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   "The Goal Chart"       "Feedback And Recycle Loop" Chart
    Attitudes, Chakras, and Motivation, "Chakra Path To Guidance Chart"
    Heart's Desire, Ideals, & Accomplishment     [ NEW Aug 2011 ]
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• INTRODUCTION:
              To construct this chart, I have assembled some cause and effect dynamics generally recognized as fundamental to some of the more current metaphysical principles, as well as to self-help psychology and business development. While the chart is based on concept, and not anatomy, a psychological anatomy is certainly conceivable, based on relatively predictable cause and effect relationships between what one does internally, and what one does externally. I have also included a second chart, for the "Feedback & Recycle Loop," that shows how one cycle of goal achievement relates to, and so can be used for, the next cycle; indeed, most everything we do effects most any other subsequent thing that we do.
            I created these charts to provide tools that complement or help complete other perspectives that I have studied on the subject. This chart pertains to any or all goals achievement and also to attainment. This also refers to the "manifestation of abundance," as popularly termed in various circles. To clarify (as needed): the chart is not about the accumulation of material, certainly not with that as the intention behind the effort. It would be best understood if read and used in context with at least two other essays, "The Alignment of Beliefs, Desires, and Needs -- for Achievement and Attainment" and "Whole Being Integration In Manifesting Abundance..." (via reference section further below).
            Attainment refers to the spiritual sense of the word, as in a more sublime fullfillment of sought-after inner qualities (and some personality changes as a likely result), and as related to tests or initiations and the path of self-improvement and/or self-realization. One of my goals in developing "The Goal Chart" is to effectively illustrates an internal human system, one that comprises the various inner aspects of our psyche that contribute to the most basic aspect of our nature - growth - and also to the effectiveness of the human psyche in general. And is influenced by an integration of Eastern as well as Western spiritual perspectives, including considerations as regards "true" needs, as well as desire and suffering, per the above noted references, as well as the section below, "Attitudes, Chakras, and Motivation".
           


•           "KEY ACTIVITIES" (noted on this chart) are the general principles and actions as emphasized in most current "abundance" teachings. Abundance teachings often emphasize the acquisition of material wealth --not as the primary goal, but rather as 1) a way to gain faith in one's ability to have one's needs met, 2) to show that wealth is merely one vibratory level or manifestation of universal energy, and 3) that wealth is not evil, that only evil intentions are. I have found such teachings usually barely touch on the role of belief patterns and often only to show how and why affirmations (and power of the spoken word) are important.
•           The underlying "FOUNDATION PROCESSES" (noted on this chart) refer to those therapies -- often self-applied --that are born out of the study and work in Gestalt, Psychosynthesis, and related fields of modern psychology. Personal growth process involves a certain amount of work that may look like psychotherapy, but is primarily conducted by and for oneself. On the chart, the core of that is noted in the box labeled "Inner Work."


•           This chart shows how both the KEY ACTIVITIES and FOUNDATION PROCESSES necessarily work together (one directly affects the other) if one is to maintain, as well as achieve, prosperity in a manner that is both spiritual and practical, E.G.: that is, grounded. This is where the belief pattern work and "conflicting agenda" aspects come into play. Related therapies may involve work with sub-personalities or "the committee," as it may be called in 12 step jargon.


•           The chart box headed "Suppression of Internal Conflicting Agendas" and extending arrows illustrates the "normal" route that most people have been taught how most wealth is achieved. In recognition that this route is what most so-called modern societies teach its members via the news and entertainment media, I don't think I assume too much about commonly held beliefs here (until perhaps, any changes in the "teachings" that may result from the 2001-02 exposures of corporate business practices and "corporate globalisation"). And if one thing leads to another... obviously the "normal" route certainly contributes to the negative view of wealth acquisition, not to mention it's effect on personal and social degradation in the long run - if not also in the short run.


•           Those on the path of self-awareness would be the least likely to do it the "normal" way (short-term immediate gratification crisis management style) and get away with it very long. By that, I mean that for most on such paths, even if their conscious mind would let them try it (ie: the over-focus on the aquisition of abundance or image-related materialism) while in the earlier parts of their learning, eventually their unconscious would sabotage plans that run counter to their underlying authority and responsibility related beliefs. The challenge for us here is to transition with balance from the "normal" way to the spiritual way.
•           The major exceptions to the above paragraph regard those "spiritual" folks who would confuse certain emotion related goals of various spiritual meditative practices (such as the Buddhist Vipassana meditation) with an overall approach to the emotional body that ends up creating and justifying emotional denial, particularly as regards "negative" emotions that have been stored since early childhood.
  
