Are we transforming, or just rearranging the same self?

A carousel on the difference, pairing an 800 year old line from Rumi with what modern research is finding:

Real change is not adding to who we are, but a restructuring of the very lens we see through. And it tends to begin with a disorienting experience, one that no longer fits the life we have built.

From Lesson One of the Living in Transformation Certifcation Course