What is your relationship to personal and professional CHANGE?
Have you become a change/improvement junky? Is the luster falling off your old “fixes?” Are you looking for your next high? What is your relationship with change? Is it all still lovey-dovey, or is the honeymoon coming to an end…?
I discovered something very valuable some time ago and that is that anything that is true and of value is automatically paradoxical. For example, the Guru that brings you close to enlightenment becomes the ultimate barrier to your enlightenment, unless you are able to shift your focus/attachment away from the Guru’s image, are able to cut the chord and direct your gaze firmly towards your own Inner-Guru/Divinity.
Likewise, while a desire for change starts of as your greatest ally on your journey of self discovery it eventually becomes your greatest hurdle. What is there to change? Aren’t you already changing moment to moment whether you do something or not? Your body is changing, new thoughts have emerged, new emotions have arisen and your spiritual clock has ticked off some more seconds and you’re either closer to a life of meaning and purpose or one of increasing emptiness… and beyond the fact that you are in constant change, isn’t your core, your essence already perfect, whole and complete? Well it is, so why not connect with it, be it, live it, savor it and become completely free (spontaneously your true self in the moment free of all agendas and striving)? Then what would your life be like? Once you connect with your core, achieving a “high” (ah!, moment of enlightenment, etc.) while still entirely delicious becomes irrelevant as something to seek.
Maybe the last thing to change is your desire to change... (paradox #2173)
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Being the cliche male, I generally hate change even though it is good for me at times. I usually have to force myself to change anything I am comfortable with and do it only to see if my comfort level is holding me back. While it usually is, not every change is great and sometime I feel that a level of comfort with a situation is not a bad thing; it can just mean that you have reached a point that you are happy and completely satisfied with your status related to whatever set uo circumstances you are reflecting on.
There are definately a lot of "change junkies" out there who are constantly rewriting their life script. Sometimes this is needed but other times you can mess up a good thing. Changing back is an acceptable option in my opinion.
I would disagree with your last sentence and perhaps rewrite it for myself to read "The last thing to change is our awareness that change is sometimes required. When made, a change needs to be evaluated as to whether it is a positive or negative influence on our life."
I like your interpretation Cliff. I think we are always changing, growing, learning - you name it. However I think although we always changing we can enhance, speed up, amplify that change with things that we do.
I kind of have this body change analogy. If we go to the gym a couple times a week our body will change (assuming we eat right etc... there is a lot more too it), However if we go to the gym every day we will see a lot more change in our body, hence amplifying and speeding up the change. Now yes we would probably spend the other time not at the gym doing something that changes us, but as you said it may not be moving us towards our life purpose, our goals, our dreams etc.
I totally believe every little bitty thing we do can change our entire life. If I was to raise my arm right now I believe my day would turn out different than if I hadn't (now perhaps a little thing like that wouldn't affect my life drastically overall, but it does have some effect).
I love change. It's like time, we cannot stop it!!!
Maybe instead of focusing on change we should focus on seeing the perfection of ourselves, that would be achange in itself since we human beings have a tendency to focus on our failures and imperfections.
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Clifford_Wessel (Integral Coach, Speaker, Entrepreneur)
4 months, 2 days agoWhat is your relationship to personal and professional CHANGE?
Have you become a change/improvement junky? Is the luster falling off your old “fixes?” Are you looking for your next high? What is your relationship with change? Is it all still lovey-dovey, or is the honeymoon coming to an end…?
I discovered something very valuable some time ago and that is that anything that is true and of value is automatically paradoxical. For example, the Guru that brings you close to enlightenment becomes the ultimate barrier to your enlightenment, unless you are able to shift your focus/attachment away from the Guru’s image, are able to cut the chord and direct your gaze firmly towards your own Inner-Guru/Divinity.
Likewise, while a desire for change starts of as your greatest ally on your journey of self discovery it eventually becomes your greatest hurdle. What is there to change? Aren’t you already changing moment to moment whether you do something or not? Your body is changing, new thoughts have emerged, new emotions have arisen and your spiritual clock has ticked off some more seconds and you’re either closer to a life of meaning and purpose or one of increasing emptiness… and beyond the fact that you are in constant change, isn’t your core, your essence already perfect, whole and complete? Well it is, so why not connect with it, be it, live it, savor it and become completely free (spontaneously your true self in the moment free of all agendas and striving)? Then what would your life be like? Once you connect with your core, achieving a “high” (ah!, moment of enlightenment, etc.) while still entirely delicious becomes irrelevant as something to seek.
Maybe the last thing to change is your desire to change... (paradox #2173)
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Gord (Entrepreneur)
3 months, 2 weeks agoBeing the cliche male, I generally hate change even though it is good for me at times. I usually have to force myself to change anything I am comfortable with and do it only to see if my comfort level is holding me back. While it usually is, not every change is great and sometime I feel that a level of comfort with a situation is not a bad thing; it can just mean that you have reached a point that you are happy and completely satisfied with your status related to whatever set uo circumstances you are reflecting on.
There are definately a lot of "change junkies" out there who are constantly rewriting their life script. Sometimes this is needed but other times you can mess up a good thing. Changing back is an acceptable option in my opinion.
I would disagree with your last sentence and perhaps rewrite it for myself to read "The last thing to change is our awareness that change is sometimes required. When made, a change needs to be evaluated as to whether it is a positive or negative influence on our life."
Andrea_Ross (Guru and Entrepreneur)
3 months, 5 days agoI like your interpretation Cliff. I think we are always changing, growing, learning - you name it. However I think although we always changing we can enhance, speed up, amplify that change with things that we do.
I kind of have this body change analogy. If we go to the gym a couple times a week our body will change (assuming we eat right etc... there is a lot more too it), However if we go to the gym every day we will see a lot more change in our body, hence amplifying and speeding up the change. Now yes we would probably spend the other time not at the gym doing something that changes us, but as you said it may not be moving us towards our life purpose, our goals, our dreams etc.
I totally believe every little bitty thing we do can change our entire life. If I was to raise my arm right now I believe my day would turn out different than if I hadn't (now perhaps a little thing like that wouldn't affect my life drastically overall, but it does have some effect).
I love change. It's like time, we cannot stop it!!!
Smartyco (Personal Mirror)
2 months, 4 weeks agoMaybe instead of focusing on change we should focus on seeing the perfection of ourselves, that would be achange in itself since we human beings have a tendency to focus on our failures and imperfections.