HOW DO YOU KNOW?
ROTARY CLUB CHAPALA TALK
APRIL 21, 2022, 10 AM TO 11 AM
INTRODUCTION TO TALK
I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO PROVIDE A PERSPECTIVE ON MY LIFE EXPERIENCES FOR YOU TODAY.
IF YOU WISH TO FURTHER INVESTIGATE TODAY’S TALK WITH ME, I OFFER YOU ONE HOUR FREE CONSULTATION. GIVE ME YOUR NAME, EMAIL ADDRESS, AND AVAILABILITY, ON THIS FORM. I WILL COORDINATE A TIME.
INTRODUCTION TO KRB
LET ME PAINT WITH A BROADBRUSH! THE 90 YEARS OF MY LIFE ARE STITCHED TOGETHER BY A MYRIAD OF CHOICES THAT I HAVE MADE, AT TIMES WITH SUFFICIENT ANALYTICAL AWARENESS. EVEN MORESO, THESE YEARS ARE A “PATCHWORK QUILT” OF DECISIONS, GUIDED OFTEN BY HUNCH AND IMPRESSION, FEELINGS AROUSED BY MY INTUITION, MORE LIKE A KNOWING HINT THAN A COMMAND.
BASED ON MANY LIFE EXPERIENCES, I CAN NOW ATTEST TO THE VERACITY OF MY INTUITION. THAT IS HOW I KNOW WHAT IS TRUE AND WHAT IS IN MY BEST INTERESTS.
EACH OF US BEEN GIVEN THE GIFT OF COMPLETE CHOICE (SELF-DETERMINATION) ALONG WITH THE AVAILABILITY OF ALL POSSIBILITIES (FOR BETTER, OR FOR WORSE), A VALIDATION OF TRUE CHOICE.
TOGETHER, CHOICE WITH AN INFINITE RANGE OF POSSIBILITIES REQUIRE THAT WE KNOW ENOUGH RATIONALLY TO MAKE DECISIONS. IF NOT, THE INTUITION, A FEELING, IS THERE TO HELP WITH NOTHING LESS THAN TRUTH. WHEN WE LISTEN, WE CAN FEEL THE INTUITION HINTING AT A TRUTH THAT IT IDENTIFIES WITH, AND HINTING AT THE LACK OF TRUTH WHICH IT ACTS TO REJECT. (REPEAT)
FROM MY CHILDHOOD, IN THE FACE OF A HEAVY SCIENCE-ORIENTED EDUCATION IN BOTH ENGINEERING AND PSYCHOLOGY, PLUS AN INDEPENDENT PERSONALITY, THE PRIMARY MOTIVATION FOR MAJOR SHIFTS IN MY LIFE HAS BEEN MY INTUITION RATHER THAN MY ANALYTICAL MIND!
IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR ME TO RELY ON FEELINGS AND INTUITION, WHICH STIMULATES A DIFFERENT ENERGY COMPLEX THAN THE DOMINANT FIVE PHYSICAL SENSES OF MY THINKING PERSONALITY.
IN ORDER TO INTERPRET THE ENERGY OF THE MOMENT, BOTH THINKING AND INTUITION ARE REQUIRED. WHERE THINKING HAS THE ADVANTAGE, CONSCIOUSLY EMPHASIZING FEELINGS AND INTUITION CAN BRING BALANCE IN THE WAY WE FUNCTION. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO YEARN TO MEDITATE OR PRAY EFFECTIVELY WITH A CLARITY OF CONNECTION, THIS ADJUSTMENT CAN BE OF MAJOR IMPORTANCE.
ALSO, I FOUND THAT MY TRUE INTENT WAS REVEALED BY FEELINGS OF ATTRACTION TO OR REPULSION FROM POSSIBILITIES AS THEY PRIORITIZED THEMSELVES.
FROM TEENAGE DAYS, I CONSIDERED MYSELF A LATE STARTER, SEARCHING FOR WAYS TO LEARN ABOUT MYSELF AND MY RELATIONSHIP TO LIFE. MUCH OF THE TIME I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING.
