According to my dear friend, Webster, “irony” is the incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected results.
A perfect example and one that will secure my picture next to its definition is how can a normal (maybe) guy with a love of martial arts, running and physical fitness get osteoarthritis.
As I sit on the upper level of the old 6:24 am commuter train making my daily run to Chicago, I ponder that. The A/C is masking the steamy summer heat outside leaving just the sunshine to put me in a zenish trance as the passing scenes mesmerize.
Maybe the answer to my dilemma will appear. Maybe the pain in my back and hip will miraculously disappear.
But as the reality of my rocky train ride is coming to an end, so too is the reality that my physical fix will take as much determination and persistence as earning my shodan years ago. Is this another “ah ha” moment or what?
My “wanna be” has yet to begin. My desire to return to “greatness” (now modest fitness) is still mere electrical impulses bouncing around randomly in my tiny brain. I am not even on the State of “Be”ing Cycle. I am looking in from the outside like a child wanting to hop on a spinning merry-go-round. It won’t stop but I have to somehow make the leap.
You might be wondering (or not) where Copernicus fits into this tale. Well this “ah ha” moment made me feel like an ancient astronomer discovering a new planet after justifying for years only a certain number. There is another planet that I hadn’t noticed before. It has always been but it makes sense now that the clouds are clearing.
Yo, Copernicus … that’s not dust on the telescope!!
Before we make the leap to the State of “Be”ing cycle and even grab onto that “wanna be” ring, there is a “State of Desire” out there, outside of the cycle.
Where as a “wanna be” makes a conscious decision to act, being in a State of Desire, our “wanna be” is only an image or a vision far from reality. Seemingly a subtle difference but not really. We all imagine our selves being someone or something but it takes action and often a cataclysmic event to provide the push to conviction.
A dear friend sent me this quote from an ancient Chinese philosopher (or may be he just made it up!) … “A vision without action is a daydream. Action with out a vision is a nightmare”.
Visualization is truly an important part of the self-development process. We can vividly imagine all the details of what we want and all the steps that need to take us there. However, visualization is not enough. We need to move to action and make that leap from desire to the State of “Be”ing Cycle.
See the modified “State of “Be”ing Cycle diagram and definitions with my new planet!!
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