LIFESTYLE
five in the morning and then catch a
plane right afterwards. At a quarter to
five they canceled the meeting. I was
upset because I had to get up so
early—which is my normal reaction. I
mean, my ego is like, “Oh, life didn't go
my way.” So, I’m driving to the airport
with my husband and I say, “I’m feeling
grumpy. I’m tired. Life didn't go my way
and I had to start way too early this
morning. Let's just use the keys!”
So we both activated the Silent Watcher,
and I started observing my feelings. I’m
feeling grumpy. I’m angry and tired. I’m
hungry because I haven’t eaten. I simply
observed with no judgment whatsoever.
Just, “Oh, there I go!” Then I activated my
core value, which is to love no matter
what. So, I immediately started loving the
anger, the resentment, the hunger. And
those feelings just vanished. It was magic!
We get to the airport and again I'm
practicing loving no matter what. Now
I'm in my integrity, my true self, and
when this happened love just started to
blossom. I started to feel this profound
love for everyone and everything
around me. So, then I went into action. I
heard a voice that said, “Put your hand
out to everyone you meet and say
‘Hello!’ and see that they’re a long-lost
friend.” So, I did that. I started doing
that and everybody started lighting up
and I started feeling all this love coming
back to me. People were saying, “How
are you?” and starting conversations,
even the security guards, the people at
TSA. And then something happened
that was really miraculous. I stopped
putting my hand out. I stopped going
up to people. And everybody started
coming up to me! People I didn't know
saying things like, “I like your dress.
Those are great shoes. How are you?”
Everybody started “seeing” me because
we were all now in the present moment
together. It was so simple and so easy
and truthfully, it blew the socks off my
husband and me. We said, “Wow! This is
magic. These are powerful keys. If we
could all do this, think of the world we
could create together.”
Indeed. Just think of the world we could
create together.
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KEY-5 : LIVING IN SERVICE
Why live in service? Why is service
important? Service is important because
when you’re in service you're in love. You
are giving love and you're receiving love
and it’s the most intoxicating uplifting
place to be. When you are spiritually
connected, when you are living a
purpose-filled life, you are in service.
Whether you want to be a teacher or a
mother or even a millionaire, when you
are in the integrity of your core value,
your virtue, when you are in the love of
your present moment, when you are
living from the clarity of the Silent
Watcher, you are automatically giving
service because you are in alignment
with your soul’s purpose. When you
become aware of this key of service, it
boosts life to another level. Because
now you’re conscious of what you're
already doing. It makes your service
stronger, more powerful, and from this
place you can contemplate even more
clearly the questions, “What is my
purpose?” and “How do I direct the
service I have to give so that it has the
greatest impact?”
The 6 simple keys should be a daily
practice. It doesn’t take long to see an
impact. Every morning when you wake
up, connect to your Silent Watcher, then
connect to your core value your virtue,
then connect to your heart of the
present moment and your central pillar
of your consciousness. Then simply say,
“From this place of who I am, my core
virtue, I am in service to everything and
everyone I meet. I am a creator and
today I want to create.”
Play with this. You can say, “Today I
want to create a way to solve a problem
at work. Today I want to create a deeper
relationship with my friend.” You can
say whatever you want to say. Just set
your intention. Because service in
action is an intention. Then go about
your day.
Throughout the day, if you feel your
mind starting to wander—if you feel
yourself ruminating on the future or
ruminating on the past, if you start to
feel like, “Oh, I can’t do this! Who am
I?”— look at all these obstacles as old
patterns and again, go back to these
keys: Silent watcher, core value/virtue,
the heart of the present moment, my
central pillar. Then you remember, “Oh
yes! I am here to give this service!” And
then you’re back on track.
It’s so easy. You can run through it in 30
seconds. You can do it while you're
talking to people or running an errand.
If you need a private moment, just shut
the door and do it very quickly. Practice,
and these keys will become the backbone
of your spiritual connection. That is the
key to living a purpose-filled life.