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September 14th: My GGAQ’s & The Numerology of 14

“Gardening is not outcome-oriented. A successful harvest is not the end of a gardener’s existence, but only a phase of it. As any gardener knows, the vitality of a garden does not end with a harvest. It simply takes another form. Gardens do not ‘die’ in the winter but quietly prepare for another season.”
― James P. Carse, Finite and Infinite Games

 

Good morning,
Today is Friday and it’s also the 14th of the month – I wanted to share a passage about this number from a site that has a lot of good information on Numerology and it’s relation to the tarot. Since I’m lacking the thought process today I felt this would be a good article to share and for you to be thinking about this number over the weekend as I believe it holds some very important aspects for life for you and me!
Love & Light
Namaste 🙂

The Symbolic Meaning of Number 14

The 14th card of the Tarot is called either Temperance or The Angel of Time. The image on the Temperance card reveals an angelic being bearing a golden goblet in each hand, pouring water from one goblet to the other, signifying a process of inner transformation.

Another curious detail of this card is that the Angel of Time is standing in front of the gates to the Underworld. We know the gates behind the Angel of Time lead to the Underworld because the next card in the Major Arcana series is The Devil.

It is as if the Angel of Time has appeared to reassure us as we prepare to hazard the depths in our pursuit of spiritual realization.

Balance, Harmony and Number 14

The Angel of Time on the Temperance card is pouring the water of the past into the goblet of our present day experience. This refers to a process of integrating past attitudes and impulses into our present mental and emotional experience. This is a reconciliation of sorts, resulting in a transformational process that brings about a strong, healthy and integrated personality.

Karma and the Future Pull of 14

The waters of the past that are being poured from one goblet to another in the Tarot card Temperance may be thought of as karmic debt, which ‘tempers’ the process of our spiritual development. This is why the number 14 is often associated with processes of cosmic debt.

Numerologists often warn people who have the number 14 in their chart that this idea of cosmic debt may make their present activities heavy with ‘throwing karma.’ Throwing karma is the power an event to ‘throw’ us into negative results.

Therefore, people who have the number 14 in their chart should always be careful about their life choices.

The karmic challenge for people who are influenced by the number 14 may be associated with the conflicting impulses that are sure to be a part of their nature.

The ability to integrate conflicting impulses and put them to the service of unity and achievement is the challenge for those who are influenced by the number 14.

Source: The Number 14 in Tarot

 

My GGAQ’s & the beginning…

– Feeling a bit tired today and also realizing it going to be a big weekend for me with working and also finishing up the course material for the new class, wondering what I should be focusing on as I have a couple things of importance going on in the coming days…
– Slept in a bit and got some work done this morning, need to focus and meditate later and balance my mind and the important aspects of the day.

Goals:

  • Finish my coaching course and shoot the 6 lecture videos
  • Build out the class on as many platforms as possible once it’s finalized
  • Camper for the truck
  • Macbook Pro & iPhone 8+
  • Camper for our new piece of property
  • Shop to work out of
  • Write 5x blog posts a week… I’m slacking on this one… :/
  • Post one product video a week on YouTube
  • Passive income to $300 a month
  • Commit to my spiritualism today
  • Commit to my personal growth today
  • Find joy and happiness in all things today

Gratitudes:

  • For getting a piece of land to camp off of this Winter
  • For the help and support
  • For my life and health
  • For my Nicki and her health
  • For my family
  • For my tools
  • For coffee
  • For clean water, good food
  • For shelter and a warm bed
  • For money coming in from all over
  • For wisdom and direction for my life
  • For work opportunities that abound

Affirmations:

  • I am fining success and momentum in my work endeavors
  • I am guided in thought and action for my life today
  • I am in the flow of financial abundance today
  • I choose to the right things for my life today!
  • I see clearly the way forward and which steps to take
  • I choose high frequency thoughts, actions, and beliefs for my life
  • Opportunities for greatness are coming to me today
  • I am supper successful and practice wisdom in my life
  • I choose to act responsibly with my resources

Questions:  

  • What are the words to speak to my audience that will resonate and help them?
  • How do I commit more fully and authentically to my spiritual growth today?
  • What books do I need to read to grow and become more valuable?
  • How do I help a million people?
  • What experiences do I need to participate in to gain wisdom and understanding?
  • How do I become a better version of myself today than I was yesterday?
  • Whom can I help and show love to, today?
  • How do I engage with my audience and students to massively help them?

