- To review ideas for business growth and
development at the Business Growth section of Growth Online, click
here.
- To review ideas for social growth and
development at the Social Growth section of Growth Online, click
here.
- Review Growth Online's Integral Theory of
Life,, which suggests that the history, purpose, and process of growth
and development of the individual, society, and the universe are quite similar.
Additional Thoughts
HUMAN
BEHAVIOR
Conflict and Higher Friendship
People seek the company of people who are similar to themselves. This is the normal human
tendency. But this has no counterpart in divine relationships. The spirit's quest is for
the infinite variety of manifestation, not the sameness, for contact with other aspects of
itself, not that which reaffirms what it is. Real relationship thrives on difference
and the contact of difference with difference and enjoyment of the variation. Marriage,
for example, presents a continuous clash of difference.
Turning Tension to Joy
Often we are confronted with work that raises the tensions in our lives to an acute level,
and we are not prepared to deal with it. We need to make the inner psychological effort to
change the tension into happiness (e.g. relaxation, seeing the tension as an opportunity,
creating a positive attitude, going with the flow). Externally we (or others) need to
increase the level of organization to match the tension (e.g. an executive who has five
tasks in a day which are not well organized is overwhelmed by the random arrival of his
colleges causing great tension. If he organizes those tasks, the tension wouldn't have
been there.). These same ideas also hold for business and society.
Measure of Right Consciousness
One way to measure your state of consciousness is to examine your level of energy at the
end of the work day (or project's end, etc.). If you are energized, yet calm, and content,
then you likely did the work with the right consciousness. If you are tired, strained, or
upset, then it is an indication that their is a weakness, a change that's necessary, a
skill to be gained, or an attitude to be changed.
(from Star Trek TV episode)
"You humans are slow to learn; quick to judge."
HUMAN MAKEUP AND CONSCIOUSNESS
Two Ways of Viewing Individual
Humans can be measured by how they are developed at each of the
three
planes (and sub-levels) of life. An
individual could also be measured by the degree to which they live at the surface or at
the depths of life.
Higher Psychological Capacities
As you grows and develop as a person you begin to acquire greater and greater inner
psychological capacities, such as calm, patience, serenity, openness, positive attitude,
steadfastness, deference, gratitude, trust, and faith. Some would even call these
spiritual qualities.
Organization as Power of Mind
Organization is a power of mind to gain control over life.
Overfocusing on Parts of Your Being
If you overly focus on your body, you will become ill. If you overly focus on your
emotions and desires you will get depressed. If you overly focus on your thoughts you will
go mad.
Life Response
The Nature of Life Response -- Throughout this site we have spoken about and
described situations indicating the magic of "Life Response." This positive,
"out of nowhere" reaction and response in life to a change of a person's
attitude, effort, inner feeling, etc. is a proof of the existence of inner forces in the
universe, perhaps even proof of the existence of the Divine, or God. It is a sure
indication that scientists attempt to know the world strictly through the measurement of
physical phenomenon is a dead end. It is surely an indication that physical and
non-physical energy ebbs and flows throughout existence.
Life Response as New
Power on Earth -- Life response is a new power on earth that few know about. It is an
action and reaction of energy that bridges space and time. Once harnessed it can lead to
instant accomplishment ... and a general sense of wonder and amazed joy.
Spiritual Skills
There are a number of spiritual skills that we can learn and practice that can help us
achieve infinite happiness and success. Among the key ones are: calm and equality,
deference to a higher power, prayer, and faith.
Consecrating an Act
-- Remembering or deferring to a higher power and consciousness before beginning an
activity is the surest way to insure that everything works out well during the activity
... or far better than expected.
(For more information, click here.)
Prayer -- Prayer is
often the first major action that a person takes when confronted with a great difficulty
in life. Whenever you pray for a solution to a problem first try to be in a complete state
of calm; even detach yourself from the problem itself. That will bring the best results
from the prayer. Further still, detach yourself from the answer to your prayer, and accept
whatever is given. If after a while there is no response from the prayer, look inside
yourself and discover what you have to change first (an attitude, a decision, an action,
etc.), and then make an effort to change. Then perform your prayer again.
Calm and Equality as
Foundation -- Calm and equality is the foundation of all spiritual skills (such as
prayer, consecration, meditation, etc.). From that poise utilizing the spiritual skills
will release the greatest positive results.
Faith -- The ultimate skill of the
spirit is perhaps the acknowledgement that there is something beyond any skills, beyond
our knowledge that we can have ultimate trust and reliance on.
(For more information, click
here.)
Utilizing the "Software Program of Life"
We can see a similarity between mastering life and mastering a computer software
program. Just as we learn all of the features, commands, and possible applications of the
software program so in our lives we can understand the makeup of our being, understand and
utilize the outer and inner powers to affect the actions in our lives, and apply this
in various aspects of our lives.
The greater the mastery of the "software
of life," the greater the benefit and outcome in our lives (accomplishment, success,
happiness, etc.).
Mastery of the software of life leads to
higher mental, vital, and physical capacities; and greater awareness, values, attitudes,
habits, knowledge, skills, capacities, attributes, organization, etc.
The greatest use of the software of life is
when we learn how integrate its multiple components. When we are able to combine
or reference two or more systems of the software of life, then we create even greater
possibility. By cross-referencing two or more components of the software of life, we
participate in a new creation. We create a higher and more complex organization of our
being, which leads to greater outcomes. (Greater complexity of organization means greater
personal development which means greater accomplishment, success, and happiness.)
Integral Thoughts
Growth Online
is essentially divided into three areas of personal, business, and
social growth and development. Sometimes an aphorism can relate to two or more of
these areas simultaneously, rather than just one area. To go to a page of such thoughts, click
here.
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