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Quote:Designing Your Life: A Morning RitualIf you want to change the way you see the world and the way the world sees you, you have to choose to design your life.We have a morning ritual that does exactly that. It is a ritual that every member of the Amorati has been invited to make the highest priority of every single day. We thought it would be good to share it here with you. It is not hard to do, and it doesn’t take much time.As you know, the Amorati is a close-knit fraternity of men from all over the world who have devoted their lives to the philosophy of the Ars Amorata, to more excellence in their lives, and in their relationships with women. For more info go to The Amorati: A Network of Men Who Get ItHere is the Amorati Ritual:A) Find a moment where you can sit down in a quiet with a piece of paper and write out the things you want for your life. This can be anything that has real meaning to you. In other words, pause and consider how you want your life to look, and write down the essence of that vision.B) Every morning when you awake, take time to be still. Even five minutes is better than nothing. No matter how busy your day might be, sit quietly and consider your life. Ask “Who am I today?” Ask “What do I want my life to look like?” Sit quietly with your list. If anything needs to change or adjust on your list from day to day, then feel free to change it. After all it is your list, and so it needs to be relevant for you.C) Sit and quietly consider the things on your list. Repeat this quiet time every day as the last thing you do for the day.D) And now this is the most important part. Visualize it as if it was true today! As you read each item on your list, close your eyes and try to imagine how you would feel if the thing on your list was already true today. How would you feel? Try to actually inhabit that emotion, like it was true today, and you knew it. As you sit with your eyes closed, try to experience the same sense of euphoria or peace that you would have if you knew it was already true.It is important to envision it with as much intensity and as vividly as you can. In other words, imagine all the little details. Smell the smells, feel it in your hands, etc.For instance, if one of the items on your list is to write a book, imagine how you would feel if you saw the book on the shelf of a book store today. Imagine how it would feel picking it up, opening it up, smelling the pages, everything. Imagine watching the people walk by and looking at your book. Imagine your secret joy of standing and watching and “willing” those people to stop and pick up your book. Imagine everything in as much detail as you possibly can. And really feel those emotions.This step of imagining each thing on your list as if it was real today might seem time consuming, but it can be as short as a minute or two for each item. As long as you get the sense of emotions that you would have if you knew it was already absolutely true today.E) Then all day long, think about your list as often as you can. If something bad happens, simply “recover” to the knowledge that, no matter what, you have your list.F) Never think about how the things on your list will become true for your life. In other words, do not ever consider “how”. “How” does not matter at all, because “how” will take care of itself.G) This process is yours and yours alone. So never tell anyone, no matter how close to you, what you are doing. This is really important. Never tell anyone that you have a list, or the things that are on your list. This is yours alone! The only people that will know that you even are doing this daily practice are your brothers here. And even then, keep the details of your list for only yourself.H) Say this phrase to yourself all day long: “Everything and everyone prospers me now”. Repeat it as often as you can throughout the day and throughout the 90 days. And consider how important this phrase truly is. It means that no matter what happens to you today or who you meet or spend time with, it is going to benefit in you in some way. In other words , that person or circumstance is part of what is going to make the things on your list a reality!That is it. It sounds way more complicated the way I wrote it than it actually is. It could be simply summarized as: write down what you want, imagine the things you wrote as if they were absolutely true today, and how that would make you feel, do this morning and night, think about it all day long, and don’t tell anyone what you are doing. Simple, really.Remember, this is not a to-do list. It is not a list of items that you expect or need to check off. It is simply a list of the essence of the the things you want for your life. And also remember, you can’t do this wrong. If there is something you desire for your life, write it down. Your list will always be changing.And another thing, don’t think it is enough to just do a list in your head. And do not do it on a computer. The act of physically writing it down and keeping that paper close to you is very important. There is something very mindful and visceral in the act of creating the words with your hands.The Amorati Ritual is a daily ritual. It is a tool to make you pause… and a tool to put your mind into a receptive state for all the opportunities that come your way… a tool to aid you in your quest for more excellence in life and in your relationships with women.more about Arts Amorata visit: http://www.zanperrion.com