Out of Joy do I Rise, In Joy I am Sustained, and Into Joy I go

This is an old Vedic declaration. Some might say, “Ah, a Religious Statement!” Is this declaration solely for the inner confines of the Temple? What might it say to us, living in our everyday lives?

We might substitute ‘the Creative Process’ for the word ‘Joy’ in the declaration –

Out of the Creative Process do I Rise, In the Creative Process I am Sustained, and Into the Creative Process I go!

This statement adds dimensional possibilities to each moment of our day.

Milton Ericson would say we are all entranced by various patterns within ourselves. This entrancement limits our perception, and it limits our creative options as we make choices in the moment. Shakyamuni Buddha, in his first Golden Truth, says we are trapped doing the same the pattern of actions over and over again, no matter what the circumstance – we are suffering! Of course, his second Golden Truth was that we can free ourselves from this entrapment, this entrancement.

This is the foundation of the book, ‘The Everyday Sanyasin.’ First, to recognize the manner in which each one of us entraps ourselves; then through experimentation, finding the Path of Creative Freedom. This Path of Creative Freedom has as its foundation, JOY!

‘The Everyday Sanyasin’ is based upon a journey into Joy and Creativity taken by Bill Georgevich and myself. This creative process evolved through a set of interviews. As we experienced this creative evolution, we opened to the Teaching and guidance that revealed itself. This spawned the creation of ‘Experiments In Awareness,’ the companion book which is part of the ‘Everyday Life as The Path of Enlightenment’ course.

Through Bill’s – and his team’s – Creative Genius, we now offer the original recordings of ‘The Everyday Sanyasin’ on Personal Transformation Radio. Now, each one of you can journey with us in our Creative Discovery of Everyday Life as The Path of Enlightenment!

It is my Blessing that each of you, who tune into this new radio show, will discover their own, Unique Creative Process. Tune In and Discover!

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Joy, Bliss and the depths of 'why'

As a child, when confronted with a disapproving authority, who questioned me about my actions; I would make a commitment to never “do that” again. Laughing, of course over time, I forgot my commitment and did “that again.”

When once more confronted with my errant activity, my answer was “I really didn’t mean to do that, it just sort of happened.” Humbled, perhaps spanked, I once more committed to never “do that” again.

I am guessing that most of my readers share this confusing entrapment, even today. The other day, I shouted out, “Why is this happening?”

In my anguish, I opened to Infinite Possibility – wondering, “Why can’t I, truly keep my commitments?” In my womb of possibility, I writhed for a while, allowing words and sentences to form – a question clarified, “What is it that I am committing to?” “Hmmm….”

In my life, I find that I consistently repeat specific patterns of physical action. When a dis-harmonious pattern arises, I call out, “Ekkk!” I am victimized by my unconscious patterns that are truly in conflict with my intent. Am I bound to live this way for ever, continually tossed between conscious intent and the reality of my actions?

Laughing, as Buddha said in his second Golden Truth, there is a way out of our bondage. The beginning is to realize that my intent is the source of my physical actions. Saying that I will spend one hour in meditation every morning seems like a really good commitment. Yet I am committing to a physical action without really knowing why I am doing it. Without knowing the depths of ‘Why’ I am doing the action, my morning meditation will eventually disappear from my life. Pavlov called this pattern, Extinction.

I have a cerebral cortex, I am more than animalistic reaction. I can reach within myself and find the depth of purpose for my action; then when I choose a pattern of expression, all of my deepest purpose is being manifest in that action. I find myself creating a whole new group of patterns of living – each and every one of them reflects the Joy and Bliss of my deep purpose for action.

Wahoo!!