DAY 50: The Final Countdown

DAY 50: The Final Countdown

April 4, 2011
7:59 am

I’ve skipped to DAY 50 as I was visiting my parents yesterday on DAY 49. So here’s DAY 49 - “Worked on my video and preparing for the New York City event. Had the 7^th meetup in a series of 9 tonight.”

Okay, on to DAY 50:

A wonderful meetup last night. Diane, Pamela, Roberta, Marilyn, Erin, Ruth, Ricardo, Karen, Joshua, Melody-Rose and Mike W. were all in attendance. Diane Wing presented for the first hour about free will, introducing the group to tools like tarot and vocational astrology. Thank you, Diane, for such a wonderful discussion!

For the second hour we covered Phase 7 in the Quest named “Sacrimentor”. This is the moment in the story where the hero retreats for a moment. Some classic mythology scholars would call this phase “Apotheosis” when the hero either appears to have died or dies a ceremonial death. This is also the moment in stories like Star Wars, Lord of the Rings or the Harry Potter series where the old mentor sacrifices his life for the progression of the Quest. It is only then where the mentor’s message can be internalized so the hero may return to the story’s climax.

To experience this phase, we played a game called “Question Council”. This game asked us all to become “The Guru” in order for each of us to experience our own “Inner Guru”. I wanted to illustrate this game one final time before moving on to the Climax.

As I mentioned yesterday, the “Question Council” is also an activity you can play on your own. But first you must pose a question…

MIKE’S QUESTION: How on earth can you play “Question Council” by yourself? How does it allow you to answer ANY question you might have?

MICKEY MOUSE: A wonderful question, Mike! I’d be more than happy to answer that! You can write out a “script” of your Question Councils and appoint anybody to be on your question council. They can be fictional characters, figures from history, real life people or cartoon characters - like me! You can answer any question you want by going “seven layers deep” with your question.

(1^st Layer Question.) What does it mean when I say “going seven layers deep” with a question?

BETTY BOOP: It simply means every time you answer a question, you let the question council member form their answer into a new question. Just like you did, Mickey. You do that seven times, which means you’ll ask seven questions to understand your original question on a more profound layer. Once you get to the “seventh layer”, you answer your own original question again! Boop boop boop be doop!

(2^nd Layer Question.) What are the most effective questions someone might be able to ask, Popeye?

POPEYE: Woh!  Blow me down! The best questions, Betty, will let you speak your truth more quickly. They inspire not only truth, but immediate action to your Quest. Other qualities of a great question is spoken using your partner’s same language, kept simple, and encourages forward moment.

(3^rd Layer Question.) What the best question you can think of to demonstrate this point?

ELMO: Elmo say: “That’s probably the greatest question you could ask, Popeye, to demonstrate the point.” So Elmo will add another…

(4^th Layer Question.) What is the most relevant question to Mike at the moment? YAY!

BUGS BUNNY: Nyeh…the most relevant question to Mike right now is, “How does this game really help you find your psychological center for completing the Quest?”

(5^th Layer Question.) How does this game help you find that psychological center?

FRED FLINSTONE: It helps you develop the skill of being able to ask powerful questions. The universe doesn’t respond to your commands but by answering your questions. Asking the question takes the pressure off and opens up a space where information can flow into. The more powerful the questions you ask, the more powerful the answer. So the psychological center is the fact that this game is designed to let you focus on one issue, go seven layers deep with it, and review the information. If you play the “script” version, like the one Mike is playing now, it allows your subconscious to become conscious. You know how dreams can give you the right information because your mind is open? This game allows you that same commodity.

(6^th Layer Question.) What does it say about you, Mike, that you chose cartoon characters to participate in today’s question council?

MIKE: You summed it up pretty nicely, Fred. Cartoon characters are a projection of our subconscious, or rather, our imagination. You guys represent a time when things were simpler, more emotionally driven, and you actually completed quests in a ten to thirty minute time frame! You also represent a fun place to be - like an amusement park. I like to be entertained when I’m finding my answers.

(7^th Layer/Original Question.) How on earth can you play “Question Council” by yourself? How does it allow you to answer ANY question you might have?

Well, I think I demonstrated how to play this game solo. It answers all your questions for the following ways…

1. The “Question Council” allows you go deeper with an question. It goes beyond your conscious ego and touches on your emotional subconscious. THIS is where you find the ability and motivation to take action.

2. It’s a training mechanism to help you practice the art of asking better, more effective questions from your very powerful subconscious. That’s another reason ANY question can be answered.

3. It intensifies your focus by putting emphasis on the question. Once a good question is formed, the answers come easily. This will give you a confident “psychological center” to approach your Quest’s Climax.

4. Finally, it allows you to play either with partners and by yourself. By playing on your own, your asked to tap into different aspects, or archetypes, of yourself. You will get different perspectives from asking “wise” beings like a wizard or “innocent” beings like Mickey Mouse.

Wow, that’s a pretty thorough answer. Today is the first day of the Climax moments and I have 10 days left to prepare for New York. I’ll continue working on my one-sheet, a new video and my pitch. The final countdown is on!

10 Days Left!!!

Michael Shoeman
Gonna Fly Now