Committees

.
There is a saying that when a committee would set out to design a horse, what you would end up with is a camel. And I am not saying that a camel isn’t a beautiful animal. But is is a far cry from a horse...

The saying touches on pretty much any work done in a committee, especially when a committee operates from the perspective that there needs to be full consensus as to how to proceed with the project at hand.
However, the other extreme is true also... When a committee advices a person, group, or even a government and nothing is done with the advice ~ the committee is equally ineffective.

It is a situation that seems to come to the surface more and more in the energy of this point in time. On one hand it is clear that just relying on our own knowledge, capabilities and perhaps even awareness is not enough to cope with everything that is happening (or to get anything done). On the other hand, as soon as a committee gets involved it seems that the process of resolving the situation grinds to a halt. Certainly when there is a lack of leadership. When no-one is willing to make the ~ sometimes hard ~ decisions, guaranteeing a position of perpetual stagnation.

All of this doesn’t mean that committees can’t work. Especially in the energy of today it is more and more possible to indeed design a horse in a committee ~ and a race horse at that!
What is needed to do so is:

• A modern-day-leader who is respectful to not only the task at hand and those directly involved in the process of getting it done, yet also to the people it is done for ~ the public or audience.
• A modern-day-leader who is not afraid to ask for help when he or she needs it, and still is willing to step up and make the hard decisions that need to be made.
• A modern-day-leader who gives clear directions as to what is expected from every person in the committee and what the outcome should look like, and who moves forward to accomplish the overall goals.

And while the ultimate decisions are still with the modern-day-leader, the committee now can work as a well oiled machine. Without the leader or any of its members getting to be overwhelmed by the task at hand, or lost in the details of what needs to be done...

In this day and age, I believe a committee indeed can design a race horse!
.
.

Just so

It is funny how we have a tendency to do the things we do in our own rhythm, our own structure, our own pattern even. And while this helps us do the things we want to do, the fact that these things ~ on some level at least ~ need to be done ‘just so’ can equally as much hinder us in our lives. Especially in the energy we are experiencing right now.

For instance when our pattern gets disturbed. Nothing major, just someone coming to visit unexpectedly, right when you would have normally done this particular task or chore. And even though the visit was loads of fun, and it was really good to see the person ~ when it is over you may be left with a feeling that ‘doesn’t fit’.
Logically of course, you could just start doing whatever it was you were doing when you got interrupted. You could pick up right where you left off and move on with live ~ be it perhaps on a happier note after the unexpected visit.
Yet in energy, in how it feels at that moment, that doesn’t seem to be the thing to do. It’s time has passed, and somehow it is hard to get back into it.
On the other hand, moving on with the next thing on your calendar may not quite seem fitting either...

Somehow, our ~ often subconscious ~ need to do things ‘just so’ has been thrown off by a simple, enjoyable visit, and now we find ourselves in limbo.

Most of the time it is not the end of the world when something like that happens. All it takes is a couple of hours ~ or in some more drastic cases a couple of days ~ to regain our footing and to get back to our regular program.

Whenever it happens to me it makes me wonder though ~ why do I get so caught up in how and when and what I do, that relatively simple things can throw me off like that? Where does this idea come from that puts me in a frame of mind where I have come to believe that it needs to be ‘just so’?
And perhaps more importantly, what can I do to change it?

Because I feel that this idea to have to do things ‘just so’ is keeping me from fully experiencing the present. It is keeping me from working with the energy I sense right now in a productive, fun, lighthearted manner ~ no matter what seemingly distracting event comes my way.
.
.

Think it, talk it, manifest it ~ again

.
While more and more people become better and better at manifesting the things they desire into their lives ~ it seems that an increasing number of people are at a loss as to what to do, where to go, how to act and react in the energy of today.

And when I listen to people talking ~ it strikes me that they are talking the same talk they always did, even though they may feel they don’t want to live the same life they always lived anymore.

It is sort of like song lines. The song lines are sung in order to keep recreating the environment alive and well, just as it always was. That way the world will keep existing, and on a more practical side, the paths and roadways will stay in place ~ an important fact if you need them to find your way...

When we keep talking the same talk over and over again ~ even when we know that the way we used to live doesn’t work anymore for us ~ than that is exactly what we are doing. Through talking the same talk, we keep recreating our lives the same way it has always been.
And then we are surprised that it is soooooooo hard to change...

