You’ve heard the word from others a thousand times and inside yourself a thousand more. It echoes through the aggregate like a ghost. Its power seems to solely reside in its recitation; provoking emotional responses and daydreams of a better future until the call to arms dissipates and each individual creeps back to their status quo. It is a word so easily accessed that all it takes is a verbal evocation for most to believe in its transformative powers, yet what they don’t know is that the word is nothing more than an imposter; a manifestation of illusions designed to grant hope without exertion, promise without the struggle it takes to fulfill it, and anticipation without any right to receive the expected result. That word is CHANGE.
The word CHANGE has become synonymous with efforts for a better self, a better life, a better situation, etc. It has become the pallbearer of shallow attempts and failed endeavors to manufacture something more palatable than what is currently experienced. Why? It’s because words are the most accessible method of access for inspiring emotional responses. These same responses are what an un-Illuminated mind grasps for in an effort to shore up an immediate astringent for the wound of their malcontent. The word CHANGE has the curse of being in the pantheon of the most detrimental call to arms our language possesses.
The best thing you can do is remove this word from you vocabulary whenever it is supposed to signify your desire to achieve a better state of being. Instead, learn the truth about real renovative change and empower yourself with its miraculous constituents.
Consider the following list, accept it, and equip yourself with the tools for genuine transformation:
- Change is not a word.
The word change is just an effortless means of expressing an action that hasn’t been committed to. Unfortunately, people have gotten so lost in dialogue that they’ve supplanted the meaning of change with word alone. The truth is that change itself is an ACTION. The words are just, if anything, harbingers of change. Action is the valid component. Action is the precursor to change, the apparatus of change, and then, finally, the fulfilled change itself. In seeing this, you can realize that the word played no part. This is because change and action are parallel expressions; they are synonymous.
If you speak of change, it does nothing. The inconstancy of the mind, relentlessly bouncing from subject to subject throughout the day in no way creates change. The myriad rallying cries birthed from the mere desire for change can be seen as viruses that infect action and hinder its movement forward. Knowing this will provide you a reason to keep your words to yourself and stop sharing your intentions with others. Allow change to speak for itself as the result of effort. Others will experience your change by the nature of its arrival, as it should be, instead of applauding your words in advance of them.
- Discussing change disempowers the act of change.
To discuss change with the voice (as an expression of the mind) is just a cheap conjuring of desire. Only when the words reflect ongoing, proven action should they be verbalized. Also, to express change before noted efforts have occurred has a highly toxic impact on the action itself. This is because the brain of the human, social by design, having expressed its intent to others, received a catharsis of sorts; the words make the speaker feel good for speaking of change and the mind is satiated by receiving the reward of support from others, even when actions have yet to be even started. This has a weakening effect on the intentions that fuel genuine change (actions) and lowers the chances of real world success.
Simply stated:
If you discuss change before actually creating it through effort, the short-term, illusionary emotional incentive received will disrupt the long-term reward that actually makes your life better. Once this occurs you will have achieved nothing and have fallen prey once more to the endless cycle of failed attempts.
Lastly, it must be stated that the power of illusionary battle cries for change before committing to what change really is can be one of the worst trespasses. It even has the power to eradicate the attempt to change entirely before it ever gets started.
- The mind follows the actions of the body; not the other way around.
Real CHANGE punctures through the safe spaces of your life and flings you out into the unknown, showing you what’s necessary in order to succeed at your effort to better yourself. It is a contentious element often filled with tumult and struggle, commanding you to suffer through the hardship of laying aside your prior comforts and inadequacies. You are most often alone in your endeavors and unable to receive the external positive reinforcement your mind is attached to. If you succeed, you find a better, cleaner and more competent life to dwell in. If you fail, you go back to the old dwelling and will find it even harder to muster the strength to venture out and leave it again. This is one of the perils of failing a real attempt and is why when you commit, you must do everything in your power to continue on course.
When change is committed to in action, your mind will still vacillate from one thing to another. Yet as long as your actions are in place it has no power over your objective if you understand its impotence. If the emotions come, let them. If thoughts of failure arrive, experience them or toss them aside depending on what seems best at the moment. In other words, you’ll find that the mind, despite its broad swings from one place to the next, cannot effect your movement forward because it is secondary to the action. For many, this is a revolutionary epiphany because they’ve always thought the mind was first.
- CHANGE inspires CHANGE
One of the most brilliant aspects of a true actionable change is that it inspires further changes. You’ll have realized the process, felt the affirmative nature of bona fide success, developed an aptitude for resilience, and now better understand the once foreign aspects of change’s true character. In experiencing this, you’ll have a better appreciation for the struggle and a superior discipline necessary for weathering it. Your capacity for setting aside your mind will augment, your need for the input of others will diminish, and your emotional fortitude will have amplified significantly.
As you become wise to the meaning of real change and what it entails you’ll find that each success will further Illuminate you in ways prior not known. Whether it is a physical, mental, spiritual, or situational change, as long as it was desired as a means to better you as a Soul and as a person, the results will always be enriching to you and those affected by you as well.
- Shut up, shut down your feelings, and commit
Finally, one of the best means to instigate a change is to map out your steps, commit to following them, and refrain from telling anyone other than whoever must be directly involved in the process. The words you do say will be objective and devoid of telling others what you are “going to do” in an attempt to gather gratification from their appreciation or applause.
Don’t fool yourself into thinking you need to confess your future plans because you think verbal praise is one of the components needed for success. This is a lie so many of us have presumed true. Instead, let your actions draw appreciation on their own merit, leaving the illusion of your words for other matters. This way, the applause and praise given will be reasonable.
In other words, praise is warranted through effort instead of intent.
Note:
If you find it difficult to shut off your mind, or you have a problem with self-sabotage, doubt, or feelings of inadequacy, then it’s pertinent for you to understand how to defeat it. One of the most powerful tools for contending with your mind, when it comes to change, is realizing how to subvert your emotions with APATHY. You can click the link or find the article from the article search component.
