The Missing Pieces of the Puzzle

I know not everyone lives their life like it is a puzzle to be solved. By them…

I know that some of what this blog is about known… yet, like with any decent puzzle, unless all the pieces are there, you can’t solve the puzzle.

I assert that in all the bodies of knowledge, from Kabbalah to Human Design, one or two pieces (at least!) of the full picture are missing.

I am somewhat privileged because of my unique life history. I won’t say it here… I’ll write another post about that in a little bit. Just, please, know, that I am not talking about anything I haven’t immersed myself, haven’t lived, haven’t tried to force the pieces into the almost complete picture.

OK, a little bit about what’s a puzzle. A puzzle, a jigsaw puzzle is taking a complete picture and cutting up to little jagged edge pieces, with the intention of making it both easy and difficult to put together again.

Two necessary elements of a puzzle exercise is
1. the original picture
2. all the pieces present

In our case, I say, both elements are either lopsided or missing “pieces”.

There is no agreement in the original picture. Everyone with a world view (and world view is like a butthole, everyone has one) has a slightly different picture in mind.

Every major and minor religion, movement, teacher, guru has a different picture in mind. In a big way or in a small way, but different.

I have changed my world view a dozen or so times, and currently I am on my Kabbalah phase colored by Colin Wilson’s philosophy and Landmark’s teachings.

I believe that we, human beings, were born for a specific purpose, each, and that we can’t be fully happy unless we fulfill that purpose.

I believe that outward success is only important and relevant (from this point of view) to the degree it contributes to the fulfillment of our specific purpose.

I believe that we each begin life at a different stage with a set of different baggage, with a common purpose, to grow, as a human being, to the maximum WE can, in this lifetime.

I believe that there is a picture of perfection we all strive for, and we can call that “becoming like God” to steal from Michael Berg’s great book Becoming Like God.

I believe that every growth has two phases, one, where someone else has the distinction and we follow instructions until one day, suddenly, we see the distinction, and then can grow in a burst, like a weed.

The first and painful part is the part that contributes most to our purpose. When we can’t see… but trust.

I believe that we are our own Michelangelo and we are able to chip away at all that is not David, our real self, our finished puzzle picture, if we are willing to face all that is not us, all that is dark about us, all that is shadow.
This puzzle requires courage. Not ordinary courage, like charging into a burning house to save a cat, but extraordinary courage, like facing our dark side. Like telling the truth about it. Like being willing to look until we can see it and us apart. Requires waay more courage. Trust me. As a coach and a practitioner, I can tell you, lots more people are willing to do heroic acts in the world than in their inner world.

To be facile in this activity, you must have a lot of distinction in the area of light and dark… good and bad. Axiology is helpful here… (One of my preferred disciplines)
Landmark Educations’s racket, strong suit, standards and ideals, upset, agreement… etc. distinctions are just some that are good guides here.
Kabbalah’s tikkun is a great place to start.
Kaizen is a useful technique… especially couple with kaizen moments