A place in the world

Well today was fun. I began by reading the morning e-mail only to discover that one of my key employees had resigned. She had done so for health reasons which prohibit her from traveling. Keeping everything in perspective, me trying to find another employee is a lot less important than her dealing with a health issue. However, this really puts me in a bind. My little company had invested a lot of time and money into growing the training part of the business and now that we are finally ready to reap the benefits she is gone leaving us with a void and a rush to backfill. Finding a trainer that can travel is very difficult in my profession which brings about a question about the long term prospects of the business itself if we don't find one.

So here I am questioning what will happen in my "business" world while another part of me that doesn't care about that at all is saying "Hey Hey! Shut this thing down so I can focus on energy work" And there inlies my dilemma...(and I bet I am not the only one asking this) but how can I continue to privide financially for my family while at the same time do the work that I truly care about?

Negative Thoughts

Dear Circle,

Working in the IT field specifically and in Corporate American in general could be a pretty stressfull thing. It gets compounded when you encounter factors that throw off your balance. It could be a person at work, a computer issue, a program not working. As previously stated being in the moment is tough enough but being pissed in the moment really makes it hard. For instance day in day out I deal with a computer software that is buggy and feel like a beta tester instead of a developer. Thus I find it difficult to keep my cool when I encounter problem after problem that makes my job nearly impossible. Every deadline or projection is more of a dart throw blindfolded because one never knows what lies ahead. Thus my dilema...I know that thought is energy that can never be distroyed and everything comes back to you. If you say negative things about someone (such as the developers at the software company) it is bound to ricochet right back. I also try to be positive and understanding and to minimize the negativity "spilled" onto the world. However on the other hand one needs to let go of this negative emotion in some way. I have tried pushups at work, relaxation, etc. Has anyone found an effective way to deal with this?

Being in the moment

As I was driving yesterday I remembered a scene from "Peaceful Warrior" where Socrates slowed things down for Dan and allowed him to pay attention to everything. There was a discussion about being in the moment with nothing distracting you, no thoughts of the past or future, judgements, etc. - just being.

I tried to replicate that state and suddenly noticed the dark blue sky, green grass, man walking a dog and shadows playing in the field. I felt as an observer more then the participant and became very calm. It was a very interesting feeling. I imagine the trick now is to be able to be in the moment in every moment and in anything you do.

Any experience in this or advices?

Welcome to the Circle

Dear circle,

The idea for this blog came to me today as a vehicle for keeping in touch with those of similar interests. I want to build a soul circle in which we can learn from each other and discuss what we are experiencing. This also reminds me of something that happened recently...

In doing a past life regression I went "somewhere" where I saw what I believed to be my soul cirle. They were situated around a "burning" circle of light and were looking through it. I sensed that that is how they were looking at us. One of them gave me a gift - a small globe half covered in small mirror pieces. As I looked into the mirrors I was transported above the Earth and saw a reflection. I knew it was me but not in this life. I felt great power and was one with all but in a sense above it all...

Thus, my first question to the group is what are your experiences with Past Life Regression and what interesting things have you experienced.

Thanks and God bless all of you.