Be + Do = Have

Whether you want financial abundance or joy, this equation works every time. If it isn't working in your life, one question is who am I being? What keeps me from being what I want?

Be financial abundance + Do financial abundance = Have financial abundance

Be joy + Do joy + Have joy

"Transcendence isn't mystical. It means going beyond the surface activity of the mind which is restless and conflicted to find the level of being that is content.  At this level you're happy to be here. Existence is enough." -Deepak Chopra

This level of being that Deepak mentions in this quote is always there.  Always available.  It waits only for us to quiet ourselves, listen and be present to it.  We are not asked to deny whatever we are experiencing on the surface but rather to lean into it. Be totally present with it.  To sink into the everpresent existence of enough.

REleasing Struggle

"Being happy doesn't mean everything looks perfect and ideal every minute of the day.  It means that life is unfolding without struggle.  Anxiety and insecurity aren't our companions.  And the best time of our lives is now." -Deepak Chopra

The idea of moving through challenge without struggle is foreign to many of us.  The secret is in the now. Be in the moment, even with the difficulty.  You might be surprised at how much less struggle there is when you are simply present.

Everything Is Going To BE Ok

What if everything is going to be ok?

Hasn't everything worked out so far?  Hasn't it all been ok?  "No!" You say.  I had this horrible thing happen and this other terrible thing.  Yes, we have had challenges, difficulties.

When I asked myself this same question a number of hardships came to mind.  Yes, I have lost money. I have lost cars.  I have lost  my home more than once.  I have lost friends.  I have lost family.  I have lost face.  I have lost my temper.  I think I have even come close to losing my mind.  And yet, as I sit her right now, everything is ok.

What if we knew everything is going to be ok as it is happening?  I think it is worth re-minding ourselves.  As I have worked at this it goes something like this.  The phone call comes and I go into panic.  The thing I have feared starts happening. I read the email and I start to worry.  He/she says this or that and I feel anger rising.  I begin to remind myself.  "Everything is going to be ok."  More and more I re-mind myself  more quickly.  "Oh yah.  NOW I re-memeber.  It IS
all ok."

Now Is How

How do I incorporate Now is How into my life?

The answer to any Now is How question is Now is How.

Be present with the situation, event, whatever is going on.  Stop.  Be with it.  Breathe into it.  Accept it as it is.  Be with it on the surface level where all the whirling dervish energy is flying around.  This doesn't mean join it.  Just be with it.  Listen. Observe. Notice.  Don't react.  Respond.  Remember, sometimes response is non-action. 

Sink down into the core of it.  The core where the peace is.  From that place extend love to the part that is whirling.  Be willing to love the part of yourself that is drawn to whirling, is whirling, sometimes whirls, always whirls.  Love this part of yourself unconditionally.  It is a quiet process. Listen.

Breathe.

Release.

Be.

Being?

What is the "being" part of the equation -

Be + Do = Have

I think we are pretty clear on the "Do" and "Have" parts of the equation. For the most part we know what we want to have, and given a little time to plan it out we can figure out what we need to "do" to make that happen. Don't get me wrong, I see plenty of people who are stuck in these parts of the equations as well, but with a little coaching and a little willingness this part is easily overcome.

It is the "being" part that is so elusive. It is hard for most people to even get a grasp on the "being" part, which is so interesting because the "being" part just IS. We already are that which we are trying to figure out, trying to connect with, trying to be. This is the ultimate re-minder because it is simply remembering that which we already are.

Sure there are things you can "do" to connect with "being" like meditation or contemplation, but stop for a minute and re-cognize that there is nothing to figure out, nothing to do, nothing to connect with. The "being" part of the equation already IS.

Today's journal prompt:

Who am I?

Sit There

Don't just do something, sit there!

This is your re-minder to - STOP!

Just sit there.

Meditate!

Contemplate!

BE!

Be - Do - Have

Be - Do - Have (part 1)

So often we get caught in the routine of doing
whatever we're doing without really stopping to
think about if what we are doing is creating
what we desire....you've heard it before....
be - do – have.

You can plug into this equation anywhere and
create the results you desire. For instance, if
what you desire is financial prosperity
(that's the “have” part), all you need to do is use the
equation.

Be (prosperity) + Do (prosperous action) = Have (financial prosperity)

Be=be prosperity – this part is for the most part
a given because you ARE prosperity.

Do=do prosperity – think prosperous thoughts –
take prosperous actions

Have=experience financial prosperity

It's that simple!

Be + Do = Have

Which part of the equation are you missing?