Comments on: Courage is the Gateway http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/03/courage-is-the-gateway/ Personal Development for Smart People Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:01:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Steve Pavlina http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/03/courage-is-the-gateway/#comment-1538 Steve Pavlina Thu, 31 Mar 2005 04:12:26 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/03/courage-is-the-gateway/#comment-1538 The level of awareness at which you experience abundance is above the level of courage, so by the time you reach that higher level, courage is no longer required -- you've transcended the need for it. The level of awareness at which you experience abundance is above the level of courage, so by the time you reach that higher level, courage is no longer required — you’ve transcended the need for it.

]]> By: Steve Bailey http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/03/courage-is-the-gateway/#comment-1534 Steve Bailey Thu, 31 Mar 2005 03:15:47 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/03/courage-is-the-gateway/#comment-1534 I'm liking your blogs more and more. I liked your original pragmatic "get-your-stuff-done-and-stop-procrastination" articles so much about a year ago, in the "For Developers" section I happily donated, but you are blowing me away with this new world you are now exploring. Love this stuff. This book is one of my favorites, ( and one of Wayne Dyers' too of course). I bought his sequel, The Eye of the I, and liked it too. I'm not sure I really agree with Hawkin's claim that he can measure the consciousness level of certain people with kinesiology. He's measured certain politicians at a number that I just couldn't possibly conceive given their views and actions. But then again, who knows. I’m liking your blogs more and more. I liked your original pragmatic “get-your-stuff-done-and-stop-procrastination” articles so much about a year ago, in the “For Developers” section I happily donated, but you are blowing me away with this new world you are now exploring. Love this stuff.

This book is one of my favorites, ( and one of Wayne Dyers’ too of course).

I bought his sequel, The Eye of the I, and liked it too. I’m not sure I really agree with Hawkin’s claim that he can measure the consciousness level of certain people with kinesiology. He’s measured certain politicians at a number that I just couldn’t possibly conceive given their views and actions. But then again, who knows.

]]> By: Brian http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/03/courage-is-the-gateway/#comment-1533 Brian Thu, 31 Mar 2005 02:56:41 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/03/courage-is-the-gateway/#comment-1533 Good article. Although there doesn't appear to be an obvious connection, this discussion about courage reminds me of the scarcity/abundance dichotomy. If you perceive the world as a place of scarcity, everything is difficult and fraught with peril. Courage is imperative. On the other hand, if you perceive the world as a place of abundance, everything is elementary and imbued with opportunity. No courage is required. You need only set out in any reasonable direction and collect the opportunities that surround you. Articulated in this way, it sounds a little like a shallow glass-is-half-full commentary, but there is something fundamental about the shift that isn't done justice by the "glass" metaphor. Good article. Although there doesn’t appear to be an obvious connection, this discussion about courage reminds me of the scarcity/abundance dichotomy. If you perceive the world as a place of scarcity, everything is difficult and fraught with peril. Courage is imperative.

On the other hand, if you perceive the world as a place of abundance, everything is elementary and imbued with opportunity. No courage is required. You need only set out in any reasonable direction and collect the opportunities that surround you.

Articulated in this way, it sounds a little like a shallow glass-is-half-full commentary, but there is something fundamental about the shift that isn’t done justice by the “glass” metaphor.

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