18 January, 2013

THEE 90 Day System to Transform Your Life


Dear Friends,

Any of you that have known me and my Spiritually-fortified, Curious George (as Cathy calls it) obsession with
"how things work", will appreciate this book!

Life leads us to many places and to many people. One of the most evolved and amazing people I've ever had the privilege of knowing and working with was my dear friend, Karen Joyce Hanzlik - known professionally to many as Karen Joyce. 

Karen and I collaborated on a number of events in Oregon and California. NONE more memorable to me than our joint efforts at getting a double-booked Iyanla Vanzant from her speaking gig in San Francisco - into a room in Portland Oregon by way of an A M A Z I N G adventure. One that we got to share with a "Possibilities" class shortly before she "graduated" this realm.

Karen was a master of what she called, "Possibility Thinking". She tapped into the power of the Possible with ease and grace, leading her to a life of great success, prosperity, and fulfillment. Karen seemingly created whatever she desired in life and had a blast doing it. Her greatest talent, however, was teaching this practice to others. Karen trained hundred of individuals who wanted to experience the same kind of results and transformed many lives along the way.
 

It’s been a little over a year since Karen lost her life to cancer (what she called her “adventure in wellness”). I’m thrilled to announce that her legacy project, ThePossibility Process: A 90-Day System to Transform Your Life is now available! This project was Karen’s great passion and gift to the world – and I'm so proud to be a part of it.

The secret to Karen’s success, which she practiced for almost 20 years, was a daily process in which she allowed herself to dwell in “Possibility” thinking over “Probability” thinking. Once she saw how much her life expanded and blossomed through this simple daily practice, she felt compelled to share it with the world.

She spent several years perfecting this process and constructing a
universal guide to living a life of unlimited possibility. She wanted to share this tool with others and was so driven to complete it that she wrote the conclusion just two days before her passing.

The design of the
The Possibilty Process  itself is truly Karen’s style. With its vibrant color scheme and beautiful original artwork created by artist Kathleen Kinney, each page of this program embodies Karen’s bright spirit and life-affirming message (brilliantly captured by my Portraits of her, might I add...). Along with the powerful processes and assessments, you will be inspired by a new “Possibility” story each week – one of which I was honored to contribute! (see Week 2)

So, if you’re ready to take your life in 2013 to a whole new level of possibilities, this simple yet extremely powerful 90-day coaching program is the perfect way to begin the new year! It's also a wonderful gift to share with the special people in your life.

Click here to learn more.

As you may know, it is not unusual for effective coaching programs to sell for hundreds of dollars. But since I am a contributing author to The Possibility Process, I am able to offer it to you for a limited time at the special introductory price of just $49.95 (regularly $129.95). This offer won’t be available for long, so please don’t wait to get your copy at this discounted rate.

I’ll leave you with one of my favorite quotes from my dear friend:
“Life is work, Mastery is practice” –Karen Joyce Hanzlik

Here’s to the Possibilities that await you!

17 September, 2012

One Family

I am your Universal Brother. I respect Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Bahai, Hinduism and ANY Spiritism that teaches that we are One.

I reside in an area of this planet called America. Unlike many nations, this country has allowed me a "right" to speak my mind and choose my religion. The more I learn about other nations and/or religions, the more I appreciate this right that is more human, than it is American. The gift of this right allows me to also test my Greatness by keeping an open mind to the many ways that we have to show gratitude for life. Simply stated, "Just because I have the right to express something, does not mean that I always should".

This month of 2012, a wave of outrage was sparked, when an amateur movie made in California went viral on Youtube and ignited a violent reaction against the United States, where it was created. I have not seen, nor do I have the desire to see the tasteless movie. I know as much as I need to know - it was prejudice, it was provocative and it was something much bigger than "anti-Islam". It was hatred, it was separation from the Oneness we are part of, and sadly provoked the curiosity of millions of clicks to view it online. For a brief moment, there was a small part of me that wanted to see it for myself, just to see what it is that I, as an American, am now being labeled with. Just because I can, does not mean that I should expose my conscious to such toxic thoughts, expressed through the mockery of the sage of another religion.

Research as shown that when a kind deed is done, there is spike in the chemical dopamine that sends a positive charge to the brain of the recipient. As shared by Dr. Wayne Dyer in numerous lectures, the study shows that there is an equivalent chemical charge of good-feeling that occurs in that of the giver, and even more fascinating - in that of the witness to the act of kindness. Knowledge of this movie was enough for me to avoid contaminating my own brain.


