On this episode, Patrick is joined by Harold to talk about change as we get older and why we fear change.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• We fear change because it’s meeting the unknown. Knowing where I am spatially and time-wise gives me a sense of security because I have a basic definition within which to define myself. Self-definition is what – at least the majority of human beings agree – will distinguish us from the rest of the animal species: self-awareness & being able to look at & define ourselves. We have a need for self-definition.
• The two major reasons for change are: The curiosity of the unknown & therefore the pull towards difference. The other is when it’s too painful or constrictive for us to remain as we are, or in the current construct.
• Whether we want to or not, life is made of change because that’s how we matrix, that’s how we our ADM or DNA is already programmed. We’re in a steady evolution & there will be a constant living, growing, dying going on over time.
• It’s as if we’re born with an empty rucksack & as we’re born we put a little pebble in it. Each year & with each experience we add more pebbles & rocks & by the time you get to your 60s or 70s half a mountain is on your back, no wonder you get bent over, it’s a lot of weight to carry. Lighten up, let go, throw out the ballast. The older we are the less we’re supposed to be carrying, not more.

BEST MOMENTS

‘It’s very comforting for human beings to start off knowing the ‘where’ and ‘when’ & the ‘what’ is what we fill in afterwards as self-identity.’

‘A map is only as good as if you know where you are on the map.’

‘The soul doesn’t need to be rooted.’

‘We have slow experiences to learn. We don’t have them because we are slow. Experience is all about integration & knowledge on a cellular level.’

ABOUT THE HOST

Patrick Kealey has been an actor, theatre director, writer and teacher and workshop leader for 0ver 40 years. He runs a professional theatre company based in Hastings UK where he currently lives. Please get in touch with me on the following links below!

CONTACT METHOD

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