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The Art Of Yin And Yang In Life

Posted by Arthur on May 23, 2009 in Awareness, Life Coaching, Life Purpose, Personal Growth, Relationships, Sex As Art, SpiritSentient.com | 0 comments

The east has long known about yin and yang. These concepts factor into a lot of their culture. In the West, there is not as much appreciation or understanding of the two polarities. The basics of Yin and Yang are that each is an essential polarity or aspect of the universe, each balances the other and each somehow contains a hint of the other. Yin for example, is understood to be feminine or dark or shadow or energy. Yang is understood to be masculine, light and direction. Yin is like an energy of being or existing, like a still kind of passive energy. And yang is an energy of movement and action and doing..

The polarities of life; they go on forever. They cascade. Some people only focus on tiny detail polarity, like, an artist putting a finishing touch on his painting. Or, a girl choosing a specific word to get their point across or connect.

They might choose just a tiny subtle and soft yin finish. Or they might choose a harsh, yang slash of colour, but, whatever they choose, there still is a greater polarity above. That of their own nature. Like, are they a soft gentle creative type or are they a harsh aggressive dominating type? And even that is subjective. Whichever they are, they can still use certain words of a different polarity or paint in a different way. And then, we can look at the company they work for or the career they’ve chosen. Are they a perfect complement to their employer? Perhaps they worked for a big mover and shaker company. And they consider themselves aggressive and yang but are they actually compared to the real spirit of the company they work for? Everything is relative. What seems harsh to one person is completely normal to another. What seems yin, soft or feminine to one might in another situation or relationship seem the exact opposite. It all depends, on what we are comparing. Knowing this, if a person feels their nature is more feminine, when placed in a quiet village of feminine women,
they might actually seem directed, ambitious and masculine.

And so we can see the polarities stack or cascade or grow. And then, we can look at the company they’re working for, and it’s place in the city it’s located in. First, we looked at individual creations in regards to yin and yang; then we looked at the individual them-self, then we looked at the company that individual works for. Even bigger than that we can look at the city the company is located in. Maybe, it’s a massive dominating company in hawaii, which is a pretty chilled out place. But if you were to transplant that business to New York, where everyone has a huge dominating company in a very driven and ambitious and go-go-go environment, it might appear as a subtle smaller toned down enterprise. The polarity of the city alters all the polarity energies of the people and things in the city. If the city is Yang, things inside look different, if a thing is Yin, it will feel different (in how it’s perceived, again,everything is subjective).

So really it’s all play. It’s fun sometimes to talk about when the polarity of one’s words or actions or one’s nature but in the end it doesn’t really matter. All that matters is what’s right at the present moment. I think i’m going to end this in a subtle yin way. We’re done.

Money Is A Wave: How Well Do You Surf?

Posted by Jason Fonceca on Apr 18, 2009 in Abundance, Appreciation, Art Makes Money, Artists, Awareness, Life Coaching, Personal Growth, Self-Improvement, Success, Value | 2 comments

Light is a wave, sound is a wave, and yes, money is a wave. Waves rise and fall, and the important thing is to be comfortable surfing it.

The great money-masters of the world understand this concept and are comfortable with it.

When we’re children we get this. We get that things come easily into our lives at the right time. Whether it’s from some long-lost, generous, visiting relative, or whether it’s from Mommy & Daddy, or orphanages and governments.

When we’re kids we know very strongly that no matter what is going on, food & shelter are provided; toys show up often. We completely and utterly believe that every day is fine, there are no worries, and somehow, someway things will be provided to us. We can ride the wave and gracefully handle the ups and downs.

If a down time goes to long, they cry about it until things change.

Trained To Panic

As we grow, we somehow learn that having faith and riding the wave is ‘no good’ anymore, suddenly it’s time to panic and force things and scramble for income.

Is it when we realize that we need to make it on our own?

Upon the unexpected death of Henry Ford’s mother, Henry was asked by his dad to run the farm, which was not his passion. Instead, he left home and started his career as an apprentice in an electric company and made his way, becoming an engineer. This was achieved through years of on job training and without any formal education. Despite all this, he went on to become one of the earliest people to attain the status of billionaire.

Is it when we failed and fell, testing ourselves?

Then comes a period of growth where we learn to trust our own abilities. We begin to realize that we *can* make it on our own, despite it being new and never having done it before. We learn we can land a job of some kind, or start a business of some kind, or win a lottery, or steal, or whatever — but the point is, we learn we change the pattern we’ve been following for most of our early years. We learn that a fall or a failure doesn’t really matter in the big picture and only makes us stronger. Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper editor because “he lacked imagination and had no good ideas.” He even went bankrupt multiple times before he ended up with a functioning Disneyland. Most people don`t remember that part though.

Is it when we start see the starving-then-full cycle?

Next is a stage where, we learn about life’s ‘ups and downs’ (ebb and flow.) We get lame jobs, OK jobs, and awesome jobs. We start businesses that flop, businesses that do OK, and businesses that shine. There are months with high expenses and low income, and months which are high income low expenses. There are months where we get lots of gifts; new technology, items, toys, tools, and some where we provide these things to others.

