Why Is It Called The Sunflower Experiment?

The sunflower is one of the best analogies for the process of growth that you will go through in this experiment. Here are some interesting facts about sunflowers:

• A sunflower will grow from seed to full grown flower in about 12 weeks- and likewise you can expect not just small incremental growth, but breath-taking growth in your own life as you commit to the process and take the simple actions you'll be asked to take.       
•  If you were to plant an actual sunflower seed, your part of the process would be relatively simple, yet still crucial to the outcome.  You  would need to plant the seed in fertile soil that gets good sunlight and then to water it and pull some weeds along the way.  The rest is all done by the miracle of life itself and the actual HOW it happens is way beyond our current ability to comprehend.  The same is true with your life.  The actions you take are really just a very small part of the equation, but however small they are still crucial to the outcome.       
• A sunflower is an unusual flower in that the stem and bud of the flower actually rotate during the day to always face the sun and return at night to face eastward.  Once the flower blooms, this rotation stops and all of the flowers face eastward.  Here's a picture of a field of sunflowers  with the sun setting in the west just to illustrate this.     

Likewise we grow best by constantly adjusting ourselves to face the sun of truth and light and once we've fully bloomed, we will continue to "look to the east" which is symbolic of the constant renewal of hope with each sunrise and we become inspiring examples to those around us to be ever constant in hope and love and focusing our attention on the positive aspects of every situation and every person.

•  The seeds of a sunflower grow from the center outward in a beautiful spiral pattern.   

 

The process of growth in our lives resembles this natural pattern of initiating from the inner and moving to the outer in an outward and upward positive spiral based on repeating daily habits in a regular cycle that far from being repetitive is expanding. The spiral pattern is found throughout nature- from DNA stands to sea shells to sunflowers to galaxies.

• The bright yellow color of the flower is symbolic of happiness and brightness- like the sun itself from which the flower draws it's name.    It's hard to look at a sunflower and not feel a little brighter.   Likewise, our lives need to bring cheer and happiness to others- no because we're telling funny jokes, but because our very presence is a positive, uplifting presence that their True Self can feel and is attracted to.     

 Why An Experiment?

1. • This is not just reading a book or PDF.  This is not about knowledge, but about applying knowledge in the spirit of experimentation.     
   •  We learn  much more through the process of experimentation than we can ever learn through the process of classroom lectures, and memorizing facts and figures and equations.  Classroom learning has it's proper place, but real useful learning happens in real life.      
   • We may "know" something to be "true" or "the way things are"- but there is a large chasm between knowing something and truly realizing something. Knowledge can come from books- but realization and understanding can only come through experimenting with knowledge and observing specific outcomes in our lives.      
   • When we're young we all love to experiment with life.  But something happens as we get older- we tend to stop experimenting.  We've "learned our lessons" and we start to get set in our ways.  Our mindsets become rigid and our patterns of behavior inflexible.   Just like your body can become inflexible and stiff if not regularly stretched, so your life can become inflexible and stuck if not regularly stretched.  The Sunflower Experiment is about putting that regular "stretching" practice back into your life.  
   • Because each of us is different and unique- there will not be two identical outcomes to this experiment.  The outcome you get from this will be yours alone to enjoy and you won't really be able to give it to anyone else because it is yours for having gone through the process.  Another must go through a similar process for themselves in order to get their own realizations.  In general terms, all who commit to this 12 week process will experience significant growth- but the form that growth takes will be very different for each person.     

    

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