Relax! Everything happens in your life for a reason

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Roger Kenneth Marsh| Leave a comment

Do you know that what each of us desires and needs is to be acknowledged, accepted, and validated for exactly who, what, and where we are in our lives at any given moment?

To emphasize this, try reading this out loud:
  I am amazing, beautiful, and wholly perfect exactly the way I am and exactly where I am right now. Everything in my life is happening for a reason and is working out perfectly. I am on my own perfect, unique path of evolution and experience. All the good and all the bad, all the wins and all the losses, all the ups and all the downs. It’s all part of me and my perfect life – EXACTLY the way I am and it is.

 Doesn’t that feel good? Now, imagine saying this to someone else. People are starving for acknowledgement and acceptance, including ourselves. I accept and fully acknowledge you for being your amazing, beautiful self, EXACTLY as you are, and I encourage you to do the same, for yourself AND others.

In this blog, we explore how it’s true that our lives are perfectly unfolding, and how embracing this fact is one of the most powerful things we can do for experiencing Major Good Mojo. We will also look at one of the most common beliefs that keeps us from doing this.

Read on and enjoy!

Relax, Your Life is Turning Out

To experience Major Good Mojo, here’s a great place to start: embrace exactly where you are as perfect for you at this moment of your life. You can enact a feeling of appreciation, gratitude, and even love, for who, what, and where you are in life. You do this because it is the most powerful way to relate to any moment you experience. Why is this? Because doing anything else is resisting the moment. By definition if you are not embracing or allowing, you are resisting, and this removes you from the present moment. It keeps you in a nonexistent fantasy world where the “problem” doesn’t exist and therefore this perpetuates whatever it is you are resisting.

Think of the game we call “Tug-Of-War.” For that game to work it requires both sides resisting the energy of the other. As soon as one side stops resisting – boom! – game over – there is no game. This is exactly what happens in your life. You stop playing the game (resisting) and the game is over. While resisting you have no choice, you have to exert a large amount of effort to try to overcome your opponent. When you stop resisting you create options. In the game of tug-of-war if you let go, your opponent will fall on their bum, and at that moment you could walk away, you could walk over and offer a helping hand up, or any number of actions. You are free from the struggle, effort-full, and time-wasting game of resistance.

There is another powerful reason to begin embracing exactly where you are as perfect for you in your life at this time: it is a very high realization, and affirmation, of the divine perfection of the Universe. When you resist where you are in your life, you are basically saying “there is something wrong with reality, it should be different than it is …  I know how it should be and this is not it.” Talk about passing negative judgment on reality! Again, this is resistance to reality and will only cause struggle.

Very often people believe embracing the moment, their experience, or their life exactly as it IS, means they must capitulate, give up, and not care anymore. This would then mean the likely perpetuation of the undesirable situation or experience. If this is true for you, notice you believe that resistance and negative judgment of something is necessary before you can change it. Consider it a new way: change can happen from acceptance and non-resistance. Just because you accept and embrace something, does not mean you want it and have to perpetuate it. These are two totally different things. Come to realize that you can totally accept and embrace something, AND work to change it. Come to realize the most powerful change is sourced from acceptance, not resistance.

There is never anything wrong, no matter how it may look,
here is always opportunity in every challenge, and in hindsight, everything is always working out.

 Hasn’t everything happened in your life for a reason? Hasn’t it all turned out and made you who you are at this point in time? And if it looks like it hasn’t “all turned out” I can practically guarantee it will over time. So if it’s true that everything is always turning out – no matter how it may look – then it’s fair to say that your life is turning out right now, and is in each and every moment. In fact, it never is not turning out. So relax, trust this fact, and allow your life to just turn out!

Looking for greater trust, peace and ease in your life? I invite you to engage The Major Good Mojo System.

Your Major Good Mojo Assignment:

“…the supreme law of our divine nature determines perfectly our relations with each being and with the totality of the universe, it also reveals the exact rhythm of the direct expression of the Divine in us.”
~ Sri Aurobindo

Get out a blank sheet of paper and write down everything you are grateful for in your life. Do this until you can’t think of anything else. I bet you’ll be surprised at just how much great stuff there is in your life and just how much you take that for granted every day. Notice how you feel after doing this exercise.

Congratulations – you’re one step closer to Major Good Mojo!

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Can you Drop the Social Mask?

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Roger Kenneth Marsh| Leave a comment

As I prepare for my pilgrimage to the sacred pyramid complex of Teotihuacan near Mexico City later this month, I am reading books on the Toltec Path and Shamanism. Depending on who you talk to, the name Teotihuacan means “where man meets the gods” or “place where gods are born” or “place where man becomes divine.” Some of the material I am reading indicates this meeting, birthing, or becoming was facilitated through a transformational process of purification.

To become a shaman there are initiatory rites of passage – one could say a transformational process of purification – that the candidate must endure. This is typically some kind of death and rebirth experience that develops the soul of the candidate, introduces him or her to the mysterious and invisible realms in which he/she must operate, and frees him /her from the fear of death. As you can imagine, these are incredibly challenging experiences that are life changing not just for the candidate, but for the entire community within which they live.

In this blog, we explore our own process of purification and how this is necessary to become the “shaman” in our own lives. This is sacred work of the most profound nature. This is the kind of work that heals not only your own life but others as well.

