Steve G Jones

              

Some of Steve G. Jones' work

This is from a webinar series called Awakening with the Masters that is occurring right now.  To learn more, go to: http://www.awakeningwiththemasters.com/

I just wanted to get into the meat of what I learned.  He talked about Kundalini energy, Chakras and how they relate to our lives. Yet, before I start paraphrasing what he said, I want to share some of my knowledge of Chakras and Kundalini.  I'm not an expert, by any stretch of the imagination, so if you know more than I do, feel free to leave a comment.

Chakras are centers of energy within our bodies.  Below, he talks about where to find the chakras and what they are a center of.  If all of your chakras are cleared and have no blockages, you are able to be the best person you can be.  If there are blocks, you are hindered from being your true self.

Kundalini energy can be found within our spine.  It's (not physically, but just imagine it is) wrapped around the spinal cord.  When you awaken your Kundalini, you awaken your whole body "everything starts coming alive (quoted from Gurmukh, which is where I got my knowledge of the Kundalini - to check out the video I love to exercise with two or three times a week, click here Kundalini Yoga With Gurmukh)"

Here were the highlights for me (paraphrased from the call):

• When Chakras are cleared, our Kundalini flows more freely – when raise Kundalini, some people can’t get it calmed down – serpent force – deserves respect and must be used properly – need to settle Kundalini down once done 
• Meditation can be just sitting of nothing or focused on one idea – free fllow
• Part of the flow of Chakras is giving (like giving compliments) and receiving compliments can help us receive miracles 
• Chakras (size of tennis ball) you can’t normally see it, they’re in the metaphysical state.  *This was an exercise he did where he had us lay down and focus on the chakras as he mentioned them and we also needed to notice color as I’m noticing all chakras, so the colors beside the chakras are the colors I noticed when I did the exercise.  However, if anyone knows what the colors mean, please let me know.  He never mentioned what the colors mean in his call.*

1.  Crown- top of head half above and half below (in brain)– understanding, cosmic consciousness, enlightenment - yellow 
2. Third Eye – between eyebrows – relate to intuition, psychic ability - green
3. Throat – near adams apple – communication and creativity - purple
4. Heart – near heart – compassion for others and myself - green
5. Solar Plexus – near ribs – vitality, power, energy - green
6. Sacral – belly button area – intimacy and emotion - purple 
7. Root – base of spine – security, connectedness, grounding, survival instinct - red

•  When we clear Chakras, we clear parts in our lives – be aware of where problems arise - Blockages in chakras can be thoughts, impressions, pictures, people we know in our mind while doing the exercise

*He ended with a part of a song I like very much: “Oz never did give nothing to the Tin man that he didn’t … already have.” - America - His point of saying this is that we already have all that we need within us - we don't need to go looking for it outside of us because all the solutions to our problems can be found within us if we think - I mean really think*

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Strategic Thinking & Taking Action

          WHICH IS BEST?          

I am writing this article because in the field of personal development, there is a battle.  There are many opinions about the strategic thinking portion of success - Law of Attraction (The Secret), Positive Affirmations, reading books, attending webinars, praying and hoping.  There are other opinions about taking action and the role of each in success.  Before I get into this, I want to make sure we’re on the same page as to what I’m discussing.  To me, The Law of Attraction (which The Secret – movie and book) addresses the concept that like attracts like.  My understandings of positive affirmations are: when you speak out loud what you want to occur in your life, the goal is that those things come into existence.  Webinars are seminars on the internet.  Seminars are attended in person where we get motivational words from experts in the field.  Hope and prayer (as I forgot about, but John Assaraf reminded me of) are also ways of strategic thinking.  Hoping is having the emotions of wanting things to occur that aren’t currently.  Prayer is speaking to our higher power.  The doing are the action steps of making any business grow.  This article will discuss both and their place in business.  Taking action, as Robert Allen would say, is doing the 20% most important activities for getting a paycheck first and procrastinate the other 80% until a later time.

            I think that all of the above strategic thinking steps – Law of Attraction, praying, hoping, positive affirmations, read positive books, listen to/attend seminars – are essential to success.  Stephen R. Covey talks about in 7 Habits to Success that sharpening the saw is important in sawing.  He tells a story to explain this principle.  If we saw down a tree, in the middle of the process before the time we start and the time we finish, we will need to stop and sharpen the saw if we are going to finish the job.  I believe that inspiration, as Jody Victor would say, is like showering; if you don’t do it every day, you start to stink.  We all have been (and possibly are now) infected with the contagious disease called stinkin’ thinkin’.  Inspiration, to me, helps me have the motivation to desire to change.

            However, if there is not change in our lives, there will be no growth.  If there is no growth, there is no success.  On the same note, we can’t truly change if we stay in our minds.  We have to get out there into the taking action steps.  Of course, these steps are different for every business.  In some businesses, the action steps are making calls and presentations.  Other businesses include making promotions online and creating quality content for a website.  What is YOUR action of your business?

            Taking action MUST also happen if you are going to achieve success.  If we don’t do what we need to do, the strategic thinking will help you be a positive thinker.  Positive thinking is GREAT, but wouldn’t you rather be a POSITIVE DOER?!  A positive doer loves life everyday because they (I’m not there…yet) are living and working their PASSION.  Positive doers are able to travel when and where and how (my husband and I would like to travel many places in an RV – to read more, check out my other blog at: http://parkrvparks.blogspot.com ) they choose.  Positive doers live where they want (in the house, neighborhood, country), drive the cars they want (whether it be a Lamborgini or a Honda) and spend their time how they want.  Positive doers give abundantly to charities they want or, create a foundation of their own. 

            To review, there are many ways to use strategic thinking and learn about business and strategize.  There are also many ways for taking action upon our business.  To me, they are both essential parts of business.  They are the yin and yang of any business.  When we spend too much time acting, it’s time to think.  When we think too much, it’s time to act.  We need to focus on both parts in order to be a positive doer.  The positive doer is what most of us want in life to be happy.