Perfection is something we can all experience by simply allowing it to happen. Doing so means getting our ego out of the equation.

Perfection’s external persona is one of uncompromising excellence. However, beneath its exterior lies its essence, which is its desire for continual improvement and change. Perfection understands that in order to maintain its flawless functionality, the unique characteristic of perfection, it must achieve dynamic balance through decisive and clear intention without attachment, which is the method by which it achieves the former. Perfection is itself a seed that must be planted deep into one’s spirit, and must be nurtured and cultivated until all the surrounding weeds of mediocrity are starved by lack of attention. Although perfection always seeks flawless functionality without attachment, it is our role to employ will to infuse its desire for flawless functionality with integrity and love. The dynamic balance that perfection pursues is dictated by the strength and character of its vessel. The strength and character of its vessel, in turn, must be responsive and welcoming to the constancy of change.

To truly understand the nature of change we must understand the mechanisms of change, the most fundamental of which is one’s paradigm. Change of any scope is always accompanied by a paradigm shift. On a macro cosmic level, the change that must be allowed to occur for perfection to express itself in man is dictated by the perceived avoidance of pain or the gaining of pleasure, the formal holding sway as the most powerful catalyst of change, or stagnation. On a microcosmic level, the biggest obstacle to change is culture and tradition, which can express itself as fear of the unknown. The culture of habits and beliefs within any society is that which either promulgates or stifles the expression of perfection.

In order to circumvent the negative effects of culture and tradition, one must hold dominion over the ego by exercising one’s will. The ego will always attempt to assert itself through the experience of fear, doubt, and anger when perfection seeks to express itself, because the ego is by its very nature rooted in past perceptions that it uses to project into the future, which is by definition a fear-based awareness. Perfection is by its very nature the embodiment of the present, constantly responding to the reality of the moment. Perfection flourishes when residing in an open heart, an empty mind, a disciplined body, and a loving spirit.