How To Bring More Peace, Love And Harmony With Dr. & Master Zhi Gang Sha

When you’ve got identifiers like Master Healer and Soul Leader ahead of your name, the obvious assumption is that you have done the work… the real work… the soul work… the hard work.??

There are days I sit down in front of my mic, and even though I have excitement and zeal for what is coming my way, I have no real way of quantifying the magnitude of light and connection a conversation will bring my way. The particular conversation I am thinking of at this moment took place between myself and Master Zhi Gang Sha, a NYT Best-Selling Author and Founder of The Institute of Soul Healing and Enlightenment.?

Looking back on life now, I laugh thinking about how many times I could’ve used a place like the institute mentioned above. And couldn’t we all? A place where you go to ground yourself, settle your spirit, and find clarity on your direction in life. In some ways, the shutdown forced us all to soak up a little more stillness than we were used to and I think we should look at why that’s a good thing and how you can bring even more of that into your life. You know those old blooper reels from Kids Say the Darndest Things? Where the kids, wiggling in their chairs and kicking the crossbars, straight-faced tell a host that their goal in life is world peace? At the age of 5, 6, 7… these ideas are ingrained in us and we lose touch with them. But I can think of no better time than right now to reconnect, kick anxiety to the curb, and settle into the peaceful life I know you deserve.?

It’s Always An Inside Job

Don’t come for me with the torches and the picket signs… but Christmas and New Years are right around the corner. And this is the season for all things “new me”. A new diet, a new gym, a new daily schedule, a new wake up time, a new pledge to eat at home more or have less caffeine. Or, if you’re like this guy (John Assaraf) - you get a six pack - literally, as in your whole stomach becomes a washboard.?

I LOVE that time of year. I LOVE watching people find a fire inside of them and kick their own -ahem- into gear. What I don’t love is the aftermath. I don’t love watching the goals fade, the excitement flicker out, and the dreams get lost in the day-to-day… again. And I have a theory about this whole thing. Every single time we do the yardwork without doing the housekeeping, things are either temporary, or they fall apart. What I mean is this: when we skip the inside work and jump to the outside work, just like the next season that will undoubtedly brown our annuals, the work is temporary.?

Take this with you: We look outside of ourselves for ways to find peace and to grow when the work is actually (always) an inside job. Learning to sit, in stillness even when there is great noise, and ground ourselves creates space for any external growth we want to pursue. If we start on the inside, it also covers the outside.?

Life Is Stressful

There are constants in life that we have all experienced, and stress is one of those things that we can all collectively connect on. Unfortunately. And so many of us, until we learn how to deal with stress, fall victim, not only to the stress, but also to the aftermath stress creates. Part of that stress is directly related to change that is often out of our control. But what if we could leverage that change, use it to our advantage? And what if that was a massive part of the path to the peace we’re all looking for, from the time we’re young? I was well into life before I realized how much a pivot could bring me joy, opportunity and much needed growth. Prior to that, I often turned my back on pivots -or change- because I was afraid of it.?

When I finally pivoted, so many clients told me the exact same story. And it was really only then that I could so clearly see that I was carving out a path to help people lean into their change, to become Change Proof, and build a life that is designed to use change, not fall victim to it.?

Let’s Talk About How This Can Work for You

Master Sha and I talked about how important it is to adopt a mind over matter approach to life. In my newest book Change Proof, I present something very similar, in which we take 3 simple steps when facing adversity - Pause, Ask, Choose. And much like Master Sha, the point of building this process into your life is to be intentional in your mind so your actions follow suit.?

Mantras, rituals, meditation, these words often put people off, even though they are seemingly the most simple approach to solving life’s problems. Meaning, you don’t have to put on a superhero cape and run to the street, move cars with your bare hands, and save the desperate? person… you simply have to find silence. And once you find that silence, you learn how to fill it with something that uplifts your soul. Like a mantra that reinforces how much you love life or a meditation that reinforces how confident and capable you are. It’s that easy until we complicate it.?

It’s A Small Ask

Today, before I sign off, I want to challenge you to commit 5-minutes a day to yourself - to becoming Change Proof. It’s not about flipping your whole life upside down. It’s about taking small, intentional steps towards something better. Today, my 5-minute commitment to you is that I will take a walk and I will use my time walking to think only positive thoughts about myself. You too? Let’s become Change Proof together. If you follow through and want to brag (YOU SHOULD!!) - tag me on Instagram @AdamdMarkel and don’t forget to use the hashtag #changeproof?