What does living masterfully look like?


Development of spiritual disciplines to maintain an awakened state.

Marks of Mastery, K. Bradford Brown

You don't have to do a lot.

You just have to be willing.

The rest falls into place . . .

unless

it doesn't.

Then you continue to be willing.

Inside Out: Mental Touchstones for the Awakening Spirit, K. Bradford Brown

PRACTICE:

This week, choose a "discipline" that will awaken you from sleep over and over again. Just as your alarm clock in themorning promptsyour shift fromsleep to awakenness, so can you "set" your daily practice to ground you in your awakened sate. Choose whatever form works for you. Some suggestions are:

• Prayer


• Meditation


• Comtemplation of a thing of beauty


• Three conscious breaths


• Reading a passage in the Bible, Torah, Koran or other spiritual writing.

Notice any tendency of your mind to believe that a "discipline" has to be difficult or time-consuming. In truth, willingness is all it takes.

With love, honor and respect.

Honoring our Limits

What does Mastery look like?

The ability to go beyond limits set by the mind and to work within limits set by Life and to discern the difference between the two.


“It isn’t so much what you do,
nor when or where you do it,
that makes a difference . . .
It’s the why."
Brad Brown, Mental Touchstones for the Awakening Spirit



Practice: This week, notice what, when and why you say yes to doing more. Are you saying yes just so that you don’t have to say no? What do you feel when you say yes, or no? Sometimes saying no to someone else is saying yes to you and your real limits. Trust your discernment for the "yes" or the "no" to doing more.