May 05, 2014
May 20, 2013
The Foundation of Dance With The Elephant
Your Cosmic Legacy, in its simplest form, is your ability to combine your Creative Power, Receptive Choice and Faith together, in the amount of Time you're given in life, to plant your apple seed and see it grow into the tree it was meant to be, and to bear great fruit. But of equal importance, is the fact that in order for your legacy to live on beyond your death, someone else has to carry your story forward. Your Cosmic Legacy is more about the relationships and the people you touched in life, than it is about the accomplishments or achievements you made. It's less about the "me" of life, and more about the "we" of life.
To truly understand Life's Cosmic Equation (WE), we must first revisit the primary equation that precedes it, or Life's Quantum Equation (ME). In the Quantum Equation you add energy, focus and commitment together and then multiply the three by action. The quantum result is equal to your life's destiny. With the Cosmic Equation, we are combining the energy, focus, commitment and action of two or more people into a unified effort that results in a cosmic legacy. We need our connection to others to help us grow, and we grow most through the experience of helping others grow.
The key to fully manifesting the Cosmic Legacy concept of “we”, is to remember that life is not all about you. The greatest impact of your legacy will come from the interactions with the people that you touched and influenced during your life. It does not matter if you are the President of the United States, or a homeless person living under a bridge, the people you touch during your journey in life, your legacy, has equal value and merit. Your story is a part of a constantly evolving story of the universe. In the space time continuum of the universe, there is no such thing as good and bad, virtue and wickedness, right and wrong or purposeful and aimless. The universe has a creative destiny that will include your contribution, regardless of the cosmic legacy you choose to leave behind. Each of us has an apple seed to plant or our Thomas Edison blueprint to fulfill. What will be your light bulb? How will your energy shine? What electric connections will you bring to the world around you? And through the connections you make with people throughout your life, how will your light shine even brighter? And finally, upon your death, will your cosmic legacy give rise to even greater connections and energy, leaving a brighter future for the universe?
You and everyone else in this world exists in unity with someone else. There is a connection of energy between all things that is a reality, a constant, an omnipresent link between past, present and future. We are all connected, not just as fellow human beings, but to the 13.7 billion years of cosmic interaction. Since the beginning of time, what has been created is an infinite, boundless web of connections that tie all things in the universe together. We cannot escape the fact that we are all connected in a cosmic and heavenly way. The question here is not one of creation but one of identication. No one has to create connections to one another, all you have to do is identify the reality that the connections already exist. Together this energy fuses into creative power that inspires new discoveries and gives meaning to life.
We're dancing with another life paradox here in the fact that you, as an individual, can successfully apply your energy, focus, commitment and actions to achieve your every destiny in life; but in the end, following your death, your cosmic legacy will be determined by everyone but you. Your legacy story will be created by the people who knew you and connected with your destiny. The legacy that you leave behind will represent the choices, actions and relationships you cultivated along the journey of life.
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May 17, 2013
Sharing Inspiring Words
"...I walked out onto a dock in the Gulf of Mexico. I ceased to exist. I experienced being a part of the sea breeze, the movement of the water and the fish, the light rays cast by the sun, the colors of the palms and tropical flowers. I had no sense of past or future. It was not a particularly blissful experience: it was terrifying. It was the kind of ecstatic experience I'd invested a lot of energy in avoiding.
I did not experience myself as the same as the water, the wind, and the light, but as participating with them in the same system of movement. We were all dancing together..."
Just as Don has elegantly stated, WE are all connected to the great wonders of the world. To the earth, to the cosmos, to people, to everything. Dance With the Elephant looks to give an outlook into how you, as an individual, have the ability to take your creative self through it's destined journey. We found this quote to be inspiriational and devotely a part of what "dancing" with the elephant is all about. Connections with the world and its people is a magical happening. We hope you enjoyed this quote as much as we have.
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May 16, 2013
Discovering Your CREATIVE POWER
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 relationshipwiththeotherobjectsthatorbitit. These
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 nale, 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 inuences 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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May 15, 2013
Iron Man and Captain America are Super Heroes - What About Cosmic Heroes?
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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Joseph Campbell
Don Calhoun and Duane Kuss combine to write the ground breaking book "How To Dance With The Elephant", filled with life-changing stories and exercises. View 20 videos that feature major book topics.
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.
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
"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
April 05, 2013
February 28, 2013
Dance With The Elephant : The 4th Pillar of Understanding – CONFIDENTIALITY
Confidentiality
In the world of lawyers, doctors and therapists, a commitment to confidentiality requires that information shared by a client with their professional representative is not to be shared with others. This is important in building an environment of trust between the patient and their counselor. In the journey of learning to dance with the elephant, a similar commitment to confidentiality is made between you and those you choose to share your experiences.
As you follow the elephant path and begin to dance along the way,
exploring your past:
- your dreams
- disappointments
- emotions
- feelings
is all a part of the learning process.
A part of dancing with the elephant involves taking a look into the rear view mirror of your past. You will revisit the highs and lows: dreams; accomplishments; failures; disappointments. It will be important to know up front that, whomever you invite to be a part of your circle of trust , they will be required to respect total confidentiality within your group. The goal of dancing with the elephant is to experience the positive release and freedom you'll feel when the secrets, hurt, blame, shame, isolation and guilt of the past can be openly talked about. You and you alone will choose the pace by which the secrets bound by the chains of the past will be discovered and explored.
