The Ultimate New Year's Resolution

by David Brown

 Today, on New Year's Eve, millions of people engage in an annual traditional ritual that has hope, expectation, and a desire for change.

The New Year's resolution is done either before New Year's Day, or maybe after that late night New Year's Eve in which the last hurrah of the old year is gone and a Happy New Year is shared and celebrated by everyone around the world.

The resolution(s) may pertain to weight loss, health, relationships, business, finances, spiritual goals, or all of the above.

How many New Year's resolutions were followed through during the whole year?

Another annual tradition occurs in the gyms, yoga studios, and fitness clubs. Every January there is a surge in memberships and more participation by existing members. By February there is a drop off back to normal levels.

Is there an "ultimate resolution" than can prevent the falling off in February or before? What would it contain? How would it be different? Why would it work compared to other well laid plans?

I recently discovered this after needing to make some changes but wanting to bring in as much support, willpower, experience, and intensity as I could gather to make it happen.

About five years ago I attended a weekend intensive event in which 2000 other people were there and the results were life changing. It happened in the summer and although it wasn't just before New Year's Day it had the effect that carried through until then. Somewhere along the months after I began to fall back and lose the momentum that I had going after that intensive. So this time I figured that I need something that I can do daily to sustain my new goals and resolutions throughout the year and beyond. One four day intensive might be fine, but I also wanted something now that I could use and did not want to wait until next year - 2015 - to get started.


At this point you must be wondering who and what is this and why does it pertain to the "ultimate resolution".

The organization is Robbins Research, founded by Anthony Robbins, one of the top trainers and coaches in the world. He is appearing more and more in the media if you haven't heard of him, and is called the CEO whisperer by Forbes in an article just published on December 27th. Tony Robbins is featured at the top of the list for "15 Fabulous Fortune Reads from 2014" and is touted as one of the best stories in Forbes for this year. He also has a book that is in the top ten of the New York Times bestseller lists, and all of the proceeds are being donated to charity. 

So if you could have him as your personal coach and trainer to help you with your New Year's resolution, do you think it might actually work and will not fall away in February?

I made a phone call around December 15th to my same contact person in the organization that sponsored the event, and not only did I sign up for another event for the summer of 2015, I told her that I wanted something now that I can use daily for the next six months before then to get results.

She made a recommendation, and I thought about it and researched it a bit. It was on a 30 day free trial, which made it much easier to try, and I took the plunge.

The program is called The Ultimate Edge. What a perfect title for the ultimate resolution.

It contains three programs in one, on CD's and a few DVDs. It is like advanced therapy, personal training and coaching, motivation and inspiration all rolled into one amazing educational tool to support you accomplishing your goals, resolutions, and changes in your life if needed.

I am about two weeks into the program and finished it sooner than expected. I have integrated some of the information into my life and am seeing results already, and the New Year has not even started.

It's no longer a New Year's resolution. It is a resolution for life. It is the ultimate resolution.

Give it a 30 day free trial, and find out how it can help you to make your New Year amazing.

Visit the web site at www.TonyRobbins.com and/or Contact Billie Sandoval, who has worked with the Robbins group for twenty four years. Her telephone # is 858.535.6277.

Have a Happy, Prosperous, and Healthy New Year!

David Brown

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333 Words

by David Brown

I had just awakened from a deep place beyond dreams and glanced at the clock.  Again, it was exactly 3:33am, the same number that has popped up in my life for years, especially in the middle of the night. I finally realized some years ago that this was more than a coincidence, as this number kept showing up every other week or so in different ways, and sometimes twice in a day.

Once, at a Starbucks, I ordered a skinny hazelnut latte and with a gold member card the discount caused the price to be exactly $3.33.  My driver’s license had 333 as a part of the 10 digit number.  I regretted that I could have used that number once on a lottery ticket with four numbers. The day I thought of it the drawing on the very next day had the first three numbers as 333.  

It was most pronounced in the middle of the night, when I wake up without any external noise and glance at the clock only to see the red digital numbers of 3:33am right there staring at me.

 Once, I was telling a friend about this at their house, and at the end of the story which included numerous examples I glanced at the large antique maritime clock on the wall, and the time was exactly 3:33pm. My friends were surprised at the coincidence and could not help but believe my story. 

License plates on cars that I just happen to be behind sometimes have 333. One BMW had two sets: 333333. It is an ongoing phenomena that just keeps me guessing as to when I might see it again. Gas prices, text messages sent at exactly that time,. seating capacity at P.F. Changs in Eugene, Or. -  333.

There's something about it that is mystical, with synchronicity, and maybe a bit of quantum physics. I don't know why, but is it easier to live in the question than to try to figure it out rationally? Yes.

note: the word count for this blog : 333

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Soul and Inspiration

Life is like an iceberg.

We go about our daily lives experiencing things that we see, hear, do, and say.


Simple enough.


However, beneath the surface lies a larger part of the iceberg that is unseen, "behind the scenes," hidden, deep, and profound. With a major portion submerged under the water, it evokes a mythical and primordial connection to our ancient instincts, those threads that we carry in our genes and DNA. 
It represents the unconscious, the transcendent, and the depths of our souls. 
It is called the source of spirit, soul, and inspiration. It can come from the depths or from above or both.
All traditions of faith call upon a greater power, god, goddess, or spirit to make the connection and bridge the gap between our physical world and the world of the transcendent.
In any given moment, we can celebrate the adventure of living at a deeper level. We can create something new and make it extraordinary.

"The soul contains all our feelings, involvements, learning, love, confusion, and understanding from our first moment of separation from Source to the present, where we yearn for the moment of reunion. That is why the soul seeks. It is on a mission to get back home, back to Source, and it draws from all of its experiences to achieve wholeness.

We all already know that. It's just that sometimes (many times) we are not aware of it.

We are aware and conscious of the surface of life in what we see, do, and experience on any given day.

When we are inspired deeply by something, we feel it in our hearts and in the depths of our souls. Meditation can do this sometimes. 

The Difference Between Soul and Spirit

Sonia Choquette, in the book Grace, Guidance, and Gifts, makes an interesting distinction between our souls and our spirits. 

"The soul contains all our feelings, involvements, learning, love, confusion, and understanding from our first moment of separation from Source to the present, where we yearn for the moment of reunion. That is why the soul seeks. It is on a mission to get back home, back to Source, and it draws from all of its experiences to achieve wholeness."

 "Our Spirit, on the other hand, is a timeless, divine spark of holiness within, the eternal flame of light that has never been separated from Source. An extension of the One Spirit, our Spirit oversees the soul on its journey home." 

  

These writings under the category of soul and inspiration are a journey, an inquiry, and a call. 

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