Gurutropolis Inspirational Team Movie

Here is our inspirational video we use to inspire ourselves to be better. Many of the photos are of our Gurutropolis Directors. We lovingly give and receive abundance.

Running a Full Marathon

Continued from "Inspiration Lead to Motivation..."

I manifested this result by asking myself repeatedly the quote that I read “whether I believe that I can or can’t either way I am correct”. I read that quote when I was thinking of quitting and when things got tough. I just kept working my butt off doing whatever I could. I ended up being injured 7 out of the 16 weeks of my training. When I was injured I kept up my positive attitude by asking myself “what is it that I could do today to bring me closer to my goal of finishing”. Sometimes the answer was resting, and sometimes it meant that I needed to swim at 6 o’clock in the morning before work instead of running.

A week and a half until the marathon, Brenda and I went out for our final 32 kilometer run to prepare. By the time we were half way done we were caught in a blizzard. My gluts were so sore heading back, and with 4 kms to go we both gave up on our run. We were freezing and almost hypothermic. I could barely walk and I felt like I was going to pass out. We managed to reach a taxi to take us back to our vehicle. When I got home I thought that I should just do the half-marathon as it would be easier. This was a familiar thought process, as I’ve always wanted to take the easier way. But I remembered something that I read.

“Belief is a process; it is a process of raising your desire while decreasing your resistance.” This was my last test and again, I made the choice to believe that I could run the full 42 kms.

The day before the marathon I had a sore back from walking all over town. Later that night I was in a lot of pain and that’s when I remembered the movie the Secret. Ask, Believe, Receive. That night I asked for a strong mind and a strong body when I woke up and I believed that I was going to get it. The morning of the marathon I couldn’t have felt better. I got exactly what I asked for.

During the run I was taking it really easy and at the 10km mark I was on pace for finishing in 5 hours. I was really worried about my gluts being sore again. I told myself at that point to forget about it and I promised myself two things; that I would finish the race and that I would leave everything on the course and do my best. At the 13 km mark I saw a lady with a tattoo that read, “whatever it takes” and I thought, dam rights. It was a good thing I saw this because at the 16 km mark I got the worst shin splints anyone could ever get. Most people wouldn’t even be able to walk it was so painful and for the next 5 kms I kept telling myself, “whatever it takes” nothing is going to stop me.

At the half way point with 21 kms left it was like my mind convinced my body that I wasn’t going to give up. It was like a blanket covered my legs and I no longer felt any pain. From there I picked up the pace. I was now passing people like crazy and the kms to the finish line seemed to be passing with easy and joy. I felt extremely good until I realized that I had just passed the 32 km mark, this was the furthest that I had ever run.

My plan for the race was to stop at every water station and walk for 30 seconds while I hydrated. Each station was 2 miles apart and it was getting harder and harder to start up running again. I skipped the second last water station but I could feel my body needing water and there was one last climb up a bridge that was a km long. I stopped at the last water station before the big climb and I got a sensation of the pain that I would feel in my legs once I crossed the finish line. I started up again without hesitating. I climbed that hill knowing that the crowd would take me to the finish line once I got to the top with 2 kms left. I felt the energy of the crowd and I knew that I was going to finish. I savored every minute of it but those last 2 kms but it felt like 10. I ran the first half in 2:14 and the second half in 2:04 for a total time of 4:18. Once I made the decision to give it my best at the 10 km mark, I managed to shave over 40 minutes of my time.

Faith is a process of asking for what you want and believing that you will get it. That was the first time in my life that I have ever experienced having faith and when I crossed that finish line, I knew that my spirit had grown and evolved.

Robert Gregoire

Director

Gurutropolis

Inspiration Leads to Motivation

On my previous blog post, "Find your Inner Guru" I told you my Guru quote "Inspiration leads to motivation; it is your spirits desire to grow and evolve".

I believe that we all want to change but wanting to change is like standing at a wishing well hoping that someone will do all the work for us. Inspiration on the other hand will lead you to find the willingness to change. What's the difference? Willingness is a force that opens up all possibilities. When you are willing to do whatever it takes, you will never be denied.

I experienced this force when I chose to run my first marathon. I've always wanted to run a full marathon but never had the motivation to actually do it. So what changed? I was inspired by friends of mine that we're 50 and 46 years old. They told me that they were training for the Vancouver Marathon and asked if I wanted to join them. I couldn't believe that they were actually doing it which lead to me thinking that if they could do it so could I right, I mean, I was only 32 years old at the time. But there were a lot of limiting beliefs that I needed to breakthrough in order to follow through with this huge commitment.

I was willing to do whatever it took and I finished my first marathon...more to come next week!

Robert Gregoire

Director

Gurutropolis

Find your inner GURU!

"Inspiration leads to motivation; it's your spirits desire to grow and evolve."

That is my guru thought for our self-published book, "1001 Guru Thoughts". You can find it on page 13.

My fellow partners thought I ripped that off from someone. I think that it is a natural response to wonder how someone who isn't a well know "GURU" could come up with such a quote. The truth is we are all guru's at something. We can all teach the world something because we are all unique. Deepak Chopra calls it "Darma". In other words you were born with a specific talent, ability and purpose that no one else on this PLANET has!

