About meaning ( Mastery ep.01)

Motto: Nothing in life has any meaning except the meaning you give it. 

(T. Robbins)

   Din you ever wonder what controls and determines the quality of our life? Why are you doing the things you do?We are shaped by our beliefs and our values, and doesn't matter if they are right or wrong. It is more important what we think, even if they are false for the rest of the world, if we believe it, they will be real for us. The meaning we give will shape us, and like the dog of Pavlov, we will manage to attach a set of emotions to every meaning and belief that it is important for us. And then we will limit ourselves to a set number of emotions. We will become predictable, encompassed in our routine. How our life will be? Depends, if we have the right beliefs and values, we will live a happy life, if we have the wrong beliefs and our values will be in conflict, we will suffer and self-sabotage. If we will have a mix of right and wrong beliefs and values (this being the case of the majority of us), we will have an ordinary life, with good and bad things happening to us. 

   Can we change all this, can we sort out the mess, and navigate towards a happy life, defined by excellency? Yes, we can and i will try to explain how we gonna make this changes, how to not be ruled by emotions, and how to use them as fuel, instead of being burned in a witch trial fire. By tampering with the bundle of emotions that are behind each meaning, we can define new ones and we can grow as a being. There are three ways to do that, three forces that can shape a meaning. First, we can do this being helped by physiology, how we use our physical body, such as breath, posture, movement, second, by changing focus, whatever you focus on, you will feel, and a method to change your focus is by asking better questions, which will lead to better answers, and third, by being aware of our language, because as soon as we put different words to an experience, it change the meaning we experience. 

I hope I made you curious, as i will continue with this ideas very soon. 

Have a wonderful end of the week,

G.