2012
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The kaleidoscope is a metaphor for reality. The mind is the center point on the ‘scope, and the mind chooses what passes through that center. Whatever passes through the center is then reflected through the entire available view, just as whatever thought passes through your mind is reflected through your entire reality.
The mind will never see the big picture, because it has a very limited perspective of a single point. Whatever shape it chooses, it chooses based on a linear perspective of time. It wants so bad to create the big picture pattern, but it can never see the pattern. So it chooses shapes to the best of it’s ability with limited perspective.
Consciousness sees the bigger picture, the entire kaleidoscope view. When you zoom out to become consciousness, instead of just your mind, you get a sense of the overall pattern of things, how they’re all connected. But if you stay mind-identified, you will try and try and try to pick the right shape to make the big-picture pattern you want, but with a time-based linear perspective, you will never be able to see the patterns you’re creating.
The mind wants to choose the right shape to make the big picture pattern, but mostly it just wants to keep passing through shapes. The trick is to zoom out and see the big picture and know that the mind cannot logically select the proper shape to create the big-picture pattern. Only broader consciousness can do that.
The mind may try to force the shapes it thinks will create the pattern. It will select the same shape over and over, trying to make it work, but forcing a logically selected shape (i.e., experience) will only cloud and dim the big picture. We must surrender the task of choosing experiences to the broader perspective of consciousness. We must surrender our need to logically decide what’s best for us and let the flow provide us with the shapes or experiences we need to create the big picture pattern we want.
When a shape passes through the center of the kaleidoscope, it happens Now. But shapes that have previously passed through the center are still being reflected through the big picture view. What shape passes through the center Now affects the shapes that have already passed through the center. This is a way to understand how what thoughts or experiences the mind chooses right now affect the past and future. The current shape moves the other shapes not currently passing through the center. Our present thoughts affect our past and future.
Using your mind to decide what to do will always produce weak results because the mind cannot see the big picture. The mind is the single point of perspective that allows us to experience reality in the way we do, but it is just a single point. Our lives are the big picture kaleidoscope view, which we are capable of seeing when we step outside of our minds to the perspective of broader consciousness.
My point is this: allow the flow to determine what shapes pass through your mind. Whatever desires, experiences, or thoughts come to you, say yes to them. The flow is giving them to you because the flow sees the bigger picture pattern, and knows exactly what shape to give you next to create the pattern you want to live. Don’t let your mind trick you into believing it knows what’s best for you. Your rules, limiting beliefs and resolutions are only resisting the gifts the flow provides. Say yes to whatever passes through the center of your kaleidoscope and watch the exact pattern you desire unfold, more perfect and beautiful than you ever imagined.
Ask your Self, “What’s the most fun thing I can do right now?” Even if it seems silly, even if it sounds weird, even if it scares you, DO IT! Everything you want is waiting for you!
Choose to feel good first.
Your mind won’t believe it.
It will tell you those tools and processes won’t work. They won’t feel as good as a drink, or a drug, or a drivethru.
Remember the last time life was running smoothly. What was different?
You decided to care about how you felt.
You told your mind to shut the fuck up.
Once you learn the lesson for yourself, you’ll forget.
But you’ll remember again, and this time it’s easier.
You’ll go higher, further, deeper.
When you get so low that you’re afraid for your health, or your safety, or your life,
just laugh. It’s not that serious. I promise.
Your laugh is your ticket to the ride back up.
When you feel good, milk it. Milk it, milk it, milk it.
Remember every detail. Paint pictures. Pray harder than ever before.
You’ll be so grateful you have a bookmarked place to return to.
When you start blaming caffeine, or weed, or your job for your bad mood,
remember that when you feel good, none of those things matter.
You can have it all.
Take a picture of your good feelings. Write them down.
When you feel bad enough, you’ll remember about your bookmarks.
How did I feel good again?
Eventually you’ll prove to yourself again and again,
feeling good is the only way to get what you want.
Feel good no matter what. Feel good no matter what.
When you catch that good feeling, memorize it.
Write about it. Be it. Bask in the feeling of feeling good
even though you’re broke. Even though you’re broken.
And what you want will come,
and you won’t care,
because you already have everything you need inside.
Why do we drink so much coffee? Most of us may answer something like, “I drink coffee because I don’t have enough time to sleep as much as I should.” Life is too exciting, there’s too much to see, and way too much to do. How can anyone keep up with the speed of business and technology if they sleep 8 hours a night?!
