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Before You Make This Year's To Do List...
A man was walking past the home of the Sufi rascal-sage Nasrudin one evening when he saw Nasrudin on his hands and knees searching for something under a streetlight. "Did you lose something?" asked the passerby. "My house keys," answered Nasrudin, distraught. Being a good Samaritan, the man got down on his knees and began patting the grass along with Nasrudin. A few minutes later another neighbor came by and joined in the search. Then another friend, and another, until a whole group of people were scouring the area. After a long search, no one had any success. Finally someone asked Nasrudin, "Do you remember where you were standing when you dropped your keys?" "Yes," answered Nasrudin. "I was standing over there," he explained, pointing to a darkened area quite far from where everyone was searching. "Then why are you looking over here?" asked one of his helpers. "It was easier to look under the streetlight," answered Nasrudin. Sometimes we exert great efforts to solve problems or achieve goals before we give sufficient thought to where the source of the problem or the answer lives. Many people make new year's resolutions, set intentions, and write long To Do lists, and then set out on long frustrating journeys that accomplish little and leave us only more frustrated and discouraged. Statistics show, for example, that only a small portion of people who sign up for fitness club memberships at the beginning of the year actually show up at the club for any length of time. So before you pen this day's, month's, year's, or life's To Do list, I suggest you write another list instead of or in addition to it: your To Be or To Feel list. What's the use of getting everything done (or not) if you do not enjoy the journey, and at the end of the day, year, or life you still do not have what you really want? "What do you want to get done?" is an important question, but "How do you want to feel?" or "Who do you want to be as you do it?" is even more important. If you can answer these questions then cultivate that feeling or identity now, right where you stand, you will save yourself a lot of time and struggle. A coaching client told me that her goal was to own a house on a forested hill overlooking the ocean, and she was feeling frustrated because it was not coming to her. I asked her, "What feeling does the house represent to you?" "Security and safety," she answered. "And the forest?" "Life force." "And the hill?" "Being on top of things." "And the ocean?" "Expansiveness." "So," I came back, "If you felt safe, alive, on top of things, and expansive, would you really need the house?" She laughed and answered, "I guess not." I was not trying to dissuade or delay her from manifesting her house; I was trying to hasten her getting what she really wanted. Because we are spiritual beings at our core, it is experience we seek more than things. If you can cultivate going to the experience place now, you can find the fulfillment you associated with the thing. The cool part of this formula as you tap into a sense of already having what you want, the thing often follows. We have been taught that if you do it, you can have it. Yet the game more basically works in the opposite direction: If you can get the sense of having it, the doing comes far easier. I wish you a year of having everything your heart desires - before you even pick up your pen to decide what you are going to do to get it.
Alan
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A Samurai warrior came to a Zen master and commanded him, "Teach me about heaven and hell." The master looked at the warrior and laughed, ridiculing him, "Why would you think I would waste my time teaching an ignoramus like you? You are an uneducated buffoon!" The samurai, severely insulted, began to breathe heavily and grew red in the face. Furious, he drew his sword and lifted it to chop off the master's head. "That, sir," the master interrupted, "is hell." Immediately the warrior was overcome with humility. In deference to the profundity of this lesson, he fell at the master's feet and began to thank him profusely. "And that, sir," continued the master, "is heaven."
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Personal Mentorship Program January 1 - June 30, 2006
If you would like to get clear on your next step; receive regular feedback and support from a mentor who can see you more clearly than you see yourself; connect with your truth and passion; join with like-minded people for regular support; and/or move through a transitional time in your life with grace, empowerment, and success -- the Personal Mentorship Program can help you meet your personal, professional, and spiritual goals. We have an awesome group gathering for this powerful journey, during which you will receive coaching from Alan monthly; share a weekly teleseminar; meet for a 6-day in-person retreat; gain access to all of Alan's online courses, and much more. If you are ready to be who you came to be and do what you came to do. . .
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● Clarify your vision of your ideal relationship ● Move beyond patterns that go nowhere ● Find greater self-love ● Take your relationship to the next level ● Choose friendships that lift you ● Deal more effectively with difficult people ● Build business by building relationships ● Turn all your relationships into assets
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Assisi, Italy Retreat
with Alan Cohen and Emmanuel & Pat Rodegast March 28- April 5, 2006 Optional extension to Florence or Rome
This April I will have the honor to be in the presence of two of the greatest teachers of my life -- Emmanuel and Francis of Assisi -- and I invite you to join me. Each day we will meet for a workshop co-taught by Emmanuel and myself, plus a morning meditation or evening bedtime story with Emmanuel. Participants will have plenty of free time to visit the sacred sites of Assisi and explore the wonders of the Italian countryside.
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Life Mastery in Paradise Fiji August 21 - 27, 2006
Spend a week in paradise learning to:
● Get in touch with your passion & purpose ● Connect with your higher power ● Love yourself more ● Join with like-minded people ● Meet Fiji's extraordinary people & culture ● Explore the island's natural wonders ● Relax, refresh, play, renew your spirit
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Begins January 1, 2006
Sunday, March 19
March 29 - April 5 with Emmanuel and Pat Rodegast
Fri, May 26 - Sun, June 4
Fri, June 30 - Sun, July 2 Omega Institute
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Monday, July 10 - Friday, July 14 Adults of Unity Conference
Monday, August 21 - Sunday, August 27 Island Resort, Fiji
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