Posts Tagged ‘courage’
COURAGE
“Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.”
Winston Churchill
STILLNESS
“Be still until the sunlight pours through and dispels the mists – as it surely will. Then act with courage.”
Chief White Eagle of the Ponca
FROM NARO
“I came to the Advanced Seminar knowing something was missing in my life – and left knowing what it was: ME! Satvatove allowed me to clear space for mySELF, and experience the wonder, power and peace of my own being. I am glad to say that I underestimated Satvatove – being who I am now is thanks to my courage and the facilitators expertise.
Thank you.”
Narottama Tester
Advanced seminar – Florida November 2010
FROM DAVID
“This Satvatove 3 was similar to the first two seminars in some ways, but very different in many other ways. And I am hopeful that my sharing about it will attract others to do it themselves, because it’s not just more of the same (although that would also be great): it’s a whole other experience, on a new and different level.
It has catalyzed my being more the master and source of my experience: what I might call the freedom and creativity arising from taking responsibility for my life. In the seminar, there were structures, agreements, and ground rules in place, but I didn’t feel the strictness, or ‘pressure’, from the facilitators to follow them, as I had in the Advanced Course. Whether it was conscious or not (and I haven’t asked them yet), David and Marie seemed to be respecting – almost expecting us – and calling us in that way, to be in charge of our own time, punctuality, commitments, and agreements. I felt empowered and encouraged, respectfully, lovingly and firmly, to go beyond where I’d been; to be the leader I want to be; the creator and master of my own results.
The following statement is becoming more true for me because of that mood in the seminar: ‘Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.’ The name of the seminar, ‘An Adventure in Conscious Living’, suits it to the ‘T’. I got new tools – and experiences of applying them – that will serve me the rest of my life!
Since the seminar, I’ve had many realisations and breakthroughs. Something unique with this one, is that it’s been more deep, subtle and gradual than with the first two. It has been building, and manifesting little by little (and often not so little). Probably one reason that it’s been like this, is because I got in touch with my courage, and saw more clearly that I had been choosing my fear over the courage. The result is that I’ve been more in action, and this has been snowballing.
Almost immediately, I started a new 12-session coaching package with David and Marie. That may not sound so surprising or ‘big’, but considering I’d been procrastinating about it, and giving into the fear around that, for more than a year, it’s very significant; especially when I’ve known all that time that it was the best thing I could do. Another thing I’m doing now, is to delete – or unsubscribe to – at least 50% of the e-mails I get, instead of letting them sit there, forever, thinking ‘Oh, one day I’m going to read this…’ This is apparently small, but it’s indicative of the clarity & decisiveness that started manifesting in the seminar, and is building.
I have never been in a seminar in which the two Satvatove co-founders were facilitating together. Although I know that behind the scenes they’re always collaborating deeply and powerfully, to be with them in the seminar and see them in action together was hugely inspiring and encouraging. To see these two highly committed, focused, powerful and loving personalities together, was an experience in itself, a model of the seminar’s name in action. And to see how sometimes their different, individual approaches came out, and how they spontaneously handled that.
There’s lots more, but I’ll finish here. I thank you, deeply, David and Marie, and Fayenen, for giving me such a rewarding opportunity. I will also be offering ideas and suggestions on possible ways to improve this new seminar, because I know that’s what you all want, and that that is the way that Satvatove works.”
David Aycrigg
Satvatove 3: An Adventure in Conscious Living – September 2010
COURAGE
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”
Winston Churchill
FROM JOEL
“I was highly skeptical. Very untrusting. I only went to the foundational because my girlfriend had won a free ticket in a raffle. That course was enough to open my eyes to the possibility of more. I was very hesitant at first about the advanced course and at a certain point during the course I didn’t want to come back. However, after going all the way through I am so glad that I did! Satvatove allowed me to get back in touch with myself. It unlocked some deeper truths about myself that I had buried very deep. I left the course feeling much more in alignment with my true self. I am no longer sleepwalking through life. Things that seemed hard before are now easier. There is much less fear and worry and doubt in my life. As I remain conscious good fortune happens around me just by being present with life. I am not stumbling in the dark, instead I am now walking with eyes open. I encourage everyone to give themselves this gift. It’s repeatable science, it works.”
Joel
Advanced seminar – Florida July 2010
COURAGE
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear.”
Mark Twain
FEAR TO CONFIDENCE
“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
EXPECTATIONS
Excerpt From A Coaching Letter Written By David B Wolf
… To grow we want to challenge ourselves, to play a big game with our lives. This entails expecting a lot of ourselves. These expectations, transformed into practical and grounded commitments, drive us forward to satisfying accomplishments and internal development. I guess the downside of expectations is if we become emotionally attached to them. Emotional attachment to expectations can form a sort of self-imposed prison of disappointment, sadness, discouragement, etc. If we find that we don’t meet our expectations, that is an opportunity for a wonderful learning experience. There is a cycle- commit, act, learn. Whether we succeed to fulfill our expectations or not, we can definitely succeed in creating a valuable learning experience, if we approach life from a perspective of discovery and opportunity. Of course, such an approach is not meant to minimize the full intention we apply to our commitment to achieve and surpass expectations. So, this approach of learning from each experience is distinct from the stance of emotional attachment to expectations. If we are emotionally attached, then if we fall short we may descend into grungy states of guilt, inadequacy, etc., instead of positively and constructively learning from the situation…
From Vrinda
“Satvatove was a super-cleanse. David and Marie create a space where it was okay indeed encouraged to just be myself. Such a relief to simply be accepted and encouraged no matter what was brewing inside me.
What I found is that even the most horrible clawing, deeply draining emotion was diffused and put to ease by the acceptance and enthusiasm that vibrated in the air. I loved to see each group member break free from their ‘stuff’ and shine and be FREE.
The feeling I had standing before you all in all my glory and all my self-sabotage was freeing and an unrivalled experience.”
Vrinda Devi Sheth – dancer, artist and artistic director
Satvatove, Advanced Seminar Experience, 2010
