Tag: David Reed Watson

For a number of years I have been fascinated by the Flower of life, so much so that I had it put on my chest this past weekend. I had it put inside of a Dream Catcher which symbolizes to me, that through our dreams we find the answers from our subconscious and that listening to ourselves and not the outside world, we will know everything. Change comes from within. We can’t change what is outside of us, but by changing what is inside of us it will change our focus, and our perception of the outside world. I believe that life is a mirror and we will only see what we are. That’s deep, and at times too deep for even myself. That’s where practicing what I preach becomes very difficult. I know that when I am mad at somebody that there is something within myself that is reflected. Otherwise, why would I even care? We all fall victim to this, we are only human. And so the journey inward continues or we just live with the anger that we subject ourselves too.

Sorry for the tangent. I sometimes seem veer in different directions.

SQUIRREL!.

I wanted to talk about the Flower of Life and its meaning.

The Flower of Life, when viewed is a geometrical shape composed of multiple evenly-spaced, overlapping circles arranged in a flower like pattern with six fold symmetry like a hexagon. We can see this pattern in plants. This symbol has been found on ancient structures around the world. The oldest known symbol was found in The Temple of Osiris at Abydos, Egypt. Within the Flower of Life are 6 different ‘structures’. Metatron’s Cube, The Star Tetrahedron, The Hexahedron, The Octahedron, The Dodecahedron and the Icosahedron. The last four being within every element of the Periodic Table.

So what does it all mean? This is the mystery. We’ve seen this symbol everywhere and it seems to include everything that we know about life. We’ve even seen it in Crop Circles. Now this is all speculation and I’m not here to tell you what to believe. I just ask questions and I hope that you do the same.

How far are you willing to go down the rabbit hole with me?

Namaste,

Alice (David) 🙂

Who are you? I’m serious. Who are you?

Have you ever stopped to ask yourself this question? I don’t mean, what do people think of you, what your job is, what you like to do in your free time, or have you never thought of this before? Have you never sat down alone, nobody around, no TV, no Radio, no Internet, no books.

Just you, with yourself, alone.

Does it sound scary to you? Are you afraid of what you might hear yourself say? Are you afraid that your past failures will arise and make you cry, or how you’ve treated people in your life, your financial situation, weight issues?

What if I told you that your life will never change until the day you die unless you do spend some time alone with yourself, what would you do? Would you be willing to give it a try?

GOOD! Lets get started.

Years ago I had to ask myself this question as well. People would ask me who I am and I would say, “Oh, I’m a Graphic Designer” or “I’m a Mountain Biker”. Once I realized the labels I was putting on myself it occurred to me that I was limiting who I really was. Labeling ourselves is ‘safe’. We will usually refer to who we are by the job that we have, or the family that we are in. When I started labeling myself as, The Singer, it was scary. It mean’t that I had to prove it. It mean’t that I had to be accountable for it. Now I know what you’re saying, “Dave, you just limited yourself by labeling yourself as a singer.” Ah, yes, you are right…. that is why I eventually changed it to ‘Singer / Reiki Master / Human ‘Be’ing’. Still somewhat limiting, in a way, yes, but now I label myself to who I aspire to be. See the difference? I won’t go too far into depth with this but, while in Summit Education years ago we made contracts of who we were. My contract was, “I am an Intimate, Passionate and Powerful Man”. I still have this contract to this day. It’s written on a huge piece of paper in black magic marker. This is my personal contract though… its one I remind myself of daily. My other contract (Singer / Reiki Master / Human ‘Be’ing) is my public contract.

By labeling yourself to who you’ve been, there is no growth. By labeling yourself to who you truly wish to be and what makes your soul smile, you are telling the Universe that you are ready for abundance. You are ready to give of yourself. Your true nature. Don’t say, “Someday I want to be…” or “I want to be…”. What you are doing then is telling the Universe exactly that. Think of the Universe as a Genie in a bottle. You say, “Someday I want to be…” and the Genie pops out of the bottle and says to you, “Your wish is my command! Someday you will want to be…”. You’re saying, “Wait.. no… I want to be NOW.” Well, you didn’t ask that did you? If you want it NOW then you need to say so. So change the ‘I want to be’s’ to ‘I AM’.

