrowly focused on the pain itself, rather than embracing the BIGGER picture.  The narrow perspective looks something akin to this.........

Life is hard enough.  I just want to be happy.  I see SO much pain and suffering all around me.  I thought people who have done a lot of spiritual based personal growth work learned to live in a state of Peace and Joy...even BLISS! I'd rather not face my TRUTH because I am afraid of what I may find..........   OR.....   I'm too busy to deal with my own shit! I'd rather stay in this state of unfulfillment than commit to the painful changes I may have to make......

Sound familiar?!

BUT...Being in acceptance of the bigger picture, completely changes the palette you are working with and for.  Your focus is NOT on the pain itself, but rather WHAT the pain came to bring you. Our most powerful spiritual breakthroughs come when we give ourselves permission to DEEPLY FEEL AND DEAL WITH OUR EMOTIONS!  For our feelings are the guideposts to your very SOUL!  In fact, when we fail to completely inhale our emotions, we miss out on the spiritual lessons that they contained!  

Sometimes we must allow ourselves to FEEL THE DEEP BURN within us......

Sit in the Fire of your Own Truth...  And be in Allowance of the Flames to burn you to ashes..   Having Faith in the Universe ..  That it will rush in with a gust of LOVE so uplifting..  That your Soul shall be rebirthed as a Phoenix of Hope, Inspiration, a spectacular Purpose!  

Jeffrey L Martinez

Our suffering is often our Spirit calling for a lifeline into the Soul's version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.  It's a powerful, albeit often excruciatingly agonizing sign a miracle is looking to be birthed through you.  Usually contained within a profound yet painful life lesson.  In order for the AMAZING, stupendous, disruptive calling you came here to manifest, there needs to be a larger gateway for SOURCE to work through. You need to be rebirthed into the ‘The Greatest Vision of the Grandest Version’ of yourself!  And as all moms know, the birthing process is an arduous one.  It forces us to stretch and grow.  Often without having a single idea what might be waiting for us on the other side. Tough stuff!  No doubt!  As the saying goes, 'the devil you know is better than the devil you don't.' (Moms inner monologue..“YOU...have NO idea!!”  lol)

Just as the prescient Joseph Campbell proselytized, “We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”  But that can be a Journey that sounds scary, overwhelming, and many of us refuse the calling.  Once we start down this path, life will never be the same again.  And somehow, we know it.  Letting go and having the courage to transform from the caterpillar into the beautiful butterfly takes a lot of faith and persistence, not to mention the absolute willingness to allow the rebirthing process to occur.  And do you know what happens if someone assists the newly formed butterfly, as it fiercely fights to break free from its cocoon?  It fails to gain the strength its wings need to fly, and it dies.  It actually MUST suffer in order to thrive!  Not unlike the Superhero's Journey that awaits every one of us.

Our most profound life lessons often leave us with a series of scars.  But aren't scars the signs of a wound that has been healed? In fact, many of the most conscious Spirits on this planet bare the most vicious of scars.  All of which are now constant reminders that the gift of wisdom in this realm must be earned!   Not because you are in any way, shape or form unworthy. Nothing could be farther from the spiritual truth! The Grand Creator set things up this way. Confused? Think about it. Can you think of a more productive and everlasting manner from which to garner wisdom than by learning it through earning it?! 

In our own unique and transcendent manner, I choose to believe we are all WOUNDED HEALERS! While that expression may ring disparate to all sorts of your individual bells, here is my personal definition:

"Wounded Healers are not born and they are not made. They create the gateway to allow all the gracious gifts and super powers from The Universe to flood into their existence. This creation is hard earned. For it entails conquering adversity, through earthly experimentation, which often leads to many forms of extreme pain and suffering. Over time, in which they focus their energy at an increasingly accelerated state, they begin to remember Universal laws beyond the limited scope of our 3-dimensional realm here on earth. Spiritually grounded information to help them remember that we are SO much more than physical matter. We are all spiritual beings having a human experience. Our greatest servant is our human body operated through the conscious mind. But it is our celestial being and our subconscious mind that is our greatest gift and true essence. Yet, we too often become slaves to our physical bodies and forget our spiritual core. 

But the Wounded Healer learns how to once again embrace their authentic selves through the ancient process of rebirth. During this time they learn how to overcome and even befriend fear. Often through several scuffles behind the spiritual scenes of their most challenging trials and tribulations. And in doing so, they transform into Galactic Warriors! Able to shed healing light back towards others still making their own Journey back towards the LIGHT! A light bright enough to illuminate the path of even the most lost of souls. 

They eventually become quite profuse at showering others with what is needed most; be it inspiration, peace, joy, light, wisdom, and love!

The Wounded Healer has learned the courage and fortitude to stretch their Soul and LEAN INTO THEIR LESSONS!  And in return, they have gained the gifts of how to uncover the meaning within their pain and suffering.  Including the remembrance of their Calling and the wondrous super powers that they came here to wield.   All to be used in the service of all others!"  

The secret to our Salvation lies WITHIN.......  All the answers we seek, the LOVE we crave, the Wisdom we wish for, the Peace we desire, the unimaginable POWER we have been granted and the utter Understanding that WE ARE ALL ONE.......  are accessible to one and all at any given time!  You must simply stay silent and listen to your inner voice.......   !

So I invite everyone in The New Age Nerd community to begin a practice of LEANING INTO YOUR LESSONS.  It's OK to be scared when entering uncharted territory.  But within the depths of your courage lies the keys to your greatest awakenings! And in your times of trepidation and fear.......remember THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE....   

I would like to leave you with one of my favorite tales of such wondrous truth....may it bring you  a gigantic slice of spiritual wisdom........

A Native American myth recounts that the Creator gathered all of creation and said,
"I want to hide something from humans until they are ready for it.  It is the realization that they can create their own life and their own reality." 

The eagle said, "Give it to me; I'll take it to the moon and hide it there."  

But the Creator said, "No, one day they will go there and will find it."  

Then the salmon said, "Give it to me; I'll hide it in the bottom of the sea."

 "No," said the Creator, "they'll get there too." 

Well, the buffalo came and said, "Give it to me; I'll bury it in the plains."  

The Creator said, "No, they will get there. They will cut into the skin of the earth, and they will find it even there."

But then Grand Mother mole came, the one who has no physical eyes to see on the outside but has spiritual eyes and the capacity to see on the inside, and she said, "Put it inside them; they'll never find it there."  And the Creator said, "It is done."

by Unpublished

BE SUPER HEROIC! 

BE LOVE  - SERVE ALL - INSPIRE ALWAYS

Nerdmaste,

Jeffrey Louis Martinez