LEARNING: A Place of Knowing and of Practiced Believing

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[Lyndon Antcliff]

When everything is stripped away and our soul lies bare and all our Earthly goods are dust. We will still have what we have learned, we will still have what we have experience.

The ability to learn is one of the greatest gifts we have and I absolutely love it.

Thanks for a great post.

[Greg Balanko-Dickson]

Your posts are so full of many deep and wonderful observations. As I was reading I was thinking of my own ‘Ike loa and when you spoke of coming up with your own BHAG - I saw it ever so clearly - I need my own BHAG.

I have a recurring vision where I am surrounded by hundreds, even thousands in a celebration of abundance. People from all walks of life, especially young adults who have accomplished amazing business achievements.

Whether that vision is fulfilled in this life or the next matters not. Today I choose to believe that we can and do experience a taste of heaven if we dare to beleive.

Today I declare that my Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG) of impacting the lives of 1,000,000 business owners before I leave terra firma.

May your Aloha be visible and vibrant, may you experience a new found sense of Mahalo and be willing to embark on your own version of ‘Ike loa.

Aloha fellow Explorer!

[Rosa Say]

Aloha Lyndon, thank you for starting us off this morning so wonderfully. Your thought is quite profound, and reminds us of how empowered we can be. Each day we can live intending to create a legacy that will leave an everlasting mark long after we're gone.

And I do love the thought that this life may be but one we journey through; taking the best of it with us as we continue on... you remind me of what I had learned in reading Wayne Dyer's Power of Intention.

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Greg, you have inspired me! I recall one of my favorite quotes by Goethe echoing in your actions today:

"Are you earnest? Seize this very minute! What you can do, or dream you can - begin it! Courage has genius, power and magic in it. Only engage, and the mind grows heated. Begin it, and the work will be completed."

[John Keoni Monte]

Aloha to All,

I would like to add "There comes a time..." in every life - in fact - I have found myself at a 'time' on several occasions throughout my half a century so far. A time - when we wonder, we doubt, we seek change, we want...and when this comes floating through, we generally put ourselves through all kinds of twists and turns, deep thoughts, grief, misunderstanding, anxiety, and emotion. Like somebody turning on a light switch, it begins...and we know that we have to now take a look at 'pain vs pleasure' and which one we are going to side with. Are we going to go with the pain because after all, it is so familiar, and we know what to expect and how to brace for it despite it's damage. Or do we let go of pain, to get to pleasure, and learn, learn, learn? Big risk, yeah?
Here's a different view: I have been studying body work and the healing it can achieve for some years now. I am not a licensed professional body worker...just a student of the art. In my Hawaiian lineage there is a long line of healers - magnificent people who did magnificent things to help their people. I had an opportunity to study under a Kahuna...and about year 7 into this journey, the "There comes a Time...." showed up. As I struggled, and talked to myself endlessly...I thought "I know, I'll ask the big guy! He'll have the answer!" So I made one big container of Saimen with Chicken, one bag of poi, wrapped it all up traditionally and went to the Kahuna's home. After getting in, and waiting a while...he appeared, chuckled, and came in and sat down. I gave him my gift. He thanked me, smiled and said "What do you want to know?"
I took a deep breath, and calmly asked "With all that I have learned...I seem to be missing a piece. What is it? Do I need more classes? Do I need to go home to Hawaii for study? What is it that I am missing?"
He looked at me, smiled, and replied "Nothing. You are not missing anything. And no, there is no more for you to learn. You already know everything. You always have. This thing you think that you are missing is nothing more than 'consolidation'...you just need to consolidate!" As I sat there, confused...because I had convinced myself that I was missing something and now he is telling me that there is nothing missing! What does he mean?
He laughed, thanked me again, for the food and said Aloha. Then he left the room. That was the last time I saw him.
So....maybe our learning is complete in a way? Maybe we just need to, like Rosa says, believe and the magic will happen.
So...just last week I am talking on the phone with a cousin who lives on Oahu and has done healing work all her life. I started to ask her questions...she stopped me and said "sometimes Keoni, it is not a matter of more learning, sometimes it is just a matter of the individual believing in themselves, that they can. period..."
So again, here is the believing part, the learning part and one key to arriving at it all: consolidation.
Just wanted to share...Aloha Nui Loa,
John Keoni Monte

[Rosa Say]

John Keoni, your story reminds me of that saying, "when the student is ready the teacher appears" and the realization (and self-trust) that sometimes we are both teacher and student :) Mahalo for your sharing: you always bring a smile to my day!