Sovereign Soul, entry two. What is the bottleneck
of our being? I think most people on the planet
would agree that we live in a time where information
is plentiful. We can know anything, anytime,
with the advent of the internet and now AI, along
with a myriad of devices that deliver us information
on demand. Along with the constant access to
information that we may or may not be interested
in or may or may not be helpful, we are also
constantly being bombarded with all types of
information from our environment, through our
senses, our phones, computers, and TVs. that
we interface with and communicate through consume
a great deal of our attention or available bandwidth
on a daily basis. We give them total access to
our lives, many times not even thinking about
the effect they may be having on our bodies and
our minds, let alone our beings. Yet, as a species,
we have never been more unhealthy and unhappy
on many levels. What gives? Why? Where is the
bottleneck of our being? By definition, A bottleneck
is a point of congestion or restriction that
slows down or limits progress or flow. It can
refer to a physical space, but it doesn't have
to. The bottleneck I'm referring to is the one
affecting the rate of change in a person, the
bottleneck of being. For example, what stops
a person from changing their habits and behaviors
once they know with a reasonable amount of certainty
that those habits are a detriment to some aspect
of their life? Maybe it's their physical health,
like smoking or drinking too much. or their financial
health by gambling or not showing up for work
on time and getting fired, or their emotional
health by being overly worried or concerned about
things that they can't even control. Clearly,
the examples of this are many and varied. But
the point is, when someone has the information
and can no longer claim ignorance and still does
not engage in healthy change towards a more orderly
existence, where is the bottleneck in their being?
What's stopping the process? Let's start with
a quick synopsis, a recounting of how I got from
where I was to where I am putting me in front
of you right now. I was a holistic physician
for over 25 years. I looked at thousands of people
on a variety of levels, treating them as whole
beings, physically, mentally, emotionally, and
spiritually, many times in the same visit. I
catalyzed and facilitated healings of all kinds,
witnessing amazing results on all kinds of issues,
giving many people undeniable evidence that what
happened was a reestablishment of order that
removed a dis -ease pattern. Anyway, I would
always close the visit with the homework, in
other words. That is, what you need to do to
keep this alignment in place and to keep it going,
and what it is that you can no longer do that
will undo it. time and time again. They would
in earnest acknowledge it, agree to it, and then
not follow through. I was wise enough to know
it wasn't personal. Nothing is in the end. I
had great relationships with many of these people,
and between the results they received in our
visits and our rapport, they had every reason
to believe me and recognize the experience was
real and that they should follow through to continue
the healing process so they would become more
permanent. Yet the math did not lie. And time
and time again, many of them would come back
in a similar place or slightly ahead of where
they were before the visit due to a lack of follow
through. The miracle didn't stick at the highest
level. The order didn't hold where it was when
they left me. What was the bottleneck of their
being? Where was the rate limiting step in the
process that was not allowing them to keep or
hold the potential healing that was clearly possible
at the time of our visit? but due to a lack of
follow through and willingness to change on their
part, could not be maintained at the highest
level. In other words, why was there being unable
to efficiently go from receiving the awareness
and order in our visit, through an integration
process that would allow the new order to be
used in practical application, and then finally
the implementation or putting it into practice
phase that would allow it to become a more permanent
part of their behavior and their being going
forward? The putting into practice phase, hence
the title of my book, The Practice, is key because
once it is accomplished and done so with some
level of repetition, the results of the change
has become undeniable and that reinforces the
motivation to continue the practice of change.
This feedback loop of awareness feeds the changes,
helping them to become a new normal and hence
the foundation for behavioral change going forward.
So why were the systems of a great percentage
of people willing to receive information healing,
higher order, and common sense in the visit with
me, yet be unwilling to take the next steps.
What I came to realize was their systems were
not available enough to receive the new data
from the experience we were having together and
hold on to it long enough for it to become integrated
and more permanent part of their operating system
and affect long -term behavioral changes. And
still the question remained. Why was there a
bottleneck around integration and implementation,
leading to a greater awareness of benefit and
a feedback loop of foundational change? What
was the resistance to change and limited availability
based in? Even though the person was open to
receive the healing and higher order in their
lives with me in the room, and why was this resistance
so resistant? When contemplating a question such
as this, I have always found the best place to
look for possible solutions is within myself.
and observe the natural world around me. As well
practiced as I was with going through the process
of realization, integration, and implementation,
where was the bottleneck of my current being?
Maybe studying this in my own life would help
me to know the reasons that it exists and so
many others. It was a path I had to follow, and
there was only one way to follow it. Push away
from the peer.