The first step is to let go of your concept of rules. Let go of your CONCEPT of rules...
That doesn't mean that there is no structure, that there are no parameters, that there is nothing definable....
But in order to realize the truth of the structure, you need to let go of your CONCEPT of rules.
What are rules?
You as an adult know that if a two year old puts her hand on a hot stove, she will get burned.
So you tell the child, in rule fashion, not to put her hand on the hot stove.
She does it anyway.
She gets burned.
So now, there is a real rule! "Do not touch the hot stove!"
Why?
Does there need to be a rule?
What if you did not ever tell the child to stay away from the hot stove? What would happen?
She would..... touch the hot stove and get burned...! And why is this so bad? Really?
This could be very painful and may damage the skin and underlying nerves. If the skin is breached, there is the risk of further damage in the form of infection.
But honestly, all this is very manageable if you pay attention and take care of it responsibly. And I guarantee.... there will be no need for rules about the stove anymore.
What if, instead of a rule about the stove, you as a parent simply informed the child....
Taught the child about the consequences of touching hot things, taught the child about how bad it hurts and how you'd have to take care of the wound instead of just "MAKING A RULE"...??
We break rules because "we need to know" things for ourselves. Somewhere along the line of evolution we've been programmed to believe that this is a bad thing. Is it???
If I'm only going to do what everyone else has already done and learned from, then what is my worth!? What is my point? Why am I here....?
That doesn't mean that there is no structure, that there are no parameters, that there is nothing definable....
But in order to realize the truth of the structure, you need to let go of your CONCEPT of rules.
What are rules?
You as an adult know that if a two year old puts her hand on a hot stove, she will get burned.
So you tell the child, in rule fashion, not to put her hand on the hot stove.
She does it anyway.
She gets burned.
So now, there is a real rule! "Do not touch the hot stove!"
Why?
Does there need to be a rule?
What if you did not ever tell the child to stay away from the hot stove? What would happen?
She would..... touch the hot stove and get burned...! And why is this so bad? Really?
This could be very painful and may damage the skin and underlying nerves. If the skin is breached, there is the risk of further damage in the form of infection.
But honestly, all this is very manageable if you pay attention and take care of it responsibly. And I guarantee.... there will be no need for rules about the stove anymore.
What if, instead of a rule about the stove, you as a parent simply informed the child....
Taught the child about the consequences of touching hot things, taught the child about how bad it hurts and how you'd have to take care of the wound instead of just "MAKING A RULE"...??
We break rules because "we need to know" things for ourselves. Somewhere along the line of evolution we've been programmed to believe that this is a bad thing. Is it???
If I'm only going to do what everyone else has already done and learned from, then what is my worth!? What is my point? Why am I here....?
Rules protect us from actual, genuine experience. What are we without experiences?
We are either "good", (as defined by the rules),
"bad", (as defined by the rules),
or "experienced".... as defined by..... living life.
If we confine ourselves to blindly following rules, we have no authentic purpose... we have no genuine life of our own.
So what if there were no rules? What would YOU do? What would be the outcome of that? How would that feel?
Is lack of rules freedom?
What is freedom?
Describe your first day in this new world of "no rules": Remember, there are no rules for anyone. Go!
We are either "good", (as defined by the rules),
"bad", (as defined by the rules),
or "experienced".... as defined by..... living life.
If we confine ourselves to blindly following rules, we have no authentic purpose... we have no genuine life of our own.
So what if there were no rules? What would YOU do? What would be the outcome of that? How would that feel?
Is lack of rules freedom?
What is freedom?
Describe your first day in this new world of "no rules": Remember, there are no rules for anyone. Go!
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