Your Brand

"It's difficult to believe in yourself because the idea of self is an artificial construction. You are, in fact, part of the glorious oneness of the universe. Everything beautiful in the world is within you. No-one really feels self-confident deep down because it's an artificial idea. Really, people aren't that worried about what you're doing or what you're saying, so you can drift around the world relatively anonymously: you must not feel persecuted and examined. Liberate yourself from that idea that people are watching you" - Russell Brand


I stumbled across this quote from Russell Brand this morning and thought it worthy of a blogette. Love him or hate him Russell Brand is walking the talk of self creation. So can we and should we look at this eccentric celeb for inspiration?

Well, from the quantum foam, to the big and continuing bang up through the evolution of the quark to the atom to the molecule to the cell to the human and – well to YOU – it’s all been and continues to be one big act of creation. So if underneath all the constructs of creation you are in fact quantum foam, the ground of being, or whatever you prefer to call it – that means you continue to create. To create yourself. So if as Russell says self confidence is merely an artificial idea, then so is lack of self confidence. If they're both artificial it makes no difference which one you choose. Other than - which one feels better?

Yes, we have our inherited biology, shared culture and environment to contend with. But can a committed shift in an individual’s subjective experience impact those other aspects? In Integral speak – can a big enough change in the upper left quadrant of subjective experience (the mind) impact the other three quadrants (objective self, shared culture and environment) enough to create permanent change? Could someone, for example imagine a life of fame and fortune and create that reality in their mind strongly enough to actually change their external and shared reality into the life of a courted celebrity. Er Russell…?

Philippa