— SELF —

Our self is the core, the origin point, of who we are. Our individual identity, of which we are each self-aware.

Each self is created with all-rounder potential. As we grow and develop our life experience, we choose to specialise in certain fields of work which we feel most suits our personality.

All work begins in the mind, as ideas, thoughts, intents and desires, which are then put into practice as a physical expression of our originating non-physical consciousness. Looping then back around, this physical expression becomes a point of reference inspiring further ideas, thoughts, intents and desires, always and endlessly fuelling creativity upon creativity.

This act of specialisation involves an exceptional focusing or concentration of consciousness, a kind of contraction of consciousness, in a similar way that a physical muscle would contract to perform work. What follows each period of work then, however large or small, is a defocusing or relaxation of consciousness.

This phase of relaxation of consciousness may also be known as an expansion of consciousness. The word expansion may be used in such cases, as not only is there a relaxation involved, but in doing and experiencing the “work”, more is now known about life and creativity by each self.

This process of contraction and expansion of consciousness, or work and rest in simple terms, points to there being “ideal” durations or timings which should be observed when seeking to achieve the optimum performances and outcomes of our physical expressions.

Too little a contraction or specialisation doesn’t quite get the juices flowing, and too long a contraction or specialisation can lead to a state of counterproductivity, not only defeating the current purpose, whatever it may be, but sometimes causing even deeper damage and problems which can put us out of action for notable periods while we have to self-repair more than just the usual wear and tear.

The simple supporting framework that ZERØ offers up will help you turn these seemingly insurmountable problems that we may have created for ourselves through displaced timing, into fascinating challenges where you will have full control over the specific ways by which you choose to resolve them.

The Natural Power of Optimised Interdependence

The health of any organisation is wholly dependent on the health of each and every contributor making up that organisation.

It goes without saying that if each and every contributor is in optimum health, then the resulting organisation is by definition in optimum health.

When we think of organisations, we may think of companies we work for, or local groups we share our time with, or even our home and family situations, but the first organisation we most intimately experience and seek to manage in our everyday life is what we may call our whole self.

In simple terms, our whole self can be said to be made up of two contributors or faculties, namely our inner self and our outer self.

So working from first principles, our primary responsibility in life is to see that we take whatever steps are necessary to optimise our whole self. We do this by focusing on how best to individually optimise our inner self and our outer self, so that when they come together as an organisation, as they always must, they position themselves in such a way that the whole that is created becomes greater than the sum of their individual parts.

It is important to take on board that without first optimising our whole self, we can never then be in the best position to help others optimise their whole selves, as put simply we would not have attained the proper knowledge and experience to do so. Individually we would fall short, and so would any resulting organisation that we may seek to create.

We therefore owe it to ourselves, individually and collectively, and without further delay, to move in the direction of self-optimisation, safe in the knowledge that such a self-energising approach to life simultaneously benefits both the individual and humanity as a superpositioned whole, across the board, no exceptions. There is no competition here, just infinitely expansive co-creation, pure and simple.

— THINK —

So perhaps unexpectedly, the primary key which unlocks this ignition of self-interdependence is to learn and practice timing.

We are looking, always, to harmoniously blend the timing of the inner self with the timing of the outer self. The reason we have to “think” about this first, is to help realise that our inner self and outer self observe different kinds of timing, which becomes obvious once we are given certain information to help rationalise these concepts logically, and so arrive at simple solutions. In other words, no question is difficult when you know the answer.

In many cases, the simple natural displacement of these two kinds of timings may be the only reason why we have become desynchronised or misaligned, and so experiencing problems. In which case, this slightest tweak in our understanding of work and rest principles can trigger a domino effect of unexpected but most welcome proportions in our life experiences, individually and en masse.

— EAT —

There are no accidents.

It is, for example, no accident that we individually and uniquely choose to eat certain foods over others, and drink certain drinks over others, depending on how we think and feel.

In a way, our body is searching out particular nutritional elements to help sustain us while we occupy or position ourselves within certain mental and emotional states. When experiencing certain mental and emotional states, especially the “lower” or “denser” ones, and eating accordingly, it does no good to be told that you are eating the “wrong things”. Quite the contrary, you are eating the right things for the mental and emotional weather you find yourself in, and we usually call it “comfort food”. We do it to make up for something which we know is lacking but can’t quite put our finger on it.

Most dietary programmes, and exercise programmes for that matter, eventually fail and rebound because the core issue is to do with how we think, as touched on above. Accordingly then, we can proceed to change our dietary profile and achieve our desired physical condition by first appreciating the natural mechanics at work behind the scenes, in terms of always seeking to bring the timing of your outer self in alignment with the timing of your inner self.

Once this knowledge and intent is on board, we can then proceed to diet and exercise in time and tune with whole nature, knowing the aim is to do with primarily achieving quality, not quantity. As we seek quality, we move ourselves through different mental and emotional states, and different nutritional content, which then effectively reflects in our bodily appearance and performance.

In that sense, the initial change of mind causes the bodily effect, albeit the bodily changes have to unfold over time.

— BREATHE —

Among many other things, our inner self can be thought of as a touchstone or calibration tool which our outer self always has to hand should our life experiences become overly desynchronised and troublesome. Such a displacement, almost always unintentional, will show as any variety of difficulties being experienced by our mental and physical bodies, individually and en masse.

When we reduce our outer self activity down to simply breathing, with minimal mental and physical movement, this window of rest helps us maintain our connection with the life-enhancing qualities of our inner self, whilst also providing an opportunity for the mental and physical bodies of our outer self to naturally repair and evolve in time with whole nature.

The everyday example of this is when we sleep. Another example is taking a break from work of any mental or physical kind, putting the kettle on and having a cuppa.

If you were to think of your physical and mental bodies together comprising a vehicle of which you are the driver, the core self, what you are doing is allowing the vehicle to slow down to a relatively practical stop so that any wear and tear experienced whilst doing “work” can be more easily attended to by nature’s ability and desire to self-repair and self-evolve.

To gently supplement and enhance your normal sleep and natural breaks in your daily life, you can find benefit in practicing arts such as chi kung and yoga, even in what may seem their simplest forms, in short daily sessions. What is most important here is developing your ability to relate to your centre of gravity which is, obviously, otherwise invisible. Gymnasts and dancers also develop this ability through the nature of the movements they seek to master and express in artistic form. There are many ways to help maintain this connection to your inner self.

By practicing such arts and exercises, the overt sensing of the non-physical energy which very gently travels through to your outer self from your inner self is also a most valuable experience, as it helps the thinking portion of your outer self to ask “oh my goodness, what is that?”

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