Even if we perceive time as a continuous flow of events, originating in the past and unfolding in the future, there is another perspective, a different one, worth considering. A dual perspective delimiting just present and non-present moments. When we talk in terms of time as a flow of unfolding and concealing events, we have the triad of past-present-future. This sequential delimiting is pertaining to our relative existence, thus to our comparative reality. However, if we reorganize our attitude in the context of the existential perspective, herein considering our self developmental potential, the triad can be reduced to the duality of present and non-present. This leads to reorganization of our experience in the self-developmental context, which is the subject of today’s Vertegram post.
Posts tagged ‘Self development’
Shift your perspective on time
The Autodidacticism Complex
Should self development be considered a form of autodidacticism? How far can one go in relying on his own abilities to learn? My take here is to handle this tough questions on both levels of personal development and spiritual development. Personal development deals with the unfolding of all abilities required for a healthy personality in the current social and cultural milieu. Spiritual development deals with the essential parts of human life and being. But can autodidacticism work well for both developmental quests?
Where the revolt against the older world got us
Regarding personal development trends, I came to notice a paradoxical situation. By definition, it is all about building up a successful person. In time, there were major influences on the discipline, although its major characteristic is to come up with something new and revolutionary as often as possible. Just to be in touch with modern times. Even if it’s the same old recipe, a repackaging makes it shiny and lots of new adepts are gathering around it. Also, some of the recipes are standing strong on scientific grounds, many are simply based on the strong belief of the follower. Thus, approaching such adepts with some regular conversation, I was surprised how easily and normally we handled even sensitive religious matters. But not the ones related to their own, accepted and followed personal success recipes or paths. Seemingly, these systems of personal success beliefs give something more that even religions fail to deliver.
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The Secret starting to be revealed
By the mid of April I wrote an article expressing my concerns regarding the infatuation of ‘The Secret’ ’s concept and followers. It took only 5 months to see some unpleasant facts coming to light about the preachers of this “revolutionary” nonsense. Strangely, this also came as a relief for the discomfort I started to feel regarding quite a few personal development blogs to which I subscribed in time. It was saddening to see how the original ideas behind these blogs on personal development turned slowly into a belief system. All centered around the Law of Attraction, as presented in ‘The Secret’. Reducing it all to the simple minded formula (often verdict) of “this is so ’cause this is what you have attracted”. Almost like ‘The Secret’ and the ‘Law of Attraction’ turned into a religious conviction. So, now there is this situation of “The Secret” ’s David Schirmer being exposed.