Read on and enjoy!

Can You Drop the Social Mask?

Don’t be fooled by the Social Mask. Life is messy, and everyone is working through their own challenges – but it doesn’t look this way – people hide that part, and put on the image, put on their smile, put on their social mask as it is known. To know this is true, just look at your own life. I bet you do this yourself, I know I do. We may be suffering, but we’ll put on a happy face so others don’t have to deal with it.

Often this is quite appropriate. In social situations the grand majority of people are not equipped or have any idea how to support your healing, so to drop your social mask and bear your “ugly wounds” would end up, more than likely, alienating others and leaving your wounds gaping even larger. We intuitively know this, or have directly experienced it, so we don’t do it.

It takes a person who has faced their deepest fears, has healed their own wounds, and can meet your pain with compassion and understanding, to support you through it. In many cultures, this is the role of the wise elder. If you have a wise elder in your life, consider yourself blessed. However, since most people have not done their own work, when you share your hurts with the average person, it only activates their own. It can launch them into judgment and rejection mode, or some kind of sympathy or fixing mode, which can leave you worse off than when you started!

Now again, note that wearing the social mask is beneficial, to a certain extent; none of us wants to hear a bunch of dumping and complaining from others. But it’s also important to note that this is what people often do: they assume the role of victim and then dump and complain. Rather than looking inside themselves for the cause of their suffering, they project it outside onto others (a natural protection mechanism of the mind). Being aware of this enables responsible sharing; you can own your own stuff with an authentic desire for healing AND an openness to coaching and insight.

Many adults have avoided this kind of responsible, authentic, and courageous exploration and sharing. Why? Because:

1) their present life is not painful enough for them to deal with it,

2) initially it’s much easier to stuff issues down, paste them over, and pretend that everything is OK,

3) they have no structure or model for deep exploration,

4) they fear being vulnerable in this way will somehow hurt them and make them less powerful, and

5) they have no one in their life that can actually help them heal their wounds and evolve into more freedom and love.

Therefore, these people – and there are a lot of them out there- are walking bundles of reactionary protection mechanisms. They continue to foster patterns from their past in each and every present moment. To a large extent, these are the average people in our “general public.” My therapist once said to me “Roger, don’t be fooled by the big bodies and open eyes.” Just because people look awake doesn’t mean they really are.

Your unconscious limiting belief patterns are instilled in you from childhood, but may still be running your automatic behaviors and perceptions of your present world. The process of exploring and unraveling them is typically a long-term process requiring tremendous courage, insight, tools, support, compassion, and persistence – and there is no more highly satisfying and personally rewarding work!

Of all those traits mentioned, I think persistence may be one of the most important, since the nature of these mechanisms is very “crafty.” Just when you think you’ve got one handled, you’ll find it popping up in a different circumstance wearing different clothes. Then, with further investigation, you find it’s the same old fear-based mechanism at work that you’ve seen before. Aha!

So just be aware of your environment; be aware that your fellow human beings are all working through their own issues, even though it may not look like it. Be aware of who you are sharing with; recognize the limitations the average person will have in helping you with your wounds and your healing process. Be the first to extend compassion to others and especially to yourself.

And above all, actively engage and transform your own issues, subconscious limiting beliefs, and childhood protection mechanisms. This is the path of the modern day shaman: taking on your fears, meeting them where they reside inside you, dying the little death that’s necessary for their transformation and release, and being reborn on the other side. As you become responsible for and transform your own issues – sharing authentically with a true desire for healing and support – you can then become the one who listens compassionately and helps others heal their own wounds. And over time, the need for your social mask becomes less and less as you become more fully transparent with nothing to fear and nothing to hide.
Looking for support on your path of transformation and healing? I invite you to engage The Major Good Mojo System.

Your Major Good Mojo Assignment:

Be nice and smile to everyone you meet. You don’t know what they are going through, and they may need that smile, and treasure it.
~ Christine M. Huppert


 People frequently live behind a social mask.

As you are walking down the street, or sitting in your car at a red light, look around at the people you can see. Some are on phones, some are chewing a fingernail, some are completely absorbed in their own thoughts. Choose one person, and imagine what might be going on in their life, or in their fears and self-doubts, that you cannot see in their faces or in their body language. This will not only raise your awareness and openness to other peoples’ struggles in life, it will raise your levels of compassion and tolerance.

Now look at your own social mask. Be aware of how you probably appear to others, even though you may be working through an issue or problem in your life. Be kind to yourself, and acknowledge the effort this mask entails. And acknowledge that it’s OK to use this mask for your safety in the world as you continue your healing and transforming.

Congratulations you’re one step closer to Major Good Mojo!

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How Deep Are Your Roots?

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Roger Kenneth Marsh| Leave a comment

The picture above is a Samadhi brand Floatation Tank, also known as a sensory deprivation tank. While I have been meditating for many years, I have just begun exploring this world of “floating” as it’s called. My first two floats have been amazing!

In the tank there is 10 inches of water with 800 lbs. (yes, that’s right 800 pounds!) of Epsom salt dissolved in it. When you lie back you float like a cork. The sensation, or lack of it I should say, is surprising and very unique; you lose track of where your body ends and the water begins. You float in total darkness, and noise from the outside does not reach you. The outside world is gone, and amazing things happen.

