Honoring Your Plateaus
The word is ARAMBHASHURA its such an awesome word! It means a hero in the beginning. To put this into context a lot of us embark on something new like a meditation practice, an on-line course, a book, playing an instrument like a hero in the beginning that is.
Now, back in those days, this was already a familiar concept of someone starting strong and kind of fading away tippy toeing through the back door as things became challenging.
Yes, so it literally means hero in the beginning vs the end.
When we start something new & exciting a lot of us
start off strong! We hear the trumpets of the Rocky theme playing in our head...we got this! right? But the moment the excitement deflates we sneak & vanish in the wind like a ninja.
The basic idea is we first get excited! We're growing, winning and the moment we hit a plateau we say "that's boring" (hero in the beginning does) we bounce out of there leaving saying "ah! so what!
and never acknowledging the commitment and leaving numerous endless open loopholes. In other words, too many exciting starts not enough finishes if at all.
The real hero knows that there is a plateau coming and is up for the challenge, to the point that it even ensures it at times. Because He/She knows eventually there is going to be another spurt of growth.
In reality isn't that what life is all about?
On the contrary, I understand our society has it all backwards and we get it from TV, the press, media etc.. Its basically proposing this myth that when we embark on a new adventure/challenge that contributes to our development, there is this non-stop continuous skyrocketing, vertical bliss of advancement and growth and it's NOT!
The reason I share this is because through most of my adult life this was me to the point where I did not even believe or honor my own word anymore. That had an effect on my most important relationships and self-development to the point where I was an aimless drifter with no purpose
These were frustrating, heartbreaking years for me I learned a lot, though.
So now I only commit to a few things that i certainly know I will stick to
learning to unlearn how not to be a ARAMBHASHURA and honoring my plateaus.
There is a word in Sanskrit I came across today btw, Sanskrit is an ancient language from India considered to be the oldest language in the world being at least 6,000 years old.
The word is ARAMBHASHURA its such an awesome word! It means a hero in the beginning. To put this into context a lot of us embark on something new like a meditation practice, an on-line course, a book, playing an instrument like a hero in the beginning that is.
Now, back in those days, this was already a familiar concept of someone starting strong and kind of fading away tippy toeing through the back door as things became challenging.
Yes, so it literally means hero in the beginning vs the end.
When we start something new & exciting a lot of us
start off strong! We hear the trumpets of the Rocky theme playing in our head...we got this! right? But the moment the excitement deflates we sneak & vanish in the wind like a ninja.
The basic idea is we first get excited! We're growing, winning and the moment we hit a plateau we say "that's boring" (hero in the beginning does) we bounce out of there leaving saying "ah! so what!
and never acknowledging the commitment and leaving numerous endless open loopholes. In other words, too many exciting starts not enough finishes if at all.
The real hero knows that there is a plateau coming and is up for the challenge, to the point that it even ensures it at times. Because He/She knows eventually there is going to be another spurt of growth.
In reality isn't that what life is all about?
On the contrary, I understand our society has it all backwards and we get it from TV, the press, media etc.. Its basically proposing this myth that when we embark on a new adventure/challenge that contributes to our development, there is this non-stop continuous skyrocketing, vertical bliss of advancement and growth and it's NOT!
The reason I share this is because through most of my adult life this was me to the point where I did not even believe or honor my own word anymore. That had an effect on my most important relationships and self-development to the point where I was an aimless drifter with no purpose
These were frustrating, heartbreaking years for me I learned a lot, though.
So now I only commit to a few things that i certainly know I will stick to
learning to unlearn how not to be a ARAMBHASHURA and honoring my plateaus.
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