Here is a series of movies that will provoke you. I watched them when they orginally aired and thought… hmmm just maybe I should share it. It WILL challenge everything you have come to believe. But with everything presented to you, you and you alone must choose your OWN truth.

This is a long informative movie so set aside some time to watch it, really, it is a must see.

Enjoy the show… and remember “It’s just a ride” Bill Hicks

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Would love to hear your comments, this actually could be a double play now that most of us are armed with the power of the law of attraction. Most information is hidden and only through deep introspection, meditation and the loss of oneself, in surrender will you know the real truth.

Be sure to check out the main site here:

http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/

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You know in the new world of disclaimers I should have said this.. er maybe I did. I just want you to know that you will never EVER be the same. Enjoy the vid, enjoy Abraham

This is a fun one…  you bunch of  ”wackos”

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Trismegistus is a completely new meditation for 2010.

I have to say… This is the BEST one I’ve EVER created. Of course that is my personal opinion but I’m sure you will soon agree and not only that, you will LOVE it.

I’m not exactly sure why I named it Trismegistus but it’s a name that just wouldn’t go away (kind of like it wanted to name itself). Even as I tried to invent other names “Trismegistus” became louder and clearer so here it is, the first meditation of it’s kind. This meditation has a very unique soft and soothing background music that is distinct to each ear.

The brainwave entrainment in this track is very clear, usually I try to reduce the tones but this particular meditation created some amazing vibrational harmonics. Another thing that is completely new about the Trismegistus meditation is it uses Theta and Gamma frequencies to create a totally unique and VERY profound pleasurable experience.

Order today for only $7.99, you get one downloadable mp3 and it is preferred that
you use headphones with this meditation to get the full experience.

Here’s a bit more about Trismegistus

In ancient Egypt, a great spiritual teacher wrote books and lectured about the power of the mind to create and heal. His teachings were so profound and revolutionary that he was linked with Hermes, the Greek messenger deity; and Thoth, the Egyptian god of writing and mysticism. This teacher is most commonly called “Hermes Trismegistus” (Pronounced TRYS-mah-geest-us), which means “Thrice Great” or “Three Times Great” No one knows for certain which three attributes this title refers to.

If you would like to read the book about Hermetics, the divine secrets of manifestation; called the “The Kybalion” you can read it free at this website:

http://www.kybalion.org/

Or you could read a new interpretation of the classic Hermetic Manual The Kybalion by Doreen Virtue called “Divine Magic” it’s one of the books I keep close by and pick up quite frequently.

Enjoy, and please leave your comments

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Do you ever feel that way? Guilty until YOU prove your innocence?

I’ve got a good story from Osho to share with you, and a couple of short video’s at the end of this post.

I would love to hear your comments on how many times you have “beat yourself up” for some silly reasons or how you overcame the guilt.

Enjoy the Journey!!!

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This moment!…this herenow…is forgotten when you start thinking in terms of achieving something. When the achieving mind arises, you lose contact with the paradise you are in. This is one of the most liberating approaches: it liberates you right now! Forget all about sin and forget all about saintliness; both are stupid. Both together have destroyed all the joys of humanity. The sinner is feeling guilty, hence his joy is lost. How can you enjoy life if you are continuously feeling guilty? if you are continuously going to the church to confess that you have done this wrong and that wrong? And wrong and wrong and wrong…your whole life seems to be made of sins. How can you live joyously? It becomes impossible to delight in life. You become heavy, loaded. Guilt sits on your chest like a rock, it crushes you; it does not allow you to dance. How can you dance? How can guilt dance? How can guilt sing? How can guilt love? How can guilt live? So the one who thinks he is doing something wrong is guilty, burdened, dead before death, has already entered into the grave.

Guilt is one of the most destructive emotions in which we can get caught. If we have wronged another, or gone against our own truth, then of course we will feel bad. But to let ourselves be overwhelmed with guilt is to invite a migraine. We end up surrounded by nagging clouds of self-doubt and feelings of worthlessness to the point where we cannot see any of the beauty and joy that life is trying to offer us. We all long to be better people–more loving, more aware, more true to ourselves. But when we punish ourselves for our failures by feeling guilty, we can get locked into a cycle of despair and hopelessness that robs us of all clarity about ourselves and the situations we encounter. You are absolutely okay as you are, and it is absolutely natural to go astray from time to time. Just learn from it, move on, and use the lesson not to make the same mistake again

~Osho

Enjoy these video’s from Abraham-Hicks.