The idea behind floating is to remove the stresses our mind and body must deal with each and every moment: sights, sounds, pressures on the body, and even the effect of gravity. The mind is kept very busy constantly processing and managing all of this input and stress. When you remove all of this, the mind and body are more free to do other things, for example, thinking clearly and deeply, without distraction, about high priority, important things. Or not thinking at all, and moving into a blissfully quiet, other-worldly state. During the experience, the brain pumps out dopamine and endorphins, and your body gets to rest, de-stress, and heal. It literally is the most relaxing thing I’ve ever experienced.

In this week’s blog, we explore the importance of “Having Deep Roots.” Deep roots into the source of your being, into the source of life, into the core of your nature. In each and every moment you are sustained by a life force energy that is beating your heart and breathing your body. With conscious intention and practice, we can create a powerful partnership with this loving, generous, life force. We can move and create with this life force in our lives in ways unimaginable without that connection.

Read on and enjoy!

All spiritual practices have at their core one purpose: to connect you with the Divine. In fact, the original definition, or root of the word religion, is to re-ligament, or re-connect. This is what a “religious experience” is, an experience of reconnecting to the one and all, the source of life. However, because these profound and life-changing religious experiences are relatively infrequent, we have “practices” we can engage which help connect us, or re-ligament us, to our Divine Nature. Floating in a Samadhi tank is one such practice.

Everything you experience while floating comes from within yourself; it’s the perfect time to reflect on your life. Reports of creative and personal insights abound. In fact, while floating, I crafted the majority of this blog! It was quite easy to get clear about what was going to be in, and what was definitely out. Up until that point, I was not sure. This kind of clarity and clear insight comes from having deep roots. Deep roots into the Infinite Intelligence which KNOWS your next Divine Right Action. It’s just a matter of quieting down all the distractions, opening up, and deeply listening.

One could say this is an aspect of intuition, and I would agree. One definition of intuition is: the appearance in the mind of accurate information about the external world, which can be shown to have come not through the five senses, nor through a rearrangement of stored memory contents. When in a SENSORY deprivation tank, the clarity, knowing, and insights are not coming from “the external world.”

Another aspect of having deep roots is synchronicity. The deeper your roots, the more synchronicity you will experience. Synchronicity is the occurrence of two or more independent events having no apparent causal connection, but which seem to form a meaningful pattern. For example, I have recently been reading more and more writings of Buckminster Fuller. When I went to the floatation tank center, sitting there in the waiting room on the coffee table with only three other books – the same three that were there the week before when I was there – was a new book, Buckminster Fuller’s Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth, as if to say, “Here, you need to read this book too!” I got the message, and smiled knowingly.

In his book, Critical Path, written only a few years before his death and therefore representing his lifetime of knowledge and experience, Buckminster Fuller said, “…human continuance now depends entirely upon the intuitive wisdom of each and every individual.” It was this book, out of hundreds and hundreds, which came off the shelf and into my awareness last June while on my Spirit Quest. Another synchronicity. I nod and say, “Thank you.”

Life is far too complex to think it all out on your own. Everything, literally everything, is interconnected. You cannot isolate anything.  As soon as you draw a boundary around something so you can focus on it and learn something, you have disconnected it from everything else. You are therefore no longer studying and learning about that thing, whatever it may be, as it actually exists in the world – connected to everything else! The key is to get connected yourself, to establish your own deep roots into the ONENESS and interconnection of ALL things. Only from that place can you truly operate freely and with that sense of knowing that does not come through the five senses nor through a rearrangement of stored memory contents.

Just as everything in nature has a built-in, inherent blueprint deep within itself guiding its unfolding, so do you! So does each and every human being, and humanity as a whole. It is from this energetic Source, or Divine Blueprint, deep within you, that you can access, express, and live the best that you have to offer. It is from this deep energetic Source that your highest levels of Integrity, Inspiration, Courage, Love, Peace, Compassion, and Wisdom flow – effortlessly! When you are truly tapped into your unique aspect of this Divine Energy, into your own Divine Blueprint, there is a Divine Right Knowing that emerges for you. It inspires and guides your own Divine Right Action that results in Divine Right Outcomes (the highest and best outcomes for all concerned).

It is to this Divine Connection, Divine Blueprint, and Divine Knowing, Actions, and Outcomes that I am committed to realizing for myself, for you, and for all of humanity. I invite your commitment to this also. Our future just may depend upon it.

If you want support and a clear path to become Divinely Connected and a channel for Source Energy, I invite you to engage The Major Good Mojo System.

Your Major Good Mojo Assignment:

Ask yourself “How deeply connected am I? How deep are my roots? How free and independently am I operating?” Then look to see what some next steps might be for you to become more deeply connected. Maybe you’ll want to find a floatation tank center near you, or meditate more, or increase your time for reflective writing, or engage the Major Good Mojo System to really take your connection to whole new levels! Whatever it may be, do it now, you and the world will be better for it.

Congratulations you’re one step closer to Major Good Mojo!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Free Telesummit- I am the 1st speaker in new Align With Your Purpose series!

