The
day after my presentation – the day after not placing in the top
three, I felt good, my energy was increasing. I felt renewed.
The
feedback from the night before was beginning to bloom in my head. I
needed to improve the organization of my speech based on the time
frame. I had tried to weave three stories into my talk – the Sunday
morning dilemma, the apparent divergent paths and the importance of
searching for beauty and meditating on it. It dawned on me after
talking with Gwen, that given the time frame, I was presenting too
much material in too short a time frame. If I was giving a three hour
presentation, the three stories could have been woven into the
presentation in a smoother flow. Given the 7 minutes, I would have
presented better if I had focused on the importance of the two key
elements requried for placing one's intelllectual energy and
emotional energy in a good feeling place, namely meditation
(breathing) and searching for and focusing on the beauty that is
within our experience.
Shortly
after the contest two events happened: The bombing in Boston which
dominated the news for days; and the opportunity to attend another
Toastmasters meeting. I was asked to give a speech at the meeting.
I
gave a speech entitled, “Switching Gears.” I started my speech by
focusing on pain and destruction – mentioning the recent bombing in
Boston and the shooting at the school in Connecticut. As I mentioned
these issues I raised and aggitated my voice. I displayed a photo of
fractured colored lines on a black background. I pointed out that the
jagged photo, the horrible acts that inflicted pain on people were
energy exchanges that didn't connect that didn't work
synergistically. These acts were fragmented, and negative destructive emotional
energy.
I
asked the group to take a deep breathe – 6 seconds in – 6 seconds
out. I then showed three photos that expressed beautiful emotional
energy. Once again I told my story of the 2” beautiful blue flower.
I then shocked them. I told them that even when there are tragedies
like the bombing and like the shootings, there is beauty there. I
said that I didn't want to minimze the pain of the people who lost
someone or the tragedy of those who died but there was a beauty
within those events. Perhaps the beauty could be found in those who
were still breathing, in those who risked their lives to help. The
question I posed to them was “can we afford not to search for
beauty whereever we are, and spend sometime drinking the beauty in,
being grateful for the beauty – the flower – the fireworks –
the abstract color photos that I shared with them. I pointed out that
by getting up close and personal with the beauty that we find, we
create a space within our thinking energies, within our feelings
energies that renews us, that allows our special talents and
creativity to emerge. As our talents and creativity emerge, we beging
to create a better human experience for ourselves and for those who
we encounter.
All
of the attendees at the meeting enjoyed my presentation. When they
gave their evaluation of my speech, they said that they could “feel
the healing” – that connecting with beauty can refresh and
energize them despite the tension that they may feel. One person said
“Gee, with the week I had, I really needed that presentation.”
There was a light joyous feeling in the room.
When
one of the members asked about the availability of the photos, I said
that I will have available next month some meditation podcasts with a
series of photos, also the photos will be exhibited on the West side
next month at a great restaurant, and that indiviudual metal prints
are available. I also told them that I can be booked for Emotional
Energy training or presentation for their group.
The
Upside is I was able to grow from the downside. The Downside inspired
me to enthusiastically share my emotional energy healing and my emotional energy photography.
Please
follow my postings as new announcements about the meditation podcasts
and the photo exhibition that will be coming soon.
Till the next time be well and prosper --- Rmf
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