Namaste my friends 🙂

Monday September 9th – GGAQ’s & The Soul’s Cry

Today’s Quote: “May my soul bloom in love for all of existence” ~ Rudolf Steiner
Good morning and happy new moon,
I trust you had a nice weekend and got caught up on something personal things and maybe even a nap! I did a lot of thinking this past weekend about various things, mostly how to move my life forward with the business and integrating my spirituality into it all at the same time. It’s really a balance no doubt, so many things I desire to pursue and do, so many opportunies to wade through – it’s a good “problem” to have!
Today I read a passage from the book, “The Art of Living” by Epictetus, A new interpretation by Sharon Lebell – this is such a great little book to keep handy. I thought the passage today was applicable and may yield some insight to our lives as we move forward over this coming week. My favorite part of this passage is the part about Philosophy asking us to move into courage, I believe that is such an important aspect and one I desire to work on more in my life!
Enjoy! 🙂
The Soul’s Cry
“Philosophy’s main task is to respond to the soul’s cry; to make sense of and thereby free ourselves from the hold of our griefs and fears.
Philosophy calls us when we’ve reached the end of our rope. The insistent feeling that something is not right with our lives and the longing to be restored to our better selves will not go away. Our fears of death and being alone, our confusion about love and sex, and our sense of impotence in the face of our anger and outsized ambitions bring us to ask our first sincere philosophical questions.
It’s true: there is no obvious apparent meaning to our lives. Cruelty, injustice, bodily discomfort, illness, annoyances, and inconveniences big and small are the prosaic facts of any day. So what do we do about this? How do we – in spite of the pain and suffering in the outside world and our own wayward emotions – live ennobled lives rather than succumbing to the a despairing numbness and merely coping like a mule with tedium and unbidden responsibilities?
When the soul cries out, it is a sign the we have arrived at a necessary, mature stage of self-reflection. The secret is not to get stuck there dithering or wringing your hands, but to move forward by resolving to heal yourself. Philosophy asks us to move into courage. Its remedy is the unblinking excavation of the faulty and specious premises on which we base our lives and our personal identity. “
Love & Light
Namaste 🙂
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GGAQ’s & the beginning…
– Yesterday was an interesting day, it started off well and I actually got a lot done. Started my Patreon page for the content I’m putting out as well as well as got a video up on YouTube.
– Started out this morning a little cold, it was low 50’s this morning and I realized I need to get a new sleeping bag, however it’s going to be 90 today in Fort Collins…
– Woke up at 06:06 and got up and made the bed and took miss Nicki for a walk.
– Drove over to Mugs Coffee and got my delicious Bullet Americano, did some reading in my Epictetus book and did my tarot reading.
