Exercise caution in your business affairs:

for the world is full of trickery.

But let this not blind you to what virtue there is.

Many persons strive for high ideals

and everywhere life is full of heroism.

 

- Max Ehrmann

The above quotation is taken from one of this storyteller’s favourite poems. Desiderata translates as ” a list of desires.” It was at one time a favourite piece of poetry during the 1960s, a sort of anthem of those who were known as the ‘hippie’ generation.

 One of this poem’s invitations is to build a firm foundation upon the rock of the timeless intelligence of Love rather than the shifting sands of ego enhancement.

We see the shifting sands of time at work in this present economic climate.  What many people have invested their lives and their energy in has fallen to pieces, shrunken or come to nothing.  All the promises of how it might have been are scattered on the ground.

The only constant has been the universal law of change.  Only such a change appears to come nowadays more and more swiftly.  The sands of time are shifting more and more quickly.  This induces fear, which turns to panic.  We are witnessing this in the financial markets of the world with its shift having impact on jobs and living conditions for millions of people.

This storyteller invites you to build a life foundation on a foundation that does not shift.  This does not mean that you won’t lose your job, your home, your career prospects or credit rating that you have spent years investing time and money in.  It will mean that you can stay calm and focused in turning such crisis into opportunity.

The rock upon which to build a life of purpose, passion and prosperity is the rock of the Timeless.  It is not one you will find in your goal setting manuals.  You will not have been taught this at school.  Your religious teacher (if you have one) might invite you to do this but they will cloak this invitation in so many preconditions that it seems impossible to get through the door.

When you build your house upon the rock of the Timeless that is in the Land of the Forever Young you have to build the foundations so that they do not shift.  This means they do not shift in times of adversity when it feels as if the earth is quaking underneath us all.

Imagine you are laying four corners on this rock that will not move.  It will not move provided these foundation stones are made by the Tuatha de Danaan.  Each of the foundation stone is laid by a question.  Depending on how your answer will mean the difference between building a life on the changing sands of time or on the rock of the presence of the Timeless.

There is a foundational question that will form the cornerstone of your life’s journey.  Spend time with this question.  It is in itself an aspect of the quest.  You are the only one who really knows the answer.  It is a question that all wisdom teachers invite you to answer. 

It has to become a question that you live.  It has to become what Les Kaye of The Zen of Work, calls the real quest -I -on. In times of crisis this is the question that is being asked of you.

This foundation is not built overnight.  Your heart knows the answer but you have been taught not to have faith in this guidance system that is your connection to universal intelligence.  If you are sincere in wishing to build a foundation beyond the shifting sands of time then do three things in order to show a sign of commitment to your heart quest.

 

  • 1. Invest in a journal in which to invite the awareness of your heart
  • 2. Email this writer for the foundational questions (and answer)
  • 3. Reflect on this question with sincerity until you live it.

 

If you are prepared to do this then you will be invited to build a house of purpose, passion and prosperity on solid ground beyond the shifting sands of time.  This house is called The Anamcara Experience.

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