Becoming Sacred is a Horrid Experience!

Does the prospect of embracing your days as an "ordinary human being" seem unappealing to you? Why? Being "ordinary" is the single most "extraordinary" act one can indulge in. It's easy to be 'special'. No talent required, (just follow the crowd; learn how to imitate and be phony) It's really quite simple to engage your effort in trying to be 'wonderful'. But, once you realize and exercise your 'natural and convenient' manner with no excuses or apologies, life becomes magical. (IT already was but you were too busy trying to be accepted and acknowledged to see it.)

Mistakes happen all the time: or so it seems. You miss an appointment. You forget to call someone back. You overlook someone's birthday. You spill your guts at an inappropriate time. You interpret another's words as insults. You expect a response for your kindness. You get passed over for a hard earned promotion. You trust someone who you find out later is a person who is not especially trustworthy. You discover inadvertently you've been a part of a conspiracy to get someone fired. You lash out in anger at another when the person is not deserving of your wrath. You blatantly refuse an opportunity that later appears to have been rewarding and monetarily worthwhile. You suspect someone for an injustice who was in no way involved. You doubt your own convictions. You repeat yourself. You cheat whenever opportunity presents itself IF you think you won't get caught. You act in haste. You jump to conclusions. You lead a double life; showing a face of purity while harboring and acting upon immoral/illicit sexual fantasies. You comment on a matter that does not concern you. You grow weary and tired of an involvement that proves to be successful IF you had only stuck it out. You never get over the heartbreak of your first love, harboring unfinished emotional business. You accuse another of stealing. You lie to cover up an insecurity, fear or prejudice. You talk just a little too loud and too long. You physically, mentally, verbally or financially cause someone you supposedly care about harm. You envy another's good fortune bemoaning your own. You are unfaithful. You are jealous and pretend not to care. You are deceitful but smile so no one will know. You gossip for entertainment. You laud your convictions and beliefs on another. You manipulate someone to get what you desire then justify the means. You oversell and understate. You profess to be religious but speak ill will toward another. You're intolerant and bigoted. You deny an action which openly implicates your lack of responsibility. You use another for your own benefit or glory. You secretly lust after your friend's partner. You accuse your mate for having been unfaithful. You say you're not home when someone calls. You lie about the father of your child. You exaggerate a story to make yourself look better. You cheat on your diet.

Along with a 1000 other unfortunate incidents you don't care to think about or would like to diminish your involvement. You tell yourself, "It isn't/wasn't that bad." If by chance, you are discovered for the unpleasant act, and if it threatens your security/well-being or public/professional standing, you do a double-take reassessing your current position. You manipulate the circumstances quickly in your behalf. You are quite successful at convincing others (and yourself) how truly sorry you are for what you did wrong. But, you know the truth. You KNOW how it makes you feel each time you remember the incident. You 'say' you are remorseful and truly 'sorry', and that you won't ever make the same mistake again. If only you're given another chance, you will not be so inconsiderate and careless. You will try to do so much better. Not so, my dear Amigo.

Let's be square and get real. The truth is: You hate being 'called out' 'showed up' {placed in a subordinate position} whereby you are displayed like a guilty rabbit. You don't like the obligation of appearing to give over your power. You will not be beholding to anyone. [It makes you feel helpless and weak.] Even though you apologize, you don't mean it, nor do you like doing it. In fact, you detest it. It makes you feel small and insignificant. Powerless. Unduly interrogated. When you go through all of the dramatic gestures involved in the hoop lah of the "I'm so sorry' façade, you experience an automatic righteous indignation. Even if you wanted to feel something clean and pure, you couldn't and don't. You end up feeling worse for having apologized. It's a hard to define ill-fated sensation, like you owe the other person some sort of unstated debt. {Maybe a sense of thwarted gratitude, even for his/her having forgiven you.} Yuck! A sensation of bribed or contrived obligation begins to silently choke you. The mental division has been planted. This nagging ambiguity sets up a 'highly sensitive subtle revenge apparatus' acting as a defense mechanism set to detonate at a later time. Sure, you offer reasonable acceptable excuses, explanations and rationalizations so cleverly and emotionally invented by you to make up for your so-called misaligned indiscrete actions. Face it: unless the outcome of this shenanigan brings you more benefit in some immediate obvious way, you will no more than, force (parrot) the words, "I'm sorry" from your lying lips resenting every letter uttered. On top of that noble charade, you are supposed to 'act like' you care so much more afterwards about the other person's welfare when all the while you do not. {Unless, as I've already stated, the predetermined outcome is directly linked to you in some way and will cause or caused a personal loss/hardship of some kind} Then, you really put on a 'high dollar' Las Vegas Style showcase pleading and begging remorse. Still, you are not 'sorry'. Why? Because you have nothing to be sorry for!

