Sitting quietly, feel what sits there.
Explore the body you sit in.

Observe the scintillating field of
sensation we call the body. Notice
sensation’s wordless quality.
Its sense of simply being
humming through the body.

Go within sensation to that
subtle presence by which the
sensation is known. Feel the
sensation within sensation.
Settle into that sense of being,
of aliveness vibrating in each cell.

Rest in being.
Just sit quietly and know.
Let awareness sink into yourself.
Know what knows.
Experience directly that sense
by which you imagine you exist.
Enter it wholeheartedly.
Sit in the center of that hum.

Does it have a beginning?
Does it have an ending?
Or is there just a sense of endless
being, unborn and undying?
Don’t ask the mind, which always
limits itself with definitions, ask the
heart, which cannot name it but
always is it.
Rest in being.
Josh Baran, former Zen Priest
365 Nirvana Here And Now: Living Every Moment In Enlightenment

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“We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong.
The amount of work is the same.” Carlos Castaneda

Today I choose to make myself strong by being less…
than what I expect
than what I demand
than what I know
than what I need
than what I have
than what I want
than what I yearn for

Today I choose to make myself strong by…
relinquishing control
claiming the darkness
experiencing paradox
tasting unbidden joy

The strength of not feeling particularly pulled this way or that.
Knowing the dynamic equilibrium that surpasses expectations
of Who I am
of What I do

I am strong and supple as life molds me to its untethered promise..

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This time of year is imbued with a specific energy. It is the energy of potential, of your expanded nature and the embodiment of unrelenting joy.

A hint of passion sparkles thru
The Xmas lights of love imbue
A vibrant touch of essence fired
Connections boundless thus inspired

The biggest me, the biggest you
Spark the expression of all that’s true
The living proof burns blazing bright
Let’s love and laugh and Life ignite!

In this most precious holiday season, know that you are the leading edge of life on a glorious adventure.

I celebrate YOU and honor our connection.

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If you tune into the news you might find your energy going up and down these days. Whether it's the plummeting economy or the upcoming Presidential elections, things are pretty much up in the air. Certainty and security have gone out the window and it seems like everyone and everything is on edge.

Some folks might find that disconcerting, even downright uncomfortable. What if you entertained the possibility of all the coming apart as potential rising? What if it's not about money and power but a disengagement from a system that is no longer working? What if the 'new currency' is not about money and security but a huge paradigm shift? What if it's about lining up with the value of TRUE?

Navigating change gracefully and consciously is a vital aspect of personal and planetary evolution. Here are some things to consider as you surf the tidal wave of NOW:

1. Unhook from the surface layer of 'outer reality.' It may look like the economy has taken a nosedive and that corporate America is corrupt and greedy. Aside from the gross generalization, what is REALLY at play here? What 'out of the matrix' possibility is palpably present? What dream/vision does this give rise to? If you find yourself waxing into the 'save the planet' sphere don't just brush it off as unrealistic pipe dreams, it is natural to want to share the bounty of life with others. Allow yourself to dive into this pool of vibrant potential wanting to stream through you.

2. Identify the specific potential available for YOU in this moment. What potential is available now because this has come into your awareness? Forget about what the government or Wall Street or anyone else is doing? How about you? What is your play in this potential? No one can give this to you, this is something you alone must find. It is your specific contribution to life. What is TRUE for YOU? It is this very thing that is yours alone to give. It will often be contrary to the matix of collective beliefs. It may be tied into what Lance Secretan, leadership expert, calls a terrathreat – the problems that imperil the planet and the causes that rouse your passion. It will often make you feel uncomfortable and not part of the 'in crowd.' You will invariably like all great leaders, initially, stand alone.

3. Engage the energy of the potential and let it pull you into being it now! This is not a left brain movement. It's not an action plan or a strategy. You'll find no gantt charts here. It may make no sense. You may find yourself investing in something when everyone else is scaling back. You may be drawn to choices that you would not ordinarily make. Whatever! . . . Allow the energy of potential to guide you into action.

The gap between where you are and where the energy of now is propelling you CAN be engaged powerfully. When things fall apart massively, it's a sign of quantum movement. Life is ready to be dynamiclly engaged and the dissolution of what WAS is a portal to the NEW! Notice how the great movements in history have been preceded by chaos and the disintegration of the predominant systems. What was seemingly 'bad news' gave rise to new order.

