My wife walked around SoHo naked and I ran into Steve Aoki
insights, photos and a share on a very interesting day ❤️
2 types of discomfort
Not growing
Trying something new
As soon as you open up your eyes and start your conscious waking daily life, you are now responsible if you are either progressing or disintegrating.
When we are asleep, greater forces are in charge, your dreams, your body’s natural healing capabilities and the whole world and universe happens without your consciousness.
But the moment you wake up, you are the one that decides if you are getting better or getting worse. The direction now is up to you, and it depends on the thoughts you choose to think.
Our resistance to our own nature to grow due to our bias towards comfort and sticking to the familiar breeds resent in the long term making us live in quiet desperation, we end up in regret.
Are there moments in your day where you are frustrated with yourself because deep inside of you, you know you could have done better?
The pull is your true nature, the calling forth of the spirit to be expressed through you. But this can be disconcerting and scary because of its unfamiliar nature.
We always exist and act around what we have known and believed to be true, We act based on our biases and limited beliefs. Why is this? Because we avert challenges, we avoid the necessary challenges for the birth of our much better selves. But what if you try to disrupt this pattern?
Watch where you are consciously choosing not to grow, leaning too much on the seemingly safe in the short run but detrimental in the long-term.
Lean towards our natural capacity for growth. There is no limit to what you can achieve in all aspects of your life. In health, wealth, physical, self expression, and relationships.
What is this “new thing” that you have been keeping in the back burner of your mind? What have you been procrastinating that you feel that will make you truly alive? What are the things you are running away from? Protecting and defending? What if just with a thought experiment you live the opposite of those?
What things can you let go of that will bring new life and energy to this ideal self that has been crying out to exist?
Every moment of your waking life is a choice, we are all given the same amount of time within the day. What choices are you making in service of your highest self?
Be willing to disturb your peace for greater peace
Taking a step back and looking at the bigger picture.
You’ll never know unless you try, what is scary for you right now won’t be tomorrow if you face it today.
What are the things you know deep in your heart you need to do or be that will bring longer-term peace but will disturb your short term peace.
It’s like saving up little amounts of money that could be spent in shallow luxury now, but if consistently set aside for 10 years will be so much more than the short term happiness of a new hat or a new shirt.
Be courageous enough to take the steps you are afraid of, in this simple decision you have created a new version of yourself, one that has transcended and the type of person who always leans into his natural evolution.
True peace for me is not stagnation and without disturbance. True peace is really knowing oneself, one who can dive deep and experience the full spectrum of what it is to be human.
In your darkest days, be thankful, when you are drowning in problems, be thankful, because this will lead to a more prolific and proficient self. One who can overcome and endure.
So take a deep breath and don’t be afraid to shake things up a little bit, for in movement there is life, And to be at ease when everything seems chaotic, to understand that the whole nature of existence is not all sweet and fluffy stagnation, to be unbothered despite of it all. That is the peace we are looking for, striving for and existing as.
Believe in yourself strong enough to stay in the discomfort just to find out who you truly are
Be mindful of your narrative. Maybe let go of the things that you have unconsciously been programmed to believe.
You can decide each and every moment of your day and start there. Stop being identified by your past and start living in service of your ideal future knowing that it is always now. That when the future arrives, it will be just like this, now.
Are you the type of person who always runs away to hide and avoid responsibilities when things get a little uncomfortable? Or will you be the one who always has the energy and creativity to figure things out.
There are many ways to peel a carrot, and there’s always a simple answer to everything.
And whatever it is that you see or identify as uncomfortable right now, the reality of it can be challenged because you’re only perceiving it through a version of yourself that will change if you chose to, hopefully for the better.
Allow for your growth; have your own back
If you are being nudged or pulled by an idea or an intuition. If there is a hunch that defies sense and logic, it is your calling to grow.
Know that you always have your back, you can look back how far you have come and you are doing all right, aren’t you?
Do not be afraid of the unknown, miracles serendipity, the kingdom that the universe has designated for you comes only if you let go of your need to know and understand everything right now.
Make time to ask deep questions, allow for introspection, and when it gets uncomfortable, stay and do not run away and distract yourself with shallow dopamine.
In the practice of silence, a whole lot of truth can come up. Maybe things that you have not forgiven yourself of, resent for others, and the way things are? Or some distorted and contorted views of reality where in you are a hopeless victim.
Have your own back and don’t wait for any external circumstance or person to save you.
Tap into the uniqueness and harness your true power by being really clear on your purpose and mission.
Find your worthy grind
What is the thing that you can go on for hours that other people find boring, ridiculous, or a waste of time?
Play the infinity game by going all in with the endeavors and activities that you will do for the rest of your life.
Invest your time and energy to the one thing that you can offer your whole being into. And this one thing can be summed up into being “love”.
This will solve most of your seeming problems. Because the only thing that is wrong and lacking in any situation is the love we are with holding for some misconstrued reason.
Finding your worthy grind, is like dedicating a quest bigger than merely existing. What does it look like for you?
It may come in a putting together of a piece of work, it can be as simple as maintaining a household, it can be you existing as your best self round the clock.
Align to a higher purpose, align to the nature of the planet and of the galaxy, aligned to serve and lift up the spirit of your fellow man.
Choose to be the person who always figure things out
How did you end up where you are right now? How did you end up in such an interesting and unique situation?
Are you happy with the way things are going? Cultivate a growth mindset, knowing that nothing stays the same. That you, no matter where you are in the world, things can change for you if you choose to be the driver of your life.
What changes are you looking to make in the next five days? What activities are you going to increase and start? What activities are you gonna listen and let go?
Your ideal life awaits, but it needs conscious, mindful, deliberate, creating. And it starts with the choice of thoughts that you think.
What do you think about yourself creates your reality. Henry Ford said whether you think you can or cannot, you are right.
Stop waiting for other people to figure things out for you. Only you know what is best for you. So be responsible, accountable and excited.
Don’t take doubts too seriously
When doubts creep in, know that these are just suggestions of your ego because it is scared. The part of you that is scared is also scared of growth. But growth is inevitable, you are here on a sacred journey that will require you to undergo some discomfort and pain, it is either you work with it (amazing) or against it (not very great).
When doubts creep in take a deep breath and question, its reality. Everything can be filtered through skillful questioning. All realities that are not helpful for your highest good can be dissolved and let go.
False beliefs of incapacity due to lack of resources, lifestyle situation, location are excuses to stay in the pain of not growing.
Nothing is ever too serious, your drama about the world, your complaints because things aren’t the way you preferred them to be.
It is life. It is a great gift. It is magical. And it is an award-winning cinema.
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Last Tuesday, my wife got naked and I ran into Steve Aoki 👇