Nothing happens by accident. There are no mistakes. Everything transpires exactly and precisely as it did/does for reasons you are incapable of knowing at the time. Whether you accept this statement as fact or fallacy, the fact remains. Nothing can ever be any different than it is!!! Just because you are not in a position to comprehend the multidimensional expansive network of tentacles operating behind the scenes in the Cosmos does not negate the "straight and narrow "{few people ever find} line of fused reality we all walk. We are only privy to a certain limited amount of information at the time in question. You can only do what you did under the circumstances offered. There's so much more unseen than seen. And, the penchant of information we are given will, no doubt, be slanted and colored according our present level of knowledge in regards to the totality of our life's path. In other words, it all depends upon your grasp of the DEPTH OF DRAMA you need to the responses in various situations. That's right. Drama. Good old Human drama. {Nothing like emotional drama to magnify and solidify the experience of playing the part of a genuine human being.} No other action can be quite as effective as a real life verbally/physically explosive or tenderly tear jerking moving scenario of dramatic emotion. We are all governed and controlled by it. We're supposed to be. That's the nature of the game. To be born on Earth for the experience of what it entails. That is how we conquer our inexpressible divine task. What else would be the point of coming to Earth except to experience fully the ups and downs of human existence? [To experience the Song of Humanity in all its vilest performances.]

The plain truth is: We are all doing time here on Earth. There's nothing we can do about it. In fact, there's nothing we want to do about it. Our lives are determined by what we need to experience to grow out of the illusion of being mere flesh. The irony of the situation: We would not alter even one iota of any event or situation that has or ever will take place. {That's the red jellybeans at the bottom of the jar.} IF it occurred, IT occurred like IT was supposed to, period. No other way or recourse could have taken its place. Your life is perfect. My life is perfect. Every event is divine. We are all Masters of Divine Essence who have simply forgotten our sacred artistic heritage. And, it is by and through the daily Earth Walk, {including every single miserable thing, person, place, event, circumstance and flavor} we will ever go through that causes us to remember {glimpses, anyway} of who and what we really truly are. We are creators of unutterable dimension. [Capable of extraordinary feats!] But, though we are aware of this astonishing truth, we are still completely incapable of controlling our emotions. We are torn asunder by them. Either elated or depressed; we rarely find the middle ground. We remain divided. One writer expressed it so aptly, "I do what I don't want to do and don't do what I want..." {paraphrased} That is why we feel compelled to right our 'supposed wrongs," even IF we suspect the sacred vow of accepting instinctively that everything is alright. (literally: ALL RIGHT)

How long must we walk on this road of disheartening despair until we realize the flow is the go. IF things don't turn out the way we think they should, accept that they did. IF someone leaves our life before we think we wanted them to, realize we were ready. IF something apparently bad shows up at our door, don't bar it, (worrying, fretting, condemning, fighting) fling it open and invite the so-called bad in. {"Resist not evil and it shall flee from thee."} It can do no more than what it is supposed to do and it would be impossible for you to stop whatever is going to happen, anyway. IF you don't get the job, move on. There's another place for you. IF someone breaks your heart; say "thank you." IF it seems as if an injustice has occurred, realize the scales are not balanced from your bird's eye view. If you hurt someone, accept the reality that IT occurred for many more reasons and responses than you could ever comprehend. Can you see a little clearer through the 'human tears' of the experience? Do you see the pattern of 'emotional stagnation' unfolding? Are the stage lights bright enough for you to watch your overblown drama? Bottom line: You ain't that special to be running the show from what you KNOW. There's something way bigger than your personal interpretation occurring.

