MKE Week 22 – Comfort Zone Control

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Comfort Zone

 

The last few weeks of the Master Key Experience are definitely powerful with interesting insights.  It’s during this time that the real push regarding self-directed thinking begins.  Part of the push involves the comfort zone and who is controlling it.

It’s no secret that every day choices are faced, but when taking the time to slow down and observe these choices an interesting interconnection is seen.  Every choice that each of us faces involves the comfort zone.  Simply put are we going to stay with what is comfortable or step out into the unknown.  It was interesting this week discovering how the normally negative components of the comfort zone can be utilized to our advantage.

 

Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.

B.F. Skinner

 

Fear

 

One of the components of the comfort zone society uses is fear.  Looking back at first learning to swim or to ride a bike what was typically the biggest obstacle?  Fear.  There was fear of the water and not being able to stay afloat.  There was fear of losing balance and falling.  Fears that as children we overcome because we don’t let it overtake us by making a choice to keep at it, to persist until we succeed. 

Yet as we move into adulthood many times we allow the cement of fear to build up.  Maybe we don’t ask someone to the big dance out of fear of rejection.  Or we don’t apply for a job out of fear of not being qualified.  Or we don’t pursue a career change or what our heart desires because that what-if component of fear sets in.  All negative aspects of fear.

On the flip side using fear as a tool might involve applying for that job knowing that one’s talents and intangibles are good enough.  Choosing to pursue the lifelong dream knowing that trying is better than having regret.  Making phone calls to garner support for an endeavor or to grow a business, realizing that a “no” today is the stepping stone to that “yes” tomorrow.  

 

Anger

 

Another of the comfort zone that society uses as a negatives that can actually be utilized as a tool is anger.  How often do you get angry at others or perhaps yourself for something that happens, for how a situation turns out?  

Personally I’ve found that if it’s not every day it’s multiple times a week.  And being a “white” on the Color Code I find that many times I’ve held it in until I reached the so-called boiling point.  And then once that anger is expressed how often does it result in beating up oneself for how we reacted to the situation.  Just more and more spent piling on, some of it self-inflicted and some of it the result of how we’ve been trained over the years.

Anger is one of those powerful negative energies, so imagine if it was channeled positively.  What if each time we got angry about something that anger was channeled towards completing an action that advances an aspect of an identified definite major purpose in one’s life.  Consider the impact if one took the time to think before reacting and applied one of the 7 Laws of the Mind.

 

Comfort Zone Control

 

When it comes to the comfort zone, it ultimately comes down to deciding who should be in charge of controlling it.  Should I be controlling it by embracing change, by choosing to pursue my bliss, by living the life I want?  Or am I letting it control me by my choosing to only do what’s comfortable, to stay in the river of dreams, to think and act only how society says to? 

For me the answer is the former. After two years on the journey known as the Master Key Experience I may not fully be there but I’m much closer.

 

Around the Horn Week 22

 

Have you seen what Shirley had to say regarding “Healing” Magic? Or what Suzanne mentioned about Liberty & Legacy?

This spectacular journey comes around once a year in the fall.  Ready to discover more about this courageous adventure?  

 

4 Comments
  1. John Francetic says

    Brad, good for you for having those insights about our Comfort Zone. From your blog rover friend John.

    1. Cool Cruiseman says

      Thanks John!

  2. Eulaine Melanson says

    Brad, your blog was very inspiring with so many gems. I enjoyed it thoroughly. My favorite parts were your thoughts about fear. I think often I only think of the negative aspect of fear instead of realizing the benefit it has to offer with taking on new challenges. Also the part you mentioned about the comfort zone. Who should be in charge of my comfort zone? Should I be in charge of it; embracing my challenges and following my bliss by doing what I want. The answer for me is yes, I should be the one that controls my comfort zone and keep on being persistent in my quest to follow my bliss. Thanks for the great reminder and for all your gems. Your Blog Rover Friend, Eulaine

    1. Cool Cruiseman says

      Your welcome Eulaine. Isn’t it cool the questions that can be sparked from one little post?

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