Are you an outside the box thinker? Do you live outside the box? Do you want to learn how to get out?
The reason most people can not think outside the box, is because they aren’t even thinking inside a square.
In fact, most people only think in one dimension, on a line.
It’s not their fault. We are educated to think of the world in dichotomy. Cake or pie? Blue or Red? Good or bad? Like or dislike? Cooperate or fight? Win or lose?
Trying to apply a one-dimensional schema to a multidimensional reality, does not work. It just doesn’t work.
In order to solve a problem, you have to apply a level of thinking that is greater than that which is created it.
Attributed to Albert Einstein
In order to solve a problem, you have to apply a level of thinking that is greater than that which is created it.
The realm of movement is dominated by competitive sports. The earliest sport of all is probably running. There is an obvious advantage to getting their first.
On the other end of the spectrum, are the artistic movement arts, that serve the purpose of artistic expression.
The downfall of competitive sports is that they reinforce a mindset of scarcity. There is only one gold medal. In real life, it usually matters much less whether or not you are acutely “first” in line, first to finish, make the most money, or cook the actual “best” green bean casserole.
Inculcating people with a competitive mindset can drive people toward acute success, but it also shackles a person to ego. Geometrically speaking, the most acute angle of all, is a 0 degree angle (a a straight line). Thus, acute definitions of winning vs losing, such as “score the most points” has a tendency to reduce the participants to zero degree, linear thinking.
When you only see the world as win or lose, you can not be creative. If you perceive the world as only holding one banana, you don’t have time or interest for anything besides getting that banana, at all costs. This is a disease of thinking of the world in finite terms.
The most destructive result of the win or lose mentality, is that, logically speaking, competition produces a small minority of “winners.” Think about what we intend people to learn from competition, and then consider that the learning outcome that many people actually walk away with is, that they are slow, uncoordinated, not smart, and not good at things.
Do not be fooled into looking at professional sports as an example to prove or disprove whether or not great people emerge in sports. Instead, look at the collateral damage of in early childhood recreational sports, and at home, where people learn from a very young age, whether they are good or bad at things. How much more human potential could be realized, if more people added dimensions to their perspective on themselves, others, and the definition of success.
The key, which spiritually successful people discover, is to think of “winning” in more sophisticated terms. By adding another dimension to the model of success, such as “How much fun did everyone have?”, “Are my skills improving over time?” you escape the dichotomy of linear thinking, worry less, transcend the limitations of your ego, and achieve more.
When you endeavor in linear thinking for winning vs losing, your results are merely additive.
When you add more dimensionality to your way of being, your results multiply. These facts are proven in the math of lines, areas, and volume, 1D, 2D, and 3D. The number of dimensions you can add (multiply), is virtually unlimited.
You already hold a factor of 1 in every dimension because that potential exists within you. When you resonate on a new frequency, your power on in that new dimension shifts to two and doubles your personal power.
This is not to say that people should not run their very fastest and put forth their best effort. We should also measure and value incremental results. We are not dismissing competition, or your existing powers.
We may or may not be able to double your physical strength or speed. We will do a lot of physical training. But what we want, more than strength, and much more than acute strength as measure by something so silly as “bicep curl” what you really want is power. Power and empowerment is the product (see: multiplication) of all of your attributes, and dimensions. You can dramatically improve your physical effectiveness without getting stronger, and we’ll show you how.
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” Leonardo DaVinci
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
Leonardo DaVinci
Each day I endeavor to speak and act in the simplest terms possible. I hope that everything I say and do seems evident. The truth is self evident. The more aligned you become with the truth, the more empowered you will feel. Life will seem more simple, and with simplicity and empowerment, you will sense peace.
Akiyama Dojo is a quantum empowerment culture where we use physical exercises and activities to reprogram and align your being.
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