The most interesting thing about the "Adapt" article is that it follows the "Individual" one.
Last week, I was encouraged to discover and operate from my own self: the "container of self" that I alone can fill.
This week, I am being encouraged to be so pliable that I can fill any container!
There is always truth in paradox so I have been seeking to find it since reading both.
Here's my best shot: the hyper individual is so confident and centered in who they are, their container so to speak, that they are able to adapt their form without losing any of their individuality.
To those who have not done the work of becoming an individual, changing form is actually a cop-out and a form of coping with their anxiety of NOT becoming an individual. This is the shadow side of adapting.
Adaption AFTER you have individuated packs so much punch! You are BOTH/AND!
Adaption BEFORE you individuate actually short circuits the process and keeps you from the impact you want and we need you to make.
Fortunately, Bruce Lee shows us how to do both, in the right order!
The most interesting thing about the "Adapt" article is that it follows the "Individual" one.
Last week, I was encouraged to discover and operate from my own self: the "container of self" that I alone can fill.
This week, I am being encouraged to be so pliable that I can fill any container!
There is always truth in paradox so I have been seeking to find it since reading both.
Here's my best shot: the hyper individual is so confident and centered in who they are, their container so to speak, that they are able to adapt their form without losing any of their individuality.
To those who have not done the work of becoming an individual, changing form is actually a cop-out and a form of coping with their anxiety of NOT becoming an individual. This is the shadow side of adapting.
Adaption AFTER you have individuated packs so much punch! You are BOTH/AND!
Adaption BEFORE you individuate actually short circuits the process and keeps you from the impact you want and we need you to make.
Fortunately, Bruce Lee shows us how to do both, in the right order!
Dang, I hope every person who comes to this article reads that comment because it was the 🍒 on top.
TLDR: The order matters.