Not Procrastinating Are You?

I was inspired to write this e-mail TODAY and send it as soon as it was done. Somewhere out there is a chronic procrastinator who needs to read this message right now. So let me share a little wisdom anecdote that one of my teachers, Jerhoam, shared with me about procrastination and distraction; you may never look at procrastination the same way again! [Read more]

The Most Powerful Dream I Ever Had

Over the years I’ve had a lot of powerful dreams. Healing dreams, spiritual teaching dreams, past life dreams, otherworldly dreams, prophetic dreams, motivational dreams, OMG-that’s-such-a-great-idea dreams, problem-solving dreams, meditative dreams, and lucid dreams.  But my most powerful dream was a uniquely strange one that I had when I was 15.

I’m not sure exactly how to categorize this particular dream.  I think I’ll call it an awakening dream because it surely work me up in many ways on multiple levels. It also planted an important seed that would grow deep roots in my mind, and greatly influence my spiritual path of development. [Read more]

The Riddle of the Tarot

You may be familiar with the tale of Oedipus who, upon arriving at the gates of the city of Thebes, was challenged by a Sphinx to answer a riddle before he could enter.  Like the sphinx,  the tarot and each of its symbols poses a riddle that the tarot reader must answer to enter the realm of secret knowledge. To everyone who approaches, the tarot poses the same riddle: “What is the passkey?”

For the novice reader, and even for the experienced one, it is a challenge to answer this riddle correctly.  To answer it incorrectly can lead to poor or vague advice for the questioner.  The passkey is the main message, idea, or information that unlocks the truth of each card and the entire reading. It gives the tarot reader a psychic direction and clear insight from which to advise the questioner.  The difficulty in answering the riddle, however, is that every card in the deck has a laundry list of possible passkeys that could apply at any time.  So, which one is the right one? To solve the riddle of the tarot, the reader must have a technique for deciphering which keys are in play at the time of the reading. [Read more]

Solopreneur “Horror” Stories: What’s Your Moby Dick?

Many entrepreneurs have some unfortunate, tragic story about their business; perhaps the downfall of a specific venture or even the entire business itself—or worse. For some of you, that story is long ago and far away.  For others, it hasn’t happened yet, and hopefully never will. For others still, that horror story is happening right now. The solopreneur is often on his or her own in starting up and building the business. Whether you’re an entrepreneur by calling or by circumstance, it’s not an easy job. Even the most experienced business owner is bound to make a few mistakes. Some mistakes, however,  are deadlier to your business than others. [Read more]

Inca Secrets to Manifest Your New Life

(Video Transcript)
I recently came back from an amazing journey to the mountains and jungles of Peru and Bolivia with an equally amazing Peruvian shaman, Don Victor Estrada. As you might imagine, it was a journey of profound healing, self-discovery, personal growth, deep spiritual revelation, and incredible adventure. It was a rite of passage and a powerful initiation into new knowledge, new prosperity, new power, and new life.

The ancient Incas of Peru and their predecessors had a wealth of teachings, rituals, and ceremonies to unveil and unfold one’s newness. One such ritual that our group had the privilege to participate in took place in a jungle oasis.  It was a ritual to clearly envision the new life we wanted to create, wash away the limitations of the past, and immerse ourselves in the energy of a new self. In essence, the whole trip was about that. About immersion and initiation into a new life.

There are some who think that it’s just too late, too difficult, or that maybe they’re not meant to have the new life that they envision because they feel blocked at every passe. The journey into each new life is preceded by a period of preparation. It’s an important time that some overlook, underestimate, or simply don’t devote enough time to. So rather than clear a fresh new space to incubate this new life, they unwittingly start building on top of a pre-existing foundation that can’t support the new life.
Take a look at this clip from my Peru video diary about the beginning of our very powerful journey. [clip]

On the journey to your new life, you have to pack light. There are some things, perhaps many things you’ll have to leave behind in order for there to be pace for the seeds of your new life to germinate. Having clarity about the new life you want to see blossom is obviously an important part of manifesting that life. However, the ritual we performed in the jungle to envision and immerse ourselves in our new life was not something we did the first day of the journey or even the second day. It came much later, in fact near the end of the quest, after we had begun the process of purging our heaviest, most limiting, and self-defeating energies.

Creating that sacred space between your old life and the new, that void where anything is possible, including things you’ve not yet imagined for yourself is an important Inca secret to manifesting your new life. I’ll be exploring more of those secrets with you in an upcoming 3-part series on manifesting your new life (subscribe to the mailing list to receive the series).

In the meantime share your thoughts. What secret do you want to know about how to manifest your new life?