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Wednesday Apr 24, 2019
Wednesday Apr 24, 2019
Words Mean Nothing Without Actions #IYP
We have all heard the saying "Talk is Cheap" and for those who listen to the daily show you have also heard me say over and over again that there is a change upon us energetically.
Well, on today's show these 2 worlds collide, yup a situation arises that takes me to the edge and I have to go with what is in my heart with all these new changes and energies. So the story begins almost 7 years ago when I first started putting my time into (and by time I mean my heart and knowledge to help empower and help heal) into this person.
So this beautiful women and amazing person was at that time going through a very difficult time with relationships and her work life. So there was massive weight gain and some slight depression as far as moving on with her life in a positive way.
You have also heard the saying "Fool me once it's on you, fool me twice it's on me," well this is in the end how it all played out for me except it was fool me 10 plus times. So because she was in such a bad place, she had such low expectations and self worth, I understood that it would not be an over night process. At the same time I had no clue she was not really looking to improve but rather to be able to use her issues as an excuse as to why she COULD NOT do it.
So every time this (the falling off the wagon) happened it sorta took the wind out of my sail's, as I was so invested in her and myself. I was not only trying to learn more for her to help but I was also helping myself improve and gain massive knowledge so sort of a win win really...for a while right??
Then the last few years what happened was just weird things like not a word for 7 plus months, then when I did get a call it was this uber high she was on about how good she was doing and how good everything was...then nothing for months again. Then the next call was a super low again and how this and that was the reason for it. So a couple years of this really taught me a lot about myself not so much her.
Up until this meeting last night...I was blown away with myself not her. It was the same old same old on her behalf, but it was my response and UNDERSTANDING of myself not anyone else that allowed me to make an empowered decision of improvement and self realization of how important our time is and the energy we surround ourselves with is and how we need to get on with what it is we want!!
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Wednesday Apr 17, 2019
Wednesday Apr 17, 2019
Fear Of Missing Out #IYP
I go all in on how I spent my New Years in 2019, and how for the first time ever pretty much I was absolutely beside myself with how perfect it was. As well with how and who I spent it with.
See for me since way back when, like I'm talking grade school I always wanted and maybe even needed to be right there in the mix, not missing out on anything. This weird fear, weird insecurity stayed with me from them until my adult years. Only starting to slow or fade off a little the last few years.
This day though with all I have been speaking about as far as energy changes, earth changes, earth sign changes and all the other foo foo thing in my mention from time to time, it did not enter my reality at all. I was beyond confident with what I was doing and for once was not worrying / thinking / or in fear of what others could be, maybe, or are doing, or how much fun/gossip/excitement I may have been missing out on!
Wow that is a mouth full to say, and brings back so many anxious memories. I sit here and ask why? Why did I do that to myself? Honestly I do not have an answer other. Other than to say there were obviously things missing inside myself, such as love and confidence to begin with....Thinking that something (such as events, or non important chatter) could make me happy! WTF!!
All exterior BS that is only momentary as far as being happy is involved, for example if you buy a new pair of shoe's and it makes you happy for that 5 to 45 minutes, then it fades! That's why things such as material or external "THINGS" just can not make us happy. It's up to us to make us happy and that starts inside.
Anyway this last while I have been telling you all, that there has been some monumental shifts happening for us all to be honest weather you feel it or not, it is happening. I feel for me due to my practice I may be a little more in-tune currently (that may change).
So with these changes over the last few moths, on this Day New Years 2019 I was blown away by my inside content and appreciation for where I was and what it was I was doing. I came to this AHA moment where I was like, damn I am living the dream, what else matters? So let's leave it at that!
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Sunday Apr 14, 2019
Sunday Apr 14, 2019
Progression Energy Times are Changing #IYP
Remember this Today as you listen "today is the first day of the rest of your life" these energies boy oh boy this energies are knocking me all over the road. There are days and times I feel like I just went 12 rounds with Tyson...
