We begin with the question, where does one find purpose and passion in life?
Certainly each of us have observed people around us that seem to have no sense of purpose or direction in life. They live in the land of mush where they go through each day being tossed and turned aimlessly by the culture and systems that control their every move. They wander forlornly with glazed eyes and go through the motions of daily life without purpose or meaning.
Your sense of purpose relates directly to the first component of Life's Cosmic Equation. Creative Power or CP is the recipe of life you were destined to cook. Your job in life is to dream, discover and apply your creative passion in this world to change it in some way. You will change it as only your unique creative power can. The universe will be a better place because you dreamed, explored and discovered something very special during your life.
And when the cradle of life called death, comes knocking at your door, you'll greet it with that same creative power and passion, You will ride away on the radiant winds of the universe. But before you leave you must pass the torch of your legacy over to those who will follow you. Your light will become their light and your future will become their future. In this way your cosmic legacy will live on forever.
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In life all of us use various methods to cope with the ups and downs, the yin and yang, the good and bad we face each day. One technique we commonly use is to transfer (transference) our responsibility onto someone or something else. From an argument with your spouse, to a problem you faced at work, how often do you find yourself throwing blame and guilt onto somebody or something else other than you.
Another form of transference occurs when you look at the reasons couples use for choosing their partners. Think back on the moment when you first fell in love. What were the things that attracted you to your partner? Many times a quiet, more controlled individual will choose a more outgoing, gregarious type of person. Although people are not consciously aware of it, but they made their choice to help balance their short comings. People essentially transfer their responsibility for growing and expanding in life over to their partner.
The problem we run into with transference is it can become a road block to reaching your personal destiny and to truly follow your passion in life. Step back for a moment and think about the things in life you have transferred your power over to. The most common sources of transference are found in careers, relationships and religions. Have you transferred your destiny and receptive choice to other things in your world? Is it time to regain control and start steering your ship based on your creative power and passion for life?
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So imagine you're boarding a 747 airplane that will soon be taking off for nowhere. Once you're in the air, the pilot will follow the wind wherever it takes him. Eventually, you will land because there's no fuel left to power the jet engines. Hopefully there will be an airport somewhere to land and not crash.
Could this be a metaphor for your life? Have you ever taken the time to really separate the things in life you have control over and those things that are beyond your control? Is there a way to take control of life that could offer you more options and direction in how you want to continue life's journey?
In Life's Cosmic Equation to happiness, we're talking about the first two parts of the equation. Using your Creative Power and your Receptive Choice to move through life in concert with your natural talents and personal gifts.
It requires a four step process. Stop, Look, Choose and Act. You first have to STOP what you're doing long enough to step back from the patterns of your past. Take some time to LOOK in the mirror and see yourself for who you truly are at this moment in time. How does what you see identify, support and further develop your Creative Power in life? CHOOSE if what you see and where you are is where you want to be in the future. Finally, ACT upon the choices you make to better match a path that will guide you to life's destiny and your chosen cosmic legacy.
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On a personal level, Creative Power is the AWESOME energy source within you.
When it is completely understood, utilized and acted upon, it will provide infinite
capacity to fully realize your dreams and reach your destiny!
So what is the source of this Creative Power and from where did it come?
To find the answer to this question, all you have to do is look into the sky on a clear
night. Did you know that on any given night, a star is being born at that very
moment? Since the beginning of time, there has been a creative force in the
universe that changes simple things into more complex. This force is
demonstrated on the cosmic level when clouds of hydrogen and helium gas fuse
together to form stars.
The birth, life and death of a star can provide great insights into better
understanding the role of Creative Power in the universe. From the moment of
birth, a star has a cosmic creative energy and purpose manifested within it. Every
star and its solar system is exclusive and totally unique unto itself. It was born with
a given size, a certain brightness, a given life span and most importantly, a
relationship with the other objects that orbit it.
These objects include: asteroids, comets, planets and sometimes even other stars.
No two stellar systems are alike.
A star lives to shine bright providing energy and gravity to its solar system. During
its life-time, important creative work is going on in the nuclear belly of the star. The
simple elements of hydrogen and helium are being converted into more complex
elements like nitrogen, oxygen and carbon. It is during the nal moments that
precede the death of a star that most of the simple to complex element conversion
takes place. In the grand finale, a star leaves its own cosmic legacy when it
explodes in a Supernova and hurls its heavier elements and precious metals back
into the galaxy providing the seeds for new stars to be born and the opportunity for
the entire cycle to begin again.
Do you know what your Creative Power is?
Unfortunately, most people have never thought of even asking the question. Look
around you. How many people do you know that have allowed the social and
cultural influences of family, friends and society to control their beliefs and
direction in life. They are blind to the inborn Creative Power of the universe and the
joyful purpose it can bring to life. Most people have turned away from the Creative
Power they felt sometime during their youth or maybe never really got acquainted
with it to begin with.
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Everybody wants and loves a hero. The creation of héros has been a part of human culture since we roamed the desserts of Africa thousands of years ago. Who we choose as our heroes is a part of how and what we define ourselves to be. They can inspire us to be better people and they can lead us down the path of evil and destruction.
"People say they're looking for the meaning of life... but I think what they're really looking for an experience of being alive. So that we actually feel the rapture of being alive." Joseph Campbell
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The cosmic hero is a part of your Receptive Choice power in life. (Creative Power + Receptive Choice + Faith) * Time = Your Cosmic Legacy .
Don's greatest hero in life was his mother. Don loved his mother and she gave him what he believes are all the good traits he carries with him today. His mother was faced with a myriad of life challenges but through it all never complained or felt sorry for herself. She was dealt a horrible set of life cards but never chose the path of hanging her head or verbally bitching about her situation. Some of these included loosing her parents and her brother when she was still a teenager. She contacted brain cancer and became legally blind while her own kids were still in elementary school. She died before her youngest child finished college.
Because of this, Don has very little tolerance for people who complain or yap their gums about other people or how bad things are in their life. Although Don admits his mother wasn't a saint, she still played the cosmic hero role in his life that has strongly controlled how he looks at life and the path he follows on a daily basis.
Joseph Campbell was a renowned scholar who studied the concept of cultural heroes throughout the world. Heros are a part of every human culture whether it's the Buddhist monks in the mountains of Tibet or the eskimos on the tundra in northern Canada. Many of us want to be recognized as heroes and all of us naturally identify with heroes.
The challenge and potential negative in life comes when your hero identification involves something called transference. When your hero, be it an individual, group or country, is given control over who you are and your destiny in life, it has the potential of being destructive to your true life legacy and purpose. Each of us has the capacity to step back and reflect on our receptive choices in life. Who are your heroes and who are we a hero to?
"If there is any science man really needs it is the one I teach, of how to occupy properly that place in creation that is assigned to man, ad how to learn from it what one must be in order to be a man." Immanuel Kant
