The Myth of the Threat of Change
The Myth of the Threat of Change — many people fear change, so they stay stuck. Yet the fear is almost always baseless.
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What follows is taken from a new book I’m working on. We’ll look at some beliefs that we could well do without over the next few weeks. This is a bit of the introductory stuff.
A myth is defined as “a theme or character type embodying an idea.” In other words, a myth is a story that explains how some aspect of the world works.
For example, virtually all cultures have a “creation of the world” myth, and a myth about how people came to be — about how people are blessed by God or the gods, and have dominion over the earth.
We have also created political myths, hero myths, myths about wealth creation (typically called “economic theories,”) and even scientific myths.
Those of you born in the early 50’s will remember being taught, in grade school, the solar system model of the atom. Big nucleus, little electrons circling in orbits around the nucleus. Then, in High School, we learned how many electrons could occupy each orbit.
Now, we know that there are no such things as orbits, that sub-atomic particles make up the atom, that they are actually waves, that we cannot know both their speed and their location (making them sort of not there,) and then, we find out that atoms are 99.9999999 per cent nothing.
At least, that’s the current myth.
We seem to need someone in authority to tell us what is real, as opposed to understanding that both nothing and everything is real.
Which means that when asked what is real , a good, truthful scientist (the shamans of our age) will say, “That depends.”
The Myth of the Threat of Change
Laughing in the face of change
John Savage, a trainer in conflict resolution, describes various “neuro-sorting” techniques to help us see how our minds are set up. Research backs up the percentages below. (i.e. it’s not fake news…