Part 1

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Part 2

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Here is part 2 of a very informative video for questions you have been soul seeking about.

If you have not seen the first one do that first, I must warn you though, this may turn into a 2 hour journey but a very enjoyable one.

First video is HERE

Enjoy the Video!!!

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Here is another very enlightening story that goes with the title “Change it’s what we are”. After this short story I have one of my own to share and a very special link to share for those that would like to learn some advanced mediation techniques to use along with Mystic Mindpower Audios… it’s Free

On with the story.

Rabia and the riddle of the lost needle

We are born to be blissful, it is our birthright. But people are so foolish, they don’t even claim their birthright. They become more interested in what others possess and they start running after those things. They never look within, they never search in their own house.

The intelligent person will begin his search from his inner being–that will be his first exploration–because unless I know what is within me how can I go on searching all over the world?–it is such a vast world. And those who have looked within have found it instantly, immediately. It is not a question of gradual progress, it is a sudden phenomenon, a sudden enlightenment.

I have heard about a very great Sufi mystic woman, Rabia al-Adawia. One evening, people found her sitting on the road searching for something. She was an old woman, her eyes were weak, and it was difficult for her to see. So the neighbors came to help her. They asked, “What are you searching for?”

Rabia said, “That question is irrelevant, I am searching. If you can help me, help.”

They laughed and said, “Rabia, have you gone mad? You say our question is irrelevant, but if we don’t know what you are searching for, how can we help?”

Rabia said, “Okay. Just to satisfy you, I am searching for my needle, I have lost my needle.” They started helping her–but immediately they became aware of the fact that the road was very big and a needle was a very tiny thing. So they asked Rabia, “Please tell us where you lost it–the exact, precise place. Otherwise it is difficult. The road is big and we can go on searching and searching forever. Where did you lose it?”

Rabia said, “Again you ask an irrelevant question. How is it concerned with my search?”

They stopped. They said, “You have certainly gone crazy!”

Rabia said, “Okay. Just to satisfy you, I have lost it in my house.”

They asked, “Then why are you searching here?” And Rabia is reported to have said, “Because here there is light and there is no light inside.” The sun was setting and there was a little light still left on the road.

This parable is very significant. Have you ever asked yourself what you are searching for? Have you ever made it a point of deep meditation to know what you are searching for? No. Even if in some vague moments, dreaming moments, you have some inkling of what you are searching for, it is never precise, it is never exact. You have not yet defined it.

If you try to define it, the more it becomes defined the more you will feel that there is no need to search for it. The search can continue only in a state of vagueness, in a state of dreaming; when things are not clear you simply go on searching. Pulled by some inner urge, pushed by some inner urgency, one thing you do know: you need to search. This is an inner need. But you don’t know what you are seeking. And unless you know what you are seeking, how can you find it?

It is vague–you think it is in money, power, prestige, respectability. But then you see people who are respectable, people who are powerful–they are also seeking. Then you see people who are tremendously rich–they are also seeking. To the very end of their life they are seeking. So richness is not going to help, power is not going to help. The search continues in spite of what you have.

The search must be for something else. These names, these labels–money, power, prestige–these are just to satisfy your mind. They are just to help you feel that you are searching for something. That something is still undefined, a very vague feeling. The first thing for the real seeker, for the seeker who has become a little alert, aware, is to define the search; to formulate a clear-cut concept of it, what it is; to bring it out of the dreaming consciousness; to look into it directly; to face it.

Immediately a transformation starts happening. If you start defining your search, you will start losing your interest in the search. The more defined it becomes, the less it is there. Once it is clearly known what it is, suddenly it disappears. It exists only when you are not attentive.

Let it be repeated: the search exists only when you are sleepy; the search exists only when you are not aware. The unawareness creates the search.

Yes, Rabia is right. Inside there is no light. And because there is no light and no consciousness inside, of course you go on searching outside–because outside it seems more clear. Our senses are all extroverted. The eyes open outwards, the hands move, spread outwards, the legs move into the outside, the ears listen to the outside noises, sounds. Whatsoever is available to you is all opening towards the outside; all the five senses move in an extrovert way.

