The first component of the myth is the notion of “is,” which implies that there is a “fixed” world out there with an existence independent of us (giving us the perspective of spectator vs. player in the game). We often take for granted that things are a particular way, solid, fixed, something we have to adjust to. We become constrained and limited to what that reality allows—things are just “the way they are.” “Because” is the second component. This one can keep us caught up in a “cause and effect” model (and thinking that’s the only model). However, our actions are not always caused by something, or an effect of something, rather they are correlated to—or in a dance with—the specific way the world shows up for us. Recognizing that takes us out of the cause-and-effect world and gives us an access to ourselves that is unavailable in the cause-and-effect loop. Lastly, there is the component of “I,” which refers to the who it is we consider ourselves to be (that we can get stuck with, because we mistake that for who we are). Who we consider ourselves to be is essentially arrived at by default. We put together these ways of being from a series of decisions and reactions (appropriate, perhaps, at one time)—but essentially built from a series of what we see (consciously or not) as failures to do or be something. — See more at: landmarkinsights/landmark-forum-leader-article/myth-busting-context-is-the-game-changer/#sthash.4dnMrO4g.dpuf
Posted on: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 11:03:43 +0000
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