Great thoughts Megan! Choosing and forming a game plan consciously - with mindful purposeful intent is, (IMO), exercising free-will - especially when it means going toe-to-toe with our mindless knee-jerk impulsive reactions. Staying the course, (of those chosen habits), is the hard part. I struggle a bit with the term "slavery" in staying true to our chosen trajectory. The word (for me), denotes force, or control. If it's something we choose of free-will, then we're not necessarily forced to continue, but certainly do need a measure of discipline if we're to succeed.
In keeping with the essence of your message, I do see a strong need for stepping out of our comfort zones in preparing for tomorrow. And yes, the sacrifice may be uncomfortable for many of us.
absolutely... it seems that we tend to overestimate our degree of civilization as a society. try "being yourself" in a community and experience our general lack of love for each other, particularly when we're breaking other peoples rules, lol... I'm starting to think we become able to distinguish when we develop our spiritual relationships over the strictly materialistic. I've felt discipline = slavery/coercion for a long time. It's taken a shift in my perception to grasp that the more one chooses to "enslave" oneself to a chosen habits, the more likely one is to flourish in whatever the objective is. It gets tricky when we're confused about what sacrifices are required to get to where we want. I think why we're here in the first place is to sort out what it takes to be our best selves.
This resonates so deeply with me. I believe the essence of true freedom lies in the awakening and dissolving of our subconscious programming that no longer serves us or our fellow humans. Some hards we choose and some we don't. But we are free to the degree that we live a high agency life built on core values, getting curious and questioning our emotional frameworks, triggers and inner turmoil. The book, "Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself", by the neuroscientist Dr. Joe Dispenza, blew my mind open to what's truly possible when we seek to become aware. Great topic, Megan!
I am so glad to hear it resonates. All about the high agency life 100%... I find it can be tough to identify our core values until we experience the pain of not, which requires forgiveness for our failures as we figure them out and re-navigate. I don't know that we can know what we actually value, or who we are, until we go through the struggle of failing to uphold our best selves. Hence our need for grace.
Tx for book suggestion! "you are not doomed by your genes and hardwired to be a certain way for the rest of your life." Linked here https://a.co/d/2wZ1O6i
Megan, thanks for providing a link to your Substack on Facebook. I'm just catching up with your stacks and purchased "Atomic Habits" on Audible at your recommendation. The first 5 minutes have reinforced what I believe writ large, in my personal and business lives, but many in the Liberty movement have yet to embrace: that small incremental changes are far more effective than sudden sea change. A libertarian utopia cannot be achieved overnight. We have to work for small marginal tweaks that advance Liberty rather than wishing for a sudden attitudinal change (or elected official) that will bring us the society we wish to live in.
Looking forward to catching up with the rest of your Substack!
Great thoughts Megan! Choosing and forming a game plan consciously - with mindful purposeful intent is, (IMO), exercising free-will - especially when it means going toe-to-toe with our mindless knee-jerk impulsive reactions. Staying the course, (of those chosen habits), is the hard part. I struggle a bit with the term "slavery" in staying true to our chosen trajectory. The word (for me), denotes force, or control. If it's something we choose of free-will, then we're not necessarily forced to continue, but certainly do need a measure of discipline if we're to succeed.
In keeping with the essence of your message, I do see a strong need for stepping out of our comfort zones in preparing for tomorrow. And yes, the sacrifice may be uncomfortable for many of us.
absolutely... it seems that we tend to overestimate our degree of civilization as a society. try "being yourself" in a community and experience our general lack of love for each other, particularly when we're breaking other peoples rules, lol... I'm starting to think we become able to distinguish when we develop our spiritual relationships over the strictly materialistic. I've felt discipline = slavery/coercion for a long time. It's taken a shift in my perception to grasp that the more one chooses to "enslave" oneself to a chosen habits, the more likely one is to flourish in whatever the objective is. It gets tricky when we're confused about what sacrifices are required to get to where we want. I think why we're here in the first place is to sort out what it takes to be our best selves.
This resonates so deeply with me. I believe the essence of true freedom lies in the awakening and dissolving of our subconscious programming that no longer serves us or our fellow humans. Some hards we choose and some we don't. But we are free to the degree that we live a high agency life built on core values, getting curious and questioning our emotional frameworks, triggers and inner turmoil. The book, "Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself", by the neuroscientist Dr. Joe Dispenza, blew my mind open to what's truly possible when we seek to become aware. Great topic, Megan!
I am so glad to hear it resonates. All about the high agency life 100%... I find it can be tough to identify our core values until we experience the pain of not, which requires forgiveness for our failures as we figure them out and re-navigate. I don't know that we can know what we actually value, or who we are, until we go through the struggle of failing to uphold our best selves. Hence our need for grace.
Tx for book suggestion! "you are not doomed by your genes and hardwired to be a certain way for the rest of your life." Linked here https://a.co/d/2wZ1O6i
Megan, thanks for providing a link to your Substack on Facebook. I'm just catching up with your stacks and purchased "Atomic Habits" on Audible at your recommendation. The first 5 minutes have reinforced what I believe writ large, in my personal and business lives, but many in the Liberty movement have yet to embrace: that small incremental changes are far more effective than sudden sea change. A libertarian utopia cannot be achieved overnight. We have to work for small marginal tweaks that advance Liberty rather than wishing for a sudden attitudinal change (or elected official) that will bring us the society we wish to live in.
Looking forward to catching up with the rest of your Substack!
Cody! Thanks so much for sharing! So glad you are finding value. Here's another great Libertarian minded Substacker from the West Coast!
https://briandoleary.substack.com/p/freedom-without-virtue-leads-to-chaos