The Council Table

Still trying to stay focused on the DCA.  I had a friend pass away and that opened up another venue for my focued attention.  These things that draw our attention are not always bad.  They are important, and I do enjoy taking time for them. 

Melody, my friend who passed, was a big part of our Community and in the end, the non-profit I started spent a lot of efforts towards supporting her living her best life.  So when she passed, it was a significant event for all of us in the community.  We are now settling her affairs and cleaning out her house and I am finding myself shifting between what I am meant to do next.  Now her house will be open and I am finding myself imagining what can be done with this house.  I am getting pulled away from where I have been wanting to move towards.  I am losing my focus.  I am drifting...

One of the techniques highlighted in Napoleon Hill's work is the creation of a council table of those who you admire.  

Who are those who I can envision to help me connect to my purpose?  I imagine those who have kept me going and gave me a framework to believe in my own vision?  Maybe surprizingly, one of those is Melody.  Then there are...Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Harriet Tubman, Rudolf Steiner, Franz Kafka, and my Step Mom Sue

This technique require creating a little speach in your mind that you might share with your guides who are seated at the table.   So I would write a little blurb about each one, highlighting the traits and values that they held, and which I hope to embody in my own work.

You can try this with me.
First select your own heroes.
Now create the visual. 

I imagine I am sitting at the table with these great people, people I admire and love.  I go around and share with them the following:

Miss Melody,  I desire to have your joyful energy.  I desire to connect with others with so much ease.  Miss Melody, just as you made people laugh and smile with your cheerful humor, I desire to have within my character that type of carefree attitude that makes everyone feel comfortable to be themselves.
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Dr King,  I desire to stand in integrity holding the vision of a just and fair education system, for all children. I desire to uphold the vision of Truth, Righteousness, and Togetherness as you did and as you outlined in your speech, "I Have a Dream".  Dr King, I desire to build within my own character, the qualities of leadership, showing people the way to take back their rights to educate their children, giving people their power back to stand up against division and hatred and start to teach their children the principles of Love, Kindness and Generosity as your Teacher showed you.  I desire to embrace your determination, and commitment and shall not turn away from this purpose, as you never turned away, through the rest of my days.  I will, like you, turn to God for visions and clarity just as you were given visions and guidance.

Divine Woman Harriet Tubman, you deserve a name of honor.  I desire to hold the courage and steadfastness you showed in your purpose.  I will continue my efforts to correct the wrongs perpetrated by those who would suppress, and listen to the calling of my maker.  I will follow the visions of my purpose as you followed the visions of your own higher calling.

Rudolf Steiner, I desire to follow the truth of my Spirit Man, and not become enmeshed in the goals of others.  Just as you held true to your vision, creating your own philosophy, Anthroposophy, and sharing that vision not just through ideas and ideals, but through practical applications, I desire to create pratical applications for the spiritual evolution of children.  

Franz Kafka, I desire to create out of the struggle and pain of existence somthing so beautiful that it calls to the deepest essence of what it means to be human.  Just as you created something beautiful in your darkest moments, I will follow your example, not letting the darkness destroy me, but rather letting it be my guide towards creative purpose.

and Sue, my greatest guide throughout my life.  I desire to have your easy going natural connection with others, to make people feel comfortable and heard.  To listen with supportive attention.  Just as you started your own business, even after having gone through hardship and betrayal, I desire to not give up, but to keep going cheerfully until I achieve success.  I desire to have routine and clarity, not to over-complicate or dramatize matters, but to keep an even keel and have a balanced family life.  Just as you and my dad worked together beautifully, I desire to have partnerships with genuine collaboration.