5 steps to better listening

By angelogeonie | Published April 13, 2011

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Have you ever had the experience of speaking to someone and felt they did not hear one word, maybe they were looking at their phone or watching people go by or just getting lost in their own thoughts.

Lets stop this by being an example to others on how to listen, and thanking other people when they truly listen to us.

Try these 5 step to help you be a better listener

1. Focus your attention on what the other person is saying word for word, remove assumptions from your thought process

2. leave your own agenda out of the conversation

3. repeat back there own words, not a paraphrase but their actual words

4. be curious about the story or situation that is being shared

5. Turn your own internal dialog off

We all have the wish to be heard, by paying attention and honoring another persons process of expression, is a wonderful gift to give

“A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something”

- Wilson Mizner-

Angelo Geonie has spent more than a decade studying and integrating the metaphysical principles that enhance and transform the quality of our physical, mental, emotional, and energetic life, and combining the practices with the science of the 21st century quantum physics to produce one of the most transformational technologies. Angelo coaches others to integrate these into their personal rituals for life-long change. Angelo is the facilitator of the Morning Coach Spiritual Book Study program and is completing his Morning Coach Coaching Certification. Visit Angelo’s spiritual Blogs post at http://acgeonie.com/

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Mistakes, How Many Times Will We Blame Ourselves

By angelogeonie | Published March 27, 2011

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True justice is paying only once for each mistake

True injustice is paying more than once for each mistake

-Don Miguel Ruiz-

There are many things that separate us from the other living creatures on our planet, but one of the saddest is the fact that when other living creatures make a mistake they never think about it again and can never be punished by there community or their selves again. We on the other hand can make a mistake and either be punished by others over and over, or even worse we punish ourselves over and over again. In the book The Four Agreements it asks us what agreements we have set up with ourselves or what is our personal Book of Law and does it serve us. We created this book and we enforce these laws, so lets say we invoke a new law or agreement, that when we make a mistake we look at it closely and take responsibility and then let it go. This law now protects us from further prosecution, just like our current laws that state we cannot be tried for the same crime twice. How does that feel, does it feel fair and just, to know we have taken responsibility and now can move on.

Now when others try to punish us for things that have taken place in the past, we just state in our defense I have already been punished for this offense so lets move on. Now others might not like that idea and try to punish you anyway, but you now have the power to refuse and let it go, for someone else can only harm you with you granting them permission, in this way we have reclaimed our own personal power. This is something that I am currently practicing not just with my self but with others, so I will let go after I have stated my issue with someone else, and by refusing to go back I release them from further punishment. What a wonderful gift.

Angelo Geonie has spent more than a decade studying and integrating the metaphysical principles that enhance and transform the quality of our physical, mental, emotional, and energetic life, and combining the practices with the science of the 21st century quantum physics to produce one of the most transformational technologies. Angelo coaches others to integrate these into their personal rituals for life-long change. Visit Angelo’s spiritual Blogs post at http://acgeonie.com/

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Spirituality in the work place

By angelogeonie | Published March 20, 2011

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How does spirituality and work combine? Well for most of us the majority of our day is spent in our work environment. And that affords us a great opportunity to implement our spiritual practice. We have people to practice patients with whether they are co-workers or customers, we have people who are suffering from depression, anger, sadness, and loneliness, so have compassion, and there is Gossip that should be avoided. One of the easiest ways to start is to look at one’s self and pick and area that you feel you need to improve, Patience, Compassion, or avoiding Gossip. Once you have determined what you want to begin with. Lets say it is patience, maybe there is one person who pushes your buttons all the time, what to do first well they are your buttons and we have given our power away here, so by taking responsibility we can reclaim our power and be steadfast, once we have realized that it is within our grasp to control our responses then we can look at the other persons behavior, and as stated in the amazing book The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz evoke the second agreement Do Not Take Anything Personally, from this perspective we understand what others do and say is a projection of the current state of mind and we become immune to their poison and experience Patient acceptance, but lets not confuse this with a self righteous view of the other person, by understanding they have a mind that is in pain, we can move to the next practice one of Compassion. So as you can see the work place affords us many opportunities to put our study into practice. I hope this writing helps and expands your opportunity for practice. I myself will remain mindful of my daily interactions and look for opportunities to practice.