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Roger Kenneth Marsh| 2 Comments

I’m thrilled to announce I’m the first speaker for Aline Boundy’s NEW Align With Your Purpose monthly telesummit series.  In this series Aline will be exploring more deeply the 5 keys to Align With Your Purpose that she distilled from more than 12 expert interviews she did on the topic.

The first step everyone agrees upon is to go inside and connect with your higher self.  This is my specialty!  So I was thrilled when Aline invited me to be her fist guest and further explore the what and how of this crucial step.  WHAT is your higher self?  And HOW do you know if you are truly connected?

The interview will be broadcast this coming Monday, September 24th at 12 noon pacific, 3pm Eastern, and 8pm UK.

As Aline said ”I know that personally I find it much easier [to find and follow my purpose] when I am guided along the path by someone who has already been there and gone through the struggle, even if the details of our experience do not match up.  And that’s why it’s very exciting for me to tell you we have another interview with Roger! Roger Kenneth Marsh was one of our most popular featured speakers in the telesummit and you’ll be able to hear our interview next Monday, 24th September, 12 noon Pacific, 3pm Eastern, 8pm UK.”

Here is the link to the live broadcast for next Monday:

http://InstantTeleseminar.com/?eventID=33502044

On the web page you can listen through your computer or call in by phone, and there is a list of local phone numbers if you are outside the U.S., so no long distance charges!

In addition, the recording will be available for you to download and listen to on this page immediately afterwards: http://www.AlignWithYourPurpose.com/RKM.html

On the call I offer a special discount for the Align With Your Purpose community on some of my most popular products, so be sure to listen in!

Come find out what it really means to “connect with your Higher Self.”

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What are you addicted to?

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Roger Kenneth Marsh| Leave a comment


As you  may know, I went on a Vision Quest in the Arizona Desert back in June. In the picture above I am standing on my sacred piece of land upon which the quest took place. I’ve engaged several such events in my life, as perhaps you have. Although they are not easy, I have found each one very rewarding and worth the challenge.

One of the biggest challenges of a typical Vision Quest is giving up what you think you need. On a Vision Quest you give up food: fasting for at least a day and as many as four. You give up comfort; you are sleeping outside on the ground with just the very basics. You give up entertainment: no cell phones, newspapers, TV, internet, or books. There is just the sound of the wind and the stars in the sky to entertain you. You give up companionship; a Vision Quest is done solo. You are alone and isolated (at least from people). And you give up safety; it is just you alone out there with the wild beasts, creatures, and creepy crawlies of the night.

One of the major breakthroughs on a Vision Quest is this discovery: you don’t need these things as much as you THINK you do! The key word here is THINK. If that THINKING is not challenged, it tends to go on running our lives… for better or worse. What you can learn on a Vision Quest, by challenging your BELIEFs, is that you are whole and complete, safe and empowered, inspired and cared for, with far less stuff than you think you need. With this new knowing comes peace, true freedom, and your authentic power of choice. These are things worth “Questing” for.

In many ways what we are talking about here is addictions, things we think we need, or have to do, or can’t live without. What are you addicted to? What is running your life? In this week’s Major Good Mojo blog we explore the nature of addiction, what’s underlying the drive, and offer some keys to restoring your authentic power and true freedom of choice.

What Are You Addicted To?

Ad-dict: from the Latin addicere, to give assent. 1) to give oneself up to a strong habit, 2) to make become addicted; addiction.

When we think of “addiction,” we typically think of the people who are abusing drugs, i.e. the drug addict. However, in reality, addiction is a far more prevalent and widespread challenge. Look carefully at the definition of addict above. To be addicted, you only have to give yourself up to, or over to, a strong habit. Drugs are just ONE of the habits we humans can give ourselves up to.

The problem with addiction lies in this notion of “giving oneSELF up” to something. You are literally giving up to and giving your POWER over to, something that is apparently “more powerful” than you. In this manner, the addict makes himself or herself powerless. Ouch! Every time you engage your habit in this manner as an addict, you reinforce your powerlessness and weaken your mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual bodies. This is the pain, and this is the loss, experienced by an addict.

So what are you addicted to? How about Starbucks? Are you one of those millions of people who “can’t start your day” without your morning cup of Joe. Really? You CAN’T start your day? Notice the powerlessness in this statement and the giving over of one’s power. You feel you “have no choice, you have to do this.” These are the words of an addict. Whether addicts consciously realize it or not, they are suffering because of it. A small (and sometimes large) part of themselves dies every time they engage their addiction.

How about TV? Gaming? Alcohol? Shopping? The Internet? Or email? Oh, there’s one for the masses: email (or put in texting for the younger crowd). I recently heard on the radio an announcer say “Studies show that decreasing time on email can significantly improve productivity, but changing that habit is very challenging because it is an ADDICTION.” People feel powerless. Can you relate?

Even so called “good habits” can become detrimental addictions if we become powerless in our choice to engage them or not. Take, for example, work. You’re called a work-a-holic if you’re addicted to work. What starts out as a good thing – being productive, serving others, and doing a good job – becomes detrimental when you lose your freedom of choice. People in this boat will say things like “I have to work late, I have no choice.” They are affirming they are powerless. We can put exercise, sleep, sex, eating, and all kinds of things into this category that are good and healthy when freely and appropriately engaged and chosen, but then become detrimental and even damaging when they move over into the category of addiction.

