Thinking Outside the Box

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Below is an appropriate Supertraining post from the late Dr Siff:

<<< " " The expression " thinking outside the box " has become so popular

nowadays that far too many people don not appreciate that all boxes

to one's thinking are of their own making and that, if one is

determined not to automatically believe all that you learn or are

told, then there are no boxes that you need to think outside of.

Or, at least, you will have such a willingness to wear so many

different boxes or change your existing box that boxing you into a

single static box of one colour will be an exercise in futility. So,

let your boxes, if they have to exist, be ever dynamic and " fuzzy "

sided. But do realise that, when you no longer need any size or

manner of box, then your life on planet earth will be so different

that you will seem a complete alien with few friends who will ever be

able to know or value you. You may not even need to be here then!

This, as we know, is not an easy task, because society (especially

the politicians, teachers, religious leaders and fitness gurus) all

too often does not want too many people to reject Mind-Box building,

because this will means that people are truly liberated and not very

susceptible to political, marketing, advertising and educational

manipulation. Real liberation comes not simply from some paper-

written constitution or declaration, but from one's refusal to build

personal boxes which imprison you far more than any jail.

Unfortunately, only a small percentage of any society really manages

to be liberated from mental box-building because it so often leads to

hostility, persecution, unpopularity (this is often far too much for

teenagers to bear), lower school grades, imprisonment, or execution

(especially in societies which do not have liberal constitutions).

Even in the very mundane world of fitness and sports training, if you

happen to reject building boxes or refuse boxes that others want you

to inhabit, then great pressures are brought upon you to conform and

toe the party line, especially if your ability to earn can be

influenced by sponsors and advertisers. Anyway, as Supertrainers,

you are no doubt very aware of this fact, because our central

philosophy of making people avoid those belief boxes and think for

themrselves may already have taken you into some very uncomfortable

waters. After all, how can " little ole you " be right and so many

prominent gurus and peer-reviewed scientists be so wrong in so many

cases? " " >>>>

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Carruthers

Wakefield, UK