Carol's Column
Analysis of Stephen Hawking, Galileo, and Einstein |
As many noted in the
news recently, Stephen Hawking, the brilliant English theoretical
physicist and cosmologist passed away on March 14, 2018, which was
the 139th anniversary of the birth of equally renowned
physicist, Albert Einstein.
As if that
numerological synchrony were not enough, Hawking was also born on the
300th anniversary of the death of Renaissance astronomer,
Galileo Galilei. Like others, I was struck by the historical links
of these three galactic luminaries.
To gather info for
numerological analyses on these three men of science, I turned, as I
usually do, to Wikipedia's biographical sketches. I wanted to look
for any shared or illuminating numerological points.
Of course, we all
learned in history class that Galileo was way ahead of his time.
Indeed his Realization (Ultimate Goal Number) turned out to agree
that he was a radical thinker, whose theories initiated the
scientific age (at his own peril). His karmic number Fourteen
Ultimate Goal signifies the path of an iconoclast, exactly what you
could expect a heretic to have. In addition, Galileo also had a
second Fourteen as his Habit Challenge—the life-long attitude of a
rebel who sees beyond conventional ideas. Perhaps this was not his
first lifetime as a progressive thinker.
Galileo proposed
that the Earth orbited the Sun (heliocentrism), not the other way
around. The Church saw this idea as against doctrine, taking away
man's place of importance in the Universe. The Inquisition denounced
Galileo as a heretic. He was confined to house arrest for the rest
of his life after the mid-1600's. However, while under house arrest,
he wrote one of his finest works, Two New Sciences, in
which he summarized work he had done forty years earlier.
This book received high praise from Albert Einstein. As we shall
see in his core number profile below, Galileo's Destiny was Eight—a
life confronting (religious) authorities with his scientific,
rational engineering point of view.
Three hundred years
later, in a completely different circumstance, Stephen Hawking also
faced confinement. Because of a rare, slow-progressing form of motor
neuron disease, Hawking, for much of his adult life, was wheelchair
bound, forced to communicate through electronic speech generating
technology.
However, despite his
progressively severe disabilities, Hawking's scientific research and
writing on astrophysics, black holes, general theory of relativity,
and cosmology earned him a permanent place in the firmament of
scientific stars.
Against external challenges and restricting conditions, neither
Hawking nor Galileo was silenced. Hawking once commented that, "I
can communicate better now than before I lost my voice."
Good news for a person who had both a Three Heart's Desire and a
Three Realization number—strongly emphasizing a life purpose
focused on communication and creative thinking.
And Einstein?
Interestingly, this quirky thinker whose name is synonymous with
genius, like Galileo also featured a karmic number Fourteen Habit
Challenge. Furthermore, his day of birth was another Fourteen.
Where Galileo had a
Nine Heart's Desire to bring philosophy and understanding to many,
Einstein had a Nine Destiny, with the promise of contributing
significantly to scientific advancement. His Ultimate Goal or
Realization was Six, the educator.
