{"id":17268,"date":"2013-12-17T18:17:11","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T02:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/\/new\/\/?p=17268"},"modified":"2016-03-16T16:29:38","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T23:29:38","slug":"1218-tarot-surfing-waves-2014-james-wanless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/1218-tarot-surfing-waves-2014-james-wanless\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarot: Surfing the waves of 2014 (James Wanless)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/bigstock-Surfer-on-Blue-Ocean-Wave-Gett-47786599.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-17269\" alt=\"Tarot Reading 2014 :Surfing the waves\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/bigstock-Surfer-on-Blue-Ocean-Wave-Gett-47786599-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>What do politics and Tarot have in common? \u00a0James Wanless merges the two in a magical way. \u00a0Join CJ as she interviews James Wanless, creater of Voyager and Sustain Yourself Tarot deck, on a retrospective of 2013 and predictions for 2014. Plus, we do a Tarot reading for the rest of Obama&#8217;s term and on Pope Francis<\/p>\n<h1>Show Summary<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fireitupwithcj.mywholelife.net\/RadioShows\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/12.18.13-Wanless-Segment-1.mp3\"><span>Segment 1<\/span><\/a>: \u00a0A look in the US -What was the theme? \u00a0What can we let go of? \u00a0What is the new vision for 2014?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fireitupwithcj.mywholelife.net\/RadioShows\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/12.18.13-Wanless-Segment-2.mp3\"><span>Segment 2<\/span><\/a>: What to expect for CY 2014 with respect to our relationships with China? What is the theme for 2014? What will happen with Obama care? Our financial crises?<\/li>\n<li>Other related shows:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/1218-2014-business-economic-astrological-outlook-madeline-gerwick\/\"> a business outlook for 2014<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-qWyendbnzM&amp;feature=share&amp;list=UUN8ZUtP2diU0G3vkbjP3Jwg&amp;index=2\">an astrological reading for US in 2014<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pUnV4-5QJAk&amp;feature=share&amp;list=UUN8ZUtP2diU0G3vkbjP3Jwg&amp;index=3\">an astrological reading by sign<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Videos by our Guest<\/h1>\n<p>A Tarot reading on Pope Francis (coming up soon)<\/p>\n<p>A Tarot reading on what to expect for the rest of Obama&#8217;s term (coming up soon)<\/p>\n<p>Tarot on Obama:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9UKTnzcMTZ8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1>Blog Post by our Guest<\/h1>\n<h6><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">SUSTAIN YOURSELF<br \/>\n&#8220;Ride Your Wave\/Avoid Tsunami&#8221;<\/span><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">Here I was in tsunami country, Japan, and as I walked along the corridor of the International Center where I was teaching, I noticed a large weaving on the wall whose warp and woof looked like ocean swells. \u00a0My stomach, like a wave, rolled over and I felt nauseous anxiety. \u00a0I still do even as I write this. \u00a0For me, it&#8217;s some kind of primal fear of facing a giant wave, maybe because I often body surf in the ocean. \u00a0At a deep level, however, we all fear death by drowning, of being swept away into the endless vacant sea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">A tsunami is a terrifying metaphor for feeling overwhelmed and unprepared for some kind of disaster, whether it&#8217;s going under financially or being crushed by a divorce or death. \u00a0The question is, &#8220;how do we prepare for a calamity?&#8221; \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">We prepare, first, by not engaging in &#8220;catastrophic thinking,&#8221; which I do sometimes in the middle of night waking up to the thought of no work and no paycheck. \u00a0To do this, remember that everything in life, every phenomenon, every thought, every sensation, every event, every every has a vibration and is thus a wave. \u00a0Life is one big, beyond-measure wave within waves within waves that are forever moving and changing, building, crashing and reforming. \u00a0Like an adept surfer who adroitly negotiates the swells and chop, \u00a0choose your wave to ride. \u00a0You do not need to keep riding waves of worry, waves of anger, waves of hopelessness. \u00a0You are not your thought-waves. \u00a0 Mindful of these waves fabricated by your mind, just get off the wave you don&#8217;t like and find another that makes you feel good.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">The art of surfing is a particularly appropriate 21st century skill because of the speed, complexity and uncertainty of life&#8217;s incessant waves of change. \u00a0Like a surfer, keep your mental and emotional balance, which can be enhanced by mindful meditation in which you learn to be aware of the waves of feelings, sensations and thoughts within you. \u00a0With this awareness, you have the power to choose to get on or off any wave.