So why do we do this? What is underlying our addictions? Good question. My answer: FEAR. Fundamentally what is driving the addictive behavior is a fear of something. For the email or text addict it might be something like “I’m afraid I’ll miss something important.” For the work-a-holic it might be something like “I’m afraid my boss and colleagues will not approve of me.” For the caffeine addict it might be “I’m afraid I will not have the energy and drive to think fast and succeed.” For the social drinker it might be “I’m afraid of people; I may be awkward and rejected.” Afraid, afraid, afraid. Fear, fear, fear.

Addictions are challenging to overcome because to achieve it you must FACE YOUR FEAR. To restore your peace, freedom, wholeness, and authentic power of choice you must embrace and face your fear, whatever it may be.

I am very intimate with this process. For me, addictions cloud my channel with the Divine. My tolerance for my addictions has been greatly decreasing over the years. When I give my power over to something outside of me, I am saying to myself, “The Divine in me is not powerful enough to overcome this addiction,” and “This thing outside of me is more powerful than me.” When I engage my addictions I am saying no to the Divine power within. I am saying “I need this to feel good, to be OK, to be safe.” And on the flip side I am saying “I do not feel good, I am not OK, and I am not safe” (therefore I must engage this addiction to fix that). These are affirmations I am not interested in affirming!

As a social drinker of alcohol for most of my life, I have given up alcohol for all of 2012. I’m nine months into my challenge – and doing just fine. It is a spiritual practice for me, a sacrifice to the Divine in the greatest of ways. Each time I wish I could have a drink – usually weekend social events – I embrace the Divine within affirming “I feel good, I am OK, I am safe, etc.” without alcohol. And you know what, I am! Plus, I’ve discovered a whole new world of fabulous non-alcoholic drinks.

Restoring your power can become addictive! I’ve now moved on to caffeine. Having been a black tea drinker for a number of years, I am moving to herbal choices and other no or very low caffeine options. In this process I must face my fear of “I need caffeine to be sharp, energized, and productive.” Instead I affirm “I am sharp, energized, and productive” without caffeine. And you know what? I am.

Releasing your addictions is about restoring your power. It’s about restoring your connection to Source and knowing yourself as whole and complete (without whatever you feel you must have). And that’s the real truth for each and every one of us. Your wholeness, completeness, freedom, love, and inspiration are always inside waiting for you to choose and embrace in each and every moment.

If you want support and a clear path to become Divinely Connected and a channel for Source Energy, I invite you to engage The Major Good Mojo System.

 

Your Major Good Mojo Assignment:

Become aware of things you might be addicted to. Jot down on a piece of paper a short (or long) list of these things to which you are giving over your power. As you look at that list, for each one, ask yourself “What fear would I have to embrace if I were to stop this addiction?” Write down whatever fear comes up for you.

Next, take one addiction, and for a minute or two, just embrace the fear you identified for it. Take a deep breath and just let it settle in – do not resist it. More often than not, the fear is not as scary, or real, as our minds make them out to be. If you “stand up” to that fear, very often you’ll find it melting away, sometimes slowly over time, sometimes quickly.

Then ask yourself, “What would be available to me if I were to stop this addiction? What are the potential benefits of not engaging this anymore?” And make your list of benefits if you were to release your addiction.

Finally, perhaps ask yourself “Which one of these addictions am I ready to release and evolve beyond?” If none, that’s fine, perhaps a time will come later. If it is time, then start moving in that direction. Take the first step, whatever that may be for you to gently, awake and aware, day by day, restore your authentic power of choice.

Congratulations you’re one step closer to Major Good Mojo!

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Two winners! Great responses to our survey, “What are your next steps to align with your purpose?”

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Roger Kenneth Marsh| Leave a comment

We have two winners!  Laura Young and Maria Franconi, are the winners in our survey, “What are your next steps to align with your purpose?” We are sending them out a free signed copy of my book NexGen Human – A Modern Age Path to Fulfillment.

Laura wrote:
“I have been listening to speakers online, trying new better ways of “being” and working at putting them into practice. I am gaining new perspectives, clearing blocks, and sorting out what is true for me. I am getting out of fear from the doom and gloom of the old paradigm and into my heart living more in love and joy. Spreading the word God is love and will provide, and sharing my new ways.. I am serving others, many of which are needy, despite being between 2 houses in 2 states trying to get moved.”

Nice, Laura! You are very much on the path, doing your work (both internal and external) and serving others.  To acknowledge and further support the great work you are doing I am honored to send you a free signed copy of my book “NexGen Human – A Modern Age Path to Fulfillment.” 

Maria wrote:
“My next step in aligning with my purpose is actually asking people to work with me. It is so essential to moving forward, the dang ASK. How much more aligned can you be? Yes, always more, but ya gatta ask people if they would like your help, if your purpose is to help them. I’m doing a workshop tomorrow night and I’m going to ask to people to work with me. Programs I had in place ages ago are rusty, because I haven’t asked people to work with me. I’m going for it anyway. As uncomfortable as it may be, I’m aligned and asking. Yah!”

I love how you are being more bold and courageous in getting your gifts out into the world. Reminds me of the saying “You already have the no, therefore you have nothing to lose by asking!”

Congratulations to you both, and thanks to everyone who responded!

