Objective, not identified with the results of one's actions.

Marks of Mastery, K. Bradford Brown

Outward circumstances

neither make nor break us,

unless inwardly,

we have identified with them.

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

PRACTICE: This week, remember:

• "I produce results. I am not my results."
• "I achieve what I set out to achieve, or I don't. Either way, I remain who I am."
• "My results are not a commentary on my worth as a human being."

Then breathe, choose and keep moving forward. By not judging, you are free to simply 'observe yourself with interest' and course-correct rather than waste your precious life energy berating yourself. Now that's a relief!

With love, honor and respect.

Ability to Self-Remember

Self-remembrance can take many forms. It can look like remembering, honoring, and acknowledging all that has been given to you by your significant relationships: parents, children, siblings, spouses, partners, and teachers. We are who we are in part because of those who raised us, taught us and loved us.

Love trusts itself

to find the right words

without rehearsal

K. Bradford Brown, "Guidelines to Love"

PRACTICE: Write a love letter to one of your beloved --- whether they are alive or have passed. Express all the things they have done for you... gifted you with... and how they have loved you.
Decide what to do with the letter. Whatever you choose, it will be the right choice.

Namaste

Objective, not identified with the results of one's actions.

Marks of Mastery, K. Bradford Brown

Outward circumstances
neither make or break us,
unless inwardly,
we have identified with them.

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

PRACTICE:
This week, remember . . .

• "I produce results. I am not my results."
• "I achieve what I set out to achieve, or I don't. Either way, I remain who I am."
• "My results are not a commentary on my worth as a human being - win or lose."

Then breathe, choose and keep moving forward - or not. It's your choice - so long as you are conscious and intentional.

With love, honor and respect.

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 the morning prompts your shift from asleep to wake, so can you set your daily practice to bring you back again and again to your awakened state. Choose whatever works for you. Here are some suggestions:

• Pray
• Meditate
• Comtemplate a thing of beauty
• Take three conscious breaths
• Read spiritual writings

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.

What does living masterfully look like?

Contributing without reserve or resistance.

Marks of Mastery, K. Bradford Brown

The day came

when it was more

painful

for the bud

to stay closed

than to open.

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

PRACTICE:

Notice your resistance. That's it. Notice it. Acknowledge it. Then go ahead and contribute.

What happened to your resistance?

With love, honor and respect.

What Does Living Masterfully Look Like?

Willingness to self-remember

on a continuing basis.

Marks of Mastery, K. Bradford Brown

Life

is like

my breath.

It flows

throught me

when I open

to it.

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

PRACTICE:

As Life and life come to you this week, notice if you are resisting or opening. Try this:

• Pause
• Breathe
• See what you see.
• Hear what you hear.
• Feel what you feel.

With love, honor and respect.

What does living masterfully look like?

Detachment from appetites, addictions and automatic reactions.
Marks of Mastery, K. Bradford Brown

It is not true
there are no
guarantees in your life.

Keep thinking
you are worthless,
and you
will
be.
Inside Out: Mental Touchstones for the Awakening Spirit, K. Bradford Brown

PRACTICE:
Be mindful of your "addiction" to believing one of your core beliefs. It may be "I'm worthless" or "I'm flawed" or "I'm useless" or...or... Be the witness in your life, noticing where you are reacting automatically and what you are feeling. Then choose your response.

With love, honor and respect.