The Align Your Purpose Program STEP SEVENTEEN: ENGAGE...

The Align Your Purpose Program

STEP SEVENTEEN: ENGAGE WITH PASSION ACTUALIZING PURPOSE INTO REALITY

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A L IGN YOUR PUR POSE P ROGRAM - S T E P S EVENTEEN : ENGAGE WI TH PASS ION

Copyright © 2013 Choice Point with Jaime Mintun - www.choicepointmovement.com

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IN THIS LESSON:

• Activating the Energies of Passion• A Daily Passion-Driven Task Protocol

We must remember that one determined person can make asignificant difference, and that asmall group of determined people can change the course of history.

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”Sonia Johnson

Welcome to Step 17. In this lesson we’re going to bring the vision and purpose you created in our previous

steps into your daily reality via grounded determination and purposeful action.

You already have some wonderful tools here for getting moving with your purpose, including our robust

goal setting guide, The 10 Principles of Goal Achievement!

So in this lesson we’ll focus on ways you can maintain effortless action through balancing the various

energies of passion.

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The reason we title this step “Engage With Passion,”

when it seems we’re talking about action-taking

and setting goals, is that the action is the easy

part—but only if and when you maintain the passion

to consistently step forward into that action... no

matter what.

Many systems teach us that sheer will can be

enough, but as we discussed in our 10 Principles of

Goal Achievement, will power alone can never

quite do the trick for permanent change and true

success. Because success isn’t just monetary.

Even if you’re wealthy and have a perfect life on

paper... if that life doesn’t make you happy, you

haven’t quite succeeded at achieving the destiny

your deepest heart yearned for.

And so one of the master keys that can unlocks your

destiny and purpose for you lies in the vibrant

energies of passion. If you’re a creative like I am, or

you’ve ever been taken over by a whirlwind of

intense feeling or energy, then you know that the

energies of passion (and the things that trigger our

passion) are complex, multilayered and of a

sometimes contradictory nature.

So it is with the vibrant energies you’ll want to call

forth into your life as you begin to engage your pur-

pose. Let’s touch on a few of the main ones...

Devotion

The first energy passion can help us bring to our

purpose is the energy of devotion. When we are

inspired toward devotion we produce a powerful

singular focus that is nearly impossible to maintain

through sheer will power.

You can liken the feeling of devotion to a powerful

gravity or magnetism that draws you in so that you

are in zero effort as you draw close to the object or

subject of your devotion.

Ways to inspire the energy of devotion around your

purpose is to consider what has inspired devotion

for you in the past. For example, if you want to start

a business helping women heal their traumas or

wounds, how can you inspire a strong devotion

there?

In such a case it helps to find a strong positive bright

light as it can be painful to devote yourself to the

pain you wish to heal in others. If you’ve found

yourself inspired toward a religious or spiritual

devotion, look at ways to integrate that into your

business, perhaps by using the symbol of a deity or

saint that you resonate strongly with.

If you have felt more devotion and powerful gravity

toward children, as another example, you could

focus your work with women towards mothers and

healing the mother/daughter dynamic... or you

could work with young girls in their pre-teens to help

them find their own center of gravity at the most

vital time when most young girls fracture their

psyches due to the pressures and dynamics of

teen-hood.

The idea here is to find within your purpose that

which naturally inspires your continued devotion.

ACT I VAT ING THE ENERG I ES OF PASS ION


Excitement

The next energy passion can awaken for us is

excitement. Where the energy of devotion is intense

and deep, it can also become heavy and create a

stillness. (“I don’t ever want to leave this space right

here where I am!”)

So for inspired action toward purpose, it’s important

to also awaken the movement and verve of

excitement. It balances the somber energy of

devotion with the playfulness, flow and creation

energy we need when we are creating within our

purpose.

If you find that you’re too tired, or no longer

interested in taking the necessary actions to bring

your purpose into fruition, it may be a sign to ignite

more excitement energy. A great way to do this is

to align your purpose and the actions you must take

with themes or activities that naturally excite you.

If you hate being indoors at a desk, but you need

to create a business plan or write your book—things

you imagine must happen in the quietude of a

room at a desk—think outside the box. You can

meld nearly anything together.

For example, if you’re more verbal than tactile,

don’t type out your business plan or book. Instead

carry around a tape recorder and dictate your

book or plan while walking out in nature or sitting at

the beach. Be in the sun. Soak up movement.

Whatever it is that lights you up, add it in to the

duties you must perform as you actualize your

purpose.

