Personal Development for Smart People: The Conscious Pursuit of Personal Growth
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Personal Development for Smart People
Connection
In order to g r o w as a h u m a n being, y o u must master the art of forming connections. To connect means to give something your at- tention, to think about it, a n d to e n g a g e w i t h it. In addition to c o n - necting with people, y o u can connect with groups, objects, places, ideas, values, and activities. Establishing a link requires nothing but your attention. Think about your mother. Think about democracy. Think about your favorite song. Put your attention on something and y o u immediately connect with it. Do y o u remember h o w y o u first learned about the physical uni- verse w h e n y o u w e r e a y o u n g child? You looked around and noticed 28 Love objects that grabbed your attention. Then y o u m o v e d toward t h e m , picked t h e m up, and played with t h e m . You learned about your e n - vironment through direct, hands-on experience. If y o u found some- thing y o u didn't like, y o u tried to avoid it in the future. If y o u found something y o u liked, y o u gave it even more attention. Sometimes your focus put y o u in a state of love. As adults we often forget that the best w a y to fulfill our desires is to walk right up to whatever interests us and engage with it directly. Instead, we create all kinds of silly rules that limit our ability to c o n - nect with w h a t we w a n t . We can't start our o w n business because it's too risky. We can't talk to that person because w e ' r e already in a re- lationship. We can't explore other belief systems because our current religion prohibits it. Such rules are rooted in fear a n d disconnection, and they have no place in a life of conscious g r o w t h . W h e n y o u make the c o m m i t m e n t to live consciously, you'll often find yourself running afoul of t h e m . If y o u wish to b e c o m e more loving, y o u must be willing to connect. M a n y of my best growth experiences c a m e about w h e n I decided to connect with something that was important to me even w h e n oth- ers disagreed with my choice—going vegetarian is a g o o d example. O n e day I decided to try eating vegetarian for a month just because it seemed interesting to m e . I liked it so m u c h that I never w e n t back, and four years later, I progressed to a fully vegan diet. This decision to connect with something I found attractive o p e n e d up a n e w w a v e of connections with other people w h o shared similar values, and it allowed me to leave behind a w a y of eating that didn't resonate with my true self. S o m e people resisted my decision, but it w a s the right choice for m e . In order to learn and grow, y o u must have the freedom to c o n - nect with w h a t y o u w a n t and to disconnect from w h a t y o u don't w a n t . No one can give y o u that freedom. It's your birthright as a human being. You don't need anyone's permission to decide w h i c h connections are best for y o u . It's up to y o u to take the initiative to connect with w h a t y o u w a n t and to disconnect from w h a t y o u don't w a n t . By consciously making connections that feel intuitively correct to y o u , y o u bring yourself into alignment with the principle of love. 29 |
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