[Part II] Resolution: The Pillars of Resolving Yourself [Short]
As a result of seeking resolution (in my mind, heart, actions, work, goals, systems and processes) I learned to look at obstacles from a more holistic perspective. I recognized that the obstacle in front of me is not truly a hindrance, or separate from me. It’s not exactly an antagonist deserving of anger.
In some strange way it’s an extension of a part of me, a feature of the person that I am trying to become.
If all of my efforts, learning, goals, and skills have led me to this place, then to resolve this problem is an evolutionary phase in my journey. In other words, I have to become what I have never been before, to move beyond.
Every obstacle and challenge preventing us from moving along a path represents a skill that we have not yet learned; knowledge that we do not yet possess; or a new configuration and application of what we already can do, but in a novel way.
This perspective fosters integration, synthesis, and internal resolution as the way to solve the problem. Moreover, I have come to believe that a lack of knowledge and skill is rarely what is holding us back. (Since that’s an easy fix: train and learn.) Instead, perhaps it is not addition of something new that is required, but a refinement and new resolution of what is already inside of us.
I have found that obstructions are often mental. We are forcing old patterns onto new problems, not realizing that the obstacle requires a transformation to overcome. Most things are like this: complex and challenging at first, until we figure out how. Our mind has an idea that something is one way, while a minor shift in approach solves the issue instantly. Then it becomes apparent that our mind was in the way. Not a lack of ability.
We were trying to force a cylinder turned sideways into a circular hole, when all we had to do was rotate it.
Resolution — the word itself — has many meanings. Here, I am using it in three dominant ways:
- Resolve Means To Complete — Every goal that you establish for yourself, every project you begin, you have to finish. This is a matter of principle, and character, as much one of practicality. Experience and evolution come from seeing a thing through to its conclusion.
- Resolve Your Mind To Action — To resolve your mind means to focus, but in the sense of increasing the clarity of you perception, plan, vision, and the problem at hand. The goal is to resolve the complexity of our minds, talents, passions, and heart into a coherent form — and ultimately into action.
- Resolve Means To Produce and Perform — To bring your inner visions into reality. I am not talking here about manifestation, but the mastery of processes and systems, along with the sheer will and effort required to develop the skills and power to realize visions in the world.
These Pillars of Resolution cover the main aspects of any endeavour: the internal aspect translating a vision to action; the overarching intent, will, and resolve to see the task through; all the way to resolving our systems and processes for production and peak-performance.