Did you know that only 3% of the world’s population is dancing around ‘enlightenment’ as a way of being?That's according to Alan Davidson, the best selling author of the multi award winning book, Body Brilliance: Mastering Your Five Vital Intelligences. He claims that as the number of enlightened people grows another 3 or 4% the problems that plague humanity now will dramatically shift. "As 10% of the world’s population shifts into full enlightened consciousness,” he says “a tipping point of transformation will make life on earth a very different experience.” In today’s episode we talk about how we can play a role in raising the collective conscious by learning to quiet the monkey brain and listen to our soul voice. I argue that the way to enlightenment is on a path through the forest. 

Highlight’s from this episode:

The monkey brain keeps you living in the past or fretting about the future.

The monkey brain prevents you from being present.

Being present in the now is what is required to achieve enlightenment.

Connecting with nature helps to create presence of mind

Only when you are present will you hear your the guidance of you soul voice 

Lau Tzu: “At the centre of your being you have the answer. You know who you are and you know what you want.”

30 Day Challenge - to invest 20 - 30 minutes in nature every day getting present with your environment.

Recommended Reading: The Power of Now, by Eckhart Tolle

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All right, today we're going to talk about finding

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enlightenment. Did you know that only 3% of the world's

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population is dancing around enlightenment as a way of being

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that's according to Alvin Davidson, the best selling

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author of the multi award winning book Body brilliance

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mastering your five vital intelligences. He claims that as

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the number of enlightened people grows another three or 4%, the

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problems that plague humanity now will dramatically shift as

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10% of the world's population shifts into full enlightened

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consciousness. He says, at a tipping point of transformation

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will make life on Earth, a very different experience. This idea

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of moving our species to a higher enlightened consciousness

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gets me jazzed. And the work we are doing right here is playing

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a role in this big, beautiful, extremely worthy vision. The

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fact that you were listening to this podcast tells me that the

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idea of raising the collective consciousness also resonates

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with you. So thank you, for being someone who wants to make

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a difference. Who wants to create a more loving, kinder,

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more compassionate world. So how do we do that? Exactly? By

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walking the path of self actualization, and that path can

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be found on a trail through the woods, right? There are many

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paths to self actualization, I just happen to like the one

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through the forest best. Why? Because when you are in nature,

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you are more easily able to get present in the here and now. And

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your presence is key. The monkey brain that we all have, quiets

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as you actively take in your environment, upsets of the past

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and worries of the future slip away, even if only for a moment.

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And it's in these quiet moments of calm where you feel connected

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to the universe and connected to your higher self. In these

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moments, you experience inner stillness, and the truth is

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revealed. The truth about who you are the truth about what you

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really want the truth that you are one with the universe. Lao

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Tzu and ancient Chinese philosopher and founder of

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Taoism says, at the center of your being, you have the answer,

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you know who you are, and you know what you want. The problem

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is, most people can't hear the answers coming from the center

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of their being because of the noise made by the monkey brain.

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That is either retelling stories of the past things that happened

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yesterday, last month, or even 10 years ago, or it's fretting

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about what's going to happen tomorrow or next month or next

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year. Few people are truly present in the now.

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It's only when we are fully present, that we can be still

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and quiet enough to hear our sole voice. That voice that is

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trying to guide you Me to our higher self. Being in nature

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helps to quiet that monkey mind so you can get present and hear

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the guidance of your soul. You have to be intentional about

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getting present though. Start by making it your intention to

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connect with your environment by noticing everything using all of

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your senses. Notice the wind rustle through the trees. Feel

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the coolness of it on your cheeks. Watch the Ravens ride

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the updraft, listen to the different and unique noises they

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make. Feel the bark of a tree on your fingertips. Witness the way

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the light shimmers as it breaks through the leaves. Smell the

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blossoms. You may even be able to taste the air. This noticing

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stops the monkey brain from all its stories of past and future

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and get you present. In the moment. When this happens, a

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calmness washes over you and you tap into higher consciousness.

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You felt this before all of us have those moments of all when

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time seems to stop. As someone who is on a journey to

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enlightenment, intentionally creating more of these moments

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is our task. The more we can quiet the monkey mind, the more

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we give space for our soul voice to be heard. As we develop this

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ability to quiet the mind and get present to the moment our

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listening skills improve. If you listen, really listen, you will

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be guided by that voice and it will lead you to making choices

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that are aligned with your most authentic, highest self. Those

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choices will then lead you to creating a life you absolutely

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love. And as you operate from this higher vibrational

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frequency, you'll shine so bright that your light will show

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the way for others. In this way, by simply investing time to get

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present to quiet the monkey mind and make space for your sole

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voice to be heard. You will be moving our world to a heightened

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consciousness as more people take notice and will want what

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you have. And what do you have a joy that has sprung up from

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within. This is not a joy from things from possessions,

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experiences or relationships. This is a joy that is more

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eternal. It's the joy of knowing who you really are and what you

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want. And that knowledge comes from listening to your soul. At

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the center of your being, you have the answer. The Stepping

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into nature to find enlightenment sounds too simple

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to be true. It is simple. And that's the beauty of it. Yet

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many people will not make the time to do this because they

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believe they are too busy to step away from all the things

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that are pulling at them. The truth is, when you make this

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time to quiet the monkey brain and get present, you will reduce

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your stress. And with that, find more clarity. And with that

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become more productive. taking time away from your busyness is

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exactly what the busiest people need to do. I invite you to try

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a little experiment, a 30 day challenge. Commit to solo time

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in nature for just 20 to 30 minutes every day for 30 days to

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get present. And check in with your inner being your heart,

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your soul, and I promise you'll be less stress, less anxious,

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more present more focused more productive. You'll discover you

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have more time to do the things you love and you'll feel a joy

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bubbling up from within.

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I recognize access to a forest is not easily within everyone's

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grasp. You don't need to walk among giant Douglas firs to get

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present. Go to a local park. Walk through your neighborhood

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or sit on your balcony. The point is to step away and unplug

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from the daily grind and connect With your environment, by

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getting present to the now you are making space for your sole

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voice to be heard. And that is your journey to enlightenment

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and to raising the collective consciousness. In so doing, you

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are creating a better life and a better world. Are you up for

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this challenge? It's the same personal challenge I took in

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April 2020. And it has transformed my life. It will

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transform yours too. I'd love to hear from you. If you do this

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challenge, connect with me in our private Facebook group. The

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link is in the show notes below. Thanks for tuning in. And we'll

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