Don't allow the surface layer of reality to dictate the depth of your vision. It is through your BEING the potential of now, moving with certainty and power through the uncharted landscape, that the NEW has the ability to rise through YOU.

And that's how EVERYTHING changes . . . You are the engine of Evolution!

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The Adventure of Awakening is often undertaken when you serendipitously experience moments of transcendent connection and clarity. These events give rise to a feeling of abundant joy and inner certainty. Chances are that you embark on a journey to replicate these experiences and find yourself on a winding road of seeking into the deep chasms of your inner being.

The good news is that you are physically and energetically wired to  access your full potential. You don’t need special symbols, sacred space, satsang or singing bowls  to access the power and authority of your true Essence. You’ve been using your innate powers all along, you just may not have realized the extent of your abilities.

Your awakening is an elixir to savor, relish and enjoy. It is in this experiential adventure that your uniquely creative essence comes alive. You are equipped with everything that you need to tap into the TRUE YOU. Here’s one way to explore it:

1. Feeling is the language of noticing. Open to your feelings, don’t judge the surface impressions. Allow yourself to BE with the ENERGY of the feeling, not the definition of an emotion.
2. Noticing is a gateway to sensing. Allow yourself to observe, just notice. Don’t try to hold onto anything. Be like a river and feel yourself as the flow of the current, inevitably and naturally in movement.
3. Sensing is a vehicle for knowing. Notice what you sense and allow it to ripple to the surface of your awareness. Imagine that you are snorkeling at first and then allow yourself to scuba dive. Go deeper, beyond your initial impressions and allow the knowing to arise from the deepest, most superconnective aspect of you.
4. Knowing is a bridge to  vibrant potential. Feel, Sense and Know yourself as the interconnective weave of creation. Feel and sense where the arising sparkles most. Be the energy of the potential. Notice how the knowing arises of its own accord and experience the creative energy as it flows easily and effortlessly. It will always propel you into organic movement.

Potential is the alivening spark of creation seeking movement. This dynamically vibrant  being is who you are. In this awakening, you step out of the box  of ‘ordinary fixed reality’ into   the realm of creational godnessing. It’s a dive off the cliff without  seeing the way you normally would. Rules don’t apply here, whether they’re rules of science or society. You are outside the  domain of ordinariness, venturing into extraordinariness. This is YOU as a collective being, sourcing and being sourced.It is ALL you. Open your bandwidth to the exponential capacity of your super sensing creational self.

“You can experience being in two places at once,  and your mind can travel vast distances in an instant. It is just that you need  to trust your own impressions in these experiences. Just because you cannot  experience an event in the normal, visual way does not mean that it does not  exist. Extend your senses or your experiences into a different realm of being.

This new realm is all about being with the instantaneous, and being subtly  connected with everything around you at many different levels. This approach is  a key, a frequency which can help you to unlock your own divinity.” Nick Scott-Ram

A small shift is sometimes all you need to open a portal to possibility. There are always opportunities to experience the power of potential. Ingrained habits and patterns  of personality may surface as rifts in your world. However, they are actually an opening  to  transformation. As you explore the tools of  feeling, sensing and noticing, you will come to KNOW the power and passion of your expanded being.

The awakening adventure makes this  vibrant knowing a reality in your world. This knowing  comes from Being. It is a very different level of awareness than the level of mind, which provides you a limited latitude of presence.  There’s very little that you can actually manage there,  just a moving of chess pieces versus changing the game board. The way off the game board is the quickening of your awakening here and now.

FEEL it, SENSE it, BE it!

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I’ve noticed that the best method for my own personal evolution has been to experientially explore the potential of everyday moments in my world. Though courses, trainings and books have provided me with information and inspiration, it has been the practical application of these ideas in personal challenges that has illuminated my pathway to transformation.

In reflecting on my experiences on ‘the path of personal evolution’ over the past 20+ years these are the three pivotal shifts that created quantum leaps in my world:

1. It’s not about what you DO, it’s about who you’re BEING. There’s nothing for you to do, only a coming to an awareness of who you already ARE. There are no lessons to be learned, points to be earned. Your choices and actions either lead to experiences that expand or diminish your engagement of your essence. In this ready-made laboratory of life, you get instant feedback as to what is TRUE. John Lennon had it right when he said, “Instant Karma’s gonna get you.” Are you a small three-dimensional human being tossed around by fates, higher powers and the whimsy of chance? Or are you a multi-dimensional, expansive being with the power to create life at will? Who you’re Being dictates the bandwidth of potential on offer.

