When you least expect it... BAM!

So, I woke up yesterday and went to check emails. I was feeling pretty good, lots of insights during my workouts in the gym, new, fantastically exciting images for my future treadmill - yes, you'll love it, your workouts will never be the same! - and there was an invite to a seminar on the 'codes of Genius'. I blinked. That wasn't possible, nobody except me knew about the inner secret codes of genius that harness the bodymind, optimize performance on any level, and catapult happiness levels way beyond the imagined! NO, there was the email and it was all about accessing the amazing capabilities within to manifest the amazing dreams of the future...
Okay, it's been twenty years, twenty-three to be exact, that I've been exploring this amazing inner realm of genius, using it in my healing work, my consulting work, and even teaching it to the rare few, pioneers I called them back in the 90's who risked being mocked by everyone because they believed in what I was talking about. Ah, the explorations we had, the discoveries, fear mixed with excitement, curiosity, even, yes even resistance but willingness to push through.
Great work, great moments shared...
...and the pebbles dropped delicately in the water created ripples that travelled twenty-three years across the planet to manifest in Milwaukee.
Truth, I felt betrayed, and cheated and I was desolate to see those words being used by another in such a bold way, across the globe via internet. Can you imagine, the whole world heard it from him? I couldn't get over it, there it was, attached to his name, and here I was receiving the invite. Oh, the sting, burning like a jellyfish attack, which in case you've never experienced it is very painful and lasts quite a while.
Now, let's be fair, the guy certainly didn't know that I'd spent half my life studying this phenomenon and he only knows I exist because I bought a CD series from him. The guy is innocent, and I'm sure he's good at what he does. Ultimately, this isn't about him, or about the fact my heart feels he 'stole' my golden egg, no, it's about who I am, what I do, where I'm coming from and why I'm not delighted that someone else had the wherewithall to finally bring the recognition of the inner genius to light!
Paul Scheele, I thank you. You are shining the limelight on an incredibly important theme, that benefits everyone. It's okay that you orient it to enterprise and success while I orient it to knowing theyself, healing, and empowering the greatest toolbox on earth, your own genius, but more of that in the future. The time is now. You have the stage to do this. I have always enjoyed the freedom of the smaller stage. If there's a way to work together, great, if not, may you find your way to this blog and be thrilled by the new information, and amazing 'other ways' the codes of genius can be applied! Anyway, my hands are clapping! Can you hear them 10 thousand miles away? I do hope so.
Okay, let's backtrack a sec and get in the 'cheated' frame of mind just to learn how easy it is to get out of it with the help of trusted friends and advisors. Yes, I had to open up first, and share my miserable state, indulging myself in a bit of dramatic whining well whipped with truthful tears, but that's okay, that's human...and then it needs to go to the next level and shift in some way, right? Right. No one wants to stay miserable after the first indulging moments of gravy pleasure, at least not if they want to thrive, and I so love that swinging free, open to new levels of vitality and engagement.
That's where my friend comes in. I rant. He gets it. Yep, what else can he do? I'm bluthering my way through upset, betrayal, and feeling cheated until the faucet is empty. Then what? Help opens the door with a gentle voice and a few suggestions, one of which is 'blogging', this, right here, and I softened to the idea the more he spoke of it, the more he showed me blogs, and suddenly I moved into discovery of a whole new world that certainly would have taken longer if all this disturbance hadn't shown up... and then I thought of what another friend once said, "You can see yourself cheated or you can choose to see your circumstance as a challenge".
That's BIG.
Yep, and I like BIG, expansive challenges. Once I let go of the whine I saw a lot more clearly. Well, duh, first of all, Paul's never stole my ideas, the collective consciousness brought him the new vocab, I mean the reality has been around since long before I was born, and sooner or later, just like it came to me, it would come to others. And, he brought it to the stage! Now, Paul's concept and use of the term is different than mine so he didn't steal anything either! He arrived by another route/path/journey and yet we both arrived at a shared vocabulary.
How cool is that? Pretty cool...
Anything like that happened in your life?
Well, that's it for now. I'll tell you the 'cheated or challenged story' next time!
Until then, just notice all those inklings that come to you in fractions of seconds, that seem whimsical, that you often brush off as silly... listen to them and then imagine all the ways they can be of use to you in your life..

Rosh