Inner Change

Author : Scott Marmorstein
Dear You,In this newsletter I address the issue of change. So far I have changed the first sentence only three times. What this points out is that the nature of the mind ever wavers towards betterment, as do we all. There are many aspects to change, some are pleasant and some are not so pleasant. It is the process of dealing with changes that we come to realize our own inner strengths and our capacity to expand.It is a New Year and while the calendar displays a different number and explains a new period of time, we still feel much as we did the previous year. Have you made your New Year's resolutions? Have you lived up to them? Whatever changes we decide to make, we have to begin with the change itself so that we know its nature, its origin. There are so many ideas and concepts being illuminated by conscious awareness of their origins.In the past I thought making a change was as simple as editing a word in one of my writings, or perhaps wearing something different, or taking on a new diet. All these are indeed changes of a kind. Yet, in order to actually make a change takes much greater effort than this. To actually change you should know what it is to change.Becoming other than what is would be one definition of change, yet not nearly as apt or significant as the change that accompanies us when real change takes place from within. Changing from who we are to whom we really are is still another feat—one we all inwardly seek and yet feel so eluded by.How do we experience this kind of change? By what measure do we realize its importance? If you recall being a child there was a time when you simply changed from enjoying a particular toy or other to preferring something else. Yet this is also not an indication of genuine change.What is it we seek? Inner change, that which takes us from what we so dislike about ourselves to what we so desperately wish to become. The origin of change is recognition. When we recognize our true desires, our pure and wise desires, we change from what we think we are to a more accurate picture of who we really are. This kind of change is dramatic, life altering, and very rare.I invite you to consider the myriad ways you consider change as a part of your daily life, and also to shift your perspective from what you generally consider change to be to what change can actually mean for you.Recognizing the deeper qualities within you can be done in so many ways. Sometimes all it takes is a simple statement. Sometimes it is the moment of quiet solitude afforded you by a well planned day. At other times this recognition takes place directly in the midst of your daily activities. A flash of inner calm and a deep knowing arises from within you and shines brilliantly in your mind enabling you to act from your heart.We all have our various desires about what we wish to do, what we need to do, what we would like to become. And to one degree or another all these require a kind of change (or recognition) that while something may appear one kind of way, it truly has a different quality about it that is beyond your limited perception.Finding this deep change, this great recognition, can be so inspiring, so profound, and so blissful you sometimes want to simply remain in that state of change, that state of recognition.As you find yourself changing throughout this year whether it is mundane change or rather more profound inner changes, keep in mind its origin—recognition.-Scott Marmorstein
P.S. Speaking of changes, my e-book is now simply titled, "Unleash Your Heart".
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