Intense Love & Holistic Living

Love intensely, but live holistically. The passions and desires you feel so deeply are blessings that illuminate your soul like bright light from a distant star. You can use the light as a point of reference, but you will need much more to reach your destination. Here are three questions you might consider as you respond to love's calling out to itself. Ask yourself;

1. "What am I experiencing?" If you compared this experience with a myth, a folktale or even the storyline of a novel or a movie, which phase of the story would you be in right now? Is this the beginning of an action-packed adventure or is it the resolution of a long standing mystery or something else altogether?
2. "What am I learning?" This experience is meaningful because it is introducing you to new ideas, different kinds of people and a distinct range of possibilities. It is important to detect these early. Every lesson comes with its own methodology. The best way to manage your own development is by recognizing and applying the optimal methodology for the lesson at hand. For example, whereas it may be appropriate to learn math from a book, yoga and meditation is better learned in an ashram. Pay close attention to what you're learning and optimize the experience accordingly.
3. "What effect will this have on the legacy I leave behind?" Of course, this requires that you define your legacy, which means you have to also assess your family's journey. Where have ypur people come from? What have they built, lost and becomein the process? There are things you want to perpetuate and others you want to eliminate in your lineage. This is your Ancestral Promise.

As you live passionately, these questions will help you to live holistically. Orisa Lifestyle is not one that denies the desires. Nor does it condemn the richness of intense self expression. In romance, business, athleticism and spirituality, living the medicine meansvigorous participation, balanced by far reaching pragmatism. Learn more at www.ObafemiO.com"



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