– The tarot had some interesting aspects for me to ponder today and some of which I will be taking into consideration as I go throughout my next couple of days.
Goals:
  • To build a revenue generating blog apart from my personal
  • To obtain a Macbook Pro and iPhone 8 +
  • Get a car for work and getting around
  • To build out my YouTube channel
  • Focus and schedule my events and priorities
  • Stay committed to my souls contract and spiritualism
  • So NO to more things that are not truely in alignment
  • Passive income to $300 by end of September
  • Write 5x blog posts this week
  • Shot and post minimum of one video on YouTube this week
  • Find opportunities to grow personally
Gratitudes:
  • For the ability to have a flexible work schedule in which to write and build out my online presense
  • For warm and clean clothes
  • For shelter and warm bed
  • For clean water, good food, and coffee
  • For my propane stove to make hot water
  • For my French Press and Aero Press 
  • For ideas and opportunities that are in flow to me today
  • For my truck, fuel, good tires, it’s reliability and utility
  • For good shoes and sandals 
  • For my portable shower, refrigeration, and electricity 
  • For my life and good health
  • For free food during my shift yesterday
  • For making some great cash and getting tipped during work yesterday
  • For my family, Mom, Dad, Sister, Brother, Nephew, and bro-in-law
  • For today and for a fresh start
  • For miss Nicki
  • For internet, cell service, iPhone, iPad, and laptop
  • For so so much good in my life
  • For Mugs delicious coffee this morning 🙂
Affirmations:
  • I am seeing the clearly the way forward and I know which steps and actions to take today
  • Opportunities for greatness are in flow to me today and I know which ones to act on and which ones to say no to
  • I am making right choices for my life today
  • I am in the flow of financial abundance and it’s helping me meet and exceed my goals for my life
  • I choose high frequency actions, beliefs, and thoughts for my life today
  • I am guided and directed by the Universe and my Spiritual Guides today for my life
  • I choose to do what’s right for my soul, spirit, life, and body today
  • I am receiving an extra $500 this week from an unknown source
Questions:
  • What are the action and tasks I need to say no to in order to move efficiently and effectively forward in my life and in the online business?
  • What places do I need to look and what steps do I take to generate $300 by end of the month online?
  • How do I build a valuable business that supports my nomadic lifestyle?
  • How do I get really helpful camping items to sponsor and promote that also help me?
  • Who can I help, show love to, and support today?
  • How do I become the best version of myself today and have joy at the same time?
  • What tasks do I need to focus on in order to help people where they are now and have my work resonate?
  • How do I cultivate joy and happiness at all times regardless of external circumstance?
  • What fun thing can I do today?
Namaste my Friends 🙂

