Personal Development for Smart People: The Conscious Pursuit of Personal Growth
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Personal Development for Smart People
Spirituality and Courage
In today's world, it takes courage to think for yourself instead of blindly swallowing w h a t others w a n t y o u to believe. It's up to y o u to hold yourself to the path with a heart and to follow it wherever it may 249 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR SMART PEOPLE lead, regardless of h o w others judge y o u for it. In the e n d , your spiri- tual practice must be immensely personal and consciously chosen. As you progress along your unique spiritual path, y o u may experi- ence periods of prolonged confusion lasting several weeks or longer. Dur- ing such times, y o u may feel distant and disconnected. Reality suddenly makes very little sense to y o u , and you become uncertain of everything. This dark night of the soul is a time of massive cognitive restructur- ing. Your mind is reconsidering its previous model of reality in order to complete the jump to a new level of understanding. Unfortunately, there are times w h e n your old patterns are scrambled beyond repair, but new ones haven't yet taken shape. W h e n this happens, it can feel extremely unsettling. There isn't m u c h y o u can do except ride it out. Fortunately, once y o u complete one of these leaps, y o u enter a period of incredible clarity. It's like your w h o l e mind has been retuned to a new level of truth. I recall going through o n e of these periods a few years a g o . I was trying to reconcile my high-level personal spiritual path with the practical realities of running my business. On the one hand, I was very dedicated to helping people grow. On the other h a n d , I w a s a suc- cessful entrepreneur running a business. However, I lacked an overall spiritual philosophy that brought these two parts of my life together in a w a y that felt g o o d to m e . I was experiencing a conflict between running a business to generate income and wanting to help people as selflessly as possible. For many weeks, I lingered in this place of inner darkness and uncertainty. Eventually, my mind was able to perceive a new underlying order that made perfect sense to m e . I realized that we are all cells in the same body, and that the health of the body depends on the health of the cells. This made it clear that if I w a n t e d to effectively serve others, I had to make sure I was also meeting my needs, or my work w o u l d n ' t be sustainable. Download 1.6 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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