Life is Change

Time has a way of slowing down or speeding up depending on our perception. When we are bored, or depressed, it seems to slow down. Nothing seems to change, and yet change is happening all the time. It never stops.

While change is inevitable; our subconscious is generally resistant to it. We may find ourselves in deplorable circumstances, seemingly stuck in the muck, and no matter how hard we try to escape, we remain. This is in part because the subconscious is a creature of habit.

Any behavior we engage in repeatedly becomes a habit, whether it is the types of food we eat, the clothes we wear, the way we go to sleep, the people we associate with, and of course the cigarettes we smoke, and the alcohol we drink. Habits which society doesn't approve of are labeled addictions.

Much of our negative habits have a psychic cost associated with them as well. Feelings of worthlessness, guilt, self loathing make breaking the bad habits even more difficult.

And yet change is still happening. Cells in our body are dying and being replaced, as we age. If change is inevitable, isn't there some way we can embrace it? Isn't there some way we can direct it?

Yes, and each of us has the innate power to affect the change we want.

It requires hard work.

It requires being honest with yourself.

It requires you learn to stop beating yourself up.

Fortunately, there are resources available to anyone that really wants to grow and enjoy life.

The first and most powerful resource is your own mind.

The way to enlist the help of your mind is to practice meditation. Of course, anything that you practice will eventually become a habit, and as you know, habits are pretty easy to fall into. What is fortuitous about good habits is that they make it easier to break bad ones. And just as bad habits can create a negative feedback loop that reinforces the bad habit; good habits create positive feedback loops that reward the new behavior.

There are many different forms of meditation. They generally all find a way to quiet the subconscious. I wouldn't worry about using a proper or particular technique when you first start. If you find a quiet time and place to be alone with your own thoughts, your subconscious will no doubt pester you, and that is OK. Eventually you'll learn to not be distracted by the little voice in your head. Often I find it helpful to have a word or phrase to meditate on, such as attachment, or love. The more often you meditate, the less your subconscious will interfere, and you'll find yourself growing in ways that will astound you.

Ask yourself what you are passionate about. What is your purpose? When you meditate, you are able to explore your true nature. When you align your purpose with your passion, you are able to unlock tremendous power to guide the change that is part of your life path. Of course, that power requires being responsible with how you use it, but that is a subject for another article.



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