September 7th, My GGAQ’s and thoughts on EMOTIONS

Today’s Quote: “Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.” ~ Plato
Good Friday evening,
Is this not an interesting quote? My thoughts for the last few days have centered on how much the emotions play into our daily behavior. From a personal example, being stressed about my financial scenario causes me to want to eat unhealthily but also to over eat. I never used to have to this issue, however it’s more of a feel good mechanism when I think about climbing up this huge mountain of responsibility and action that’s needed.
I realized how being centered and being mindful can really help the emotions from taking over, or rather lessening the effects. Yet, as with anything that is good, it takes a lot of effort and a lot of time to build up the resiliency that’s needed in order to stay the course. How do you control the emotions when life is not where you want it? How do you become focused on the bigger picture rather then fret over the circumstances that are right before you? How do you see that all is really good in your present world if you just choose to see it rather than focusing on what you don’t have…?
I ask because I’m not sure I know – I do know that meditating has been incredibly helpful! There is another component that I believe is miss understood and that’s, TIME! Its feeling like there is never enough time to complete a said task or a said business or a said life. We rush around being “busy” at things that are not truly inline with our purpose. For example, I’m rebuilding my entire business and taking it all online. This takes a rather long approach to generating the revenue, but it will come over time. So I sit here and ask myself, well I need immediate income to pay the bills and feed myself, what’s that work?
I have found several opportunities that are working perfectly, but I still fret about not having enough when in reality all my needs are met, right here and right now. I get anxious that things are not working and it’s taking to long, and then my emotions begin to take over and start to work my mind into a frenzy… then I begin making poor decisions. If I have to many of these moments, I begin to see the incredible loss of momentum that comes from this mindset of lack thinking.
I had this thought today and it was this, “Dave, stop fucking around and go do what you need to do…!”
I must become disciplined in my life in order to yield the fruit I so desperately desire. Perhaps, I have not wanted it bad enough to really plant my ass in the chair and do the work that’s needed. Perhaps, I would rather wish and procrastinate then go do something that furthers the mission that I ultimately do desire for my life. Why do I side track and not commit and then bitch to myself and others how things just are “not” working when in reality it’s me who is not working my life. It’s about being truly committed and when you are you don’t allow the millions of other distractions pull you away from going deep and staying hyoer focused on one or two things. It’s about realizing that there is plenty of time so long as we don’t whore it out to everything that comes our way… just a thought! 🙂
I really am going to begin working on this more in the coming days and weeks. To stay on course with a plan, focus on just the core essentials of building the business, and do the things that I know will work in the long term. The most important aspect, is patience and discipline and to remind myself that there is plenty of time available!
Some thoughts going into your weekend.
Love & Light
Namaste 🙂
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GGAQ’s & the beginning…
– I woke up at 05:55 but went back to sleep till 06:15, getting up on a regular basis is good however the hard thing for me is going to bed on time. Went to the coffee shop and did some light reading and did my GGAQ’s and took it easier and spent time looking for freelance work
– I did meditate for 5 minutes and did some yoga at the park on my break
– I had a good day at work and made decent money for the hours I clocked in for.
– I was grateful for two things, I got tipped cash on my last delivery and at lunch I got a free sandwich – SCORE!!
– Took today easier and really thought about where I need to be focusing my time in on
Goals:
  • To get my shit together
  • Get my passive income stream up to $300 by end of September
  • To commit to my spiritual growth today
  • To commit to my personal growth today
  • To build a schedule for the Fall to commit to and stick to
  • To commit to being non-reactive and build my life on strength and truth
  • To be content during the transition times in my life
  • A shop to work out of
  • Macbook Pro & iPhone 8+
  • Build the blog week by week with 5 articles a week
  • Build the YouTube channel
  • Build out a passive income channel for products in my niche
  • Dial in my niche
Gratitudes:
  • For my life and opportunity to be alive
  • For Mugs Coffee
  • For shelter and warm bed
  • For my tools, Laptop, iPhone, internet
  • For refrigeration and electricity
  • For the help from those around me
  • For my family
  • For my Nicki and her health
  • For $$ I do have and am attracting whenever I need it
  • For my clean water, food, and coffee
  • For services to help me earn freelance income
  • For the Universe and my Spiritual guides
Affirmations:
  • I am finding opportunities to move my life forward today
  • I am financially abundant and am finding opportunities to bring in additional support income
  • I am awesome and happy
  • I am calm patient and reliable
  • I am strong and centered at all times
Questions:
  • How do I become at peace in the moment?
  • What are the aspects that I spend my time and energy on?
  • What are the tasks I begin saying, NO! to?
Namaste my friends 🙂

