{"id":632,"date":"2011-05-16T10:00:44","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T14:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/?p=632"},"modified":"2011-05-16T22:39:02","modified_gmt":"2011-05-17T02:39:02","slug":"transformational-magic-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2011\/05\/transformational-magic-power.html","title":{"rendered":"Transformational Magic Power"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lately I have been questioning just what it is that I have to offer readers, clients and students by way of synthesizing life experience into a meaningful and portable ‘life skills’ package.\u00a0 Along comes a Huffington Post entry this morning, \u00a0by one of my favorite conscious living writers\/teachers named Gay Hendricks. Together with his wife Kathlyn, he has been offering guidance and ideas for life and relationship healing and enhancement for more than 30 years. They had a ‘some enchanted evening’ encounter in 1980 when they say they literally met ‘across a crowded room’ and each recognized a kindred spirit. The world is richer for that initial encounter and what grew as a result.<\/em><\/div>\n
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Gay’s post is called:<\/em><\/div>\n
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The Power of Your Own Story: A Boon to Conscious Entrepreneurs<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n
He invited me as\u00a0the reader to become aware of and then cultivate just what it is that I have learned in\u00a0my lifetime that can be offered to feed and nurture the potential and possibility in others. He reminded me that I have a unique perspective and thus a gift that only\u00a0I can offer.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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We are always\u00a0encouraged to teach what we know and what we need to learn. In my own life, I am amazed when I consider the multitude of lessons I have\u00a0amassed \u00a0from wise ones whose paths I have been blessed to have crossed over the past 52 years. The truth is, everyone and every experience is my teacher; those I openly welcome and those from which I might have wanted to hide. When I sit with patients in the hospital where I work, I tell them that each technique, method or concept I present as possibilities for them, are those that I use myself to keep on track.\u00a0 Do I get de-railed at times?\u00a0 Of course, but then get a message from the universe that reminds me to jump back on board.<\/div>\n
Gay refers to this as our Transformational Magic Power<\/strong><\/em>. I imagine a magic wand, replete with sparkles and streamers that never runs out of steam and has the ability to alchemically change our perspective and the ways in which we communicate in the world. The cool thing for me, is the awareness that this wand is not something outside of me or outside of you. It is within us always and can be tapped to do its thing.<\/div>\n
So, a\u00a0 short list of\u00a0experiences that can be translated into my own TMP:<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Childhood asthma<\/em><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/em><\/em>Foster parenting and adoption<\/div>\n
Running a business for 10 years<\/div>\n
Being a caregiving spouse<\/div>\n
Being widowed at 40<\/div>\n
Re-creating my life\/re-inventing myself<\/div>\n
Death of both parents in a 2 1\/2 year period<\/div>\n
Shedding more than 40 pounds of\u00a0 physical and emotional weight<\/div>\n

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What are some of yours?<\/div>\n
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www.hendricks.com<\/a><\/em><\/em><\/div>\n
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