Namaste and Blessings,
Roger

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Time to Get Into the Kingdom

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Roger Kenneth Marsh| Leave a comment

This past Monday I played Golf in the Kingdom. The picture above is PGA Champions Tour players Bobbie Clampett (in purple) and Steve Pate (in orange) leading an Impact Zone golf clinic prior to our hitting the links. This was the second annual fund raiser for Integral Transformative Practice International (ITPI). ITPI is the organization stewarding and bringing alive the work that Michael Murphy and George Leonard put forth in their book The Life We Are Given.

ITP is cross training for the body, mind, heart, and soul. It is a physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual practice. ITP is unique in the world since many practices usually only develop one, or maybe two of those. ITP is truly integral.

I have been practicing ITP for more than 8 years now, am a Senior Teacher of the practice, and it is a cornerstone of my daily life. One of the biggest benefits I receive from my ITP practice is a strengthened connection with my deepest self, the Source of my life, of Life itself. If you’re not deeply connected to this aspect of yourself, you’re like a ship without a rudder getting tossed about on the sea of life.

This is what Golf in the Kingdom is all about: playing golf as much in the metaphysical world as in the physical world. One could say it’s the “inner game” of golf – but it’s much, much more than that.

When I wrote my book NexGen Human there was one MAJOR message I wanted to get out to the world. I knew as a human race we needed to develop a new skill to successfully navigate the nature of our time. We need to do a lot more than golf in the Kingdom, we need to live in the Kingdom. In this blog we’ll explore further just what that means.

Read on and enjoy!

Time to get into the Kingdom

As a global society we are well into a major transition as the industrial age gives way to the information age. This transition involves a major change in both our strengths and our values as the emphasis shifts from the tangible to the intangible. Our sense of value in the information age is based more on what we know than on what we have. We are moving out of an industrial-physical-tangible focus and into an information-nonphysical-intangible focus. As we make this transition, the need for a new skill is emerging.

Historically, certain advanced and trailblazing human beings have accessed and developed this crucial skill. So, in one sense, this is not a new development. However, for the grand majority of us, it is absolutely new. The early pioneers came from all parts of the world and from many different disciplines; they were some of the most influential and satisfied human beings to ever live. We are able to study them, celebrate their successes, and stand on their shoulders.

We are part of the evolution; what was once impossible or undreamed of becomes possible, real, and ever more available to those of us who follow the path blazed by these pioneers. Climbing Mt. Everest was once out of the question, just as visiting the moon was humanly impossible. Even ice cream, automobiles, and electricity were once luxuries available to only a privileged few, and yet they are now widely available to all. In the same manner, this critical new skill is becoming available to more and more people, including you, if you choose it. Evolutionary energy and intelligence itself is on the move—in, around, and through you and me.

So what is this critical skill? It is the ability to consciously and consistently partner with the power of the Universe. It’s time for us, both collectively and individually, to develop the skill of joining forces with the Ultimate, most valuable, intangible element in our Universe – the intelligent energy of the Universe itself.

This is a skill you can learn, and develop, to bring the power
of this amazing Universal Intelligence alive in your life.

Fundamentally what this means is to shift our idea and experience of God, Universal Intelligence, Great Spirit, Source, from an external concept, to an internal reality. No longer is God something outside of us whose existence we must take on the word of others and just have faith and believe in. It’s a little like someone describing to you their experience of falling in love – you don’t feel it. You must experience it for yourself to truly get it. In the same way, the old way of relating to God was one step removed. When you don’t have the direct experience of God the relationship must be based on faith and belief. You need direct experience of Greater Power.  

Universal Life Force is already in you and is always available, but it’s up to you to heed the call and maximize your partnership with this force, this intelligence, this energy.

Using new words to describe this energy,
this experience, this “entity,” is part of our evolution.

Note that I am deliberately using multiple words to point to this thing we have historically called “God.” God, as a word, is a good word, however it has picked up a lot of baggage over the years. It has many meanings and forms, and you never know how someone will interpret it. Using new words to describe this energy, this experience, this “entity,” is part of our evolution. NexGen Humans evolve beyond these limitations by connecting personally and directly with Source. In this manner they become free of preconceived notions and open up to the actual experience, beyond all words, thoughts, and concepts.

Now while grace is forever and always available to everyone (the Kingdom of Heaven is within), it tends to favor those looking for it. As one spiritual teacher of mine put it “Roger, if you want your spiritual cup filled, you have to turn it upright and hold it out.” This is the nature and power of practice; it’s a conscious and intentional turning of our cups upright and holding them out. You can’t force or make grace happen, but you can prepare and make yourself more “grace prone.”

If you are interested in learning how to make yourself more “grace prone” I invite you to engage The Major Good Mojo System.

Your Major Good Mojo Assignment:

Reflect on the following questions:

  • What’s your current relationship with God, Universal Intelligence, Great Spirit, Source? How strong is it, how clear is it, how free and empowered are you in that relationship?
  • Is there an opportunity for you to strengthen this relationship?
  • To what extent do you allow peer pressure and/or fear of change keep you from growing and exploring more of who and what you are?

Just asking yourself these questions and listening to your answers is a courageous act of evolution that will move you closer to Major Good Mojo!

 

 

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Take the survey, “What’s Your Next Step?” for a chance to win a copy of my book, “NexGen Human!”