Lessons from Discipline Equals Freedom

Welcome to Catalyst Creators, where you will gain insights, tips, and distinctions in which to apply, TODAY.
Who is Jocko Willink and why am I reviewing this Author’s Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual? Jacko is an Ex-Navy Seal who exemplifies the character and discipline from the very hard and challenging lessons he has learned in his life through his active and post military career.  He is a business coach and mentor to businesses, communities, and those needing to move the needle forward in their life and also has his own Podcast, The Jocko Podcast http://jockopodcast.com/
I choose this book as it has made me face my own faults and lack of discipline. Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual is a book that is meant to inspire and help you challenge your thinking in order to stop asking the “why or how” questions and develop the ACT NOW principles that he teaches. Discipline in all areas is what we are seeking whether consciously or not.
I was introduced  this book via my own proxy mentor, Tim Ferriss. I have been a long time student of Mr. Ferriss and he has given me much help through my various struggles in my life over the last many years to find purpose and meaning. Jocko was interviewed on the Tim Ferriss show Podcast (https://tim.blog/podcast/) and I was turned on to this book at the very time I need to hear this message. This is meant to help and inspire you to become more than you belief you can.
I’m going to be sharing with you 3 takeaways that you can implement into your life today in order for you to take that very next step into your GREATNESS.
#1 – First take away, Develop Self Discipline. It is just that, it comes from your SELF. He says “…when you make the decision to become more, to BE more and make a mark on the World – you have to decide to be disciplined, it’s making the commitment to better yourself everyday…” to expect more out of yourself, your life, and who you intuitively know you are at your core essence.
For me this is STEPPING UP and facing the hard and scary facts of life that, YES I’m afraid to admit where I fall short and have made SO many excuses. Yet, its first about admitting to yourself that you have made mistakes, take a breath and say to yourself, it’s OK, I have this next moment to choose to become more and expect more. Every time you do that, you build courage and faith and resilience within yourself. The more you practice the more you exemplify and others begin to take notice and see you as someone who they can trust and rely on and you in turn challenge them to see their own selves as having the ability to grow.
#2 – Darkness & Fear – How many of you struggle with the complexities that life throws down on us? The human pain and suffering that you and I face as we navigate the complex world of life, family, career, health, or financial is this DARKNESS. He re-frames the elements of Fear and Darkness and helps you to see it as a compass for what is lying dormant inside of you – that ability to face the bitterness and see it as an opportunity to dig deep, to grow, to EXPAND, and to find the courage within ALL of us to develop into our higher selves.
Personally I have struggled with becoming a leader, a man, a person who takes responsibility for his actions. This point really drove home for me the ability to find within myself the courage to admit failure and to dig deeper and ask the hard questions of why I wasn’t where I needed or desired to be. I’m discovering that I’m my own greatest OBSTACLE.
#3 – My third and final takeaway was this, it’s taking action on the small things in life in order for this Discipline to begin to affect other areas of your life. I’m aware you have heard the phrase, “An APPLE a day keeps the DR. away…” This tagline is so true as taking the small step of eating an apple will begin to make you aware that there are other good habits you can begin to instill into your life, and then those positive habits breed more good habits, as long as you take that first step and choose to continue to take steps.
The lesson most important for me as he talks about is, GET UP EARLY, set the alarm for 4:45 and be up by 5AM. This is a really hard one for me as my ENTIRE life I have lived via the snooze button…. I could talk more on that as I believe this has really caused a lot of suffering in more areas of my life… yet it’s like that apple, it’s a small yet fundamental discipline that you start your day with and over time getting up early allows you to take charge of your day and handle the important elements of your life before the busy world begins grabbing for your time, i.e. eMails, phone calls, your kids, spouse… etc.
I have begun to practice and implement this principle and I can already say it has impacted my life thus far in the last several months of implementing this valuable lesson. Granted I do fail and not always do I succeed at getting up at my desired time in the morning, yet regardless I continue to take this step and it is getting easier and I can see the positive results. I now take this time to read, meditate, and walk my dog before the world begins to impose their wishes upon me. I feel stronger, more alive and ready to tackle the challenges that the day may bring.
To summarize, look at these as tools in your toolbox for life. Take ACTION and get up early and start with that first aspect of SELF DISCIPLINE. The FEAR AND DARKNESS you will face is part of the journey of life, it’s not meant to be feared, yet an OPPORTUNITY for growth and a compass to guide you in the direction of what your bigger purpose on this planet. Remember, the component of SELF Discipline is SO important as it takes US, YOU & ME, to commit to this process and dig deep and find within ourselves the resilience and the determination to take control of our lives and be the leaders we are destined to be for the world that needs US!
I would encourage you to see how these specific principles might help challenge and empower you to see yourself and the world differently as they have for myself.
Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual has been vastly important in my life and I share this book with you, my audience, as I know you are looking for that one aspect of your life to find the fulfillment you are seeking. You are destined for greatness and each and every one of you has it within you. I would recommend seeing how Jocko Willink can help you as he has myself.
Remember, everyday is about taking those SMALL incremental steps in which a lifetime of beauty is created – “HERE IS TO YOUR GREATNESS”
I LOVE YOU – We’ll see you next time

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