people have a tendency to think that they're merely the son or daughter of
their parents when actually there's so much more there's so much giftedness so
much power so much intelligence infinite potential lies with us and in an agape
we provide the context which is that we live move and have our being nacinda
spreads and we provide the content which is the transformational education for
individuals to literally transform their lives to heal and then to reveal that
soulful essence of of power and love and dignity and creativity it's it's a it's
a powerful invitation that we're seeking to rebroadcast the meaning that we we we
put on our lives in terms of who we are what we represent what we're seeking to
express what a community does and what we do at agape is we seek to be the
example of the highest and best within within a human society and we seek to be
that which is really like the next stage of human evolution we're going to be the
example of that we are more connected social through social media but the
intimacy is often not there and in a community of lovers of potential
intimacy develops it's very very powerful transformation is not pretty
now you know you can you can look at the butterfly to see that there's a
caterpillar becoming a liquid becoming almost nothing and then ultimately the
emergence of a butterfly it's not a pretty thing in the beginning so the
transformation of our society the transformation of us as individuals it's
not pretty but ultimately there is a destiny there's an ideal there's a
perfect pattern that's trying to emerge now what we have to begin to do is
describe that you know there's a law that basically says you don't describe
what you see but you see what you describe so we have to begin to describe
the kind of world we want to live in we have to describe the kind of
relationships we want to have we have to describe the society we want to live in
then we will walk in that direction but if we just keep describing what we're
now seeing we keep walking in that direction what I teach is something
called a life visioning process in which I I teach people to actually
into it and begin to open up to what - what seeking to emerge in us
individually and what is seeking to emerge in us collectively just as within
an infinite acorn is an oak tree trying to emerge well within you and I there
are gifts talents capacities that are trying to emerge they're not
happenstance it's not accidental there's something within us trying to come
forward and so what we we must begin to do is become still enough quiet enough
ask the right questions if we ask the right questions and then the universe
will answer those questions or you could call it your higher self you can call it
your intuition you could call it your heart you can call it your gut our God
you can call it the god presence right if you ask the right question you'll get
the answer what the difficulty is the average person asks a disempowering
question they ask what's wrong who's to blame why me those questions will tap
you into the database of human consciousness that is replete with
negativity if you ask Who am I why am I here
how can I serve what's trying to emerge what gift do I have to give what what
meaning am I to leave the universe will answer that question and you'll find
yourself describing your life and you'll find yourself describing a world that
will begin to coagulate based on your description and based on your actions
people think they're afraid of failure but oftentimes they are afraid of
success and they're afraid of those kind of answers why because they're going to
have to change that's right like change and change is hard
we have coping mechanisms and defense mechanisms around our present
personality but in order to live in the world we want to live in all of that's
going to have to shift that's very frightening to the ego it's very
frightening to the present personality and so we have to literally recalibrate
our nervous system we have to recalibrate our minds our intentionality
to a higher frequency and that scares people sometimes they'd
rather stay small and safe rather than to live up to their highest destiny and
actually allow for the the old crusty parts of themselves to die the universe
is progressive God is infinite we're going to grow we're gonna we're gonna
grow through pain I like to say we're pushed by pain until we're pulled by a
vision so we either being pushed by the progressiveness
of the universe which is painful until we catch a larger vision and begin to
describe it and walk in that direction we're gonna go so are we gonna go
painfully or are we gonna go pleasantly now that the amount of energy that is
needed for us to shift the culture is going to come through community the
second coming is through community the second coming is through the collective
not through the singular so this is so collaboration is actually the next stage
of human evolution the rough individualist is dying and the
individual that can commune develop community and collaborate with so-called
others because we're all really one that's that's where the juice is with
the community what you find is a place to practice spiritual principles you
actually find a place where there's like-minded people where you can
actually practice fall stumble make mistakes and get back up you're not in
the sense of harsh judgment dissolves and you have teachers you have
individuals who have been trained in vision process been trained in prayer
been trained in spiritual counseling although that's a part of the community
the community also brings a powerful vibration of inspiration and
encouragement so when you get tired you don't feel like it you don't feel like
meditating you don't feel like studying you don't feel like whatever it is
anything yeah your intention is right you have inspiration encouragement and a
community of people that says come on you can do this that's very important
because the world that's blasting you with the latest
pharmaceutical fix blasting you with latest negative thing that's happened in
the world blasting you with the fact that you're not complete that there's
something wrong with you a community like agape begins with the premise that
there's something inherently right with you people say often you know how do I
meditate and I always have to say well first you have to describe what
meditation is so meditation is paying undistracted attention to that which is
real capital our love harmony peace life joy so when you begin to develop a
certain level of dominion over your attention and you can maintain your
focus on love beauty peace it begins to be integrated into your nervous system
integrated into your mind you're able to now walk in the world and less and less
be distracted by distractions and more and more hold the field of your own
intention which is to grow which is to give your gift
meditation is essential the transformation it's essential to waking
up it's essential to really good mental health
the idea is after a while you can become aware of distractions but you no longer
distracted by them as you begin to be more focused in the present moment you
can hear the duck just you don't call it noise stuck right you can hear the ocean
it's the ocean you can you can you can hear your
heartbeat it's not a distraction it's the heart beating and so I think
that individuals get distracted by distractions but as you begin to focus
more inwardly you can be aware of distractions but no longer distracted by
them you can keep on so even in your work a day life you're going to the bank
you're on the freeway you're in a store you can be aware of the breath you can
be aware of your intention and you can watch as this presence begins to be the
activity of your awareness and you get intuitive guidance wisdom direction a
sense of well-being in the midst of chaos it begins to take over your life
and you don't want to go outside your house without first connecting to your
higher-self because the meetings you want to have that you want those people
to meet your real you you don't want them to meet your anxiety and your worry
with your fear your doubt you want them to meet this essential self which you're
making contact with when you become still