[Ailist] Re: Today (May 31, 2009) is the 8th annual What You Think upon Grows

[Bruce Elkin]

> AI and many other fields promote this concept that "What You Think Upon
> Grows." Yet aren't many things growing precisely due to our lack of thinking
> about them? We don't think about genocide going on in Sudan and so allow it to
> grow, for example. I think these one-sided cliches are dangerous. You can get
> unhealthy results by overfocusing OR underfocusing on things.
> 
> Best,
> Howard


Howard, allŠ
I agree with you. While it¹s true that focusing on what we want increases
our power to create it, we cannot close our eyes to what is. In creating
desired results, we must focus on a clear vision of the results we want. And
we must also accept and appreciate reality-as-it is (without judging it and
adding emotional charge to it. The ability to hold both vision and reality
in mind at the same time sets up a gap out of which a useful creative
tension emerges. This creative tension provides the core energy for
creation, complemented by motivation and momentum.

It¹s pleasing to have a simplistic cliché such as ³what you think upon
grows² but as Einstein said, ³A thing should be simple enough, but no
simpler.²  

To create real and lasting results we need vision, reality, and action.
These are the core elements that underlie all acts of creating.

Cheers!
Bruce
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