So... You Meditated. Now What?

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You did it. You sat on the cushion. You "opened your focus," sensed the space, and became "nobody, nowhere." You crossed the "River of Change," unlearned the old you, and mentally rehearsed the new you. You even felt gratitude for a future that hasn't arrived.

You feel amazing. Coherent. Powerful. You are a golden god of creation.

...And then you get up.

You walk out of the room and your kid spills juice on the white carpet, your boss sends a "we need to talk" email, and some guy in a giant truck cuts you off in traffic.

Welcome to the real initiation.

This, my friend, is the part of the manual that separates the mystics from the mistake-makers. The meditation is the practice, but your life is the application. That's the whole ballgame.

Your new, primary job—the one that really matters—is to maintain that modified state of mind and body all day long.

Think of yourself as a thermostat, not a thermometer. A thermometer just reacts to the room. It's hot, it's cold, it's a victim of its environment. That's the old self. A thermostat sets the temperature. It decides the state of the room and makes the environment conform to it. That is your new job.

This is the path of the "supernatural." It's not about floating two inches off the ground. It's about doing what is unnatural for the old, survival-driven self.

• When everyone else is in fear (of the news, the economy, the future), that is the time to show courage.

• When everyone is in a state of lack and clutching their possessions, that is the time to give.

• When the world is hysterical, that is the time to be calm and present.

This is how you prove to yourself that the change is real.

Your life is your initiation. Sorry, there's no school on a mountaintop, no secret handshake. Your test is just... Monday morning.

That traffic jam? That annoying email? That family member who knows exactly how to push your buttons? They aren't setbacks. They are opportunities. They are pop quizzes from the quantum field, asking you, "Hey, are you still that old person? Or did you mean all that stuff you did in your meditation?"

Every time you are challenged and you do not react in the same old, predictable way, you are reinforcing your new self. You are grabbing the reins. You're turning a past event into a lesson. This is how you evolve.

This is why the more you read my emails, the more success you will have; we are building the mental muscle to pass these tests, together.

The manual has this stunning line: A memory without the emotional charge is called wisdom.

Read that again. The goal isn't to forget your past. It's to rob it of its power over you. It's to take those triggers and turn them into trophies.

The tools to do this are what we've been discussing. I'll be sending more, and I know you will be grateful for having clicked the links in my email because they are the field guides for this new territory.

You are the creator. You are the thermostat. The world doesn't happen to you; it happens from you.

What "pop quiz" did the universe send you today, and how did you (or how will you) answer it as your new self?

Yours in conscious creation,

Bradley Woods

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