Our actions usually flow out of our desire for a better feeling-state. We imagine that we will feel better in the having of something, and hence we are moved forth into action.

This is the level at which most of us operate, where actions are an expression of our desire to have something that will make us feel better. In other words, our actions are sourced from the lack of that which we desire.

The premise in this is that our feeling-state is dependent on circumstances. While circumstances can and do seem to play a role in how we are feeling, they are not the whole picture. More often than not, we are feeling what we happen to be focusing on in our minds, rather than what is happening around us in our circumstances.

This happens so frequently and sneakily that many times, we can’t tell the difference unless someone points it out to us.

Today, I want to offer a different possibility:

What if your actions can be sourced from a feeling of wholeness rather than of lack?

Instead of reacting to perceived circumstances, if you can experience your own aliveness, and the joy that comes with being aware, how different would your actions be?

This can only happen when you are fully present, when your perception is unhindered by the barrage of thoughts that you engage with all the time.

Then, you will feel the beauty of yourself and everything around you, no matter the circumstance. Then you will be moved into action by the life force within you, as you are filled with inspiration and aliveness.

This is effortless action, in the sense that there is no psychological effort that you need to put in overcoming yourself.

You will find yourself simply acting out of a clarity that seems to defy the complexity around you. And you act not in order to feel a certain way, but simply because you are alive and are moved to act.

This is not a rare flow-state reserved for a high performing athlete, this is your own dormant capacity, that you can always choose to return to.

Does this mean that you don’t care about the results? Not necessarily. You can still care about the results deeply, and treat them as important, but not take them so seriously that you forget your own sovereignty – which is way more counterproductive to your desired results anyway.

When you act from this place of Awakened Leadership within you, the consequences of your actions become a bonus that you can enjoy and play with, and you are no longer a hostage to those consequences.