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These last several months, I’ve been going through an ongoing process on many levels, and also adjusting to an abundance of new strategic business coaching work that I’ve been doing with CEOs and business leaders. In the essay Emptiness I’ve attempted to accurately capture the awakening process and share what has been happening with that internal adventure. I am now completing my next book, developing products and processes for our new company SCL Inc, finalizing plans and invitations for the 2010 Arjuna Conference in late April. Ladies, the men’s conference makes a wonderful Christmas gift for men you love: husband, son, father, brother, uncle, or employee/colleague. Enjoy the holidays. *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. EMPTINESS If you scratch lust, When I slow down, really slow down, I become Emptiness, and this emptiness is impersonal, infinitely intelligent, and exquisitely happy. It knows what to do and what not do in every moment and Emptiness only operates moment to moment to moment. That’s how Emptiness rolls, always in the present. More and more I am aware of “myself” as the Emptiness. No unnecessary thought arises as Emptiness. The mind, our instrument of perception, is completely intact, but no longer used inefficiently, like when the mind perceives reality through the normal flurries and furies of past filters and future thinking. All is simply happening in the now, as so many awareness teachers have told us. I still do past and future think. And here is what happens, when I allow this to happen. My mind begins to wonder a little and inevitably too much—lingers in the imagination too long—then it becomes projection, and worry about the future, maybe even the feeling of panic. Concurrently, the projected thoughts create uncomfortable feelings which I perceive as sensations in my body: the tailbone burns slightly, my left hip becomes sore, the back of my heart twists, my neck tightens, and my jaw muscles grip, and so on. The exact same process of contraction happens when I linger too long in memory, in the past. So what does this tell me? Be present. Accept what happens and allow the Emptiness to do what it does, which is to be alive—radiantly and radically alive. In my experience the process of awakening started when I became aware that I was aware [being], and now it is deepening and becoming fuller. Now Emptiness, or what yogis call the Self, or other folks call holy names, like Allah, Christ, or Buddha etc. “is fuller than fullness itself.” So what I am saying is that the process of awakening continues, and it appears that I am becoming more and more established as Emptiness, and the Emptiness itself is completely full, but I’m just not always fully aware. Why am I sharing this? Well, because this process is happening to everyone, whether you like it or not: Emtpiness (Self) will have its way, so you might as well enjoy the ride. And if you struggle over the holidays, do one of the seven timeless wisdom practices, which will help immensely. If you don’t know them, contact me and I’ll share one with you. Merry Christmas!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 VISIONTeachers and maps of Consciousness are very important, but be careful as eventually you walk the territory on your own, and you may still have a teacher trying to slip their map and their experience under your nose. Thank them, let them go, walk on and accept what happens moment to moment as you explore the territory. And if you get lost, look around; we are never without guides.
POEMWhat can a human being offer God?
INQUIRYHow do I stop increasing my awareness? WONDERINGWhat would it be like, to allow God to really run my life? WORKSHOPS & EVENTS
For more information about conference programming, please email the offices of Sean LeClaire & Associates at sean@seanleclaire.com or call 978-369-8286. For questions about the venue/logistics or your online registration, email Tony a tony@thepelusiperspective.com or call 781-944-9449. RIGHT ACTIONLinger longer with your deep passion.
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