designing a mind, creating a new reality

Good Day Everyone!

The deep freeze continues here in Ohio. I do love winter; the time when we go into our caves and dream of what we want next. This morning I came across a wonderful blog post by Don Tapscott in the Huffington Post. He writes about training our minds to expand so that we are more agile in the handling of multi tasks, mega data and technology. He suggests that children are already able to do these things, because they are using their minds in ways that we have not. Proof positive that the adaptation of the human body is a natural function resulting from our focus, our request to change.

Recently I spent time substitute teaching in the public schools and came away with a clear idea as to why our students aren’t doing so well when they are measured against other societies around the globe. They are not being encouraged to be who they are; they are asked to leave the best part of themselves at home; the atmosphere is one of fear and pressure; and they are not encouraged to have an original idea or thought. We do not encourage them to use their creativity, intuition, broader perspective, innate knowing and guidance. They are herded and made to memorize facts and data not encouraged to think for themselves or have an original thought; thus they do not become independent thinkers which is the prerequisite to innovation.

Within each of us is the potential to create anything we want. Don Tapscott speaks of the brains amazing plasticity and our ability to expand beyond what we are now. Well, of course! Another great source to read is David Shenk’s book, The Genius in All of Us. We need to set our children free in schools to be who they really are, the wondrous Creators they are. In order to do that we have to become unafraid and let go of our need to control them. They are not our clay to mold; they infinitely intelligent, wise and creative beings who belong to themselves, not us.