The following are
some of the core numbers for each scientist:
Stephen William
Hawking January 8, 1942-March 14, 2018
First Name Stephen |
33/6
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Master Teacher,
Inspirational
|
Middle Name William |
7 |
Different, Spiritual, Researcher,
Analytical |
Last Name Hawking |
1 |
Unique, Leader, Pioneer, Writer |
Destiny
|
5
|
Adventure, Physical
Challenges, Radical Thinker, Pursuing Curiosity
|
Heart's Desire |
3 |
Communicator, Writer, Speaker |
Personality |
2
|
Peacemaker, Analytical,
Observant |
Habit Challenge |
3 |
Communication, Optimism |
Day of Birth
|
8
|
Scientific, Logical,
Authoritative, Professor |
Birth Path |
16/7
|
Karma, Outsider,
Different, Unusual Circumstances |
Realization |
3 |
Communication, Creativity |
Galileo Galilei
February 15, 1564-January 8, 1642
First Name Galileo
|
7
|
Researcher, Scientist, Outsider,
Unconventional |
Last Name Galilei |
1 |
Unique Thinker, Independent,
Leader, Pioneer |
Destiny |
8 |
Confront Authority, Advance
Science, Logic, Facts |
Heart's Desire |
9 |
Holistic, Philosophic,
Broad-minded |
Personality |
8 |
Authoritative, Logical,
Engineering Mind Set |
Habit Challenge |
14/5
|
Unconventional, Radical Thinker,
Iconoclastic, Curious |
Day of Birth |
15 |
Reliable, Responsible, Dutiful |
Birth Path |
6 |
Teacher, Educator |
Realization |
14/5 |
Radical Thinker, Progressive
Advancement, Pursuing Curiosity |
Albert Einstein
March 14, 1879- April 18, 1955
First Name Albert |
22/4
|
Mastery, Systems,
Visionary
|
Last Name Einstein |
5 |
Radical Thinker,
Unconventional, Curious |
Destiny
|
9
|
Human Knowledge, Holistic
Thinking, Universal Concepts
|
Heart's Desire |
7 |
Expert, Researcher, Spiritual
Seeker, Deep Urge to Know |
Personality |
11/2 |
Inspirational, Quiet,
Reflective, Observant |
Habit Challenge |
14/5 |
Unconventional, Radical Thinker,
Broad Minded, Curious |
Day of Birth |
14/5 |
Karma, Love of Freedom,
Different, Curious |
Birth Path |
6 |
Teacher, Educator |
Realization |
6 |
Teacher, Educator |
Please let me know if the numbers of these men spark any intuitive
insights in your mind!
In the words of Stephen Hawking:
“So remember to look up at the stars
and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of
what you see and
wonder about what makes a universe exist.
Be curious.
And however difficult life may
seem, there is always something you
can do and succeed at. It matters
that you don't just give up.”
Carol Adrienne
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Numerology Analysis for Steve Jobs |
NUMEROLOGY ANALYSIS OF
Steven Paul Jobs( Steve Jobs)
February 24, 1955--October 5, 2011
SUMMARY
The recent death of Apple's CEO, Steve
Jobs, prompted me to take a look at his numerology chart.
I was not surprised to see the numbers
based on his full, original name (given to him by his adoptive
parents. His birth parents gave him up for adoption before he was
named.)
Steven Paul Jobs ,born February 24,
1955, has both a 1 Birth Path (from his birthday) and a 1
Destiny (from his name.) This perfect match promises a high
degree of success in life if the person has the courage, ambition,
and mental brilliance to carry out his original ideas.
The number 1 represents the
dynamic energy of an original thinker, a leader, pioneer,
inventor, and strong-minded person who will not be swayed from
his goals. His Birth Path 1 perfectly matched the requirements of his
pioneering Destiny 1.
His Zero Challenge, present from age 45
onward ,indicates an Old Soul—someone who has lived many lifetimes
and generally is born with a strong sense of direction, urgency, and
need to understand life. The Old Soul may have huge obstacles or
relatively few.
I made a synopsis of both Steve's
original full name and the name he was known by the world—Steve
Jobs. Both names fit the description of this unusual, complex, and
challenging person who created user-friendly tools for communication,
organization, creativity, and education for the masses.
Numerological Description
Steven Paul Jobs
February 24, 1955
First Name Steven 22/4 Master Builder/Spiritually Aware
Middle Name Paul 5 Adventurous; Rebellious; Freedom-loving
Last Name Jobs 1 Original, Decisive, Inventive, Competitive
Destiny 1
Leader Entrepreneurial; Pioneer; Independent
Heart's Desire 11/2
Inspirer, Philosophical, Persuasive, Celebrity
Personality 8
Executive, Demanding, Controlling, Decisive
Habit Challenge 14/5
Rebellious/freedom-loving; Stubbornness
Karmic lesson 8 Challenges involving money, power, authority
Karmic lesson 9 Quest for spiritual knowledge; need to develop compassion, tolerance, and forgiveness
Birthpath 1 Born Entrepreneur; Competitive; Original; Pioneer
Realization 2
Ultimate goal to develop good relationships, learn tactfulness, patience and diplomacy despite a strong urge to be in control (shown by the many 1's in his numbers and the Line of Focus 1 2 3 shown below—the Line indicating someone who must develop original ideas)
TIMING OF HIS 4 PHASES OF ACHIEVEMENT
First Emphasis 8: (from birth to age
35) Need for hard work; challenge authority;work professionally at early age.
