The Keepers of Enchantment

The Bridge of Enchantment is Love.

Love is a bridge.

Love the bridge.

Love bridges everything.

Love is the bridge to enchantment.

The Sound Gave Me The Colors 

A voice is a bridge

is a resonance, is a bridge

is a sound, a vibration

is a bridge

to the inner being of You.

 A bridge to somewhere else

I know not where

though I crossed

with such willingness

I crossed the bridge of You.

That led to more of me

this voice I followed that rang

is sound that led me to You

and gave me the colors to see

 more clearly.

Please join me on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 on Blog Talk Radio where I will host Bridge of Enchantment 

LINK to Show (after that it will be available in the archives)

What are you keeping? What are your treasures?

I have been reading Patricia Cori’s Atlantis Rising, in which she talks about the Keepers of the Records, and the Keepers of the Crystals, and it made me think about how we assign ourselves to be ‘keepers’ of things. As the eldest in my own immediate family, I am the keeper of the photographs and the records. It’s a job that came to me because I am older than my surviving siblings.

But the job I gave myself – was a Keeper of Enchantment.

I was enchanted by many things as a child. Most children start out by being enchanted by the world. But then I didn’t lose my enchantment, as so many of my peers did. You could say this was because of my love of painting or my love of acting and the theater or my love of reading. Or you could say I needed to escape from my surroundings, live in my imagination. It’s all true.

There have been times when I lost this feeling of ‘enchantment’ with the world. Periods of depression and disappointment when everything looked gray and I felt worthless and dejected. Then it would pass, and I would be lifted up once again. Lifted into this other realm where life was interesting, if not fascinating, and I would awake with joyful expectation for the day ahead.

Still, it wasn’t until I began to notice that two of my closest friends were often ‘enchanted’ with life—and how unusual that was—that I saw that this was the case for me as well. I had to see it in others before I realized that I was looking in a mirror.

I think to be ‘enchanted’ by life is to feel the goodness in all things, the beauty in all things, whether it is visible or not—at that moment. It is to be delighted that one is alive. And above all, to be grateful for this life, no matter what the circumstances. I learned from my mother at an early age that it was more how we felt about a thing—than the thing itself. Bill collectors never bothered her. Life was an adventure whether we had money or not. When she would come home she would say, “Any calls, cards, telegrams or flowers?” as if these things might actually have arrived in her absence. Life was often difficult and unkind for her, and during those times her ‘enchantment’ with it disappeared. But it always came back.

I think if you have a reverence for joy, the enchantment will always come back to you.

Walter Bowman Russell (May 19, 1871 – May 19, 1963) the man who coined the term the New Age, is our subject on Blog Talk Radio – Art and Ascension — on April 19th, 2011 ~~ LINK

From Wikipedia: Russell was an American polymath, known for his achievements in painting, sculpture, architecture, and for his unified theory in physics and cosmogony.

He posited that the universe was founded on a unifying principle of rhythmic balanced interchange. This physical theory, laid out primarily in his books The Secret of Light (1947) and The Message of the Divine Iliad (1948–49), has not been accepted by mainstream scientists. Russell asserted that this was mainly due to a difference in the assumptions made about the existence of mind and matter; Russell assumes the existence of mind as cause while he believes that scientists in general assume the existence of matter as effect. Russell was also proficient in philosophy, music, ice skating, and was a professor at the institution he founded, the University of Science and Philosophy.

He believed mediocrity is self-inflicted and genius is self-bestowed. In 1963, Walter Cronkite in the national television evening news, commenting on Dr. Walter Russell’s death, referred to him as “… the Leonardo da Vinci of our time.” After Walter Russell died (which the Russells referred to as being “refolded”), his wife Lao Russell kept USP going successfully until she herself died in 1988.

Walter Russell presented theories on the “fundamental principles of energy dynamics,” the nature of matter and the progression of the evolution of matter, and the depiction of the universe as a continuously changing, creating effort sustained by the systematic work effort of the energy of light. His depictions laws was a nonstandard cosmology. Students of his work today call it “Russelian science.”

Russell portrayed the principles of the unity of universal law in a way which he believed brought many mainstream theories into direct conflict, or incompleteness, such as some of the principles of Isaac Newton e. g. weight as Dr. Russell explains: “… Weight should be measured dually as temperature is. It should have an above and below zero… “

He presented a view of the periodic table of elements, which has not been adopted by mainstream chemistry. Yet conflicts have left the work of Russell in obscurity. Robert Mayer claims this is because his cosmology, while complete in itself, would require upon its academic and scientific acceptance not only the upheaval of many scientific theories, but also matters such as the nature of God.

Once, when asked how he acquired his scientific knowledge, he answered: “…I always looked for the Cause behind things and didn’t fritter away my time analyzing Effect. All knowledge exists as Cause. It is simple. It is limited to Light of Mind and the electric wave of motion which records God’s thinking in matter.”

Besides his scientific work, Russell also worked in an array of other fields, including the arts, architecture, business and writing.  He was friend and advisor to Theodore Roosevelt and gave lectures about the connection between his universal principles and the applications of these principles to human life. The University of Science and Philosophy publishes his books and perpetuates his teachings.

