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Originally Posted by helgi  Heh, I wouldn't even claim that I fully understood any of this either. And really, the more complicated these speculations are the less useful they tend to be. Which is what we see in philosophy; a limitless occupation with words as an end in themselves. It's almost like climbing a ladder to gain perspective on the ground underneath (which would be essence/truth), and then continuing to climb higher and higher until you no longer see the ground anymore. Before you know it, your life has become about climbing ladders instead of using them as a means of gaining perspective on the ground, and probably won't come in contact with the ground again until you fall off the ladder and crash into it face-first (finding peace through suffering).
It's important to remember that to realize it, words can become a hindrance when approached as an end in themselves, rather than as mere pointers to something that cannot really be expressed with words.
When I write about these things, in my journal or on here, it's almost like the ready-fire-aim approach Steve has described in relation to business start-ups. I often don't really know what I'm talking about and just focus on stringing some words together, and every now and then something triggers an 'aha!' moment (in myself or whoever happens to be reading). |
Yeah, its all good because you get closer all the time. I sometimes worry whether people take what people write on the borads as gospel but they probably don't. You just have to keep reading, writing and learning and actual knowledge seems to have its own organising powers inherant within it. I always find that as soon as I
know something I automatically apply it.
At the moment surrender seems to be working best to overcome my inertia. You reprogram your future in the present so you are constantly faced with the next challenges. When you are ready for them you seem to know what you have to do. Last night I faced a challenge where my ego was writhing in self justification and the solution was to stick through it. In hindsight the answer was so simple - I situation triggered feelings of rejection that my ego was trying to guard me against and all I had to do was have the intent of offering acceptance and let the situation pan out (it was crazy because I kept hearing the word acceptance in my environment and I knew that was what I had to give because it also was what I wanted). All the thoughts the ego presented me were the usual forest of neurotic self justification that ultimately meant nothing. They dissapeared after I acted.
On the subject of Steve's method for finding fears, I still think you could be assisting your ego in finding its excuses. The real battle is in the moment. My tactic now is to surrender and trust that I will have the right perception of things when I come to them. The apprehension I get when I go to work on certain projects is created by my ego and if I explored it I would get a lot of related thoughts/fears/excuses. I know that by making a habit of acting in accordance with what I really know I should be doing at any moment (acting in accordance with your higher self you could say) the low level anxiety/apprehension will go. The ego will learn that it can't use that method to control my behaviour. Face your fears and they dissapear.
Maybe this is different for some people and genuine concerns can be rationalised away or accepted. On some level though I think you know that you will have to do more tax stuff if you made lots of money and it doesnt really bother you. What bothers you, or what bothers the ego, is any type of change at all.
The universe is always guiding us towards what we need to do to fulfill our desires so surrender and let it. Don't think too much lol. Just act.