Storyliving

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I did not know “you reap what you sow,” was from the bible. I’m not one for organized religions, however, I do know there is tremendous wisdom in religious texts. So I looked up the full quote.

Galetians 6:7-9 “7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. 8 Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. 9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”

Do not mistake the last line of harvesting for the “Arrival Myth.”

That was the myth I grew up unconsciously pursuing.

I was a good boy, who got good grades, went to a good college, got a good degree, which got me a great job with good pay building the greatest building in the country in the greatest city in the world.

25 years of my life culminated to this.

I did it. I sowed. And now I arrived. I finally get to reap the harvest of being a good boy.

So why am I not satisfied?

Why do I crave something else?

Something more than all this?

Ah, because I sowed to please my flesh.

Money. A job title. A hearty resume. My parents being proud of me.

This is why I reap destruction.

Internal destruction.

I went outward to satisfy the Spirit.

My Soul.

“whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.”

When did I ever give myself a chance to sow the Soul?

Not since I was a boy.

Gifting my brother a mailbox flag I found in the woods for Christmas because I thought I had found treasure. I thought my wonder would be his awe.

It wasn’t. And I was crushed. So I learned to seek approval.

But I had eternal life at one point. We all did!

Here’s what Google AI told me eternal life is, “Eternal life generally refers to an unending existence beyond physical death, commonly defined in Christian theology as a present-tense, high-quality relationship with God that begins upon faith and continues in heaven. It signifies immortality and often implies living in God’s presence, rather than merely existing in a state of separation.”

I underlined what is clear to me.

Present-tense. Presence. Existing in the now.

The state of being when we are so immersed in what we are doing that time slips away. We aren’t worried about the past or stressed about the future. We are in flow. Deeply connected to ourselves and the environment around us. We feel light, effortlessness, joy and excitement.

Our best moments, right?

When we are so connected to Spirit that you feel no separation.

I am god. You are god. Everything is god.

Connected to everything.

Oneness.

Love.

The world temps us to stay separate. To hate. To bond over mutual disgust. To reject others so we can hold fast the identities we have constructed that make us feel safe. Like we’re right. We are the ones who have it all figured out.

You cannot change the world this way. Rejection begets rejection. Hate begets hate.

We will forever be in a world of separation the longer we behave this way.

If you hate Trump, for example, rejecting him is doing exactly what you dislike about him. We must learn to own what we love without rejecting anything.

Forgive and love thy neighbor.

I believe a wise man once preached that 2000 years ago.

I don’t know what happens after this life, so I cannot speak to it. But I’ll accept the myth an eternal after life if it also promises me eternal life now.

“Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction”

We hunt down “success” as if it holds the antidote. However, no amount of money, promotions, house, cars, clothes, followers or likes will satisfy you if you build your life hoping that there will be a day when you can finally experience more joy, peace and love.

If you sow a life of fear, scarcity, rejection, anxiety you will have built and practiced a life of fear, scarcity, rejection and anxiety. Therefore you will never arrive.

You reap what you sow.

“Whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.”

When you actually give yourself space to connect to your Soul, it wants to experience love, joy and light today and it knows exactly what to do. It will give you access to eternal life. The purity of presents and connectedness where you feel no lack and only wholeness. You will have abolished the myth that you need to arrive anywhere, because you are here now in love.

You reap what you sow.

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”

It takes practice and patience.

It requires you to develop new tools and practice a new way of being. One where you are less addicted to your phone and comparing yourself to others. To stop believing someone else has the missing piece to your puzzle and instead learn how to go inward, listen to your soul’s whispers, and do it your way.

You won’t be able to reason with what your soul wants. It won’t make logical sense. You won’t understand “how will this make me money?” and that’s exactly the conditioning you must seek to break (can’t you already feel the lack and scarcity in that question?).

The day to reap will not be a celebration of tangible artifacts, but when you finally feel the peace that comes with remembering that you are god and you hold everything you need within.

You reap what you sow.

“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked.”

Finally, remember, you are god and you cannot be mocked.

Try as you might, when you get quiet and when you listen, your soul whispers.

Some of us may not need to get quiet. Our soul has been whispering so long it’s screaming. We know exactly what we need to do.

Will you continue to sow the flesh while you internally bleed?

Or will you sow the Spirit?

You reap what you sow.

My live course, The Art of Storyliving, will help you do just that.

You are here to change the world and you can no longer ignore your soul’s whisper.

By the end of our 8 weeks together you will be on your soul’s path and creating a body of work where one day thousands of strangers will be on their death bed thanking you for changing their life.

We start mid-May and it’s open to 10 people only. The first 5 sign-ups get something very special, so if this is calling to you, join the waitlist.​

With love,

Matt

PS - Did I just chameleon my writing to match bible scripture? Hilarious. How fun.