Lifestyle for the New Millennium
Our existing lifestyle reflects the values we hold as individuals which are in turn perpetuated by our social institutions. Generally we seem to have adopted a lifestyle based around problem solving. Our actions are primarily reactive to circumstances that we don’t want. Generally this results in the intensity of the circumstances being temporarily alleviated and the problems remaining to get bigger as we get on with our lives. For example, we can see this approach in evidence in our approach to our healthcare, where emphasis is primarily on treating symptoms rather than creating balance. The consequences of this approach are that the factors causing the problems eventually have to be addressed and passing them on to future is no solution. Discontent will eventually bring change. But why not begin now to create what we want most for ourselves?
In order to shift to a more creative
lifestyle, we can begin by considering and visualizing our most important individual
desires.This could be a special project, a career of choice, abundant health or even a
loving relationship! To increase our possibilities of creating what we want, we can
utilize some principles observable in nature. Whenever there is an energetic difference,
it sets up a pattern which tends to resolve. For example the difference in air pressure
over an airplane wing resolves as lift which enables the plane to fly. We can use this
same principle to support us in creating desired circumstances in our lives (but forget
trying to fly!). By holding a vision of what we want to create and comparing it with the
current situation, we can utilize the resolving energy contained in this same type of
pattern. As we take action to move toward our vision the current circumstances move closer
to matching our goal.
It sounds so simple but let’s look at what tends to get in the way. First of all, we
may confuse what we want with an ideal of how we think we should be. In creating, the
emphasis is on what we want to create, not conforming to an ideal self. When we think we
should be a certain way, sometimes we live up to our ideal, but often we don’t. When
we don’t this can lead to bouts of self -criticism. Often the ideals we imposed on
ourselves served us early in our lives, but we can learn to question being a certain way
and discard them if they no longer serve us.
Another obstacle that blocks our creativity is what we might call an unresolving pattern.
This pattern contains two contrary points of resolution. For instance, if part of us wants
to make a career change, we also might hear from another part of us that wants us to feel
secure. When we try to move toward making a change, we also feel the pressure to stay
put. After we stay put a while the urge returns to leave again. We can see how this
pattern tend doesn’t
resolve but tends to fluctuate back and
forth. To go or to stay put, that is the question! This pattern creates frustration and
often leads an individual either to give up or use his will power to try to break free.
Giving up often leads to a sense of hopelessness and despair and depression. Using
will power and affirmations to try and break free can result in some temporary success,
but remember the inherent nature of the pattern is simply to oscillate. Since we are
contradictory by nature, this pattern often emerges in many different areas of our lives.
The challenge is use our awareness to separate from both parts, then choose from the input
of both sides and to make a conscious choice.
Another key ingredient for success in creating is to keep our focus on just wanting to be
involved with what we are creating versus on the fruits of our actions. When we can choose
involvement as a priority over receiving a certain satisfaction, we become students
of the process and open ourselves to receive unlimited benefits. In this way we also
gain a relationship with our creation and can be with it through both the easy times and
the challenging ones. This brings other essential qualities into the process, those of
stability andsustainability. Yes, we can see the importance of that choice in our personal
relationships as well! The simplest but the most challenging aspect of a creative
lifestyle, however, is making yourself the subject of the creative process. You simply
want the best for yourself and trust the process, then all your creations and problem
solving come together in one process of recreating you!
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