Change Your Reality Through Paradigm Shift
RECENTLY, I read about the power of paradigm shift and how it can quickly change your life from lack to abundance, from sickness to wellness and from poverty to fulfillment.
But do not mistake paradigm shift for mindset change. In the popular self-help books, you hear of changing one's mindset. In those books, mindset change is a magic wand that attracts lots of attention. But most of the time will be disappointed. They teach what the rich and successful think. They even offer you their affirmations.
Sadly, they don't actually help you change to become a successful and wealthy person.
They fail because these ideas and affirmations do not sound natural to your mind or heart. On the other hand, a paradigm shift totally changes you as a person. Paradigm shift naturally enables you to think differently; to see abundance in the universe.
Sometimes, changing your circumstances isn't simply possible soon enough. You cannot restructure your lifestyle in an instant. Paradigm shift means changing your perception, belief or opinion about your circumstances. Doing so will help you change your attitude and ultimately allow you to grow beyond the problems and barriers you cannot immediately overcome.
But paradigm shift takes practice. Bad habits, like people-pleasing, reacting to issues with a victim's mentality, succumbing to needless worry, spending time with toxic people or indulging in negative self-talk are patterns that need careful attention and renovation. Paradigm shift means breaking with our present faulty patterns of thinking.
When you think about something repeatedly, you begin to identify with it personally; your inner identity gradually becomes your outer reality. Your positive, productive thoughts will create a brilliant, vibrant reality, one where opportunities, happiness and gratitude reside. While your worst fears and foulest thoughts foster a lifetime of darkness and hopelessness, a paradigm shift will usher in your finest desires. The choice is yours. You choose wisely by choosing your words and thoughts carefully.
Be conscious of whatever you are saying to yourself, how you are interacting with others and what you are seeking from the universe on a daily basis. Your life, your health, your happiness and your future depend on it.
The bottom line is this: You cannot control the reality of yesterday nor even the reality of today, but you can control how you think, react and respond to everything, in hope of crafting a better blueprint for your tomorrow.
Here are more powerful time-tested ways to enact a greater tomorrow for yourself. One, surrender your worries and embrace acceptance. Remember that somewhere within you exists a supreme self who is eternally at peace with the universe. Moreover, peace of mind envelops you whenever you are at peace with the universe.
Two, to attain a paradigm shift practice mindful gratitude. By appreciating what you already have, you create grounds for continuous abundance.
Be thankful for what is and be grateful for what has not got to you. Find peace in the thought that you know only a fraction of the whole, that there are still many possibilities available to you on the way.
Always value what you know, for in what you don't understand, there is the joy of growth. Life will always be incomplete and asymmetrical, because finite man cannot comprehend the universe at a glance. Remember, education doesn't always make you smarter than your contemporaries, and age doesn't necessarily make you wiser. So, invest in yourself through lifelong learning and risk taking to become smart, healthy and wise.