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Key Concepts
Beliefs
A belief is a series of thought patterns based on what we observe. They are learned — usually from others — and rarely are they questioned.
When a sequence of events produces an outcome, we associate that sequence of events with that outcome.
Outcome = Sequence of Events = Series of Thought Patterns = Belief
Beliefs are our interpretations of reality
We have to do it this way in order to get this result.
If we do this, this happens.
A belief is a complete cycle
It is our beliefs that define our experiences, and thus our reality. If you want to change your outcomes — change your beliefs.
Something to ‘reflect’ on…
A ‘problem’ exists because it reflects our beliefs on that particular state, condition or experience...
So how do you change your beliefs?
By shifting your perspective on how you view the world. By having a different experience of reality. By redefining reality in the image you want to see.
Mind + Body
The mind and body are essentially two sides of the same coin — they are both used to interact with energetic reality.
Our body ‘reads’ patterns of energy via the receptive nervous system and organises this information as thoughts and feelings.
We can call this an ‘Inflow’.
Our mind interprets this information and builds a concept — a wholistic picture made up of multi-sensory perceptions and multiple models of learning and understanding. It builds patterns of thought, beliefs and belief systems based on past experience and learned behaviour.
We can call this an ‘Interflow’.
When we wish to interact with the world, an intention is formed from the thoughts, beliefs and patterns of behaviour in our mind and communicated through the body via our active nervous system. This communication can be in the form of a message or an action and can be sensed by others as our emotions (‘energy in motion’).
We can call this an ‘Outflow’.
Mind + Body + Energy >> changing, transforming, evolving.
Energetics
Energetics is about understanding how energy moves (flows) and changes form in different systems (including us).
It looks at how energy is used, stored, and converted, helping us figure out how to use energy more efficiently.
DSA engages the mind and body in unique and creative ways to experience, learn and live using and integrating energetic principles.
Perspective — Change Starts With A Shift In Perspective
Stress
Stress is defined as: an applied force or system of forces that tend to strain or deform a body.
(As it relates to us, this could be a physical, mental or emotional body.)
There are different types of stress:
Stretching / Pulling
Squeezing / Pushing
Sliding / Twisting
The root of the word stress comes from ‘strictus’ which means ‘to bind, draw tight, or compress’.
It implies the existence of an external force (pressure) affecting an internal body (us). We can also impose stress on ourselves.
“We can think of stress as a constriction or a compression.”
A similar — but transformed — variation of ‘strict’ is ‘struct’, as in structure, which means ‘to build or arrange’. (There is also construction and restructuring.)
It implies the existence of an internal force (pressure) affecting an external body (other people or our environment).
Stress, on its own, is not the problem. We need stress, in the form of constriction or compression, to narrow our attention, focus our energies and get things done — to be constructive. Stress most often gathers around productivity and is necessary for action to occur.
Too much stress can leave us feeling:
Stretched or pulled
Squeezed or pushed
Out of control = overwhelmed
Constriction causes bulges and stuck flows leading to a buildup of pressure. If this pressure is not released — or used constructively — it will overwhelm the system (us) or discharge, sometimes violently. Stress, as we know, often leads to anxiety and/or depression.
Anxiety
Anxiety can be defined as: a state of uneasiness or distress about future uncertainties.
The root of the word means ‘to torment or choke’.
Torment means: (to cause) great physical pain or mental anguish
The root of the word torment means: ‘to twist; a twisted rope’.
Too much stress, or constriction, disrupts the natural flow of energy in our system. It disrupts our thoughts and thought processes. It disrupts our emotions and how we react / respond. It disrupts our actions and our ability to perform tasks.
It also disrupts our intentions — that is, what we are doing now to ensure success in the future.
Anxiety normally affects people slightly differently depending on whether they are more likely to be overwhelmed by thoughts or emotions. The effect though is essentially the same — disruption, discharge or deactivation.
Depression
Depression can be defined as: lacking energy or enthusiasm; cut off; to dispirit, sadden; to press down.
= ‘to take away one’s vital essence’
Depression — as the name suggests — can often feel as though someone, or something, is holding or pushing us down. There is a sensation of weight, solidity or heaviness.
It can seem as if we are, quite literally, in a hollow or depression in the ground, or as if there is a hollow or depression in our physical, mental, emotional or energetic mind-body.
