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How exactly to Create Change in the World
How do check here create change on the planet? Yoga wisdom tells us that people need to start at the most basic level. To generate change, begin with a person. What is a lot more basic when compared to a single human being? The stuff we all have been manufactured from: atoms and subatomic particles. "You're what you eat" because the saying goes. But think about our mind? Is the mind also manufactured from atoms? Not exactly...

Physically, check here may consist of atoms, but mentally we are crafted from stories. Thus, to create change, we need to change the stories our minds are constructed with.

What is an atom, by the way? An atom is the most basic unit of every living and non-living thing. But isn't that just another story? ...Everything is really a story.

When you were born, your parents told you the story they were told by their parents, who, in turn, were told by their very own parents. This re-telling has been going on because the very beginning of humankind. Yet, who was the original storyteller?

Our teachers, parents, friends, and peers contribute to that on-going story. They provide us only the description of the planet they know - their perception of the world. It could not be how the world is really. We ourselves donate to the story of the world every moment of our existence by thinking and believing in what we've been told.

The stories we tell ourselves form our social and cultural values. Which means that our stories, tales, fables, anecdotes, parables, proverbs, and colloquial expressions will be the backbone, the inspiration, of our society all together, and our modern culture on the planet Earth.

For the last few thousand years, the stories that have dominated our consciousness, in most modern cultures, are the stories of mankind's rule over the natural world, of the sense of separateness from nature and from one another, and of our self-gratifying pre-occupation with this ego-mind.

Regardless of how simple and seemingly insignificant, our stories will be the real cause of many global social and cultural problems such as for example war and violence; concern with the natural world and separation from nature; pollution, environmental destruction, and the increased loss of wildlife habitats; over-consumption and materialism.

Imagine if the majority of our stories were teaching us some virtuous value, or encouraging us toward a positive action.

"Kill two birds with one stone" would be "Feed two birds with one seed."
"It's a dog-eat-dog world" would be "It is a happy-dog-splashing-in-the-pool world."
"Take just as much as you can, before someone else will" would become "Take only what you need, leave the rest for others".

If our description of the world as we know it had been always predicated on universal love, compassion, and interconnectedness, what would the planet be like?

Nonetheless, our world is the way it is for grounds. We've all done our part in creating it. What counts now are the stories we tell. If we want to continue seeing abundance on this beautiful planet, some of our stories need to change.

Although it would take some time and effort, we are able to focus on causeing this to be process a journey filled with fun, exploration, learning, and love. We need to become more alert to the prevailing stories and re-tell them in a far more positive light. We have to study from the older cultures which have survived modernization and from their stories, in addition to from countless teachers and seekers who've taken this path of wisdom before. We must remember to witness life and nature, and notice the innumerable lessons all over. We must listen closely to your own hearts as they are, too, our teachers and tell their own story.

It is, actually, very real and possible to create change in the world that is full of love and happiness. It may be our next evolutionary step, to transform to a more spiritual way of living, with stories because the vehicle.

Let's begin today. Create change within you. What positive story did you hear today?

Surya Kolpakov, LMT, is really a Certified Yoga Therapist. He teaches yoga and meditation around Boston area, wants to share his insights and tell stories concerning the yoga lifestyle, and perform traditional Thai massage. For more information on the yoga lifestyle, visit Surya's website at
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