Can't is a dangerous four letter work. So just Stop It!

Turns out WE CAN

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I can’t.

I can’t find the time to write.

I can’t eat healthier.

I can’t find the energy to work out.

I can’t get out of debt.

I can’t reach Enlightenment.

One of the most dangerous words out there. This little word stops us in our tracks. It flings the door wide open for the mind to get in there and write a story about what a loser we are.

If I were a Superhero, I would be “I Can Woman!”

Obviously my real Super Hero name is, “Cheesy Woman.” Cheesy and right brained. I’m so right brained I lose myself in the circles I create.

The truth is, we can. And we must. We have to learn to be connected and to stay connected. And not just ponder, write about, study, read others’ ideas about it.

We have to do it. Like now. Everyday.

Our lives are not going to stop so we can become Enlightened. We have to train in our lives. With the kids pulling on us. With the bills tugging on us. With the job not feeling like a vacation on the beach soaking up sounds of the magnificent ocean. The ocean that’s getting hotter and filling up with plastic.

Our daily lives, the trial and tribulations, are our training ground. We have to let go of the "Sound of Music” fantasy where we arrive at a higher vibration while dancing across a flowering field on top of a majestic mountain. The trenches of our lives are our training ground.

We have to stop bullsh!ting ourselves.

We lie to ourselves. We tell ourselves that we’re on the path to Enlightenment. Maybe we are. But at this pace we’re not going to get there in this lifetime.

We know we’re not progressing much because it all still feels the same. It feels crappy.

I wouldn’t be searching for oneness if I thought it would be giving me an overwhelming feeling of crappy.

Bliss is what I’m after. Fulfillment. Deep rich authentic connection with people and life.

WTF do you mean this world is an illusion?

This whole world illusion philosophy doesn’t get me closer to feeling bliss. I don’t even understand the idea. I’m sure when I really experience oneness it will be crystal clear.

What I do understand is my daily experience of life is not what I imagine oneness will be like.

I feel like a Neanderthal in my approach to things sometimes. Simplistic. It makes me feel stupid if I let my head get too involved. But I’ve been around long enough to not believe everything I think.

The assurance that I’m doing something right is low on my list of things I give a sh!t about.

What I do care about:

1. Reaching oneness

2. Maintaining oneness

3. Helping lift others into oneness

Waking the freak up is an exercise in swimming upstream. Against the current. Against mass consciousness programming that’s our default.

It’s like practicing to be flexible. It hurts to stretch. I used to be so limber! But I cut yoga out years ago. I didn’t think I had time for it. Bad idea. I’m weaving it back into my routine now. And I’m feeling the difference.

We do know it all

I’m reading Stargirl with my son. Inspiring kids book. I had one of those ego voices in my head telling me I’m not writing correctly. I need to be consuming other peoples stuff so I have something to reflect on.

I love reading and pondering and being influenced by others. And I also live pretty unconventionally. I work on a screen for my day job. But I don’t surf on a screen much. My old Android phone is too cheap to hold apps. I don’t listen to news much. I know what’s going on without filling up with that. People are suffering. People are warring. People feel hopeless, trapped. The planet is crying out.

I know what I need to know to open up my heart and help raise the vibration of this planet. I just have to continue to do it. Daily. Make it my top priority. Stop telling myself I can’t.

We can manifest

I believe in the process of visualizing to manifest.

The idea of visualizing a scenario but not getting attached to the outcome is one of those ideas that triggers my, “I can’t!” How the freak do we do this trick!? I don’t know but I know it’s worth practicing.

What if we were to master this skill and synchronize visualizing world peace and planetary healing?

It’s not just a Hippy dream. And it’s not just another spiritual idea to ponder.

It’s a skill we can learn and live. A skill that can lead us to bliss. A skill that can heal our planet so we have a place to be our bliss.