So let's talk progression, and by this I mean our day to day progression as we wake up to our real self, our true purpose, or maybe even better would be to say out of the "MATRIX." The most recent cosmic events which were the Solstice, the meteor event, and the full moon all occurring on the same night, now for those of us who understand and believe (not everyone does which is fine, but for me all the ancients pointed out these cosmic events so I tend to give them some thought and reflection) that planets and the universe and earth signs, are very powerful tools and times for us to get our inner work done, or get more understanding and or clarity while in meditation.
As always I use myself as the lab test and I found that for the day prior the night of and the day after I was pretty friggin blissed out, amazing occurrences, and alignments would happen (things like great impromptu meets, some out of the blue opportunities) I was relaxed and nothing and I mean nothing seemed urgent or important, no emotions, just actual being in the moment. It is not often I feel like that for days on end, so it was very cool.
BACK TO REALITY, and then it was over. Again if you follow or believe in the astrology ideal then we changed sign and there is a new planet governing our earth signs, and I mean like that a few days later it all changed massively and abruptly. I was shocked, I felt antsy, I felt short, snappy, like I couldn't control my emotions (thankfully I had 10 years plus of mindfulness and mental studies to help me out or it would have been to much for me personally to handle). Ya in general I was on edge. So I looked up the effects of the cosmic change and astrology chart, and ya for me and us all (although it will effect each person differently) for the next few months and then the next 7 years is the new cycle.
For myself I am going to have to rely on my mentor for some guidance and answers as I progress into my future self.
What Did the Great TLC say's "I ain't to proud to beg"!! So don't be to proud people as these are going be challenging times for us all! But again those times will lead us to a brighter day ~
We talk Longevity through a Healthy lifestyle, a mix of Mental, Physical and Spiritual knowledge, the Mind, Body Soul trifecta - Negative 2 Positive Everyday
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Thursday Apr 11, 2019
Thursday Apr 11, 2019
New Years Resolution's Statistic's The Good and Bad #IYP
So another January 1 has come and gone, another Spring or Fall or Birthday or "That One Day" has come and gone...
So has that motivation to change, the good old pump up for that day we PLAN to Start (which I think is the biggest lie we tell ourselves because that pretend date makes us feel as if we are about to do something so different and so special!)
Yet let's be 100% honest and let's be 100% transparent...the stat's are something like 98% of these never even get implemented, and even less stick with it after the first few weeks. Why is that?
Why do we even bother, what are the points of these resolution's, and where do these resolution's come from? So that last question 'where do they come from" is the point of this talk. Meaning usually they come from a place of us as the person wanting to make the change is wanting to make a change for the better. This is a good thing for us to want to want to be better, we need this, we want this, we try for this.
So after my 10-12 years in this soto zen game, studying of the mind, implementing the work on the self, which is hard and deep inner work. Not always fun at times. Any and as always we continue to learn everyday and yesterday someone mentioned this to me which again after the 10 plus years blew my mind, how I had never linked the thought process the way he had mentioned.(Again another reason to be open to new information and to never think you know everything) The statement was "isn't it interesting that almost all our wants come from a place of lack, the lack we think we have for ourselves or inside ourselves.
So knowing my studies of soto zen and mind studies and knowing if we ask for things and or "believe," yes thats the whole point right there "BELIEVE" that we don't have these things, then we are doomed to get more of what we Believe.
Thus (and this may seem a little foo foo) but instead of projecting out to the universe or meeting the universe half way and saying I am manifesting this into reality (almost like positive thinking or affirmations) But actually thinking and Believing you already have this thing it is you want to accomplish and being grateful for what it is we already have.
Instead we come from a place of this thing I have is not good enough or I do not have enough, my body, my weight, my self, my relationship, my job, my money....and so on and so on. So we only put out the vibe that nothing is good enough and or I am not good enough so that is exactly what we continue to get back...more lack
We talk Longevity through a Healthy lifestyle, a mix of Mental, Physical and Spiritual knowledge, the Mind, Body Soul trifecta - Negative 2 Positive Everyday
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Wednesday Apr 10, 2019
Wednesday Apr 10, 2019
Your Thought Become Your Reality Part 2 #IYP
The continuation of Part 1... how we are trying to get to that next level in manifestation!
