Recently I made a difficult decision based on the truth that I needed to take a hiatus, drop my “oh, so important” day-to-day life for a little while and S.T.O.P., meaning “Still Thoughts, Observe Pauses.”

My dilemma: do I go to a big networking event for my business or do I enter Silence for a few days? As I became more and more honest with myself I realized I wasn’t sleeping very well, my mind raced around more than usual and I was often multi-tasking – an obvious clue that I was feeling the pressure of time. I chose to go into Silence because I know that my health, happiness and sanity depend on clarity, inner peace, and refined energy. And here’s the real bottom line: abundance of every kind always grows in proportion to emptying out so intuition, innovation and creativity can flow in.

How to tell the right TIME to S.T.O.P?

First let’s look at two types of time: Indefinite Time vs. Infinite Time. It’s one thing to trust in your heart you have all the time you need to express your Self, but quite another thing to have time without end.

That’s because there is no joy in the perpetual. If music had no intervals or little stopping places (pauses) all music would be one long noise composed of a single note. There would be no rhythm, no beat. The same goes with breathing. It would be silly to try and hold in breath forever; or hold it out forever. Breathing, heartbeats, music, day and night, nature’s seasons and life and death are cyclic patterns.

Cycles enjoy particular rhythms, however, they do not repeat. When we sing the refrain to a song we never sing exactly the same way twice. Likewise, this morning is unique from all others; never duplicated. We may do something “again,” like making love, but it is not the “same.” The Tao says you cannot step into the same river twice. The river flows onward, therefore each time you step into different water, a different river. Also, you are different moment to moment therefore you as your Self cannot step into the same river twice. Ah, the joys of Indefinite Time.

In contrast, Infinite Time, or perpetual sameness, feels lifeless, boring and provides a kind of numbing existence. Do you remember Bill Murray in the movie Groundhog Day? Take out the poetic direction and moral of the story and what’s left? Excruciatingly dull replication.

Trick of the Trade: This week play with the idea of two kinds of Time. You can save yourself lots of unnecessary suffering. Where in your life has Indefinite Time begun to morph into Infinite Time? Here are some clues: If your business or important relationships go from feeling happily organized to a bunch of “Heavy Have-to’s” you’re mid switch! Also, if you catch yourself slipping back into an old habit you don’t like, odds are you’re moving into Infinite Time.

Learning to S.T.O.P. is a magical antidote because once you learn how, fresh energy arises on its own. You find yourself going, moving again without drudgery. Awareness (S.T.O.P.) is part of the 1st cycle of Intuitive Intelligence. You may want to read (or re-read)more about it in our free special report.

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