Cash Flows Like A River

It can help to look at money as a river, which ebbs and flows. When the river is flowing fast and high, its easy to gather water, or store it, or let the river carry you to interesting new destinations. When the river is low and drying and the tide ebbing and there seems to be little flow, we can share the water we’ve stored with others who may need it, we can build raincatchers, and we can allow the situation to wait for rain or spring floods or move closer to an ocean or a lake.

The key thing is that the river always flows, its natural, even when it seems meager and almost dried up, it will always flow again. There are all kinds of ups-and-downs and we’re either at peace with them, surfing them, or we’re fighting them and getting pulled under by them.

Masters of success know this, most self-employed business owners can see this, people who make their money investing in the stock exchange are often extremely comfortable with this.

As the cashflow changes, success-makers see opportunities, depending on the ebb and flow, and they’re at home with either. Sure, there is the chance to choose to panic and worry about things, but why? Access your inner-child, remember how to be care-free and faithful. Remember how to believe in yourself, and in life.

Money is a big part of what makes the world go ’round. It is one of humanity’s commonly agreed upon symbol for value.

When we spend money, give money, and allow money to ebb out of our lives, we are encouraging and supporting value. We’re voting with our dollars.

Appreciate Cash Ebb-And-Flow

Appreciate and help everyone else involved with whatever we spend it on or give it to.

Whether we buy an item or service, donate it somewhere, or even drop it on the ground, we are benefiting someone else. In the same way, when other people spend on us or things we’re involved in, they are directing the flow back to us.

When money flows into our lives, we love it. We don’t always stop to understand or appreciate the people who made it possible with their funds, time, and energy, but we certainly enjoy the improved experience.

Do you thank paypal everytime you get a transfer? How about the engineers who designed the ATMs? Do you thank the government that prints and circulates the cash that’s in your pocket? There is no reason, they ever, ever, ever had to provide these things, that you use everyday.

It’s all a beautiful cycle, both the spending and receiving helps both the spender and the receiver so much, that realizationopens the door for even more.

Do Yourself A Favour & Love It

LOVE spending and receiving. Anything in life that we LOVE, we eventually excel at it. Love making money. Love spending it. You can look at anything, sports, science, martial arts, dance, sex, talking, meditating, rock-climbing, breathing, massage, whatever — and if a person really truly passionately loves it, then that person excels at it. If a person doesn’t love something, they tend to half-ass it, not really understand it, and certainly not spend much time or energy bringing that experience into their life — they’d much rather do OTHER things they love.

Sustainably rich people love giving and receiving. They really really do. They understand that whatever they invest in or spend on, helps the world. They understand that every dollar they make/earn helps the world.

Take a moment and think about your attitudes towards the money. Do you become panicky, upset, worried, frustrated or ‘negative’ in any way when you ‘have to spend’ or ‘spend too much’ or ‘spend at all?’

Are you grateful to be able to spend on a new experience or helping someone else? When you receive even a tiny amount, how do you feel about that receiving? Do you grumble its only a penny or a dime? Do you feel like its a drop in the bucket and you’ll never get out of this hole you’re in? Or are you happy that you got it and see it as a sign of more to come? Do you happily talk about this one monetary find and eagerly think about other ways you can earn or create it? Are you grateful, and do you value the money, looking forward to again spending it to help yourself and the world?

These questions can help you figure out if deep down, you love money and physical wealth, and why its wonderful to have. If you don’t love it, and you`re not comfortable with it`s wave-like nature and ebb-and-flow, you’ll get the bare minimum.

Know your own value, and offer it. The world loves an individual who lovingly and givingly provides value. The better you are at knowing your own value, and offering your unique value out into the world, the bigger your reward.

Providing value comes FIRST, then the cashflow.

Ride the wave. Love the ebb-and-flow, understand money, give money a great big hug, both the giving and receiving of it.

If you have thoughts on the ebb-and-flow of money, or if you just love money, tell us in the comments section!

All Is Creative: Social Circles Can Make Your Head Spin.

Posted by Jason Fonceca on Dec 1, 2008 in Confidence, Conscious Creation, Life Coaching, Personal Growth | 4 comments

Today i want to talk about the powerful effect social circles can have on creativity. all our interactions with the people in our lives are actually us exercising our own creativity as well as being exposed to theirs. the actions and re-actions we all choose determine our social circles. there are many cliches that come from this such as “you are only as good as the company you keep” or you’ve been “hanging out with the wrong crowd.” what these statements are attempting to summarize, is that the people around you are a reflection of yourself and your growth and your current state of being from moment to moment. perhaps you’ve noticed how big life changes can often change the crowd you hang around with.

“John wasn’t sure exactly how it happened, but he and his high school buddies had drifted apart.”

“Jade was so glad to be out of that relationship, it was really stifling her, but she lost all their mutual friends.”

“Jason wasn’t upset about the others reactions because he knew he was on to bigger and better things.”

Have you ever drifted away from friends or had them drift away from you? Have you ever been in an abusive relationship and left it, or been ejected out of it? Ever seen argument or a fight with friends turn out to be for the best?

So how does all this rhetoric relate to creativity?

NEW-NESS

When most people encounter the word ‘creative’ they generally envision a form of one or more of the following:
-a new process
-a new result
-a new innovation
-a new experience or feeling
-something original
-something unique
-something personal

the common theme here is a ‘new-ness’ of some kind, and what that means exactly may be another article entirely. what i’d like to focus on today is how new people and new social circles can affect one’s own creativity.

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