30 Days of Inspiration (Blog)

[Savage]

Use this thread to discuss the following entry from Steve Pavlina's blog:

30 Days of Inspiration

[roxyruby]

This is so exciting, it's like watching big brother, except it's just blog posts lol, anything could happen, and it involves the whole world!

[Cochonette]

Originally Posted by roxyruby

This is so exciting, it's like watching big brother, except it's just blog posts lol, anything could happen, and it involves the whole world!

Yeah, I'm excited, too. Which might be a sign because last night I had this unusual sense that I was getting bored of my life...

[Jeff Lilly]

It was heart-wrenching to read this blog post, Steve. I don't know what you're crying in the night about, but I hope it's more from joy than sorrow or regret. You have given so many people -- including me -- inspiration and a well-placed kick in the ass; you deserve only the best.

My gods are telling me all the time that the world is a huge reflecting pool, and I only need to step up and claim the power that's mine. Just last night, before I read your posts on this topic, I prayed that my gods would help me claim that power. And here you are, showing us all the way forward...

Whatever happens -- no matter what secrets you are inspired to reveal, no matter what weird things you change in your life -- please know that I and many others are totally behind you 100000%. !!

[Brad Paul]

Steve, this is by far your most exciting experiment yet. I predict that this trial will have a huge positive impact on thousands of your readers including me.

I’d like to hear more about why this project scares you so much.

[lifetimelearner]

wow the brutal honesty pierced right through my computer screen -brought up some interesting feelings inside me

funny how reading about someone else's experienes can do this


thanks -I could feel a connection to .....I don't know something I have not felt before -human connection on a different level

hmmm
I must go journal about this

[lila23]

Excellent!!! I feel that in "my" subjective reality, this article was written for me. Thank you!

[Maugrassia]

Hi Steve... This article really touched me. It put me in a sort of emotional state that I can't really describe. I'm not sure if I was only day dreaming, but I sort of slipped into a hallucinatory state where I met you, and we were having some sort of conversation on a porch of yours, after you having talked to a lady (which I think was implied, was a significant other of yours, although I can't really picture her now.

I'm sorry if this sounds crazy, or it offends you in anyway. I just felt really drawn to writing this reply, even if you never get to it.

Thanks,

Ty

[Christopher Lovejoy]

Hi Steve,

Sitting in the comfort of my home at my computer, blissfully aware of the world I'm creating in this moment, I am nevertheless in a place where I can understand and appreciate the depths of what you're saying and doing here.

I wish you the very best with it - and look forward to reading about your journey into the moment through the wider collective consciousness.

But only if you feel inspired to write about it in the days ahead.

I love you. I'm sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you.

Godspeed to you,
Christopher

[cacheborn]

Wow Steve, I think you are really pushing yourself here. It's like Morpheus has given you the red pill. I felt scared while reading the article. I have no idea what it's going to lead to. Just wishing you the very best in your pursuit of the rabbit hole.

[Angela]

I'm pulling for you for successful resolution of the scary stuff! I have every confidence that you'll generate excellent results. I hope it improves our relationship!

Maybe all the challenges you've taken on up till now have been in preparation for the stuff that you're presented with now.

[Miro]

Reminds me a little of the book "The Dice Man" by Luke Rhinehart, where a guy's life is pretty unsettled by his resolution to let the dice decide about his actions...

I find the book as well as your trial pretty inspiring.



Alex

[cacheborn]

Okay I am reading this story on Joe Vitale's page and I am not sure what to think anymore. If just reading his story makes me feel this, I can imagine what meeting him must be.

It feels like my reality is displaying some cracks.

[lifetimelearner]

oh and I forgot to ask
silly me
do you need a hug ?

[Uzma H]

Steve, go with the flow. I was actually surprised this is hard for you. Usually when one has ones 'core nature and values' in order, its easy to do this. You just have to check how u feel about a decision to make or inspiration to act on and your instinct will tell u. It should work well for u. Seems like you don't like giving up control. U still are in control though, albeit more intuitively. It is heart wrenching like one of the other forum members says to read your words. All will be well. With the core soul always inclided towards growth and goodness, only growth and goodness will result. Have fun.

Seeking Light

[cylon]

This is great. I personally can't get enough of this SR stuff. We are all one so we are all on the same journey I believe.

Sounds like Steve is taking out big chunks of his ego. What he's going through sounds like a detox. Old Steve is making way for the New Steve.

I appreciate the references to how scary some of this stuff CAN be. Often people talk about manifesting, or wanting to win the lottery, or something that would make their lives very different overnight, not realizing that stuff like that happening can be very disturbing and unsettling.

If the monitor you were reading this on suddenly started floating in midair (like in Inception) you probably wouldn't say "oh how lovely! Things are floating! There is no gravity! I love it." You would probably have a panic attack and be scared out of your mind.