But when we look at the three steps for manifestation, the reason why it is so hard to make things different ~ to manifest newness into our lives becomes clear.

We may realize that the way we have always done things isn’t working for us anymore, yet often rather than imagining new ways of doing the old things ~ we only complain about it not working anymore... In other words, we stop short of thinking what we want to manifest into our lives; perhaps something like our lives ‘working’ again. What would that look like? Would we still want to do the same things, or would we like to change more than just how we go about doing them?

And then ~ if we would treat our lives like a process of manifestation ~ we would benefit from talking about our lives as if we have made those changes already. Talking about different things we may want to start doing; or new, better, more fun ways of doing things we have always enjoyed...

Looking at the manifestation of our lives, it is like singing a new and different environment, or life into being ~ beautiful and alive, yet better suited to our needs and desires.
.
.

Think it, talk it, manifest it

.
When talking about manifestation, it is the shortest road to get that which you want to manifest into your life in three ~ sometimes not so easy ~ steps.

First it is important to think, to imagine, or even to envision what it is you want to manifest into your life. And not just the object or situation, but also the impact in a broader sense ~ the consequences. After all, even with something simple as the latest and greatest smartphone you may wish to manifest into your life, there are consequences. It is not just the initial payment for the smartphone, but there are monthly payments, and then when you use more than your allotted MB’s surfing the web ~ there are extra payments for that too. Yet there are other things that come with it, like now you can be reached wherever you are, now you always have a camera at hand ~ and then there is the temptation to listen to music when you are not on the phone ~ which cuts back on random communication with people around you. These may all seem benefits ~ but is that really true? Really??

Anyway, once you have decided what it is you desire to manifest, now it is time to start talking about it. To start planning how you will go about getting it into your life ~ perhaps even to the point where you can see in your mind’s eye what your life will look like once you have manifested the object of your desires into it. Chances are that pretty soon you have thought of a way to make it work...

And that then leads to the final step of manifestation; the point in which it actually becomes part of your life.

Often there is no magic to it. You determine what it is you wish, you decide to go for it, and then you do it.
Yet sometimes it can work in ore mysterious ways ~ there are those occasions when as soon as you start talking about what you would like to bring into your life, it seems to just appear out of nowhere. Whether it is given to you, or you suddenly and unexpectedly receive just the amount of money needed to obtain it... One way or another, without any ‘hard work’ on your part, it is there in your life. Just as you had wanted it.

If something like that happens ~ chances are you not only wished for it, or wanted it, but ~ at least according to the Universe ~ you also needed it.
.
.

Present

.
In the energy of today, the polarity of ‘being present’ is not necessarily ‘being absent’; or even being absent minded. It is more like being on ‘automatic pilot’. Doing all the things that need to be done without thinking. Going through the motions like you probably have done a hundred times before...

And in the energy of today ~ it seems more than ever before ~ being on ‘automatic pilot’ we are setting ourselves up for the unexpected. For roadblocks on the oh so familiar path to the accomplishment of our chores. And while it seemed that doing whatever needed to be done on ‘automatic pilot’ was an efficient way to go, chances are we are finding out that this is no longer the case...

When we are present, mindful even of what we are doing while we are doing it ~ it is done faster, more efficient, and with the big bonus that we are not likely to be surprised by unexpected detours or roadblocks. When we are present we can adjust, even change directions altogether in anticipation of what is happening around us.

This is true as we are doing our every day chores; yet it is especially true in communication.
Being present in communication with others makes it easier to ‘read between the lines’, and to pick up on body language and ‘knee jerk reactions’. Things that may give us just that extra tidbit of information that can make the communication into a success rather than a strained effort that fails to come to a conclusion.

And the same thing is true for any communication with ourselves. The communication with our inner selves, or our subconsciousness ~ as even our intuitive insights may pop up on ‘automatic pilot’ every once in a while.
Being present with ourselves we may find our intuitive insights more concise, perhaps even more detailed than we have experienced them before...
Being present with our inner selves can bring clarity as to why the things that are happening to us are happening in the first place ~ giving us a better understanding and therefore a better chance at resolving the situation before it becomes a problem...

This means that if there is one thing that we would benefit from right across the board in everything we do in our lives ~ it is probably ‘being present’. To stop living our lives on ‘automatic pilot’, and to be engaged in and mindful of everything we do.
.
.