              Note 1: There is a critical difference between emotions that have been stored for most of one's lifetime (usually unconscious), and those emotions that are currently generated or simply "passing through" one's consciousness. And there is a big difference in therapeutic approach to each type.
              Note 2: To be human is to have mixed emotions, some or all of which may be feelings arising from emotional storage, and any of which that we may not be aware of. And this is true in the long term and not just on a momentary basis. One who practices personal growth (at least one with a Gestalt viewpoint) is one who tries to know his/her ulterior motives (also a universal item of baggage) and other tendencies, so that s/he will not act on them, consciously or unconsciously, or "project" them onto others. And those are a few more things we are all capable of having and doing when not aware; projection (such as blaming or scapegoating) can happen when one unconsciously feels the need to distance oneself from some inner quality. Those people that we define (accurately) as "pathologically impaired" have more of this emotional storage and/or greater amounts of "charge" to the emotion(s) stored, and do more projecting and acting on ulterior motives.


•           So... what has setting realistic goals got to do with "ideals"?
            Ideals help us formulate a useful visions by which we can develop purposeful goals. Whereas many goals are based on basic needs and/or desires. Values can play an important part in this formulation, and of course be highly related to our ideals. Many of the ideals stated or implied on this page (and some other pages at my site) are supremely challenging to say the least, and understandably so.
            IF we want to accomplish a goal that isn't seen CLEARLY, let alone immediately, "right ahead" of us, and IF it is born out of our highest ideals and related "visions/aspirations, and VERY especially IF one knows that the goal is absolutely necessary (for one's survival, for human evolution), ...
            THEN one way to go about it is a) look at (a visualization and/or conceptualization of) what we really want, and b) consider some basic routes for how we might get there from here, c) imagine yourself "looking back" from the time/place you would be after accomplishing the desired goal at the key and core physicalities that needed to be created in the latter time periods prior to achieving the goal, then d) the same for the physicalities preceding those... all the way back to the present. And then, e) do the same for the attitudes that would be necessary to accomplish those - for each goal as necessary. Here's where it can get tricky, where one can easily fool oneself if not careful (hence the 2nd chart below). From here f) a basic flow chart of required tasks and conditions are established. g) Quality Control Consideration: If you employed the preceding steps and found the process very easy to accomplish, or that it did not require much depth of thought, chances are good that either the ideals were not set high enough, or one was not realistic about what all may be required.
           Note: Hypnotherapy can be very useful for many of these steps.


•           The aspect of disillusionment is, perhaps, something to contemplate as related to one's setting realistic goals, not to mention being able to follow up on them successfully.
                  Question: Assuming one is not generally lazy or unaware of the need for, the benefits and importance of doing one's personal growth work for self, relationships, and planetary evolution... WHEN one is not wanting do one's inner work, THEN what could be more implicated than a significant degree of disillusionment? Let me stretch all that out a bit: Isn't it from the inner work that we gain clarity between those desires that are related to true needs and those desires that aren't? Is it not from this knowing that we then set spiritually integrated priorities, and establish realistic goals? And might such goals actually comprise some of the most "challenging goals one could undertake"? Would any others be nearly as fulfilling? Related: the below section, "Heart's Desire, Ideals, & Accomplishment" [NEW Aug 2011].


•           Regarding the "no pain - no gain" perspective, considering the noted synthesis of Eastern and Western views: Another of my goals for this chart is to effectively suggest that goal achievement, abundance manifestation, and growth-facilitation, all can be experienced without adding *unnecessary* amounts of pain or distress into one's life in the short-run, and definitely without it in the long-run. That is, while learning is a "letting go" process, which is often not the most enjoyable one, there are ways (including attitudinal approaches) that make it easier, whether the process is mental, emotional, physical, or spiritual. And some would say that one necessarily effects the other, certainly in the long run. Related writing: "WHY PAIN? Notes on Pain, Awareness & Denial" (Physical and other levels, and no, it is not morose, or painful to read).