Fun while you are exercising gets better results.

Fun while you exercise is a fine line for most people because that "no pain no gain" mantra keeps getting in the way.  I see it at the club, for most people this idea of fun does not show up on their faces while they are doing their exercise. It looks all so serious because they are seeing the exercise from the wrong position. When you exercise begin to see the exercise not from pushing a weight but from seeing how you are before you start 

Horton Hears a "Who"........Do you hear a "Who" in your life?

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There is a very insightful story by Dr. Seuss, the book tells the story of Horton the Elephant who in one afternoon while splashing in a pool located in the Jungle of Nool, hears a small speck of dust talking to him. It turns out the speck of dust is actually a tiny planet, home to a city called ‘‘Who-ville’’, inhabited by microscopic-sized inhabitants known as Whos and led by a character known as the mayor. His motto is "a person's a person, no matter how small". Unfortunately for Horton, he is the only one who can hear them so he is ridiculed and tortured by everyone, it's Horton against all of his so called superior others. He is challenged and is risking everything to save "Who-ville", but he knows the truth and he cannot give in to the forces of the foolish.

This is what happens to people who see and know things where others do not. From Einstein, to Gandhi to Buddha to Jesus to Martin Luther and others, it takes courage to step outside of the prevailing viewpoint. Many times you are the only one who "see" or hears the truth and so you have to carry the whole thing on your back until others start to "see" it as well.For any person to awaken from a life of being fooled is no easy matter, a reality has been built inside that does not feel quite "right" and so you go looking for the answers. Then one day you have an awakening that shakes your very foundation, but you know it holds deep truth. You then go out in the world to proclaim how beautiful it is and the world does not understand what you are talking about, you hear the voice within you but others cannot hear it. As you integrate to the new reality you may be overpowering to people, but that is how it is for you and no one can tell you otherwise, you bet your life on it!

So what is your "who-ville",  that inner voice you hear that others cannot? We all have a "who" to unveil to the world, when people finds theirs it touches the world, your neighborhood your loved ones.....everything. Keep going inward and outward toward truth, it is "here" but you have to listen intensely like Horton, stay true to yourself on this journey and the others will start to see it as well. Horton never gave in to the other forces because the truth is always more powerful and in the end the others finally heard the "Who's" and this sent joy through everyone. 

Peace+Zero,

Mark

Walking Somewhere, Going Nowhere!

One of the things I do with people and members is create "games" to help them get closer to their "it", the thing that each person is looking for to create endless happiness.. We walk as humans so it is really one of the most powerful ways to Work-In. To walk in space without driving your brain to "get there" allows it to expand itself wayyyy beyond any one location. So play next time you walk and let the location you are going to dissolve into a deeper bliss on all of this now.

Game:  "Walking somewhere going nowhere."

Rules; (linear) This game is an interplay between you and the environment around you while walking. So you are walking to a destination and at the same time not walking anywhere, pure presence!

 This video is just me walking up a "steep hill" street in Berkeley without any words. It is just the sound of my feet and the surroundings I am walking in.. There is so much "here" that "inner self-talk"  the kind that is filled with doing somewhere els slows down how much "genius" can come to you. 

Welcome to My Blog

Hello,  this is my "soapbox" of sorts where I will be direct and intense at times or light and soft. I am here to teach, lead, guide and love you. I will share with you this gift, but before you can fully realize them you have to say "YES" to yourself!  

Life cannot fully come in until this simple yet powerful act is completed. Once that is than the the way becomes clearer then this site will come through you and the work will not really be work. We will go through a series of progressions that you can either take in small steps or huge leaps. The stronger clearer the yes the bigger the leap the faster awakening occurs.

My team and I will be bringing you my years of deconstructing this inner and outer power of "nothing"  or "zero" into teachable pieces as well as bringing you interviews from other luminaries.  At it's core,  this work that is contained in this website is about to bringing you closer to "everything+everywhere." 

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EXERCISE+ LOVE

I encourage you to play along and participate with your unique voice and bring it to the front for all of us to learn and play in. We are here to discover the "awe" and "wonderment" of being a fully realized human.

Love+Zero,

Mark