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Discovering Your Creative Power : Dance With The Elephant

 

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Your Dance With The Elephant begins by discovering, nurturing and leveraging your Creative Power. You were born with a gift that you are destined to share with the world. 

 

Certainly we have all heard about life's purpose, its destiny, our personal passion and one's precious gifts. They all have their origins in the source of Creative Power. It wasn't until science discovered that the death of stars creating the elements that make up you and me that the Creative Power connection between all things was discovered. 

 

Realizing and discovering your creative power will be the most powerful realization and connection to your personal destiny in all of life. It becomes a source of daily energy, vibrance, joy and exhilaration that will bring purpose and meaning to your life.

 

You are unique, different and special. In fact, like each of the lone stars in the sky, there is no one exactly like you in the entire universe. You alone bring to this world the perfect combination of gifts, talents, knowledge, body and spirit. Your Creative Power is your personal treasure chest waiting to be opened, explored and discovered. It is your purpose and destiny to apply your Creative Power in this world to make an extraordinary contribution for yourself, your family, your community, your country, your world and your universe. It is the people you touch during the journey in life that makes the difference in what will be your legacy.

 

Discovering your Creative Power is your link and connection to everyone and everything around you. It’s the spark that lights the re within you every day to meet life’s challenges and opportunities. No one can truly tell you what your Creative Power is. It’s something that only you can discover and nurture within yourself. It can be as simple as truly enjoying the smell of owers in a garden or as complex as the pursuit of some new theory of relativity in the universe. You personally have a role to play and a story to contribute that will make a difference. There is a self-manifestation, a purpose, a driving force that burns within you. You are meant to tap into your Creative Power and let it guide you to reaching your destiny. Call it what you like: life’s purpose; its destiny; your personal passions; or life's precious gifts. All of these are describing the same universal source, your Creative Power. 

 

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What Is Your Life Purpose? : Dance With The Elephant

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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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Loss of Connection Through "Transference" : Dance With The Elephant

 

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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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Do You Want To Gain Control Of Your Life? : Dance With The Elephant

 

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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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What is Your Creative Power? : Dance With The Elephant

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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The Power Of A Cosmic Hero : Dance With The Elephant

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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

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Who Will Leave A Legacy In This World? : Dance With The Elephant

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To answer the question as to who will leave a legacy, the fact is all people leave a legacy.  From the President of the United States in Washington D.C., to the drunken homeless person who hangs out down on main street in the town you grew up in, all people leave a legacy. So the question becomes, what kind of legacy will you leave behind for the world to follow?

 

Duane tells a story about an uncle of his, Uncle Ronny, who was married to his godmother, Aunt Mary.  This man, since the day Duane was born, had been a alcoholic and as the result had mistreated Aunt Mary in more ways than you could ever imagine.  Periodically,after getting caught again for drunk driving, Uncle Ronny would be forced into treatment at the Vets Hospital. But time after time, he'd get out of treatment and fall right back into his drunken ways.  It was very early in life that Duane came to hate his Uncle for the way he constantly mistreated his wife Aunt Mary and for the many trials and tribulations he created throughout the extended family as well.

 

It wasn't until Duane was in his mid 30's that one day while he was driving down the freeway, he was visited by a voice.  The voice said that he should immediately go to the Vets Hospital where Uncle Ronnie was doing another round of rehab.  He should find Uncle Ronnie and tell him that this time he was going to do it.  This time he would break the alcoholic spell of his past and live the rest of his life sober.  As mystical as this situation may seem, its the gospel truth, and I followed the direction of the voice and immediately turned the car heading for the hospital.  

 

Having never been to the facility before, finding Uncle Ronnie on the square mile campus with dozens of buildings was a major task unto itself.  But he found him and convinced his group therapist that he needed to talk to Ronnie immediately.  Uncle Ronnie couldn't believe his eyes.  What in the hell was this nephew doing here and what on earth was so important to interrupt his rehab session?  Had somebody died?  Duane will never forget the ghost like look on his face. They both went outside and Ronnie immediatly reached in his pocket to light up a cigarette and sat down on a picnic bench. Duane looked him straight in the eyes and said, "Uncle Ronnie, you probably aren't going to believe this but a voice told me to come here today and give you a message.  I'm supposed to tell you that this time you're going to do it.  This time you're actually going to sober up and change your life."  

 

As far as anyone knows, from that day forward and for the last 10 years of his life, Uncle Ronnie never took another drink and remained sober for the rest of his days.  Through this life experience, Uncle Ronnie taught Duane the lesson to never give up on a person and their potential at any time to turn their life around.  Even after 65 years filled with drunken despair, a person can change their ways in the final moment and redirect their cosmic legacy.  Today Uncle Ronnie's legacy for Duane has a positive meaning and one he values greatly.  If we could go back in time and interview Uncle Ronnie, its very likely that he would reflect on Duane and the impact he had on his own final legacy.  Here is an example of two people who touched one another and as the result changed the course of their cosmic legacies.  

