Development an ongoing, never-ending, progressive process.
And although there is mastery in development and development in mastery, it is reasonable to talk of mindset mastery as distinct from psychological development.
But it's a subtle distinction which is useful in a way, and misleading in another.
We talk of mastering states of consciousness and mindset is a state of consciousness, a feeling. Mastering mindset is actually easier than psychological development, but the technique itself contradictory, to what one may imagine.
At the heart of mindset mastery lies two distinct skills.
On the one hand, to relax deeply into uncomfortable or challenging situations, and
On the other to re-engage from a place of open and interested inquiry.
The idea that if we truly accept an unpleasant or uncomfortable situation, we loose the desire to try to change it, is true. We would. That's why the idea of acceptance is so scary, and unpopular, especially amongst those who have big dreams and desires.
That's why learning to re-engage, but from a different place (with a different mindset), is so important.
The basics of this can be 'mastered' in months and developed and deepened over the rest of our lives. It's not something separate to going about our normal daily business, it just doing it with a different feeling, or for a different reason.
And such a small thing changes everything, both qualitatively and quantitatively, individually and culturally, behaviourally and systems, in ways that are impossible to even imagine ...
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