What Would Life Be like If We Were Able to Achieve Our Highest Intentions?
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The Authentic Journey
By Scott Eck
What would life be like if we were able to achieve our highest intentions?
And what would life be like if we able to inspire and equip others to reach their highest intentions? These compelling questions, and the answers that await us, are the beginning and end points of an authentic life. An authentic journey. An authentic journey begins with a dedication to seeking and learning the truth about oneself, and about the environments that we create. Its about accurately perceiving ones habitual defense routines and, at the same time, accessing ones personal creative powers. Its about communicating through effective, transformational dialogues that are based in truth and in a shared human experience. By understanding and identifying ones personal defense routines, then bringing that understanding to high-status dialogues, we can then build high-status environments that encourage free expression and creativity in all stakeholders. Such environments benefit all participants in addition to supporting and elevating the larger community.
Authenticity is not about proving oneself or measuring oneself by the standards of others, its about personal standards that cannot be compromised by political influence or by social pressure. Its about making a shift from conforming to societys demands to having the courage to listen and respond to the call of ones personal philosophy for contributing to the human experience. Its about elevating oneself toward higher intentions, and inspiring others to do the same.
An authentic life is less about self-interest and more about service. Its about having a willingness to grow rather than to maintain a pretense of perfection. Its about giving up the need for power and control in favor of the need to grow and to contribute. Its about personal mastery.