Can Self Improvement Be Impossible?

[SaynotoKlaus]

 Do you think that everyone can self actualize , no matter how unaware and egotistic they are? Or maybe beyond a certain threshold of unawareness this becomes impossible for them because they are way too defensive against any changes in their behavior.

[StephenK]

Impossible?

No

Unlikely?

Yes, but there is always a bit of hope : )

[charlie2dogs]

the answer to your question is not really that difficult, yes i think there are people who cannot self realize where they are, at their level of programing and belief,  however in time, and considering the consequences of their actions rooted within their consciousness, it leaves the door open for change at some point in time.  From my own experience, consciousness calls us, some refuse to look, consider, contemplate that which comes, so you could say they are in a process of hardening their resistance to their higher self, becoming more disassociated from consciousness and reinforcing their identity and ego more and more.  In time the consequences that come because of those actions may cause them to reconsider, and then again we dont know for sure that the consciousness will continue to strive at this forever, newageism teaches it goes on forever but I dont know that and there is no proof.  So it is in ones best interest be open to what is given you through consciousness, if you can, without destroying its meaning and intention with your programing and belief, but i suspect that cant be avoided by those programed with false belief systems, at least until enough consequences have been endured to cause them to reconsider their position in life and begin to learn more about who and what they really are, and even that could be an impossibility. 

So in the end analysis, if you have an interest and desire to know more about who and what you are and what life and reality of life is about, consider yourself fortunate, and pursue it, contemplate it, listening to those who have self realized can help you to a large degree, but you have to know the difference those who are just wannabe guru's and those who have self realized. The only solution i have for all of this, is this, turn toward your own consciousness, spend as much time with it being still and quiet as possible, consciousness will speak to you, if you can hear.  Begin to drop your beliefs, begin to examine your own programing.  As you spend time with your consciousness in a conscious, present state of awareness, a cleansing will begin to take place of the programing and false belief automatically, just stay out of the way and let it happen, and by that i mean the identity and ego are in the back seat and your programing and belief isnt trying to tell you what it means.  This process gets very confusing to those who have no idea what you are talking about when you talk about these things, but that cannot be helped, there seems to always be one or two or a small few who have the ability to stop, consider, ponder what you are saying with real interest, these are ready for change, those are the ones i cherish and give my time too primarily any more.  You can only help those who are ready and willing to change.

 

[Leo Gura]

On 4/2/2016 at 2:29 AM, SaynotoKlaus said:

 Do you think that everyone can self actualize , no matter how unaware and egotistic they are? Or maybe beyond a certain threshold of unawareness this becomes impossible for them because they are way too defensive against any changes in their behavior.

Would you ask that of your child before deciding to send him to elementary school?

Maybe he's just not capable of mastering arithmetic?

Maybe we shouldn't get his hopes up?