The Four Rules For Life

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The Four Rules For Life

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Learn a powerful and simple framework for navigating life whether you are in transition, needing to make a decision, or facing uncertainty. These rules will give you direction and help you find peace in the process. These are inspired by Angeles Arrien and her book The Four Fold Way. At the end, you will be invited to learn a song to help you bring these rules into your life.

Life Transitions Self Coaching Practice Presence Practice Mindfulness Truth Surrender Meditation

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Eugene, OR, USA

Meet your Teacher

Eugene, OR, USA

Transcript

I want to share with you a powerful and simple framework that is going to help you find direction in your life that you can come back to when you're in moments of transition or needing to make a decision or just feeling a sense of uncertainty. And after I share with you the framework, I'm also going to invite you to sing along in a song that's going to help you bring this framework together and hopefully that you can sing along in your own time to help you remind yourself of these four rules. These are known as the four rules for life and I get this from a book by Angelus Arrien called The Fourfold Way. And the rules are show up Pay attention. Tell the truth. Let go. Show up. When we talk about showing up, It really just means being present and available for whatever life is trying to bring into your life or into your day. Showing up might just mean getting out of bed to meet the day. Showing up might mean getting on your meditation cushion, Even when you don't feel like it. Showing up is whatever is needed of you, Whatever is demanded of you to put yourself in the arena, To put yourself in the way of receiving guidance, To put yourself in the way of having the opportunity be presented in you. So thinking about where is life asking you right now to show up. The next is pay attention. Because we can just be showing up. But if our minds are clouded, If we're distracted, Then we're not paying attention to the clues. We're not paying attention to what life is trying to give to us. And so the way that we pay attention is to what has heart and meaning. So as you're showing up. In your life and you notice what What is guiding me or what is speaking to me? What do I notice? Stirring in my heart, What opens my heart, What breaks me open. What has meaning to me? Where are the synchronicities? And so pay attention. Number three. Tell the truth. Tell the truth. Tell your truth. And so telling the truth is really understanding that we need to be in alignment with ourselves, That we're blocking our path anytime that we're either withholding something that should be said or just blatantly lying. There is disharmony happening in us. So when we're trying to find direction, When we're trying to find our path, Making peace with what is true for us, Both externally with other people, But also being honest with ourselves. Some of the biggest shifts in changes can happen when we're really honest with ourself and we really know like, Okay, This is my truth, This is the authentic next step. And then lastly, Let go. At the basis of any good spiritual practice or tradition or teacher, They would say, Surrender and letting go. And you've done your part. You've shown up. You're paying attention to what has heart and meaning. You're telling the truth. You're telling your truth. You're honest with yourself. Let go of the results. You let go of the outcome. We let go of what we can't control and we find that relaxation. We've done our part and now we can let God, The universe spirit, Do its part in how it's meant to show up in our life. Show up. Pay attention. Tell the truth. Let go. And so now I invite you to sing the song with me. This is actually how this framework came to me was through a singing group that I'm in. And so I'm going to share this song with you. I'd love for you to first just listen to me saying it a couple of times, And then I'm going to invite you to sing along. And so, Yeah, Do whatever you need. Let your friends know or your family know that you're going to be singing or not. Just start singing. Who cares? All right, Here we go. I'm showing off I'm paying attention. I'm telling my truth. And I'm letting go I'm showing up I'm paying attention. I'm telling my truth. And I'm letting go. Alright, Let's see if you can join in. I'm showing up I'm paying attention I'm telling my truth And I'm letting go. Let's do it. Come on. I'm showing up. I'm paying attention. I'm telling my truth. And I'm letting go, Again sing it with me, I'm showing up. I'm paying attention. I'm telling my truth. And I'm letting go. Show up. Pay attention. Tell the truth. Tell your truth. Let go, Let go of what you can't control. I promise you, If you just bring that into any area of your life, It's going to help you find direction. It's going to help you look for new opportunities, New next steps. And so I hope you found this helpful. And if you're like, Lou, This is really cool. I kind of want to go deeper into this. I have a five day course called the four rules for life. Well, We'll go deeper on each one and we'll do a dedicated practice to really see where are you needing to show up? How can you show up? How can you pay attention? Where do you need to tell the truth? And of course, Practicing letting go. And then at the last day, We'll get another chance to sing that song together. So I hope you enjoyed it. I hope it got you out of your normal, Maybe routine and just allowed yourself to play a little bit here. So go out there and yeah, Let me know in the comments how this landed and I look forward to hopefully maybe seeing you in the course if it calls to you. Talk soon.