The Sweet Spot

 

THE SWEET SPOT

 

          Hello, now we will begin the fascinating study of how to become a master of your world, life, and business.

The interesting thing about a Samurai approach to this broad sweeping subject is that it’s totally inward directed.  Rather than placing attention on the event horizon; the outer rim of the world events, corporation politics, or system logistics, we go directly to the eye, the center, US!

As you all know, the center of a tornado, a whirl pool, or a galaxy is calm and still, while on the outer rim at the event horizon things move fast and may be turbulent. 

There are a few ways to look at that.  One would be that excitement and rapid change is on the event horizon.  While in the center is rest, peace, or possibly boredom. 

One may be entranced by the ever changing event horizon or they may be caught in it, like a leaf in a whirl pool.  I will tell you with authority that the majority is like the leaf.  I know several people personally right now whose lives resemble a dog chasing its tail.  They desperately want to leave the life they have, but money is so scarce, and time so crunched, they cannot find a way to punch a hole big enough and long enough to make the change.

The trick is in the mind, but it’s only accessible when a person is ready.  If this information speaks to you or your friends, I hope you’re ready, because Applied Samurai Wisdom is a way out.  And just like a valiant Samurai, the way out is THROUGH, by immersion.

You see, the event horizon is now understood by science and spirituality alike as effects, while the center is the cause.  From my 38 plus years of professional training, experience, and study I want to put forth to you that you can ride the stream of the event horizon sitting in the sweet spot of stillness, just like driving a supper fast car.

Regardless of the apparent speed of events in your life’s routines and agendas, the still point is ALWAYS THERE. That is reality, period.  Brilliant Scientists like Nassim Haramein have proven this with new mathematics, and his findings are peer reviewed.

However, I know only too well that it is much easier to write these words than to actualize them.  Our first task is to acquire a fundamental understanding so that the quickening process can begin within.

The vast majority of the people you see, regardless of their apparent achievements and status, live either in the future or the past or are fluctuating between the two.  Only seldom, and for very brief moments, do they lock into the present moment, conscious and lucid.

Dr. Joe Dispenza’s research shows that we lose conscious attention on whatever task we are doing, 2 – 6 times per minute.   Further, according to the research of Dr. Bruce Lipton, 70% of all our thoughts are redundant and negative. 

That said, the question is, where is the present moment? How can you be sure your really there?  The answer is simple, so simple in fact that we all miss it.  WHERE YOUR BODY IS.

Even if you were a time traveler, no matter where you were, deep past, or distant future, you would be there!  Make sense?

Now, realize that the sweet spot, at any moment in time, whether looking at a beautiful sun set, or in the middle of a corporate crunch, is always the NOW. 

Therefore, access it by coming into your body and aligning your conscious focus, (foreground attention) on where you (body) are, what you’re doing, and most importantly, HOW you’re doing it.

Notice areas of tension in your body. When I began this practice many years ago, and to this very day, I notice my shoulders tense and raised if my agenda is pressing.  Once my awareness touches that, I breathe, drop my shoulders, and remind myself that life well lived is more important than deadlines to whomever or whatever.  That gives me perspective, slows the rush, and quiets my busy mind.  I go back to the sweet spot of stillness, where I have power to choose instead of reacting.

Speaking of deadlines remember this; your deadline is on the event horizon and exists in the future as a mental objective.  YOU ARE THE CENTER, the objective revolves around you! Take you away, and the objective vanishes.  NOTHING! 

I will share with you a simple truth; none of us will ever serve or engage any deadline or objective better than by calming ourselves and anchoring our mind and body in the sweet spot of the NOW.  Period.