Many chiropractors speak of the importance of certainty. The certainty trap is a state of holding on tightly to the trapeze bar that we spoke of last week. This is a state there is zero learning. The paradox is that it is important to hold on to the bar but it is equally important to let go of the bar at the right time and enter the world of uncertainty.
And so, transformation of fear may have nothing to do with making fear go away, but rather with giving us permission to “hang out” in the space between trapeze bars. To be OK with not knowing – to ask open questions of people about their perception and viewpoint – to be out of control – a state that is intimidating to chiropractors that feel insecure about their position.
Transforming our need to grab that new bar, any bar, is allowing us to dwell in the only place where change really happens. It can be terrifying. It can also be enlightening, in the true sense of the word. Hurtling through the void, we just may learn to fly!
Next time you notice yourself faced with an opportunity to transform, to do ‘not me’ behaviors, to see things from a different perspective, to say it how it is for you, to jump in where you previously would have pulled back, to be irrational where you previously would have been rational or to be rational where you previously would have been irrational and many more day to day examples.
Now, it doesn’t take swinging from a trapeze or jumping off a cliff to make these transformational leaps. We are doing it all the time.
From this discussion I suggest that there are four essential life principles that help to align your perspective and inspire profound transformation.
If you are familiar with the in8model you will recognize these principles. They are:
1. Trusting the Divine in all – The first principle of chiropractic comes into play here. To paraphrase this, there is a universal intelligence, which gives to matter all its properties and maintains it in existence. This tells us that we are in sea of infinite possibilities and that we are part of a greater intelligence. So trust it.
2. Trusting that there always more to know. That what has happened in your past is history and whilst it is useful to draw on it, it does not predetermine your future. Trust that in the past you did the best you could with what you had and in many cases that was limited. Our information base keeps growing so there will always be more to know. Everything hasn’t been invented yet.
3. Trusting the beneficial intent of people – It is the action of opening to the highest motive in all people and in all life and supporting the flow of this highest intention towards its ultimate expression. In so doing, the action is performed without judgment, analysis, or attachment to outcome. It involves simply nurturing the highest energy that flows from all people and all beings, and thus supporting their fullest expression of life. Know that people do the best they can with the information they have. People do have the highest intent.
4. Being grateful for all – The principle of gratitude is primarily concerned with consciously designing your self-image through an appreciation of the universe’s supportive mirror. In other words, the universe is a partner in shaping reality’s expression in your life. If you choose to project a transformed image upon the mirror of the universe, reality gradually becomes an internal process of creation that is increasingly free of external controls and conditions. We really live the Above, Down, Inside Out.
When you apply these principles you will experience a weight of seriousness coming off you. A deeper meaning will be revealed to the seemingly random events of your life experience and you will notice a certain lightness of being.
