“Make it to the mat!” As we explored in a previous post, it’s important to put yourself in the right environment to jump-start your activity. Moreover, the very act of actually STARTING gets you in motion, and up, out, and away from that nasty procrastination pothole.ģ. It brings into sharp focus the immediate task at hand.
You’d be surprised how much you can accomplish in that amount of time. Set a timer or countdown clock for 11 minutes. The proof of the pudding, is in the eating. Martha Beck, PhD calls these “turtle steps.” Feeling of success builds confidence. Still too big? Make the steps smaller yet again, so that your first step is the size you KNOW you can (and will) take. Sound too daunting? Make the steps smaller. Take any step in the direction of your intended end state. Remember, Sutra #2: “There is a way through every block.” Believe that to be so, and be confident in taking that first step.ġ. “It is now time that we must learn the way to be happy and to thrive under these new elevated levels of pressure.” – Yogi Bhajan, 7/27/99. Embrace these new levels of pressure, rather than stalling out and avoiding them. With that elevated consciousness, often comes increased pressure.
We are in a time of elevated awareness and consciousness. Spirit is above time and space.” –Yogi Bhajan, 7/29/78 “When you are afraid, ‘What will happen tomorrow?’ you are not living, you are just dragging. Let your spirit, your soul, be your guide. Allow yourself to move forward from a place of inspiration, not perspiration. Stop the worry at its source – in your mind. As you center yourself, experience the task at hand as if you have already handled it with great aplomb. “May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.” – Nelson MandelaĪpproach your intended result from a place of confidence and remove all doubt. The one where your furrowed brow softens your shoulders lower back down to their natural position and your breathing becomes slow, steady, and replenishing. Instead of feeling the pressure being on, how about feeling the pressure being off ? Ahh…feel into the welcomed state of relaxation. So, I invite you to join me in hereby proclaiming, from this point forward: “the wicked dread is dead!”Ĭonsider this wild thought: What if you were to start?
The burden of the waiting, and the avoiding, ultimately exacts a much greater toll than does the actual doing. And, the longer we postpone it, taking that first step just seems all that more arduous.įocus on the joy, the sense of fulfillment, instead of the dread All the while, the pressure continues to build. So, we simply avoid moving forward altogether. In our minds it feels just about as implausible, anyway. That only works in the movies (and even then only about half the time). While fanciful imaginings of time travel are as fun for me as the next seer, trying to catapult ourselves ahead of the natural next step is like trying to jump onto a fast moving train. What does it mean when we tell ourselves we should be further along? According to what time table? According to the imaginary one in our head?Įven according to the laws of physics, we can only take the next step from where we are, right in this moment in time. Seems obvious, right? What often happens, however, is that we tend to get ahead of ourselves, and feel as if we should “already be further along.” So, starting from where we are feels like a failure, from the get-go. Alas, what is a soulful, spiritual being to do? When the time is “ on you ”– that just conjures up a feeling of the weight on your shoulders, doesn’t it? Time somehow personifies into an ogre, the ever lurking “Procrastination (Wo)Man,” pressing down on you, constricting your every movement. May we all heed this one, and get off our buts! (“ But, what about…?” Or: “ But, how will I…?”) “When the time is on you, start, and the pressure will be off”
#Yogi bhajan sutras series
Our 5-part series in Soul Notes continues, with this edition devoted to Sutra #3: “When the time is on you, start and the pressure will be off.” Remember where we are in our series? Yogi Bhajan, a master of kundalini yoga and spiritual teacher for decades to thousands worldwide, taught a set of principles that he coined the Five Sutras of the Aquarian Age. When the time is on you, start and the pressure will b e off
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