IN A SEARCH FOR TRUTH, I TRUSTED OTHERS’ SKILLS, AND CARE, APPLYING WHATEVER TRUTH I COULD RECOGNIZE. SOMETIMES THE ADVICE WAS MEANINGFUL, AT OTHER TIMES, NOT AT ALL. SOMETIMES THE ADVICE WAS DIRECT AND CLEAR, OTHER TIMES MORE SYMBOLIC OR VAGUE. ALTHOUGH SEEKING WISDOM ABOUT MY LIFE THROUGH OTHERS’ EYES WAS MARGINALLY PRODUCTIVE, IT WAS NOT SATISFYING.
FORTUNATELY, AT MIDLIFE, I WAS INTRODUCED TO THE MOST VALUABLE SKILL I HAVE LEARNED YET: MEDITATION.
MEDITATION BECAME A GOOD WAY TO ACTIVATE MY INTUITION. THEN MY HEART, THE INTUITION’S HOME, COULD SUGGEST A LARGER TRUTH AND BETTER TIMING IN MOST SITUATIONS. IN FACT, THE KNOWING THAT CAME WITH MY INTUITION WAS OFTEN SO COMPELLING THAT MY BODY, INTELLECT, AND EMOTIONS NATURALLY FOLLOWED.
I RECOGNIZE HOW CREATIVE I BECAME AT THOSE TIMES THAT MY INTUITION AS WELL AS MY IMAGINATION WERE WELL LINKED WITH MY RATIONAL MIND, SO THAT THE THREE OPERATED AS A TEAM. WHILE MY INTUITION INSPIRED VIRTUAL FEELING VALIDATIONS, MY IMAGINATION CONCEIVED AND BRIDGED POSSIBILITIES COUPLED WITH THE REALITIES MY RATIONAL MIND FORMED. WORKING TOGETHER, SOME AMAZING, UNEXPECTED THINGS HAPPENED (REPEAT)
SO, I MUST GRATEFULLY CONFESS THAT BY PAYING ATTENTION TO MY INTUITION, BY BEING TRUE TO MYSELF, THE MOST UNEXPECTED AND WEIRD, ZIG-ZAG PATTERN OF LIFE EXPERIENCES HAS ENRICHED ME GREATLY!
FOR EXAMPLE,
BEGINNING IN GRAMMAR SCHOOL, AT 10 YEARS OF AGE, WITH A RELIGIOUS-NEUTRAL ATTITUDE, DURING A BRUTAL WORLD-WIDE WAR, INTUITION OFFERED ME A CHANCE FOR SPIRITUAL SOLACE.
INTUITION POINTED TO A NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN’S BIBLE CLASS ON MY PAPER ROUTE. THIS LED MY WHOLE FAMILY TO BECOME SPIRITUALLY INVOLVED AT A DARK TIME. IT LIGHTED MY WAY FOR A LIFETIME.
EARLY IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, INTUITION PUT A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT IN MY HANDS, BECOMING MY FIRST PROFESSION. MUSICAL PERFORMING EXPANDED OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS, SALVAGING JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL. NOT BEING ACADEMICALLY ORIENTED UNTIL LATER, I MADE SURE TO PASS EVERY COURSE, GRADUATING WITH HONORS IN MUSIC. THE KOREAN WAR DRAFT LOOMED. FORTUNATELY, I WAS REJECTED, THOUGH MY FRIENDS WERE NOT.
AT 21 AND MARRIED, A LIFE IN TELEVISION AND OTHER MUSICAL PERFORMING WAS INADEQUATE FOR RAISING A FAMILY. INTUITION HINTED AT FURTHER EDUCATION. AT 27, I GRADUATED WITH A SECOND PROFESSION. AND BEGAN WORK AS AN ASTRONAUTICAL ENGINEER, JUST AS SPUTNIK WENT INTO ORBIT, AND NASA WAS FORMING.
WHILE A HAPPY, TRAVELING, OPPORTUNITY-RICH PROJECT ENGINEER OF ADVANCED SPACE SYSTEM DESIGNS 25 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE, A COWORKER ASKED ME A SIMPLE QUESTION: WHY ARE SO MANY PEOPLE GOING IN AND OUT OF YOUR OFFICE?
UPON INVESTIGATING, I DISCOVERED HOW MUCH I ENJOYED PEOPLE, MORE THAN THINGS. MY INTUITION ANSWERED! ENGINEERING TIME WAS UP. MY LIFE STARTED OVER, WITH 10 YEARS OF PREPARATIONS TOWARD A NEW LIFE DIRECTION, FOCUSED ON PEOPLE RATHER THAN THINGS.