Host of Art and Ascension, Nancy Wait, will be reading from some of his work, including The Secret of Light, which is available on Scribd: http://www.scribd.com/doc/29714925/Walter-Russell-The-Secret-of-Light

Another free book, The Age of Innocence, is available free on the Nook from Barnes & Noble – which you can download on your pc with the free Nook application: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-age-of-innocence/Walter-Russell/e/2940017845202

Watch videos on Russell on  you tube: http://youtu.be/6AklvTtKV5g

For additional information: http://www.walter-russell.org/en/Biographie.php

http://www.walter-russell.org/en/WalterRussell.php

This is so interesting — Guy Kawasaki, former chief evangelist of Apple, has a book coming out next month called, Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions

Well of course! Stands to reason selling your product or service requires a certain amount of seduction in terms of “enchanting” the prospective customer. In fact we do this all the time whether we’re aware of it or not. And I think as customers, we enjoy being seduced. We probably crave it. I love what Kawasaki is doing here.

Seems that last year he went around asking for people to come forward with their stories of enchantment (for his book). Back in ’07 I was interviewing some friends of mine for something I intended to write about enchantment! My goal was to find out if they had the same perception as I did about the importance of enchantment. My ideas didn’t move forward until I put up this blog and did a blog talk radio show in Dec. 2010, but Guy’s book just proves that this idea is in the air and is popular!

I particularly paid attention to #5 below, on telling a story about why you created the product. When I did a radio show last year on Daniel Pink’s book, “A Whole New Mind,” subtitle, “Why Right-Brainers Will Rule The Future,” we found this is exactly what Pink said as well.

There is definitely a new trend developing, and it calls for further thought. Meanwhile, please enjoy the following on Kawasaki’s book ~

The following is from: http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/9668/5-Lessons-of-Enchantment-from-GuyKawasaki-Interview.aspx#ixzz1EPF7mrcT

Kawasaki explains how any business can enchant like the most powerful and engaging brands in the world. He argues that in business and personal interactions, your goal is not merely to get what you want, but to bring about a voluntary, enduring and delightful change in others.

In a recent interview with HubSpot, Kawasaki answered five important questions about enchantment and its role in transforming a business:

5 Lessons of Enchantment from @GuyKawasaki

1. Can you describe your initial reaction when you saw your first MAC product?

The clouds parted. I heard angels singing. The scales of character-based interfaces with cursor keys were removed from my eyes. It was the most religious experience one could have without consuming controlled substances.

2. Well, those are strong words — it sounds like you were “enchanted”?  Can you tell me a bit more about what you mean by the term “enchantment.”

“Enchantment” is the process of delighting people with a product, service, organization, or idea. Its outcome is a voluntary and long-lasting allegiance that is mutually beneficial. In other words, it’s the purest form of sales and marketing.

3.  You were an early Apple employee.  Beyond the obvious stuff (i.e. Steve’s a genius), what is unique about that Apple, Apple’s culture, Steve, Steve’s attitude, etc that has allowed it to be a consistent enchantment producing machine?

Actually, I’m not that early. I was employee #5041. I don’t know how I can remember that, but not the name of a person I met fifteen minutes ago. The three pillars of enchantment are likability, trustworthiness, and a great product. In Apple’s case, the product pillar extends “to infinity and beyond” as Buzz Lightyear would say.

4.  What other companies consistently enchant?

Two others leap to mind: Virgin America and Zappos. Using the three-pillar test, Virgin America’s product is also the tallest pillar. For Zappos, the tallest pillar is trustworthiness.

5.  What are your top 3 tips for marketers out there that want to make their companies and products more enchanting?

Let’s assume that the company has a great product and is likable and trustworthy–that is, that the pillars are in place. Then my top three tips are: First, tell the story about why you created the product. Don’t use any industry-jargon and cite any marketing studies. Explain why you created a personal computer that anyone could afford or a search engine that produced better results or an airline that you would look forward to fly on.

Second, plant many seeds. Don’t just suck up to the A-listers and upper-echelon visible journalists and analysts. Reach out, instead, to the great unwashed masses and hoi polloi. In the flattened new world that we now live in, it’s the “Lonelyboy15″ and “Brooke888″ who make or break a product. A-listers et al report the news, they don’t make it. Their blessings, for example, certainly didn’t cause the success of Facebook or Twitter.

Third, show people your magic. During the summer, the folks at NovaScotian Crystal open up the factory to enable tourists to watch how craftsmen blow glass. By showing these visitors the magic, the company has an easier time selling them crystal pieces. Showing how you make something is enchanting, so create factory and office tours.

The above was found:  http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/9668/5-Lessons-of-Enchantment-from-GuyKawasaki-Interview.aspx#ixzz1EPFWjIFg

It’s the feeling of being in touch with all the invisible life around us. For some, this will express itself as feeling the presence of Devas and Fairies. Many are born with this ability, and many children have the sensibility, only to lose it as they progress beyond childhood and put their focus on the seen world rather than the unseen.

It’s a sensibility, a feeling about life and living in joy, living without fear. It’s an openness and a feeling of love for all beings and all things. And there’s a high level of compassion for those who are unable yet to open their eyes to their own beauty, let alone the beauty that surrounds them.

Among other things, I see Enchantment as living on a soul level, and as such, for me, feeling the magic of life all around. It doesn’t matter where I am, the city or the country or in my apartment.