The Shift Part 4 of 5: To
July 2, 2010 by dr. lam · Leave a Comment
As these blogs have emphasized, the journey, or the “to”, is the most important element to our life rather than the destination. If we are looking to be more addicted, then we shall be moving along the wrong pathway. If we are striving to attain greater peace, then we are moving in the right direction. This journey is what is a joy to experience so long as the journey is toward a greater sense of happiness and fulfillment rather than a downward spiral.
This journey that takes us from ambition to meaning oftentimes is preceded by a fall, a trigger if you will. In the movie, many of the characters who are driven by their ego continue on that path for no other reason than that is all that they know and have known. However, with a sudden happening that is uninvited, what Wayne Dyer refers to as a quantum moment (based on the work by William R. Miller and Janet C’de Baca), all of our values are turned upside down. We are given a chance to see how futile our previous existence is and perhaps open us to a new one.
As I learned in my yoga class, nothing changes without change. With change, we can become more in alignment with our spiritual selves, our originating source.
The Shift Part 3 of 5: Ambition
July 1, 2010 by dr. lam · Leave a Comment
A frightening statistic mentioned in the chapter, “Ambition”, is that we humans have been at war during 95% of our existence on this planet. We have been at war to vanquish a perceived foe because our ego says that other individual is of a different political, religious, cultural persuasion than we are. We have tried to impose how we can be separate from another and that is all due to ego, which we have mentioned in previous blogs stands for Edging God Out.
We are deemed worthy based on our accomplishments even from early childhood. “Wow, she can walk now.” “Did you see which school my son got into?” We are constantly judging one another by what we do and what status that imparts. However, as Dyer points out, “If we are what we do, then we don’t or can’t, we aren’t.” We will answer that question in the coming blogs.