Grace and Ease Day 17 Meditation Experiment

Today what popped for me during my Intentional Meditation was the phrase, grace and ease. Probably because yesterday it came up several times during the day. I start on a spiral of intensity as the day progresses which builds like a coil. It is actually my exuberance and passion for my message, but spills out into conversations with force and could be received as an overabundance of information, or in other words throwing up on someone. I know that is happening when I look at them in the eye and there is a glaze forming over their pupils. Or during a phone conversation, the other end of the line has been quiet for quite a long time and I have run out of air. So in my mind pops, grace and ease, and I think; If I was speaking that way right now, what would this conversation be like, and I start to breathe slowly and deeply. My focus shifts to what the person wants and needs not what I have to spring on them. I begin to listen and let them talk, with grace and ease.

Just For Today Day16 Meditation Experiment

This is the second half of the 30 day experiment for me and 5 friends. As for me, today I started out looking at a mountain. It would seem that being halfway through the experiment that my confidence would be building and there would be a quantitative difference beginning to accumulate. But before my meditation today, I absolutely didn't feel that way. It was the feeling that at the half way point, the climb ahead will be even harder and there were cliffs, crags and crevices ahead that I may not have it in me to transverse. Seems kind of funny that this all comes from a daily intentional meditation. Not what I was expecting. So I am finding that the act of quieting and focusing my mind intentionally has a benefit of bringing me back to the place of possibility. After I was done, I decided to add something I used to do, and that is the phrase, "Just for today...." to get out of overwhelm. So- Just for Today, I am passionate, committed, inspiring and unstoppable.

And tomorrow it will be,

Just for today I am....

The elevator stopped at midnight Day15 Meditation Experiment

I am staying in a 90 year old hotel that has an elevator man. It's very civilized. Whenever you need a ride, you push a button and a dapper man opens the door, does his magic with some special controls and takes you to the floor you wish to go to. This is such fun and a part of being spoiled that I just never considered. But when I came in at 1am, I rang and rang but nothing happened. Then the concierge told me that the elevator stopped at midnight. I was stunned, how could they do that to me. It was late I was tired.... Fill in the rest. But of course I sucked it up and walked up the stairs. Because NOTHING will stop me. And on this day of the meditation challenge, my normal schedule is disrupted. Halfway through the experiment and I have not mediated today. But the day is not over. The experiment is creating something bigger than me. Still six hours to go in this day and I will not let something like a lost hour or two, being out of town, or defiler disruptions prevent me from fulfilling this small part of a dream which will lead me to my destiny. The elevator can stop, I might get upset for a moment or two, but I'll change my direction and take the stairs.

It's Party Time! Day14 Meditation Experiment

What kind of organization begins a party at 10PM?  Well I found one.  It's a community that works like no other I have ever seen. And likewise plays with the same intensity.  Today I focus on the areas of my meditation that has to do with fun and relationships and notice that it shows up in several places.  I know that for me, taking time to celebrate the everyday small achievements is as important as receiving huge rewards and recognition.  I must remember to acknowledge every forward accomplishment. Love the person I am and enjoy the stretching to who I  am becoming.

It's a party everyday!

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Common Sense Day 13 Meditation Experiement

A good friend of mine recently reminded me that "Common Sense Isn't Common" and as I go through my day, it becomes more and more apparent to me it is true.  But it should also follow that by just thinking about something it should be unbelievable, that it will appear.  That's the stuff of magic. This process may not be magic, but if get the gist of what is going on with other members of this experiment, uncommon things may be happening that make no sense and the results that are being achieved are not common.  Stay tuned.  We are not halfway done.yet.

K.F.C. It's finger lickin' good. Day 12 Meditation Experiement

We're not talking about chicken here, but an easy way for me to remember what I am doing with the Meditation Experiment. I enjoy using acronyms in all areas of my life because it is a simple way to remember long lists of words.  Anyway it's about changing my beliefs by changing thoughts followed through with actions that are in congruentwith this flow. So today I remember KFC.
K-Know what you've got and where you are.  Blogging is helping with that after the mediation
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F- Figure out your Why.  This is an important step that I start my coaching clients with.  But as  time progresses, it is important to revisit, reevaluate or at least confirm the Why piece. It is part of my IM statement. And is going through tweaking.

C-Choose who you want to become. It is the person you want to be who does what must be done to have the things you want.

And through KFC, I will not be chicken, but Courageous! 

Who Wants More Today? Day 11 IM Experiment

Well if you are reading this post, The answer is obviously, ME.  We demand more in material things but it doesn't always happen.  At day 11 of the Meditation Experiment, it's about ten days more of regular commitment than I've done in a long time.  As a business owner, it is wonderful to be able to create my own schedule and add variety to my day.  And I do crave variety.  I am learning that to get more, there is a responsibility to create a regular time of quiet and peace in a full and hectic day. If nothing else it creates clarity, direction and the reminder to be the person who I know I am.