We've been noticing something emerging from the subconscious here at ICAP™ Technologies. We've been in a hurry to "get everything done" for awhile now. Or we've been "waiting" for something else to happen.

So we stopped.

We stopped and took a good long look around us.

In the stopping, we began to see that everything is "perfect" and in it's own time. Those things that seemed so late or that we couldn't get done in time suddenly took on a different light when we looked at them as friend not foe. We began to see the support, and the patterns of the world helping us at every turn.

This friendly stance with time has led to another clarity for us - we're willing to invest the time and the loving attention to both the details and the vision that our company needs to continue growing in ways that are authentic, simple and clear.

Can you imagine doing that for yourself?

So, in our "very late" September newsletter we're going to celebrate the slow. Here's to stopping. To stepping out of the unconscious circles we run in and simply being. here. now.

Sincerely,
Ray Caamaño, CEO and fellow-releaser

Making Friends with Time
We're late...we're late...for a very important date. Has that refrain ever played in your mind? Many of us are unaware that this thought, or ones just like it, are playing in our subconscious mind 24-hours a day. We go to sleep worried about what we didn't get done, planning what we can fit in the next day, week, year. We wake out of sleep thinking of what is next to do, what we're missing out on or "have to do."

When you look closely at all of the things that we create around time, it's fairly simple to find your own personal pattern.

Do you feel like you never get enough time to rest? Want to play more? Like you're always feeling overwhelmed? Time is running out? It's the wrong time? Are you focused on not letting time get the better of you? On not getting old? Of feeling too young or too old to do something or be something in your life?

EXERCISES

In order to make friends with "time" we'll want to explore some of our unconscious attractions and aversions to it.

1. Can you find the places where you are wanting/lacking control, lacking safety or looking for approval and love around time? Could you let go of lacking that? Would you?

When?

2. Use some blank attachment and aversion sheets from the Abundance Workbook to explore "time," "getting old," or whatever aspect of time cause clutching for you.

3. Audio 13 (Time Exercise)

4. Then try setting some goals and seeing how "time" is at play within them. Make time a focus as you do the Goals session (Audio 22).

5. STOP
Try this very short exercise next time you're feeling overwhelmed.

a. Feel the feeling (overwhelm, worry, anger, fear) as much as you are able.

b. Stop. Physically. Mentally. Emotionally. Stop.

c. Then, gently become aware of the chair you are sitting in. The floor you are standing on. Notice the sounds around you. Go inside and notice your breath.

d. And then continue. Continue whatever you were doing.

What do you notice?

CELEBRATE THE SLOW
We'd also like to invite you to celebrate a bit of slowness in your life. Try taking something daily in your life and do it a half speed.

Ever washed dishes in slow motion? Walked in slow motion to your next meeting? Have you ever tried a "slow" dinner? Set out to make the preparation and eating last as long as you are able. Savor. Enjoy. Appreciate. Get the children in your life involved with this one - they LOVE it!

Don't have time for that?

Try driving the speed limit. Try 10 seconds of random silence in your day where you consciously sit and do nothing. Or maybe just 2 seconds.

Or simply make it a practice for a few days to notice - notice when time seems like it's the enemy.

Do you have a story to share with us about how you are making friends with time and celebrating the slow in your life? We’d love to hear about it.