First Challenge 4 (from Birth to age
35) Need to learn to persevere despite challenges or obstacles; need to learn how to focus attention; gain practical expertise
Second Emphasis 8 (from 36 to age 44) Continues to move toward executive role; business and financial challenges; gain in status
Second Challenge 4 (from 36 to age 44) Continued need for strong foundation, good management; common sense; make ideas a reality despite challenges
Third Emphasis 16/7 (from 45 to age 53) Tests of faith; unexpected setbacks, possible betrayals or disappointments
Third Challenge 0 (from 45 to age 53) Challenges from many levels or no one specific issue; possible spiritual insights or realizations
Fourth Emphasis 4 (from 54 to end of
life) Physical challenges; need for common-sense; stay in touch with practical considerations
Fourth Challenge 0 (from 54 to end of
life) Spiritual insights, challenges from many levels
Grid for Steven Paul Jobs
(birth name of Steve Jobs)
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Line Of Focus 1 2 3 “Line
of Talent and Individual Accomplishment.”
Indicates someone who is focused on
using originality and ambition to develop a unique talent, vision,
idea, service or or product. This is a person who has single-minded
purpose, (four 1's,) an interest in esthetic details (two 2's)
excellent communication skills (two 3's,) and a grasp of fundamentals
( one 4 and one 7) His three 5's give him versatility, but only as
long as it relates to perfecting his ideas. His one 6 shows a desire
to provide opinions and advice, as well as a likelihood to be
committed to his marriage and family.
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Enthusiasm Moves Your World |
Carol
Adrienne, Ph.D. October 2010
Are you feeling
called to make a major life change? How strong does the call have to
be to motivate you to take the first step?
“Moving to Hawaii
was like a calling,” says Elizabeth Jenkins, one of my dearest
friends. We talked recently by phone and I was, once again,
impressed with Elizabeth's ability to listen to and live according to
intuitive direction. She is an inspiring example of living an
authentically passionate life.
(Her web site is
www.wiraqochafoundation.org
)
Elizabeth, a licensed psychotherapist,
is best known for her work with the Q'ero Indians of Peru. Over
twenty years ago, she was plunged into the ancient teachings of
Andean spiritual tradition of living in harmony with the forces of
the natural world. She met her mentor, anthropologist and Andean
priest, Juan Nunez led Prado. Don Juan's father, anthropologist
Oscar Nuñez del Prado, "discovered" the Q'ero
Indians--direct descendants of the Inkas--in 1949 and led the first
expedition to their villages in 1955. Don Juan met and studied with
his Master, Don Benito Qoriwaman—made famous in Shirley MacLaine's
book, It's All in the Playing. Ten
years later he received the Hatun Karpay Initiation in 1988.
Deeply touched and forever changed by
what she experienced, Elizabeth went on to lead journeys of
initiation with Don Juan, which have attracted participants from all
over the world.
Moved by the plight of the indigenous
people of the Andes, Elizabeth founded the Wiraqocha Foundation. The
Foundation's mission is to support and promulgate the Andean
philosophy of life and the vision of Andean prophets preserved by the
Q'ero Indians of Peru. The Foundation continues to help bring
supplies and relief to the Q'ero people--a tribe of 400 Peruvian
Indians on the verge of extinction--while preserving their
traditional culture and identity.
If you have ever dreamed of visiting
visit Peru, you MUST get in touch with Elizabeth for the journey
of a life time. You can begin by reading her two internationally
bestselling books on the INKA Tradition: THE RETURN OF THE
INKA: A Journey of Initiation and INKA Prophecies for
2012 and JOURNEY TO Q'EROS: Golden Cradle of the Inka.
Several years ago, I participated in one of the initiation trips with
a group led by Elizabeth and Don Juan. We visited and did ceremony
at ten Inka spiritual sites, including Machu Picchu. The experience
was unforgettable.