It's glorious to be alive and human. No greater joy and pleasure to be had. But, none of it comes from the outside. You are carrying a revered destiny of which must unfold exactly and precisely as the distinct human being you are with all the frailties attached. Every single unpleasant thing that you have ever had the sacred pleasure of being involved in is necessary. What has seemed so wrong is, in fact, correct. That's the part, you try to gloss over. You can not skip over that part!!! You are expressing the Divine Intent as only you are destined to do. No one is keeping a thing from you. No one has done you wrong, ever. You have not been cheated, abandoned, manipulated, abused, forgotten or defeated. Never! You have never been powerless and overlooked. No matter the traumatic circumstances of your childhood. You are alive today, right? You made it through your own incredibly disastrous scenario. The only harm you suffered is in your mind as you replay exaggerated pitiful victimized emotions.

Get over yourself. Get back to work. Go to the bottom of your mountain, fetch those 10 gallon buckets. Throw them over your shoulder; carry them to the well of your life. Fill them up to the brim with your personal experiences. Get back up here with some freshly imbued water. Don't poison it with unnecessary exaggerated self-importance, gloatings, complaints, moanings and groanings carried over as if you really believe what you're doing matters. Other people are doing the same thing. People are thirsty. People are hungry. People are tired. People are disillusioned. People are disgusted. People are eager to know what it's like. Waiting in line to get a chance to experience what it really means to be a passionate endowed fully convinced grateful ordinary human being. Just do it.

Proud Native {Born, Bred, and Resident} of North Carolina, married 39 spectacular years, 6 children, 11 grandchildren.

I am passionate about love, living, laughter, liberty, learning, listening, loosening up, lounging, lunch, liveliness, literacy, lip stick, letting my hair down, leaping, leaning, libido, lifting, linking, looking, lodging, lemons and lyrics.

My personal and professional background is wide and varied. I have a BS in Communication with a MA in Art Education. I am a Cosmic Therapist, artist, entertainer, singer/songwriter, musician, composer, playwright, perfumer, author, teacher, speaker, poet and self-taught chef.

I am also a radio/television talk show creator, host and director. In addition when I'm not busy, I maintain a presence at M.O.D.E International School of Esoteric Arts and Sciences of which I founded many years ago.

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Personal Vision - Inspiration and Life Purpose - A Sacred Path

Firstly, I must explain something I've already said above. None the wiser does not imply that I personally have not evolved. I have, hugely. And when I go to teach people who are where I once was, I recognise just how far I've travelled in those 35 years, in fact, as a teacher, often that gap is a massive problem. My compassion for innocence in my clients is so often tested in training programs, but, that's the point. If you get so high that you can't teach someone with compassion, it's probably time to leave the planet and I'm not ready for that.

Of all the things I've learned in these years some are transparency of myths that are callled truths, some are positive realisations of incredible wisdom that really does help people jump the chasm between the mundane and the profound. In other words from motivation to inspiration.

The timing of that great leap is incredibly important. To push someone across the chasm is impossible, and so, until a person says "I want to go from mundane to profound life" they stay blissfully innocent - naive - and function as an important part of the infrastructure of social networks and company culture in which, quite often, the lowest common denominator has the greatest emotional control.

Take for example a team leader, who, through one circumstance or another is not inspired in life. They will, by necessity and the rules of motivational engagement, counsel their team members. But what if their counsel is corrupted by naivety. They've been, in this scenario, empowered to disempower people, probably using the guise of empowerment to massage their advice into place. This again, can remind me so much of my own past, giving and receiving self serving advice, cherry picking a smorgasbord of options to rationalise my choices.

I guess I can't be blamed for being over enthusiastic to share the "other side" - to want to teach the art of Inspiration and it's associated emotional, mental, relationship, financial and work based models. I guess I choose not to beat myself up for this ambition, it is, after all, my life purpose. The challenge is, as it is with any leader, to step down the voltage of their inspiration and vision, to chunk it down to bite sized consumable communication for those whose world is, shall we say, "comfort driven."

When I prepare for a training or conference presentation I imagine myself entertaining a mesmerised audience, a group hungry for the mysteries of life, wanting to make a contribution, ready to challenge their ego, wanting more love, more inspiration, more connection to nature and universe and creator. What I get, is vastly different.

People are like spiders. They make webs. Infrastructure like family, partners, mortgages, lifestyles, clubs, associations, friends, diets, dreams, hopes and, most importantly a passionate ambition to avoid discomfort. To seek pleasure and avoid pain. And then, it all comes back to me again. That was me, and it took most of 35 years, and too many mistakes to count in order to arrive in this place I now have. A Free Spirit.... without infrastructure.