You start searching there where you see, feel, touch–the light of the senses falls outside. And the seeker is inside. This dichotomy has to be understood. The seeker is inside but because the light is outside, the seeker starts moving in an ambitious way, trying to find something outside which will be fulfilling. It is never going to happen. It has never happened. It cannot happen in the nature of things–because, unless you have sought the seeker, all your search is meaningless. Unless you come to know who you are, all that you seek is futile, because you don’t know the seeker. Without knowing the seeker how can you move in the right dimension, in the right direction? It is impossible.

The first things should be considered first. If all seeking has stopped and you have suddenly become aware that now there is only one thing to know–”Who is this seeker in me? What is this energy that wants to seek? Who am I?”–then there is a transformation. All values change suddenly. You start moving inwards. Then Rabia is no longer sitting on the road searching for a needle that is lost somewhere in the darkness of one’s own inner soul. Once you have started moving inwards….

In the beginning it is very dark–Rabia is right. It is very, very dark because for lives together you have never been inside–your eyes have been focussed on the outside world. Have you watched it? Sometimes when you come in from the road where it is very sunny and there is bright light–when you suddenly come into the house it is very dark because the eyes are focussed for the outside light. When there is much light, the pupils of the eyes shrink. In darkness the eyes have to relax. But if you sit a little while, by and by the darkness disappears. There is more light; your eyes are settling.

For many lives you have been outside in the hot sun, in the world, so when you go in you have completely forgotten how to re-adjust your eyes. Meditation is nothing but a re-adjustment of your vision, of your eyes. And if you go on looking inside–it takes time–gradually, slowly, you start feeling a beautiful light inside. But it is not aggressive light; it is not like the sun, it is more like the moon. It is not glaring, it is not dazzling, it is very cool; it is not hot, it is very compassionate, it is very soothing, it is a balm.

By and by, when you have adjusted to the inside light, you will see that you are the very source. The seeker is the sought. Then you will see that the treasure is within you and the whole problem was that you were seeking for it outside. You were seeking for it somewhere outside and it has always been here within you. You were seeking in a wrong direction, that’s all.

~Osho

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The first time I experienced a scenerio like this going within to the darkness, it scared the living hell out of me. I was young and on the verge of sleep but still fully aware. I found myself floating in a sense but not free floating and everything was dark, I couldn’t make out my own limbs nor when I screamed was there a sound. No light No sound just complete and utter darkness and the only thing that existed was my own thoughts. For what seemed like an eternity (maybe a few minutes) my thoughts raced, “Am I dead?” “Am I in hell?” “What has happened for me to be here” on and on my thoughts raced. Finally at some point I just gave up struggling to find anything, any way out of this darkness, listening for any sound, I just gave up. I accepted this darkness it was mine and truly mine alone.

Soon I began to feel a slight vibration, no sound no sight so the only thing that was real was this new vibration, it was slow but welcoming and reassuring that I could again sense something. Peacefulness washed over me as I began to not only feel this vibration but also BE the vibration. As the vibration grew and grew in intensity sound began to form, light began to form. The more I concentrated on this vibration the faster it grew in intensity accelerating faster and faster with each moment soon the sound was so loud so high pitched and the light so bright I could hardly keep any sense of myself at all. At some point it all became so intense I lost myself, I lost my own consciousness in a bliss I cannot describe and for a time I do not know. But when I did regain a form of consciousness I felt as if I was sitting cross-legged as a child giggling and with each giggle I pulsed wave after wave of light.

Darkness never ever frightened me again, for somewhere deep down I knew I am the light or the light is me as well as the darkness forever intertwined in playful experience.

I have only told a few close people this story and I am not exactly sure why I’m sharing it now, just seemed like the thing to do, words I don’t believe can ever express what really happened. Soon I will tell the story of a most amazing inner journey I had how I found out truly frequency is everything and how light and sound are intertwined in all of visible creation.

Here is a link that if you are interested has very good techniques to deepen your mediation practice.

Mindfulness Meditation Course Wk 1 – Homework

Until next I wish you amazing adventures of experience.

Namaste,
Jody Sachse

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If you are here, now; there is a reason… it is something you needed to hear.

Enjoy Yourself out there!!!

Below is a short video and story that may cause a shift or sudden awakening in you, but I warn you… there is no way back to who you are right now.