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The four pillars of respect, trust, desire for growth and confidentiality provide a solid foundation to begin your journey. If you have the strength and courage to adhere to these tenets as you explore the contents of this book, you will be rewarded by learning how to dance with the elephant and move to all rhythms that life has to offer you.
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October 18, 2010
Elizabeth “Beth” Bonham
Age 56
Cold Spring
June 25, 1954 – October 18, 2010
Elizabeth “Beth” Bonham, died Monday at the St. Cloud Hospital. There will be a visitation from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. Friday at the Wenner Funeral Home in Cold Spring. Memorial Service will be at a later date.
Beth was born in Bertha, MN to James and Marianne Potratz. She graduated from Cloquet High School in 1972. Beth married Dale Bonham on August 6, 1976 in Cloquet. The young couple lived in Minneapolis while attending the University of Minnesota and Beth graduated in 1978 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Therapy. She worked for several Health Care Institutions in Minneapolis and St. Cloud, bringing caring competence to her profession.
They were blessed with a son born in 1983, and when he was a toddler, the family moved to Cold Spring, where they have made their home for the past 25 years. Beth loved to cook for her family and friends, delighted in tending her flower gardens, and enjoyed music and attending concerts, scrapbooking, traveling and entertaining. She also loved taking brisk walks with her dogs and she appreciated the little details of nature. Above all, she dearly loved her family, and her gentle, thoughtful, and caring ways will be forever treasured by those she left behind. Beth was a member of American Physical Therapist Association and the American Brittany Rescue.
Survivors include her loving husband, Dale; son, Matthew of Sartell; parents, James and Marianne Potratz of Park Rapids; sisters, Rebecca (Nicholas) Kemp of Buffalo, Julie (Scott) Hokeness of Lakeville; nieces and nephews, Lexi, Sam, Harry, and Joe; special friend, Sara Patton; and many aunts, uncles, cousins, other relatives and friends.
In lieu of flowers, memorials to Coborn Cancer Center, American Cancer Society, or the American Brittany Rescue are preferred.
May 28, 2010
Vern Humbert
Age 82
Cold Spring
June 2, 1927 – May 28, 2010
Mass of Christian Burial
will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at St. Boniface Catholic Church in
cold Spring, MN for Vern Humbert, age 82, who died Friday at the Assumption
Nursing Home. Entombment will be
in the St. Boniface Parish Cemetery.
Relatives and Friends may call
from 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Wednesday morning in the Narthex of the St. Boniface
Church. Arrangements were
entrusted with the Wenner Funeral Home, Cold Spring.
Vern was born in Melrose, MN
to Frank and Angeline (Machtmes) Humbert.
After high school at Crosier and in Melrose, Vern served in the Navy and
went on to graduate from St. Cloud State University and the University of
Minnesota in Education. He married
Phyllis Athmann on September 10, 1949 in St. Mary’s Cathedral in St.
Cloud. The couple had seven
children and lived in the Twin Cities area where Vern was employed by the
Bloomington Schools as a teacher and administrator. They moved to Cold Spring in 1989. Vern loved the outdoors, especially lawn and garden work,
fishing, and traveling. He enjoyed
music and was a member of the Cold Spring Area Meaennerchor, the St. Boniface
Resurrection Choir and he was a lector at church. Vern was a member of St. Boniface Parish, Knights of
Columbus, Catholic Aid Association, Cold Spring American Legion, Crosier
Apostolate, Rocori Senior Center and several education organizations.
Survivors include his loving
wife of 60 years, Phil of Cold Spring; children, Dave (Connie), Mary (Mike)
Payne, Tom (Val), Jim (Ellen), Judy (Dan) Sladek, Joannie (Dennis) Webster, Chris
(Karla); 23 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
January 29, 2010
Shirley C. (Eisenschenk) Molitor
Rockville
April 26, 1960 – January 29, 2010
Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at Mary of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Rockville, MN for Shirley C. (Eisenschenk) Molitor, age 49, who died Friday as a result of a car accident. Burial will be in the Calvary Cemetery, Rockville.
Relatives and friends may call after 4:00 p.m. Tuesday and from 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. Wednesday morning at the Wenner Funeral Home in RICHMOND. Parish prayers will be at 7:00 p.m. followed by a rosary with the Christian Women, Consecration and Rosary Groups.
Shirley was born in Richmond, MN to Jerry and Elaine (Kuehnl) Eisenschenk. She married Joseph Molitor on October 6, 1984 in St. Boniface Church, Cold Spring. Shirley lived life fully and was a Christian witness to everyone around her. She was a devoted wife and mother and farmed along side her husband east of Rockville. Shirley fed calves, loved to garden and was a well-known volunteer in the community. She was a counselor at Birthline and helped to start the Annual Rockville Women’s Conference. She spread her love for the Blessed Mother by hosting a weekly Friday morning rosary group and making rosaries in schools and all across the state. Shirley was a member of Mary of the Immaculate Conception Parish, Church Choir, Christian Women and Consecration and Rosary Groups.
Survivors include her husband and best friend, Joe; daughters, Melaine, Kristin, Leah (Adam) Brix of Farming, Hannah, Maria, Abby, Angela and Maggie; siblings, Carmen (Don) Capelle; Laura (Dave) Taufen, Brian (Deb) Eisenschenk; mother and father-in-law, Donald and Delores (Schlangen) Molitor; many nieces, nephews and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents and infant son, Aaron Joseph.
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