Angelo Geonie has spent more than a decade studying and integrating the metaphysical principles that enhance and transform the quality of our physical, mental, emotional, and energetic life, and combining the practices with the science of the 21st century quantum physics to produce one of the most transformational technologies. Angelo coaches others to integrate these into their personal rituals for life-long change. Visit Angelo’s spiritual Blogs post at http://acgeonie.com/

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Be mindful of your intentions

By angelogeonie | Published March 3, 2011

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We all know that we should choose our words wisely, but our words only carry the meaning that we place on them, what meaning are you placing? Think of a child who gets caught doing something wrong and they are asked to say that they are sorry, what happens first usually they say SOrrry and you know they do not mean it, and you say to the child, say it like you mean it. We are trying to teach the child that the intention is of most importance, but what sometimes is conveyed, is the ability to sound sincere and not really mean it(lying).

Some people have become masters at the act of this deception, but we all know who they are they might fool us once, but we have other ways of reading them even when the conventional ways( sight, sound and body language) do not work any longer. So If we are able to read people’s intention, maybe not knowing what they are thinking, just knowing it is not what they mean. Then other people can surely read ours. It really comes down to saying what you mean or not saying anything at all. Just as Don Miguel Ruiz speaks of in his amazing book The Four Agreements, BE OF YOUR WORD, speak your truth, if your mind is angry or unbalanced, then bring it back to balance before you speak, or say I am very angry and I would like to calm down before I respond. That is speaking our truth, even if we are admitting we are not on our game at the moment, why try to fake it and say something you really do not mean, the other person will sense you lack of congruency. This is a daily practice and we say so any things each day, I am sure you will find many moments to practice, I myself will do my best to watch my words very closely and I usually worry when I am speaking a lot, so I try to minimize my explanations and keep things short. So be mindful of your thought behind the words and actions you take.

“Intent is tangible, and on the back of our words travels that intent.”

-Lujan Matus-

Angelo Geonie has spent more than a decade studying and integrating the metaphysical principles that enhance and transform the quality of our physical, mental, emotional, and energetic life, and combining the practices with the science of the 21st century quantum physics to produce one of the most transformational technologies. Angelo coaches others to integrate these into their personal rituals for life-long change. Visit Angelo’s spiritual Blogs post at http://acgeonie.com/

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Forgiveness, release blocked potential

By angelogeonie | Published February 25, 2011

There are two side of the forgiveness coin, one is forgiving others and the other is asking for forgiveness and forgiving ourselves. So lets look at when we are unable to forgive someone else, what does that feel and look like, well it feels like a weight we are baring, its like loading our backpacks of life with rocks instead of life sustaining energy, and it feels like a dark sticky place were part of us is trapped. Imagine not being able to forgive is like a pot filled with toxic soil. The only fruit that it will bear is the fruit of anger, fear, weakness, frustration, separation, but when we forgive all the negative emotions attached to that pot, are then left without any soil to sustain them and the wither and die, its very simple and very powerful.

Then there is the pot that contains the soil of forgiveness, for when we destroy the pot with unforgiveness, we create a vacuum and nature abhors a vacuum, it is then filled with life giving abundant soil, what we plant here reaps the fruits of, love, happiness, freedom, connection, we are able to move freely again like a great weight has been lifted.

Then there is the act of asking for forgiveness, instead of carrying around guilt, clear the air, even if the other person will not grant it too you, just by the act of asking we are removing our own internal blocks and have acted bravely, and last but not least, there is self forgiveness, sometime we are the hardest on our selves, we can forgive other people’s fault but cannot be kind and patient with our own, you are an amazing being of light and love, by forgiving yourself you give permission for all the beauty that is within to shine though. I hope this article was helpful, as I myself have area’s to release and people to forgive, this is just another life long practice we should all try to master

iStock_000014923713XSmallAngelo Geonie has spent more than a decade studying and integrating the metaphysical principles that enhance and transform the quality of our physical, mental, emotional, and energetic life, and combining the practices with the science of the 21st century quantum physics to produce one of the most transformational technologies. Angelo coaches others to integrate these into their personal rituals for life-long change. Visit Angelo’s spiritual Blogs post at http://acgeonie.com/

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