What if you don’t know who you really are?

This is a commonly asked question. To find out who you truly are take a piece of paper and try on a few hats. Write down different phrases of who you think you are and then eventually you’ll come to one that makes you smile. One that makes you grin from ear to ear. One that makes you cringe as well. Remember what I said about it being scary? It will be. It will be because that is when you will finally have to be accountable for yourself. Once you find the phrase, meditate on it. Give it a day or two to see how you feel with it. If it just isn’t hitting home, try another one. Once you find the one that makes your soul sing you’ll know that is the one. And then, if you dare…

Tell the world who you really are!

I Am…….

Peace,
David

Who would like to go on a 40 Day Prosperity Plan with me?

I’ve been reading this book called ‘The Abundance Book‘ by John Randolph Price and I’ve decided to do the 40 Day Prosperity Plan that is listed in the book.

What is a 40 Day Prosperity Plan?

What does being a spiritual ‘be’ing mean?

For some reason people think that being a Spiritual ‘be’ing means that you’re perfect. How can you teach if you are not perfect? Well, for starters, nobody is perfect. Yep. I said it. NOBODY is perfect. Here’s the kicker… You could never be a good teacher had you of not made mistakes. The bigger the mistakes, the better the teacher. That is if you learn from your mistakes.

Being a spiritual ‘be’ing doesn’t mean that you don’t get mad or down on yourself from time to time. The difference between someone that is enlightened as apposed to someone who is not is this…. The enlightened person has it happen less and less frequently and for shorter periods of time. Please don’t take this as I’m better than you. I’m not saying that at all. I’m just saying that I have the tools to better myself and I don’t play the victim. Well, at least not for long.

Let me give you an example…

I’ve been waiting for my income tax return, and again, like always it gets taken away from me for back taxes that I owe. From previous bad mistakes I’ve made. What is the first thing I did? Well, like anybody would, or at least what I did…. ok, forget it. I did this….

“I am such an idiot. I will never get ahead. This always happens to me.”

Well, that lasted for about 5 minutes until I took a deep breath, and said to myself, “You created this, you can fix it.” Yes, I created this debt and I know that now I can fix it, and will fix it. I will learn from my mistakes. There. Done. I am not my past, nor are you.

Namaste,
David

This past weekend I went to Utah with some friends and got to test out my new cards. They are the William Blake Tarot cards. Not your traditional tarot deck so there was a learning curve. This deck is more of a ‘creative’ vision deck. As explained on their website, “The William Blake Tarot explains the mystical vision and artistry of the renowned English painter and poet (1757-1827), correlating his imagery with the traditional Tarot. In this strikingly beautiful divination deck, Blake’s prophetic ‘system’ becomes a powerful tool for creative inspiration, personal problem-solving, and spiritual self-development. Its cards provide a vivid introduction to Blake’s thought and mythology.

Keyword to focus on here is ‘tool’. Being a Reiki Master I know that energy flows and goes where needed. I know that there is no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ way (I explain my belief in ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ in a previous blog). Once again, the energy will always flow where needed. When I pull cards from either a Tarot deck or Angel cards they are ALWAYS perfect and what is needed to be heard by the person they are being used for.

Thank you to my friends who let me experiment with you and this new deck. It was fun, enlightening and always a pleasure to be in your divine presence.

Namaste,
David

Happy Friday!
Exercise is key to not just lifting your endorphins but also your spirit. When you are in a frump (I am totally guilty of this lately) it drags you down and depression sets in and then you’re caught up in this downward spiral that never seems to end. How do we stop this seemingly eternal downward spiral? Well, I can tell you a few of the steps that I just recently started to take. My number one reason for this was… nobody wants to see a fat singer on stage. Vanity. Yes. But sometimes vanity can be a good motivator. Secondly, I got a blood test to see where I am at with my body. When you see those results it gives you a good idea of what is going on with your body. In my case my vitamin D levels are low and my Testosterone levels are low. Two prime candidates for laziness. Now that I have those results I know what I need to do to get me back up to my formerly motivated self. There is a wealth of information you can find on the internet or you can consult us here. So… here are a few steps you can take. You don’t need to go get a blood test to do these.