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">Managing your own wave-selection keeps you on your surfboard, which is your lifesaver. Tether yourself to the board by not going overboard with either paralytic fear or out of this world, ecstasy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">Surfing life, however, is not just playing it safe and finding only a few easy waves to ride. \u00a0It&#8217;s about jumping into the ocean of emotion and riding the big wave that turns you on and takes into the beach for a well-deserved cold one with loved ones. \u00a0To sustain in this changing world, it takes energy. \u00a0Once you&#8217;ve chosen your wave, let it take you. \u00a0The universe, being one boffo wave of waves, will carry you and sustain you. \u00a0This all translates into &#8220;do what you love and love what you do.&#8221; \u00a0That&#8217;s your big wave.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">To find your wave, keep riding waves and new waves. \u00a0Wave riding gives you the imperative life-skills of discernment, balance, adapt-ability. and change-ability. \u00a0Make riding waves a habit and then when you know your big wave you will be ready. \u00a0This sustainable way of life transforms your worst tsunami nightmares into the most exhilarating, joyous and longest ride ever. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">To sustain on, surf on. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>About our Guest<\/h1>\n<h1><a style=\"font-size: 13px;\" href=\"http:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/e22a82_f64e9ed283644b53118ca983c58cbd63.jpg_srz_p_250_266_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srz\">\/http:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/e22a82_f64e9ed283644b53118ca983c58cbd63.jpg_srz_p_250_266_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srz<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Visionary, Educator, Artist, New Thought Leader<\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"WRchTxtj\">\n<p>A former Professor of Political Science in the Middle East with a Ph.D. from Columbia University, James Wanless is the prototypical 21st Century &#8220;whole man&#8221; as he embraces all parts of himself; he does it all and he sustains.\u00a0 Wanless IS the message by the creative, productive, healthy, spirited, energetic and renewable lifestyle that he models for others.\u00a0 He is, indeed, a rare combination of talents as an academic and entrepreneur, visionary and counselor, author and artist, keynote speaker and humorist, futurist and wild green man, soloist and multi-team partner.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b<span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">Wanless, himself, is a modern &#8220;Green Man,&#8221; an ancient, archetypal figure representing spring renewal.\u00a0 His own physical embodiment of these principles for rejuvenation and energy have kept himself amazingly young and fit.\u00a0 His latest unpublished work \u2013 &#8220;Adventures with Green Man, My Mythic Mentor&#8221; \u2013 chronicles this ever-greening lifestyle and has taken this wholistic and comprehensive program of &#8220;sustain-abilities&#8221; into businesses for leadership and team-building, into churches as a path of inspired living, and into centers of new thought for human evolution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">As a seeker of spiritual transformation, his journey led him to India, where he contracted a life-threatening disease in India.\u00a0 Subsequently, Wanless took four years to design a revolutionary deck of illuminating insight cards &#8211; the best-selling &#8220;Voyager Tarot&#8221; &#8211; as a\u00a0 multi-cultural map of life and &#8220;fortune creation tool.&#8221;\u00a0 A symbolic and mythic art masterpiece, the Voyager deck led him to work with companies and organizations teaching and training the power of intuitive thinking for such applications as innovation, communication, decision making and personal growth.\u00a0 This work birthed his book, &#8220;Intuition @ Work&#8221; and podcast series, &#8220;Intuition Into Action&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">Though primarily a dynamic and engaging educator, James has developed into a popular motivational speaker and coach.\u00a0 He has conducted thousands of consultations, certified many Voyager practitioners and frequently lectures throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He has lectured and taught this vehicle of human empowerment throughout the world and has authored companion books, &#8220;Way of the Great Oracle,&#8221; and Book-of-the-Month, &#8220;Strategic Intuition for the 21st Century&#8221;, and online study courses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">Much of his early professional work with Voyager Tarot, along with his most current work of sustainable living, have become recently popular in Asia where Wanless often teaches throughout Japan, Taiwan and China.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">He resides in Los Angeles and often teams with his longtime companion, Elisa Lodge (Wowza), who is noted for her original work as an expressive arts therapist for ageless vitality and emotional fitness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u200bIn his presence and with his products and tools, you are inspired, renewed and energized!\u00a0 For insight, guidance and motivation, James Wanless will take you there.\u00a0 With his charismatic being, you feel the magic and you are compelled to find your mojo.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do politics and Tarot have in common? \u00a0James Wanless merges the two in a magical way. \u00a0Join CJ as she interviews James Wanless, creater of Voyager and Sustain Yourself Tarot deck, on a retrospective of 2013 and predictions for 2014. 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