Most people would say they embrace positive transformation. They say they would like to grow and improve themselves and their life. But, ask them to change, or tell them there will be big changes coming in the world, or their life, and their enthusiasm sometimes turns to something akin to resistance or fear.
An integral part of growth and transformation is change. Unless we embrace change we will not grow and transform. This is simple to understand, but it is sometimes difficult to accept in real life. Change brings up fear, fear of the unknown, fear of loss, and fear of the familiar. In their quest for transformation, people often forget that transformation means change.
“It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.” Alan Cohen
Marked by prophecies such as the Mayan 2012 Calendar, we are living in a world where great changes are taking place on a massive scale. The world economies continue to see large scale changes such as the collapse of old institutions and corporations. Earth changes too are frequently in the news.
The world of information technology has literally exploded year by year. Recently two economists at UC Berkeley calculated our total global information production for one year. Varian and Lyman estimate that the total production of new information in 2000 reached 1.5 exabytes. They explain that is about 37,000 times as much information as is in the entire holdings Library of Congress. For one year! Three years later the annual total yielded 3.5 exabytes. That yields a 66% rate of growth in information per year.
In a world of change, change whose pace is accelerating at lightning speed, how do we cope with change? How do we use change as an ally instead of something we fear? The answer to this lies in what is sometimes called living in the state of Flow. The Flow State is a place where you exist completely in the now, embracing each moment life brings you. When you live in the Flow, you ride the wave of change instead of resisting it.
As you grow and evolve the way you see the world also grows and evolves. How you see the world changes. What is true for you today may not be true tomorrow. If you refuse to let go of the way you see the world you cannot grow and evolve. You become stuck.
Toltecs often talk about the assemblage point. The assemblage point is a place in the human energetic field where you “assemble” infinite rays of creation into perception. If you have a rigid assembly point your perception is limited. Toltecs strive to achieve a fluid assemblage point in order to expand their perception. When you have a fluid assemblage point, you flow with life allowing change to bring you new experiences and perceptions.
As you embrace change and live in the Flow State, your life seems to speed up. However, you are not overwhelmed. In fact, when you flow with change your capacity to take on more experiences, more life increases. You may experience in one month what you used to take one year to experience. You experience in one day what used to take a month to experience. Time is compressed. However, you are more relaxed and at ease. This is the State of Flow, a wonderful state to live in. When living in the Flow you experience in one lifetime more than what the average person would take many lifetimes to experience. The self that you are expands and grows. You become more of Who you are.
Change is here whether you feel comfortable with it or not. And, its pace is increasing by leaps and bounds. When you learn to live in the Flow State, you will find that what used to be a stressful experience, is now an experience that helps you grow and evolve into Who you are at your highest potential. Embrace change and it will become your best friend.
