I attended a Dreaming and Visioning workshop lead by a female shaman an her husband, Siri and Paul Barker. They are both beautiful people with a lot to offer. The venue was a house but absolutely a superb venue with a lovely vantage point over a golf course. The day was different in that she called on the spirits and forefathers for their assistance during an opening ceremony and thanked them for he closing ceremony. She did not requested other participants to call on spirits but to call on whatever higher power each is comfortable with. I simply called as a Rosicrucian the God of my heart ad the God of my understanding and for a connection with my Higher self/Master within/Guardian angel. The rest of the day was pretty standard starting with an analysis of the previous year and looking at what has been achieved and what not. After the what has not been achieved a simple ritual of burning was conducted to free everybody from negative feelings resulting from failures or from negative events in the past year.
The midsection was new for me even though might not be totally new in terms of thinking. They asked us to look at what has been achieved and what not and then to deduce from them our rules of success. That is what did we do to achieve success and what could we have done to be more successful. That for me was the most significant difference in the day from other planning sessions I did in the past. Focusing on the rules for success is a very enabling process and well worth considering. The rules of success is firstly personal but it is also allowing one to know yourself better in terms of the success recipe’s that you apply in your own word. This is the list that I came up with:
- Be aware of opportunity and correct timing
- Set clear intent
- Make your effort consistent, one step each day
- Develop a habit of success
- Leverage all your skills/abilities
- Be patient
- Be responsive to opportunity
- Crowed out the unhealthy
- Know when to say “No”
- Set priorities and commit to them
- Save money, time and resources
- Find new ways to the desired end state- equafinality
- Maintain a healthy life style
- Discipline yourself and reward yourself
- Focus on a virtuous life/equanimity
- Know your full potential
- Take calculated risks
- Rely on your intuition
- Build value networks
- Brand yourself
- Be confident in yourself
- Be the solution
- Take action immediately when an opportunity presents itself/ Prudence
- Use reason and logic
- Always set a high standard for yourself even in small things
- Be willing to ask for help.
The latter part of the day was to start and document our visions for 2016. I am not satisfied with my final list of things but I am happy that I have got a starting point to work with so early in the year. We ended the day with a guided meditation, lying flat on our backs and a closing ritual.
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