We talk Longevity through a Healthy lifestyle, a mix of Mental, Physical and Spiritual knowledge, the Mind, Body Soul trifecta - Negative 2 Positive Everyday
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Tuesday Apr 09, 2019
Tuesday Apr 09, 2019
Your Thoughts Become Your Reality #IYP
Ahh, ya rite but only if you actually believe what the phuck it is you are thinking in the first place. What do I mean by that, well after 10 years in the soto zen game as well as the mind and mental development game I have come to the understanding that thinking it and saying it (even out loud) is one thing, but truly believing it and visualizing it as if it was already yours....Well know that is something completely different and next level. Truth be told far from easy and something I am still working on! And will be until my last breath n this beautiful planet!
However we do all need to start somewhere, and that somewhere needs to be, has to be in our minds, so that no matter what is step one. This means the self talk, so right away how we talk to ourselves in our own head has to change. So as I look back yes that is the start of the path, we must at some point go from that voice inside ourselves saying " Yo you loser, you aint shit, your fat, your dumb, you can't" or whatever else crazy crap we can think up, it has to switch. For me trying to be gentler to myself from the voice on the inside was a huge game changer. Just telling yourself that you can, instead of telling yourself that you can't it huge....so please let's start there.
So the key word in the paragraph before was telling yourself. You caught that right! So where I am at now and as I am sure a lot of you are as well is we now need to go from telling it (which again saying it out-loud, screaming it from the roof tops are all a MUST). We now have to get into believing it, knowing it, visualizing it, and basically creating it. Personally I find this part a little more difficult, a little more straining or better yet mentally taxing as it is all mental.
The best way I can describe it would be when you see a professional or top ranked athlete prepare for what ever it is they do "boxer, mma fighter, skier, biker, you name it. You can watch them for minutes up to hours a day visualizing (prior) to the actual event happening. They seem (to me anyway) go into a trance, a focus, a meditation call it what you want, but they get into their own heads and create (or try to) the outcome of the situation they are about to embark on.
So for me and you as well, lets make this next level a focus moving forward!
We talk Longevity through a Healthy lifestyle, a mix of Mental, Physical and Spiritual knowledge, the Mind, Body Soul trifecta - Negative 2 Positive Everyday
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Sunday Apr 07, 2019
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
Age Ain't Nothing But A Number #IYP
We have all heard this before (well at least I have) that Age Ain't Nothing But A Number (but to be honest when I hear it, it is usually is said when looking at an older guy with a younger women). However today it's all about the fact that we (yup each and every one of us) can be and get better no matter what our date of birth. Today's chat started out again in a gym and with a community of like minded people all looking to better themselves.
So this spot where I train, I had meet this guy early in his transformation (I guess we can call it that) and at the start I thought nothing much of it other than it was awesome to see an older guy in the gym getting at it as we call it. He was fairly new maybe a month or two in (which meant he was coming in and doing some light work maybe 2 or maybe on a good week 3 times). So again I thought what a great guy, and good for him for breaking the routine and the STIGMATA that hey once you hit a certain age there is not point in going to a gym. He was putting in the work, he was not (from what he told me) in a great place as far as joint pain, flexibility and over all movement and or strength, hence why he started coming to a gym with a head coach and owner that solely bases his program on "integrative movement and health"
On that note as with any of us when we start, we are really just trying to get our body use to moving again, stretching into area's we could not get to before and some of the simplest form's of movement as an easy way to just ease the body and mind back into that youthful form and mentality. Again by also implementing it just a few days a week this also allows recovery (because there will be soar muscles and areas after each session) so by giving yourself a few days in between each visit, you again are getting your body use to this "NEW THING" you are doing to it.