Sacrifice

Probably one of the hardest energies to invite into

your daily life is the energy of sacrifice. Yet we would

be remiss and lying to ourselves if we thought

pursuing our purpose would never ask us to sacrifice

old habits, other interests, or our old stories for why

we’ll fail or won’t live up to our purpose.

Sacrifice is a tricky energy to work with – and for

obvious reasons. Many people accidentally move

into martyr energy or victim energy. To balance

within sacrifice energy that supports and mobilizes

passion you’ll want to revisit our Step 3 on Endings.

Sacrifice is really about letting go and releasing

what no longer serves us. This is the destructive (not

necessarily damaging or bad though!) aspect of

sacrifice.

The other aspect is constructive and it asks much of

us as we funnel more time, more energy, more

blood sweat and tears into our new creation.

Conscious acts of creation will always take more

energy and attention than our actions to maintain

those creations. And so in the beginning of your

journey to actualize your purpose you may find

yourself sacrificing time, a sense of balance, and

other positive things you value.

Just be sure to bring yourself back to balance at

proper intervals and to nourish and fill yourself back

up during hyperactive creation stages. Sacrifice

anything too long and it can dismantle you.

Additionally, any negative things you sacrifice and

let go of, such as a bad habit... once truly released

it will no longer feel ‘sacrificed.’ You’ve removed the

charge on it that made you feel like something was

missing – or that you needed that habit for some

purpose or benefit.

If, after a time, you still feel that you’re sacrificing

that habit, this means you’ve only suppressed it but

not truly healed and released it. In these instances I

would take extra time and focus to release at a

deeper level, perhaps with the assistance of a

healer, therapist or other trusted professional.



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Determination

So far we’ve looked at energy that brought us

deeply into and toward the object or subject of our

purpose. We’ve also looked at energy that flows

broad and wide... and then we looked at the

energy that cuts away and helps us focus our acts

of destruction in the service of creation.

What makes it all work together is the energy of

determination. This is our forward and rising energy

that gives true passion its tenacity and doggedness.

Many Visionaries will say some variation of this truth:

“Success is just getting up one more time than you

fall down.” It’s that dogged determination that gets

us back on our feet, one foot in front of the other,

every time no matter what.

Determination therefore uses the force of our will

power, which is absolutely necessary in actualizing

purpose and engaging with passion. Yet what fuels

determination is the other energies it coalesces into

that forward rising movement.

We think determination comes first, but actually it is

birthed from the complex and powerful binding of

the other energies of passion. This happens naturally

when all are present. Images: ALice Popkorn




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To root this in your everyday life, determination is easiest to maintain when you balance the competing yet

complementary energies described above (tension breeds life and builds energy).

Here’s a great protocol for daily balance and expression of all these energies of passion:

1. First thing in the morning, take 5 minutes to ground and center yourself for the day’s conscious

creation toward your purpose.

2. Look at (or create) your task list for the day. Don’t pile on everything you can think of that has to

get done, but rather really look at what you can get done in a day and what you want to commit

to completing today.

3. Choose the task you least look forward to, and do that one first. This gives a powerful spark of

determination mixed with the energy of sacrifice. It seems that as the day stretches on, calling forth

this kind of energy gets harder and harder as we become more and more exhausted.

So do this first!

4. Next, choose the task you most love and look forward to, and give yourself an infusion of excitement

to replenish some of the energy you expended already.

5. After that, tackling the rest of your to-do list is usually much easier because you’ve already

completed what you dreaded the most and reinforced your sense of completion and drive.

6. I recommend you make time each day to engage in a task or activity that is purely passionate, i.e.

whether it helps your purpose or not, you’d do it anyway. This may be taking a pottery class or

learning a new language. Reading a juicy fiction novel or watching your favorite intellectual sitcom.

It doesn’t have to be work-related, in fact it usually won’t be! But it’s not relaxation either. It’s active,

purposeful play. ☺7. Finally, also make time each day to engage in rejuvenation, relaxation and replenishment. It can

be taking a bath, sitting out in your garden, walking in nature, reading at a café, or devotional study

if it calms and nourishes you.

8. Then, before going to bed, perhaps prepare your task list for the next day and also take 5 minutes

to ground and center yourself. Focus on releasing all the energy of the day and let go of any

unfinished tasks or the tasks waiting for you tomorrow. By writing them down you commit them to

the reality of paper and can release them from the creative mind so that it can rest and relax.

Clearly every day won’t always be able to honor this protocol. However making a healthy habit of

engaging your day and its tasks in this way will help you create incredible momentum. The greatest cities,

businesses, works of art and even nations are all built one brick at a time. One stroke at a time. One act at

a time.

That’s why we can never underestimate the power we hold in every little action we take!

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