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    Life chakras

    In the yogic traditions and practices, there are seven primary energy centers in the space of the body. When they are activated and aligned, we experience wholeness in mind, body, and spirit. My model for designing our lives is centered around 7 time chakras, all related to how we define our desired future. They are what we envision: the next 20 years out, the next 2 years, 2 quarters, 2 months, 2 weeks, 2 days, and 2 hours. When our sense of each time chakra aligns with clarity, our life becomes whole. So, wholeness is when our dream 20 years out for ourselves and our world is reflected in what we want as possible 2 years from now, 2 quarters, 2 months, 2 weeks, 2 days, and 2 hours from now. What we do in the next two hours will perfectly reflect the principles and qualities of our dynamic vision of 20 years from now.
    Tags » Appreciative living
    • 28 January 2010
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    about 2 years ago Donna responded:
    Jack:

    How do you reconcile the principle of mindfulness with a philosophy that has a person planning ahead every hour of their life? What about just "being in the moment"?

    about 2 years ago Elaine responded:
    Donna -- I think Jack is talking more about envisioning, dreaming, imagining what we want to feel and how we can be...not planning. Now making parallels with chakras, I don't really understand the metaphor, I'm not sure how 20 years; 2 years ...2 hours parallels with mind/body/spirit, but I have the sense he's on to something much more profound.
    about 2 years ago Donna responded:
    Hi Elaine:

    You might be right. I'm figuring perhaps when Jack comes off the mountaintop he might elucidate. ;)

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