Wk One Reading: The Art of Possibilities Chapter 1-3
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Oh! "The box" described as a universal guide to restricting one's own rationales that limits new actions in creating inventive logical choices. It is all invented, "Arts after all, is about rearranging us, creating surprising juxtapositions, emotional openings, startling presences, flight paths to the eternal." (Zander, B., & Zander-Stone, R., 2000)
In full awake fullness, we produce reasons for our actions that are rational, plausible, and guided by the logic of cause and effect, whether or not these "reasons" accurately portray any of the real motivational forces at work. Science states that it is through the evolved structures of the brain that we perceive the world. And the mind constructs.
So if seeing is what develops our perceptions; then why doesn't our minds construct new rationales for innovative new frameworks; design our own measurements of the world by directly entering into it's indifferences of the universal "reasons" and go directly pass the fears, doubts, and shame that restrict us from being creative, or innovative enough to enhance our happiness and support our lives and the universal guilds that surround us.
During the 90's a big rave of self help books were on the rise or "new age" references books; which, I came across a book that reminds me of the assumptions we put out there in the universe that constrict us from creating and developing new set frame works. The book called, The Wisdom of Florence Scovel Shinn. It was a complete guide for learning how to turn defeat into victory, lack into prosperity, fear into faith, and resentment into love. It is all about stepping out of "The box"
Her teachings relates to the assumptions that we evolve by creating and inventing new measurements of the world which is change; in that she states that you can create anything you want simply by aligning your thoughts and words with the perfect good that resides divinely within you. (Scovel-Shinn, F. 1989)
I love this quote, "There is nothing permanent except change."--Heraclitus (540-475? BC)
I always believed that what you put out into the universe, whether it be said thought or in actions, positive or negative that it universally is given back towards you. It all can be invented outside "The box" that creates new possibilities for the world of measurements to guide one self for the future.
An assumption is a proposition that is taken for granted, as if it was based upon presupposition without preponderance of the facts; even science relies on our capacity to adapt to new facts by radically shifting the theoretical constructions we previously accepted as truth. (Wikipedia, 2010)
So, when I ask myself what would happen if I did this or that; What would happen if I reached outside "the box" and created new possibilities, only one book keeps standing out in my head, suggested by a doctor, I knew from working as a patient care technician in a cardiology unit two years ago, The Power of Positive Thinking, redirected my thoughts, assumptions, and ideals to establish new possibilities in my universe. I also found that it was ironic that back in 1990's, when I bought Scovel-Shinn's book, The Wisdom of Florence Scovel Shinn, in search of recreating myself, that the author, Norman Vincent Peale, The Power of Positive Thinking, (2003) had read and used Florence's philosophies stating, "The Game of Life is filled with wisdom and creative insights. That its teachings will work I know to be fact, for I've long used them myself " (Scovel-Shinn, F. 1989).
In the measurement world you set a goals and strive for it; in the universe of possibility you set a goals and strive for it to make "the change." In the universe of possibility you set the context and let life un-fold. A doctrine in the spirituality and personal growth fields holding that each individual has substantial or total responsibility for the events and circumstances that be fall them in their life (Wikipedia, 2010). William James said, "The greatest discovery of my generation is the human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind." So, as I think, so shall I be. Fill the mind with fresh new creative thoughts of faith, love, and goodness. This process of stepping into the universe of possibilities can actually remake your life (Peale, N. 2003).
I believe that these teachings, by Scovel-Shinn and Norman Vincent Peale there are sufficiency regarding the reflections of the measurements of the world. When stepping outside "The box" and into inventing and creating positive choices that enter the universe of possibilities. In the realm of possibility we gain our knowledge by invention. Start, with giving yourself the A, so that the rest of the assumptions will develop their positive alignment in the universe of possibilities. These are the moments when we forget ourselves and seem to become part of all being.
References
Peale, N. (2003) The power of positive thinking. Simon & Schuster: Fireside Books. New York. P160.
Retrieved from http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assumption on July 6, 2010.
Scovel-Shinn, F. (1989) The wisdom of florence scovel-shinn: 4 complete books. Simon & Schuster: Fireside Books. New York.
Zander, B., & Zander-Stone, R., (2000) The art of possibilities: Transforming professional and personal life. London: Penguin Books.















But, I differ with you in only one case: regarding logic in your opening paragraphs. Logic is 'in the box'. Few human interactions and endeavors are logical. Our perceptions are limited and often unnoticed, and provide a largely noncontinuous, often unrelated stream of sensory information that our minds can find patterns and create connections between to concoct a continuous 'reality'. Like the frog eyes. If we are walking down a path and mistake a rope for a snake - we still believe it is a snake until proven otherwise. Survival and competition thinking is fairly logical. Zander invites students to put away such logical, stuck in the box, conditioning by creating a safe environment where such learned habits are unnecessary. Then he sparks both their imaginations and ownership.
Nice summation. I enjoyed your writing. Thanks.