What kind of a mood are you in today?
What is the sum of your collected stories suggesting that you do today?
The film of your life, in which you take the starting role, needs the ‘Props’ and the Cast assembling so that you can get on with your show.
You need to visit the Props department then…
Imagine a warehouse, (like the one in the old Indiana Jones movie, where he switches on the light, and row after row of shelves up to the very high ceiling are revealed, stretching off into the distance forever…)
This is the Quantum Props department… (props, is an abbreviation of the word Properties, things owned by the theatre or movie company… Stamped “Property of Warner Brothers” – abbreviated to “Props”
I this vast warehouse are all the things you are going to encounter in your day.
All the cars, all the shops, all the trees and rocks, all the beautiful objet d’art but also all the dog turds too.
As I wonder around, gathering all the props for my daily movie, so I encounter you and many others also doing their daily shopping.
We often select similar items, but my virtual shopping basket will never be the same as yours.
The choice is so wide.
Our scenes (and lives) may on the surface appear very similar, but in reality, they are very different, and never quite the same.
This is the beauty of the Quantum Prop store…
My reality seems the same as yours on the surface, but deep down, it’s quite different.
Even if we walk beside each other, we see different things, from different angle, in different ways, and experience their impact on us as different to too. I might love the black cat that just strolled past us in the opposite direction, whilst you might be crossing yourself feverously hoping to ward off bad Juju!!
The casting department is a fascinating place too.
It has billions of Extras waiting to be picked for your daily show.
Some will have speaking parts; some will just be passers-by in the background. Some will have leading roles.
Your internal patterning or “story” is what makes you choose the actors and the props.
What ‘head’ did you have on today?
Did you wake up in a good or a bad mood.
If it was a bad dream, a bad sleep, maybe you feel grumpy…
You decided to rush through the Props department and pick a rubbish car that’s likely to break down, a few old appliances including a half-working coffee machine, and a computer that’s not working well.
In the Casting department you choose a grumpy supermarket checkout girl, who’s going to mirror your own bad mood, and a couple of Drivers who will try to cut in front of you whenever they can!
Sounds like you’ve selected everything you need for the kind of day you are expecting to have!!
Don’t forget, in this film you are the Director, Props manager, and the casting director too… You can have whatever you like! (Or feel that you deserve for the day…)
The beauty of it is, that in this Quantum Movie, you can choose these props and people; I can select the same ones too, just different versions…
“That checkout girl was so rude to me…” – “Well that’s odd, she gave me a lovely smile!”
You get the idea!
What makes my day a happy one, and your day, one filled with stress?
Sadly, the answer is You!
The world is your mirror.
Chan Buddhism
The Fifth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism said on his deathbed, that “the mind is like a clear Mirror, at all times we must strive to polish it, and dust must not collect.”
(The Six Patriarch, in what seems to be a bit of one-upmanship declared that there is no mirror, therefore how could it gather dust!)
That’s always feel a little like trying to get one up on your boss to me! 🙂
I think there’s a little sweet competition even at the deepest roots of the oldest spiritual traditions too!
But really the Fifth Patriarch is trying to tell us that if there are distortions in the mirror of your life, then they will be quickly reflected back to you.
The Sixth Patriarch is asking us to go beyond this analogy and see that none of the movie that drives you is actually real.
The second point is the absolute truth, the first point however reminds us that we have to deal with daily life, before we reach for the ultimate goal of Unity Consciousness.
What are you vibrating out into the Universe today?
The more you do it, the more you get it back.
If every morning is the same bad mood, then every day is the same terrible life.
I find that many people exhibit chaotic lives and live in chaotic houses with chaotic families.
This is what’s known as “scattered Qi” in Chinese Medicine. There’s a total lack of coherence in their inner lives and thinking processes. They rush from one disaster to another, never taking the time to ask, “why is my life like this…?” (or maybe even shout at god “why?” – Without listening for an answer, before rushing off to put out the next fire!)
The Heart is the key. Whenever you ask yourself a question, the Heart gives you an immediate and honest answer, the brain will chime in a few seconds later with logic.
The Heart’s answer is always the best, but often we are not listening to it.
You can’t work out what the best option is in a big decision that you have to take, you decide to toss a coin. Heads I’ll do it, Tails and I won’t.
You flip the coin it lands on Tails and in that very second there’s a huge feeling of regret and in your heart of hearts, you always knew you SHOULD do it… This would be an example of NOT having listened for the answer from your Heart in the first place!
Routine
When you are living this scattered life, what can you do about it?
One of the most difficult is learning to say no to Family, friends and work colleagues.
Curate space for yourself to get stuff done – and DO get it done!
