The Wonder With Institute creates programs and services with individuals, groups and organizations to experience freedom, connection, creativity, love and joy.
In other words, the mission of the Wonder With Institute is to pay attention to what inspires and moves people.
Nothing New Under the Sun
Teachers and practices around the world and through the ages influence and guide the Institute's approach. We offer no new ideas or strategies for happiness and success because we don't need them. What we need are experiences that open our heart.
We know that it is possible to live an amazing life in any circumstance. Viktor Frankl, Immaculee Ilibagiza, Nick Vujicic and Nelson Mandela exemplify that perception is more powerful than circumstance, that you can water the seeds of peace, freedom and happiness everywhere you are. We are no different than any of them, or any other person who inspires us. What is wonderful is who we are.
We know this, even if the knowing seems to be hidden behind skepticism, rationalism, judgement or doubt. The Wonder With Institute aims to notice what makes it possible for us to connect with and draw from our inner knowing.
Peace is an Inside Job
Lao Tzu wrote the Tao Te Ching more than 2,000 years ago. The message is timeless:
If there is to be peace in the world,
there must be peace in the nations.
If there is to be peace in the nations,
there must be peace in cities.
If there is to be peace in the cities,
there must be peace between neighbors.
If there is to be peace between neighbors
there must be peace in the home.
If there is to be peace in the home,
there must be peace in the heart.
No matter what you are up to - launching a new product, re-connecting with your creative juices, improving the distribution of resources, clarifying roles, mending a relationship or releasing the past - a clear mind and peaceful heart illuminates the next step on your path.
Nobody needs fixing, finding or improving. What we can use are opportunities to experience, cultivate and express the fullness of who we are.
The Practice of Being Alive
What makes anyone doubt that we now have access to everything we need are various limiting beliefs that we believe to be true (rather than automatic recurring thoughts) and their corresponding behaviors. A two-minute video narrated by Alan Watts, suggesting music is like life, demonstrates that we have been saturated in some of these beliefs for our entire life. We all have!
The good news is that there is no belief, habit or circumstance that can dim our inner fire. Every time I distinguish:
I deepen my relationship with the creative energy that sources innovation, liberation, connection and inspiration. The Wonder With Institute exists to support me, and anyone else who feels this is helpful, in accessing this energy on the regular.
If there is to be peace in the world,
there must be peace in the nations.
If there is to be peace in the nations,
there must be peace in cities.
If there is to be peace in the cities,
there must be peace between neighbors.
If there is to be peace between neighbors
there must be peace in the home.
If there is to be peace in the home,
there must be peace in the heart.
No matter what you are up to - launching a new product, re-connecting with your creative juices, improving the distribution of resources, clarifying roles, mending a relationship or releasing the past - a clear mind and peaceful heart illuminates the next step on your path.
Nobody needs fixing, finding or improving. What we can use are opportunities to experience, cultivate and express the fullness of who we are.
The Practice of Being Alive
What makes anyone doubt that we now have access to everything we need are various limiting beliefs that we believe to be true (rather than automatic recurring thoughts) and their corresponding behaviors. A two-minute video narrated by Alan Watts, suggesting music is like life, demonstrates that we have been saturated in some of these beliefs for our entire life. We all have!
The good news is that there is no belief, habit or circumstance that can dim our inner fire. Every time I distinguish:
- a belief from truth
- a habit from "the only choice available"
- a circumstance from reality
I deepen my relationship with the creative energy that sources innovation, liberation, connection and inspiration. The Wonder With Institute exists to support me, and anyone else who feels this is helpful, in accessing this energy on the regular.
Don't ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it.
Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
Howard Thurman
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