We are so dependent on caffeine because of the limiting beliefs surrounding it. It’s one of those things like deodorant that we just don’t question much because it’s so ingrained in our daily lives. But as I learn to focus on being the Now, I’m realizing I use caffeine and other stimulants because I’m not fully trusting the flow of life to take care of me.
The limiting beliefs of caffeine
1. Without caffeine, I won’t have enough energy to do the things I don’t want to do.
2. Without caffeine, I won’t have enough energy to do the things I DO want to do.
3. Without caffeine, I can’t keep up with everyone else in the business world.
4. Without caffeine, I’ll be in a bad mood because I’ll be tired.
5. Life just isn’t as fun without something outside of me to make me feel good.
Every one of those beliefs is terribly flawed, as I’m sure you can see. I don’t need to get into the why’s—you know that each one of those thoughts is a trained belief that has been installed and perpetuated by our collective society. But what is behind each one of those beliefs? A lack of trust in the process of life.
Life knows the way
The thing about life is that it’s much simpler than we build it up in our minds to be. There is a glue that holds us all together, and that glue communicates with us through our emotions. When we feel good, we’re working with the glue. When we feel bad, we’re struggling against the glue—a hopeless battle. The glue (or flow, or source, or god, etc) always knows what’s up, because the glue IS everything. So when you feel the glue telling you something via your emotions, such as “All I want to do is sleep,” then LISTEN. Don’t drink coffee to battle the glue. It will always fail, and you will continue to feel worse because you aren’t listening to what life is telling you what to do.
Life wants so badly to bring you to the things you want. It doesn’t care what you want, it just wants to co-create with you and flow from here to there. When you listen to your emotions, you are letting life guide you towards what you want.
So right now, life is telling me that I don’t have to skimp on sleep or be hyper on espresso to get what I want. Life will take me to where I want to go in a way that is easiest and most comfortable for me. On the days when it’s important for me to get up early, life will wake me up before my alarm clock. On days when nothing I do could change a thing, life will let me sleep for 12 hours. It’s not my job to decide how much sleep I need. It’s not even my job to set my alarm. If I fully trust the flow of life, the flow of life will take me exactly where I want to go. And I’ll feel so much less cracked-out when I get there.
Note: this article is written to those of us in the throes of caffeine addiction, not casual drinkers. Everything in life is delicious in moderation, it’s only when we begin to rely on things outside of ourselves to feel good that we lose connection to our own internal guidance systems.
On December 30, 2010, I was introduced to an odd little toy comprised of three balls on a string—Astrojax. I was in a state of consciousness that had my mind cracked wide open, and I was able to have something resembling a conversation with the toy as I explored it for the first time. It didn’t speak to me in words, but instead communicated with my body. As I began swinging the toy around in a circular motion (otherwise known as a wheely), I felt like the answers to the mysteries of the universe were being downloaded into my hands.
Invented by physicist Larry Shaw in 1987, Astrojax is a toy that demonstrates the way things work. They explain the flow of the universe to your body. I talk about flow a LOT, and before I played with Astrojax I didn’t even know what flow was! I can describe it in words as “perfect timing” or “synchronous co-creation with god”, but the flow is really something you can only understand when you feel it.
Everyone experiences flow in some manner, even if they aren’t aware of it. Athletes and musicians feel flow when they perform. To flow is to play in harmony with the universe. You feel it in your body when you flow. Everything is on beat, and your body acts without thinking about it. In the flow, time flies by in an instant. In the flow, you don’t care about anything else because the present moment is so fun. Cashiers feel it during busy hours. Writers feel it when they get in their writing zone. Artists feel it as they paint. Programmers feel it when they code.
The reason why Astrojax is such a significant technology is because it gives you access to that flow state instantly. Every single person I have ever introduced Astrojax to “gets it” immediately. They pick up the toy, at first intimidated because they worry they won’t be able to do it. But everyone can do the first move, and as soon as they get the balls spinning, they feel the flow.
Reactions range from “wow, that’s actually fun!” to “I could really use this to relax”. Children get particularly obsessed, and some people get a little freaked out by how deep the experience is. Some people simply walk away with a smile on their faces, and highly conscious people tend to buy a set on the spot. The difference is that the highly conscious recognize the feeling of flow and are excited to have an instant portal to the state.
But Astrojax = sexy?!
