Hello and welcome to the Artist Morning Podcast.
My name is Darius and I'm so grateful that you and I get this time together.
I am really excited and the truth is nervous too for today's podcast.
I am really excited because the thing I want to talk to you about feels so incredibly alive inside me and I'm nervous probably because it's somewhat uncharted territory and my intuition is calling me into bringing it to you before,
Let's say for lack of better word,
It's fully baked.
I just want to bring it.
I want to bring it here because it feels so powerful and I don't even fully understand what that means for it to feel powerful,
For it to be powerful,
But I know it to be true and so let's dive right in.
I have been exploring this concept of what it means to be in your zone and in your lane.
In my mastermind group this Monday we discussed these two concepts and how they were different and what they meant and I'm still unraveling it.
Let's start with your lane.
At the end of your lane is a thing and I was calling this like your future self and my dear friend Charles said,
You know,
It sort of reminds me of the book The Alchemist and the author refers to it as your personal legend.
You know,
This life you were meant to live,
This deep desire in your heart that is uniquely yours and I'm like,
Yeah,
That's what we're talking about here.
You know,
The reason your soul chose to come to this planet,
Your personal legend,
Living,
Embodying that purpose and so that's at the end of the lane and your lane is the path that brings you to that personal legend and so the path that makes you feel most alive.
That is the lane.
Now the zone being in your zone is essential to helping you walk down this path because there are many obstacles,
Many obstacles that will throw you off the path or get you to freeze or get you to retreat.
You know,
The usual suspects when we start to compare ourselves and compete,
We veer off our lane and look at other people's lanes.
Look what this person's doing.
Look what that person's doing and we let go of our joy,
Our aliveness,
Our personal legend.
You know,
Perfectionism that slows everything down because we're trying to get it right.
We're trying to get it right.
People need to fully understand what I'm saying.
Perfectionism is the number one killer of creativity and creative energy.
You know,
Fear of failure,
Fear of rejection.
These are things that get us to slow down,
Retreat,
To settle and to sometimes give up on our dreams and so these are the usual suspects.
Another key thing that throws us off of lane is giving up on the concepts of dreams.
Dreams,
Oh come on Darius,
That's idealistic,
That's naive,
That's what like kids believe in.
I'm an adult,
My dreams,
Oh I forgot about what those things are.
When I tell you your wildest dreams,
Your wildest dreams,
Just be in the energy of your wildest dreams.
What comes up for you?
You might feel numb,
You might feel shy,
You might feel sad,
You might feel ecstatic.
What comes up for you?
Your wildest dreams.
It's an interesting exploration for so many of us.
We've let go and the alchemist,
The book,
The alchemist,
This incredible book,
They talk about how we came into this life with those wildest dreams,
With that personal legend inside of us and you know,
Because of so many things,
Because of you know,
Society,
Because of comfort,
Because of fear,
Many of us have abandoned that personal legend,
That wildest dream but there's a path back,
There's a path back to it and so this lane,
This lane that we stay in,
This path where we feel so incredibly alive and at the end of this path is that personal legend,
That purpose,
The reason in which our soul chose to come here to this planet at this time and the paradox here is another thing,
A major thing that throws us off our lane,
Off our path is attachment because attachment becomes heavy.
It's like this giant weighted backpack that we carry and attachment can mean many things,
Attachment to what we thought it should be,
Attachment to who we were,
Attachment to what our family,
Our society told us we need to do and also for creators and artists out there,
Attachment to what you think the audience needs to do with your work,
Attachment to a demand,
They need to see it,
They need to listen to it,
They need to read it,
They need to respond to it in this manner and so when we carry the attachment,
The expectation of what we consciously or unconsciously demand of our audience,
That becomes so heavy and slows us down in such a significant way and so now let's return back to the second part of this,
The zone,
Staying in your zone.
When we stay in the zone,
We get lighter,
We get stronger,
We have more stamina,
We have more sustainability,
We have more joy,
More fun and in that state we are able to continue walking down the path and growing and learning and so the zone,
The zone,
The zone of joy,
The zone of play,
The zone of God,
You know I'm saying the G word again,
We've talked about this in previous podcasts,
You can interchange it with the zone of your heart,
The zone of the universe,
I don't mean it in any religious manner but I like to call it the zone of God,
This God channel,
This God frequency,
This God light and when I choose to step into God's light,
Competition disappears,
Comparison disappears,
All the heaviness,
The density melts away,
I'm floating,
I'm spitting,
I'm in so much pleasure and joy,
There is no expectation,
All I want to do is play,
To have fun,
For fun's sake,
For the pleasure and it's a choice,
God's light is always available and when we step into that zone of joy,
Of play,
Of God's light,
We give ourselves the absolute best chance to step and walk and move closer and closer and closer to our personal legend.