By that (the early start of this process) point he was already starting to notice difference's in himself, now on the outside and to other probably not yet, but the little things such as getting up and down off the toilet, walking up the stairs, putting on your shoe's, all these things get a lot easier to do.
Ok fast forward 6 months, this is the time that had gone by since the last time I had personally trained with him (as I leave the Island for that long)
I was blown away, absolutely astonished. There are no words other than amazing. Honestly - ok so first off this guy stuck with it. Just that in itself for any of us is like next level, there are very few people who can stick to a program first off to start one, then to go after it for the rest of your life as part of your routine. To be honest (as with anything, such as soto zen, working out, or krav Maga training) people either come once and never again, or fall off was it becomes a little to hard or uncomfortable.
Anyway back to the point here, I was blown away, the movement, the stamina, the strength, the agility, the happiness, the joy, the flexibility, was like 110% different then it was 6 months prior.
This again within a relatively short period of time, allowing this young buck to be active in the everyday life of his grandchildren!
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Friday Apr 05, 2019
Friday Apr 05, 2019
No Respect For Authority or Your Health #IYP
Ok as always I am using things in today's show that have been happening to me, or through me from the Universe to teach me things either in myself that need light shined on them or lesson's I need to learn so that I can continue to improve and evolve as a human being that wants to do better and be the best version of himself! That take's me to today where I sat on a secluded beach (an area that not a lot of people know about and as well not a lot of people go to) this beach is in a very posh area and there are a lot of high end homes on this beach area. Which brings me to todays's conversation piece which is; all the money in the world can not make up for not having your health!
So I was told about this quiet beach that basically only the people who live around it use, it is very small, clam, and quiet, so perfect I thought for me on this day to go and get some soaking in of the sun water and sand. All the while as well being able to meditate in the form of quiet sitting as well as slow quiet walking. I was kind of pumped to be honest to try something new. This spot did not disappoint at all, perfect to say the least.
Here is where the lesson's for today kick in, in this area there were about 5 different families but they all knew each other possibly spending the holiday's together. I was the alone outsider off to the side but again it was not a huge area so all talk was very accessible to the ear's of everyone. So while in meditation eye's closed I heard a lot of typical family banter and bitching, which is par for the course in every single family. As well the kids seemed very high maintenance from the word's and attitude they delivered back to the parents, but that again could just be the season, the excitement or being in a group around friends.
After maybe an hour or so the mother's all seemed to leave together for a group appointment. This is where I started to notice that all the father's of the group where all kinda look a like's, meaning they all had their phone's on them, using them, while connected to their ear buds on calls and half heartedly paying attention to the kids (making deals maybe?) as well they all shared the same body type...extra large in the gut, and again I am not hear to judge but just stating a fact for the health aspect of this conversation.
This lead to what can only be described for me as I watched an emotionally sad state when this one father wanted the young children to do something and the children either ignored him or flat out told him off, and the father's being so big could not muster up the energy or strength to get up and get after them. Instead it looked like to me this energy of being embarrassed and ashamed of themselves.
Now I do not know the inner working of the family and that is not for me to care about or judge, however to be our best self, the best version of ourselves for our children seems to almost be the duty of a parent and for the child not to respect the parent for being that big (please listen to the podcast for a more in-depth understanding of the situation) is a sad thing to witness, a humbling thing to experience and yet another reason to always strive to be on point with our health.
We need to lead by example for the next generation!
We talk Longevity through a Healthy lifestyle, a mix of Mental, Physical and Spiritual knowledge, the Mind, Body Soul trifecta - Negative 2 Positive Everyday
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Thursday Apr 04, 2019
Thursday Apr 04, 2019
Longevity Health Institute For Ourselves #IYP
Oh Boy, in this Episode I can barley catch my breath as I was just trying to get all the info that has been coming into my reality from all the different people I have been blessed to sit down with and be educated by, super blessed! So as you listen you can hear the excitement and urgency that I am trying to portray into your ear buds as you listen!
