Change your structure change your life


SIMON RILLING

THE ART OF CREATING

Dear friend,

"Nothing is certain except death and taxes?" (Benjamin Franklin)

Not quite. (Taxes are voluntary, and death is a concept, but that's another story.)

The only thing that's 100% certain: Nothing will stay the same.

Change is the only constant.

Here’s how to enjoy it, not fear it.

No single moment is ever like the next.

"Life is impermanent" – Buddha

Life = Change

Which leaves with this choice only:

A) You fear and resist change:

Most people do. They are easy to spot:

They live the same 6-months of their lives 100 times in a row.

They go to the same places, they make the same jokes, they tell the same stories, they only talk about the past, they work the same job... you get the point.

They live this on repeat because they fear change. They got stuck in the same pattern for their entire lives.

They end up resentful, depressed, frustrated, and numb because they live a pattern instead of their life.

B) You embrace and shape change:

If you want a different outcome, you must walk a different path.

Perception vs. Reality

It starts with questioning your perception:

You think life is just a linear chain of events. Situations, caused by situations cause situations. This event → caused this event → caused this event.

But that’s a shallow view of change.

If you zoom out, you may see an underlying pattern.

But even that is not the true causal level.

Here’s the real depth:

In reality, the underlying structure determines behaviors, events, and results.

Random events don't shape your life.

The structure in your consciousness does.

What you experience as results in your life, inside – your emotions and thoughts – but also outside as creations - is a result of the structure you are in.

There are only 3 primary experiences possible in life:

  1. Stuck: Nothing moves.
  2. Oscillating: A step forward, one back. Success, if achieved, is not sustainable.
  3. Advancing: Consistent progress from A to B. Success becomes the stepping stone for future success.
  1. 🪨 Stone → No movement = Stuck
  2. 🪑 Rocking chair → Back and forth = Oscillating
  3. 🚗 Car → Moves forward = Advancing

So, what is structure?

Structure = 2 or more elements that are in relation to each other.

In your life, that’s 3 elements:

  1. Your vision or aspirations (what you want)
  2. Your current reality (where you are in relation to your vision right now)
  3. Your beliefs and concepts (about yourself, others, or the world)

From that, only two structures fundamentally exist:

🧠 Reactive Structure (Fear-based Ego)

  • ✓ Driven by survival & control
  • ✓ Needs certainty & safety
  • ✓ Reacts to life
  • ✓ Struggles with change
  • ✓ Perception of separation

= Life happens to you → Victim experience

❤️ Creative Structure (Love-based Genius)

  • ✓ Driven by expression & creation
  • ✓ Embraces uncertainty
  • ✓ Creates from within
  • ✓ Thrives with change
  • ✓ Realization of wholeness

= Life happens as and through you → Creator experience

Most personal development focuses on improving thoughts, emotions, habits.
But those are just surface reflections of deeper structures.

Even therapy often works on patterns, not on structure.

(I had therapy — but it didn't come close to the life change I experienced by shifting the structure of my consciousness.)

James Clear says: "1% improvements daily".

Sure—habits matter. But they’re the end of the causal chain.
Changing them requires far more willpower, discipline, and time.

If you want transformation now — go to the root.

The root is your focus.

Where you primarily place it.

And which structure you choose to live from.

This isn’t about learning more or intellectual understanding.

It’s about awareness — and direct realization.

Change your structure instantly, and your behavior, actions, and situations realign themselves.

You realize that your Genius thrives with change — and shapes it.

That’s what The Art of Creating is for and catalyzes.

4 questions to start with:

  1. Are you motivated by fear — or love?
  2. Are you reacting — or consciously choosing?
  3. Are your actions for safety, validation, money — or for the joy of it?
  4. Are your goals the opposite of what you don't want — or what you actually want?

Your structure determines your outcome: Struggle or flow.

Change it—and the rest follows.

Want real transformation that starts at the root?

Skip hacks or habit fixes.

Choose awareness.

And join our next cohort — to accelerate all areas of your life.

See if it's for you here — no strings attached.

Do you agree? How do you handle change?

Let’s create together,
Simon

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