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Sacred Cow Tipping – Allowing Compromise

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

The Status Quo contends that the purpose of agreements is to enforce their power and control. However the real purpose of agreements is so that we may all live together in greater harmony and peace. Another inherent quality of agreements is that they can be re-negotiated if they aren’t creating the desired effect.

However, what if the person(s) involved will not allow the compromise? This does happen, and we are witnessing it in our Leaders right now. They might be merely stubborn and inflexible, because dammit they MUST stay the course or they will be guilty of weakness. Another possibility is that they could be willfully ignoring other important agreements just so that they can remain in control. Either way, the results are the same. They cannot bring themselves to let go of the original agreement, so even though they say they are changing directions, they are still just staying the course. In addition, every time they make a new agreement, they compound the problems, confusion and social unrest that already exist.

What is the Sacred Cow controlling this unholy stalemate? Well, after all, we do have a pretty significant cultural agreement that:

“Any deviation from the pre-agreed agenda is a sign of weakness and can only be construed as failure.”

This inflexible, unmerciful Sacred Cow is standing behind the scenes keeping everyone stuck in the mud, not just our leaders. Play our tipping game. By releasing your personal, familial, social and collective agreement with it, we may be able to let ourselves off the hook, so that we can re-negotiate and move forward again.

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Rheanni Lightwater © 2007

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Sacred Cow Tipping – Apocalypse Now?

Monday, January 22nd, 2007

The Status Quo is now behaving like an old Puritanical schoolmaster from the days of yore who has lost control of the classroom. Indignant and motivated by revenge, the powers that be spend their time vilifying the standouts and threatening everyone with dire, apocalyptic punishments.

Luckily, we have gotten past the point where we would be deterred from our convictions by being set in the corner with a dunce cap on our heads.  Unfortunately, we still have a little charge on the idea that we might just be blown to bits if we fail to do as we’re told.

That’s why today’s Sacred Cow is about another key survival motivation that is being used against us:

“Use revenge to motivate people to stay in line.”

If you are as tired as I am of the Status Quo using pain, punishment and threats as the way to maintain their agenda, play our tipping game and release any and all agreements to buy into it.

Rheanni Lightwater © 2007

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Sacred Cow Tipping – Polarized Thinking

Saturday, January 6th, 2007

The Sacred Cows for January have to do with our survival motivations and the either/or syndrome, i.e. “either you’re for us or against us,” “either you win or you lose,” and the infamous “either you’re right or you’re wrong.”
Thinking in absolutes is the basis of most survival issues and provides the fodder for war – “Either we stay in Iraq until we win or we cut and run.” This kind of polarized thinking is collective and filters down into our families and businesses to pollute our motivations and decision-making processes. In the end, either/or thinking makes it very difficult for us to cooperate with each other and build positive consensus in our projects.

I hope you will join me in playing our tipping game, where we consciously release any unconscious agreement we may have with this dangerous Sacred Cow:
 

“Limit the choices people make by speaking and thinking only in terms of black and white.”

Nature is our teacher as she adapts, recombines and evolves. She is filled with variables, creative combinations and surprising options. Maybe it’s time we followed her lead by letting go of our personal, business, national and collective agreements to limit ourselves in this way.As usual, I will post the others as they come up throughout the month on our Intuitive Learning Circle blog and selected forums.

Nature is our teacher as she adapts, recombines and evolves. She is filled with variables, creative combinations and surprising options. Maybe it’s time we followed her lead by letting go of our personal, business, national and collective agreements to limit ourselves in this way.As usual, I will post the others as they come up throughout the month on our and selected forums.Rheanni Lightwater © 2007

Sacred Cow Tipping – Re-establishing Connection

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006

Countdown: Day 1 out of 5 Days for Releasing Extremism and Fear

A baby requires attention and love. When those things are witheld or absent, the child’s growth and happiness is stunted. As an adult they may exhibit learning and behavioral difficulties, a fear of being abandoned or left behind. Or they may feel disconnected from themselves, other people, or the Earth.

In an attempt to feel connected, they often seek out organizations, gangs, or cults that promise a sense of belonging. Unfortunately, the connection is usually based on an “us vs. them” mentality, which only perpetuates the isolation and sets up the conditions for extremism.

This Sacred Cow has caused endless strife and suffering. As our last game in this series, I hope that you will take the time to release your personal, familial, cultural and collective agreements with:

“I am all alone.”

Give yourself the gift of releasing the fear and loneliness of the past and join with others to build a new collective consciousness based on love, respect, and tolerance. 

Thank you for participating in our tipping game, and remember that you are never alone.

Rheanni Lightwater 2006

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Sacred Cow Tipping – Releasing the Guilt

Monday, December 11th, 2006

Countdown: Day 2 out of 5 Days to Releasing Extremism and Fear

Today’s Sacred Cow is interesting because it is actually two beasts joined at the hip:

“There’s no way out.”

and

“What I say and do doesn’t matter.”

One is completely and utterly dependent on the other to hold intractable situations in place, for example the quandary that now exists in Iraq.

Whatever we say or do won’t matter because there’s no way out, and there’s no way out because we think whatever we say or do won’t matter.

