The 'contracted' mindset
The 'deeply at peace' mindset
The 'expansive' mindset
We can shift very quickly between mindsets, but only one at a time.
The inner dialogue of each [as a feeling and not as a cognitive argument] runs something like this.
Contracted: There is something wrong [missing] and I'll participate, but only to the extent I have to in order to fix what is wrong or find what is missing. Then everything will be good.
Deeply at peace: I am free and there is nothing wrong. There is no particular need to participate [do anything] because life will find it's own way.
Expansive: I'm deeply at peace and there's nothing wrong, but I'm bored and would like to do something which I enjoy, am good at, and others find useful.
Feeling threatened physically or psychologically induces a contraction. When that fades we relax until we get bored, something else happens to threaten us, or something intrigues us.
Mindset is a core motive, driver or reason for participation. Relax the mindset and you also relax the motive [reason] to do anything.
It takes a high level of intention and skill to hold the expansive mindset, especially when we feel threatened.
Mindset is a feeling or a state of consciousness.
Each mindset goes about doing things in very different ways, using developed justifications, and creating different results. The results inevitably support the original assumption or motive.
Contracting when facing difficult or demanding situations is easier than either relaxing or expanding, but the results are worse.
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