I haven't seen things float but I've had experiences that have caused the same feelings. "Hey this is the stuff I keep reading about, I knew these things would happen" is usually proceeded by "Holy crap, I don't know if I can handle this. This is too intense."

Whatever experiences I have had have often made me scared because they were too weird and just not what I was able to handle. But, they kept happening, and I had to learn to trust that the things I was experiencing could not hurt me. Once you go down the rabbit hole enough, you really don't have much choice. What are you going to do, turn back? Act like it never happened? Try to forget? Good luck. Some things can't be unseen.

And this might be the natural result: living life in the moment, the way you want, with no planning. If you ARE God, then everything is going to fall into place anyway. That's a beautiful thought but at first it is a terrifying thought.

Without rules, without structure, we are living life completely different than we are used to. When you lose your anchor like that it's not going to be fun at first. And there is no damage to be done, but that's the ego saying "don't leave me! You'll regret it!"

Good stuff.

[ssandra]

Originally Posted by cacheborn

Okay I am reading this story on Joe Vitale's page and I am not sure what to think anymore. If just reading his story makes me feel this, I can imagine what meeting him must be.

It feels like my reality is displaying some cracks.

You're not the only one.

I feel.... weird. O so weird.

First off, just before reading this article of Steve and this other one, i was thinking of starting a thread about how my father-in-law annoys me beyond believe and how he thinks saying things like "I just had a heart attack, so do you have some antibiotica left" are funny....

And now... I'm responsible for him, simply because of the fact that he is in my life. Heal myself and heal this part of me.

I feel weird. The world doesn't look real anymore. And yet it does. Life is weird.

Looking forward to what is going to happen next (although admittedly a bit scared as well).

[ssandra]

Originally Posted by cylon

If the monitor you were reading this on suddenly started floating in midair (like in Inception) you probably wouldn't say "oh how lovely! Things are floating! There is no gravity! I love it." You would probably have a panic attack and be scared out of your mind.

Can you stop messing up my reality please?

When I read this, my cell phone which is lying next to me on the chair, seemed to be floating. Of course it is just my imagination and when I really looked at it, it was just lying still... but still....

Could you stop it please?

[JoePike]

Steve, I'm actually genuinely surprised that you had even more painful stuff buried way down deep that you hadn't worked through yet. When you juice feasted fairly recently you had a ton of stuff come up (anger out of nowhere etc.), and I thought you 'got it all out' so to speak.

Whatever it is, I'm glad you're dealing with it now so you can move past it once and for all when you're done re-processing it.

[firefly]

Steve, I'm can't wait to see the results of this 30 day trial. You often make PD look so easy that I sometimes find myself saying, "well yeah, someone like Steve could pull that off, but not me." When you write about something that's truly scary and challenging like this, it feels more accessible.

I smiled reading about your 50/50 split of opinion regarding subjective reality. Lately I've been experiencing similarly muddled feedback on issues that I haven't made up my mind on. It hadn't occurred to me that this contradictory information could be an effect, rather than a cause, of my confusion. It makes me wonder: if I decided with conviction to fully embrace one path/perspective/lens, would the dissenting voices disappear? Maybe I need to start my own 30 day trial.

Thank you and best wishes!

[danas]

What is interesting to me is that this is exactly how I live my life anyway.
I guess Im pretty impulsive.

I usually start the day by going to the studio, but if suddenly I feel inspired to go look at a painting in the Metropolitan, Ill get up, hop on a train and go there. A few weeks ago I felt inspired to go film something I read about on line, that was happening in a god forsaken town 11 hours away, and I just got on the next train and went there.

Besides going to the studio most mornings, I dont have any kind of structure, no weekly workout, no regular meal times, I eat when Im hungry, Ill work out when I feel like it, if at all, but still Im fit because I walk a lot.

Few days ago I was working on one of my more urgent art projects, when a sudden thought came to that it might be a good idea to look into apartments that are in foreclosure sale, and see if there are any good bargains, so I dropped everything I was doing, and started to house hunt. Called agents, set meetings, its rolling...
I went to a performance, and the next day I thought that Id like to meet the guy performing so I googled him, found him on FB and messaged him that I loved his show and want to meet him, he gave me a free invite to his next performance...

The thing is, surprisingly these things usually prove to be to my advantage. Im pretty intuitive so thats how I make my decisions. Whatever feels right, I act. Im not as brave as I may sound. But often I feel the fear and do it anyway (without reading that book).

Now, reading your post, makes me see that I guess the way I live sounds pretty erratic.
But how else is there to live?
You mean before everything was planned out?
I do have certain structures, for instance I eat only raw food.
And my films and artwork are very structured. but besides that I dont know how else to handle all the inspiration I get, besides acting on it.
I was walking in Brooklyn the other day on my way from the post office, and suddenly I saw Brooklyn bridge, so I crossed it for the first time in my life.
It was great! I didnt really need to go to where that bridge was taking me, but it ended up serving me well. I guess that could be a nice metaphor too.