“So what's new?” I asked Elizabeth
on the phone. “Well, we've got 107 sheep now!” she laughed.
I remembered my visit with her a few
years ago. I could easily picture the setting where she lives on the
Big Island of Hawaii, with her mate, Barney Frazier, and their two
children. They've got an organic orchard of 1600 fruit and nut
trees, a herd of sheep, and a roadside fruit stand on the main
highway.
Everyone dreams of getting away from it
all and starting a new life. And they did it. How, you might ask,
did Elizabeth and Barney go from living in a suburban home in
California to an organic orchard in Hawaii?
“Just before 911, I felt like I was looking at life from the wrong
end of binoculars,” said Elizabeth. “We were living in Martinez,
California, in a home that Barney had just finished remodeling. Not
only did he work on the house during the day, he also worked from
midnight to six am in his commercial cleaning business, which he
owned.
I was writing my first book, and conducting initiation trips to Peru.
Our first child was not even one, and I was pregnant with number two.
We were camping out in the backyard while Barney finished the house.
Right after Christmas, we got robbed.
After that, something changed. Even though we had just finished the
house, the robbery propmted us to ask the question, “If we could
live anywhere, where would it be?” We had never before
discussed it, but we both said, literally at the same time, 'Hawaii.'
The very next day I was on the Internet looking for property. Two
weeks after the robbery, we found a cheap flight to Hawaii to look at
property for sale.
Just before we got to the second house we looked at, I told Barney 'I
feel like we are driving home.' We were on the southern tip of
Hawaii, the Big Island, four miles from Naalehu, a town of 2500. I
was struck by the beautiful black sand beach. The property we looked
at is between mile marker number 67 and 68 on Highway 11, which
circles the island.”
When Elizabeth came
back to California, she kept dreaming about the black sand beach and
swimming with turtles. “I knew
that was where we had to go. It really was like a calling. 'This
is where you must go.'”
For less than they
sold their suburban home in California, Barney and Elizabeth were
able to buy the five-acre orchard, bearing citrus, avocados, and
macademia nuts, complete with a brand new house.
“Obviously, we knew nothing about farming. Oddly enough, both of
us had grandparents who had each owned a fruit stand! Barney's
granddad's stand is in South Carolina (his uncle still has it.) Mine
was in Lowell, Massachusetts. My grandfather had transformed a gas
station into a fruitstand, because during the depression, there was
no gas.”
Elizabeth says, “We
started listening to the land to see what to do next.”
“The front part of the land, adjacent to the highway, was an
overgrown mass of bushes and trees. From the beginning, it seemed to
be saying to us that it 'wanted to be something.'
At first we just started by picking up our fruit and boxing it up.
We bought some boxes from a wholesaler, negotiated a price for a
thousand pounds of limes, and drove it in to Hilo. But we quickly
found out that wholesalers could change the negotiated price once we
arrived! Very frustrating. After that experience, we were so mad
that we decided to sell the fruit ourselves. We started with a table
and a picnic umbrella. It just kind of grew from that. We were
determined to be self-sufficient and not be dependent on the
viscissitudes of a wholesaler.”
The picnic table has
since been replaced by a thousand-square-foot open-air pavilion with
a metal roof.
“We developed all our own products, which we sell at the stand and
now on the Internet (http://www.ailaniorchards.com/)
Along with the citrus and avocadoes, we sell organic, dehydrated
Macademia nuts, and nut butters in dark Belgian and white Belgian
chocolate. We also have home-grown coffee. The plants are
interplanted between all the other trees. We also sell the honey
from our own honey bees.”
Life purpose is an
unfolding process.
In the last nine
years, Elizabeth and Barney have continuted to“listen for the next
step.” The orchard is blossoming in a new way now, as the couple's
goals are expanding. For example, Elizabeth's teaching work with
indigenous nature wisdom is widening out to include an educational
institute to study sustainable farming, based on their development of
natural farming methods.
As they worked the
land, each next step seemed to come naturally. For example, they
brought in a few sheep to keep down the weeds in the orchard. Not
only did the animals trim the grass and fertilize the ground, they
ate the fallen fruit, thereby reducing the fruit fly problem.