So again one of the main purpose's of this show is to get out the importance of "us" the person who own's and take's care of the body we have been given by being born. A duty I think a lot of us overlook, and possibly do not understand because we have never been told or taught to focus on it. I feel that this longevity 'thing' that we speak about is part of the future for us as a people as a major part of the economy and mindset of the main stream as we move forward into the coming years.
Now the one thing that has become very visible for us all is the instability of the world we currently live in and by that I mean religion, politics, environment and health are all hot topics that can divide people very quickly. We can all feel this, and I can not put my finger on it as far as words go but I would say this uncertain feeling or this feeling of inevitable change, no matter which way that change goes, just change. I personally feel from all the studying that I have done on the human mind and the fact that we as a people have this Negative Bias embedded into our DNA (meaning we are always looking for danger to avoid think cave man) so with that fact I think most of us tend to look at worst possible outcome a lot of the times. Maybe even passing over or choosing not to see that there could be a possibility that we need to go through some turbulence to get to the smooth sailing. Just a thought.
Ok so over the last few days the amount of people I have met, spoken to, and been advised by that are seeing this bright, robust, energized, future have infected me with this amazing new outlook for the health industry (which is where it started but then grew from there) and all these people were in very very different industries and all had the same vision the same energy and attitude, that the future is very bright!
So for each and every one of us, the time is know, today is the first day of the rest of our life, time to make it count! Love you all~
We talk Longevity through a Healthy lifestyle, a mix of Mental, Physical and Spiritual knowledge, the Mind, Body Soul trifecta - Negative 2 Positive Everyday
www.mossamo.com
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Monday Apr 01, 2019
Monday Apr 01, 2019
The Millennial Problems Is It Really A Thing? #IYP
Ok so on today's show I wanted to talk about something that is currently vibing in my world and these two topics are going hand in hand. I happen to be reading a book called GRIT ( I highly recommend it for anyone looking for a good read and drive). As well I am and have been in discussion and debate with some parents and business owners about this millennial hot topic for the times as everyone seems to be jumping on this topic with some type of opinion or take on it.
So first off the book, I mean it is just full of facts, notes, interviews with people which many of them were kinda written off at a young age, and it goes through how they got to the top of their respected area's of expertise and as well what the mindset behind this type of human is. Meaning why do some give up if told by an authority figure (parent, teacher, school, doctor or whom ever) that they just won't or can't or are not able to cut the mustard. Then on the flip side of that those same type of student's, athletes, musicians, artist's, engineers or whom ever take that as a challenge and go out to get what they were told they could not have.
All in all a great read for each of us who continue to strive to reach the goals we continue to set for ourselves!
As for this millennial talk I mean it seem's as though everyone has an idea as to why, this and that, you know just everyone has the answer. Some of the followers of The Ignite Your Purpose show have asked some question's which I then in turn started to pay attention to. This is where it get's interesting for me, as some of the questions/statements are coming from parents, and on the other side you have the entrepreneurs/business people who are trying to work with or hire some of these millennial types. So a very well rounded totally different ends of the spectrum take on it all.
Again not really the point of the conversation but what is the point is that this kid I met on Christmas night, while I was out at a meeting (yes trying to get my hustle on and expand my opportunities) which was running behind I met this kid, who gave me this look like can I ask you something. So I said hello, to which he asked immediately if I knew what this line meant on this piece of paper he was filling out. Yup he was filling out a job application, and yes it was Christmas Day!
So in the end I do not think Judgement or lumping a whole group of people into the same basket is a viable way to determine the pulse of a group. I think 100% some fit the bill and then on the other end I think some do not at all fit into the box. We have to walk a mile in their shoe's to understand and you know we cannot judge a book by its cover!
We talk Longevity through a Healthy lifestyle, a mix of Mental, Physical and Spiritual knowledge, the Mind, Body Soul trifecta - Negative 2 Positive Everyday
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