When we are born into life our brain is very open and stores everything. At some point between ages 5 and 7, and today perhaps sooner, we change the system and sort everything into “file folders” with symbols as labels. The game changes and we at that point establish protocols to structure the stored data, weed out the fluff, and manage the data input. I perceive life as imagined potential integrated into a physical system that complies with that vision. The physical experience would develop around the pattern’s theme. The law of conservation needs to manage energy (avoid overheating or entropy). The patterns could activate redundantly into living expressions in form marked by the clock. The best approach would be to have you attend to a very limited group of ideas sorted into allotted time packages. We created that and now we have a game that we can support energetically with a pacing.
We humans can always change but I believe the above is the main reason we resist that task. Imagine living with your family for over 40 years in a home and now deciding to down-size. Your success will come from attending primarily to any positive values anticipated and only for a time. If this transition takes too long you might well be moved to put the event off until another time. This is my perception of how we humans deal with most change; we attend for a short time and then put it out of mind. Perhaps our game of life was not set up to support longevity.
We do better with a good map that contains small positive inspired snippets to navigate our change. That is why we are doing short meditations asking questions for better questions. When we imagine an outcome, we navigate backwards to our present state. Your awareness is focused on the first step from where you are now which often makes no sense without awareness of the entire mapping. For this we need range and that is the goal for the meditations.
Exercise and good healthy food are essential for change but the most important element is 6 to 8 hours of natural sleep each night to generate the map we are seeking. Yes, you create it, test it and refine it, hopefully before you initiate change. Natural sleep means no pills, drugs, or booze. My issue is coffee and when I lay down, I need to read for a time to release the effects of that caffeine. I’m advising you to pay attention to your unique situation and make simple adjustments here to support larger states of change later. I have a friend that has a back injury and he had to design an extra support for his bed to experience that 6 hours of sleep. He designed a strap mounted from the ceiling by ropes that support his lower back. A better set-up is always wise because our already limited attention span can easily be dominated by pain. Wise to address change one step at a time. The goal is outcome and an improved state of being. It is not a competition; it is your future.
Chriss
A question to find more questions in your meditations in April:
Does life require more of us than our ability to reason or calculate to live successfully in our world?
