014: Life is Supposed to be FUN!

Spiritual Awakening - Expanding Times Fireside Chats

In last week's call Karen and I introduced you to the concept of the "Internal GPS"... Figuring out where you ARE in life before you can establish where you want to GO! But did you know that the ultimate end of ANYONE'S life is that they re supposed to experience FUN... and that's it's not really abut what we achieve and certainly not about what we amass, but about who we become along the way.LIFE IS SUPPOSED TO BE FUN!Now this might be quite a novel concept for many of us, seeing as we have been conditioned to spend hours setting goals and doggedly pursuing ambitions, but what if we started to think of those drivers as dreams and aspirations?What if the object of the exercise were to design your life to maximize FULFILMENT and JOY? Isn’t being fulfilled what life is all about? In whatever we’re doing in life - work, play, relationships, fun, chores, travel - we believe in maximizing joy and fulfilment. Life is supposed to be FUN!! We've talked a bit already about Abraham, whose name is also synonymous with "Infinite Intelligence" or connection to Source, (and in a few weeks we'll be teaching you a whole lot more about them and their relationship to the Law of Attraction); but they say: “What is the reason for life? It is Expansion!” zAnd a great coach can help you to do just that - to EXPAND and figure out what you DREAM for in your life? So as coaches at Expanding Times, we put “expansion” on the top of the list. “Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.” Goethe As you create a more fulfilling life you’ll feel more:

• fully alive
• appreciate and enjoy each moment more as you learn to live in the now
• Living in alignment with YOUR individual values and purpose
• Living in greater Joy and Abundance
• Share and connect in more meaningful soulful relationships
• Do more of what you LOVE...
• Realizing your dreams and goals
• Acknowledge to yourself that you ARE living a truly fully fulfilled life!!!

Abraham also talks about

• “The basis of life is absolute freedom.
• The objective of life is absolute joy.
• The result of life is absolute growth.” So tune in as we discuss all these ideas and hopefully make them come alive rather than remaining conceptual and abstract.More and more people these days are talking about and wishing to create a 'soulfully fulfilling life' but how do you get from where you are now to where you want to be? Well remember to listen to last week's episode of Fireside Chats where Karen and I talked about "Getting the Most from Life."

To all intents and purposes, this week's podcast is a continuation of HOW TO work out WHAT you want to change.Most people have no idea what they want to modify, or if they do, they have few tools or have weak resources to do so; and so our aim at Expanding Times is to help you all to focus holistically on your life and identify your way forward. So if you haven’t done so already... go back to the post and podcast about The Wheel. In this week's call we really urge you to consider the possibility and benefits of not only joining a community of like-minded souls, such as Expanding Times who can support and mirror back to you so you start to experience more freedom and sense of responsibility for your life. We also extol the virtues of working with a personal coach who will be your guide, confidant, accountability partner, and your sounding board in your quest towards a more meaningful life for you, but who will ultimately help YOU to work out what is best for YOU.

We also ask the question, "Who’s on your bus?" Who is there to encourage and reflect back to you in a helpful and positive way? Do you have healthy boundaries? (Listen to our call on Self Love if you have any doubts!)

Abraham: “What is the reason that you came forth into this physical experience? You wanted more. You wanted more exposure, to more opportunity, to have more feelings. So the meaning of life, it sounds strange to say it, but the meaning of life is LIFE! It’s to feel life pouring through you, to feel the exhilaration of a new idea coming to fruition. To feel yourself not right on it and then work yourself until you are on it. To have a new idea occur to you and to recognize you are not a vibrational match to it, and then to deliberately become a vibrational match to it. All of that is fun and all of that is life. So the meaning of life and the reason for life is for the thrill.”You know you always have a choice, don't you? Even though we can all find a million reasons why something isn't happening or we can't make something work for us! We don't agree with 'victim consciousness' because it's the easy way out! Although I'd like to add that, "Yes it is often a choice we make as to whether we are a victim, or a victor. In many situations, there is a way to look on the bright side, to take responsibility, to focus on the lesson, in our efforts to grow forward. But lets not throw the whole victim out with the bath water. Because sometimes there are victims. Sometimes there are people who did not choose their suffering. Sometimes there are people in such horrifyingly difficult situations that positivity is not enough to save them. And sometimes people actually need to express their victim-hood as part of their healing. They need to express it, and they need to be heard. And sometimes they need our help before they can become victors. When we tell them they have a choice, sometimes we forget that WE have a choice too. We can sweep their pain under a bushel of feigned positivity, or we can help them up. We can ignore their challenges or we can support their liberation. Yes, we have a choice, too." ~ Jeff Brown ~So please feel free to share WHATEVER is coming up for you without feeling like you have to censor.We all appreciate the challenges people are going through right now and want to support you ~ That's what community is for.So please go over to http://www.expandingtimes.com and write in the forum, share your feelings and thoughts there, comment on Facebook, and in the meantime if you’re enJOYing the shows, don’t forget to head over to iTunes and subscribe to our series so you never miss an episode! Also, we’d love to have you rate and review the series if you enjoyed this and the other podcasts. That really helps us to spread the word and expand our community of awakening souls.See you next week!