George S's List: Self-Development

• visualizations are powerful tools we can all use to create our reality. Visualizations strengthen neural pathways and connections that are beneficial to us. Visualizations are mental exercises aimed at harnessing the power of your intentions.

• The beautiful, majestic (and endangered) Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) is  the  animal Totem for Wabun. Eagle soars high, higher than any other physical  being.  And yet from this lofty height He can see the mouse far below. At the same  time He  sees the whole picture. The first gift of Wabun which Golden Eagle can  help you  realize is Clarity. Ask Wabun to help you soar high, close to Creator,  and gain  Wisdom. Higher yet, till you gain the Light of Illumination.

• Wolf language helps the pack to identify and locate its members, establish territorial boundaries, give instruction, request assistance, sound warnings, teach the young, and generally to bring cohesion and unity to the pack.
• This ability to communicate may be a sign to hone your own speaking skills to effectively relate your feelings and ideas in a good way - to pray, sing and dance in praise of the blessings of the Creator.
• Wolves have great stamina and strength. They do not fight needlessly and often avoid fighting whenever possible.
• Wolf teaches to know who you are and to develop strength and confidence.
• They teach us to respect our emotions and face the darkness within.
• Wolf is associated with the lunar influences and energies that rule psychic perception.
• The wolf is ritualistic. It knows the importance of regular lunar howling ceremonies and daily social rituals designed to communicate needs and express feelings.

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• The most successful and satisfying road for a 9 is giving, sharing and sacrificing for a larger goal, without expecting anything in return.
• Your greatest chance at success is to tie your personal fortunes to an endeavor that makes the world a lucrative enterprise, providing amply for you and your family.
• Your life rests on the axiom that the more you give, the bigger will be your reward.
• When you are not in harmony with your true nature, you can fall to moodiness, or become aloof and withdrawn. You can become timid, uncertain, and ungrateful, putting the blame for your troubles on others or the world.
• You have a gift for examining your life objectively and at some distance. Be honest with yourself. Be open to your shortcomings, as well as your strengths, develop equilibrium. You will thus be able to love and better understand yourself and all life.

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• This animal is most active in the early morning and late afternoon
• use the power of silence to your advantage. Do not talk too much about future goals and objectives until you have achieved them
• However, try not to over commit yourself. Pursue your work with all of your energy but, also take time to rest and play. When you do go out on a limb make sure that you land on your Snow Leopard’s strong, broad feet.  This will prevent you from sinking into more obligations and commitments.
• you are a fearless leader
• Clairvoyance is also a natural gift.  Use it to get better acquainted with your shadow self. Trust in your intuition and don’t be afraid to stalk your dreams.
• Use caution when out of your territory. At times it is better to blend into your surroundings rather than reveal your presence or motives. Winter is your season. Do not allow seasonal changes to interfere with major decisions year round.

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• Leopards have a strong hunting instinct and intuition
• Trusting that inner instinct is part of the life lesson for those with this totem
• meditation on it's green eyes, the northern direction, and its mountainous and rocky homes may provide insight into its specific role in your life
• Great Cave of Conquering Demons
• opportunity to conquer one's own great demons
• research and meditate upon the life of Milarepa
• The qualities of the bharal (blue sheep) should also be studied by those with this totem as it is one of the most common prey
• If a snow leopard has revealed itself, look for a time to clear out the haunts and demons within the mind. The strength and vitality to do so will be there -- vibrant and plentiful. Great leaps in overcoming them will occur
• It can reflect a period of 22-24 months in which the old demons are chased away and new vistas open up. (At the age of about 22 months, the young are able to be out on their own.) The snow leopard holds the promise of new life, new perception, and a renewed perspective on life.

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• the Kingdom of God is inside of you, and it is outside of you. When you come to know yourselves, then you will become known, and you will realize that it is you who are the sons of the living Father. But if you will not know yourselves, you dwell in poverty, and it is you who are that poverty."

