Be your own sculptor - part 1 of 2

There is an ancient, structured school of thought and development called a Mystery School. At the heart of any Mystery School training are several very powerful ideas. I would like to share one of them with you today. It is the idea that the “finished product” is already here, even though very few people can see it.

A good metaphor for this is the marble and the statue. The masterpiece statue already exists; it is the work of the master sculptor to know which pieces to remove and reveal its form. For each of us, removing the marble can be thought of as “removing impediments.”

Indeed, the list of possible impediments is very long. I will list a few:

Limiting beliefs — there are dozens of these

Noise — in all senses of the word, but primarily inner noise

Fear and insecurity

Anger

Rush, haste

Stress — in all its many forms

Unreasonable expectations

Too much in your head

Addictive behaviour

Not being the centre of your life

Over-dependency

Left brain cut off from your right brain

Prejudices and assumptions

Low self-esteem

Sleepwalking through life

I invite you to add to this list. What is impeding you? Once you know what your own impediments are, you can transmute them into positive agents of change. In the next post, we will explore what makes up the “statue”. Until then, be comfortable knowing that the statue is already here.