The fastest way to lose your center is to try being like somebody else. I was
reminded of this this morning I sat down to meditate and was running my energy and
going through the various energy tools like I teach my duality program and It felt
really good. This is actually something that I rarely do anymore I used to practice
daily this type of meditation and At some point it becomes kind of automatic.
Most of the tools are kind of working without consciously touching in, but I realize
today how good it feels to touch in and use the tools for myself in a conscious
way to just kind of go through and move my energy and go back to this familiar
comfortable space that I spent so many years developing and I also realized that,
you know, one of the reasons that I got away from this daily practice, other than
feeling like I didn't need it as much, was that I met my wife, he saw me, and I
saw that, oh, she's able to maintain this beautiful, kind of natural, intuitive,
tuned in state without these tools. And so I noticed, ah,
this practice that I'm familiar with and that I teach isn't strictly necessary to to
the place that I want to go, right? Because I have got an example of somebody else
that I'm with every day that doesn't use these tools and is experiencing a beautiful
tuned in awareness all the time. And so I thought, I'm going to just kind of see
if I can match her or be like her and kind of get into that space from a
different direction. You know, this is how I work. I kind of adapt things. I try
things Sometimes I'll try a different belief systems for a while just to try to see
how the other people are thinking and get some insights into that and So this is
very natural for me And I think we all do this to some extent. We try to emulate
or be like people that we admire and we can learn from that It's great But over
time it's really important to come back to who we are and remember that we're not
the people that we admire and that's okay, and that we have our own strengths and
abilities. And it's actually been a conversation Isami and I have been having for
quite some time where we're looking at how different we are. You know,
Isami really comes from a completely different space than most people. We were joking
the other day, it's like she's from a different planet, or, you know, a different
dimension of consciousness. And she's kind of like an emissary here, or learning
about people like me who are kind of more analytical or material minded and She's
learning about that and I'm very different I'm very material minded by nature and
obviously through my practice my teaching over the years through meeting you saw me
I'm very interested in moving up in consciousness and experiencing a different more
peaceful state not just being stuck in my highly active and You know Excited
material mind, my analytical mind. But these are two very different paths, two very
different people. And so for me to say something like,
"Ah, the reason I don't meditate anymore is because it just comes naturally to me
all the time. I'm always in the state of meditation." And I've actually heard myself
say this before, right? But even as I'm saying it, I realize that's not really my
story. That's Hisami's story, right? That's my wife's story. She doesn't practice
meditation because she's always in that state of centered meditation. That's a natural
state for her. But when I take it on and try to be her in this way, or try to
say the same things that she's saying, or do the same things that she's doing, and
all of us do this, right? I know you've done it too. Some of you are probably
doing it with me, right? And two things happen. One, we do learn. We do kind of,
you know, match the energy that person and learn from it. But in some ways, we
also invalidate who we are. And over time, we can build up a little bit of kind
of distance between us and our true self, which is always going to cause some sort
of dissonance in the long run. So this is a good example for me today. I'm tuning
in and meditating, just kind of doing something that was natural for me say 15
years ago for me to do this every day and I was reminded that even though our old
practices may feel like they're not strictly necessary anymore and there's new ways
that we learn to get those same things it doesn't mean our old practices aren't
valuable right and of course I can see this in other people. I see so many people
benefiting from the energy tools that I teach and share, but it's true for me
personally too. Any old, really comfortable system that you've spent a lot of time
with is okay to continue. You don't have to put it down when you pick up something
new. And in fact, I've found that even though I like to deeply explore other
people's systems and information and Finding out more and learning about the people
that I admire. I always feel best when I come back and say, okay How do I take
the comfortable things that I love doing and sort of mix them in together and make
my own blend? How do I honor that the other person is different from me and give
them credit for their messages and their energy and their way of being without
invalidating myself. You know, how do I, it's kind of this mixture between learning
from them but not stealing from them, you know, or you know, learning from the
people I admire but not losing myself in the process. And I've said it many times,
this is just today is another example that, yeah, the quickest way to lose your own
center is to try to be like somebody else. Because ultimately we all have beautiful,
wonderful gifts to share and we're all here on different journeys and validating and
living your journey from your own center will still recognizing and incorporating and
learning from the brilliance of others is gonna feel so powerful. So I just wanted
to share that today and encourage you to really be yourself, to reach inside and
feel the things that bring you joy and just be happy that you have them. You don't
have to be changing all the time. You don't have to be growing all the time. The
real goal I'd say, if there was one, of being here is to be present,
to be ourselves, to be comfortable, and to enjoy our lives. And this state of
being, that doesn't happen when we're always comparing and trying to change and
trying to be like other people. So just slow it down a little bit today, have a
nice breath, enjoy some practice that you enjoy, and celebrate that unique, wonderful,
amazing person that you are already today.