When I first started playing in public, I felt like the biggest weirdo ever. I felt silly and a little awkward, because most people had never even seen Astrojax before and I wasn’t exactly demonstrating mad skills. But it just felt so good to play, and since feeling good is the only thing that really matters in life, I decided it was worth it to look like a freak. I mean, how much weirder can I look anyway?
Instead of turning me into a freak, Astrojax reminded me how to play. That’s what flow is—playing with the universe. And you know what one of the sexiest qualities in a person is? Playfulness! Don’t you love it when people joke and laugh and don’t take things seriously? Isn’t it attractive when people look like children because they’re having too much fun to be self-conscious? That is why Astrojax is sexy. Haha, not that Astrojax turns you into a sexy kid, but it makes you light-hearted again. It makes you want to dance. It relaxes you and tell you secrets. It reminds you of everything good you knew as a child. Astrojax whispers the meaning of life to your body, and your mind will delight in trying to keep up.
How do I get Astrojax?
If you’re ready for a more playful 2012, you can support Kelly and me by purchasing Astrojax through our store, or you can find them on Amazon. Kelly and I are the only vendors in Austin, so if you are local and want a set today, you can place an order for pickup. Astrojax make a great gift for children and ravers, and adults love them too if you remind them how to play.
Thanks jaci!
The number of women who are now approaching the fully conscious state already exceeds that of men and will be growing even faster in the years to come. Men may catch up to them in the end, but for some considerable time there will be a gap between the consciousness of men and that of women. Women are regaining the function that is their birthright, and, therefore, comes to them more naturally than it does to men: to be a bridge between the manifested world and the Unmanifested, between physicality and spirit. ~Eckhart Tolle (The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment, p 167)
The very thing that makes you an emotional woman connects you to god. Women are no closer to enlightenment than men, but we have the advantage of being “in touch with our emotions”. We feel intuition strongly, and that is our power.
Embrace your power. Know that what you feel is real. Our ability to feel the flow of life makes us natural leaders during this transition to greater consciousness.
You don’t have to do anything to lead but be the most brilliant shining example of life you can be. And you do that by letting life live you. Let life guide you. Let your intuition take over. You feel it all day every day. When you follow your intuition, you feel good. And the only thing that matters is how you feel, not what you think.
Thank you Barabeke!
There is a flow to life, a rhythm or pulse that we all have access to, because we, too, are life. We, as humans, can consciously choose to live our lives in harmony with the flow, or we can choose to go against the flow.
To go with the flow, you follow your emotions. That’s why we have them – to tell us how close to the flow we are. When you think thoughts that feel good to you, you are going with the flow (e.g., thoughts of gratitude, appreciation or love). When you stop thought altogether (e.g., through meditation, exercise or flow toys), you are going with the flow.
To go against the flow, think resistant thoughts or take resistant action. Resistant thoughts are thoughts that make you feel bad. Resistant actions are actions that feel bad. Going against the flow tends to be exhausting and draining.
When you go with the flow, you are a cooperative component to the unfolding of life. Every time you have a desire, the flow takes note and begins shifting your reality to bring you your desire. When you go with the flow (by thinking thoughts and taking actions that feel good), you’ll find your desires manifesting in unexpected and magickal ways. That’s the flow of life supporting you.
There are words to describe moments in flow, like synchronicity or perfect timing. There are words to describe the flow itself, like god or source energy or love. The flow is all of life itself, as a whole. It is always in motion, and it is always growing, and it is always good. The flow of life wants to support every one of it’s forms, and so when you choose to cooperate by trusting and going with the flow, life can fulfill both individual desires and serve the greater good all at once.
thank you Spreng Ben!!
The impossible is happening more often. Because of the Internet and evolution of human consciousness, our connected nature is creating an awareness of the “energy behind everything” (also known as god, or source energy, or hive mind, or MetaMan, or the flow of well being). As humans, we are collectively relearning a dormant sense: the flow sense.
The flow sense is being able to perceive the energy behind everything (that knows everything), and listen to it’s infinite intelligence. It’s so beautiful to be human because not only do we have an easy guidance system (emotions) directing us to the flow, but we also have an individual mind to create in flow. Creating in flow is to have a desire and feel the satisfaction of having it come to you, because the force that knows everything arranged reality in just the right way for you to get what you want.
To be a cooperative component when creating (thinking) with the hive mind, don’t resist the flow with questions of how your desires are manifesting. Reality is complex and it can take some time to get the things you want. Just let each desire go as you have it and find a way to feel good without it.
