Every Action Creates an Impact

I truly believe in the concept that every thought, action, or reaction creates an impact.  An impact not only to our individual self, but to those around us, and extending out to the universe.  When I started Samadhi Life the vision of the pebble being dropped in a placid pool of water radiates the waves outward in a concentric motion. 

So, with that in mind, I started to contemplate what do I want to create in the world.  What wave or motion, or energy for that matter, do I want to affect in my life.  What came to me was "living inspired".  Choosing to live inspired has become my mantra of sorts.  It allows me to make choices in the moment of what I want to create in the world...sounds simple, but at times it is really challenging.  Say for instance, your teenager is screaming at you because she's had a bad day and she doesn't want to get off the computer after hours on MySpace.  I have a choice here.  I could scream back.  I could ignore her.  I could send her love and appreciation.  I could send her to her room.  I could ask her what's going on for her.  It is all about choice.  Here's to Choosing Living Inspired! 

The Year of the Metal Ox

Happy New Year! I am told that this year, 2009, is the year of the Ox. Having been born in 1961, I am an Ox in the Chinese Zodiac...this is MY year! I started working with Pamela Ticoulat, a dear friend and Feng Shui expert, several months ago. She helped with the design of Samadhi Life's office space and conference center. There were many "fixes" or cures that we did to ensure our company's success, and to create a beautiful and inspired place of work.

These cures came in the form of ceremony, prayer, intention, ritual and applying physical elements to move the energy and to create sacred space. Well, our physical space is complete, our web site is now launched (www.samadhilife.com), and we have a new year. When I thought about the year of the Ox, I was excited about the prospects and held the impression that "everything would go my way" and this is "my year", general thoughts of relief. 

When sharing this with Pamela she explained that coming into my year on the 12-year cycle of the Chinese Zodiac, doesn't actually mean it will be smooth sailing. My first thought was, "oh no, I don't want to go through another year like last year!" She further explained that when we enter into our own year it means this is a year of intensity. Great. I thought that was last year when I was breathing life into Samadhi Life...that was undeniably a year of intensity. So I sat with this and started to realize I don't need to panic about this. I needed to realize that I have a huge responsibility to choose to think powerful thoughts, to choose to create powerful actions and to choose to set powerful intention, for myself, for my family, for my company, and for all my relations. And since the intensity of the Year of the Ox is here for me, I choose Living Inspired.