Category Archives: Change
Which Comes First, the Change or the Insight?
Quotes are a great shortcut into a person’s mind. Here’s a quick glimpse into mine. So maybe you can guess where I stand on the question of insight versus action.
Quotes are a great shortcut into a person’s mind. Read a selection of the thoughts and ideas they value, and you have a summary of how they think; which concepts and values guide them day-by-day, hour-by-hour. Here’s a quick glimpse into my own reality.
Milton Erickson said, “Change will lead to insight far more often than insight will lead to change.” And who was this Erickson guy? An American psychiatrist and hypnotist who specialized in family therapy. In his practice he saw a lot of change come and go. And he knew that insights are knowing where the accelerator pedal and gear shift are, but action, making things happen, is grabbing the shift lever, throwing it into gear, and stomping the gas.
New insights will change your world view. But new actions will change where you are in your world.
Now go reread your collection of favorite quotes. What’s their main theme, their mood and promise? Pessimistic and cynical or glowing and uplifting. What do they say about you?
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Don’t Feed the Wild Fears
Look, we’ve both read a lot of books, right? Self-help, motivation, and so forth. In fact, if you’re like me, you’ve even made it a permanent sub-set of your lifestyle. So we read books. We attend seminars. We expose ourselves to all kinds of positive, uplifting input. And the advice we find there often comes down to some version of “Just Do It.” Well, that does sound logical. Simple, even. But isn’t it a shame how poorly that advice works out in real life?
How often, when you’re facing a big, difficult, daunting task, are you able to “just do it” and be confident going in that you’ve got it covered? If it’s less than 50%, then maybe we need to consider some kind of change in strategies.
It’s Not God Saying No
Why Some Receive & Some Don’t
Does the Universe tell you “no” a lot? Ever get the feeling that it looks at what you’re doing and says, “No, you’re not ready to handle that.” Or maybe the feeling is more like, “That’s an unworthy goal, so I won’t let you have it.” Then again, maybe it’s your own thoughts and they’re saying, “Okay, I’ve tried and I’ve tried, but it’s just not working; guess I’m not meant to have this.”
Well, here’s some plain talk, so listen up. The Universe loves us limitlessly, unconditionally, unreservedly, so it gives us whatever we ask for. At the same time, however, have you ever noticed that some people seem to get whatever they ask for, while others get almost none of it? Even if the things they want are harmful to themselves or others.
Upgrading You – The Talk
On September 5th, a small private group of members met by phone for an hour to talk about upgrading one’s self. Here’s one guided meditation from that talk:
Brief Overview
The traditional lines that in the past have sometimes separated healing, self help and Law of Attraction have begun to blur. We have thought of self help as mainly for relationships and finances, while healing seemed more geared toward fixing our body or un-glitching our emotions.
Modern Slavery
There’s nothing of so infinite vexation As man’s own thoughts.
~ John Webster, The White Devil
I hope you’re ready to get pissed off. The other day I saw a graphic on facebook which said:
Modern Slaves Are Not in Chains, They’re in Debt.
And it appeared that most of those leaving comments were unhesitatingly agreeing with the idea. This little “truism,” however, snagged my attention because of the uneasy feeling it gave me.
Getting Stirred Up Isn’t Growth
AND EXCITEMENT ISN’T REALIZATION
There’s a reason why many politicians, preachers and pos-think gurus fire up their energy to a fever pitch before unleashing it on their audiences. It impresses. It gets immediate attention, usually uncritical attention, and the audience gets focused and swept away by the excitement. When we’re cranked up on adrenalin and dopamine, we’re much less likely to question things, less likely to carefully examine the ideas and information being handed to us.
The Human Template
A Humankind You Can’t Yet Imagine
But let’s try. Imagine that there is a complete, incredibly complex set of “instructions” or guidelines for being human. This is not a new concept. In ages past, it was referred to as the Akash. Now it is sometimes called the human genome. I think of it a giant template that incorporates limitless options for every area of your being.
Downloading Intelligence
Got a nice, newsy email from long-time friend and charter member Russ the other day. In it he mentioned the idea of implanting new knowledge into the brain as in the film “The Matrix.”
Here’s a suggesting for future articles: I’m REALLY CURIOUS about this new concept of ‘downloading’ intelligence and then ‘uploading’ it again into a new body of our choosing. With all the advances in technology, I’m convinced that this is going to be a reality sometime within this century! I’m hoping it will be within the next 37 years – before I hit 100! Yeah… sign me up for that!