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Roger Kenneth Marsh| Leave a comment

Take my short survey, What’s Your Next Step?”  for a chance to win a copy of my book, Nex Gen Human!  CLICK HERE

Over the past 2 weeks my friend Aline Boundy has been cranking out Major Good Mojo while running the Align With Your PurposeTelesummit.   There is still time to join this free telesummit series and hear from Yours Truly, and 11 other experts in the field: click here to access the info.  The information is truly transformational.

In addition, as a bonus, Aline and I partnered up and created a session called “Launch Your Dream Life.”  On this call we summarize for you the key themes running through all 12 expert interviews.  This is an amazing 60 minute call powerfully condensing over 12 hours of interviews into one information packed call that you don’t want to miss.

Telesummits are awesome and getting essential information is crucial, however it’s important to remember that living your dream life happens one step at a time.  It’s a path you follow that unfolds over time.  You take one step, then from there you can see the next step to take.  The key is taking the steps.  

I’d love to hear from you regarding your next steps for Aligning With Your Purpose and Launching Your Dream Life.  Soooo, I’ve created a short survey for you to share with me exactly that – hoping to inspire some reflection and clarity on your next step(s).  The best answer (according to me :0) will win a free copy of my book “Nex Gen Human” to further support you on your path.  I’ll be sharing some of the answers on Facebook and continuing the conversation there.

Take the survey, running until Friday August 24th: CLICK HERE

Align With Your Purpose – What’s your Next Step?

Aligning with your purpose and living into your dream life happens one step at a time, over time.  We can see this fact of nature in some of the most common things. The tomato plant goes from seed to gorgeous tomato OVER TIME. A baby is created and becomes a baby over 9 months. The tomato plant and baby are good examples because so much happens behind the scenes where you can’t see it – under the earth and in the womb. It would be easy to assume nothing is happening since you can’t see it. However, you would be very mistaken (setting ultrasound and the enlarging mother’s belly aside, there is still a lot going on that is out of sight).

Then BOOM!, in a relatively short instant the tomato plant breaks through the surface of the earth, and BOOM! the baby is born,and both the baby and the tomato plant begin to very obviously grow and our minds are relieved because we can now see the progress and trust that all is OK. But it is still happening one step at a time. The baby grows into a man or woman over years! And the tomato takes months before it is ready to eat. These are natural processes of living organisms growing and transforming in the world, just like we are, and it doesn’t happen in a weekend. 

Much of what we are exposed to completely dishonors the natural process of transformation, growth, and learning.

We all want our happiness, success, and wealth in an instant and we are all too ready to believe the promises of someone saying they can give it to us. Many “Fast-Track to Success” seminars do a major disservice to those new on the path by setting them up for disappointment.

Let’s take the baby example. Here’s the seminar pitch you hear on the radio:  “Tired of waiting for babies to be born? Want the beauty and brilliance of a baby of your own without having to wait? Come to the “Your Baby Now” Seminar where you will learn how to create a real human baby in only 2 days! Yes, that’s right, from conception to delivery in just 2 days! This amazing miracle has been transforming the lives of thousands. Call now!” Of course this is ridiculous, but the example points to the absurdity of ignoring natural law. Your growth and expansion are no different.

If you’re already registered for the “Align With Your Purpose” Telesummit, perhaps your next step on your path of evolution, transformation, and living into your dream life is to listen to the Bonus Call “Launch Your Dream Life,” or listen to some of the other experts you haven’t heard yet.  

And, if you haven’t registered for the free telesummit series Align With Your Purpose, perhaps that is your next step, and here is your chance: http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?af=1478276


Your Major Good Mojo Assignment:

Enter the contest and let me know what your next steps are for Aligning With Your Purpose – you might win  free copy of my book “NexGen Human”

Take my short survey for a chance to win a copy of my book, Nex Gen Human!  CLICK HERE

Congratulations!  You are one step closer to Major Good Mojo!

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Free Telesummit “Align With Your Purpose”

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Roger Kenneth Marsh| Leave a comment

I so enjoyed the interview yesterday on the free telesummit: “Align With Your Purpose.”  I talked about the concept of the hero’s journey and the vital importance of connecting with your higher self.

It’s not too late to sign up, and then you can hear the recordings. Sign up here, and check out my interview! “Align With Your Purpose Free Telesummit”

This wonderful series continues today with Laura Lawson Boatman, who teaches us her version of EFT, Positive Energy Psychology; another tool to help you eliminate the blocks in your way. 

 

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Slay the 3 Dragons at the Doors of Wisdom!

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Roger Kenneth Marsh| 4 Comments

This picture was taken on my recent trip to Arizona for my Spirit Walk and Vision Quest. The mountains in the background are The Superstitions, east of Phoenix. The giant cactus is the famous saguaro, which can grow to over 70 feet in height! Speaking of superstition; you don’t need superstition when you have access to true wisdom. Again, however, the question is “How do you access true wisdom?”

When you’re on a vision quest you’re all alone. It’s a school like no other; there are no classrooms, no books, and no teachers at the front of the room leading the lessons. It’s just you and nature. But there is still plenty of teaching going on. How can that be? Where is the teaching coming from and how are the lessons learned?