2. There are no problems, only potential. You are a creational being, you can’t help but create. It’s how you’re designed, it’s a function of your nature. WHAT you create is your choice. You can create problems or you can create from the potential in ANY situation. You are the master weaver of the landscape of your world. Choose your realm of reality.

3. Life is not personal, it’s a collective experience. There is no such thing as YOU, though in physicality it seems that way. You are a stream of collective consciousness arising in the now, super connected to ALL THAT IS. Even your physical body is dynamically created in each moment. You contribute to life as well as tap into it. It’s an intricately connected relationship where there is no separation. You create EVERYTHING, every moment, with your focused awareness. Everyone else also creates it with you, so the world is a collective creation. Hence my favorite quote from Mike Dooley, “Thoughts become things. Choose the good ones.”

As you launch into your day, your work, your relationships, entertain the possibility that you are much, much more than is readily apparent on the surface. Plumb the depths of your being and dare to explore the extent of your magnificence. You are a brilliant creation in the making, ALWAYS! The moment is now to engage your essence and claim the birthright of your creative evolution.

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I’ve been an energetic practitioner for decades. Whether it’s been traveling in the energetic realms as a child, as a Reiki Master or more recently as an Evolutionary Coach and Trainer. The non-physical realm is one in which I experience an extraordinary level of comfort and familiarity. However, there is nothing like a ‘real world crisis’ to test the mettle of a seasoned player. No matter what your degree of mastery or expertise, life always offers you ‘the more’ if you are willing to be in the play.

I won’t say that recent events haven’t tapped emotions of fear, uncertainty and impending loss. They have. What I do notice is that they move with greater ease and something else arises. . . the more, the deeper substance of external events. I have been experiencing moments of extraordinary connection and knowing, not only with my father but with my family. There is a presence of ‘non-physical’ bounty of energy that is way beyond any conceived notion of ‘support.’ Though my physical being is engaged in conversations with doctors, nurses, family members, and even my father, there is also this stream of sustenance and intelligence underlying all of the external experiences.

On a moment by moment basis, the potential for the ‘more’ presents itself to me. Am I and my fellow players mere physical bodies engaged in a play with a specific story line? Or are we dynamic co-creators in a story that is being written with every single note of energetic intention?

Life is ALIVE and YOU are an ALIVENING force. Life conspires to create with YOU in every moment. Don’t fall asleep and take the surface occurrences as a true representation of what is possible. Breathe life into your every thought, word and action. Feel yourself as the stream of LIFE coming into creation dynamically in every moment. Don’t assume the story has been written. Write the story, in collaboration with life. Open to the magnificence and power that is yours to wield. As you do you will find that EVERY experience is an extraordinary opportunity to be ‘more than’ you were before. Your moreness then ripples to everyone and everything that you touch – the MULTIVERSE!

As Plutarch said, "What we achieve inwardly will change outward reality."

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In the northern hemisphere spring is singing its alivening tune – bird’s are chirping delightedly and the freshness of the morning leaves a fragrant blanket of life’s embrace at your doorstep.

I am grateful to have my mother live very close. I see her every day, bury my nose in her neck during my hugs and inhale her sweet loving scent. There’s NO one who smells like my Mom! I could stay nestled in that hug forever.

Take a moment to appreciate the life-givers and nurturers in your world. Breathe in deeply, exhale slowly and expand effortlessly into all. Feel your essence filled with the immensity of LOVE and LIFE that is available to you always. Know the sheer joy that it is to bring something to life – whether it’s a child or your dreams. Your ability to make life come alive is a deep treasure and your gift to creation.

Cherish the transformation that comes from experiencing the bliss of creation. Bask in it and know that life is MORE because you chose to engage it fully! May you enjoy the treasure of today in the company of loved ones.

Happy Mother’s Day!

Here’s a video on the Divine Mother which brought joy to my heart.

Image: Mother and Child, A.J. Mat

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I’m in the throes of planning the pre-launch party for my physical business, Bliss Studio, 6 weeks from now. The gazillion ideas that I’ve had for the past 5 years are all clamoring for their day at camp.
                               