Then, I am humbled again. Change and growth are not so easy for people as it is for me, I have no such infrastructure, nothing to lose, I follow my heart and spirit and that comes with costs and only after so much has been let go of.

A man in a vision quest seminar realises the dream he's created and the wife he's married to and committed to are in conflict.

A woman realises that she's living her life vicariously through her child and realises she's invested everything in her child achieving happiness, in order to find happiness. A co-dependency that is causing hell.

And I am left with this thing about honouring a person's choices. It is not for me to say, "there are plenty of relationships out there, or, that "nothing affects the child more than the unlived life of the parent." Both these insights would and could move people into inspirational states, lift them from the beige of survival to the challenge of contribution - inspiration.

It is said that if a molecule changes the universe grows. Infinitesimal shifts in some place can cause massive ones somewhere else. And it's this thin thread of insight that allows me to sleep deep at night. I may bring an elephant to eat, but people can only eat, one mouthful at a time.

Those shifts that look minor to me, are not minor to others. Small adjustments to me, like changing relatationships, moving jobs or losing weight. All small things in one perspective but, with the webs we create and call life, huge expeditions with significant ramifications for others.

But there is a bridge. A Vision Quest.... and although many people believe they set their goals and live their vision... few take the time on a daily, weekly, or yearly basis to remind themselves about why, a little discomfort in life is important.

The removal of suffering, which to Buddhist people is the ultimate realisation of spiritual heaven, can be misleading to the cherry picking motivated individual. What they translate that motto into is "Life = All pleasure - remove pain." and that's a great motto for a motivated individual, caught in their own spider web. How to stay where I shouldn't be, and be happy.

The Vision Quest is normally done in nature, over a few days of inspiration building inner reflection. On my last corporate Vision Quest, the group stayed up until 2.30am boozing the night before, they arrived with hangovers, and wanted to leave early to play golf. The Vision Quest, I'd dreamed to share with them became a "gee, can you get this over with" session more like a dentist appointment than a sacred vision quest.

One can easily blame the world for what happens in life, but that's not inspiration. I can see that I am not honouring the traditions that have been shared with me from Shaman, all amazing and socially separate people - they've gifted me with sacred teachings and I, have tried to dilute them to feel many who are not ready. It is me that is not respecting my ancestors, not the clients out drinking all night.

Theatre in teaching is vital. In Canadan with the MicMac people's I shared many a moment with elders who wanted to pass on tribal custom inspiration. I was too filled with information, to hear much of it, but when I did, it was because the theatre was perfect. The sweat lodge, the ceremony, the respect for tradition, the clothing, and the preparation. Here is a wisdom for all teachers. Make the theatre - enforce the theatre - relax on the knowledge.

And now this leads to the Wisdom and purpose of this article because so far, I have in fact, been respecting the theatre of this wisdom I am about to share.

In all the great teachings that have been shared with me over 35 years, one wisdom stands head and shoulders above the rest. And that wisdom is:

"The Size of Your Vision determines the Size of your Life...."

We are born to grow, to expand our perspective, to be like a tree, always seeking the sun, always spreading the branches, digging roots - learning and growing, giving and receiving.... no two days are ever the same and therefore it is wise to know, in which direction your Sun rises.... More than Soul, this is self-knowledge.

Where am I going?

Why am I here?

Who am I?

Where did I come from?

These are the four questions in the heart of all humanity.... help others find those answers, and remind them, that today's answer is tomorrows error.

Chris Walker < http://www.chriswalker.com.au > is a visionary business consultant and of the world's leading facilitators of Personal/Professional Development. Author, consultant and professional speaker, his considered a leader in the field of human potential and lifestyles for success. His VIP and Mastery Programs have been attended by thousands of individuals around the world seeking tools to live life and manage their careers to their fullest potential.

Chris blends twenty years experience working in over 30 countries, a masters degree in Business Management, a BE in Environment, five successful businesses and years if studies in the Eastern Arts if Yoga and Mind Mastery.

His programs in Present Time Consciousness, Mind/Body Mastery, Corporate Spirituality and the Powerful Sciences of the Heart/Mind Balance create definite life changing formulas for business and personal success. Chris' amazing programs unravel the mysteries of human behaviour, personal growth and professional development which lead to a more balanced lifestyle. For more please visit http://www.innerwealth.com

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