When we are living
our purpose with enthusiasm, synchronicity seems to aid us in
unforeseen ways. For example, a member of the USDA came by one day
to discuss chemical traps to keep the flies down. When he saw how
Barney and Elizabeth were handling the problem organically and
sustainably with their herd of sheep, he invited Barney to share his
story with other growers and to speak to the USDA.
“We knew the sheep would reproduce on their own, but we didn't
realize that we would go from seven to 120 sheep,” says Elizabeth.
“We didn't plan to raise organic lamb, but we had too many sheep,
so we had to harvest them to keep the sustainablity of the orchard.
We found the meat was unbelievably delicious. Feeding on citrus,
natural grass, and avocado, they are happy lambs! Happy lambs taste
better!”
In October, Elizabeth and Barney are
attending the Bioneers conference in San Rafael, California.
(http://www.bioneers.org/conference) Along with presenting their
products, they will be discussing their new “educational
vacations,” in which people can visit them for a week and
participate in farm life for part of the day.
Elizabeth is also offering more advanced
programs involving workshops with Q'ero Indians from Peru, as well
as with local teachers, kahu, or priests, of the Hawiian tradition.
Elizabeth and
Barney's story is a wonderful example of following intuition and
living with enthusiasm. It exemplifies how our life purpose
naturally leads us to deeper and deeper levels of experience and
fulfillment. One thing always leads to another. The path opens one
step at a time. Our conditioning tells us that we must strive to
make things happen. However, authentic fulfillment comes only when
we know how to listen, learn, and keep following the call.
Despite her busy
life as a mother, farmer, author, and international workshop leader,
Elizabeth continues to expand and develop in new ways. When I spoke
to her on the phone, she had just come back from South America, where
she was filming an episode for the Discovery Channel, for a program
called Beyond Survival. She took Les Stroud, of Survivor Man fame, on
one of her advanced initiation journeys.
“It was fantastic,” she said, “I was very proud of Les. He
walked 100 kilometers through the Q'ero nation villages--through hail
and sleet and snow, going over passes more than 18,000 feet high. He
went from the tiny villages all the way to the Q'ollorit'i festival
on top of the glacier.
We were invited to perform rituals in the sacred temples of the Q'ero
Indians. They had never had outsiders perform before. I've worked
with many of the Indians for the past twenty years, but I had never
been to this sacred mountain,Wamanlipa, before.”
Elizabeth and Barney
are also very involved in the educational lives of their children.
“We love where we live, but with this remote location, we decided
to go with home schooling. We are also planning to bring some of
the Q'ero children from Peru to study here on our land. We want to
offer a new model of education, building a leadership program with
the Q'ero kids with our Q'ero kids project. We want to support these
kids in a collaborative interaction with a globabl world view. They
will study with Hawaiian kids to learn about sustainability, science,
and solar energy. We want to offer them the best of modern and
ancient ways to live sustainably on the earth. We want the Q'ero
children to share their traditional views about Pachamama (mother
earth) to illuminate our children. A great exchange!
Now that we are attending the Bioneers conference this month, it
feels like we are really bringing together organic farming,
sustainable agriculture, with the indigenous wisdom which has been
such powerful influence in our own lives.”
As we said goodbye,
Elizabeth laughed, “Following your vision is not always easy. But
the universe is so infinitely creative. It comes up with a way
better plan than I could ever have thought of. We just had dinner on
the beach with all our friends, with ten kids playing frisbee and the
adults cooking and drinking wine at sunset at the beach. What a life.
I couldn't have designed it better!”
Happy October!
Carol Adrienne
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Seven Principles of Effortless Action |
The Seven Principles of Effortless Action
What's Not in the Business Plan:
Trusting Your Intuition &
Everyday Coincidences
To Help You Succeed
Are
you willing to drop your five-year plan if something better comes along
that you hadn't planned for? How open are you to business unknowns (the
parts that are fortuitous and providential)--those serendipitous gifts
that come your way that lead to greater success than you could ever
have imagined or planned? Or do you stick to your straight and narrow
line of thinking?
