Imagine yourself feeling lazy, in fact you feel so lazy that you actually have trouble starting things. We’ve all been there, we’ve all been stuck in a point in life where we have no motivation or direction in life. You think to yourself: “I should learn something about how to get more motivated.”
That makes sense, so you proceed to read all that there is needed to know to increase motivation, to set goals, to persist and to consistently practice what it is that you should preach.
All of the books’ information is now permanently transferred into your observing mind. However, even after the countless words and recitals of common sense, you still wonder to yourself – “how come I still don’t feel like taking action?”
That is an example of the dilemma between intellectual understanding and intuitive connection. You intellectually understand that you need motivation and it is a good thing, but intuitively you seriously just feel like slacking off. For the love of God…WHY IS THAT?!?!?
What I’m trying to get here is that mere intellectual understanding is never as powerful as personal experience. Personal experience is what shapes our intuition, personal experiences are what gives us the reason for genuine motivation.
You are far more likely to be afraid of being bitten by a wolf if you’ve actually been bit by one in real life, as opposed to reading on how they can bite people.
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The thing about our minds is that they are absolutely brilliant with the process of analysis and interpretations of the world. The complex functions and processes of our minds never cease to amaze me.
