Welcome to The Catch-22 Newsletter
Volume 3 - December 2020
Seasons Greetings!
I'm sure you'll agree this holiday season is unlike any other we've experienced before. It seems to overflow with challenges from every aspect of life:
Will there be enough food on the table, money in the bank, enough faith & hope in our hearts to bring a smile or laugh here and there, to wondering if we or our beloveds will live or die.
In these circumstances, it's become essential to find, and hold onto, the best perspective possible to make sense of it all in some meaningful way.
It doesn't matter whether that perspective is resting in your faith, a pulsing need to fulfill your purpose and meaning, or a spiritual principle you don't yet know is true but feel could be.
Everyone needs whatever strength they can find to walk the path through this tumultuous time of the pandemic, politics, and polarization.
The following are a few offerings that may help you reconnect to your innate wisdom and compassion for yourself and others. One of them might also help you tap into the power of your gratitude and forgiveness, as well as the strength to endure the feelings of helplessness. All are needed in greater quantity and quality than ever before.
My wish is that you follow any pull to dive deep in your own way to find the source of these inspiring and strength-giving qualities. Then may you drink them up, truly savor and enjoy them, as if they were the last sweet liquid drops of nourishment you were going to be given in this lifetime.
A Major Catch-22 For The New Year
To move ahead in a new way, we have to know where we're going.
To know where we're going, we have to move ahead in a new way.
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With a new year comes uncertainty usually accompanied by fear, or excitement, or both. Your anticipation about what will come may be full of bright hope or dark predictions. And your reservoir of courage may already be too empty to even want to look ahead, or just running on the fumes of your overworked trust that better days are coming.
Whatever perspective is currently holding your personal power, remember you do have the freedom to shift that perspective if it does not serve you well. And if you've explored Centered 24-7, you also know how to do it.
May your mindfulness, presence, faith, and courage walk with you throughout every day of the coming future. And help you enjoy the remembrance that that future will amazingly and consistently arrive in your life as that beautiful and freeing moment of 'NOW' filled with possibility and the inevitability of new beginnings.
Much love,
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Food For Contemplation
In The Midst Of A New Beginning & The Old Ending
"And now here is my secret, a very simple secret:
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;
what is essential is invisible to the eye."
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince ~
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How to Use Controlled Opposition to
Inspire Action in Yourself and Others
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Do you know how to use controlled opposition to inspire action in yourself and others? The top leadership skill is the ability to inspire others to buy into your vision of what’s possible. Inspiration is required...
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What Does Duality Mean?
(Probably Not What You Want)
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Just what does duality mean? You’re ahead of the game if you know it’s not just a notion you can think about once or twice and then store away. Right now you’re privy...
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What is conscious living doing for us anyway? This is a question I’ve asked numerous times. And I also hear others asking it too. The question seems to reveal a bit of...
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If you haven't already, check out this 50-second seasonal greeting from Ragini currently on YouTube. As usual, poetic and beautifully offered.
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Harness & Redirect the Power of Polarization for More Conscious Leadership & Living
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CLICK HERE if you missed Ragini’s 25 minute presentation at the Aspire Reinvent Conference December 4, 2020. This is your chance to hear her talk to over 700 women from around the globe, each dedicated to making our world a better
place. Inspiring, insightful, and compelling.
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Pick up your FREE download of this year’s beautiful original calendar – From Ice To Running Water. Each month offers a gorgeous photo paired with a sweet and insightful musing from Ragini, often humorous and always heartfelt. Go HERE and scroll down to the bottom of the page to download your copy of Ragini’s gift. And feel free to give to friends or family as an additional little holiday gift.
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Centered 24-7 - NEW Course Begins January 9, 2021
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If you haven’t experienced this powerful 8 week training, now is the time to check it out at www.Centered24-7.com. If you’re completely unfamiliar with Ragini’s original work, watch the FREE Mini-Course available on her website. Learn how to stop trying to fix things that can’t be fixed. Learn why the way you’re approaching this challenge is the cause of your ongoing sense of feeling overwhelmed, frustrated, and confused in the face of uncertainty and today’s chaos and extreme polarization.
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"Love tells me I am everything.
Wisdom tells I am nothing.
Between these two, my life flows"
Nisargadatta
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