"Despite all the talk about focusing on the "here and now," you need to focus on the future. That doesn't mean in any way abandoning your current projects, talent development, or investments. Rather, your primary task is to trace various trajectories into worlds beyond the one you currently inhabit. In doing this, you simply must have a vision for who you want to become. The old and somewhat annoying job interview question -- "Where do you see yourself in five years?" -- is really a question about how you envision your future. Right now, you might say that a door is open, allowing you a porthole into your own possibilities, and your own potential. Imagine you're a science fiction author, describing yourself as a character. Imagine the story is unusual, strange and a little spectacular. Imagine the person you're writing about has some rather unique talents, which will emerge into some form of rare distinction if they are consciously developed, and if the principle of synergy is activated. This idea means "the whole is greater than the sum of the parts." Exclude no aspect of who you are from your vision. Include nascent abilities, longings, and forgotten accomplishments in your assessment. Come up with three vastly different possibilities for yourself: for example, the virtuoso musician who becomes a theater director. The search and rescue team leader who becomes a historian. The devoted mother who leads a nation. This kind of thing." - eric francis
The indigenous people we visit and study with on our trips tell us that the only thing standing in the way of crossing that perception bridge into a new and better reality is a jaguar that terrifies us (for example, the fear of change, the fear of failure, the fear of ridicule). It is a mistake to run from the jaguar, to avoid or deny that which we fear. Instead we must go to it, confront it, touch it. When we do, the jaguar gives us its power.
Daily Practices for a Happier Life and Better World
Define your dream, your greatest desire, a life that will bring you the most happiness;
Describe how your dream can support a Life Economy;
Put 1. and 2. in writing;
Identify the jaguar that blocks you from realizing your dream and what you must do to touch that jaguar and receive its power;
Read 3 and 4 to yourself every morning and take daily actions to make them happen. Realize that actions can be as simple as sending an email or as complicated as running for public office. The important thing: Do something every single day that advances your dream for a happier life and a better world.
Five years from now my Beloved and I will be walking, riding horses along a beach somewhere and talking endlessly immersed in Infinite Creative Conversation.