So how do we tap into this creativity that's inside us?

I tapped into it through running. Running for me is a meditation. I lose myself (my mind) when I run and I lose track of time. I think that I'm able to do this because I absolutely love running and in doing so I am tuned into myself. My fundamental grounding is that I choose to run because I love myself. This love of self was discovered through running and I believe this is the key to tuning into to your intuition (your inner knowing).

To increase your creativity and find your inner guru, go and do something that you love! Lose yourself and lose track of time. Or you can simply meditate on a daily basis. The key thing here is that you silence your mind and start to allow yourself to be in the flow. Over time you will find that you will love everything that you do even more because you will have discovered your deeper love of self. You will no longer feel the need to hold on to past hurts and resentment. Forgiveness won't be an issue for you.

And when you reach that place, now you got it - you just found your inner guru.

Robert Gregoire
Director
Gurutropolis

FEAR - False Evidence Appearing Real

What are your fears? We all have them, and for some they can be crippling and debilitating. For others they are minor and limited to things that don't effect their everyday life. How often has a fear of yours prevented you from doing something that may have moved you forward in your life? I'm often reminded of a weekend seminar I attended in which people were encouraged to face their fears put on by Personal Best Seminars It was during a sharing period after a day of challenging our fears that one participant stood at the front of the room and expressed how he was often confused watching people terrified of participating in a challenge and thinking it was easy. The revelation that he had though was what I'll remember for a long time. If the challenge was easy for him and others, yet terrifying for some what must be the variable that sets them apart. His realization was that the fear must be internal for each person, otherwise everyone would have the same challenges. The beauty of that revelation is that the fear is not real. It is imagined, and often inflated in the mind of the person that has it. Pushing through that fear, and accomplishing the feat will prove that the fear was only imagined, and therefore can be overcome.
What fears do you hold that you could overcome, and make a major breakthrough in your life. I've decided to test some of my own boundries by entering to win Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Mobile National Fearless Day competition. I'm sure if I'm selected as a finalist there will be challenges that push my boundaries, but I've decided that every task that I complete only furthers my belief that I can do anything if I put my mind to it. I would love your support in voting for me each day. Myself, Andrea and Jill from Gurutropolis are all entered in the challenge, and want to win the meeting with Sir Richard Branson to bring awareness to our projects and help them grow.
Dan Giercke is a Director at Gurutropolis

Ask, Believe Receive

If you've seen The Secret, you're likely familiar with the phrase "Ask, Believe, Receive". What are your thoughts around that? Is it really that easy?
I had an interesting conversation with my wife the other night about exactly that subject. The discussion began with a comment about her "believing it when she sees it". She was referring to some of the things on her wish list, and how she thinks it'll be easy to believe they'll come true once there are signs of progress. I mentioned that what I'm believing more all the time, is that in order for these dreams and desires to manifest, I must first define them with clarity. Then I must believe that what I've asked for is being delivered with unwavering faith, and lastly to be ready to receive them when they do arrive.
The analogy that I used to explain this process seemed to help clarify things. I asked her to imagine all of the things that have ever invented. Obviously if something is a new invention, it couldn't have existed before. The inventor must have had a vision of the thing to be created, had faith that it was possible and taken steps towards making it a reality.
In conclusion, nothing was ever created without there first being a vision and a belief in it. It is only after inspired action that results are produced. What do you dream of having or achieving, and what are you doing to turn it into a reality?

Dan Giercke is a Director at Gurutropolis.

Applying the Secret

If you're like me, you were mesmerized and inspired when you first saw The Secret and began learning about the Law of Attraction. The question is, have you had success applying this new found information in your life. Are you a conscious creator? Are you accountable for the events in your life?
I can say I'm a believer, and yet have not reached a point where I feel my results match my intentions. This leads me to reflect on why that may be, and I believe the answer is understanding how my thoughts are affecting my actions and results. Obviously, the results we produce in life, are the result of our collection of life experiences and the beliefs we formed about them. I know that I come from a very much industrial age philosophy that money is the result of hard work, and much effort. While I don't currently believe that to be necessarily true, on some level this must be my underlying belief. If it wasn't, I would have an overflowing bank account, and abundance in all areas of my life.
So how do we go about changing beliefs? Some will say, and even teach that it can be as simple as just releasing and letting go of those limiting beliefs. Again, I'd like to use that process as it seems the simplest, although in my experience it is more involved than that. I think the answer, is to change our environments, and the information we process on a daily basis. Try turning your TV, and radio off for an entire month and see how your life changes. We are inundated on a daily basis with death, distruction and turmoil. Eliminating this negative energy from our lives is a great step in the right direction. Chosing to read inspirational and motivational books every day, listening to audio programs while you drive, and seeking out mentors will do wonders for developing new habits and therefore new results.
Make a decision today to be in charge of your life's events. Be an active participant rather than a casual observer. I don't believe that one's life happens, I believe that one makes their life by the thoughts they think, and the actions they take. Take actions today to make your life in line with your passions.

Have a great day,
Dan Giercke is a Director at Gurutropolis, and the President of the RockyBow group of companies.