In praise of imperfection

"I am willing to sell my product despite what I think about it".

This simple yet revealing sentence stopped me in my tracks last weekend. It was formulated with the assistance of Steven Sashen as a part of an exercise in the Quantum Wealth workshop I attended. What it got me to notice was how I can expand my thinking from a limited perspective to something that might yield better results. From a fear/acceptance/control-based thought like "I need this to be perfect, otherwise I can't let anyone (including even me!) see it" realizing that I really can think otherwise.

I started to see the perfect beauty of imperfection all around. Watching my bookshelf I caught a glimpse of Herman Hesse's Narcissus And Goldmund. It's good but not that good. I looked and saw my flat. I love it. It's not perfect, but I love it. Suddenly I saw how everything that exists must be, by its very existing-nature, in the state of imperfection and becoming. Everything from atoms to molecules to cells to animals to humans to my dad is constantly and perfectly imperfect. This state is vibrating with aliveness. And I dig it!

Taken on a practical level (something my girl always asks me to do) it means that I am free to create into existance whatever is my heart's calling. I can see the beauty where there's supposed to be none. There is absolutely no sense in striving for perfection that never comes. Seeing the world with eyes that are more real makes everything glow. There is nothing that could not be imperfect!  Anyway, the joy and release of imperfection is the acceptance of the Noble Truth that every thing is in-perfect. Imperfection is resting in-perfection. The "funniest guy on the internet", Mr. Ze Frank has an excellent v-cast on the subject called Brain Crack. Go see it. Now.