Change is what we are, it is inevitable, it is unrelenting and is the only one thing I know of to be constant.

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The man with a garland of fingers

Either you make your energy creative, or it will turn sour and become destructive. Energy is a dangerous thing–if you have it, you have to use it creatively, otherwise sooner or later you will find it has become destructive. So find something–whatsoever you like–to put your energy into. If you want, painting; or if you want, dancing or singing; or if you want to play an instrument…. Whatsoever you want, find a way in which you can become completely lost. If you can be lost playing a guitar–good! In those moments when you are lost, your energy will be released in a creative way.

If you cannot be lost in painting, in singing, in dancing, in playing guitar or a flute, then you will find lower ways of being lost: anger, rage, aggression; these are lower ways to be lost.

Gautam Buddha initiated a murderer into sannyas–and the murderer was no ordinary murderer. Rudolf Hess is nothing compared to him. His name was Angulimal. Angulimal means a man who wears a garland of human fingers. He had taken a vow that he would kill one thousand people; from each single person he would take one finger so that he could remember how many he had killed and he will make a garland of all those fingers.

In his garland of fingers he had nine hundred and ninety-nine fingers–only one was missing. And that one was missing because his road was closed; nobody was coming that way. But Gautam Buddha entered that closed road. The king had put guards on the road to prevent people, particularly strangers who didn’t know that a dangerous man lived behind the hills. The guards told Gautam Buddha, “That is not the road to be used. This is the place where Angulimal lives. Even the king has not the guts to go on this road. That man is simply mad.

“His mother used to go to him. She was the only person who used to go, once in a while, to see him, but even she stopped. The last time she went there he told her, ‘Now only one finger is missing, and just because you happen to be my mother… I want to warn you that if you come another time you will not go back. I need one finger desperately. Up to now I have not killed you because other people were available, but now nobody passes on this road except you. So I want to make you aware that next time if you come it will be your responsibility, not mine.’ Since that time his mother has not come.”

The guards said to Buddha, “Don’t unnecessarily take the risk.” And do you know what Buddha said to them? Buddha said, “If I don’t go then who will go? Only two things are possible: either I will change him, and I cannot miss this challenge; or I will provide him with one finger so that his desire is fulfilled. Anyway I am going to die one day. Giving my head to Angulimal will be at least of some use; otherwise one day I will die and you will put me on the funeral pyre. I think that it is better to fulfill somebody’s desire and give him peace of mind. Either he will kill me or I will kill him, but this encounter is going to happen; you just lead the way.”

The people who used to follow Gautam Buddha, his close companions who were always in competition to be closer to him, started slowing down. Soon there were miles between Gautam Buddha and his disciples. They all wanted to see what happened, but they didn’t want to be too close. Angulimal was sitting on his rock watching. He could not believe his eyes. A very beautiful man of such immense charisma was coming towards him. Who could this man be?

He had never heard of Gautam Buddha, but even this hard heart of Angulimal started feeling a certain softness towards the man. He was looking so beautiful, coming towards him. It was early morning… a cool breeze, and the sun was rising… and the birds were singing and the flowers had opened; and Buddha was coming closer and closer. Finally Angulimal, with his naked sword in his hand, shouted, “Stop!” Gautam Buddha was just a few feet away, and Angulimal said, “Don’t take another step because then the responsibility will not be mine. Perhaps you don’t know who I am!”

Buddha said, “Do you know who you are?”
Angulimal said, “This is not the point. Neither is it the place nor the time to discuss such things. Your life is in danger!”
Buddha said, “I think otherwise–your life is in danger.”
That man said, “I used to think I was mad–you are really mad! And you go on moving closer. Then don’t say that I killed an innocent man. You look so innocent and so beautiful that I want you to go back. I will find somebody else. I can wait; there is no hurry. If I can manage nine hundred and ninety-nine… it is only a question of one more, but don’t force me to kill you.”

Buddha came very close, and Angulimal’s hands were trembling. The man was so beautiful, so innocent, so childlike. He had already fallen in love. He had killed so many people… He had never felt this weakness; he had never known what love is. For the first time he was full of love. So there was a contradiction: the hand was holding the sword to kill the person, and his heart was saying, “Put the sword back in the sheath.”

