Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)

Hey, we’ve got ourselfs, courtsey of Avid Reader cai, a genuine Doctrine Monday Post topic!

To our Comment:

Yes. Experiencing change without our consent to accept change is like a natural calamity. The change is forced upon us.

There could be several ways to maintain desired change for self-improvement.

(1) The Wakefield Doctrine
(2) Make that change The Habit.

While the first (1) way is semi-self-explanatory, the second (2) is less so.

We know regular Readers of the Doctrine will catch sight of the grey oblong in a light square that is the total give-a-way of a blockquote, which, in turn, screams ‘RePrint’. Unfortunately this prompts our more Advanced Followers to sigh and say (quietly, barely moving their lips because….clarks!)

“Hey Curator-dude! We get the basic principles. And seeing how we’re either clarks or scotts/rogers with a strong secondary clarklike aspect, we can extrapolate. A little respect here. Maybe you’ve been writing too much fiction. This is not that. Fiction. This is simply an additional perspective on the world around us and the people who make it up. It’s ok to ‘tell’ and not ‘show’. We can, as is quite evident from cai’s Comment, extend the principles of the Doctrine to the business of self-improving ourselves.”

(damn! is this a case of meta, fourth-person POV?!!)

ok. we get it.

Two things about the Wakefield Doctrine and self-improvement:

1. we all are born with the potential to relate to the world as do all three and, despite the fact that we relate as one (and only one) the capacity of the other two are always a part of us. Simply put: if you feel the need to do something about changing things in your life, know that the quality(s) you seek are not foreign, alien and/or something you have to ‘get’. Find your inner (clark/scott/roger) know that the ways of experiencing the world, although latent, are still yours. Learn about the three perspectives and let yourself see the world as they would experience it. And we can’t stress this enough: the Doctrine is about relationships (with the world). It is not about new information, cool skills, subtle abilities. No. It’s about: how we relate ourselves to the world around us and the people who make it up.     You can do this.
2. Good point on ‘Habit’. Reality, from the Doctrine perspective, is mostly about energy. You put in, (and, very much, receive back), energy in every part of your reality. The ‘Problem with Change’ (the capital letter to denote a non-Doctrine approach to self-improvement) is that a ‘new thing’ in one’s life usually does not generate its own energy. Classic Example: lose a buncha lbs. Energy from ‘Look! I fit in these old clothes!’ is abundant …until it becomes commonplace. Less energy. Less ‘support’ for the new thing in your reality. cai’s insight is very perceptive. A habit, if actually formed, (not easy in it’s own right), becomes a real, self-supporting aspect of our reality. Kinda artificial, but as long as it provides a new source of energy for this new thing, it lasts.

Alright!

Original content(ish).

We’ll go ahead and leave the RePrint …wait. a. damn. minute!

Who said, ‘Sure, leave it. Who in their right mind (or sufficieny of self) throws out a perfectly good crutch.’

you’re right. thanks

QUICK NOTE: imagine you are an American actor. Very skilled, rather successful. Someone hands you a script. It is very, very detailed; character description down to where (the character grew up, all triumphs and trauma of childhood and adolescence. The character is an Wampanoag man/woman from the early 1600s.) If you’re still reading, you know where we are going with this. Strong secondary aspects notwithstanding, do not fall for the lie that you can, with enough practice, become a clark/scott/roger *whichever two are, for you, the other two”)

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