REPLACE old concepts you’re done with

Don’t just RENAME them & ignore what’s still there

Photo of galaxy from Arnaud Mariat on Unsplash

Try this on: I am one with the Universe and all the workings of the cosmos, which include what is expressed in a single atom in the microcosm that is my own body. Thus, as you move around thinking more in terms of living in alignment and flow, this could most certainly, at a given moment, look like a parking space opening up for you in that right-place-right-time (seeming) magic.

It could equally land you all the way across the parking lot—in which case you might play with the idea that there’s some gift for you in the journey. Could be a chance meeting with a person, animal, or vista. Or maybe the invitation and opportunity to drop speed and efficiency and simply get present to and value this moment of mundane reality: human being on planet Earth, walking across the expanse of a lot dotted with cars.

Applying this REPLACE-DON’T-JUST-RENAME concept ubiquitously
Where have you changed what you call something? Look at that thing and consider what else you’ve changed besides the name. Do you see and think and speak about it differently? Do you interact with it differently? Do you have a different experience of yourself, others, or life that goes with the new labeling? Is there anything you see to do to take this renaming further so you’re actually in a whole new framework and reality?

Examples of typical renaming to jog your thinking …

• Taking on or giving someone a new job title
• Switching out offensive names or terms for politically correct ones
• Changing your name or what form of your name you ask people to call you
• Changing your pronouns or those you use for others based on their request
• Calling something a more highbrow name (like saying films instead of movies)
• Calling something or someone a kinder or more generous name
• Changing out words you don’t want in your vocabulary for spiritual or personal growth and empowerment (like dropping should, or saying and instead of but)
• Changing what you call something old that happened to you (like acknowledging it was abuse, not just poor communication; or acknowledging it had an innocent component—made sense at the time to the person who you then felt was against you or negatively impacting your reality)

If any of those resonate or make you think of something operative for you, check it out. Is it just a name change? Or are you revising the concept on many levels and feeling the better for it?

Ah, the joy of getting ever more clear …

Love & blessings, Jaya

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