Buddha said, “I am ready, but why is your hand shaking?–you are such a great warrior, even kings are afraid of you, and I am just a poor beggar. Except the begging bowl, I don’t have anything. You can kill me, and I will feel immensely satisfied that at least my death fulfills somebody’s desire; my life has been useful, my death has also been useful. But before you cut my head I have a small desire, and I think you will grant me a small desire before killing me.”

Before death, even the hardest enemy is willing to fulfill any desire. Angulimal said, “What do you want?”
Buddha said, “I want you just to cut from the tree a branch which is full of flowers. I will never see these flowers again; I want to see those flowers closely, feel their fragrance and their beauty in this morning sun, their glory.”

So Angulimal cut with his sword a whole branch full of flowers. And before he could give it to Buddha, Buddha said, “This was only half the desire; the other half is, please put the branch back on the tree.”

Angulimal said, “I was thinking from the very beginning that you are crazy. Now this is the craziest desire. How can I put this branch back?”

Buddha said, “If you cannot create, you have no right to destroy. If you cannot give life, you don’t have the right to give death to any living thing.”

A moment of silence and a moment of transformation… the sword fell down from his hands. Angulimal fell down at the feet of Gautam Buddha, and he said, “I don’t know who you are, but whoever you are, take me to the same space in which you are; initiate me.”

By that time the followers of Gautam Buddha had come closer and closer. They were all around and when he fell at Buddha’s feet they immediately came close. Somebody raised the question, “Don’t initiate this man, he is a murderer!”

Buddha said again, “If I don’t initiate him, who will initiate him? And I love the man, I love his courage. And I can see tremendous possibility in him: a single man fighting against the whole world. I want this kind of people, who can stand against the whole world. Up to now he was standing against the world with a sword; now he will stand against the world with a consciousness, which is far sharper than any sword. I told you that murder was going to happen, but it was not certain who was going to be murdered–either I was going to be murdered, or Angulimal. Now you can see Angulimal is murdered. And who I am to judge?”

~Osho

The very first time I read this story, I was very humbled; the overwhelming compassion and great wisdom. Far sharper than any sword is consciousness and it easily sliced through my ego, my judgments that I have been guilty of for I too have been Angulimal in a sense. Maybe we all have at some point in our lives been Anjulimal, not in the sense of actual murders but in the judgement and rightouesness of our own ideals and beliefs carrying the garland of fingers around for each debate or battle we think we have won. May we come to love each other as the Gautam Buddha loved Angulimal.

Enligheneningly Yours,
Jody

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Below is a short educational video about perception.

Since so many facts get updated these days, I one day found myself wondering… What is “reality”? Is matter all that is real?

That might seem like a silly question given how we use our senses to interact with ‘reality’ everyday, but I have since arrived at ideas which I am comfortable with regarding these questions (although Im still curious). So heres some questions to play with – play nicely

If I had to point to where my idea or concept of reality is maintained, Id be pointing to my head – how about you?

Is all this environmental information just vibrational energies which are presented to our body and then decoded to form a perception in the brain according to our programs and patterns? ie: Do we subconsciously ‘read’ or filter this data then build an experience that seems real?

Can I get outside of my experience to prove anything is fact or real, or is reality bound to ones experience like the fabric to the shirt?

What of the realities I have when I dream, – my body still responds as if they are real, so what is reality?
If I am not the cause (creator) of my experience; the director of my focus of attention on some level whether awake or asleep, am I controlled by something else?
And if I am completely controlled by something other than me, what then is the purpose of my life?

I wish you all – many pleasant realities.

Pete.

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Guest Article from Ilana Moss

Dear Jody and Mystic Mindpower Readers,

I would like to share with you a perspective on the mind that is rarely, if ever, looked at or talked about by those in the personal and spiritual growth arena.

If you’ve done much reading or investigation into the nature of the Universe (and I would guess you have), then you know that third dimensional reality is dualistic and everything in the Universe has its polar opposite. Hot cannot exist without cold, big without small, joy without sorrow, etc. etc. etc.

Recently, I had an experience that has led me to realize that in order for the human mind to create an experience of duality and polarization, the mind itself must have polarized qualities.

I have never seen this written about or discussed in spiritual, metaphysical, or scientific circles, so naturally I became fascinated with this new insight.

