Growing up in a five-sibling, multiple-divorces family, with all its dynamic layers and change, initially shaped author Billy Mandarinos spirituality. Transformed by various religious practices and study throughout his life, hes recognized, via life experience, the treasures that reside within him waiting to be discovered. In The Now-ist, he shows how, through feeling and imagination, you can find the way back to your true self and a fulfilled life. Mandarino uses personal experiences and real-life stories of inspiration and unlikely outcomes to help you discover a key realization in yourself. The teachings apply to all areas of life, including emotional, social, physical, financial, and spiritual. Bible verses and quotations encourage you to compare your lifes circumstances to the scenarios given, then grow from the forces that are applicable the present. The Now-ist, built on the connecting links of signs and synchronicity, teaches you to pay attention, find the signs in your life, and follow the spiritual bread crumbs to realize the guidance.
The Now-ist
Finding the Signs to Your Ultimate Desires in No Time
By Billy MandarinoBalboa Press
Copyright © 2018 Billy Mandarino
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-5043-9694-3Contents
Chapter 1 The Now-ist Symbol, 1,
Floating, 3,
Chapter 2 Now ... Won, 9,
Dog ... God, 11,
Won-ness, 12,
The Word, 15,
Chapter 3 The Art of Connection ... Attracting Your Future Now, 19,
Your Point of Attraction, 22,
The Power States, 23,
Chapter 4 Synchronistic Thinking, 27,
Taking back your being, 28,
Simple Synchronicity, 31,
"The Ring Masters", 33,
Chapter 5 The Conscious Conductor, 38,
The Music of the Soul, 42,
Chapter 6 Signs in No Time, 49,
The Vehicles of God, 52,
Chapter 7 Cut Doubt with the Sharpest Knife, 57,
The Signs will lead you out of doubt, 60,
The Sabbath-Resting in the End, 61,
The Inner Body, 63,
Chapter 8 The Body of Oneness, 66,
Ritual of Oneness, 71,
Chapter 9 GOLF: Go On Life's Feeling, 72,
The Satori, 73,
The Power of Feeling it, 76,
Chapter 10 Bewilderment: Cereal Parties and Wolfin', 81,
The Genie Uses Us, 82,
The Moment Man, 83,
The Cereal Party, 84,
Wolfin', 85,
Channel the Wolf, 86,
PIF Packs: Pay-It-Forward, 88,
Stuff Sick, 90,
Chapter 11 B.T. the Bi-Terrestrial, 93,
Chapter 12 The Real-ation-Ship: Sink or Sail, 99,
Chapter 13 Now Become a "Real-State" Agent, 108,
The Master Power, 110,
Give to Live, 112,
The Real State of your Schedule, 114,
Breathing into your Heart, 116,
Chapter 14 Detaching from Outcomes: No Goals just Soul, 118,
Imagination Creates Reality, 120,
The Power of Imagination Inspiration, 125,
The Art of Thinking from the End, 127,
Chapter 15 You Need to Die Before You Die, 129,
The Fearsome Five, 131,
The Now-ist 9, 133,
Chapter 16 Closer Than Near and Sooner Than Now, 140,
I am Christmas, 142,
The Mirrored Door, 143,
Chapter 17 The Journey Journal, 146,
The Now-ist Symbol is Revealed, 147,
GiGi and the Balloons, 147,
Give and It Will Be Given to You, 147,
The Connecting Power of Love, 148,
I Am is Always the Champ, 148,
Thinking from the End ... Not About the End, 149,
Feeling is the Secret, 149,
Sufficiently Desired ..., 150,
Billy ... Are you Ready? Now-Ex-ist, 150,
G.O.L.F ... Life Lessons the Hard Way, 151,
A Wink from Nana, 152,
Nana the "Pepper Puppy", 152,
Life is a Cakewalk, 153,
Better Than a Hole-in-One, 153,
Pole Vaulting over Mouse Turds, 154,
A Model Account of Synchronicity, 154,
Synchronicity Never Misses a Beat, 155,
Thoughts are Things, 155,
Butterfly's Never Doubt, 156,
Chapter 18 Now ... Where Do I Go?, 157,
Acknowledgement, 161,
About the Author, 163,
CHAPTER 1
The Now-ist Symbol
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"Be still, and know that I am God."
— Psalm 46:10
One of my favorite books of all time is Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist, which has been translated into sixty-nine languages. It is a brilliant tale of a shepherd boy, Santiago, in search of buried treasure. He does not know what the treasure is or if he will be able to surmount the obstacles along the way. A journey that starts out seeking worldly goods turns into a discovery of the treasure found within.
This truly is every person's story. We are all out seeking to make it in the world. We are all trying to create a life that will fulfill our needs, wants, and desires, focused mainly on a world of form and recognition. I was this boy most of my life, until an event occurred that changed my "Personal Legend" as it is called in The Alchemist. A Personal Legend is your life's spiritual purpose. It is a spiritual calling that awakens a deep desire and passion to live with a sense of purpose for something greater than yourself.
Not that many years ago, I was blessed with a satori (a flash of enlightenment). This awakening started a most-unexpected path for my life. The spiritual hunger I experienced was voracious. Since this light- filling event, my days have been made up of 90 percent spirit and 10 percent worldly duties. As I ascend on this journey, the increase in synchronistic events is mind-blowing! When you align with your highest calling, God sends you all that you will need to fulfill it. You will not have to try to be, this or that, or create more abundance through effort and striving. Your life becomes a great series of magical and incredible events that you can share with the world, through inspiration and actualization.
One day I was walking down the hallway of the condominium building my family and I lived in and thought, I looked down to look up. I know that sounds confusing. It was to me at first as well, as I stared with shock and awe at the carpet I had walked on for years each and every day. The carpet throughout the entire building's hallways was covered with a life-fulfilling image. Days after my flash of enlightenment on the golf course in Santa Barbara (you will discover this in the GOLF chapter), I noticed a design image in the carpet that stopped me in my tracks. The symbol is now the cover of this book. It is the most evolving and inspiring symbol I have ever seen or experienced in my entire life. As I studied it for months, deeper and deeper meaning continued to flow into my very being. I know this must sound crazy or outlandish. Please suspend your disbelief and read this account with the eyes of a child in imagination or as if you were watching a movie.
As I stared at the image, the first thing I noticed was a figure floating above the earth. (Look at this symbol now and many times throughout the expressing and impressing of the following words.) Not only was there one being above the planet, but there were four of them. They all had their arms outstretched and hovering above the bright, shining sphere of light. This was amazing to me because my satori was the exact same experience. I was shot from earth! I was rocketed above the planet and floating in space, marveling at the light around the earth. This phenomenal image that I was staring at was the perfect symbolic representation of the life-changing event I'd just encountered! I have experienced countless forms of synchronicity in my life. Never before had one this profound hit me right between the eyes. The feeling of floating I experienced in my initial flash of peace and knowing was represented in this sign/symbol of confirmation. I later learned the power of this experience and what that floating meant for the highest part of me. Neville Goddard's (DeVorss Publications 1941) powerful and inspiring book Your Faith is your Fortune explains this phenomenon precisely.
Floating
To rise to the level of any state, is to automatically become that state in expression. But in order to rise to the level that you are not now expressing, you must completely drop the consciousness with which you are now identified. Until your present consciousness is dropped, you will not be able to rise to another level. Do not be dismayed. This letting go of your present identity, is not as difficult as it might appear to be. The invitation of the scriptures, 'to be absent from the body and be present with the Lord' is not given to a select few. It is a sweeping call to all mankind. The body from which you are invited to escape, is your present conception of yourself,...