Change! This concept of change is really at the core of what Knowtice is all about. So what better place to start, than with change itself? With Knowtice the goal is to inspire change, highlight those making change, and have the conversation about what has changed, as well as what needs to change. But change on any level starts with individuals. Of course we’re talking about positive change, because you could change for the worst, but who wants to do that?  The beginning of change is really appreciating the ability to change. And our ability to change is intrinsically tied in with our free will and ability to choose, a gift from the Creator that no other creature or being on Earth possess
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 So many times we make the comments or think “This is just the way I am.”, “I’ve always been the type of person who XYZ.” But knowingly or unknowingly you’ve just used your freedom of choice to choose not to change. Everyone is born with or develops throughout life certain traits, habits, and characteristics. The desire to want to change comes from taking stock of the traits, habits, and characteristics that one has amassed throughout life and determining which are assets and which are liabilities. What do I have that I want to keep?, what do I have that I could do better without?, what don’t I have that I want to get? And what we’re talking about here is not materials or externals but quality character traits, which often determine the external success that one can achieve. And the ultimate goal is growth and development toward manifesting the greatness that everyone is capable of.  It starts with knowing that whatever our habits and conditionings are we are capable of change.

But making personal change is more than just exercising our divine right to choose, our freedom of will. We express our will all the time, “I want to work out more”, “I want to stop smoking”, “I want to be more patient”, “This New Year’s XYZ”, etc.  After expressing the will it takes a tremendous commitment to implant that desire psychologically, biologically, and spiritually. On the physical side you’re actually trying to break or create a neural network in the brain for the personal change you are aiming for. Also on the physical side everything we do requires energy, and what we see as our personality and propensities are often the manifestation of our energy state. Traditional Chinese Medicine as well as Bach flower essence therapy has done a great job of categorizing emotional and psychological manifestations of energy states and what methods to use to either cultivate or eliminate these different characteristics and emotions like anger, or procrastination, or joy, etc.

Mentally we have to understand that we are not anything but consciousness, awareness. What does this mean? Anything that most people would use to describe themselves is not who you are; shy, bossy, cold, reserved, bubbly, etc. We as consciousness only perceive these outward manifestations but it is all subject to change. Now some things are on the surface and are as easy as deleting a word you just typed on the screen. But others are deep rooted and are like taking out and installing a new operating system. The key is mastering the ability to change your mind. For instance you want to be a better student. When it is time to study the thought comes “I don’t feel like it”.  You have to ask yourself is this in line with the changes you’re trying to make as a student? Since it’s not you must ignore the thought and do the opposite.

The beautiful thing is that every day, every moment we choose what we what to manifest. It’s what I like to call infinite potential, and we are the major controllers of our infinite potential. So in every moment of everyday, consciously choose what you want to manifest with your potential, because as Aristotle said “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”