Can you be smarter than you are?

Steven Barnes
2 min readApr 1, 2024

PLAYING “OVER YOUR HEAD”

Note: I realized that many of my “patterns” and “maps” have been about operating as if I am smarter and wiser than I actually am. Hadn’t thought about that in years…but it’s true.

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The MAGIC Formula is the “cheat code” for success. Why? Because if you use it, it contains an automatic “win”. Its almost not fair.

Why? BECAUSE OF THE THIRD STEP. “Gratitude.” If you break your negative pattern (the Five Minute Miracle) and deliberately FLOOD yourself with gratitude, you are automatically countering fear, grief, anger, and lack of faith. You are embracing JOY.

Remember that the meaning of life is to move away from pain, embrace joy, and live for service. Most people think they need to “accomplish” in order to be happy and grateful. This is precisely wrong.

  1. Awaken your survival drive
  2. Open your heart
  3. Look beyond your own life.

Bim, bam, boom. IF you do things in this order (the three “centers”) and then flood yourself with gratitude, you BEGIN with the state of mind most people think they want to END.

And if you follow the other steps of the MAGIC formula (Map, Action, Gratitude, Intention, Congruence) and be SURE that you don’t have a “zero” in any category, you will AUTOMATICALLY begin to make real progress. Get your average up around “5” and frankly, you are in the realm of “Magic”, and you’ll find that “luck” and “synchronicity” begin to increase in your life.

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Here are the pieces of the “Cheat Code” I’m giving Jason, and I’m building a serious book around:

  1. 5MM
  2. MAGIC
  3. Morning Ritual
  4. Three Centers
  5. Three Gates
  6. Ancient Child

And an optional seventh: Lifewriting (Chakras and Hero’s Journey forming a dynamic sphere by allowing one of these other patterns to be the “z” axis). That was where I began. It would make sense to close the circle.

I’m going to be experimenting. Seeing what happens if I guide all my FB communications according to these. Every one of them. If I can see that I’m able to speak truthfully (to the limit of my capacity), kindly, and that EVERY communication seems mutually “useful”…then it’s a win. If I’m right, it should allow me to operate as if I’m wiser and healthier than I actually am. “Playing over your head” as they say.

Let’s play.

Namaste

Steve

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Steven Barnes

Steven Barnes is a NY Times bestselling author, ecstatic husband and father, and holder of black belts in three martial arts. www.lifewritingpodcast.com.