ON THE WAY, AT AGE 31, WITH THE INTENT OF INFLUENCING THE MASSES, I ATTENDED SEMINARY IN PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY, WHERE AN INTENSE PRACTICUM EXPOSED ME TO PATIENTS AT TrStHOSP.
SOON, INTUITION REDIRECTED MY INTENT AWAY FROM THE MASSES TOWARD THE INDIVIDUAL. SEMINARY TIME WAS UP. I LEFT TO SECURE A COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY EDUCATION. A DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE INTERVENED.
NINE YEARS LATER AT AGE 40, UPON PhD GRADUATION IN PSYCHOLOGY AND IN A NEW LOCATION, WITH A NEW BABY, A DOOR SLAMMED SHUT ON A RARE UNIVERSITY TEACHING POSITION. INTUITION OPENED A BETTER DOOR TO A THIRD PROFESSION, AN ACTIVE COUNSELING PRIVATE PRACTICE WITH GRADUATE TEACHING, FOR THE NEXT 15 YEARS.
NOW AT MIDLIFE, WHILE COUNSELING IN PALOS VERDES, INTUITION ENCOURAGED ME TO LEARN THE ART OF MEDITATION. SINCE I WAS FORMALLY INTRODUCED TO MEDITATION IN THE EARLY 1970S, IT HAS BEEN AN ENDURING SOURCE OF PROFOUND EVOLUTIONARY WISDOM! THE MOST IMPORTANT SKILL I HAVE LEARNED.
AT AGE 52, IN THE MIDST OF A THRIVING CAREER, ONCE AGAIN I WAS STARTLED BY INTUITION, POINTING TOWARD MY NEED FOR OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE! TIME UP FOR PALOS VERDES. THREE YEARS LATER, A FRIGHTENING BOOK ON EARTH CLIMATE CHANGE PREDICTIONS PROPELLED ME TO SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA.
WITH AN INTENSE SCHEDULE AS A CONSULTANT TRAVELING IN SOUTHEAST ASIA (KNOWN AS A PEOPLE STRATEGIST AND SUITABILITY SPECIALIST) I CONSULTED WITH 75 COMPANIES, BANKS, AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, OVER TWELVE YEARS, AND ADDED AN AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP.
NOW AT 67, A DIVORCE CHANGED MY LIFE IN EVERY WAY. I WAS SUDDENLY ON MY OWN. INTUITION POINTED TO A FEAST OF OPPORTUNITIES. TIME UP FOR AUSTRALIA! AN ANALYSIS OF WORLDWIDE OPPORTUNITY HELPED INTUITION TO DIRECT ME TO A NEW LIFE IN THE SOUTHWEST USA. LANDING IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA, SOON I WAS IN SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO. AT 67, NO COMMITMENTS, COMFORTABLE FINANCIALLY, AND PERFECT!
ALONE WITH A NEW FREEDOM, A NEW ENERGY, NEW LANDSCAPE, NEW FRIENDS, NEW HOME, NEW WRITING, POWERFUL SUNRISE MEDITATIONS. WITHIN TWO YEARS, INTUITION SURPRISED ME AGAIN WITH A JOYFUL MARRIAGE, AND NO PLANS FOR A FURTHER CAREER!
INTUITION SPOKE VERY CLEARLY ONCE MORE, “LIVE MORE TENTATIVELY” (BE LESS COMMITTED TO OWNERSHIP). I DID NOT. THIS DEAFNESS ADVERSELY AFFECTED MY LIFE 10 YEARS LATER. A HARD LESSON IN LISTENING BETTER. FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, TOUGH LOVE.
IN THE MEANTIME, BACK TO APRIL 2002, WHILE MEDITATING, ASTOUNDING CONVERSATIONS BEGAN, WITH INFORMATION COMING THROUGH ME. THERE WERE CONVINCING PRINCIPLES OF LIVING! INTUITION CONFIRMED THE TRUTH IMMEDIATELY! DAILY FOR THE NEXT 12 YEARS, I WAS COMPELLED TO RECORD EVERY LIFE-CHANGING MEDITATION, THOUSANDS OF RECORDS. WHAT DO I DO WITH ALL OF THESE?
