“We can genuinely open our hearts when we escape from our thoughts, emotions, ego and attachments. When our desire to define ourselves has disappeared, we can say we have opened our hearts.” – Ilchi Lee, Ki, the Language of the Soul
I’ve repeatedly found myself wanting to define everything and wanting a structure for everything. And it has gotten me into a lot of unnecessary trouble and frustration. But structure is necessary for the world to run, for us to be able to stay productive, right?
In watching my constant desire to create structure and clear definitions in my world, I came to realize the difference between and effective and counterproductive structuring. Definitions and structures are necessary so that certain situations can be molded to accomplish whatever purpose is important and necessary at the moment. But what’s important but often missed is that this structure needs to stay flexible and really moldable for each unique situation. I think I often get stuck in preconceptions about what structures are supposed to be, so I end up focusing on that more than the purpose the strucure was made for in the first place. I think this comes from not feeling deeply enough and not remember the fact that nothing in this world every stays a single form — situations always change, people change, and ”I” change.
In short, I need to stay focused on the end (my purpose) rather than the means (definitions). 
2 Comments
1 Betty wrote:
Through ki energy we can open our hearts, our minds and make our souls brighter. Don’t always just watch the page, listen to the way it makes you feel when you read it.
2 Jaynel wrote:
I also I have the same problem. I found that is the main reason why I sometimes couldn’t grow myself and help others. So, when I find myself becoming stiff in want to have structure, I go and do something I’ve never done before and naturely I find fun in having less structure…