Just BE...
Reflection of an awakening and discovering the path to Being
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Introduction When you think about the words BE and BEing, you will find that they are very much a major payer in our language go back through the ages. Most of us know the passage “To be or not to be, that is the question” by noted writer William Shakespeare. It is a simple statement but a very large and powerful concept. When we stop long enough and get past the noise of the world we may discover it is a great place to start an inner exploration that reconnects us to the great power source that we could ever imagine. Be & Being are the keys to so much, but that concept might be hard to fathom. I can hear you asking: How can such a simple word do all of that? The very thought that something so simple and seeming so benign, having the power to change you and yes the world as we know it, may beyond anything that you can perceive up till now. As we look back through our history we will find many examples where something so simple turned out to be the key or the solution to solve the problem. In the early day of our space program, they discovered that pens would not work in zero gravity. To solve this problem NASA spent years and millions of dollars to come up with a space pen that could write anywhere, even under water. This did solve their problem. In the Russian space program they just used a pencil. In the complexity of the space program it would seem that the simple solutions were out of reach for the many experts. With all of our teaching we may lose site of the concept that far too often, less is more. Often times once a solution is discovered and applied, we move on with the results, giving little thought to how they arrived. The achievement of goal becomes the focus instead of the solution that got us there. Creating a pattern or a perspective where we make room for the simple solutions to be a part of process on a regular basis is sometime lost. I share this to hopefully provide a perspective that may help you to get more from the words in the pages that follow. For it is keeping in mind that a simple concept can be just as effective in bringing about a change as a complicated concept. The beauty of the simple concept is, more often than not, they are much easily applied (even if harder to conceive as the solution). Our minds, by their very nature, looks for complicated solutions to seeming complicated issues because it just makes sense. Or so we think. BE & BEing are a call to action from within, while letting go of many of the long held processes and beliefs that we have used for so long. We begin by moving into a child like innocence of anything is possible, because it is. Our years of learned thoughts and practiced behavior has taken so far from that experience of the world, that we have forgotten what that feels like. We dismiss the ideas as child like flights of fantasy. Remember there are so many thing in existing today that were once thought of that very same way when the ideas for them were first introduced. Imagine where they would be if someone did not believe in the enough to continue the quest for the seeming impossible, against insurmountable odds to end up making it happen. This goes to show how if you believe it you will see it. To walk the path of BEing begins with your belief to reveal the steps need to take you anywhere you choose. You might know how and you might not know where, just bring your child like curiosity, your sense of adventure, and belief that anything is possible, and then you need only to take the first step. The ones that follow will appear as if they were there all along, because they were. It only takes the releasing of the blinders and adding the perspective that we live in a time where anything is possible. So all possibilities exist in all things at all times. What we experience is up to us and it begins with Just BEing.
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Just Be… takes you on a journey of self-discovery where you come back home to yourself and find everything you thought you needed you already have. Like Dorothy in The Wizard of OZ, we often have to go far away to discover there is no place like home. And your home is within you right now, just waiting for you to find it. The opening chapter helps you define your own unique path and carries you through each chapter as you add more and more to your process and see how easy it is to come home. Everyone finds his or her own path by looking within and realizing this is the only place that the answers have ever lived.
Your Self Power
The 3R’s of Being
Re-membering
The Undiscovered Self
These core chapters move you to a state of Being where you learn that anything is possible (Infinite Possibilities). Just Be … takes you deep into the concepts of true being, unraveling the many ways that we create limits in our experiences, by living life without Being as an active part of our process. Take your journey through Life Choices, The Illusions of Time, and Joy of Coming Home to discover the magic that was always there, just waiting for you to use.
About the Author
Victor Elliot Powell is a professional photographer with 38 plus years of photographing notables such as the Barack and Michelle Obama, Harold Washington, George and Barbara Bush, and the last five Presidents of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Incorporated., just to name a few. His stellar photographic career of working with many top corporations and covering major events make him a well know name in the photography community. Adding transformational author to his list of accomplishments may seem to be a departure from his core area of expertise, but is an extension of what he shares that enable him to produce great photographic results. In his younger years, Victor was pretty shy and spent much of his time people watching. Little did he know that those years of people watching gave him keen insights into people beyond the superficial. This insight and understanding provide the perspective that he uses in his photography. He photographs his subject in a way that brings their inner selves (their Being) to the surface. Victor’s, “Anybody can get what you look like. We capture what you feel like.” approach, created portraits that were the best reflections of his clients. Seeing the responses from his subject as he shared his newfound passion for Being during his sessions was the beginning of his realization that this concept and his story mattered and needed to be out in the world. As the son of a lawyer, Victor mirrored his father’s way of thinking becoming very mind driven, needing to know the why of everything before proceeding on a task. His journey from paralysis-by-analysis thinking, to walking a path of infinite possibilities was a major departure from that mind set. This sent him on the quest to find the awaken state where he discovered the joy of being. After hitting the wall of,” There must be more than this”, Victor began a journey that thrust him to a reality that exist so far beyond his mind, that he had to abandon everything he thought he knew to take the trip. Taking the first step was the easiest and the hardest at the same time. Easy because there was really nothing to be done but decide to step. And hard because in a mind controlled existence, moving into the unknown is almost impossible. For Victor, learning to trust a knowing beyond thought was his most important task and the key to all of the unfolding that would follow. Each next step seemed to happen, just as it should, with all of the supporting elements appearing right on time. The next book, person, or ah ha moment appeared as if they were following a predefine procedure or script. Victor soon learned, that his belief in his journey was the fueling source (writing the script) that brought him what he needed when he needed. (Even though he did not know that at that time) Victor’s journey moved even faster once he released the last bit of mind control. At that point, his mind became a willing partner in this process and created the harmony of mind, body spirit. Everything was now in place to move him into the infinite possibilities of life where he journeyed from nowhere to now here. Victor now lives a life of Just Being as his driving force. He seeks only that which shows up through the process of being open to the infinite possibilities of life. He shares this through his work, life, and deeds, as a living example of Being in action and expression. Just Be… is a motivational guidebook and possibility facilitation tool that takes you on a journey of discovering that everything you think you need, you already have. Being is a journey not a destination, so Victor lives that belief to the fullest. Though the pages he shares his experience to help you to find that sense of Being that lies passive within you. Once found, it becomes your next life experience and the beginning steps of your journey to discover the joys of living life through the process of Just Being.