Creating a Tipping Point for Economic Prosperity

The further we go on our journey and the more Sacred Cows that get tipped, the easier it is to see the real agenda of those who want to stay in control. Creating and maintaining conflict of any kind is the name of the game for them. They are helped by the fact that so many contracts have been built into the very fabric of society. Nevertheless, we will persevere in tipping those Cows that interfere with our forward progress, particularly those that fuel conflict. Conflicts get a lot of fuel from the Sacred Cow of superiority:

“Strictly enforce a moral and economic code that reinforces the power of the Status Quo.”

This contract is particularly effective because it allows the Status Quo to define and enforce the perimeters of what’s important and what’s not. Here are only a few examples:

Hard work = important
Rest = not important

Short term results = important
Long term best interests = not important

Reclaim Your Ability to Choose

This contract also gives the old guard the power to impose it’s preferences about what’s good (compliance) and what’s bad (being different). And there’s more:

Peaceful = weak
Violent = powerful

Flashy & glossy = desirable
Straightforward & basic = undesirable

Simple = less valuable
Complex = more valuable
Weapons of Mass Destruction = very valuable

Look at the Sacred Soul Contract Circle to your right and ask yourself:

“Are these arbitrary value judgments coming from outside of me having a negative effect on me or my ability to manifest?”

Some people would say that this kind of social imposition of values is inevitable, an inescapable by-product of a civilized people. I respond to this assertion by respectfully releasing any familial, racial or national agreement that says it has to be that way. Play our Sacred Cow Tipping Point game and take back your power to freely choose what has value for you and what doesn’t.

Rheanni Lightwater © 2008

Tip All Sixteen Sacred Cows on Economic Prosperity!

Everyone can make mistakes. However, if someone has abused your trust repeatedly, do you just keep trusting them? Do you follow their lead blindly without questioning their authority? Once you discover you’ve been misled, do you let them get away with it?

The Status Quo would like for you to do just that when it comes to the mismanagement and downright dishonesty that they have repeatedly perpetrated on our economy and our nation. After all, they are too big to fail, so that automatically excuses everything. Right?

Yes, the old guard is pretty fearful of the prospect of really going in a new direction. Yet, because of the progress that has been made by many dedicated hearts, the beast is losing it’s balance and getting pretty bossy in its attempts to regain control. One of the tactics it is likely to try is to push the use of this Sacred Cow:

“Excuse people in positions of authority, regardless of whether or not they have abused our trust.”

I suggest that we nip this one in the bud because without justice, we will never be able to reclaim trust. And trust is what fuels a healthy economy.

You can start by cutting off the underlying Sacred Cows using the Soul Contract Circle with these affirmations:

“I release my agreement to trust the untrustworthy,”

and

“I release my agreement to put up with mismanagement.”

And

“I release any agreement I have to let them get away with it.”

Then, when you play today’s tipping  point game, imagine you can go back through the history of your ancestors. Think about all the traumatic experiences they went through on account of decisions that some unqualified crony made; wars, occupations, genocide, crusades, slavery, broken promises, lost jobs, abuse, mismanagement and so on. As the living heir of your family, exercise your authority and release all those agreements. See every last unjust appointment, treaty and decree burn away into nothingness. Then consciously make a new agreement to incorporate competence and honesty into a new direction.

Rheanni Lightwater © 2008

Play All Sixteen Sacred Cows!

Creating a Tipping Point for Economic Prosperity

What does bailout have in common with burnout?

The Wall Street Bailout has raised the ire of a lot of people and for good reason. Our priorities are upside down. The reason why those securities originally went bad is because people were not able to pay their mortgages. To solve the issue in the long term means that people need to have opportunities to take good care of themselves and their families. What makes simple sense is to improve their lot in life, so that they can fulfill their agreement to pay, thus keeping the banks and their securities solvent.  The only thing that has been getting real attention in the media is the money. Today’s Sacred Cow is:

“It’s all about the money.”

What about sustaining self-respect and an individual’s ability to take care of themselves? So many people have hit the skids and yet, it’s the bankers we are supposed to help. It’s give, give, give, until there isn’t anything left. And now we’ve even gone way beyond that point.

A Microcosm of the Macrocosm

So what does this have to do with burnout? I have found that people in my practice who are sick often feel loath to do things to take care of themselves. They feel that they are somehow being selfish – that they shouldn’t be asking for anything extra. Often there is another member of the family whose needs are supposed to take precedence over theirs.“So and so has it so bad, how could I possibly ask for anything?”“I don’t have time to do that for myself, I’ve got to take care of thus and such.”And so they go without for long periods of time, sometimes their whole lives. Their minds are conditioned to accept their lot in life; however, their bodies and gut feelings are operating out of the reality of what’s really going on. The result is illness – depression, chronic fatigue, diabetes, you name it.

Finances Aren’t the Only Thing That Can Go Bankrupt

I often say to them, “You can’t give what you don’t have.” Yet somehow they keep expecting that they can and their health continues to suffer. Their bodies are literally burning out because their energy supply is bankrupt. They are running on empty. And so is our economy.Look at the Soul Contract Circle to release the two agreements that cause the emotional and physical crash:“I release the agreement that taking good care of myself means that I am being selfish. I replace it with “It’s okay to invest in myself.”“I release the agreement that keeping the Status Quo going is more important than keeping myself going. I decide that “My needs are important.”

