I hope you will join me for an exploration into what I like to call, “The Blossoming of the Soul”. Over the next seven to ten weeks we will investigate successful pathways to a greater understanding of yourself and others and laying the foundation for creating greater satisfaction in your life. The intent is that every aspect of this investigation will be useful and practical, setting out ways to help each of us discover how to apply that practicality in every- day life.
As a part of this exploration, we will examine the field of consciousness, a vast field of limitless potential quantum physicists discovered a century ago. This discovery provides each of us the chance to marshal forces holding profound opportunity and consequence for us and helps explain some of the quirkiness…or as quantum physicists might say, the “qwarkiness”, in our lives today.
No matter whether your deepest desires and goals are of the every-day variety (better career, more secure finances or more positive relationships) or of the life-changing variety, the principles and tools we will discuss have proven to work effectively. Yes, there are caveats we will discuss as well.
There are many who say they are deeply committed to the exploration of the greater self and our divine nature, yet find themselves stymied in that effort for one simple reason… the ego. Our ego drives our self-interest. It drives our judgments, our fear, our guilt, anger, jealousy and resentments. It drives our compulsions, our grasping, all our likes, dislikes and desires. Without our ego in control can we imagine who or what we are? The truth is, without our ego identifying for us our place in the world, most of us would be lost, and at our deepest core that scares the bejeezus out of us. For most of us the loss our ego equates with the loss of identity.
Shakespeare wrote famously, “Whose bread I eat, his song I sing.” It’s his magnificent way of saying we’ll “suck-up” to those folks supporting our position or standing. Our status is determined by who we know, our jobs, our social position, our financial situation, etc. Most people will do almost anything to build and maintain their social status – to be someone important. That is the ego constructing effective boundaries that subtly block our fondest dreams. Our ego loves to keep us stuck where we are. We’ll discuss better alternatives.
Isn’t it interesting that new technology and discoveries are in use by 40-50% of the population (a key turning point) before being recognized as ” in general use”. Even at that point there often remains significant resistance to the innovation. When used by at least 60% of the population (tipping point), finally the change is accepted as the “new normal” and what it replaced increasingly becomes obsolete. And by this point, some other innovation may be in growing readiness to replace what we are just ackowledging as common knowledge.
There is hardly anything more common than our knowing about something that will improve our lives considerably, that is proven to be relatively easy to implement, and that is known to be economical, yet still is completely ignored for surprisingly long periods. We are indeed an interesting species.
What we will be discussing in these next few weeks is a combination of scientific and indigenous wisdom, proven effective, simple to use and for the most part easy to practice. What creates problems for us is that darn deep-seated resistance to change. The misery we know, for most of us, is more comfortable than the potential good we might gain. During this series we’ll work together to promote living with change prudently and successfully. These principles works particularly well in business settings.
We’ll talk about all of this in later blogs, hopefully making more sense of it. But to close the subject for now, we should say that much of our discussion about living a better, more satisfying life will seem counterintuitive, turning common sense on its head. And we will present more specific evidence about turning points and tipping points appearing now that add to our outrageous optimism about what is right before us in this world of ours.
Brave souls who have taken the leap of faith, in some cases a truly radical leap, have been rewarded with a life of immense satisfaction, almost beyond reason. Maybe our results will be more modest at first, but each of us can step into something better for ourselves.
This series will provide a safe space where you can try on new beliefs, express your disagreements and go more deeply into this subject. Since I lay no claim to be enlightened, I expect to learn more than anyone else. The more participation and feedback provided, the better this process will be for us all.
Blessings!
Tom
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