Or maybe I missed something in the concept of the trial?
Isnt this the way all people without a job live? Or maybe this is just a more feminine way to live?
I always have my big goals in the back of my mind, but the way I get to them is usually an unpredictable adventure.

I should probably do a 30 day trial of the opposite of this, but Im not sure how... Anyone?

[ssandra]

Originally Posted by danas

Or maybe I missed something in the concept of the trial?
Isnt this the way all people without a job live? Or maybe this is just a more feminine way to live?
I always have my big goals in the back of my mind, but the way I get to them is usually an unpredictable adventure.

I should probably do a 30 day trial of the opposite of this, but Im not sure how... Anyone?

It always felt so much more natural to me to live this way as well. Just go where you want to, do what you feel like etc.
But I always considered it "wrong" and "immature" because... well... normal people know what they are going to do tomorrow right?

Actually... one of the biggest bread downs I've had in the last 2 years was because my life was getting so predictable. I felt so completely lost, and depressed because I could exactly predict where I'd be in a year...

Now, I'm living in the middle. Not completely free as the wind but also extremely flexible.

If someone here would say: Here's a plane ticket and a hotel reservation, wanna come visit? I'm on the plane in 5 minutes
(feel free to take this as a hint, if anyone should feel inspired to... )

[Savage]

Originally Posted by lifetimelearner

oh and I forgot to ask
silly me
do you need a hug ?

Yes... thank you!

[roxyruby]

Originally Posted by ssandra

It always felt so much more natural to me to live this way as well. Just go where you want to, do what you feel like etc.
But I always considered it "wrong" and "immature" because... well... normal people know what they are going to do tomorrow right?

Actually... one of the biggest bread downs I've had in the last 2 years was because my life was getting so predictable. I felt so completely lost, and depressed because I could exactly predict where I'd be in a year...

Now, I'm living in the middle. Not completely free as the wind but also extremely flexible.

If someone here would say: Here's a plane ticket and a hotel reservation, wanna come visit? I'm on the plane in 5 minutes
(feel free to take this as a hint, if anyone should feel inspired to... )

heres a plane ticket and a friendly welcome stay reservation at my house, wanna come visit?

[danas]

Originally Posted by ssandra

normal people know what they are going to do tomorrow right?

hmm I guess so. Even though I find that weird especially if you dont have a job. Although I really admire people that can do that.
Im sure the way I am is also due to ADD.

I used to teach, so on those days I knew what I was doing. But now I have agents selling my work, so all I have to do is produce it, or I get inspired to fundraise for my projects in other ways.

I mean often I do get up in the morning, have a smoothie, spend the entire day in the studio, go home, eat something read, and go to bed. but if I did that everyday I would die of boredom.
I have a very active rebel kid inside me, that says- this is boring- lets do something fun! Lets go to the rare book store, see a movie, send a letter, apply for a grant, flea market, museum, park, lets go buy a house!

Originally Posted by Steve Pavlina

Yes... thank you!

Yes HUG from me too. big one. I love that you share so much with us.

[ssandra]

Originally Posted by roxyruby

heres a plane ticket and a friendly welcome stay reservation at my house, wanna come visit?

Yes! (although I'd pay for a hotel myself if you get me the plane ticket... some compromises have to be made for over protective spouses... )

But I'm sure we would have a LOT of fun!!

[Rose of Cairo]

This is how I live all the time. I am very surprised you find it difficult.

Routine, schedules, planning, etc, are like rails. They bring us where our mind wants us to go. But they also keep us trapped on that route. They prevent us from making fully conscious choices at every single moment in our lives. They prevent us from hearing our intuition. They often prevent us from expressing who we really are.

When we go off the rails, then every single limiting belief, emotional issue, or hidden fear show up and can wreck our productivity - that is true - but at the same time, we also have the opportunity to address and let go of them. And then when we do do something, it is with our full consciousness and heart, not like robots. In my eyes, this is the path of maximal growth.

Of course every choice we make irreparably changes our life and future... but that is the case with every choice, including the choice to exercise every morning at 6am. This way of functioning might seem more risky to you because you're not used to it. But the risk actually is the same, it's there anyway. Or it's not there anyway, if you assume that everything always happens in its perfect right time and that you always get what you need and that you attract all of your life circumstances as an expression of your consciousness, energetic states of being, etc..

I'm sending you a big hug and much love and encouragement.

[ZHereford]

Steve,

How are you differentiating inspiration from whimsy, or being a particular mood? One man's inspiration could be another's folly.

I'm guessing you've set some criteria, if so, what might they be?

[Angela]

That was quite lovely, Rose of Cairo.

[hilar]

this is interesting. really. very much relates to my current situation. i'll be following your blog with even more than the usual couriosity now.