The mind itself is typically looked at as a neutral entity. It is up to us to fill it with thoughts, ideas, experiences, memories, emotions, and more. Or so I had been taught.

But I have found that the mind is not a neutral machine, like a computer, that we can program and fill with data. The mind, which exists outside of time and space, was created to manifest the illusion of separation. And as such, it must in itself contain all of the qualities of that illusion.

The polar opposites of the human mind are this: Love-based creation – fear-based creation. Polar opposites exist on a loop, like the figure eight loop of infinity, making it possible to move freely from one extreme to the other as well as experience infinite possibilities in between.

Receiving this insight, and coming to know this truth about the human mind, has given me a sense of freedom and empowerment I have never felt before. Why?

Because if the mind itself has polarized qualities of duality, then it is no more real than the illusion of separation it creates.

The truth I have come to know is this (and you might want to sit down now):

There is another Mind. Mind with a capital “M”.

This Mind is not of this world, and has no dualistic nature. It is pure awareness, consciousness, oneness, and infinity. Its qualities are Love, Light, Truth, and Life.

This Mind cannot be found in the head, because it exists in the Heart (again, with a capital “H”). It has no thoughts. It has no limits.

It is possible to create with the human mind from the Love-based polarity. However, because it is dualistic in nature, the fear- based opposite must also manifest. That is why everything we create with the polarized human mind has its opposite: abundance – poverty, health – illness, connection to others – lonliness.

It goes on and on forever.

Creating from the Heart-Mind does not result in the manifestation of opposites. It sees all things as One. The manifestations of the human mind and the Heart-Mind might look the same to the human eyes, but the essence of one is false while the other is true.

The end result of creating from Heart-Mind is a life experience that embodies the qualities of the Heart: Love, Light, Truth and Life. This brings peace to the human mind, health to the body, and true wealth to all.

I share this with you now because I struggled for years to create the kind of life that only the Heart-Mind can manifest. The human mind gives us the illusion of separation, and this experience allows us to remember who we really are. Once we remember who we are, we begin to see the human mind for the illusion that it, too, is. We abandon the human mind, turn to the Heart-Mind, and begin to experience life for the first time.

What can you do about this now?

Start focusing more on your Heart. Several times during the day stop, close your eyes, breathe deeply and focus on the center of your chest. Imagine breathing into the center of your Heart.

Allow it to quiet your thoughts. Then, whatever it is you were thinking or feeling, ask your Heart for the Truth. You will get an answer, either in images, feeling or experience. Your brain might translate these into words for you. If so, you might want to write them down. Also, take action based on your insights when you feel guided to do so.

Also, in my experience the beautiful images and sounds created by Jody for Mystic Mindpower have helped me go deep into my own Heart-Mind to access insights, inner guidance, and truth. Acting upon these have brought equally beautiful results to my own life, so I highly recommend his work.

Thank you for reading this article. If you would like to keep in touch and learn more, visit my blogs and website and subscribe to my free enewsletter and weekly messages.

Love&Gratitude,

Ilana Moss
“A Mind With Heart”
copyright 2009, Heartcompass Enterprises

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“The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play.” - Arnold Toynbee

Post written by Leo Babauta. Follow me onTwitter.

Following your passion can be a tough thing. But figuring out what that passion is can be even more elusive.

I’m lucky — I’ve found my passion, and I’m living it. I can testify that it’s the most wonderful thing, to be able to make a living doing what you love.

And so, in this little guide, I’d like to help you get started figuring out what you’d love doing. This turns out to be one of the most common problems of many Zen Habits readers — including many who recently responded to me on Twitter.

This will be the thing that will get you motivated to get out of bed in the morning, to cry out, “I’m alive! I’m feeling this, baby!”. And to scare your family members or anyone who happens to be in yelling distance as you do this.

This guide won’t be comprehensive, and it won’t find your passion for you. But it will help you in your journey to find it.

Here’s how.

1. What are you good at? Unless you’re just starting out in life, you have some skills or talent, shown some kind of aptitude. Even if you are just starting out, you might have shown some talent when you were young, even as young as elementary school. Have you always been a good writer, speaker, drawer, organizer, builder, teacher, friend? Have you been good at ideas, connecting people, gardening, selling? Give this some thought. Take at least 30 minutes, going over this question — often we forget about things we’ve done well. Think back, as far as you can, to jobs, projects, hobbies. This could be your passion. Or you may have several things. Start a list of potential candidates.

