Tag: change

Challenges are a blessing

Posted on by philipdodson

When we are faced with a challenge, as in a real challenge that is beyond the day-to-day stuff, then we can see just how conscious we really are.

It is easy to be at peace and joyful when nothing much is going on. The mind can be relatively silent.

Of course, challenges are there to help us to experience, to observe and ultimately grow. We grow by realising just how much the deep ingrained mind patterns, deep within our mind, are still playing.

If we can see them we can learn to dissolve them.

If everything was plain sailing, then what would be the point of life. It would provide no experiences.

We learn to go deeper into our very essence and being at every challenging moment.

If we accept that, then we can enjoy the challenges and see them as a blessing.

Showing not telling

Posted on by philipdodson

It’s always more inspiring and likely to change others if we are the example, if we are ‘pro’ something, if we show an alternative, if we lead by doing rather than shouting down something different.

Too often those who seek change are ‘anti’ what they do not like, but show no alternative and do not always lead, they simply are negative about someone else’s idea, view, plan, system…negativity does not inspire someone with a different view to change, they simply react negatively. No one likes to be told by another that their view is wrong. It does not provoke a positive reaction.

The world is always a reflection of our transmissions, what we put out is what returns, our signal attracts the same.

Positive examples send out positive vibes and encourage people to consider something different, without feeling like they were being attacked for their views.

Right and wrong are irrelevant, after all, opinions are just that, an opinion, a temporary mental form, and as there is no book of ‘what’s right’, we can only hope to influence change, not tell others that they are in the wrong.

Showing not telling.