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    The Bonsai Way of Living

    In moments of uncertainty, we have a much greater capacity to understand how we are shaped beyond our minds.

    Uncertainty is a tool of humility; it facilitates the processes that put you in your place and bring with them the fluctuation of seeing life from a broader perspective.

    Moving to a new city? Changing jobs? Ending a relationship? Crossing paths with death?

    All these are moments that bring uncertainty, but they are external reflections of internal changes (like everything, right?)

    The Emerald Tablet states in its first philosophical stroke:

     

    Quod est inferius est sicut quod est superius, et quod est superius est sicut quod est inferius, ad perpetranda miracula rei unius.

    – What is below is like what is above, and what is above is like what is below, to accomplish the miracles of one thing –

     

    At the same time, it also means that what is inside is like what is outside.

    The mechanism is self-knowledge;

    If you’re neglecting this part, get ready because everything starts manifesting in your external reality!

    After all, we have to learn somehow.

     

    “In the beginning, I had the enthusiasm of youth. I asked God to give me the strength to change humanity. Gradually, I realized this was impossible. So I began to ask God to give me the strength to change those around me. Now that I am old, my prayer is much simpler. I ask God what I should have asked from the beginning. I ask to change myself.”
    (Paulo Coelho)

     

    Following this up, externalizing is a reflection mechanism of what reverberates within you; it’s also a manifestation mechanism.
    (like everything, right? 2)

    Have you ever come across the concept of Entropy? Not from Physics… but from Life.

    All matter finds itself wrapped in this cosmic “Entropic” dance of experiencing itself in expansion, dispersion, and disorder.

    It’s the yearning for life!

    It’s a more square and “mechanical” way of defining Enthusiasm.

    And like Entropy, Enthusiasm is the eternal and internal change from one state of limited perception to another state of expanded awareness. It is the very Essence of Life.

    To be Enthusiastic is always to find a way to live the New.

     

    “You will be enthusiastic until the Ends of Time.”
    (Augusto 1:1)

     

    Living is irreversible.

    There’s no way to “re-live experiences.” Dissipated energy is transformed energy and, existing in something else, never returns to what it was.

    Others’ opinions turn into the arch-enemies of life itself.

    They tempt you to want to go back to what has already been lived (that habit of repeating conversations in the shower? Yeah…).

    Your mind builds a world where the impossible happens (time travel exists in moments that have already ceased to exist).

    But at the same time, life keeps happening – both outside and within.

     

    Misunderstood uncertainty about life turns into a kind of prison; the prison of the familiar: the mental environment where memories transform into the imprisonment of creative energy.
    (you repeatedly create a scenario that only exists inside your head)

    We arrive at an interesting reflection here:

    Do I allow my energy to be invested in experiencing life itself
    or
    Do I allow myself to waste energy in this illusory mental world where my energy is spent on solving situations that no longer return?

    Your personality fades, gets lost, and forgets itself in the whirlwind of others’ opinions and imaginary scenarios.

    We are addicted to the feeling of control. But control over past situations is an illusion. Worse still…

    Control over situations that no longer return; control over resolving conflicts that are already in the past; control over being in control of what could have happened.

     

    “The only certainty in life is change, and fighting against this Entropy is losing the game before it even starts.”

     

    Allow yourself to let go: of the mind, of control, of life. But don’t allow yourself to let go without direction;

    You risk becoming a boomerang: you go and return with the same intensity.

    The big difference between experiencing Entropy in creative life and not in mental confusion is Direction.

    The greatest strength and probably the only power humans have (and it’s a Super Power) is their attention.

    Have you ever stopped to think about that?

     

    “How to direct your attention to live in a healthy Entropy within your own Personal Magic?”

     

    Thinking about Personal Entropy is like building a Bonsai:
    The Life Force of a Tree cannot be increased or decreased.

    The tree will seek the Sun, with all its Entropic Life.

    You can help the tree grow healthily by preparing the soil, watering it properly, and sometimes even with those small words of encouragement: “You will grow strong and beautiful” or “Who is the prettiest plant in this garden?”

    The tree has an original force that manifests independently and autonomously (like everything, right? 3).

     

    “Human beings are Bonsais of a greater force.”

     

    Why Bonsais?

    It was believed that Bonsais were magical, energetic, and compact reproductions of larger things, like trees and mountains.

    The greater the fidelity in “miniature,” the greater the access to the magical properties of the “original.”

     

    “God created man in his own image,
    in the image of God he created him;
    male and female he created them.”
    (Genesis 1:27)

     

    The trees chosen to be Bonsais were distorted trees, which were not suited for practical purposes like construction or decoration.