1. Don’t beat yourself up – Know that this is a temporary situation. It will change eventually. It’s quite possible that you need the downtime to reflect and meditate on a certain situation going on in your life at the moment. Or if you did the blood test you can see why you’ve been so lazy. Like I said, its temporary.

2. Meditate – Ask for guidance. I have Angel cards that I use from Doreen Virtue. I love these cards because they will always speak to you and what you need at that moment. What I do with these cards is; I ask my Angels a question that I want answered. I shuffle them repeatedly until one pops out and onto the floor. Sometimes two or three cards do this. I have clients that I’ve worked on where a card has popped out and said exactly what we had been talking about at the beginning of the session. They work.

3. Focus on the result – When we look at ourselves and we see this fat dude in the mirror we get depressed. We don’t see the results right then and there and we talk ourselves out of exercise because it’s not immediate. Focus on the result. See yourself as this svelte dude. Vibrant and alive ready to take on the world because your body and mind are sound. Another good way to see your results is get out a measuring tape and measure all of those areas that you don’t like. Put it into a log and journal your results. When you start seeing your results it motivates you more to get even more results.

4. Baby Steps – Remember the movie with Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss called ‘What about Bob?’? Richard’s character introduces Bill’s character to ‘Baby Steps’. One step at a time. Something is better than nothing. Even if you go out and walk for 10 minutes that is better than not going out for a walk at all. Right? Don’t set ridiculous goals. They don’t work. Don’t say you are going to go out and run 3 miles every morning because that is what you did when you were in the Marines (Again, speaking to myself). Forget about it. It ain’t going to happen. You’ll do it for a couple of days, tell yourself how awesome it is and that everybody should be doing it and then you’ll wake up one morning and say, ‘I’m sore. I can’t do this. I don’t have time. Blah… Blah… Blah…’

5. Just Do It – Probably the most important phrase ever written. Nike coined it, but it was never theirs. It’s been something that coaches have been saying since the beginning of time. When you don’t think about and just do it, before you know it you are doing it. Trick yourself if you have to. At night before you go to bed put your shorts and shoes right there by the bed. Get out of bed, put them on, walk out the door and before your mind start racing you’re already walking, or running or cycling. While you are out there then you can go through your list of things you have to do. Have your coffee after you go out, not before. Believe me, you can find the time. Think of all of the times you’ve sat on your couch doing nothing, or on your computer. You do have the time. <- Period.

6. Be accountable – Last but not least, be accountable for your actions. Nobody made you this way. You made you this way. It wasn’t genetics or the way your parents raised you or how anybody made you feel. The buck stops here. Nobody can make this happen to you but you. Harsh, yes, but true. This is why my partner (she’s a pediatric nurse) doesn’t like to work on adults. People come in with heart disease, obesity, etc. and want a quick fix and then complain when they don’t get those immediate results. Ask yourself this question… how long did it take you to get to where you are today? Did it take 10 years? Do you seriously think it will take a couple of days to get rid of it? You need to be honest with yourself. It will take time. It won’t take 10 years, but it will take time and a little effort. And the best part is that along this journey you will be raising your endorphins and feeling good about yourself.

If you would like to book a session with me, please shoot me a message. Lets get you motivated for your journey!!!

Happy Jupiter Day, or Thor’s Day!
These were where Thursday came from. Jupiter was the God of Sky and Thunder, also known as Thor. I wonder if Gene Simmons wrote ‘God of Thunder’ on a Thursday? Hmm….

Anyway… today is a great day to embrace something new or make something stick that you’ve been wanting to change for a long time. Say ‘Yes’ instead of ‘maybe later’. Quit being so lazy for crying out loud. 🙂 Get out there and make your mark on this world. You don’t want to have to go to your grave saying ‘I coulda, woulda, shoulda’.

Peace,
David