I chose instead to pray, on behalf of my misguided neighbor, for forgiveness to our mutual creator, and to meditate on what it is that I could do, from where I stood, to help us Unify on a greater scale.

In the country of Libya, one of the many protests that broke out in reaction to the content of the movie cost the life of an American ambassador and others. To now be angry with "Libya", would be an equal lack of logic to the violence toward America for the unloving, violent thoughts of the creator of the prejudice movie.

There is nothing more foreign to me than to wear a label for the mistakes of my brothers. No matter the nation we reside in, we are all family. We will always have challenges, so long as our beliefs are limited to the narrow surroundings of our most prevalent environment, especially if these beliefs are tainted with thoughts of separation vs. inclusion, Unity and above all, forgiveness.

In my home what we teach our kids about humor, is that if a joke is offensively about another person, it is not a joke. Humor is a gift that should provide levity but not at the expense of another universal family member.

As long as we all have a pulse, we will make our mistakes. It is with the grace of a behavior called forgiveness, that we can somehow find our way to peace, inside, so that we can turn our creativity to acts of inclusion vs. separation.
Perhaps, in this case, the most active thing we could have done, was to not show interest in something that was rooted in destructive ideas about the makers fear of a religion. I can only speculate, but have a strong sense that a majority of the "clicks" produced a huge level of disgust, but our being wired up with innate curiosity might also have allowed this video to appear "popular". Just because we can, does not mean that we should.

I am not schooled in politics, religion or any other opinion-forming academia. (nor in journalism, so please forgive my poor editorial and/or grammar) It is my never-ending curiosity and love of life, studying human behavior in my role as photographer, that has allowed me to find greater beauty in all things. A rough path to a greater place, a huge facial scar that is surrounded by happiness and gratitude for still being alive, a tragic incident that leads to the pursuit of peace. These to me, are beautiful things.



I am but one Soul that desires nothing more than that we accept each other's differences and appearances, that we respect each other's belief-systems, and that we allow each other to call our spiritual masters by the name we are most comfortable with. Bhagavan, Waheguru, God, Allah, Abaluyia, Yahweh, Rama, are the One. It is we, that must seek the patience and bravery to forgive and peacefully coexist.

On this I meditate and pray that we Be Love.

As a member of this Universal Family, it is your Divine inheritance and right, no matter where you are on this planet.

Brother Brian

10 January, 2011

Never Alone


by Brian Geraths

The clock knows more than I,
Steadfast in it's pace.
I push and pull with my mind,
yet only my heart will race.

Pain beneath my ribs
as I struggle for a good breath.
When did fear grab the reigns,
Show me peace before my death?

Eyes wet with wonder
Cumulus in my eyes,
What lessons through this portal
between earth and blue skies?

Stripped of past fears
Chest now at ease.
Breath meets my stomach,
Full release to this breeze.

One wing to my left,
Sensing two to my right,
An imaginary presence
As I broke through to light.

Letting go of all thoughts
Like an effortless drone,
IT filled me with a Knowing
That I am never alone.
Brian
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09 January, 2011

Uncloaking Elephants


by Brian Geraths

Painful truths,
easiest denied.
Impregnable silence,
nowhere to hide.

My Soul screams out
Dear God help me see
That the elephant in my living room
must be set free.

I meditate and pray
I seek my own flaws
To uncloak this creature
and fix it at cause.

The space all around
the shape of denial.
Can no longer fit
The me that can smile.

I grew into Love
and cast out my fear,
and the Universe nudged me,
"It's time to leave here".

In fear of my wings
Yet too enlivened to crawl,
I crave this new peace
No desire to brawl.

I now have convictions
to appreciate this shove,
that has forever made permanent
My desire to be Love.

This massive gray presence
no longer do I feed,
Except with some gratitude
for the gift of it's seed.

Brian Geraths
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07 January, 2011

I Am

I Am
by Brian Geraths

Who I am, not "what I'll be..."
It's embracing the now that brings it to me.

Striving for years, for what I was not,
A condition of lack is where I was caught.

Deep breath held in tightly, exhale, I let go.
Mind on gratitude, all things start to glow.

An effortless smile takes over my face.
As I seek new things to shower with grace.

Brow, once furrowed , my concerns now subside.
Savoring each breath, a great feeling inside.

Magnetics take over, with gray matter at rest,
With oars out of water, my life has been blessed.

Effortless bliss where resistance once swam,
I found my way back to all that I am.

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