In
our work environments, we are often ruled by "realistic" notions--by
facts and figures--by charts, numbers, and logical pieces of
information that we can prove. It's the world of business, and we're
encouraged and predisposed to make our work routine. Besides being a
factual world, (one we can put our hands on and one we can back up), it
is also a world of rules and guidelines and protocol that must be
followed. But are we overlooking something--something that costs
nothing and can easily lead to greater success and an innovative edge?
There
are steps we can take to begin to increase the magic and inspiration of
synchronicity--or, put another way, being in the right place at the
right time:
EFFORTLESS ACTION
-
Get clear about what you really want--that is, what kind of environment
are you looking to exist in? Friendly people? Good clientele? Loving
relationships? Opportunities for leadership? More freedom and
flexibility? Focus on the feeling tone of what you are after, even if
you can't imagine how to get it. Let the universe organize the specific
details for accomplishing it. That's why affirmations work--you
co-create with the universe.
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- Listen to
your intuition. Intuition is the still, small voice that hangs out in
the back of your mind. It's persistent. It make come quickly, or it may
keep nagging you a little bit. In hindsight, it's what makes you said,
"I knew that." If you have the hunch to call someone or go somewhere,
do it.
- Take action. If you are thinking of
buying a house, finding a new doctor, volunteering for a worthy cause,
or improving your garden and haven't yet taken any action, open up
more. Keep your question in mind, and notice who you run into or who
calls you. If your question crosses your mind, ask that person for a
lead that might pertain to the information you need.
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Interpret the results of your action and be aware of coincidences.
Don't dismiss coincidences as random. If something happens that seems
even a little out of the ordinary, your energy will go up. This is a
confirmation that something is happening in your favor. When you have
no energy for something, really look hard at why you want to proceed
with something that has no energy to it.
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Stop doing what isn't working. Give it a rest. Go with the flow. Some
things need time to germinate and surface again in a completely new
guise. Ask for clarity from the universe.
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More pleasure and gratitude. Taking pleasure in what you receive raises
the frequency of all your situations, and allows you to attract people
and opportunities more in tune with that vibration. Like attracts like.
Who was it that said, "Life is painful, but suffering is optional?"
We
all know how to use common sense. Uncommon sense is what we trust when
we take a leap of faith. It comes not from the obvious, or the
ordinary, or the expected. It comes as a result of knowing who we are
(and who we are not), and trusting that to take us where we need to go.
It's a deep knowing or trusting our intuition to be on our side. It
pulls from a deeper level of wisdom--of what's right for us. Uncommon
sense is listening to the voice that says, "Slow down," when we're
late, and slowing down is the last thing we want to do.
Once
you learn to listen to your intuition and use uncommon sense, a whole
new world opens before your eyes. Your life will have more meaning.
Your job will seem less mundane. You will learn to focus on your
purpose and why you've made the choices you have. You will begin to see
yourself as part of something greater--something bigger than simply
getting up and doing your 9 to 5 job.
THE SEVEN PRINCIPLES OF EFFORTLESS ACTION
Effortless
action is not synonymous with sitting on your chair doing nothing.
Effortless action means creating change without straining to "push the
river." Going with the flow. Setting the wheels in motion. Effortless
action is setting a goal and paying attention to what needs doing and
allow the results to come when and how they come. Effortless action is
being willing to do whatever it takes, but not trying to control what
you cannot control.
The following seven principles are something to review from time to time when making business decisions.
Principle 1:
Act on Passion. Take a stand for what you believe in. Remember your
purpose is to contribute the best of who you are at all times. You are
in this particular work situation because this is the place where you
can fulfill your life purpose for the time being. There is a reason you
were led to take this job or create this career.
Principle 2: Be Discerning. Let your rational mind and intuition work together. Trust first impressions but always check out the facts.
Principle 3: Listen very carefully to unspoken feelings. Flow through on persistent intuitive messages.
Principle 4:
Notice where you lose or gain energy. Notice when you begin to
rationalize, justify or blame. You feel something is not right? Take
action even though it may take you out of your comfort zone. It's time
to discover what you will need to change or release from your life.
