Change

Albert Einstein said, He is a fool who does the same thing over and over again, but expects to get different results.

The third law of Newton says that, for every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction. In similar lines goes another age-old saying, "As you sow, so you reap". So long as we continue to do what we have been and are doing, we shall as it's consequence, keep getting what we are getting. In this article, we shall keep aside the nuances of how the statements of the two geniuses work at the physical level, and explore it's intricate depths at psychological level and beyond.

Our thoughts guide our actions. Thus the action-reaction relationship is established. Our actions come with their consequences which we may label as pleasant or unpleasant. If the consequences remain the same over a period of time, it implies that our action has remained the same. But in many-a-instances we curse our fate for the way the same consequence is being served to us (when the consequence is unpleasant in our perspective). We fail to realize that it is our actions that are producing such consequences. This means that what happens to us depends on what we do. But the question is, can any change be brought about in our actions without working on such change at the psychological level i.e without correcting our thoughts?! A teacher demands a student to start doing his homework which he simply doesn't seem to like. There is a demand for change in action, but if it is not supported by change in the thought process of the child, such demand of the teacher would merely act as a temporary superficial imposition of orders, and would never pave way for real transformation within the child. Some of us procrastinate. We curse and criticize ourselves for doing so. We try to be harsh with ourselves and discipline ourselves into not procrastinating. A superficial change in action can be ensured, in this way. But for lasting transformations, we will need to understand the thoughts and feelings behind such procrastination.

This is the key to change: Understand your thoughts first. Why are they the way they are, is a question we must ask. Find out why it became the way it is. Then look at the thoughts objectively. 'Objectively' is THE word! And then slowly will change happen.

Happy transformation!