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March 2008In this Issue: Dreams |
Through the life coaching and in my personal life, I’ve met people who can’t dream. Either they have never given themselves permission to, or they are so controlling that they can’t, or they simply are too fearful to embrace the Unknown. I’ve been stalled in living a dream I hold dear for my life, and I’ve also lived some fabulous dreams. I have noticed that to start a dream I must first let go of what I know and what I think, then contact my heart. Muster the courage to commit and begin. I hope I die living into dreams and that I always surround myself with people with the heart and courage and character to dream. Dreams are like bridges and they tend to be built by unreasonable people. I love to walk on bridges. Dream on! From now until March 31st, new clients can benefit from an introductory life coaching offer: Three months of coaching for $950. Please contact me if you’d like to have some coaching support to make a change that is important to you in your life. Blessings of peace, *If you'd like to share this issue with a friend, they can view the newsletter online at http://www.seanleclaire.com/ezine/, or you can use the Forward link at the bottom of this issue. If you'd prefer not to receive future issues of Be The Change, click the Unsubscribe link at the bottom of this message. DREAMSIt is hard for some people to dream and create a vision for the life they would like to live. By my mid-thirties, I had lived what I think, if memory serves me accurately, was my fourth significant dream; I had spent three years wandering the world, living in Benedictine monasteries, yoga ashrams and cruising the back roads of America in blue ‘76 Dodge van. I did not work for money and lived on my savings from the sale of an advertising agency I had co-founded. I studied with the finest teachers I could find in a number of fields of inquiry. I read voraciously. I climbed many mountains, swam wild rivers and stayed close to the ocean, sunset and sunrise. The journey led me here to Concord , where I raise my son Beau, write, and work as a life coach and meditation teacher. A few years back, my eldest sister stunned me one day when she said, “Now, what will you do Sean, you’ve lived all your dreams?” I smiled and thought I’ll create new dreams. And I have done that to some extent. But I have had too much fear to live one dream I have had for most of my adult life… To develop, hone and offer my deepest gift to the world—the ability to interpret, create and express truthfully through character and story. To make the decision and commit myself to a long-time dream of being a working actor/writer in theatre, film and television. I am a natural actor. According to five directors, all of whom I respect, three of whom I like, I have what is known as the perfect instrument. Apparently, I possess the six qualities or talents that can make you a skilled and powerful actor. I coach other people to manage their minds, free their spirit and live their dreams, and that provides a right livelihood for me, and is something I am grateful for and I feel good about, but I haven’t been completely honest with myself. Acting and writing are what I want to do. Fifty-two is too late to make the full commitment, isn’t it? With that thought in my mind, I went to New York on February 14th, to do some scene work and meet with a gifted teacher and acting coach. Apparently, I stunned my fellow actors and three of the studio’s teachers with my physicality, energy and scene/character work. Midway through an inquiry process called “Journey of the Need” which the studio owner was taking me through, she stopped and invited me to her eight-hour Master Class with some of the finest actors in the world, and she asked if I would like to work in NYC as an actor. She said that if I did, she would like to support me to offer my gift to the profession. “It is truly needed, Sean!” When I finished crying, we both smiled, and I said yes, I would like to work as an actor. As I was leaving my acting teacher’s lovely studio, I noticed my Guru’s book I am That on her desk. I knew I was in good company. I now live in Manhattan eight days of the month on the floor of an old friend’s yoga studio, attending acting classes, auditioning, and training… living a deep and abiding dream. The level of expertise in the Master Class is both stunning and awe-inspiring and, apparently, I more than hold my own. I’m having as much fun as I used to when I was a five-year old kid playing in the dirt pile behind our house. Why is this happening to me now and not sometime over the last 28 years of taking acting classes, private intensives and workshops? Well, because everything happens in God’s time, and I had too much pride before to do what it takes to begin to make a living as a working actor. I am learning how to live in peace and on purpose as an artist. Acting and writing free and ground my sensitive and fierce soul and the life coaching and meditation teaching pay the bills and keep me in touch with courageous people open to living honest lives. Presently I see my situation as it is, not as I want it to be but as it actually is. Nothing more, nothing less, and I am told by my mentor and coaching colleague that the ability to see things as they are is humility. I have no desire for fame, only for Truth, and the truth is something that happens in and through me, when I write and whenever I walk onto a stage or in front of a camera. I would write and act for free, but will gladly accept payment! Live your own dreams, pour yourself into something you love to do, and, if you meet someone along the way who’s doing that too, so much the better, you can dance together and support each other on your respective and shared journey. I’ll still work as a life coach (I do so enjoy working with my clients and their dreams and hopes!). When I’m not coaching though, I’ll be the guy in the chicken suit with the sandwich board near Times Square. All kidding aside, you’ll see me on and off Broadway and in films and television before I die, God willing. It is time to play the parts and live my life. BODY-CENTERED BREAKS (BCBs)The Body-Centered Break is a body-focused inquiry and awareness meditation lasting only two minutes and done whenever and wherever you are in your day. Benefits as described by coaching clients include: calmness of mind, overall sense of well-being, sharpened mental focus, reduced anxiety, increased ability of autonomous nervous system to recover rapidly from stress, and an increased capacity for learning. CLICK here for an audio-guided BCB at any time you feel the need to slow down and center into yourself. Enjoy the Benefits NOW! NEW Body-Centered Breaks Body-Centered Break (BCB) History Legs and Feet The Maserati HeartBeat Sitting in Your Seat The Pause SHARED WISDOMWhen I dare to be powerful and use my strength in service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
POEMON COMMITMENT Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation) there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issue from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.Whatever you can do or dream you can begin it. Boldness has genius, magic and power in it. Begin it now.
INQUIRYWhat would I begin, if I knew I could not fail? WONDERINGI was traveling with my companion. We had just finished climbing Mount Shasta in California and were seated by our campfire. She shared a dream and project which she held deeply in her heart. “Where will the money come for you to do that, honey?” I asked. She knelt and placed some black dirt in her hands, “Probably from where it is now, Sean.” Then she smiled and poured the dirt on her hiking boots. What life-affirming quality did she embody with her answer? WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS RIGHT ACTIONLive your own dreams. Or else when you are dying, somebody else’s life will flash before you.
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