Living Beyond Limits

‘Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in life has a purpose’ – Elizabeth Kubler Ross.

When helping a terminally ill patient, Dr Bernie Segal, would encourage that person to volunteer. Focused on others outside of his hopeless situation, miraculous transformations often occurred, even physical healings.

By having a reason to live, and a purpose to live for, everything changed.

Still, to realize that vision we must believe in our self.

Sometimes, like a person confronting death, there is no other alternative. You are forced to create meaning in your life.

If you knew that you had only 24 hours left to live, your priorities would change.

Sadly, most of us unwillingly must be forced to act.

“I will harden Pharaoh’s heart” said the Bible (Ex. 4:21).

Like the Biblical pharaoh we ignore the signs and stubbornly refuse to change. Kabbalah suggests there is a little bit of pharaoh inside of us all. We dig in our heals , and do more of the same and wonder why life is getting worse.

However, nothing is set in stone. Even a decree of g-d can be changed, as happened to the Ninevites in the story of Jonah. They change themselves, – G-d recants his decree.

There is no theological reason why people should convince themselves that fate precludes any hope of change.

However, like Pharaoh sometimes circumstance make change harder because we need to make deeper, more soul searching, transformations.

However, we must first believe it is possible. We get what we expect in life, as is shown repeatedly with surgery. A person’s expectation of a positive recovery markedly effect’s the outcome.

“You can be anything you want to be, if only you believe with sufficient conviction and act in accordance with your faith” wrote Napoleon Hill, “for whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve.”

We have all heard those words.

How can you, in the depths of your unconscious self, believe them?

Firstly, it requires total commitment. You will change, you must change and then you can change.

It helps to have someone who believes in you first. Someone who will not stupefy you with platitude but gets you off your butt to act.

When you are prepared to risk all, you are ready to transform your soul.

However, the risk must be calculated and focused. A powerful goal will inspire you to move. It’s up to you to keep moving toward your goal.

This requires keeping your eye focused on your target and trimming the sails to keep on course.

It is all to easy to let someone else do it for you. Delegate certainly, do what service you can give the most value in.

If you have a purpose in life, even if everything appear lost, you have not lost yourself. Again and again, history reveals people who lost everything and started again – and again – and again.

These are the people, single minded in their life’s purpose who are willing to change themselves to give grater value to others.

They then receive greater rewards for themselves.