Now the last thing I want to say before we step into a meditation that helps us integrate this lesson is there is another paradox here,
A beautiful paradox,
A paradox you've heard probably hundreds of times already and that doesn't make it a cliche,
Well it does I guess technically and I freaking love cliches because cliches have lasted hundreds of years,
There's a reason they've lasted hundreds of years,
There is a truth in their essence and the point is this,
Yes your personal legend at the end of this lane,
Of this path is incredible and the bigger picture,
The true treasure is not at the end of the lane,
It's who you become in the pursuit of this dream and that becoming is happening in every single moment.
The journey itself transforms you so be careful if your whole purpose here is the end because you will miss it,
You will miss the true treasure,
The treasure of becoming,
The treasure of becoming,
The treasure that is available to you in every step,
In every moment if you dial in to that frequency.
Okay,
Oh I'm in so much joy right now,
That's a good sign.
Ah there's a lightness,
There's a liberation,
There's a giddiness,
My face is smiling,
My heart is smiling,
My cells are smiling,
I don't know why,
I could try to apply logic to it but I probably have something to do with being in my zone,
Being on my path,
In my lane and being in joy,
In play,
In God's light.
I can't even explain it,
You probably think I've lost my mind and maybe I have,
Maybe I have,
Maybe that's it,
Lightening your thoughts and your attachments in a way is losing that part of your mind.
Okay,
Thank you for listening to your one,
With your permission we're going to step into the meditation now.
So let's slow everything down,
Beginning to take longer,
Deeper breaths and if it's available to you,
Closing your eyes as we go inwards together,
Softening the top of your body,
Your head,
Your forehead,
Your jaw,
Your shoulders.
Thank you dear mind,
Thank you for how hard you work,
Thank you for how curious you are,
How much you want to explore.
We are going to allow you to rest a little bit here as we go in to your heart,
Your heart is a portal to the infinite,
Your wildest dreams,
Your personal legend,
Always lives,
Always will live inside your heart.
Continue taking deep breaths here,
Feet grounded,
Tall,
Gentle spine,
Heart open,
Voice open,
Vision open,
Third eye open,
Crown tall,
Open,
Ready to receive.
And with your permission,
We are going to call in and activate that zone,
That zone of joy,
That zone of play,
That zone of purpose,
That zone that I personally call the light of God,
The God frequency.
It's really,
Really simple,
It's a choice,
It's always available.
Connecting with your heart here,
Your heart is the portal,
Your heart is the portal,
If you're open to it,
I'd like to invite you to place one or two hands on your heart,
Connecting with this magical creature.
Let's take a deep breath here together as we open the portal.
Today,
I choose to let go,
Of attachment,
Of perfectionism,
Of comparison.
Feel yourself getting lighter and lighter.
Today,
I choose to let go of attachment.
Feel yourself expanding,
Getting stronger,
More confident.
Today,
I choose my zone of joy,
My zone of play.
Imagine your heart smiling,
Imagine getting lighter,
Getting stronger,
Getting more confident.
We are letting go of fear,
We are letting go of getting it right.
We are here to play,
We are here to explore.
Continue taking deep breaths.
Today,
I choose to step into the light of God,
That energy,
That frequency,
That place where I allow joy to grow,
Where I allow play,
Where I allow my gifts,
My purpose to expand.
This is our last song this morning,
I'm going to give you some space.
To bask in this light,
To feel yourself getting lighter,
To feel the joy growing inside you.
Today,
I choose joy.
Today,
I choose play.
Today,
I choose trust.
Today,
I let go of attachment,
And I allow myself to be truly present to this moment.
This moment where I am becoming.
This moment of becoming,
This moment on my path is the true treasure.
Of this life.
Today,
I choose to step into the light of God.
Let's take a nice deep breath here to bring our meditation to an end.
Breathing in,
Breathing out.
Big exhale out.
Bravo,
Dear artist.
Bravo,
Dear creator.
You made it to the end of part one and two of our journey today,
The lesson and the meditation.
For those that are interested in part three,
There is a writing exercise that I will share in the description below that will help you continue exploring and integrating today's lesson.
Thank you for journeying with me.
Thank you for exploring with me.
Thank you for being here now with me.
My name is Darius,
And I will see you next time.