My First Blog Post - Welcome!

Greetings! …and welcome to my first blog post here at Blog-i-poli! I’m so grateful to my friend and tech wiz Kirk VandenBerghe (HealthyNewAge.com) for his help to make this possible… If you’re a person like me who has way too many things going, you need to be really efficient lest the whole enchilada comes crashing down on you. I’m praying that this blog approach to sharing will be a step in that joyful efficiency.If you are interested in the things that I have to share, the adventures that I go on, and the projects that I’m involved in, then you’ll subscribe to my blog posts through our RSS feed……and that will make it easy for me to communicate and reach out.

Too Many Things?

Want to take a test to see if you have too many things going on in your life? OK, answer the following questions:

1. How many windows do you have open on your computer desktop right now?
2. How many of those miserable yellow Post-Its do you have plastered around your desk area?
3. How many inches deep are the piles of paper within arm’s reach?
4. How many pieces of paper with important notes or reminders are within your field of vision?
5. How many empty cups are scattered on your desk? (and the last tie-breaker…)
6. How many unopened, non-spam emails are sitting in your inbox?

OK, now count up all 6 numbers. If number is between 6 and 50, you are most likely a Zen Master. If the number is between 51 and 100, you deserve a job as an Administrative Assistant and wouldn’t get paid enough for your gifted talents. If you are in the 200+ range, you are entering the “too many things” zone. If your cumulative number is higher than 1,000, you are probably in deep trouble and should seek administrative, if not mental, help. Welcome to the 21st Century.If you are interested, my numbers–at this very moment–are 16, 9, 18, 28, 1, 2292. Total: 2,364

The Year of the Rat

So, as we enter the Year of the Rat in Chinese cosmology–I’ll write more on this as we closer to the actual new year date in early February of 2008–we have lots of powerful energy available to us to not only change old, stagnant patterns, but to accomplish tasks that we didn’t seem like we had the energy for in the past. How to access this ability is the key…

Getting Back in Sync

For me, Qigong practice is the fastest and easiest pathway to accessing my untapped energies. This ancient practice of breathing, movement, and visualization helps me get in touch with my subtle energy (Qi, pronounced “chee”) and then put it to work. Ultimately, it is a process of “remembering”… getting back in sync with our latent abilities and remembering that this life is a dream… a waking dream. Remembering and working with this will free you of the fear and limitations that have held you back from living the life you’ve wanted.

Let Go & Trust

This is the stuff we’ll be discussing here… so stay tuned. We’ll explore exercises, meditations, music, and thoughts that hopefully will inspire you to let go and trust… to open to your potential…Thanks for coming along on the adventure… I wish you ease and abundance… Peace… Francesco