That which We Are Not

I decided to become a Life Coach because of my own experiences of reinvention. Crucial to my evolution, however, was my process of involution. This is the process through which most of us discover who and what we are not. Unless someone has never been conditioned, the process of self-assessment and discard, that is involution, becomes the base understanding of who we are 'not' and who we might become.

It was explained to me with a wonderful story (and I pass it down with imperfections, I am sure) that has been retold many times by many masters. It is a story of Michelangelo, the famous Renaissance sculptor. As he worked in the courtyard, a passerby asked him what he was doing. As he chiseled the cold, hard marble, he responded that he was uncovering a statue. The passerby asked where the statue was. Michelangelo's response was that the statue was already present. He was just removing what was unnecessary. Ah!!! Whether the story or the rendition is true and exact, it so expresses the work ahead of so many of us as what we are not stands in the way of the clarity of our life vision. How can a vision depart from a false sense of who we are, the part that we are not but yet hold dearly onto??

Involution can be a lengthy process (and for some may never happen). With the development of focusing and assessment tools, this process can be guided and quickened. The faster we come to this base understanding of who we are not, the faster and clearer our vision. It emerges from a center that has been uncovered. From emptiness, It is able to achieve Its full expression of itself! An expression of love through a life well-lived… the way you design it!
Namaste...sam