Paradigm...paradigm...
Yesterday, I had an interesting conversation with my colleauge concerning "the paradigm". Hmmm....sounds like a heavy topic, isn't??? well....that depends on how you see it, i.e. your paradigm...
In the beginning, i asked him if he was still active as the alumni of ESQ (a.k.a mind's training i would say ;-) he then told me that he is. He then started to talk more about it as well as other trainings such as the training for Praying Concentration, Tung Desem Waringin, JRP, Anthony Robins etc.
In the middle of our conversation, I said, "if we want to join that kind of training, our paradigm has to be set as the trainer's paradigm. That way, we could then understand what is being transformed and later accept that 'theory'. That's why, although I'm willing to hear others' paradigm, I may or may not agree with theirs. My friend disagreed,,,He then said that you don't have to alter your paradigm. Yours is yours and the trainers are there not to change your paradigm. He continued by saying that we have to know all the paradigms that are available out there. Therefore, we can grow and that it is a good thing to gather as many paradigm as possible. Give yourself a chance to be crazy and to go for nowhere,,,,once in your life !!! Hmmm.....
An intriguing question would be....
Should we follow our own paradigm or to follow and accept others' paradigms? The answer is again very typical ;-) That depends....
IN MY OPINION,,,you can learn, read and hear others' paradigms or even copy some of them if necessary (mix & match), BUT having my own paradigm and perception would be much valuable, because everyone has different path of life to follow and different destiny and that cannot all be copied by others. I'm keeping myself open minded for everything. At the same time, I do have my own principal to hold on, which make me different from the rest.
Peace....
