There’s an inherent life force within guiding us to become who we are meant to be. This inherent force guides our inherent potential to become realized or self-actualized in the world. This inherent force or field is our entelechy. Our DNA, the template or blueprint of our physical self, is not enough to program us to become our true essence. Our entelechy presides over our evolution. This may be a way the spiritual and physical realms are inextricably connected and work together. Perhaps our entelechy is an expression of our unique Divine Magnificence.
Let’s use non-human analogies. There’s an entelechy that guides the DNA blueprint of the acorn to become an oak tree. There is an entelechy within the caterpillar to become a butterfly. There is an entelechy within a basil seed to become a basil plant. The DNA is the blueprint, but there is a guiding force or energetic field that plays a role in initiating the process of becoming. This guiding force represents the environment, surroundings, conditions, and influence under which the potential becomes actualized.
Entelecheia- Creates Reality From Potential
Entelechy, from the Greek word, entelecheia, creates reality from potential. Likely, this concept and its use as a metaphysical term originated with Aristotle. According to Wiktionary, Aristotle considered entelechy as the realization or evolved state of a potential concept or function. Other philosophers and thought leaders have weighed in on what entelechy is. One interpretation is that entelechy is an inner motivation, inner determination, inner strength, and/or inner wisdom that works through a purposeful organizing field to direct growth to become the full potential. The desire or the urgency to become our inner truest essence is inherent within us.
The entelechy of a human adult is already in the baby. The entelechy to become a butterfly is already in the caterpillar. Entelechy conveys a certain transformation starting from the inside, as in a caterpillar. There is something that guides the caterpillar to eat a lot of leaves before creating the cocoon and going through a metamorphosis into a butterfly. There’s an internal and external transformation that helps the caterpillar actualize its True Self.
Self-actualization can be a lifetime process for humans. Some thought leaders think of entelechy as a code within us. The code or blueprint is not enough; the right circumstances, the right conditions are also needed. Nonetheless, the potential or entelechy to become the highest versions of ourselves is always present within us. It is our journey in life that helps guide us along the path to our highest potential. Our journey in life reveals to us our inner essence in how we respond to life. “I resonate with this and I don’t resonate with that.” Being aware of this inner guidance, this inner urging, and emergent potential is the key to self-actualization.
To determine your entelechy—your true and highest potential–requires a process of self-discovery. Please contact me at anne.deatly@gmail.com or 551-500-5011 (new number).