There is a sense of pressure from above and behind that rounds our shoulders and tilts us forward, with a drawing down of our inner sight. We feel contracted, making it difficult to breathe deeply or naturally, hence the need to ‘sigh’ = a deep inward breathe giving us momentary expansion.
It’s almost as if you’re wearing a weighted, hooded cloak made from darkness and constricted emotions, that stifles movement and eventually brings about a thickened absence of will.
Healing Stress, Anxiety and Depression
What Can Be Done
Let’s look at this firstly from an engineering (structural) perspective.
We can:
Loosen the constriction
Reverse (balance) the spin
Reduce the counterforce
Increase flow
Apply adaptive measures = reengineer
Feel Good: Feel Good No Matter What
Focus
Focus, contrary to popular belief, starts in the body, not the mind.
If the speed of your physical body does not match the speed of your mental body, it will be difficult to achieve or sustain focus. (This is why stimulants are given to people with ADHD — it stimulates their body-speed to match their mind-speed — and why we use meditation to slow the mind.)
It is also why people suffering from trauma (and we ALL suffer from some for of trauma) have trouble focusing when they are triggered into a dissociated state (out of their body).
The word focus comes from Latin, meaning the fireplace or hearth. In days gone by it was the heart and soul of the family home, providing light, warmth, comfort and the ability to cook food.
Family, friends and guests would gather here to share information, learn or just relax.
The hearth, or floor of the fireplace, was usually situated in the centre of the home, towards the back of the dwelling, radiating its energy outward in the form of light and heat. It was made of stone or brick in order to control and maintain this energy.
When more light, more warmth, or more comfort was needed — the fire was stoked.
When the activities of the day were over, the fire subsided to embers — but rarely did it go out completely.
The ebb and flow of life happened all around, attention and focus shifting as needed and wanted — but always there would be a return to the hearth, the centre.
When applying ourselves to the task at hand, the speed of our body must match the speed of our mind. When the intensity of mind and body are linked with the activity we are engaged in, we experience a state of peace and flow.
If you want to increase your ability to focus, start in your body. Find your hearth — the ‘floor under your heart’ — and let it guide your awareness.
Find your centre. Feel your centre. Hold your centre.
Then, try focusing on the things happening around you…and notice the difference this awareness can bring.
Motivation
The only way to get motivated to do something is to start doing it.
It is the movement itself that creates more of the same. Motivation = ‘to move’.
Most often we rely on willpower to do this — and wonder why we fail.
For something (or someone) to move, there has to be a source of energy and a space to move into.
WE have to create the conditions for this to occur. We have to create the patterns and structures for energy to move along and the source of empowerment to allow it to flow.
Yes, you can use force or willpower — but that’s exhausting, and prone to failure.
A better way is to use Intention = ‘to stretch towards’.
Create the right conditions and movement occurs naturally.
With DSA, you learn to create inner movement, inner motivation first, then allow the necessary actions to unfold or emerge.
Purpose
I’m going to let you in on a little secret…
The purpose of life is to evolve ‘energetically’.
There, I’ve said it. Now let’s explore what I mean.
Success is not a destination, or even a desire. It’s a flow. To succeed means to keep moving.
But in what direction.
Each of us is unique. We all have our quirks, our likes and dislikes. Yes we can have similarities with others, but rarely, if ever, do we find someone exactly the same as us.
We are each born with a blueprint in the form of DNA, genetic information passed down through generations. There are patterns of behaviour given to us by our parents, extended family and the communities and societies we live in — each with their own idea of what life is about.
But what drives these ideas, beliefs and patterns of behaviour? Who is defining our reality?
Have you ever had that familiar feeling come over you? Could be a place, a time, certain people, a breeze, an environment, somewhere in nature, doing a particular activity or even performing a certain action.
Whatever and wherever it is, this feeling has the effect of making you feel comfortable, at home, familiar, no matter where you are.
I’m going to put it to you that each of has a set of patterns we’re born with — what I call our ‘Energetic Signature’ and our purpose is to evolve these patterns into something more, something better, something more evolved.
I’m also going to put it to you that our body knows exactly when we are evolving these patterns, and exactly when we are not. Not our mind, trying to figure out what we should be doing — but our body, letting us know quite definitively what is best for us.
And I can prove it.
DSA: The Art Of Dynamic Self Awarene
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