• We see the power of each person in our community and we   seek to unite soul groups.
• global expansion, without sacrificing the close-knit   geographic community base
• Arctic Wolves usually travel in packs as small as two and as large as   twenty
• core groups work best in those ranges
• In order to fully activate your destiny as a Spiritual   Teacher/Leader/Social Entrepreneur, you will be required to write, blog   and journal and to fully utilize technology in the right way.
• WHITE   WOLF     AFFIRMATIONS
        I am born to lead others to their greatness.
    I am loyal and trustworthy in all my endeavors.
    I am aligned with my highest good and I willingly support the highest   good of us all.
    I anchor the courage to be a part of changing and evolving broken   systems in our world.
    I am a pathfinder, inventive and enterprising.
    I boldly reveal new perspectives on old ways of being.
    I am willing to do my part in the evolution of humanity and planet   earth.
    I bring the power of the Light into all my endeavors.
    I engage in sacred activism.
    My business is sacred.
    I am a social entrepreneur.
    I work for the greater good, even as I realize my own dreams.
    I employ the power of my pack.
    I am a good team player.
    I honor my teachers and other leaders.
    I continue to expand my knowledge, skills and experience.
    I offer support to others.
    I actively engage in the power of my tribe.
    I bring enthusiasm to everything I touch.
    All of my projects turn to gold.
    I freely give my love, attention and support to my pack.
    I choose the members of my pack with discernment.
    I open my business to Spirit.
    I create intentions and surrender them to Spirit.
    I offer my skills and talents for the good of my team.
    I seek to build relationships with others before I ask them to do   business with me.
    I do business from the heart and soul.
    I am in right relationship with money and the creation of wealth.
    I invest in my spiritual development, knowing this leads to my   wholeness.
    I allow my pack to serve me and receive the blessing of their gifts.
    I am in humble service to my pack.
    My inner circle serves the outer circles of the world.
    I believe in one for all and all for one.
    I take my rightful place within my community and the whole world.
• “You belong not only to yourself, but to the world”

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• Because the throat holds our organ of speech, the neck sometimes depicts our will, our ability to ask for what we want, and also our confidence, as when we use the idiom, ‘stick my neck out.

• everyone has his or her special field or fields in which the greatest happiness and contentment is to be found
• she or he has the capability to function at the apex of her or his abilities, everyone has a life purpose
• To find this purpose and pursue means to be in harmony with the reason why you are on Earth, and to fulfill your destiny
• Genuine excellence
• the talents and achievements of your neighbor, friend, lover or colleague have no other relevance for your chosen way than to demonstrate the possibility
• all individuals who have achieved something significant have consistently been dedicated to self-improvement
• to seek perfection is self-destructive, both because the target itself does not exist, and because something perfected is something that no longer develops, something that has no purpose.
• If your devotion is sufficiently intense, sincere and faithful, you will in due course attract the very best of qualities, abilities and circumstances into your existence. If you are not content with mere cozy harmony and the resultant self-satisfied mediocrity, but desire supreme quality, then you must be prepared to sacrifice whatever it costs in time and effort to actualize your aims. If you do this, you will discover something magical: You are rewarded with great joy in your life, not only because you see the fruits of your efforts, but because you will be true towards yourself by realizing what is your essence.
• To help them when they want to change for the better is the foremost expression of social responsibility and true love
• Competition, that is the practical result of your enthusiastic desire to emulate your competitor, is functional and desirable if it does never escalate beyond the point where antagonism enters and your competitor's failure becomes a goal for you
• the effect of trying to destroy the weak in order to add force to the superior will be largely counterproductive, because of some very subtle and not so subtle mechanisms. To put a main emphasis on destroying always means that a general impulse to destruction is sent out. This is detrimental to any constructive purpose, and will make it much more difficult to accomplish the beneficial and to attain excellence.
• if one constantly concentrates the focus on the lesser and lower, one cannot possibly be effective in promoting excellence
• we should prefer and select the best, but also strive to encourage the improvement of what is presently substandard, because this will send out the general impulse to improvement, and because it serves to direct our attention and emphasis towards upgrading, enhancement and change for the better

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