Monday, May 25, 2009

Becoming The Center Of Our "Solar System"

Today, I want to wrap up this theme of aligning our "planets", by focusing on where we stand in relationship TO those "planets".

Let's recap...

Alright, well we've got 4 so-called "planets", and they are:

1. Physical

2. Emotional

3. Mental

4. Spiritual

In my opinion, these are 4 key areas of life, and my experience has taught me that by strengthening and continuously developing each of these, we can build a life that is truly worth living - which, can serve as a solid foundation for our paths as artists.

In our solar system (the REAL one), each planet has its own unique identity.

NONE of them are the same.

However, they all operate based on one fundamental principle...

They ALL orbit the SUN.

The Sun is the STAR at the CENTER of the Solar System, and is basically the Earth's primary source of energy - it supports almost ALL life on Earth.

So what am I trying to get at here?

What I'm saying is that WE need to be the "Sun" at the center of our OWN "Solar System".

WE need to be the primary source of energy for all of our "planets".

WE need to be the ones to provide sustenance to our lives in the arts.

WE need to be that massive shining star in the sky that burns SO brightly, that everyone can't NOT see us!

So how do we achieve this?

It's easy, I've already made a few suggestions based on the "Energy" that each "Planet" needs:

The Physical planet needs exercise.

The Emotional planet needs strong relationships with family, friends and others.

The Mental planet needs a balanced way of thinking.

And the Spiritual planet needs a practice devoted to life and learning.

Even if you work on all of this stuff half-hazzardly, you will experience a sense of fulfillment that can't exactly be expressed by words.

So I won't - I'm going to leave it up to YOU to try!

If you're tying out ANY of what I've been talking about for last week here, I would authentically LOVE to hear about your experiences.

I want you to feel like this is the type of place where we ALL contribute our ideas about how to improve our lives as artists.

The highest accomplishments in history were all made possible by the collaboration of MANY people.

So I hope you'll join me on this journey - with your help, it's going to get VERY interesting around here.

Keep reading!

Gotta go - I'll talk to you soon :)

Eddie

2 comments:

  1. My physical, mental and emotional planets are completely out of sync. I realize that once I get those aligned (or begin making actual attempts to align them) then the spiritual planet will fall into place. I notice that instead of nurturing the physical, mental and emotional areas-I've been turning my back on all of them-thus resulting in a severe lack of discipline. I have no trouble finding inspiration. The simplest-strangest things inspire me. It's the actual DOING of the ideas that has been my problem. Everything is upside down right now, and perhaps once I fix the things that need fixing...I will be able to create with a clear mind...?
    Good post!

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