 

 You will leave a legacy.  Your legacy will be based on your ability to discover, dream and explore the world around you using life's cosmic equation.  It will be designed by the person you become and the people you touch.   Effective this moment, you now have the opportunity and responsibility to apply the equation to your life.  You now have the knowledge and the technology.  Create your dreams and risk to explore them.  You have a destiny to fulfill and a purpose to champion.  

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EXCERPT: The Universal Paradox of Life : Dance With The Elephant

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A paradox is defined as a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true.  In the journey of life, we all yearn for human connection.  We strive to connect with our loved ones, our friends and our neighbors. Our relationship bonds to people bring warmth, love and joy to our lives.

The first universal paradox in human relationships is the fact we all share a cosmic connection to one another that goes back to the beginning of time.  The paradox lies in the fact most of us don't recognize or realize the inherent connection we have to each other and go about spending most of our energy and time in life actually sabotaging these connections.  Just take a moment and think about the emotional elements of shame, blame and guilt in your life.  What role have they played in your life to challenge and sever the connections with the people in your life?

Take the example of the loss of a loved one and the process that follows.  Early on, everyone surrounds you with love and concern.  Yet, one month later, how many of those same people would try to avoid you at the super market, not knowing what to say given the time that has passed.  In reality all you needed was your friend to be present and willing to listen.  Instead you find them running for the aisles.  To Dance With The Elephant, we need to face these uncomfortable moments and reach out to one another in loving kindness and presence.   Be present with presents. 

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Understanding the Drama and Trauma of Life : Dance With The Elephant

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Call it the drama and trauma of life, the yin and yang or the pain and pleasure.  The bipolar extremes of daily life are an integral part of our world and our universe as a whole.  Many times the trauma, pain and negative experiences of life become the elephant or the secrets we tend to bury and disassociate from ourselves.  As Don commonly says, "We stuff them in a bottle and we cork the end as tight as we can."

Unfortunately the elephant in the room and the secrets we try to bury in a bottle have a tendency to have a hidden control over our lives.  Our goal in dancing with the elephant is to uncork the bottle and to bring these secrets out into the open where they can be dealt with and recognized for what the really are.  This process can unleash some of the greatest potential for growth in life and will allow us to redirect our lives toward our true destiny.

Duane shares his experience of personal loss when after being married to his wife for 12 years and having had two children together, she comes out of the closet and informs Duane that she had a new partner she wants to live the rest of her life with.  Duane was totally devastated and couldn't even admit the truth of his situation to other people for over a year into the separation and divorce process.  It took a total of 3 years, a lengthy rebuilding process of counseling, support groups and personal development, before Duane finally had his feet back on the ground and was on his way to living life again.

As a part of Duane's healing process, he created a list of 20 goals he wanted to accomplish.  These included everything from meeting another woman that he could fall in love with, to taking a trip to Europe with someone special to him.  During the next 3 years after Duane's traumatic divorce, he accomplished all 20 goals he had made, he remarried and had started a new family.  In looking back, the trauma of his first marriage became the launch pad to the drama of his new life, marriage and family.

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Understanding The Power of Receptive Choice : Dance With The Elephant

 

Receptive Choice is the second part of Life's Cosmic Equation that empowers you to discover the path in life that matches your creative power.  It frees you from the shackles of family and social norms which allows you to break free into the horizon of your unique and personal destiny in life. 

To apply Receptive Choice into your daily life 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.

Receptive Choice is really the golden ticket, the precious key, to understanding how to take total control and responsibility of your life. Receptive Choice means you’re going to be open and available to your creative energy. You will consciously work to understand, nurture and develop yourself, so you can maximize your unique journey in the universe. You will learn to accept responsibility for your choices and purpose in life. Receptive Choice is understanding that you control the steering wheel, brakes, and gas pedal of your life.

Since life began as we know it, all living organisms have been a part of the cosmic law of unity. Everything exists in unity with something else. Nothing lives in total isolation or independence. All living things are constantly evolving in a continuous dance with similar species, toward greater complexity and higher forms of interaction. This activity has been studied and documented by the science community that even simple cells have social and cosmic interaction. We know organic living cells, birds, fish, mammals all show signs of interaction, repelling, and attraction. We may not think they are given Receptive Choice, but they fully demonstrate through their capacity of survival, the ability to adapt and evolve through space and time. 

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