There is a
Better
WAY!
about me
Shannon Conrad
More times than I can count, something in life has sparked, an intense feeling of wrong-ness that stopped me in my tracks. Nope, I will not go any further in that direction, I will not accept that outcome, I will not do what you are asking. It takes courage to accept the consequences of following your own inner guidance against the tsunami that is our culture. It often feels abrupt, forceful (too bold), insensitive, inconvenient for all involved, including myself. But that instinct, insight, nudge whatever you want to call it would also come with the complete utter confidence that there was, in fact, A BETTER WAY!
If you found me, you are probably an inquisitive and determined soul that is seeking a safe place to blossom despite the noise that is screaming at you from all directions, including your own mind.
Contrary to popular belief, this is a wonderful time to be here. Old systems are failing. Ugliness is popping up everywhere you look but...if you dare to look further...if you step back...it is giving you room blossom in the muck, like the lotus.
It's an invitation to step out and create with the Universe what should be, what could be and no matter what happens, you'll be better for it.
Be Real, Love.
I am ready to share...
some of the pieces of the 'better way' that I have managed to pluck out of forever to share with those who are also feeling the pull of a 'better way.'
Something Bigger
is always calling us to see more clearly, to have the courage to stand up and choose the better way, even when, especially when, NO ONE else understands.
If you have felt or feel alone because no one gets you right now, be encouraged, you are NOT ALONE. Not only that, you are loved and love is bigger & more real than all the fear this world can throw at you. Love is speaking REAL LIFE into us in moments of clarity and vision, every single day/moment, if we'll just shut up and listen. This takes practice and discipline.
The better way
isn't a path
There is no path marked out that will work for everyone to follow start to finish. Despite popular belief, a book, course, degree, title, money, fame isn't going to get you there. It is a choice every day, every minute, every second to be open, to be real, to love, then, create and share. The outcome of living that out in your own unique way, in our messy world is the better way. It is a life well lived, fully, completely full of wonder & beauty, undeterred by the nonsense.
The very first thing you need to do is:
STOP!
WTF! Didn't you see the news? The sky is falling in exactly 3 years, 11 months, 13 days and 52 seconds, the science says so, I've done the research! I watch so and so and they know the truth. They are really smart. We have to do something to stop ___, fight ___, build a bunker, fight the bad guys, more taxes will solve the problem/no taxes will solve the problem, a different politician, no, wait, we need a REVOLUTION! Trust in Jesus! No, move to Costa Rica.
Ugh, doesn't it just make you tired? Tell me one time in history where any of that actually worked. Where things truly got better? Where everyone lived happily ever after, after some person got into office, a war, or a revolution? If you believe that, I've got some swampland in Florida to sell you. What the nefarious elites or their systems are doing is of little concern, as you have zero control over anyone else. The solution starts in YOU!
Wait a minute, now, who do you think you are?
I am, you, from your future, trying to tell you to pull your head out of your ass and learn to BE and DO the things that WILL actually contribute to changing our world for the better. The first step is STOPPING THE INSANITY in your monkey mind from driving your life. Turn off the chaos & drama machines, that you're addicted to and let your nervous system reboot. In my 50 years, in this experience, the world was supposed to end so many times I can't even remember them all, and ... as you already know, we're still here.
Simple Truth:
You ONLY control YOU
& that's only true, when,
you can stop letting other things control you.
Ask Yourself:
In this present moment, is someone harming me, do I have food in the kitchen, am I protected from the elements, do I have clothes on my back, a few bucks in my pocket?
Wait a minute my world isn't so bad. Now that you mention it, I have a cool instrument I haven't played in awhile, I just met a new friend that I think I'm really connecting with, I've been eating better and going for walks and I'm starting to feel better, I am making some good decisions and I am starting to reap the benefits.
When we step back and stop catastrophising, we realize that we are actually probably pretty blessed, despite our difficulties and even through them.
During the worst time of my life, I was in a serious, serious mess and at the absolute end of my rope, but now that I look back on it, it was also a really wonderful and miraculous time. I was so supported and loved through it and the life that blossomed from the ashes of the one that would not go down without a fight to death. Yes, a big part of me died in that battle, it hurt, really, really, really hurt. I lost more than I ever thought I would, but the rebirth, that happened concurrently was worth it.
But I had absolutely no awareness that all that external stuff was helping me to face things that I was ignoring and that the process would actually change me for the better. We have been programmed from birth to define ourselves from the outside. We live in the drama, rather from the center of our soul, where there is love. In that process I HAD to Connect to LOVE in a more real way than I knew possible because I was losing pretty much everything in my world that meant anything and a bunch of stuff that I thought meant something and actually were illusion.
We are not suffering from a problem of too much evil. We are suffering from a problem of too little GOOD.
When we exhaust all our energy fighting, ignoring or otherwise interacting with our fears, externally, we do not take up our true power which is in connecting (internally) to love and sharing LOVE, externally, in this place. It seems trite but we must be the change we wish to see in the world. It starts with us learning to Be Real and Love.
START:
Eating Fruit
Why eat fruit, first?
Because most of us are so clogged emotionally, physically, spiritually, it's a lot to deal with and eating fruit is the easiest step to implement, with the highest immediate benefit to your life with the least amount of effort. It helps to connect you to Love, the natural abundance of the earth and it starts to help you heal you from the inside out.
Fruit is Fuel
Fresh, ripe fruit provides all the body needs with hardly any digestion required so they actually GIVE you energy. ALL other ingestible substances take away your energy while your body actually has to fight them to try to figure out how to use them, if it's possible, but mostly, it has to work really hard to get rid of them and often can't. No matter how tasty you think non-fruit is, it is not fuel in any way shape or form.
The Garden is how we are supposed to connect to God/Love and each other.
If we all plant as many perennial fruit bearing trees, bushes and plants, we can provide food that is readily available to anyone walking by, rebuild the earth into the garden of a abundance she should be and create a culture that celebrates real life and freedom, which is what we all desire deep inside.
We are here to leave the world
better than we found it in
our own unique way.
You are here to express YOU into the world in some special way that literally no one else can do because they aren't YOU. So, if we focus on developing ourselves we are doing what we can to make the world a better place. This IS the most powerful thing any of us can do. Things won't change until those of us that can see the potential of things, start sharing and creating the footings for the things that our kids will put the foundation on and their kids will build the frame, then theirs will put all the guts in, and then theirs will put the finishing touches on it and if we lay that foundation strong and true hopefully it will last and grow instead of rot and decay.
Legacy Garden
Abundance
What we should be creating with our children and leaving for them.
Somewhere along the way, people have forgotten how to live and focused only on getting stuff and things for themselves.
The younger generations should not be as bad off as they are if as a culture we wouldn't have forgotten that it is our privilege to leave beauty and self-sufficiency to our children. Our lives are not our own to twiddle away in whatever manner we please.
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