Level 4.20 - Mastery

Level Your Life - [The Level of Mastery] [4.20]

Mastery


It is interesting to discover that there is no path to mastery: mastery is the path, the journey of never-ending multidimensional growth and development, a zigzah way of excellence. You don´t attain mastery; you live it as a lifestyle one small step at a time and you can measure succes by the quality of those steps.
It is the process of engaging in your physical activity itself and how you go about it that indicate mastery. But what does this really mean?

To be a master is to be a person who has simply ( but easily) mastered the art of living in all endeavors. A master is a perpetual student, always learning self-cultivation. A master never considers himself to be on top or numero uno. A master never gets tired of learning. Masters always experiment with and embrace new challenges and dive into ever more enigmatic and intricate problems on their path toward solving the mysteries of living.

"Mastery is a mysterious process through which what is first difficult becomes easy through diligent,patient long-term practice".

Know that practise, according to most expert opinion, more important than talent when it comes to masterful, extraordinary performance. You simply need to trust this notion as part of the overall journey. By trusting, you are already extraordinary.

Think of mastery as a river: it flows forward only to suddenly change direction and appear to reverse itself back toward its beginning. The flow quickens through the narrows yet slows when it widens. The water is clean and clear yet becomes murky and cloudy. You cannot fight the change or push the river.Mastery is giving yourself over to the riiver and trusting that all things happen for a reason.
This is true progress on the warriorpath in athletics, work and life.



Declaration: Mastery is a process, not a destination. I live the way of mastery each day as a lifestyle of diligent practice and preparation.

Reflection: What do I need to start doing that I´m not doing in order to enter the realm of mastery in my life ? What obstacles stand in my way , keeping me from executing these items?

Level 4.99 - Now

Level Your Life -  [The Level of Now] [4.99]

Now

In his classic "The Way of Zen, Alan Watts refers to what Western mystics call the Eternal Now, the state of one-pointed awareness, this "one moment" in the sense of being focused in the present. Being parked in the present without focusing on past experiences or fears of the future is the very essence of what we are trying to achieve.

The warrior has learned that in all physicial activity(which is everything) he must be focused in there here and now to experience optimal performance. He knows what we all need to know, that being in the now is pure joy and satisfaction.

You do not dance to get to some other place and you do not sind to get to the end of the song.

Neither should you work out, train,run,swim or do your job just to get it done. Focus on the joy of the process- minute by minute, day by day.

To help you focus like this, direct your attention to all the wonderful things going inside your body as you do your task. Feel the blood flow through the arterial pathways. Remind yourself that every moment you train and work is an investment in mental and physical health, one that pays dividends for years to come.

Focus your eyes only on what your are doing.

Fill your ears with words of encouragement and positive expressions. Perhaps listen to music that facilitates concentration in the moment.

Try to plan your life as if you were to live forever, yet act as if this is your last day on earth.

Carpe diem: Seize the day. In the words of Martin Luther King Jr. feel "the fierce urgency of now."

Declaration: What time is it ? Now ! I always perform at my best when I focus on the here and now. Now is how performance becomes wow.

Reflection: Today, when my mind starts racing toward the future and I begin to become overwhelmed with chores and work to do, I will ask myself this question: "What can I do today, since that is all I have ?