Jump Starting Possibility, Creative Ideas, and Forward Movement
I begin this 204th blog posting with a big, fat assumption -- that you, dear reader, are enthusiastically involved in some kind of project, venture, or team that has something to do with inspiration, service, or spreading peace in the world.
Perhaps it has something to do with Maharaji's work. Perhaps not. In any case, I'm guessing that your project, venture, or team, gets in a rut from time to time.
Bold new ideas are needed... a more compelling vision of what's possible... and increased forward momentum. If so, click here. It will take you to an online brainstorming game designed to spark breakthroughs. The whole thing takes about five minutes. Reading about it, however, isn't enough. You actually have to DO it.
If anything useful comes of it, leave a comment here or send me an email. "If not YOU, who? If not NOW, when?"
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November 15, 2008A Note to Subscribers
If you subscribe to Heart of the Matter via email alerts, please know that the best way to view each posting is to click on the headline. This will take you to the blog, itself, where the layout of the text is easiest to read, most complete, and the coolest to look at. Once you're on the blog, you'll have easy access to the archives, other useful links, and the most recent 30 blog postings (viewable by scrolling). The URL for Heart of the Matter is www.ideachampions.com/heart. Enjoy!
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May 20, 2008Welcome Aboard!
Welcome to The Heart of the Matter, my recently launched blog about what's really important in this life: love, longing, laughter, letting go, peace, freedom, fulfillment, gratitude, and the realization that NOW is the moment to enjoy it all.
I am writing this blog because I can -- and because I want to celebrate the journey we are all on.
As you poke around, you will notice various references to my teacher, Maharaji, (aka Prem Rawat). I include them for one very simple reason: his guidance and love is the inspiration at the root of all my writing.
Plus, he's absolutely the coolest person I know.
Please note that the content, opinions, perspectives, and musings on this blog are the work of one person and one person only (me). It is not an "official" site. It has not been created or vetted by any organization. It is not intended to represent the perspective of all of Maharaji's students. How could it? The experience of life is a very individual thing.
If you have any feedback, feel free to send me an email or post a comment. Let me know what you like and what you don't. I'll do my best to respond. The Heart of the Matter, you see, like you... and me... and everyone else on planet Earth is a work in progress. Enjoy!
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April 13, 2008I Take Requests
Think back a few years. Maybe all the way back to high school. Did you ever call your local radio station to request a specific song?
Pre-iTunes, pre-Google, it might have been the only way you could have heard that particular song at that particular time.
And when they played it -- prefaced by the over-caffeinated, way-too-slick, DJ saying something like, "We're sending this one out to Gino and Maria in Brooklyn," you got shivers up your spine.
Well... I invite you to think of this blog as your local radio station.
In other words, I take requests.
All you need to do is click on "Comments" below and let me know what topics you'd like to see featured in the future. (If you don't want your request to be seen by others, simply click on "Email me" in the sidebar and only I will see it).
I'm assuming, of course, that you have a sense of what this blog is all about. If you don't, take a few minutes to scroll around and read some of the previous postings -- or click on "About this blog" in the sidebar.
By the way, I'm not promising a thing.
Maybe your request will be way over my head. Maybe your request won't be my cup of tea. Or maybe I've gotten 87 other requests and won't be able to get to yours until 2011.
Then again, maybe yours will be the perfect topic pitched at the perfect time. You'll never know unless you try.
Your move...
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