Those three words sum up all the wisdom that I can ever offer you. So - what the heck does this mean, "Follow your bliss"?
I'll start off by talking about what it doesn't mean.
It doesn't mean indulging in all the different types of sensual pleasures like overeating, drug abusive, sexual promiscuity, etc.
Follow your bliss is a sacred call to action for your soul to pursue what makes it happy and what makes it light up. Which means we need to start paying attention to what makes us happy, to the things we do in our lives that make it seem like three minutes has gone by when it's really been hours. We want to do the things that make us feel happy, fulfilled and BLISSFUL. This isn't about getting high, or burying ourselves in consumerism, this is something much deeper.
Campbell follows up his mantra of FOLLOW YOUR BLISS with the promise that when you follow your bliss doors will open for you where there were only blocks before. It means that each of us have a customized journey that we are being called to join and that if we give this journey a hearty YES, then we will be met with synchronicities and seeming "lucky" moments that guide our path towards eventual fulfillment and bliss.
Campbell also reminds us that we will have tests, trials and "dragons" to face on our quest. And that these dragons are really our inner fears working against us. This is why I talk so much about fear on TDL, because it really is the only thing holding us back from living the life of our dreams.
So, what makes you light up? What makes you joyful? Know that you can create a sustainable and thriving life from doing what brings you bliss. What fears are coming up for you when you consider this? What new habits, decision and actions can you take to make your bliss a reality?
Unplug from the trance of fear that is running most of our world and plug into your bliss, a brand new life is waiting for you. Are you ready?
Friday, September 30, 2011
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
The Power Of Being Yourself
The Power Of Being Yourself
by Rachel Sat Siri Dougherty on September 26, 2011
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I heard an interview today with Oprah. She said something that resonated with me so strongly, it almost took my breath away. She said, “If I’d known how successful and wealthy I’d get from simply being 100% myself, I would have started it much, much sooner!” Funny and true! It certainly has worked well for her.
She is honest and open, warts and all, and millions of people around the world love her for it. Not cause she’s perfect, or thin, or went to a certain college, or wears a designer brand of clothing, but because she’s real. People can relate to that.
I am noticing this more and more in my own life. I used to think that I had to be perfect or have it all together (what does that mean anyway?) or be positive all the time. But what I’m noticing is that people respond to me, trust me and respect me more when I share my vulnerabilities, doubts, all the things I thought needed to be hidden. I am starting to see what Oprah is talking about.
Authenticity is golden. When someone is totally and completely themselves it is so attractive. I don’t know about you, but I seem to be getting more and more sensitive to this, and if someone tries to be all phoney around me, it makes me very uncomfortable.
We waste so much time in our lives dancing around trying to figure out what everyone else wants from us. That is an exhausting and pointless dance; it always ends in disappointment and insecurity. And, of course, it makes those people your ‘master’- master of your happiness, sense of success and approval. This never works. I am a reformed do-gooder and I notice I have so much more energy now than I used to. I start with feeding my own soul first and foremost, nourishing my spirit before I go attending to anyone else’s. I have to have something before I can give it away.
If I want to give peace, I must cultivate it within myself. If I want to give love, I must cultivate it within me. Sounds obvious right? But so often we forget and look to something or someone outside us to give us these things.
A dear friend of mine and I play a good game for keeping ‘it real.’ We have a mutual admiration for each other. I think she is a divinely conscious, compassionate and loving human being, she thinks the same of me. Our game is called “worst person in the world’. One of us goes first with something we need to tell the truth about, and then the next person goes. We start off with “I’m the worst person in the world because…… It is so very liberating. We always laugh, as we are throwing off at ourselves and our perfectionist sides that are horrified that we (holy beings that we are) would ever have such a thought! Giving our annoyance or worry or judgement a voice where we hear it without judgement, releases its power over us.
Speak it. Let it be free in you.
One of my favorite lines from the Australian poet and artist Michael Leunig is:
“Let it out. Let it all unravel, and it can be a path on which to travel”.
Be brave. Be authentic. Be You. If it worked for Oprah, it can work for you, too!
by Rachel Sat Siri Dougherty on September 26, 2011
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I heard an interview today with Oprah. She said something that resonated with me so strongly, it almost took my breath away. She said, “If I’d known how successful and wealthy I’d get from simply being 100% myself, I would have started it much, much sooner!” Funny and true! It certainly has worked well for her.
She is honest and open, warts and all, and millions of people around the world love her for it. Not cause she’s perfect, or thin, or went to a certain college, or wears a designer brand of clothing, but because she’s real. People can relate to that.
I am noticing this more and more in my own life. I used to think that I had to be perfect or have it all together (what does that mean anyway?) or be positive all the time. But what I’m noticing is that people respond to me, trust me and respect me more when I share my vulnerabilities, doubts, all the things I thought needed to be hidden. I am starting to see what Oprah is talking about.
Authenticity is golden. When someone is totally and completely themselves it is so attractive. I don’t know about you, but I seem to be getting more and more sensitive to this, and if someone tries to be all phoney around me, it makes me very uncomfortable.
We waste so much time in our lives dancing around trying to figure out what everyone else wants from us. That is an exhausting and pointless dance; it always ends in disappointment and insecurity. And, of course, it makes those people your ‘master’- master of your happiness, sense of success and approval. This never works. I am a reformed do-gooder and I notice I have so much more energy now than I used to. I start with feeding my own soul first and foremost, nourishing my spirit before I go attending to anyone else’s. I have to have something before I can give it away.
If I want to give peace, I must cultivate it within myself. If I want to give love, I must cultivate it within me. Sounds obvious right? But so often we forget and look to something or someone outside us to give us these things.
A dear friend of mine and I play a good game for keeping ‘it real.’ We have a mutual admiration for each other. I think she is a divinely conscious, compassionate and loving human being, she thinks the same of me. Our game is called “worst person in the world’. One of us goes first with something we need to tell the truth about, and then the next person goes. We start off with “I’m the worst person in the world because…… It is so very liberating. We always laugh, as we are throwing off at ourselves and our perfectionist sides that are horrified that we (holy beings that we are) would ever have such a thought! Giving our annoyance or worry or judgement a voice where we hear it without judgement, releases its power over us.
Speak it. Let it be free in you.
One of my favorite lines from the Australian poet and artist Michael Leunig is:
“Let it out. Let it all unravel, and it can be a path on which to travel”.
Be brave. Be authentic. Be You. If it worked for Oprah, it can work for you, too!
Sunday, September 25, 2011
An affirmation
I boldly express my authentic self.
I let go of anyone who enjoys making me small.
I see and step into the largest version of myself.
I let go of anyone who enjoys making me small.
I see and step into the largest version of myself.
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