A vision quest takes you out of your normal environment, removing you from all normal responsibilities and habitual cues (aka “distractions”). Very often you’re fasting, so even the distractions of eating and digesting are removed. In nature, in silence, with no distractions for an extended period of time, your senses become heightened. This helps facilitate an altered state of awareness that isn’t normally accessed. In this state of awareness a space is made where you experience thoughts you don’t normally have; these types of thoughts we typically call insights, wisdom, and guidance.

In this blog we’ll explore the challenges associated with accessing deep wisdom, insights, and guidance. We’ll come to understand why this level of “truth” is so uncommon in our world and why it might take fasting and isolation in nature to access it.

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Wisdom is rare and cherished because it comes from a place not normally accessed by most people in day-to-day living. We all typically know it when we hear it, but we’re not always able to produce it for ourselves. Why is that? What stops the average person from being a truly wise and insightful person? What is it about wisdom that makes it so hard to come by?

The answer: Three Dragons. To access true wisdom, insight, and guidance you must navigate past three dragons on your journey. Each of these dragons is unique and formidable and each has won more battles than it’s lost. These block your entrance into the realms of wisdom inherent in your mind, heart, and soul.

In his book Theory U – Leading from the Future as it Emerges, author Otto Scharmer distinguishes these dragons as the Voice of Judgment (VOJ), Voice of Cynicism (VOC), and the Voice of Fear (VOF). To access true wisdom you must do battle with each of these three dragons, or voices, and emerge victorious.

To access the creativity and wisdom available in your mind you must overcome the Voice of Judgment. This is that voice most of us are very familiar with. You know the one, the one that says “That’s a stupid idea.” Or, “Who do you think you are?” Or, “Play it safe and keep your head down beneath the mow line.” These voices of judgment are most often automatic and largely subconscious, habitual, response patterns to anything outside the norm. Therefore, to access anything OUTSIDE the norm (like wisdom) we must be aware of this dragon and be prepared to do battle.

To access the rich depth of wisdom and joy-filled love and connectivity available in your heart, you must overcome the Voice of Cynicism. This is the voice that keeps you “safely” separate from others and the world, putting everything and everyone at arm’s length. This voice is afraid to be vulnerable and sees vulnerability as a direct threat to survival. This voice says “Oh no, we already tried that before and we got hurt, remember? We ain’t going there again.” Or worse, “You can’t trust anyone,” “It’s better to hurt others before they hurt you,” and the infamous “It’s a dog-eat-dog world out there.” This voice, this dragon, will keep you separate, alone, and bitter.

And finally, to access your deepest wisdom and guidance, the wisdom and guidance of your soul, you must overcome the Voice of Fear. While the voices of judgment and cynicism are formidable, they can’t hold a candle to the voice of fear. This is the ultimate dragon at the gate that goes right to your core animalistic instincts for survival. This voice strives to maintain the status quo and holds onto what you already have and know. Doing battle with this voice, this dragon, can feel like death itself. All of your deepest fears can become activated: “I’ll be broke and homeless,” “I’ll be rejected and ridiculed,” “I’ll be all alone.” Because some of your most powerful wisdom and insights reside in your soul, it of course has the biggest dragon to slay.

I bet you can recognize each of these voices and dragons in you. I’m sure you’ve done battle with each of them at some point in your life. Did you win? Or did they win? The truth is, we win some and we lose some. But the most wise, authentic, inspired and fulfilling life is marked by simply being aware and being willing to engage these battles. Whether you win or lose is not so much the point. But did you engage whole-heartedly and honorably?

These “battles” are only with ourselves. As one of my favorite trainers, T. Harv Eker has said “A warrior is one who conquers oneself.” Your best “weapons” for these types of “battles” are awareness, courage, and compassion. First, be aware that these dragons, these voices will be on your path. Just being aware is half the battle itself! Second, have the courage to face them and engage them. Don’t back down; know that HOW you engage is more important than winning. And third, have compassion for not only yourself, but have compassion for these aspects of yourself;  have compassion for these dragons and voices. Ultimately they are far more afraid than you are – you need to step up and show them the way out of their suffering and smallness.

All this is not to say that sometimes these voices SHOULD be listened to. They really are there to protect us. From their limited perspective they think they are helping and protecting us. However, more often than not, they are way overprotective.  Knowing when to listen and when to ignore is part of a discernment you can develop over time. As you get to know your voices and dragons they become more and more familiar, making them a lot easier to sort out and move on through and beyond.

If you are interested in learning how to slay the dragons on your path to wisdom, I invite you to engage The Major Good Mojo System.

Your Major Good Mojo Assignment:

As I said above, awareness is the first step to winning the battle with the dragons at your gate. Take out a piece of paper, divide it into three sections and label the first section Voice of Judgment, the second section Voice of Cynicism, and the third section Voice of Fear.

Take a deep breath and ask yourself “What are some automatic judgments I often make that keep me safe and small?” And write down whatever comes up. Keep asking yourself that question until the answers stop coming. Then do the same process asking, “In what ways am I cynical and keeping everyone and everything at arms distance, staying separate and alone?” And finally ask yourself, “What are my biggest fears stopping me from truly being who I am and doing what I came here to do?”

Just asking yourself these questions and listening to yourself is an act of wisdom that will move you closer to Major Good Mojo!

 

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