Our current view of reality is delusional

27th Oct 2023

"If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear as it really is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks in his cavern."

William Blake, The marriage of Heaven and Hell.

Of late I have found cause to revisit the concept of the Ideal Self as defined by Richard Boyatzis, the creator of Intentional Change Theory. Boyatzis first created Intentional Change Theory (ICT) as a self directed learning theory in 1999 and has spent the years since testing and refining the theory. ICT is an interesting theory and construct which appeals to me because it is an existential model, circular in nature and ever evolving.

A key part of the model is the concept of the Ideal Self and the notion that we live in a dynamic environment - a system of systems that continually evolve through equilibrium and disequilibrium. Emergent events disrupt the status qu…