Monday Jul 30, 2018

33. ‘Brules’ Limit You!

In this episode, David and I pull apart some of the Systems for Living that are currently not serving us (The BRULES), along with some new ones we're implementing into our lives.

What are Brules you ask? They are the BULLSHIT RULES we accept as absolute truths and what govern how we live. This is a term coined by Vishin Lakhani, founder of Mind Valley and author of the book The Code of the Extraordinary Mind.

Both David and I are thoroughly enjoying this book and highly recommend it.

Human beings have a tendency to imitate for convenience and as a result, so many obsolete ideas have been passed down from generation to generation.

Ideas like "Success = Hard Work" or that you need a "College Degree" or a "Fat bank account" to be happy.

If you were to look, what conditions show up and govern your happiness, fulfillment, and self-expression? Are you able to choose happiness without condition or are you waiting for something to happen first? These are all the Brules that were passed down (without you realizing) and do not serve you.

But what if life didn’t have to go that way?”

What if you could consciously choose to enjoy the journey of your deliberate creation. That the opportunity lay in questioning the RELATIVE truths that govern our security vs the ABSOLUTE truths that just are.

A relative truth: Green means GO and Red means STOP

An absolute truth: that gravity exists on Earth and if you step off the cliff you will hit the ground.

We are entering into one of the most disruptive eras in human history. And one of the biggest challenges we face today are the relative truths that occur as absolute. These are our current expired systems and structures in society, such as borders, cultures, religions etc.

How we become truly connected as citizens of the world will rely largely on our willingness to question the relative and perceived absolute truths around us. Not from a place of malice, resignation or judgment but from the perspective that questioning these things put us on a natural path of learning, growth and the inevitable expansion of our abilities in all aspects of life.

THAT SAID, WE HAVE A QUESTION:

What do you who are actively influencing and encouraging our next generation of empowered questioners and culture hackers?

Let us know in the comments!

“We are locked into 20th century approaches that are holding back

the next big fundamental shifts in human capacity.”

— Bill Jensen

33. ‘Brules’ Limit You!

But what if life didn’t have to go that way?”

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