    They represented the forces of Yoga, many times with their “postures” of energy cycles, distorted and prominent.
    (I personally relate to this characteristic of trees that weren’t suited for practical purposes, and I know that, in some realm, you do too)

    It’s precisely at this point that your Attention needs to be more… attentive.

    Be enthusiastic about your Personal Power, without letting your “apparent limitations” or misfits hinder your Purpose.

    You can’t measure your worth by how much you “contorted” in the past;
    or how that will reverberate in your future and future generations.

    Understanding that your Enthusiasm is what guides you in the right direction.

    Refining Enthusiasm in a way that aligns your True Will with your ability to manifest.

    And manifest beyond the misfit, but using the misfit itself as fuel for manifestation.

     

    “Enthusiasm is the greatest strength of the soul. Preserve it and you will never lack the power to achieve what you desire.”
    (Napoleon Hill)

     

    Conserving your energy is guiding your Purpose through your decisions.

    I’ll bring some parallels of how the art of making Bonsais can serve as an example for this alignment of purpose, energy, entropy, and enthusiasm:

     

    Lower Resource Demand:

    Bonsais require fewer resources. They are more focused on the small areas that need nourishment, and they reduce the amount of evaporation through the smaller leaves, conserving accumulated energy.

    You can identify areas of your life that need immediate attention.

    Identify which areas are leaking energy and which moments you let autopilot decide how your energy is used.

    What small action can you take every day to see your growth over time?

    Like a clock that ticks one second at a time but, through the accumulation of movement, adds up to minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years.

    With focused energy, working on your purpose, you can reduce dissipated Entropy and use it as a strong, objective, and precise breath of life

    (and without the worry about the Purpose of your Entire Life at this very moment, you can focus on making your bed every morning).

     

    Prolonged Longevity:

    They receive specific care and have a greater ability to adapt. All the care they receive allows them to have more health due to specific pruning, enabling balanced growth. Trees that live for centuries and are passed down from generation to generation.

    Everything done with purpose resonates beyond one generation. When we align our habits, behaviors, and energy, we receive specific care.

    This care can only come from something beyond our experience limited to our senses.

    It’s care that becomes perceptible as we become more focused on the details and synchronicity of our will and life mission.

    (Carl G. Jung introduced the concept of synchronicity and how being attentive to these patterns gradually guides our decisions and our path in deciding each step)

    – Where does this care come from? Each person perceives it differently… but one thing is certain: there is an energy beyond our control that gives all this life dynamic and movement.

    Directed Entropy resonates in all areas of everyday life and allows for a more balanced mind, body, and spirit (even if life on the outside has not yet fully adapted or changed).

    A new day every day.

    Reactions become increasingly… serene. Can you feel it?

     

    Adaptation to Different Environments:

    They are adaptable to abundant resource systems or scarce resource systems. Their reduced size allows them to adapt to various environments.

    Your priorities dictate the direction of your energy.

    Your resources can differ depending on your life stage (and I’m not talking about years passing; they can be differences of weeks).

    Prioritizing allows you to direct your focus and understand how to use minimal energy to be attentive each day to the same construction.

    Building a future, building a career, building relationships.

    – You are a Being that builds constantly; how are the foundations to raise your structure, whatever it may be?

    The best way to adapt to different environments is to prioritize the basic aspects of your life: your health and your communication (with yourself and others).

    Adaptation is building your comfort with yourself, your daily spine of habits, which prioritize what truly matters in your life, and other things adapt to this energy tube.

     

    Aesthetics and Appreciation:

    Creating a Bonsai is an art that values beauty, harmony, and balance. It is created within a style, in a way that is entirely pleasing. Beyond beauty, it is an appreciation of transcendental values.

    The most transcendental value is reconnecting.

    Beauty, harmony, and balance are a life more directed toward what truly matters. To what truly moves you every day.

    You are a Bonsai of energy that flows and manifests from your presence in experiencing this reality. Being attentive to your vision is honoring the beauty of being yourself in this world.

    – How can you translate what is beautiful and harmonious through your own existence?

    Often, daily obligations take over our attention. We give away our Personal Power to distractions, the noise that steals our ability to focus on what really matters.

    What truly matters?

     

    You and your Realization of Purpose.

     

    How great would it be to be guided without worries, distractions, and knowing exactly what needs to be done at every moment?

    Without losing the surprises that life brings. The Focus is on the Now.

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    Understanding your own energy system, observing where or when your energy is often dispersed is essential to becoming the best version of yourself that you envision.

    Your attention to yourself must be able to take you beyond in this experience.

    In the way of an existence with more and more meaning…

    Your own meaning.

     

    You can trust that what arrives is the Wonder of being surrendered to the flow of That which guides you.

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