2. What excites you? It may be something at work — a little part of your job that gets you excited. It could be something you do outside of work — a hobby, a side job, something you do as a volunteer or a parent or a spouse or a friend. It could be something you haven’t done in awhile. Again, think about this for 30 minutes, or 15 at the least. If you don’t, you’re probably shortchanging yourself. Add any answers to your list.

3. What do you read about? What have you spent hours reading about online? What magazines do you look forward to reading? What blogs do you follow? What section of the bookstore do you usually peruse? There may be many topics here — add them to the list.

4. What have you secretly dreamed of? You might have some ridiculous dream job you’ve always wanted to do — to be a novelist, an artist, a designer, an architect, a doctor, an entrepreneur, a programmer. But some fear, some self-doubt, has held you back, has led you to dismiss this idea. Maybe there are several. Add them to the list — no matter how unrealistic.

5. Learn, ask, take notes. OK, you have a list. Pick one thing from the list that excites you most. This is your first candidate. Now read up on it, talk to people who’ve been successful in the field (through their blogs, if they have them, or email). Make a list of notes of things you need to learn, need to improve on, skills you want to master, people to talk to. Study up on it, but don’t make yourself wait too long before diving into the next step.

6. Experiment, try. Here’s where the learning really takes place. If you haven’t been already, start to do the thing you’ve chosen. Maybe you already are, in which case you might be able to skip to the next step or choose a second candidate to try out. But if you haven’t been, start now — just do it. It can be in the privacy of your own home, but as quickly as possible, make it public however you can. This motivates you to improve, it gets you feedback, and your reputation will improve as you do. Pay attention to how you feel doing it — is it something you look forward to, that gets you excited, that you love to share?

7. Narrow things down. I recommend that you pick 3-5 things from your list, if it’s longer than that, and do steps 5 & 6 with them. This could take month, or perhaps you’ve already learned about and tried them all out. So now here’s what you need to ask yourself: which gets you the most excited? Which of these can produce something that people will pay for or get excited about? Which can you see yourself doing for years (even if it’s not a traditional career path)? Pick one, or two at the most, and focus on that. You’re going to do the next three steps with it: banish your fears, find the time, and make it into a career if possible. If it doesn’t work out, you can try the next thing on your list — there’s no shame in giving something a shot and failing, because it’ll teach you valuable lessons that will help you to be successful in the next attempt.

8. Banish your fears. This is the biggest obstacle for most people – self-doubt and fear of failure. You’re going to face it and banish it. First, acknowledge it rather than ignoring or denying it. Second, write it down, to externalize it. Third, feel it, and be OK with having it. Fourth, ask yourself, “What’s the worst that can happen?” Usually it’s not catastrophic. Fifth, prepare yourself for doing it anyway, and then do it. Take small steps, as tiny as possible, and forget about what might happen — focus on what actually is happening, right now. And then celebrate your success, no matter how small.

9. Find the time. Don’t have the time to pursue this passion? Make the time, dammit! If this is a priority, you’ll make the time — rearrange your life until you have the time. This might mean waking earlier, or doing it after work or during lunch, or on weekends. It will probably mean canceling some commitments, simplifying your work routing or doing a lot of work in advance (like you’re going on a vacation). Do what it takes.

10. How to make a living doing it. This doesn’t happen overnight. You need to do something, get good at it, be passionate about it. This could take months or years, but if you’re having fun, that’s what’s most important. When you get to the point where someone would pay you for it, then you’re golden — there are many ways to make a living at that point, including doing freelance or consulting work, making information products such as ebooks, writing a blog and selling advertising. In fact, I recommend you do a blog if you’re not already — it’ll help solidify your thinking, build a reputation, find people who are interested in what you do, demonstrate your knowledge and passion.

I told you this wouldn’t be easy. It’ll require a lot of reflection and soul-searching, at first, then a lot of courage and learning and experimentation, and finally a lot of commitment.

But it’s all worth it — every second, every ounce of courage and effort. Because in the end, you’ll have something that will transform your life in so many ways, will give you that reason to jump out of bed, will make you happy no matter how much you make.

I hope you follow this guide and find success, because I wish on you nothing less than finding your true passion.

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” - Confucius

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