INTUITION ANSWERED, “SAVE THEM, YOU WILL NEED THEM”. I LISTENED THIS TIME, JUDICIOUSLY SAVING EACH ONE. THEY BECAME IMPORTANT LATER.
WITHIN A YEAR, AT 72, THE FIRST EDITION OF A BOOK WAS COMPLETED. (A PRIMER ON HOPE, UNDERSTANDING FEAR, DEVELOPING IMAGINATION, ENCOURAGING LIFE AS IT COULD BE). IN PARALLEL, NOTWITHSTANDING MY INTENT TO RETIRE, INTUITION POINTED ME TO A NEW AND BUSY PRIVATE PRACTICE PLUS GRADUATE TEACHING. THAT WAS NOT MY PLAN.
THEN IN 2006, STEPSON DAVID’S PHONE CALL ALERTED US TO A NEW BUSINESS VENTURE. (1989 ACCIDENT, MIRACULOUSLY EVERYTHING MENDED TO SOME DEGREE EXCEPT SPEECH RECOVERY. BWO MADE THE DIFFERENCE).
INTUITION PIQUED AN UNEXPECTED INTEREST IN BWO. AFTER AN INTENSE PERIOD, I QUALIFIED, BECAME A PROVIDER TO THOUSANDS OVER THE NEXT 15 YEARS, THE SECOND MOST VALUABLE SKILL I HAVE LEARNED.
UPDATE. FAST FORWARD. BWO COMPANY TOOK A NEW DIRECTION – FRANCHISE OPERATIONS. MY ACCEPTANCE REQUIRED PRACTISING IN THE USA OR A COUNTRY OF FINANCIAL EQUIVALENCE. LAST MONTH, INTUITION SAID “DO NOT FOLLOW. STAY HERE.” I LET GO.
NOW, BACK TO YEARS FOLLOWING 2008, MY SANTA FE PROFESSION SAVED THE DAY. IT WAS A MOST DIFFICULT FINANCIAL TIME, VERY SCARY. AGAIN, INTUITION WITH NECESSITY REMINDED ME TO EMBRACE TENTATIVE LIVING. I LISTENED. IN TIME, EVERY ONE OF A MULTITUDE OF COMMITMENTS FUNNELED DOWN TO SIX SUITCASES. REMARKABLE! BY 2014, SANTA FE TIME WAS UP.
INTUITION BY WAY OF MEDITATION POINTED TO CUENCA, ECUADOR FOR OUR PERSONAL EVOLUTIONS AND NEW BOOK PUBLICATIONS.
DURING 5 YEARS IN ECUADOR, INTUITION SAID NOW YOU CAN USE THOSE THOUSANDS OF MEDITATIONS. DEVELOP AN ACTIVE PRIVATE PRACTICE, WHILE GUIDING THE COMPILATION, FORMULATION, TRANSLATION, AND PUBLICATION OF FOUR BOOKS WITH AMAZON. WE DID! (SEE HANDOUT).
EARLY 2019, WITH OUR ECUADOR MISSION COMPLETE, TIME WAS UP. WITH MY WIFE ILL AND STRUGGLING TO OVERCOME HIGH ALTITUDE SYMPTOMS, INTUITION SAID LAKE CHAPALA, MEXICO, CLOSER TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
WE CAME, WITH BOTH INDEPENDENT PLUS TENTATIVE LIVING IN MIND. MY WIFE BECAME EVEN MORE DEPENDENT. TOO MUCH!! INTUITION SUGGESTED A NEW IDEA! ASSISTED-LIVING! MAJOR CHANGE! JUST RIGHT!
2022, LIVING EVEN MORE TENTATIVELY NOW, DOWN TO FIVE SUITCASES. THERE IS CAREGIVING FOR MY WIFE, MUCH MORE MEDITATING, MORE WRITING, MORE SPEAKING ABOUT OUR BOOKS AND ABOUT PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT SUBJECTS, AND PRIVATE COUNSELING WITH LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL CLIENTS.
RIGHT NOW, LOOKING FORWARD TO INTUITION’S NEXT HINT. ABOVE ALL, LISTENING BETTER THAN EVER TO THAT CONNECTION. LIFE WAS NEVER AS GOOD AS NOW. INTUITION WAS RIGHT. THAT’S HOW I KNEW!
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