[Our success in life] may have little to do with the positivity of our thoughts. It may have more to do with how we connect as part of a complex, dynamic whole system of life…”
A colleague recently shared this quotation from David Spangler, one of the early leaders of the alternative community Findhorn in Scotland, and co-founder of the Lindisfarne Association. Here it is in its full context:
“A system is a complex whole acting as a single unit but made up of interconnected parts that mutually influence each other in dynamic ways…The key to systems thinking is to realize that a component of a system acts differently when part of the system than when it’s separated and observed in isolation…Taking systems apart to study their parts can give us important knowledge but can never tell us how the system as a whole functions…
“Most goal oriented thinking tends to be linear, reductive, and analytical in nature, rather than systemic…All manifestation takes place within an interconnected system…The success or failure of our manifestations may have little to do with the clarity of our images or the positivity of our thoughts, and not much to do with attraction either. It may have much more to do with how we connect and interact as part of a complex, dynamic whole system of life.” From The Laws of Manifestation, pages 29-32.
Obviously, I agree completely with David Spangler about the importance of our connection with the larger systems of life. But in a world where we are trained from the moment we are born to experience life as individuals (and as he implies, even the Law of Attraction tends to be focused on the idea that positive change is an individual pursuit), how do we begin to live systemically in practical ways?
One of the great superpowers of Constellations Work is that it is an EMBODIED PRACTICE. Yes, there is a theoretical foundation that is important to understand. But it is not just theory. We have an experience of being part of something larger and connecting with its intelligence so that we are in greater harmony and ease with everything to which we belong, and to which we are always contributing.
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When have you felt in tune with those larger systems – ancestral and otherwise? Please share your stories, thoughts and questions on my blog below, so that we can all benefit from our shared growth….
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