25 Holistic Actions to Help You Keep It Together
December 7th, 2009
Rock Climber Relaxes on the Edge
1. Before you start something, ask yourself why you are doing it.
2. Bring your mind to zero (this is difficult-try resting in the space at the end of your in or out-breath).
3. Finish what you start, but break projects up into bite-sized steps. Make sure that you finish one step before going on to the next.
4.Keep it simple. Ascribe one action-step per goal. Complete the action. Repeat.
5. Be patient. Sometimes you need to stop or move backwards to move forward.
6. Find support for yourself and your endeavors.
7. Act from the position of being supported.
8. If you don’t have support—somewhere—don’t act.
9. Be flexible. Adapt to your circumstances; make relationship with your environment.
10. Give when you need to give, receive when you need to receive.
11. Don’t hold grudges.
12. Don’t suppress pain if you can help it. The more you can allow pain to exist the more quickly it will pass. Nothing lasts forever. If after a while the pain gets worse, call somebody for help.
13. Feel pleasure, but let it pass too. Nothing lasts forever.
14. Recognize your limits.
15. Recognize your possibilities.
16. If you feel lost, ask: Where do I start?
17. If you have started something and feel lost, ask: What do I do next?
18. If you are doing something but don’t know how to stop, ask: How do I know when I’m done?
19. Pay attention to mundane details-give your love to everything.
20. To rest and feel refreshed take ten seconds & completely forget everything (this one is difficult).
21. Dream, but do it with laser specificity.
22. See the connections between everything in your life—after all, it’s all you.
23. If you feel lost, be still and quiet, ask for a direction, listen and wait for the answer—it usually comes, but it may not be what you expect. Trust it; at least give it spacious consideration.
24. You exist together in One World with everything. There is no escape from this One World.
25. You always have the support you need within yourself. If you can’t find this support, find someone who will help connect you with it: call your local Rolfer—if s/he’s busy, see your local Zen master!