As you play today’s  tipping point game, ask yourself what your current needs really are. This will help you to turn your priorities right side up. I know that you know someone who could really use this game, after you play it yourself, consider passing it on to friends, family and or co-workers who are in the process of burning out.

Rheanni Lightwater © 2008

Tip All 16 Sacred Cows Before the Inauguration! 

Up until this point we have been going after the Sacred Cows that set the general groundwork for the Status Quo to maintain its grip on us. Today, we will play a game that will be much more pinpointed towards breaking up this economic malaise we find ourselves in. The goal is to free up energy and release agendas that have worked against the common good.There are a lot of great ideas out there. Isn’t it interesting how often projects and ideas that support the common good are proclaimed “prohibitively expensive and therefore economically unviable” by the Status Quo?What if we were to demand that the old guard back up their claims with reliable data that comes from actual experience?Something tells me that there are warehouses filled with great, sustainabe ideas that got bought up and packed away for the sole purpose of keeping us trapped in the malaise.Let’s start by tipping the Sacred Cow that holds up a lot of progress:

Rheanni Lightwater © 2008  

One of the most stressful things about living under the old guard is the tired Sacred Cow that states:

“You should conform to the beliefs of the status quo, and if you don’t there is something wrong with you.”

When someone doesn’t like something about you, it’s about him or her, not you. They are responding out of their own prejudices, likes and dislikes. If you take it personally, you are buying into their emotional paradigm on a certain level and letting them dictate how you are feeling.

Set yourself free by releasing your agreement to buy into their stuff.

Releasing the Old Paradigm of Emotional Control

Use the Sacred Contract Circle on your right to release any tendency to take things personally, especially in these circumstances:

• When your spouse or loved one doesn’t like what you’re doing
• When a boss or family member criticizes you
• When your receive a poor review or evaluation
• When something you do doesn’t work
• When someone takes advantage of you
• When something of yours gets stolen
• When someone tries to tell you what to do or how to do it.

As you go through today’s Sacred Cow Tipping Game, think about this question:

How would you like to see yourself from now on?

Rheanni Lightwater © 2008

To play the game go to: http://intuitivelearningcircle.com/sacred-cow-tipping/

What do wardrobe colors, obsessing about oversized backpacks and lunch menu items for two high profile gradeschoolers have in common? All three are symptomatic of this Sacred Cow -

“Come up with distractions and pretend that something is important, when clearly it isn’t.”

Notice that each story has been suspiciously contrived, meant to irritate some of us and placate others.

Ever since I was a child in front of the black and white TV, I’ve been easily seduced by these kinds of irrelevancies. Either I thought it was cool and got sucked into the fantasy and glamour of it all, or I rebelled and got snotty and judgemental about chasing after the supposed “American Dream.”

What I’ve discovered is that it doesn’t really matter which reaction I choose. My thoughts, moods and state of mind are being controlled either way.

Recently, both my husband and I decided that it was better to avoid television and the mass media whenever possible for the sake of our sanity. It’s gotten so bad that even the pundits are reporting on how innane their own coverage is.

Don’t be fooled. This kind of confusion has a purpose. As long as you or I keep watching the circus, we have less energy and interest in what’s really going on.

If you are as tired of being taken for a ride as I am, use this symbol to release the social contract that states:

“The media establishment is in charge of how I see things.”

And then play our Sacred Cow Tipping Game to handle distractions, confusing and irrelevant information.

Rheanni Lightwater © 2009

The Status Quo sure is is acting like an old curmudgeon with it’s arms folded in stubborn resistance to any form of change that doesn’t suit it’s own privileged agenda.

If we make one suggestion, it pooh-poohs the idea and ridicules our naiveté’.

If we have several ideas, it digs its heels into the ground like a stubborn mule.

If we have studied the situation and are audacious enough to create a plan, complete with procedures for accountability and new infrastructure – then the real trouble begins.

The Old Guard has rolled out its Sacred Triad of worn out dogma, officially dubbed the Sacred Cows of Procrastination.
They are in this order:
“Wait and See”
“Drag Your Feet” and
“If Its New, It Could Never Work.”

To make a clean break from the past, certainly we will want to be deliberate and pay attention to what is working and what isn’t. However, these nay-sayers would have us believe that what we propose to do is worse than what would happen if we stayed on our present trajectory. This pattern happened before in Iraq, as I recall. We were supposed to succeed only if we “stayed the course.”

Funny thing, once the people made a clear decision that they did not want to do that anymore, the situation in Iraq changed, and for the better I might add.

And here we are again. These “cows de resistance” have plopped themselves right in the middle of progress once more. How much longer can we afford to let this happen?

You may say, “They’re just being the devil’s advocate. It’s their job to make sure we don’t make mistakes.”

I say, “Its time to release our agreement to protect the devil and its advocates.”

Won’t you join me in playing our Sacred Cow Tipping Game?

Tip the whole lot of them before the inauguration!

Rheanni Lightwater © 2009