Mark's Weekly Brief: 5-mountain integration & development
As a lifelong yogi, martial artist, and Navy SEAL, I am fascinated by the evolution of consciousness and encourage others to awaken their awareness to this process. My life mission is to inspire 100 million leaders to the path of Unbeatable Mind, which is inclusive of spiritual development. We develop along five domains (physical, mental, emotional, intuitional, and spiritual). The spiritual aspect of this development is to live as a “whole” person and recognize the true nature of who you are, which then informs and makes the other domains stronger. You become physically fit, emotionally aware, mentally clear-headed, and intuitively inspired. All these things come together when you can begin to connect to your awakened, witnessing self, or your “higher mind”.
When we examine our lives this way, we begin to start “thinking about our thinking” - from the perspective of our rational mind, we examine the quality of our thoughts. Beyond this rational evaluation, we want to expand into our intuitive/witnessing mind and begin to “watch” the thinking from this mindful perspective - also known as mindfulness. This helps us to observe the totality of the ways that our rational minds and egoic structures are operating, allowing us to interdict the negative recurring thoughts and allow our more positive qualities to flourish. Progress in these realms are not linear. These practices require consistent, daily effort. This is where “spot drills” become particularly effective throughout the day as they allow us to refocus our energy and effort on our spiritual development in a continual process. Integrated development is a lifelong process that necessitates consistent effort and reflection. Hooyah! Stay focused.