The best tool is Routine – all the world’s most successful business people know this trick. Get to bed early, wake up early, don’t look at a phone, don’t talk to a soul, until you have done everything that your body and life need – (Exercise, Meditation or a quiet breakfast – it doesn’t matter what it is, just guard it jealously. Make everybody around you know that you can’t be contacted until 9:30 or 10am! – Set your phone so the sound stays off until that time…!)
Dump people who are taking your energy.
Some people really help us some people only take from us – put as much distance as you can from the people who drain you. Some “friendships” just have to end. (You’ll find that as you start to work on yourself, the people who no longer suit your “frequency” will drop out of your life anyway. Don’t worry, if they are meant to be gone for good, then they will be, if they are meant to come back, then they surely will. Let them make the choice, don’t waste energy dragging them back!
Quantum Life
Quantum Theory suggests that we have parallel versions of our life, tracking along beside us.
Picture if you will, a huge highway, you are in the middle lane. To your left you can see fifty lanes beside you, to the right another fifty lanes, as you drive on some of the lanes lead up to an overpass, others duck down into an underpass, some junction off to the left, some to the right.
The issue is that you have no idea where they are going.
The only information that we seem to have is that as you move down lanes in a grumpy bad mood, then you encounter more bad drivers, more traffic, more angry cops…
It you put on a smile, put on a brave face, start to think in a more optimistic way about your future. You move up a few lanes, and then the traffic starts to clear, the driving gets easier.
Shortly, you come up behind a very big slow moving truck, is your first thought “I always get stuck like this, I never get a break, why does life deal me such bad luck!?”
You move down to avoid the truck, and just get more and more traffic.
Maybe your choice is to say, “this was a good speed for me, I’m sure the truck will turn of soon, and at least the sun is shining!” (The truck moves over and you move up a few lanes anyway…)
There’s ONE last key to this.
Forcing luck to favour you!
Nothing, but NOTHING is a barrier to me. I’m a Tiger, the most Yang of all the Chinese Astrological symbols. If you want boulders pushing up hills, look no further than me! I’m somebody who has always believed that I can bend the Universe to my needs and will.
Mostly, I get where I want to go, but I’ve had to take a very long way round to get to the top of the mountain, and most people just waited till the Ski lift was open!
Daoism
The Daoist’s say “If you don’t know what to do – do nothing” – the understanding is that the correct path will show its way in time. I’m just not good at sitting on my hands. I’m learning slowly, and it’s saving me a great deal of heartache. If the door doesn’t open, it’s just not your door. (“Right then- where did I put my bulldozer and dynamite…?”)
In our motorway analogy, every decision you take changes your life for the better or worse. If you change down ten lanes, the off-ramp might lead you to losing your job, because of your attitude, if you move up ten lanes the off-ramp leads you to a new relationship. You can’t see where they are leading you, you can only present the best version of you, every day. You can only make heart-led decisions at every fork in your road. Above all, be relaxed with life… Please don’t try to wring the juice out of every moment.
It’s like the idea of being asked “Are you happy right now?” – “Well, I WAS until you asked…!”
Smile!
Can you stop being so god-damned serious!?
This is a tough game to play!
Some fool part of your subconscious keeps picking the most stupid Extra’s and the most wonky Props to be in today’s film of your life!
It’s time that you take charge of the film, like the Director that you are supposed to be.
The issue here is that nobody ever told you that you were allowed to do that!
Well, I’m here to tell you NOW – You CAN!
My favourite tools are “Just One Breath” – breath in slowly through your nostrils and imagine a stream of beautiful and healthy Qi flowing up the nostrils and deep into the centre of your brain. This breath of life goes deep into the centre of your head, and illuminates your brain, like blowing on the embers in a fire. Imagine your brain light up, everything working well!
As you exhale (mouth or nose, it’s not a problem…) imagine the energy in your brain sinks deep down into the pit of your stomach, deep inside your belly. (We call it lower Dan Tian in Qigong) – it glows there like a “power ball” sending energy radiating through the whole body…
Then breath normally and see what needs to be done. (The answer could be, do that breath over again, a few times…)
The other tool, is Stop, Sit, be Silent and ask your heart what the answer SHOULD be (…not what the brain claims is best)
You know may universal answer to every ill, is to do a minimum of 15 minutes Qigong every day – My Youtube channel @JeremyColledge has my Warm-up exercise set on it.
Do it every day from now on, and you’ll live to be 125 years old (If you want too!)
(Not a money back guarantee, term and conditions apply, please don’t sue Jeremy!)
Hao La! (Chinese for “Everything is good already!”)