“if the human brain is so changeable, why is so much of humanity resistant to change? And if our everyday experience can be adapted to any reality, why do we agree on this particular one?”
It is curious that we are biologically built to evolve yet on a conscious level we seem to have a different agenda. I think this reinforces the theory that our ‘self’ is separate from our brain in function. Maybe on a macro level, with each evolutionary cycle we encounter growing pains, which are engrained in our systems setting off alarm with the onset of change. On a micro/individual level I think that many of us unconsciously behave in ways we assume others want for us to behave. I’m sure that this was developed as a result of social conditioning predominantly in the Western world. Change can be scary for people. So can the idea that we could be solely responsible for the influence and outline of our realities.
Imagine if someone told you that all you had to do is make a list of all the things you ‘want’? It took much discipline for me to draft up my list because I put limitations on what I ‘wanted’ and I kept making excuses as to why it simply wasn’t realistic to make such requests. Finally I snapped out of it and made very specific definitions of how I would choose to sculpt my life in the near future. I’ve been stupefied in retrospect at the results I’ve conjured up.
Be careful of your thoughts, for your thoughts become your words.
Be careful of your words, for your words become your actions.
Be careful of your actions, for your actions become your habits.
Be careful of your habits, for your habits become your character.
Be careful of your character, for your character becomes your destiny.
It is curious that we are biologically built to evolve yet on a conscious level we seem to have a different agenda. I think this reinforces the theory that our ‘self’ is separate from our brain in function. Maybe on a macro level, with each evolutionary cycle we encounter growing pains, which are engrained in our systems setting off alarm with the onset of change. On a micro/individual level I think that many of us unconsciously behave in ways we assume others want for us to behave. I’m sure that this was developed as a result of social conditioning predominantly in the Western world. Change can be scary for people. So can the idea that we could be solely responsible for the influence and outline of our realities.
Imagine if someone told you that all you had to do is make a list of all the things you ‘want’? It took much discipline for me to draft up my list because I put limitations on what I ‘wanted’ and I kept making excuses as to why it simply wasn’t realistic to make such requests. Finally I snapped out of it and made very specific definitions of how I would choose to sculpt my life in the near future. I’ve been stupefied in retrospect at the results I’ve conjured up.
Megan- thanks for the inspiration!