Principle 5: Commit. Do whatever it takes to put you in motion toward doing what your intuition is telling you.
Principle 6:
Assume synchronistic support (or providential help) is coming your way.
Coincidences you never expected confirm that you are on the right path,
even if their meaning is not crystal clear at the time. Some people
say, "If it's supposed to happen, it will."
Principle 7: Trust the process. Trust that your life is unfolding as it should and that your intuition will lead you in the right direction.
Carol Adrienne, Ph.D., is the author of The Purpose of
Your Life: Finding Your Place in the World Using Synchronicity,
Intuition, and Uncommon Sense, and co-author with James Redfield of The
Celestine Prophecy: An Experiential Guide, and The Tenth Insight: An
Experiential Guide. She is also the author of The Numerology Kit, an
do-it-yourself guide to understanding the blueprint of your life.
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Your Stepping Stones are Purposeful |
Carol Adrienne,
Ph.D.
Recently I received
an email from a former coaching client, Cindy Harris, updating me on
how her career has unfolded into an exciting new family business that
is reaching hundreds of thousands of people every month—and
growing.
A Desire to Work at Home--the Adventure Begins
I first interviewed
Cindy several years ago when she was just starting a home-based
business she called, Come for Tea. She had been home-schooling her
son, Cameron, and wanted to create a business out of her passion for
tea (her husband actually helped her define this passion) and one
that she could handle from home. In the beginning she developed a
Website to promote the physical and emotional benefits of drinking
tea, and sold a variety of teas out of her home. As the tea business
evolved, she started selling other items such as bakery goods and
other tea-related products from similar boutique businesses. As her
sales and presence expanded, Cindy began to receive invitations to
speak in public and to give seminars on the benefits of sitting down
with a cup of tea for a moment of reflection or to connect with a
friend.
A Plateau Allows Germination
Based in the San
Francisco Bay area, her business blossomed over the Internet, and she
continued to expand for another six years. As often happens in our
ever-changing path, her interests began to change along with shifts
in her family. When her father died, she went through a period
focusing on family matters, and began to give less time to the
business, which, not surprisingly, hit a plateau.
New Technology Fires Cameron's Imagination
At the end of 2008,
her son Cameron was now about fifteen years old. And full of new
ideas! Cindy said,
“One day, Cameron said to me, 'Mom, why don't we start a podcast
network?' I had no idea what a podcast was, and he explained that I
could video-tape the talks I used to give and make them into a
podcast to post on the Internet so that anyone could watch them all
over the world. I was immediately excited by the idea, since I still
loved teaching, and this would mean I wouldn't have to travel.”
New Passion, New Growth, Huge Expansion
At the beginning of
2009 Cindy and Cameron launched the Harwood Podcast Network.
“I did my Come for Tea classes on the podcasts, but now I
was able to demonstrate different tea sandwiches and be more creative
with it, because my format was unlimited. Each program typically
lasts from seven to fifteen minutes.
All of a sudden, we started noticing huge downloads each month of the
podcasts from people all over the world. This was exciting, so we
started doing other shows on cooking like making breads, cooking
seasonally using local Farmers' Market ingredients and baking cookies
and cupcakes.
People loved our shows. We have viewers in over seventy-two
countries. I am connecting with women in countries such as Egypt,
Mexico, France, Portugal, and Korea. Here in the US, we tend to
think that making cookies is no big deal, but in other countries
women want to learn how to bake and cook like this. One woman in
Korea has decided I am her teacher, so I am teaching her how to cook!
We email each other back an forth, so we actually have a connection
outside the podcast.
On the cooking podcast, I use my own kitchen. For other types of
podcasts, we have an actual video sound stage in another location.
For example, we have a show with a woman who teaches how to quilt.
As of this year, we have produced over 400 episodes, and we're
getting almost 100,000 downloads a month.”
Passion and the Next Generation
Surprisingly,
Cindy's original passion for tea has become a family-run business.
Not only that, but this new direction has opened up a career path
that Cameron is now pursuing with zeal as well. He is in charge of
the technical aspects of the Network, and was the first one to
attract a sponsor, which is helping pay for production costs.
