change festival

A large scheduled public event can help you focus on the private changes you are making in your focus, habits, and identity.

day one

A spare day is all it takes to get started on a new life.

turning

Today changes everything.

I am not my clutter

The fastest way to reduce clutter is to change your identity. See yourself less as someone whose every action depends on your immediate material surroundings, and more as a free agent, making your way thorough a life experience that manifests out of imagination and choices.

five days

Anytime you maintain a clear focus on a future outcome for yourself for five days in a row, the change you are thinking of becomes part of you.

change

You can change any habit by changing your sense of identity.

decide that this is big

When you are completely ready to change, the extent of the changes you experience can be shocking.

Imagine that you could take on some of the powers of a particular animal to address the work you are doing today.

Select an area of your life where you are tired of taking action and waiting for the results. Imagine a magical solution. Imagine a source for the magical solution.

It isn’t much of a transformation unless you can tell the before and after pictures apart.

“. . . the reappearance of a pattern, habit, or fear is often a sign that we have come full circle, and that if we can maintain our resolve through one last test, we will achieve a new level of mastery in our lives.” —DailyOM

“Face a new day. Start a new way. Get it straight and it all comes together.” —Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain

Make a short list of things you could do with a secret identity.

“As we all know it’s hard to breathe when something spiritual has taken place.” —Airey/Gillan/Glover/Morse/Paice

“If there’s escape from your illusion, you gotta break the whole constitution.” —Geoff Downes, John Payne

“It’s about time, be part of the Whole.” —Jon Anderson

“Hocus pocus, snow of all snow, say no to trouble, say no to sorrow.”

A magic spell to gain the transformative power of a major snowfall. Say this incantation several times, several minutes apart, before or in the early stages of the snowstorm.

“When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds, your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great, and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties, and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.” — Patanjali

“Go from one room to another opening and closing each door. Do it very slowly. Imagine opening and closing your brain when you do this.” —Yoko Ono

If you have a chance to change everything, start by changing who you are.