OB1Shinobi wrote:
this woman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XNrzmh0EVs
Ingrid
the first thing that ingrid says that i want to highlight is around 1:45 she says
"i stopped and i said - universe, what is it that i need to do next? what is it that i need to hear?"
this type of receptivity and openness is one of the pillars of Jedi life
pillars are the things without which a structure does not stand
jedi belive in the Force and consciously solicit and remain alert for its message to them personally
the Force speaks to everyone in ways tailored to the individual but common ways of geting our attention are
through synchronicities / coincidences
well timed moments which are outside of the normal patterns of events activities behaviours of the elements of our environments
recurrence of images thoughts symbols events which have a history of being personally meaningful
intuition and gut insight
sudden realizations
direct answers which come in the form of seemingly unrelated events which are eerily appropriate
the next thing ingrid says is that she CLEARLY HEARD that everything she had been doing before had been leading her to this moment
that can seem like a no brainer to a cynic but we live as a piece of a larger pattern and no matter if we belive it or acknowledge it each of us, most especially each who walks the Jedi path, is being being groomed by the Force for specific reasons and purposes
we have a destiny, if we choose to follow it (paradoxical but true)
and there are moments in our lives where the Force allows us a glimps of this continuity underneath the surface of our lives so that we may galvanize ourselves to our inborn abilities and strengths and our potentials and our life challenges, all of which culminate into the beginings of our tasks and our contributions to the world
then ingrid goes on to share her personal vision
this is one of the first life tasks of a Jedi; vision
what is your vision?
we all need to be able to answer this question
ingrids personal vision is "create a global sustainable future" and she specifically wants to "empower women" in this endeavour
i agree with her vision and i rather like women so i think its great
personally i like empowering everybody
but if you want to specialize in empowering women; cool
men; cool
children; cool
white people; cool
black people; cool
yellow, red, old, short, skinny, fat, tall, lexdysic, hypoglocemic, whatever
cool
go for it
she want to "empower a billion women by 2020"
i dont know precisely what her methodogy or criteria are for measuring this empowerment
in all honesty im not really interested
her vision as i understand it is congruent with my own; we're moving in the same general direction, (empowerment, sustainability) so i have no worries in passing along her tedtalk
i dont need to personally rally under her banner because ive got my own.
she goes on to speak of the importance of understanding "the power of possibility. the power of belife. and the power of turning the impossible into the possible"
she shares a story about herself and it begins with her as a fourth grader when the principal of her school calls her parents to explain to them that she is retarded
frankly, i think he was on to something but let me say
the real awesomeness of ingrid is that she started off just a little off and still she grew into a powerful capable and articulate personality (AND SHES HOT)
anyways her parents dont accept this pronouncement and they eventually find another "special" school for her to go to
this new school offers her "special" classes to help her learn the subject matter
she has trouble in theclasses so she ends up with a personal tutor
because she lives so far away from the school her parents insist the school send a bus to pick her up and drop her off
instead of getting the cute little short bus that picked me up when i was special she gets a bigarse ginormo bus that sits like 60 people
this bus is so big that it causes problems for the school
the school sets aside an area for th bus to park
also she is the last to be dropped off and the first to leave
the kids make fun of her and call her the "special" girl
she says a point came where she thought "my parents sent me to a special school on a special bus to special classes with my special tutor; IM FREAKING SPECIAL!"
and she means this in an awesome way.
this is another of the pillars of Jedi development
you have to realize your own awesomeness
this starts for many people with the simple decision to allow ones self the possibility of one day becoming awesome in some small personal way
thats all you need to start and it will take you to your destiny if you let it
she calls this "the possibility of choice. the possiblity of beliving in my own possibility"
she says
"thats critical
as we move out into living our fullness
living to everything that we can be
is understanding the power of our own possibility"
now she talks about wanting to build a million dollar company and she says she doesnt know exactly how to get there
so what she does
is get a mentor
familiar?
we all need mentors
personally i think we should all get as many mentors as we can get who are where we want to be and who have done what we want to do next.
she keeps going back to her mentor and saying "what about this? what about this? what about THIS?"
he keeps saying "no"
and hes right.
she mentions that she meditates every day
she eventually asks the force again "look i need an answer"
she gets an answer
she goes on to say you have to get comfortable with being uncomfortable
thats good advice for everyone
get comfortable with being uncomfortable
its a very Jedi thing to say
thanks ingrid
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