Stairway to Understanding

One of the benefits to living from your natural Brilliance involves the concept of megatrends. When a truth about some aspect of life has moved from being understood and accepted by a few to gaining the acknowledgement of a larger percent of the population, it reaches critical mass. When critical mass occurs, between 30-40 percent of the population, we know that the concept will not go away but will grow until it is integrated into the world view. You might say this is an idea whose time has come.

Here’s what we said in our book, Activate Your Brilliance:

“One of the ideas we’ve been having involves the concept of megatrends. All of us who are living out of our brilliance are vanguard people, pushing the envelope. We’re pushing it because our brilliance sees that there is truly a greater world coming in.  As more individuals learn to live from the inside out, from their natural state of mind, from their heart centers, something much greater than each of us is growing. We are creating a megatrend that will soon be unstoppable. We are creating a world that is informed by love and wisdom.”

We know that the more that people are able to live their lives out of their Brilliance and create out of that universal whole, the more the world will reflect that Brilliance. We believe that the people of the earth have reached a critical mass for Brilliance. Every day our world is informed more and more by love and wisdom. Evidence is everywhere.

One kind of thinking originates in our computer mind. This is where all of our thoughts, experiences, and training are stored.  It’s like a real computer file. Everything we experience today will go into that file to be stored, available for use in the future.

The other kind of thinking comes from the transmitter mind, or Brilliance mind.  This mind has access to the whole universe, to what we call Universal Brilliance. Once we have that connection, we can quiet down, listen, and ask for what we need.  At that point we discover a bigger viewpoint.

It’s similar to an aerial view over congested traffic. When you’re in slowing or stopped traffic you can’t imagine what is going on. You might tune in to the radio and hear about what is happening from a helicopter above that can see the whole picture.  This is the kind of connection we need to make sense out of our lives.Every day we are working, relating to family, friends and co-workers, and always trying to figure out who we are and what is important.  We usually know what we love to do to relax but aren’t always aware of how we can contribute or what our special gift is in this life.  Making that Brilliance Connection helps us get a bigger picture.

We understand Brilliance to be the conscious, intelligent, creative energy that is within us and within all life. Brilliance has the answers to our questions that our past history from the computer mind cannot discern.  What we learned in the pat or from the school of hard knocks is not always sufficient to answer the questions about our purpose and direction. With new challenges and conditions, the files from our past are seldom enough.

We all have an inborn core of natural Brilliance. It is part of every human being, part of the human package from day one.  It is always available and present. Once we have learned about and activated our Brilliance, we find the fail-proof answers we’ve been looking for. We can trust that it holds the answer for any situation we will face in the future. Brilliance can serve as our first and best friend throughout life.

Lynne was talking to a group of fifth grade students recently about their natural Brilliance.  In the discussion, she shared that you have to get quiet and listen inside yourself in order to connect with your Brilliance.  Sometimes, when you get in touch with that brilliant part of yourself, it might direct you to another person. But remembering to follow the inner wisdom of Brilliance will lead you to the next step, the right person, the answer that you need.

In our culture we are not told that we have Brilliance. Sometimes we’re told to connect with our higher power, or Spirit, or the Universe. All of these are names for that true part of ourselves that is the core of “who” we really are. Making the connection with our Brilliance is critical.

It may seem strange at first to look inside ourselves because we are conditioned to look outside of ourselves from the time we are little children. It’s “see what Mom’s doing” or “what Dad’s doing.” People tell us, “don’t do that”, “stay away from that”, and we hear all kinds of shouldn’ts and do’s or don’ts.  We’ve become conditioned to listen to others for what’s true in our lives. And we lose who we really are when we forget to pay attention to our own unique, natural Brilliance.

Are you still looking for “the answers?” Do you feel sad when you ignore what tour heart whispers to you? Has it be a long time since you’ve taken time to evaluate your purpose and true expression in life? Take a few deep breaths, relax, clear your mind, and connect with your Brilliance. It has the bigger picture for each of us, complete with the directions for living full out and beyond happy.