Handling this double bind is going to require a bit of ingenuity. We can’t really tip them head on, however, we might be able to throw them off balance by releasing our personal, cultural and collective agreements to feel hopeless about there being no way out and then to release all agreements to feel guilty about anything that we have ever said or done.

Remember that guilt is a heavy weight placed upon us because we are not doing something that someone else wants us to do. Remorse, on the other hand, is a genuine and heart-felt desire for atonement.

By releasing the guilt and allowing genuine hope to flow more freely through our collective consciousness, we may be able to tip these cows.

Rheanni lightwater © 2006

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Sacred Cow Tipping – Unlocking Genius

Saturday, December 9th, 2006

Countdown: Day 4 out of 5 Days for Releasing Extremism and Fear

As children many of us were conditioned to think that what we thought didn’t matter. Perhaps we were called names that insulted our intellect or potential based upon our sex, race or social position.

Possibly we were thoughtlessly called stupid or moronic, simply because we didn’t agree with the Status Quo.

Whether we responded with fear or anger, our ability to stand up effectively for what we knew in our hearts was compromised or squelched entirely. That’s why today’s Sacred Cow is:

“What I think is not important.”

Experiment with the idea that every insult, trauma or lie is etched somewhere in your DNA like graffiti. Use the circles in our game to clean, clear and restore each strand to it’s pristine condition. Breathe deeply, and in your mind’s eye, watch the DNA spirals relax and brighten. Allow them to change and reorganize themselves so that you can unlock the genius that lives within.

Rheanni Lightwater  © 2006
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Sacred Cow Tipping – Remaining Focused

Friday, December 8th, 2006

5 Days to Releasing Extremism and Fear

Timing is an important aspect of Tipping Sacred Cows. If you are venturing into this set of Sacred Cows, the timing is probably right for you to release more agreements that are preventing you from establishing balance and equilibrium in your life. I would like to begin with this one:

“The squeaky wheel always gets the oil.”

As you play our tipping game, I suggest that you visualize releasing your personal, familial, cultural and collective aggreements to pay undue attention to the whiners, complainers, opportunists and trouble-makers. What you choose to do instead creates the foundation for your future happiness and focus in life.

Rheanni Lightwater  © 2006

Sacred Cow Tipping – Sympathy for the Devil

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

Countdown: 2 Days Remaining of 30 Days to Creating a Change in Direction

We are almost complete with our 30 day experiment in tipping cows. Thanks to you for participating. It truly has been a month of taking positive, pro-active action.

In order to make the most of our last two games, I want to be sure that you have handled all the major cows that might sabotage or slow you down, so let’s take a look at this one:

“Use self-pity to exploit others and bring progress to a halt.”

Pity and self-pity is like the crazy glue of the psyche. It takes our good intentions and turns them against us in the bat of an eye.

Remove the big, hairy Sacred Cow that is blocking us from the light.

Rheanni Lightwater © 2006
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Sacred Cow Tipping – Unleashing Potential

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

Countdown: 3 Days remaining of 30 Days to Creating a Change in Direction

We are told that we use only a fraction of our brain capacity and that the vast majority of our DNA strands have been dormant since the beginnings of recorded history.

In my work with the circles we’re using in our tipping game, I know that it doesn’t have to be that way. I’ve seen people go through vast change and exponential growth once they decide to activate their true potential and release their agreement to stay in the box.

So I have to ask, what if our reduced capacity has something to do with an ancient contract that was made in another age, one that we cannot even remember? Is it possible that we somehow agreed to limit ourselves and compromise our free will?
 
As an experiment, I would like to suggest that we try on that possible scenario and use our game to reach all the back to tip the original Sacred Cow that says: 

“Limit the potential of the people so that they can be easily dominated.”


Rheanni Lightwater  2006
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Sacred Cow Tipping – Developing Compassion

Monday, November 27th, 2006

Countdown – 5 Days remaining of 30 days to Creating a Change in Direction

Nobody said that changing directions would be easy. As a result of tipping all these Sacred Cows, you are probably more aware of the distrust and negativity around you than you were when you started.

Believe it or not, your new awareness is a good thing because it means that you have become more conscious of things that have the potential to pull you back into the muck and the mire. You notice when someone is acting as if they have no power. You understand more about what’s going on when they choose to blame you for something or try to take advantage of you. They are reacting unconsciously in the way that they have been taught to do. Just as you have done, and will probably do again at some point. The idea here isn’t to be perfect. The idea is to develop compassion.    

Compassion is not about feeling sorry for someone and it certainly isn’t about placing oneself above others out of some kind of spiritual superiority.

Compassion is the acknowlegement of what is true and understanding the difficulty there is in following what is true, because you’ve been there.

Having compassion for someone who is acting out of integrity does not mean that what they are doing is okay. It means that you recognize and understand how that could be you under different circumstances.

One of the most damaging expectations we have as human beings is the belief that we will be punished if we aren’t perfect. It has taught us to be so hard on ourselves – can’t make a mistake, can’t let down our guards for even one minute. This lack of compassion for ourselves leads us to this Sacred Cow: 

“Condition the people to be critical of themselves and others.”

Tip this Cow and see if you can begin to feel more balanced in your situation.

Rheanni Lightwater © 2006
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