Perfect Poise, Perfect Life
Bring your body into balance and revolutionise your life
By Noel Kingsley
Publisher Hodder Mobius
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'Difficult' is a matter of perception
What is achievable is more a matter of expectation rather than living within set limitations. Let's consider raising the bar a notch.
"Man built most nobly when limitations were at their greatest."— Frank Lloyd Wright
There is something about being faced with difficulties that can cause us to rise to overcome enormous challenges. Over ions peoples have built empirical structures despite hardships, droughts and unforgiving environments. An attitude of 'We can win, no matter what.' prevails. And there is nothing like time pressure to get something done, to galvanise the dedicated into achieving the unachievable. Parkinson’s Law says ‘Work expands to fill the time available for its completion’. And when the time available is limited to a ridiculously short period, the work can also be achieved with remarkable and almost unbelievable speed. If there is true intent, there will most likely be a successful outcome.
There is an interesting threshold of choice....the point where one person may just give up and say "Its not possible." and another chooses to persevere and doesn't let failure enter his head. "We can." rings with optimism, belief, power, spiritual assistance and positive energy.
But then, sometimes the things we 'think' should be done, may not be in our best interest, or not appropriate at this time and difficulties that we can struggle to overcome are there because it's just not 'right' at this moment. We're pushing water up a hill. How do we know if the situation is not for us, or one that is definitely 'for us' and overcoming all odds is what we should strive for? Sometimes we may think that we should contact this person or get a job done, but really it's best we don't. See my entry 'Going with the flow'.
In such situations I reckon it's good to pause and ask one or two fundamental questions such as.... What would happen if I don't do this? Does this action/project fit with my overall plan or scheme? Am I reacting through fear, anger or positive passionate emotion? Does it fit with my Purpose?
If the desired outcome fits with what's in our 'highest interest' and for the good of all, it's remarkable what can be achieved. The 'impossible' gets done remarkably smoothly and obstacles melt away as a warm knife passes through butter.
Certainly remarkable achievements are possible under the most difficult situations. But the scale of 'impossibility' may be a matter of perception. What is perceived to be difficult may not actually be that difficult when all our resources are working towards an end that is 'for the good of all'. Perception is the view from where people are standing. Wherever we are, we can't see the whole picture. Perception is affected by past experience, expectations and understandings of what is achievable and 'right'. It doesn't take into consideration anything outside of our own experience and learning. How can it? So our perception is limited and what we think is possible is bound to be limited to some degree or other. It can't include influences from outside, the Universal Energy, the collective unconscious or any other activity happening concurrently in the world. We all influence each other....everything influences everything.
So 'Difficult' is only a perception and what is such for one person, is not for another because our beliefs are different. If I believe I can do something, there's a high chance I will succeed. It's not about brute force and overcoming all odds. It's about intuition, sensitivity, clarity of being, standing back to get a clearer picture and listening to the feedback we get from the Universe. When we're going with the flow and full-on with positive intent and in line with our Purpose, the 'impossible' is done easily. It's a matter of perception and belief.
We can choose to change our level of expectation......if we choose. I believe that we can all achieve more and our dreams if we choose.