The things you want are either going to happen or not, and there’s nothing you can DO about it (you can’t control all the moving parts that are needed to get your big dreams to you), aside from by offering as little resistance as possible. You offer cooperation instead when you think positive thoughts (your mind is creating this experience after all! it’s the engine!) that are full of knowing and trust in the power of source energy (i.e., god or Christ or flow). You offer cooperation when you meditate and quiet your mind so you can hear what infinite intelligence is guiding you to. You will hear it by attracting a thought that contains your solution, or a step on the way.
Thanks Dani!
I’m reading Do You!: 12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success by Russell Simmons, per Gala Darling’s suggestion. One of Simmons’ laws of success is “see your vision and stick with it.” I immediately tried pulling up my own vision and came up empty handed. What the? I don’t have any vision of future success in mind?
I thought about it for hours and eventually came up with “for everyone to have a website about how awesome their lives are.” I told Kelly about it and she was like um… that’s not really what you want, dude. So I kept thinking about it, about what I truly want to the core. I want complete control over my thoughts. I want to be so practiced in thought direction that my desires manifest immediately.
I realized that my vision was to exist in a waking lucid dream. To be so free of limiting beliefs that I can create anything I desire, instantly. To be able to effortlessly shift my focus from contrast to solution. To teleport. To fly. To breathe underwater. To always have a steady flow of resources because my consciousness is infinite. To not only see through the illusion of physical space, but to play with it.
So I want to live in a lucid dream. But life already is a dream, and I’m already lucid. My vision is less of a goal for the future and more of a daily practice. To live in a lucid dream, I only have to choose it. I only have to realize I already do. I only have to remember to direct my thoughts and focus on my desires and they manifest effortlessly and immediately. Today I’m trying out a new mantra to remember what I know – I’m letting life live me.
Any time I have a negative thought or contrasting experience, I think to myself, “I let life live me.” It’s a good way to define the state of flow. When you flow, you let your thoughts go and let life unfold perfectly. Flow toys like hula hoops and Astrojax show you in a microcosm the way it all works.
Every time I think, “I let life live me,” I let go of whatever negative thoughts I’m holding onto. I remember that life is magickal and perfect and blissful. I remember to trust the flow of well being. I remember to trust the guidance within me.
Thinking “I let life live me” takes the pressure off of me. It stops me from spiraling into worry. I trust life. I trust that life unfolds perfectly, always. I trust that life will guide me towards my higher self. I trust that life knows what I want. I trust that life will take care of me.
I trust that if I let life live me, I’ll receive inspiration towards all the things I desire. I’ll receive inspiration to deal with bank accounts and taxes and reservations and paperwork. I’ll receive inspiration to eat what will make me feel good. I’ll receive inspiration to rendezvous with people and places at the perfect time. I’ll receive inspiration to write and create and design.
So how do I let life live me? All it takes is to have the thought, “I let life live me” and it’s pretty effortless from there. It makes me immediately ask myself if what I’m doing or thinking is what life wants for me. Life wants me to be happy and catch up with my higher self. Life wants me to feel good and enjoy being alive. Life wants me to expand and create and love and smile. Life wants everything I want.
When I let life live me, life guides me towards the things I want. It gives me inspired action. It gives me thoughts that feel good. It puts all the perfect cooperative components within my reach to achieve my dreams. Life makes living easy, if you let it. Life is easy – just look at plants and animals. Life is easy for them. They just live. They just do what they were made to do.
Now if I’m ever indecisive, I just think, “I let life live me.” The answer is always the next thought. Life knows where I want to go, and life wants to take me there. Only my own thoughts could ever make me feel lost, or confused, or insecure. When I let life live me, I have 100% confidence. Because I know life knows the way. And all I have to do is let the flow guide me.
In the process of learning to let life live me, I get better at letting go of resistance. More possibilities open up. More magick happens. More jokes. More laughs. More sex. More fun. More adventure. More love. I look around at this incredible dream I’ve created and feel so grateful to be awake and alive. I feel so grateful to be a powerful creator in a limitless universe. I feel so grateful to be lucid. I feel so grateful to be consciousness, dreaming. I feel so grateful to already have everything I want.
thank you Angela Wolf!
I write articles to install new beliefs. I start with a concept I am certain of, then find thoughts that act as bridges to a concept I want to be certain of. It’s a way to prove to myself that the new concept is believable, and thus true.
