Wherever You Are, Be There Totally

Day 1. Fusing is not a balancing act. One of my favorite sections in Eckhart Tolle's book The Power of Now is titled Wherever You Are, Be There Totally. An entrepreneurial friend that's now reading Tolle lamented that he had no time for silence, which incidentally is the language of the soul (with poetry a close second).

Sometimes he's still up at 3 a.m. working on a spec. I sensed a slight edge of wistfulness, perhaps resentment, that time for simply being was so precious of late.

We'll talk about how to integrate being grounded in your soul within the contours of your current life situation. Thus allowing changes and transformations to occur in their own ripe time. Here's one of the most useful nuggets from pages 68-72 in the hardcover version of the book, in section Wherever You Are, Be There Totally:

Stress is caused by being "here" but wanting to be "there," or being  in the present but wanting to be in the future. It's a split that tears you apart inside. To create and live with such an inner split is insane. The fact that everyone else is doing it doesn't make it any less insane. If you have to, you can move fast, work fast, or even run, without projecting yourself into the future and without resisting the present. As you move, work, run - do it totally. Enjoy the flow of energy, the high energy of that moment. Now you are no longer stressed, no longer splitting yourself in two. Just moving, running, working - and enjoying it. Or you can drop the whole thing and sit on a park bench. But when you do, watch your mind. It may say: "You should be working. You are wasting time." Observe the mind. Smile at it.

I know when I read that and then applied it, it truly rocked my world.

p.s. Much of this 40-day series might run counter to some of what you commonly hear. So feel free to ask questions in the comments. If you are interested in a $175 personalized coaching program, tailored to your particulars running congruent to the free series Fusing The Business of Your Soul with The Soul of Your Business, please contact me at crossroadsdispatches -at- gmail -dot- com. (It's inexpensive on purpose; I don't want finances to be a barrier for anyone on the cusp of a breakthrough and seeking additional support.)