“Our podcasts are free, and our quality is excellent and
consistent. Sponsors are realizing that people are getting a lot of
their information now from the Internet., and that we are reaching
people all over the world. As other sponsors show up, we want to
make sure that they fit with what we are doing.”
Besides Cindy's
cooking and photography podcasts, Cameron began to produce his own
shows. In one such series he demonstrates how to use a free
software program by Google, called Sketchup. It's a 3-D modeling
tool used by architects, for example, to redesign homes.. Cindy
says, “Cameron's show is now attracting its own following. This
caught the eye of a company called 3Dconnexxion, a division of
Logitech, a computer peripheral company. They saw what he was doing,
and they wanted to sponsor him to mention their products on his show.
Now he receives a monthly income from them. They probably had no
idea that he was sixteen! You can imagine for a kid like him who has
gone through so much to have his idea become literally our family
business.”
When a Physical Condition Sharpens our Focus
Cindy refers to the
fact that Cameron was diagnosed with Type-1 diabetes when he was
eight years old.
When we initially
started this interview, she shared with me how Cameron's life took on
a new dimension after being diagnosed. “I don't think he would be
in this deeper, creative place today if this hadn't happened to
re-shape the trajectory of his life.” I was eager to talk with
her about her experiences managing diabetes with Cameron, as my own
eight-year-old grandson, Anders Rohrer, was also diagnosed with Type
1 five years ago when he was three. Cindy told me about Cameron's
podcast series called In Range, in which he talks about issues
related to Type 1 diabetes.
“He talks about different subjects that come up for people, who are
newly diagnosed. He's done at least twenty shows. He'll talk, for
example, about what is a carbohydrate. How to read labels. He'll
talk about what are good snacks, about having an insulin pump, how to
go on a trip with diabetes. Apparently, other young people find his
information very helpful, and they relate to him more easily than
they might to an adult.
It was actually his endocrinologist at the hospital who suggested
doing a podcast. This way people can watch it over and over. We
heard from a boy in the UK, who loves watching Cameron. He commented
that Cameron clearly knows what he's doing. He said it's like
watching a buddy telling him what it's like to be Type-1. In my
'spare time' I've been trying to accumulate a list of Children's
Hospitals so I can let them know about the podcast. I want to get
this information in the hands of families all over the country and
all over the world.”
Purpose is a Work in Progress
Cindy Harris and her
son Cameron are obviously fulfilling a major part of their individual
life purposes through this amazing new venture. Interestingly, this
development would not even been possible a few years ago before the
technological advances of the Internet and the relatively accessible
process of producing video segments.
It's important to
remember that our life purpose is a work in progress and certain
foundation work must be done. Creativity, courage, commitment, and
patience are needed to continue to follow our unfolding path. Cindy
remarked as we ended our conversation,
“You may be deeply involved in creating one thing, like a tea
business, about which you are absolutely passionate. Our tendency is,
however, to think that because we are passionate about something, we
have to keep doing it forever. I realize now how one thing leads to
another. I think it's very important to keep an open mind about how
that business may very well be a stepping stone to something else.
If your interest changes, you have to trust that that's part of your
developing purpose. My original tea business has never really died,
because it's evolved into something even bigger. The tea was the
initial content, but only part of a bigger picture of reaching out to
share and educate people. The tea business got me started learning
how to create a Website and how to use the Internet. It forced me to
learn how to speak in public, and put together a talk. It was a great
launching point for a woman in her forties, who was wondering what
was next in her life.
Just because we create something, we don't have to do that forever.
At this stage of my life, I am creating podcasts over forty times a
month. Forty times a month I'm doing something I'm interested in.
You can see there's not much room in there fore boredom! My intention
has always been to share only those things that I personally loved.
We've taken this same philosophy into our podcast project. There is
an energy of passion and integrity that goes along with our podcast,
and that's why I think all of these people in various remote areas
are connecting with us.”
Check it Out
To check out the
podcasts, you can see a list of all the shows and watch any of them
right now! Please go to Cindy and Cameron's Website at
www.harwoodpodcast.com
Happy March!
Carol
Adrienne
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