INCEPTION LESSONS 1 & 2

Inception lesson #1  - Can you find the beginning of anything?

​Matt, 

Pay attention to how things happen. I want you to notice how events unfold. In particular, I want you to look for the root cause, the instantaneous beginning, the moment of the thing when it began. I want you to notice the point of inception and I want you to notice whether you think the thing is good, bad or indifferent. I challenge you to find the real beginning of anything. My money says you can't. Something always leads to the next thing. There is always a before that leads up to the beginning.

For practice, I want you to look back at what has already happened in your life. Can you see the Good and the Bad? Can you tell where one begins and the other ends? Can you spot the moment when discreet situations changed from all bad to all good? I challenge you try because I think you'll see something cool. 

1. The Bad stuff seems harder to remember. That's real. The memory fades away as you become indifferent to it.

2. The Good stuff seems to last. Thats also real because you cherish it.  

3. Good and Bad are inextricably linked. You cannot have one without the other. They seem to blend into each other, and that's because of reason number 4. 

4. There's a razor thin line between that which is Good and that which is Bad. In fact, they're really not separate at all. Good and Bad are a matter of perspective.

At times, life can feel like a treacherous journey. The road is filled with twists and turns. There are blind alleys and sudden stops.  There are ups and downs, lefts and rights. It all seems like it could end in an instant or never end at all. Things happen. Some you call good, others you call bad. It seems like a twisted mess when you're going through it. 

But when you look back at your life you can see the path you took. You can see the ups and downs and lefts and rights. This was good, that was bad, you say. You can see how each thing led you to the next thing. Sure, you might see a detour or a pause when things slowed down, but when you look closely, you'll see right down the middle, a very narrow path, like a thread, lit up like gold. That's the golden thread woven right through the middle of your life. That golden thread is the path you took and it's the only path that could have brought you directly to RIGHT NOW. 

The Golden Thread

The golden thread is your balancing point. It's the place where you stand. The golden thread is your truth and it's the place of your discernment. It is the place of judgement because Bad and Good are connected like the two sides of a coin. The golden thread is the third side of the coin. It's the edge where heads and tails come together because that's where we truly thrive. We thrive in the truth and the truth is never either/or, it's always both/and. Therefore, to know good is to know bad and vice versa. The burden and the blessing are always combined and you're always walking through both.

The golden thread is you and everything that got you through that moment. Some people call it Grace. You made it through to this point by good luck and bad luck, intention, judgement, discernment, and inspiration, all the things you use to decide. Some people call it grace.

The Truth. 

Since good and bad are always connected, it's perfectly acceptable to say it's all good. You could also say it's all bad but why would anyone do that? I choose to say it's all good and the golden thread is the proof. You made it through until now so clearly it's all good. That leads me to lesson number 2.

Inception Lesson Number 2. 

Waste the Golden Thread 

Waste what is abundant to make up for what is scarce.

By waste I mean use it all up. Be messy. Be bold.

What? Waste the gold?  How do you waste the golden thread?

Imagine being stuck in the wilderness in the snow. You need to shelter and water to survive. You're surrounded by tons of snow. The water part is easy but what about shelter? What are you gonna do? Are you gonna make a little snowman and leave the rest of the snow untouched or are you gonna gather up the biggest mound of snow you can and dig yourself a cave? I know what I'd do. I'm diggin' the effin' cave.

The snow is abundant so go ahead and use it up. You won't run out. 

The golden thread is much the same way. You know it's there. It always has been. It always will be. It always lies just under your feet and it spools out behind you as fast as you go and it always results in more of you and your truth. It takes a little something called faith to know that the golden thread is actually spooling out in front of you but that's a lesson for another day.

So if the golden thread is always there and always going to be there, learn to use it. Trust it. Push it. Take chances. Go hog wild. I dare you try to use it all up. Try to outrun it and you'll see it right there under your feet.

What does this have to do with inception?

Inception is the moment something starts to become itself, which is merely a judgement on your part. Inception involves both a predicate and a process. It's the continuation of a gift received and the use of that gift in some new way.  Inception is the point at which your intention takes life and identifies a new purpose for the energy you weild and a new result from the gift you've been given.

The golden thread is the gift. It is Grace. It is the very fabric of life. You are always living at the moment of inception which means you can learn to see what came before as necessary and good and you use it to create something new.