The concepts I want to believe come to me intuitively through life experience, but to put them into practice I have to convince my logical self. Today I am introducing a new type of article on this site: the proof! The proof consists of a problem, given facts, and a list of statements and reasons they are true. It’s a concise way to explain my ideas and should help you make the same connections I did to get from there to here.
Today’s proof is inspired by what I learned Saturday at Fluid Hoop Groove class with master hula hoopers Ciara Blossom and Caterina Suttin!
thank you Mimibug Photography!!
Vocabulary
Flow (as defined by the Flow Temple): the state of optimal experience that occurs when your body, mind, and spirit are in dynamic balance. It’s what’s happening when the Now is so compelling that everything else fades away. Ego and fear dissolve in the perfect moment, time slows down, and whatever you’re doing becomes a meditation.
Flow arts (as defined by the Flow Temple): the practice of learning to move in harmony with an inanimate object so that it becomes an animated extension of your body, then flow with it in ways that look and feel totally awesome. With enough practice, you can learn to flow with almost anything. Staffs, hoops, batons and even spheres all make wonderful dance partners and teachers once you’ve grasped each tool’s unique dynamics. The basic techniques are easy to pick up, but the adaptations are infinite, allowing for wide variation in personal style and expression.
Psychokinesis: the ability to influence physical reality with thoughts in real time.
Resistance: negative thoughts.
Your vibration: the average of all the thoughts you think.
The Problem
Given that everything is vibration (wave-particle duality), and given that like attracts like (the Law of Attraction), prove that flow arts are psychokinetic.
| Statements | Reasons |
| 1. Everything is vibration. | Given. |
| 2. You interpret and emit vibration. | You were born with senses to interpret and thoughts to emit. |
| 3. Like attracts like. | Given. |
| 4. Your physical reality is a reflection of the vibration you emit. | Your vibration attracts similar vibrations, which you interpret as physical experiences. |
| 5. Flow is the optimal vibration to emit. | In the flow state, your vibration is resistance-free and you are free to be you. |
| 6. Without resistance in your vibration, you have no limiting beliefs. | Limiting beliefs are only resistant thoughts that you think a lot. |
| 7. Flow arts are psychokinetic. | Without limiting beliefs telling you what you can’t do, your thoughts can influence reality in real time. |
Why is this proof important?
Your entire perceived reality is a direct result of your thoughts. When you practice flow arts, you witness that relationship in real time. As you develop your skill in the flow arts, you begin living more of your life in real time. Eventually your entire life becomes a “flow art” and reality becomes more like a lucid dream: think about what you want and it manifests immediately–a pretty sweet reason to start flowing more!
Start flowing now!
Astrojax was my gateway drug to the flow arts. Astrojax, or attached juggling (AJ), is three balls on a string that you really have to play with yourself to “get”, although you can learn a great deal from watching other people play. Compared to other flow arts like poi and hooping, AJ might be the easiest to start, because you can play in small spaces and with minimal physical effort. AJ also has a great learning curve, meaning the difficulty increases at the same rate as your skill. As soon as you pick up AJ you’ll be able to do the most basic trick (the vertical orbit) within seconds. From there, it’s up to you to create the next move.
Astrojax are my favorite flow toy so far. I guarantee they will put you into flow immediately! If you want to purchase some for yourself, start with the Pluses, which are lightweight and made out of rubbery material that doesn’t hurt when you hit yourself in the face. You might want to pick up a set of Aquas (which are heavier and water filled) too–they move a little slower and are a very satisfying weight. The Saturns and Blue Diamonds are light-up LED Astrojax that are PERFECT for nighttime performance, raves and spiritual adventures.
My first hooping class Saturday with Ciara and Caterina of SpunShine gave me a complete consciousness upgrade. Hooping requires more space and strength than Astrojax, but the full body workout is extremely invigorating. Hooping almost feels like being Astrojax–my body is the string and hoops are the balls!
To get started with hooping, you can purchase an inexpensive hoop from a toy store. If your new hoop is weighted with water (which helps give you momentum when spinning around your waist), Caterina recommends pulling apart the hoop and emptying out the water to make advanced movements much easier. You can also buy beautiful hoops of all kinds from SpunShine if you decide to take up the art.
thank you Mimibug Photography!!
Flow arts pro tip!
The most important thing to remember about flow arts is that you are only as good as your mood. Approach your practice with an open mind, positive thoughts and playfulness. Once you get a taste of flow, an entire universe of possibility will burst into your reality. Think about what you want to gain from your practice and in no time it will be yours.
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