Mindfulness Meets American Gumption
I had the privilege of talking with Steve Weber (Forrest Gump look-a-like and host of the American Gumption Show), on October 15th. We talked about how mindfulness, meditation, and heart coherence can help you to gracefully ride these waves of chaos while staying laser focused on creating a life you love.
Steve and I share a curiosity about the miraculous power of the mind and spirit. I shared the story of how I read my first Wayne Dyer book at age 14 and started doing secret “mind experiments” in high school and college. I discovered at an early age that focused intention is like magic! When you learn how to focus your energy and intention, you can have virtually anything you want (although admittedly not everything you want).
Once you realize this, it begs the question: what do you really want, and why? What’s important to you? What’s meaningful? How do you want to spend your one precious life?
Asking those questions led me on a spiritual quest. I was brought up in the Lutheran tradition, but my curiosity led me down a path of exploring different viewpoints, including Jewish, Buddhist, Celtic, Native American, Hindu, Neo-Pagan, Unity, Rosicrucian, Theosophy, Church of Religious Science, Unitarian, and many more. I studied various forms of meditation and mindfulness, alternative healing techniques (energy healing, sound healing, reiki, hypnosis, EFT, etc.), psychic phenomena, peak performance, quantum physics, and metaphysics. I pushed my boundaries, stretched my thinking, and even walked on fire - twice!
My conclusion? On the surface, these different perspectives seemed worlds away, but at their core, they share Universal Principles:
We are all connected.
Consciousness affects reality.
What you put out comes back to you.
The implications of these principles are huge, and it’s in our best interest to put them into practice in everything we do. When we don’t, we end up with the kind of problems that are facing our world today, which are a direct result of human consciousness (or lack thereof!). For generations, we have been dealing with a blatant disrespect for our environment, deadly power struggles over religious and political belief systems, and a lack of reverence for the interconnectedness of all life.
We are close to achieving a “critical mass” (theoretically about 10% of the population) of people who understand the truth of these principles and choose to live in harmony them. We are approaching the “tipping point,” after which the concepts will spread like wildfire and accepted as “normal” by a majority of the population. As more people live in alignment with these Universal principles, they’ll have a positive ripple effect on the world around them. People will naturally make choices that are in harmony with Mother Earth and all her creatures.
In service of my life destiny path, I have become a Unity Chaplain, Metaphysics teacher, Hypnotherapist, NLP Practitioner, HeartMath Coach, Mindfulness Trainer, and Small Group Facilitator. Thousands “take me to bed” every night, with my voice guiding them to be their best selves. Yet I know that there’s much more before me, and I am in service to the great “Unknown” to reveal the next steps along my path.
Steve Weber is so relatable - he’s sold off all he owned to pursue the life of his dreams! He’s now creating his own show and exploring the country in an RV. Meet Steve and listen to our uplifting interview here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFBccCyY72o&t=2012s
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