In the past I believe I have hinted towards what I want to talk about today. But in this post I want to address in full respect.

The idea following from the title is about spiralling. Now, when you hear that word used to describe someone’s behaviour or current state of affairs, it’s not usually in a positive light. It tends to take the form, “their life is spiralling out of control” or the like. That might be true in that case, but that shows only one facet of spiralling.

In reality, spiralling can only go in two directions. One is the commonly associated one, of a negative spiral, the other is the opposite, a positive spiral. These are the only two states you can be in at anytime; the idea of plateauing isn’t possible, and I’ll explain that further down.

A positive spiral is obviously the ideal state that we want to be in, I mean in relation to its alternative form. It is the feeling you experience where many if not all domains of your life come together, and create an environment where the whole is greater than the sum of their parts. If you felt it before you would know have wonderful that feels, everything just seems to fall in its place, almost without resistance.

Pursuing that positive spiral is a task of paramount importance for all humans, it is pathway to a much more fulfilled and healthy life. Self development and the techniques we have talked about on this platform lay the groundwork to provide a framework for attaining said state. This is one of the main reasons I harp on about these ideas, because the compounding effects overtime are remarkable.

The negative spiral shares many similar traits with its counterpart, except the outcomes for the person in question are reversed. The different areas of someone’s life come together but in this instance, they multiply the suffering and directionless people experience. After the spiral twirls around enough times, the person is in such a horrible place that is highly unlikely that they will ever be able to pull themselves out. What results is a life with more misery than is needed and can end up with the person ending their directly or indirectly.

It’s worth mentioning that the signs of a spiral are small, they always are at the start. However, in time and depending on the person’s behaviour, the spiral will start to become pronounced. At this point, friends and family will begin to take notice and comment, usually privately about the changes they’ve noticed. For a positive spiral, they might comment how surprised they are by the change, but for the negative spiral it is an expression of concern.

This idea isn’t a revolutionary or complex idea; I think most people grasp it and also inherently know it to be true without being consciously aware of it. That speaks to the truth of its cause and effect relationship in people’s lives. If you read and watch my content, I know you are somewhere on that positive spiral. That knowledge makes me happy. Keep it as a principle that you will choose to stay on your positive spiral, because it can only ever go up.

In relation to plateauing, it isn’t possible for one simple reason. Time passes. People may think that they’re not in negative spiral, just plateauing. But that isn’t the case, and let me use an example to illustrate why. Let’s take a 20 year old person, could be any age really but let’s run with that one. So, they have all the habits, behaviours and values of a 20 year old. Now, lets fast forward 5 years to 25 years of age, but they still have the same values, habits and behaviours of when they were 20. This should start to raise concerns because there is a necessity for us to grow and mature as people. But if no growth occurs, we get older but not wiser or more skilled. Without overdoing the explanation, the longer no growth continues the further the person falls behind and that is indicative of a negative spiral.

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