I’m using this summer as a time to test out my vision of an urban energy oasis, right here in Newark, NJ. I’ve envisioned creating a center for health, culture and creativity for some time now. I think the initial idea may have started off as a wellness center when I first did the ‘Finding Your Mission in Life’ workshop at Edgar Cayce’s Association for Research and Enlightenment, in Virginia Beach in the early-90′s. I’m still a life time member! I’ve traveled a winding road since then, and yet here I still am with a deep yearning to host a space where your natural bliss unravels itself throughout your being.

I’ve had my own business before. I co-owned a World Gym with my brother, Gil, for 13 years. Though ownership and personal training brought me great experiences and joy it was not the ‘full monty Adela.’ There were loads of places, just like when I managed technology in corporate America, where I was holding out, morphing myself into what I thought others wanted to see as me. That Adela was blasted to smithereens in Pune, India 2003, when I did ‘Intensive Satsang’ with Dolano. There have been periods of peak transformations and tremendous discomfort, it hasn’t always been easy to unhook the claws of conformity. AND . . . your BIG vision will always push you beyond the edge of what you’ve thought is possible.

"Your  work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it." Buddah

This summer I’ll be hosting book signings, art shows, Body Bliss classes, latin dance classes, coaching groups, cooking classes, advanced energy trainings, yoga classes, acting workshops, garden parties . . . you get the picture. I’m connecting with fabulous adventurers who are up for delightful and powerful play.

So where is YOUR ‘big vision?’ Is it in percolation? Are you engaging it? Relating to it? Are you breathing life into it? It’s not like all of a sudden you find yourself in Oz, folks!

Your big vision is a stream of YOU that is uniquely partnered with your energy, your being, your life. You might have noticed it’s subtle touch, or it might pull you into its powerful swirl like a tsunami. It has always been with you, it IS here right now. Do you feel it? Do you sense it? Does IT KNOW YOU? Open to it fully, right here and now. Capture it on paper, in a conversation with a partner, on a vision board, on a mindmap.

All you have to do is start with one stream, one ripple, that’s all it takes. Just initiate the wave of creation into being and NOTICE how it shows up in your world. Name it! Acknowledge it! Own it! It’s your stage. Take the lead.

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What if your fixed view of reality were a strategy to make you feel safe, to conform to concensus and to limit your vital essence? I don’t usually consider myself a conspiracy theorist, but the more I have stepped outside the box of concensus reality the more that I have come to question rather than conform to the ‘way things are.’

"Rigid belief is a model of the world that creates mental dysfunction." Mark Joyner

What you believe to be true, the mental construct that comprises your ‘real world,’ is based not only on the limited information from your senses, but also on a smorgasbord of beliefs, ideas, theories, and musings. Isn’t it true that you have often discovered, after the fact, situations and circumstances when your beliefs have had absolutely no basis in actual reality, even though you may have acted as if they did. Comb your memory banks and see how many of these experiences you can just rattle off.

If you also do the ‘chicken or the egg exploration" as to what came first, you’ll notice that most of what you believe to be true and YOU isn’t! What you consider to be YOU is a collection of beliefs, personas and canned collection of behaviors that you have acquired over time, somewhat like your wardrobe. At least you change your wardrobe seasonally and will even donate unused items to your local charities. When was the last time you did this with your perception of reality? When was the last time you decided to upgrade your version of what’s true?

So, what to do then?

If who you are and what you believe your reality to be are not so, then what do you do? How do you proceed? How do you determine what’s real?

This is where the cosmic smile rides in like a tsunami . . . Go ahead! Just let the corners of your mouth lift and spread wide open. You can even let loose some cackles.

There’s good news and bad news. First, the bad news: it’s all a story, a fabrication, a woven tale. Religion, government, school, marriage, mortgages, etc. It’s just that groups of beliefs, or models, have reached critical mass from SO many people buying into the constructs. The specific constructs aren’t intrinsically true, they’re a mass agreement.

The good news is "It’s ALL made up!" so take out your wand and start weaving your own magical tale! How do you begin? You question, you explore. You unhook, you detach, you create space around everything. You begin to listen from a deeper space, the inner space of YOU. You expand your capacity to sense, to feel and to KNOW your own TRUE. You step out of the box and live dynamically from your own authority. You say YES to your vision and inner rumblings! You act upon the true rhythms pulsing through your being. You access the fresh, alivening NOW.

Let that determine the roll of the dice, not what someone else has dictated for you. Don’t conform! Question . . . ALL of it.

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