| So, you have been told future repeats itself, all be it not | | | | thinking. The mind has a habit of going back into the |
| always in quite the same way. If you are a trader you | | | | past digging up a situation it recognises which is similar |
| will gain most of your information from data of the | | | | to a circumstance you are experiencing now and |
| past, but also know that the markets behave | | | | gives you an evaluation based on that past finding. |
| differently today then they did 10 or 30 years ago, | | | | Whilst this mechanism works well for certain instances |
| even though certain characteristics have remained. | | | | it can be a serious hindrance in others. For example if |
| And what about politics, we see the ups and downs | | | | you had a bad relationship and your mind fires off old |
| of politicians, alas circumstances are different from | | | | memories the very moment you get into a new one, |
| similar past circumstances when we start examining | | | | the odds are hugely stacked against you making any |
| the details more closely. | | | | new relationship work. If you trade for a living this habit |
| It soon becomes clear that part of your past is | | | | of the mind can cause you unnecessary losses. Or, if |
| repeated but not all of it. | | | | you are a decision maker in your business and base |
| And here the misconception begins. It is in our human | | | | your decisions of any future project on past |
| nature to seek out patterns: patterns are a way for | | | | experience your decisions will lack the necessary |
| the mind to make sense of this world. But the mind | | | | creativity true success is made of. |
| plays many a trick with our conceptions. | | | | As I have discussed elsewhere we only are aware of |
| Just remember there was a time when it was | | | | a tiny portion of our thinking and acting, about 2 |
| commonly accepted that the world was flat and | | | | percent for the average person. This is precisely what |
| thunderstorms were an act of God. Now if we were | | | | happens with our assessment of past and future. Yes, |
| still building our views of the world around those | | | | on one level it appears that certain things are repeating |
| assumptions the world we live in would be a very | | | | themselves. |
| different one. It certainly would not have progressed in | | | | Yes, there are laws by which the world is governed |
| the way it has. What is more our past view had to | | | | and they do indeed stay the same, at least from our |
| change in order for us to embrace a new reality | | | | vantage point. The problem arises when we take it for |
| based on the latest empiric and scientific evidence. | | | | granted that the future equals the past and base our |
| Clearly the future is very different because of these | | | | decisions on that assumption. Assuming that this |
| observations, or should I say our concept of the | | | | observation holds true gets the mind to make incorrect |
| future? | | | | assessments and associations which make |
| This is just one example of countless many that | | | | judgements actions defensive rather then progressive. |
| clearly shows how our past does not equal our future. | | | | This hinders progress, development and ultimately your |
| In fact I would go as far as to say if it did, evolution | | | | success in anything you do. |
| simply would be impossible. | | | | Expanding your awareness is a natural evolutionary |
| The flip side of the coin though clearly proves that | | | | process. We are all doing it at different levels. Bringing |
| there are also many patterns and cycles which clearly | | | | this process to your conscious attention is a great |
| are repeating themselves, like spring following winter | | | | way of pushing yourself up the ladder of fulfillment and |
| and day following night? After all these are observable | | | | success. |
| truths, they are patterns and have been the same | | | | When you expand your awareness you begin to |
| since time immemorial. So what is going on here? | | | | uncover some of the erroneous associations about |
| The mind in its infinitesimal wisdom has many ways of | | | | past and future which have kept you locked in a |
| deluding us into making our beliefs appear real. So it is | | | | vicious circle. As you uncover the new reality these |
| with the seasons and day and night. Yes, whilst at a | | | | associations and beliefs start falling away because |
| certain level the existence of these cycles cannot be | | | | you recognise their irrelevance and harm. |
| denied, the opposite is also true and you need to be | | | | So what techniques can you use to accelerate the |
| aware of this if you intend to gain mastery over your | | | | awareness process? |