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How is your relationship with time? A busy, rattled life may or may not bring satisfaction. One thing it can’t bring is free time. This is a gift you must find for yourself. How can we define free time? Is it doing something that is free of cost? Is it free form, without a preconceived schedule or goal? Is it free from all previous habits and delusional thinking? Clearing the schedule involves being clear about priorities. Find time in your life by observing carefully what happens to your time.
It is time to plant the seeds to be harvested later. Contemplative use of time and seasons brings meaning and depth to daily life. Without perspective we often fall deeply into habitual use of time that is both wasteful and depressing. The spark of new joy can be consciously brought into being by doing things differently on a regular basis. This can be as simple as taking a new path to work, trying a new food, an art gallery, or activity. It is not important to spend money to change the habitual use of time; It is important to notice how much time is invested in unhappy activities. We can distinguish between duties that are unpleasant and bad habits by confronting the inner trickster who will always identify with your shadow instincts. The trickster inhabits the emotional territory enforcing crazy concepts that keep you stuck in emotional sludge. Look for a tendency to make excuses and flake out on your own best intentions. Meditation is the remedy for trickster tendencies, because it clears the mind allowing spacious, free time.
We have a finite amount of time, and once it has been spent in one way, it can never be retrieved or recycled. As the new year approaches, why not take a new look at time and happiness? They are closely related.
The trickster is a character popular in many ancient mythical stories. This archetype pranks us and fools us in various ways. Like all of the Sacred Contracts, our interactions with this particular role will continue until we finally recognize the trick. The joke may be on us, or we may be the joker in the case. Good natured pranking can be done in a kind spirit; Often the dark side of the trickster misleads and harms the easily duped. When the joke is recognized as a dark misdeed the trickster is usually nowhere to be found.
I can see a pattern in my life of believing in financial tricksters. I did not carefully identify or assess risk to my own finances in my youth. I was a hedonist on a roll with no fear of failure. Even now when I believe I have done careful due diligence and consideration I am too lenient and trusting of others. While I don’t think anyone has been out to get me financially, I could have been surrounded with more trustworthy and helpful folks in my early years. The very good news is that I have become more cautious. I investigate potential partnerships and investments with much more vigor than I did in the past. I have some residual financial damage that keeps me vigilant today for any possible tricksters at work in my life. I hope I am all done with them. I can’t afford to be around them. If you have been tricked by tricksters were they stealing love, money, security, or all of the above?
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